when you stare into the abyss

When Nie Zhiyan first heard Wan Tong's words, she even felt a little wronged, this child, why are you wronged?She immediately put the scalpel into the disinfection container aside, and smiled at the person standing outside the door: "Don't you want a cold compress? Come here."

Wan Tong didn't expect it to go so smoothly, wrinkled his nose and approached angrily: "If I come back half a minute later, Aunt Yan must have already used the knife."

"Huh? What kind of knife?" Nie Zhiyan pretended to be confused.

"Here, give the lying brother a stab." Wan Tong glanced at the corpse on the dissecting table, and said in awe, "Brother, let's help you find the truth, so it's not too much to take a few more stabs."She took out an ice pack from her pocket, carried the only stool in the dissection room and sat down in front of Nie Zhiyan, and said fiercely, "Now it's my turn to do it."

As soon as she finished speaking, under the gaze of Nie Zhiyan's suddenly enlarged eyes, she took off her long-sleeved shirt, wrapped it in an ice pack, tested the temperature, pressed close to the red and swollen wound, and asked in a distressed and concerned tone: "Does it hurt?"

Nie Zhiyan shook her head numbly. For a moment, she felt a ripple somewhere deep in her heart, but she couldn't catch it and hurried away.I don't know when it started, but she seemed to be used to Wan Tong's nagging beside her, knowing that the other party was restraining herself, trying to focus on the point, so she didn't have such resistance.Then it developed to the state where she could silently listen to her narration of the case, and occasionally analyze a few sentences.

The cold compress lasted for 15 minutes, the woman closed her eyes slightly in the second half, Wan Tong lowered her eyes, only paying attention to her injury, and the movements of her hands were gentle.

"Auntie, the person who injured you, Bobotou, is under control. When are we going to the hospital for an examination?"

"I won't go. It only constitutes a minor injury, and the public security punishment can be punished for 15 days at most." Nie Zhiyan usually deals with the identification of injuries in addition to dissecting abnormal dead bodies. She is very aware of her injuries.

"Then I'll give him a punch too." Wan Tong was outraged and said nonsense.

"Huh?" The woman raised her eyes to look at her, seeing that she was just joking, so she calmed down and continued to close her eyes to rest.

"Huh? Are you not afraid that I will really beat him?"

"You won't." Nie Zhiyan believed that Wan Tong must possess the basic qualities of a policeman.

"Oh, when did Aunt Yan know me so well?" Wan Tong said nonchalantly, but saw that Nie Zhiyan seemed to be thinking seriously.

"When someone cries because they don't know how to solve the problem."

Nie Zhiyan always ranks first in her grade in mathematics, and during the summer vacation of the second year of junior high school, she shoulders the important task of helping Wan Tong with Mathematical Olympiad tutoring.Whenever Wan Tong couldn't solve the problem to wipe away tears, she would put a big white rabbit toffee beside her, explain the problem clearly to her, and then reward her with the toffee after she figured out how to solve the problem by analogy.

"Ah, Aunt Yan, you!" Wan Tong lost all energy immediately, and his angry cheeks became rounder, but when he saw the unconcealable smile on the woman's brows and eyes, he smiled sincerely.

After the cold compress was over, Wan Tong packed up her things, but Nie Zhiyan called her to the next door to put on an anatomy suit and come over to help.

"The deceased Chen Wang, male, 53 years old, died between 7:2 and 0:1 am on July [-]. He had a history of valvular heart disease."

At the beginning of the autopsy, Wan Tong took notes. The woman's familiar movements cut open the skin of the corpse, cleaned the superficial fascia of the serratus anterior, separated the anterior muscle, and used rongeurs to break the ribs, cut off the connection, and took out the dark red heart.

"The heart is larger than normal, the aorta and coronary arteries are congested, fat thickening can be seen at the apex of the right heart, and the muscle of the right ventricle is partially replaced by fatty tissue. The deceased suffered from not only valvular heart disease, but also a fatty heart." Nie Zhiyan frowned, and carefully removed the tissue Observation, "Symptoms can indeed be considered sudden cardiac death."

