what's in the depths

When the curtain fell, the half of the beautiful face was instantly covered, leaving only the painted and embroidered colorful phoenix coiled on the curtain.

Zhu Yuhan looked at the departing wedding reception team, and felt the hairs on his body stand on end one by one. Although it was in the south, the temperature was really not high at night. He was shaking uncontrollably at the moment, and a cold war came from the soles of his feet. Rotate overhead.

So he shrank subconsciously, and said to Chu Rong: "Let's go, it's getting late."

"Did you see the bride crying?" At this time, Chu Rong, who has never been a nosy man, suddenly got up on the motorcycle. He stood there, as if he had no intention of leaving, but stared at the welcoming procession for a long time. It's hard to look away.

"Perhaps they were crying with joy. Getting married is always a happy thing."

After hearing this, Chu Rong only nodded perfunctorily, his eyes following the welcoming team all the time.

Zhu Yuhan waved his hand in front of him: "You won't fall in love with someone else's bride, don't you think about it, after the church visit, she will belong to another family's noble son, you have no chance."

Although this was just a joke of his own, Chu Rong, who hadn't responded yet, made Zhu Yuhan feel like a crosstalk actor who didn't enjoy the whole process of stand-alone, and was in a dilemma.

Zhu Yuhan had no choice but to shake the hand that was bitten by the bear boy just now, and said, "Oh, it hurts, it hurts, my delicate little hand."

At this time, Chu Rong finally turned around:

"Then go back first, I'll give you a potion and some anti-inflammatory medicine."

That night, maybe it was caused by alcohol, or maybe he was really tired. Zhu Yuhan lay on the pillow, and didn't care about Huang Jiu's snoring sound that was comparable to that of a tractor when it was started.

In the dream, that bright red lip appeared in front of my eyes repeatedly like a cassette——

The intermittent crying sound seems to be close at hand, as if it is in the ear——

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The next day, Chu Rong woke up early, and the first thing he did was knock on the door of Zhu Yuhan's room. After knocking for a long time, he heard a few dissatisfied complaints from inside.

Then, the door opened, and Zhu Yuhan stood shivering inside wearing only pajamas, his eyes were swollen like Lin Yongjian, he wiped the saliva from his mouth, and said depressedly:

"It's only five o'clock, do you really have to wake up so early?"

"Don't play with your body." Chu Rong said, pushed him into the room, picked up clothes from the hanger to help him change.

And just as Zhu Yuhan yawned and stretched, Chu Rong had already squeezed toothpaste for him:

"Hurry up, there will be a lot of people traveling this weekend, I'm afraid there will be a traffic jam in the town later."

After he finished washing up, Zhu Yuhan squinted his sore eyes and climbed onto the bed, intending to squint for another 10 minutes, but was dragged up mercilessly by Chu Rong.

The tedious and complicated physical examinations, coupled with the large number of people queuing up on weekends, the two of them waited until five o'clock in the afternoon to get the medical examination report, which showed that all the examinations were normal. Despite the captain Xiaozhu being thin, he is in good health Pretty up to par.

After getting a reassuring answer, the two rushed back to the Tulou by the last bus that usually enters the village before dark.

As soon as they got back to the base, they saw that the team members were ready to go out to look for food. The team members happened to meet the two who had been missing for a day, so they dragged them along.

The tulou at night is only open to tourists temporarily living in the local area, so there are relatively few people, but it is a bit deserted. The red paper and white paper flying all over the sky during the wedding reception last night were trampled into lumps by the tourists during the day, making it a dirty mess It can't be swept up on the ground.

A group of people scattered and found a place to have dinner, drink some wine and brag, and it passed four days like this.

When they came, they all grumbled and were unwilling, and when they left, they all cried and howled. Sure enough, the essence of human beings is a contradictory body.

Everyone planned to go to the tulou to find some special dishes to eat on the last night before leaving. After wandering around, they turned to a small restaurant selling red trough drunk chicken.

The proprietress was still wearing the clothes she wore a few days ago, with a sad face, and when she saw the guests, she forced a smile that was uglier than crying.

Zhu Yuhan looked around and was relieved when he didn't see the brat with disheveled hair.

A few people planned to eat here, and by the way brought some pots of ebony stuffing to take back.

Just sitting down, chatting and farting, Zhu Yuhan suddenly heard what seemed to be a strange sound interspersed with it.

He pricked up his ears and listened carefully, it sounded like the wind outside the window, but it also sounded like crying.

Zhu Yuhan lowered his voice: "Did you hear any strange noises?"

