This year's monsters are super fierce [75]

Suburbs of Beijing? Chenqiao Desolate Forest

Lao Dao's name Burial Pit is not fooling people at all.

After measurement, the length, width and depth of the pit were one foot each, and there were a total of nine corpses in the pit.Five of the corpses were not missing arms and legs, and four were mutilated to varying degrees.

"Ninety percent of them are corpses eaten by wild dogs." Zhan Zhao led Zhang Long and the others to conduct a preliminary survey around the corpse pit.Judging from the accumulation of fallen leaves and dead trees, this area has not been infested by humans for a long time.Simply put, there are no footprints left by humans, and no traces of wheels such as carts and carts that might have been used to transport the corpse.

The formation of the corpse pit may be very early.

How early?

Gongsun Ce did a preliminary autopsy first, and the situation in this corpse pit was a bit strange.

First, the nine bodies were all male, naked and with completely unrecognizable faces.

Furthermore, the corpses were thrown into the pit so naked, the degrees of decay of different parts of the corpses were obviously different.Most of the dead bodies have been severely decomposed, but the specific parts of each body are as fresh as if they just died yesterday.

That was the burns on the corpses, some had a half-burned piece of skin on the arm, some had burn scars on the chest, and some had a piece of skin ruined on the back.The closer to the burn site, the less signs of decay.

"At present, no obvious fatal injuries have been found on the corpse, and the possibility of death by a sharp weapon can be ruled out. The poison test will go back to Kaifeng Mansion for further testing."

This is the first time Gongsun Ce has seen such a strange corpse, "However, we can guess the approximate time of death of the nine dead. They have been dead for at least 20 years. I have never heard from the patrol that there are wild animals in the woods in Chenqiao. Small animals are not big and rare, people don’t come and animals don’t go, and I don’t know which wild dog came to look for food.”

On the other side, Nian Fei followed the scent to find the dog faster, and had already found the remains of the corpse that had been gouged away by wild dogs.

"Woof!" Nian Fei found the wild dog in a very secret half-hole in the grass.

The wild dog was already dead, its body was very thin but its belly was protruding, so it was obvious that it was a bitch in labor.

Looking again, there are three newborn puppies curled up in the bitch's belly, only one with black hair is still alive and trembling slightly.

Nian Fei ran over to sniff the little milk dog, and found that Heitan was desperately wanting to drink milk, but I'm afraid he couldn't take a few mouthfuls. "Hell, come quickly!Little Heitan will die if he doesn't eat anything! 』

Yan Buzhou was a few steps slower than Nian Fei, and after seeing the death of the bitch, he probably understood why it would dig a hole.The bitch is pregnant with puppies and is so hungry that she must find a relatively safe place to give birth. If she loses her strength and hunts again, digging out the dead body and eating it should be the most convenient choice.

It's a pity that the bitch couldn't make it through in the end. What's worse, she gave birth to three cubs, and there were still a few in her belly that were too weak to give birth.

The uneaten corpse fell to the side, and the bitch gnawed on the undecomposed part of the corpse, that is, the part with burn marks.

"Who has raised a milk dog?" Yan Buzhou picked up Xiao Heitan first, she couldn't understand Nian Fei's words anymore, and she knew that the little milk dog was dying and needed to eat, and she was afraid that the heavy hand would kill him .

Zhang Long touched his pocket and found a paper bag of caramel, and immediately took off the water bag and volunteered to feed Xiao Heitan. "I, I'll come. There will be no dog milk here, so I can only give him some warm sugar water to satisfy his hunger."

Yan Buzhou originally suspected that Zhang Long was really reliable when he looked at the five big and three rough?

However, looking at Zhang Long's skillful movements of mixing sugar water, and even hugging the little milk dog with one hand, one can be sure that Zhang Long is much more reliable than her.

The tiger sniffs the rose, so it is.

Right now, Yan Buzhou didn't have time to lament, so she invested in the investigation of the corpse pit again. She came with only one main task, to determine whether there were any ghosts in this case.

Who would have thought that the death time of the nine corpses was so far away, at least 20 years since their death.Even if there was any weird aura, it has almost dissipated over the years, at least no abnormality can be found on the nine deceased.

"Wang?"

