Born in the dark, Ended in the dawn

"Hey! Wake up!"

Wei Lan opened his eyes suddenly, and sat up from the ground like a corpse. Xing Cheng, who was squatting on the side, took several steps back in fright. He turned his head blankly and looked at his mobile phone on the table, which kept ringing with familiar ringtones.

What just happened, was it a dream or reality?Statements such as teleportation are too absurd, every detail is clearly remembered, and it cannot be reality.But if it was a dream... There was a tingling pain from his fingertips, Wei Lan lifted up the finger that had been cut in the dream, the shallow wound on the fingertips was oozing reddish, like a basin of cold water had woken him up.

Sure enough, it wasn't a dream, but it wasn't reality either. There was also the force of him who was about to fall into a coma, the force that pulled him violently from the car that was about to encounter a car accident, and the sound that stopped him from moving forward. Xing Cheng?

"You..." Xing Cheng hesitated to speak, but he couldn't say what he said. He is not a person who does not believe in evil. Wei Lan's situation just now seemed to him to be against evil, but how much did he say? I feel a little ashamed.

No, it wasn't this voice. The voice that called me in the dream was hollow and ethereal, inaudible, inexplicably familiar, and it wasn't Xing Cheng.Wei Lan scratched his hair, and felt a dull pain in the back of his head. It seemed that he hit the ground when he fainted, and it was already a little swollen. He hoped that his hair wouldn't fall out. He reluctantly opened his mouth to appease the frightened Xing Cheng, " It's okay, I'm too tired recently."

Xing Cheng didn't question Wei Lan's random reasons. Who knows who's body is, and he doesn't need to meddle in his own business.

The ringing had stopped, Wei Lan got up from the ground enduring the aches all over her body, wiped off the dust on her clothes and pants, grabbed the phone and called back, the call was connected quickly, "Xiao Wei, the autopsy results are out?"

"It's coming out, it's just..." Lu Wei hesitated and couldn't finish a sentence, because the result he got made him really not know where to start.

"What is it?" Wei Lan urged, "Where are you now? Give the coroner a call."

The act of handing over the phone was straightforward, and after a rustling sound, the phone was transferred to another person.

"Uncle Ge? Tell me the result quickly."

"Sorry, I'm not Uncle Ge. Mr. Ge is busy with his dissertation. I'm his assistant Xu Xin. I'll be in charge of the autopsy recently."

The person who answered the phone was indeed not Ge Zhiwen, but this was the first time Wei Lan had heard of this person named Xu Xin, and this voice...to be exact, it was that silly tone that I always thought I had heard somewhere, "That's hard work." You, first tell me the results of the autopsies of these two today."

"There is nothing special about the female deceased. It is consistent with the results of the on-site investigation. The traffic accident caused fatal injuries, but it was the man..." Xu Xin deliberately paused for a while, as if tantalizing, and his tone also rose, as if he was doing something interesting. The game, but the people on both ends of the phone, except for himself, probably no one would find it interesting "No fatal trauma was found, the intracranial pressure was normal, death from cerebral hemorrhage was ruled out, there was a scratch on the top of the head, the wound was shallow, and broken glass was found in the wound. "

"The broken glass should be from the damaged rearview mirror. I can check with the evidence department. Is there anything wrong?" .

"Of course." Xu Xin gave an affirmative answer, "The wound is 22 millimeters long and about five millimeters deep. It's a corpse."

Corpse spots!That's something that starts to appear one to two hours after death. If the spots appear on the buttocks and legs, it means that Hao Lin died one or two hours before the car accident. in deposition.Wei Lan was like an ant on a hot pot, walking around in a panic in the monitoring room. The uniform on the back was soaked in sweat, whether it was hot sweat or cold sweat. "Please conduct a judicial autopsy immediately. I want to listen to the live broadcast."

"OK, sir, no problem."

Lu Wei, who was standing next to Xu Xin, felt a chill, and an ominous premonition crawled to the top of his head. Before he asked to leave, the mobile phone that was on the call had been stuffed back into his hand.Although I have seen many corpses, this is the first time I have witnessed the dissection process with my own eyes. Looking at the knives that shone with metallic luster, and looking at the ashes of the flesh, I imagined the touch of the sharp blade cutting the skin, and the feeling of vomiting was like The invisible palm choked his throat, and Lu Wei turned his head to the side, unwilling to look again.

The sound of whistles echoed in the empty room. Lu Wei unconsciously looked at Xu Xin. He also couldn't help but see the corpse's open belly. The scene inside was indescribable, and even made him forget his nausea and fear. , staring blankly at those dark red and black internal organs.

"Wei Lan, are you still listening?" Xu Xin asked.

"Of course." Wei Lan's voice came from the hands-free cell phone.

"The male deceased did not die from a car accident, but from internal organ failure. The liver and kidneys were mildly rotten, and other internal organs were also rotten to varying degrees."

