Is the old beggar a woman? Impossible! No matter how stupid Zhang Baoan is, he will never be able to distinguish between men and women. Moreover, when he was treating the old beggar, Mr. Qin never said that the old beggar was a woman.
Then, the only explanation is that this corpse is not an old beggar at all!
Zhang Liang turned to the guard and asked, "Sir, are you mistaken? This is not the body I am looking for."
The uncle was surprised when he heard this and said: "Aren't you looking for the corpse that was delivered at midnight the day before yesterday? This is it!"
Zhang Liang was also a little confused. He asked innocently: "But shouldn't it be a man's body? Did another body come that day?"
The uncle said impatiently: "Such a corpse was delivered the night before yesterday. Nothing more. Do you remember it clearly? If you really can't remember it, go back quickly. Don't waste time here!"
This sudden change and the uncle's somewhat irritable temper made Zhang Baoan a little flustered, and he immediately wanted to quit. However, he was a little unwilling to think that he had spent so much effort to get here tonight and all his previous efforts had been wasted.
After struggling mentally for a long time, Zhang Liang finally plucked up the courage and said, "Uncle, look, can I just search here by myself first? If I don't find it, I'll leave immediately and come back after I've asked for details."
After saying this, Zhang Liang was mentally prepared to be scolded by the guard and then kicked out of the morgue. However, unexpectedly, the guard did not refuse and just complained: "Today's young people
, Even if you are stubborn, it’s not easy to live in peace in the middle of the night. Let me tell you, don’t mess up this place. If you can’t find it, leave quickly!” On the other hand, he left the morgue and went back to his own room.
Zhang Liangliang was also a little dazed by the uncle's operation, so he left now? Don't care about me? After a while, he came back to his senses and felt a little happy in his heart. Finally, he no longer had to worry about this old man. Although he was now
He was not suspected, but there was always someone following him around, and his actions were always subject to some restrictions.
Zhang Liang then started to scan the inside of the morgue again. He was too nervous just now and couldn't observe it too carefully. Now it seems that it is really big here. There are a row of corpse storage cabinets on both sides of the wall. At first glance, it seems that
It's quite like the cabinets used to store clothes in a bathhouse.
At first, Zhang Liangliang thought that this row of corpse storage cabinets was a whole. Later, after careful observation, he discovered that it was originally made up of several small cabinets. One small cabinet was arranged in a 4??4 pattern.
There are sixteen corpse storage cabinets. Zhang Baobao roughly counted them. There are at least hundreds of corpse storage cabinets in this morgue!
Looking for a corpse in so many cabinets made Zhang Bao Liang feel his head grow bigger in an instant. He was not ambitious enough to look at every corpse without changing his expression.
But what can we do? Now that we are here, if he gives up because of his timidity, Zhang Liang may not be able to forgive himself.
He had no choice but to open the corpse cabinets one by one to identify the corpses placed inside.
However, while he was checking one by one, Zhang Liang discovered one thing. Not every corpse storage cabinet contained corpses. This made Zhang Liang a little surprised. He hurriedly checked again and found out that,
There is a number on the door of each corpse storage cabinet, and the corpse storage cabinet where the corpse is stored will also be marked with the date the corpse was parked in, and some even have the name of the deceased written on it. However, although there are also
The corpses were stored, but there was no date or name. They just wrote the word "donate" on the label. It seemed that they were all donated corpses. This discovery saved Zhang Liang a lot of time. Next, he
You only need to open the body storage cabinet with the date and the word "donate" written on the outside of the cabinet door to check.
In fact, the number of corpses stored in the morgue was much less than Zhang Liangliang imagined. After checking around, including the corpse that the guard initially pulled out, Zhang Liangliang only found a total of eleven corpses.
, which is less than one-tenth of all corpse storage cabinets!
However, after Zhang Baoyou thought about it for a moment, he understood that this was a hospital after all, and the storage of corpses was only temporary. If there were family members, the corpse might be taken away after the funeral arrangements were made, but for someone like the old beggar who had no family members
Yes, the hospital will definitely get the approval as soon as possible for cremation. It is impossible for the body to stay in the morgue for a long time.
What made Zhang Liang regretful was that among the eleven corpses, he did not find the old beggar's body. He also looked at the cabinet of the female corpse before. There was no name written on the label outside, only a date, and the date was accurate.
It was the date of the night when the old beggar died, which made Zhang Liang a little confused. Did the hospital make a mistake? Or did the hospital get the cremation certificate so quickly? The old beggar's body had already been cremated?
