Advocate for the deceased

Chapter 73 Who is next? (11)
The fat man didn't bother Zhou Hai, he quickly took pictures and fixed the state of the scene.

However, when he turned around, there was a black triangular leather-like piece hanging on the inner side of the U-shaped iron staircase parallel to the line of sight, constantly fluttering with the air circulation in the passage.

The fat man hung the camera behind him, picked up the piece of black leather with tweezers, and put it in the evidence bag.

It wasn't until he took off the black leather that the fat man saw that the simple iron ladder had a flaw at this position, and the sharp metal protruded into a sharp point.

If the inner side is scratched, it means that someone climbed up from the bottom to the top, and then scraped the sharp protrusion, otherwise this position is difficult to be touched.

"Look, Haizi, it was found on the side of the ladder!"

Zhou Hai looked up, took the evidence bag and looked at it.

"Is this a waterproof apron?"

The fat man nodded, "Yes.

apron! "

Zhou Hai squatted down again and looked up at the height of the wellhead. It was at least six meters away from the wellhead, but there was no mud or filth splashed on the corpse. Does that mean the corpse was not thrown down?
"If the corpse wasn't thrown down, it was placed in this position.

The dead man's head had only been chained there by climbing up the ladder, so that his apron was scratched. "

The fat man nodded vigorously.

"However, how to explain the blood stain outside the well?"

Zhou Hai shook his head. He couldn't explain it either. Could it be that the manhole cover had to be opened and shaken to tie the head?
"The blood at the wellhead is splashed at high speed, and it can be done if the head is hung up and the well cover is lifted.

Look under the wellhead, where there are three or four metal ladders, and see if there are any signs of ropes being tied.

If so, it means that our initial investigation direction was wrong. "

The fat man climbed up quickly, and soon found two flax fibers on the top of the third and fourth sections of the metal ladder, and also saw two drops of blood on the inside of the wellhead.

"found it!

This bastard actually tied himself here and lifted the manhole cover.

This is too abnormal.

What is he going to do? "

Zhou Hai didn't answer. He looked at the pile of bones. When the two bodies were found, it took a while. The groundwater scoured and left some broken meat and residue on the surface. It's hard to tell whether they were removed or decayed.

Now that he actually held the freshly picked bones, Zhou Hai was even more amazed at the murderer's knife skills, the bones had not been boiled.

But there are only a small amount of muscle debris left on it, and there are no traces of repeated scraping, and the bones are removed along the curve of bone growth.

Just like that kind of super high-end ham, the meat on the top is peeled off without any errors. This is not done with a knife, at least a knife with a convex surface and a hook shape, otherwise the surgical neck of the humerus cannot be peeled off at one time. .

Furthermore, the stacking of bones seems random at first glance.

Looking closely now, I found that all the bones were neatly placed upright next to the corpse, and a piece of folded yellow paper was rolled on a small ulna, and there seemed to be writing on it.

Zhou Hai picked up the bone, pinched a corner, and slowly unfolded the yellow paper.

There are actually painted on it, some scarlet patterns that resemble characters but are not characters.

Is it a spell?
Quickly rolled up the paper and put it in the evidence bag. The ulnar bone wrapped with the charm had already been printed with vermilion.

Zhou Hai twisted it and rubbed it a little, then sent it to his nose to smell it.

The very fine cinnabar has a shimmering luster and a strong smell of blood. It seems to be cinnabar mixed with blood. So what does this spell mean?
The fat man climbed down again.

"Are you accepting the bones of the dead person C now?"

Zhou Hai nodded, first packed the pair of limbs and skeletons into a box, and finally the two of them worked together to lift the body into a box, and the people above pulled the box up together.

But Zhou Hai didn't intend to go up, the fat man was a little puzzled.

"What do you want?"

Zhou Hai looked at the directions on both sides. The south is the road leading to the community, and the north is the road they came from when they came down to investigate last time.

"Let's go south. Since the murderer didn't come down from here, there is still a secret place to come down."

The fat man looked at the darkness ahead and let out a long breath.

"Okay, I'll accompany you to take a look."

Then he turned around and shouted above the mouth of the well:

"Let's head south and see if we find anything."

Chu Menghan was a little worried.

"Wait, I'll send a few more people down."

"No, don't you know the direction of the water?
Follow our speed, we will communicate with you at any time, and we will tell you if we encounter any suspicious shafts.

In addition, let the lunatic take a photo of the spell that was just sent up, and then send it to Dr. Nan Wudao, asking him to check what kind of spell it is. "

"Ok."

Just as he was talking, Xiao Liang climbed down wearing a survey suit and water boots, and his movements were quite nimble.

The fat man looked disgusted at the way he came to fight for favor, rolled his eyes and bumped Xiao Liang's shoulder.

"What are you doing down here?"

"I'm not afraid of smell, come here to open the way for you!"

The fat man rubbed the top of his head, which was strangled by the gas mask, with an unhappy expression on his face.

"Why does my pharyngitis feel sick when I smell the smell, but your rhinitis feels nothing and is proud of it."

Xiao Liang spread his hands innocently, "I can't smell the smell!"

Zhou Hai looked at the two speechlessly and waved.

"Don't be ridiculous, let's go!"

Xiao Liang was about to run forward, but his shoes almost stayed where they were just after taking a step.

After shaking for a long time, he finally stabilized his figure, the fat man couldn't help but smile.

"Don't make trouble, you are not a beauty, I will not help you."

Xiao Liang was already immune to the fat man's words, so he didn't care, bent over and picked up the edge of the water boots, and pulled out the water boots that were stuck in the mud. This time he had experience, and walked ahead by stepping on the edge.

From time to time, there was a crackling sound from the walkie-talkie. They knew that the people above had been following them, and they walked through four shafts without finding anything.

At this time, the three of them were already drenched, sweat flowed into their eyes along their hair, and the three of them shook their heads from time to time.

Chu Menghan's voice came from the walkie-talkie.

"Have you reached the fifth shaft?"

The fat man looked up, "Yes.

We've seen the shaft, but haven't gone to check it yet. "

"Don't be in a hurry to open the manhole cover, it's blocked here, and we're looking for someone to clean it up."

Zhou Hai took the walkie-talkie, "What's blocking it?"

"Oh!

There is a very old snack cart here. It is very big and has wheels, but the wheels are now deflated and blocked on the sidewalk. The manhole cover should be under this cart. "

Zhou Hai narrowed his eyes.

"Don't be in a hurry to tow the car, check for windows, get down on your stomach and see if it's empty or has something in it."

Chu Menghan said 'OK' and then fell silent.

The three of them approached the shaft in front of them. The edge near the ladder was a little drier than other places, and some dust had accumulated here, forming a small island.

The fat man pointed his headlights here and leaned over to watch.

"Footprints, there are footprints here!
It's just a pair of water boots. After stepping on many of them repeatedly, they all overlap in place. "

After speaking, I quickly posted a ruler to take a photo, but the ladder here is the same as the one next to it, still sticky.

Zhou Hai grabbed and climbed up, but when he got to the top, he pushed hard several times, but the manhole cover didn't move at all, and suddenly he stared at one place and stopped moving.

The fat man shouted anxiously:

"Haiko, what's the matter?"

　Don't scold me, I won't abuse Haizi, but everyone use your brains to guess what Zhou Hai saw!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)