Chapter 1 The female corpse kneeling down
It is already very cold in Jiangcheng at the end of autumn, and there is a hint of coolness in the night air.
Xu Yiqing woke up from the cold.
He opened his eyes and looked at the cracked bedroom window. He could see the gray-blue sky outside the window.
The quilt covering him became irregular in shape, and in the dark it was completely impossible to tell which side was the short side of the quilt using the touch of his hands and feet.
I simply didn't bother to fumble around, and tugged at the leaky area to wrap myself up tightly. If I could make do with it and fall asleep again, I would be considered a victory.
After a few minutes of relaxation but no sleepiness at all, he took his cell phone and checked the time, which was four-thirty.
For some reason, Xu Yiqing always felt that something was going to happen.
"Illusion."
He muttered to himself, and was about to close his eyes and go back to sleep, but the next second his phone rang rapidly.
I took it and looked at the notes. It was the name of my colleague.
Sure enough, the more you worry about something, the more likely it will happen.
"Hello?" Xu Yiqing's voice revealed a hint of weariness.
"Brother Xu, there is a case."
He sounded like a young man, and his tone was full of respect.
Xu Yiqing didn't feel surprised at all when he heard the voice on the other end of the phone.
When a colleague calls in the middle of the night, it could only be that a murder has occurred——
He was once the best forensic doctor in the country, and even though he is now relegated to the second rank, his level has not diminished at all.
For unidentified corpses involved in criminal cases, traffic accidents, and medical accidents where the responsible party needs to be determined urgently, it is best to conduct an autopsy immediately.
The body waits for no one.
The other end of the phone continued: "Brother Xu, although you were busy until after ten o'clock last night, I still have to trouble you. This time it is a bit tricky."
"I know." Xu Yiqing's tone was calm. There were countless examples of being called out in the middle of the night. She was already used to it: "I'll go to the bureau in a minute...forty minutes."
But the answer on the other end of the phone was somewhat unexpected.
"This time I am going directly to the crime scene. I am on my way to the scene now. I will pass by your house and pick you up immediately."
Xu Yiqing immediately realized that this case was not an ordinary murder case like "drowning, car accident, jumping off a building, dumping a body in the wild", but a murder case with bad consequences or cruel methods!
"Dead?"
"Just one."
"Gender."
"Female."
Xu Yiqing was on the phone and brushing her teeth. When she heard this, her eyes narrowed: "Dismembered corpses?"
There is only one dead person who is so imminent, and the corpse is most likely to be mutilated.
"Eh... let's forget it." Unexpectedly, the answer on the phone was a bit ambiguous: "The description of the scene is very bad. Anyway, I still have ten minutes to arrive."
"Call me when you get there."
Xu Yiqing hung up the phone and put it aside, looked at the unshaven self in the mirror, and rinsed her face with water.
The coolness of the clear water finally made him feel more energetic.
He is thirty-six years old this year, and his appearance gives people a sense of security that he is mature. In addition, his colleagues tease him about his sexy stubble, which makes him look like an uncle.
It has been ten years since I started working to dissect my first corpse at the age of 26.
In ten years, Xu Yiqing dissected more than 3,000 corpses and the truth was revealed.
Not to mention Jiangcheng, he is also the top forensic doctor in the whole country.
He is a figure that the Provincial Public Security Department should pay attention to.
After a simple wash to wash away the fatigue left by staying up all night and working overtime continuously, while Xu Yiqing was still getting dressed, the phone rang on time.
"Brother Xu, I'm downstairs."
Xu Yiqing quickly dressed up, picked up the garbage and went out.
A black Chevrolet SUV was parked downstairs, and its bright interior stood out in the cool autumn night.
Xu Yiqing threw away the trash, took a breath of hot air, opened the car door and got in.
The main driver is a young man under thirty years old. He is the colleague who called Xu Yiqing. His name is Lin Sheng, and he is the junior who was led by Xu Yiqing.
As soon as he got in the car, Xu Yiqing asked: "Tell me what's going on."
Lin Sheng stepped on the accelerator and turned out of the community. As he drove, he said, "The crime occurred in the old city. There is Huimin Garden there. It's an old community."
Xu Yiqing nodded: "I have the impression that communities in villages in cities have old facilities and no surveillance."
Lin Sheng said: "The body was found half an hour ago. The death condition was miserable, mainly... it was very shocking."
Xu Yiqing frowned slightly when he heard this, thinking that Lin Sheng was the forensic doctor he brought out. Although he was still far from being the one on his own, he had seen some scenes with him.
Even his expression when talking about the corpse was slightly uncomfortable, indicating that it was indeed difficult.
"Then let's go and see it live."
Xu Yiqing knew that it was difficult to imagine just by describing it, so he simply closed his eyes and focused on the murder scene for a while.
It takes about ten minutes' drive from where Xu Yiqing lives to Huimin Garden in the old city.
When Chevrolet arrived at the gate of the community, they found that it was not yet dawn, but there were already many onlookers in the community.
It seems the murder caused quite a stir. More than half of the residential buildings had their lights on, and some brave ones wrapped up their clothes and looked around downstairs, watching the excitement through the police tape.
