Chapter 59 3. Blood mist

It was 7:40 in the morning when we received the report. Before that, we were having breakfast with the forensics department. From my point of view, the housing arrangement in the bureau is a mess. There are no buildings here, only a few rows of bungalows, and the last row of houses belongs to the forensic doctors.According to the views of the leaders, the criminal police should establish a close comrade-in-arms relationship with the forensic doctors, so our office is arranged in front of the forensic doctors' offices, and the forensic doctors' dormitory is also next to ours. The old Mu in their house is idle every day Just run to our office if you have nothing to do.On the morning of receiving the case, Lao Mu walked into our room with a lunch box. He put the lunch box on the table and said, "I don't have an appetite this morning. Who will eat this meal for me?"

Surprisingly, no one paid him any attention. I found it very curious, because everyone just came out of the dormitory. A minute ago we were still discussing who would buy the breakfast, but now we have food delivered to our door, and everyone didn’t eat it.Could it be that the usual food is so good that you have a mouthful? I asked Lao Mu: "What food?" He lifted the lid: "Preserved egg and lean pork porridge." The hot air rushed towards me with the aroma, and it seemed to taste good. "You did?" I asked. "certainly." I tasted it: "It's okay, no spoilage."

"of course not." I glanced back at my colleagues: "Why don't you come over to eat? It's delicious." Wang Dui looked down at the document and didn't speak.Lao Hou took a newspaper to cover his face, and the newspaper trembled slightly, as if he was trying to hold back his laughter. "Cut, play tricks." I gulped down the porridge, and only after I finished eating did I remember to ask Lao Mu, "Why don't you have an appetite for dinner?" "After I came this morning, I made dinner in the autopsy room. After I finished, our boss said something to me."

"Wait!" I stopped him, "Where did you say you made this meal?" Laohou's newspaper shook even more violently. "The dissecting room. There is an electric furnace there, which can be heated." Team Wang added in a low voice: "The electric furnace... After collecting samples from the corpse, use that electric furnace to heat it." I swallowed the last mouthful of porridge with difficulty. This porridge is so fishy, ​​but it’s okay, it’s not porridge made from corpses. I asked Lao Mu: "You should have an appetite before cooking porridge, so why do you lose your appetite after cooking?"

Lao Mu replied: "After I finished cooking the porridge, our leader, Lao Ding, came in and told me that the container used to heat the corpse samples last night was broken, so he just picked up a basin and used it. Of course, after washing It was cleaned up, but he still felt the need to talk to me." I looked down at the rice bowl brought by Lao Mu. It was a stainless steel rice bowl with a burnt black circle on the bottom. My stomach suddenly turned violent, so I squatted down by the corner and vomited. Old Mu shook his head and said, "Oh, it's ruined again..." Wang Dui said to Lao Hou, "Let's go out and buy fried dough sticks."

"Well, some more tofu nao. Xiao Liu, do you want more?" "Ugh..." I turned my back to them and shook my hand. Before they could go out, the office phone rang. Dui Wang answered the phone with a serious expression on his face. He said "yes" several times, then put down the phone and waved to us: "Let's go, call someone from the identification department." Laohou's eyes widened: "Let's go now, don't we even eat?" "After working as a police officer for so many years, you don't even have the slightest sense of consciousness? When you finish eating the clues, you may lose them. Xiao Liu, have you vomited enough? Go and call Lao Ding and Lao Mu. This time it's a big case. Bigger ones."

The jeep trudged through several inches of snow for half a day before arriving at Hongqin Camp.The village was originally named Qinying. During the "Cultural Revolution" period, it insisted on catering to the trend of "the country's mountains and rivers are all red", so it was renamed Hongqinying.The village has a small population, but thanks to the lake and mountains, there are not a few tourists who come here every year.When there are too many people, accidents will happen.Those who come here are not all for the purpose of tourism.The crime rate here is much higher than other villages, mostly theft and robbery.The former village head swore, "It was done by people who were jealous of our village." But he still couldn't change the outcome of his dismissal. The new village head had just taken office a few days ago, and this ushered in his first case. , this case far surpassed all the cases during his predecessor's tenure-this time it was a homicide case.

