Plague Doctor

Congenital absence of both upper extremities is a very rare congenital limb deformity in clinical practice, mainly due to morphological and structural defects caused by embryonic developmental disorders in early pregnancy.

There can be many reasons, including radiation exposure history, medication history during pregnancy, family inheritance, consanguineous marriage, environmental factors and so on.

Lin Jing's situation is not a family inheritance, because the Lin family has no family history of genetic diseases. Lin Jing's biological sister, younger brother, and cousins ​​are all healthy and normal, without any congenital deformities. Lin Jing's parents are not close relatives, nor have they been particularly exposed to radiation. As for the history of medication during pregnancy, Lin Jing's mother said that she had taken painkillers several times in the past, and she wondered if this was the reason.

More than 20 years ago, it was still an old era, and Anfu Village was located in a remote area. Most pregnant women went to the town hospital for an obstetric examination.

Besides, there was no such perfect prenatal diagnosis and health check during pregnancy at that time, so it was difficult to prevent the birth of deformed children.

"A Jing, he was born without hands... I didn't know it at first, but the nurse suddenly screamed in surprise, and then let me see it and let me know that it was not the child who was replaced... I asked the nurse, Where's his hand, where's his hand? The nurse said, saying...he just doesn't have a hand..."

Lin Jing's house is an old private house of less than 50 square meters. It has been built for decades. It has a dilapidated red brick exterior, a blackened wooden door, and a security door with faded green paint.

Although there is a security door, in fact, there is nothing to steal in such a family. When you enter the door, it is a cramped living room. There is a half-person-high TV cabinet in front of it. Several cabinet doors are too tattered to hide. There was Ladra, an old-fashioned TV on the cabinet, and a lot of messy stuff.

On either side of the living room is a set of coffee tables and chairs, and on the other side is a desk and storage cabinet.

All of these furniture are old and rotten. I don't know if they have been bought and used for many years, or they were originally used as furniture that was eliminated by relatives and friends.

At this time, Lin Jing's parents were sitting on the wooden chairs on either side of the coffee table. His father, Lin Guowei, had a dark face and scratched his head from time to time. His mother Chen Shengdi said these words, her eyes were already red. He wiped away the tears that were about to fall.

Both of them are workers working in local factories, and sometimes they also work in agriculture. From the outside, both of them looked much older than their actual age of less than fifty, like two old people.

For today's sudden situation, a whole house of investigators and the entire village alley were blocked. They couldn't adapt and felt uneasy.

"My son, my life is not good..." Chen Shengdi choked slightly, "It's my fault that I took painkillers a few times when I was pregnant with him... Can you help us find him? I heard that he was in Dongzhou City. While begging..." She suddenly became excited and wanted to kneel on the floor, "I beg you..."

"Auntie Chen, sit down first." Gu Jun supported the middle-aged woman who lost her child and let her sit back on the chair, while paying attention to Lin Guowei's expression.

He seemed to capture that dark face, and there was a faint flash of confusion and pain...

Before walking into this room, Gu Jun had already sorted out his mind.

Among the words he first heard from the voice of negative choice in the delivery room, there was a paragraph: "Those negative choices, throw them into the trash can, into the wild, into the sea, or destroy them humanely, Or let them fend for themselves."

If, then the voice is Lin Jing... Or, it has something to do with Lin Jing...

"Throw into the wild", which is the same as a gossip in the village.

Gu Jun calmly looked at the cramped surroundings again. There was a dusty, pale green old ceiling fan hanging above the living room. The walls were covered with faded cartoon stickers, New Year's stickers, and some schools. The certificate of merit belongs to Lin Jing's sister and brother.

There is also a photo frame on the wall on the side of the coffee table, showing some pictures, it seems that this has always been a family of four.

There was not a single photo of Lin Jing in it, no one, and no group photo. Lin Jing disappeared, and the image never existed.

But if you are afraid of being hurt by the scene, it is not a strange thing to hide Lin Jing's photos. In some places, customs will even tear up all the photos of deceased relatives.

"Auntie Chen, can you tell us more about the day when Ah Jing disappeared? Did anything strange happen before?"

Gu Jun asked. At the same time, there were several colleagues in the investigation department who were watching the couple in the house. His old acquaintances Wang Ke and Cao Yicong were all there.

Compared with him, Wang Ke and others have more experience and skills in investigation. They only judged that Lin Guowei was weird from the micro-expression capture. The more they asked, the more Chen Shengdi said. , Lin Guowei's anxiety is exposed more and more.

When everyone looked at each other, an inference naturally emerged in their hearts.

Did Lin Guowei abandon his eldest son Lin Jing without Chen Shengdi's knowledge...

But is this really the case...

"No, no, it's been fine all the time." Chen Shengdi's tears did not seem to be fake, but also seemed to be trying to recall:

"Nothing happened, everything was fine that morning... I remember that I cooked white porridge in the morning, A Jing had a good appetite, and drank two bowls... In the afternoon, I went to work in the fields, and my sister and my brother came with me. , Ah Jing stayed at home to watch TV... When we came back from the field, we would not see him at home. Usually he would go out to play by himself. He was in the village and didn't need to be watched by us all the time. I think he was out to play..."

At the same time, Lin Guowei tensed his face without saying a word. He searched for a cigarette from his pocket.

gone back.

"But in the evening, A Jing didn't come back..." Chen Shengdi said so much that she was about to cry again, "We went out to look for it, we searched all over, in the village, in the fields, and in the surrounding mountains. After searching for a few days, the people in the village also I searched for it, but I couldn't find it..."

In fact, Gu Jun has heard of this statement long ago, and the villagers can confirm most of it.

But it started from looking for A Jing in the evening. What happened that afternoon, no one could say clearly.

"I want to ask." Gu Jun said, looking at Lin Guowei, "Uncle Lin, where were you that afternoon when A Jing disappeared?"

Lin Guowei was stunned. Gu Jun, Wang Ke, and others all looked at them. These seemingly calm eyes seemed to be able to see through all the lies. They were more vicious than the factory leaders and village leaders that Lin Guowei had ever met.

"I..." Lin Guo hesitated before speaking, his expression changed, and then he tightened again, "I was out of the city that day, and I only came back at night..."

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