Chapter 1 The kneeling female corpse

Chapter 1 The kneeling female corpse

Chapter 1 The kneeling female corpse

It was already very cold in Jiangcheng in late autumn, and there was a hint of coolness in the air at night.

Xu Yiqing was awakened by the cold.

He opened his eyes and looked at the bedroom window which was left a crack, and could see the gray-blue sky outside which was about to dawn.

The quilt covering my body had become an irregular shape, and in the darkness I could not use the feel of my hands and feet to tell which was the shorter side of the quilt.

I simply didn't bother to grope around, and just pulled at the leaking parts to wrap myself up tightly. I would consider myself a success if I could just make do with it and get a nap.

After resting for a few minutes but still not feeling sleepy, he took out his cell phone to check the time. It was four thirty.

For some reason, Xu Yiqing always felt that something was going to happen.

"Illusion."

He talked to himself and was about to close his eyes and go back to sleep, but the next second his cell phone rang urgently.

I took it and looked at the note, it was a colleague's name.

Sure enough, the more you worry about something, the more likely it is to happen.

"Hello?" Xu Yiqing's voice revealed a hint of weariness.

"Brother Xu, there is a case."

He sounded like a young man, and his tone was full of respect.

Xu Yiqing listened to the voice on the other end of the phone and was not surprised at all.

A colleague called me in the middle of the night, it could only be a murder.

He was once the best forensic scientist in the country, and even though he has now retired to the second line, his level has not diminished at all.

It is best to perform an autopsy immediately for unidentified bodies involved in criminal cases, or bodies involved in traffic or medical accidents where the responsible party needs to be determined.

The body waits for no one.

The person on the other end of the phone continued, "Brother Xu, although you were busy until after ten last night, I still have to trouble you. This is a bit tricky."

"I understand." Xu Yiqing said calmly. He had been woken up in the middle of the night countless times and was used to it. "I'll go to the bureau in a while... forty minutes."

But the answer on the other end of the phone was somewhat unexpected.

"This time we're going directly to the crime scene. I'm on my way there now, and I'll pass by your house and pick you up right away."

Xu Yiqing immediately realized that this case was not an ordinary murder case such as "drowning, car accident, jumping from a building, or dumping a body in the wild", but a murder case with a bad impact or cruel means!
"deceased?"

"On a."

"gender."

"female."

Xu Yiqing was brushing his teeth while talking on the phone. Hearing this, his eyes narrowed: "Mutilated body?"

There is only one dead person but he is in such a critical condition, so the possibility of dismemberment is the most likely.

"Eh... I guess so." Unexpectedly, the answer on the phone was somewhat ambiguous: "From the description of the scene, it was very bad. Anyway, I still have ten minutes to go."

"Call me when you get there."

Xu Yiqing hung up the phone and put it aside, looked at his unshaven self in the mirror, and washed his face with clean water.

The coolness of the water finally made him feel a little more refreshed.

He is thirty-six years old this year, and his appearance gives people a sense of security that maturity is the most important thing. In addition, his sexy stubble, which is teased by his colleagues, makes him look like an uncle.

It has been exactly ten years since I started dissecting my first corpse at the age of 26.

Over a ten-year period, the truth behind more than three thousand corpses was revealed through Xu Yiqing's autopsies.

He is one of the top forensic doctors not only in Jiangcheng but also in the whole country.

He is a person that the Provincial Public Security Department must pay attention to.

After a simple wash to wash away the fatigue left by staying up late and working overtime, Xu Yiqing was still getting dressed when the phone rang on time.

"Brother Xu, I'm downstairs."

Xu Yiqing quickly dressed, picked up the garbage and went out.

A black Chevrolet SUV was parked downstairs, and the bright interior was particularly eye-catching in the cool autumn night.

Xu Yiqing threw away the garbage, exhaled a breath of hot air, opened the car door and got in.

The driver was a young man under 30 years old. He was the colleague who called Xu Yiqing. His name was Lin Sheng, and he was a junior brought up by Xu Yiqing.

As soon as he got in the car, Xu Yiqing asked, "Tell me what happened."

Mr. Lin stepped on the accelerator and turned out of the community. As he drove, he said, "The crime scene is in the old city. There is a Huimin Garden there, an old community."

Xu Yiqing nodded: "I remember it. It's a residential area in the village in the city. The facilities are old and there is no surveillance."

Mr. Lin said: "The body was found half an hour ago. The death was tragic and most importantly... very creepy."

Xu Yiqing frowned slightly when he heard this, thinking that Lin Sheng was a forensic doctor he brought up. Although he was still far from being able to take charge of his own affairs, he had seen some situations under his guidance.

Even his expression when he talked about the corpse was subtly uncomfortable, which showed that it was indeed tricky.

"Then let's go to the scene and see it."

Xu Yiqing knew that it was hard to imagine just by describing it, so he simply closed his eyes and focused on the crime scene.

It takes about ten minutes to drive from where Xu Yiqing lives to Huimin Garden in the old city.

When Chevrolet arrived at the gate of the community, the two found that it was still dark, but there were already quite a few onlookers in the community.

