Chapter 45 2. The female corpse along the river

Ever seen a mountain of trash? Garbage mountain-this is the "respectful title" for the generation along the moat.Over the years of environmental protection and improvement, this place is a dead end, and no one likes to go there. I am used to seeing buildings with clean windows and well-dressed gentlemen and ladies, but I don't like garbage mountains very much-this is the edge of the city, dark and damp.Huge rats glared at us instead of running away.The smell of rotting vegetable leaves is everywhere. "Welcome to hell," a man called out to me from afar. This man had a kind face and was wearing a police uniform. I walked over to shake hands with him. He said, "Welcome. My name is Fan. Just call me Xiao Fan."

"Hello, my surname is Liu, and my name is Liu Shui." He asked, "Have you eaten?" I was very surprised: "I didn't eat it, why do you ask?" Xiao Fan grinned: "It's best not to eat. I'm worried that you will spit it out when you arrive at the scene." There were white things lying on the ground, which were half-decomposed limbs.Incomplete and stinking. Thank you Xiaofan for your concern.I literally threw up when I saw that thing. Xiao Fan said: "In the morning, a child came to the moat to catch fish. When he saw a bag in the water, he pulled it up. When he saw what was inside, he was so scared that he peed on his pants..."

I said, "I heard that another comrade of ours has come here. I don't know where he is now." Xiao Fan pointed to the corner on the left. Oh, there was a man squatting there, throwing up in the dark, and Lao Mu massaged that man's back to prevent him from losing strength due to vomiting. Just seeing that puke made my head dizzy. God, isn't this Xiaohe! I thought of Wang Dui's strange look, and finally understood.It turned out that they wanted to cooperate with such a two hundred and five, no wonder Lao Cheng and the captain were unwilling to come. But it is even more inappropriate for me to come. I have only been in the police force for a few days, and I am asked to take on such a difficult case. It seems to be murder and quartering. Let me handle a small case of stealth and robbery!

Old Mu over there saw me coming, so he walked over. "That..." I pointed to Xiaohe. "He vomited like a grandson as soon as he arrived at the scene." Old Mu smiled with disdain, "It's best for such a person to go home and watch Carpenter's plasma horror movies for two years, and exercise." "Have you checked the scene?" "Not yet, I'm taking care of that kid. Let's start working now, ignore him for now." We both put on our gloves and squatted down. It is difficult to find clues in severed limbs, especially those that have been fished out of the water.

Old Mu asked me: "Did you see anything?" I'm examining the best preserved part - a leg.I said: "Judging from this leg, the skin is fine and white, and the hair is less, so it is more likely to be a woman. However, judging the gender of the deceased from the skin alone may not be very reliable. The corpse stinks from being soaked in water." After such a long time, even men's skin will be finer and fairer." Old Mu nodded approvingly: "You have been in the industry for such a short time, and your progress is not slow." "Wonderful, what did you find out?"

"I have the same opinion as you. This is a female corpse. You can also judge the sex of the corpse from the soles of its feet - like this one, it is much rougher than other parts, which are often worn out by wearing high-heeled shoes. The residual limbs floated to the surface, Proof that it has been cut off for more than 24 hours, and the subcutaneous part has produced gas due to decay." Next we examine the wounded part of the body.The place where the incision was made was at the root of the thigh. The edges of the incision were neat and there were no cutting marks under the joint.

What a fast sharp weapon, it cut off the muscles in one fell swoop, and even the bones and joints were cut... I asked Lao Mu: "Is this the mark of a knife cutting? What kind of knife is so fast?" "It's hard to say. We can't draw conclusions from this wound alone. It's best...we put the corpses together at the scene." "Fight on the spot?!" Someone yelled, "Can't you take it back and fight?" It was Xiao He who spoke. His face was pale, he wiped his mouth with a tissue, and he walked stooped. It seemed that he couldn't recover his strength today.

Why does the police force keep such rubbish?I looked at Lao Mu helplessly, and Lao Mu shrugged. I said to Xiaohe: "It is helpless to fight the corpse at the scene. It is a long way to go back from here. The car broke down and it is temporarily impossible to get through. The corpse is decomposing, and there is no good preservation method. It can be done on the spot. As far as possible, the work is done on the spot, and finding clues earlier will help solve the case as soon as possible. Comrade Xiaohe, it seems that you are not in good health, so you don’t need to participate.” The last sentence made him feel like he was being pardoned. When he saw the corpse in our hands, his face suddenly turned pale, and he ran to the corner to spit it out again.