There is no point in thinking too much. Since there is nothing to gain here, there is not much point in spending more time here. Zhang Baolan looked around again, confirmed that all the corpse cabinets were closed properly, and then turned and left the morgue.
After locking the door of the morgue, he walked to the door of the caretaker's room, raised his hand and knocked on the door. After a while, he heard movement from inside, and then the door opened. The caretaker looked sleepy.
appeared in front of Zhang Liang.
Zhang Baolian handed the key back and said sheepishly: "Uncle, I'm sorry to trouble you tonight. Maybe I remembered it wrong. I'll go back and confirm it first. I'm sorry!"
The caretaker was unhappy because someone had disturbed his dream. After hearing Zhang Liang's words, he became even more dissatisfied and said: "I told you earlier and you refused to listen. Now I'm satisfied. Okay, let's go now."
, don’t disturb my rest!” After saying that, without waiting for Zhang Bao’s reply, he closed the door with a bang.
Zhang Baolian awkwardly touched his nose that was almost hit by the door. He shook his head helplessly and turned around to walk towards the elevator. At the same time, he thought to himself: "Sure enough, the guards in the hospital morgue are not normal.
people!"
After walking through the corridor and coming to the elevator again, the number on the elevator was still on the second floor. It seemed that no one had used this elevator during the time that Zhang Baai was looking for the body.
He pressed the button to enter the elevator, and directly pressed the button for the seventh floor, which was the floor where the nurse's station was located. When he came out of the elevator, he faced the door of the nurse's station.
Zhang Baoyou took a look inside and found a young nurse lying on the table with her back to the door. She didn't know if she was asleep. Zhang Baoyou didn't dare to risk going in, so he had to take off his white coat outside the door and use all his strength.
With weak movements, he gently unscrewed the door handle, opened the door to a gap just wide enough for one arm to fit in, and then stretched his white coat through the crack in the door and placed it on the table by the door.
After closing the door gently again, Zhang Baobao quickly turned around and took the west elevator next to the medical elevator and went downstairs.
After leaving the hospital building and returning to the car in the parking lot, Zhang Baoyou took a deep breath. This night's actions can be described as "thrilling". It was more expensive than stealing ventilator tubes and borrowing scalpels before.
Much more exciting.
Unfortunately, his original goal was not achieved, and he did not see the old beggar's body in the end.
Zhang Baoli was sitting in the car, his mind a little disorganized. The first step he started to re-investigate was off the mark, and it was also a very critical step. If the real cause of the old beggar's death could not be clarified, then the direction of the subsequent investigation would be seriously affected.
Influence!
He still can't figure out why the old beggar's body is not in the morgue. Zhang Liang is not willing to believe that the old beggar has been cremated, because it has been less than two days since his death, even if the hospital's
No matter how quickly you move, preparing materials, submitting materials, approving materials, and then contacting the cremation agency, one day is still a bit too tight.
Therefore, Zhang Badan's speculation is more inclined to the fact that the old beggar was not sent to the morgue at all!
However, if he was not in the morgue, where would he be? Zhang Baolian looked at the hospital building in the darkness and fell into deep thought.
Suddenly, a flash of light flashed across Zhang Liang's eyes. On such a night, such a scene, a place suddenly jumped out of the depths of his mind!
No way! Zhang Baolan seemed to groan in his heart. Yes, the place he just thought of was the hut in the backyard of the hospital!
Since the last time Bai Jingwen and I went to the hut to check and found that everything had disappeared, this place had gradually faded away from Zhang Liang's heart. With Bai Jingwen's persuasion, he gradually convinced himself that everything might be just a show.
Coincidence. As for his subsequent suspicion of Qin Dada, it was entirely due to an inexplicable obsession in his heart.
But today, when he once again associated the hospital with the corpse, this place popped up uncontrollably. For some reason, Zhang Liang had a strong feeling that his idea might be right!
Thinking of this, a strong impulse seemed to emanate from all the cells in Zhang Liang's body, pushing him to want to go back to that hut and see it again!
Zhang Liang knew that if he turned around and went home now, he might not have any worries from now on. But if he really returned to the hut again, I'm afraid his life would never be peaceful again!
What choice would Zhang Bao Liang make? The answer seemed obvious! He sighed and looked at his phone. It was already 11:50 at night. Zhang Bao Liang couldn't help but feel helpless. Why did he always have to do something?
What about in the dead of night?
