Swallowing the Seas

the next morning.

The anatomy room of the Nancheng Branch.

Cai Lin gnawed on the mille-feuille cake that his father personally baked and sent to the unit. He just took three steps and made two steps and turned around the corridor. Suddenly he staggered and took three steps back, and said in disbelief: "My Wu? My Guier? You two What are you doing here, making up homework?"

Forensic doctor Xiao Gui and Wu Yu each had a sheet of paper, standing side by side, facing the wall as punishment, sticking the paper on the wall and writing something with a brush, their faces turned dark when they heard this.

"Do you know that Gao Baokang was sent to the sub-bureau?" Forensic doctor Xiaogui said coldly.

Cai Lin said, "I know, I know."

"Then do you know what form he came from?"

Cai Lin pondered for a moment, then tentatively asked: "... gaseous state?"

The standing duo sneered "Huh!" from their nasal cavity at the same time, and Wu Yu's hands were relatively fast, and he had already finished writing and signed, and quickly put the paper in a nest.Immediately afterwards, Xiaogui's forensic doctor also finished writing. While "going, going", he drove away Cai Lin who was trying to peek with his head stretched out, while unyieldingly stuck his neck, pushed the door and walked into the dissecting room.

·

Bu Chonghua was not in the dissecting room, only Wang Jiuling and Liao Gang were standing around the dissecting table, and Meng Zhao was sitting on a chair with his unkempt cotton slippers, his ankle still swollen and high.Director Wang was holding a human thigh in his arms and swishing it with a water hose. While rushing, he gestured to Liao Gang: "The degree of limb corruption is very serious. There are twelve oblique wounds on the hip bone and thigh, eleven of which are There is a tail-like dragging scratch on one side of the wound, and a dragging scratch on both sides of the corner, both of which are arc-shaped and smaller than the wound. The internal organs have been lost, and the cut surface looks relatively smooth, but there are large strips and flakes of abrasions on the edge And severe skin flap trauma, in line with the characteristics of blunt instrumental cutting, and also in line with our judgment on the cause of limb fragmentation..."

The door opened, and Wu Yu and Xiao Gui, the forensic doctor, walked into the dissecting room angrily one after the other:

"Deputy Liao."

"Deputy Liao."

Liao Gang looked up at the two of them with a dignified expression: "Is it finished?"

"It's finished."

"It's finished."

Liao Gang stretched out his left and right hands, and Wu Yu and Xiaogui forensic doctor handed in their homework with stern faces, only to see that the same title was written on the two pieces of paper—"Review Letter":

"I review that I should not have listened to the command of the infantry team during the handling of the case. Liberalism, my own way, and adding chopped coriander to the steamed eggs without authorization, caused the suspect's body to appear highly rotten. I promise that next time the case is not solved. Eat coriander, reviewer: Wu Yu."

"I review that in the process of searching for suspects, I should not have forgotten the teachings of the seniors in the forensic field, did not say good things, set up a flag exclusively, and made a joke about the god of the river leaving the worthless suspect at the bottom of the river without authorization, which led to the suspect being at the bottom of the river. I Guaranteed to say only auspicious words next time the case is not solved, reviewer: Xiaogui."

Liao Gang asked with a straight face, "Do you dare next time?"

"Don't dare."

"Don't dare."

"Young man! Don't believe in evil!" Liao Gang pointed at Wu Yu's forehead, and then pointed at Xiaogui's forensic doctor's forehead, and said bitterly: "I just said why the surname Gao looks so evil, River God! Eat coriander! Police Didn’t the school seniors teach you these feng shui taboos? Didn’t the senior interns tell you that you can take medicine indiscriminately and not talk nonsense? Why do you think there is a safe and sound talisman on the bottom of each landline in our branch office?”

Wu Yu and Xiao Gui, the forensic doctor, were so unconvinced by the training, Director Wang couldn't bear to pull them away: "Okay, okay, don't keep talking about other people's children, they don't understand these rules of the world. The newcomer last time The physicist fed four of the goldfish provided by our detachment to death, resulting in the death of four people and [-] hospitalizations in a serious poisoning case. I took the forensic room to work overtime for a week. Don’t you see that I didn’t say anything? Education should be slow Take your time, don't be too impatient, you two don't do this next time."

