Everyone followed Yu Huawen to the morgue, and he had been waiting at the door for a long time, when he saw Yu Huawen and a few people coming, he hurriedly stepped forward, knelt down and kowtowed: "Qiantang County Ya Cheng is Li Cheng, knock to see a few adults." ”

Yu Huawen nodded and said, "Get up and take us to the morgue of Qian County Order." ”

"Yes, a few adults, please."

He stood up and hurried to the front of the crowd to lead the way. After passing through a long corridor and coming to a room in the west courtyard, Li Cheng immediately stepped forward and opened the wooden door of the morgue.

A foul smell rushed over everyone.

Several people frowned and subconsciously covered their noses, but Lin He's face was as usual.

It's not that there's anything wrong with Lin He's sense of smell, or that there's anything special about him. Don't forget that Lin He is a person who has been on the battlefield, and the smell of blood and corpses there is really a veritable stench, so the small morgue is nothing to Lin He, this is the so-called "enter the room of Zhilan, and do not smell its fragrance for a long time; into the abalone, for a long time without smelling its smell".

As the princess of a country and the favorite daughter of the Empress Dowager Chongde, Ying Lan could not stand such a stench, she had already covered her nose and ran out, and spit out with a "wow-" sound after running a few steps.

Li Cheng took out some fresh wormwood leaves and gave them to everyone to plug their nostrils, arched his hand embarrassedly, and explained: "Back to my lords, this Qian Dahong's body has been parked here for more than ten years, so it has been ....... ”

Yu Huawen waved his hand, signaling that he didn't have to explain.

Qin Hanyu turned to look at Princess Yinglan, and saw that she was still squatting on the ground and vomiting, so he walked over and patted her on the back. Seeing this, Yu Huawen hurriedly ordered a servant to take Ying Lan to the back hall living room to rest.

Ying Lan didn't appreciate it, she didn't want to be squeamish in front of everyone. She took a few breaths, waved her hand and said, "No, Lord Yu, I can do it!" ”

Only then did everyone turn around and follow the others into the room, and Ying Lan hesitated at the door.

The smell was so stinky that Ying Lan hesitated a little at the door, and her stomach turned a little upside down.

Lin He leaned over, took out a white square cloth cover from his arms, handed it over, and said, "Miss Si, it's much better to cover your face and nose with this cover." ”

Ying Lan glanced at Lin He, as if she was a little surprised by his concern.

This cloth cover is made of three layers of white linen, two layers outside, one layer inside, some mint, osmanthus, jasmine, mugwort leaves, roses, caryophyllus, lily of the valley several herbs are placed in the middle layer, and four strips of cloth are sewn at the four corners, the linen cloth is white and clean, and it is unused at a glance.

This is Lin He's homemade mask, which he originally prepared for his own use.

"It's ...... What the? Ying Lan looked at the mask curiously.

"It's called a mask, and it's very effective to wear it to prevent odors. You just tie the strips of cloth on both sides and hang them on your ears. Lin He taught her to put on a mask.

Ying Lan hesitated.

Her Royal Highness the Princess, as a daughter, according to common sense, she can't accept a man's gift casually. But if she hadn't brought this thing with her, I'm afraid she might have fainted before she had walked a few steps through the door.

She put the mask on her face according to Lin He's method, and sure enough, she didn't smell the stench. A strong aroma of herbs soaked into the heart and spleen, and I felt refreshed.

Looking at Lin He's strong back, Ying Lan's cheeks were a little red, and she hurriedly followed.

"My lord, through the last inquest, I have learned that Qian Dahong was wounded by a knife in the abdomen, piercing the spleen, resulting in death, and the time of death was probably between unitary time and sub-hour." Standing at Qian Dahong's corpse, he lifted the white cloth.

A male corpse with a big belly and a naked upper body was presented in front of everyone.

Ying Lan was stunned for a while, and she was so frightened that she immediately closed her eyes and didn't dare to look at it again, and her right hand unconsciously grabbed Qin Hanyu's arm beside her. Qin Hanyu turned her head, only then did she notice that her face was covered with a white cloth, and she couldn't help but take a curious look.

Qin Hanyu gently patted Ying Lan's hand and said in a low voice, "If you can't hold on, just talk to me."

Ying Lan nodded obediently.

Qin Hanyu turned his head, carefully examined the corpse, and asked softly, "Does this Qian Dahong have the habit of practicing martial arts on weekdays?" ”

Among the people, only Pang Tai and this Qian Dahong got along closely, so everyone looked at him.