An area was defined along the moat, which was protected and no one was allowed to approach.Xiao Fan asked someone to direct the traffic, and a simple shed was built, and we started working in the shed. Put the head first when placing the corpse.The skull is facing up, the back of the head is down; the torso is placed next, also in a supine position, with the back down; then the left upper limb, and the right upper limb.When the upper limbs are placed, the palms are facing upwards; when the lower limbs are placed last, the calves of the lower limbs are downwards.Because Lao Mu and the others were nimble, this matter took less than an hour.

Old Mu measured the length of the corpse.It is estimated that the deceased was about 1.65 meters tall.It is relatively high among local women. Old Mu looked at the corpse carefully and said to me, "The deceased was a young woman with nail polish on both hands." I said, "Two conclusions can be drawn from this—first, the deceased loved to dress up; second, the deceased used relatively expensive nail polish, because her nail polish did not fall off after soaking in water for so long." Lao Mu said: "Smart! The deceased's head was cut from the upper edge of the third cervical vertebra, and the skin wound edge was neat. There were no signs of injury at the broken part of the cervical vertebra. The cut on the front was the deepest, and then the head should be cut off with a cut on the left side and a cut on the right side. .This guy is really an expert, there is no extra movement at all."

"Look here, there is something on the dead man's arm, which is a scar in the shape of a zebra pattern. Old Mu, what does the zebra pattern represent?" "Is it the wound on the deceased's arm? It is a resistance wound. When a person encounters an attack, he will use his arm to bear the attack, so it will leave zebra stripes or spots. This girl had fought before she died." I was writing down things in the notebook, and Lao Mu leaned over curiously: "What did you write?" "Some inferences suggest that the deceased was a woman with blond hair, and she should be a woman living in a big city. You see, her hairstyle is more fashionable, there are earrings on her ears, and she has painted nail polish, and it is relatively expensive nail polish. From the wound Judging from the judgment, the dissection tool is thinner, sharper, and the knife edge is not long. It may be a surgical tool used in a hospital, or it may be a boning knife after grinding. The wound is neat and there is no extra knife, which proves that the murderer has knowledge of anatomy. A doctor or a butcher. The criminal dismembered the body calmly, probably lived alone. And probably had a previous record." Old Mu patted me on the shoulder: "No wonder Captain Wang asked you to come. I think if you were allowed to handle this case alone, you would definitely be able to solve it. But..." He pointed to Xiao He's back crouching in the corner, "But With such a burden, it’s hard to say whether it can be broken.” "Look what you said." "You can't treat him as a complete waste. It will come in handy. Hey, what is this?" Old Mu knelt down to check the dead man's knee, and it turned out that there was a strange symbol there. "Is this a tattoo?" I asked Lao Mu. "It doesn't look like it's written in, but it looks like it's branded with a soldering iron." This is a pattern of a dog or a wolf with three hideous heads. "What does this graphic mean?" I asked Lao Mu. Lao Mu looked at it carefully for a long time, then shook his head: "I don't know, I've never seen it before." "Is it a sign of a gang?" "Not like." "I'll take a picture first, and look up the information after I bring it back." Lao Mu said while taking the camera. "There are earrings on the ears, but they haven't been taken away. What does that mean?" he asked. I said: "It means that the murder was not caused by greed for money. Moreover, the murderer's family should be relatively rich. After all, it is a gold earring, but the murderer dismissed it." "I seem to have seen this thing before." A weak voice sounded. We turned our heads and saw that the great Comrade Xiao He walked over clutching his stomach.It is estimated that he has nothing to vomit in his stomach. "What does this pattern mean?" "Ever heard of Cerberus?" "I heard it a little bit. It seems to be the name of a monster in a fantasy novel. It seems to be a legendary beast that guards the entrance to the underworld." "This is a hellhound, but I don't know why it was branded on. I only know that the family emblem on the slaves was branded on to prevent them from escaping." "Branding on the body requires a lot of pain. Doing such a thing is either forced or related to spiritual beliefs. This woman looks pampered. It should not be forced to be branded, but it is related to spiritual beliefs .” "Spiritual belief? Do you mean religion?"