Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Mysterious Frozen Corpse

"The elderly and infants have low ability to regulate body temperature and are easily affected by the drop in temperature, so the rate of freezing to death is very high..." the forensic pathology teacher chattered on the podium, speaking impassionedly. Gently poked my roommate Ouyang Fan with an elbow: "Hey, I heard that you went to Teacher Cao Yingxia's house for a class meeting last Thursday? How is it, is Teacher Cao pretty?" Hearing the words "Cao Yingxia", Ouyang Fan's face suddenly turned pale, and he closed the book suddenly, which startled Li Xiangshan: "What are you doing? It's like seeing a ghost."

"You're right, I really saw a ghost." Ouyang Fan said with a dark face, "Can you imagine? Our school's psychological counseling teacher and Chinese department counselor is an intern forensic doctor. What else do I have?" Talent, you want me to choose this forensic pathology, tell me, I am a girl from the Chinese department, what forensic pathology do I study?" "Then it's okay if you don't choose?" "Cao Yingxia said that I am in the embryonic stage of anti-social personality. If she doesn't sign my psychiatric certificate, I will have to go to a mental hospital!" broken.

Li Xiangshan grinned, and secretly said in his heart, I think so too.But he still comforted her: "It's okay, I'm taking an elective with you, just treat it as a joke, memorize more at the end of the semester, long live 60 points. Besides, your father is a forensic doctor, don't you feel very fond of forensic medicine?" Interested?" Ouyang Fan was downcast, her parents didn't allow her to study forensic medicine at all. "Hello." Li Xiangshan waved his hand in front of her eyes, "Why are you out of your mind?" Ouyang Fan ignored her, but she moved closer with interest, lowered her voice, and pretended to be mysterious: "I encountered a strange thing a few days ago, are you interested in hearing about it?"

"Not interested." As soon as the words finished, the bell rang for the end of get out of class. Ouyang Fan put away his books and went out. Today is Thursday, and he has to see Cao Yingxia in the afternoon for some special counseling. How could she be in the mood to listen to her nonsense. "Hey, are you really not listening?" Li Xiangshan shouted from behind, "You will regret it!" As soon as he left the classroom, the cold wind poured into his neck, and Ouyang Fan couldn't help tightening his collar.Recently, the temperature in City C has dropped sharply. Many people have put on down jackets, and the campus is full of people with colds.She was eating in the cafeteria, and there was a long queue in front of the window, and the two girls were talking quietly.

"I heard that people froze to death last night, is it true?" "This weather freezes people to death, isn't it too exaggerated?" "Really, I heard it's a homeless man, and he's in our school." The two had lunch, and went away while arguing. Ouyang Fan didn't take it to heart. After a quick lunch, he took a car to Campus B.This campus is located in the deepest part of the university town. Among the tall buildings stands an old building with a height of five or six floors. There was a chill in my heart. That is the forensic identification center of the C University School of Medicine, which is well-known in the country. Corpses are sent in for autopsy and identification almost every day. It is also the practice base of the C University Forensic Medicine Department.

Ouyang Fan got out of the car at the Judicial Appraisal Center, frowning. Cao Yingxia asked her to come here, what's the purpose? "You came on time." Cao Yingxia came out of the door leisurely in a white coat. "Mr. Cao, you didn't ask me to come here to see the corpse, did you?" "Well said, it's just to look at the corpse." Cao Yingxia stretched out her thumb and pointed behind her, "Come with me, you won't regret it." Pale lighting, half white and green walls, slightly mottled wooden door, at first glance it is difficult to connect with such a loud reputation.

"University C is really stingy, even reluctant to spend money on repairs." Ouyang Fan said. "Is it necessary?" Cao Yingxia turned her face and asked, "There are the most advanced facilities in the country here. As for the house, it doesn't matter at all." As he said, he pushed open a door, and there was an operating table in the middle of the room. Lying there was a slightly fat man. Ouyang Fan froze for a moment, there was no doubt that there were only corpses lying here. "This was delivered this morning." Cao Yingxia slowly came to the corpse, "The homeless man who died of freezing, was naked when he died, and all his clothes were left aside. It was frozen hard, like plaster."

"Why did you bring me to see this?" "Don't you want to watch the autopsy? Others don't have the opportunity until they are juniors, but you can watch it now." Cao Yingxia waved to the three of them with a harmless smile, "Come here, I'm about to start." It is indeed a rare opportunity for Ouyang Fan to be here. Corpses are very precious, and some schools can't even find a corpse for teaching. The three of them glanced at each other, walked over and gathered around the dissecting table, watching Cao Yingxia pick up the scalpel and skillfully draw a huge letter "Y" on the stomach of the corpse.

When the chest was opened, Ouyang Fan's face was a little ugly, and he took a step back involuntarily.Cao Yingxia laughed mockingly: "Why, are you still afraid of corpses?" "I'm... not used to it..." "Then you'd better get used to it as soon as possible." Cao Yingxia took out the internal organs one by one, "The person who died of freezing took off his clothes before death because of the paralysis of the temperature regulation center, and he had hallucinations of heat. The facial expression of the deceased was not a smile, which is called a wry smile." The face, the spots on the corpse are bright red or light red, and the internal organs of the whole body are congested, these are indeed symptoms of freezing to death."

"In this weather, even if you wear thin clothes, you won't freeze to death, right?" Ouyang Fan interrupted. "He is an old man over 60 years old, and he can't stand the sudden drop in temperature." Ouyang Fan fell silent, and Cao Yingxia's eyes swept across her face. After a long time, she stretched out her hand and pointed at the arm and heel of the corpse with a wince: "His arm and heel have herpes, this weather is too strange .” Cao Yingxia nodded appreciatively: "He was indeed frozen to death, but he probably lost consciousness before freezing to death. He had herpes on his arms and heels, and his lips and nails were bruised, which are signs of barbiturate poisoning." .”

