Misty Forest [Criminal Investigation]

Lumna, which hadn't rained for several months, finally experienced three days of heavy rain intermittently after several artificial rainstorms. Every time it came, there were lightning flashes and thunder, and it was thorough when it left.The humid air accompanied by the smell of soil completely dissipated the high temperature and dryness.

Nian Feng stood in front of the mirror with a blank face, poked his fingers in the hair mud box and turned it over and over again, his fingertips were sometimes covered with a thick layer of translucent mud-like substance, he glued the ends of his hair and stroked the back of his head carefully With both hands scratching at the back of the head for a while, he turned his head and looked sideways, and there was still a strong sense of the existence of the gap.He sighed and gave up the nth struggle in many days, screwed on the hair mud box and threw it aside, Qi Yu's first haircut left an indelible stroke in Nianfeng's life...

The raindrops slapping on the glass window all night played a hypnotic melody. Qi Yu lay on the bed with the quilt pulled over his head and slept soundly. The mobile phone next to the pillow rang a tired song, and he stretched out his hand without opening his eyes. After touching the edge of the phone and pressing randomly, the world returned to silence.He seamlessly fell into a deep sleep again until the phone rang again, this time it was a sound that could not be hung up, he touched it with his eyes closed and answered it by feeling.

"What time is it, are you still at work?"

"I'll sleep again...it's early."

"Open your eyes and look at 09:30!!!"

Wen Bin's voice on the other end of the phone got louder and louder, before Qi Yu's eyes were fully opened, three small numbers hit his pupils: 8:50.

Throwing the mobile phone and jumping out of the bed was done almost at the same time. Wen Bin, who was familiar with the operation of praying for rain in the office, put the mobile phone on the table and clicked to release it.Other people in the office, including Lin Zhao who had just returned from breakfast and had not had time to go upstairs, all watched the chaos on the loudspeaker. After 5 minutes, there was a bang of the door being closed vigorously. Within 2 minutes, praying Yu walked into the office with a calm face.

Compared with office workers who work in the office, outdoor workers are much sadder in such weather.Early in the morning, the staff of Wanshulin Scenic Area began to patrol the mountain in twos and twos. There are many towering ancient trees and rare plants in this scenic area. After every stormy weather, they would patrol along the mountain road one by one to see if there was any damage. The wind blows down the trees damaged by lightning, and it takes a long time to go down.

The two staff members slowed down on the slippery slope, stepped on each step, pressed it firmly, and then took another step. The two people looked at the sides, and their voices were obviously unstable.

"Don't stop the rain. If you patrol like this every day, your knees will be useless in a month."

"It's almost there. Didn't the rain last night not be too heavy? Maybe there will be a few more light rains. Anyway, the precipitation for a few days will definitely be enough."

"Hey, look whose clothes were blown over." A staff member stopped and pointed to a black patch of trees on a sloping mountain some distance away from the two of them.

"Impossible, why are the blown clothes still flat and not hanging on the tree? Why do I think something is wrong?" Another staff member narrowed his eyes and focused and found the piece pointed by his colleague.

The two stood there observing for a while, and the more they looked at it, the weirder it became.

"Something seems wrong?"

"Would you like to go and have a look?"

……

Light rain began to fall in the sky again, and the two staff members stood a few meters away from the shadow with their raincoat hoods pulled up on their heads, their arms folded and their neckline stretched from time to time to look into the distance.

"It's been half an hour, why haven't you come yet, it's freezing to death."

"They can't get in by car, and it takes twenty minutes to walk from the gate to here. If you don't believe it if you tell you to wear more clothes, it's been raining around ten degrees in the past two days."

"How did I know that I could encounter this when I went to the mountains?"

"It's your first day here? There are so few things like this? It's too much to think about these days."

……

"It's coming, it's finally here."

A group of pedestrians wearing black raincoats came up in the slanting wind and drizzle. Some of them walked up to the front with survey boxes in their hands. Two people with boxes came up to them. One of them opened his mouth and asked, "Who reported it?" police?"

The two pointed back: "We reported the case."

Four people walked up from behind, and the two leading ones carried the box from the previous person and walked towards the black.

"It's another suicidal trouble. You have come so far away. We also reported it according to the rules. Otherwise, the weather is really embarrassing for you to run up and down." The staff's tone was sincere and respectful.

The raindrops on the brim of the hat formed a straight line, and the rain was getting heavier and heavier. Praying for the rain raised his voice and asked, "How do you judge that it was suicide?"

"Hey, there are one or two jumps in this place every year. We can't do it even if we send more people to patrol. We can just apply to the higher authorities to set up a safety net."

This ancient forest protected scenic area covers an area of ​​more than [-] square kilometers. There are many mountains and complex terrains, full of various rare trees.The scenic spot focuses on protection and development, so there are many wild animals living in this scenic spot. It is for the safety of the staff that they patrol the mountain after getting up early and before sunset. During the day, there will be staff on the top of the mountain. Although the garrison cannot completely prevent the cliff jumping incident, it has also persuaded many people standing on the edge of the cliff in the past two years.

Going up along the place where the corpse was found is the highest point of the whole scenic spot: Lincang Pavilion.It is a viewing pavilion, which is a must-see for tourists.

