Chapter 11 The Ninth Case: The Barren Mountain Mummy

"This Su Xiaoling doesn't know how to chase girls at all!" Dabao shouted. They didn't get anything from Su Xiaoling, so everyone was not reconciled.Early in the morning, Dabao and Lin Tao were reviewing the transcript of the interrogation of Su Xiaoling. "How did you see that he doesn't know how to chase girls anymore?" Lin Tao asked sincerely. "Isn't that obvious?" Dabao glanced at Lin Tao, smiled mysteriously, and said, "I said, you have never been in a relationship, and you don't know how to chase girls, right?" Lin Tao blushed, glanced at Chen Shiyu, and said, "What are you talking about! I'll ask you why he doesn't know how to chase girls anymore?"

Chen Shiyu was lying on the table and reading a book with his head down, and he didn't hear anything outside the window. "Look, if you want to chase a girl, you must at least find out what she likes, what she likes to do, and who she likes to associate with. Right? This is the most basic, right?" Dabao was distracted by Lin Tao smoothly. Changed the topic, "But this Su Xiaoling, he can tell you nothing about Luo Xueqin! Isn't this stupid?" "Yes." Lin Tao said with his head downcast immediately, "It was hard to find a Luo Xueqin who was related to the Duzhou case, Luo Xueqin disappeared; finally found a Luo Xueqin who was related to Fang Douyang, Fang Douyang died; After finally finding out that Su Xiaoling was related to Fang Douyang, Su Xiaoling didn’t know what to ask. Do you think we are too memorized, or are we too memorized?”

"Anyway, this Su Xiaoling was indeed the one who caused Fang Douyang's death." I said, "It shows that Fang Douyang's death was an accident and had nothing to do with Luo Xueqin or Du Zhou. This is an indisputable fact." "That's right! When the case happened, I was afraid it was a serial murder case." Dabao said, "It turned out to be a coincidence, and I was a little bit unwilling." "I just hope it's all a coincidence, or a simple event that we just haven't figured out the relationship." I looked at the ceiling and said, "However, as time goes by, it doesn't seem to be that simple. .”

"Are you looking for a moped?" Lin Tao seemed to have remembered something, and turned to ask Chen Shiyu, "Hey, Little Feather, I lost my soul when I read the book." Chen Shiyu was surprised: "Ah? Oh! According to student Luo Xueqin's description, the traffic police department found the seller of the moped and took photos. Now they are mobilizing the city's police stations, traffic police teams, road patrol police and joint defense personnel to look for it. If they find it, they will Notified us." "This is probably the only shortcut." Lin Tao sighed.

"Also," Chen Shiyu said, "Basically, all the hotel employees have been checked, and no one is suspected. First of all, there are not two people who have the technical ability to disguise their mobile phone numbers." "It's expected." I said, "But how can people who are not hotel staff disassemble and install the camera freely? People who are not hotel employees who can often enter hotel rooms alone have to be found." Chen Shiyu nodded and said, "Yes! This work is also underway." "But where did he hide everyone?" I wondered, "What is his intention?"

Ding Lingling... The command phone rang again. "I'll go!" Lin Tao said, "Has anyone had a crow's mouth recently?" I picked up the phone, listened quietly to the command center's brief case, and said coldly to everyone: "Let's go, there is a case. But, where did Han Liang go?" "Wow! Out of the survey site, there are no hemorrhoids. I'll call." Dabao picked up his mobile phone and dialed the number. After a while, he said blankly, "Hung up on me, did this kid go to work last night?" Something bad?" "It's not too late." I picked up the survey box and said, "While walking and typing, wait for him in the garage."

A group of us hurried to the garage door, and we saw Han Liang standing and talking with a woman about forty years old from a distance. "Don't come here at work, it's nothing if I haven't eaten all morning." Han Liang said embarrassingly, scratching the back of his head. "Your father said, you are young, you must have breakfast." The woman handed Han Liang a delicate thermos. "I'll just buy a pancake." Han Liang said, "Isn't it going to be so motivating?" "Where can I eat at the roadside stall? It's unhygienic." The woman brushed off the dust from Han Liang's clothes and said nonchalantly, "The old cell phone you were looking at just now is your mother's, right?"

Han Liang didn't say anything, turned his head and didn't meet the woman's eyes, but saw us walking towards them. "How many times has your father told you?" the woman said, "Forget what you have to forget, and you can't always live in the shadow of the past. You came to be a policeman because you can't see it, right?" "Stop talking, go back quickly, I'm going to show up." Han Liang grabbed the woman's shoulder and pushed her forward. "As soon as this topic comes up, you avoid it." The woman stood up straight again and said, "You said you, you didn't inherit such a big family property, and you were admitted to the Public Security Bureau to be a full-time driver. Aren't you wasting your youth? ?”

"Everyone has their own aspirations!" Han Liang was a little impatient, "And I also participated in handling the case, not a full-time driver. Okay, okay, I really have something to do, you should go back!" The woman heard our footsteps, looked at us sideways, knew that Han Liang was not lying, and said: "Liang, quickly adjust your mentality, don't be trapped in the shadow of the past, your father is waiting for you to regain your spirit, Help him!" "Okay, okay, how many times have I said, I can't help him, and I don't want to help him." Han Liang pushed the woman's shoulders, pushed her to a Bentley, and opened the door for her.

The woman whispered a few more words, got into the car, and the black Bentley drove away. "Hey, a luxury car." Dabao looked at the car going away reluctantly. Han Liang was a little embarrassed, and quickly said: "What's wrong? There's another scene?" "I thought you were going to be late, I was shocked." I put the box into the trunk of the survey vehicle and said, "Hurry up, Linshan Scenic Area Police Station." "It's so far away, and it's more than 300 kilometers. Fortunately, I slept well last night." Han Liang said. "Hey, tell me, who is that Bentley girl just now?" Dabao said with a smirk.

