After Xu Lang handed over his wallet, he realized that Lai Pi was covered in a lot of blood and dirt and looked very embarrassed, so Xu Lang handed the wallet to Luo Jiayan.
After Luo Jiayan took the wallet, she turned and went to the service desk to pay.
Xu Lang and Lai Pi sat down on the chairs in the aisle, and they looked at the operating room in unison.
The appearance of this man made Xu Lang confused.
First, Xu Lang only received the courier with manpower in the morning, and based on Xie Zhiwen's description, he was investigating the scavengers in S City. In the afternoon, he met such a man who fell from the sky.
Second, the express box contained the right hand, and the man who appeared in front of Xu Lang and the others also lost his right hand. Judging from the shape of the wound and the degree of ulceration, the wound was at least two weeks old.
Is it a coincidence?
Third, is there any connection between this man and the man in the express box? If so, what is the connection? Xie Zhiwen, the courier boy of Hummingbird Express, said that when he sent the express delivery, the sender was a mute scavenger, and
The man who appeared in front of them now looked very much like a scavenger and was about the same age. Is there any relationship between this man and the man who sent the express?
Xu Lang sat on the chair, frowning, thinking about these things, and so did Lai Pi.
Xu Lang raised his head and looked at Lai Pi and asked, "Did you find anything on him just now?"
Lai Pi was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "There is nothing on him."
"Nothing at all?"
Xu Lang narrowed his eyes.
"Could he be the owner of that right hand?" Lai Pi asked.
Xu Lang thought so too, but now that the man was unconscious and still undergoing rescue operations in the operating room, it was naturally impossible to answer this question. Xu Lang frowned, looked at Lai Pi, and found that Lai Pi's clothes were stained with
"Go back to CSY immediately and let Qin Mingyue collect samples from the blood on your body and compare them with the samples from that hand to see if they are the same person."
Hearing what Xu Lang said, Lai Pi noticed that there was blood on his clothes. He nodded, stood up, turned and walked towards the elevator.
"Is this a coincidence or was it planned?"
After Lai Pi left, Xu Lang said to himself.
Until the man wakes up and until the blood stain comparison results come out, no one will know the truth.
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Half an hour later, the lights in the operating room went out, the door of the operating room was opened, and the doctor walked out of the ward.
After seeing the doctor come out, Xu Lang immediately stood up, came to the doctor and asked: "How is it?"
The doctor was a man in his forties. He looked at Xu Lang, looked him up and down, frowned and asked, "Are you a family member of the patient?"
Xu Lang quickly shook his head, took out his ID, showed it to the doctor, and said, "I am a police officer. How is the patient?"
After hearing that he was a policeman, the doctor's expression softened a bit and he said: "The patient's life is not in danger, but he is very weak and needs to rest."
Xu Lang nodded, and then asked: "What's going on with the patient?"
"When I was rescuing the patient, I found dozens of wounds, large and small, all over the patient's body. Some were scratches, and some were scars caused by the patient struggling violently and relying on brute force to break free after being restrained. The most important one was
The wound was on his right hand, eh..."
At the end of the sentence, the doctor let out a long sigh.
"How is the wound on your right hand?" Xu Lang asked quickly.
"His entire right hand was cut off from the wrist. After the palm was cut off, it was not bandaged properly and only briefly treated. It has become infected and ulcerated. If this continues, it is estimated that his entire arm cannot be saved, and
, and people will die.”
After saying this, the doctor turned and left, and the door of the operating room was pushed open. Several nurses pushed the hospital bed and walked out. The man lay quietly on the hospital bed, sleeping quietly, with his chest slowly moving.
Ups and downs.
Under the leadership of the nurse, Xu Lang and the others came to a general ward. Xu Lang and the nurse carried the man from the mobile hospital bed to the ward bed. After the nurse gave the man fluids, he gave Xu Lang a few more instructions.
Just left.
Xu Lang, who was standing in front of the hospital bed, frowned as he looked at the man lying quietly on the bed.
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Two flowers bloom, one on each side.
After Lai Pi left the hospital, he drove back to CSY and immediately found forensic doctor Qin Mingyue, who asked Qin Mingyue to extract blood stains on his clothes and blood samples from the hand for comparison and analysis to see if the two were the same person.
When Ding Haoqiong and the others saw that Lai Pi was dirty and bloody, they thought he was injured. After some questioning, they found out what had just happened.
After listening to Lai Pi's story, Ding Haoqiong frowned and said, "So, the owner of the manpower has been found?"
Qin Mingyue shook her head and said, "We will know after the comparison results come out."
Ding Haoqiong nodded and said nothing more.
After waiting anxiously for four hours, Qin Mingyue walked out of the laboratory with a report.
Ding Haoqiong and Lai Pi had been waiting for the comparison results. After seeing Qin Mingyue coming out, Ding Haoqiong immediately asked: "How is it? Is it left by the same person?"
Qin Mingyue nodded and said
Said: "They belong to the same person."
"So, the owner of the human hand has been found?" Ding Haoqiong asked.
Qin Mingyue nodded.
