At seven o'clock in the morning, several cars gathered in the small square in front of the Municipal Public Security Bureau office building, preparing to go to Jieshi Ridge.
It was Shang Fanping who drove the car and buried the body. Pu Shunai could not remember the route and did not follow her up the mountain, so she was not taken with her on this trip.
Arriving at the destination at 10:30, facing the snow-covered barren mountains, Shang Fanping was a little confused. The convoy circled the foot of the mountain for more than 40 minutes before stopping.
He was taken down from the escorting police car and looked up for a long time before nodding: "It should be up from here. It will take about half an hour to walk. The trees are getting denser and denser. It's difficult to go up any further, so I'll just bury the person."
There it is.”
Around the National Day, Liancheng was still in autumn, and the mountains were covered with lush foliage, but now the mountains were covered with only residual snow and ice and dead branches and grass, and there was not even a decent road.
Four police officers escorted Shang Fanping and led the way. The group moved up the mountain at an extremely slow speed. After walking for almost an hour, Shang Fanping said hesitantly that he remembered the last time he saw it.
They had seen a very thick poplar tree with leaves as big as a palm. However, although there were poplar trees along the way, they were not that thick. It seemed they had gone the wrong way.
A forensic auxiliary police officer rolled his eyes dissatisfied: "Why didn't you tell me earlier!"
"I... I also remembered it because I wanted to smoke." Shang Fanping shrank his neck, "When I went down the mountain last time, I smoked under the tree and took a rest."
Lu Wuchuan glanced at the surroundings and said, "Whoever has a cigarette, give him a cigarette and rest for a while before leaving."
Someone lit a cigarette, walked over and stuffed it into Shang Fanping's mouth, and said, "Think carefully about what other features are around there. Dragging it along the mountain will not do anyone any good."
After the rest, Shang Fanping said that the place to go up the mountain was correct, and that they should have taken a side road, so the group began to wander around the mountain.
After about two hours, I finally found the big poplar tree. After walking up the tree for another half an hour, Shang Fanping nodded and confirmed that this was probably where it was.
The Technical Section and the Forensic Auxiliary Police have already begun to take action. Duan Mo looked up the mountain and saw that the distance between the trees above was obviously getting closer and closer.
After extensive investigation, a section of frozen soil was dug up, revealing a corner of rose-pink cloth, which was exactly what Shang Fanping said was used to wrap the body.
As the layers of soil were carefully removed, large pieces of fabric were gradually revealed. The sheet was mainly rose pink, printed with clusters of flowers, and stained with patches of decaying brown.
The highest daytime temperature in Liancheng around the National Day can reach 20 degrees. Even if the temperature cools down quickly afterwards, the body will inevitably rot. The sheets and the body are frozen together, making it difficult to remove them for a while.
Zeng Weiya took off the deerskin gloves on her hands and put on medical plastic gloves, then took out the mask and put it on.
She squatted by the pit with a serious and serious look on her face. She reached in with her hand, touched the sheets and groped around.
After a while, she took out gauze and a five- to six-centimeter-high vial from her backpack, poured the liquid in the bottle onto the gauze, and then covered the area she had just touched.
A strong smell of alcohol came out, and after a while, Zeng Weiya carefully lifted up a corner of the sheet.
The sheet opened wider and wider, and the head was revealed, which was the face of a young girl.
The decomposition of the corpse was not too serious, and the face was slightly deformed, so it was possible to identify it as Li Shanzhen. Especially the wound on the forehead, the location basically matched what was explained in the confession.
What happened next was much simpler. Shang Fanping was taken to the pit. After confirming the identity of the body, the technical department surveyed the scene and took photos to collect evidence. Finally, the forensic auxiliary police transported the body to the car down the mountain.
After a series of work, the team returned.
It was time to get off work when we returned to the bureau. Duan Mo had not walked a few steps after getting out of the car when he met Su Jinxuan who was walking out of the office building to the parking lot.
"Hey! Xiaomo!" As soon as Su Jinxuan saw her, he rushed towards her enthusiastically, wanting to hold her arm.
Duanmo quickly took half a step back: "No, I just came back from the scene."
Upon hearing this, Su Jinxuan quickly retracted her outstretched hand as if she was electrocuted, and kept a safe distance from her: "Is there another case?"
"Yeah." Duanmo nodded casually.
"Then...can you still go rock climbing tomorrow?"
"Sorry, I will definitely have to work overtime tomorrow." I had no interest in this kind of activity at first, but it was just the right thing to do.
Su Jinxuan looked regretful, then rolled her eyes and lowered her voice: "Xiao Mo, can you not tell Hao Bo that you will work overtime tomorrow?"
"Huh?" Working overtime is not a shameful thing, there is nothing that can't be said.
"Well... I'm afraid that if you don't go, Hao Bo won't go either." Su Jinxuan said hesitantly.
Seeing her lowered head and a slightly shy look, Duanmo felt that she seemed to understand something and nodded readily: "Okay, I won't say anything. If there's nothing else, I'll leave first."
"Xiao Mo, you are so kind, thank you!" Su Jinxuan's face burst into a bright smile, "Go and do your work, take it easy, don't tire yourself out."
"I know, you should go home quickly." Duanmo waved his hand and walked quickly towards the office building.
After completing the handover procedures, Lu Wuchuan looked at his watch and said, "That's it for today. You don't have to be too early tomorrow. Just arrive before ten o'clock."
Jiang Muyang's face wrinkled a little: "Brother Lu, sleep until you wake up naturally, okay?"
"No! When you wake up naturally, the sun will have already set." Although Lu Wuchuan refused mercilessly, he still relaxed, "Eleven o'clock at the latest, otherwise you won't be allowed to have lunch."
Jiang Muyang lost his temper: "Okay, sleep a little longer."
Duanmo packed up his things and checked the doors, windows and power supply as usual. Seeing that Lu Wuchuan had no intention of leaving, he asked, "Brother Lu, aren't you going home?"
"I agreed with Lao Zhong that we will go to the forensic office later." Lu Wuchuan raised his eyebrows, "Do you want to come together?"
"Haha, thank you, I'm not interested." Duan Mo felt that he was not crazy enough to accompany someone for an autopsy at night.
Yan Yishuai was not there, and Jiang Muyang had no car to take, so he could only go to the subway station with Duan Mo.
On the way, Jiang Muyang suddenly asked: "Why don't you go to the forensic department with Brother Lu?"
"Forensic Medicine Department, hmm, apart from autopsy, there is an autopsy. Do you think I'm heartless?" Duanmo tightened his scarf tighter. It's such a cold weather. I can't go home without going home, so I have to go see someone to do an autopsy. What's wrong with that if I'm not heartless?
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Jiang Muyang glanced at her sideways and said, "Whoever is present at the scene will be responsible for the anatomy. You don't know, right?"
"I know, that's a matter for the Forensic Medicine Department. What does it have to do with me?"
"Who is following you today?"
Duanmo blinked: "Sister Weiya, what's wrong?"
"Don't forget what she said to Brother Lu..." Jiang Muyang said with a "you know" expression.