"That's my mother." Han Liang started the survey vehicle and said without squinting. "Don't talk about it, I heard the content of the conversation just now, okay?" Dabao insisted. "My stepmother!" Han Liang glared at Dabao. "Ah, it's so young. And it's really caring for you. Except for age, it's almost the same as my mother." Dabao stuck out his tongue and said, "What did she say just now that shadows are not shadows?" Han Liang had an unnatural expression and didn't answer. "You like to meddle in other people's private affairs, don't you?" I slapped Dabao on the back of the head to help Han Liang out. "Xiaoyu is a first-class psychological counselor. If you go to Xiaoyu for consultation, Lin Tao can go to her for consultation, and you must do it too." Dabao said with a playful smile. Xiao Yu was startled for a moment, and was about to speak.I said sternly: "Okay, let me talk about the basic situation of the case now, don't talk about other useless things." Han Liang's expression softened instantly. I said: "Two donkey friends from Nanjiang City went to explore our forest mountain scenic spot. At six o'clock this morning, when they got up and walked into the undeveloped deep mountains, they found that in a cave in a forest, there was a A skeleton. So the police were called." After a pause for a few seconds, Dabao called out, "Is that... gone?" "That's all we have at the moment," I said. "What kind of a brief case is this?" Dabao said. "A corpse needs to go to our provincial department? And it doesn't have to be a murder case." "That's what I said." Chen Shiyu retorted, "Whose fate is not fate." "That's not what I meant." Dabao explained, "What about the 10,000 corpses that die abnormally every year in the whole province? Can they escape?" "Not at all sensitive." I said, "Nanjiang City is currently holding a conference, and the surrounding provinces have security tasks. At this time, there is a scene with unknown causes of death and suspicious points. We must provide immediate support." "Ah, that's the reason." Dabao nodded and said, "Maybe we've figured out the situation when we were on the road." In the early morning, no one felt sleepy, so everyone didn't fall asleep like usual when they got in the car.But because of Dabao's embarrassing question just now, everyone in the car felt a little unnatural.Along the way, everyone was thinking about their own thoughts, and no one broke the silence in the car until the survey car and the local police guide car met. After getting off the expressway, we bumped all the way with the guide car, crossed the beautiful forest mountain, and the car didn't stop until the edge of the mountains behind the forest mountain. I jumped out of the car, looked up, and said, "No way?" Cao Shuang, head of the Criminal Police Detachment of the Public Security Bureau of Linshan Scenic Area, who jumped off the guide car, said: "There is no way!" "There is no way, how do people get up there?" After I finished speaking, I looked at my clothes, thinking that this new set of casual clothes should be discarded again, and Bell should blame me again. "Donkey friend." Captain Cao's criminal investigation task is not very heavy, but the rescue mission is not. inside." "Could it be that the donkey friend died accidentally?" I said. "Probably so." Captain Cao said with a smile, "But as soon as it is reported to the provincial department, the command center will directly order you, probably because of the meeting." "Forensic medicine in the scenic area is really hard to do." I sprained my foot, yelled, and said. "So, our police here are afraid of donkey friends and suicide." Captain Cao said, "Basically, the usual police force is used for rescue and corpse hunting." "This is my job, so I won't talk about it." I said as I walked hard, "But I really haven't climbed this deep mountain with no roads." "Couldn't it be under the cliff again?" Dabao said after struggling to break off the branches of the bushes. "Why do you want to add the word 'you'?" I said alertly. "No, it's just in a bush." ​​Captain Cao said, walking at the front of the team. "If it's at the bottom of the cliff, Lao Qin won't be allowed to go down this time." Dabao said with a silly smile, "Cao Detachment, you don't know, there was a scene at the bottom of the cliff last time, and Lao Qin volunteered to go down with a rope , In the end, several of us couldn’t pull him up! Haha!” Captain Cao detachment laughed dumbfoundedly. I said embarrassingly: "At that time, I was just fat." "Aren't you fat now?" Lin Tao followed me to make up the knife. "Ouch, look what this is!" I suddenly turned around to scare Lin Tao. Lin Tao froze for a moment, looking around vigilantly. Chen Shiyu said, "Childish." After walking hard into the dense forest for more than half an hour, we finally vaguely saw a cordon in the distance, and several policemen were busy in the cordon. "Finally here." Dabao rubbed his hands, the backs of his hands were scratched by the surrounding bushes with superficial skin scratches. "It's inconvenient to move around, and we don't have the conditions for transportation, which means that this place is likely to