It was getting late, and the lights and torches were lit everywhere in the palace as if it were day, although the Empress Dowager Li ordered everyone to stay in their palace and not go out as usual, but even the Empress Dowager Li, Wanli, Empress Wang and Zhang Juzheng were waiting in Cining Palace, and the entire Forbidden City from King Lu down, concubines, princesses, eunuchs and palace maids, countless pairs of eyes stared at Qin Lin's whereabouts, and countless ears inquired about the progress of the investigation.

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night in the Forbidden City.

Qin Lin acted cheaply with the jade pendant given by the Empress Dowager Li, and Zhang Hong, the supervisor of the seal, assisted in handling the case.

Looking at this old eunuch with hair like frost and snow and a wrinkled face, Qin Lin certainly knew why he sent his old man, Zhang Hong was not only the oldest, but also had no quarrel with the world, did not involve any faction, and did not have too much to do with Wanli, Queen Wang and Feng Bao, and sent him not only to assist in handling the case, but also to witness and supervise.

The place where the crime occurred was in the meandering hall in the west of the Forbidden City, named after the artificially excavated stream surrounded by coils.

When Qin Lin passed, there were many forbidden troops under the supervision of the imperial horse standing outside the door, mixed with brocade guards and palace eunuchs, some of these forbidden troops were transferred by Feng Bao, and some obeyed Zhang Hong and Zhang Whale, they were not subordinate to each other, and they were strictly guarded against each other, and the atmosphere was very tense.

Sun Huairen was also here, with a few palace guards and eunuchs from Kunning Palace guarding the main gate, and when he saw Qin Lin coming, he opened his arms: "Stop, at the behest of the queen, no one is allowed to enter!" ”

"I also have a decree," Qin Lin didn't talk nonsense, lit up the jade pendant given by the Queen Mother, and said with a smile: "It's just an investigation of the case by the Queen Mother's decree!" ”

Lu Yuanzhi has been following behind Qin Lin, Zhang Hong, Zhang Cheng, and Zhang Whale, the three father-in-law Zhang, and then rushed in, Sun Huairen and several eunuchs and military attachés of the forbidden army who were originally guarding outside also wanted to come in, Qin Lin stretched out his hand to stop him, and said very much: "At the scene of the murder, idlers are not allowed to enter!" ”

What are you dragging? Sun Huairen and a few eunuchs were so angry that they couldn't help Qin Lin, so they had to stare dryly.

But when he really entered the scene, Qin Lin was dumbfounded: Damn, the ground is so clean that there is not even half a speck of dust, where is it like a murder scene?

"What's going on?!" Qin Lin pointed to the ground and scolded with great annoyance: "Which idiot washed the ground clean?" Grass, even the pillars have been wiped once, this person's brain has entered the water? ”

Zhang Cheng and Zhang Whale looked at each other with embarrassed expressions.

The old eunuch Zhang Hong looked at Qin Lin with a smile, and said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty found the bodies of two palace maids this morning and ordered the scene to be cleaned up in a panic. ”

Lu Yuanzhi groaned in his throat, looking at his own head official, he had a feeling of splitting headache.

It turned out that Wanli was stupid, Qin Lin laughed dryly, rolled his eyes, and deliberately said loudly: "Stupid, Your Majesty is just very stupid, if you deliberately conceal it, just find an excuse to plant it?" Look at the queen of the middle palace, she killed several eunuchs and palace maids with a bright and bright rod, and when she was born to His Majesty, she made a drunken murder...... Tut-tut, the Ninety-Five Supreme wants to kill people, and he still uses it himself? ”

At first, everyone heard Qin Lin scolding Wanli for being stupid, and thought that he was extremely arrogant and open-mouthed, but after hearing it, they realized that he was obviously excusing His Majesty, if Wanli heard this, he would definitely knock on his head, and regret that he should not be at a loss.

When Zhang Hong heard Qin Lin mention the queen to kill the eunuch and palace maid with a cane, his expression suddenly moved slightly, and he squinted his eyes and didn't know what he was thinking.

The pattern of the main part of the meandering hall is the dance floor used for the song and dance performance of the palace maid in the south, and the seat for the banquet and drinking and enjoying the song and dance of the monarchs and ministers in the north.

Now the entire Quliu Pavilion has been cleaned more thoroughly, the pillars, the ground, and the walls are all clean, except for a trace of blood, it is almost impossible to see that there was a murder here last night.

Qin Lin wanted to take fingerprints, footprints, or find blood stains at the scene, it was extremely difficult, or even impossible.

If it is a later life, Qin Lin can use luminol to show bloodstains, as long as one millionth of the bloodstain can make luminol fluoresce, this level of on-site cleaning is not effective for forensic doctors at all, but now it is the Wanli period, where can he find luminol?

Qin Lin was so angry that he greeted Wanli's mother again in his stomach, and Empress Dowager Li was innocently shot.

Lu Yuanzhi looked at this clean scene, and also felt at a loss, and suddenly slapped his thigh: "Brother Qin, the murder weapon!" Fingerprints should be available on the murder weapon! ”

"Generally, if you can think of cleaning the scene, you can think of cleaning the murder weapon," Qin Lin didn't report any hope, but still looked at Zhang Hong inquiringly.

