Chen Tian returned to the room and threw the file on the table aside. He first took a cup of tea and buffalo from an unknown date in the tea cup, and then filled it for himself. He went back and forth for three cups before suppressing the heat in his throat.
But no matter how cold the tea was overnight, the irritability in Chen Tian's heart could never be dispelled.
Putting down the tea cup, Chen Tian stopped struggling pointlessly and chose to face the source of his inner irritability.
Nothing but because the new case assigned to him by his boss involved Kaicheng District.
The place that Chen Tian was most familiar with, the "home" that Chen Tian wanted to escape from countless times. He thought he had forgotten it, but now that he thought about it, the sour smell of poverty that permeated the city seemed to emanate from him again.
Chen Tian had imagined countless times that he would be rich and wealthy and move out of Chengdu. But when the gears of fate turned, Chen Tian never thought that he would leave Chengdu as a "Dali Temple policeman". into a district.
There is a saying that "when one person attains enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven." But this sentence obviously does not apply to Chen Tian, or it is just Lu Si's unilateral fantasy.
What happened to Chen Tian is more suitable to be described as "carp leaping over the dragon's gate".
After crossing the "Dragon Gate", his identity has undergone earth-shaking changes. He is no longer "the thing in the pool" but "the Holy Spirit in heaven."
What's more, Chen Tian was once a "thief" and suddenly became a policeman of Dali Temple. His identity changed completely by 180 degrees.
But it is not easy to become a police officer in Dali Temple. The first thing is to break away from that disgraceful past.
This is the reason why Chen Tian has not returned to Kaicheng District for so many years.
Some late nights, Chen Tian also thought that one day he would interact with Kaicheng District, but every time he thought about it, he would be so upset that he could not sleep.
The dream of returning home in fine clothes seems unrealistic. Now it feels more like a wanderer who has abandoned his hometown and his past and has to return home in despair one day.
Chen Tian, who was sitting in his chair, thought about everything for half an hour. When he came back to his senses, he could only pick up the file, preparing to let the case suppress the boredom in his heart.
The missing case files were more boring than Chen Tian expected. Most of them recorded the missing persons who were finally identified through multiple verifications after the county government visited various households to investigate the population.
Such a boring process took up more than half of the file, and Chen Tian didn't even last for half an hour before he started to fall asleep.
When Chen Tian flipped through more than half of the file, a few inconspicuous words made Chen Tian energetic.
"Mutilated corpses" "There are signs of being eaten by ferocious beasts"...
Among the uniform records in this file, these few words instantly caught Chen Tian's attention.
Chen Tian sat up straight, looked back quickly, and finally found the complete record of this case.
"At noon on June 12, Liu Zhi, the county government's Kuaishou, patrolled at the intersection of Wanmin Lane and Tianfu Street. He found stray wild dogs fighting for food in the garbage. After he stepped forward to drive the wild dogs away, he discovered that they were human body parts..."
Liu Zhi immediately reported the body parts to the county government after discovering them. After several days of searching, he finally found the remaining body parts near Wanmin Lane and Tianfu Street.
But what horrified the county government was that not only did these stumps show signs of being eaten by ferocious beasts, but all the internal organs of the corpses had been removed.
Since the face and all the features of the corpse were destroyed, the county government tried hard for several days but still had no clues. In the end, it was blamed on an unknown homeless man starving to death on the street, and the body was eaten by stray dogs.
Chen Tian frowned after reading it. He was used to the county government closing cases in such a hasty manner, but some of the details made Chen Tian feel a little unusual.
Then Chen Tian quickly looked through the files and found that there was only one such case in the entire file.
This made Chen Tian feel strange.
First of all, according to Chen Tian's understanding of the past of county government, the first task of every county government is to maintain the stability of his own district and county.
Especially in a slum area like Kaicheng District, being able to ensure that there are no major murders is enough to give the county government a "responsible" evaluation.
The reality is that in Kaicheng District, a place where "bad mountains and rivers breed unruly people", various cases emerge one after another. In order to keep their own reputation, every county government office often chooses to "report good news but not bad news."
Small cases like deception and abduction are put off as long as possible, while homicide cases are hastily closed or concealed and not reported.
In a murder case like the one just now, the method of killing corpses on the street and brutally dismembering them is extremely cruel, and the circumstances of the case are complicated and confusing enough to be called a very serious case.
Although the case was summarily concluded with the homeless man being eaten by wild dogs, what surprised Chen Tian the most was that it was recorded in the file.
In Chen Tian's opinion, even if he is a newbie who has just become a police inspector, even if he has not seen the body, he will first think that this case is a homicide when he sees the file.
But the county government's closure of the case shows that they have not caught the real murderer.
Therefore, Chen Tiancai would quickly look through the files, hoping to find similar cases in the second half of the files.
But the result was nothing.
Secondly, there is another reason why Chen Tian would become suspicious.
The case record is falsified!
The first is the time: "Noon on June 12th."
Chen Tian has lived in Kaicheng District for more than 20 years. He knows how chaotic it is, especially at night.
