The first work of the imperial prison

Beizhen Fusi.

Wu Zuofang has been cleaned up by Shanglu. He moved the corpse fished out of the swamp and placed it side by side with Zheng Hongchun's on two mortuary tables, but the visual effect is not very cute. Black and shriveled, the other face is bluish and bluish, and the death is not beautiful at all.

Shen Jiang opened the door and came in, and saw the familiar blue bark at a glance, did you know Zheng Hongchun? There was a lot of autopsy items beside it. Usually autopsies don't write so much. Obviously, the young master saw a lot of new things, probably I didn't have time to look for rice paper, so I just wrote it down, so much... Could it be that I have made a great new discovery?

There are also clothes, Zheng Hongchun's clothes on the side table have been turned over, a bit thoroughly turned over, the young master really worked hard at the autopsy today!

Just as he was about to step forward to take a look, he glanced at it, and saw the black, shriveled corpse with faint blue on the mortuary table next to him, and he was shocked——

"Hey, what is this thing! Where did it come from!"

"About a month ago, I pulled it out of the swamp." Ye Baiting replied, washing his hands by the water basin.

"Swamp?" Shen Jiang stroked his chin, walked around the mortuary table, and admired the appearance of the corpse, "That's rare in the capital."

Ye Baiting dried her hands and walked over: "It is said to be a place called 'Ghosts come to collect'."

"Come here, ghost, I know this place!" Shen Jiang was excited immediately, "Isn't it just in the area of ​​Xishan Hot Spring Zhuangzi!"

"good."

When Qiu Xunqing came to look for Ye Baiting before, he saw this corpse. At that time, there were new clues in the case, so he didn't think about it carefully. Now when he saw it——

"Related to this case?"

"Yes." Ye Baiting began to put on gloves.

Shen Jiang has solved several cases with him, and he is already very experienced. It is not that he has never seen a corpse that has been aged for a long time before, but today this one is different, and he is quite novel: "It looks like he has been dead for ten years? Why is he a little thinner? , the skin and bones are still so intact, isn’t it rotten?”

Ye Baiting repeated the cold knowledge: "Because it was found in the swamp. Acid swamp, unlike water, it will quickly infect human skin and turn it into leather, which in turn protects the corpse. It is beneficial for us to investigate the information left on the body of the deceased."

Shen Jiang recalled: "So you said that after the autopsy, this is what you want to do?"

Ye Baiting glanced at him, didn't say a word, her expression was quite obvious - what else?

"Then Zheng Hongchun..."

Shen Jiang turned to another mortuary table, picked up the page after page of the autopsy checklist, the words of the young master, heh, needless to say, it was not easy to recognize, it was like digging out a dog's paw, not only Chubby and crooked, still writing!

Fortunately, Shen Baihu is well-trained and has long been used to this handwriting. It is not that difficult to recognize it. After a few breaths, he understood it, and his eyes became brighter and brighter: "This is... Zheng Hongchun's last course of action before his death. ?”

Ye Baiting nodded: "Search and inquire according to a few key points, there should be gains."

"Then I'll go now?"

"No rush," Ye Baiting stopped him, "I'll examine the corpse first."

If what he expected was right, this new corpse would definitely guide them in a new direction, and the clues would be connected from dots to lines. Some things that they couldn't understand would become clear, and Shen Jiang would be able to avoid running back and forth.

Shen Jiang: "I'm not afraid to run away, the key is who is this and what does it have to do with this case?"

Ye Baiting: "That has a lot to do with it. If I'm not mistaken, he is Zheng Hongfang, Zheng Hongchun's elder brother."

"Fuck—" Shen Jiang swears in shock, "Who are you talking about? The brother of Zheng Hongchun who has been missing for more than ten years and has not seen anyone alive or dead? Just as we were about to solve the case of my brother, my brother found it. He died a long time ago and was thrown into the swamp?"

"Yes." Ye Baiting had already lowered his head, carefully observing the body of the deceased to see if there were any special marks on the surface of the skin.

"After being dead for so long, can you still detect something?"

"Try it."

The young master said to try, but he was quite confident in his emotions. Shen Jiang saw his slender knuckles in white gloves, set off by the black corpse, it was indescribably dazzling, the key person is not just gloves White, and the wrists are also white, comparable to gloves, in short, just like the young master's face, these are a pair of very beautiful hands.

