The autopsy is a meticulous job, and it is necessary to prepare many tools, such as knives, bamboo sticks, brushes, silver needles, etc., and even vinegar, green onions, Sichuan peppers, salt, plums, etc.

Of course, meticulous work takes a long time, and Li Sanjian still knows a little about it, so Li Sanjian sat on the side, patiently watching Yan Si, Qi Zuo and others busy.

After a long time, after the autopsy, Yan Si and Zhenyang County came over together.

"How? Is it for Caizhou to apprentice Bi Lin? Li Sanjian asked a little anxiously.

"There is a tattoo on the forehead, and the tattoo is the word '(jiān) offense'." Zhenyang County nodded and said: "The deceased has a fatter body, larger joints, slightly curly hair, etc., these characteristics are similar to those of the apprentice Bi Lin, the deceased died for more than a day, although he was soaked in the water for more than a day, but from his appearance, it can still be concluded that the deceased is indeed the apprentice Bi Lin of Caizhou." ”

"Hmm" The time of death was about the same as expected, so Li Sanjian nodded with satisfaction: "Can it be concluded that it was harmed by others?" ”

"There are no visible scars on (shēn)." Hearing this, he shook his head and said, "It looks like he drowned." ”

"Huh? Looks like? How so? Li Sanjian asked after glancing at Yan Si.

Yan Si nodded slightly, agreeing with what he said.

"Li Tuiguan, please come with the little one." He said to Li Sanjian.

仵作 (yù) led Li Sanjian to see Bi Lin's corpse again, but Li Sanjian was a little reluctant to go.

Li Sanjian was most afraid of seeing such an occasion in his life, and he was most afraid of seeing a dead body.

During the trip to Guizhou in the second year of Yuan Fu, Li Sanjian saw the bloody fighting scene in this world for the first time, and Li Sanjian was scared enough that he was almost scared and fainted.

After that time, Li Sanjian seemed to be a little bolder.

In fact, Li Sanjian is a person who has died once, and he is not very afraid of death, and he is still bold in some aspects, such as the time when he led Cai Rongxue to escape for his life through the "ghost sorrow", he was calm and calm at that time.

But Li Sanjian was afraid to see the scene of blood (ròu) flying sideways and rivers of blood, and the place was just a floating corpse at this time, which made Li Sanjian a little timid, to be precise, it should be a little disgusting.

However, Li Sanjian (shēn) is the official of the Kaifeng Prefecture and is in charge of criminal litigation, it should be said that he will often come into contact with disgusting things such as dead corpses (qíng), and maybe there will be even more disgusting things (qíng) or corpses in the future.

Li Sanjian thought of this, so he stubbornly followed Qi Zuo, Yan Si and the others over.

Sure enough, after the corpse was soaked in the water for a long time, not only was the skin soaked in the river water extremely white, but the human body was also swollen abnormally, it didn't look like a normal human body, like a swollen pig.

At this time, the spirit (rì) was empty, although there was a pergola, but after the corpse was placed for a long time, it suddenly emitted a heavy smell of corpses, which made people sick.

Even so, Li Sanjian still endured the disgust in his heart, covered his mouth and nose with his hands, and carefully observed Bi Lin's corpse.

Bi Lin has been soaked in river water so that he can't tell his real age, tall, short, fat and thin, Li Sanjian doesn't know how to judge that he is slightly fat.

And what impressed Li Sanjian the most, or the most eye-catching, was his distorted and deformed face, Bi Lin's face showed an extremely painful appearance, his eyes were open, his eyes were like a pair of goldfish eyes, bulging outside, and there was a trace of dried blood at the corner of his mouth.

He must have been tortured painfully before his death, Li Sanjian thought sadly.

At this time, a silk scarf was suddenly handed to Li Sanjian's hand, Li Sanjian turned his head to look, only to see that Yan Si didn't know where to take a white silk scarf and stuffed it into Li Sanjian's hand.

Li Sanjian glanced at Yan Si gratefully, and then covered the silk scarf around his mouth and nose.

The silk scarf was soft, and there was a faint musky fragrance, which made Li Sanjian feel much more comfortable.

The tomb robbers really have a way, Li Sanjian secretly said in his heart, this is probably what they used when they robbed the tomb, right?

Ouch is not good! Li Sanjian thought of the tomb robbery (qíng), and couldn't help but exclaim in his heart, this silk scarf can't be the result of the tomb robbery, right?

Li Sanjian wanted to throw away the fragrant silk scarf, but he couldn't stand the unpleasant smell...

"Li Tuiguan, please take a look." Zhenyang County took out a large bottle of water and slowly poured it on top of the corpse, explaining as he poured: "If the skin is not scarred, the water will flow away, and there will be no obstacles." If there is a scar on the skin, then it will stagnate. ”

"Here, and there, didn't the water flow away?" Li Sanjian covered his mouth and nose with a fragrant silk scarf with one hand, pointed to the corpse with the other and said, "Well, yes, there are several scars here, so the clear water has not flowed away." ”

This is the first time Li Sanjian has seen such an injury inspection method, although Li Sanjian disagrees with it in his heart, but it must be that they have used this method for a long time, and they have their own appropriateness.

This method is mainly used to identify hidden wounds that cannot be seen by the eye (ròu).

