Daqing Criminal Division

A few days ago, two unidentified baby corpses appeared without warning on the outskirts of Lin'an County.

When it was discovered, the cold and stiff body of the baby had been eaten by a dog from a nearby village, which brought the first disturbance of the two people to the local area.

Because the origin of the two infant corpses is strange, and the cause of death is a mystery.

After that, the people on the side of Jin Ruoyun, the arresting officer of the Hangzhou government, did not receive any report that normal people came here to report the case to find their children. Therefore, what is the truth behind this case has also become food for thought.

"Here, is it convenient for us to see the corpse now?"

"Also, can you show us the file about this infant corpse case?"

Half a moment later, the two of them sat across from Jin Ruoyun and listened to it. During the process, Fucha Erji, who had been holding hands in silence, thought about it, but he also made such a sentence. Discarded babies.

Because from his personal intuition.

This case seems to have nothing to do with what they are investigating now, but it is not the same as those ordinary cases in the past.

After all, if it was an ordinary family, it would be too late to have a pair of lin'er happy.

Just throwing the baby in the outskirts of the country so casually, and finally being picked up and swallowed by dogs, this kind of tragedy is probably caused by someone deliberately abandoning the baby here.

But there is always a reason for a person to abandon a parent and child for no reason.

If it is not forced by the current situation, someone must have murdered on purpose. Both of these situations indicate that this matter is very abnormal.

And because the bodies of the two newborn babies had been discovered for eleven days since the two of them actually arrived in Hangzhou.

During the process, in order to find clues on the corpses of the deceased, the Hangzhou government must have conducted autopsies on them and checked the approximate cause of death. It is not too troublesome to take a look now.

"If the two of you want to see it, it's convenient. It's just that I wasn't in charge of the case at the beginning, so I asked someone else to inquire. When the two baby corpses were found, they were almost eaten up, and there were some things that couldn't be checked. The place, and the fact that the baby was too young, and the death was miserable, the general autopsy would not have the heart to do so.”

Hearing this, knowing that the two of them wanted to see it, the bearded policeman Jin Ruoyun who was sitting in front of them also replied directly.

"It's okay, I'll check the corpse myself, I just want to trouble you to accompany us."

It seemed that he was worried about the two of them, so Duan Xiao said the same thing.

"Hey, be polite, be polite, Duan Xiao. That's fine, then the three of us will go to find that catcher first, and ask him carefully."

Jin Ruoyun, the local policeman, learned that they wanted to see this file first, so he packed up and led the two of them out of the inner hall of the general, to the place where other government officials in charge of handling the case gathered together.

Hangzhou Mansion is quite big, with several rooms on the left and right and several county towns. The yamen each perform their duties in charge of taxation, people's livelihood, grain affairs, and criminal cases. Some places are not located in the yamen.

The three of them took two steps forward.

During the period, the three chatted a few words about recent local business affairs on the road, but before they knew it, they arrived at the place of another government servant who was in charge of the infant corpse case.

When they arrived, the government official was busy with other cases inside, so he got up and took some time to come out.

This is an old catcher who is a bit old.

He has a straight beard and brows, a capable face, and his shoulders and stature look a little hunchbacked at first glance. He has two apprentices with him, and he usually patrols the streets in Lin'an County.

If we talk about such bizarre dead people, it is estimated that Hangzhou Mansion has rarely seen them in the past few years.

It was also the same, first leading them to the Yizhuang of the Yamen, when the old Yamen servant who led the way was called in by Jin Ruoyun to sit down in front of the hall, he didn't look very good when he mentioned this matter again.

Fuchaerzi and Duan Xiao seemed to have different expressions when they saw the old catcher.

The attitude towards the two of them, outsiders who have just arrived, is also somewhat taboo, and they are all aware of it at the moment.

But after seeing the autopsy file that was submitted, he followed the old policeman who didn't say much except for the case, and pushed the door into the Yamen Yizhuang where several large coffins were placed.

After the other party opened the coffin and guided the way, the two of them knew why the old policeman would hide his secrets when talking about this matter.

Because when the two saw this with their own eyes, even after eleven days had passed, they could still tell from the surface of the damaged corpse that these were two children with abnormal physical characteristics.

In other words, the pair of dead babies were both teratogenic.

This incident was a bit unexpected.

At least this is what the stillborn would look like, which was completely unexpected by Fuchaerzi and Duan Xiao, who had different expressions for a while.

At the moment, seeing the dead body that can tell the strange shape is close at hand, it is better to see is to believe.

Therefore, Duan Xiao's first reaction was to take a closer look with his own eyes.