All of them were taken aback for a moment, hurriedly shut up, and leaned on the table to pay attention to every move around them.

After a long while, a few people breathed a sigh of relief: "Team Zhu, don't be suspicious all the time, just come to Yong'an Tulou, you see you are haunted and have strange noises, you drive us crazy before the ghosts do anything to us .”

However, as soon as the voices of the few people fell, the miserable crying sounded instantly, full of sorrow.

When the proprietress who was settling accounts at the counter heard this, her complexion changed drastically, and she rushed into the bedroom next to her with small steps, followed by the sound of "crackling" things being thrown, and the sound of furious yelling and beating.

Everyone was embarrassed to hear that, and put the money on the counter, and didn't want the change that needed to be returned. They hurriedly fled the restaurant like a Shura field with ebony wine.

"The child is dirty all over, and the parents don't care. If they make a mistake, they will beat and scold. This way of educating children is too simple and rude."

"Yes, although a child is like a small tree, the branches need to be pruned in time to prevent it from growing crookedly, but if it is cut off directly from the ankle, it will become a dead tree, not to mention growing up, and its life is gone." Liu sighed helplessly.

Just as he was talking, Xiao Liu suddenly felt the urge to urinate, and he hurriedly stuffed umeboshi into the hands of other team members, saying:

"I'll go to the river to solve it, and I'll be right back."

"Why is the quality so low? The river is a river where people drink water, so you can't hold back and go back to solve it?" Zhu Yuhan asked Xiao Liu anxiously.

"No, no, no, if you hold back, something will happen again. Just this time, I'll go first." After finishing speaking, Xiao Liu broke free from Zhu Yuhan's hand, and walked straight into the grove in a flash.

The rest of the people chatted outside the woods with wine, discussing where to buy some souvenirs on the last day of tomorrow.

Zhu Yuhan was also thinking about what to bring to Fu Huaiyu. He is not good at smoking and drinking, and he is very picky. Ordinary gadgets are definitely not in his eyes, but there is really nothing valuable here.

But it didn't bother Captain Xiao Zhu, who was smart, wise and immersed in psychology for many years. He called and asked:

"Guess what I bought you?"

Fu Huaiyu was silent for a while, and then said: "A new notebook for lovers?"

"Guess again."

"Couple watches?"

"Guess again..."

"Couple panties?"

Look, now we know the top three gifts that Fu Huaiyu most wants to get.

Anyway, it's not sold here.

"You will know when you get back, that's it, hang up first." Afraid that Fu Huaiyu would become suspicious, Zhu Yuhan hung up the phone in a hurry.

Huang Jiu was smoking a cigarette, looking bored at the dark country road:

"What is Xiao Liu doing here? It's been so long. There must be some problem in that area."

Some people really don't talk about it. As soon as they finished speaking, Xiao Liu ran out in a panic with his pants in one hand.

He rushed over and grabbed Zhu Yuhan's hand. Before he could catch his breath, he pointed to the grove behind him with a livid face, opened his mouth, and said in a trembling voice:

"Pig Pig Team, a floating corpse was found in the river over there."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then ran into the woods, stepping over the ground full of thorns, passing through the wet and cold woods, a big river suddenly opened up.

The cold moonlight casts on the riverside, giving off an air of gloom, and on the calm river surface, an indistinct body is floating on it, pale under the moonlight, looking lonely and lonely.

Seeing the situation, some police officers habitually wanted to go to the river to salvage, but Zhu Yuhan stopped him:

"Are you going to move the corpse with bare hands?"

After thinking about it, the little policeman seemed to be inappropriate, so he quickly took out his mobile phone and called the police.

The nearest police station is also in the county town, and it took the police nearly an hour to arrive from there. Everyone just stood by the river and guarded the floating corpse for an hour.

When the local police arrived, they immediately sent people down the river to salvage the body.

The corpse was carried up and placed on the shore, and the flashlight was turned on. The appearance of the corpse made everyone present shudder.

It was a female corpse, dressed in a red cheongsam and flesh-colored stockings, her hands were tied in front of her chest by a red rope, and she was holding a piece of wood in her hands. The most inhumane thing was that the entire scalp and hair of the corpse's head had been cut off without knowing it. Where to go, the mouth is also stitched with fine needlework, which looks like it was done deliberately.

There are not many criminal investigation teams here in Yong'an, and there are very few forensic doctors, and most of them are engaged in trace inspection. There is only one pathologist, who looks like 23. The cotton thread used for sutures on the mouth of the corpse must be manually removed.

"Wait a minute." Chu Rong stopped him, "Can I observe the characteristics of a watch first to judge the time of death?"

