Lu Jinping asked Ye Qingqing to take two lanterns and put them next to the corpse to see more clearly, and then looked at the face of the corpse, there was slight swelling and bruising, which is different from the average drunk death, this kind of face suggests that the cause of death of the deceased is likely to be related to suffocation, which is the main reason why Lu Jinping concluded that the deceased may have been strangled to death, but he needs to find further evidence.

Lu Jinping wanted to examine the neck of the deceased. But because the deceased was fat, his neck was thick and short, and it was full of fat, so he couldn't see clearly. So, he put his hand on the back of the deceased's neck, lifted it up, tilted the corpse's head back, and the layers of fat huddled together unfolded, and the situation on the neck could be observed more clearly.

What caught my eye was a faint mark on the right front side of the neck, the color was very light, and it was not easy to see unless you looked closely. The main thing is that the deceased was very fat, so there was a lot of fat on his neck, which was layered on top of each other, covering up the traces, so no one noticed.

Lu Jinping opened the eyes of the deceased and saw that there were scattered bleeding spots in the eyelid conjunctiva, which was an important feature of mechanical asphyxiation.

He picked up the deceased's wrist again and examined his nails, which showed a more pronounced cyanosis. This is also one of the characteristics of mechanical asphyxiation death.

Lu Jinping pointed to the strangulation marks on the deceased's neck and said to Zhou Yuanwai: "My speculation is not wrong, your son-in-law was strangled to death, and this strangulation mark on his neck is a good proof, of course, there are other evidence." - You can report to the police. ”

If Lu Jinping told Zhou Yuanwai about other signs, he was afraid that he would not be able to understand it immediately, but the strangulation marks on his neck were clear at a glance and could be seen very clearly, so Zhou Yuanwai immediately believed Lu Jinping's judgment, and couldn't help but be angry and anxious, and said: "So that's the case, who killed my son-in-law, I must find out!" I'll send someone to report to the official, thank you, sir!" ”

After all, Zhoujiazhuang is still thirty miles away from the Tongzhou capital, so by the time the judicial army in charge of the criminal prison in the Tongzhou government arrived at Zhoujiazhuang with the head catcher, the arrest fast and the work, it was already sunset.

According to Lu Jinping's proposal, Zhou Yuanwai took advantage of the fact that all the relatives in the mourning hall went to the inner house to see his little grandson, and asked the servants to wrap his son-in-law's body in a white cloth and transfer it to a side room to wait for the people from the yamen to investigate the case.

The judicial soldier in charge of the prison in the same state is surnamed Luo, Luo entered the wing, saw Lu Jinping inside, and hurriedly smiled Yingying stepped forward and hugged his fist: "Lord Lu!" ”

Lu Jinping arched his hand and said, "Meet Judicial Luo!" ”

Luo Zheng hurriedly smiled and saluted, "You don't have to be polite. ”

Lu Jinping, the doctor of medicine, is the youngest sesame official from the ninth grade, and the judicial entry into the army is from the seventh grade, and the official rank is several levels higher than Lu Jinping, but Lu Jinping has a knighthood, and his founding county male is a fifth grade, although the family business has fallen before, no one will care about him as a broken lord, but now it is different, Lu Jinping is an official, although he is the youngest, and after his identity changes, of course his title will rise, so there are few officials in the yamen who dare to claim to be above the official in front of him. What's more, everyone knows that Feng Tingshi also respects him as a lord, and he is personally recommended by the old lady Gao, the servant of the ministry, who does not look at the face of the monk to see the face of the Buddha, and no one dares to put on an official stand in front of him.

Luo Zhengcheng said: "The housekeeper of the Zhou family came to report the case, saying that sir, your autopsy found that Pang Yan, the son-in-law of the Zhou family, was not drunk and violently killed, but was strangled to death, so he reported to the official." ――What is going on? ”

Lu Jinping said: "Zhou Yuan's daughter is about to give birth, Wen Po said that there may be a difficult birth, it is best to call Lang Zhong just in case, therefore, Zhou Yuanwai called me here, I came by the way to mourn his dead uncle, on the spiritual bed saw his uncle Pang Yan's face swollen and purple, I suspected that he was strangled to death, with the consent of Zhou Yuanwai, I conducted a simple autopsy, and found a few evidence of strangulation. -- Come and have a look. ”

After that, Lu Jinping walked to the corpse, opened the deceased's eyes to show him the bleeding points scattered in the eyelid conjunctiva of the deceased's eyeballs, and the cyanosis of the fingernails, and held up the back of the deceased's neck, allowing him to check the faint strangulation marks on the right side of the front of the neck.