"He should have the habit of taking medicine on time." Wan Tong has gradually adapted to the anatomy of the giant view before.

"Taking medicine on time may also cause sudden death. The impact injury on the deceased's chest was not fatal. The congestion in the nose and mouth was caused by the impact." Nie Zhiyan put the heart into a sterilized container and continued the autopsy.

There are many reasons for sudden cardiac death, and diseases account for the largest proportion. What Nie Zhiyan has to do is to rule out other causes.

The funeral parlor did not have any experimental equipment, so they brought the tissues to be tested back to the Changyun County Public Security Bureau, which is 3 kilometers away.The forensic laboratory was poorly equipped, so Nie Zhiyan started with the heart.

Under the microscope, adipose tissue infiltrated the myocardium from the epicardium to the subendocardium, arranged in sheets, the myocardial fibers were compressed and shrunk, and the myocardial cells were compensatory hypertrophy.Ventricular conduction was inhibited, causing cardiac arrest. Nie Zhiyan carefully observed the organs around the heart, and it was indeed in a state of ischemia.

"Record, sudden cardiac death, cause to be determined." Nie Zhiyan reminded Wan Tong beside him.

"Aunt Yan, what else do you need to check?"

"blood."

"Then we..." Wan Tong was still uttering what he wanted to say, but was interrupted by footsteps pushing in the door.

"What's wrong with the lack of records?" Huang Bo held the document in his hand and asked her, if it was determined that it was a traffic accident, he should deal with it as soon as possible.

"Lack of notes?" Zhao Guoying never called Wan Tong by his nickname, so Nie Zhiyan naturally didn't know about it, but it was rumored in the university by accident.

"I, haha, my nickname." She rubbed the back of her head and smiled awkwardly.

Nie Zhiyan doesn't know how to play mahjong, so she doesn't understand the meaning of it. She just thinks that "missing a note" doesn't sound good, so she would rather call her Wan Xiaotong.

"Deputy Team Huang, the deceased suffered a sudden cardiac death and is currently investigating the cause."

"No, sister, you can just call me Huang Bo, if you need any help, just ask."

"Bobotou, you can't call me sister, you should call me aunt!" It's not easy to have a seizure on the mountain, and Wan Tong is in a hurry at this time.

Nie Zhiyan gave her an angry look, and raised her eyes to respond to Huang Bo: "Well, Tongtong calls me Aunt Yan, you can just call me Forensic Doctor Nie."

"Okay, Forensic Doctor Nie, when will the results come out?"

"About three hours."

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At 2:15 p.m., Changyun County Public Security Bureau, Criminal Investigation Brigade Office, three or four policemen sat and dozed off. Wan Tong knocked on Huang Bo's desk with Nie Zhiyan's report to her.

"The concentration of digoxin in the deceased's blood was 9.5ng/ml, seriously exceeding the standard. It is considered that the poisoning caused sudden cardiac arrest."

"Did he eat it himself?" The policeman Xiao Zhou was stunned for a moment and asked.

Huang Bo's thoughts cleared up, and he felt uneasy: "Impossible, the deceased must know his usual dosage."

"Is it possible to commit suicide?" Xiao Zhou asked again. There was no homicide in Changyun County from last year to July this year, so he didn't want to leave without leave.

"Damn it, you're stupid. Who would drive a truck to pull goods and then take poison? If you want to die, you'll just rush down the cliff." Huang Bo slapped the table and roared in shame in front of his classmates.

"Check it out." Wan Tong suggested bluntly.

"Of course we will check, but if there is a shortage, you also know that our bureau is short of manpower, so we have to borrow some people from your city." The captain of the Changyun County Criminal Investigation Brigade went back to his hometown hundreds of kilometers away on paternity leave. They are all supported by Huang Bo.

