Bai Song thought of ten thousand possibilities, but never expected it to be this kind of thing.
insanity!
In southern Xinjiang, this thing has always been a legend. Everyone has heard of it and it is very famous!
The earliest record can be found in the oracle bone inscriptions of Yinxu, which recorded that various poisonous insects were placed in "dish"-shaped containers as Gu.
The most famous one is Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica, which records: "Put hundreds of insects in a jar and open it after a year. There will be one insect that eats all the other insects. This is called Gu." In addition, there are basically records of this in every dynasty. The Song Dynasty's General History records: "Put hundreds of insects in a dish and let them eat each other. The one that survives is called Gu."
Later, Gu was not just a bug, it could also be many other harmful things. In short, this thing was very mysterious.
The driver did not trust the local police, but Bai Song still trusted his comrades. This was not a very confidential matter. He chatted with the driver for a long time and decided to take the police here to take a look. After all, they were unfamiliar with the place, and it would definitely not be possible for him and Sun Jie to rashly go into the mountains to dig up corpses.
The driver was temporarily detained at the police station. After Bai Song got out, he went to the chief of the police station and told him about the matter.
“Poisonous insects?” The director was a little confused when he heard it: “Didn’t they say they disappeared after the founding of the People’s Republic of China?”
"I don't think there was any before the founding of the People's Republic of China..." Bai Song said, "This is a serious matter. Do you need to contact the criminal police team?"
"Yes, we have to find them since someone has died..." The chief of the police station immediately took out his cell phone and called the deputy director in charge.
As long as it was related to Bai Song and others, it was no small matter, so he went straight to the deputy director in charge of criminal police. The deputy director's surname was He, and he was not very old. When he heard about this matter, he came in person with the criminal police team.
All of a sudden there were a lot of people, and more than 20 people went to the mountain together, and brought two police dogs.
The place the driver mentioned is not far from here. It only takes 20 minutes to drive and then half an hour to walk at most.
"Director Bai, we can't drive here. You two just wait in the car. We will tell you when we find something." After parking the car, Director He said.
"It's okay, this is a professional forensic doctor." Bai Song glanced at Sun Jie and thought to himself, how come as long as he brings Brother Jie out...
The last time they went on a business trip alone, they went to Yanwei City. There was no body at the time, but Bai Song kicked a "snakehead" to death, which made Sun Jie feel comfortable. This time, the two of them came to southern Xinjiang and directly found a person who had been dead for two or three years.
"Then let me prepare a set of protective clothing for Chief Sun. Director Bai, please don't enter the core area." Director He said.
"Okay, I won't destroy the scene." Bai Song nodded. He felt relieved to have Sun Jie go. "But I will go up the mountain with you."
This case involves a legendary thing. Everyone feels a little "disgusted" when talking about it. Although we know that it is unlikely to exist, poisonous insects are still very scary here. Every year, people are injured by poisonous insects, so it doesn't hurt to pay more attention.
"Even if it is really a poisonous insect, it would have either died or run away after two or three years," said Director He.
"Director He, what if these insects use the corpse as a nest and reproduce?" asked a young criminal police officer nearby.
After he asked this question, everyone felt a little uncomfortable. Who could bear to see this dug out?
The county bureau is different from Bai Song’s previous position in Tianhua. There are not many formal police officers in the county bureau here, and the deputy director knows everyone in the criminal police team, so everyone speaks relatively casually.
"What nonsense are you talking about? The ones that use corpses as their nests are maggots." Director He cursed.
Everyone burst into laughter, and the tense atmosphere was much lessened.
Even though we are police officers, we are also human beings. It is better to be more careful when encountering some unknown things.
When we got to the place the driver said, this is a road that only herbal farmers would take. At present, it seems that smugglers also passed by here. Even though it is not the rainy season now, the trees on the mountain are still extremely lush. Bai Song saw two snakes while walking on the road. In addition, there were countless wasps and other flying insects. Bai Song was a little confused. Fortunately, Director He sent someone to spray a lot of insect repellent on him, but it can only last for half an hour at most because sweating will take away all the medicine.