When he looked back and saw that there were opening knives, bone files, and sterilized cloth towels on the autopsy table, he took one and threw another to the person next to him.

Seeing this, Fucharzi stretched out a hand to take it.

Over the past few days, the two of them, who have cooperated more and more tacitly, opened the coffin's mouth wider from both sides to check it.

Looking at it this way, the eyes and faces of the two are calm and sober, and their every move is not mixed with any personal emotions or emotions.

In the past, most of the post-mortem work was done by Duan Xiao alone.

But now, the steps and habits of the two of them are mostly the same, and they can help each other more intuitively.

Because it was the first time to see such a dead baby.

Before this matter of life and death, as long as the two were serious, they didn't have the heart to say anything else. They just looked at each other, so they carefully inspected the bodies of the two dead babies from different angles.

What is a teratosis?

Usually, it refers to some babies born with abnormal organs and body structures. According to most folk records, such children are more common in pregnant women who are less than a month old, and some mothers who suffer from serious diseases will give birth to such stunted babies. child.

The deformed parts of such children are also different from the brain, organs, limbs and even developmental organs.Such babies often die before they hit the ground, and very few survive.

In the Tang and Song Dynasties, some pharmacology books written by folk medical experts mentioned this abnormal child, because the midwife who delivered the first child often saw it first, and it was placed in the previous dynasty. Children are often buried quietly because of local ignorance and taboo.

But the two corpses in front of him were deformed fetuses that Duan Xiao had never heard of such changes before.

Visible to the naked eye, after the old policeman who walked in first opened the coffin for them with one hand, what appeared in front of them was that the pair of deformed fetuses were a pair of baby boys.

When Duan Xiao and Fucharzi began to examine the corpse carefully, they found that there were still many strange things about the two children.

Because this is a twin baby of the same mother, who didn't even have time to open their eyes.

So when they were born, the bellies of the two dead babies were firmly glued together at the lower umbilical cord.

And the urethra and other places below this are connected to the excretory opening, so the two children basically share it.

In addition, the baby's navel was protruding outwards, and it was connected to a thin umbilical cord. This is how it looks to the stillborn intestines with green spots on the head, whose skin has already been blackened due to corruption, and a little soft fetal hair. That's how they came together.

In addition, when Duan Xiao used the Ripper to slightly cut their glued bodies open, and turned over the small body with the palm of his hand, which was cold enough to block the other's remaining arm, he discovered that one of the two children's legs was also Oddly grown together.

That's because of the malformation during pregnancy and the calf that grows together.

He was dragged into the kennel of the farmer's house by the dogs in the village mentioned in the previous case and bitten a dozen places while hiding.

Therefore, the body found afterwards was not complete, and the cartilage joints of the limbs were mostly caused by wounds, and the sores were typical dark red bite wounds left after bites by wolves or dogs.

——Twin dead babies with only three legs and sharing one excretory organ.

Such a pair of babies being abandoned by ordinary people may make the conditions of this case more reasonable.

It's just that if you think about it carefully, how could a pregnant woman give birth to such a pair of strange children, but it's incredible.

Because if there is no special reason, the probability of such a large-scale deformity in the fetus is very small.

Looking at this dynasty, it is rare.

Excluding factors such as disease and environment, the same is true, the old government servant who has been watching their actions suddenly said,

"Captain Jin must have told the two of you that the two infant corpses were found on the eleventh day."

"But the death should not be on this day, at least three days later. I have been a policeman for so many years, and I have seen how ugly people died when they were found, but I have never seen such a pair of babies."

"Lin'an County is not big, and there are only three or four nearby villages. I originally thought that no matter what, I would find the parents of the babies and bury them properly even if they were discarded. It is impossible to find out where the baby's body came from."

"So if you two don't give up, you can come to me at will in these few days. If necessary, I will definitely help. I only hope that this case will have a result. Don't want to bring a disaster to our Hangzhou government... .”

These words were spoken by the old catcher who stood aside to open the coffin for them, but his tone was a bit heavy.

Duan Xiao, who was looking down at the baby's corpse with all the organs below the navel glued together, raised his head when he heard this, but he also heard that there was something else in the old catcher's words.

"Why did you say that?"

Hearing this, Duan Xiao and Fucha Erji looked at each other again, and immediately asked this question, but then, the old catcher told them something else.

Because he said that he was afraid that the case would harm the Hangzhou government, and it was not groundless.

But before the baby's corpse was discovered the day before, the old yamen servant had personally experienced another thing that was not quite right.

On the first day, he was inspecting errands in Lin'an County as usual.