It is for this reason that he has never seen a police officer in Kaicheng District dare to patrol at noon in more than 20 years.
Even if you are a county police officer, patrolling the streets of Kaicheng District at noon is equivalent to an unsuspecting girl walking into a wolf's den.
The other thing is the location: "Wanmin Lane and Tianfu Street."
Chen Tian knew it well, it could be called a slum in Kaicheng District.
You can imagine how poor the slums are in the slums. Not to mention stray dogs, even stray rats can be stewed and eaten by the beggars there. .
Therefore, it is impossible for Liu Zhi to find stray dogs there!
In short, this case record is full of loopholes.
This also successfully aroused Chen Tian's curiosity. After entering the case-solving state, he completely lost his previous "fear of returning home" and rushed to Kaicheng District alone without even eating.
The Kaicheng District is dangerous at midnight. There is no one on the streets, and it is even quieter than the Chamberlain District, which has a strict curfew.
Although Chen Tian has been working as a detective for many years, his "old-fashioned" housekeeping skills have not faded. He is like a ghost walking quickly in the shadows of houses at night.
It was precisely because of the boldness of the skilled man and his familiarity with Kaicheng District that Chen Tian dared to go to Kaicheng District alone on this dark and windy night to investigate the case.
Chen Tian first came to the intersection of Wanmin Lane and Tianfu Street. Although nearly three months had passed since June 12 when the crime occurred, Chen Tian still wanted to go to the scene to see with his own eyes.
This street was full of garbage dumps, but Chen Tian still saw the garbage dump where the body was found at a glance.
Not because of anything else, but because the garbage dump has been roped off by the county government.
It can be seen that the garbage dump has been fenced off for some time, but what is rare is that these ropes, faded by wind and sun, have not been damaged.
You must know that in Kaicheng District, even the warnings set by the government have no deterrent effect on the beggars and homeless people here.
After all, the garbage dump is the basis of these people's survival.
"No one has been near this garbage dump for so long. There are only two possibilities."
"First, the county government has patrols on duty every day, so that this place can become a restricted area."
"But the county government has already closed this case, and given the county government's passive nature, it is impossible to be on duty every day."
"Secondly, when the body was found at the scene, many people witnessed it. At the same time, the body's tragic condition was so tragic that no one dared to approach it."
Chen Tian secretly analyzed in his mind, and he was more inclined to the second possibility.
Chen Tian hid in the dark and observed again for a moment. After making sure there was no one around, he turned into a black shadow and got in.
As soon as he entered the garbage dump, Chen Tian was dizzy by the stench.
"It's corpse odor!"
Although the garbage dump was filled with the stench of decaying and fermenting waste, Chen Tian still smelled a strong smell of corpses.
"Why is there such a strong corpse smell?!"
Chen Tian was a little shocked.
In order to solve the case, Chen Tian could be considered an expert in autopsy, so Chen Tian knew that such a strong corpse odor could never be caused by the decay of a corpse.
"If this is really the case, then there will definitely not be only one corpse here!"
Chen Tian suppressed his surprise and quietly walked deeper into the garbage dump.
But Chen Tian, who was focusing his attention on the front, didn't notice that a black figure moved in the corner beside him.
When Chen Tian found out, it was already too late.
"Ah, ah, eat meat, eat meat..."
The black shadow was the first to discover Chen Tian, but he did not attack Chen Tian immediately. Instead, like a child who found food, he yelled at Chen Tian with vague words but obvious excitement.
Chen Tian broke out in a cold sweat. He held the simple sword at his waist with his right hand, quickly took a step in the opposite direction, turned around and at the same time drew the sword to protect his chest.
This set of defensive moves is done in one go, simple and extremely effective.
After doing this, Chen Tian had the energy to observe the other party intently.
I saw that the other party showed no obvious fear when he saw Chen Tian pull out the knife. He squirmed hard from the ground, turned his whole body to one side, and lay on his side facing Chen Tian.
Only then did Chen Tian realize that the other person was just a down-and-out beggar, wearing tattered clothes. At the same time, he could see that he had stuffed all the rags, grass, etc. he could find into his clothes to resist the cold wind of the September autumn night. .
Although the beggar showed his bloated outline in the middle of the night, his skinny cheeks still made it obvious at a glance that he was skinny.
When Chen Tian saw the withered yellow cheek that looked like a skeleton, his eyes were obviously startled, and then he showed a brief surprise.
"Crazy uncle?!"
Chen Tian put down the knife and took a step forward, exposing himself to the faint moonlight. On the one hand, he wants to get closer to see if the other person is the "crazy uncle" he knows, and on the other hand, he also wants to let the other person see him clearly.
And this distance also allowed Chen Tian to see clearly that the other party was the crazy uncle he was familiar with.
"Uncle Crazy, it's me, Xiaotian..."
Chen Tian's eyes revealed surprise, he didn't expect to see Crazy Uncle.
But the crazy uncle who saw Chen Tian clearly screamed.
"Ghosts, fierce ghosts..."
