An autopsy begins with determining whether the deceased committed suicide, homicide, or accidental death, which is key to determining whether it is a criminal offense. There is no rope around Bai Xiaomei's neck, and there is no support to fix the arm, the arm is tied, the laryngeal bone is broken, judging from the traces formed by the subcutaneous bleeding point on the neck, her hands are difficult to form, and if she commits suicide by pinching her neck with both hands, in the process of the deceased gradually falling into a coma due to lack of oxygen, the hands holding the neck will unconsciously loosen, so it is impossible to complete the suicide process, so it is almost impossible to commit suicide and die in this way. Bai Xiaomei's injury could not be formed by herself, it was he who killed her.

Of course, the best way to find out the cause of death more accurately is to conduct an autopsy, but Yang Qiuchi already knew when he studied forensic history that in ancient times, there was no special need, and after strict approval, in principle, autopsies were not allowed.

Yang Qiuchi grabbed the arm of Bai Xiaomei's corpse and made a few bending movements, and found that the corpse mortis had begun to form. In general, the corpse hardens within 30 to 2 hours after death, is completely stiff after 9 to 12 hours, softens after 30 hours, and returns to its original state after 70 hours.

Yang Qiuchi turned the corpse over, and saw that light purple-red marks had begun to appear on the back, buttocks, and back of the thighs, like red wine at the bottom of the bottle, which were corpse spots, which were formed by the blood in the blood vessels of the corpse after they stopped flowing and were deposited in the lower part of the body under the action of gravity. Based on the fact that the corpse spots were distributed in sheets, and that most of the corpse mortis had appeared, referring to the approximate temperature and humidity of the air, Yang Qiuchi judged that the deceased had been dead for about three to four hours.

If you look closely, the spots are all on the back, buttocks, and back of the thighs. This should be the first scene of the annihilation. It is important to know that if the corpse spots appear on the front or side of the body, it is generally a sign that the body has been moved.

After Yang Qiuchi finished inspecting Bai Xiaomei's body, he was about to inspect Bai Sumei's body on the ground, when Yin De on the side came up and asked in a low voice, "Little brother, have you found any clues?" Can the murderer be found? ”

Yang Qiuchi didn't speak, just nodded politely, the autopsy is top secret before the case is solved, and once it is leaked, it will cause immeasurable losses to solve the case. So, he didn't answer Yinde's question.

Song Zhixian was also a little breathless, standing outside the door, and asked Yaoyao: "Yang, Yang Chenzuo, hair, did you find anything?" Yes, can you catch the murderer? ”

Catch the murderer? Jokes, the eight characters haven't been skimmed yet, who will be arrested? Yang Qiuchi looked at the goatee and Song Zhixian smiled bitterly.

At this time, the voices of two women faintly came from outside: "Son! My son! You're still alive! Where are you? "The voice is old, like an old woman." Husband! Husband! The voice was delicate, and it sounded like that of a young woman.

Yang Qiuchi was wondering, and the long entourage who went out just now had already stepped into the door and bowed to Song Zhixian: "My lord, the corpse has been brought." After a pause, he said, "Yang Chenzuo's mother and wife heard that Yang Chenzuo had come back and insisted on coming to see him. The arrest was almost stopped at the door with the people. He then handed a few forms to Yang Qiuchi.

My mother and wife are here? Yang Qiuchi's heart jumped violently, and he took the forms with both hands, but his eyes were looking out. When I came to the Ming Dynasty, I didn't have an old mother, but I also chose a wife for nothing, which is really cost-effective! The wife of the Ming Dynasty, I rely on it! Cool!

Yang Qiuchi was about to go out, and when he saw Song Zhixian, the goatee at the door, standing there with a gloomy face, and did not mean to give way, he said, "My lord, please allow me to go and see my mother and wife." "The most important thing is his wife, Yang Qiuchi is anxious to know what this little lady in the Ming Dynasty looks like, listening to the delicate and tender voice, the appearance must not be wrong, and his heart can't help but boil with blood.

Song Zhixian shook his head: "First, first focus on the big things, you, you finish the inquest, and then meet him, it's not too late for them to meet!" ”

That's right, public before private, it should be. Yang Qiuchi hugged his fist at the elder follower: "Thank you for this big brother, please inform my mother and wife, and say that I will meet them after I finish my business." This Chang Sui did not answer, and looked at Song Zhi County. Seeing Song Zhixian nodding, he agreed: "Okay, I'll go tell them." "Turn around and go out. After a while, the two women's calls died down.

Yang Qiuchi put the corpse on the table, the Yin family's house slaves had already prepared pen and ink, and put it on the round table in the room, Yang Qiuchi sat down, carried a brush, and began to fill in the items one by one according to the items required above.

Although the corpse grid is a kind of form, the content can't run the set of on-site investigation and autopsy report, these are no problem, but this brush writing is very headache for Yang Qiuchi, fortunately, I practiced calligraphy for a while in elementary school, although the writing is ugly, I can still recognize it, anyway, this little work of borrowing the corpse to resurrect the soul is not a big literati, and the words will not be better than their own to see where. didn't write a few words, and a cold voice next to him asked, "What words did the little brother write?" ”

"Kanji!" Yang Qiuchi glanced back and saw a middle-aged man standing behind him, tall and thin, with a sneer on his face, it was the master who was muttering to Song Zhixian on the side. He asked, "Who are you?" ”

"My surname is Jin, and I am the criminal master of the county government, entrusted by the county lord to preside over the investigation of the homicide, why don't you even understand this?" Master Jin shook the folding fan, looked at the sky with his eyes, and sneered triumphantly.

In the Ming Dynasty's grass-roots political power at the state and county level, the "civil servants" who belonged to the state's financial burden were mainly county magistrates, county officials, and chief managers, and in addition to a certain number of clerks, that is, "officials", but this kind of establishment is very small, and once it is finalized, it is almost impossible to expand the number. However, it is impossible to complete the onerous collection of taxes, errand labor, and other local government affairs with these limited manpower, so the law allows officials to hire people at their own expense.

Among these people hired, the main category is Changsui, some of whom are brought from their hometowns by state and county masters, and some are full-time masters who are familiar with the local situation. There are many types of long-term followers, the most important of which are the criminal name Changsui who assists the master in trying the case, and the Qian Gu Changsui who is in charge of financial revenue. In addition, there are also the chief seal of the county lord who is responsible for the custody and use of the seal of the county lord, the chief supervisor who is in charge of the prison (actually the detention center), the chief of the door who guards the gate, and the head of the squad who is specially responsible for liaison and reception.

There is another category of officials who are hired at their expense, that is, the scribes of the six rooms, namely, officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, and workers. Only a few of the six-room scribes were civil servants who belonged to the state establishment and were paid "servants" by the state treasury. But these people are far from enough, and a large number of people must be hired to complete the complicated administrative and judicial work of a state or county. These people hired are called "stickers", "stickers", "helpers" and so on, and are collectively called "non-economic officials". In order to evade the government's errands, there are also many people who pay to buy the name of a scribe on the "Mao Book" (roll call) of the Yamen scribe, which is called "nominal scribe".

This criminal master is in the forefront of the long follower, equivalent to the current captain of the criminal police team and the captain of the security team, and is the boss of the long follower, even the county master has to call him "sir", only Qian Gu Changsui, who is in charge of finance, can barely compare with him, no wonder he is so arrogant.

Yang Qiuchi didn't understand what this famous criminal master was, but when he heard him say in front of the county lord at the door that he was in charge of the homicide investigation, he stood up and clenched his fists: "I've seen Master Jin!" ”

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