Liao Gang put his hips on his hips and hummed: "They are still children at this age, so what is our infantry team, elementary school students?"

Director Wang said: "He doesn't count. I have never seen a primary school student with a donkey face all day long."

"Come here, both of you." Meng Zhao couldn't stand it any longer, and pushed Wu Yu and Xiao Gui's forensic doctor behind him one by one, and pouted at the corpse on the stainless steel table: "Come and get acquainted—last night the Maritime Safety Administration and the port The Public Security Bureau drove over overnight, the last half suspect in the [-] murder case, Comrade Gao Baokang, the skeleton killer."

Skeleton killer Gao Baokang finally presented to the world two legs - a left leg connected to a quarter of the abdominal cavity, but the internal organs had completely fallen off, and the male genitalia was incomplete; After cleaning, Director Wang just washed it again with a water pipe. The muscle tissue is clearly visible in the indoor light.

The degree of corruption of the body parts is extremely high, a cyan blood vessel network emerges on the black surface, and the skin of the feet has peeled off like a glove, and it seems that they have been soaked in the water for a long time.

"This one," Meng Zhao pointed to the right leg: "It was salvaged by fishermen from the vicinity of the port two days ago. At that time, it was reported to the police station. The forensic medical examination showed that the femoral artery did not have obvious constriction and life response. Combined with the characteristics of the section cut, It is judged that it was cut by the propeller of the ship after death. This kind of corpse is not uncommon in their place after summer. Those who drowned and jumped into the river and fell from the boat will be easily sucked by the suction of the propeller and shredded, so At that time, the police station didn't take it too seriously, so it followed the normal process and issued an announcement on the identification of the dead body. Unexpectedly, two days later, the fisherman shot out another left leg, and after sending it to the police station, it miraculously reunited with the right leg. ——Their director was just about to update the announcement on the identification of the dead body, and suddenly received our investigation report on Gao Baokang, so he compared the remaining shoes and trouser waist on the corpse, and found that the color characteristics were exactly the same. Well, hurry up and do the DNA comparison, it is Gao Baokang Didn't run away."

Wu Yu has never seen such a unique wound on a corpse: "So he was washed into the South Canal by the water of the Sili River due to the heavy rain, and then flowed to the sea with the South Canal, where he was cut into pieces by the ship's propeller. ?”

"Yes, these oblique tail-like drags and unique wound flaps are the characteristics of the rapid cutting of the corpse by the ship's propeller." Director Wang snorted in his nasal cavity, without concealing his ridicule: "According to the degree of corruption on the surface of the corpse Judgment, before being chopped into pieces, this kid also turned into a giant."

Gao Ling, who was killed by Gao Baokang, formed a giant view in the flood discharge tunnel, and then he himself escaped and drowned in the river. Not only did he form a giant view, but he was also literally divided into pieces by five horses.

It can be seen that people can't do bad things. There seems to be some unknown power in the dark, which makes the law of heaven clear and the retribution is unpleasant.

Forensic doctor Xiao Gui touched his chin and said, "Then now..."

"Chen Yuanliang's family didn't have a large outflow of funds in their accounts. Those human bone artifacts couldn't have been purchased. If he got these things in Tibet in his early years, other colleagues, students, and researchers couldn't have heard of them at all. Let's find those people one by one. Come and talk!" The scolding outside the dissecting room came from far and near, and then the door was pushed open, and Bu Chonghua sternly walked into the phone while walking in: "I don't believe he can keep such a big human head and skeleton for decades. Didn’t make any noise, did he try to find a buyer? Didn’t take photos and send them to cultural relics dealers to find out the price? Didn’t search the Internet for keywords of cultural relics auction? Don’t miss any clue, let me find it! It’s 48 hours away There is still half a day left in the detention period, find the last second!"