Pang Tai coughed, thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Xiaguan has worked with Qian Dahong for six years, and I have never seen him practice martial arts. Why do you have such a question? ”

Qin Hanyu frowned, pointed to Qian Dahong's palms and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, please see, Qian Dahong's two palms have obvious calluses, which makes no sense for a person who has not been engaged in farming for a long time and has been pampered. Moreover, the callus on his right palm is obviously thicker than that of his left palm, and he should practice weapons such as swords, guns, swords, and halberds all year round. ”

Everyone looked at each other, especially Pang Tai, he really couldn't imagine that Master Qian, who had always prided himself on being close to him, might be able to do martial arts. Only Lin He and Yu Huawen knew it, and they glanced at each other hurriedly, but neither of them answered.

This already involves the secrets of Shen Qinglong and Zhen Si, and there are many people present, if it spreads out and startles the snake, it will be wasted.

Lin He put his hands behind his back, coughed lightly, and changed the topic: "Li Cheng, where was Lord Qian's body found?" What are the anomalies at the time of discovery? ”

He thought for a moment and replied, "Except for being wet all over, there is no other abnormality." ”

"Soggy?"

"Yes, my lord, I remember that the wind was quite strong that night, and it is speculated that someone should have thrown his body into the river and blown to the shore at night." He replied.

When Yu Huawen heard this, he raised his eyebrows, glanced at Pang Tai, and asked, "Huge man, do you know who this Lord Qian met with when he left Qiantang County?" When and where was the last time you saw him? ”

Pang Tai narrowed his small eyes like mung beans, thought for a while, and said, "The last time I saw Lord Qian was ten days ago, and I was in the county office. At that time, he had packed up his belongings and was about to take a boat to Linjiang County early the next morning to report on his work, but he never thought that something would happen to him. As for who Lord Qian met in the end, Xia Guan did not know. There were more people who came to say goodbye that day, and the lower officials did not bother again after they were busy with business. ”

Yu Huawen said "um" and stopped talking.

Everyone looked for questions and pondered.

At the moment, judging from the exterior of the corpse alone, there are too few clues that can be obtained.

Lin He looked the corpse up and down, pondered for a moment, and arched his hand towards Yu Huawen: "Lord Yu, the lower official requests an autopsy of Qian Dahong's body, maybe something can be found!" ”

Dissect?!

Everyone looked at Lin He in surprise.

Anatomy has been studied since ancient times, but the origin should be in the New Dynasty, it is said that at that time, Wang Mang once recruited a Tai Doctor to dissect a rebel and left a bloody autopsy material.

Although the truth is so, the ancients were still very taboo about mutilating corpses, believing that it was not only a great disrespect to the deceased, but also would affect their reincarnation. Therefore, the study of anatomy has not been carried forward.

Now hearing Lin He's proposal to dissect the corpse, and it was the body of an official of the current dynasty, everyone was naturally shocked.

Even Yu Huawen, who has always supported Lin He unconditionally, also thinks that Lin He's statement is incredible. His thick eyebrows furrowed slightly, he stroked the beard on his chin, and said hesitantly: "Chang Geng, death is greater, this autopsy corpse...... It's a bit blasphemous. ”

Yuan Baohu, who had not spoken for a long time, raised his eyebrows and scolded angrily: "Lin thief Cao, you can think of such an immoral idea, you want to make Lord Qian die!" ”

Since Yuan Baohu found out in the living room just now that Lin He and Qin Hanyu seemed to be hiding something from everyone, Yuan Baohu's vinegar jar was opened, and it was not pleasing to the eye no matter how he looked at Lin He.

Lin He didn't answer his words, looked at Yu Huawen and said unhurriedly:

"My lord, I think that letting the murderer go unpunished is the only way to make the deceased die peacefully. If this can help bring the murderer to justice as soon as possible and repay Lord Qian justice, it will be able to comfort Lord Qian's soul in heaven. I believe that Lord Qian will also rest in peace under the Nine Springs. ”

Yuan Baohu saw that Lin He dared to ignore himself, and his hatred in his heart was even stronger, and he shouted: "A bunch of nonsense, it's just a bunch of nonsense!" How can an uncivilized person like you judge a case for an official! ”

Yu Huawen was a little embarrassed, he looked left and right, and said to Qin Hanyu on the side: "Lord Qin, look ......"

"I think so." To the surprise of others, Qin Hanyu actually nodded and agreed without hesitation.

"Senior sister, ...... you" Yuan Baohu looked at her incredulously.

Yu Huawen also nodded, "I also seconded it." ”

Pang Tai has always been a grass on the wall, a sycophant, seeing that the two top bosses agreed, naturally he would not refuse, he sneered: "I also agree with the opinions of the two adults!" ”

Qin Hanyu's face was grim and looked at Lin Daodao: "Then let's start." ”

He smiled awkwardly, "My lord, I'm ...... I don't have the tools! ”

"You don't need any tools." Lin He took out a sharp dagger from his cuff and said to him, "You only need to cut open Lord Qian's stomach, and you're good to go." ”