love story

Following the shout, a small number of villagers present scrambled out of the woods because of the shout, and even the few bold young people took a few steps back because of the shout, away from the coffin.

Everyone gathered together and looked at each other, and they all saw panic on each other's faces. The timid villagers were trembling and pale because of the sudden appearance of the coffin and charred corpse.

Except for the chirping of insects that can be heard all the time, the whole forest is quiet. Although there are more than 20 villagers around, no one dares to speak first.

In such a hidden forest, no one can guess how the coffin and charred corpse appeared here, nor can they imagine that such a horrible thing would happen in the village where they have lived for so many years.

The sound of the wind made the leaves in the forest rustle, and it made people's bodies chill, and at the same time, it woke up everyone's reason.

What was found in the woods is not a coincidence, and it is unlikely to be a suicide, and it is very likely to be a premeditated murder.Although the villagers are simple, everyone knows that this kind of thing is unusual, and it is impossible to just let it be buried in the ground.

"This matter must be told to the village head, let him decide." One of the villagers said.

As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd began to discuss again, and human voices appeared again in the originally silent woods.

At this time, Xiao Cheng hid behind his father, holding his father's arm tightly. For what he saw today, he, a ten-year-old child, was already frightened and at a loss.

After the villagers left, Xiao Cheng was still afraid. Although he received the condolences of the villagers, it still caused a lot of psychological shadow. place to play.

After the police station in Qin City received the report from the village chief, Officer Song Yuansong brought a number of police officers to the scene to investigate and collect some important evidence.

The police sealed off the scene, and the villagers could only stand and watch from a distance, and no one could get close.

Song Yuan frowned deeply, and he said to one of the police officers: "Check and see if there are any suspicious things around the forest, such as footprints, murder weapons, etc."

After the policeman nodded in agreement, he walked into the woods to search around.

Song Yuan walked back and forth at the scene of the crime, constantly thinking about some suspicious person who appeared in this town recently.He looked down at his feet and saw that the ground was wet.

The sun rose and melted the snow on the ground.He thought that if there were any footprints before, they would have been washed away by noon, and it was unlikely that any traces would be left.

He sighed deeply.

Sure enough, his guess was right. Several police officers reported that they couldn't find any footprints, and they couldn't even find the murder weapon. They didn't know whether the deceased was burned alive or killed in other places first, and then transported here for burial. .

"Didn't you find any hard objects, such as stones?" Song Yuan asked.

"Officer Song, except for some small stones and sand, we couldn't find any stones or hard objects that could be used as murder weapons. However, we found a match at the scene."

The police officer handed Song Yuan the match he had found.

Song Yuan took the match and examined it carefully, and saw that the head of the match had been scorched black.It was just an ordinary match, nothing special about it.

"I guess the murderer used matches to light the fire, not a lighter or anything like that." Song Yuan said.

He walked out of the crime scene while other police officers continued their search.According to the news received, the person who found the coffin was a ten-year-old child named Xiao Cheng. He saw that the child was standing in the distance and staring blankly at them.

Song Yuan smiled, walked slowly to Xiao Cheng, squatted down, and looked at him.

Xiao Cheng has not recovered from the fright just now, and now he sees a policeman in blue uniform squatting in front of him, thinking in his little head that this is the police uncle he saw on TV.

He thought that the police uncle was here to catch bad guys, but he was not a bad guy, so why did he come here.

"Uncle, I'm not a bad person, and I haven't done anything bad." Xiao Cheng said, with fear in his immature voice.

Song Yuan smiled at him again, reached out to stroke his hair, and said softly, "Son, don't be afraid. Uncle didn't come to arrest you. You are a good boy. Uncle just wants to ask you some questions."

Xiaocheng's father said beside him: "Xiaocheng, didn't you say that you would become a policeman when you grow up? Now you are scared after seeing the policeman uncle?"

After hearing the conversation between the three of them, the other villagers finally showed a smile on their faces.

Xiao Cheng's face was flushed red, he lowered his head and whispered, "I'm not afraid."

Even though he said that, the timid tone was obvious at first glance.

Song Yuan leaned forward and whispered a few words in Xiao Cheng's ear, and then Xiao Cheng showed a smile on his face, and he said: "Uncle, you can't lie to me if you promise me!"

"Okay, I won't lie to you." Song Yuan said.

"Then let's hook our fingers together." Xiao Cheng said with a smile.

Everyone watched the interaction between the two of them, and they didn't know what Police Officer Song said that made Xiao Cheng break his fear of him.

"Come on, tell uncle how you found this coffin?" Song Yuan asked.

"Uncle, I was playing in the backyard of my house, but I saw a black scorpion, so I slowly followed to the woods. However, after the scorpion got into the ground, it disappeared. Then, I went to find I picked a branch and wanted to dig out the scorpion, but the branch broke, and then I dug it with my own hands and found this." Xiao Cheng said.

