The young man behind Han County Lieutenant questioned Li Zhang's autopsy conclusion, which made Lu Wu next to him glare at him with some dissatisfaction, although he knew that the other party should have been brought by Han County Lieutenant, but after all, it was just a child, and it was not his turn to interject at this time, so he asked very unhappily: "Who are you?" ”

"Ahem~, this is my brother, don't look at his young age, but his talent is a hundred times better than mine, and sooner or later he will enter the officialdom, so I'll take him to see it!" I saw that the county lieutenant Han coughed dryly at this time and opened his mouth to introduce.

Although his explanation seems to be very reasonable, but now after all, it is a business in the yamen, and it is a little inappropriate for him to take his younger brother to participate in the case in the yamen, of course, he is the biggest here, even if the magistrate knows about it in the future, he will not be blamed for this little thing.

It is worth mentioning that Han County Lieutenant did not lie when he introduced his younger brother, don't look at him and was admitted to the Jinshi at a young age, but in terms of talent and learning, he thinks that he is far inferior to his younger brother, in their hometown, his younger brother has long been known as a prodigy, and even many people say that he will be the prime minister in the future, so he is also devoted to cultivating his younger brother, and even took him with him when he was an official.

"Student Han Qi, originally the second brother didn't let me come, but I quietly followed him, mainly to see how the case was handled in the yamen, and I hope Lu Bantou will not blame!" I saw that the young man smiled and saluted Lu Wu at this time.

When Lu Wu heard this Han Qi's words, he couldn't help but glance at the other party in surprise, don't look at the other party's young age, but he didn't leak a drop of words, and even took all the reasons for coming here on himself, even if someone wanted to use this matter to attack Han County Lieutenant in the future, I am afraid it would be useless.

"You are Han Qi!" Without waiting for Lu Wu to speak, Li Zhang next to him couldn't help but shout in shock.

"Huh? Do you know me? Han Qi also looked at him in surprise when he heard Li Zhang's words and asked.

"I don't know!" Li Zhang hurriedly denied it.

“……”

Han Qi couldn't help but glance at Li Zhang depressedly at this time, he didn't know that he was still screaming so loudly, so that he thought that the other party had heard of his reputation as a "prodigy", which originally made him feel a little happy in his heart, but he didn't expect that the other party didn't know him at all.

In fact, Han Qi was wrong to blame Li Zhang, how could he not have heard of the famous Han Qi? Of course, this "big name" is in later generations, and now Han Qi is just a child of the same age as Li Zhang, at most he has the name of a "prodigy", but it was not until a few years later that he was admitted to the list at the age of nineteen before he became known to the world in one fell swoop, and it is even said that if it were not for his young age, I am afraid that he would be the champion of the imperial examination.

Of course, Han Qi's exploits are far more than that, he has been the prime minister since the time of Renzong, and has served in three dynasties, and later when Yingzong and Shenzong ascended the throne, he also played a decisive role, plus he himself is also very successful in governing and military, and has also participated in the Qingli New Deal provoked by Fan Zhongyan, which can be said to be a lifetime of glory, and the Han family has also become an important political family in the Song Dynasty since his generation, and his sons are also extremely ministers, and the eldest son is the second prime minister of the Han family after him.

Thinking of Han Qi's achievements in history, Li Zhang couldn't help but look at the other party a few times again, and then he was afraid that others would see his abnormality, so he pointed to the neck of the deceased and changed the topic: "Cough~, if one scar is not enough, then you can look at the neck of the deceased, there are more than two strangulation marks on his neck!" ”

Han Qi is a genius in reading, but now he is also a child, and his curiosity is also very strong, when he first met Li Zhang, he thought that the other party was a little beggar, but now he didn't dare to despise Li Zhang, but was very curious about him, so after hearing Li Zhang's words, he really came to the corpse and carefully observed the other party's neck.

Han Qi observed for a while, and actually made him find something, and immediately shouted, "There are scratches on his neck!" ”

"Yes, there are several scratches on the front of the deceased's neck, and it is difficult for ordinary hanged people to grasp their necks with both hands, and only when they are strangled from behind, when the deceased struggles desperately, will they leave scratches on their necks!" Li Zhang smiled again at this time and said, Li Zhang, like many people, had such doubts about the death method of hanging himself, that is, if the person who hanged himself regretted it, could he grab the rope with both hands and let himself live?

But unfortunately, the answer is basically impossible, because when a person hangs himself, the neck is suddenly compressed vigorously, which will make people lose consciousness in a very short period of time, even if they can be awake, they will also be compressed because of the nerves, resulting in the inability to lift their hands, and even sometimes because the weight is too heavy, the cervical vertebrae are directly torn off, so the behavior of hanging is extremely dangerous, and ordinary people should never try it easily.