The daily patrol route in the scenic area is fixed. If it is not for the extreme weather, they will not come here if they are worried. If they know that it will rain, they probably will not go here, because the trees here Too many and too high lightning protection devices have little effect, and the risk of lightning strikes is greater.

"Is it sealed?" Qi Yu asked. Although no tourists will come in this day, if someone else destroys the first scene, it will bring great trouble to their follow-up work.

"It's sealed. We have experienced many similar incidents. Please rest assured that there are rules."

The number of people jumping off the cliff in Wan Shulin forced the scenic spot to take countermeasures. If something happened, tourists would be persuaded to return and the scene would be protected.In the past, all the people who committed suicide were in Lincang Pavilion, so if there was any movement, they would seal off the way up and leave it to the police to investigate.

"Were you patrolling over there last night?" Qi Yu asked.

"No, there are other people over there. You can go to the office and ask for details later."

As soon as Qi Yu finished asking, Nian Feng and three others came out with black bags, and the police officers under Ke Xia rushed to help carry the body out.Qi Yu pointed to the top and said that the place where the cliff jumped might be on it.

Nian Feng pulled his hat and licked the rain on his lips: "Then let's go up and have a look."

On the road, Nianfeng told Qi Yu about the results of the preliminary examination just now. He was male, fell from a height, and his core temperature was 25.5 degrees. The body does not move, and the body is mostly stiff below the knees but not completely stiff.There were abrasions and bruises on the palms and face, blood gushing from the mouth and nose, and an open fracture of the parietal bone. On the surface, it appeared to be consistent with the characteristics of a high-fall death.According to the preliminary examination of the corpse, Nianfeng deduced that the time of death of the victim was after midnight this morning.

The victim was fully dressed, with his wallet and mobile phone in his trouser pocket, but no ID was found.

The two of them were walking on a muddy path that wasn't a mountain road. Nian Feng gasped for breath after saying a few words, and Qi Yu stretched out his hand and pulled the survey box over: "Let me carry it."

Nian Feng didn't refuse at all and let go. Seeing that Nian Feng was not even polite, Qi Yu felt a little embarrassed: "I'm just afraid that you will faint from exhaustion before you walk up, and I have to carry you up to find evidence."

Cough cough cough, there was a violent cough from behind, Qi Yu looked back and saw that everyone from Wen Bin to Xiao Baozi was holding various forensic testing equipment in their hands, and he was the only one in the group walking most of the way .

He glared at Wen Bin, and Wen Bin opened his eyes innocently: "It's not that I'm coughing, why are you staring at me?"

"Hurry up, it will rain again in a while."

On the windy mountain road, praying for rain and asking Nianfeng: "The ambient temperature is so low, will the body temperature be affected?"

"The temperature will affect the temperature of the corpse, but it won't affect this one, because now it's just that your body feels low. Let's see what the temperature is now."

Nianfeng put his wrist in front of his eyes to pray for rain, and the current temperature was displayed on the steam-covered electronic dial: 16 degrees.

After a person dies, all circulation in the body stops, the heating function is lost, and the body temperature gradually drops. This change is not constant but will be affected by the environment.For example, in the case of Sun Shufu they solved last time, the temperature of the corpse was much higher than normal after being burned, so the temperature of the corpse has no reference value at all.When the ambient temperature is lower than ten degrees, the temperature of the corpse will drop faster. When the ambient temperature is higher, the temperature of the corpse will drop slower. The temperature in the past few days has been hovering around ten to twenty degrees because of the rain. Moreover, the deceased was killed last night and was discovered this morning, so the environment had little effect on the corpse.

"The specific time, we will measure it regularly after we go back, and strive to make the time more accurate. Marvin has already followed him back, and he will do the preliminary preparations, so you can rest assured." Nian Feng shook off the water droplets on his hands, and the heavy raincoat He was a little annoyed that he was so tightly wrapped that he couldn't get rid of the thorough wetness on his skin.

Qi Yu took out his hand from his trouser pocket and stretched it out. From the dial to the back of his hand, he squeezed a layer of water vapor. Nian Feng looked down and saw that hand with a very contrasting skin color slipped by with warmth, and his steps stopped involuntarily. After getting down, the owner who raised his head and hand had already walked several meters away.

Qi Yu asked Nian Feng whether he thought it was a homicide or suicide. After asking, not only did he not reply, but he became quieter. When he turned around, he saw Nian Feng who was a few steps behind him and other people who were farther behind.

"You can't walk fast with empty hands? Do you really want me to carry you?"

Nian Feng snorted and said in a voice only he could hear: "It's not impossible."

After walking for more than 20 minutes, we arrived at the octagonal pavilion on the top of the mountain. On the brown wooden plaque of Lincang Pavilion, there are three dark green characters flying and dancing in Lincang.The gazebo is much larger than they thought for praying for rain. The ten or so square meters above the three-level bluestone steps are covered with pearl white granite floor tiles. There are wooden chairs with backrests around the edge for people to rest. The fence is about ten centimeters high.The flying rafters of the horned hat with a height of more than four meters block the wind and rain outside. As the rain gets heavier and heavier, only bits and pieces of rainwater come in. The ground remains dry and there is no accumulation of rainwater, except for a row of muddy shoe prints in the middle. No more traces.