The first work of the imperial prison

Lucky?

Where is the luck?Shen Jiang looked at the corpse and didn't understand.

"The body has been kept in water for a long time, or in moist soil with insufficient air, and the fat under the skin will decompose, which will produce a special corpse phenomenon - corpse wax." Ye Baiting turned to Phytolacca, "Shang Yuzuo should have seen it."

Shanglu nodded, but he didn't say much, because his purpose of following the young master was just to learn. He took a small book and specially recorded the young master's autopsy process, to see what he didn't understand before, and didn't pay attention to... …Skills and knowledge are never too much.

"What the hell? Corpse wax?"

Shen Jiang went over and didn't see any corpse wax, but smelled a very obvious smell: "It stinks, how lucky are we?"

"Touch it," Ye Baiting said encouragingly, "Touch it with your fingertips, it will feel greasy."

Shen Jiang also happened to be wearing thin gloves, so he reached out and touched it... just once, and didn't want to touch it again, don't ask, it's disgusting to ask.This greasy feeling is still on the body, it is not the same as anywhere else!

Qiu Yiqing noticed the difference: "Traces?"

"That's right," Ye Baiting nodded, "The place where the wax is formed can preserve the damage the corpse suffered during life, the traces of the grooves, and occasionally even goosebumps. Guan Xiuzhu's partial wax, not the whole body, if you're lucky, We can find something."

Ye Baiting untied the shroud on the deceased, and looked at the wound first.

"The file says that the murder weapon was a dagger, which was stuck in the left abdomen..."

The wound was easy to see. It was partially rotted and incomplete, but because of the partial wax, some traces remained, and the incision could be clearly seen. He compared the angle of the incision with tweezers, and frowned: " This... the knife you entered?"

Shen Jiang didn't understand: "Is there a problem?"

But Qiu Yiqing understood: "There is a problem."

Shen Jiang was a little anxious, it's okay to be the commander, I don't like to talk, but you talk about it, young master, but I didn't see it, it seemed that I was stupid!Look at Shanglu and understand it!

Ye Baiting heard the call from Shen Baihu's heart, and decided to give him a chance: "If you decide to commit suicide with a dagger, and the point falls on your lower abdomen, you can try it."

"Compared to..."

What's the matter? Shen Jiang took out the dagger he was carrying with him. Of course the scabbard was not removed. He took it with both hands and pointed at the lower abdomen, slashing down——

Ye Baiting looked at him: "How do you feel more comfortable?"

Shen Jiang died fish eyes: "...I don't feel comfortable in any way."

This is going to die, how can it be comfortable?

"Then let me change the question," Ye Baiting said again, "How convenient do you think? Or, the trajectory of your movements just now was a subconscious behavior? Do you think it's the most convenient way to cut?"

Shen Jiang nodded: "Yes."

Ye Baiting smiled: "So."

So so what is it!Shin Kang is going crazy.

Ye Baiting said in a deep voice: "Someone decides to die. Maybe he moved his hand as soon as he was upset. He held the handle of the knife with both hands and stabbed straight down. Because there is a difference in height between the position of the hand and the abdomen, the angle of entry into the knife must be biased. Oblique, with a high probability of going from top to bottom, at most it is parallel, but it is difficult to go from bottom to top..."

Shen Jiang followed his words, whether with one hand or two, when stabbing his lower abdomen with a dagger, his behavior must be from top to bottom, and it is not easy to achieve parallelism. How could it be from bottom to top?

No one would want to commit suicide like this, with the point of the knife pointing upwards, and not saying anything, what if the mind is in a trance and makes a mistake, it doesn't go into the stomach, what should I do if it hits the chin?

Oh, that's a more unique way to die.

"So the angle of the blade...is from bottom to top?"

Ye Baiting nodded: "The wound is located on the lower abdomen, but the depth inside goes up, and the direction of extension is from bottom to top - people who really commit suicide probably would not choose such a method. This incision must have been caused by someone else, and this People, shorter than Guan Xiuzhu."

After a pause, Ye Baiting changed to a more rigorous statement: "Or when there is a difference in height between two people, the other party must be at a slightly lower height to attack Guan Xiuzhu to cause such a wound."