be the scene of death." I said, "It's very difficult to transport corpses or living people. It's so hard for us to carry an investigation box, let alone Speaking of carrying a person. The possibility of restraint and control coming here is not high, which means that the deceased came here by himself." "Come here by yourself, aren't you afraid?" Lin Tao looked around.Even with the sun shining brightly, the place looked a little gloomy.Occasionally, a few animal calls can make people feel very horrified. The weather in this season is relatively cool, so there are no swarms of flies on site.But judging from the strong contrast between the ground and the green grass, there is indeed a big red object, which is particularly eye-catching in the grass, which obviously does not conform to the geographical environment of the barren mountains.It was a big red backpack. Looking forward along the position of the backpack, you will arrive at the foot of a rocky mountain. There is a small cave at the foot of the mountain, and there are policemen entering and leaving the cave.It seems that the body is likely to be in this cave. We were outside the warning belt, put on the on-site survey equipment, crossed the warning belt, and walked to the big red backpack. "The body is inside?" I pointed to the cave at the foot of the mountain. Cao Detachment nodded and said: "The passage has just been opened to the cave, and the corpse and belongings have not yet been looked at." "Is there any condition for this ground?" Lin Tao squatted on the ground and said. "The conditions are not good." Cao Detachment said, "But after all, it is a mud floor, so we still used plaster to extract a few incomplete three-dimensional footprints. In addition to the informant, there are still a few footprints. It is not clear whether there is any comparison. value, but we feel there are at least two human footprints." "Two people?" I said, "Usually no one comes here in the deep mountains and old forests. Since there are two people, then this case is suspicious." Team Cao nodded. "Except for this big bag, don't you have any belongings?" Dabao said, "Has the bag been tampered with?" I squatted on the ground and looked at the lock of the backpack.This is a backpack that backpackers like to choose. The lock of the bag has a password.Although it is the kind of lock that prevents gentlemen but not villains, it can at least tell us that this bag has not been opened by others. I shook my head and said to Lin Tao: "Since the passage has been opened, let's go straight to work. I'll go to the cave to look at the corpse, and you and Xiao Yu will check the items in the bag." Lin Tao looked at the dark cave, swallowed, and nodded happily. I walked into the cave with Dabao.The cave is not very deep, so there is no light at all, but if you want to see the situation in the cave clearly, you still need the help of surveying the light source. In the corner of the cave, there was a dead body curled up, the face could not be seen clearly, only he was wearing a gray men's jacket and sweatpants.It looks like this is a male corpse. I walked to the side of the corpse and turned the corpse over. There were many ants on the ground.But fortunately, there are no insects such as beetles that I am afraid of. The corpse does not have the concept of a corrupt giant, nor does it turn into white bones, but presents the characteristics of mummification.The subcutaneous tissue of the corpse is shriveled, and the skin is tightly attached to the bones. This is the legendary "skinny".The skin has turned gray-brown, but it is not completely dry, indicating that the time of death is not too long. I took a brief look at the clothes of the deceased, the inside of the jacket, and the sweater. He should have died when the weather was relatively cold.Combined with the current weather, the deceased should have died a month or two ago. "Mummy?" Dabao said, "How can there be a mummy here? Usually it is more common in the desert." "How's the weather here in the last one or two months?" I asked Team Cao. Cao Detachment said: "It's very dry. If this continues, there will be a drought. It hasn't rained for a month or two." "That's right." I said, "Although this is a cave, it is a stone mountain, and the cave is also ventilated. In addition, the environment is relatively dry, so after the deceased died, in the ventilated and dry environment, moisture Rapidly lost, thus forming a state of mummy." "Mummy is good." Dabao said, "Mummy is a preserved corpse phenomenon. Any signs of injury or suffocation will be preserved, which will help us observe." I nodded and said: "Mummy corpses are relatively fragile, and improper handling can easily cause secondary damage. The light here is not suitable for autopsy, so we need to pack them in a body bag, and then ask Cao Detachment to arrange two strong policemen Carefully help us transport the body out and go to the funeral home for examination." Cao Detachment nodded in agreement. I straightened up and looked around the cave.This is a very ordinary cave, and there is nothing special about it.The ground is just some dirt and stones, and there are no other