Hearing Li Zhang's words, Han County Lieutenant and Lu Wu also came over to take a look, and following his guidance, they saw a few scratches, which made Lu Wu also nod and said: "That's true, it seems that this Liu Da really died from him!" ”

"Uncle Wu is right, in addition, Liu Da can scratch himself when he is struggling, so he is also likely to scratch the murderer, so I think Uncle Wu, when you catch the murderer, you can pay attention to those who have scars on their hands." Li Zhang smiled again at this time.

Hearing Li Zhang's words, Lu Wu's eyes lit up, and he immediately ordered all the officials to investigate, generally in cases like this, most of the murderers are people nearby, and they may even be acquaintances of the deceased, and there are obvious characteristics such as being scratched on their hands, it should not be difficult to find the murderer.

At this time, there was nothing to do with Li Zhang, and Lu Wu was busy investigating the murderer, and there was no way to arrange for someone to send him back, so Li Zhang came to the small river next to him on crutches, squatted down and washed his hands, although he was already surprised by the corpse, but it was still a little disgusting to touch the corpse with his hands, which also made him secretly decide that he must make a pair of gloves after going back, otherwise next time if he encounters a rotting corpse or something like that, then he can't have these hands.

"Hey, can you tell me, why did you let Lu Bantou hold you to look at the branches on it just now?" At this moment, he suddenly heard a familiar voice asking, and Li Zhang knew without looking back that it must be Han Qi, a young man who was at the age of bursting with curiosity.

"My name is Li Zhang, not Hey!" Li Zhang didn't reply, after speaking, he grabbed a handful of soil from the river and smeared it on his hands, the water and soil here are not very good, the river is saline-alkali land, but because of the natural alkaline, you can wash your hands cleanly, after all, there is no soap now, Li Zhang can only make do.

"Okay, Li Zhang, can you tell me, why did you look at the branch just now, what is on it?" Han Qi seemed to have become accustomed to the rhythm of Li Zhang's speech, and immediately picked up his clothes and squatted next to him and asked again, after Li Zhang's autopsy just now, he asked Lu Wu to hold him and look at the tree, but Li Zhang didn't explain this matter just now, so he was also very curious.

Li Zhang replied while washing his hands carefully at this time: "Actually, it's nothing, if it is a person who hangs himself, he will definitely struggle before he dies, and the rope is put on the branch, and it will leave traces of friction on the branch under the struggle, but if it is hung on the tree after the person dies, then there will only be a rope mark!" ”

As soon as Li Zhang's words fell, Han Qi jumped up and ran out, and after a while, he ran back with excitement on his face and said, "Sure enough, as you said, there are no traces of friction on the branches, only a strangulation mark of a rope, which means that he was already dead when he hung it." ”

Looking at Han Qi's excited appearance, Li Zhang smiled faintly, no matter how high and powerful Han Qi is in the future, he is just a teenager who is about the same as himself now, just because he has read a lot of books, so he looks stable on the surface, but in fact, he is still a jumping teenager in his heart.

"Li Zhang, who did you learn these things from, I feel very interesting, there are no such things in books." After Han Qi was excited, he sat down in front of Li Zhang again and said, now that his brother and Lu Wu are handling the case, no one cares about the two of them, and they are of the same age, so he naturally has a sense of closeness to Li Zhang.

"There are no such things in the books, and that's because many people don't bother to write down this knowledge, but someone will definitely do it in the future, and where did I learn it?" Li Zhang suddenly had a bit of a joking mind when he said this, and immediately turned his head to Han Qi and grinned, "That's because I was injured and unconscious before, and my soul went to the Hades Palace for a few turns, and when I woke up, I knew a lot about dealing with dead people!" ”

"Bragging! There is no Hades in this world, only those foolish men and fools will believe in these things! Li Zhang didn't expect Han Qi's boldness, not only was he not afraid at all, but he also pointed out that Li Zhang was lying.

"If you don't believe it, forget it!" Li Zhang glanced at him indifferently and said, as an excellent salesman, his face is very thick, even if the lie is exposed to his face, he will not change his face.

Although Han Qi didn't believe in Li Zhang's going to the Hades Palace, he was very interested in his methods of autopsy, and couldn't help but ask again: "Li Zhang, can you tell me more about the autopsy?" ”

"What do you want to hear?" Li Zhang also glanced at Han Qi a little helplessly at this time, it is estimated that this kid usually stays at home every day to study, and it is difficult to come out, and he met his peers who know how to perform autopsies, so this aroused his interest, but for him, this interest is more like an adjustment between readings, and it is estimated that he will forget it in a few days.

Han Qi saw that Li Zhang was so good at talking, and his face was also happy at the moment, and he just wanted to ask something, but he inadvertently swept his gaze across the river, and as a result, he jumped up all of a sudden, and his face also showed fear.