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"It is necessary to prepare, autopsy is not without tools..." Lu Li looked dazed and his voice was low, as if he remembered something.

Zhang Yong patted his thigh, "Yes! Just wait—"

Lu Li looked at Zhang Yong who was walking briskly towards the warehouse, his eyes were a little dazed.

He suddenly remembered his elder brother in his previous life.My brother has his own forensic box, which contains a lot of tools, sampling and dissecting, and can interpret the corpse from many aspects and angles, but the conditions in ancient times were insufficient, and many things could not be tested... Where did Zhang Yong think?

He looked at Zhang Meng, Zhang Meng shrugged his shoulders to express his ignorance, and looked at Cao Shi, Cao Shi smiled, and there seemed to be excitement in his eyes.

Lu Li was even more puzzled.

After a while, Zhang Yong strode back with a box in his hand.

The box is no more than two feet long, less than one foot wide, and one foot three feet high. It is made of camphor wood, almost black and dark brown. I don’t know if it was cherished by the previous owner, or it was painted with tung oil. It looks very smooth, and the corners are not. rower.

Zhang Yong put the box in front of Lu Li as if offering a treasure, Lu Li was a little surprised, "This is..."

The box opened and there were three layers inside.The bottom layer has two grids, which occupy the largest space. The middle grid is very thin, and it feels like it can’t hold much. The top layer is slightly deeper, and there are two rows of ten small grids. The small grids are of different sizes, from left to right. getting smaller.

Zhang Yong stroked the box lightly, his voice was very low, "...this is my grandfather's box."

Lu Li suddenly realized.

He remembered that he had taken courses related to ancient forensic medicine with his elder brother, and Song Ci's "Winning Injustice Records" had been carefully studied, analyzed and verified, so he naturally knew how ancient forensic works were done and what was put in the box.

"The bottom layer is for Atractylodes saponin. The middle layer is for pen, ink, paper and inkstone, which is convenient for writing post-mortem items. It can be pulled out and placed on top. Ten small cells are respectively placed with warm water, wine, vinegar, white plum, and ginger slices. , green onions, peppers, salt, grains, and a small pot for grinding things..."

Lu Li read it carefully, then looked at Zhang Yong with a smile, "Uncle Zhang, am I right?"

"You really understand!" Zhang Yong looked very excited.The young man in front of him stood smiling, with a slender and youthful figure, with an indescribably confident and calm posture.He is no longer the little boy with gloomy brows, he has grown up, and his immature shoulders are enough to carry the affairs of the world.

"you have grown up……"

Zhang Yong sighed with emotion, but Lu Li began to feel confident.He has solved many cases with his elder brother, and he thinks that he has enough knowledge. Even if he came to ancient times, the things in his mind have not been lost. He doesn't believe that he can't do it!

"The person to be examined today has not been dead for a long time, so it is okay to have some things unprepared. All you need is atractylodes, saponins, wine vinegar, and gauze, which should be enough." Lu Li looked at Cao with a smile, "Atractylodes saponins, gauze, I am at home I’ve seen it before, and my aunt’s kitchen must have things like wine and vinegar.” In fact, it would be better if there were rattan paper or white paper, but Lu Li knew that the Zhang family didn’t have them, so he didn’t mention them.

Cao turned her back and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and responded crisply, "Yes, I have them, I'll go get them for you right away!"

Seeing the excitement, Zhang Meng quit, "I'm going to do an autopsy too!"

Zhang Yong refused, "You are still young..."

"I'm not young anymore! Brother Li can go!" Zhang Meng winked at Lu Li, signaling him to help.

Lu Li agreed with Zhang Yong's opinion this time. Zhang Meng was a little scared when he saw the corpse by the river, and it would definitely be even worse if he looked at it up close. Will you follow? Next time you find a daytime, when there are many people who don’t need special care, you go with me..." He looked at Zhang Yong, "I promise, I will convince Uncle Zhang to take you with me."

