investigative chronicle

Chapter 117
As they continued to descend, the walls of the well became more and more slippery, and it became extremely difficult to find each focus point.

"This well is old, and the walls of the well are made of stone and cement. Be careful, all of you," the master reminded.

"Master, this well is so slippery, how do they usually go down?" Li Muzi asked.

"Why did you come down?" Yuan Mu felt that Li Muzi asked a stupid question.

"It must come down. To use our old saying, there must be a machine to 'call water', otherwise, how could the water be pumped up automatically?"

"It is a machine that needs to be maintained. It works every day, and there is no guarantee that there will be no problems. Therefore, there are usually simple ladders on the inner wall of the well for maintenance personnel to climb."

The master took a picture of the surrounding area with the flashlight and continued, "It's just that the well is too old, and the ladders are all rotten."

"Master, how deep do you think the well is?" Yuan Mu didn't dare to look down, but only raised his head to estimate the distance between himself and the mouth of the well.

"It's hard to say, it depends on the groundwater source. Generally, wells are hundreds of meters deep, and 5 to 60 meters shallow."

"It's so deep!" Yuan Mu began to feel apprehensive.

"This well is abandoned, it should have been filled, and it won't be that deep." He shone the flashlight down as he spoke.

"You can already see the bottom of the well. It should be more than ten meters. Fortunately, it's not too deep."

When there were still two or three meters away from the bottom of the well, the master stopped their movements.

"Muzi, take pictures below to fix the evidence."

"Xiao Yuan observes carefully, and we will go down after the on-site inspectors set up the board."

"The bottom of the well is considered a confined space. The scene after the deceased fell from it more than ten years ago is what we see now. Reckless, it may destroy the evidence."

Yuan Mu knew that this was the master teaching them, so he quickly cheered up and observed the situation at the bottom of the well.

There is a large space at the bottom of the well, and there are hundreds of animal corpses piled up on the thick mud and sand. Some of them have become bones, and some have just begun to rot. The rancid smell is emitted from them.

Seeing this, Yuan Mu closed her eyes. The dual stimulation of sight and smell made her feel a little uncomfortable.

"It's strange. Why are there still some that just died?" Muzi Li said, pointing to the decaying mouse corpse at the bottom of the well.

"Although people can't get down here, it's a paradise for small animals to live in. Naturally, fresh corpses are indispensable." The master said and shone the flashlight in the direction of human corpses.

As Yuan Mu said, although the body of the deceased has turned to bones, his mouth is wide open and his movements are ferocious, and the abnormal anger and pain before his death can still be seen.

"He...was still alive after he fell..." Yuan Mu's lips trembled slightly, she was horrified by what she found.

The skeleton of the deceased was half-kneeling at the bottom of the well, with his hands in a climbing posture.Judging from the twisted and fractured fingers and the scratches on the well wall, he should have climbed desperately to call for help before he died...

"The well wall is so slippery, plus his right calf is broken... There is no chance to climb up."

Just looking at the posture of this skeleton, they could feel the suffocating despair before his death.

"He should be Yang Xiu." Yuan Mu couldn't bear to look at the skeleton in front of him again and shined the flashlight on the sand beside him.

"That's his notebook. Wang Ren once said that Yang Xiu always carried a small brown notebook with him."

Their attention was drawn by Yuan Mu to the dark brown notebook with only one corner exposed.

"It's been too long, coupled with the gnawing of animals, there is probably only a skin left." The master said with some regret.

"I don't know if the laptop in his bag can extract useful clues." Yuan Mu looked at the canvas bag in the corner.

"Hopefully."

"We came too late. He must have struggled here for a long time...."

The master's flashlight scanned the deep pits at the bottom of the well, the traces of crawling, and the tiny bones that seemed to have been bitten.

Ever since it was speculated that Yang Xiu had survived for a while after falling into the well, Yuan Mu was not well.She looked around, and it was hard to imagine how desperate he was at that time.

"Don't think about it all the time. You can't feel his pain, and there's no need to feel it." Li Muzi found out that Yuan Mu was wrong.

"Put away your rich imagination, he doesn't need you to do this for him, all we can do is avenge him and find the murderer."

The master also went through the same mental journey, and he didn't want Yuan Mu to get stuck in it. "You go up first."

"Yuan Mu, our job is to find out the truth and give justice to the dead. What we are always facing is the result. This is the criminal police. You have to learn to accept it."

Yuan Mu nodded. She knew that her current state was not suitable for staying at the scene, so she followed the advice of her master and climbed up slowly.

When Yuan Mu came to the mouth of the well, she felt a little uncomfortable under the glare of the sun, and subconsciously blocked the light in front of her eyes with her hands.

In just a few ten minutes, it was so long. She lowered her head and avoided the sun like a mole that has lived underground for a long time.

Ji Si'an stepped forward, didn't say anything, just hugged her gently.She understands the pain of seeing life go by.

"Xiao'an, it's even scarier than I imagined..." Yuan Mu couldn't continue, and big tears fell down.

Luo Li took out a tissue to help her dry the tears on her face. "We will catch the murderer." After speaking, the three of them hugged each other head to head.

Due to the special situation at the site, the site inspection work did not come to an end until the afternoon.

"Do you want to take all of these back?" Yuan Mu couldn't help feeling his scalp tingle as he looked at the animal bones.

"I have to take it back. These are of great use to me, maybe I can use them to solve the case. I'm sure I'll eat your meal." Although the old forensic doctor was answering Yuan Mu's question, he turned his face to the detachment leader.

"Okay. As long as the case can be solved, let alone one meal, ten meals are fine." The detachment leader was infected by the old forensic doctor's confidence and showed a long-lost smile.

"What's going on?" Yuan Mu asked Li Muzi who was beside him.

"I don't know too well. When I was at the bottom of the well just now, the old forensic doctor suddenly became very interested in the pile of animal bones at the bottom of the well. I feel that he cared more about those bones than the victim's. They carefully sealed up each one , and some even held it by themselves, and we wouldn't even let us touch it..." Li Muzi was called to get into the car by his master before he finished speaking.

Seeing that the police work was over, Yuan Mu was going to follow them back to the criminal police team, and Luo Li and Ji Si'an were also preparing to leave.

"You two little girls, don't leave yet, come back to the criminal police team with us to make a record." The master called to stop the two of them.

Since they hadn't been called that for a long time, it took them a long time to realize that the little girl he was referring to was them.

Luo Li touched her cheek doubtfully. "I haven't been called a little girl for many years. It's a little uncomfortable to be called that suddenly."

"Come back with me. You found the corpse, which means that your previous investigation was in the right direction. When I go back, I will learn from you and listen to your thoughts." The master said humbly.

They had heard the name "City God Zhang Crazy" from Yuan Mu before, and they knew that he was a very powerful criminal policeman, and he had solved many important cases in his career as a policeman.

Now that he was standing in front of them, he was so kind and humble, which made them a little flattered.

The two agreed to his proposal without thinking, and followed them back to the criminal police team.

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