Seeing Qin Mingyue nodding, Ding Haoqiong said: "It seems that this case can be solved soon. As long as the person wakes up and asks, it will become clear."
Lai Pi and the others also nodded, obviously, they thought so too.
Qin Mingyue, who originally thought this might be a very difficult and interesting case, now showed a waning expression. After all, from the time Xu Lang brought the courier here in the morning to the time he found the victim, there was only
Only about ten hours have passed, not even a day, and there is no challenge at all. How can Qin Mingyue be interested?
Fan Yang, who had been standing silently aside, listening to the conversation between Ding Haoqiong and the others, did not show any joy, but frowned because she felt that this case was very strange and could not be ended so easily.
Ding Haoqiong noticed Fan Yang's expression and asked, "What's wrong? You seem to have a different opinion?"
Hearing what Ding Haoqiong said, everyone else turned their heads and looked at Fan Yang.
Fan Yang nodded and said, "Don't you think there are a lot of strange things about this case that can't even be called a case?"
"Oh? Can you tell me what's strange?" Ding Haoqiong asked with interest.
"First, the hand was hit in the express box and delivered to Brother Lang's home. However, there was no address, name, or contact information of the sender on the express delivery note. According to the investigation of Brother Lang and Lai Pi
, someone sent this express in the name of Brother Lang, so who is the person who sent the express? Why did he do this? "
"Second, who was the person who called CSY this morning? He said he wanted to play a game with Brother Lang, asking Xu Lang to find the victim within two days and find out the identity of the victim. However, it just passed
A few hours later, the victim appeared on his own. What’s going on? The victim appeared on his own. As soon as he wakes up, his identity will be known immediately. What’s the point of this game?”
Hearing what Fan Yang said, Ding Haoqiong and the others also fell into deep thought. Obviously, Fan Yang's words also made them feel that this case was very strange.
The murderer cut off the victim's right hand three weeks ago, soaked it in formalin, salted it and dried it. Then, two weeks ago, he sent the hand out in the name of Xu Lang. Finally, it was delivered by express delivery
When we arrived at Xu Lang's place, not long after Xu Lang received the express delivery, CSY received a strange call. He asked Xu Lang by name and wanted to play a game with Xu Lang. However, the game had just begun, and the victim himself
appeared, and it was full of weirdness and strangeness.
If the murderer really went after Xu Lang and really wanted to play this game with Xu Lang, why was the mystery revealed so quickly? Could it be that the murderer couldn't wait any longer, or did he take the initiative to admit defeat?
Everyone felt that both possibilities were unlikely. If the murderer gave up so easily, then what was the purpose of all he did in the first place? Was it fun? Definitely not. Ding Haoqiong didn't think the murderer would be so boring.
, the other party must have a purpose for doing this, so what is the purpose of the murderer? For a while, no one knew.
However, there is not much that Ding Haoqiong and the others can do now, or rather nothing, because there are not many clues for them to refer to and investigate. Now, they can only pin their hopes on the man in the hospital.
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The night is as cool as water. During the day, under the scorching sun, the temperature has been slightly sultry. At night, as the breeze blows, it brings a slight coolness to people. Xu Lang sat in front of the man's hospital bed, his eyes
He stared at the man on the hospital bed without blinking.
Xu Lang had already checked the wounds on the man's body.
The infected and festering area on the man's right hand has been cleaned by the doctor, and the wounds elsewhere on the man's body have also been cleaned up. The doctor was right. There were more than thirty wounds on the man's body, among which, except for his feet,
In addition to the large and small wounds on his upper body, back, and arms, Xu Lang found several wounds burned by cigarette butts on his chest. On his left wrist, he found traces of being tied up, and on his left wrist, he found traces of being tied up.
There are the same marks on the ankles of both feet.
Although Xu Lang is not a doctor, he can tell at a glance that these scars are the marks left after being forcibly bound. According to the depth and color of the scars, the binding time must have been at least two weeks, because
, some places have been strangled, exposing the tender flesh inside. It seems that this man must have been restrained somewhere before meeting him.
The man's clothes had been changed by Xu Lang. The clothes were dirty and exuded a stench. Not only the smell of sweat, but also the smell of feces, blood, and rotting wounds. Xu Lang was giving him
It took a lot of effort to change clothes.
Xu Lang did not throw the changed clothes into the trash can, but put them into a plastic bag, and asked Luo Jiayan to take these things back to CSY and let Fan Yang and the others check the clothes carefully.
When changing clothes, Xu Lang discovered that although these clothes were not luxury goods, they were not street goods either. The shirt alone cost at least a few hundred yuan, and the pair of trousers that were already worn out could no longer be worn.
It costs thousands of dollars, so it can be seen that this strange man's economic conditions are quite good.
Xu Lang stayed here just to wait for the moment when the man woke up so that he could ask him about his situation as soon as possible.
The man did not sleep very peacefully. In his sleep, he frowned and clenched his teeth tightly together, making a crunching sound. The teeth of those who heard it were sore. It seemed that this man must have encountered a lot before.
The torture, indeed, the hands were cut off, if this does not count
If it’s torture, then what counts as torture?