A few of the servants who came with him also stepped forward to take a look. An old man nodded after taking a closer look, and said to Luo Justice: "That's right, what the lord said is not wrong at all, it was indeed strangulation." ”

Luo Zheng was very surprised and exclaimed: "I didn't expect Lord Lu to be so good at autopsy?" The official is ashamed of himself, to be honest, I don't know any of these things. ”

Lu Jinping smiled and said: "Actually, we have a lot in common between studying medicine and autopsy, so there is no difficulty for me in autopsy." ”

Luo Zheng turned to the head arrester and said, "Since this is a murder case, then you are responsible for solving it." -- You know the rules of the yamen, the murder case must be solved within five days, and if it cannot be solved within five days, it will be punished. I can't defend with you either, do you hear? ”

The head catcher surnamed Xiong in the yamen of the same state capital also looks like a black bear, with big shoulders and a round waist, a dark face, stretching out his palm like a fan, and speaking in an urn voice.

At this moment, the sturdy bear catcher looked down at the ground with a sad face, thinking about his thoughts, and didn't seem to hear Luo Justice's words. It wasn't until Judge Luo called twice that he reacted, nodded and said, "I heard, Master Luo, the villain will definitely try his best to arrest the murderer." ”

Luo Justice's face was cold, and he said, "It's not a try, it's a must!" If you can't catch the murderer, you should know what the consequences are. Okay, it's not early, and the official is going home. Speaking of this, he turned to look at Lu Jinping, and immediately changed a smile on his face, and arched his hand: "Lord Lu, thank you for helping us discover this murder in time, you are very talented in autopsy, admire and admire." ”

"Thank you Judicial Luo for your compliment, if there is something that needs my help in this case, just ask."

"Okay," Luo Judicial smiled when he heard this, "This case is handed over to Xiong Zhutou, but he has the courage and no strategy, if he can get your guidance, sir." That's what he made. Hehe, I'll take my leave first! ”

Luo Zheng was worried that he would stop walking at night and watching the sun set, so he hurriedly explained the task and returned to Tongzhou City by car.

Lu Jinping sent him out of the room and was sent out by Zhou Yuanwai.

Lu Jinping turned around, looked at Xiong Zhutou, who was still looking at the corpse in a daze with a sad face, and said, "Toutou, do you have any ideas to solve the case?" ”

Xiong Zhutou shook his head with a wry smile and said, "What is the idea, alas! I'm afraid that this time I'm going to have my ass bloom again. ”

Lu Jinping has been an official in the yamen for a while, and he already understands some of the rules of the yamen, especially when it comes to solving cases. -- According to the unwritten rules of the Tang Dynasty, murder cases were taken very seriously because they involved the political achievements of officials, and the officials in charge of the prison would make the arrest of the head solve the case within a time limit. If the case has not been solved by the time limit, the chief will have to hit the head catcher in charge of solving the case, and then solve the case within the time limit.

Therefore, when I hear that there is a murder, catching the head is the most headache. Solved the case, the reward was not much, but if he couldn't break it, his ass would have to eat the board, and he first thought of the problem of the board, so he frowned.

Lu Jinping is already very familiar with Xiong Zhutou, and after he arrived at the Yamen, one is Luo Justice's signing room, and the other is the class room of the fast catchers, he wants to see if there is a chance to show his talents, so as to show his talents, get the appreciation of his boss, and then change positions.

There is a good opportunity in front of him, since this bear catcher has no clue, he might as well help him.

So Lu Jinping said to Xiong Zhutou: "You haven't started the investigation of this case yet, how do you know that you can't solve it?" Or should we start as soon as possible and crack the case within the limited five-day period, so that we can avoid being beaten on the board? ”

Xiong Zhutou said with a bitter face: "If only it were as simple as you said, I wouldn't have to worry so much, I don't have a clue about this case." If you think about it, when you find the body, you don't think that the deceased was murdered. How do you find out clearly? ”

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