South to North: A Prison Guard at the Beginning

When Yuan Mu and others arrived at the scene, a cordon had already been set up and Captain Jiang was talking to a police officer.

Around the cordon, many nearby villagers were pointing in this direction and talking about something.

"Captain Jiang!" Yuan Mu walked over and greeted him.

"Ao Xiaoyuan, you're here." Captain Jiang nodded.

"Captain Jiang, what's going on?" Yuan Mu frowned and looked at the forensic doctor who was squatting in a pit not far away and was busy.

"At seven o'clock this morning, a villager from the nearby Huangguang Village came to dig wild vegetables. He saw that this piece of land had been dug up. He thought someone had buried something valuable here, so he started digging and found this."

"Then he called the police. The police station officers examined the body and found that the face had been hit by a blunt object and could not be seen clearly. So they concluded that it was a homicide and transferred the case to us."

"The forensic doctor is currently examining the body. We have to wait and see what the forensic doctor says for details." Captain Jiang gave a brief account of what happened.

"Okay, I'll go take a look." Yuan Mu nodded and then walked under the cordon and came to the edge of the pit.

At this time, there was a body in the pit whose facial features could not be seen clearly and whose whole body was covered in blood. From the appearance, it should be a child, estimated to be about 1.5 meters tall. Judging from the clothes and hair, it should be a boy.

The boy was wearing a yellow jacket, blue work pants, and a pair of black cloth shoes.

Seeing this scene, Yuan Mu's anger rose in his heart. Who is this person? How could he be so cruel, and the person was a child!

But he quickly suppressed his anger. He was a police officer and could not be swayed by his emotions.

"Comrade, what's the result?" At this time, a forensic doctor straightened up and Yuan Mu asked hurriedly.

"What we can confirm now is that this is a boy about 14 or 15 years old, with multiple injuries all over his body. His back and head were hit by blunt objects, and the injuries were serious. The fatal injury was on the temple, and his face was hit by the blunt object and it was unclear. We cannot determine the child's appearance now."

Yuan Mu nodded, said thank you and started to survey the surrounding area, not missing any small details.

However, it has not rained in the past few days, so the traces left in the surrounding area are limited. The soil here is not soft, and even if footprints were left, they would probably disappear and cannot be recognized by the naked eye.

After walking around, Yuan Mu came to Captain Jiang.

"Captain Jiang, I suggest we check the nearby villages first to see whose child is missing."

"Well, it's just as I thought. I'll leave this matter to you." Captain Jiang nodded.

"Yes!" Yuan Mu nodded, then left with Mingyu.

He then gathered all his men and conducted a check on all the households in Huanghong Village, especially those with children.

But before Yuan Mu and others began to investigate, someone called the police and said that their child had not returned home for two days. This family was exactly the villagers of Huangguang Village.

Yuan Mu and his men hurried to this house. Huangguang Village was a large village with nearly a thousand households living in the village, and this family lived at the west end of the village.

The family's surname is Han. There are four people in the family, two adults, one child and an elderly person.

"Comrade police investigator, my child hasn't come home for two days. We heard that a person was dug out from the field at the entrance of the village, and we are worried about him." The man in the family stepped forward and said hurriedly to Yuan Mu.

"Comrade, please don't be anxious. Tell me what your child's name is and how old is he?"

"My son's name is Guang, he is fifteen years old and studies at the Railway Middle School." The man said quickly.

Yuan Mu's heart skipped a beat. The boy, about fourteen or fifteen years old, matched.

"The last time you saw your son, what kind of clothes was he wearing?"

"The child was wearing a yellow dress, work pants and cloth shoes."

It's over! This was the first thing that came to Yuan Mu's mind. Everything matched up. It seemed that the probability that the victim was the man's son was almost 100%.

"Brother Mu, the characteristics are exactly the same as the victim, so it must be him." Mingyu next to him whispered to Yuan Mu.

"Nonsense, I don't need you to tell me!" Yuan Mu said in a low voice with a bad temper.

Now Yuan Mu doesn’t know how to tell this family. This matter is too big. There is only one child in the family. Are you going to tell them that the child is dead?

Is this something that ordinary people can accept? Besides, he is not an ordinary person and he cannot accept it. This is a devastating blow to any family.

"Comrade police officer, you must help us find the child." At this time, a woman in her forties looked at the person who should be the child's mother and came forward to beg.

"Well, there's something I have to tell you..." Yuan Mu hesitated, he really couldn't say it.

Although he had encountered such a thing in his previous life, at that time he did not need to communicate with the victim's family in person.

"You should say it!" Yuan Mu still didn't say anything and pushed Mingyu out directly.

Mingyu was stunned and cursed Yuan Mu in his heart, "You don't want to do this, but you want me to do it?"

"Brother Mu, I..."

"Hiss! Hurry up, this is an order!" Yuan Mu frowned and shouted.

"Yes!" Mingyu turned his head helplessly and looked at the victim's family.

"Comrade, this is what happened. Although this matter is cruel, I must tell you that the body dug out from the field at the entrance of the village is very likely your child."

"Boom!!" This sentence was like a bolt from the blue. The whole family was stunned and couldn't believe it.

"Comrade police officer, did you make a mistake?" the child's father asked in disbelief.

"Comrade, according to the information you provided, everything matches. Now you can go to the scene with us to identify it." Mingyu said, and turned his head away reluctantly.

"Oh! My child!" At this moment, the child's mother suddenly collapsed to the ground, crying and wailing.

The grandmother of the child next to her couldn't withstand the blow and was about to fall down. Yuan Mu was quick to support the old woman.

"My, my oldest grandson!"

For a moment, the whole family burst into tears. The crying was so heartbreaking that anyone who heard it would cry.

"Comrade, we still need to make the final confirmation. Can we go and identify it first?" Yuan Mu took a deep breath and came to the child's father.

The child's father wiped his tears and nodded. He looked calm and not too sad, but Yuan Mu knew that his heart was broken at this moment.