Zhang Meng looked at Zhang Yong. Zhang Yong's face was very serious, so he knew that this matter could not be changed. He looked at Lu Li pitifully, "Brother Li, you promised, remember to honor it next time!"

Lu Li patted his head, "OK."

The things were prepared quickly, the box was not too big, Zhang Yong was still afraid of pressing on Lu Li's shoulders, so he carried it on his own, and the two walked to Yizhuang with lanterns.

A place like Yizhuang is gloomy at any time, especially at night.

There is no moon at night, the sound of the moat can be heard far away, and there are faint howls of wolves in the deep mountains. This is a very new experience for Lu Li.

"Afraid?" Zhang Yong took a step forward with a big smile, "Actually, dead people have nothing to fear, they can't do anything."

"Yeah...sometimes the living are scarier."

Zhang Yong was taken aback by Lu Li's slightly sighing words, and after a while he patted him on the shoulder and praised, "I know this at a young age, not bad."

Shouyi Village is an old man.

Zhang Yong knocked on the door for a long time before he came over, probably because he was a little deaf.The old man has gray hair, looks like he is 60 years old, is very thin, his back is arched, and his eyes are cloudy. When Zhang Yong squinted his eyes and recognized the person, he smiled, "You are here."

"Bring the younger generation here to open your eyes." Zhang Yong greeted him with cupped hands, and then turned to Lu Li, "This is the old Wu from Yizhuang. Everyone calls him Uncle Wu."

Lu Li bowed his eyebrows and said hello, "Hi Uncle Wu."

Zhang Yong didn't specifically say what he brought people here, and he didn't give much introduction, the old Wu fixed his eyes on the box in Zhang Yong's hand, looked up and down at Lu Li, "This young man is really good. "

Afterwards, he yawned and walked back, confessing to Zhang Yong in a vague voice, "You know where everything is, and remember to close the door when you leave..."

The old man had a kind attitude and a slow gait, no different from ordinary old people, but somehow Lu Li always felt a little out of harmony.He just seemed to see the old man looking at him for the last time, there seemed to be a flash of light in his eyes...

Responding to the sound, Zhang Yong found an oil lamp from the corner of the room and lit it. He blew out the lanterns in the hands of the two and put them away. Holding on to the lamp, he walked eastward, opened a door, and called Lu Li back, "This way."

People who deal with dead bodies are probably a little weird.Lu Li felt no hostility, and had no time to think about it right now, so he shook his head and let go.

He walked into the room with Zhang Yong, and found that the inside was not very big. There were five tables for corpses, and only one had people on it. It should be the corpse to be examined today.

When Zhang Yong put the box on the ground, without Zhang Yong's help, he took out the atractylodes saponins, found a small basin in the corner of the room, put it in and lit it.

After laying out the things to be used one by one, washed his hands with wine vinegar, and warmed them up, Lu Li quietly looked at Zhang Yong, "Uncle Zhang, let's start."

Zhang Yong looked at the paper, ink, brush and inkstone set aside, "It happens that I can read, so let me help write the post-mortem grid."

Lu Li smiled, "Okay."

The winter is cold and the corpse is newly dead, so there is no need to prepare too much. Lu Li put ginger slices in his mouth, and after a moment of silence, he slowly pulled up the white cloth covering the corpse.

"Experiment—the deceased was a male, strong, radiant, about forty years old." He stretched out his hand and pressed the corpse, "Limbs are stiff."

"The face is slightly swollen, there is white foam in the mouth and nose, the complexion is pale, the breasts are slightly wrinkled, and there are goosebumps between the skin..."

Lu Li gently bent over and lifted the eyelids of the corpse, the cornea of ​​the deceased was cloudy and not obvious.There are scattered pinpoint bleeding points under the conjunctiva, which is a phenomenon of suffocation.

"The abdomen is slightly swollen, and there is a loud pat. There are red spots on the back, shoulders and buttocks, which are suspected to be deposition of corpse spots. The fingers are in the shape of eagle claws, and there is something wrapped between the fingers—"

Seeing this, Lu Li stopped suddenly and called Zhang Yong over, "Uncle Zhang, come and see—"

Zhang Yong followed Lu Li's directions and saw a piece of white cloth wrapped between the middle finger and ring finger of the deceased, which seemed to be... "Clothes material?"

