In such a murder case, the county government only sent a small torture room officer, Li Mi couldn't help but be angry, and the old man also had a headache when he saw the torture room officer.

"If it's bad luck, why is it him!"

Hearing the old man muttering, Li Mi couldn't help asking, "Why does the old man talk like this?" ”

The old man also said bluntly: "This Wu Yong is narrow-minded, and he will report it, there was a case earlier, and the old man offended him, and today I am afraid that it is not easy to fool..."

Although he said this, the old man still came to the front, and at this time, Wu Yong, the priest of the torture room, was already a little impatient and scolded the old man.

"Why was you born so late, what's the use of the county government raising you like an old man!"

The old man was about to defend himself, but the priest looked at the muddy water covered in mud and water again, covered his nose and moved to the side, and waved his hand impatiently.

"Don't talk too much, go up and see if this woman has fallen into the water with the wrong foot, and if she dies accidentally, you can close the case on the spot."

As soon as the priest said this, Li Mi couldn't help but be surprised, it turned out that they had long thought that this was an accidental death, so they didn't even come to the history and the magistrate, but just asked the priest to go through the motions.

"Yes—" The old man was relieved that the priest was no longer embarrassed by himself, and hurried forward, and when the family members saw that they were coming, they also stopped crying, and one of them, about thirty years old, with a short beard, grabbed the old man and shouted.

"Show me carefully! My lady was born in Qiantang, and she was familiar with water when she was a child, so how could she drown, someone must have harmed her, so she abandoned her body in the water! ”

Although the man's tone was a little not very humble, he still raised his hand, and the family member next to him immediately handed over half a drop of money, and the man took it and stuffed it into the old man's hand.

Although he was considered dirty and dirty, the results of his examination were crucial, so the victim's family usually gave him money in the hope that he would take it seriously.

This is called the inspection money in the industry, and it will be given once after the inspection, which is called the handwashing money, which is also the unwritten rule in the industry, and it is also the main source of income.

Although they are also employed by the county government, they only have three or four taels of food and silver every year, and the money for inspection and hand-washing is the bulk of their income, and the situation of other officials is also similar.

Generally speaking, the county government of the Ming Dynasty is also equipped with two or three servants, but there is only such an old servant in Wu County, which shows that the vacancies of the other two servants have been eaten by the county government.

Li Mi heard the middle-aged bitter lord say this, and his heart was also suspicious, so he couldn't help but stretch his neck and look at the female corpse.

This woman is only in her twenties, although her face is dead white, and her eyes are wide open, but she can still vaguely see that the color is really not bad, she should be a beautiful person, although she is wearing coarse clothes, her figure is plump, and it is no wonder that this husband is so sad.

Her hands were slightly bent, her stiffness had appeared, through the skin on her neck and arms, she could see goosebump-like changes, her fingers were white and wrinkled, typical of "washerwoman's hands", and her fingers and nails could see obvious mud and aquatic plants.

Judging from these many signs, it is very consistent with the forensic examination of drowning before death.

The old man comforted him a few words, and then did a simple examination, the woman had crab foam on her mouth and nose, which would still come out after erasing it, which was also a manifestation of drowning before her death.

If the body is thrown away after death, there will be no mud or algae in the nails of the corpse, because the lungs will not breathe, and there will be no crab foam, that is, mushroom-like foam.

In ancient times, the examination of corpses was also very superficial, and if you wanted to conduct further examinations, you could only pull them back to the morgue or let a woman like Wen Po conduct a private examination.

However, the signs of this female corpse were very obvious, and the old servant quickly came to a conclusion, and said to the husband of the bitter master.

"This old man is mourning and changing, judging from the superficial signs, Mrs. Zun is indeed drowning..."

Seeing that the old man came to a conclusion, Wu Yong, the priest of the torture room, was also relieved and said to him impatiently.

"Old Gengtou, you fill in the corpse compartment quickly, this division takes it back to the torture room, and hands it over to the scribe for the record, this case is over, the corpse is led back by the bitter master, and the big guys are scattered!"

This Wu Yong's tone made even Li Mi angry when he heard it, not to mention this woman's husband!

"When you are an official, you have to make decisions for the people, and now that the cause of death of a certain wife is unknown, how can you careless of people's lives! Humble Jing is a person from Qiantang, how can he be drowned if he fights for a little water! ”

Wu Yong was scolded by the husband like this, and he was a little annoyed in his heart, so he scolded the husband: "Although you have lost your new wife and your heart is painful, you must not be so entangled!" This case is a case of accidental drowning, if you continue to mess around and collide with tolerance, you will have to suffer a lawsuit! ”

Wu Yong is also a bully, but the old man is a kind-hearted person, so he explained to the husband.

"This old man, look at it, Mrs. Zun's ankle has a few bruises, thinking that it must have been entangled by water and weeds, so that she couldn't save herself, so she drowned..."

The middle-aged man hurriedly snatched it over, and he didn't care about it, grabbed his wife's ankle and looked at it, and sure enough, there were two circles of purple-black bruises, and he couldn't help but sit on the ground as if he had been struck by lightning, and muttered to himself: "Impossible... Impossible... No way! ”

When everyone saw this, they couldn't help but feel sorry, Wu Yong waved his hand and was about to leave with tolerance, and the onlookers were also talking about it, ready to disperse.

Li Mi, who saw all this in his eyes, was a little indignant at this time, because he had every reason to believe that this woman was not drowned at all, but was murdered!

