Song Yi was not complacent because he "subdued" Lord Liang, he still did not smile, and said with a very solemn face, "Song Yi carefully inspected the scene just now, and also carefully examined the body of the palace maid Lan'er. Although the murderer deliberately faked it, the facts were still not completely concealed. ”

"Evidence 2: The person who hanged himself, his eyes were closed, his lips were black, and his lips were open and his teeth were exposed; If the throat is strangled, the mouth is closed, the teeth are tight, and the tongue is not out of the teeth.

If the throat is strangled, the mouth is open, and the tip of the tongue is out of the glamour for two to three points. The face is purple and red, there is saliva on the muzzle, the corners and the chest, the thumbs must be held in both hands, and the toes of the feet hang straight down. There was blood on the legs, such as fire moxibustion marks, and the abdomen down to the lower abdomen and fell blue-black. Urine and urine come out spontaneously, and there may be one or two points of blood in the large intestine. The lower throat marks are purple-red or black, reaching the hairline behind the left and right ears, and are more than 9 inches to 1 foot long. ”

Song Yi slowly recited the content of the paragraph about "self-hanging" in the "Collection of Grievances".

Everyone in the hall was confused, and they didn't know why the county lord of Qingping was so good, why he suddenly shook his head and said something inexplicable.

Of course, Song Yi knew that "The Collection of Grievances" was a product of the Song Dynasty, and no one in the Qianzhou Dynasty had read it at all.

However, after careful consideration, Song Yi still chose the content of the collection of grievances, and gave up the modern forensic examination theory.

Although Song Yi knew that modern science had proved it, there were many fallacies and limitations in the "Collection of Records of Clearing Grievances" compiled by Song Ci in the Song Dynasty.

However, in ancient times, the "Collection of Grievances" was also very operable, and it was in line with the ancient humanistic spirit and scientific and technological level of the autopsy method.

Besides, Song Yi is not going to use the pseudo-scientific method of "dripping blood to recognize relatives", but just to prove whether a person hangs himself.

With the method in "Clearing Grievances", it is more than enough.

When Song Yi said what he said just now, everyone was puzzled at first, but there were still smart people like Lord Liang who understood the meaning of Song Yi's words.

What Song Yi said just now is not the characteristics of the corpse that hanged himself?

In the past, no one has ever had such a summary, and the autopsy is completely based on experience, more like traditional Chinese medicine, paying attention to the teacher's inheritance, all of which are taught by the master with the apprentice, word of mouth, and hand in hand.

Like the county lord of Qingping, summed it up in such concise language, it really makes people feel empowered.

Lord Liang's eyes lit up, while the white-haired man looked at Song Yi in shock, and he was not convinced at all.

Song Yi didn't pay attention to the expressions of the other people in the hall and continued.

"Song Yi checked Lan'er's body just now, according to the stiffness of the limbs of the corpse, as well as the elasticity of the skin, combined with the temperature difference that it is now the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is not difficult to speculate that the deceased should have died around last night, and if Song Yi is not mistaken, the palace banquet is from the time of unitary time to the time of the day. Unless someone leaves the table halfway, it is very difficult to come to the Imperial Garden in a short time and kill a palace maid. And who has left halfway, the guards of the Baohe Hall are naturally very clear, and it is very convenient to verify."

Song Yi stopped talking, and the prince ordered someone to investigate who had left halfway at the palace banquet last night.

Of course, this alone does not lead to the identification of the murderer. Not to mention that the murderer is not sure whether he is the person in the palace banquet, even if someone has left halfway through, it does not prove that he is suspected of murder.

After all, last night's palace banquet was carried out at three o'clock, after the emperor, empress and queen mother left, many people had already left the Baohe Palace, and there was no reason for it.

The results of the investigation were as Song Yi expected, and there were no suspicious people.

Of course, Song Yi didn't have any accidents, nor did he have any panic, and continued, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the murderer is not necessarily someone outside the palace, and the people in the palace are also suspected of murder. Please calm down, Your Highness, and listen to Song Yi continue to reason."

In fact, the second piece of evidence that Song Yi wants to say is this foot stool. When the deceased climbed the hanging beam, his feet naturally hung in the air, and the height of the feet hanging in the air must be lower than the height of the stool, otherwise, the person who hanged himself would not have died at all. However, Song Yi had just let people measure and personally verified that the height of the deceased was too high, resulting in her feet not being able to step on the stool that fell to the ground in the house. And this is the most critical evidence, and it is also the second flaw of the murderer"

"Also, there is another auxiliary clue, that is, it is late autumn, the temperature difference between morning and evening is large, the moisture is heavy, and the flowers and plants in the imperial garden are luxuriant, and people will naturally be contaminated with dampness when they pass by. The shoes on the deceased's feet were still stained with mud, proving that she had walked through some muddy and wet places last night, but there were no footprints on the stool that the deceased had kicked down at his feet. ”

These two pieces of physical evidence can corroborate each other, the inner room in the hall is not the first scene of the murder, but someone killed the deceased elsewhere, and then moved the deceased's body to the inner room, and hung the deceased's neck on the beam with a white silk, faking the scene of Lan'er's self-hanging. And where the white silk hangs on the beam, there is no trace of the deceased struggling at all, and the dust on it is not blurry at all, which is enough to prove that Lan'er was hung after death."

