Chapter 19: The Post-Mortem Affair

When Liu Fan saw the corpse in the coffin, he was immediately startled by the scene in front of him, only to see that the coffin lying in the coffin could no longer be called a corpse, but some carrion and Senbai skeletons with maggots, although he wore a strip of cloth on his mouth and stuffed green onions and ginger in his nostrils, Liu Fan was still smoked by the smell of carrion and almost fainted.

Among the four corpses, only the body of Zhu Zishan's wife was barely complete, and the other three corpses were all rotten and unrecognizable, looking at the corpses crawling with insects, Liu Fan really didn't dare to take a second look, he retched a few times, he felt that he was about to vomit, and in desperation, he had to run to the door to slow down.

After Liu Fan came to the door, he found that his reaction was too radical. At this time, Feng Jincai was standing by the coffin with an indifferent face and looking at himself, seeing that Feng Jincai did not move from inside, thinking of his embarrassed appearance just now, Liu Fan showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, coughed a few times, and he re-entered the house to examine the body of Zhu Zishan's wife.

It is said that it is an autopsy, but in fact, it is only to observe the appearance and characteristics of the corpse through the eyes, the whole corpse has rotted into a pile of rotten flesh, what else is there to test? Picked up a thin stick and picked up the corpse that had been rotted into meat paste, and raised the thin stick to observe, at this time Liu Fan found that the bottom of the thin stick was stained with some fine grit in addition to some meat paste, which looked very similar to sand, but it seemed to be a little different.

"Brother Feng, what is this?" Liu Fan asked puzzled.

"This is called antiseptic gravel, which is a mixture of fresh sand and anti-rot gravel." Feng Jincai glanced at it and explained casually: "As long as this kind of gravel is spread under the corpse, the corpse can not decay for a period of time, of course, this thing is not embalmed indefinitely, it will only be more than a month, after the deadline, the corpse will still rot." ”

"Oh, it's something like a preservative." Nodding, Liu Fan began to observe several other corpses in turn, although each corpse was covered with embalming gravel, but because these corpses had been parked for too long, they had long been rotten and not decent, and after inspecting them one by one, Liu Fan stopped next to the coffin of the maid Xiaoping.

The bodies of Zhu Zishan's wife, eldest son, and second son were seriously decomposed, and the corpses were crawling with maggots, and nothing could be detected, but the corpse of the maid Xiaoping still barely had a feature, and the maggots on the surface of the corpse were picked up with a thin stick.

Although the characteristics of the corpse are no longer distinguishable, there is a very conspicuous feature on the neck of the corpse, there is a broken mark there, and a discerning person can know at a glance that the deceased's neck must have been strangled by something like hemp rope before his death.

The two eyeballs of the deceased were almost out of the sockets, the corpse's mouth was already open, because the throat was strangled, the whole tongue was sticking out of the mouth, and the tongue hanging down from the mouth was half rotten, and it looked very terrifying.

"Brother, I don't think you look like a professional, why don't you be here today? Today I opened my eyes, and they all said that you scholars have enough courage, in order to find a clean place to study, you dare to enter any broken temple and ancient temple, I didn't believe it before, but now my brother I have a long experience, you people are really bold.

I'm nothing? When I took over this craft from my master, I was destined to be accompanied by dead corpses for the rest of my life, but you, a scholar like a crepe, dared to go to this Yizhuang alone for an autopsy because of a sentence presided over by Qihong. Feng Jincai looked at Liu Fan with admiration.

The reason why he was able to stand here for an autopsy was because of his limited knowledge of criminal investigation, secondly, based on his natural talent for reasoning, thirdly, Liu Fan's persistent belief in that master, and finally because he couldn't suppress the curiosity in his heart, so he came here to conduct an autopsy, wanting to find out the truth of the year.

But theory is theory, but in practice, it is not the same thing, those people in cartoons or TV series are not afraid when they see the corpse, but Liu Fan was mad when he stood in front of the corpse, and when he heard Feng Jincai praise the scholar for his boldness, he wanted to tell the other party that he was not a scholar at the moment, so he was very timid.

I thought so in my heart, but when it was time to say it, Liu Fan was embarrassed to tell the truth, he pretended to be strong and replied without changing his face: "The eldest brother has won the award, the brother actually has no guts, the reason why he dares to come here alone for the autopsy is just the heroic righteousness of the scholar, wait a minute, when the brother finishes the corpse, we will leave here." ”

"Good courage and guts." As soon as Liu Fan's words fell, Feng Jincai gave a thumbs up with admiration: "Since my brother has such courage, then my brother won't say anything, in this way, you are busy first, I will wait for you in the courtyard, and after you get a result, remember to call me." ”

After speaking, Feng Jincai walked out of the room and waited in the courtyard, leaving Liu Fan alone with a lantern to conduct an autopsy from the house.

