Chapter 98 Embedding

"We're here."

It was a little after five in the afternoon. The two guides dragged Liu Jinghui to a small platform on the edge of a cliff.

He was old, so he could hold on for the first half of the mountain road, but he was basically exhausted in the second half.

Of course, in Liu Jinghui's own words, he was just "too tired from driving yesterday."

Jiang Yuan was also tired. He took a group of photos in the afterglow of the setting sun, and then carefully observed the environment around him. It was getting dark quickly.

Jiang Yuan helped to prepare for camping. The LV2 camping skills finally came into play. Although they were not as calm as the two guides, they still accelerated the overall progress.

The cliff here was cleared by humans. Although the ground was also covered with plants, they were not big and could let in some light. Behind the platform composed of several large stones was a cave with a depth of three or four meters. It was also cleaned up inside. There was a fire prepared in advance, with a small amount of firewood, branches and leaves.

Several people quickly cleared a piece of open space on the small platform. After having a foothold, they set up a small tent, collected water from the mountain stream, and started a fire.

The cave behind the small platform was the first scene of the "Wu Long Wild Man Eucalyptus", but the four people did not mention it. They first cleaned up their own place.

A more experienced guide sprayed a large amount of insect repellent on the ground of the small platform, and saw insects of different colors crawling out from under various rotten branches and leaves, and staggered to the bushes next door.

Liu Jinghui's face changed slightly, and he asked again: "Is there no one here now? I remember it was like this when I came here last time..."

The more experienced guide said: "We are taking the road that the herbalists used to take. The caves here are also prepared by the herbalists for themselves."

Another guide said with a little nostalgia: "When you go out and encounter rainy days or get injured or sick, and can't go back for a while, you can stay in the cave for one or two nights, light a fire, boil some water, and those who come back later, if they have time, add some firewood inside... There are also such places at the foot of the mountain, but much less."

"What about now? It can't be completely abandoned, right?" Liu Jinghui asked: "At least you will come here."

"We are now taking orders from some guests, some are hikers who come here to play, and some are hiking... Hikers generally don't take this route. It's too remote. If it weren't for this, I wouldn't take this road in a few years." As the guide spoke, he chopped down several saplings with a hatchet, feeling a bit like eliminating future troubles.

But everyone knows that when we come back next year, this place will be covered with saplings again. "What about the village? People from the village below the mountain will also come up the mountain." Liu Jinghui had asked a similar question before, but he deliberately changed a new young tour guide this time, so he wanted to ask again.

The guide was about 20 years old, and he didn't take it seriously, and said: "Most of the villagers come up because their family members are sick, and they come here to collect some medicine for themselves. They can't get here. It took us eight or nine hours to get here, and we took turns to slash the mountain. The villagers are all old now, and they can't afford this effort."

Liu Jinghui said "yes", thought for a while, and then said to Jiang Yuan: "Then let's go into the cave and explore first? It's better to stay in the cave at night. We have to explore all the big places tonight."

He has been here before, and he knows that it is troublesome to live outside the cave. The environment in the mountains is not like the outside. The degree of cold and humidity can make people sick, and poisonous insects and wild animals don't know where to hide.

However, in order to minimize the impact on the crime scene, he only found Jiang Yuan and two guides this time, instead of a large team like last time.

Jiang Yuan nodded. He came here to do the on-site investigation, so there was no need to be lazy.

Liu Jinghui asked the two guides to fetch water and cook, and then said: "You have seen the previous photos. Where do we start?"

The photos were taken by Jiang Yuan on the road, using IPAD. It was also the most useful evidence left before, but from Jiang Yuan's point of view, it was useless.

The first and second waves of police officers who went up the mountain found almost no valid evidence other than the body. And the forensic doctors involved, after proving the identity of the body with difficulty, made little progress in forensic pathology.

Because the bodies were incomplete, the current speculation was that the fatal wound of the body was in the abdomen. The soft abdomen was the most popular with wild animals. Before the body decayed, the visiting animals dug a big hole in the abdomen containing the information of death...

Of course, there was nothing strange about it. In the current situation, any footprints on the ground could be wiped out by insects, fungi or other strange things. The evidence that criminal police often use has no reason to exist in this environment.

Jiang Yuan raised the flashlight, shook it twice, and said slowly: "Fingerprints are unlikely, and DNA is also hopeless. The most likely thing should be physical evidence, such as plastic packaging, ironware, etc. I will look for it in the ashes of the fire first, don't move things."

The three treasures of criminal police, video, mobile phone, DNA, Jiang Yuan thinks that the most promising thing is probably a mobile phone. For example, if he can dig out a mobile phone from the bottom of the cave, that would be the best.

The dream did not come true.

Jiang Yuan then sat next to the fire, put on gloves directly, and stroked the ashes inside bit by bit.

To be honest, even these black ash and other things have been almost eliminated by nature, but branches or part of food can be preserved longer after being smoked. However, considering that last time, the police also lit a fire to barbecue here, it is difficult to say who made the things Jiang Yuan pulled out.

Despite this, Jiang Yuan still checked here first, and then went around to look for clues and evidence.

This search took half the night.

After barely resting for half the night, the sun had just risen the next morning. Jiang Yuan quickly took advantage of the time to search through the evidence he had found yesterday.

Really lackluster.

Jiang Yuan sat next to the fire, lighting the fire with a branch, frowning and thinking.

This place doesn't look like a residential building. Even if you try to clean the cave, you probably won't be able to clean anything. A rich variety of microorganisms can easily destroy all biological evidence.

Extracting some soil and doing chemical analysis may yield some results, but I'm afraid it won't be of much help to the situation.

Liu Jinghui also got up. He washed himself with cold water first, then turned around and said slowly: "Look for whatever you can find. Calling you here is just a dead horse. The first two groups of criminal police officers Not counting them, I brought several technicians with me last time and found nothing."

In fact, Jiang Yuan didn't need Liu Jinghui to comfort himself. He only rubbed his shoulders, then stood up and said, "There is nothing visible in the cave. I'll go around first."

"Let Xiao Yang accompany you." Liu Jinghui called to the more experienced guide and followed Jiang Yuan to look at the nearby situation.

Of course, the main focus is still on the mountain stream where the body was found.

At noon, Jiang Yuan returned to the fire. Seeing that the fire was a little small, he found firewood and built a new frame for the fire.

While doing this, Jiang Yuan's eyes fell on one side of the wall.

The color of the walls here has changed slightly. Most people probably subconsciously think that this is caused by the fire.

However, with the preparation of LV2 camping skills, Jiang Yuan could easily judge: No.

Even if the fire from the fire affects the growth of organic matter on the wall, the part closest to the fire and flames should be affected first.

As a result, the biggest change in color of the wall occurred farther inside.

Jiang Yuan thought of this and immediately walked forward and looked at the cave wall carefully.

Judging from the crime scene skills he has mastered, the wall should be contaminated to some extent. As for what it is...

Jiang Yuan's gloved fingers touched it lightly, and his attention was quickly diverted.

What pollution.

what colour.

Jiang Yuan broke open a section of the vine and clearly saw a semi-black object embedded in the wall behind him.

Peeling off the soil next to the semi-black object, an unusual word flashed in Jiang Yuan's mind: bullet.

Jiang Yuan immediately took the camera to take pictures, then set up a tripod, switched to photography mode, then took the on-site survey box, and carefully peeled off the soil, plants and stone debris around the semi-black object.

A fragmented bullet stuck firmly 30 centimeters from the bottom of the cave.