Chapter 60: The Pothole
This is a hole, about a foot high, surrounded by weeds, looking up, only to see the bright light from the top of the pit, and the bright light penetrates through the gaps in the tall arbor forest, as if he has instantly become a frog at the bottom of the well. He truly experienced the true meaning and true feeling of the frog idiom at the bottom of the well. At this point, he didn't have time to think too much about his feelings, and only thought about how to climb out of the hole. He slowly stood up, moved his body, it didn't hurt, fortunately, there was nothing serious on his body, and he leaned out a foot. When I saw that the weeds around me were dense and bottomless, I didn't know where to put my feet for a while, and where to put them better. The walls of the pit are also overgrown with weeds, but the difference is that there are small tree roots, so you can faintly see some of the dirt under the weeds. He didn't hesitate any longer, and suddenly stretched out a foot and stepped on it. But at this time, a snow-white thing came to his feet, and his feet flew over and jumped high, so frightened that he rolled on the ground on the spot.
"Roar, roar......"
He crawled on the ground, instinctively roared twice to strengthen his courage, and overwhelmed the other party in momentum.
Suddenly, he saw a small snow-white creature with two big ears on the wall of the pit, staring at him vigilantly and motionless, and at first glance, it was a rabbit. Oh, rabbit, what did I think it was, but his nervousness suddenly dropped, and he had a false alarm. The white rabbit stared for a moment, jumped up, jumped again, jumped out of the pit three or two times, and ran away without a trace.
Leaving him alone in the pit, suddenly loneliness enveloped his heart, he slowly got up, moved to the side of the pit wall, and firmly stepped on the soft and hard pit wall with one foot, there was no unusual feeling under his feet, and his heart was more steady. Then he took a second step, a third, and at the same time, reaching out and grasping the grass on either side, he moved to the edge of the hole.
When he reached the edge of the pothole, when he looked up again, he felt that the hole was even deeper, so he nervously reached out and grabbed the small tree root on the wall of the hole, and at the same time, he kicked his foot, and the weight of his whole body was transferred to the small tree root. With a "flutter", the small tree roots were uprooted by him, and he suddenly lost his center of gravity and fell heavily on his back. He got up again and climbed up again. This time, I learned my lesson, so I grabbed one root on each side with both hands, and at the same time inserted my fingers into the soft soil, and kicked it again. Hey, he actually lay down on the pothole. He gasped and continued to climb up, finally out of the hole.
He simply sat on the ground panting, he was too tired, and then he realized that his shoes were a little wet, and then he remembered that there was some water in the pit, and his buttocks were also cold, and he was wet. He didn't care about that, and after a short rest, he thought about what to do next. When he was about to leave, he suddenly felt a strange itch on his feet and legs, so he squatted down and picked up his trouser legs and scratched them with his hands, which frightened him and trembled like an electric shock. Ah, there were several mountain locusts crawling on his feet, and they were gulping and sucking the blood from his feet, and he screamed in fright, and then he danced with his hands. He was very afraid of this thing when he was a child, and he remembered that when he was a child, when he was taken to the ridge by his mother and let him sit there alone to play, there were locusts crawling on his legs, and he was so frightened that he cried and fainted. What's more, this time it's a mountain locust, which is many times more powerful than a water locust, and there are several. He suddenly lost his proportions, and did not know what to do, so he instinctively rubbed his feet close to the ground in place, and drove the mountain locusts away by rubbing the ground. After a life-and-death toss, when I looked at the belly of the leg again, it was still on it, and the round black and shiny mountain locusts were obviously full.
In a hurry, he couldn't take care of it anymore, stretched out his fingers and pinched them one by one, and the locusts were pulled by him for a long time, and even, the longer and longer, it was finally pulled off one of them from the leg and stomach, and then shook it desperately, I don't know where it went. Then drag the second and third until they're all gone. He didn't care that the wound was bleeding, and limped out of the mountain, no longer chasing the robber.
After such a toss and then turned back, a few hours passed unconsciously, but there were no relevant clues, who knew where those hateful guys would go, as a result, no one found it, and they were tired enough to choke. Obviously, these robbers often haunt the mountains and forests, otherwise, it would be impossible for them to move so quickly in the depths of the mountains, and they are definitely no match for these people.
In the end, I had to give up.
Ma Shangkui and the court's forensic doctor Chen had been waiting in the car, and they did not go into the mountains to chase the killer. Seeing that they had returned listlessly, he knew that he had found nothing, but he did not say anything, but said that he had called the Chengguan Police Station and asked them to go to the hospital to confirm the injuries of the people who had been robbed and injured, and at the same time to make a record of the basic situation of the injured people and the details of the crime, and to send people up the mountain to support them in arresting the murderer.