It seemed that the murder had caused quite a stir. More than half of the residential buildings had their lights on, and some brave people wrapped themselves in clothes and looked around downstairs, watching the excitement through the police cordon.

There were also quite a few onlookers at the gate of the community, but most of them were night workers, such as hair salon girls from the nearby urban village, or delivery men, friends who had been drinking all night, and idle people in Internet cafes.

The Chevrolet drove downstairs, showed his ID, and the two went upstairs.

The crime scene was actually on the second floor. The design of the corridor in the old residential area was unreasonable and it was very cramped and small, but it was this narrow corridor that was crowded with criminal police.

The doors of the east and west units on the second floor were both open, but only the east unit was cordoned off, and the police were taking statements at the west unit.

It is obvious that the crime scene was the east household.

"Lao Xu, you're here!"

When the police officer standing at the east door saw Xu Yiqing coming, he breathed a sigh of relief as if he had seen a savior.

He is the leader of Jiangcheng City's serious crime squad, named Du Yu. He is responsible for major cases and has collaborated with Xu Yiqing on many occasions.

Before Xu Yiqing could even exchange greetings, he smelled a pungent smell of blood.

When I got to the door and looked inside, I could only see the living room.

The decoration is simple and the space is small.

"Rental house?"

Xu Yiqing saw at a glance that this was not a life that could be lived in for a long time.

There is a suitcase in the corner, network cables are arranged in a mess on the wall, and the layout is like a bare house.

"Yes, I just rented it not long ago."

Du Yu moved aside to let the forensic doctors go in.

Xu Yiqing and Lin Sheng put on protective gear and walked into the room.

The bloodstains on the ground were shocking, and the pungent smell of blood became stronger.

Lin Sheng stared at the bloodstains on the ground that looked like blurry footprints and frowned.

"what is this?"

"Left behind the shoe covers."

Xu Yiqing only took a glance and saw the clue. "Stepping on the blood will leave obvious footprints, and it will be difficult to deal with shoes afterwards, so the murderer wore shoe covers. Premeditated and experienced murder is indeed tricky."

He thought to himself, since the murderer even prepared shoe covers, it seems unrealistic to find some key clues here.

We can only hope for autopsy, which is what he is best at.

So he turned to Du Yu and asked, "Where is the body?"

Du Yu replied: "In the bedroom... But I remind you, be mentally prepared."

He warned them solemnly, paused, and led the two people to the bedroom while explaining: "According to the first police officers who arrived, the door was locked when they arrived. After they broke it open and came to the bedroom, this is what they saw...The ground is where they vomited, be careful not to step on it."

Pushing open the half-open bedroom door, an absolutely impactful scene was deeply engraved in the memories of the three people——

The room was in a great mess, as if it had been turned upside down violently.

Various things were scattered on the floor, including medicines, blood-stained gauze, and on the bedside table was a fruit knife with the deceased's fingerprints on the handle but a clean blade.

In the middle of the room, a female corpse was kneeling on a single bed, with her head bowed towards the headboard as if she was worshipping something!
The female corpse was covered in dried blood stains, as if she had just been fished out of water of blood!
The bed was already stained red with blood, which flowed along the bed to the ground, forming a sticky mass.

One can't help but wonder whether the blood on the body has been drained.

The most shocking thing is that the female corpse was headless... and the object she was kneeling on the bed and worshiping was a pile of tiny bones placed at the head of the bed!

Lin Sheng's face changed slightly and he felt a little nauseous.

He was relatively inexperienced and the corpses he had come into contact with before had all been dead for a long time. This was his first time to come across a scene filled with such blood.

Du Yu looked at the vomit on the ground and said, "It's okay. Just vomit if you want to. It doesn't matter."

Xu Yiqing's face was solemn, realizing that this was a serious case.

As an experienced forensic doctor, he has seen many bodies in various forms, so he is not so serious about it.

The most important thing is the strange posture of the corpse and the bones on the bed.

This is all extremely purposeful.

He walked to the head of the bed, put on medical gloves, and gently turned the bones.

Can't tell the details.

But it is definitely not human bones.

At this moment, Lin Sheng, who had calmed down, said, "It's a dog."

Officer Du was puzzled: "Dog?"

"Yes, it's a dog's bone." Lin Sheng also put on medical gloves and walked to the head of the bed less than half a meter away from the corpse.

He took a bone from Xu Yiqing and continued to explain: "The forearm bone that cannot be turned over and the protruding snout bone are all consistent with dog characteristics. Combined with the short skull, it can be determined that it is a small dog, such as a Pekingese."

Du Yu was a little surprised. After all, even Xu Yiqing, the best forensic doctor, couldn't tell at first glance that it was a dog bone.

Xu Yiqing said: "Every profession has its own specialties. Ah Sheng is an expert in studying bones. He has great knowledge in both human and animal bones."

After explaining, Xu Yiqing asked: "Where is the person who called the police? I want to meet the person who called the police. Was the body in this position when it was found? The pile of bones was on the bed?"

Unexpectedly, as soon as these words came out, Du Yu's expression instantly became complicated.

He pointed at the female corpse on the bed, his throat dry: "This is the person who called the police."

(End of this chapter)