Hunan Province, Xiangxi Prefecture, Fenghuang County.

On July 14, 2014, Fenghuang County was hit by a once-in-a-century heavy rainstorm, and the flood washed away the famous local wind and rain bridge.

"Here, please." Zhou Wen, led by Dr. Zhang of Phoenix County Hospital, came to the morgue.

Zhou Wen, the only forensic doctor at the Fenghuang County Public Security Bureau, was originally in the city in the afternoon to attend a criminal investigation technology research meeting organized by the provincial public security bureau, which was mainly attended by forensic experts from the criminal investigation department of the provincial bureau to teach some new criminal investigation theories and inspection methods.

As soon as I turned on my mobile phone after the meeting, I received a phone call from Lao Li, the head of the criminal investigation brigade, saying that someone had committed suicide by jumping off a building in the county this afternoon, and that the police had not yet contacted the family of the deceased, so they temporarily parked the body in the county hospital and asked him to rush back to do a preliminary appraisal of the body.

I rushed back from the meeting at 6 o'clock, and now it is more than 8 o'clock, Zhou Wen didn't have time to eat, so he changed his clothes and came to the morgue.

Dr. Zhang is the chief physician of the internal medicine department at the county hospital, and is also in charge of some publicity work and external liaison work part-time, such as assisting the police.

The two followed the nurse Lao Chen to the freezer, and Lao Chen quipped: "This guy is honest, he stays here all afternoon." ”

Lao Chen has never gone to elementary school, and he doesn't know when he came to work in the hospital, so he has long been accustomed to life and death, and he jokes without taboos. Zhou Wen frowned slightly, accustomed to the public order and good customs of "the dead are great", and couldn't help but be a little resistant to Lao Chen's approach.

However, the moment the freezer was opened, the three people present couldn't help but gasp, and the body was gone!

Dr. Zhang immediately sternly questioned Lao Chen, "What's the matter?" ”

Lao Chen's face was ugly, and his voice trembled and said, "I...... I don't know...... Push in the afternoon...... and threw it inside...... And then...... No one came in again in an afternoon......"

Dr. Zhang was silent, and Zhou Wen asked suspiciously, "Could it be misplaced?" ”

Lao Chen replied: "That's impossible, this one will be sent in today, and all the places placed a few days ago have been taken away." ”

Dr. Zhang also nodded: "Lao Chen has worked in the county hospital for decades and has never made a mistake. "The scale of the county hospital is not large, and there are only about 10 corpse cabinets in the morgue, and the corpses are generally taken away by their families soon after they are placed.

Zhou Wen thought for a while and said to the two: "Don't spread this matter, if there is a family member who comes to claim the body, call me quickly, I will go back to the bureau first to see, what should you do." ”

After instructing the two, Zhou Wen hurried back to the county public security bureau.

As soon as I entered the office of the Criminal Investigation Brigade, I saw only the captain Li, sitting at his desk, smoking a cigarette, staring intently at a pile of materials on the table.

"Lao Li?" Zhou Wen walked into the desk suspiciously, and looked at the information together with Captain Li's line of sight.

It was a stack of photos, on which was a man lying on his stomach, the blood sprayed under his head was frozen on the concrete floor, the photos showed the scene of death from all angles, judging from the light in the background, it was taken at about 3-5 o'clock in the afternoon, Zhou Wen was a little uneasy in his heart, and asked: "This is the person who jumped off the building in the afternoon?" ”

Captain Li nodded and snuffed out the cigarette butt: "I'm back, what's the situation with the corpse?" ”

Zhou Wen said slowly: "The corpse is gone. ”

"Gone?" Originally, the person who jumped off the building died inexplicably in the afternoon, and he couldn't find any clues to identify him, and the people around him didn't know him, and no one came to claim it...... It's gone!

Zhou Wen handed Captain Li a cigarette, motioned him to stabilize his mood, and briefly explained what happened to the morgue before.

After listening to this, Captain Li asked suspiciously, "Have you checked the other corpse cabinets?" “

Zhou Wen shook his head: "Dr. Zhang has always been very cooperative with the police, and the nurse seems to be an honest person, they shouldn't be able to play any tricks, I think it's ......."

"What do you think?" Captain Li asked vigilantly.

Zhou Wen was in his forties, and when he was young, he went to the mountains of Xiangxi as an educated youth, and was later assigned to the Fenghuang County Public Security Bureau to do autopsy work.