Shen Jiang focused on the body's stature: "This man doesn't seem to be short... He doesn't look like a commander, but he is taller than ordinary people. There are many people who are shorter than him. Let me think about it... …I have read the files, and I have seen people from the household department in the past two days, most of them are shorter than him, only Shang Shu Wan Chengyun is taller than him, and the servant Deng Huaqi is probably about the same as him, so the rest are all suspects? "

"Not at all."

Ye Baiting moved away to let Shen Jiang take a closer look.

It was a fine day, the sun was shining brightly, and there was always a certain smell on the body of the corpse. After smelling it for a long time, Shen Jiang got used to it. Shen Jiang took a closer look.

Ye Baiting: "Do you see anything?"

Shen Jiang was silent for a while: "No."

"It's still a knife edge," Ye Baiting hated that iron could not be made into steel, "you should take a closer look."

Shen Jiang was reminded of the important point, and only then did he see that something was wrong, and compared it with his fingers: "It seems a little narrower?"

Qiu Yiqing pointed out precisely: "The size of the murder weapon at the scene is recorded in detail. Although the wounds of the deceased are not complete, the depth of the murder weapon at such an entrance is no more than an inch and a half at most."

So now another question arises -

"Most daggers are heavier in the handle and lighter in the blade, and they only go so deep, how did they get stuck in the belly of the deceased?" Shen Jiang Tongling's eyes were full of question marks, "Shouldn't it fall down?"

Ye Baiting thought for a while, and narrowed his eyes: "So in the records at the scene, it is said that the left hand of the deceased was covered in blood..."

Qiu Yiqing: "Guan Xiuzhu's hand was holding a dagger at that time."

The grip posture may not be natural as most people understand, but to keep the dagger just 'inserted' in the abdomen.

"And this location..." Ye Baiting carefully identified it, and said, "He should have injured the stomach. Human gastric juice is acidic and corrosive to a certain extent, but a puncture in the stomach will not cause immediate death. , if rescued in time, at most one illness, how could he die?"

Shen Jiang touched his chin: "So you just said that the person who stabbed Guan Xiuzhu with a dagger may not be the murderer?"

Ye Baiting nodded: "That's right, because of such a wound, it can't kill anyone at all."

"But I have read the file of this case. It said that there is something to discuss. I need to ask Guan Xiuzhu to come out. No matter how much he knocks on the door, he will not answer. Others are worried, so they called Shangguan together. When they broke in, he was already dead. , There is a big pool of blood on the ground, all flowing from the stomach..."

"That's right, such a wound won't produce such a large amount of blood." Ye Baiting was also curious, "How did the blood come from?"

Qiu Xunqing: "The two armies made a false attack in front of the formation to cover up the real attack target."

Is it possible to create a fake wound to cover up another?

"Cause of death."

Ye Baiting's eyes were not entangled in the abdominal wound, but turned to other things. The autopsy should not miss any details. Sure enough, it was found that there was something wrong with the deceased's throat. Looking carefully: "His throat is black."

Shen Jiang: "Taken, poisoned?"

Generally speaking, this is indeed a manifestation of poisoning, but it is not necessarily true. Ye Baiting observed carefully and found that there was something wrong with the skin on the lower jaw of the deceased: "Here... seems to be a handprint?"

"Where is it?" Shen Jiang looked at it for a long time, but couldn't see it, "I can't see clearly."

"It doesn't matter."

Ye Baiting stretched out his hand, and Phytophthora had already brought over a box, not the one containing the scalpel, but the one containing wine, vinegar, ginger, distiller's grains, etc. Shen Jiang complained that it was a seasoning box.

"We can also use bad cakes."

The long-dead corpse, the cold weather, he knew that it might be needed, and when he was doing various preparations, when the fire was lit up, he had already pressed salt and pepper white plum wine grains together to make cakes and baked them. It just happens to come in handy now.

Now that it has reached this level, if you want to paste the bad cakes, paste all the suspicious places, take a look, he took Phytophthora, carefully inspected every place on the body, lined it with paper, and put it on Bad cake...

The next step is to wait.

Fortunately, this process didn't take long. Let's observe other things and talk about the case, such as the knife edge that deserves to be savored... Time passed quickly.

The bad cake was removed, the paper liner was removed, and the deceased's lower jaw, near the neck, had clearly visible finger prints, obviously two, the thumb and the index finger.