No one in the dissecting room dared to make a sound, but he pressed the phone heavily, with anger still on his face: "How are the rest of the body parts salvaged?"

When Bu Chonghua got angry, every inch of his handsome facial features seemed to be carved out of ice by a blade, and the sophistication and sharpness in his eyes made it hard to look at.Liao Gang swallowed his saliva and said, "People have been arranged to search the salvage site, but there is no news at present, after all, the offshore side..."

The power of the heavy metal propeller is astonishing. The ship can cut off Gao Baokang's limbs, cut off his head, or even smash it into pieces.Even if the skull helmet hadn't been torn apart along with Gao Baokang's skull, it might have drifted with the current into the sea where it was difficult for manpower to salvage.

The dissecting room was silent, Liao Gang and the others were all staring at the black and purple body parts with blue cobwebs floating on the dissecting table, no one said anything.

They traveled long distances, unraveling, and intensely investigated the [-] case under unimaginable high pressure. They arrested Li Hongxi, Diao Jianfa, and Fengyuan Village cult members headed by Gao Wei, Xiong Jinzhi and his wife. According to Diao Jianfa's confession, Then he pulled out the radish and brought out the mud to uncover a series of Almighty God organizations.

Now they even found the body of the last suspect, Gao Baokang, and the murderer committed suicide, drawing a perfect ending to that bloody night on May [-]nd.

But why can't I find a human bone helmet?

Why did Nian Xiaoping die?

"...No," Bu Chonghua said hoarsely, "it's not over yet."

He propped his hands on the dissecting table, buried his head deeply, and raised his face to stare at the corpse for a while. His eyes, which had only closed his clothes for a short nap in two days and two nights, were bloodshot, but shone with a cold light: There are other clues, Gao Baokang's thread is not over yet."

Director Wang looked at him with folded arms, and couldn't help sighing: "Resign yourself to fate, Bu Detachment. Gao Baokang is already here, and the time and cause of death are very certain. This case is really dead now. Unless salvage The team can create a miracle and find the suspect's head from the vast sea before Chen Yuanliang's 48-hour detention expires tonight..."

"The cause of Gao Baokang's death is uncertain."

"what?"

"How do you know that Gao Baokang was drowned?" Bu Chonghua pointed at the corpse, "The lack of contraction of the diameter of the femoral artery on the cross-section can only prove that he was cut after death, but how to prove that he entered the water during his lifetime?"

Director Wang said: "Aren't you picking on me? The witnesses watched him kill Nian Xiaoping and jump into the Sili River. Could it be that he was thrown into the water?"

At this moment, a vague voice suddenly came from behind him: "That..."

When Director Wang turned his head, he saw Wu Yu was rubbing the tip of his nose with his index knuckles, he seemed a little embarrassed: "Is it possible that what the witness saw was not Gao Baokang?"

This is really very novel, because since Wu Yu was transferred to the sub-bureau, he has never spoken at the case discussion meeting of the whole detachment, let alone actively raised objections to other people's speeches.

Wu Yu covered his mouth with one hand and coughed, and looked at Bu Chonghua, that means the leader, what are you doing, please hurry up.But Bu Chonghua stopped talking instead, stood up and looked straight into his eyes, encouraging in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, just say it. It doesn't matter if you say something wrong."

"..." Wu Yu hesitated for a moment, and then said awkwardly: "What if someone kills Gao Baokang, throws his body into the water, kills Nian Xiaoping, deliberately leaves He Xingxing to report the case, and finally jumps into the river to frame Gao Baokang?"

At that moment, everyone had the same opinion: Damn, I can't see that this kid has the potential to be a perverted murderer, huh? !

This criminal idea can no longer be described in a roundabout way, and criminals with less talent for killing probably would not have thought of it.Director Wang burst into laughter and asked, "Oh, where is your basis?"

Facing the dignified technical team director's questioning alone, Wu Yu couldn't help but become more embarrassing: "Gao Baokang didn't use weapons when he killed Gao Ling."

Director Wang disagreed: "It's also possible that after killing Gao Ling, he found a double-edged switchblade anywhere, or it was just because he was nervous about killing Gao Ling that he didn't think about it."

