Chapter 48: Bone Examination

readx;? In view of the tradition of "officials do not repair the government", the Baling County government is already a little dilapidated, and the house is even more old and gloomy, and now it is about to fall into the night, only the glimmer of light is projected from the skylight, and the whole room is dark and cold, which makes people's hearts tight. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Human beings are sensory animals, but also visual animals, relatively speaking, fresh corpses will bring a psychological fear to people, rotting corpses are more to stimulate the body's vomiting response, and the impact of white bones is much smaller.

Yang Jing has long been accustomed to such a working environment, and he has received a scientific education, and he is an atheist, no matter what type of corpse, he is used to seeing it, so he does not have much mood swings.

Technically speaking, the ossification of the corpse will bring great difficulty to the examination and evidence collection, and the decay of the body will not only take away the muscles and organs, but also take away a lot of evidence that can reflect the form of the deceased.

For example, traces on the surface of the body, such as whether internal organs are damaged, such as stomach contents, etc., these things can bring visual or indirect evidence to solve the case.

But after the white ossification, these things will disappear with it, and there will be fewer tests that can be detected.

But for Yang Jing, the ossification of corpses is not a good thing.

Because he needs to dissect the corpse, which is also the examination method he is good at and is used to, but in this era, even if these corpses cannot be identified, he cannot dissect them indiscriminately, and after the white ossification, he does not need to dissect, he can directly observe the traces left on the bones.

Thinking like this, Yang Jing also had a little more confidence, the white bones in front of him had been cleaned up by Zhang Zheng and others, because they had been buried for a long time, some of the bones were seriously oxidized and brittle, and Yang Jing became a lot more careful.

Normally, the bones of the newly deceased will be yellowish-white, and after decay and oxidation, they will turn white, and if the coffin is not preserved, the metal composition in the soil may also make the bones black.

In some literary or film and television works, it is not very accurate to use the blackened bones as a standard to test whether the deceased was poisoned.

In ancient times, people were relatively simple and rude, and they generally used arsenic and other highly toxic poisons for poisoning, but arsenic was actually not so easy to buy, and even if it was bought, it had to be registered.

The main ingredient of arsenic is arsenic, arsenic sulfide can make silver needles black, so many ancient people think that silver needles are feasible to poison, but this is only because the ancient purification technology is not good, arsenic has more impurities, silver needles can change color, and it is not possible to replace them with other poisons.

Arsenic and other mineral and metal toxins, in cases where stomach contents and blood cannot be examined, it is better to examine hair and teeth than bones.

Therefore, Yang Jing did not make any conclusions, he had already roughly examined these white bones before, so this time he carefully examined them one by one.

The first white bone was relatively fresh, the bones were dense, a small amount of hair remained, and there was even some residual carrion in the eye sockets.

The proportions of this female corpse are moderate and symmetrical, it can be seen from the skull, it should look good, the reason why we pay attention to these is not that Yang Jing has other thoughts, but the appearance of the deceased, maybe it will become the motive of the killer, many women have died on the beautiful face, the so-called red face and trouble, the beautiful woman must only bring disaster to others, and she will also cause trouble because of her appearance.

It's a pity that there is a round hole the size of a thumb head in the left temporal part of this skull, the edge of the round hole is smooth and flat, and there are not too many minor fractures, which should be caused by a murder weapon such as an iron drill, perhaps this is the cause of death.

The finger bones of the corpse showed traces of dislocation or even breakage, and the fractures were uneven, and some of them even had comminuted fractures, indicating that the victim should have been abused before he died!

Torture is also one of the main characteristics of psychopathic serial killers, and Yang Jing also found some flat incisions in the deceased's nose bone, which should be caused by the nose being cut off.

This can also corroborate Yang Jing's previous observation conclusion, these women should all look good, otherwise the murderer would not cut off their noses and ruin their faces, because this can make the murderer get a strong sense of satisfaction!

There are not many traces left by the bones, but they are all obvious, these nine white bones are placed on two long tables, lined up, the traces can be said to be clear at a glance, after Yang Jing finished checking the first body, he quickly began to check the second body.

However, he only looked at it for a while, then he sighed lightly, and then quickly turned to the third body, then the fourth, and when he quickly checked it, he fell into deep thought, and then suddenly patted his head, and was surprised: "That's the case!"

His fingers kept pointing in midair, his eyes wandering over the bones, and then nodding silently, he began to move, reversing the position of the seventh and second bodies, and then moving the last one to the front.

His figure kept moving between the two tables, repositioning the bones, rearranging them again, and finally being a little uncertain, adjusting two or three times, before he stopped, looking at the bones in front of him, with a sudden joy in his eyes!

At this time, the door of the house was opened, and Zhang Zheng led Yang Zhixian and walked in gently.

