Chapter 42 Chapter 1 Nine Heavens Transforming Corpse

I advise you not to cherish the golden thread clothes, and advise you to cherish your youth. Blossoms can be folded straight to be folded, don't wait for no flowers to break branches. This is a popular poem in the mid-Tang Dynasty. It is said that the author is Du Qiuniang, but she is just a singer, and the real author is no longer available.The meaning of this poem is very simple, and it can be summed up in the five words "Don't miss the good times".Life has been rushing for decades, as if it only takes a blink of an eye to reach the end.In this limited time, we need to study, work, fall in love, get married, have children... When we are busy with everything, there is very little time left.

I often think how interesting it would be if I could have infinite life like the legendary vampire, at least I don't have to worry about money.For example, in my grandfather's time, I used a fence to fence a piece of land that didn't cost money to buy at that time.What's more interesting is that I can have enough time to read a lot of books, knowledge is unlimited, and only vampires with infinite lives have the opportunity to obtain all human knowledge.It is a pity that vampires do not exist in reality, and the so-called vampires are just the product of the novelist's fantasy, and their original shape is the porphyria patients in the European Middle Ages.

Having said so much, I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Mu Shenyu. On the surface, I am a criminal police officer of the Criminal Investigation Bureau. However, the crime team I belong to is directly responsible to the director and is not under the jurisdiction of the Criminal Investigation Bureau.The Mystery Squad is a secret team that specializes in investigating supernatural cases. Most of the cases are not announced to the public, and even the interrogation process is conducted internally. After reading what I said earlier, some people may think that what I am about to tell is a story about vampires, but as I just said, the vampires in my mind are just a group of poor people suffering from porphyria.This case has nothing to do with vampires, perhaps it should be said to be a story related to time, and this story begins with a mysterious skeleton...

Nine days ago, a middle school student named Zhou Shaolong disappeared mysteriously after school.Nine days later, someone discovered a mysterious skeleton.After the skeleton was discovered, Zhenzhen and I rushed to the scene immediately. The skeleton was discovered near Zhouwu Village on a secluded hillside by a villager of the village.When we arrived, there were already many villagers watching, and three men and women who claimed to be the parents and uncle of the deceased were present. Colleagues from the Criminal Investigation Bureau set up a cordon to prevent the villagers from breaking into and destroying the evidence at the scene. Tong et al.

There is a complete skeleton with intact clothes on the grass. Judging from his height, he should be about twelve or thirteen years old. The school uniform on his body can also prove that he is a student of a nearby middle school.Because they were still collecting evidence in Fleeting Years, and the men and women who claimed to be the father of the deceased cried until they died, and then fainted one after another, so I chatted with Zhou Yaoan, who claimed to be the uncle of the deceased: "The situation of the deceased...you have seen it, How can you be sure that he is Zhou Shaolong?"

Zhou Yaoan sat on the ground dejectedly, with tears in the corners of his eyes, first heaved a long sigh, then pointed to a bicycle at the foot of the hill, and a schoolbag not far away: "I have ridden Shaolong's bicycle, and the lock is locked." I remember the style clearly. And that schoolbag, I bought it for him before school started, but I didn’t expect it to be there just a few days after school started..." As he spoke, tears flowed down his cheeks.Later, he told me that Zhou Shaolong's parents were vegetable vendors, his father Zhou Yaoquan had divorced, and he and his ex-wife Luo Shufen had a son named Zhou Junlong.Luo now runs a chemical shop and has not had any contact with her ex-husband for more than ten years.

After chatting for a while, Yuetong at the foot of the hill waved to me. I walked over and saw her and Lang Ping opening the schoolbag on the ground and taking out the contents one by one.Because of the heavy rain a few days ago, the books in the schoolbag had been soaked by the rain, and the handwriting on the homework book was slightly blurred, but she found a plastic-coated student ID card and showed it to me with a clip.According to the information on the student ID card, the owner of the schoolbag is Zhou Shaolong, a student in Class 2, Junior One, Huaishi Middle School, who is the son of Zhou Yaoquan.

Although it is still not 100% sure that the deceased is Zhou Shaolong, but it is very close.The skin, muscles, and organs of the deceased were lost, but fortunately, his hair was still there. As long as DNA was extracted from the hair follicles at the end of the hair, his identity could be further confirmed. Fleeting’s forensic work was almost done, so I asked him what he found, and he replied helplessly: “The skin, muscles, and organs of the whole body are gone, only a skeleton and hair are left, but the clothes are in good condition. On the body. Judging from the superficial signs, the corpse should have turned into a skeleton within a few days, which is really unbelievable."