"What did you say?" This answer was not within the acceptable range at all, Wei Lan's eyes widened in shock.Some information may need to be blocked internally. He glanced warily at Xing Cheng, who was standing aside and listening carefully. After receiving the other party's considerate gaze, Wei Lan left the monitoring room and came to the sunny street. Roasting chilled body and nerves.

Although this autopsy result is unacceptable, it is the fact that it is true. If you don’t accept it, you have to accept it. "What about the time of death?"

"This is a controversial issue. Judging from the call log clues you provided and the rigor state, the time of death was about two hours and 10 minutes ago. If judging from the state of rotting corpses, the time of death was about [-] hours. A reminder Yours is, corpse rot is only reflected in the internal organs."

Rigidity and rotting are supposed to be two stages that a corpse must go through when it turns into bones. Rigidity is the first to manifest, and then it gradually rots.It is impossible for the same corpse to have rigor on the surface, but the internal organs have begun to rot, unless...

"Did you take a drug test?"

"not yet."

"How long will it take?" Wei Lan glanced at his watch and stopped a taxi.

"I can give you an expedited discount."

"Thanks in advance. Now do a drug test immediately, take the residue in the stomach and blood for separate tests. I saw from the monitoring records that he suspected of taking medicine. The sooner the better, I will rush back." Hang up the phone, The address Wei Lan told the driver was not the direction of the police station.

Hui'an Pharmacy, Hui'an Pharmacy, No. 16, Huili Garden Community, Shijing Road, West District.

Thanks to that dream-like encounter, this address is deeply imprinted in Wei Lan's head. According to the time of death, Hao Lin should have died before buying the medicine, so what he saw in the surveillance records What are they?The living dead?This is not a movie, what a joke.

The transparent and bright glass window displayed the latest medicines on the shelves. Wei Lan was not in a hurry to go in. He used his memory to find the location where Hao Lin discarded the medicine box, the short bush.

"God's will." The medicine box was hanging on the tree branch, and the sanitation workers hadn't found it yet. Wei Lan took off the medicine box and returned it to its original shape.

The design of this medicine box is also too simple, the whole body is white cardboard, only some medicine information is printed on the front.Cycloclobencaine, a drug name that has never been heard before, is mainly used to treat mania, anxiety, and insomnia, and can relieve pain and stabilize emotions.From the function point of view, it is a tranquilizer. Wei Lan searched every corner of the medicine box over and over again, but couldn't find any more information.I don't know if it is a prescription drug, and I don't know where the manufacturer is. How dare pharmacies sell such a drug?

There is also a little bit of inconceivability. Hao Lin, who looked very uncomfortable at first, became better soon after taking the pill. What he took was not a stimulant, but a tranquilizer. This doesn't make any sense at all.

Wei Lan took off his hat and unbuttoned his collar. Fortunately, he was so busy these days that he couldn't sleep well. With this haggard look, he didn't even need to pretend. When he opened the glass door, the cool air from the air conditioner made him feel much more comfortable.

"Hello, sir, what help do you need?" The service lady said professionally in a coquettish voice. When she saw Wei Lan in police uniform, she showed a look of astonishment for a moment, which was soon replaced by a smile.

Wei Lan frowned and rubbed the forehead that didn't hurt at all, "Excuse me, is there any medicine that can relieve stress and help sleep? It can calm the nerves."

"Insomnia?"

"It's not just insomnia, it's better to calm down the mind. Recently, I always have nightmares. I can't fall asleep when I wake up. My temper has become irritable. I always feel panicked and anxious, and my work is affected." Wei Lan is very satisfied with her expression Lie, I almost believed it.

The waitress was a little embarrassed, "You'd better go to the hospital for a check-up. Tranquilizers should not be taken casually. If they are just for sleep aid, we can recommend them to you."

"No? A patient friend recommended me to come here. He said that you can buy medicine for anxiety here."

"There are over-the-counter medicines, but they are not recommended, and they have serious side effects." The service lady took out two boxes from the counter, "Olanzapine and chlorpromazine, these two can calm the nerves, without dependence, but they have serious side effects .”

Wei Lan pretended to pick up the box and seemed to be choosing, "It seems that Valium drugs all have serious side effects. My friend said that there is a drug that works well. It seems to be called Caine."

Although it was only for a moment, Wei Lan still caught the unnatural expression on the service lady's face, and he continued to observe calmly.

The service lady's smile became a bit forced, and her professionalism supported her to keep smiling, "Do you mean something like Punucaine? Those are not medicines, they are anesthetics, and they are not available in pharmacies."

"Oh, I almost forgot!" Wei Lan patted his forehead pretending to be surprised, and took out the small white medicine box from his pocket, "My friend was afraid that I might make a mistake, so he specially gave me an empty medicine box, and asked me to follow this purchase."

The white pill box was gently placed on the bright and reflective counter, and there was a soft crackling sound. At the same time, the ID card inlaid with the police badge was slapped on the countertop. No one spoke, and the whole room fell into silence.

"It's here, clobencaine."

The author has something to say:

The drug name is pure nonsense! ! !Please ignore~~

Happy Holidays ~ I will update later