misplaced survival

Song Zhou followed the smell and approached the church, and suddenly heard the sound of mice in the corner, which was especially obvious in this quiet morning.

The mice were frightened and ran wildly, and the flies and insects that had been parked on the flower bed scattered, setting off a black wave.

The pungent stench became stronger and stronger. Jiang Xiyan brought gloves with him and handed Song Zhou a pair. Afterwards, he quietly approached the source of the stench and nodded in confirmation: "This is it."

The police rushed to the scene immediately, Xian Kan and the forensic doctor took the toolbox to the flower bed, and met with Song Dui and Jiang, who had already arrived at the scene.

As soon as Lu Nanhuai approached, he smelled the smell. He was sure that it was the smell of a corpse, so he glanced at Wu Yi.

Wu Yi understood it immediately, and cooperated with the physical evidence to remove all the layer of vermiculite on the flower bed, and then took a shovel and a brush to dig up the soil in the flower bed bit by bit.

"The soil is soft, and it hasn't been long since the soil was loosened." Lu Nanhuai pinched the soil and beckoned to Bai Ya to come and sample.

Wu Yi looked down at the soil in the flower bed, "This piece of soil is much deeper than the other side."

Lu Nanhuai nodded, started from the darker area, and dug about [-] centimeters. He vaguely felt something hard. He told Wu Yi, and the two immediately switched tools and used a gentler brush to clean up the soil. .

The soil pits in the flower beds are getting bigger and bigger, and the secrets hidden in them are no longer covered.

The priest of the church hurried over when he heard the commotion in the front yard. He saw the police digging up the flower beds in front of the church from a distance, and stopped him immediately: "What are you guys doing?"

Wu Yi checked the excavated bones and confirmed to Master: "Master, it's a male pelvis, as well as a skull and femur."

Song Zhou noticed the priest's arrival and blocked his sight, not letting the priest see too much, "Hi, I'm Song Zhou, the captain of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Jiangxin Branch. Now the police suspect that there was a murder case in your church. Please You cooperate with our investigation."

He just saw that Jiang Xiyan led people into the church for inspection, and was going to use the luminol reagent to check whether there was any blood reaction in the church.

The physical evidence is handed over to Jiang Xiyan, and the personal evidence is under his control.

The priest didn't realize it for a while, "Murder? What murder?"

He saw something in the flower bed from a distance just now, but the gardener has always been in charge of the flower bed, and he doesn't know anything except that he usually passes by.

Song Zhou asked unhurriedly, "Where were you the night before yesterday?"

"The day before yesterday, the 20th?" The priest counted the days and replied, "I was in the central church that day. Every month on the 20th, I would go to the central church to communicate with other priests."

He came from abroad and has lived here for many years. He speaks Chinese well and can talk to other people fluently, but he still maintains some language habits and accent.

Song Zhou asked the police to check the situation immediately, and then asked the priest again: "When we approached the church, we smelled something. Didn't you notice it?"

The priest nodded, "I found it. The smell is very strong. I smelled it yesterday. But the typhoon season is about to enter, and it has been sweltering for several days. I thought it was the smell of the rainy season, so I didn't pay attention to it."

He also checked in the yard yesterday and saw nothing strange, so he didn't investigate further.

Song Zhou saw a police officer about to carry the orchids at the entrance of the church into the car, and called for someone to come over first, then looked at the priest and asked, "Do you know who sent this pot of flowers?"

The priest looked at the folded orchid in the flower pot, sighed, and nodded immediately: "I know, she will come to send flowers at this time of year."

"Do you know who the other party is?" Song Zhou asked.

The priest thought for a while, then shook his head hesitantly after nodding, "She never told me who she is, but she is very similar to Orchid, I think they should be very close."

Song Zhou had seen this name on the order of the florist, and hurriedly asked the priest for confirmation: "Who is Orchid?"

Mentioning this person, the priest's face showed sadness, and he sighed regretfully, "It's a long time ago."

Inside the church, the police inspected carefully from top to bottom, from the lights on the top to the walls, to the tables, chairs and carpets, never letting go of a single corner.

"Deputy Jiang, we found something here!" The police officer suddenly called out to Jiang Xiyan.

Jiang Xiyan saw that under the reaction of the luminol reagent, a large number of fluorescent reactions appeared in it.

It seems that the murderer was very cautious and cunning. He first washed off the blood on the ground, and then covered it with a carpet in an attempt to conceal his criminal evidence.

"Deputy Jiang, a splatter of blood was found on the wall." The police officer on the side also made a new discovery.

Jiang Xiyan looked around at the traces of blood at the scene, and said calmly: "According to the amount of blood at the scene, it can be concluded that this is the first scene of the crime."

As for the identity of the deceased, it depends on what the forensic doctor said.

"Whether it is the skull or the pelvis, it is obviously from a male." Lu Nanhuai held up the skull of the deceased to observe. The murderer deliberately scratched the murderer's face, and after two days of corruption, the appearance of the deceased was basically invisible. .

The deceased's occipital bone was obviously sunken, and he must have been attacked with a stick. For the specific fracture situation, he had to go back and take a film to see.

He gently opened the dead man's mouth, and said calmly, "The dead man's teeth are worn to a high degree, and he is already past his prime."

The pelvis is the easiest bone to tell the gender and age of the deceased.The weight of the pelvis in front of them is heavier than that of the female pelvis. The pelvic wall is thicker, the pelvic cavity is funnel-shaped, and the pubic bone angle is acute, etc., which are the characteristics of the male pelvis.

