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County Head Mu smiled at me. I realized that his smile gave off a helpless feeling as he said to everyone, "This old locust tree has a long history, it can be considered a material and cultural heritage of Shanghe County. Sawing it off would be such a pity."

The County Head Mu pointed to the courtyard of the Public Security Bureau as he spoke. He said, "Before liberation, this place was a mass burial ground, and this old locust tree could be traced back to the Qing Dynasty. There are countless people hanged on this place, and some commoners are officials.

"Our Shanghe County is already a poor county, so there is nothing we can take out. This old locust tree is considered a relatively landmark. If we were to cut it down, then there would be nothing left!"

County Head Mu said as he looked at the dilapidated courtyard. A gust of wind blew past the old locust tree, causing a rustling sound, which sounded like the wailing of ghosts and the howling of wolves.

County Head Mu was blown away by the wind, he started coughing violently, it seemed like his health was very bad, the young man beside him supported his arm, his expression anxious, "Uncle, it's cold outside, let's go back to the house first!"

"Don't worry about it!" County Head Mu waved his hand and led us into the Public Security Bureau's office.

The moment I walked in, I looked back at the 100-year-old locust tree. At that time, there was a sense of astonishment in my heart. I kept feeling as if someone was staring at me from the locust tree.

I noticed that Liao Mengfann had also turned around to look at the tree. I asked her, "Did you feel it too?"

"En!" Liao Mengfann nodded and said to me in a low voice, "There are a lot of ghosts …"

"Haha …" I laughed helplessly, women always believe in these fake things, it seems like Liao Mengfann was no exception.

As he walked into the dilapidated Public Security Bureau, the walls on both sides of the building exuded a damp smell. The white walls had already shed off their skin, and the lighting in the corridor was still the same old-fashioned lamp-stick.

Looking at these outdated things, I thought to myself, how poor are Shanghe County? The Public Security Bureau wasn't as good as a village police station.

Pushing open the dark red wooden door, the County Head Mu led us into the office. The office was very simple and crude. There was a red lacquered table that had been there for who knows how many years, a heavy old computer, and a projection screen. However, it was a bit small.

I saw four people sitting around in the office. These four people were quite old, and gave off the feeling that they were just bullies waiting to die. When they saw County Head Mu enter the room, they all stood up one after another.

There were a few photos of the crime scene scattered on the conference table. I walked up to the table and looked at them one by one.

The crime scene was located on top of a grave. It was currently spring, and the rice fields in the northeast had yet to be sown. Some green grass had already taken root and sprouted on the grave.

At this moment, I saw a cut human buttocks at the top of the grave, partially covered by green grass.

I picked up another photo, taken at close range. I saw that the severed buttock was raised to the sky, that is to say, the anus of the buttock was pointed up to the sky.

The picture was not clear, but if you looked carefully, there seemed to be some messy dust on the anus. However, it was not mud. There was also some scorched flesh on the sphincter as if it had been burned.

I pointed to the photo and asked, "What's going on here?"

The young man beside County Head Mu said to me: "When this buttock was found, we discovered a large amount of fragrant ashes at the anus, which means that the murderer stuffed a bundle of incense inside the anus of the deceased, and then ignited it on this grave!"

Ah?!

Everyone was very surprised, Aunt Wang Meiqing and Elder Liang were also looking at the photo. After the two of them looked at it, Aunt Wang Meiqing said to County Head Mu, "I want to look at this buttocks that was cut off!"

"Alright!" County Head Mu said to the young lad beside him: "Jiang Shan, bring the two experts over to take a look!"

Jiang Shan nodded, he led Elder Liang and Su Yun out of the meeting room. I sent a glance at Jiang Shan's back and felt that it was a bit of a pity for this young man. If he had an appearance, he would give off the impression that he was a top student.

After the three of them left, County Head Mu said to the four of us: "Our county's manpower is limited. Jiang Shan is the only captain of the Criminal Police squad. This case is also the first time since Shanghe County was founded that we killed a human being. I hope our comrades from Task Force will work hard to overcome this current difficulty! "

I nodded. I discovered that County Head Mu was a person who was hard to talk to. He gave me a good impression and was kind. I stood up and held County Head Mu's hand as I told him, "Don't worry, County Head Mu. I will definitely give an explanation to the commoners!"

