The limbic system of the brain controls human emotions and memory.
And smell is the only sense connected to the limbic system.
Specific smells can instantly trigger subconscious memories.
The smell of burning, blood, and decay are the smells that are most subconsciously associated with danger and can activate the brain's survival alert mechanism most quickly.
Once you smell one of these three scents, your heart rate will accelerate, hormones will be secreted quickly, and you will be ready to escape or fight.
Just like at this moment, Shen Ting and others just entered the door of the house.
The smell that filled the room made them feel uncomfortable instinctively, and the hairs on their bodies stood up.
Because at this moment, everyone smelled three dangerous smells at the same time:
It smells like something is burnt, and it's a burnt smell.
The smell of blood was even stronger than that from a butcher's stall, and had the unique pungent flavor of human blood.
Rotten smell, with a distinct stench.
The three mixed together form a unique flavor that makes people nervous.
The structure of this house is similar to that of common rural houses.
After entering the gate, there is a courtyard surrounded by rooms of various sizes.
There is a kitchen, a living room, a side room, and a room specifically for storing food and farm tools.
The owner of the house obviously doesn't tidy up the place and it's a mess.
Various items were placed randomly in the yard.
The dangerous smell seemed to be coming from several different houses at the same time, which was why it was so strong.
The first police officer from the police station to arrive at the scene came forward and said:
"Team Leader Shao, we have roughly inspected this house.
A large amount of blood was found in the bathroom, living room and kitchen.
The victim's body, in...the kitchen.
We were not professional enough and were afraid of destroying evidence, so we basically left the scene untouched."
Shao Ming nodded solemnly: "Let's look at the body first."
The police led the group into the kitchen, where the smell of burning was particularly noticeable.
The moment they entered the kitchen, everyone's eyes were fixed on a big black pot on the old earthen stove.
Two-thirds of them were filled with oil, but were already burnt black, even more exaggerated in color than those at the fried snack stalls.
And in the oil was a charred corpse.
The body has no limbs!
However, judging from the features of the head and other parts, it can be barely confirmed that it is a human.
The corpse had obviously been fried at high temperature for a long time, and the skin and flesh had shrunk in some areas.
Even the charred bones were exposed!
The mouth opened wide due to muscle contraction and the dark eye sockets seemed to be screaming out the victim's agony before death.
On the forehead, you can vaguely see the red word "five"!
The forensic doctor put on his work clothes, went forward to briefly examine the body, looked at Shao Ming and shook his head:
"Team Leader, the part where the body touched the frying pan is burnt and stuck together.
Forcible separation may damage the body and destroy evidence.
I suggest that the entire oil pan be taken back to the police station for identification."
"Just do as you see fit."
Shao Ming glanced at the oil-stained, flat stovetop outside the black pot, and saw the same numbers made of paper embers:
2327!
The meaning is unclear!
Shao Ming then looked at the police officers present:
"Has the victim's identity been confirmed?"
"It should be the owner of the house!"
The police officer was a little uncertain: "The body is in this state, and we can't see its appearance clearly.
But if it is the owner of the house, his identity is confirmed.
Here's his photo."
The police officer led the way and everyone followed him to the living room. Everyone's eyes narrowed at the same time.
On the long table in the middle of the living room were severed arms and legs.
The blood formed a large pool on the table, and a lot of it dripped onto the ground.
It must have taken quite some time for the limbs to be chopped off.
The flesh and blood had already rotted, and dense white maggots were wriggling on it.
The stench of decay is particularly pronounced here!
The police officer pointed to a photo on the Guanyin table on the side.
It was supposed to be a family photo, but the wife's position was cut out of the photo, leaving only the father and daughter.
The child was about eight or nine years old.
The police officer said: "The deceased should be this man.
By the way, when we first came here, the photo frame was upside down on the table.
I guess the deceased felt guilty towards his daughter!
At this time, Xu Xinyi suddenly said:
"The owner of the house should be the deceased."
She first pointed to her father's wrist in the photo, where there was a silver watch.
Then, he walked to the table and poked the maggot on the table where his left wrist was.
Amidst the movement, a silver watch was revealed.
Shao Ming nodded, glanced at his daughter in the photo, and recalled the previous case. If the victim's family was present, the murderer would kill them. He looked at the police and asked:
"You just said that the deceased felt guilty towards his daughter. What did you mean?"
"His daughter is dead!"
The police officer sighed:
"This photo is a family portrait of the owner and his first wife.
After the divorce, the child was awarded to him.
He remarried soon!
The child was locked in the bathroom by her stepmother and abused for thirteen days, and then died.
The homeowner was aware of this process but did not stop it.
Afterwards, he bought a lot of sleeping pills as requested by his stepmother, in order to pretend that the child had committed suicide.
After the incident, he was sentenced to five years in prison and was released last year.
The police officers looked at each other.
This is probably the reason why the murderer chose the homeowner as the fifth target.
At this time, a police officer pointed at the calendar on the wall and suddenly said:
"Hey, is there a mark on this calendar?"
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