Meng Tianchu didn't say a word when he heard his polite words, and went straight to the point, although it was the tragic death of his son, he just wanted to solve the case as soon as possible, so he skipped these polite words from officialdom. However, he can not say it if he is the prefect, but he can't lack etiquette. Meng Tianchu first said something like a sad change, and then said: "Thank you Lord Prefect for your trust, since the Lord has opened his mouth, it is better to be respectful than to obey his fate." ”

When Governor Ke heard that Meng Tianchu agreed, he said happily: "Okay, thank you so much, if you can solve this case and catch the real culprit, this mansion will definitely be rewarded." ”

"I don't dare to take it seriously, it's just that it is not known whether Ling Lang died of murder at present, so there is no question of capturing the real murderer."

Governor Ke nodded and said, "What Mr. said is very true, and this mansion is just guessing..."

Meng Tianchu pondered for a moment and said, "Lord Prefect, there is something that must be explained in advance for Lord Prefect to decide. ”

Hearing what he said solemnly, Governor Ke hurriedly asked, "Sir, please speak." ”

"Contemptible guess, since several Lang Zhong can't determine the cause of Ling Lang's death, presumably Ling Lang's body should have no obvious external injuries, and no obvious signs of satiety or poisoning have been found, I don't know if this is the case?"

Governor Ke nodded: "That's true, this government has also checked the dog's body surface in detail, and no external injuries have been found, according to the dog's symptoms before death and Lang Zhong's examination of the corpse, there are no obvious symptoms of violent illness or poisoning." Therefore, I felt very strange, so I came to ask Mr. for help. ”

"In this case, they are not almost close, and the contemptible people only rely on physical examinations, and they also do not know the cause of death, and if the cause of death is not clear, it is difficult to determine whether it was killed or died of disease or accident."

Governor Ke's face was full of disappointment, and he asked, "How is that good?" ”

"If you want to find out the cause of Ling Lang's death, there is only one way!"

"What's the solution?"

"Autopsy."

"Huh?" Governor Ke's brows furrowed. After all, no one wants the bodies of their loved ones to be destroyed, even if it's necessary to solve a case.

Cai Zhixian said on the side: "Sir, apart from the method of autopsy, is there any other way to find out the cause of death?" ”

Meng Tianchu shook his head in embarrassment: "The body surface examination only has so many clues, with these clues, Lang Zhong can't make a judgment on the cause of death, and the contemptible people are not smarter than them, so it is very likely that they will not be able to get the answer to the cause of death either, naturally, if the cause of death can be found out without autopsy, the contemptible people will not dissect it easily." However, from the current information, the autopsy is probably the only way to find out the cause of death. ”

Meng Tianchu's words have been made very clear, Cai Zhixian doesn't understand the name detection in the first place. Hearing him say this, he didn't know what to do, and looked at Governor Ke's mansion.

Governor Ke kept groaning for a long time before he sighed: "Okay, since this is the case, if there is really a need for dissection, then dissect." ”

Meng Tianchu breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly remembered Hu Xiaoqi's disgusting appearance today, so he said: "The contemptible person encountered a strange thing today, and I also want to take this opportunity to talk about it to the prefect." ”

Where is Governor Ke still in the mood to study what strange things Meng Tianchu found at the moment, but he was embarrassed not to let him say it, and he just hoped that this matter would not be so complicated. Say it early and finish it early, so that you can start solving the case. Nodding, he smiled reluctantly and said, "Oh, sir, let's hear it." ”

"Today, we entered the city from outside the city, not only did we encounter the sergeants to check, but also, these sergeants also asked everyone who entered and left the city to pay a hundred so-called deposits, and at night I was thinking, if the real murderer could not be found, it would be reasonable to set up a card to investigate, and the case had not yet been solved, and it was not even certain whether he was killed, so how could he investigate the murderer, in this case, even if the real murderer stood in front of them, I was afraid that I would not know it."