The old eunuch smiled bitterly and arched his hand: "General Qin is like a god." ”

Qin Lin sighed in his heart, Wanli, Wanli, is there such a fool as you? Destroy all the evidence by yourself, and the rest is all against yourself, and it would be nice if the criminals were so stupid.

It's just that this time Qin Lin didn't want to convict Wanli, but wanted to clear his name! Although Wanli himself did not dare to firmly deny killing someone, Qin Lin speculated from various signs that there must be something behind this incident...... Nothing useful could be found at the scene, Qin Lin glanced around and kept the environment in mind, so he ordered to go and examine the body.

The dead bodies of the two palace maids were parked in the room in the courtyard next to them, and Wanli wanted to quietly transport the corpses out of the palace and bury them, but before they could succeed, they were discovered by Feng Bao and reported to the Empress Dowager Li, and the corpses were also strictly guarded.

The weather was already cold, and the mortuary room was even more gloomy and cold, and the two palace maids were still wearing beautiful neon dresses, but it was a pity that the brilliance of life had been taken away by death, and the lifeless corpse was stiff and lying on the reed mat, and the vivid and vivid face became a stiff and miserable white, and the skin also lost the luster of life, became pale, and lost its surname...... Both of their hair were cut off very long, and only less than half a foot of hair remained on the top of their heads, and Wanli himself admitted that because the two palace maids could not dance freshly, he jokingly said "cutting their hair on behalf of the head", and cut off their hair with a sword.

Qin Lin gestured with his eyes, and Lu Yuanzhi unceremoniously stripped off the clothes of the corpse, lit the bright palace lamp, and began the corpse examination.

Hiss~ People gasped, they were wearing clothes just now, they were bloodstained, and they couldn't see what the wound was, and when they took off their clothes, they immediately saw it clearly, and they saw that the surface of the corpse was scarred, and the sword marks were indeed very similar to Wanli's drunken sword slashing.

Is that really the case? Qin Lin smiled slightly, he didn't get conclusive evidence, just looking at the superficial phenomena, he would often go astray.

Generally speaking, three hours after death, the zombie appeared one after another, and it developed to the whole body in twelve hours, reaching the peak stage, and then gradually alleviated.

The fat man had followed Qin Lin for so long, and his technique was also skilled, and he looked at the eyelids of the corpse, checked the degree of opacity of the conjunctiva, turned the corpse over, and checked the corpse spots in low positions such as buttocks and back.

The degree of opacity of the conjunctiva and the appearance of corpse spots completely confirm the time of death, which is indeed around the ugly hours of the early morning.

After a closer look at the scars on the body surface, Lu Yuanzhi reported: "The female corpse No. 1, one wound on the left arm, two wounds on the face, and one wound on the right shoulder, all of which were injured by a sharp weapon slash, and the fatal wound was a stab wound on the left chest, which is suspected to be a sharp blade piercing the heart and died; Female corpse No. 2, with a scar on her right wrist and four wounds on her chest and abdomen, all of which were slashed wounds, and the fatal wound was a throat stab wound, which was stabbed to death by a sharp blade. ”

Zhang Hong's expression became solemn, he didn't come to the morgue to see after getting the news, and at this time he saw that the corpse was scarred, which was indeed very similar to a drunken person who slashed and stabbed him with a sword.

Zhang Cheng and Zhang Whale are even more energetic to look at Qin Lin, they are Wanli's cronies, if it really reaches the point of Wanli's abdication and King Lu's accession to the throne, they will have to match their heads with cold water from now on, and they will not be able to turn over for the rest of their lives.

"Everyone, don't be impatient," Qin Lin shook his hand and asked Lu Yuanzhi: "Those non-fatal injuries, do you have the phenomenon of skin and flesh rolling?" ”

Lu Yuanzhi carefully inspected it and nodded very affirmatively: "There is bleeding, and there is skin and flesh." ”

Generally speaking, the skin and flesh roll represents a pre-mortem injury, but Qin Lin touched his nose, "If the murderer stabs the fatal wound first, and then fakes the injury in a short time before and after the victim dies, there will also be life reactions such as skin and flesh rolling." ”

A person's near-death state usually lasts for a few minutes, and a few minutes of action can also cause a life reaction.

Lu Yuanzhi was a little unconvinced, in his opinion, not only did the wound have a life reaction, but he also pointed to the wound on the arms of the two deceased: "Brother Qin, didn't you say that this kind of resistance injury is the gold standard for judging the state of victimization?" ”

"It's true that these wounds are very similar to those caused by the two defenseless and weak women who fought hard against the sword-wielding murderer, but why can't they be faked?"

Qin Lin laughed as he spoke.

The three father-in-law Zhang all looked at Qin Lin with some puzzlement, this Qin general is very famous, but he doesn't seem to be in a state today, even if they are partial to Wanli in their hearts, they also feel that Qin Lin's statement is a bit strong and unconvincing, at least in the Empress Dowager Li and Feng Bao, it can't be said.

"Fatty, your observation needs to be strengthened!" Qin Lin walked to the corpse with a smile, squatted down and examined it carefully, mainly to open the fatal wounds on the corpse's throat and heart.

Soon, Qin Lin found something, he picked up the thin gossamer and put it under the light for everyone to inspect.

Broken hair!

(To be continued)