Department of Psychology Forensic

Chapter 45: Sleepless Night
The university town where Jianghai Normal University is located is located in the Zhongcheng District of Jianghai City, which belongs to the city center. Less than 10 kilometers to the west of the school is the Jianghai City Library.

Jianghai City Library is a large-scale comprehensive modern public library integrating document collection, information consultation, social education, and academic research. It is the largest document information collection and distribution center and social and cultural education center in Jianghai City.

12 midnight.

The road in front of the library was empty, only the rustling sound of the tree branches being blown by the night wind. Occasionally, even the street lamps would shake a few times with the wind, causing the light bulbs to turn on and off, and the sound of electric current to be heard.

Such a boulevard, where people take pictures and check in, feels a bit weird after midnight.

In the shadows on the side of the road that no one noticed, a black figure came quietly and walked towards the main entrance of the library.

Black Shadow took out a bunch of keys from his clothes, tried on the door lock one by one, and finally opened the door after a click.

Immediately afterwards, Black Shadow dragged a suitcase into the library.

……

1 points in the early hours.

A black shadow ran out from the main entrance of the library.

The moment he came out, the moonlight shone on his face, and he could be vaguely seen wearing a mask.

The heavy makeup on the mask, the slightly raised corners of the mouth and the mocking eyes all have a similar charm to the classic emoji "smile".

After the black shadow disappeared, almost three minutes later, thick smoke began to billow from the windows on the third floor of the library, and at the same time, the automatic fire alarm in the library was sounded.

Suddenly, the alarm sounded, and the alarm system in the library began to spray water, but it didn't work. The smoke became more and more intense. With the sound of glass cracking, the firelight from the window illuminated the surrounding night sky , The library with a collection of more than 50 volumes instantly turned into a sea of ​​flames.

……

The siren of the fire truck pierced the tranquility of the night. The fire alarm system of the library passed the news to the fire brigade at the first time, and the 24-hour firefighters on standby responded instantly. Quickly head towards the direction of the library.

The Jianghai City Library cannot be regarded as a landmark building, but it is extremely representative and has a very high image in people's minds. A fire here is a very serious matter, and the fire brigade pays special attention to it. Almost all the fire engines in the brigade came out.

By the time seven fire engines arrived on the scene, the library was in flames.

The firefighters in orange and red clothes immediately jumped out of the fire engine. They quickly climbed onto the roof of the vehicle, set up the high-pressure water guns on the vehicle, and aimed at the broken windows in the library, and a powerful jet of water spewed out immediately. .

"The report reports that the fire in the library is too big. We need support. The gate is closed and the smoke is thick inside the library. It's hard to see the specific situation. I'm not sure if there are any injuries!" Yun Ling, the captain of the Zhongshan Fire Squadron, said anxiously into the walkie-talkie Big news report.

"Received." The voice on the intercom responded immediately.

The next moment, the fire brigades in the central city area that were close to the library received dispatch orders to cooperate with the fire fighting, and one after another fire trucks quickly moved towards the library.

Not long after, another five deployed fire trucks arrived. After stopping, the firefighters quickly got out of the truck and sprayed water on the burning scene of the library with a high-pressure water gun.

Gradually, with the passage of time, the fire in the library was gradually brought under control, and the water sources stored in the various fire trucks were also exhausted. The residual temperature at the scene was still hot, and billowing black smoke continued to flow out.

Seeing that the open fire at the window of the library had been extinguished, Yunling immediately put on a fire mask, carried a fire extinguisher on his back, and ran towards the main entrance of the library.

"Brothers, follow me, and wipe out the flames that have not been extinguished!" Yunling shouted loudly.

"Yes!"

The firefighters at the scene all made the same action, carrying fire extinguishers and pouring into the library one by one.

Due to the burning of the flames, the door of the library has long been dilapidated, and there is no need for a key at all, and you can break in with just a kick.

……

After a period of time, the fire in the library was completely extinguished, and the charred main body of the building kept reminding people who paid attention to what happened to it not long ago.

As the fire fighters came out from the main entrance of the library, everyone's face was black, and then four fire fighters carried out a charred body covered in black canvas.

"Report, someone was killed, a total of three people died!"

