novice forensic medicine

Chapter 32 Deadlock
"What do you want a skull for?"

Zhou Ning found a picture album from the table and handed it to Liu Yongxin.

"Master, you know, I have been learning painting from Mr. Xia, not for the purpose of cultivating sentiment and cultivating interest. I am mainly studying the skull and the direction of muscles. I read a report before that there is a particularly powerful criminal investigation policeman. descriptions, or skulls, to reconstruct the face of the deceased."

Liu Yongxin understood. Seeing that Zhou Ning had been silent for a long time, just when Zhou Ning thought Liu Yongxin would refuse, he raised his head.

"What are you doing in a daze? Anyway, you are idle. The case is currently at a standstill. Otherwise, Xu Da would not call over and over again. They should have found nothing there, so they should be dead horses and go to pick them up. bone."

Zhou Ning shivered.

"Tick?"

Liu Yongxin laughed, this reaction made him very satisfied.

"Don't be cowardly, didn't you just say it rightly, you want a skull, and you're still waiting for someone to do it for you? By the way, will you do it?"

Zhou Ning shook his head honestly.

"What is an inverted mold?"

Liu Yongxin rolled his eyes.

"Are you stupid or not? The identity of the deceased has not been ascertained. The skull can be counted for you to restore. Of course, a 1:1 plaster model will be made."

Zhou Ning rubbed his nose.

"Aren't you my master? If you have any questions, you can go to the master. It's not a matter of choice, and if it can be done, won't it give you face, the master?"

Liu Yongxin sighed.

"Come on, I always feel that I have to count the money for you after being sold by you, so stop talking nonsense and act!"

The two went downstairs, dragged the free driver Zhao Xinli, and went straight to the county hospital. They worked until after six o'clock before seeing the results. Of course, the skull and the peeled skin of the deceased were also sent back.

Liu Yongxin wiped his sweat and pushed the plaster model in front of Zhou Ning.

"Enough time, you take it."

Zhou Ning gave Liu Yongxin a thumbs up.

"Master, you are too powerful. You can do this job. It really surprised me."

Liu Yongxin waved his hand.

"Come on, take it away, I'll go home first."

Zhou Ning dragged Liu Yongxin, took him back by taxi, and brought the plaster model back home. On the way, he sent a text message to Xia Momo. He had told Xia Momo before that the reason why he wanted to learn painting was because of With such a model, he hoped that Momo Xia would help him recover together.

As soon as he entered the house, the phone rang, and it was Xia Momo who called.

"Hey Teacher Xia!"

"Forensic Zhou, I'm in the studio now, you can come to me with the model, my students have just left, it happens to be tomorrow weekend, we have plenty of time."

"Okay, don't wait for me for dinner."

After buying some food, he went straight to the Cultural Palace with his bags. When the lights came on, and stepping on a thin layer of snow on the ground, Zhou Ning walked briskly to the studio.

Xia Momo was making coffee, holding two cups and looking at Zhou Ning with a smile.

"You're here!"

"Come on, I'm going to find you a job today."

Xia Momo smiled and passed the coffee to Zhou Ning. Zhou Ning put down the food, and of course the skull model.

"Is this the skull?"

Holding the coffee, Zhou Ning gave a brief introduction.

"Yes, the face of the deceased was destroyed, and the death was very tragic. I won't show you the photos. After our autopsy analysis, this is an old man in his 60s. My master thinks he is a construction worker, but I don't think so.

Although the bare skin is dark and has age spots, there are no old injuries on the body. Compared with people of the same age, the bones are considered healthy, but there are some problems with the heart. "

Xia Momo put the plaster skull model on a table next to it, with some clay beside it, Zhou Ning continued:

"I haven't learned painting from you for long, and my ability is really limited. If I send it to the city bureau, I don't know how long it will take. Anyway, I don't have any clues. I want to try it, and I will trouble you."

"Needless to say polite words, my student was going to jump off the building before, and I was the first to look for you, and my father scolded me when I got home. I know this is not your department's business. Can you come to me as soon as possible?" , I was very moved."

Having said that, Momo Xia paused, her face blushing, feeling that her words were a bit ambiguous, so she quickly changed the topic.

"As for your ability to draw, it only took one month to draw a sketch of a skull from scratch. How else do you want me to praise you?"

Zhou Ning smiled. After all, he was systematically trained every night. He was a waste, and he was also trained. However, Xia Momo's words gave him a little confidence.