Shen Jiang swears, his eyes just paused for a moment, just for a moment, no matter how good-looking the young master is, he is not as good-looking as his daughter-in-law, who can make him feel tender just by looking at him casually, Sisi can't have any other thoughts about others!

What's more, this is the young master, the charming young master he can't afford!

But the Commander coughed, and the Commander is obviously in good health. He is the strongest in Fusi of Quanbei Township. He is not as weak as Young Master Jiao. He can catch cold and cough at will. What does it mean to cough so loudly now? !

And that look, with a murderous look!

Shen Jiang touched his nose and quickly moved his eyes away.All right, all right, Young Master Jiao is your Young Master Jiao, no one else can see it!

He calmed down, looked at the corpse on the mortuary table, and slowly, he really saw something: "This color...is a bit wonderful, it looks black, but the background color is actually blue? Could it be that he and the third person in this case the same poison as the dead?"

"Nine times out of ten."

Ye Baiting didn't conduct an autopsy right away. Like examining other corpses, he first carefully scanned the surface of the corpse to see if there were any abnormalities that needed attention, and then looked for the wounds on the corpse...

There were two obvious injuries. One was a deep stabbing wound on the vital part of the left chest.

"The incision is narrow and sharp, just avoiding the third and fourth ribs of the left chest, and going straight into the heart—it looks very deep, and it will definitely cause heart bleeding." Ye Baiting thought for a moment, with serious eyes: "Commander, come here." Let's see, what kind of weapon will produce this kind of wound, is it a bit like..."

Qiu Yiqing had already walked to the boy's side: "The hairpin on a woman's head."

Ye Baiting nodded, yes, it is this kind of thing, the wound is too thin, and the penetration is too deep, but he has never studied women's jewelry in this era, so he is not sure whether hairpins and hairpins will be so long and hard. It's so tough, but the commander said so, the murder weapon should be this kind of object.

The second obvious injury was at the back of the head, a very obvious trauma, part of the scalp was damaged, and the skull was visible.

"The contusion is star-shaped, the oval-shaped collapsed fracture, and the skull is slightly deformed... It looks like it was hit by a stone. The shape of this stone is not ordinary. It should be a bit round, pebbles?"

Ye Baiting thought for a while, it is very normal to have pebbles near the swamp: "The murderer's place of death was near the swamp, and he was not deliberately brought here to throw his body after death."

"Generally, stones from the wild will contaminate the local environment, such as special soil, plants, etc. When the perpetrator picks up the stone, if something is accidentally stuck to his hand, it is likely to be transferred. If the stone is particularly heavy, it will take a lot of force , and will have more connections with my own body, let me see if we are lucky this time..."

He gently pulled away the hair near the injured part of the deceased, searching carefully one by one, and finally found something wrapped in a layer of black film.

I took the thing out with tweezers, put it in the water prepared before and washed it, the black film receded, and the shape of the thing appeared...

"Petals?" Ye Baiting carefully identified, no matter what, she felt that the delicate color should be a part of the petals, but the texture was not like it.

Qiu Yiqing immediately gave the answer: "It's Huatian."

Sometimes there are women who pay attention to makeup and will stick painted flowers on the center of the eyebrows or on the side of the cheeks. However, this flower has many styles and materials. In order not to collide with others, many things are made of special materials. Sometimes a flower, only Will be used by a woman only once.

This is the key evidence... hair is really a good thing!

Ye Baiting was so excited, finally there is good news!

Qiu Yiqing's eyes fell on the thing between the eyebrows of the deceased: "Muzi?"

This is how the young man confirmed his identity?

"There's also this birthmark," Ye Baiting turned the dead man's head so that Qiu Yiqing could look behind his ear, "Zheng Hongchun has the exact same one."

Shen Jiang happened to turn to Zheng Hongchun's mortuary table, and immediately turned behind Zheng Hongchun's ear when he heard the words: "It really is! It's dark blue, like half an axe?"

Ye Baiting: "When I examined Zheng Hongchun's body, I saw the birthmark and felt like I had seen it elsewhere. Then I remembered the previous autopsy items, and then found this swamp corpse. The facial bones of the corpse were similar to Zheng Hongchun's. There is also a mole between the eyebrows that Ma Xianglan mentioned... There are no coincidences in the world, but they all happen to be in this case, so naturally we should pay attention to it."