"His way of killing Gao Ling is rusty and rough, which is very different from Nian Xiaoping's proficiency..."

"That's just the subjective inference of the investigators and cannot be accepted by the procuratorate as evidence."

"But Gao Ling was killed at four or five in the afternoon, and Nian Xiaoping was killed at 10:30 in the evening. There was a six-hour blank period in between. It is completely impossible to explain what the murderer was doing during this time..."

"Then he may have changed his mentality after the murder. He went to eat and drink or go to whores and gamble, and then became a doomsday indiscriminate murderer due to stress."

Now not only Wu Yu, everyone looked at Director Wang with a blank expression, thinking that this is okay?

Director Wang spread his hands: "Don't look at me like that, there are many cases like this, those who hit someone to death with a car and then escaped all the way to run into people, stabbed someone passionately in the middle of an argument and then ran out of the door and stabbed everyone along the way. ...just because they are afraid of triggering imitation crimes, they are generally not allowed to be reported by the media.”

Wu Yu was silent for a while, and finally hesitantly raised the final objection:

"But if Nian Xiaoping was killed at random, why didn't Gao Baokang kill the witnesses?"

——Indeed, this is the reason why Bu Chonghua has never considered doomsday-type murders: If Gao Baokang really committed crimes indiscriminately, why did he let the witness He Xingxing go?

Wang Jiuling looked at Wu Yu in embarrassment, and sighed for a while: "Oh, let me tell you this: our current technology is unable to judge whether Gao Baokang entered the water during his lifetime or after his death."

Wu Yu was startled.

"The main basis for judging this is generally the drowning in the stomach, the drowning spots in the lungs, the fungal foam in the respiratory tract, and the comparison of the blood concentration in the left and right heart chambers. In addition, if Gao Baokang was drowned, the diatoms in the water would enter the alveolar wall capillaries through the respiratory tract, Then enter the blood circulation of the whole body, enter the liver, kidney, brain, and bone marrow; but now all the internal organs of Gao Baokang are lost, and the diatoms in the bone marrow may have entered from the fractured surface. ironclad evidence."

Wang Jiuling looked at Wu Yu, with a regretful expression but an unquestionable tone, and said, "—Our current technical means are not enough to identify the cause of Gao Baokang's death from these two legs."

The dissecting room was eerily quiet, Meng Zhao lowered his gaze without saying a word, and Liao Gang exhaled softly.

Bu Chonghua put his hands in his trouser pockets, his face was gloomy, and he didn't say a word.

"This kind of corpse in the water that was cut by the propeller and lacked all the upper body and internal organs may not be one in 1 cases. It is God's will and fate." Wang Jiuling sighed and put the equipment back. The inspection box said quietly: "This is the case with criminal technology. Before it has developed to a certain level, many cases cannot be solved or can not be solved-such as the Thames River Woman, Black Dahlia, and Jack the Ripper. It will not become an unsolved case, but it was impossible to solve it with exhausted manpower at that time; maybe with the development of technology, the measurement of strontium ions will become more popular and accurate, but it will certainly not be the case in the past two years."

"Bu," Wang Jiuling closed the inspection box, lowered his head, looked at Bu Chonghua from bottom to top, and said, "This is not your fault, accept your fate."

·

Wang Jiuling's sigh seemed to indicate some kind of providence in the dark.

The minute hand turned round and round, the sky gradually turned from bright to dark, and the news from the port sub-bureau was getting worse and worse.The salvage team did not find any other body parts of Gao Baokang on the target water surface, and the economic investigation detachment did not make much progress in the investigation of the overseas transactions of the underground bank.

At nine o'clock in the evening, the night was dark, and the corridor outside the prison was empty.

Wu Yu held a cigarette in one hand and walked down the stairs.

Not far from the corridor, the familiar silhouette was sitting on the bench, the sitting posture was still straight as if there was a sword on the back, only the back of the head was slightly leaning back against the wall, revealing the strong and beautiful chin and Adam's apple.