"Is this the left hand, or the right hand?" Shen Jiang tried to compare with the deceased, "It seems to be the right hand?"

Ye Baiting pondered: "Although there are imprints, the force does not seem to be very strong. There are only some bruises, no redness and swelling, and the cartilage at the base of the deceased's tongue has no signs of injury. It is also a non-fatal injury. It seems that it was just a press... This is in the What are you doing?"

Shen Jiang put two fingers on his chin and tried it: "What can you do like this? Just lift your chin, as if nothing can be done."

Ye Baiting and Qiu Yiqing looked at each other, and for some reason, he wanted to look away. He always felt that Qiu Yiqing's eyes were burning, as if he was not looking at the case, but thinking of something else.

"Didn't Shen Baihu have such an experience before?" Ye Baiting said, "It's okay to be similar."

Shen Jiang thought for a while: "It's not impossible... For example, I just sneezed and my throat hurts. When my wife asked me to drink medicine, she would pinch my chin like this and force me to take it. In fact, it is not necessary at all." Well, the medicine is bitter, and the mouth has to be punished..."

Ye Baiting: "...what else?"

"and also……"

Shen Jiang is such an idiot, his face is also red: "When I kiss... When I kiss?"

He was ashamed to say it, he said it earlier, his daughter-in-law was a butcher in her ancestors, everyone has inherited a lot of strength, and so is his wife, she must not be provoked. Don't worry too much, she will really get started!

My daughter-in-law pressed me to kiss her, she was a bit strong, but she couldn't fight back, what should I do if I was hurt?I can only bear it...

Ye Baiting: ...

Hello, Shenbaihu, colleagues from Beizhen Fusi, how many single dogs, you show your affection every day!

Shen Jiang has one skill, which is the desire to survive like a small animal. He felt that the young master's eyes were wrong, and he was wronged: "What are you doing? Why are you looking at me like that? Am I serious about the case? If you don't believe me, let me Commander, give it a try, either drink medicine or kiss, it is definitely this kind of trace! Really, two fingers are enough, it is very convenient!"

Ye Baiting: ...

Chou Yiqing: "No nonsense is allowed in public."

Shen Jiang: ...

What does the command make you mean!What do you mean you can't mess around in public, if there is no one else, you can try it!So I'm still right!You see, my eyes are right, just like the last time I was rewarded with silver!

Then I am right, why false criticism!

Shen Baihu was wronged like a 170-jin dog.

Ye Baiting has continued to examine the body: "The deceased's right arm, near the back, has long strips of bruises, which may be resistance injuries. He was attacked by a weapon such as a wooden stick before he was alive, or why did he go to the hospital for some reason? leaned back and hit something long - like a bookshelf."

Look again, no matter how many scars there are, there will be no more signs of scars, and the ones found are relatively shallow, none of which can be considered fatal injuries, except for the word 'poison', which is unclear and worthy of discussion.

It's a pity that the internal organs of the deceased are no longer worth taking out for inspection, and the contents of the stomach cannot be identified, and there is no more direction.

But today's goal has been achieved. If Guan Xiuzhu committed suicide and used poison, then there is no need to use the knife. On the contrary, if the knife is used, there is no need to take poison again. There must be a reason for the way the corpse traces are presented. ...

Ye Baiting had a feeling that if he figured out all these reasons, he would be able to know what the truth was like at that time.

He looked at the dead man's fingers one last time. The nails hadn't fallen off, and there were no obvious signs of cyanosis, but...

"Where are the clothes of the deceased when he died?"

He looked back at the old servant, the family members collected the corpse and buried it in a new shroud, but what about the clothes at that time?But it was sealed in the Ministry of Punishment?

Old servant: "Because the case has been closed and the death has been resolved, all the belongings of the third young master have been returned, and the clothes are also... burnt to the third young master during the funeral."

Shen Jiang: "The death of this man is obviously wrong. Even if he died by suicide, it is not a glorious thing. You can burn paper clothes for him. Burn the clothes he was wearing when he died, soaked in blood and pierced by knives. What do you mean? I am afraid that others will not become ghosts?"

"This..." The old servant was also very embarrassed, "Last year, the case was so big that the family didn't dare to bury him in the ancestral grave, so they had to choose this place for a hasty burial. How dare they keep the bloody clothes? Even the relics were confirmed repeatedly with the Ministry of Criminal Justice." However, I dare to keep some, as a thought..."