Shen Jiang couldn't help but gave a thumbs up: "You can quickly integrate this little thing, thinking of going together?"

This is so smart!If it were someone else, who would remember an inconspicuous thing they saw a long time ago?Still in touch with now?

Qiu Yiqing understood Ye Baiting's thoughts better, and glanced at the blue under the black skin of the corpse: "If this person is related to this case, then he is likely to be No. 1 killed by the murderer, or—"

Ye Baiting narrowed his eyes: "It's the cause of all the events today."

Shen Jiang: "We can ask Ma Xianglan to come over and identify the dead body immediately, so as to confirm the identity of the deceased!" As soon as he finished speaking, he himself denied it, "No, we can't identify the dead body, at least not now, she said it's ominous, recognize it What if the autopsy is not allowed?"

I have to say, the young master has learned it!

However, the deceased in this case is a little different. Shen Jiang said: "The several deceased have played games, and there are many marks on their bodies, such as ropes and whips... Will this also be there? After such a long time, can we still have some reservations? "

"There are no welts on the rope. I have checked carefully. The rest depends on our luck."

Ye Baiting smiled slightly: "I'm starting."

Shanglu had already stood silently by the side, prepared everything and was ready to assist at any time.

"The deceased was male, tall and strong, and the sagittal suture on the top of the skull had basically healed. The wear degree of the first molar and the second molar were grade 4 and grade 35 respectively. The age of the deceased was generally over 45 years old and under [-] years old."

"The skull was injured by a stone instrument. The cause of death should be a thin and firm wound on the left chest, which hit the heart, causing massive bleeding. The deceased's face was blue. He must have been poisoned before death..."

Ye Baiting picked the sharpest scalpel from the operation box, decisively and quickly opened the chest of the deceased, and took out the stomach for examination.

Fortunately, the fat and water in the body of this kind of old corpse has long been digested, and the taste is a little different, but it is not as irritating as opening the stomach bag of a fresh corpse. But if you can't find anything in the stomach, you have to look Luckily worth it.

"There is really something!" Shen Jiang stared at the young master's hand, and saw that he was very dexterous, and he pinched something from the organ that could not be seen as the stomach. "What is this? It's black, look at the shape , a bit like broken peanuts?"

Ye Baiting not only picked out crushed peanuts, but also a leaf.

The color is not that fresh, but the shape, the feeling, are exactly the same as what's in Lou Kai's stomach and what's in the porcelain vase in Sheng Long's room!

"It's really the same poison!"

Ye Baiting displayed the things one by one on the tray: "There were no welt marks on the body of the deceased, and there were no traces of bondage. The whole person maintained the posture when the corpse was thrown. The fatal wound was the chest. But ordinary people will subconsciously resist when they are pierced in the heart. The wound on the deceased's body was very clean and penetrated very deep, without hesitation or repetition, it was obvious that the blow was hit, and he didn't resist because he was hit hard on the back of the head, and he was already fainted and unable to resist."

Qiu Xunqing: "If you can casually show someone's back, then this person must be an acquaintance of the deceased and trust him."

Shen Jiang: "The identity of the deceased, the relationship with Zheng Hongchun, the same blue face, Hua Tian, ​​plus acquaintances... Among our suspects, there must be someone who has a special relationship with him!"

Shang Lu spoke at this moment: "The young master told me before going out to see who in Jin Yiwei is free to run errands, but the manpower is small, and the results just passed back are only rough results. I only know that Zheng Hongfang is a strong and impulsive man." He is a man with a big temper. When he was young, he brought people into trouble many times. He never married a wife. For a while, his fortune was very good. He met a big shot and spent a lot of entertainment and expenses. Then he suddenly disappeared without a trace for unknown reasons. People outside said that it was related to business...More, to be investigated."

Ye Baiting nodded, and pointed to the autopsy grid that Shen Jiang had just picked up by himself: "The autopsy of the deceased Zheng Hongchun has been completed, and the specific clues are all on it. I roughly restored the place the deceased walked before he died. For things that may happen, go back to the above information, ask relevant shops and people, and you can piece together the approximate timeline of the deceased."

After finishing speaking, he added one more point: "It is known that Zheng Hongchun went to that small courtyard to make an appointment with someone. During the approximate time, there were few people late at night. Did the murderer also walk along this road? Is it possible that he was killed by other people in the night?" People see it? If there is an intersection, it can be traced according to the trace."