Since the prefect now has a request for himself, and this kind of thing is obviously not something that the prefect can think of, it should be made up by the people below, so Meng Tianchu said it. Sure enough, when Governor Ke heard this, his face was stunned, which made Meng Tianchu's heart brighter, and he said: "The matter of collecting the so-called security deposit is simply ridiculous, this so-called security deposit is said to be returned after the case is solved in the future, but there is no receipt, no registration, how to return it?" Obviously, the tiger borrowed the pig, and there was no repayment. What does 100 Wen guarantee? Can the murderer leave after paying a hundred yuan? Is it taking the opportunity to exploit the general public? ”

The latter sentence is a bit heavy, Cai Zhixian chuckled psychologically, peeked at Ke Zhifu, saw his gloomy face, and nodded again and again while listening: "The government just ordered them to set up cards at the four doors to see if there were any suspicious people, and there was no deposit to be levied, who did this?" This government must investigate this matter strictly! ”

"The city gate we came in was a small banner surnamed Hu in charge."

"Hu Xiaoqi? Beard, a scar on the forehead? ”

"Exactly, the prefect knows about this person?"

Governor Ke slapped heavily on the tea table: "This beast is a distant relative of mine, there is already a precedent for such things, this time this mansion must break his leg!" ”

Meng Tianchu was annoyed that Hu Xiaoqi was fascinated by Xia Fengyi's appearance, and took this opportunity to sue casually, but he didn't expect to be sued, now the Ke Governor's Mansion has a request for himself, and Hu Xiaoqi's behavior damages the image of his Ke Governor's Mansion, and it must be strictly investigated in public and private, it seems that this Hu Xiaoqi is going to be unlucky.

Governor Ke shouted: "Someone! ”

Outside the door, a follower ran into the squad leader and bowed down.

Governor Ke roared with a blue face: "Go quickly, Hu Xiaoqi, this brute called the prefect's yamen to see me!" ”

The attendant hurriedly agreed and ran out.

Governor Ke bowed his hand to Meng Tianchu and said: "Sir, please rest assured, this matter will be strictly investigated by this government, and it must not allow such people to be mermaids and common people!" ”

This is said in a strict manner, but I don't know if there will be thunder and rain, or even rain. Meng Tianchu smiled: "The prefect enforces the law impartially, which is admirable!" Then let's go to the house right away and start solving the case! ”

"There is Mr. Law!"

At this time, it was already dark, Governor Ke prepared two sedan chairs to wait in the yamen, Meng Tianchu returned to the room and took his forensic physical evidence investigation box, when they came back, Murong Zhenxue was still busy in Meng Tianchu's study and was busy with official business and did not leave, Meng Tianchu had already estimated that he might have to solve the case, so let Murong Zhenxue stay and not leave for the time being, and she might need to fill in the corpse grid when the time came. At this time, he decided to go to the body to examine the body and solve the case, so he called Murong Yuxue to follow him to the prefect's yamen with him to investigate the case.

Came to the prefect's yamen, did not enter the gate, heard the faint cry from afar, into the yamen yamen, the cry was even louder, men and women, the yamen Datang has been changed into a mourning hall, the door is hung with white fan, a huge white cloth in the middle separates the inside and outside, the white cloth is written on the black and black Li writing the word "Dian Da", both sides are hung with a couplet, below is an incense case, for some melon and fruit offerings, a large copper basin in front of the incense case, is used to burn paper money for the condolences of the guests.

Both sides of the lobby were full of people who had come to mourn, and when they saw the prefect coming in, they hurriedly got up to greet him. Governor Ke just nodded slightly, and led Meng Tianchu to pick up the white cloth and go directly inside.

Inside was a coffin, uncovered and painted, and next to the coffin lay a corpse on a wooden bed, covered with a white cloth, and a lantern was lit above the head. On both sides of the knees were several women wearing linen and filial piety, sobbing and crying while burning paper.

Governor Ke sighed and said, "You all go out." ”

The women hurriedly got up, sobbed and bowed their heads and retreated back to the back hall.

Meng Tianchu gently uncovered the white cloth covering the corpse, revealing the body of Ke Zhifu's son Ke Wei, personally took off the clothes on the corpse, and conducted a detailed examination of the corpse's body surface, and sure enough, no obvious external injuries were found, and said in embarrassment: "Lord Prefect, there is no way, I'm afraid I can only perform an autopsy." ”

Governor Ke sighed: "Sir, since this is the case, then the autopsy will be left to you." Lord Yu Cai is waiting for your news in the back hall. After that, he ordered his subordinates to carry the body to an empty room next door for Meng Tianchu to dissect, and then went to the back hall with Cai Zhixian.

