The diameter of the circle is about four meters.

Ouyang Ping nodded, Wang Youli gave an order, and seven workers began to excavate, shovels and pickaxes together, and there was a layer of bluestone slabs on the top, and when the bluestone slabs were pried open, the soil below was relatively soft. The bluestone slabs are relatively large, probably because the age is too old, some of the bluestone slabs have been broken, and the two bluestone slabs used to block the wellhead should be made of local materials.

The more and more people gathered, the air emitted a foul smell, although the sun has not yet risen in the sky, but the temperature is already very high, many people's sweatshirts are all wet, some people simply play shirtless, the heat and stench can not stop people's curiosity, the rope circle is full of people standing outside, only the place where the truck enters and exits is exposed to leave a road, and when the truck stops, the truck is full of people on both sides, the best observation point is the bulldozer, the bulldozer is full of people. Some people have fans in their hands, some people have towels around their necks, and in addition to the foul smell, there is a strong smell of sweat in the air.

There was not a hint of wind, and the leaves of the paulownia tree remained motionless.

Another observation point is the second floor of the "Xie Xi's Former Residence", where the staff of the former residence stand in the window on the second floor, and some residents who are familiar with the staff are also mixed in. From this position, you can see the panorama very clearly.

Originally, there were some naughty little boys on a few paulownia trees, but they were soon invited down by Director Qi, because those paulownia trees were not thick enough, and the children rode on the branches and crushed the branches, which was very scary.

By the time the sun shone on the horse-head wall of the tall building, the pit had been dug a metre deep, and the shadow below the well was gradually shrinking.

Wang Youli and the workers simply took off their clothes, sweat kept flowing into the waistband of their trousers, most of the pants were soaked with sweat, everyone's stomach was shriveled, they worked for a while, they had to straighten their waists, and everyone was sweating profusely.

The careful director Wang asked people to bring some baked cakes and fritters, several workers took the baked cakes and fritters, wrapped them together, and ate them in a big gulp, originally, they wanted to take advantage of the cool morning to dry for a while, and then go to breakfast, in August, it is the hottest time in Jingnan, only in the morning and evening can do a little work.

Director Qi brought a pot of boiling water from the tea stove at the entrance of the alley, poured it into several large bowls, and put it on the truck to cool.

Director Wang also brought a Hongtashan brand cigarette and stuffed it into a pack for each worker, and Director Wang also promised to take everyone to the bathhouse to take a bath after the work.

The workers devoured the fritters into their stomachs, and their bellies finally bulged and their belts tightened.

After Wang Youli drank the water, he said, "Guys, let's continue to work and strive to finish the work before we see the sun." ”

Standing in Xie Juren's alley, the time to see the sun in the morning should be around nine o'clock.

Soon, everyone saw an arc-shaped stone—a small part of a circular object, to be exact, and next to this stone lay several long strips of stone, which were dark black.

At about nine o'clock, the pit had been dug to the bottom of the well.

Now, everyone finally saw clearly that there was indeed a corpse lying on its side at the bottom of the well, most of the body was buried under the mud and construction debris, but only the exposed part could see the outline of a human body.

A long stone was pressed against the corpse's head. Wang Youli and Liu Xiaotang slowly moved the long stone away, and everyone saw that the deceased's head was deep in the mud.

Wang Youli used a rope to invite the stones at the bottom of the well out of the bottom of the well one by one.

Someone in the crowd recognized the long stones, which turned out to be stones that had been padded underneath the edge of the well.

Eventually, the object that only showed the shape of an arc was dragged up, and it was the edge of the well, which was all too familiar to the residents of the neighborhood - many families had come to this well to use water.

Three ropes, five people to pull up the edge of the well.

The edge of the well has been around for some years, and there are more than a dozen deep ditches along the edge of the well, and if it were not for moss and silt, you would see smooth deep ditches.

The inner diameter of the well is about 55 centimeters, and the height is 60 centimeters.

The reason why the murderer lifted the edge of the well and the long stone below the edge of the well to the bottom of the well was to erase the well from people's memory, and the workers did not dig deep as long as they could not see the edge of the well when they were leveling the square, so that no one would discover the secret hidden under the well.

Wang Youli and Liu Xiaotang cleared large chunks of garbage out of the bottom of the well.

Yan Jianhua, Chen Jie and Liu Wenbin carefully inspected the garbage that had been cleaned up, but found nothing valuable.

Ouyang Ping, Liu Dayu and Zuo went east to the bottom of the well. The on-site investigation and autopsy officially began. Zuo Xiangdong was responsible for taking pictures, and Ouyang Ping and Liu Dayu were responsible for autopsies and investigations. Autopsies and inquests must be carried out alternately at the same time, as most of the bodies are buried under the mud.

The body was lying on its left side, with its head facing north and facing west, in a curled position.

Wang Youli brought a bucket of lime and spread it around the corpse, and there were many maggots wriggling around the corpse and the corpse, and people couldn't get foot at all. Lime can control maggots within a certain range.

It was a very difficult autopsy and inquest.

At first, the three people could only see the deceased's right arm and right thigh.

On the deceased's right arm was a white shirt of Zhenliang, which was a chemical fiber product, so it degraded more slowly. At first, Ouyang Ping and Liu Dayu couldn't determine the color of the shirt, because the sleeves of the deceased were full of black silt, Ouyang Ping used tweezers to open the sleeves of the deceased, and only then could he see the color of the shirt clearly, and the sleeves of the deceased were rolled up - a total of three rolls, only the corner of the innermost one showed the original color of the clothes. The sleeves of the deceased's coat were on top of it, and there was no full contact with the mud.

The soft tissues on the deceased's hands and arms were almost rotten, and most of the bones were exposed.

Judging by the long-sleeved shirt worn by the deceased and the degree of degradation of the corpse, Ouyang Ping and Liu Dayu agree that the deceased should have been killed in the autumn of 1994.

The judgment of the two people was further confirmed by two other things, first, the deceased was wearing a pair of relatively thick cotton pants on his lower body, the pants had almost degraded, Ouyang Ping touched it lightly with tweezers, and the cloth was scattered, long-sleeved shirts, long pants, this combination should be in autumn according to the season - of course, this is also a spring attire; Second, the deceased's feet were wearing nylon socks, nylon socks and autumn socks, so it is more accurate to say that the deceased was killed in the autumn - of course, this is only a preliminary judgment.