The weight of the male skull is also heavier than that of the female. The male skull has a longer face, well-developed brow arches, blunt upper edge of the eye sockets, deeper nasal root depression, higher cheekbones and thicker zygomatic arches. The mastoid and extraoccipital inion are also more developed.

"Master, look here." Wu Yi approached the deceased's pelvis with his hands in his hands. After a simple treatment just now, he can basically see the condition of the pubic symphysis. I'm guessing over 60 years old."

With age, the degree of wear of the pubic | symphysis will change accordingly.

The body they found today had severe wear and tear on the joint surface, and the deceased was already in old age.

As Wu Yi said, he put the pelvis on the white cloth spread on the ground, and picked up the ruler next to it to measure the length of the femur of the thigh.

"Master, according to the regression equation of the human body, the height of this person should be between 173 and 175 centimeters. I suspect..."

Judging from age and height, the skeletons they dug out from the flower bed matched Feng Xiao's, and Feng Xiao's skeleton was just missing these pieces.

The skull, pelvis and two femurs found at the scene most likely belonged to Feng Xiao.

Lu Nanhuai also had this doubt, and then said: "You tell Team Song this inference, and then go back to compare with me immediately. I will wait for you in the car."

"Yes." Wu Yi stood up in response, but seeing that the master was putting his head down and packing the tools wholeheartedly, his heart felt sour.

It's like this again, Master always does this!

Obviously he is the assistant, but the master always does all the dirty work without saying a word, leaving the decent things to him.

Ever since he came to the sub-bureau, the master usually asked him to give a report, and made it clear that he had a chance to show his face in front of Song team.

Team Song is indeed working in the sub-bureau now, but he will definitely return to the provincial office in the future. Master is recommending him and pushing him out.

"What are you doing standing here, why don't you go?" Seeing that Wu Yi hadn't moved, Lu Nanhuai urged.

He saw the awkward expression of the apprentice. Wu Yi brought it up by himself. Whether they are masters and apprentices or colleagues, they have been together for four or five years. Sometimes, what the other party is thinking can be known with just a look. .

He always felt that Wu Yi worshiped him and was the attachment of the chicks. He taught his apprentice to spread his wings and get in touch with people and things, and pushed him to go to a higher place. When he saw other scenery, he might suddenly understand this feeling. In fact, it is not worth mentioning.

If he hinders the progress of the apprentice, he is a false teacher.

Wu Yi walked towards Team Song with a serious expression, and briefly reported the situation, "I will report the specific results to you immediately after I compare them with Master's team. We will go back first."

Song Zhou observed Wu Yi's depressed will, and he didn't need to think too much to know that it was because of his master.

But the priest was still by his side, and their inquiry work would continue. There was no time to be distracted, so he could only mention a few words, "The elders like good children, go ahead."

"I'm not..." Kid.

Wu Yi just wanted to refute, but when the words came to his lips, he suddenly realized the true meaning of Song Dui, pulled himself together, nodded heavily, and ran to the police car.

Song Zhou shook his head with a low smile, and looked back at the priest, "You just said that the last time you saw Orchid was two or thirty years ago."

The priest nodded and confirmed, "Yes, Orchid often came to our church at other times besides worship, and sat for a long time. I asked her if she was worried at first, but she didn't say anything. After a long time, she seemed to have something for me. After gaining a little trust, she said that she came to atone for the sins of her family."

"Atonement?" Shen Shu on the side heard the words very familiar. In the morning, he and Xu Zhishen received a call from a monk. Before Qin Yuan disappeared, he also mentioned to the people in the Buddhist temple that he wanted to atone for his sins.

What sin do they want to atone for?What the hell happened before?

Priest: "I can see that she is blaming herself, but because I don't know what happened to her, I can't explain it. I remember what I said back then, people have their own destiny, and it's good to have a clear conscience, something like that."

Song Zhou recalled what the priest said before, and asked: "You said you haven't seen her for a long time, do you still remember the last time we met? And you said that the person who came to deliver flowers is very similar to Orchid, is this person male or female ?”

The priest was taken aback for a moment, and answered one by one: "The last time was the same as usual. She sat alone in the church, then left in a hurry after answering a phone call. The person who sent the flowers was a woman, very different from Orchid back then. Like, the first time I saw her, I thought Orchid was back."

"Oh, that's right! Before Orchid left, I left something behind. I thought she would pay her back next time, but I didn't expect to see him again." The priest said, leading the police to the small house behind, He usually lives there.

Song Zhou asked the police to call for physical evidence and followed him, and then followed the priest into the small house.

The priest opened the cabinet with a key and took out a book carefully wrapped in kraft paper. He said slowly, "That woman looks similar, but she is not Orchid after all. I tried to ask her, but she didn't answer me. problem, so I still keep this book in my hand.”

Song Zhou heard familiar footsteps approaching, turned around and read the book and handed it to Jiang Xiyan who was walking, "Come on."

Jiang Xiyan took it with a nod, and carefully opened the kraft paper, only to find a copy of "The Stranger" inside. The pages of the book were a little yellowed due to age, but it could be seen that there were traces of reading, and there was a small piece of red in it. bookmarks.

It is said to be a bookmark, but it doesn't really look like it. It should have been cut out from somewhere, and it was carefully plastic-packed by the owner of the bookmark.

"Wait, there seems to be fingerprints on the bookmark. Xiaocan, go get the collection tool." Jiang Xiyan said to the physical evidence technician.

Before he came back, Jiang Xiyan looked at the content on the bookmark. It was a series of handwritten love poems. He seemed to have seen the handwriting somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while, so he could only stare at the bookmark and try hard to recall.

"As a husband and wife, there is no doubt about love."