The Municipal Bureau has the responsibility to provide guidance on major cases that occur in Anhai City. The Municipal Bureau must provide support for cases that Xiang'an County cannot handle.

Xie Qing and Cao Haisheng have been to Xiang'an County, but have never driven there personally. They are not familiar with the road conditions, so they handed the car to Li Ji, and she and Li Ke took a nap in the car.

The national highway leading to Xiang'an County is flat, but it becomes difficult after entering the mountainous area. They spent the next half hour in a bumpy ride.

The car stopped in front of a high mountain with dense forests.

People from the Xiang'an County Bureau had been waiting here for a long time, led by Deputy Director Yang Guangjian, who is in charge of criminal investigation, and Criminal Investigation Team Leader Chu Hua.

Tan Yi got off the jeep in the bureau and shook hands with the two of them respectively.

Yang Guangjian said to the police officers of the Municipal Bureau: "Everyone has traveled a long way and worked hard. We have prepared dry food and water here. Everyone can take some in case of emergency."

Xie Qing glanced to the side and found that there were several boxes of biscuits and bread on a large flat rock, and there were also some drinks and mineral water on the grass.

Tan Yi bought bread and milk for everyone as breakfast. Xie Qing had eaten on the way and was not hungry, but she was worried that the journey was long and the calories were not enough, so she took an extra bag of biscuits. As soon

as she put it in, the mobile phone in the bag rang.

Xie Qing took a look and it was an unfamiliar number.

She hesitated for a moment, and finally picked up the phone, "Hello, how are you?"

"Hello, Xiao Xie, this is Jiang Hanzhi."

"Captain Jiang, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"No big deal, Na Wan and I are still in Anhai today, and we want to find you and Captain Tan to go for a stroll by the sea."

"Sorry, I should have done my best to be a good host, but it just so happens that we are on a mission in Xiang'an County now."

"Do you have a case?"

"Yes, I'm going up the mountain soon."

"Oh... OK, I won't bother you anymore, I wish you all the best."

...

The phone was hung up.

Xie Qing raised her head and saw that Tan Yi had just put away the phone. He looked at her with a smile, and then walked towards the foot of the mountain with Director Yang and Captain Chu.

What does he mean by this, is he taking pleasure in someone else's misfortune, or is he sympathizing with others?

She shrugged, put the phone back in her bag, and walked up the mountain with Li Ji and Li Ke.

This is a wild mountain, and there is no road either up or down the mountain.

Everyone walked along the route marked by the county bureau. Everywhere they went was overgrown with weeds. After walking less than a hundred meters, their shoes and trouser legs were covered with a layer of white dust.

Li Ke said, "You are talking nonsense. Yesterday we said we were going to climb a mountain, and today we really climbed a mountain."

Xie Qing said, "If everyone thinks like you, we police officers might as well be dumb. We guarantee that nothing will happen anywhere."

"Hahahaha..." Li Ji, Liu Feng and others laughed together.

Du Zhun said, "You youngsters should learn from me. The more you talk, the less cautious you are. We are not good at talking."

Fu Da slapped him on the butt without hesitation, "What good can come from learning from you? You have all become chatterboxes."

"Oh, you rascal!" Du Zhun covered his butt and hurried forward two steps. His right foot got caught on a stone and he almost fell.

Now even the people in the county office laughed.

Tan Yi said, "Excuse me, Director Yang and Captain Chu. I came in a hurry and didn't have time to inform everyone of the specific case."

Director Yang understood what he meant, "There is no outsider here. Captain Tan, don't feel bad. When you see the scene later, you won't be able to laugh even if you want to."

Tan Yi nodded. He was just saying something to save face.

Without seeing the scene or the family members, it is too inhumane to ask the criminal police to keep mourning for the dead just because there are many dead and the case is serious.

The mountain is spacious, and the conversation in front can be heard by the back.

Everyone stopped joking and hurried on the road.

About thirty minutes later, the group went around the back of the mountain.

Director Yang panted and pointed forward with his right hand, "We are almost there, in this forest."

Before entering the forest, everyone looked around at the same time.

There are mountains connected to mountains here, and there is no place without human habitation.

Passing through this wild forest is another mountain that is more dangerous.

Li Ke whispered, "It's so far, how did they move the body in?"

Li Ji said, "If you killed someone, you wouldn't think this distance is far."

Li Ke thought about it and said, "That's the reason."

Li Ji said, "Xie, give me the investigation box. You've been carrying it all the way."

Li Ke also said, "Qingqing, you are guarding this box so closely, is there some treasure in it?"

Xie Qing stepped into the woods and said, "If a forensic doctor can't even carry an investigation box, do you think she can still do an autopsy?"

This is her insistence as a female forensic doctor.

Li Ke also understood, "That makes sense. If a criminal police officer can't catch criminals, then why is she still a criminal police officer?"

Li Ji said, "In fact, when forensic doctor Chen and Chief Cao came out, we also helped."

Xie Qing said, "If it were them, everyone would automatically understand that my master's back was not good and forensic doctor Chen was old. But it's different for me. Everyone would say that female forensic doctors are cumbersome. They can't even lift the investigation box. What kind of forensic doctor are they?"

Li Ji was speechless.

Of course, he wouldn't think so, but he couldn't deny that many male criminal police officers would think so.

...

Six or seven minutes later, everyone finally saw a yellow warning tape.

After passing it, it's just a few steps away.

This is a relatively spacious area in the forest, with a thick humus soil layer and soft soil.