Wu Yu walked to the other side of the bench and sat down, took out the lighter, lit a cigarette, and took a deep breath.

"You haven't come home yet?" Bu Chonghua finally asked hoarsely.

"They said you didn't know where you went, I guess it should be here." Wu Yu flicked the ash on the window sill and asked, "What are you waiting for here?"

"The bureau leader."

Wu Yu glanced at him.

"If I don't let people go when the time comes, they will come to urge me." Bu Chonghua said flatly, "I'm waiting for the last moment."

Wu Yu nodded, but said nothing.Shaoqing Bu Chonghua turned his head to look at him: "What are you waiting for?"

"Wait for you."

"Wait for me?"

The red light of the cigarette butt flickered on and off, but Wu Yu didn't reply immediately, and said after a moment of silence: "...wait until the cigarette you gave me is finished."

They sat at both ends of the bench, with their backs against the window sill. In the distance was the dazzling night of Jinhai City. The huge LED screen flickered in the central business district all night. The streets were crowded with people and cars; The multicolored lights crossed the glass windows and reflected on the empty corridor in front of them. The doors of the busy offices were locked at this moment, and the iron railings outside the prison room glowed with a cold dark light.

Wu Yu took one last puff of cigarette heavily, put out the end of the cigarette, and the elevator door not far away slowly opened with a ding.

Bu Chonghua looked up - it was Song Ping who appeared in front of him.

"I knew you kid wasn't so quick to let Chen Yuanliang go!" Song Ping snorted.

Boss Song walked out of the elevator with his hands behind his back first, followed by Xu Zuxin. The expressions of both of them were as expected.Song Ping looked Bu Chonghua up and down, then bent down to look at Wu Yu who was sitting on the other side of the bench, took a hissing breath, and stretched out his hand to grab the gauze on his forehead: "Why aren't you well yet?"

Wu Yu suddenly turned his head back and remained silent.

Song Ping let out a "hum!" in his nasal cavity, stood up and announced, "Mine is all right!"

Wu Yu: "..."

Wu Yu twisted his buttocks on the chair, twisted again, twisted [-] degrees to avoid Song Ping, got up and called Xu Ju in a muffled voice, Xu Zuxin quickly motioned him to sit down and not to give up his seat.

"What are you still doing, let him go." Song Ping rushed to Chonghua, raised his chin, and said, "It's useless for you to detain Chen Yuanliang. There is no evidence to prove that he was involved in the case, and there is no evidence that he knew Nian Xiaoping, the victim. The matter of the underground bank can only show that he has doubts at best, but being suspicious and being convicted are two different things, if you have the ability, you can pry Diao Jianfa's mouth away and let him admit that the 120 million yuan is related to the murder case, otherwise nothing will happen, ah."

Bu Chonghua looked up at the bright lights, then lowered his head and let out a breath: "Chen Yuanliang came to the Municipal Bureau to look for me on May [-]th, and his words were trying to cover up the cause of death of Nian Xiaoping instead of Gao Ling from beginning to end. At that time, I vaguely felt that something was wrong, and I watched him walk out of the gate of the Criminal Investigation Detachment out of intuition, and I saw Diao Jianfa who came with him at that time..."

"Intuition," Song Ping interrupted him, "Can intuition solve the case?"

Bu Chonghua whispered, "I can."

Song Ping did not refute: "Can intuition be used as evidence?"

Bu Chonghua was silent.

"These are not the only suspicious points in this case." Song Ping stood up straight, with his hands behind his back, and said in a deep voice, "Why did Gao Ling run away from home and go to that flood tunnel? Why did she bring her roommate Liu Li's laptop with her? Why did Li Hongxi?" To sneak into Gao Ling's house and try to silence Liu Li, what does he think Liu Li might know? Diao Jianfa has a wide network of people, why did he introduce Li Hongxi, whom he met for the first time, to Gao Wei, Xiong Jinzhi and his wife as a personal distinguished guest because of his confidant?"

"..."

