After bringing back the bones of the swamp, Tao Jizhu immediately found Kang Xu and pointed out that the bones were most likely the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites.

Kang Xu was skeptical of this conclusion, but Tao Jizhu was convincing in his words.

His evidence was a half-shirt wrapped around the body, which, according to him, was worn by Cui before his disappearance.

Kang Xu still remained skeptical, after all, the corpse had been extremely badly decomposed, and it had long been unrecognizable, and it was a bit arbitrary to assert it based on only half a long shirt.

But Tao Zhenzhu was convinced of this, because the height and physique of the corpse were very similar to Cui Lian.

Although Kang Xu was deeply skeptical about this, he could not produce conclusive evidence to prove that the bones might not be Cui Lian.

After all, he had never met Cui Jian himself, but Tao Jizhu and the others were extremely familiar with Cui Lian.

After returning from the swamp, Tao Zhenzhu was depressed, his expression was extremely nervous, and after explaining the identity of the corpse to Kang Xu, he immediately decided to repair a letter and report the news to the imperial court.

Kang Xu did not stop it, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu died in Zhengyang, this matter is not trivial, the court will definitely only ask Li Canghai is question.

Although Li Canghai is now in a coma and has nothing to do with him, on the surface, Li Canghai, who is pretending to be Kang Xu, is still managing Zhengyang County.

After the imperial court traced down, Li Canghai could not escape the blame, and all the people who followed Li Canghai could not escape the involvement.

After thinking about it, Kang Xu felt that the most important thing at the moment was to find out the real cause of death of the deceased, if this corpse was really Cui Lian, find out the cause of Cui Lian's death as soon as possible, and maybe he would be able to atone for the crime. If this corpse was not Cui Lian, this murder would still fall on his shoulders.

"Little Five. Has the cause of death been found? Kang Xu sorted out his thoughts and asked Xiao Wu, who bowed his head to perform the autopsy.

Xiao Wu carefully examined the bones. Without raising his head, he said: "Judging from the bones, there are no obvious external injuries." The cause of death could not be determined. ”

"What about the time of death?" Kang Xu asked.

"The corpse is in a semi-decomposing state, the swamp is a place where flies and insects gather, and the weather has been hot and humid recently, the decomposition rate of the corpse has accelerated, and the time of death should not be less than three days." Xiao Wu looked up at Kang Xu, who was deep in thought, and opened his mouth, as if he had something to say, but he was a little hesitant.

Kang Xu caught a glimpse of his expression and couldn't help but be a little curious. "If you have anything to say, just say it."

Xiao Wu hesitated, pointed to the bones on the case in front of him, and said, "Brother Kang, the time of death of this corpse coincides with the time of Lord Shangshu's disappearance, if this corpse is really the Book of Rites, what should I do?" ”

Kang Xu had a headache, he rubbed his temples, and muttered: "If the corpse bones are really the book of the Ministry of Rites, we must hurry up and find the murderer." In any case, I have to give an explanation to the imperial court. ”

"However, the decomposition of this corpse is so severe that it is difficult to find out the true cause of death!" Xiao Wu looked at the half-rotten bones in front of him and was a little discouraged.

Kang Xu patted him on the shoulder. I couldn't help but laugh.

Xiao Wu is a fledgling after all, and although he is quite talented in the way of autopsy, he lacks experience after all. Let him examine the intact corpse, of course, but in the face of the half-decomposed bones. But it has invisibly added a lot of pressure.

"Little Five, you can. If it really doesn't work, let's test it separately. Kang Xu encouraged Xiao Wu and said casually: "Since it can't be tested from the carrion, why not remove the carrion and start from the bones?" ”

Kang Xu's words made Xiao Wu feel a sense of sudden enlightenment.

The corpse was badly decomposed, and it was eaten by insects and ants, and it was already unrecognizable, and it was difficult to find clues from the surface of the corpse. However, the bones are different, and since the bones of the deceased have not been destroyed shortly after death, the cause of death may be found in them.

Thinking of this, Xiao Wu immediately pulled out the boning knife, flipped his hands into the air, and soon removed the carrion hanging on the bones.

"Brother Kang, how can you be sure that he didn't stumble into the swamp and die accidentally?" Xiao Wu asked while picking at the carrion.

"Do you remember when we found the body? The body was lying on its back on the edge of the swamp, but only his legs were in the swamp, and if the deceased had fallen into the swamp by accident, he would have crawled on the ground, clinging to the surrounding bushes and struggling to climb up, instead of lying on his back as we have seen. ”

Kang Xu clasped his hands on his chest, the smell of those carrion made him a little uncomfortable, and after spitting a few mouthfuls, he continued: "What's more, there are a lot of shrubs around the corpse, as long as you stretch out your hand, you can grasp them, but those shrubs are all naturally withered, and there are no traces of human scratches, so I conclude that this person was not killed by accident, but was murdered to death." ”

"Murder and corpses?" Xiao Wu was stunned.

"Yes, I observed the scene when we found the body, and there were two other rows of footprints at the scene in addition to your and mine's footprints." Kang Xu thought about it for a while and said.

At this time, Xiao Wu had already removed all the carrion from the bones, and he said in surprise: "There are still two rows of footprints? Could it be that there are two murderers? ”

"What does it mean that the two rows of footprints are about half a finger deep, separated by each other, and the toes are facing each other, and the bones are exactly two feet in front of the two rows of footprints?" Kang Xu asked to himself.

"I see, there are two people carrying the corpse to throw it!" Xiao Wu suddenly realized.

Kang Xu smiled slightly, nodded and said, "Yes, you can think of this, it seems that you have indeed learned a lot from adults!" ”

Xiao Wu's face suddenly turned red, and he said, "So, the murderers are two people?" ”

"It's too early to say whether those two men were murderers or not, but one thing is for sure, the swamp was not the scene of a murder."

Xiao Wu nodded, he quickly figured out the key.

From the teashed path to the swamp, surrounded by bushes and thorns, there is no need for the murderer to move the body to the swamp if he is killing in the woods.

What's more, after the body was found, he immediately ordered people to search for it around, and no traces of blood were found, which is enough to show that the swamp was only a scene of throwing corpses, not a murder scene.

"Brother Kang, I think you're becoming more and more like an adult." Xiao Wu stared at Kang Xu, and praised him intentionally.

Kang Xu smiled slightly: "Okay, knowing these doesn't have much effect, if you want to know the fatal cause of the deceased, you have to focus on you!" ”

"Don't worry, it's on me." Xiao Wu patted his chest, and then carefully observed the bones.

Kang Xu was afraid of disturbing him, so he left the main hall gently, ran outside Yizhuang, and sat down on the steps.

Chang Feng and the others did not find any clues about Cui Jian in the city, and now they have encountered a murder, which makes the county government, which is already short of manpower, even more nervous.

All the officials in the county government were divided into three groups, one group was responsible for guarding Lu Jitong, the other group was responsible for continuing to search for clues about Cui Jian in the city, and the remaining group was sent by Kang Xu to investigate the unknown bones. (To be continued.) )