In Wuqing Mountain, there is a seven-star hanging coffin built on the cliff.
After a bumpy journey, Zhao Yu and others finally arrived at this very special crime scene.
At this moment, the bottom of the cliff has been cordoned off by the police, and no one is allowed to go up the mountain. Therefore, media reporters and curious people who want to find out can only go to the opposite bank of Baisha River and look at the cliff from there.
"Yesterday morning, a construction team installing telephone poles was working on this cliff," a local criminal police captain named Xiong Wendong was telling Zhao Yu and others about the incident, "because they were digging pits for telephone poles. , it is necessary to drill into the rock, and the impact of the drill bit is likely to cause damage to the hanging coffin.
“So, President Pang Zhihui of the local cultural relics protection association received the news and immediately rushed over with Director Ma Fusheng of the Cultural Relics Bureau to stop it!
"Unexpectedly, during the process of stopping the construction, there was an argument and pushing between the two parties. Someone accidentally hit the switch of the pole insertion machine, causing the pole to fall off the machine and then roll down the cliff..."
"I'll go... Is it such a coincidence?"
Zhao Yu pouted and muttered, and then walked cautiously toward the cliff with Xiong Wendong.
Although the Seven-Star Hanging Coffin is a relatively famous local attraction, it is located far away from the town and is really remote. Therefore, there are no protective measures such as railings on this section of the cliff, and everything is original.
"Be careful, sir!" Xiong Wendong reminded Zhao Yu while pointing down the cliff, "Look, fortunately, the cliff is concave inward. After the telephone pole fell, it only hit the topmost cliff. A corner of the coffin! A small piece of the coffin board was smashed off, and the coffin board was misaligned with the coffin, leaving a corner of the coffin exposed!"
"Huh?" The sharp-eyed Cui Lizhu just looked around and immediately saw the problem and asked quickly, "Isn't it right? Isn't the lid of the coffin closed? Is there any break in it?"
"Well..." Xiong Wendong quickly explained, "It was the forensic doctors who asked us to close it, and our criminal police team hired someone to fill the gap. We were worried that if it was exposed for too long, it would speed up the decomposition of the body inside!"
"Please!" Zhao Yu turned around and glared at Cui Lizhu, "Do you understand the rules? Stop interrupting, okay? Captain Xiong..." He turned back and said to Xiong Wendong, "Ignore her and just follow the development order of time. explain!"
"Oh... oh..." Xiong Wendong was also in contact with such a big leader for the first time, and he was obviously nervous, "I will continue from where I just said...
"Well... President Pang of the Cultural Relics Conservation Association was naturally frightened when he saw the telephone pole smashed down, and he hurried to the edge of the cliff to look down!
"At first, when he saw that the coffin board had been smashed open, he was naturally very angry! But..." Captain Xiong pointed to the bottom of the cliff, "When he took a closer look, he quickly discovered that something was wrong!
"President Pang once participated in the scientific excavation work in the 1980s. He knew very well that the hanging coffins were all empty and there should be nothing!
"However, when he looked further, he could clearly see that not only was there something inside the coffin, but it was also something similar to a human being..."
Although the team members present had understood the general process, when they heard Xiong Wendong's story, their hands and feet still felt a little cold, and the hairs on their hair stood on end.
"President Pang was frightened! One was the destruction of cultural relics, and the other was the inexplicable appearance of something in the hanging coffin. They both made him realize that the matter was of great importance, so he called the police on the spot, and also notified the Cultural Relics Bureau and other relevant units. .
"I rushed to the scene as soon as possible. We brought telescopes!" Xiong Wendong said with a complicated expression. "The sunlight at that time was shining directly, and we could see clearly. What can be seen inside the hanging coffin , but a human foot!!!
"You know, there is always some superstition about Feng Shui here, and the hanging coffin is also a relatively mysterious and sacred thing in the eyes of us people.
"So, seeing this situation in the hanging coffin, I was really at a loss!" Xiong Wendong said, "The coffin is obviously empty, so why is there a person lying there
"So, we quickly reported it step by step and requested experts to come and investigate...
“About noon, experts from the city arrived, and after a preliminary investigation, they unanimously decided to send people down to open all the coffin boards and check!
"Then, we assisted them and found expert mountain climbers to rappel down with ropes..." Xiong Wendong said, his whole body was soaked with sweat. "As a result, after opening it, we saw the body of a girl. corpse!
"You should have seen the photo, right? Although the girl is dead, she looks like she is asleep...
"She was at least fifteen or sixteen years old. She was wearing a popular shroud here and her feet were bare!" Xiong Wendong recounted this incredible but extremely strange thing with difficulty. "At that time, experts in the city They were also confused!
“They had never seen anything like this before, so they quickly reported it to the provincial department!
"You know, our place is too far from the provincial capital, and there is no airport. So after the provincial department learned about this incident, it immediately issued two instructions. One is to ask our best local forensic doctors to conduct on-site inspections, but try to To avoid damaging the scene; the other is to ask us to open other hanging coffins immediately to see what’s inside!
"The leaders are so wise!" Xiong Wendong sighed, "When we opened the other hanging coffins, you have also seen the photos. Each of the seven coffins in the Seven Star Hanging Coffin contained a dead girl! !!
"Those girls are almost the same as the first one. They look so lifelike that you can't tell how long they have been dead. Some of their cheeks are still rosy, making people think they are still alive!
"This is... so weird!" Xiong Wendong seemed to have exhausted all his strength when he said this. He waited for a long time before continuing, "So, after all seven coffins were opened, we finally realized that this matter Too serious!
“The provincial department also believes that experts need to be dispatched from across the country!
"Therefore, they immediately ordered us to suspend the autopsy, close all the coffin boards first, and then wait for the most authoritative experts to come and solve it!" At this point, Xiong Wendong asked Zhao Yu expectantly, "Sir, please give the order. What should we do next?”
Upon hearing this, Zhao Yu stood up and frowned deeply. The case before him was indeed more complicated than he imagined!
"Team leader..." At this time, Miao Ying said to Zhao Yu with a solemn expression, "I will contact Zhang Peipei now! I think it will be difficult for the forensic team alone to handle this kind of matter!"
"Indeed!" Zhao Yu nodded, "In addition to forensic medicine, we also need to find some experts who often deal with ancient corpses. And..." He looked at the sun and said, "I have to call their provincial department. , let them send a helicopter to pick up the forensic team. We have already wasted a night and can't waste any more time.
"There are cliffs here. We can't work at high altitude at night. We must dispose of all the corpses during the day!" Zhao Yu ordered, "Only by completing the autopsy as soon as possible can we know how those girls died! "
(End of chapter)