Shen Jiang nodded vigorously: "Yeah!"

Qiu Xunqing looked at the dark body of Zheng Hongfang, and narrowed his eyes: "A strong man who wanders in the market and does not marry a wife, once he becomes popular, where will he spend his entertainment and expenses?"

What kind of woman will appear beside him?How special does it need to be so that he won't be wary?Is this flower tin a special pattern, has anyone used it before?

There are a few suspects who have clearly appeared in front of them.

Ye Baiting added: "There are two other girls, Zhu Yue and Zheng Baiwei. Are the whips and daggers in their room newly bought, or have they been used for a long time? What are the traces of use? Are you sure it is related to the case?"

Qiu Xunqing: "Regarding Zheng Hongfang's death, what is Ma Xianglan hiding? The poison of fir tree leaves has the effect of slipping tires. Who would need it?"

Ye Baiting: "There is also an alibi. Everyone who happened to have a close relationship with the deceased is very sure. What about the others? What are you doing at this time?"

Qiu Yiqing looked at Shen Jiang: "Go and check, every point must not be missed."

Shen Jiang made a bitter face: "Yes!"

Ye Baiting smiled: "I have a hunch that when these clues are gathered, we will know who the murderer is. Come on, let's do this..."

After the three of them gathered together and finished speaking, Qiu Xingqing said in a solemn voice: "Solving the case, there is a big reward. In order to have a good year, let the brothers work harder, finish the work early and rest early!"

"Yes!"

Shen Jiang took people out to get busy.

Chou Yiqing was not idle either, either keeping an eye on the people below, or going out by herself to handle things that the people below couldn't do, or checking for omissions and filling in the gaps, and completing the logic of the whole clue, or...as the commander , he still has more and more things to deal with.

Four days later, on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, Shen Jiang ran to the Nuan Pavilion in the cold wind. Looking at the sweat on the other side, he knew how fast and eager he ran.

"It's been found out, Zheng, Zheng Baiwei, is not Ma Xianglan's biological daughter at all!" He handed the information in his hand to the young master, "She was in poor physical condition in her early years, and the doctor's pulse was checked, so she can't have children at all!"

Ye Baiting quickly looked at the file: "Where is the commander?"

"On the way back!" Shen Jiang picked up the teapot on the table and drank it in one gulp, "I said there are still some things that need to be dealt with, and I can clear the hall right away, ready to ask for a confession!"

Shen Baihu's eyes were very excited: "Is this the last time we will ask a confession? As long as you ask them, you will know who the murderer is!"

Ye Baiting glanced at the information recorded in detail on the paper, and a smile appeared on the corner of his lips: "If there is no accident, yes, we will be able to close the case today!"

"Then you rest, I'm going to summon the suspects!"

"Ah."

Ye Baiting quickly browsed through all the information on the website, integrated the new clues in his mind, ticked off each node before, and sorted out the timeline, cause, process, result, change of each event...

Some motives cannot be hidden, as long as the murderer makes a move, it will be exposed!

After thinking everything through, he had clear eyes, and before all the suspects were invited, he went to the imperial prison, found Xiang Zi'an, and talked for a while.

An hour later, the trial hall in the lobby was ready. According to the previous agreement, the commander's seat was in the middle and north. There was a small table, and Ye Baiting was sitting behind it. There was a pen and paper on the table, so it was convenient for him to write and draw...

Shen Jiang, as always, has no seat, even if the lower right hand puts the seat, he will not sit, close the case, what an exciting moment, why should he sit!

There are east and west sides of the hall. The east wall is where the real record documents are located. There is a small table with paper and pens on it. It is small and inconspicuous. The west side is separated by a long screen. A few embroidered piers, of course now, are empty.

Qiu Yiqing sat in the first seat, looked at both sides: "Are you all ready?"

Shen Jiang: "Okay!"

Ye Baiting also nodded.

Qiu Yiqing's head: "In this case, the suspect is summoned—come here, please invite Ma to the court."

Ma Xianglan came over soon, except for her plain white clothes and the white flowers on the side of her hair, she couldn't see any sadness in her body, and she was very quiet, with no guilty conscience or fear.

Qiu Xunqing: "Who the murderer is, I already know."

