Chapter 22: Ten Years of White Bones (3)

The sternum showed signs of being injured before death, but judging from the cracks in the bones, Mingyue felt that it was not fatal. I searched for the skull and looked at it, but there were no injuries. She pondered for a moment and said, "Get all the ribs out." At the end, he said, "There are twelve ribs on the left and right." ”

There are generally two hundred and six human bones, but the ribs are long and flattened, which is very easy to find. It didn't take long for Su Yunkai to find it and hand it to her. The two of them had sharp eyes, and when they handed it over, they could already see that there were traces on it.

Mingyue hurriedly took it and placed it neatly on the spread white cloth, and now when she looked closely, she couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart, "The murderer is so cruel." ”

Su Yunkai saw her clenching words and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"The bone in the chest was badly wounded, and I thought it was here that I had been hit hard and died. But you see that there are twelve of these ribs, and not one of them is intact. ”

Su Yunkai suddenly understood, that is to say, the murderer almost smashed the deceased's whole body with a blunt object, and he had no good intentions.

"The left rib protects the spleen and stomach, and the right rib protects the liver and kidneys, but both ribs are almost damaged. I don't know what kind of hatred actually made the murderer do this kind of poison. Mingyue clenched her fists, "I have been with my grandfather for more than ten years, and I have never seen such a cruel person." ”

Su Yunkai has gone through Dali Temple and the Criminal Department, and he has never seen such ruthless methods.

Mingyue was silent, and continued to look at other bones, one after another, finding more and more bones, almost piecing together a complete upper body.

Bai Shui went to the yamen to check the case file for a night, and wanted to go to Su Yun to report, but he went to the study and didn't see anyone, so he looked around and saw the kitchen and the lights came over. When I entered the door, I saw that the two of them had bad faces and angry eyes, and there were a pile of white bones on the table. She walked over quickly, and the two of them looked at each other, and she had already opened her mouth first, "Have you found out the cause of death?" ”

Mingyue pointed to her ribs, "Someone hit her internal organs with a blunt object, these should be fatal injuries." ”

Bai Shui has also followed Ming Sheng to solve a lot of cases in the past few years, and Mingyue also saw a little bit of the way with a finger, and said, "But why didn't the murderer smash him on the head?" ”

Su Yunkai said, "There are no injuries found on the deceased's back, which means that the murderer killed people head-on from the beginning, and the deceased will certainly take precautions." He pointed his hand to her, "There are injuries to the radius and ulna, I think it must be that the murderer committed the murder and the deceased used his bare hands to block it." So the front is all wounded, especially the whole arm, but the head is fine. ”

Mingyue added, "Under normal circumstances, when a person is attacked, he will cover his head with his hands and curl up his body. Judging from the scars, it is indeed the waist around the ribs that is more seriously injured. But there are also injuries ahead, that is...... After the death of the deceased, the body unfolded, and the murderer continued to commit murder, so the director was also injured in the front. ”

Bai Shui felt cold, "What kind ......of hatred is this?"

Su Yunkai asked, "Did you and Chang Zhutou find any clues?" ”

Only then did Bai Shui remember, "I asked around the neighborhood, but I didn't find any clues. First, it has been ten years, and second, there were frequent disasters and famines within a radius of ten miles from the woods, and many people disappeared every year. There was nothing identifiable on the corpse, and it was even more difficult to identify him. ”

Su Yunkai nodded slightly, thought for a while, and then asked Mingyue, "The deceased may be able to see the age?" ”

Mingyue said, "Judging from the bones, he should be between twenty-five and thirty years old, a tall and thin man. ”

Su Yunkai said again, "Go to the missing file to find such a person, and his family background should be very bad, it is very likely that he lives alone, if there are no parents to recognize, ask the people nearby if there is such a relative." ”

Bai Shui said curiously, "How do adults know that his family may not be good and he lives alone?" ”

"Hair." Su Yunkai looked at the long hair that was like withered grass tangled, "It's not impossible if it's a fight with the murderer to have messy hair, but this pile of hair is obviously because it is not combed on weekdays, so it is all entangled together, and it is very long, longer than the girl's family, and it should be impossible to let it grow crazy if you live with your family." ”

Mingyue also asked, "What about poverty?" ”

"Straw sandals. When the remains were found, there were a pair of broken straw sandals, and the ropes tied to the left and right shoes were not from the same root. When I checked the soles, I saw that even the size of the shoes was different. So either someone else gave it to him, or he picked it up. ”

The two of them suddenly realized that Bai Shui was already ready to compare clues to find someone, but before he went out, he was stopped by Su Yunkai again. When I looked back, I saw him wrinkling his eyebrows and thinking carefully.