Nearby, there are several villages that have made a living by picking tea for many years. The villagers are simple and self-sufficient in food and clothing. Usually, there are no criminals. Naturally, this task is not serious.

In the evening, he had almost finished the errands at hand, and he wanted to find a teahouse nearby, so he bought half a catty of meat and vegetables to take back to his home.

The old policeman has no children at this age, and has lived alone for many years.

Although those tea shops mostly sell tea, they often also make some pickles and stewed vegetables for people to cook. You only need to sit in front of the hall and wait for a while.

He usually likes to buy half a catty of stewed vegetables here to go home to have a drink, but on this day, the boss who sells stewed vegetables in a tea shop outside Lin'an County directly told him about it, not to mention a month or two, In the future, the store will only focus on selling tea and will not make stewed vegetables.

"Why don't you do it? Is it because the business is not good, or what? It's not this time. Is there freshly cooked sauced chicken and sauced duck?"

At that time, the old policeman sitting outside the village was also puzzled.

Unexpectedly, the owner of the tea shop explained helplessly.

"Hey, you don't know something. I used to hear people say that selling meat and vegetables destroys merit, and those who kill chickens and cattle will go to Asura Hell in the future. I didn't believe this in the past, but I believe it these days. Do you know me? What happened?"

"What happened?"

"My wife raised a brood of ducks. Last month, they hatched eggs. They wanted to save the seeds. Some of the eggs were raised and the rest were sold in the market. Who would have thought that each duck would have three ducks on its back after hatching? winged or single-winged."

"Those look weird, and every normal duckling died in the nest as soon as it hatched. My wife was terrified when she saw those dead ducks. She just said that we have been selling stewed vegetables for so many years. I am afraid it will damage the merits. , so I just let me pray to Buddha and burn incense as often as I can, and donate some meritorious tea, eat vegetarian food to accumulate virtue, and make my vows to the sky, so as to appease God’s punishment.”

The owner of the tea shop who made stewed vegetables said so, his face didn't want to lie, but it made the old catcher feel a little weird.

At first, he also felt that the boss was thinking too much.

How come his own mother duck's litter of strange-looking ducks frightened him. Besides, a duck with three wings grew out of its back. I'm afraid it's just nonsense. There is no such weird thing in this world.

But the next day, before the old police officer could think about it carefully, another pair of deformed twin baby corpses were found and reported to the police and fell into his hands.

Moreover, the location of the incident is also within the territory of Lin'an County.

Now, the old police officer who saw it with his own eyes had to believe it or not.

He has never believed in ghosts and gods, but if this strange and abnormal thing does not make people think of it, he is afraid that it will come. For this reason, the old policeman did not dare to say anything for the past two days, and only kept the matter open. Secretly pressed in his own hands, thinking of having a chance to find out.

Deformed ducklings.

Malformed babies.

They all happened in Lin'an during this period of time. If there is no coincidence between these two events, no one would believe it.

In this way, Fucha Erji and Duan Ou are bound to stay in Hangzhou Mansion for several days.

One is to find out what the bell of Mingkong Temple in Tianmu Mountain is; the other is to find out what caused the successive cases of deformed new students in Lin'an County.

This time, the two of them, who had been busy for almost half an hour, had finished their first report at Jin Ruoyun's place today. They came out together with the old policeman, and wanted to go out of Yizhuang to find Jin Ruoyun.

But during this process, by chance, Duan Xiao saw the red merit tea box again not a few steps away from the yamen and Yizhuang.

From this point of view, the charity donation boxes are indeed spread all over Hangzhou, as the tea girl who does business at the gate of the city said.

But this time, the red merit tea box was not far from the yamen.

There is still a whole sheet of notices on the wall, filled with the names of the villagers who have been donated by the merit tea money.

But this time, Duan Xiao, who stopped inadvertently, but walked forward and squinted his eyes secretly, noticed that the notice at the gate of the yamen was somewhat different from the previous one.

Because this "Gongde Tea" is no longer specially designed for the poor, but for a village called Mingkong Village.

In a village, it is reasonable to say that if there is arable land, sowing and other farming, the whole village will not be poor, but this time, Duan Xiao noticed something very strange.

Because in the notice of the Gongde tea, it was written in the back that most of the villagers there had a similar reason for the donation.

During this year, 86 people in Mingkong Village suffered from the same disease.

And what they get is what is rarely heard of in other prefectures and counties outside, but only read in this notice in front of Duan Xiao...

Malignant cancer.

The author has something to say: Cancer existed in ancient times, and it was really called cancer. The next chapter will explain it in detail.

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