"Thank you, comrades!" County Head Mu got up and took out a file. He handed it over to me and said, "All the information on this case is inside this file. There is still a meeting to be held in the county to attract money for business.

I didn't expect County Head Mu to be such a busybody. After exchanging a few polite words with him, County Head Mu and those four people left the meeting room.

At this moment, the four of us are the only ones left in the conference room. I opened the folder and took out the information from within to distribute to everyone.

According to the information in the archives, the cut off buttocks were discovered by the village villager, Cheng Yuee, at around 5 am this morning. At the time of the murder, Cheng Yuee was preparing to burn the paper for her dead husband, because that day was three weeks (the third anniversary of her death).

After discovering her buttocks, Cheng Yuee screamed like a madman and ran back to the village. After the village head received the news, he immediately gathered the villagers to the cemetery, and immediately followed up by informing the local police.

I threw the information to the side. Feeling displeased, I said to everyone, "Isn't this nonsense? To mobilize the villagers into the fields, isn't that the same as destroying the scene? "

As I spoke, I took out a photo that was filled with footprints for everyone to see. Liao Mengfann was a little helpless as she said to me, "Most of the villagers do not have the awareness to protect the crime scene. Furthermore, they all have the mindset of watching a good show.

I sighed, thinking to myself, this case is pretty weird, cutting off a human's butt and putting it on a grave. Is there any connection?

The cases we've been through, both in terms of criminal tactics and in terms of the murderer's motives, are generally allegorical, as in the case of the skinning of the body and the case of the dead woman, we've deduced from the manner in which the deceased died the motive and the connections behind it.

But there was something fishy about this case, and I said to the crowd, "Think about it, why did the murderer cut off the buttocks of the deceased? Why did you place it on top of Cheng Yuee's husband's grave? "

I continued, "There was more than one grave bag at the scene of the crime? Why did the murderer have to place it on this? Random? Or was it premeditated? "

"Could it be a random throw of the corpse?" Wei Shijie said to everyone: "After the murderer cut off the buttocks of the dead person, they casually found a place and threw the bottom of the dead person there?"

"I think the culprit is someone from nearby!" Just then, Brother Huang took out a photo and told everyone: "This is the scene of the crime. Cheng Yuee's house is in the bracts lane, and there were no large rut marks on it, no bicycle marks at all. I think the culprit must have walked in front of the grave and threw his butt there!"

"There is a question here!" I said to the Brother Huang, "What you said makes sense, but where are the other corpses? How did the murderer do it? Why didn't he cut the buttocks of the dead man? There must be a meaning here! "

I continued, "There is also one other person who is suspicious. That is the village head of the Estuary Village. I feel that he is deliberately letting the villagers go into the rice fields. Is he trying to get someone else to destroy the place?"

"Makes sense!" Liao Mengfann, who had not spoken since the beginning, interjected, "What Little Chuan said makes sense. I also have another question, Shanghe County belongs to a poverty-stricken county. And why did the murderer stick incense in the anus of the deceased? "

Liao Mengfann continued: "Could it be that there is some sort of scheme behind this? Don't forget, we still have another matter to investigate! "

I nodded. "On TV, we saw a Eight Trigrams Mirror with a mysterious symbol of Spirit Realm Organization at Cheng Yuee's home. It seems that this case is not simple, it's very strange! Everyone must be careful. "

I said to Wei Shijie: "Little Wei, investigate how the local television stations know about this case. If you invade the internal systems of the television stations, you should be able to find out."

I told Brother Huang and Liao Mengfann, "Let's head towards the Estuary Village immediately. I'm worried that if the members of Spirit Realm Organization also see the television, Cheng Yuee might be in danger. We must protect her safety!"

"I'm in charge of her safety!" Brother Huang said, "Little Chuan, you and Xiaofaan are in charge of investigating the case, leave her to me!"

"Alright!"

After the three of us had assigned our tasks, we immediately left the meeting room. However, the moment we left the meeting room, we collided with Jiang Shan.

"What's wrong?" I asked when I saw a worried look on Jiang Shan's face.

Jiang Shan smiled apologetically at me before sighing gloomily, "Something has happened again. I just received a call from the village head, and found a cut off butt in a fruit tree field in their village. Let's go take a look!"

Ah!

What was going on? Yesterday, the Estuary Village just found one. Why did they find another one today? Where on earth should I go?