Yunling reported to his superiors through the walkie-talkie. While he was speaking, four more fire fighters carried out the corpses. A total of three corpses were carried out, all of which had been burnt beyond recognition.

"I will immediately contact the criminal police department for further inspection, and you will stand by and do the handover," the intercom instructed.

"Understood!" Yunling responded immediately.

……

PUC Forensic Center.

After Cui Jun and Zhou Zheng came back, it was almost one o'clock in the morning. After such a lot of tossing, both of them were a little tired.

"No, I have to go to sleep. Let's talk about everything tomorrow." Cui Jun lay directly on the makeshift bed made of chairs.

Zhou Zheng stared at the computer screen and yawned silently. At this moment, he was also very sleepy, but he still wanted to take another look at the photos he just took.

The contents of the photo are the body parts in the three plastic bags. When viewing it on the bridge, due to the lack of light, there is no way to see it too carefully. The photos taken are enlarged on the large screen of the computer. Can expose more details.

"The murderer's method is really professional!"

Zhou Zheng carefully watched where each piece of corpse was cut. He did not probe and was extremely precise. This kind of clean cutting could not be done after reading a few books.

Is it really a colleague?
Zhou Zheng didn't want to think about it like this in his heart, but after such thoughts came out of his mind, they would continue to take root and sprout.

He kept browsing these photos, and gradually his eyes began to close, and sleepiness swept through his brain.

"Buzzing—"

"Ring-ring--"

However, at this moment, the mobile phones of Zhou Zheng and Cui Jun rang at the same time.

After Zhou Zheng heard the phone ring, he almost jumped up subconsciously.

He immediately picked up the phone, saw that the caller ID was Xia Yan, and glanced in Cui Jun's direction, and found that the latter had already got up to answer the call.

summer team.

begging.

Must be good news!
After Zhou Zheng prayed silently in his heart, he pressed the connect button.

"Zhou Zheng, call forensic doctor Cui. A major fire broke out in the Jianghai City Library. Three people died at the scene. Please go to the scene as soon as possible to carry out investigation and autopsy." Xia Yan's tone was extremely solemn.

"understand!"

When Zhou Zheng hung up the phone and turned his head to look at Cui Jun, the latter had already started to put on his clothes.

"Master, are you okay?" Zhou Zheng's eyes flickered with distress, there was nothing like that, and he didn't even allow him to rest.

"Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night!" Cui Jun sighed helplessly.

"Master, why don't I go and bring back the corpse, we'll do an autopsy tomorrow, and the fire site can also be inspected tomorrow." Zhou Zheng suggested.

"If it's a small fire, then there's nothing wrong with doing what you said, but..." Cui Jun's sleepy face was full of helplessness, and he said, "The Jianghai City Library is on fire!"

"It's really troublesome." Zhou Zheng nodded.

"It's more than a little!" Cui Jun took out the chewing gum from his pocket again. It smelled of cool mint, which was very refreshing. Now he can't smoke anymore, and said while chewing: "It stands to reason that if there is a homicide, the deputy director-level The leaders at the top must be there, but a major fire in a library-level building like this, plus three dead bodies, the leaders of the city may have to be there, how can we not go. "

"Master, don't you plan to recruit more forensic doctors?" Zhou Zheng felt that the work of the Municipal Bureau's Forensic Medicine Center was not as leisurely as he imagined, and he felt a serious shortage of manpower. If there were reliable forensic doctors to shift shifts, then everyone will be much easier.

"It's not that easy. Just take the current situation as an example. Just because you are competent does not mean that other people are also competent. Especially in this kind of situation where the cases are piled up and turning around continuously, those new recruits will not only help, but it will be good if they don't cause trouble." .” Cui Jun sighed, and from the tone of his voice, he faintly felt the story.

"This……"

Zhou Zheng had a lot of words in his mind, but when he came to this point, he swallowed them all.

After getting along with him for this period of time, he really realized that Master is a good person, and he is also an excellent forensic doctor.

but……

Master is still a person who is not willing to trust others easily.

This doesn't seem to be the case from the very beginning. Judging from the tone and expression, it is more like something that has been experienced before, leading to such behavior and thinking.

……

Cui Jun drove the vehicle on the midnight road where there were no vehicles, and drove in the direction of the library.