Of course, the flow of clear water will also stop in the open wounds where the skin is broken, so Li Sanjian pointed to a few open wounds and asked.

"Li Tuiguan, the little ones have already experienced it, these scars are not fatal injuries, they should be caused by scratching in the river." He replied.

"Oh, really?" Li Sanjian nodded and said, "But you claimed that it was not injured by others, and it was indeed drowned, what is the evidence?" If it is poisoned or strangled to death, and then the body is thrown into the river, there will be no obvious scars on (shēn). ”

"There are no strangulation marks on the neck, and the small ones have also tried with silver needles, and there are no traces of poisoning." He replied.

"Please see the minister." After finishing speaking, he used a bamboo stick to pry open the mouth of Bi Lin's corpse.

"Alright, alright, you name it." Seeing this, Li Sanjian hurriedly stopped the pretentiousness.

After prying open the mouth, the smell is even more unpleasant, and the fragrant silk scarf is almost unstoppable.

"The little ones found a lot of mud and sand in the mouth of the deceased, and if they were thrown into the river after death, they would have their teeth closed and would not enter much sediment, so the little ones judged that the deceased was not harmed by others, but indeed drowned." He replied.

Brother Gongzi is Brother Gongzi, he is still Brother Gongzi when he is an official, and he feels secretly funny when he sees Li Sanjian's appearance, and a very ordinary floating corpse scares him like this?

That's not necessarily, Li Sanjian was silent when he heard this, and slowly left Bi Lin's corpse.

There is also the possibility that Xu Shiqing and others threw Bi Lin alive into the river and drowned him (xìng), but in this case, Li Sanjian could not find any evidence of their guilt, and could not judge whether he killed him or jumped into the river himself, so he couldn't catch them at all.

I and others worked hard and stayed up all night vigil, but there was such a result? Li Sanjian was extremely distressed.

Autopsy, autopsy, and it was found that it was not a homicide, and it was indeed the result of drowning, which made Li Sanjian helpless.

Well? Wait, Li Sanjian thought of the autopsy, and a clue or idea suddenly flashed in his mind, but the clue was fluttering (dàng) (dàng) dangling in Li Sanjian's mind, hazy and vague.

Li Sanjian really wanted to grab it and put it in front of him to look carefully.

"Shuxing, what do you think?" Li Sanjian thought that his brain hurt, but he was really out of options, so he asked Yao Yudao.

"The crux of this matter lies in Bilin (shēn), but at this time Bilin has become a dead corpse and cannot speak." Yao Yu replied when he heard this.

Needless to say? Li Sanjian glared at Yao Yu when he heard this, if he could speak, would he still have to work so hard?

"I said, teacher... Uncle... , Bi Lin is not alone after all. Yao Yu thought for a while and said: "He still has a family, he still has a wife and concubines, and children, why don't you find them and ask carefully?" ”

"It's a good idea." Li Sanjian nodded in agreement and said, "Actually, I have also thought about the method you said, but no matter what, evidence must always be found, so that they can be convicted." ”

Li Sanjian then looked at the surging river, and after a long time, he said: "It's okay to find them first, but I don't expect them to have any evidence in their hands, otherwise they wouldn't let them go so easily. ”

His family was not implicated in the case of his sister-in-law, who still resides in Kaifeng Prefecture.

Li Sanjian didn't want to disturb Bi Lin's family, what is the matter (qíng) to ask Bi Lin is not over? But at this time, Bi Lin was dead, and the dead couldn't speak, so Li Sanjian had to go to his family and ask what was going on? What's so strange, what's secret?

It should be said that everything is speculation at this time, and whether there is injustice (qíng) in this case is of course also speculation, but at this time, Li Sanjian is more and more convinced of his feelings and reasoning, the reason is that the other party has been unable to hold back and killed people.

"Uncle Shi!" At this time, Uncle Yao Yu shouted more and more smoothly, and said with a mysterious face: "Dead people don't necessarily can't speak. ”

"Well, what do you mean?" Li Sanjian looked at Yao Yu in surprise and asked.

How can a dead man speak? Could it be that he didn't call himself Uncle Shi and deliberately made his own jokes? Or is it to see that you are at a loss, and deliberately make yourself happy? Li Sanjian said secretly in his heart.

"Uncle Shi, you don't have to look at me like this, you can see a certain hair in your heart." Yao Yu saw Li Sanjian glaring at him, so he smiled and said: "Of course the dead themselves can't speak, but a good servant or coroner can make the dead speak, Zhenyang County is a small county town after all, what is the ability of the servants here?" What can they detect? ”

"Aha!" Li Sanjian was overjoyed when he heard this, and Yao Yuzhi's words finally reminded him, isn't there a "coroner" with a family tradition in his hands? Why can't you just remember it?

The so-called smart people sometimes make mistakes, that's the truth.

Li Sanjian was overjoyed, hugged Yao Yu, and couldn't wait to kiss him.

"Uncle Shi... What are you... What are you doing? "Although Li Sanjian has no martial arts (shēn), his strength is not small, and at the same time two big men are hugging each other, what is the matter?

"Come on, quickly pack the burial and transport it back to the capital." Li Sanjian then ordered loudly.