what's in the depths

The dam gathered a large number of onlookers, and the police were busy pulling up the cordon to evacuate the crowd.

Zhu Yuhan didn't care about eating after receiving the news, and hurried to the place where the body was found with Chu Rong.

Pulled up the cordon and got in, and the team members were taking pictures to collect evidence.

Zhu Yuhan put on his gloves and suddenly felt a foul smell coming from his nostrils.

Taking a closer look, a headless female corpse was carried ashore, her hands were tied behind her back, her body was swollen, and her identity was difficult to identify.

"Who found it?" Zhu Yuhan looked at the corpse.

"The team member Xiao Liu."

Zhu Yuhan squatted down and turned over the corpse to check, and the little finger of his right hand was indeed cut off.

"Notify Luo Hui to come and identify the corpse."

Walking through the muddy and potholed wetland, Chu Rong touched the corpse: "From the appearance of the skin, the foam is soft and swollen, and it is white and wrinkled. It is estimated that the death period is about 20 days, but..."

Chu Rong touched the cross-section mark on the neck: "There is no obvious contraction of the neck incision. It is estimated that the head was cut off within two or three days. The same is true of the fracture mark on the little finger."

Zhu Yuhan frowned: "So, this is not Luo Ziyi's body."

"It is not ruled out that criminals store the corpses in high-temperature and humid places. There are factories operating at the Xishan Dam for a long time, which emit a large amount of hot gas, causing the temperature of the dam to be extremely high, which will accelerate the decay of the corpses. Please ask Ms. Luo Hui to identify it first."

Luo Hui, who received the call, cried and fainted several times along the way, and was finally supported by the police.

In fact, for the family members of the victims, the most painful thing is not the moment when the relatives are confirmed to be dead, but the long and painful wait for being forced to identify the corpse.

But with just one glance, Luo Hui confirmed that the corpse was not Luo Ziyi.

"My daughter is not that tall, only about 1.6 meters. She was brought up by me, and I know best."

If this corpse is not Luo Ziyi, can the victim who happened to have cut off his little finger without resistance be identified as the same criminal?

The nature of the case has changed.

"Bring the corpse back to the research institute first. I need to dissect and examine the contents of the stomach to further confirm the time of death." Chu Rong took off his gloves and waved his hands at several criminal policemen.

Seeing such an unbearable corpse and hearing that the methods of committing the crime were different, Luo Hui finally couldn't bear it anymore.

She knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Zhu Yuhan and the others, begging them to save her daughter.

Zhu Yuhan hurried to help, at this moment, a few reporters emerged from the grass, pointed at this side and snapped fiercely.

"Keep quiet, go back to the police station first." Zhu Yuhan reminded Luo Hui in a low voice.

A group of people got into the police car.

The whistle was harsh, and it whizzed through the downtown area.

Everyone looked sideways and discussed with great interest the kidnapping of Luo Hui's daughter.

"The kidnappers didn't change the time, did they?"

With tears in her eyes, Luo Hui shook her head desperately: "He said that I am not allowed to tell the police, so I beg you, let me go alone tomorrow night, pay the ransom and wait for the kidnappers to release my daughter, then you can investigate, okay?"

Zhu Yuhan looked at her for a while, then nodded: "Okay."

The case of the headless female corpse at the Xishan Dam was like a thunderbolt that blew up the entire city.

People were panicked, no one dared to go out, the school received the news that school would be dismissed early, and the parents who came to pick up their children flocked to the school for a while, and some students shouted dissatisfiedly:

"Didn't it be agreed that I will go to the video game city with my classmates today, what should I pick up?"

And most people, regarding the matter of the headless female corpse, don't feel pity and panic, but more of a playful mentality of watching a good show.

People died, and they were not related to them, and they were able to leave get out of class early and escape from the huge cage of the school company.

In this way, their peaceful and boring life finally showed a glimmer of vitality hidden in the panic.

congratulations.

In the afternoon, Luo Hui held a press conference.

At first she could barely control her emotions, but in the end, under the endless questioning of flashing lights and reporters, Luo Hui burst into tears.

"I ask everyone, save my daughter Ziyi."

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In the research institute, Chu Rong put on gloves and protective clothing, bowed respectfully to the corpse, and then slowly picked up the scalpel.