Barbiturates are hypnotics commonly used in medicine. Ouyang Fan was startled. In this way, the dead did not simply freeze to death? "However, the liquid in the herpes needs to be sent for testing to be sure. But I found some interesting things." Cao Yingxia blinked mysteriously, "The deceased had hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia and mild liver cirrhosis. This is a long-term illness. Diseases caused by excessive consumption of fish and meat, tobacco and alcohol." Ouyang Fan was startled and said, "How can a penniless homeless man suffer from such a rich disease?" "When the body was discovered, there was nothing on his body that could indicate his identity, but..." She paused, and said, "With such well-maintained skin, he is definitely not an ordinary tramp." "Now I'll give you half an hour to observe the corpse." Cao Yingxia turned around, took off her gloves, and poured herself a glass of water, "Remember to wear gloves." "What is this?" Half an hour later, Ouyang Fan pointed to the nostrils of the corpse and said, Cao Yingxia put down the beaker filled with water, and picked out a small piece of green stuff from the nostrils with small pliers. "Is it chopped vegetable leaves?" Cao Yingxia muttered to herself: "Smashed vegetable leaves, frozen to death, hypnotics..." "Refrigerator!" Ouyang Fan yelled, "He didn't freeze to death outdoors, he froze to death in the refrigerator! Someone anesthetized him with barbiturates and put him in the refrigerator. He was still alive at that time, so the refrigerator The remaining crushed vegetable leaves were sucked into the nostrils. After he froze to death, the man dragged him out and threw him under the teaching building of the school, pretending to be frozen to death outdoors." "These are just conjectures, more detailed tests are needed." Cao Yingxia looked at her, "Any other findings?" "The deceased was about 60 years old. He was from a wealthy family and was meticulous. He was a mountaineering enthusiast. He was either an official or a businessman." Ouyang Fan said.Cao Yingxia asked: "What is the basis?" "His fingernails and toenails are neatly trimmed, his beard is very clean-shaven, and his hair is combed shiny, which shows that he is meticulous and even a little bit clean. As for mountain climbing..." Ouyang Fan turned his calf over , "His leg muscles are particularly developed, and there are old scars on the inside of his legs, which are caused by long-term rope climbing." "Very good." Cao Yingxia nodded in satisfaction, and covered the body with a white cloth, "Thank you for your help, you can go back." Ouyang Fan asked dissatisfiedly: "Didn't you say you want some psychological counseling?" Cao Yingxia suddenly realized: "I forgot." Then, he took out a book from the cabinet and handed it to her, "This is the study of serial murders by Li Minghan, the world's authority on criminal psychology. Take it back and read it carefully. Remember next Thursday Come on time." Ouyang Fan returned to the dormitory, Li Xiangshan was not there, and another roommate, Lin Xueqiao, was watching Korean dramas. "Where did Xiang Shan go?" Ouyang Fan asked, usually at this time, she was studying makeup in the dormitory. "I don't know." Lin Xueqiao didn't turn her head, "I guess I went home, it's weekend soon." go home.These two words are like a sharp thorn in her heart. Since her mother hanged herself and her father died suddenly, she has no home. As long as she returns home, she always feels that her mother's body is still dangling above her head. Swinging back and forth, while Dad was still lying on the bed with a hideous face. That villa, was a terrible nightmare. Perhaps because of insomnia at night, Ouyang Fan fell asleep unknowingly while lying on the bed.After an unknown amount of time, he was awakened by the ringing of his mobile phone. He grabbed the phone sleepily and found that Li Xiangshan had sent her a text message. When she opened the text message, she immediately fell asleep. "Today is my birthday, come to my house to celebrate." Ouyang Fan frowned in confusion, and asked Lin Xueqiao, "When is Xiang Shan's birthday?" "It seems to be March." It's obviously November now, what's wrong with Xiang Shan, wanting to celebrate her birthday? She dialed the phone back, it rang for a while, but no one answered, and she called again, still no one answered.An ominous premonition suddenly appeared in his heart, Ouyang Fan was silent for a while, and jumped out of bed: "I'll go and see Shan's house, if she returns to the dormitory, call me immediately." Li Xiangshan's home is only one street away from C University. She often jokes that she grew up in C University and is destined to study in C University in this life.The place where she lives is a community called Magnolia, which is full of Magnolia flowers. Ouyang Fan explained his purpose to the security guard and put his ID on it before finally entering the door, but he didn't know her detailed address, so he had to stand in the courtyard and continue to call her. The phone was connected, and almost at the same time, a pleasant ringtone rang, echoing in the quiet neighborhood. She was