Ten minutes later, the car came to the road in front of the library, which was the only way to get in and out of the library.

It's just that this road has been blocked by police cars and fire engines. As Cui Jun said, if such a serious incident happened, the leaders in the city couldn't continue to sleep at home.

So many things happened in this day.

During the day, a homicide occurred in Jianghai Normal University, and at night, a major fire broke out in the Jianghai City Library.

Either of these two things alone would be a sensational event, let alone the combination of the two things.

That night, too many people couldn't fall asleep.

When Cui Jun and Zhou Zheng arrived here, the car could no longer go in, so they had to stop at a crossing in front, and then walked towards the library.

When the two arrived in front of the library, the open space here was already illuminated by the lights of the fire trucks. After showing their credentials and entering the cordon, the clever Zhao Lei immediately greeted them.

"Forensic Cui, Brother Zhou, you are here. Three corpses were found in the fire scene. You need to inspect them. The original scene has been destroyed to the point of no value due to the fire fighting. The fire fighters are eager to fight the fire and have no time to take pictures, so Regarding the picture of the corpse, we need to obtain the video information carried by the fire fighters after we hand over it to show you." Zhao Lei told the current investigation results in the most concise language.

"Who is the deceased? Is there any clue?" Cui Jun asked.

"The hair and clothes on the three corpses were all burned. We don't have any clear information yet. However, we have contacted the people in the library. According to their feedback, there will be two security guards on duty every night. That is to say, Two of them should be the security guards on duty today, and the specific shift information needs to be further confirmed, because the shift schedule seems to be burned together." Zhao Lei replied.

"Three corpses, two security guards, where's the other one?" Cui Jun frowned, showing a thoughtful look, even he himself didn't notice, now he is more willing to ask about the case than not long ago Instead of coldly submitting autopsy-related reports.

"It's not clear yet." Zhao Lei shook his head.

While speaking, the three of Cui Jun came to the place where the corpses were placed, and all three corpses came into their sight.

The bodies of the three corpses exuded a burnt smell, their skin was heavily carbonized, and they all showed fist-fighting gestures.

"Take pictures." Cui Jun explained in a deep voice.

"Yes." Zhou Zheng immediately took out the camera. Now that he is proficient, he just practiced it.

"Prepare for the autopsy." Cui Jun immediately put on disposable gloves and prepared to examine the first corpse.

However, at this moment, there was a commotion in the crowd, which attracted the attention of Cui Jun and Zhou Zheng.

Now they are located within the warning zone, and ordinary people can't get in at all. If they can cause disputes here, it must be the people inside.

"Captain Xia, those who trouble you quickly get out of the way. We have received an order from the fire alarm center. There is a fire in the Blue Rain Community. We must rush to put out the fire as soon as possible!"

Yunling's tone was extremely anxious. The appearance of the second fire caught the firefighters who had just put out the fire in the library and were in a state of exhaustion completely by surprise.

The Blue Rain Community is not far from here, but the problem is that their fire truck is stuck on the narrow road in front of the library, and they have to ask the police car to move if they want to drive out.

Not only that, what worried him the most was that their fire trucks had no water reserves, and they had just run out of water, so they couldn't go directly to the scene of the fire now, they had to drive back to the team to add water first.

"We are actively cooperating." Xia Yan immediately called the criminal police to move the police car away to provide a passage for the fire truck to leave.

Immediately, the police cars backed up one after another in an orderly manner, making way as quickly as possible.

While waiting for the car to be moved, Yunling kept reporting the situation through the walkie-talkie, and asked the control center to deploy other fire brigade's fire trucks to put out the fire in an urgent tone.

"Blue Rain Community..."

Zhou Zheng's face was solemn, he took out his mobile phone to check the map, and after pinpointing the location of the community, his eyes were full of thought.

"The location of this community happens to be on the cross-connection line between the teaching building of the art department and the No. [-] teaching building. Is it a coincidence that the fire broke out when the firefighting resources were exhausted?"

Zhou Zheng's eyes were once again shrouded in a layer of fog. He seemed to be able to see the scene through the fog, but it was very unreal, and he always felt that there was a lack of things to connect these things together.

(End of this chapter)