Ma Xianglan's expression remained unchanged, but her hand holding the handkerchief was tightened.

"Today's interrogation is just an established procedure, so you don't have to be nervous," Qiu Xunqing's voice was the same as his, indifferent, dignified, and unreasonable, "There is no need to help the murderer cover up, Beizhen Fusi rules, dare to give false testimony Those who commit the same crime as the murderer—do you understand?"

Ma Xianglan lowered her eyes: "Yes, I understand."

Qiu Xunqing: "This envoy asks you, who killed your husband's elder brother Zheng Hongfang?"

Ma Xianglan shook her head: "I don't know."

"What did he die for?"

"I don't know," Ma Xianglan still shook her head, "They say it's about business, but this outside matter... I'm a housewife, so I don't quite understand it."

"What did he leave for you before he died?"

"Money."

"What about other than that?"

"Gone."

"Have you left any last words?"

"No."

Qiu Yiqing's voice was slightly high: "This envoy said that in the Fusi of Beizhen, liars will be punished with crimes."

The room was silent for a moment, Ma Xianglan seemed a little frightened and didn't speak.

Shen Jiang snorted: "No, Mrs. Zheng, if you are not sure that your uncle is dead, why did you say decisively that there is no last word? Normal people don't have to think carefully, try to look forward and think about it, or Why don't you just say you don't know? You say no so decisively, as if you know when your uncle died, who you met before you died, and who you gave your last words to..."

The atmosphere in the room became more tense.

Ye Baiting then said softly: "Madam, don't be nervous. As long as Madam is not a murderer, what are you afraid of? We just want to know that Zheng Hongfang's matter of "no one is alive, no one is dead, no dead body", you know about it, and you know who the murderer is, right? ?”

Ma Xianglan still shook her head: "I really don't know..."

"Then why are you so sure about his death?" Ye Baiting narrowed his eyes, "Because he is not a good person, he is constantly making trouble for others, and he will never give up, but all of a sudden it is gone... so you are sure? "

Ma Xianglan didn't speak.

Ye Baiting: "Zheng Hongfang left behind not only money, but also a daughter, right?"

Ma Xianglan's expression was obviously wrong at this time.

Ye Baiting's speech became faster, accelerating his sense of urgency: "Zheng Baiwei, it's not your daughter."

"No, she's my daughter!" Ma Xianglan suddenly raised her head with fierce eyes.

Seeing that there was a door, Shen Jiang snorted: "Your husband has let go of the rumors in the Lu Palace, saying that if his brother hadn't died, why would he raise you two for nothing, and still dare to lie now, I really think we can't find out What!"

Ma Xianglan bit her lip, obviously wanting to say something, but held back.

Ye Baiting: "Zheng Hongchun will die because of this secret, right?"

Ma Xianglan: "...I don't understand what you're talking about."

Shen Jiang: "You still dare to quibble even now. Jin Yiwei has already found out that you can't have children at all! Although you treat Zheng Baiwei like your eyeball hurts, and Zheng Baiwei treats you like your own mother, you both know that you are not Biological mother and daughter!"

"I……"

Ma Xianglan's eyes were reddish, as if she couldn't bear it, her fingers trembled a little.

Some people have a strong personality, have a tough and unyielding side, dare to risk everything to gamble, and dare to do things that many people dare not do, but as long as they hit the point that they care about most in their hearts, she will be like ordinary people Same, fragile.

Ye Baiting: "No matter how complicated the case is, Zheng Baiwei has nothing to do with it. The child is innocent. You really want her to lose even the last bit of warmth and become a motherless child for the rest of her life." Is it?"

"No..." Ma Xianglan closed her eyes, "You can't do this..."

"Madam, you can talk about it slowly," Ye Baiting said in a warm voice, "We are about to celebrate the new year. We have a lot of time. We have heard many stories from left and right, including you. How did you marry into the Zheng family? How is it all, how did you get your daughter, who is the daughter's mother... Madam, please explain clearly."

"What Madam needs to pay attention to is that although we want to listen to you, we are not ignorant of the truth. In the past few days, we have found out a lot. If Madam's statement is different from the facts, we will be convicted."

After Ma Xianglan was taken aback by her daughter's topic, her emotions had recovered. Maybe she was thinking about how to deal with the current situation, or maybe she had other ideas, and she really started to tell her own story.

"I am a pawn wife."