Master Luo Cao

Fu Yunshu immediately turned around and ordered: "Who were the people who were watching the night in the second half of the night last night? Call them to come to the county government office to see me immediately."

When he returned to the county government office, Xu Meng was already waiting in the hall. When he saw Fu Yunshu, he saluted and said, "Master Fu, all the instruments needed for the autopsy have been prepared, and you can start at any time, Your Excellency."

Fu Yunshu said: "Master Xu, let's start now."

The corpse was placed on the stage, and the white cloth was removed, revealing the young man's pale body and bruised face. His whole body was naked, except for a red string tied around his neck, on which was a rough jade pendant. On the young man's slender neck, apart from this jade pendant, there is also a deep strangle mark.The eyes of all the people present all fell on the distinct strangulation mark, Xu Meng frowned, and said: "Hang yourself to death?"

"Not necessarily." Fu Yunshu said, holding the corpse's shoulders with gloved hands, turning it sideways, exposing the back of the neck, which also has strangulation marks, and it forms a perfect circle with the front half, "If If you hang yourself, the strangle marks caused by the rope should disappear after being handed over to the left and right ears, and there will be no such long strangle marks." Put the corpse as it was, and touch the throat with your fingers, "The rope hangs on the throat, and the person who hanged himself The tongue touches the teeth, and feces come out from behind the buttocks." Gently opened the corpse's mouth, "This corpse's tongue did not touch the teeth, because the blood under the throat is not good." His eyes fell on the corpse's buttocks, he held half of it and opened it. However, Fu Yunshu was startled suddenly, and remained silent.

"What's wrong?" Kou Luoqiao leaned forward and asked, Fu Yunshu immediately let go of his hand, and the body fell back heavily, covering the scene behind him.He said embarrassingly: "It's nothing..." He quickly went to look at the hands of the corpse. The dead boy was a pampered young master before he was alive. There was a little dirt in it, Fu Yunshu looked at it, and couldn't help but let out a "huh".

Kou Luoche asked: "He was hanged to death?"

Fu Yunshu said: "A person who hanged himself had his eyes closed, his lips parted, his hands held open, and his teeth exposed. This corpse is the complete opposite. If there were no other fatal injuries, it should have been hanged to death, but..." His brows furrowed slowly, He said slowly: "It's just that people who are generally hanged to death would grab the rope around their necks and struggle with all their strength, not to mention the scraps of their own flesh and blood that would be left between their nails. Finger scratches, this corpse doesn’t have any for some reason, and compared to this...” I carefully picked a little dirt from the nails of the corpse, and sniffed it with the tip of my nose, “I’m even more curious, where did this dirt come from? "

Xu Meng speculated: "Could it be that the murderer dropped his hand on the ground while dragging the corpse and got it contaminated?"

"It's possible," Fu Yunshu said, "but in this way, most of the body is worn out, but this corpse has no other obvious wounds except for the strangle marks on the neck." He turned over the wrist of the corpse and looked at it. Look, muttered: "And there is not even a trace of fighting, it looks like..."

"It's almost like being hanged to death voluntarily." Kou Luoche said quietly.

As soon as these words came out, it was like a gust of dark wind passed through, and everyone present trembled.

Xu Meng laughed dryly and said, "Mr. Kou's words are interesting. How could someone be hanged voluntarily? Why don't you hang yourself if you have the skills? Even if you don't want to do it yourself, who has the guts to kill someone for no reason?" It’s okay to say that there are no traces of fighting, but as long as you give the dead enough sweat medicine, you won’t be able to wake up no matter what you do. It’s ridiculous to be hanged voluntarily!”

Kou Luoche glanced at him indifferently, Xu Mengru is an upright elder of the three dynasties, he is the enchanting concubine who charms the king, naturally he hates each other, but he is too lazy to argue with him, he just said: "Xu Xiancheng is right .”

Hitting the fluffy cotton with his fist, Xu Meng took a breath and glared secretly.

Fu Yunshu didn't notice the turmoil in that room at all, he just pinched the wrist of the corpse and frowned. At this moment, Zhao Ciji strode forward and saluted Fu Yunshu: "I have seen the county magistrate, my lord, you ordered the corpse to be taken down yesterday. The brothers who watched the night in the middle of the night brought them, and they are all here."

Fu Yunshu immediately came back to his senses, stood up, and asked those yamen servants, "You patrolled the night yesterday, did you meet anyone with a heavy load?"

The yamen servants all said: "Responding to my lord, it's late at night, and there are eagle villages nearby. Let alone people, dogs dare not come out for a stroll."

Fu Yunshu asked again: "Have you ever heard any strange sounds? For example... digging soil, or heavy objects rubbing against each other..."

The yamen servants looked at each other, shook their heads together, and said: "I haven't heard it, my lord, if we hear any suspicious sounds, we will definitely go forward and check."

Fu Yunshu sighed in disappointment, and was about to wave his hand to let them back, but Kou Luoche suddenly said: "Why are there only fourteen people? There are three people in each group of night patrols, and there are five groups in each of the upper and lower nights. There should be 15 people. Why are there so few?" alone?"

Zhao Ciji said: "My lord, there is another person named Zhang Tiezhu who fell ill for some reason after returning home. When the lower official sent someone to call him, that fellow was lying on the bed in a daze, and said He was talking nonsense, and the officials saw that he was seriously ill, so they didn't force him to carry him here."