startled, hung up the phone, the ringing stopped, and when she called again, the ringing sounded again.Following the ringtone, she walked into the small garden and found a mobile phone in the grass. Why is Xiang Shan's phone here?There is a crack on the screen, could it be thrown from upstairs? The ominous premonition became stronger, she found the security guard again, showed him the phone, and after a while, she asked Li Xiangshan's address. It was getting late at night, but the door of Li Xiangshan's house was not locked, it was just ajar, and darkness leaked out from the crack of the door.The dark wind coming from nowhere made people's skin ache. She knocked on the door, but no one answered, so she had to gently push the door open. The moment she opened the door, she seemed to smell a faint smell of rust. "Xiang Shan?" She called out, and walked into the house, the moonlight came in from the window, printing a square white spot on the ground.The rust smell became stronger, and there seemed to be some black spots in the white spots. She seemed to think of something, and bent down to touch those stains. A black figure suddenly appeared behind her, holding up a sharp fruit knife, Ouyang Fan was shocked when he saw the shadow reflected on the ground, turned around and grabbed her wrist, and twisted his back violently. "Ah—" the man cried out in pain, Ouyang Fan was stunned: "Xiang Shan?" "Ou...Ouyang?" Li Xiangshan heard her voice, and suddenly burst into tears, "Ouyang, I killed someone!" Cao Yingxia was still in the judicial appraisal center. She carefully put the organs back into the abdominal cavity of the deceased. After the autopsy, the forensic doctor would try to maintain the integrity of the corpse. This is a respect for the deceased. "Knock, knock, knock." With a low knock on the door, she raised her head and saw a handsome young policeman standing at the door. His dark uniform made his skin fairer. He looked Cao Yingxia up and down, and hesitated for a moment: "Excuse me...have the autopsy results come out for the body of the homeless man that was delivered this morning?" "You are?" "My name is Wei Yingdong, and I'm a criminal policeman from the Municipal Bureau." He said, "Who are you?" "My name is Cao Yingxia, and I am a forensic intern at the Forensic Center." With a smile on Cao Yingxia's face, she took off her gloves and shook hands with him. Wei Yingdong couldn't believe it. It was the first time he saw a female forensic doctor, not to mention she was so young and looked like a college student. Cao Yingxia handed him a completed document: "This is the autopsy report, if you don't understand anything, just ask." "What? Kill someone?" Ouyang Fan grabbed her shoulders and looked at the crying roommate, "Who did you kill?" "Grandpa Xiao." Li Xiangshan couldn't help shaking, "I, my grandpa's good friend." "Don't worry, speak slowly." "I had dinner outside, and when I came back, I saw the door was open. I thought a thief had entered, so I pushed the door open quietly, picked up the knife from the fruit plate, and saw a man squatting in the corner, shaking his body I yelled, but he suddenly rushed towards me, I backed away in fright, he grabbed my neck, although I didn't have much strength, I still struggled for a while, and then I accidentally fell down, That person fell on me, I...I really didn't know it was Grandpa Xiao, if I knew, I would definitely not..." "Where is the body?" "That's right, it's in the back room." Ouyang Fan turned on the light and saw a trail of blood trailing from the living room to the back room.She opened the door of the back room, and the blood stains stretched all the way to the bottom of the bed. She lifted the sheet, and it was an old man in his sixties, with a pair of eyes open, staring straight at him, and the expression on his face seemed to be hatred, but also Fear, with his arms around his chest, as if he was in a world of ice and snow. She suddenly remembered the frozen corpse that was dissected in the afternoon. "Does he have the key to your house?" Ouyang Fan asked. Li Xiangshan didn't dare to enter the house, and nodded at the door: "Several of my grandfather's old comrades in arms all have keys to my house." "Then why didn't you think it might be your grandpa's friend when you entered the door?" "They never come to my house so late, and they don't turn on the lights when they come." Ouyang Fan lay on the ground, observed the corpse carefully, and after looking at it for a while, he seemed to find something: "When he rushed towards you, was he conscious?" "I don't know, I was scared stupid. But when I stabbed him with the knife, he rolled over me and curled up in a ball, shouting 'cold, cold, so cold'." cold?Ouyang Fan chewed this word carefully, and that mysterious frozen corpse got into her mind again. "Call the police," she said. "No, don't call the police." Li Xiangshan rushed over and grabbed her hand, crying with tears in his eyes, "Please, if I call the police, the rest of my life will be over. I don't want to go to jail." Ouyang Fan pushed her away: "Xiang Shan, listen to me. The deceased had herpes on his arms and heels, and his lips and