"If you add one more clue, that person might be an idiot."

Mingyue suddenly understood, her hair was like a tangled hemp rope not much combing, she lived alone, and she was so poor that she was so poor that she couldn't be a fool, "If it's really an idiot, then the murderer is not a human being." ”

Su Yunkai has been in the company for many years, and he has seen many fierce and vicious people, but it is the first time that he has handled such a long and murderous case. He saw that Mingyue was still holding a human bone in his hand, as if he had forgotten what he was holding, but his eyebrows were tightly locked, and his eyebrows were angry. He stepped forward to remove the bone and said, "Go and freshen up and go to sleep." ”

Mingyue shook her head, "I want to string the bones with twine, so that I can see more details and see other clues." ”

"Then I'll be with you."

"You're going to be busier starting tomorrow, go to sleep, I'll be an idler after checking this."

Su Yunkai didn't leave, and helped her wipe the bones clean and put them on the spread white cloth. Mingyue no longer persuaded and took a thin string of twine. More than 200 bones, presumably in one night. She looked at Su Yunkai from time to time, the two didn't speak, and the kitchen was quiet. She suddenly remembered him thirteen years ago, she almost didn't say anything when she was preoccupied with gnawing on bean buns, he was talking in his ear.

was such a cheerful teenager back then, but now he is much more silent, which makes people feel alienated.

The offense was not too big, and Su Yunkai, who occasionally fell into the sight of the afterglow, also noticed it, and wanted to pretend that he didn't see it, but then he always felt uncomfortable, so he raised his eyes to look at her, and he happened to meet the line of sight. They were all stunned, and after a long silence, he asked, "What do you always see me doing?" ”

Mingyue coughed lightly, "I just think it's strange." ”

"What's so strange?"

"I'm thinking...... Back then, you were obviously a little chatter, but now you don't like to talk. ”

Su Yun paused and smiled lightly, "Talk...... It turns out that I used to talk a lot. ”

"yes, that's nagging. I'm afraid I'm scared, so I keep talking to me, and although I don't remember what I said, I said it all over again, from heaven to earth. Now he ...... "still afraid that she would be afraid, but he just silently stayed by the side." In the past, it was to soothe her with a voice full of vitality, but now it is the complete opposite. If she hadn't looked up, she would have thought he was gone. She asked softly, "In the past thirteen years, have you been very unhappy?" ”

Su Yunkai's hand paused slightly, the eyelashes under his eyebrows moved slightly, and he said slowly, "Not really, maybe it was influenced by my father." In the past ten years, the court has been changeable, and my father is outspoken, so he is often squeezed out by traitors and exiled. So after I joined the company, I always said less and did more, and over time it was not as good as before. ”

"It's good to talk less in officialdom, but maybe you feel better when you talk more about ordinary things at home."

Su Yun laughed and said, "After I joined the office, I also traveled around the country, and I didn't get married, and the servants didn't dare to say much, could it be that I wanted to talk to the beams and pillars of the house?" ”

Mingyue barely patted her heart, and said loudly, "In the future, with me, I will talk to you and be your pillar." And I'm a strict mouthful, so I won't talk nonsense everywhere. ”

She replied heartily and unintentionally, but the listener was intentional, in the future? How long is this after? Su Yunkai always felt that it was meaningful, smiled on his face, and found that there was also warmth flowing in his heart. No wonder it is said that there must be a woman in the family...... He was stunned, remembered the rumors between the officials, thought for a long time, and said, "I heard something from the officials today. ”

Mingyue twisted the twine carefully, buried her head and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"The official mentioned you and asked you who I am, and I realized that if you live in the ya, it will ruin your reputation."

As soon as he mentioned it, Mingyue remembered that this was indeed a problem, "It seems really inappropriate...... But no one knows Shuishui's identity, and if I go to live outside alone, he won't be at ease. But even if we both go out to be neighbors, others will gossip. ”

Su Yunkai also felt bad, he would rather let her continue to live than if she lived in the yamen. It's late at night, and it's hard to talk about this kind of thing in detail, so he said, "When this case is over, think about it again." ”

"Hmm."

In the dead of night, there were few people in the inner office, the servants had already gone to sleep, Qin Fang was also sleeping soundly, and Bai Shui had not returned, as if there were only two people in the entire inner office.

There is also a nameless skeleton, which is being threaded by twine, slowly recovering to its original form. There is no flesh and bones, and the wailing of the deceased seems to echo in the middle of the night.