Who knew that Jin Yiwei would bring up the case again, the coffin autopsy is not counted, but the clothes worn at that time are also needed.

Qiu Yiqing approached: "What did you find?"

Ye Baiting: "The posture of his left hand is in a gripping position, which is not abnormal, because he was holding a dagger at that time, but his right hand... Commander, let's take a closer look, does it seem like he has held something, or wants to take it? "

Qiu Yiqing looked at it and nodded twice: "You can write it down first, and use it as a clue later to investigate."

Ye Baiting continued to search on the body of the deceased, picking up all the traces, and if there was anything suspicious, he picked it up with tweezers and sealed it up.This opportunity to open the coffin for autopsy is a rare opportunity, and there is no possibility of re-examination of the corpse in the Fusi morgue in Beizhen. Only this time, he must firmly grasp the opportunity and not miss any details.

The work was carried out step by step. When it was about to end, Jin Yiwei suddenly came on horseback and reported a very exciting news to Qiu Xunqing: "Commander, the head, the head was found! There is also the murder weapon!"

Qiu Suqing's face immediately became serious: "Where is it?"

"It's just under the ice of the moat! It has also been eaten by animals, and its appearance is hard to recognize. The murder weapon is an ax tied to its hair, with blood stains hidden on it!"

Ye Baiting's spirit immediately became tense, but he did not urge himself, but carefully checked the whole process, and after confirming that it was correct, he and Shang Lu packed up the things together, took off the hoodie and mask, and looked at Qiu Yiqing: "Go and see ?”

Qiu Yiqing: "Yes."

Of course, Shen Jiang couldn't be left behind. The three of them rode horses and rushed to the city immediately, while Shang Lu had to escort the evidence and the box back, and tidy up in the Circus at the same place, watching the butler's old servant bury Guan Xiuzhu's body again.

……

The place where the head was found was a bend in a river, and a thick ice layer could be seen from a distance, reflecting the white light under the sun.

"Wang!"

Seeing Ye Baiting approaching, Xuanfeng was in good spirits, and when he ran over, he begged to touch it. It was the thing he found, whether he was handsome or not!

"Be good," Ye Baiting rubbed Gouzi's head, "Thank you."

He couldn't see clearly from a distance, but when he came here, he could already see the Jinyiwei who was hanging on the ice with a rope tied around his waist. Even though they all know martial arts and their balance is not bad, the ice surface is slippery, unlike ordinary roads. Walking in two ways, unable to stand at all, I can only rely on other means to help, because I have been walking on the ice, trying to search for more clues, my shoes are already soaked, and the bottom of my trousers is also wet. Not uncomfortable?

The dog was also very difficult. Ye Baiting didn't know how it jumped down and found something on the ice. Although it was standing on the ground well, the fur on its body was wet and it looked very cold...

Ye Baiting took off his fur collar and wiped it, hoping it would be warmer: "Do you want to go back first?"

"Woof!" The dog saw the young master and the master, not to mention that others did not bark, even if others barked, it would not leave.

Ye Baiting had no choice but to rub its head again: "Then wait for a while, it will be soon."

Qiu Xunqing had already jumped onto the ice, looking around.

This is the turning point of the river. Judging from the direction of the water flow and its location, it is not too far from Guan Xiuzhu's private house. If the murderer throws the head into the river after dismembering the body, this is the only way to pass, but according to Ye Baiting's instructions According to the results of the autopsy, the death time of the deceased in the dismemberment case will not be too long, but it is impossible to be within a few days. Is this distance... a little closer?

He knelt down and looked around the corner, then walked back and forth along the ice for a while.

Shen Jiang also wanted to work, but the young master is like this, half of his body is almost sticking out, what if he falls?Didn't you see that the dog is biting the corner of the young master's trousers? As a member of a hundred households, of course he has to protect his family when the commander is not around.

It was when he saw that everyone else was moving, he couldn't move, and his heart was itchy: "What is the commander doing?"

Ye Baiting: "According to the azimuth of the current and the time of death of the deceased, if the murderer threw his head into the river, he should have rushed farther than this. He is looking for the reason."

The moat is running water. It is cold in winter, so of course it will freeze, but not all rivers have ice. If the water flows, it will rush away. This distance...is a bit unreasonable. Could it be stuck somewhere?

