Chapter 66: Floating Corpse

Monday.

Pouring rain.

In order to go to work, Jiang Yuan specially drove his father's Land Cruiser, wading through the water all the way, which was very hard.

Entering the courtyard of the Criminal Police Detachment, he saw that the usually crowded parking spaces were more than half empty; it shouldn't be that everyone was embarrassed to borrow a car from their father.

Running into the building through the rain and then to the office, he saw Wu Jun using an electric stove to warm himself, and slurping tea.

"You came so early." Jiang Yuan was a bit surprised; he thought Wu Jun would be late.

Wu Jun gave an "En" but asked: "Did you bring a raincoat?"

"No, I used an umbrella, it was only a section of the road..."

"Everything is unsuitable today, you have to be prepared for accidents." Wu Jun interrupted Jiang Yuan, threw him a raincoat, and said: "Keep it, it's the rainy season recently. If things go wrong, there will be corpses."

"This..." Jiang Yuan was a bit surprised: "Are you afraid someone will slip and fall into the water?"

"Any situation is possible, and there are all kinds of people. People can drown in culverts, people can drown in sewers, and people can drown in flash floods; sometimes people can even drown crossing the road." Wu Jun shook his head, and after a while, added: "On rainy days, people are also prone to depression; our small place is fine, but like Changyang City, it's high-altitude falls all the time, and I don't know what they are thinking one by one."

Jiang Yuan also sat next to the electric stove to warm himself, and his heart began to build psychological defenses for himself.

Outside the window, the pitter-patter of the rain hit the window with a slap. Looking out through the glass, the visibility was less than 20 meters.

It rained heavily for a whole morning.

By noon, the rain was a little lighter, but no one wanted to go out.

Jiang Yuan simply closed the door, made fried rice on the electric stove, boiled instant noodles, and then ate with Wu Jun, one bite of fried rice and one bite of instant noodles.

Only halfway through eating, the landline in the office rang.

"A corpse has been washed down the Tai River." Wu Jun stood up, with no expression on his face.

"It really came?" Jiang Yuan was still a bit surprised.

"It was going to come sooner or later; there's no exception every summer." Wu Jun sighed, put on his raincoat directly in the office, and muttered naggingly: "If Ningtai County doesn't have an accident, the cities upstream will always have bad luck. Everyone knows it's raining heavily, and everyone thinks they aren't the ones who will die."

Jiang Yuan quickly shoveled a few mouthfuls of fried rice, drank two mouthfuls of soup, and shouted "chi-liu-liu" because it was hot, then reluctantly put down his bowl and chopsticks, and also began to put on his raincoat.

Having a corpse and having to go immediately, this was the most difficult part of being a forensic doctor, even more annoying than any foul smell. Especially for older forensic doctors, this point was deeply hated but helpless.

The raincoat Jiang Yuan got was a little small, and he put it on with a struggle, but fortunately, the effect was still quite good, at least keeping the clothes inside dry.

By the Tai River.

Under the highway bridge.

There was a sharp bend here, and at the same time, the river surface widened, and the water flow became a bit slower.

The highway bridge was built here, covering a large area of flat land. It was windy but not rainy, which was a treasure land between rainstorms.

"The corpse is still soaking in the river, and we can't get it up, fearing it will unhook." There were only two police officers from the police station at the scene, pointing to the riverside.

Wu Jun hurried over to look, and saw a pale, half-wrapped corpse with unknown aquatic plants, the lower half of its body half-submerged in the water, floating and sinking, hooked in a concave bay by the river.

The river water in the concave bay flowed slowly, and there were aquatic plants like reeds blocking it in front, so it was quite stable. The main reason the corpse stayed here was that it was hooked by a fishing line.

The other end of the fishing line was tied to a fishing rod, which was locked on the ground at this time.

"Two anglers found it. They reported it to the police immediately." The police officer from the police station pointed to an SUV not far away, and saw two men with their arms crossed, hiding from the wind behind the car with unlucky faces. Seeing the police officer beckoning, they ran over reluctantly.

"With such heavy rain, you guys also came out to fish?" Wu Jun looked at the cold and dazed appearance of the two and couldn't help but ask.

The man who ran over first wiped his face and said: "The time I fish was agreed upon with my wife last month; don't talk about wind and rain, even if it's raining knives, I have to come."

"Can you catch fish?" Wu Jun asked.

"Occasionally."

"Even if you can't catch them, you have to come."

The answers of the two were quite firm.

Wu Jun sighed, looked at the corpse in the river again, and asked: "How was the corpse discovered? Was it fished out or what?"

"It floated down from the river surface and wrapped directly around my fishing line." The angler who spoke was slightly fat, and didn't even dare to glance at the corpse.

"Such a big corpse, floating down, you didn't see it in advance?" Wu Jun asked again.

"With such heavy rain and wind, even the fishing float can't be watched, where would I have time to look at other things." The angler said righteously.

Wu Jun actually felt that what he said was very reasonable.

With such heavy rain and wind, if you don't watch the fishing float, wouldn't it be a wasted trip.

"Bring me the hook, let's fish the corpse up first." Wu Jun called Jiang Yuan, took a telescopic rod from the trunk, tightened the screw, and then installed a large iron hook in front, carrying it one in front and one behind, slowly hooking the corpse from the shore.

Wu Jun was in front, seeing that the iron hook was hooked firmly, pulled it lightly, and shouted: "One, two, three..."

Jiang Yuan exerted force from behind, Wu Jun exerted force from the front, and the two exerted force together, pulling hard, and saw half of the corpse come up.

There was only half a corpse!

The pants of the corpse were only half left, and the grayish-white calves and feet were wrinkled, which was the state of being soaked for a long time.

As for the upper half, because it was broken, the remaining bit of the abdominal cavity had already been washed clean.

A gust of wind blew, and bursts of corpse stench rushed directly into the nostrils of Jiang Yuan and the others.

The eyes of the two anglers widened as if they had caught a fish, and after several seconds, they ran away with a "vomit" sound.

"I don't want the fishing rod anymore!" The angler pouted, enduring the pain of giving up his love.

His companion also frowned and confirmed: "You really don't want it? Didn't you just say..."

"I didn't know it was half a corpse just now." The angler was almost shouting.

The two police officers from the police station also followed and hid far away.

Jiang Yuan and Wu Jun had nowhere to go, so they put on masks and gloves, and moved the corpse to the shore without a word, where there was a plastic sheet just prepared.

Wu Jun stepped forward to take the iron hook off the corpse, and then straightened the corpse a bit.

Jiang Yuan and Wu Jun looked at the upper part of the corpse, which was the place where the corpse was broken, for the first time.

The cut edge wasn't very neat, but there were also some flat cutting marks.

Wu Jun and Jiang Yuan looked at each other, and their expressions suddenly became serious.

If there were cutting marks, then it was very likely a homicide case.

"I'll notify Captain Huang." Wu Jun took off his gloves, stood upwind, and then took out his phone to make a call.

Jiang Yuan changed his gloves and began to take photos of the corpse and the surrounding environment.

The difference between an ordinary unnatural death and a homicide case was too great, and now it was a state of wind and rain. Don't look at the riverbank currently being one or two meters away from the water surface; who knew when it would be submerged.

Soon, Wu Jun finished the call, put on his gloves again, and came over, saying: "Captain Huang and the others have set off; these few days will be hard to endure." ===== CHAPTER 67 =====