At this time, Henggang Village sent a message to say that the laborers were starting to dig graves, and asked what to do next.
The person in charge of Yokooka Village, Lao Gengtou, was running errands, a young man who didn't know his name, and he looked very energetic.
Ma Shangkui was silent for a while. Ah, yes, almost forgot about business. Of course, it's also business now, extra business. When they set off, they had already contacted the old Gengtou of Henggang Village to arrange for laborers to dig up the grave of Niu's husband for an autopsy, in order to save time, but unexpectedly, they made a trip to bite the gold halfway, which suddenly disrupted the previous plan.
So what's next?
It was inconvenient for Ma Shangkui to make his own decisions, after all, Forensic Doctor Chen was present, so he turned his gaze to Forensic Doctor Chen. Of course, this is polite, he knows it, so he turned his gaze to Bian Haibo. Bian Haibo is indeed thinking about what to do next, from the perspective of time, it is indeed not early, once the sky is dark, the autopsy will definitely not be inconvenient, but it is also a troublesome thing to go back to the mountain tomorrow. The dead body is cold on the mountain, in case it is taken by a wild wolf or some other wild beast and ruined, it is not easy to deal with it. Seeing that Forensic Doctor Chen turned his head to himself, he didn't have a choice, so he simply turned his gaze to Jiang Chenghuan. He thought to himself, anyway, the specific operation is his Jiang Chenghuan's business, in case he has the confidence and drive, it is not a good thing to let him go.
"Ah, are you asking for my opinion?" Jiang Chenghuan was stunned, and then said, "If you want me to say that it's better to continue!" ”
Jiang Chenghuan was unceremonious. He said that he should try to rush in and talk about it, and it will not be too late depending on the situation. If the autopsy can be performed, it will save you a second trip tomorrow, not to mention, there will be tomorrow's affairs, and I am afraid that this robbery just now must continue to be investigated.
Everyone seemed to feel that it made sense, and without saying a word, they drove on.
After twisting and turning along the way, I finally climbed the mountain and found that the sky had darkened.
What they didn't expect was that the tomb was surrounded by a sea of people. Looking at the posture, the whole village came up the hill, stretching their necks and looking at the grave one by one as if they were watching a movie in the village. Alas, rural people are really pitiful, there is no pastime on weekdays, and it is not easy to seize this opportunity to join in the fun with the New Year, for fear that it will be a lifetime regret to miss it.
Jiang Chenghuan kept shaking his head when he saw this, I'm afraid this is a microcosm of people's mental outlook nowadays.
Gollum -
Jiang Chenghuan's stomach let out a scream, and then he realized that his stomach had been gurgling for a long time, alas, the work is to be done, and it must be done well, but, what's the matter, you have to take care of the hungry stomach, doesn't it mean that people are iron, rice is steel, and you will be hungry if you don't eat a meal!
Fortunately, when they were on the mountain, they greeted Lao Gengtou by the way and asked them to prepare some snacks, which came in handy at this time.
One by one, I rushed to eat snacks and filled my stomach.
Well, everything is ready, all that is needed is the east wind, everything is ready, just wait for the laborers to pry open the coffin lid and start the autopsy.
Jiang Chenghuan waved his hand and motioned for the people watching the excitement to step back seven or eight meters to make room for the open space.
With a bang, the people retreated, and when the grave-digging laborers pried open the lid of the coffin, the crowd that had just retreated poured back like a tide. Jiang Chenghuan once again stopped the flow of people who probed his brain, and then turned to the coffin.
A startling scene happened, there was no shadow of a dead body in the coffin that was pried open, it was empty and clean, and even, when the coffin lid was opened, there was a faint aroma of cedar wood, which was a little miserable and smelly.
"Incredible, incredible, isn't this a brand new coffin that has never been used at all," someone suddenly said loudly.
"Hey, what the hell is going on, how can it be empty?"
Everyone looked at each other, and suddenly, an inexplicable tense atmosphere filled the air. One by one, they didn't even seem to dare to breathe, not knowing what would happen next. One by one, the gravediggers laid down their hands and began to disperse.
Jiang Chenghuan clearly felt their nervousness. Jiang Chenghuan stood in front of the grave without moving half a step, he knew that he had to carry it hard, otherwise, the scene might be chaotic.
This strange phenomenon is probably a very clear question that flashed in the minds of everyone at the scene, including Jiang Chenghuan, and it is a question that cannot be explained reasonably. Especially, it was the young laborers who dug up the coffins, because they had experienced it firsthand, and no one felt more frightened than them, and one by one, like frightened muntjacs, they fled in all directions, scattering like birds and beasts. The rest of the people retreated with instinct, like devils guarding against the besieged counterattack.
Jiang Chenghuan certainly belongs to one of them.