Kou Luoche and Fu Yunshu looked at each other, and Fu Yunshu said: "Since the subordinate is seriously ill, how can I, as the head of a county, let it go? I also ask County Captain Zhao to show me the way, and the county will visit him in person. yes."

Changing out of the autopsy outfit, Fu Yunshu put on ordinary casual clothes, followed Zhao Ciji to Zhang Tiezhu's house together with Kou Luoche.Zhang Tiezhu's wife stood by the bed and wept pear blossoms with rain, sobbing and said: "To tell you the truth, the little girl's husband has always been in good health, and he rarely catches a cold all year round. Last night he went out to watch the night as usual, and the little girl also He didn't take it to heart, but when he came back this morning, he suddenly changed into a different person, shivering in a corner, no matter what he told him, he just yelled that there was a ghost! The little girl didn't know what he had bumped into. Also, please be merciful, my lord, and save the little girl's husband!" He fell to the ground crying.

"Is there a ghost?" Kou Luoche took a look at Fu Yunshu, raised his eyebrows, and said, "My lord, most of the people who bumped into ghosts were possessed by evil spirits. It is inevitable that the evil spirit will attack you, so I will first find out for you." Stepping forward, he tore open the bed curtain.Zhang Tiezhu, who was still sleeping drowsily, seemed to feel Kou Luoche's kind gaze, and woke up faintly. He looked at Kou Luoche, and suddenly struggled in panic, shouting hoarsely: "Ghost! Help! There is a ghost!" Ah! Ah!" The voice was so piercing and loud that Fu Yunshu couldn't help but plug his ears.

Kou Luoche remained unmoved, rolled up his sleeves with a sneer, and said as he rolled up, "Mrs. Zhang, don't worry, it's just that she was scared out of her wits. I've seen you a lot, just call me back."

Zhang Tiezhu's wife bit her handkerchief and asked tearfully, "How should I call back?"

"It's very simple." Kou Luoche said, grabbed Zhang Tiezhu by the skirt and dragged him in front of him, swung his arms round, and slapped Zhang Tiezhu twice, making Zhang Tiezhu's eyes glow with stars and his nose bleed. Hengliu stopped yelling and fell straight on the bed.

Zhang Tiezhu's wife rushed forward with a scream, wailing: "My husband!"

Kou Luoqifu put down his sleeves again, smiled slightly, and turned back into that gentle scholar again, "After two beatings, you will return to your soul."

Zhao Ciji said from the side: "Mr. Kou is well-versed in civil and martial arts, but it doesn't look like he is also proficient in metaphysics?"

"Being well-versed doesn't count," Kou Luoche said indifferently: "Knowing a few simple methods."

Fu Yunshu asked with some concern: "Brother Kou, if you hit so hard, you won't beat him to death, right?"

Kou Luoche only said: "I can't die."

Strange to say, after a while, that Tie Zhu opened his eyes again by himself, looked at the crying lady lying on top of him, and asked in a daze, "My lady, what's wrong with you? Why are you crying?"

When Zhang Tiezhu's wife saw that he had woken up, she was both surprised and happy. She wiped her tears and said, "Master! You finally woke up! Thanks to the county magistrate and Mr. Kou..."

Only then did Zhang Tiezhu realize that there were other people in the room. When he looked up, he was dumbfounded, and stammered, "Fu...Master Fu, Captain Zhao, Mr. Kou...Why are you here when you have time? ah?"

Fu Yunshu took a step forward and said straight to the point: "Zhang Tiezhu, did you see or hear anything during your night patrol last night?"

Zhang Tiezhu stared blankly at Fu Yunshu, stunned for a long time, and suddenly cried out: "My lord! Let me tell you my lord, the little one really went to hell last night!"

It is said that people are unlucky, and drinking cold water can make their teeth clogged. Zhang Tiezhu last night was such an unlucky man who was plagued by bad luck.When they were handing over the yamen guards who were watching the night in the middle of the night, they happened to bump into the officials in Bodhi Town who were escorting the prisoner and the corpse. Out of duty, they naturally had to check it. , Not without regret, said: "Tsk, it's a pity that he is still a handsome young man." Then he covered the white cloth back, and parted ways with the Bodhi town official, and they continued to watch the night by themselves.When he arrived at Moyochou, Zhang Tiezhu suddenly felt a cramping pain in his abdomen. After talking to his companions, he plunged into the grass by the side of the road and let it out in a muffled voice. As for the waistband, he suddenly heard footsteps not far behind him, he thought it was his companion who came to see his joke, but when he turned his head, he saw a face that was equally terrified and pale.

This picture was very familiar, Zhang Tiezhu's mind buzzed, and he realized that this was exactly what he had seen not long ago, that handsome young man who was supposed to be a cold corpse!

In the next moment, the world was spinning, and Zhang Tiezhu didn't know anything else.

"You mean, Shen Xun cheated on his own corpse, escaped from the morgue, and somehow got a corpse to replace himself?" Fu Yunshu said quietly.

Zhang Tiezhu heard that the county magistrate's tone was not kind, and said tremblingly: "Young...you don't understand..."

"Absurd!" Fu Yunshu slapped the table hard, causing his wrists to go numb. He quietly retracted his hands into the sleeves of his toga and turned his wrists, saying, "It's a pity that you are still a member of the county government. So confused! Go and call the two yamen servants that were in your group yesterday, this county really doesn’t believe that there will be corpses that escape by themselves!”

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The process of autopsy refers to Song Song Ci's "Winning Injustice Collection Record Twenty"

The operation of returning to the soul is made up by myself ==