Li Mi originally wanted to secretly mention some old servants, let the old servants come forward, and his own family sat behind the scenes, it can be seen that the officials of the torture room are so strong, even if they secretly mention some tricks, this old man is estimated to be timid and afraid of things, and he does not dare to make extraneous branches, and it will inevitably be embarrassing again.

Hengzhi himself is to show his ability, display his talents, and get into the eyes of the county government, if he is not high-profile, how can he succeed!

Thinking of this, Li Mi no longer had any scruples, and seeing that everyone was leaving, Li Mi said loudly: "Everyone, slow down! ”

Everyone's hearts were lost, and when they heard Li Mi like this, they couldn't help but turn back again, but Wu Yong, the priest of the torture room, frowned.

Li Mi took the opportunity to speak: "In my humble opinion, this woman did not drown, but was murdered!" ”

As soon as Li Mi's words came out, it really shocked the audience, and the bitter husband's husband suddenly raised his head, crawled over and grabbed Li Mi and said: "Why did this friend say this, but I can see something!" ”

When the torture chamber officer heard Li Mi's words, he couldn't help but say angrily: "What are you, dare to talk nonsense here!" ”

At this time, the old man was really as Li Mi expected, and he shrank in a corner, but he didn't dare to come forward, saying that Li Mi was the primary apprentice he brought.

Li Mi had already made a good calculation, and he didn't care about the arrogant posture of the torture chamber officer, this torture chamber clerk may have some power in the eyes of the people, but in Li Mi's opinion, he is just a temporary worker with a fox and a fake tiger!

"Master Officer, Fellow Villagers, Contemptible people are also doing things in their hometowns, and what the right person said is not bad, but he missed a few doubts, and these doubts are enough to prove that this woman did not drown accidentally!"

Li Mi said loudly, and the torture room official was also a little weak-hearted, and Li Mi didn't give him a chance at all, and continued to speak.

"This first, if the deceased falls into the water and drowns, and is entangled by aquatic plants, he must struggle to save himself, in a panic, the clothes and pants will inevitably be messy, and after the clothes and pants absorb water, they will inevitably change, but the deceased's clothes are too neat and tight, and they have been sorted out at all!"

The bitter husband's eyes lit up, and when he looked at his wife's corpse, it was so that her hair was messy, her hands were full of water and mud, and even her feet were covered with river mud, but her clothes were extremely well buttoned!

Everyone also saw that at this time, they had already begun to believe in Li Mi's words, and Li Mi hit the railway while it was hot.

"Second, the inference of the elder brother seems to be correct, but it ignores one of the points, the deceased did have a bruise on the ankle, but this bruise was only on the outside of the ankle, but not on the inside, what does this mean?"

"If it is caused by the entanglement of aquatic weeds, then there should also be bruises on the inside of the ankles, and the current situation can only mean that someone tied the deceased's feet and threw them into the water, and the bruises were not caused by aquatic weeds at all, but by ropes!"

"Only when the rope is tied to the feet will there be signs of bruises on the outside and clean on the inside!"

"Moreover, when the deceased drowned, there were ropes on her feet, but now there are no ropes, which can only mean that after she was picked up, the ropes were taken away, and the person who took the ropes should also be the ones who arranged their clothes with the intention of creating a false impression!"

"Finally, if the deceased drowns, her eyes should be slightly open, and there will be a death phenomenon of muscle relaxation after death, but her hands are clenched, indicating that there was a corpse spasm before death!"

"If there was a corpse spasm, then her eyes should be closed, but now her eyes are open in anger, which can only show that before the temporary time, she was frightened and angry, and she should have torn and fought with the murderer!"

Li Mi finished speaking in one breath, loudly and categorically, his entry points are all within the scope of the inspection, but in the details, it is by no means an ordinary work can be done, in a short period of time, he firmly grasped the hearts of these people!

"In this way, my lady was killed! I, Lu Chongning, am also a county school student, so I must tell me to the court this time to avenge my mother's hatred! ”

After saying this, Lu Chongning couldn't help glaring at Wu Yong fiercely, no one thought that this bitter master Lu Chongning turned out to be a showman, that Wu Yong was just a servant, but Lu Chongning was very likely to become an official, and Wu Yong was even more weak-hearted!

Wu Yong immediately turned his anger on Li Mi, and said to Li Mi: "These are your one-sided words, you can come up with evidence!" ”

Li Mi smiled noncommittally and said: "Lu Xiucai also said a little before, his wife plays a little water, it can be seen that he is an unconvinced character, he will definitely not be restrained, but tear and fight with the murderer, as long as her nails are checked, she should be able to find things like dandruff and hair left by the murderer!" ”

The priest of the torture room is also a criminal officer, and he is not ignorant, so he couldn't help but sneer and retort at this time: "This deceased's hands are full of mud and water weeds, how can he find out the dandruff hair, and even if it is detected, how can he be sure that it is the murderer's, not the deceased's own!" ”

When Li Mi heard this, he couldn't help but feel nervous, because the current level of criminal investigation technology is not comparable to that of later generations, and this kind of microscopic inspection is really not easy to do!

And just when Li Mi hesitated, another voice came: "This friend's words are also bad, and the little one can prove that this lady was indeed accidentally drowned!" ”

Li Mi turned his head to look, and it turned out to be the man who had been hanging his head and was silent!