When they sent people to call Shan Daonian, Qin Shaoyou, Cui Yougui, and Monk Ma did not wait, and led the night watchmen to continue searching the scene.
The previous search was to find Huang San's remains, but this search is to find some clues related to the monster who committed the crime nearby.
There was no trace of Huang San after he left home yesterday, so the time he was killed was within a dozen hours, and the time his bones were buried here was even shorter.
It hasn't rained in the past two days, and few people come to this place after the weeds and shrubs have been pulled out.
If the monster who committed the crime accidentally left some clues around here, there is a high chance that they will be preserved and will not be destroyed.
After a careful search, Qin Shaoyou locked a piece of footprints.
These were not human footprints. They looked small and plum-shaped, and looked like they were left by cats, dogs, and jackals.
Moreover, Qin Shaoyou used [Mingmu] to determine that these footprints had not been left for a long time.
If wild cats and dogs didn't accidentally get here, then it's most likely that a murderous monster stayed behind.
Monk Ma also noticed these footprints after Qin Shaoyou reminded him.
He touched his bare head and pondered: "Wolves and dogs do have the habit of digging holes and burying food, and then dig it out to eat when needed later... Therefore, the one who attacked and killed Huang San was a dog demon or something
Wolf demon?"
Qin Shaoyou called several night watchmen and asked them to make rubbings of the footprints at the scene. After hearing Monk Ma's guess, he said: "It can only be said that it is possible, but it is not completely certain yet."
After a pause, he turned his attention to Cui Youhang.
Brother Cui did not participate in the search. After he found the bones that were suspected to be Huang San's, he started using the bones as a medium to see if he could attract Huang San's soul.
If it can be done, then this case will be much easier to solve. If you directly ask Huang San's soul, you can know what kind of demon killed him and where.
Even if his soul is incomplete, he can still ask for some clues, and then follow the clues to find out the evil spirits and bring them to justice.
But it's a pity that Cui Youwei tried his best to suck the milk, but still failed to attract Huang San's ghost.
Looking at the yellow paper with Huang San's birthday and eight characters written on it, it suddenly ignited without fire and burned clean in an instant. However, except for Qiurong, no second ghost appeared around. Qin Shaoyou finally couldn't help it anymore and asked: "Cui
Senior brother, what’s going on?”
Cui Youyou turned around and explained: "There is no Huang San in the Underworld, so we can't recruit him."
Qin Shaoyou somewhat understood.
The horoscope of birth date is the ghost's 'mobile phone number', and you can use it to contact the ghosts in the underworld.
And if the ghost is not in the underworld, it means 'Sorry, the user you dialed is not in the service area'?
Monk Ma frowned and said, "Huang San's soul is not in the underworld? So was he enslaved by the monster that ate him, or did he become a wandering ghost wandering the world?"
"Must be enslaved."
Cui Youwei made a decisive conclusion and gave the reasons.
"After I failed to recruit Huang San's soul in the underworld, I used a special spell to recruit wandering ghosts, but it also had no effect.
If Huang San's soul is far away from us, it is possible that we cannot recruit him. But he died in the past two days. Even if he becomes a wandering ghost, he will not run too far and will only stay near his home.
, it is absolutely impossible not to recruit them.
The only reason is that his soul is enslaved.
I just don’t know whether the one who enslaved him was the demon who killed him, or other demons lurking in the city."
After finishing speaking, Senior Brother Cui paused for a moment and then added: "Of course, the premise of these analyzes is that this bone is really Huang San's."
While the three of them were discussing, Shan Daonian hurried over behind a night watchman.
Qin Shaoyou waited for him to approach, briefly introduced the situation, then pointed to the bone that was still in the pit but had not been taken out, and said: "Miracle doctor, come and see, is this bone a human one?
?”
Shan Daonian answered 'yes', put on his gloves, took out the long bone from the pit, and after a series of professional tests, gave his judgment:
"Sir, this bone is indeed a human bone. It is the tibia of the left calf. It has been hit by a blunt object and has signs of fracture..."
"Blunt impact? Wasn't it broken by biting?" Cui Youwei frowned and expressed a different opinion: "Look at the bones, there are quite a few bite marks."
Shan Daonian said: "There are indeed bite marks, but they were caused later and have little to do with the fracture."
Cui Youwei remained silent. He indeed did not have the authority of Shan Daonian in the field of autopsy.
Qin Shaoyou nodded and said, "Miracle doctor, please continue to tell me, what else have you discovered?"
Shan Daonian really made other discoveries.
He pointed at the bones one by one and said:
"Judging from the marks left on the bones, in addition to comminuted fractures caused by blunt instruments and bite marks caused by wild beast teeth, there are also many anatomical marks caused by sharp instruments.
It's just that these traces are better hidden.
So I wonder if the murderer used a sword or sharp claws to dissect and peel off most of the muscles of the deceased after killing him, and then started to eat the bones?
In addition, it can be seen from these anatomy and skinning traces that the murderer has a deep understanding of the human body's structure and is very good at cutting bones and flesh."
"Good at dividing bones and flesh, and proficient in human body structure?"
When Qin Shaoyou heard this, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
If there really is such a demon, then its ability to master the structure of the human body is definitely not innate!
Before Huang San, it must have harmed other people.
It's just that in recent times, there have been too many demons and ghosts in Mianyuan County, and many people have died because of the demons, so they have been covered up.
So Qin Shaoyou asked: "In addition to Huang San, have you received any other disappearance cases in recent times?"
Cui Youyou and Monk Ma shook their heads.
However, Shan Daonian remembered something and said hurriedly: "Sir, when my men were on patrol a few days ago, they received a case of someone missing."
"Oh?" Qin Shaoyou frowned and asked, "Why didn't you report it?"
Shan Daonian quickly explained: "My subordinates received the report and launched an investigation nearby. As a result, they found a demon..."
Qin Shaoyou also understood when he heard this.
If you find a demon at a crime scene, anyone will think that you have caught the murderer.
Since the murderer has been found and the case has been solved, there is no need to report it separately. It only needs to be written into the case record together with other solved cases.
There is no doubt that the demons captured and killed by the night watchers harmed people, but it is hard to say whether they harmed the missing person.
However, the case Shan Daonian talked about reminded Qin Shaoyou that he planned to dig out the records of these days and even some previous cases after returning to the Demon Suppression Division.
Let's see if there are any other missing persons cases, maybe we can get some clues from them.
As for this scene and this piece of Huang San’s tibia...
After careful consideration and discussions with Cui Yougui, Ma Monk and Shan Daonian, Qin Shaoyou decided to bury the tibia back in the pit, restore the scene, and leave someone here to monitor it secretly.
If this tibia is really a dog demon, wolf demon or the like, and it was buried here as a food reserve, then it will definitely come back again.
And if this bone is a magic circle created by a certain demon, then after they move here, the demon may feel it and come over to check the situation.
And as long as the demon comes again, they can bring it to justice.
Although squatting is a "clumsy method", it will be fine as long as it works.
And apart from here, people have to be sent to keep an eye on several other places where Huang San's bones are found.