"The virtuous nephew is doing his best, but he can't forget to sleep and eat, Uncle Shi's yamen will still rely on you to run errands in the future, and it's not worth it if you're hungry. ”

Yang Zhixian was also quite relieved to see Yang Jing so focused, he also heard Wang Dou talk about it, and he was relieved for a while, so he planned to come over and take a look.

Since he took office, the cases have been one after another, and finally with the help of Yang Jing, the previous cases have been cracked, and now there are cases that are very likely to be serial homicides, and Yang Zhixian is also a big head.

Seeing that Yang Zhixian came to the house in person, Yang Jing was also a little flattered, and was about to salute Yang Zhixian, but the latter waved his hand, walked to the table, looked down at the white bones, and asked casually: "How is the investigation of the virtuous nephew?"

He just asked so casually, although he has been an official for many years and has been in contact with a lot of murder cases, but there are many cases of investigation of corpses, there are pushers to solve cases, there are fast catchers and archers to arrest murderers, and there are masters, priests and scribes to report documents, but there are not many people who go into battle in person.

Yang Jing had just sorted out all the clues, and he was excited in his heart, so he didn't have time to think about it, so he replied: "My lord, after some investigation, my subordinates have confirmed that this is a serial murder case!"

"It's true!" Yang Zhixian's face changed, and he suddenly smiled bitterly, he was also unfavorable, and the murders came one after another.

Yang Jing saw that the county lord was crying and mourning, only to realize that he was too excited, but he ignored the feelings of the county, and he didn't dare to hide it at the moment.

"Adults don't need to worry, although this case has a long time span, the traces are too obvious, and the clues are relatively intuitive, so it is not difficult to solve it. ”

When Yang Zhixian heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up again, he thought that these people had been dead for some years, which showed that the murderer was extremely good at concealment, maybe he would have stopped doing it a long time ago, and there was little chance of catching the real murderer, maybe it would become an unsolved case again, discrediting his political achievements, who would have thought that Yang Jing's words would turn around, and it would bring him hope again!

Although he knew that Yang Jing was bold and wise and good at detecting, but just relying on these white bones, he dared to threaten to solve the case, which was not good, and he was really a little ashamed, but Yang Zhixian also knew that since he handed over the position of the criminal case pusher to Yang Jing, he naturally had to give confidence and support to this subordinate.

"It seems that the virtuous nephew is already in the hands of Zhizhu, but there are also a lot of cases handled by Uncle Shi, this white bone looks ordinary, and there are some signs of damage on the head, but there are few clues after all, I don't know what the virtuous nephew has seen?"

Yang Jing didn't bother to compliment Yang Zhixian anymore, sorted out his thoughts, and then said solemnly: "Through observation and inspection, the little nephew can confirm that these bones have not been moved, and that courtyard should be the first place to bury the corpses, and from the perspective of time, it should be buried during the wild temple dedicated to the snake god before the house was built!"

"If you can bury the body in the temple, and bury so many people one after another, buried in the same place, then even if the suspect is not a person from the temple, he is also a person who is qualified to enter and exit at will or live in the temple for a long time, so the scope of the suspect will be greatly reduced!"

When Yang Zhixian heard it, it was so simple?!!!

It is theoretically feasible to judge the time of burial from the shape of the bones, but it is not easy to accurately judge even an old man like Zhang Zheng.

This pedestrian was a funeral business earlier, and his duty was to collect the corpse, and then he began to examine the corpse, and the inspection was only limited to the body surface examination, so Yang Jing was able to get the burial time, which was already the crystallization of the wisdom of his predecessors, he said it lightly, but for Zhang Zheng and others, it was very difficult, and it was even more incredible in a layman like Yang Zhixian!

"Virtuous nephew, it's not difficult to infer the time when the bones were buried, but how can you deduce that these bones have not been moved?" Yang Zhixian still had some foundation, and he was afraid of showing cowardice in front of Yang Jing, so he picked a more difficult one to ask.

Yang Jing was worried about how to explain to him the oxidation of bones, the soil environment, air and humidity and other factors, and when he heard that he only asked the latter question, his heart was much more relaxed, and he immediately replied.

"My lord, please see, the spine and joints of these bones are very complete, if they have been moved, the original posture and position of the spine and other bones will change, these fresh bones are good to say, those old ones can't stand the squeezing and deformation, and there will be fractures and other phenomena, but none of these phenomena are enough to show that the bones have not been moved!"

The so-called art industry has a specialization, it is not difficult, Yang Jing said this, Yang Zhixian and Zhang Zheng suddenly realized, it turned out that it was really simple!

But this is only to confirm the first scene where the bones are buried, and the bones have not been moved, and it is still far away from solving the case, how can Yang Jing be sure that he will be able to solve the case soon?

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