When he was in the stone cave in the well, Han Dada'er fought with the strange man, and found that his strength was extremely great, although the light was dim, only the torch illuminated, but the strange man's figure was almost the same as his own, at this time Lao Su said, this strange man is only a child under the age of twelve, how can he believe it.

So he asked:

"Could it be that this strange man, when he was crushed to death by a boulder, lost his teeth, and only twenty permanent teeth remained?"

Lao Su Dao:

"If that's the case, he'll have more teeth in his upper and lower gums. Now don't talk about wisdom teeth, not even the cavities of permanent teeth! ”

Han Daring said:

"Could it be that the weirdo was born with a deformity and was born with only twenty teeth?"

Lao Su said coldly:

"How do you earn more by lifting a bar than by beating a flag? I'm busy working with you in the middle of the night, are you blind to my autopsy? ”

As he spoke, he used a knife to open the crushed body of the strange man, pointed to a few bones to show Han Da'er, and said:

"What I just told you, you can see for yourself the degree of ossification of his laryngeal bone, the degree of pubic closure, and the degree of wear and tear of the pelvis, all of which are enough to prove that although this strange man is tall, his growth bone age is not yet twelve years old, and in my experience, he is not even eight years old!"

Han Daring was even more surprised when he heard that this strange man was not even eight years old.

Lao Su Dao:

"There is a kind of Progeria in this world, that is, the body grows too fast, and it can grow into twenty or thirty years old at a few years. It's just that this disease, like immortal Changchun disease, is relatively rare! ”

Lao Su stopped saying and continued to inspect the dry bones in the well.

Han Daring looked at the tragic corpse of the strange man, remembering that in the stone cave, although the time with the strange man was short, but he was wild with innocence, Han Daring just helped him connect the dislocation, he regarded Han Daring as a benefactor, and finally sacrificed his life to save him, although his appearance was ugly, but he had a kind and innocent heart, and he was indeed like an innocent child.

Han Daring looked at the strange corpse, and asked Lao Su again:

"Can you see how long this strange man has been living at the bottom of a well?"

Lao Su looked at the dry bones, and said without looking back:

"The thick calloused crust of this strange man's hands and feet is already like a layer of leather armor, and in my experience, he has been lying at the bottom of the well for at least six or seven years...... By the way, this weird man's hyoid bone and vocal cords are not fully developed, and he should not be able to speak, at most he can snort or roar a few times! ”

After hearing this, Han Daring felt more and more that this strange person's life experience was too miserable, it seems that the strange man was abandoned to a dry well since he was two or three years old, and he probably didn't even expect that he would survive by eating the corpse thrown into the well.

I don't know if it's because he hasn't seen sunlight for a long time and only eats human flesh, or because he has a special physique, and he has grown into an adult body at a young age. Originally, he could take him out of the cave, and maybe he could live a normal life in the future, but in order to save himself, he finally died in the cave, which is regrettable.

Han Daring wrapped the strange man's body in an oilcloth, wanting to wait for Lao Su's autopsy and find a place to bury him properly.

Lao Su examined the dry bones separately and took bone samples for the first time, and there was no toxic reaction, but Western science had been introduced to China for a long time during the Republic of China, and many chemical agents, unlike arsenide such as arsenic, could be detected from the characteristics of bone color and so on. Therefore, it is necessary to send a sample of the bones for poison testing before the results can be obtained.

In fact, at that time, the coroner would only do some basic testing of the bones, and the detailed chemical toxicological tests needed to be outsourced to private laboratories. Except for a few cases, where the victim's family members either have the money and power to contribute, or the authorities order supervision and handling of major cases, most of the other cases are handled sloppily by the officials, and there is no special fund for testing and other tests.

The dry bones in this well have not yet been filed, and even if the case is filed, it is estimated that it will be difficult for the General Department to approve funds for testing, so the examination of this batch of bone samples still depends on Han Da'er to trouble Mei Ruohong and test privately in the Pasteur laboratory.

In addition to the bite marks of strange people, there are also some cut and scratched scars on the dry bones, as if they were caused by some sharp blade, cutting flesh and deboning. This is not something that a weirdo can do with his bare hands in the well.

Han Da'er found some skulls and skulls before, and the skulls were cut open, and the skulls were removed, so he asked Lao Su if this was the cause of death of the bones.

In fact, the mere fact that the skulls were cut open does not make it possible to infer the cause of death of these people, after all, a broken skull does not necessarily lead to immediate death, and there are many bones that have not been set aside. Because these are completely ossified dry bones, and there is no muscle to test, the characteristics of these dry bones alone can only be ruled out by the possibility of some causes of death before the bones are tested for poison in detail.

Causes of death such as fire or lightning strikes, to a greater or lesser extent, leave marks on the bones. Sharp or blunt injuries, except for obvious damage to the bones. For example, sharp or blunt objects, evidence of damage to organs or vital organs, such as sharp puncture wounds or broken bones in some important parts of the ribs, or the possible cause of death can be speculated, but it can be limited to technical means, and it is only speculation.

However, such a large number of dry bones were abandoned in the well, and there was obvious bone damage, so the possibility of a catastrophe and accident can be completely ruled out, and the only result is murder.