"Can the corpse be decomposed into bones in nine days?" Zhen Zhen asked while looking at the remains of the deceased. "Normally, it takes about a year to completely decompose. Even if the weather is hot, it is impossible to decompose to the extent that only the skeleton is left within half a year. Moreover, the clothes of the deceased were not stained by corpse water. Impossible." Fleeting Nian reminded us to pay attention to the clothes on the dead body, indeed there was no trace of contamination by corpse water. "Corpse water? Isn't that something unique to martial arts novels?" Zhen Zhen probably read too many novels.

Fleeting smiled and explained to her the disgusting process of corpse decay: "There are many bacteria in the human body, especially in the intestinal tract. When a person dies, these bacteria will decompose the human body, usually between twenty-four and seventy-two The decay begins within hours, of course, in the hot weather in the south, it begins to decay within 24 hours. In the initial stage of the decay process, the abdomen of the corpse will gradually expand, this is because the spoilage bacteria in the intestinal tract produce putrefaction gas, which causes Intestinal bloating..."

"When the corpse is decomposed to a certain extent, blood will flow from the mouth and nose, and as the rotten gas in the chest and abdominal cavity increases, the pressure will increase, and even post-mortem vomiting will occur, that is, the deceased will suddenly vomit blood for no reason after a period of time after death. If the deceased was a pregnant woman, the increased pressure in the thoracic and abdominal cavity may even push the fetus out, forming a phenomenon of giving birth after death..." "When the corpse further decomposes, the soft tissues of the whole body will liquefy into a semi-flowing liquid, which is the so-called corpse water. In addition, a large number of maggots will breed during the decomposition process. Although they only eat carrion, it is impossible not to remove the dead's clothes. Dirty." "What do you think caused the corpses of the dead to decompose so quickly?" I asked. "The corpse is not decomposed at all. If it is decomposed, at least there will be a little corpse smell. Do you smell the smell?" Liu Nian asked back. "I only smell the stench of your corpse..." Saying that, Liu Nian rushed over and hugged me.Damn, I have to take a bath with rice washing water again. The smell of corpses is hard to get rid of. I have to bathe with rice-washing water when I hug Fleeting Nian, so if the corpse of the deceased is decomposed, it will be washed by rainwater, and the clothes on the body will still have a strong smell of corpses. This is not ten days. It will be gone in half a month. "If the dead didn't turn into a skeleton because of corruption, then what would be the reason?" Zhen Zhen asked, scratching her head. "It's so close to the City Emperor's Temple, why don't you ask for a lottery first!" After saying that, he took the bewildered Zhen Zhen to ask the surrounding villagers.The villagers' opinions on this matter can be roughly divided into four types: 1. The kidnapping is not acceptable; 2. The body was destroyed after the car accident; The first theory was denied by Zhou Yao'an. The parents of the deceased made a living by selling vegetables, and their family was not rich.And Fleeting Nian also found ten yuan in the pocket of the deceased. Zhou said that the deceased usually only carried so much money with him.Therefore, speculations such as kidnapping and robbery can be ruled out. The second argument was also quickly denied. The clothes of the deceased were relatively complete, so it was impossible for him to have been involved in a car accident.The surrounding villagers also said that there should have been no car accidents in the vicinity in recent days. The third theory, Fleeting Years, believes that it is absolutely impossible, because if the mouse gnaws on the corpse, the clothes of the deceased cannot be so complete.Even if the mice were very "polite" not to bite through the clothes, they would at least leave footprints on the clothes, but now they haven't found even a mouse hair. Combining various factors, the most likely guess is the fourth guess - the perverted maniac killing people, skinning and scraping. "Do you think it's possible?" I asked Fleeting Years. Fleeting thought for a moment: "It is possible, but it is difficult. To completely separate the skin and flesh of the corpse requires high surgical skills, which is not something ordinary people can do. Moreover, the skeleton of the deceased is very complete, without any damage, honestly. Said, I have been doing dissection for many years and I am not confident that I can separate the skeleton so perfectly." "Who do you think can do it?" "Ordinary surgeons and pathological anatomists do not have the experience of completely separating the skin and flesh. Those who have this experience may only be able to 'take bones'." Before cremation was enforced in the local area, three years after the ancestors were buried, they usually took out the coffin and put the remains into the pagoda to enshrine.Of course, in addition to this, the work of the disobedient also includes everything related to the dead, such as collecting corpses and burying them. In ancient times, they would also take on the role of forensic doctors. representatives. "Extracting bones" is one of the tasks of the ancestors. If the ancestors have been buried in the soil for more than three years, and the remains have not decomposed or not completely decomposed, then the ancestors will remove the flesh and bones from the remains of the ancestors with the consent of the descendants. , the remains will be enshrined in the pagoda, and the remains will be burned.Therefore, those who have experience in peeling and scraping the human body may have no choice but to do it. "What age is it now, and there are still people who can take bones!" It is a