Eight skeletons were laid out between two pine trees. The sparse sunlight filtered through the dense pine needles, creating an indescribable sense of horror.

Seven or eight county criminal police officers were still digging with shovels. The forest was full of shallow, long pits, which meant that "eight" might not be the final number.

The city police officers became tense when they saw so many skeletons.

Tan Yi was surprised and said, "So many."

Yan Ju said, "Of course, not only are there many, but there is not a single piece of clothing or item. They are all nameless bodies with unknown causes of death."

Tan Yi said to Fu Da, "Cooperate with Captain Chu and expand the search area. The murderer may continue to commit crimes for a long time. Everyone must be careful and not miss any clues."

Fu Da said, "Don't worry, Captain Tan."

Li Ke and Li Ji stood in front of the corpse for a while and went to work.

Xie Qing walked towards the two forensic doctors.

The two forensic doctors were very young and were busy beside a skeleton. One of them probably caught a cold and coughed from time to time.

Xie Qing stepped forward quickly and said with a smile, "Forensic Doctor Zhang, Forensic Doctor Luo, hello." She and Cao Haisheng had met them when they came to Xiang'an.

"Xiao Xie?" The two were startled.

Forensic Doctor Zhang glanced behind her. "Where is Section Chief Cao?"

Xie Qing put down the investigation box, took out a pair of gloves and put them on. "My master has something to do today, so he asked for leave from the bureau, so I

can come to help you." She changed the excuse of taking a break. Forensic Doctor Zhang was slightly disappointed. "Alas, we don't have enough experience, and you are young. If Section Chief Cao doesn't come, this job will be difficult."

All eight bodies turned to bones.

Xie Qing quickly scanned the remains closest to her and found that it was a complete skeleton of a woman. There was no damage to the bones, including the hyoid bone and thyroid cartilage.

Xie Qing asked, "Can't you find the cause of death?"

Forensic Doctor Zhang sighed, "You are so incompetent, so incompetent."

Forensic Doctor Luo repeatedly observed a skull, "There is no rose tooth, the skull is severely moldy, and the naked eye cannot tell whether there is bleeding in the petrous part of the temporal bone."

Bleeding in the rose tooth and petrous part of the temporal bone can determine whether the deceased died of suffocation.

If no clues can be found on the bones, these two places are the life-saving straw for forensic doctors.

Xie Qing asked, "Can't you find the cause of death for every corpse?"

"We haven't found it yet." Forensic Doctor Zhang said, "The skeletons are severely decomposed. Based on my experience, there seems to be about one buried every year. The earliest one is at least seven or eight years old. But it's hard to say. Although they are in the same forest, the dryness and moisture, acidity and alkalinity of the soil are slightly different."

Xie Qing said "Oh", walked aside, and started to examine the first corpse.

Forensic Doctor Zhang and Forensic Doctor Luo looked at each other and shook their heads.

Xie Qing knew that she only had education but no experience, and it was difficult to convince her seniors, but it didn't matter. Time is the best proof.

There is a long way to go.

The bones were scattered. Judging from the pelvis, the deceased was a female. Looking at the symphysis, the deceased was about 25 years old.

There was no abnormality in the whole body.

Xie Qing quickly examined the first body. Before studying the second body, she asked forensic doctor Zhang, "This place is so remote, and spring has not yet arrived. How could someone find this place?"

Forensic doctor Zhang said, "A villager nearby wanted to make furniture, so he thought of stealing a few mature wood here and digging some humus soil to plant flowers. As a result, he dug up the remains."

Xie Qing said, "So far, to cut wood here?"

Forensic doctor Zhang said, "The wood on the mountain is not good, and the villagers are short of money. In order to save money, it is nothing to spend a little effort."

That's true.

Xie Qing picked up the second pelvis. The upper opening of the pelvis was rounder, the lower opening was wider, the pelvic cavity was short and wide, and it was barrel-shaped... It was still a female pelvis.

"Around 20 years old." She said to herself, and her eyes swept over the other six pelvises. "They are all female, and they are all perverts!"

Forensic Doctor Zhang asked back, "How can a good person kill so many people?"

Xie Qing said, "Did your bureau find out anything from the missing person?"

Director Yang suddenly interrupted, "Our bureau just received the report yesterday afternoon, and the police stations are still coordinating the investigation. . However, they may not be from our Xiang'an County. It is more likely that the murderer came here specifically to dump the bodies. After all, this place is not too far from the national highway and a tricycle can drive in. "

Xie Qing said: "If this is the case, this case will be more complicated."

Anhai City has four districts and four counties. If passing vehicles are taken into account, the radiation area will be very wide.

So, who can find this place?

People who like to travel through time?

Xie Qing said: "The scenery here is good, with high mountains and dense forests, which is quite challenging. Forensic Doctor Zhang, are there any outsiders coming here to climb the wild mountains?"

Forensic Doctor Zhang and Forensic Doctor Luo shook their heads together.

Yan Ju also said, "Xiao Xie, this is a good idea. I will immediately ask people to go to the surrounding villages to ask around."

As soon as he finished speaking, a cry of surprise came from not far away, "There is another body here."

Forensic Doctor Zhang and Forensic Doctor Luo immediately became alert and ran over there.

Forensic Doctor Zhang asked as he ran, "How is the degree of decay? Is it serious?"

Li Ji shouted, "It is very serious, more serious than the eight bodies."

Xie Qing shook his head helplessly and chased after him at a faster speed.