When it was past eleven o'clock in the evening, Xu Lang stood up, took out his cell phone, and dialed Ning Yanran's number.
"Hello." Ning Yanran's voice came from the other end of the phone. Judging from the sound, she must not have slept yet.
"Has Xiao Yueyue slept?" Xu Lang glanced at the man lying on the bed, then turned around and walked to the window, looking at the dark night scene outside and asked.
"Just fell asleep."
"Did you do your homework?"
"It's all done."
"Did she ask me what I was doing?" Xu Lang asked.
"No, but I think with Xiao Yueyue's intelligence, she must know what you are busy working on."
Hearing what Ning Yanran said, Xu Lang fell silent. Ever since Xu Lang decided to take Xiao Yueyue back to S City, the father and daughter spent less and less time together. Xu Lang was busy every day.
Even if he wanted to talk to Xiao Yueyue, he was powerless. Thinking of this, Xu Lang looked at the night sky outside and let out a long sigh. He didn't know whether his decision to come back was right or wrong. After all,
Xiao Yueyue is now his only relative. He owes Xiao Yueyue's mother Shu Yue. He doesn't want to owe this daughter who has been without a mother since childhood. However, the sense of responsibility and mission in his heart makes Xu Lang have to come back again.
, and start a new battle with 'Master Chang' and those criminals.
"Did CSY receive a new case?" Ning Yanran asked softly on the other end of the phone.
Xu Lang pondered for a moment, thought about it, and said, "That's right."
"Is it very difficult?" Ning Yanran asked.
"It's not tricky, but it's just a little weird."
"Can you tell me something?"
Just when Xu Lang wanted to talk to Ning Yanran, he saw the reflection of the room on the window glass. The man who had been lying on the hospital bed, falling into a coma and sleeping, opened his eyes. At this moment, he was tilting his head and looking at
Where is his back, so Xu Lang said: "I will tell you when I have time, I have to be busy first."
After saying that, Xu Lang hung up the phone without waiting for Ning Yanran to say anything else.
He turned around and looked at the man on the bed. He didn't speak immediately, but looked at the man.
The man's eyes were still very red, and he looked at Xu Lang with a puzzled expression.
After the two people looked at each other for a long time, the man spoke first.
"Who are you? Where am I?"
The man's voice was very hoarse, probably because he shouted too many times during the day.
Hearing the man speak, Xu Lang walked from the window to the bed and sat down on the chair. He looked at the man and said, "This is the hospital. My name is Xu Lang. I am the leader of the CSY criminal investigation team."
"CSY? Criminal Investigation Team? So, you are a policeman?" The man looked at Xu Lang and asked.
Xu Lang nodded and said: "Yes, I am a policeman. What is your name? What do you do? Why are you like this?"
Hearing Xu Lang say that he was a policeman, the man who had been tense up slowly breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed. He looked at Xu Lang, frowned, and asked uncertainly: "Are you really?
police?"
"What? Don't I look like a policeman?" Xu Lang looked at the man and asked.
The man shook his head and said: "That's not true, it's just, what department is the CSY criminal investigation team? Is it from the criminal investigation detachment?"
"The CSY criminal investigation team is the latest criminal investigation team established. It's normal if you don't know." Xu Lang explained patiently.
After saying that, Xu Lang took out his ID and showed it to the man.
After reading it, the man nodded and believed that Xu Lang was a policeman.
"What's your name? What do you do? Why are you like this?" Xu Lang returned to the previous question and asked.
"My name is Zhang Jinzhong, and I am a lawyer. As for how I became like this, haha..."
The man smiled bitterly, shook his head, and said with a puzzled look on his face: "To be honest, I don't even know how I became like this."
"Zhang Jinzhong? Or a lawyer?"
Xu Lang repeated it. He felt that the name sounded familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere, so he looked at the man's face and looked at the man carefully.
The man's cheekbones were protruding, his eye sockets were sunken, his cheeks were very thin, his eyes were red, and his face was very pale. Xu Lang looked at the man for a long time and finally determined that he had never seen this man before. However, since he naturally did not know this man
, then, why is the name Zhang Jinzhong so familiar to me?
"Have we met before?" Xu Lang looked at the man and asked.
The man also looked at Xu Lang, he shook his head, and then, thinking of something, he turned his head and looked at Xu Lang, looked at it carefully, and then asked: "Did you just say your name is Xu Lang?"
Xu Lang nodded, "I am Xu Lang."
"Were you the captain of the Second Criminal Investigation Team before?" Zhang Jinzhong asked.
Xu Lang nodded again.
When Zhang Jinzhong saw Xu Lang nodding, he suddenly realized. He looked at Xu Lang and said, "No wonder when I saw you, I felt a little familiar, as if I had seen you before. It turns out you are the famous Detective Xu Langxu."
"Have you seen me?" Xu Lang asked doubtfully.
Zhang Jinzhong shook his head and said: "I haven't met you in person, but I often see you in newspapers and on News Mountain. However, I haven't seen news about you for a long time. I thought you didn't want to be a police officer anymore."
Hearing what Zhang Jinzhong said, Xu Lang immediately narrowed his eyes.