Meng Tianchu took Murong Zhenxue to stay alone in the room, Murong Zhenxue made a record, and Meng Tianchu began to dissect.

(Digression: Autopsy is the primary way to find out the cause of death.) If a forensic doctor doesn't let him perform an autopsy, he really doesn't know what else he can do, and it's hard to imagine how he can know the real cause of death without an autopsy. Especially when encountering a situation like Ke Wei that has no obvious symptoms of trauma, violent illness or poisoning, how can we find out the truth without dissecting it.

Don't tell me that Song Ci or Bao Gong also solved a lot of cases without autopsies, it should be said that if they had conducted an autopsy, they would have been able to solve more cases, and the cases they solved only by virtue of the body surface examination and the cases they solved were unjust or not, only history itself knows.

Judging from the previous situation, it seems that everyone does not like autopsy, or does not like to find out the truth according to the autopsy, but likes to reason out of thin air, intellectual games such as murder in a closed room, and in real-life cases, there is almost no special case like Kanedaichi, and when you really encounter a murder case, you don't use forensic autopsy methods, but you go to think about it, or carry out the so-called investigation and secret visit, which is not obviously not a gun and a gun, but a big knife and bow and arrow.

Wood doesn't want to argue too much, since everyone doesn't like to see the anatomy, then I won't write about the dissection process in detail. Write the results directly, so a few words are omitted from the anatomical process. )

The autopsy found that the deceased had the general signs of suffocation, with congestion and edema of the brain and lungs. Complicated by bronchopneumonia, the stomach contents are judged by a very special smell, judging from this taste, it is likely to be some kind of poison, but because many poisons will emit a strange taste, and the taste is very similar, if you do not test, it is difficult to determine which poison it is by smell.

Meng Tianchu carefully examined the stomach contents of Ke Wei's corpse, and finally, found a small amount of black residue, this residue was obviously not left by meat or other food, judging from the signs of poisoning in the internal organs of the corpse found in the autopsy, it was likely to be the poison that killed Ke Wei, and it was definitely not arsenic (otherwise Lang Zhong would definitely be able to find out), although he didn't know what poison it was, this discovery had already made him overjoyed.

However, for the sake of prudence, Meng Tianchu still decided to test this poison. Since he did not have laboratory equipment and could not conduct poison testing, it seemed that he could only sit on biological experiments.

Meng Tianchu soaked some of the residues in his stomach in hot water and mashed them, asked Murong Yuxue to go to the back hall and Ke Zhifu to ask for a duckling, and poured the residue into the duck's mouth, and the duck jumped alive for a moment before convulsing to death. This proved that the black residue found in the contents of Ke Wei's stomach was indeed a poisonous substance.

What exactly is poison? Although Meng Tianchu could not draw a conclusion, it was certain from the signs found in the autopsy that Ke Wei died of pulmonary edema and respiratory failure caused by acute poisoning, and the two caused the deceased to have symptoms of suffocation, which belonged to suffocation caused by internal breathing disorders, which is internal asphyxia, which is a kind of suffocation corresponding to mechanical asphyxia caused by external causes.

Meng Tianchu re-stitched and arranged Ke Wei's corpse and dressed it, notified the people to carry the body back behind the white cloth in the mourning hall, and then took Murong Yuxue to the back hall.

Meng Tianchu conducted an autopsy on the corpse, which was only known by him, Murong Zhenxue, Ke Zhifu, and Cai Zhixian, and even the subordinates only carried the corpse to the room, and they didn't know what to do. Until there is no evidence that Ke Wei died in murder, Meng Tianchu does not want to make the matter known to everyone.

In the back hall, Ke Zhifu and Cai Zhixian were talking with each other, and when they saw Meng Tianchu coming in, they hurriedly greeted him, and Ke Zhifu asked, "How is it?" ”

Meng Tianchu asked rhetorically: "Did Ling Lang have any symptoms before he died?" ”

Governor Ke thought for a while and said heavily: "My son has been in a coma before he died, his breathing is very slow and weak, his body is cold, and he keeps convulsing when he dies, which is very scary. ”

These symptoms are still too common to tell what kind of poison they died of. Meng Tianchu asked again: "Please tell me in detail about Ling Lang's death." ”