Chapter 386: The Case of Hidden Corpse in the Cowshed (6)
This is the first time since Longxingtu entered the coroner industry, he has felt a thrilling feeling when facing a corpse!
Her feet were nailed to the spot and her body was tight and straight. Out of an instinctive reaction to unknown dangers, she accumulated her internal strength in her palms and prepared to defend at any time!
"Master Long, is this man dead? He is covered in red, like a monster!"
"Master Long, come up quickly, what if it's a ghost?"
"For safety reasons, please go and find the people nearby to get some black donkey hooves and blood! "
The anxious and worried words of the constable gradually calmed down the Dragon Star Map. She couldn't panic. She was the backbone of everyone. Once she showed a little fear, the others would collapse.
"Calm down!"
She shouted, "With me here, don't be afraid! There is no need for black donkey hooves and blood, find a few thick ropes to come over!"
"yes!"
The detective agreed and ran away.
Zhu Luzhu leaned into the cellar and asked curiously: "Master Long, how could the body be red? Did he wear big red clothes and not yet rotten or weathered?"
"No." Long Xingtu pursed his dry lips and said with lingering fear: "Although I met this time, I shouldn't be wrong. This is a red mummy, which is a zombie."
Zhu Lu was shocked and dumbfounded: "Zombie...Zombie!"
"Yes, zombies are scarce, and red zombies are extremely rare. I used to only hear an old senior from Xiangxi." Long Xingtu briefly introduced a few words and reminded him: "Don't tell the constables for the time being, the sky is getting dark, so as not to aggravate everyone's fear."
Zhu Luzhu nodded quickly: "Okay. Do you want to send the young master back to the government office?"
"Although the little ghost is brave, he is a child after all, so he should find someone to send him away." While Long Xingtu was speaking, his eyes were always staring at the zombies, for fear of suddenly having the legendary "corpse transformation".
Zhu Luzuo quickly got up, ran back to the cowshed, and informed Zhang Shuban to take Du Yuxuan away. His panic expression made Zhang Shuban's face turn pale. He knew how to do martial arts, and staying was also a burden. To ensure the safety of the county magistrate, he helped Longxingtu a lot! So, without saying a word, he took Du Yuxuan's hand and ran out.
After a while, the constable found a thick rope. After the other searches, they all gathered around to help. The Longxingtu ordered everyone to tie a few more torches, illuminating the picture as bright as daytime.
"Doctor Zhu, please stay here and don't come down. I will tell you the scene. You can make a simple record first and hand it over to Zhang Shuban to organize it after you go back."
"Yes, Master Long!"
"The constable listened to the order, three of them were good at jumping down, and the others were ready to pick them up!"
"yes!"
With the Dragon Star Map, the constables were much more at ease and immediately divided into two groups to act on their own.
Although the three people who jumped into the cellar were all creepy in their first reaction, they were still calm in the face of danger. They followed the command of the Dragon Star Map and tied up the Red Mummy tightly.
"Look at it!"
Long Xingtu gave a message and then began on-site investigation.
The cellar is quite large, covering an area of half a room. The large amount of vegetables stored have long been dry and black, but have not completely rotted. The grain is still intact after many years, and even ants, insects and bacteria have not been breeded!
Apart from these, there were two other jars of wine in the corner. The Dragon Star Map opened the dusty lid. Both jars were full, but one of the lids had a corner broken, and the smell of wine was faintly scattered in the air. She reached out and touched the stone walls and the blue brick floor. It was now completely dry and not at all wet!
Judging from the neatness and order of the scene, there were no traces of fighting, nor were there any extra things, except for the abnormal red mummy.
This is a male corpse, about forty years old, lying on his back at the entrance of the cellar, his skin was red, his eyes were deep, his clothes were not gorgeous, but they were finely crafted, his fabric was superior, and the cloud-patterned boots on his feet were not worn by ordinary people. It is not difficult to judge that the deceased was a person of status during his lifetime.
Strangely, there were neither maggots nor blood on the dead body, and there was no suspected blood in the entire cellar!
Dragon Star Map couldn't help but gasp. No wonder it turned into a zombie. This is really a place to raise corpses!
After Zhu Jun finished recording the initial inspection on the scene, Long Xingtu said: "It's too late today. We will transport the mummies back to the yamen and we will carefully re-inspection and search tomorrow."
"Yes, follow Master Long's arrangement!"
"Finding a few white cloth from the room upstairs, the mummies cannot see the wind, otherwise the clothes will weather into pieces and lose clues."
"I'm going right now!"
After waiting for a while, the constable took a white cloth and wrapped the mummy from head to toe tightly. Then everyone worked together to transport it out of the cellar.
The uninformed yamen runners only sent a pair of stretchers. Long Xingtu picked up the bones of the cowshed one by one, put them on the stretcher, and then fixed them with ropes. It was fine if the mummy fell, but the four detectives each pulled a rope that tied their limbs and could walk.
Before leaving, Long Xingtu asked, "Is there any major appearance in this entire area?"
The constable said: "There are no dead people. There are some fragmentary rice paper, silk books, furniture and other things. The subordinates dare not move around to prevent damage to the scene. Master Long needs to check it in person."
Long Xingtu thought for a moment and said, "I don't have time now, so White Bone is not worried, but the Red Murphy needs to be dealt with earlier. In short, this place has been abandoned for a long time, so I won't delay this night. Let's leave two people to guard the guards, and the other constables will come to change their guards for two hours, and I will be on duty in person at night."
"Master Long, do you need to block the entire radius of Tongfu Inn as the center?"
"No need. Without knowing the deceased, who the murderer is, and without any clues, we need an insider to take the initiative to deliver it to our door."
"yes!"
After settling down, Long Xingtu led the crowd to return to the county government office.
Mrs. Du and others were looking forward to the yamen gate, but Long Xingtu and his group did not enter through the main entrance of the government office. They walked through the small north gate leading to the morgue.
In the past, there were coroners and constables who settled the dead, but today's red mummy was too weird. The Dragon Star Map was worried and stared at it without hesitation, for fear that zombies would suck blood and hurt people as the legend of the countryside. Although she didn't believe it, it was her first experience after all, so it would be better to be cautious.
After carrying the two bodies into the morgue, Long Xingtu ordered people to add two locks to the door, and transferred a constable with outstanding martial arts skills and a yamen runner to guard with swords.
"Listen, if you have abnormalities, if you don't have time to go to the inner house to look for me, you will send out a signal flare notification!"
"Yes, Master Long!"
After the Dragon Star Map was explained, he walked heavily to the backyard of the government office.
Chapter completed!