Suddenly, someone knocked on the door, and answered "Come in" in a low voice.

When she looked up, she was facing a pair of peach blossom eyes.

Chu Rong took off his mask and looked at Zhu Yuhan: "What's the matter?"

"Come here and have a look, this smell, just give me the mask."

Chu Rong threw him a mask: "Is there any clue over there?"

"Yes, according to the report brought back by the team members and Fu Huaiyu's investigation of people with criminal records, we have locked three suspects."

Chu Rong nodded: "Stay away, this corpse has soaked for too long, be careful not to splash you."

With a knife down, a thick green liquid flowed out.

Zhu Yuhan turned his head and couldn't bear to look again: "Today, the members of my team searched for all the reversed vehicles. The reversed vehicle does not need to turn around, and it can hide the license plate number, and it is facing the road, so you can escape directly, and everyone happens to be under a massage parlor. A reverse electric car was found with toothpaste towels in the glove box."

Chu Rong nodded: "The fugitives have a commonality, they are home everywhere, and carry their belongings with them at any time."

"The team members touched the engine, but it was still warm, so they went into the massage parlor to check. I don't know where the suspect got the news, and he jumped out of the window and fled."

Zhu Yuhan rubbed his painful temples: "Now, the people will scold us for not doing anything."

Chu Rong cut open the pouch, but found no contents.

"It is true that he died for a long time. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the deceased did not eat for a long time before his death."

"Do a DNA test on your nails."

"I can't wait that long. Luo Hui will have to pay the ransom tomorrow night, and the nail test results will take four days at the fastest. If this is Luo Ziyi, Luo Hui will lose her daughter and money. to minimize her loss."

Zhu Yuhan nodded: "Tomorrow night, Fu Huaiyu and I will secretly follow Luo Hui, and it's best if we can catch all of them."

"That's all I can do. I'll continue with the autopsy."

Zhu Yuhan waved his hands to try to disperse the smell of corruption that could be smelled through the mask.

"Actually, judging from the modus operandi, it must belong to one person, but I don't understand why the criminal would soak the body and then fish it up and cut off the head."

As he said that, Chu Rong put down the scalpel and touched the cross-section of the broken neck: "Also, the head was not thrown into the dam together, so I don't know where it was hidden."

"I can only tell you that perhaps not only in these two cases, the suspects often have the mentality of retaliating against society or provoking society due to long-term depression and frustration in life, and this belongs to the latter. He is provoking us." Zhu Yuhan paced. to the door.

"Provocative..." Chu Rong murmured in a low voice, the lenses of the goggles shone coldly, and the swollen corpse was projected on the lenses.

"I can't stay here any longer. Let's take a step first. The DNA test will continue as usual. Even if it's not Luo Ziyi, find the dead body as soon as possible, and the family will come to collect the dead body."

At the end of Zhu Yuhan's speech, he couldn't help retching, and wiped away his sour tears: "Leave first."

Under the bright white light, Chu Rong looked at the corpse, took off his gloves, and touched the cross-section of the head with his bare hands.

"It's a provocation." He smiled lowly, and the studio was filled with a gloomy coldness.

The next day, Zhu Yuhan and Fu Huaiyu drove to wait at the gate of the criminal investigation department.

It was already dark, and the pitch-black night was like an impenetrable black cloth, and there was not a single star to be found.

The moon is hidden in the clouds, and the earth is plunged into darkness.

Chaotic and desolate.

"It's almost there, let's go." Fu Huaiyu looked at his watch.

Zhu Yuhan started the car, and the car galloped across the viaduct.

"It's rare that there is no traffic jam on the viaduct today." The atmosphere in the car was dull, and Zhu Yuhan tried to find a topic.

Fu Huaiyu looked at the information report in his hand, and gave a perfunctory "hmm".

"What's the progress on your side?" Zhu Yuhan didn't give up.

Fu Huaiyu changed his posture: "According to the license plate number and criminal record, three suspects were identified, two robbers and one rapist. The three of them happened to be serving their sentences at the same time and place at the same time. They formed a family, among them, Gao Yongmin, in addition to committing rape, was also a drug boy in the underworld, with a three-year history of drug use, which is highly consistent with what Luo Hui said about the kidnapper's slurred speech, mental laxity and suspected drug use."