foreign objects.But we found a black-gray trace on the ground next to the corpse. I took out the tweezers and flipped through the black and gray traces. "Is this person warming up in the cave?" Dabao also saw this trace of suspected burning ashes. Without making a sound, I slowly turned the ashes. After a while, I said: "Combined with the two footprints found at the scene, this might really be a murder case." "Really?" Team Cao was taken aback.Bodies are generally found in the wild, especially backpackers. Most backpackers die in accidents, getting lost, cold, hunger, or sudden illness while traveling. Murder cases are rare. "But there were no traces of fighting at the scene." Cao Detachment continued.After all, a murder case occurred, which was a severe test for this team, which mainly performs rescue and tracing tasks on a daily basis. "This ashes is suspicious." I said. "Isn't it warming up?" Cao Detachment asked. I shook my head and said: "A fire is usually lit with a twig or something, so there will be residual and unburned oxidizers, and the ashes are pure black. But this ash is off-white. , very small and light. If I guess correctly, this should be the trace left by burnt paper." "Burning paper?" Dabao said. I said, "Because paper burns quickly and releases very little heat, no one burns paper for warmth. The burning paper we usually see is used for offering sacrifices." "Killing someone, in order to make up for the feeling of guilt, so he burned a pile of paper?" Dabao said. I nodded and said, "This is the greatest possibility." "That's an acquaintance committing the crime." Cao Detachment heaved a sigh of relief. "Lin Tao, have you found anything there?" I shouted to the outside of the cave, and my voice echoed in the cave. "Of course, there is an ID card here!" Lin Tao shouted. Chu Qiang, born on October 17, 1971, is located in Room 802, Building 17, Wuxing Garden Community, Wuxing Street, Longpan City. The information is clearly written on the ID card. "Yo, it's our Longfan people." Dabao said. "Is it the deceased?" I looked at the front and back of the ID card and questioned. "If it's not the deceased, maybe it's a suspect." Cao Detachment said, "There's no one here at all." "It should be him." I looked at the things Lin Tao cleared out of the backpack one by one, and said, "The jacket of the deceased did not have a hat, and the hat in the bag should have been removed from the jacket. On this point, it is basically certain. This backpack belongs to the deceased. And the ID card in the wallet in the hidden compartment of the backpack should naturally belong to the deceased too." "Anyway, it needs to pass DNA verification. It's useless for us to worry about it here." Lin Tao said, "We looked at the things in the backpack, and all the necessities of life are available. Moreover, all the items are very neat and well placed. It’s neat and tidy, without any trace of flipping. The wallet in the bag is also there, and there are tens of thousands of dollars in it. But, there is no mobile phone.” "The murderer only has a mobile phone?" Dabao said. "First, this is not necessarily a homicide case. Further investigation is needed to find out." I corrected, "Second, why must someone take away your mobile phone if it is not with you? Some travel friends never take it with them to avoid being disturbed." Is the phone okay?" "Oh, that's true." Dabao said. I frowned and looked at the neatly placed objects on the ground, and said, "It's okay for a donkey friend not to bring a mobile phone, but it's quite rare for a traveling friend not to bring a kettle." "Yes." Dabao said, "There are compressed biscuits, canned food and other dry food here, but there is no kettle. Why is this? Why does the murderer only take a kettle? Ah, no, this is not necessarily a murder." I frowned and thought. "Do you think this name is very familiar?" Han Liang said. "Familiar?" I looked at the ID card again and said, "This name is probably not uncommon. What's the point of being familiar with it?" Han Liang shook his head and said, "Now my memory is getting worse and worse. I've definitely heard this name before. Why can't I dig it out at this time?" "If you can't dig it out, dig slowly." I saw two policemen carrying the corpse and had gone out, and said with a smile, "Since the scene has been cleaned up, let's take the corpse and belongings back and take a look at it slowly." "Yes, it will take more than half an hour to go out." Dabao rubbed the back of his hand again. After struggling out of the mountain, we all felt extremely happy when we saw the police car.Sometimes I really admire those donkey friends. It’s nothing to walk alone for an hour, but walking for an hour on a mountain with no roads is really exhausting.Walking alone in a mountainous area with nowhere to go, while worrying about his new clothes being destroyed, it is even more unbearable to look back. I was sweating profusely sitting in the survey vehicle panting. "Do you remember?" Chen Shiyu looked the most relaxed, and turned to ask Han Liang. "Soon, soon." Han Liang pointed to his forehead. "What do you mean soon?" Dabao was shocked, "Why do you think