disgusting industry to work with corpses all day long, and most of the people engaged in this industry are middle-aged and elderly people.Moreover, not everyone knows how to take bones. It is already a terrible thing to remove flesh and bones from a complete corpse, but it is even more terrifying to take bones from a rotting corpse.What's more, compulsory cremation has been practiced for many years, and now basically they don't take bones. Their job is just to arrange for future generations to go to the crematorium and arrange funeral ceremonies. At best, they are just another kind of tour guide. "Yes, I know there is one in the village." When I was talking to Liu Nian, a woman in her fifties or sixties suddenly interrupted among the surrounding villagers.I walked up to her and asked her for details. When she was about to answer, the people beside her hinted her not to mind her own business. "If you don't catch this pervert, who knows if the next one to be skinned and scraped is your grandson!" The woman's words made all the onlookers fall silent. In order not to be influenced by others, I asked the woman to come aside and chat with me. She told me that there is an old man named "Nan Muzhi" in the village. He is now in his seventies and specialized in bone harvesting when he was young. He is the only one around here who has experience in bone harvesting. I asked her for the address of Nan Yuzhi, and she repeatedly asked me to arrest the murderer as soon as possible, lest she worry about her grandson being victimized all day long.The current grandparents are like this, the grandson is like the lifeblood, even a minor illness is more painful than losing a piece of flesh. I asked Yuegui if she had found anything special, and her answer was a little helpless: "Except for confirming that the bicycle and schoolbag belonged to Zhou Shaolong, Guan didn't find much. The previous heavy rain washed away most of the valuable evidence. Not a single footprint was left." "This is difficult!" There is no evidence, how should we investigate? She suddenly smiled: "Just kidding, look at this..." She raised the evidence bag in her hand to me, and there was a small amount of residue of unknown things in it. "What's this?" I really couldn't see what this little bunch of bird droppings was. "It's the residue of a plant. It was found on the gear of the bicycle. It should have been hung up before the accident. As long as you find out what kind of plant it is, it is possible to know where the deceased has been before he was killed. And this, from the schoolbag I found it." She put away the evidence bag, and then took out another evidence bag, which contained a piece of paper.There were handwriting on the paper, but it was very blurry because it had been wet by the rain. I only saw six Chinese characters with larger fonts on the top—Xin XX Debuffalo. "How can you get a buffalo if you believe in it? The deceased must not have anything to do with a cult!" I looked at this piece of paper, which should be a handwritten leaflet, and couldn't help feeling puzzled. "Although the handwriting has melted, it will cause sunken marks on the paper when writing. If you take it home and process it, you will know what is written on it." After she finished speaking, she packed her things and prepared to go back to deal with the evidence. According to Zhou Yao'an, the deceased disappeared after school nine days ago, and the location where the body was found was not the only way the deceased had to go home from school.In other words, the deceased probably did not know where he went to play after school, so knowing where he had been would be of great help to the investigation. However, if you want to know that the deceased has been there for a walk, you have to wait for Yuetong to analyze the artifacts before you can get any clues. Now you can only try your luck at Nan Yuzhi.Although I don't think an old man in his seventies still has the strength to reduce a vigorous teenager to only a skeleton. Nan Muzhi lives in the westernmost part of Zhouwu Village, in a remote and dilapidated small bungalow.On the way to his residence, I asked the villagers about his situation and got the following information: 1. He is the only one in the vicinity who knows how to take bones, but he has been harvested for many years. 2. He is a low-income household, has no wife and children, and lives a hard life, relying on the meager subsistence allowances issued by the village. 3. He has a withdrawn personality and is unwilling to take the initiative to contact the villagers. 4. More than 20 years ago, when cremation was not mandatory, he suddenly closed the mountain when he was in his prime, and never did any work related to the dead. 5. He likes to drink very much, and since he stopped being an asshole, he often gets drunk. Disobedience is an industry that relies on the dead to get rich, and it is easy to be disgusted by others, so it is not uncommon to be unwilling to take the initiative to contact others, and it is understandable to have no wife or children.But since I know that I have no one to support me in my later years, why not accumulate grains in my prime to prevent hunger, but harvest mountains early to let myself fall into a desolate old age?This question may only be answered from his own mouth. When Zhenzhen and Zhenzhen came to the house of Nang Yuzhi, I suddenly felt a gust of wind. Although it was broad daylight, the place was remote and overgrown with weeds. It seemed that zombies and other monsters would jump out at any time .And the horrible zombies might be inside this house. According to the nearest householder, it was two or three months ago that they saw Nan Muzhi last time, and it was still late at night. Tapping on the wooden door riddled with holes gnawed by termites, it took a long time to hear a weak but chilling old voice: "I don't care about the affairs of the dead, and I don't care about the affairs of the living. Excuse me, please come back!"