After crossing a dense forest, everyone finally arrived at the destination. Here was the working time of the police dogs. Everyone was waiting together. After about half an hour of searching, the police dog discovered the problem and started barking. The surrounding police immediately took out the isolation tape and cordoned off the surrounding area of 20 meters. Although there might not be a single person within a radius of one kilometer, the isolation tape was still put up.
Immediately afterwards, several people prepared for disinfection, and the police station even brought a gasoline flamethrower... These people said they were not afraid, but their preparations were really comprehensive.
Sun Jie really didn't feel anything at all. He walked in front, followed by two middle-aged forensic doctors from the county.
In other situations, usually multiple people would go over to help with the digging, but this case involved poisonous insects, and it was better not to get close without wearing protective clothing, so everyone could only watch three people in the distance digging down little by little with special digging shovels.
A long time has passed, and after preliminary investigation, it was found that there was indeed a problem underneath, and it was buried about half a meter deep.
Because more than two years have passed, this place has long been overgrown with grass and looks no different from other places. If it weren't for the police dog, no one would have discovered it.
Sun Jie was the youngest and had the most experience. He knew that there couldn't be any poisonous insects underneath, and that at this temperature for more than two years the creatures would have rotted away, leaving only bones. So he was quite bold and found the target in less than 20 minutes.
There really is a dead body!
"Slow down, there might really be bugs." The local medical examiner was still a little worried, thinking that Sun Jie's physical fitness was too good...
Generally speaking, if we talk about physical fitness in the police force, forensic doctors are better than civilians, because they deal with dead people and don't need much physical fitness. But Bai Song's team is an exception. Everyone in his team has good physical fitness, and Sun Jie is also better than ordinary young people.
After digging out a little bit, the rest will soon follow. After another ten minutes, the general outline of the corpse has appeared. There are no so-called poisonous insects, not even a single one. Instead, some common and common insects were dug out, such as earthworms.
Bai Song could also smell the stench. When everyone heard Sun Jie's words and knew there was no poisonous insect, they all breathed a sigh of relief. Bai Song looked at everyone and didn't know whether he should laugh or not. The main reason was that in Southern Xinjiang, these strange stories and legends had been passed down orally for too many years.
The excavation of the body was relatively smooth. After about half an hour, the entire skeleton was taken out from the ground. At this time, the cordon was removed. Bai Song and others were observing the skeleton at a distance of about three meters.
There were more than 20 people here, but only 5 of them came up, and the others stayed far away. Who would want to watch these things...
I have to say that the climate in southern Xinjiang is indeed special. The temperature here is above 20 degrees Celsius all year round, and as high as 35 degrees Celsius in summer. After several years of such high temperatures, even the bones have been eroded a little. There is a layer of sticky clothes on the outside, and the clothes are almost rotten. No other valuable clues were found in the clothes.
The deceased looked like a male, under 170cm tall, not very tall.
"Can you tell the cause of death?" Bai Song asked.
"Wait a moment, I'll catch some bugs," Sun Jie was catching bugs among the corpses with a pair of tongs.
"Isn't this just an ordinary scavenger?" Bai Song was puzzled.
"Insects can talk. These insects in corpses buried in the wild can also record some information. I'll go back and see if there are conditions. If there are conditions, we can do some experiments." Sun Jie said as he took out four or five insects and put them into the evidence bottle.
Everyone was moved by Sun Jie's professionalism. No matter how rotten it was, there were still some of the original body tissues, which smelled fishy. Looking for bugs in it... most people would find it disgusting to hear it.
"Okay, don't worry, put the body in the body bag first and move it out." Bai Song said.
"Okay." Sun Jie and the remaining two forensic doctors were all wearing full body protective clothing. They were not afraid of getting dirty. They worked together to dig out the bones bit by bit and put them into the body bag. The remaining tissues that were almost completely rotten were collected as much as possible.
"Chief Sun, was this a homicide or an accidental death, buried by his companions?" Director He asked.
"Looking at the bones, the whole body has no serious external injuries, at least no bone injuries, and there are not many signs of poisoning. There are many possible causes of death, such as a knife inserted into the heart, or...eh?" As Sun Jie spoke, he found a small iron lump near the center of the pit and squeezed it out with his rubber-gloved hands.