things are going to be the same as La?" "You think it's a murder case?" Lin Tao said casually. I nodded. Lin Tao said: "But there is definitely no trace of a struggle at the scene. Although there are two kinds of footprints, I can't rule out that the deceased's own footprints or the footprints of the informant were deformed due to various reasons, which caused misleading. With the issue of footprints, there is no basis to support the murder case?" "Also," I said, "there is something strange in the cave." "Are there signs of a struggle?" I shook my head and said, "There are no traces of fighting, and the posture of the corpse is natural. But there are traces of burnt paper next to the corpse." "Burning paper?" Lin Tao was also lost in thought, but he must be thinking, under what circumstances would a person burn paper alone. "Old Qin, you just said that burning paper is more common in memorial service. But why can't it be that the deceased is paying homage to others? For example, that day happens to be someone's death day." Chen Shiyu said. "I've been thinking about this too." I said, "But I searched the corpse's clothes just now, and Lin Tao also searched the backpack at the entrance of the cave carefully, but they didn't find the source of the fire. So, how did the fire come from? It can't be Is it drilling wood to make fire?" "What if the matches were completely burned in the paper fire?" Chen Shiyu said. I shook my head and said, "Firstly, it is impossible for a donkey friend to destroy his own fire source; secondly, if the match is burned, I should be able to find the handle of the match that has not been completely burned in the small pile of burning ashes. " "Yeah, I've never heard that the fire source carried by a donkey friend is a match. At least a lighter or something should be prepared?" Dabao said, "Even if this person doesn't smoke, he should be well prepared for his trip." This person has prepared climbing ropes, Swiss army knives, etc. in his backpack, so it’s unlikely that he didn’t bring a fire. Besides, he doesn’t have a kettle.” "So, we'll wait until the autopsy is over before making a conclusion." I said. "Anyway, I don't think that's what a murder scene should be like." Lin Tao spread his hands. The mummified corpse looked like a skeleton covered in human skin.In particular, the skin of the head is tightly attached to the skull, and the hair is still attached to the scalp, causing the corpse to look like a crumpled zombie.But even so, forensic doctors don't hate mummies.Because of the rapid drying, the decay of the corpse is stopped, and the water in the corpse is evaporated, so the corpse does not smell bad and does not look disgusting.Regardless of the sense of smell, vision, or touch, it will not cause too much stimulation to the forensic doctor. In the order of the autopsy, we first opened the eyelids of the deceased.This initial test makes us hesitate.After the eyelids of the deceased were opened, we did not see the white sclera and black cornea that should have been there, but only a dark patch in the eye socket.Although the mummification of the corpse will evaporate the vitreous humor in the eyeball, causing the eyeball to deform, but it has never been deformed to a mud-like substance. After much deliberation, we couldn't figure out what caused this, so we stopped worrying about it and continued with the autopsy. The mummified corpse is a preserved corpse phenomenon. Although every inch of skin on the corpse has changed in color and nature, it is still intact.If there is any mechanical trauma, it will leave traces. We followed the neck of the deceased, to the torso, and then to the limbs, carefully observing the skin of the corpse.Our requirement for ourselves is that even if there is a small needle hole or even a current spot, we must find it. However, even if we tried our best, even if we flattened the wrinkled skin of key parts such as the neck as much as possible to prevent the damage from being hidden in the folds, we could not find any damage on the skin on the outside of the corpse.The deceased was certainly not subjected to any violent effects. "There are no restraint injuries, threatening injuries, and resistance injuries. The posture of death is very normal." Dabao picked up the right hand of the deceased and said, "However, the deceased was a very particular person. Not only the belongings were neatly arranged, but also the personal Hygiene is also super good! Generally, people who travel and explore, at least the nails are very dirty, right? This person doesn’t keep nails, they are clean. Men with good nail hygiene are mostly doctors.” "Okay! I remembered!" Han Liang let out a long breath beside him. "You've been thinking about it? It's like constipation? I really feel sorry for you." Dabao said with a smile. "Chu Qiang, that's the doctor at Yu Yingying's clinic!" Han Liang said. Hearing what Han Liang said, I also suddenly realized. More than a month ago, because Han Liang's ex-girlfriend Yu Yingying couldn't bear the psychological shadow of her childhood, she reported to the police on the grounds of smelling a strange smell, and there was something