Nian Fei walked around the dead bitch and sniffed it again and again, stretched out her paw and patted the vulgar upper, and then pointed to the bitch's stomach, "There is still a trace of strange smell here, almost too faint to smell at all. 』

"It was bitten by Heitan." Yan Buzhou checked the bitch's body again, and the small circle of tooth marks on her abdomen was right on the position where Heitan curled up just now. It must be that she instinctively gnawed after she couldn't find milk. .

There is indeed a trace of almost negligible strangeness left here, and I am afraid that it will not be felt at all after a long time in the sun.

Now, Yan Buzhou looked at the other two puppies who died young.

They were two khaki dogs, physically a little fatter than Heitan, and they might have grabbed more nutrition from the female dog's belly, but they died because they had nothing to eat after birth.

So, why did Xiao Heitan survive?

The black dog wards off evil spirits, and Xiao Heitan may absorb some strange energy to satisfy his hunger, just like Nian Fei eats evil spirits and nourishes him.Or it could withstand the shock of strangeness and eat some bitch's milk, but its elder brother was not so capable.

"Yueban, do you think there is such a possibility?"

Yan Buzhou uttered this conjecture, and Nian Fei nodded in agreement, but a person, a year, and a beast couldn't find any strange energy from Xiao Heitan.

The eyelids of Xiao Heitan in Zhang Long's arms were half closed, and he was powerless to see who was observing it.Apparently, after a day and a night, the remaining power of strange energy is not enough for a puppy to fill the teeth.

In the deserted woods, there are no more clues for the time being.

However, the burns on every corpse and the lack of decay around the burnt parts are worthy of further investigation.

First things first: Where did these burns come from?

In the past five days, Gongsun Ce dissected nine corpses and focused on examining the burns of the deceased, but failed to obtain more clues. The burns were different in location and extent.

Only one arm bears an unexplained mark.

It was the forearm that was half-eaten by wild dogs, and there was burns near the elbow joint.Two small black and green spots were found on the bone in this part, and eight out of nine out of ten were caused by sharp objects.

"If it was a mistake in the acupuncture point, why would there be black and blue marks?"

Gongsun Ce stared at this bone for a long time, and also investigated the condition of the corpse, but he never deduced what disease could cause the bone to produce black and blue spots.

As soon as Bao Zheng returned to the mansion, he saw Gongsun Ce holding a white bone and muttering to the sun. This scene is very suitable for the daily life of Kaifeng mansion.He also casually reminded, "Sir, don't forget to put away the bone, don't take it to the cafeteria, be careful not to be confused."

This kind of near-miss oolong incident really happened.Gongsun Ce ordered a batch of dead animals to conduct autopsy experiments, and almost sent them to the back kitchen as ingredients.

"En, enen." Gongsun Ce responded two or three times without hearing clearly, and was still muttering as he passed Bao Zheng, "Why is there black and blue on the bones, this color is like the color of ink. It's not surprising that the skin is black like Mr. Bao, and there are black spots on the bones..."

Bao Zheng stopped when he heard this whisper, could it be easy to approach the truth by taking his expression as an example? "Gongsun, what you are holding in your hand is the bones of the deceased in the Chen Qiao burial case. Tell me what you can't figure out."

Can't figure it out?That's a lot.

The black spot on the bones is one, and the fatal cause of death of the nine bodies is the second.

Gongsun Ce handed the bones to Bao Zheng, "The dead body has been dead for too long. There are no fatal injuries on the outside, and the relevant poison detection progress is very slow. So far, I have not found any obvious signs of poisoning in the deceased. Judging from it, the nine deceased all seemed to die of old age naturally."

"Die of old age?" Bao Zheng looked at this white bone, and he could tell from his autopsy experience that such a bone did not belong to an old man, it should be a bone of a young and middle-aged man. "Sir, what you mean is that the deceased was not yet old, but the internal organs are like old people."

Gongsun Ce nodded slightly, but he couldn't explain the situation.Again, those nine people had been dead for too long, and the longer the time of death, the more difficult the autopsy would be.

"Nine corpses, the burns did not rot, the bones showed that they were young and middle-aged, but the internal organs were like old people. The strangest thing is the face. There is no flesh under the skin of all the dead. The faces are as thin as theirs. Extremely out of shape."