"Hurry up and apply for a loan. Forensic Doctor Nie and I can stay."

Finally, after applying, the Municipal Bureau arranged for Nie Zhiyan and Wan Tong to stay in Changyun County, and sent Chu Tao to assist in the investigation.

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The place where the deceased lived was the first place that needs to be closely searched, because the poisoner is often a close person.

Nie Zhiyan, Wan Tong, Huang Bo and the trace inspection policeman knocked on the door of Chen Wang's house, and it was the deceased's daughter Chen Ping who opened the door for them.

Huang Bo explained the reason for his visit, and the deceased's wife, Huang Fang, hurried forward to explain: "He usually has the habit of taking medicine indiscriminately, and sometimes he takes three or four pills at a time."

"We will record what you said, but the scene must be searched." Huang Bo spoke again.

"Comrade police, you can do whatever you want." Huang Fang stepped aside, clasped her hands, and rubbed them non-stop.

The typical Chen family has two bedrooms and one living room, with simple layout and decoration, it looks like an ordinary family at first glance.There is no family photo in the living room, nor a wedding photo in the master bedroom, but there are nail marks on the wall.

Chen Ping stood beside her, and Wan Tong asked her casually: "Little sister, where is the photo frame that was hanging on the wall?"

"What little sister, she is 26 years old, older than you and me, and the only doctor in our Changyun County." Huang Bo raised his mouth as he passed the door.

"Let's throw away the photo frame." Chen Ping was expressionless, and Wan Tong could not even see a trace of sadness from her, as if the person who passed away today was not her father.

"Why did you throw it away?" Wan Tong was a little puzzled.

"Uncle said it was bad luck." Chen Ping said unhappily, and followed her into her room next door. Nie Zhiyan raised her eyes to meet her and asked, "Your doctoral research is biochemistry and molecular biology?"

"Yes."

"Can you turn on your computer and let me have a look?" Nie Zhiyan frowned slightly, hoping it wasn't what she thought.

Chen Ping turned on the computer as she said, and the woman clicked on several folders with the mouse, her brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

"Forensic Doctor Nie, there are no other findings." After searching the living room, Huang Bo simply replied.

"Huang Fang, why is the glass in front of the sink in the toilet cracked?" Wan Tong was in charge of the master bedroom and the toilet. He saw the crack and felt that there was no dust in the crack. He speculated that it was broken recently due to external force.

"A few days ago, I didn't stand firmly in the shower, and accidentally broke it." It was Chen Ping who grabbed the words again.

"I'm asking you, Huang Fang." Wan Tong looked at the woman's head that was afraid to lift up, and felt that something was wrong.

"Pingping accidentally crashed it." Huang Fang seemed to suddenly understand something, raised her head and answered decisively.

In the farthest part of the toilet, there was a cracked plastic bucket, which was also noticed by the observant Wan Tong.

"Brother Yang, take two pieces of glass and take away the bucket." She wants to see if the mother and daughter are lying.

After an hour-long carpet search, they left with the evidence.In the living room and bedroom of the Chen family, Chen Ping clenched her fists tightly and said nothing. In the living room, Huang Fang sat on the sofa dejectedly and wept silently.

The author has something to say: Changyun Mountain has a higher altitude. Although it is summer, the temperature is still below 30 degrees, so it is suitable to wear a two-piece suit.

When the police beat someone, many things happen, so I don't want Wan Tong to really beat that person.

感谢在2020-04-0220:16:48~2020-04-0321:02:00期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the grenade: Ruoyi, jackey ball, 1 blue salt;

Thanks to the little angels who threw the landmines: Xinxiangqian, Chang'an., Mu Chenyan, Piece of Bingxin, _Little Follower, Muzi, 1 afternoon anecdote;

Thanks to the little angels who irrigate the nutrient solution: 8 bottles of Chang'an; 5 bottles of flying fish;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!