abnormal in the Wetland Park.Police excavated and found a body.The deceased was a patient in Yu Yingying's family clinic, who was accidentally electrocuted and died. Yu Yingying's parents mistook it for a medical accident, so they hid the body and buried it. Yu Yingying, who was only twelve years old, accidentally saw the burial process.Later, a doctor named Chu Qiang in the clinic was also accidentally electrocuted, and the truth of the incident surfaced, which made Yu Yingying's parents regret it.This doctor named Chu Qiang, after receiving a large amount of compensation from the engineering team, quit his job and began to travel around the mountains and rivers.More than a month ago, when the police investigated the case, they did not find Chu Qiang because Chu Qiang was never married, his parents were not alive, and he was a senior traveling friend but did not have the habit of carrying a mobile phone. We all know that there are no such coincidences in the world.The Chu Qiang in front of him must be the doctor who was shocked by the electric shock in Yu Yingying's clinic. "Could he have been killed?" Han Liang said hesitantly, "You just said that he just died for more than a month, right?" I know that Han Liang has always been a little bit reluctant to let go of Yu Yingying, his ex-girlfriend.More than a month ago, when Yu Yingying's parents were detained on suspicion of "insulting a corpse", Han Liang felt compassion and stayed with Yu Yingying for several days. "Are you afraid that this Chu Qiang was also killed by Yu Yingying's parents?" I said, "Because when the police went to investigate Yu Yingying more than a month ago, the Yu family was afraid. They thought it was Chu Qiang who leaked the secret. So you killed him to silence him, right?" "That's right, then the crime of insulting the corpse has become the crime of intentional homicide." Han Liang said, "In that case, Yu Yingying will lose her parents." "Anyway, let's report this situation to the special case team and the Longpan police first." I said, "At least we need to investigate first before and after the case of the peat-tanned corpse, and whether there was anything unusual about the Yu couple and whether they committed crimes." time." Han Liang bowed his head and remained silent. The source of the corpse has been found, saving us a lot of work.However, for the autopsy work, it still needs to continue to be rigorous.After all, the nature of the case is still unclear. It was very difficult for the scalpel to scratch on the dry and hard skin.After changing the blade twice, we completely opened the skin of the neck, chest and abdomen of the deceased.Layer by layer, the corpse's shriveled muscles and ligaments were exposed.As seen on the corpse, there was no damage at all. "There is no mechanical injury, no trace of external force that caused mechanical suffocation. Did this person die of illness?" Dabao used his arm to support the glasses that were about to fall off the bridge of his nose. I resolutely checked the other internal organs of the deceased—they had been autolyzed and dehydrated, turning into a thin layer of tissue, but there were no damage or bleeding points on each tissue.Indeed, there is no problem in excluding death from mechanical injury and death from mechanical asphyxiation for this corpse. "In addition to the three causes of death you mentioned, we still need to conduct physical and chemical experiments to rule out poisoning death." I still don't want to give up. "If he was poisoned, he didn't necessarily kill him." Dabao said, "If he committed suicide by taking poison, it would be the same as dying from a disease." "However, committing suicide by taking poison still cannot solve the problem of the kettle and the fire source." After I finished speaking, I fell into thinking. Without further ado, Dabao skillfully separated the shriveled trachea with the hemostat, then opened the trachea cavity with the hemostat, and said, "Look, the trachea is so clean, there is no hyperemia and no pseudomembrane. There is no damage in the mouth either." , the gums are all good, and the teeth are not loose. More importantly, there are no restraint injuries, threatening injuries, or resistance injuries to the limbs and torso. It can be ruled out that someone else forcibly fed pesticides and caused his death." "If it's not persuasion, it doesn't necessarily mean it's not homicide." I said, "There is also deception." "It's... difficult to identify." Dabao said. "As long as it is a colorless and odorless poison, it is completely possible to cheat." I had a flash of inspiration and said, "The loss of the kettle is precisely the best evidence!" "You mean, there was no kettle at the scene because the kettle was a tool for poisoning, so the murderer took it away?" Lin Tao asked. I nodded. "Can Lihua do it? The corpse is already like this." Lin Tao worried. "I'm not sure if it can be done or not, just try your luck." I said, "However, many colorless and odorless poisons are relatively stable in nature, and they will not degrade or decompose even after a long time, so they can still be produced .” Because the stomach wall of the