Liu Fan didn't expect that he pretended to be righteous and strict, and in exchange for this result, seeing Feng Jincai cheering himself up from the courtyard, he immediately leaned down, staring at the corpse in the coffin, pretending to be a careful autopsy, although Liu Fan pretended to be like a big-tailed wolf at this time, but in fact, he was so frightened that he was about to cry, and now he was crying quietly from his heart: "Woo woo...... Pretending to be forced to be struck by lightning. ”

After observing silently for a while, recalling the scene of several people being killed, Liu Fan glanced at the door, looked at Feng Jincai who was walking from the courtyard, and asked casually: "Brother Feng, it was you who conducted an inquest on these corpses, right?" Then didn't you find out that the cause of the maid's death was strangled by external force and died? It is rumored that this case is a ghost bride's soul, but do you think this ghost still needs to work so hard to kill? ”

"What do you mean by that?" Hearing Liu Fan's words, Feng Jincai's tone showed a hint of displeasure, he hung the lantern on the door frame, walked to Liu Fan's side angrily, and said with an unhappy face: "Do you suspect that I didn't conduct a careful inquest when I conducted the autopsy?" If you have any doubts about the results of my inquest, you can go to the Divine Arrest Room to check the case file.

All the information about this case is stored in the file library of the Suzhou government office, you can go there to consult the file, I wrote very clearly at that time, the four deceased were all killed by external factors, I am only responsible for inquest of the body, probing clues, and arresting the real culprit is the errand of the god hunting room, if you feel that there is any doubt, you can find ......"

Speaking of this, Feng Jincai suddenly stopped his voice, he looked at Liu Fan with his eyes hooked, with a serious and solemn expression, as the saying goes, he was most afraid that the air would suddenly be quiet, Feng Jincai had just returned a menacing appearance, and now he suddenly paused and was silent, this sudden move made Liu Fan a little nervous, and he looked at Feng Jincai with a wary face.

"Feng ......"

Liu Fan wanted to say something, but as soon as he said a word, Feng Jincai suddenly raised his finger and made a silent gesture, interrupting Liu Fan's words, he tilted his ears with a solemn expression, and then, Feng Jincai looked at Liu Fan with a nervous expression, and asked in a low voice: "Brother, did you hear any sound?" ”

"Voice? What was that? I didn't hear ......" Hearing Feng Jincai's words, Liu Fan explained in a daze, but as soon as he was halfway through his words, suddenly, he vaguely heard a strange sound behind him, and he learned from Feng Jincai to listen carefully, and indeed a voice slowly sounded behind him: "Meow...... Meow...... Meow ......"

After hearing the voice, Feng Jincai and Liu Fan glanced at each other, both of them showed a trace of dazedness and fear in their eyes, the two of them were stunned, and at the same time turned around and looked behind, this look didn't matter, I saw that there was a wild cat standing in the coffin where Zhu Zishan's wife was in the distance, and the wild cat was jumping back and forth on the corpse.

Liu Fan is a three-good young man in the new century, who has been influenced by all kinds of scientific knowledge since he was a child, and in the knowledge he has received, there are no ghosts and gods in the world, but even so, he has also heard a secret passed down from generation to generation, that is, animals such as cats or dogs must not be allowed to touch the corpse, and if they violate the taboo, they will attract evil ghosts to ask for their lives.

I wonder if Feng Jincai has heard similar rumors? But his reaction at the moment was even more nervous than Liu Fan's, Feng Jin had always had a calm and calm expression when he saw the corpse before, but when he saw the wild cat standing on the corpse, he was suddenly frightened and covered with cold sweat, looking at the cat's eyes that were faintly shining in the night, Feng Jin didn't dare to move.

The wild cat was all black, only a pinch of white hair on the tail, it was very bold, after seeing Liu Fan and Feng Jincai, instead of quickly fleeing from this place, it looked at Liu Fan and the two provocatively, and after a few breaths, the wild cat jumped to the edge of the coffin, and its turquoise eyes stared at Liu Fan and Feng Jincai like ghost fire.

"Brother Feng, where did the wild cat come from?"

Liu Fan raised the lantern and shook it forward, trying to scare the wild cat away. Unexpectedly, instead of scaring the wild cat away, he startled Feng Jincai beside him, he hurriedly grabbed Liu Fan's hand, and said in a nervous tone:

"My master once warned me that something ominous would happen when a cat stepped on a dead corpse, but I didn't expect that I had been cautious all my life, and I actually encountered such a thing today, I knew that this was the case, I shouldn't have brought you here today, what should I do now?"

Looking at the nervous and jealous expression on Feng Jincai's face, Liu Fan suddenly understood, it seems that there are rumors in this world similar to cats and dogs touching the deceased that will cause corpse fraud, otherwise Feng Jincai would not be so afraid.

Seeing that Feng Jincai's emotions were too sensitive and frightened at this time, Liu Fan wanted to comfort him and help him popularize some anti-feudal and superstitious scientific ideas by the way, but just as Liu Fan was about to open his mouth, a scene that stunned him appeared.