These oddities are exactly in line with one point.

The nine deceased were all contaminated with strange aura, but because they died for too long, all the strange aura dissipated.

Bao Zheng also raised his bones to the sun, and suddenly he thought of a person. "By the way, Di Qing! The condition of this bone is very similar to Di Qing."

ah?Gongsun Ce waited suspiciously for the next article, how could a bone be related to Di Qing.

"Mr. Gongsun, have you forgotten the tattoo on Di Qing's face?"

What Bao Zheng was talking about was Di Qing who became famous in the frontier battle between Song and Xia a few years ago.Di Qing was punished by face tattooing for his crimes earlier, and he was very famous in the Song Dynasty. "Once you get a tattoo, it's hard to be as good as ever. The black and blue dots are just like tattoo ink. Is it possible that the blue carving master's skills are not in place, and they are pierced into the bones."

Gongsun Ce clapped his hands together and suddenly thought of more possibilities. The speculation of tattoos may also explain why the nine corpses had burns.

"The faces of the nine corpses were extremely thin, which made it difficult to identify the deceased. If the burnt part was originally where the tattoo was, then the burnt ruined the possibility of others recognizing the pattern."

The person who buried the corpse did not want others to recognize the identity of the deceased, so the Kaifeng government wanted to find out who these nine people were.

To trace the source, first check the tattoo artist.

Yan Buzhou heard that the deceased probably had tattoos, so he had some idea about the source of the strange energy on the corpse.

There are taboos about tattoos, such as the most commonly heard Guan Gong evil dragon tattoos, Buddha statues, animals, and so on.Even for later generations who don't pay much attention to Feng Shui, these tattoo rules are still passed on, but I don't know how the tattoo market in Song Dynasty is?

"I know that most people who join the army have tattoos, and some say it's for the convenience of identifying corpses on the battlefield."

Yan Buzhou followed Zhan Zhao through all the streets and could not help asking, "Besides, are there many sculpture lovers in the market? I didn't pay much attention to these."

Zhan Zhao secretly thought that it would be good if he didn't pay attention, the premise of being well-informed about tattoos is not seeing a lot of naked/naked/bodies.But as far as the facts are concerned, the style of tattooing has been prevalent in the Song Dynasty for these years, and people in the Jianghu need not talk about it. Gradually, it has gradually developed to the point where ordinary people regard it as beautiful.

"It's not limited to men and women, fish, dragons and flying immortals, ghosts and gods, flowers, poems and songs can all be tattooed on the body. There are no less than ten large-scale brocade clubs in Bianjing, which are clubs for tattoo lovers. They also jointly organized this summer A brocade sports competition was held, and the top ten tattoos were selected, and the winner was awarded a hundred taels of silver.

At that time, if you were not in the capital, you missed that grand event.Many people bought tickets to enter the arena, and voted for the one they liked the most.The tattoo artist we are looking for now is Feng Huang, the master carving master selected in this championship. "

It turns out that tattoos have become a fashion nowadays.

In connection with Yan Qing's engraving in the Water Margin that I have read, it seems that it is not just a story, but it really matches the customs of the Song Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Yan Buzhou couldn't help but scrutinize Zhan Zhao secretly. This person knows such details, so he shouldn't have stabbed him once or twice, right?

Judging by Zhan Zhao's appearance, he doesn't like being pricked with a few needles, but what is under a person's clothes can only be determined by peeling off the clothes.

Zhan Zhao felt that the gaze behind him seemed to make his back burn, and when he turned around, he couldn't help but tapped his blunt forehead.He promised that he didn't reach out on purpose this time, who made that look almost penetrate his clothes. "Ah Yan, what are you thinking about?"

Yan Buzhou touched his forehead, and immediately gave a standard smile with a correct expression, "You have wronged me again. I am not thinking wildly, I am just admiring this red official uniform. I just found it beautiful today, and it is even more beautiful when you wear it .”

Maybe it's more beautiful not to wear it, this must not be said in the street.

"That's all, it's pure appreciation." Yan Buzhou added eight more characters on purpose, and then made a gesture of invitation, "Master Zhan, why don't you stop? Don't waste time, continue to lead the way, let's meet Feng yellow."