deceased was already very thin, I carefully cut open the stomach wall tissue with a scalpel.There was a lot of chyme in the stomach of the deceased, but it looked like it had been digested, and it was dehydrated at this time, showing dry particles.It seemed that the deceased should have died three or four hours after eating.I fished out part of the stomach contents of the deceased with a stainless steel spoon, cut off part of the stomach wall and part of the liver, and sent them to the physical and chemical laboratory for examination. Then, several of us stood in front of the dissecting table in a daze. If my inferences are all correct, and Chu Qiang was indeed poisoned to death by someone else, then who would this person be?Relying on a few incomplete footprints is obviously not enough to find the suspect. Although not all cases require our technical department to provide investigation direction and clues, many cases have been solved before the work of our technical department is completed, but in each case, we hope that we can find more clues to support the investigation .Even if it is not very helpful to the investigation work, our analysis can be used as a reference in the prosecution and trial process in the future. However, there is really nothing special about this corpse that can be studied further.Unless, those are all "dirt" eye sockets? With this in mind, I extended the scalp incision with a scalpel, all the way to the back of the ear.Then the forehead scalp was further separated until the eye skin and bone were completely separated, exposing the white orbital bone. "Don't you think there are some problems in the eye sockets?" I carefully squeezed out the "soil" in the eye sockets with tweezers. "There seems to be a problem. Although the eyeballs of most mummies are shriveled and degraded, you can still see the boundary between black and white eyeballs." Dabao said, "The eye sockets are all messy. However, it cannot be ruled out that animals ate them." "Animals only eat eyeballs? What animal?" I said as I continued to clean the eye sockets. "Insects are fine too, ants or something." Dabao used hemostatic forceps to pull the gray-brown substance that I pinched out from the eye socket. After the substances in the eye sockets were cleaned up, you could see the irregular vascular impressions in the eye sockets of the deceased.I found an alcohol cotton ball and carefully wiped off the soft tissue attached to the bone wall around the eye socket.With the movement of wiping, a mark on the lateral wall of the deceased's right eye socket gradually emerged. Surprised, I wiped the trace repeatedly to make it clearer. After several confirmations, I said in disbelief: "Look! It's exactly what we thought!" "What is this?" Chen Shiyu asked without knowing it. "Bone impression," I said. "This...isn't this the same as the marks around it?" Chen Shiyu pointed to the crooked pressure marks in his eye sockets and said. "It's not the same." I said, "The vascular impression on the bone is formed during the development of the bone, and its direction and depth are related to the distribution of blood vessels. Therefore, there is no regularity. However, the trace we saw , obviously very straight, and even in depth. In other words, this is a bone impression formed by a sharp object scraping the eye socket." "Then this is the injury?" Chen Shiyu asked. I nodded and said: "So our experience is correct. Even if the corpse is mummified, the eye sockets should not be a mess. The dead person's eye sockets should be poked and stirred by hard objects, causing the eyeballs to rupture, so forming a mummy以后，才会这样一团糟。” “不会真的是有动物只啃了死者的眼珠吧？”大宝说。 我摇摇头，说：“不会。死者的面部皮肤都是完整的，所以尖锐的物品仅仅戳进了眼球。如果是动物咬的话，难以形成。而且，我们看这个骨质压迹，很锐利。动物的牙齿只有尖，没有刃，同样难以形成。” “那就是，死者被别人捅瞎了双眼？”林涛问道。 大宝说：“不会，不会，死者没有抵抗伤，而且面部皮肤和眼睑都没有损伤。你不知道'角膜反射'吗？有东西靠近眼睛，会下意识闭眼的。” “而且，死者的衣服上没有血迹。”我补充道，“死者应该是在固定体位被戳了眼睛，然后就没有移动体位了，所以血液没有流到衣服上。血液流到脸上、流到地面上，可能都会因为时间的推移而消失，唯独流在衣服上是会保存下来的。事实是，我们并没有发现疑似的血迹。但是，至少我们可以确定死者应该是被他杀的了，而不是自杀。” “你的意思是说，死者是死亡以后，被人戳了眼睛？”林涛张大了嘴巴。 我点点头，说：“从被戳眼后没有反应，以及出血量不会太大来考虑，确实应该是死后伤眼的表现。” “这……什么人会在杀完人以后戳人家的眼睛？”陈诗羽说，“我以前好像看过一个报道，说是一个人用树枝戳瞎了一个小男孩的眼睛。不过那是泄愤，这个也会是吗？” 大家都沉默了下来。 过了一会儿，我说：“这样的案例，我还真的没有遇见过。但是根据我看过的案例报道来说，总结一下，主要有以下几种可能。第一种可能就是小羽毛刚才说的泄愤。但是泄愤、虐尸很少仅仅针对眼睛，还会针对尸体的其他部位。这具尸体根本就没有其他损伤，所以这种可能性微乎其微。第二种可能就是精神病人杀人毁尸。但是精神病人杀人有手段的不确定性，而不会用投毒这种具有隐蔽性的杀人手段，所以这种可能大胆排除。第三种可能就是，咳咳，说出来有点惊悚啊。有些民间传说吃啥补啥，所以曾经也有过挖人眼球生吃的案例。” “哟。”陈诗羽咧了咧嘴巴。 我笑了笑，接着说：“但是，本案中并不是挖眼球，而是用锐器戳、搅，来毁坏眼球。所以，这种恶心的可能性也不存在了。” “所以，是最后一种可能性。”大宝笑着说，显然他已经知道我的最后一种可能性分析了。 “是的。”我说，“现在唯一可以解释的就是，破坏生前最后图像。” “什么意思？”陈诗羽歪着头问。 “你不知道吗？社会上流传着一种说法。说是一个人在死亡的最后一刻，他看见的影像是可以被投影在视网膜上，然后保留下来的。”我说，“这种传说认为，警察有一种技术，可以提取到保留在视网膜上的影像，然后重新呈现出来，这样，警方就知道死者死亡前最后看见的是谁了。警察就是这样破案的。” “啊？还有这种技术？”陈诗羽大吃一惊。 “当然没有。”我笑着说，“不然要我们法医还有啥用？破案就太简单了好不好。但是正是因为这种传说的存在，才会让有些犯罪分子在杀完人以后，刻意破坏死者的眼球，为的就是破坏视网膜上留下的'影像'。我认为，这起案件的凶手，恰恰就是这种想法。” “说明，一是熟人作案；二是凶手知识水平不高，容易相信谣言。”大宝说。 我见尸体检验已经没有可以再进展的地方了，一边脱下解剖服，一边给大宝点了个赞，说：“不错，长进不小。” 大宝拉开解剖室的窗帘，见天色已经完全黑了下来，说：“这一尸检就忘了时间，和打麻将差不多。” “专案组今天开会吗？”我问陈诗羽。 陈诗羽拿着手机说：“刚刚问了曹支队，专案组现在在对储强以及余莹莹的父母进行相关的调查，因为是要去龙番市调查，晚上怕是来不及汇总了，所以曹支队让我们找个宾馆先休息，明早八点专案组碰头。” 我点了点头，伸了个懒腰，看着天上的月亮和星星，说：“林山就是出了名地空气好。这么美丽的星空，感觉只有小的时候才看到过。今晚早点睡，明早早起晨跑，一定很惬意。” “你晨跑是为了下次下崖不至于几个人拉不上来吧。”