"The deceased's name is Geng Yaai," Zeng Ke read from the information. "Bai Ping Town, Beigang City, 16 years old this year. She ran away from home a month and a half ago and hasn't returned since! "
"Bai Ping Town?" Zhao Yu opened the map on his mobile phone and quickly found the location. "It's more than 100 kilometers away from Wuqing County!"
"I told you!" Cui Lizhu rubbed her palms nervously and said with a solemn expression, "Only a psychopathic murderer would do this, killing people and putting them in a hanging coffin! It's so cruel … "
"If that's the case …" Zhao Yu said to Miao Ying, "Team Leader Miao, let's split up! You take Zeng Ke and Cui Lizhu back to the Wuqing County Criminal Police Unit. First, investigate the deceased's situation, and find out the identities of the other deceased! Now that we've found one, it's possible that we'll find more! "
"Understood!" Miao Ying nodded in agreement. "Then … Once there's any news from the autopsy, don't forget to inform me first!"
"Okay! Don't worry … "
Zhao Yu said a few more words, then let Miao Ying and the others go back to the police station.
Phew …
Sure enough!
After they left, Zhao Yu sighed heavily. He couldn't help but look at the hexagram that he had gotten that day. He saw the words "Kun Gen" written prominently on the system interface!
Kun Gen!
Kun represented major events, and Gen represented the case.
Based on Zhao Yu's understanding of the system, this was a standard hexagram for a major case.
This hexagram had come to Zhao Yu when he was on the high-speed train after he learned about the case. In other words, he had already expected that the hanging coffin case was by no means an ordinary case!
It had now been proven that one of the deceased in the hanging coffin case was a missing girl. There was no doubt that the probability of the girl being murdered was very high!
If all seven girls were murdered, then this case would be no less serious than the Headless Female Corpses Case or the Devil Case!
Moreover, the deceased were all underage girls. The nature of this case was obviously much worse!
Who was it?
Who would do such a cruel thing to these girls? And why would they choose to hide the bodies in a strange way like hanging coffins?
Why would the murderer do this?
"Leader!" "This is Pang Zhihui, the president of the Wuqing County Cultural Relics Protection Association. He is also the chief of the County Cultural Relics Bureau and the deputy director of the County Museum!"
"No, no, no … Leader … Don't be so polite! Haha … "Pang Zhihui quickly waved his hand and said," Wuqing is a small place. In fact, the museum, the Cultural Relics Bureau, and the Cultural Relics Protection Association are all the same! "
"Leader!" Ran Tao said. "President Pang just led me and my colleagues in the technical team to walk around. Except for the half-dug utility pole pit, we didn't find any other particularly obvious traces!"
"Oh … So …" Zhao Yu nodded and asked, "President Pang, do you think that the murderer didn't fall from the sky?"
"No, no, no … I can't be sure about that! But … Leader, come … Come and have a look … "Pang Zhihui said. He took the lead and walked to somewhere on the cliff. He pointed to an inconspicuous place on the ground and said," Look, these small holes sealed with cement were used to fix the scaffolding during our first scientific expedition in the 1980s!
"Look …" He pointed to the people who were now working. "Just like there, we used this method to go down!"
Zhao Yu squatted down and looked carefully at the small holes sealed with cement. After a long time of exposure to the wind and the sun, the cement was almost integrated with the rock.
"I see!" Zhao Yu said. "There are seven hanging coffins on the cliff, and the positions of the hanging coffins are different! So, if the murderer wanted to use the scaffolding to go down and put people in the coffins, he would have to change seven different positions, which would leave a very obvious trace! "
"Hehe …" President Pang nodded and praised Zhao Yu. "A leader is indeed a leader. I can't explain it clearly, but you understand everything as soon as you listen to me! Amazing, amazing! Hehe … "
"If we don't need to install scaffolding and lift, is there any other way to go down?" Zhao Yu asked.
"This …" Pang Zhihui thought for a moment. "There are many hanging coffins in Wuqing Mountain, but for the sake of safety, we use this method every time we carry out a scientific expedition! Adding a safety rope to the elevator. Although it's not written in the regulations, this is an old rule … "
"That's true!" Zhao Yu said. "The murderer is not alone. He has to at least carry a dead body and open the coffin! Um … Is this coffin … Is it easy to open? "
"Of course it's not easy to open! But … It's not difficult to open! "Pang Zhihui said.
"What are you talking about?" Ran Tao urged. "Is it easy to drive or not?"
"It's not difficult to open if you master the essentials," Pang Zhihui replied quickly. "But if you don't master the essentials, you can't open it at all!"
"Oh? What do you mean? "Zhao Yu asked.
"There are no nails or wooden wedges!" Pang Zhihui said. "I'm afraid it's hard for you to imagine that this coffin came from 600 years ago, but it does have a sliding lid!"
"Ah?" Ran Tao was stunned. "Isn't it flat?"
"There is a fixed slide between the coffin and the coffin lid, but there are several delicate wooden tenons on the slide. Only when you know how to remove the tenons can you open the hanging coffin!"
"Wow! Is it that high-tech? "Ran Tao was surprised.
"The wisdom of the ancients is far beyond our imagination!" Pang Zhihui said with a smile. "Leaders, you may not know this, but the Seven Star Hanging Coffins are different from the other hanging coffins in Wuqing Mountain! Our other hanging coffins are all from 2000 years ago. The earliest ones can even be traced back to primitive society!
"But the seven hanging coffins on the bank of Baisha River are different! They only have a history of 600 years, which is relatively young among the ancient hanging coffins in the country! " Pang Zhihui said with confidence. "These seven coffins are suspended above the cliff, showing a clear pattern of the Big Dipper, which is really rare.
"We also detected that the planks of these seven coffins are different from those of other hanging coffins …" As soon as the topic was brought up, President Pang's eyes suddenly lit up. He raised four fingers excitedly. "Cypress, pine, willow, and sandalwood! Come on, leaders, choose one out of four! "
"Sandalwood!" Ran Tao said without hesitation. "I've often heard people say that sandalwood is the best plank for making coffins!"
"Yes, but not all of them!" Pang Zhihui said with a mysterious smile. "The Seven Star Hanging Coffins are indeed made of sandalwood, but our tests have confirmed that the sandalwood is already in a semi-petrified state!
"We detected a variety of compounds and unknown chemicals from the samples!" Pang Zhihui said. "Some experts suspect that after the Seven Star Hanging Coffins were made into coffins, they were soaked in some kind of tung oil liquid for a long time, which is why they became what they are now!
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