There are also many people watching at the gate of the community, but most of them are night workers, such as girls from hair salons in nearby urban villages, or delivery people delivering food, friends who drink all night long, and idle people surfing the Internet in Internet cafes.
The Chevrolet drove downstairs, showed his ID, and the two went upstairs.
The crime occurred on the second floor. The corridor design of the old community was unreasonable and very cramped. It was this narrow corridor that was crowded with criminal police.
The doors to the east and west doors on the second floor are both open. Only the east door has a cordon, and the police are taking notes in the west door.
Apparently the crime took place in Higashikata.
"Old Xu, you are here!"
When the police officer standing at the door of Donghu saw Xu Yiqing's arrival, he was as relieved as if he had seen a savior.
He is the leader of Jiangcheng City's serious crime team. His name is Du Yu. He is responsible for major cases and has collaborated with Xu Yiqing a lot.
Before Xu Yiqing could exchange greetings, he smelled the pungent smell of blood.
When I came to the door and looked in, I could only see the living room.
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The decoration is simple and the space is small.
"Rental house?"
Xu Yiqing could tell at a glance that this did not look like a long-term living situation——
The suitcase in the corner, the same network cable routing on the wall, the layout of a house with four walls.
"Yes, I just rented it not long ago."
Du Yu stepped aside and allowed the forensic doctors to enter.
Xu Yiqing and Lin Sheng put on protective measures and walked into the room.
The blood stains all over the ground were shocking, and the pungent smell of blood became even stronger.
Lin Sheng stared at the blurry blood stains on the ground that looked like footprints and frowned.
"What is this?"
"Left from the shoe covers."
Xu Yiqing saw the clues after just one glance, "Stepping on the blood will leave obvious footprints, and the shoes are not easy to dispose of afterwards, so the murderer wore shoe covers. Premeditated and experienced murders are indeed tricky. ”
He thought to himself that since the murderer even prepared shoe covers, it seemed unrealistic to find some key clues here.
One can only hope that he is best at autopsy.
So he turned to Du Yu and asked: "Where is the body?"
Du Yu replied: "In the bedroom...but let me remind you, you must be mentally prepared."
He gave a serious warning, paused, and while leading the two of them to the bedroom, explained: "According to the first batch of police officers who arrived at the scene, the door was locked when they arrived. After they broke it open, they came to the bedroom to meet them. This is the scene we arrived at...the ground was vomited by them, so be careful not to step on it.”
Pushing open the ajar bedroom door, an absolutely impactful scene was deeply engraved in the memories of the three people——
The room was very messy, as if it had been violently turned upside down.
Various things were scattered on the floor, including medicines, blood-stained gauze, and on the bedside table was a fruit knife with the deceased's fingerprints on the handle but a clean blade.
In the middle of the room, there was a female corpse kneeling on a single bed, bowing her head to the head of the bed as if she was worshiping something!
The female body was covered in dried blood, as if someone had just fished it out of the bloody water!
The bed was stained red with blood, and it flowed along the bed to the ground, making it sticky.
One can't help but wonder whether the blood on the body has dried up.
The most shocking thing is that this female corpse is headless... and the object she is kneeling on the bed to worship is a pile of tiny skeletons placed at the head of the bed!
Lin Sheng's complexion changed slightly, and he felt a little sick.
He was still relatively inexperienced, and the corpses he had come into contact with before had all been dead for a long time. This was the first time for him to see a scene full of blood like this.
Seeing this, Du Yu comforted him, pointing to the vomit already on the ground and said: "It's okay, just vomit if you want, that's all."
Xu Yiqing looked solemn, realizing that this case was serious.
As a senior forensic doctor, I have seen corpses no matter how broken they are, so I don't get serious about it.
The most important thing is the weird posture of the corpse and the bones on the bed.
This is extremely purposeful.
He walked to the head of the bed, put on medical gloves, and gently turned the bones.
Can't tell the truth.
But it's definitely not human bones.
At this moment, Lin Sheng, who had calmed down, said: "It's a dog."
Officer Du was confused: "Dog?"
"Yes, they are dog bones." Lin Sheng also put on medical gloves and walked to the bedside less than half a meter away from the body.
He took a bone from Xu Yiqing's hand and continued to explain: "The front wrist bone that cannot be turned over and the protruding snout bone are all consistent with the characteristics of a dog. Combined with the brachycephalic skull, it can be determined that it is a small dog, such as a Pekingese. ”
Du Yu was a little surprised. After all, even Xu Yiqing, the best forensic doctor, could not tell that it was a dog bone at a glance.
Xu Yiqing said: "There are specialties in the art, and Ah Sheng is an expert in studying bones, whether they are human bones or animal bones."
After explaining, Xu Yiqing asked: "Where is the person who called the police? I want to see the person who called the police. Was the body in this position when it was found? Are these bones on the bed?"
Unexpectedly, as soon as these words came out, Du Yu's expression instantly became complicated.
He pointed to the female body on the bed, his throat was dry: "This is the person who called the police."
(End of chapter)