大宝取笑道。 可能是爬山越野累着了，我和韩亮回到房间后，我倒头就睡。迷迷糊糊之中，仿佛感觉韩亮靠在床头玩手机。不知道是在试探着余莹莹什么，还是又在玩他的旧手机里的《贪吃蛇》？他应该不会向余莹莹透露什么警务机密，这一点我还是信得过韩亮的。另外，我仿佛听见隔壁房间的大宝和林涛像是在打闹，打翻了什么东西的声音。不过此时我也管不着了，睡觉要紧！ 可能是林山市的空气环境太好了，像一个大的天然氧吧，第二天一早起床，大家都显得精神抖擞。然而好景不长，一进专案组会议室，我们一如既往地被香烟的烟雾围绕。 “有消息了吗？”我进门就问。 “理化部门的结果最关键了。”曹支队说，“确实，死者死于中毒。” 我微微一笑，心想这个结果我早就预料到了，说：“什么毒药？” “毒鼠强。”曹支队说。 “无色无味，果真是骗服的。”大宝说。 “侦查呢？”我问。 “你要什么信息？”曹支队翻看着笔记本。 “余氏夫妇有嫌疑吗？”韩亮忍不住问道。 “哦，这夫妻俩现在处于取保候审的阶段。”曹支队说，“我们的侦查员去找了他们和他们身边的人。但因为死者具体死亡时间不能确定，所以也无法判断案发时余氏夫妇有没有作案时间。但是从侦查员的感觉来看，这两个人不太像。” “虽然余氏夫妇可能在一个多月前具备作案的动机，但是我觉得可以果断排除他俩。”我说，“第一，储强离职以后就去旅游了，这么多年了，也没有携带手机的习惯，余氏夫妇应该找不到他。第二，余氏夫妇都是学医的，自然知道视网膜不可能留下最后的影像，所以也不会有戳眼睛的动作。鉴于这两点，他们俩的嫌疑可以排除。我想知道，对储强活动轨迹的调查有什么线索吗？” 曹支队继续翻着他的笔记本，说：“这个人也是蛮执着的。从他订过的机票和火车票来看，他这十几年一直都没有闲着，跑遍了全中国。去林山也不是第一次了，但是最近的一次，应该是在去年12月之前。我们只能从火车票上看到这样的信息，但是之后信息就中断了。只要和储强有联系的人，我们都调查了，但是毫无所获。所有人都反映，储强这个人不喜欢和人交流，喜欢独来独往。” “没了？”我见曹支队停了下来，追问道。 “没了。”曹支队挠了挠头，说，“哦，还有一点，这个储强在去年的时候，在外省因为嫖娼被连续处罚了两次。不过这也正常，一个成年男人，没结婚，去干这种事情也不算稀奇。” 我低着头沉思着，说：“卖淫女？不过，卖淫女没道理杀人不拿钱啊。” 曹支队摊了摊手。 我说：“我们来根据现场的情况还原一下当时的情景吧。应该是有一个人陪着储强一起准备去探险，没有走多远，这个人就在储强的水壶里投入了毒鼠强。走到山洞的时候，储强喝水，然后中毒身亡。凶手见储强死了，害怕他的眼睛留下影像，所以用匕首戳坏了死者的眼球后，又在死者面前烧了一堆纸，点火后顺便把打火机揣进了口袋。最后凶手拿着死者的水壶离开了现场。” “等等，为什么凶手有匕首，却不用匕首杀人，而是投毒？”曹支队说，“投毒这种事情肯定是预谋已久的，绝对不会临时起意，因为谁也不可能在出去探险的时候随身带着毒鼠强。” “因为匕首杀人会见血，比较可怕。”我说，“要么就是凶手对自己能不能搏斗过储强心存怀疑，不自信。对了，不自信。一个不高不壮、手无寸铁、毫无防备的男人，谁拿着匕首还会觉得杀他没把握呢？很有可能真的是卖淫女啊。” “杀人后不抢钱，说明有更大的阴谋？”曹支队顺着我刚才的话说道。 “可是，你们这里的卖淫女，还提供陪探险服务？”我取笑道。 “说不定还真有。”曹支队一本正经，不像是在开玩笑，这让我大吃一惊。 “说来听听。”我说。 “因为这里是风景区，有很多人，包括很多老外都会来这里住上一年半载慢慢玩。”曹支队说，“有的时候，这些来常驻旅游的人会觉得寂寞，而找卖淫女也只能满足一时之需，这就滋生出一种职业了。有些女子专门来到林山风景区附近，租一间房，花一年的时间专心陪着这些游客，当出租老婆。” “出租老婆？”我说，“这倒是有意思了，那么出租老婆也会陪着探险？” “这个可说不好。”曹支队说，“因人而异吧。” “那你们下一步侦查方向这不就明确了吗？”大宝满意地说道，“这个储强从来林山到死亡，之间至少还有两个月，说明他很有可能租了个老婆啊。” “可是，从事这个的人不少，一个个排查，而且没有甄别的依据，我们怎么去发现谁才是犯罪嫌疑人？毕竟事情已经过去了一两个月了。”曹支队说，“而且，证据也不行啊。足迹是残缺的，虽然凶手拿走了水壶和打火机，但是不可能还留在身边啊。” “确实是这样的。”我说，“不过，毒鼠强现在国家管控得很严，你们这边怎么还有？” “没有。”曹支队说，“我们市以前毒鼠强使用率就很低，在国家明文管控之后，进行过几次大规模的行动，至少在十年之内没有发生过毒鼠强引发的中毒案件了。” “那凶手的毒鼠强能从哪儿来？”我说，“据我所知，全省的毒鼠强管控工作都是得力的。不过，以前最大的毒鼠强集散地风县，倒还是会出现毒鼠强中毒的事件。当年收缴的时候，没有收缴干净吧。” “风县。”一名派出所民警说，“我们这里好像还真的是有一些从风县移居过来的人。也有人从事陪客服务。” “那就好办了。”我说，“查一查这个群体，重点注意知识层次不高，而且非常迷信的人。一旦有目标了，查一查一个多月前她的反常迹象，说不定证据就能浮出水面了呢？” 话虽这样说，可是我的心里还是一直在打鼓。虽然我觉得我们的分析不会错，但是毕竟还没有靠得住的证据，所以忐忑不安也是正常的。 专案会结束，侦查员们纷纷动了起来，我们却闲了下来。 “有件事情，还是得汇报一下。”在回宾馆的路上，林涛说。 “咋啦，这么正经。”我漫不经心。 大宝抢话道：“这有什么啊，你看这些宾馆，我们的出差住宿标准一涨，他们就坐地起价，非要涨到出差住宿标准的价格。这就是奸商啊，净赚政府的钱，不值得同情。” “什么和什么啊。”我一头雾水。 “昨晚我和大宝打闹，结果把电视机给撞坏了。”林涛内疚地说。 “啊？”我说，“那是要赔偿的！而且自掏腰包。” “我已经给组装起来了。”大宝说，“我们偷偷退房结账，反正他们退房查房也不会去查电视机。” “你这都什么素质啊。”林涛鄙视地说。 说话间，我们的车到了宾馆楼下，我和林涛、大宝走进他们的房间，我问：“坏得严重吗？” 林涛走到电视机旁，用手指轻轻一碰，那台老式的液晶电视的外壳就掉了下来，只有一个液晶显示屏孤零零地挂在墙壁上。 “我去，你们真是能闹。”我皱着眉头研究这个外壳是怎么装在电视上的。“这电视还照样能看，只不过这种老式液晶电视的音箱是装在显示屏两侧的，这个外壳就是为了把音箱隐藏起来。”大宝指着外壳两边密集的镂空点说，“声音就是从这些小洞里传出来的。其实，只要咱们把外壳粘上，就和好电视无异了。” “小洞？”我说，“把外壳装上就看不出来了？” 我感觉自己全身的血液都在沸腾。 “是啊，怎么了？”大宝不明就里。 “不行！我们得赶紧回龙番！”我说。 “没破案呢！”大宝说。 师父立下的规定，没有破案，或者案件没有取得突破的时候，不是有其他紧急的事务，我们不得自己决定离开现场。 “这案子破不破我管不了了。”我自己都觉得自己有些失态，“我们马上回龙番，马上回去！” “那也得和曹支队他们说一下吧。”林涛说。 “电话说。”我说，“马上出发！” 几个人都被我神经质的表现惊呆了。我平时虽然不能说是大气稳重，但也不至于像今天这样毫无头绪地焦躁。 大家拗不过我，于是收拾好行装，和前台交代了一下电视的事情，并表示市公安局会出面解决，然后急切地上车赶往龙番。 听说我们突然起程回龙番，曹支队有些意外，却信心满满地说：“在你们的指导之下，案件很快就要破了。你知道吗？侦查员在调查访问的时候，直接锁定了一个小村庄，那个村庄果真是有视网膜留影像的传说。” 此时的我思绪万千，已经顾不上林山这起案件的侦破工作了。 但是林涛还是很冷静地问：“为何？” 曹支队说：“你们给我们框定的范围很小，在对这个人群进行侦查的时候，我们发现一个叫作王丽丽的陪住女行为有些反常，总是往保险公司跑。后来我们对保险公司的资料进行了调取，基本已经搞清楚情况了。储强在两个多月前在保险公司给自己买了一份人身意外保险，保险的受益人正是王丽丽。” “原来是骗保啊！”林涛恍然大悟。 在警察抓获王丽丽后不久，她就交代了全部作案过程，此案也就真相大白了。 储强来到林山后，得知这里有陪住的业务。刚刚因嫖娼被连续处罚的储强，觉得这种服务实在是性价比很高。于是，储强就和王丽丽住在了一起。一起游山玩水两个月后，储强对王丽丽产生了感情，同时，他也向王丽丽提出了陪同他一起探险的要求。 王丽丽深思熟虑之后，告诉储强，陪他探险可以，但是必须要先买好保险。储强于是给自己买了一份保险，第一受益人是王丽丽；给王丽丽买了一份保险，第一受益人是王丽丽的母亲。这算是一种诚意吧。然而储强不知道，王丽丽要求买保险，并不是真的为了“保险”，而是为了钱。 王丽丽打的如意算盘，是用手上存着的毒鼠强，在深山里杀死储强。毕竟那是没有开发的地方，也不会有人发现。所以，王丽丽可以向保险公司提起储强失踪，等法院宣告储强失踪、死亡后，她就能拿到一大笔保险赔偿金了。这样的安排可谓是天衣无缝。殊不知，天网恢恢，疏而不漏。 一路上，大家都在讨论着骗保的案例。也在反思这个案件不够完美的地方。在我们想到卖淫女杀人不拿钱的时候，为何没有更深一步地去推断这是一起骗保案件呢？如果那样的话，侦查就更加有针对性了，案件也会更加顺利地破获。 好在我们框定的侦查范围很准确，案件也破获了，才没有留下遗憾。 直到我们下了高速，也没有人问起，我今天的神经质又是从何而起。 “去指环专案专案组？”韩亮握着方向盘问道。 “不，去木西西里大酒店。”我说。 “去酒店做什么？”林涛说，“那边还在排查，我们这时候去好吗？” 我笑了笑没作声，默默地等着韩亮把车开到酒店的楼下。 我从勘查车后备厢里拿出了一个勘查箱和一个工具箱，说：“涉事的三间房间还封存着吗？” Chen Shiyu nodded. 我们走到位于六楼的第一个房间，找总台打开了房门。 我从工具箱里拿出一把螺丝刀，说：“我现在要拆电视了。” 直至此时，我的意图已经被小组其他同事们了解。所以，即便是服务员拦着不允许我们拆电视，在我们保证损坏赔偿之后，还是拆下了那台老式液晶电视的外壳。 组装方式和林山市那台被大宝、林涛损坏的电视机一模一样。 外壳是由液晶显示屏的塑料边缘以及两侧十厘米宽的音箱面板组成的，音箱面板也是密集的小圆孔组成的。 在拆下外壳的那一瞬间，我就看见了黏附在外壳音箱面板下缘的一个小小的装置。 我打了个激灵，小心翼翼地把装置拆了下来，说：“你俩打打闹闹的也不是坏事，有的时候就成了破案的关键。” “针孔摄像头？”韩亮也很兴奋。 “针孔摄像头，镜头顶住音箱面板的小洞，不仅能拍摄到电视机对面的大床，而且隐藏至深，很难发现。”我说。 “可是，它的电池能撑那么久？”大宝说。 “不用电池。”我沿着针孔摄像头尾端的电线一直捋到了液晶屏幕的后面，说，“它的电源是和电视机的电源相连接的。只要房间一插卡，针孔摄像头直接通电开始工作。” “我去，这么先进！”大宝说。 “先进的还不只这些。”韩亮摆弄着摄像头，说，“还有，这个东西没有储存卡，是依靠3G信号传输的。” “正常，他不具备经常过来获取内存卡的条件。”我说，“必须有更加先进的传输模式。” “晕，那3G不是需要电话卡吗？”大宝说。 “这个人使用的微信都是伪造的SIM卡，更不用说直接用来获取视频的卡了，肯定是伪造的。”韩亮说。 “高级啊。”大宝从韩亮的手中接过这台小装置。 “虽然听起来很高级，但是看模样倒是粗制滥造的。”韩亮说，“没有品牌，没有生产商的logo，要我看啊，这很有可能是犯罪分子自己拼凑制造的。” “那就断了我们查生产销售途径这一条路。”我可惜地说道，“不过至少有一点可以刻画，那就是这个犯罪分子十分精通电子工程行业。” “这应该有用。”陈诗羽做着笔记。 我说：“还有一个最最关键的点，我们之前认为摄像头是临时搭建、事后拆除的，以此来划定了侦查范围。现在看起来，这个侦查范围是错误的。犯罪分子只需要进过一次这个房间，就可以有长久的效益。那么，装电视的、装修的、维修电视的、开过房间的，都是具备作案条件的。” “真是一个可怕的偷窥狂！”大宝叫道。 “三起案件都是跟这个酒店有关的。”林涛沉思道，“说明犯罪分子只有能力或者最方便、自然潜入这个酒店，所以基本可以排除是开过房间的。” “有道理，范围又小了。”陈诗羽说。 “那也有不少人好吧！”大宝说。 此时服务员已经喊来了酒店经理，他正准备谴责我们的行为时，看到了我们手上的针孔摄像头。于是谴责立即变成了感谢。