Zhu Yuhan nodded: "The other two."

"The other two knew each other before serving their sentences. The main culprit in the bank robbery case was originally sentenced to life. Later, due to his good behavior and family spending money to manage his sentence, his sentence was reduced to 23 years. He was just released from prison last year. Go to camp near the three of them."

"Will they go home? They can't be so stupid." Zhu Yuhan turned the steering wheel, a little absent-minded.

"Yes." Fu Huaiyu was very sure: "Gao Yongmin and the other Zhao Zhongbao both have children, and Gao Yongmin even posted a video of him sharing family happiness with his children on the Internet. As soon as he gets the money, he must come back and settle down with his wife and children." .”

"This kind of person is not worthy of a queen." Zhu Yuhan smiled.

"This kind of person, and if he is not worthy, does not constitute a converse theorem, so this sentence does not hold." Fu Huaiyu leaned on the seat with his arms folded, looking at the scene of flying past outside the car window.

"Do you really want to argue with me?"

Fu Huaiyu still had no expression on his face: "If you hadn't broken up with me at the beginning, we would have stayed together until we were old, and we would not have a future, but we are not that kind of people."

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Yuhan only felt goose bumps all over his body.

"There is no need to mention the past."

"Why don't you mention it? If you kill someone and don't mention it, can it be regarded as not killing someone?"

In a word, Zhu Yuhan was so angry that he couldn't find any words to refute.

He was right, not mentioning it doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.

The brand of this "criminal" will follow him all his life and will never be erased.

So far, the two have no more words, just silent to each other.

Zhu Yuhan drove the car very fast, stopped near the Shouyi Bridge, turned off the engine: "It's right here."

Fu Huaiyu looked at his watch: "There are still 10 minutes before the agreed time for paying the ransom." As he said, he adjusted the seat back.

"Hide away, don't show your head."

Zhu Yuhan obediently got down and turned on the monitor.

"The criminal called." He stood up suddenly, looking out the car window back and forth: "It is said that the ransom was paid in the abandoned factory next to the Shouyi Bridge."

A red Maserati speeds by.

"Luo Hui's car." Zhu Yuhan lowered his voice, took out the wireless earphones from his back belt and put them on: "Get out of the car and follow."

The two got out of the car and closed the door gently, for fear of arousing the surprise.

The Shouyi Bridge is more than 200 meters long, so it is an accident-prone area and a high-crime area, so few people pass by here, and the weeds on the roadside grow taller than people.

Zhu Yuhan huddled against the cold wind and walked forward, stepped across the grass, and came to what the criminals called an "abandoned factory building".

The two crawled in the weeds, listening to every move around them with their ears closed.

The cold wind blows, fanning the weeds to "rustle".

They saw Luo Hui, holding a suitcase in one hand and a women's cotton coat in the other.

Zhu Yuhan looked at it, and suddenly thought of the sentence that Luo Hui kept repeating in the criminal investigation department that day:

"The weather is too cold, Ziyi is very afraid of the cold."

There was an inaudible sigh.

Experienced policemen know that Luo Ziyi will never return this time, and Luo Hui firmly believes that as long as she pays the ransom, the kidnappers will release her daughter.

Therefore, she is willing to compromise with evil.

The second hand ticks, and the minute hand crosses twelve.

Everyone was concerned and stared with bated breath.

Luo Hui looked around anxiously, but she still couldn't see the kidnappers.

Until the minute hand pointed to thirty, Zhu Yuhan's exposed hands were already frozen, and the cold wind howled, making his eardrums hurt.

At this time, Luo Hui's cell phone rang.

She quickly picked it up and asked before the other party could speak: "I brought the money, a lot of money, and I didn't notify the police. No one knows I'm here. My daughter, I beg you to take her away." Give it back to me, please."

Zhu Yuhan turned on the monitor.

A disdainful and frivolous voice came from the other end of the phone: "I've changed my mind, and the time will be set. You go back today."

The phone slipped to the ground, and Luo Hui stood there blankly, with a bleak back, crumbling like a dead leaf.

She hugged the padded coat her daughter had worn, squatted on the ground and cried loudly.

Crying and mourning.

At this moment, countless people gathered and rushed up from the darkness.