The deceased Chen Kai, male, 21 years old, was a third-year student at the Design Institute of this city.The first night I went to the Hongqinying Guest House and booked a room, but I didn't return all night.The boss, Sun Sijue, felt that there might be an accident, so he contacted the police station in the town, and later found Chen Kai's body in the threshing field at the foot of the mountain. When we arrived, there were three floors of onlookers on the threshing floor and three floors outside. All the people who came to survey the site were dumbfounded—the site must have been destroyed beyond recognition.

There were several inches of snow on the ground, and the suspect could leave clear footprints, which is very helpful for solving the case.As soon as Team Wang jumped out of the car, he shouted angrily: "Who is responsible here! Why are there so many people here!" An old man came forward eagerly: "My surname is Huang, Huang Danchen. I'm the village head here. Just call me Lao Huang. These people are all from our village. Everyone came out last night to look for this missing young man. We all Come to protect the scene, comrade, don’t take offense.” When the common people saw an angry policeman jumping out of the car, they all started to disperse.

"Protect the scene?!" Wang Dui smiled wryly, "Let them all disperse. Whoever found the body first, let him come over, I want to ask him a few questions." In the end, seven villagers (including the village chief) remained at the scene. Sun Sijue, male, 54 years old, is the person in charge of the guest house in the village. He was the one who discovered Chen Kai's disappearance last night. Wang Tianxiang, male, 50 years old, the only policeman in the village, has a strong body and has been on the Korean battlefield.After Sun Sijue discovered Chen Kai's disappearance last night, he first went to him to call the police. The body was also found by Wang Tianxiang.

Li Kui, male, 62 years old; Li Kan, male, 61 years old. The brothers are chefs in the guest house.In the middle of the night, Sun Sijue woke him up to find someone together. Yang Jianguo, male, 60 years old, a doctor and veterinarian in the village (you read that right, he is the only one in the village who knows how to hold a thermometer and is also the only one who can castrate livestock).After discovering Chen Kai's body, he checked it first and confirmed that Chen Kai was dead at that time. Gao Tianli, male, 50 years old, a farmer, lived next to the guest house, and was called out by Sun Sijue to find someone. Lao Hou and I made notes for these two people, while Dui Wang was listening. After the notes were finished, he called the village chief over: "Comrade Huang, I have a question for you: Are there a lot of elderly people in this village? " The village head replied: "That's not the case. After winter, young people have no farm work, so they go to the city to work, and they will come back before the Chinese New Year." Team Wang asked, "How long have you lived here? It sounds like your accent is not local." The village head replied: "It's been more than 20 years. I haven't counted. I used to be from Shandong. During the 'Cultural Revolution', the rebels in my hometown made a lot of noise, so they came here." Wang Dui asked: "Are there any other people like you in the village?" The old village head stretched out five fingers. "Five?" "No, fifty percent." "Half of the people moved here later!?" "Well, during the 'Cultural Revolution' period, some escaped the 'turmoil' and ran to the mountains, some moved here because of the beautiful scenery, and some moved here because their children got married." Team Wang asked him a few more questions, and then came to the forensic doctors. "Has the cause of death been ascertained?" Lao Ding said: "It can be seen at a glance." He pointed to the chest of the deceased. A two-foot-long wooden pole was inserted into Chen Kai's chest. The wooden pole was white and slightly prismatic, and the tail was cut into a delicate feather shape, which was antique. It's an arrow.The hidden weapon of murder in the cold weapon era is also a sharp weapon. "This can't be stolen from a museum, right?" Lao Mu said, he wanted to pull the wooden pole out of the dead man's chest, but it was in vain. "There are barbs near the arrow, you can't pull them out." It was the village chief who spoke. "How do you know you can't pull it out?" The village chief smiled wryly, "Because it's my arrow."