"About."

Zhang Yong paused, then asked Lu Li, "Maybe the cause of death and the time of death can be determined?"

Combining the climate characteristics and the conditions in the corpse's water, Lu Li quickly concluded, "This person drowned before his death, and he has been dead for about seven hours."

"It's Youshi now...then this person died at Yinshi?"

Lu Li nodded when he heard Zhang Meng tell about the discovery of the body, "I'm afraid he had just died when the watchman found him."

Zhang Yong looked at the corpse with a puzzled expression on his face, "The deceased had fought with others, and now there is no trace of the corpse..."

"Uncle Zhang wants to ask if I can make the scars appear?" Lu Li took the wine and vinegar in the box, his brows and eyes curved, "It can be done."

Before leaving home, he asked Mrs. Cao to scald the wine and vinegar with water, and it was still hot.Lu Li sprinkled wine vinegar on the white gauze and wiped the body of the corpse, especially the neck, chest, intestines and other vital parts, and did not spare the limbs. He wiped the body three times in succession. Wrap it up, clap your hands, "Just wait for a while."

He didn't do this series of movements very quickly, but they were very smooth, there was no trace of panic, and even his movements were very gentle, as if he was worried about disturbing the dead and gave him a lot of respect.

He is really good!And don't be afraid at all!

Zhang Yong tightly held the pen in his hand, his eyes were a little excited, "You... are fine."

"Of course." Lu Li winked at him mischievously, and pulled him to sit aside, "Anyway, I have to wait for a while, can Uncle Zhang tell me about the boy?"

"What's the inconvenience?" Zhang Yong sat beside Lu Li and said slowly, "You helped me find that boy."

It turned out that the young man that Lu Li noticed this morning was the one who had an argument with the deceased last night, and even made a move.

At the beginning of Haishi last night, the deceased had just finished negotiating business with someone, and went to a wine shop to drink with a refreshed heart.The young man had booked the wine shop earlier, and no one was allowed to enter. The deceased may have had a happy conversation before, or maybe he had drunk a lot of alcohol and was in high spirits.

The young man was not as tall and strong as the dead man, and he didn't gain any advantage in the dispute, so he threw money widely, saying that whoever helped him would get the money.There were so many people around the wine shop, it was inevitable that some people who were blind to money would come forward, the deceased saw that there were so many people around the young man, and he didn't want to get into trouble, so he cursed a few times and left...

"The young man confessed that he and the deceased had only met once. Although the deceased was not killed by him, there was a conflict after all, and the person died. It is reasonable for him to be afraid." Zhang Yong frowned slightly, "But the family of the deceased I don't know where I heard that we found the boy, rushed over and grabbed the boy..."

Following Zhang Yong's narration, time passed little by little. After Zhang Yong finished speaking, Lu Li reckoned that it was time.

It is cold in winter and the river is cold. After death, many state symptoms will be delayed, and scars may disappear. Wine and vinegar are good things, which will increase the speed of molecular diffusion and infiltration, denature the hemoglobin in the bruise, deepen the color, and make the skin more translucent. increase, making scars more visible.

Hot wine and vinegar, more than half an hour is enough.

He lifted the quilt and took off the gauze from the corpse, and sure enough, all the bruises appeared.

Looking at the deep and shallow bruises on the corpse, Zhang Yong looked surprised, "It's been a long time since I saw it... I remember the first time I saw my grandfather like this when I was young, I thought I encountered a miracle."

Lu Li smiled slightly, carefully checking the position of the wound on the corpse.

Gradually, the smile on his face disappeared, and his eyebrows frowned slightly.

In the end, he soaked gauze in warm water and wiped his hands, with a solemn expression, "Uncle Zhang, the deceased was murdered by homicide, and the murderer must not be that young man."