"You said you found the scorpion?" Song Yuan asked again.

"Yes, it's a black scorpion." Xiao Cheng said with certainty.

Song Yuan stood up, touched the top of Xiaocheng's head again, and said, "Good boy, thank you."

When Song Yuan turned around and walked back to the scene of the crime, what the child said was still circling in his head.He said he saw scorpions, but this is the countryside, and the area is relatively humid, and there is this forest in the distance, so it would not be surprising if there were any reptiles.

Moreover, not to mention scorpions in the woods, even poisonous snakes are not uncommon.Presumably the scorpion got lost, and somehow crawled into the backyard of Xiao Cheng's house.

The distance between this forest and the village is not too close, and there are few people. The densely packed trees and thick leaves make it easy for the murderer to commit crimes here and is unlikely to be discovered.

Song Yuan carefully observed around the woods, and saw that there were scorched marks on the ground, and there was a smell of gasoline. It seemed that the murderer first burned the corpse here, and then put the corpse in the coffin and dug the soil for burial.

If Xiao Cheng hadn't discovered it by chance, all of this would have happened without anyone noticing.

Since most of the corpse had been charred, but with Officer Song's experience over the years, he could probably tell from his body shape that it was a male corpse, but his real cause of death could not be confirmed for the time being.

Moreover, no suspicious murder weapon was found at the scene, and the cause of death and identity will not be known until the body is transported to the forensic department of the hospital.

For the whole case, Song Yuan still couldn't think of the key point, he stepped up to the coffin, and saw that the charred corpse had been burnt black, and the original face of the deceased could not be seen clearly.

He stood there carefully examining the black coffin, very curious in his heart.

Why did the murderer buy a coffin for the deceased after killing someone?

If it was just an ordinary cremation, the coffin would have been burned together, but the coffin looks good without any damage, so it is impossible to be cremated.

The coffin was a very ordinary coffin. Although Song Yuan couldn't identify the material, the coffin seemed to know that it was not worth much, but why put the corpse in the coffin?Why not just dig and bury them?

What is the murderer's motive?

Song Yuan couldn't figure it out, so he looked inside the coffin again.He lowered his body slightly, and then looked sideways at the inward side of the coffin lid, which was dark, just like the rest of the coffin.

He put on white plastic gloves and touched the inward side of the coffin lid. It was flat and smooth, and he couldn't find anything.

He raised his right hand and saw some gray dust there.So, he touched the middle point of the coffin lid again, and his whole body was shaken by this touch.

He immediately retracted his hand, and touched it again after a few seconds. This time, it was terrible. The part touched by his finger was uneven, as if it had been engraved.

Song Yuan took out the small black flashlight hanging from his belt, and he shone it towards the place he just touched, the surprise was no small matter.

"Wang Long, Li Hao! Come quickly!" Song Yuan called out to two of the police officers.

When everyone heard his call, the nearest police officers rushed to his side.There were fine beads of sweat on Song Yuan's forehead, and a lot of sweat oozed from his forehead because of his nervousness.

Holding the flashlight still shining on the side of the black coffin lid, he pointed to the writing on it and said, "Quickly copy it down for me!"

The police officers who saw this scene immediately showed surprise on their faces. One of the policewomen took out the small notebook she carried with her from her pocket, and copied those few lines under the light.

The world is unpredictable

it wasn't in my plan

oh, can't believe it

There are nine out of ten unsatisfactory things in life

I happened to meet

i offer a match here

oh!So your voice is so beautiful

Are you familiar with such screams?

There are not many characters, there are only eight lines in total, and the first character in one line is in the shape of a match.

When everyone looked at the copied words, they all guessed the meaning between the lines.Just looking at these few lines, everyone can guess on the surface that there seems to be a great hatred between the deceased and the murderer, so that these few lines were carved on the coffin.

Song Yuan raised his hand and rubbed his temples, he thought hard about what secrets were hidden in these few lines, and how these secrets could help him find the real culprit.

"Officer Song, what does the murderer mean?" Wang Long asked.

"I don't know, but just judging from the font, the murderer seems to be telling everyone how much he has been wronged and suffered for a long time. But you see, although these few lines carry a certain meaning , but the sentence is not so smooth. At first glance, it looks more like something written by a primary school student. It is neither like a poem nor like a couplet. It is more like it was written out of anger. However, if you want to It is unreasonable to say that it was written indiscriminately, because lettering itself is difficult, and what is needed in the process of lettering is patience, so these words are likely to be carved early in the morning."

At the end, Song Yuan almost muttered to himself.

After he stood there for a few minutes, he couldn't think of the key point, and a person flashed in his head, if only he was half as smart as that person.So, he made a decision: "Notify Director Wang of the Federal Bureau, and let him send Officer Leng over to intervene in this matter."

As soon as this was said, everyone knew it.

This was not an accident, but a deliberate murder.