Ye Baiting couldn't get down, and couldn't help with route analysis, so he started to look at the skull he found.

The reason why it is called a skull is that the skin and flesh on the face have been gnawed away, making it impossible to recognize the appearance, and there is not much hair left, probably because there is no meat next to the scalp, and animals are not willing to gnaw on it, so there is not much hair There is an ax tied to the body, which may be the reason why the murderer threw the body into the river and was sure he would not find it—it is impossible to float with such a weight.

As the river continued to wash away, the knot was already very loose, and it seemed that it would unravel at any time. If they hadn't found it in time, in two days, they might find only the head, or only the murder weapon.

This is the skull of a human being, also once, a living person.

Shen Jiang wiped his face: "...This is too miserable."

The little soldier standing on one side has already explained the situation clearly: "... This is the bend of the river, and a lot of garbage has been rolled up. It has not been fully investigated yet. Except for the skull, some bones have been dug out. The subordinates are not concerned. I'm sure it's a human bone or another animal, I didn't dare to move it..."

Ye Baiting: "Pack them all up and take them home, I'll come and see."

"Yes!"

Ye Baiting leaned on the boulder on the shore, watching the Jinyi guards search and salvage more clues and evidence, watching Qiu Xunqing jumping on the ice, trying to find more laws of water flow, watching the dog with wet fur, obediently Sitting on the ground, she didn't move or cry, her eyes became deeper and deeper, and her lips became tighter and tighter.

Want to solve the case, want to catch the murderer...

The sun fell on his shoulders, and the shadows spread under his feet. He looked a bit stern, different from Qiu Yiqing's stalwart majesty, the young master at this moment was very sharp, like a sword about to slay a dragon.

Shen Jiang once again understood the mood of the commander. Such a young master is really good-looking, and I really want people to follow him to have a look and witness his sharpness and glory!

After a while, Qiu Yiqing beckoned a Jinyiwei to come forward, pointed in a few directions from a distance, ordered something, and jumped ashore: "They will carry out the next search mission, go back first?"

Ye Baiting knew that he was useless here, he had already seen the scene, why not go back to his workshop, look at this head, and other bones that were picked up together, to see if there was anything new.

He rode the horse and galloped all the way, without saying a word. When he returned to Beizhen Fusi, he plunged into the foreman's room and put the head he found on the mortuary table. Judging from the proportion of the bones, it should be from a In humans, the remaining skin and flesh tissue on the bone is also similar to other bones, and there is nothing wrong with it.

With the skull and teeth, he can speculate on the age of the deceased again: "The muscle line of the skull has become thicker and not obvious, the sagittal suture and basal suture have begun to heal, and the sphenoid suture has no signs of healing...In addition to the previous situation, the deceased's Age, between twenty and twenty-five, very young."

"But his teeth..." Ye Baiting frowned.

Shen Jiang: "What happened to the teeth?"

"Look here," Ye Baiting opened the mouth of the skull to make it easier for him to see the teeth inside. "On the surface of the crown, this layer of white hard tissue is called tooth enamel, also called enamel. Its hardness is second only to diamond. But when it is infected by something with high acid content for a long time, it will also be corroded, just like what it is now."

Shen Jiang looked at it, the side near the lips was alright, similar to normal people, the side near the tongue was a bit bad, even he could tell something was wrong: "This is..."

Ye Baiting: "Generally, this kind of trace is formed due to vomiting. There are several possible directions. First, pregnant women, severe nausea, vomiting for a long time, will produce similar slight traces in stages, but the deceased is male, so it is impossible; second, There are stomach problems, the body is tortured by illness, and uncontrollable vomiting will appear after a long time; the third is vomiting due to other reasons, such as some people who lose weight, want to taste the taste of food but do not want to gain weight, so they will induce vomiting by themselves. It will be the same if there are too many times, or stress vomiting. The deceased has encountered some things. At that time, he vomited because of excessive emotions, and when he encountered it later, he would still repeat this action..."

Shen Jiang understood: "That is to say, someone will see him throw up?"

A young man would vomit from time to time. This is a new thing, and no one who has seen it will probably forget it.

Ye Baiting added: "Based on the traces, the deceased's vomiting behavior must have been about two years or more."