"These are suspicious points, and they may become breakthroughs, but you are holding on to Chen Yuanliang." Song Ping seemed to be emotional, shook his head and paused, then said: "This case can't wait, let's close it as soon as possible."

Bu Chonghua categorically objected: "No, the only case that can be closed is Gao Ling's case. Nian Xiaoping's murder case has not been solved yet, so it cannot be closed!"

"Then you can give me evidence that the two murder cases cannot be combined!" Song Ping scolded: "As long as you prove that Gao Baokang was not the one who killed Nian Xiaoping! As long as you give me a little evidence! Pressure to give you more time to investigate!"

There was silence in the hallway.

"People who let go can be arrested again, closed files can be reopened for investigation, and even closed trials can be opened for retrial. As long as the evidence is dug out on the front line, there will be old men like us fighting for it in the rear. Song Ping sneered: "Don't act like a baby without evidence, it's useless."

There were voices and footsteps in the corridor. It was the lawyer Chen Yuanliang had hired to go through the formalities and come to collect Chen Yuanliang with people from other departments in the bureau.

Bu Chonghua didn't say a word, only saw them greet each other politely, the barrister respectfully and flattered took out a cigarette and distributed it, Song Ping blocked it as if he didn't see it.Xu Ju was more tactful and would deal with it better. He used an official accent to push Tai Chi, and made one out of three sentences. After a while, the iron gate clanged open, and Chen Yuanliang was ushered out of the detention room.

Bu Chonghua stared at Chen Yuanliang's old eyes with a cold expression.The latter stared back with a half-smile, and after dealing with the family of the police lawyer, he walked straight over, bent down and handed both hands to Bu Chonghua, and shook hands with him: "It seems that the head of the Bu detachment still didn't find someone who could do it in the end." Evidence that sent me in?"

Bu Chonghua looked directly at him without answering.

"Give it up," Chen Yuanliang whispered almost in a whisper, "You can't find it."

He straightened up, turned around and walked towards the lawyer, but only heard Bu Chonghua's steady voice behind him: "Do you know who the last person said that?"

"..."

"It's Li Hongxi. His formal arrest has come down."

Chen Yuanliang laughed, as if he wanted to refute, but in the end he didn't say anything, raised his head and tremblingly walked out of the Criminal Investigation Detachment with the support of his family.

·

Bu Chonghua stood still at the same spot, squinting his eyes and staring at him as he walked out, the tip of his eyebrows and the sockets of his eyes showed sharp outlines in the light and shadow, when suddenly someone slapped his butt hard.

"?!"

Bu Chonghua turned his head, and saw that Wu Yu was touching the tiger's tail, and this kid was taking out the car keys from his pocket: "Let's go."

"...where are you going?"

Wu Yu said: "Where else can I go, the quarterly allowance has not been paid yet, I will escort the leader home attentively."

Bu Chonghua looked at him for a long time, an invisible smile appeared in his eyes, and then he stretched out his hand to pinch the back of his neck, Wu Yu reflexively "?" He raised his neck.

"Let's go," Bu Chonghua said with a smile.

At ten o'clock in the evening, the streets are full of lights, and the windows of residential buildings reveal an orange-yellow gleam.Looking down from the corridor window, you can see Bu Chonghua and Wu Yu walking out of the criminal investigation detachment building side by side, facing the evening wind of the city, walking into the distance.

"Hey, these two kids." Xu Ju forgot about the headache he felt towards Wu Yu a few days ago, feeling very satisfied in his heart, and said with a smile, "It's a good match for you, dear."

"..." Song Ping was drinking water from the water dispenser, and almost choked when he heard the words: "What?"

"what? What?"

"What does it mean to be right?"

"It's just a match," Xu Ju was puzzled, pointing at Song Ping and then at himself: "It seems like we are a match too."

Song Ping almost rolled his eyes, "Ha!" he sneered, "Who's going to match you, you fat man who can't squat forty kilograms!" He said and walked away with his hands behind his back.

"Hey, why are you looking down on people!" Xu Ju hurried to catch up and said angrily, "Try to be five years older! Aren't you fat?! Look at your belly! Look at your waist!..."