nails were bruised. This is a sign of barbiturate poisoning! I'm afraid he was unconscious before he entered your house Already!" Li Xiangshan stopped crying: "That is to say... I don't have to go to jail?" Ouyang Fan nodded, suddenly thought of something, took out his mobile phone, "Is this yours?" "Why is my phone on you?" "I picked it up in the grass downstairs." "Downstairs... I guess it was accidentally thrown out when Grandpa Xiao and I were pushing and shoving." "What's with this text message?" "What message?" Ouyang Fan turned out the text message and showed it to her, she was full of surprise: "I didn't send it, my birthday is in March." Ouyang Fan took a deep breath and his face became serious. If Li Xiangshan hadn't lied, then after the phone was thrown into the grass, someone picked it up and used it to send her a strange text message. Who was that man, and what was his purpose in doing this? A huge shadow filled her mind like a dense fog, making it impossible for her to see where she came from. "That is to say, this is not freezing to death, but murder?" Wei Yingdong asked in surprise. "The preliminary autopsy results are as follows. I found undissolved tablets in the gastric juice of the deceased. It is barbiturate. The dose is not enough to cause death, but it can make people unconscious, body temperature drop, limb weakness, and even coma. " Halfway through the speech, Wei Yingdong's cell phone rang, and after answering the call, he said with a sullen face, "Teacher Cao, another body poisoned by barbiturates was found." A policeman was taking notes for Ouyang Fan and Li Xiangshan. Li Xiangshan finally calmed down, but the hand holding the water glass was still trembling. "Have you notified her parents?" Wei Yingdong glanced at Li Xiangshan, and a policeman said, "Her mother has passed away a long time ago, and her father is a doctor abroad, so I can't get in touch." Cao Yingxia followed Wei Yingdong in and was taken aback: "Ouyang, why are you here?" "Teacher Cao?" "She is the forensic doctor I invited, and the forensic doctor from the bureau has gone to another scene." Wei Yingdong explained to several colleagues who were investigating the scene. The police all cast distrustful glances at this too young female forensic doctor.Cao Yingxia didn't take it seriously, and carefully examined the corpse: "The time of death was an hour ago, and the cause of death was that a sharp object pierced the heart, causing cardiac arrest..." When she said this, she was suddenly taken aback, and turned the dead man's hand over, "He has frostbite marks on his hands." "Grandpa Xiao climbed Shuangyue Mountain five years ago and was besieged by heavy snow for a month. This injury was left at that time, and my grandfather also had it." Li Xiangshan said. "Your grandfather?" "My grandfather and Grandpa Xiao are comrades in arms. They have always loved mountaineering, and they used to travel together." Mountaineering, the nameless frozen corpse also has traces left by mountaineering. Cao Yingxia and Wei Yingdong looked at each other, and Wei Yingdong asked excitedly, "Where is your grandfather? Do you have a group photo of them climbing the mountain?" Li Xiangshan was a little surprised why he would ask this, and took them to another room: "I didn't see grandpa when I got home today, I guess I went shopping. This is my grandpa's room." After that, turn on the light, Find a photo frame from the drawer, "This is a commemorative photo of their climbing." The photo is yellowish, and it seems to be quite old. There are four people in total, and the background is endless snow-capped mountains.Cao Yingxia pointed to one of them and said, "That's right, that's him!" Then she asked Li Xiangshan, "What's his name?" "That's Grandpa Yu, full name Yu Yaohua." Li Xiangshan asked strangely, "What happened to him?" Cao Yingxia stared into her eyes and said, "He lived on the street and was frozen to death." "Impossible!" Li Xiangshan yelled loudly, "Grandpa Yu is the retired director of the Civil Affairs Bureau. I met him a week ago. He is in good spirits. How could he be living on the street?" Cao Yingxia fell silent, carefully looked at the photo frame, and then looked up at the room. There were many photos hanging on the wall. As she got older, she would miss her life very much. There were old wedding photos, family photos, and travel photos, but the strange thing was , there is no mountaineering photo. "Xiang Shan, your grandfather loves mountaineering, why did you put the mountaineering photos in the drawer?" Ouyang Fan asked, it seems that she also found out. "Besieged by heavy snow that time, they almost died in the mountains. After they were rescued, they never climbed the mountain again. The photos that were originally hung on the wall were also put away." Cao Yingxia frowned slightly. It stands to reason that although mountaineering is exciting, it is very dangerous, and it is often close to death. If it is just an ordinary heavy snow siege, the reaction should not be so severe. Could it be that something happened in that snow mountain? Seeing that Cao Yingxia was silent, Wei Yingdong dragged Li Xiangshan back