This time, Zhang Liangliang was alone, and he obviously couldn't borrow the key to the small door in the hospital building. However, Zhang Liangliang was not worried, because it was not the first time that he had encountered this kind of situation.
Familiar, returning to the hut again is already a familiar road for Zhang Baolian.
He got out of the car again and left the hospital straight away. He walked more than half a circle around the perimeter of the hospital and came to the iron fence where he climbed over the wall and ran out of the hospital last time.
After looking around and seeing no one around, Zhang Bao turned over and returned to the hospital again. However, now he had entered the backyard of the hospital building.
Just like last time, there were several street lights on from the hospital building to the recycling bin, so the area where Zhang Bao Li was standing was still very bright.
Zhang Liang did not rush inside, but first checked at the small door of the inpatient building to make sure it was locked. This would avoid the trouble of running into him if someone came out to throw away medical waste.
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After confirming, Zhang Liang began to walk along the concrete road towards the cabin. He did not turn on the flashlight on his mobile phone. He came here because of his unintentional act last time, so he did not hesitate to turn on the flashlight.
It's just for lighting, so that if someone sees him, he can be taken out.
But this time it was different. This time he came with a purpose. Naturally, the more hidden the better, so darkness became his protective color.
With the light of the street lamp, Zhang Liang quickly passed through the area of cement roads and came to the uneven dirt road. Although there was no flashlight lighting, the clear night sky still allowed Zhang Liang to roughly see his destination.
, you just need to be careful about some potholes under your feet.
As he got closer and closer to the hut, the outline of the hut gradually came into Zhang Liang's eyes. He was suddenly surprised to find that although he was still alone this time and was still looking for the body, however,
There is no fear in my heart like last time!
Normally, Zhang Liangliang would be very happy that his courage has become bigger, but now, Zhang Liangliang can only sigh. They say that experience will make people grow, but this kind of growth is often accompanied by pain and helplessness!
Less than 200 meters away, Zhang Liang passed through it unknowingly in his "self-spiritual sublimation". He walked around to the front of the hut and made sure that he couldn't notice it from the direction of the hospital. Only then did Zhang Liang reopen the door.
The flashlight on the mobile phone.
The door of the hut was closed, and it looked no different from the last time he and Bai Jingwen left. Zhang Badou walked forward, gently opened half of the iron door, picked up his cell phone and took a photo inside.
The moment the light shone on the wall on the right, Zhang Baolan felt his heart skip a beat, and then, three words instantly appeared in his mind - You're right!
The same metal cabinets, the same layout, and even the location have not changed. If Zhang Bao Bao hadn't witnessed their disappearance last time, he would have thought that nothing had ever changed here.
Zhang Lianyuan went straight to the cabinet in the innermost corner and took a photo with his mobile phone. Sure enough, the black five-pointed star mark marked with a marker was still there.
Zhang Badian's heartbeat began to accelerate, not because of fear, but because of excitement. He held the handle on the iron drawer and slowly exerted force on his arm. Suddenly, with a slight harsh friction sound, the drawer was slowly pulled out. And in
Under the illumination of the mobile phone, the old beggar's thin and pale face gradually appeared in front of Zhang Liang's eyes.
Really here!
Zhang Liang felt as if he had collapsed. He fell to the ground and looked at the old beggar's body lying in the drawer with mixed feelings in his heart.
Why did these cabinets appear again? Who put the old beggar here? What was his purpose? A lot of questions suddenly filled Zhang Liang's mind, but no one could tell him the answers.
After a while, Zhang Baolan calmed down a little. He tried to put all the questions behind him for the time being and began to focus on his original purpose today - to examine the old beggar's body.
Zhang Baoyan pulled out the entire drawer, exposing the old beggar's entire body. He took out a pair of disposable rubber gloves from his pocket and put them on his hands. These were also bought at the drugstore along with the mask.
The old beggar was not wearing any clothes. Zhang Liang touched it and found that his body had begun to harden, but it had not fully hardened yet. Zhang Liang knew that this phenomenon was called rigor mortis.
Rigor mortis is actually a term in forensic medicine. From a medical perspective, simply speaking, it means that the body stops aerobic metabolism after death, causing the elements in the muscles that keep the muscles soft to gradually dissipate, causing the muscles to become stiff.
Of course, Zhang Liangbo learned these from watching movies and reading novels. Naturally, he himself has not studied them in depth. However, Zhang Liang has some impressions. Normally, it will happen about three hours after death.
The phenomenon of rigor mortis, and the corpse has completely hardened in about eighteen hours. This state will last for about forty-eight hours, which is about two days. The old beggar has just developed the phenomenon of rigor mortis. This is obviously unreasonable.