"Let's not be polite to each other. I have seen part of the deceased's face. Let's eat first and then start to recover."

Xia Momo didn't say anything else, the two of them ate something, and began to fill in the skull model with soft clay. Zhou Ning kept talking about the impressions in his mind. After all, the large transparent screen was right in front of him, and he kept comparing and making comparisons. Revise.

As time passed, Momo Xia yawned. Zhou Ning knew she was tired. Looking at the model of the dead man's head that had been repaired in front of him, Zhou Ning felt a sense of accomplishment.

Looking at the phone, he realized that it was out of power and turned off automatically. Looking up at the watch on the wall, Zhou Ning realized that it was almost nine o'clock. They had tossed about for more than ten hours and looked at Momo Xia apologetically.

"Unexpectedly, I let you mess with me all night, but I think this is the dead."

Momo Xia waved her hand.

"Okay, you go to work quickly, I will be happy if I can help you."

Zhou Ning got up and left without talking nonsense.

Did not go home, went straight to the criminal police team, found that Liu Yongxin was not there when he arrived at the office, he simply washed up, before wiping his face Liu Yongxin walked in, saw Zhou Ning's bloodshot eyes, raised his eyebrows with a distressed expression on his face Confident expression.

"Why is your cell phone turned off, brat, don't tell me, you and that teacher Xiao Xia have been tossing all night!"

Zhou Ning was a little furious and scratched his matted hair.

"What a tossing all night, we are not busy restoring the appearance of the deceased, I didn't notice that the phone turned off automatically."

"done?"

Liu Yongxin approached Zhou Ning, and Zhou Ning wiped off the water stains on his face before walking to his desk and opening the bag.

Liu Yongxin's eyes lit up when he looked at the model of the dead man's head made of soft clay. He had seen the face of the dead man after he was murdered. eyebrows.

"Like, this one is too similar. I just saw a similar sculpture in a journal, but I didn't expect you two to make it. It only took one night, boy, you can do it!"

Zhou Ning smiled and said nothing, Liu Yongxin hugged the model directly.

"Don't talk nonsense, come with me quickly, I will forget if you interrupt me, Xu Da is furious in the conference room, the case has made no progress, and the surrounding area has been investigated all day and night, and no one has seen anyone carrying a corpse or pulling a box What, the missing persons and the construction site have not been found."

Zhou Ning nodded, followed Liu Yongxin's footsteps, and went straight to the meeting room, almost thinking he had entered the wrong room. The meeting room was filled with smoke, like a fairyland, so choking that people couldn't open their eyes.

Liu Yongxin coughed twice and kicked Zhao Xinli.

"Open the window, you people are so good at smoking, Xu Da, look at what my apprentice has made?"

Zhao Xinli hurried to open the window, and everyone's eyes fell on Zhou Ning. After several times of cooperation, Xu Dayuan recognized Zhou Ning's ability very much.

Seeing that Liu Yongxin was so happy, he wished he could walk with his neck stuck. Obviously, he had discovered something new, which made him refreshed instantly.

"Xiao Zhou's forensic doctor found something, tell me quickly."

Liu Yongxin put the bag on the conference table, then opened the bag, took out the plaster model inside, and poked Zhou Ning's arm.

"Okay, let's introduce you, kid. I'll find the relevant photos."

As he spoke, Liu Yongxin turned on the computer, enlarged several frontal photos of the deceased, and displayed them on the big screen.

Zhou Ning cleared his throat, he was not nervous, he was really choked, and then he started talking.

"It happened like this.
With the restoration of his appearance, I had some new ideas. Before, we thought that the deceased was a migrant worker on a construction site. After all, his fingernails were pitch black, and there was black substance in his fingers, but no laboratory results were available to confirm it.

However, I thought a lot last night. If I worked on a construction site, I would have old wounds, scratches and cuts on my body, but none of them died. His bones were healthier than ordinary old people.

Then I thought, who else would tan himself so darkly?The body is still so healthy?

I think that the investigation of the deceased can be focused on local retirees, who like fishing, flying kites, and outdoor cycling. Yes, there is another point, that is, living alone. Otherwise, no one would know about the disappearance for many days. "

Zhou Ning talked eloquently, and the conference room fell silent after he finished speaking. He was a little embarrassed, did he talk too much?

Or is this analysis out of tune?
(End of this chapter)