to the living room: "Come on, please describe to me the scene of the incident again." Li Xiangshan was a little impatient, but she couldn't refuse, pointing to the corner: "When I came in, Grandpa Xiao was squatting there, I thought it was a thief..." "Wait." Cao Yingxia interrupted him, "Where do you think he is squatting?" Li Xiangshan was startled: "That's right, it's there." Everyone looked in the direction of his finger, and there was a refrigerator standing in the corner. After leaving Li's house, Cao Yingxia asked Ouyang Fan: "What do you think about this case?" Ouyang Fan was silent for a while: "Two of the four people who were once trapped in the snow-capped mountains have died, and the other two may not be able to stay out of it." "Li Xiangshan's grandfather, Li Xiong, hasn't returned yet. He doesn't have a mobile phone on him. The police have already started searching. As for the other one, who do you think is the other one?" "Who?" "Song Xu, the father-in-law of a high-ranking official in the city, the city is currently solving the case within a deadline." "It's none of my business." Ouyang Fan shrugged. "You really think it has nothing to do with you?" Cao Yingxia had a mysterious smile in the corner of her eyes, Ouyang Fan frowned, and it was that smile again. Every time she smiled like that, she would shudder and feel that her thoughts were all Be seen through. Early the next morning, Cao Yingxia woke up Ouyang Fan from the bed and asked her to accompany him to the police station to rescue Li Xiangshan. The police station was busy. Cao Yingxia approached Wei Yingdong and explained her purpose. Wei Yingdong said, "She has been escorted away." Cao Yingxia was stunned for a moment: "By whom?" "Song Xu." Wei Yingdong took out a note from his pants pocket, "Li Xiangshan asked me to give this to you." Cao Yingxia took it over, it was a leave note. "How many days does she have to ask for leave?" "She should ask for leave." Wei Yingdong said, "No one can bear this kind of thing." Cao Yingxia was silent for a while, seemingly thoughtful. "Come on, let's go to Song Xu's house." "How do you know she's at Song Xu's house?" "Song Xu couldn't wait to bail her out, why do you think?" Ouyang Fan was stunned: "He's afraid to tell Shan the secret from five years ago?" "That's right." "Xiang Shan is in danger?" "That's not necessarily the case. There are many ways to make her shut up." Cao Yingxia held the note tightly, her eyes were cold, "But one thing is certain, to make an old man so panic, there must be a terrible secret hidden in that blizzard." Knocking on the door of Song's house, what he saw was a young and beautiful face. "Who are you looking for?" It was a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl who looked at the two suspiciously. Cao Yingxia smiled and said, "Is Mr. Song Xu there?" "Who is looking for me?" A deep and old voice came from the room. Cao Yingxia pushed open the door and said loudly, "Mr. Song, I am the counselor of classmate Li Xiangshan." An old man stood up from the sofa and stretched his face: "Li Xiangshan is not at my house." The corner of Cao Yingxia's mouth raised, and she glanced at the shoes lined up in the entrance: "Then why are her shoes at your house?" Song Xu's face became even more ugly: "She needs to rest now." "I am her counselor and have an obligation to care about her safety." Song Xu sneered, and said sarcastically, "Isn't he just a college counselor? I only had tea with the principal of your C University last week. It's time to persuade him to be cautious about hiring people." The girl roared, "How did you sweep this place? There's so much dust, why don't you go and sweep it again!" Ouyang Fan glanced at Cao Yingxia with a joke look, to see how she would end up. Cao Yingxia narrowed her eyes slightly: "Actually, I came to see you today, Mr. Song." "Looking for me?" Song Xu was stunned for a moment, "What are you looking for?" "Of course I am concerned about your safety." Cao Yingxia quickly walked in front of him and said in a low voice, "Two of the four people who were besieged in the snow mountain at that time had already died, and one was missing. Are you not afraid?" Song Xu shouted angrily: "What does this have to do with you?" Cao Yingxia smiled brighter, and lowered her voice: "Did you forget that the person who lives in your house just killed your best friend, and her grandpa also disappeared, what did this remind you of? " The muscles on Song Xu's face twitched twice, his bark-like face looked hideous, and a trace of fear flashed in his eyes. Seemingly having got the answer she wanted, Cao Yingxia smiled with satisfaction: "Take care, Mr. Song." After leaving Song's house, the two got on the bus back to school. Ouyang Fan asked, "Are you implying that Xiang Shan is the murderer?" "I don't know if Li Xiangshan is the murderer, but Song Xu is definitely not the murderer." Ouyang Fan was stunned: "Are you so sure?" "When I suggested that Li Xiangshan was the murderer, I saw fear in his eyes." Cao Yingxia said, "If he was the murderer, he would despise me even more." "What if he's faking it?" "Then he will win an Oscar." Cao Yingxia