"I think this is a bit strange, why don't you find a Taoist priest to see?" Zhou Wen said what he thought in his heart.

Captain Li shook his head resolutely: "I think, I have to check Dr. Zhang and the nurse first." Based on Captain Li's years of experience in handling cases, he determined that this was a case of illegal trafficking of corpses.

Zhou Wen spread his hands: "I'm just saying what I think, it's not up to you how you look at it, anyway, I don't need to investigate the case, I'll leave the rest to you, I'll go to dinner first, and then contact after finding the body." With that, he left the office of the Criminal Investigation Brigade.

Captain Li looked at Zhou Wen's back as he walked out of the door, was silent for a moment, picked up his mobile phone and prepared to call his two subordinates, wanting to go to the morgue of the county hospital to check on the nurse immediately, but before he could unlock the mobile phone, he saw Zhou Wen running back panting.

"Quick...... Fast...... Lao Chen called me and said that the corpse was ...... Went back......"

Captain Li was so shocked that he didn't have time to inform the others, so he brought a gun and rushed to the county hospital with Zhou Wen.

When the two arrived at the hospital, it was already half past nine, and most of the doctors were off work, leaving only a few doctors on duty in the emergency department and nurses at the front desk.

Seeing the inquiring eyes of the nurse at the front desk, Captain Li flashed his police officer card, and under the leadership of Zhou Wen, he hurriedly ran to the first floor, turned a few corners, and the three big words "morgue" with green light appeared in front of him.

Although the two have been in the police for many years and have never seen any dangerous situations, breaking into the morgue of this hospital in the middle of the night still made the two of them involuntarily stand up their hairs and shudder.

The two looked at each other, and a strange feeling came to their hearts, the door of the morgue was close in front of them, but Captain Li did not push the door open.

Suddenly, a creepy thought popped up that made him feel creepy, and he asked softly, "What you said just now, corpses...... It's back...... What is the meaning? ”

Zhou Wen stroked his chest, took his breath, and waited for his chest to calm down a little before he said: "Old Chen's original words said, 'I walked back'!" “

Captain Li's heart jumped "dong", exhaled heavily, took out the matching gun, and carefully prepared to push the door in.

"Squeak-" Captain Li's hand had just touched the door, when he suddenly felt a chill rushing towards him, and the door of the morgue opened by itself!

Li Erren was frightened and took a few steps back, looked closely, and found that there was a person standing where the door was opened, but it was the nurse Lao Chen.

Zhou Wen said unhappily: "Lao Chen, what do you mean by this, people are scary and scared to death!" This is Lao Li, the captain of our criminal investigation team, you can tell him about the situation quickly. ”

Captain Li also breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to step forward to ask, but saw that under the dim light, Lao Chen's eyes were dull, and the whole person was not a little angry.

"I said the wrong thing, it's time to fight!" Lao Chen suddenly opened his mouth and said in a wooden voice.

Captain Li was confused when he heard it: "What's the matter, say it well, tell me about the situation of the corpse." “

Lao Chen ignored him and continued: "I said the wrong thing, I should be beaten!" Then he "snapped" and slapped himself at great speed.

"Lao Chen, what's wrong." Captain Li stepped forward to stop him, but found that Lao Chen's hand was extremely strong, and he couldn't catch Ben between the swings.

"I said the wrong thing, it's time to fight!" "Smack!"

"I said the wrong thing, it's time to fight!" "Smack!"

"I said the wrong thing, it's time to fight!" "Smack!"

"I said the wrong thing, it's time to fight!" "Smack!" ……

Lao Chen repeated this sentence and this action mechanically, his face gradually swollen, and both cheeks were bruised, but the speed of waving his palms became faster and faster.

The two stared at Lao Chen with wide eyes, Rao is a familiar and well-informed two, but at this moment they were frozen in place, unable to move, watching Lao Chen infinitely repeat the same sentence and do the same action!

I don't know how long it lasted, Lao Chen's slapping speed became faster and faster, until blood came out of Lao Chen's mouth, and he fell in front of the two with a muffled sound.

The morgue was quiet again.

In the end, Zhou Wen came back to his senses first, hurriedly stepped forward to probe Lao Chen's snort, touched the neck artery, looked at Captain Li in horror, and shook his head.

Lao Chen actually sucked himself to death!