"Wonderful, wonderful," he was amazed and almost clapped his hands.

Lord Liang was also very surprised on the side, he didn't expect the county lord of Qingping to be so thoughtful and peel off the cocoon based on the evidence at the scene.

"County Lord, it's really smart. Now that the county lord has found the evidence, I wonder if he can find the real murderer of Lan'er? Although the county lord firmly believes in his innocence, if he can't find other murderers, the suspicion on the county lord still can't be cleared. The prince admired Song Yi more and more in his heart, it seemed that the other party did not show the slightest panic when and in what situation, and even the prince doubted whether he could be so calm and calm as Song Yi.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, all the reasoning made by Song Yi is a reasonable inference based on the evidence left on the deceased. As for who is the murderer? ”

Song Yi didn't deliberately sell the lawsuit, but she didn't know who the murderer was.

Lan'er didn't tell Song Yi who the real culprit was. Therefore, Song Yi doesn't know who the real murderer is. However, Song Yi knew some of the physical characteristics of the murderer"

"Oh? That's what Lan'er told you? Zhao Honghao wanted to know how much the palace maid Lan'er told Song Yi, why they couldn't see it.

"Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince"

"Then tell me what kind of physical characteristics the murderer has. This also provides some help for the palace to catch the real culprit, and it can also clear the suspicion of the county lord by the way, right? Prince Zhao Honghao asked expectantly.

Song Yi didn't answer immediately, but looked at Lan'er, who was no longer cared about on the side. At this moment, her face was covered with a piece of white silk, and Song Yi could also guess the final ending, the person who died in vain could not be returned to his family for burial, and would only be buried in a mass grave with a mat.

Thinking of this, Song Yi was very sad in his heart, sad for this evil old society and the feudal dynasty that did not treat people as people.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, can Lan'er still be buried in the ground? She's innocent."

Song Yi couldn't help but open his mouth and make one last effort for Lan'er, who died early.

The crown prince Zhao Honghao looked indifferent, very puzzled where Song Yi's sentimentality came from at this time?

"Naturally, there is a palace internal affairs office to deal with, and the county lord doesn't have to worry"

"Will she be able to return to her hometown?" Song Yi was a little stunned and couldn't help asking.

"Naturally not, there are dead people in the palace, and they will not be released from the palace" The prince didn't think this was a very important matter, and couldn't help urging, "Lord Qingping, you should continue to say what you just speculated." Who is the real culprit? Hongu also wants to know"

Song Yi suddenly realized that everyone in this palace did not have the same thoughts as her. Loneliness arises.

Song Yi suddenly felt a deep sense of powerlessness, so he could only continue sullenly.

"Song Yi just asked Lan'er's body to be lowered from the beam, and he also carefully examined Lan'er's body. Although the clothes worn by Lan'er were very smooth, there were some messy marks on the back of the deceased's clothes and on both sleeves, and there were crumbs on the deceased's right fingernails, so it is not difficult to speculate that the deceased was attacked from behind before his death and scratched the murderer with his fingernails. Therefore, the murderer must have been scratched by someone. This is one of them. ”

"Second. There are two cord marks on Lan'er's neck, one is deep, dark black, slender like a rope mark; One is shallow, and the cord marks are light and wide, which should be caused by the white silk on the beam of the inner room. The shallow cord marks, the surrounding skin is white, and it is not dark purple, which is caused by the lack of blood and qi after death."

"And the deeper cord marks, although they did not intersect behind the ears, were under the throat, parallel to each other, and it was obvious that someone had pulled the victim into the air with a rope from behind the deceased, causing the deceased to suffocate to death."

"I also found out from the collarbone of the deceased's neck that the deceased's collarbone had been broken, and in order to achieve such an injury, the murderer had to be very strong."

"In addition, if the deceased is about five feet three inches tall by visual inspection, in order to lift him from behind and strangle the deceased with a rope, causing a cord mark parallel to the throat, the murderer must be more than six feet tall, and his hands must be strong and powerful, and he can crush the neck bone of a person with his bare hands......"

"And the one who can do this must be a man, and he is more than six feet tall, and he still has the scars of Lan'er's scratch on his body."

"Yes, it's really smart, that's it" Song Yi saw that it was the true king who said it just now, so he immediately praised.

Now that the matter is clear, the prince did not say anything. hurriedly asked people to catch the real murderer.

On the other side, the crown prince and others presented Song Yi's inferences and evidence to the emperor, Song Yi was of course acquitted, while the criminal prison department's Qi Zuo and Lord Liang were severely reprimanded, and Qi Zuo was deposed and returned to his hometown because of "poor learning", and Lord Liang was also implicated and questioned by the emperor about his ability to handle cases.

With the emperor's dictation, the Praetorian Guards immediately dispatched to carefully check the palace and the people attending the palace banquet, and did not find the murderer with injuries on his body.

As for whether the murderer can be caught, Song Yi doesn't care at all.

regained his freedom, washed away the innocent Song Yi, and followed the true king out of the palace.

On August 16, the sun was shining brightly and felt warm on people.

Song Yi didn't cherish the feeling of the sun shining on his body so much like at this moment.