At this time, Lao Su had already discovered that most of the bones did not have a skull, and the edges of the planed parts were neat, as if they were slowly cut by an artifact such as a bone saw, and the edges of the broken bones were all dark brown blood, which should have been sawn open when the deceased was alive.

Because the blood of a living person is running, it is possible to get blood into the bone when the skull is sawed open, and the person who is sawed open the skull must survive for a period of time, and with the blood and gas running, the blood will be left on the edge of the broken bone to form a blood stain.

Lao Su carefully examined the cavity of the skull, which did not have a skull, and found that it was empty and very clean. Han Daring didn't understand what he meant, so Lao Su sawed another complete skull with a bone saw as a comparison.

Han Daring found that the freshly sawed skull was older than the original skull without a skull, but the inside of the freshly sawn skull was somewhat dry and black flocculent. And those skulls, which did not have skulls, although the cavity was not clean, was empty, and there was no residue or flocculent.

Lao Su explained:

"Although the corpse only has white bones, it is a cavity in the skull, which protects the human brain, so there will always be a little residual brain decay residue, which can be cut open, and the skull without the skull, without exception, is all empty, and there is no residue left!"

Han Da'er asked:

"Could it be because after the skull was opened, the brain cavity was completely corrupted, so there was no residue left!"

Lao Su shook his head and said:

"There will be some traces, you see......"

As he spoke, Lao Su pointed to the freshly sawed skull cavity, and there were some dark marks on the inner wall of the brain cavity, and then said:

"This rotten brain tissue will invade the inner wall of the brain cavity to some extent, although it is corrupt, but it will leave some traces, but those who have no skull have no such traces!"

Han Daring glanced at the strange man's corpse wrapped in oilcloth, and said:

"Maybe brain tissue and other things may have been eaten by this weirdo, that's why the noise is so clean!"

Lao Su frowned and thought slightly, and only said after a while:

"Maybe!"

But looking at his expression, he didn't seem to believe Han Da'er's inference.

Lao Su looked at the skulls without skulls and looked at the light, and there were some traces of tendons and veins on the brain cavities of these skulls, but the traces were very shallow, and they would not be noticed if they were not left to look at. He picked up the dry bones, other long bones, ribs, and so on, and looked at them under the lamp. It was found that there were also traces of the same veins on some parts, but because many parts had been cut or scraped, it was even less obvious.

He told Han Daring about the discovery, and Han Daring didn't understand how there could be such strange traces, the two thought for a long time, and made several inferences to each other, but they felt that it was not very reasonable, so they had to give up for the time being.

The underground morgue was filled with corpse smell, and Lao Su had long been unconcerned, but Han Da'er had a keen sense of smell, and felt that in addition to the corpse smell, the morgue had another smell. The smell is slightly different from rancidity.

This smell was covered up by the corpse smell emitted from the hanged corpse that Lao Su had inspected before, but this night the dry bones were moved and repeatedly tested, so that the smell on the dry bones was emitted, so Han Da'er only then could distinguish that the hidden smell was different from the corpse odor.

The older the bones are, the greater the stench, and the older the stench has long since dissipated, so not all bone-in-one bones have a stench. And the smell was not strong, so I didn't notice it at first. This stench was mixed with the stench of corpses in the morgue, and for a while, it was difficult for Han Da'er to tell what kind of stench it was.

The two of them were busy until dawn, and the bones were basically examined. Lao Su put some bone samples in a bag and handed them to Han Da'er for testing.

At this time, the eastern sky was already white, and it was not long before the red sun climbed up, and when the golden thread was sprinkled and the morning sun poured down, everything came to a standstill.

The two were busy all night on empty stomachs, and Han Da'er invited Lao Su out for breakfast, and then returned home with the corpse sample. It's too early for the Pasteur laboratory to open. He hadn't slept for most of the night before, and after a busy night last night, he felt sleepy and wanted to go home to catch up on his sleep.

In the past, people got up early in order to make a living, but at this time, there were more and more pedestrians on the road, doing small trades, setting up small stalls to sell early food, and people on the road were bustling with people.

Han Daring thought as she walked along the way, judging from the characteristics on the bones, it was very likely that the murderer was the same person or the same group of people. Not to mention the motive, in terms of the time span of this crime, it should be regarded as a serial murderer.

The most important thing is that when the murderer dumps the body, he will often choose a place that is very close to the place where the crime was committed and can often be seen. For example, the first time he threw the corpse was in Nankai, not far from home. This murderer who has been dumping his body for a long time must be a person who is very familiar with the alley bungalow in Nanshi, so he must be a nearby resident.

The murderer could not have traveled far and wide, and there was a means of transport to transport the bones from other places to dump the corpses, and it was done in the dead of night, and even if they were not discovered on the road, in such a noisy and chaotic environment, there was a danger of being exposed and hidden.

Han Daring thought to himself, tomorrow I will go back to the General Department to report to Shangfeng for investigation, and when the time comes, I will investigate around the small courtyard of the dry well, and it should not be difficult to find evidence and catch the murderer......

At this time, he had already walked to the door of the house, and when he raised his eyes, he saw a man in a gray cloth coat standing outside the gate of his house, smiling at him with his hands behind his back.