The young forensic doctor was obviously taken aback when he heard the voice, looked up at the person next to him, blinked, then stood up suddenly, his eyes lit up, even in the dark night, he could still clearly see a blush creeping up his cheeks.

He stretched out his hand to hold Chu Rong's hand, shook it vigorously, and opened his mouth, his voice was trembling with excitement:

"Forensic doctor! I have been waiting for a long time!"

"Thank you, thank you." Chu Rong pursed his lips and smiled, looking a little green.

"I admire you so much!" As he said, the young forensic doctor leaned closer to Chu Rong's ear and lowered his voice, "Really, I still copied the paper you published in a journal for my undergraduate graduation thesis, and unfortunately I was drawn to the blind The repetition rate was as high as 20.00%, and I almost didn't finish the course."

"Plagiarism is not good, it's all a personal effort." Chu Rong still laughed.

Zhu Yuhan stood beside him for a long time, and finally couldn't help but said:

"Can you check the corpse first, it's been here for a long time."

The young forensic doctor touched his head in embarrassment, and hurriedly squatted down to check the condition of the deceased's eyeballs and body surface.

He said that judging from the expansion and contraction of the corpse, it has been thrown into the river for at least a day or two. It is difficult to identify the identity through the face, and DNA degradation will occur in non-living bodies. If it is slightly difficult to extract DNA through bone tissue, it is also possible That is, in recent days, it has been impossible to confirm the identity of the deceased.

"Take it back to the morgue first, and wait for further autopsy results." The young forensic doctor stood up and waved to the criminal police team.

Chu Rong walked over, patted the forensic doctor on the shoulder and said, "We can conduct diatom experiments to determine whether the deceased entered the water while alive or after death."

The forensic doctor was stunned for a moment, obviously ignoring this, it took him a long time to react, and he scratched his head in embarrassment:

"Gee, I'm still too young to think about it, not think it through."

Then, he changed the subject: "Is the forensic doctor Chu here to travel? He is planning to stay with us for a few days. If you have time, could you please come to our police station? I have some experience and knowledge and would like to ask you for advice." .”

Chu Rong originally wanted to explain that he was going to leave tomorrow, but who knew that Zhu Yuhan was so excited, he interjected without waiting for Chu Rong's answer:

"We finally came here, and our colleagues are helpful, of course we are willing."

Chu Rong had no choice but to follow along and nodded: "Yes, I will do whatever I want."

"I have something to say. I haven't seen my family for several days. There are still a lot of things waiting to be dealt with at home, so I can't accompany you here." Tong Si said, clasping his fists.

"No, you're fine, you're free."

In the end, under Zhu Yuhan's coercion and lure, Tong Si, Xiao Liu, and Huang Jiu were left behind. In order to ask the police station to reimburse them for the expenses of staying for a few days, they were forced to talk to the local police station with a smile on their faces. Take a photo.

But when Zhu Yuhan informed Fu Huaiyu that he would be back a few days later, all he got was an absent-minded "hmm" from Fu Huaiyu.

"What are you doing?" Zhu Yuhan asked suspiciously.

"Look at the ticket." Fu Huaiyu replied concisely.

"Buying a plane ticket? Where are you going?"

"It's Anbei Airport, right? After getting off the plane, how do you get there?"

When Zhu Yuhan heard this, his head grew bigger instantly, and he used his three-inch tongue to persuade him to give up the idea after talking for a long time.

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After four hours of autopsy by Chu Rong and the young forensic doctor Zheng, they finally got the following clues:

1. Judging by the degree of skin aging on the body surface, the deceased was between 21 and 24 years old.

2.The scalp of the deceased was all peeled off. It is likely that the murderer deliberately concealed his identity, making it more difficult for the police to detect.

3. What is more strange is that the thread used for suturing the lips of the deceased was cotton thread, which is common in households, but there was a clump of hair in her mouth. The hair was cut from the middle, and DNA could not be extracted from it.

4. The deceased held a piece of wood tightly in his hand, his fingernails were dyed with golden nail polish, a thick needle about ten centimeters long was pierced on the top of his head, and a small sachet was hung around his neck, which contained some fine sand.

5. Wearing a red cheongsam with mandarin ducks embroidered with dark patterns, it looks a bit like a wedding dress just after a wedding ceremony.

6. The lungs have a rubbing feeling, which is a characteristic of water filling, but before the diatom test, it is impossible to judge the time of falling asleep and the real cause of death.

There are various indications that the death of this woman is too strange, it seems like some kind of mysterious ceremony.