laughed, "As the saying goes, the eyes are the windows to the soul, and the flash of emotion in the eyes will often betray him. I believe that Li Xiangshan will return to school in a short time, and let me know when the time comes. " The bus stopped at the entrance of Campus A of C University. Ouyang Fan got up and got off the bus. When he walked to the door, he heard Cao Yingxia say, "When you have insomnia, listen to light music or keep a diary every day." After a pause, he added, "If you want to cry, find a place to cry." Ouyang Fan stood stiffly by the car door and did not move for a long time.The flight attendant yelled impatiently: "Are you going to get off or not?" The car door closed behind him, Ouyang Fan raised his head, trying not to let the tears flow down.What that woman said always pierced her heart. It was another night of insomnia, when Ouyang Fan just felt a little drowsy at dawn, the bedroom door suddenly opened. "Xiang Shan?" Ouyang Fan sat up straight, "Why are you back?" Li Xiangshan's expression turned ugly: "I used to live at Grandpa Song's house, but Grandpa Song said that the counselor had come to find me and asked me to go back to school." Ouyang Fan poured her a glass of water: "Are you feeling better?" "My grandfather's whereabouts are unknown, how can I feel better?" Seeing her frowning tightly, Ouyang Fan quickly changed the subject: "By the way, you told me earlier that you discovered a strange thing, let's hear it." Li Xiangshan's complexion changed suddenly, a pair of eyes fixed on him, full of fear and doubt: "I...I saw a person." "Who?" "A person who shouldn't appear." Li Xiangshan hugged her head and kept shaking her head, "Impossible, it can't be him." "Who?" Ouyang Fan grabbed her arm and asked, "Who did you see?" "Enough!" Li Xiangshan pushed her out violently, yelling at her hysterically, "Get out! Get out of here! Don't mind my business!" Ouyang Fan froze there, Li Xiangshan turned around and lay on the bed, ignoring her. Lin Xueqiao, who didn't know why, poked her head out from the upper bunk: "Did she eat the explosives?" Xiang Shan, who is usually gentle and gentle, is really scary when angry.Ouyang Fan smiled helplessly: "Let her sleep for a while, she is too tired." Ouyang Fan had to go to class with a pair of deep dark circles under his eyes. The whole morning was like listening to a book from heaven. After finally getting out of class, my belly was like a beating drum, and I took the lunch box to the cafeteria to get some food. Thinking that Li Xiangshan might not have eaten either, I made an extra meal.Unexpectedly, when she returned to the dormitory, she found that Xiang Shan's bed was empty. "Hey, Xueqiao, where's Xiang Shan?" Lin Xueqiao happened to have no class, and spent the whole morning watching Korean dramas in the dormitory: "I took a call and went out." Ouyang Fan had an ominous premonition. He waited in the dormitory until two o'clock in the afternoon and didn't see her come back. He didn't answer her phone, and when he called again, the phone turned off.She gritted her teeth, picked up the phone and walked out, just in time to meet Wei Yingdong who was coming. "Student Ouyang?" Wei Yingdong stopped him, "Is Li Xiangshan in the dormitory?" The ominous premonition is even stronger: "What's the matter?" "We found an important clue and need to talk to her about the situation." With a chill in his heart, Ouyang Fan's face became serious: "She's gone." A black BMW was parked outside the Song family villa. A middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes got out of the car with a young and beautiful woman on his arm, and came to the door talking and laughing.Just about to ring the doorbell, but found that the door is not locked. "Why didn't you lock the door?" The young woman said dissatisfiedly, "That nanny Xiaohong must have done something good. That country girl is clumsy, she should have been fired long ago." The middle-aged man pushed open the door and saw Xiaohong sitting on the sofa, the TV was on, playing an entertainment program. "Hey, where's my dad?" the young woman roared. Xiaohong ignored her.She was furious, rushed over and pushed her hard: "You..." Before she finished speaking, Xiaohong fell down in the direction she pushed. "what--" "Didn't I say that Li Xiangshan will notify me as soon as he comes back?" Cao Yingxia scolded Ouyang Fan in the Academic Affairs Office, but Ouyang kept a cold face and did not speak. Cao Yingxia tried her best to suppress her anger: "Did she say anything?" Why should I tell you!This sentence was twisted in Ouyang Fan's mouth, but he swallowed it back: "She said that she had seen a person who could not appear before the incident." "Did she say who it was?" Ouyang Fan shook his head. The phone rang, and Cao Yingxia listened to the call impatiently, her face suddenly changed.She slammed on the microphone with a "snap" and hurried out.Ouyang Fan asked: "Is there another homicide? Song Xu is dead?" "No, the nanny of Song Xu's family died." When Cao Yingxia rushed to the scene, she saw a young woman trembling with fright, and a middle-aged man bossing around the police with an arrogant