"Hello, Team Leader Xu."
Li Yinglong glanced at Xu Lin and others, and finally focused on Su Aijun, the oldest, and walked over with his hands outstretched from a distance.
Su Aijun was confused by him and said with some embarrassment: "Sorry, I am not Team Leader Xu."
Then he pointed at Xu Lin. Li Yinglong was a little embarrassed and hurriedly came to Xu Lin.
"Hello, Team Leader Xu, I am Li Yinglong, director of the Changping Municipal Bureau." Li Yinglong stretched out his hand and said.
Xu Lin shook hands with him, but his eyes were still on the altar.
"Team Leader Xu, the skulls we saw before were placed on something." Li Yinglong said.
Xu Lin came back to his senses, looked at the 48 skulls arranged neatly on white cloth, and said: "Is there anything found on these skulls? Do you have the original photos? Show them to me."
"Xiao Zhang, come here quickly and show Team Leader Xu the photos of the scene." Li Yinglong immediately shouted to a forensic doctor who was working.
The forensic doctor named Xiao Zhang heard this and walked over immediately. He took out a stack of photos from his bag and handed them to Xu Lin, while looking at him curiously.
"Are you Team Leader Xu, the first team leader of the Great Xia Special Case Team?" Xiaozhang looked at Xu Lin, not expecting that this legendary being was so young.
Li Yinglong was on the side, also shocked by Xu Lin's age.
It was because of this that he recognized the wrong person before.
Xu Lin frowned and looked at the photos taken before.
In the photo, all the skulls are placed in the middle of the altar, piled up like a hill.
There doesn't seem to be any structure, just piled up casually.
He touched his nose, returned the photo to Xiao Zhang, and asked, "Apart from these, are there any other discoveries at the scene?"
"There are quite a few." Xiao Zhang said, looking at a young man in his 30s next to him.
The latter is Li Xiang.
He said: "Team Leader Xu, we found some rags, cans, mineral water bottles, burned incense candles, and some animal feces at the scene."
Xu Lin nodded and asked: "Have you found anything on this altar-like stone platform?"
"No, the scene is very clean. There are no fingerprints or hair left." Li Xiang shook his head.
Xu Lin looked up at the top of the cave and found that there was a charred area on top, which was obviously caused by long-term smoke.
But there was no sign of fire at the scene, which was a bit strange.
He said to Fang Qingying beside him: "Go and take a look at that altar. I don't think it is made of cement. Its color is not right."
Fang Qingying nodded immediately after hearing this and walked towards the altar.
Xu Lin wandered around the entire cave of several hundred meters. In the innermost part of the cave, there was an underground river. The water was only half a meter deep and crystal clear, flowing into the dark underground river.
Xu Lin glanced at the direction of the river, activated his eagle eyes, looked at it for a while and then looked away.
So far, nothing has been discovered.
"Team leader."
At this moment, a crisp voice woke up Xu Lin.
He immediately returned to the altar and looked at Fang Qingying, waiting for her to give him an answer.
Then I heard her say: "Team leader, according to my judgment, there are only two kinds of materials for this entire altar."
"Which two types?" Xu Lin was curious.
Fang Qingying: "Ashes and adhesive."
"What did you say?" Li Yinglong suddenly burst out in surprise.
The altar is approximately 3 meters in diameter and 1.8 meters high, and is made of solid material.
If this thing is made entirely of ashes and adhesive, then how many people's ashes must be in it?
Xu Lin's face was solemn, his eyes were slightly red, and he said: "If it is really made of pure ashes and adhesive, then... there will be at least hundreds of people."
"hiss!"……
There were gasps from a group of people nearby.
48 skulls were enough to shock them.
Hundreds of people?
This may all exceed the level of a very serious case, and as for what level it is, it may have to be redefined.
"Let's take action. Take the skull back for testing first. Also take this altar apart and let me test how many people's ashes are inside." Xu Lin looked at Fang Qingying and said.
"Yes, team leader." Fang Qingying shouted in a deep voice.
Xu Lin looked at Li Yinglong and said, "Director Li, we are taking over this case now. I hope you can fully cooperate with us in handling the case."
Li Yinglong: "No problem, Team Leader Xu, I leave it to you. Li Xiang, you just follow Team Leader Xu, go wherever they go, and meet all the requirements of Team Leader Xu no matter what."
"Yes." Li Xiang shouted excitedly.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
Although Xu Lin is young, he is the absolute number one in their criminal investigation world.
Even if he is a veteran criminal investigator with decades of experience, he may not dare to say that he has as much experience as Xu Lin in handling major and serious cases.
This great master's fame began with three major unsolved cases in Haiyuan Province.
All 48 skulls were taken back to the forensic department.
As for the altar on site, it is certainly impossible to take away the entire altar. It can only be partially destroyed and sampled, and then taken back for analysis.
Changping Municipal Bureau, Xu Lin and Li Yinglong came to his office together.
Li Yinglong personally made tea for him, and then said: "Team Leader Xu, what do you think of this case? I always feel that it seems to be one of those feudal legends in our ancient Daxia. Superstitious ideas such as human head sacrifice, the old society Hand-me-down dross.”
Xu Lin nodded and said, "I think so too. But no matter what, we must first obtain the time of death of the deceased and their identity."
At the beginning of solving a case, the most important step is to investigate the time of death of the deceased.
The time of death is the time of the crime.
Only by knowing the time of the crime can we accurately use this as a basis to explore various clues.
But for Xu Lin, he has other methods, such as conducting a detailed all-round search of the surrounding mountainous areas.
From the inspection of the scene, it was obvious that the criminal had cleaned up. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to leave anything in such a large area, not even any footprints.
Secondly, where did the smoke at the top of the cave come from?
There was no sign of fire inside the cave.
That afternoon, Xu Lin invited Li Yinglong to the scene again.
He conducted a detailed search around the area, and sure enough he found a set of footprints in the forest.
The footprints should have been left by ordinary sneakers, and it was not known whether they belonged to the murderer or the victim.