This lump of iron looks quite shiny, I wonder if it was modified. It looks like a gourd and is only about one centimeter long. If Sun Jie hadn't been careful enough, he would not have been able to find it.
"What is this?" Bai Song asked.
"I don't know." Sun Jie put the thing into the evidence bag and planned to go back for a test: "From the weight, it seems to be made of metal, but I don't know what it is specifically."
The scene still stank, but the experienced detectives who came closer remained calm, after all, this was an open area, not indoors. Director He did not continue to ask questions, after all, it was difficult to determine the cause of death from the scene.
"What are your plans?" Bai Song decided to listen to the professionals at this time.
"I'll dig a little deeper. If I don't find anything else, I'll fill the soil back. I'll take these bones back for research. It's difficult to determine the cause of death here under these conditions." Sun Jie said.
"It's really strange. We can't tell the cause of death from the bones," Bai Song said, "Could it really be related to insects?"
"If it is a poisonous insect, the skeleton should not look like this," Sun Jie explained, then took the camera and began to take pictures carefully.
"Then the cause of death is indeed a bit..." Bai Song was also a little puzzled at this time.
According to the driver's description, he didn't originally have high hopes of being able to dig out the body.
Bai Song knew that the driver had no reason to lie, but the mountainous area was so large that it was difficult for the driver to remember it clearly. But he actually found it.
The fact that the driver was able to find the rumor only means that the source of the rumor he heard was more accurate. After all, the driver had nothing to do with the man's death. The driver could be detained for a maximum of 15 days. After thinking about it all night, why did he expose a bigger thing?
Since the source is accurate, it means that even if the "worm" story is fake, it is not purely fabricated.
Of course, it is useless to ask the driver these questions, as he has no way of knowing. If we conduct a deeper on-site investigation here, we will have to take the body back for further research.
"What equipment does the county have here?" Sun Jie asked the two forensic doctors.
"There are only simple physical and chemical tests and toxicology tests, and the toxicology tests are of several common types in southern Xinjiang. This can only be sent to the city for inspection." said the local forensic doctor.
"Okay," Sun Jie nodded and looked at Bai Song. "I can't do anything about this. Let them handle it themselves. It will take at least ten days or half a month to get a result. I'm worried that if the city can't handle it, they will have to transfer it to the province."
"Thank you for your hard work, Brother Jie. If you don't know, then you don't know. This case happened several years ago, and it's really good that it can be found. The driver was able to report this matter, which can be considered a meritorious service. From the current perspective, since there is a reporter, this case can still be counted as murder. After all, it is impossible for this person to die in the soil half a meter deep. Buried so deep, and in the wilderness, there is probably something wrong." Bai Song said.
Director He understood Bai Song's intention. He wanted to file a homicide case directly, but...
"We will definitely try our best to investigate." After thinking about it, Director He finally nodded. Not only because Bai Song was the superior, but also because Bai Song was an expert, and experts were not easy to deceive...
"If it turns out that it wasn't homicide, we can drop the case, but if we don't file a homicide case at this point, a lot of work will be difficult to carry out." Bai Song said, "We have to continue to interrogate the driver to find out where he got this information from. We have to find everyone on this line."
"Okay, Director Bai, your idea for handling the case is very clear." Director He nodded. The biggest clue at the moment is still with the driver.
Since the driver had heard about this and could remember it so clearly, it would be impossible for him to say that he "forgot where I heard it from". So if we want to solve this case now, we not only need to know the information about the smugglers that the driver said, but also find more witnesses.
The time of death is too long. Even if it is proven to be homicide, it will be difficult to find traces of the murderer on the body. So although I feel a little sorry for the driver, I have to get to the bottom of it.
Human life is of paramount importance. Now that the body has seen the light of day again, there is no reason for him to suffer injustice.
"Brother Jie, what are your plans? Do you want to go to the county for a simple check-up, or go with me there?" Bai Song asked.
"I'm still good at dealing with corpses." Sun Jie was too lazy to follow Bai Song to check Luka: "But I'm worried about your safety when you're over there."
"There are many people over there, not just me." Bai Song thought for a moment and said, "Then you check first. I'll wait for your good news."
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