attitude. It seems that this is Song Xu's son-in-law. Wei Yingdong's face was clouded, and he walked over and said in a low voice, "Song Xu is missing. He didn't have a phone with him, and he didn't contact anyone." The body of the nanny Xiaohong was lying on the sofa, her eyes were wide open, and there was a bruise on her neck. "The eyelids were bleeding, the lips were cyanotic, and the hyoid bone was fractured. She was strangled to death." Cao Yingxia said, "The strangle marks crossed on the right side of the neck. The murderer was left-handed." "Left-handed?" Wei Yingdong seemed a little surprised, "Does she have any signs of barbiturate poisoning?" "Not yet." "That's strange." Wei Yingdong said, "It seems to be different from the previous two cases." "Have you searched the house?" Cao Yingxia asked. "I've searched." Wei Yingdong tickled the corner of his mouth and said mysteriously, "Guess what I found?" "Don't be tricky, just say it." "Song Xu's suitcase, some clothes, and passbooks are missing." Cao Yingxia was stunned: "That's interesting. When I visited last time, Song Xu held the teacup with his left hand. Obviously he is left-handed." Her eyes fell on the corpse's hand, and the nails of her right hand were scarlet, "Xiao Hong Leaving the most important evidence for us." "I said I don't know where dad is!" the young woman screamed. "You suspect my dad? Do you know who my dad is? How could he kill a nanny?" Cao Yingxia's heart moved, and she interrupted: "Can you tell me where she came from?" "Who are you?" The young woman shouted arrogantly. "She is the forensic doctor we invited." "Forensic doctor?" The young woman immediately showed a disgusted expression, "The kind of monster who deals with corpses all day long?" Cao Yingxia raised her eyebrows, how dare she call her a monster? "There is a female forensic doctor who smells bad after touching the corpse. Can you marry her?" Seeing that she was talking too much, Wei Yingdong said coldly, "Ms. Song, please cooperate with us." The young woman snorted: "I heard it came from that ghost place of Shuangyue Mountain." Cao Yingxia and Wei Yingdong looked at each other, and they both saw the surprise in each other's eyes. Five years ago, Song Xu and Yu Yaohua were trapped in Shuangyue Mountain. This case is getting more and more complicated. Cao Yingxia turned around and took two steps. She seemed to have thought of something, then turned back, and said with a smile: "Ms. Song, I'll give you a suggestion. It's best not to find a man who is too young to have an affair. They are unreliable." As soon as these words came out, everyone around was stunned, Wei Yingdong stared at her in disbelief, and the young woman's face turned pale. "You, don't talk nonsense!" The young woman roared angrily, "Do you believe I will sue you for defamation?" "Another suggestion." Cao Yingxia nodded her left wrist with her chin, "don't wear the bracelet given by your lover in a grand manner." The young woman turned pale with fright, pressed her wrist violently, and roared angrily: "I bought this bracelet with my friends a few days ago, you...don't talk nonsense, be careful..." "There is a pendant in the shape of handcuffs on this bracelet. It is a new style that just came out this year. It means to handcuff your lover. I'm afraid your husband doesn't have such a taste?" Cao Yingxia smiled harmlessly, "I heard This style is very popular with young boys." The middle-aged man blushed and grabbed the young woman's arm: "Yin Yin, you actually..." "No, Old Zhao, you listen to my explanation..." Cao Yingxia rolled her eyes, turned around, and put this family ethics tragedy behind her.Wei Yingdong stared at her with his mouth wide open, unable to recover for a long time.She continued to smile: "Officer Wei, I heard that the investigation of the previous two murder cases has made new progress. Would you mind analyzing it together?" Wei Yingdong put a CD into the computer: "The technicians found Yu Yaohua's skin tissue in the refrigerator of his home, and also found vegetables that matched the leaves in his nostrils." "Did Yu Yaohua freeze to death in his own refrigerator?" "You can say that." Wei Yingdong clicked on the video file, "He lives in a high-end residential area, and a video camera is installed at the gate. We got the video from the security office, so watch carefully." A white Cadillac appeared on the screen, and the security guard opened the gate for him. The driver rolled down half of the window, reached out and handed something to the security guard, and then drove away. “等等，在这里停一下。”曹迎夏一连看了三遍，将画面定格在司机伸出手的那一刻，“他手上似乎戴着什么东西。那张登山队的照片在吗？” “是一枚戒指。”韦英东将照片递给她，她果然在李向姗的祖父李雄的无名指上看到了一枚银戒指。 “是李雄？他给了保安什么？” “小费。”韦英东说，“保安没看清司机的样子，只看到一头花白的头发。” “这辆车呢？” “我查过车牌号了，是一个星期前被盗的车，这个凶手非常狡猾。”韦英东关掉电脑，“对这个案子，你怎么看？” “真是奇怪。”曹迎夏深深地望着那张合影，“如果出于某种目的，李雄要杀死昔日的队友，为什么会选择冻死这种奇怪的死法？又为什么要将他扔在C大校园里呢？” “对了，还有个发现。”韦英东说，“我询问过余耀华的家人，发现余家少了件东西。” "what?" “一种降压药，余耀华总是把它放在床头，但我们找遍了整个屋子，都没发现这个东西。可能是凶手拿走了它。” 曹迎夏眼中射出一道精芒：“凶手将巴比妥类药物偷偷放进他的降压药里。事后再把药瓶带走，毁掉证据。萧福运的胃里也发现了同样的药片，他家里少了什么？” “什么都没有少，他的生意三年前破产了，家里连冰箱也没有，也买不起降压药。”韦英东侧身坐在桌子上，“余耀华的家人说，他难受的时候会到余家要些药吃。” “也就是说，凶手没想杀萧福运，只是萧福运运气不好吃了余耀华的药？” “也许是还没来得及给萧福运下药。” 