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Chapter 18 Second Autopsy

The moment the survey box was opened, Lin Zhiyong's eyes widened as he looked at the box full of equipment.

Duan Mo glanced at him with disgust, walked around the end of the dissecting table, stood behind Lu Wuchuan, turned on the recording pen, and at the same time took the record folder and pen, ready to record.

"The deceased was in good development and nutritional status...the head was intact and not deformed, the scalp was not damaged...there were no scars on the face..."

Lu Wuchuan spoke in a calm tone and spoke clearly, pointing out to Duan Mo every time he said something.

When he examined the left neck, he looked at it carefully for a while and then said: "There is a scar on the left side of the neck 2 cm away from the mandibular angle. It is 4 cm long and 3 cm wide at its widest point. It extends from the mandibular angle to the Adam's apple and gradually becomes...

Narrow, covering the artery. The surface of the wound is uneven, with two deep holes 0.8 cm from the edge at the top, arranged diagonally and 0.4 cm apart."

"What's going on?" Duan Mo asked.

Lu Wuchuan replied: "It requires later testing to get the results."

After using tweezers to pick up the surface tissue of the wound, he then said: "Forensic Doctor Lin, you are so far away, can you see clearly?"

Duan Mo heard this and took the initiative to give up his position and moved to the opposite side.

Lin Zhiyong went over and squatted down to look at the wound closely: "Where is the hole? Why didn't I see it?"

"Press the edge of the wound gently with your fingers, open your eyes and look carefully." Lu Wuchuan said while demonstrating.

Lin Zhiyong stared at the wound for a long time before he said: "This... what does this mean? Maybe it was poked by a branch when he fell down."

"The branches in your house are all in pairs?" Lu Wuchuan said in a calm tone, "The body was found lying prone, but the wounds were from back to front. Didn't Forensic Doctor Lin record such important information?"

"The wound is so shallow and the damage only reaches the dermis. It cannot be a fatal injury. There is no need to remember such details." Lin Zhiyong stood up and retorted.

Lu Wuchuan didn't argue with him, he just looked at him deeply, turned around and went to the exploration box to get the equipment.

He held the scalpel and said to Lin Zhiyong, who was still standing there: "Please give way."

Generally, the dissection will be done on the right side of the deceased, so that it is easier to operate. He is left-handed, and the direction is completely opposite to others.

Lin Zhiyong said "Oh", walked around the dissecting table and stood on the opposite side.

Duan Mo mechanically moved to the side to put a certain distance away from him. He clenched the pen unconsciously. He had been to the scene and seen corpses. This was the first time he had faced a complete anatomy process so intuitively.

It would be a lie to say that I wasn't nervous at all.

Lu Wuchuan raised his chin towards her: "Why are you standing so straight? Like a wooden pile. Relax."

If there weren't others present, Duan Mo would have really wanted to give him a blank look. What time had it been? He didn't focus on the body, but wanted to care whether she stood up straight or not. However, when he said this,

The tense nerves relaxed a lot.

Lu Wuchuan suppressed the smile in his eyes, lowered his head and placed the scalpel on the right shoulder of the corpse.

There was a sutured incision in the middle of the corpse's chest and abdomen. A sharp scalpel cut from the right acromion through the sternum to the left acromion, forming a perfect arc-shaped transverse incision that extended downward from the midpoint to the previous incision.

No one spoke in the anatomy room, and it was so quiet that time seemed to stand still.

Lu Wuchuan's hand movements were very smooth, and he cut and removed the sutures without hesitation every time, as if they had been planned in advance. Soon a T-shaped incision was formed.

Next, various instruments came into play in turns, including tweezers, scissors, hacksaws, chisels... Of course, I don’t know the scientific names of these things, I can only guess based on their shapes.

Throughout the process, Lu Wuchuan kept dictating what he saw. While Duan Mo was writing down the notes, Lin Zhiyong would make marks on the human body chart, and Liu Quan would take photos of each part as required.

The chest and abdomen were opened one after another, and Lu Wuchuan's always flat brows wrinkled slightly. As the internal organs were carefully examined one by one, his tone gradually changed from calm to cold and solemn.

Congestion and edema in both lungs. Small subepicardial blood spots at the apex of the heart, interstitial congestion. Enlarged liver, obvious blood spots. Increased volume of both kidneys...

At first, Lin Zhiyong would do some explaining, but later his forehead was sweating and the hand holding the pen was shaking slightly.

The atmosphere in the autopsy room became increasingly tense, and even Duan Mo and Liu Quan no longer asked questions easily.

The entire autopsy process lasted until after nine o'clock in the evening. After the incision was sutured, Lu Wuchuan bowed deeply to Zhou Zheng's body and waved to Liu Quan to call the funeral home staff to send the body back.

Arranging the collected tissue specimens, cleaning, and packing things... Duanmo found that although Lu Wuchuan was doing these things in an orderly manner, his face was extremely gloomy. I have known him for so long, and I have never seen him like this before.

She didn't ask any questions and silently assisted him in completing the finishing work after the dissection.

Lin Zhiyong wanted to talk several times, but Lu Wuchuan didn't even look at him. Until he was about to leave the autopsy room, he finally couldn't help but say: "Lijun Lu, the previous autopsy was a bit hasty, and some results were not detailed enough..."

Lu Wuchuan interrupted him with a stern face: "Any death has a reason. The so-called death without disease is also a natural death due to aging. As a forensic doctor, the most important thing is to be rigorous and standardized. Draw conclusions based only on appearances and personal assumptions.

It is tantamount to disregarding human life. Forensic Doctor Lin, please respect the deceased and his family, and be worthy of the police badge on your head."

"Army, I..."

"I'm very busy, please get out of my way."

Liu Quan came back from delivering the body. When he saw this scene, he pulled Lin Zhiyong aside: "Forensic Doctor Lin, there is still a lot of follow-up work to be done. Let's not disturb the Army."

In the corridor, Wu Zhengping leaned against the wall with his hands in his pockets, while Zhou Zheng's parents looked expectantly at the door of the anatomy room at the end of the corridor.

The door opened, and the three people hurriedly greeted them. Wu Zhengping said: "The two professors sent someone back. Mr. Zhou and his wife will wait here no matter what."

"Captain Lu, have you made any new discoveries?" Father Zhou stepped forward and asked.

Lu Wuchuan avoided his sight, rubbed the bridge of his nose and said, "It will take a few days before the results come out. Let's find a place to rest first. We have to go back to Liancheng to submit for examination."

"It's so late, I'd better send someone there." Wu Zhengping said.

Father Zhou also said: "Yes, you have to rest first, otherwise we will go there."

"No need." Lu Wuchuan waved his hand.

Mother Zhou wanted to say something else, but Duanmo spoke before her: "Uncle and aunt, please be patient and wait. I will notify you as soon as there is news."

"Thank you for your hard work, please be safe on the road." Zhou's mother nodded helplessly.

After Lu Wuchuan and Duanmo left, Lin Zhiyong said hello to Wu Zhengping and left. Zhou Zheng's parents stopped Liu Quan and asked him what he had found. Liu Quan said with a grimace that he didn't understand medicine, so what Captain Lu said
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