Chapter 34 Corpse Oil Doll
Wang Zheng's bold hypothesis was difficult for others to accept.
If the dead were really made into dolls, wouldn't that be too strong a taste? And the first dead person found was a man.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Wang Zheng felt a little uncomfortable and quickly explained, "I'm not talking about that kind of doll. Have you ever heard of something called a corpse oil doll?"
When everyone heard this, they shook their heads, and then Wang Zheng began to explain patiently.
The corpse oil doll did not originate in China. In fact, it is a widely circulated folk sorcery in Southeast Asia that was told by a Southeast Asian businessman after he got drunk many years ago.
According to rumors, the superstitious Nanyang people on the battlefield would not let go of any prisoner who had seen him, but they were also afraid that the prisoners would take revenge on them after their death, so when the army withdrew, they would often hold a very cruel ceremony in the prisoner-of-war camps.
First, they would cut the prisoner's neck and chest, and then use a special hook to pierce the victim's tongue. Often, at this time, they only needed to pull hard to pull out the victim's internal organs intact.
After the victim's body is hollowed out, they will use plenty of clean water to wash his skin. Finally, they will remove the shriveled skin and make it into a simple doll.
The next step is much simpler. All you have to do is steam the flesh and bones removed from the victim in an iron pot. When enough fat has been steamed out, soak the doll in the fat for several days and then air-dry it.
During those few days, they would carefully disassemble and clean the remaining bones of the victims, and when they were considered clean, they would be put together and placed in the prisoner-of-war camp.
"What about the internal organs... and the steamed meat?" Huamei seemed to be interested. When she asked this question, the two people beside her subconsciously took a step back.
"Feed the dog." Wang Zheng said calmly.
"This is too disgusting." Gao Feng couldn't help but shudder. "From what you said, the techniques are exactly the same."
"I just thought of it suddenly." Wang Zheng pondered for a while and said, "So based on our scene and the rumors, I think the murderer should be around 50 years old. Judging from his calmness at the scene, I think he has participated in the war."
"I'll notify Professor Gu right now!" Gao Feng said excitedly. After working all night, he finally got the profile of the murderer, which made him very excited.
"Wang Zheng, come with me." Huamei suddenly remembered something and called Wang Zheng, who was about to leave. The two walked one after the other and soon came to a small garden behind the police station. "What did you dream about yesterday? Another self?"
"Yes." Wang Zheng shook his head helplessly. He was not going to hide this from Huamei: "He... provided me with some clues and also complained to me."
"What are you complaining about?" Huamei raised her eyebrows.
"He said he didn't like the feeling of being controlled by others." Wang Zheng said truthfully: "I thought about it later and it was very strange. When I was conscious, I had been simulating the scene. I could feel that I was in control of myself, but suddenly I lost control."
"That's why I asked you out." Huamei sighed, "I later observed the scene and found something wrong. The arrangement of the deceased's bones was consistent with what you said, but the internal organs were a little strange. It seemed like some kind of psychological suggestion."
"When I close my eyes now, all I see is my intestines and liver." Wang Zheng agreed with Huamei's words.
"So I have to suspect that there is more than one murderer in this case." Huamei hesitated for a while and said, "I originally thought of asking Professor Gu to go to the scene to take a look. I don't have as much experience as he does with crime scenes, and I'm afraid that my judgment will be wrong."
"I understand." Wang Zheng smiled and didn't say anything else.
"Sometimes I envy you." Huamei whispered, "I once heard that there was a patient with 24 people "living" in his body. Each person was an independent character. They talked and struggled with each other, as if they were having a party every day. The patient never felt lonely."
"Are you lonely?" Wang Zheng stared at Huamei's face.
"Not really!" Huamei's tone became cold again, and she changed the subject and said again: "It was my negligence this time. I ignored the possibility of psychological suggestion before investigating the scene."
"It's all in the past." Wang Zheng didn't want to talk about that matter. After a moment of silence, he said, "I want to tell you something. It has nothing to do with this case. It's about me."
"Okay." Huamei agreed straightforwardly, "You say."
Wang Zheng bit his lip, and when he seemed to have finally mustered up the courage to speak after a long time, an inappropriate call came in from Gu Xia.
The content of the call was very simple, just asking Wang Zheng to lead the other members of the task force to rush to the moat as soon as possible.
" What ?" asked Huamei.
"We'll talk about it next time." Wang Zheng shook his head and waved the phone, saying, "Lao Gulu called and asked us to rush to the moat now. I think there is a clue."
Things turned out just as Wang Zheng had guessed. When they were in the car, they encountered several patrol vehicles. It was the first time that everyone had seen such intensive patrols, but it was basically certain that even if it was not a new murder case, something had been found.
For example... the flesh of the dead.
Because the moat is just outside the residential area, there are many people surrounding it. The temporary cordon cannot stop the curious people. The Shizi Township Public Security Bureau has dispatched a number of patrol police to come here to form a human wall to block the sight of these curious people.
"What's going on?" After Wang Zheng entered the scene, he saw Gu Xia with a worried look on his face and asked hurriedly.
Gu Xia asked Wang Zheng for a cigarette in a depressed mood. After lighting it himself, he started to explain to Wang Zheng.
The person who reported the case was a sewer cleaning worker. Due to the renovation of the sewage pipe in the village two days ago, the sewer near the residential area was blocked to a certain extent. After the worker carried out normal cleaning, he was preparing to leave as usual, but when he just poked his head out, he was scared.
At some point, a lot of wild dogs gathered around the sewer entrance. None of the dogs seemed to be good people. They stared at the workers, made whining sounds, and opened their mouths ready to bite. For safety reasons, the workers chose to call the police.
Due to the large number of cases in the village, the police responded much faster than usual. After finally clearing away the stray dogs on the roadside, the worker thanked the police and was about to leave, but at this time he was stopped by the police who rescued him and asked him to return to the police station to assist in the investigation.
"Why are you arresting me?" Some workers were not convinced. They all get paid for serving the people, so what's the difference between them?
"Don't you know that there is a piece of human flesh on your body and women's underwear with blood on your face?" The policeman was a little amused.
"How did you recognize it was human flesh?" Gao Feng, who was listening at the side, was amazed and couldn't help but ask.
"That piece of meat has skin on it, and there's a tattoo on the skin." Gu Xia raised the evidence bag in his hand. Just as he said , it was indeed a piece of meat with skin attached. The other bag contained a woman's white underwear stained with a little blood. "I suspect this case is related to the dismemberment case, so I asked you to come to the scene to take a look."
"Yeah." Wang Zheng stretched out his hand and rubbed his stubble, quietly watching the police officer who was cleaning the sewer, wondering what he was thinking.
It was finally evening when several police officers finally cleaned out the sewer. All the meat and some bloodstained women's clothing were packed up by the police officers and transported to the task force's office.
As soon as she entered the office, Bai Ling opened the bag and began to turn over the pieces of meat. At the same time, a foul smell emanated and spread throughout the office.
"I found it!" Gao Feng also started fiddling with the computer after entering the room. After a long time, he suddenly spoke in surprise, but not long after, he covered his nose, "What's that smell?"
"Swill and some human excrement." Wang Zheng quickly pushed Gao Feng and asked, "What did you find?"
" The first piece of meat we found was indeed Long Fa's." Gao Feng clicked on a picture and pointed at a skinny man with a tattoo on his arm and said, "This man is Long Fa. The tattoo on his body matches the tattoo on the piece of meat!"
"The deceased is indeed a man." Bai Ling echoed, "But there is bad news. The meat does not only belong to one person, but also to a female victim."