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Zhang Liang took a picture of the old beggar's face with his mobile phone again. If the old beggar died of suffocation, then his face should be in a purple state. However, Zhang Liang found that the old beggar's face was very pale now, and pale
There is even a hint of rosiness in it!
What is going on? Have you become an immortal?
Zhang Liang suddenly felt a little ridiculous. He knew that he was ignorant of many things, but he still came so unexpectedly to investigate the old beggar's body. He had no choice but to take pictures and record what he found now with his mobile phone, and wait until Song Dongxi arrived.
Ask him again later.
After observing the old beggar's face, Zhang Liang planned to look at the locations of other injuries on his body. Suddenly, Zhang Liang had a strange feeling, as if something was out of place.
He turned his phone back to the old beggar's face and looked at it carefully. In just a moment, Zhang Badan discovered the reason why he felt uncoordinated. Then he broke out in a cold sweat because he discovered that the old beggar's eyes turned out to be
Half-open!
Zhang Bao Bao didn't hold back and blurted out "fuck". In the middle of the night, he suddenly found a corpse that had been dead for two days with its eyes open. Anyone else would probably be trembling in their hearts!
I won’t die with my eyes in peace!
Zhang Baoli carefully closed the old beggar's eyes, as if to comfort himself, and at the same time to reassure the old beggar, he muttered in his heart: "Don't worry, I will definitely help you redress your injustice!"
After such a fright, Zhang Liang suddenly felt a little discouraged. He forced himself to calm down and thought about Bai Jingwen. Not to mention, the power of love is indeed great, and Zhang Liang really regained his composure.
He thought for a while and decided to open the old beggar's mouth to check. He had done some research before coming here. People who died of suffocation may have bleeding gums, so he wanted to see what was in the old beggar's mouth.
Condition.
However, due to rigor mortis, Zhang Liang spent a lot of effort to open the old beggar's mouth. Then he saw that the old beggar's teeth from the roots to the gums all showed an unnatural shape.
It's light brown, but it's not clear whether this is bleeding gums.
While observing the old beggar's teeth, Zhang Liang found that there seemed to be something deep in the old beggar's throat. He suppressed the feeling of nausea, put his fingers into the old beggar's throat, stirred it a few times, and pulled it out.
When he took a look, he found that it was a blood-and-white foamy mucus. Zhang Bao couldn't help but retched and almost vomited it out.
Letting go of the old beggar's head, Zhang Zaobo began to observe his body again. He found that the old beggar's body also showed a light white and rosy look like his face, but the lower part was dark purple. Zhang
Bad judgment, it may be unformed corpse spots.
This leads to another paradox. On a normal corpse, body spots will usually appear two hours after death. If the death is due to suffocation, this time will be relatively earlier. However, the old beggar's body spots only appeared two days after death.
It begins to form at the same time as rigor mortis appears, which is completely unreasonable!
With these questions in mind, Zhang Badou used his mobile phone to take pictures of all the newly discovered clues. Then, he took out a syringe and drew out a tube of blood from the old beggar's arm. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and planned to
Ending today's investigation.
Just when he was about to push the old beggar back, his eyes inadvertently glanced at the old beggar's right hand. He found that the old beggar's right hand showed an unnatural fisting posture, as if he was holding something in his hand.
This discovery immediately made Zhang Baoan's eyes light up. He suddenly thought, could it be that the old beggar left some pointing evidence?
He quickly approached the old beggar's hand to check for himself. Sure enough, between the old beggar's fingers, Zhang Badou found a few hairs. He carefully pulled the hair out and found that it was quite long, as if it was a woman's hair!
Zhang Bao Bao put the hair into the bag that contained disposable gloves, sealed it carefully, and put the syringe and hair into his pocket.
He didn't immediately think about whose hair it was. Ever since his previous inference was wrong, Zhang Liang was no longer able to draw conclusions easily. He had to wait until there was definite evidence before making a judgment.
Pushing the drawer back into the iron cabinet, Zhang Bao stood up, stretched, and planned to leave the hut.
However, when he walked to the door of the hut, he suddenly stopped, because Zhang Baoli suddenly thought of something. The body he found last time disappeared inexplicably, so he had to go through all the trouble this time.
Will the old beggar’s body that was found after all the hard work also disappear?
Thinking of this, Zhang Liang turned around and looked at the iron cabinet containing the old beggar's body, with a strange light shining in his eyes.