曹迎夏脸色变得越来越凝重：“如果这些药是给一个人吃的，就是致死量。凶手根本没想冻死他，而是想毒死。” 韦英东打了个响指：“还记得萧福运在李家做什么吗？他趴在冰箱旁边，也许他也想进冰箱里去。” “这是自杀？”曹迎夏惊讶地站起身，“不，那个时候他们就算有意识，记忆也混乱了。” “这个我就不知道了。当务之急是找到李雄。”韦英东说，“还有杀害小红的嫌疑人——宋旭。” 天气似乎更冷了，C市这个很少下雪的城市也开始下起雨夹雪。C大百年校庆即将到来，作为辅导员的曹迎夏不得不开始着手校庆的工作。 正午的时候，韦英东打来电话，让她赶快去警察局一趟。 "What happened?" “我们发现了宋旭的尸体。” 警察局的法医办公室里弥漫着一股诡异的臭味，韦英东领着曹迎夏来到解剖台边，台子上躺着宋旭的尸体：“我们的法医已做了解剖，巴比妥药物中毒，这次是致死量。对了，我们刚发现他的时候，他全身蜷缩成一团，好像很冷的样子，但他身上穿着很厚的羽绒服。” 曹迎夏默默地望着尸体：“这才是凶手真正想做的，用药毒死他们。”似乎发现了什么，她执起尸体的手，手背上有几道抓痕。 “鉴定结果出来了。”韦英东说，“小红指甲里的组织属于宋旭。从伤口的角度来看，无疑是他勒住她脖子时，被她所抓伤。” "What about the motive?" “我已经派人去双月山调查，很快就会有结果。” 曹迎夏不再说话，只是静静地凝望宋旭的脸，神情专注，却像是在思考着别的什么。不知为何，这张全神贯注的脸有一种致命的吸引力，韦英东发现自己的眼睛无法从她的脸上移开。 曹迎夏忽然抬起头，触碰到她的视线，韦英东连忙将眼睛移开，有些手足无措：“我，我们已经布下天罗地网，应该很快就能抓到李雄和李向姗……对这个案子，你还有没有别的看法？” “其实……我觉得凶手……” 韦英东等着她说下去。 她沉默一阵：“现在说什么都还为时过早，没有证据，一切都是枉然。” 欧阳梵上完晚自习回寝室，林雪巧还在看韩剧，仿佛她的人生只剩下看韩剧这一件事。寝室里回荡着韩国女人嗲声嗲气的声音，欧阳梵有些烦躁，躺在床上出神，恍惚间仿佛又回到了自己的家中，拿着录取通知书兴冲冲地推开门，却听到熟悉的铃声在屋子里回响。她喊着父亲，却没有人回答，心中生出一种诡异的预感，推开了父亲卧室的门。 没有开灯，床头柜上的手机一直响一直响，闪动的蓝色荧光照亮了一张因恐惧而扭曲狰狞的脸。 “啊——”她低吼一声，猛地坐了起来，林雪巧回头诧异地看她：“怎么，又做噩梦啦？” 她轻轻喘息，身上的T恤早已被冷汗湿透。 “快接电话吧，你手机响了很久了。”林雪巧提醒她，她这才发现自己的手机一直响个不停，一看来电，竟然是李向姗打来的，她大惊，连忙按下接听键。 “欧阳。”李向姗的声音带了一丝哽咽与焦虑，“帮帮我……” “发生什么事了？”欧阳梵忙问，“你现在在哪里？” “我在第九实验楼，我快疯了……” “你别离开，我马上来！”她连衣服也来不及换，就匆匆冲出门去。当关门声响起，林雪巧停下游戏，拿出手机。 “喂，是曹老师吗？上次你让我看着欧阳，现在她出去了……好像是去第九实验楼。好的，再见。” 第九实验楼是C大A校区深处一座半废弃旧楼，只有很少的科系会用到，再加上校园中流传的各种鬼故事，这栋楼已经被人遗弃。缺少人气的房屋渐渐会变得更加破败，再加上无处不在的藤蔓植物，即使白天也充满了阴森的气息。 欧阳梵站在楼下，借着昏暗的月光和路灯光，觉得面前矗立着一只可怕的怪兽。 但她并没有胆怯，她推开虚掩的铁门，轻轻喊了一声“向姗”，但是没人回答，黑暗中，她只能顺着楼梯往上走，每上一层楼，幽深的楼道仿佛就更暗了一分。当上到第六层的时候，几乎伸手不见五指。她又喊了几声向姗的名字，依然没有人回答。又往上走了一层，没有楼道了，只有一扇虚掩的门，门里透出来幽蓝的光。 她的心里打了个激灵，印象中这栋楼似乎有九层的，怎么到了七层就结束了？难道是她记错了吗？或者数错了楼层？ 她并没有多想，上前推开了门，就在门开的刹那，熟悉的电话铃声响了起来，她浑身一紧，惊恐地看着四周。 这里竟然是她的家，面前横着一张豪华大床，床上依稀可以看到一个人形的轮廓，而手机在床头柜上不停地响着。 欧阳梵浑身剧烈地颤抖起来，仿佛又回到了那一晚，那恐怖的一晚，难道她还在梦里吗？ 一只手无声无息地伸过来，按住了她的肩，她发出一声恐惧的惊叫，回头猛地挥出一拳，随即听到另一声惨叫。 “曹……曹老师？” 曹迎夏倒在地上，捂着自己的半边脸，痛得眉头打结。欧阳梵回过神来，看了看四周，面前是一条长长的楼道，旁边就是向上的阶梯。 白色墙壁上画着一个大大的七字。 她从梦魇中醒来，又掉入另一个梦魇。 “痛……”眼泪在曹迎夏的眼眶里打转，欧阳梵将她扶起来：“没事吧？” “你说呢？”曹迎夏怒道，“你站在这里发什么呆？看你的样子，难道出现了幻觉？” 欧阳梵的脸色更加阴沉，曹迎夏不好再问，刚才那一拳几乎打掉她一颗大牙，半边脸都肿了起来。 真是倒霉。 “你怎么在这里？”欧阳梵问。 “我无所不知。”曹迎夏顾左右而言他，“咱们要赶快找到李向姗，以免她做傻事。” 欧阳梵没有拒绝，有她陪在身边，恐惧不安的心似乎宁静下来。这个才认识不过两三个星期的老师让她不由自主地生出一种信赖感。 这种感觉令她恐慌。 “我们分开搜索，我从底楼，你从顶楼，敲每一扇门。”曹迎夏转身想走，欧阳梵本能地拉住她，她回过头看她，她这才发现自己做了件很丢人的事，尴尬地放开，“我从底楼开始。” “还是一起吧。”曹迎夏叫住她，不知从何处传来一声低低的呜咽声，两人一愣，放轻了脚步，循着那声音，小心翼翼地来到一扇房门前。 没有上锁，欧阳梵在门上轻轻一碰，门无声无息地开了，昏暗的光将一个蹲在地上的影子投在地上，无限拉长。 “向姗？” 李向姗猛地跳了起来：“欧阳？” “向姗，发生了什么事？” “别过来！”李向姗举起一把手术刀，欧阳梵停下步子：“向姗，冷静点，告诉我到底发生了什么事。” 李向姗哭着摇头：“是我的错，全是我的错。是我杀了他们。” "What did you say?" “是我杀了萧爷爷、余爷爷和宋爷爷，都是我做的！”李向姗近乎咆哮，“你告诉警察，全都是我做的！”说罢，将手术刀压在自己的脖子上，欧阳梵脸色大变：“住手！万事好商量！向姗，别做傻事！” “不，你不明白，欧阳。让一切都在我这里结束吧。” “我明白。”曹迎夏越过欧阳梵，看着李向姗的眼睛，认真地说，“我什么都知道了，我知道你是在为谁顶罪，我也知道你是多么敬爱他。” “你，你都知道？” “没错，其实你想替他顶罪的人是……” 李向姗的脸色变了：“曹老师，小心！” 欧阳梵被猛地撞开，一双有力的大手死死勒住了曹迎夏的身子，她能感觉到脖子边多了一件锋利而冰冷的东西。 欧阳梵看到一头花白的头发：“李雄？” “不，李雄恐怕已经死了。”曹迎夏侧过脸，“你是李雄的儿子，李向姗的父亲，那个在国外生活的医生，对吗？你叫什么来着？李东文？” 月光从窗户透进来，正好映在那人的脸上，他和照片里的李雄长得非常像，但年轻了许多。 “爸爸！”李向姗喊道，“别伤害曹老师！” “向姗，你竟然叫她们到这里来，你要出卖我吗？”李东文怒吼道。曹迎夏怒道：“她是不想让你再犯错了，她尊敬你，就像你尊敬你的父亲！” 李东文拿刀的手颤抖了一下，曹迎夏知道自己说对了：“你非常敬爱你的父亲，你愿意为他做任何事，所以他临死前告诉你，他难以面对当年在雪山里发生的事，他希望永远不会有第六个人知道那个秘密。也许他从没想过要你杀人，但你认为这是最有效的方法，因为死人永远不会泄露秘密。” 李东文浑身都颤抖起来，欧阳梵乘机缓缓地靠过去，想要救下自己的老师，李东文将手术刀在她脖子上一划，血珠子立刻涌了出来：“别过来！” 那一刀像划在欧阳梵的心上，她连忙说：“别紧张，我不会过去。” 楼外忽然传来尖锐的警笛声，李东文惊慌四顾：“谁，谁报的警？” “不是我！”李向姗尖声说。曹迎夏也摇头：“也不是我。” “是我。”欧阳梵的脸色阴沉下来，那张姣好的面容第一次呈现令人恐惧的阴影，“向姗，你出去。” 那一刻，李向姗仿佛不认识她一般。 “向姗，如果你再不出去，警察就会冲进来，到时候，你父亲恐怕会有危险。” 李向姗打了个冷战，朝自己的父亲望了一眼，咬了咬下唇，转身跑了出去。 欧阳梵缓缓关上门，曹迎夏心里忽然一阵发凉。 “你想干什么？就凭你一个女孩，想从我手里救下她？别做梦了。”李东文对她吼，她忽然笑了起来，路灯光透进来，将她的笑容照得阴晴不定：“看着我的眼睛，认真听我说。我知道你敬爱你的父亲，为了保守秘密，你已经杀了三个人，你的父亲也死了，这个秘密永远也不会有人知道，除了……”她顿了顿，脸上的笑容妖异而绝美，“你自己。” 李东文愣住，怔怔地望着她。 “外面全都是警察，你已经不能逃走了。如果你被他们抓住，他们一定会拷问你当年的事，说不定你会说出来，到时你就前功尽弃。”欧阳梵嗓音平缓温柔，却有着致命的魔力，“但如果你不在了，这个秘密就会随着你一起消失。你知道，死人是不会说话的。” “住口！”曹迎夏喝道，“李东文，你听着，你有女儿，你不能在她的眼前自杀。她是中文系的高才生，她有光明的前途，你若是这么做，会让她崩溃，她这一生就毁了！相信我，一切都有解决的方法，如果李向姗精神失常，你在地下要如何面对你的父亲！” 欧阳梵往前走了一步：“你已经害得她杀了人，这一切都是你的错，这个世界对你来说就像噩梦与地狱，来吧，这样在脖子上轻轻一划，一切都结束了。” “李东文，不要听她胡说，只要活着，就有补救的机会！” 两人的声音像是咒语，在李东文的脑袋里无限放大，不停回响，仿佛要将他撕裂。 “不！住口！统统给我住口！” 血肉模糊的声音响起，楼下的韦英东听到一声野兽般的怒吼和女人的惊叫，头脑一热，拿着枪冲进去。 一脚踢开那间教室的门，昏暗诡异的月光中，他看到李东文坐在墙角，手中拿着手术刀，衣服已经被染得猩红。 “曹老师，你没事吧？”他冲到曹迎夏的身边，她的脖子在流血，却不是什么大伤：“我没事，你还是看看他吧。” “他怎么了，死了吗？” “不。”曹迎夏转头瞪着欧阳梵，“他割下了自己的舌头。” 欧阳梵一脸平静，月光为她留下一道完美的剪影。 李东文被抬上了救护车，曹迎夏靠在一辆警车上，用冰袋敷脸上的伤。韦英东递了一瓶可乐给她：“喝点吧，可以压惊。” “其实……我想喝酒。” “这个帮不了你了，工作时间我们不能喝酒。”韦英东往自己嘴里灌了一口可乐，“李雄的尸体找到了，在实验楼的一个实验用冰箱里，没有外伤，法医说很可能死于癌症。” “巴比妥是用作镇静和催眠的药物，那些用来毒死死者的药，原本是带回来给他镇痛的吧。”曹迎夏苦笑，“真是讽刺啊。” 韦英东看了看她肿起的脸：“嫌疑人打的？” “不，只是个意外。”曹迎夏瞥了一眼正独自坐在花坛边痛哭的李向姗，“欧阳呢？” “没看见，估计先走了吧。” “糟了！”曹迎夏抽了口冷气，悚然变色，将冰袋往他身上一丢：“要出大事！” 别墅在夜空下静立，屋内幽暗，皎洁的月光从窗户照进来，为沙发上坐着的少女投下一个妖异的剪影。 她抬着头，盯着天花板上的水晶吊灯，忽然笑起来，笑声凄厉，巨大的悲哀和痛苦像阴影一般罩过来。 “小梵。”有人在门边轻轻地喊。 “曹老师。”欧阳梵说，“其实你一开始就知道吧？是我害死了我爸妈？” "this is not your fault." “这怎么可能不是我的错？”欧阳梵死死盯着吊灯，“妈妈有抑郁症，她收拾屋子的时候，看到了我的画册。” 她的手动了动，一本素描簿从她怀中跌落下来，风一吹，书页哗啦啦翻动，里面每一页都画满了尸体，各种各样的尸体。 “我知道我不该画这些画，但我控制不住，我脑袋里总是会出现这样的画面，一天天，越来越严重。”欧阳梵抱住自己的头，“妈妈看了我的画后自杀了，爸爸有心脏病，一觉醒来却看到客厅里妈妈的尸体……是我害死了他们，是我……” 曹迎夏伸出双手，轻轻环住她的身体：“这不是你的错，我能治好你。” 她的声音仿佛有某种魔力，欧阳梵抬起头深深地看着她：“真的吗？我真的还有机会吗？” 曹迎夏捧着她的脸，一字一顿地说：“每个人，都可以重新开始。” 说这句话的时候，月光照在她的脸上，美丽而温柔。 又一个星期四，曹迎夏端着一只装水的烧杯，目光在欧阳梵的脸上缓缓扫过。 “你怎么知道凶手是李向姗的父亲，而不是李雄？”欧阳梵问。 “我注意到了一个细节，凶手开着车从余耀华所住的小区出来时，给了保安小费。有这样的习惯的人，应该是长时间在国外生活。” “他既然杀了人，为什么还会特意给保安小费？要是保安不小心看清了他的样子怎么办？” “为了回收那只被下了毒的降压药瓶，他回到现场，却发现余耀华死在冰箱里，