"Suffocation?" The catcher who was standing on the side was surprised, and his expression became nervous.

"Suffocation, not necessarily killed." Yan Suwen glanced back at them and explained: "In life, sudden death caused by many diseases will also make the corpse look like it has symptoms or appearances of suffocation. Especially for respiratory diseases, death is due to suffocation due to lack of oxygen, so the corpses we see will also show the appearance of suffocation. ”

"So, how did this Ada die?" He licked his lips and asked.

"I don't know yet, I'll wait until I give him a full interview." Yan Suwen motioned to Qiu Lu to continue examining the body: "There were no obvious injuries in the mouth and nose of the deceased, and there were no obvious injuries and bruises on the skin of the neck. ”

"Madam, there is no damage to this mouth, nose and neck, why is it suffocating? Did this Ada really die of illness? Autumn Dew stopped her hand from recording.

Yan Suwen glanced at Qiu Lu, did not answer, but lifted the deceased's clothes in front of her: "The deceased did not have fatal injuries to the chest and abdomen......" Halfway through speaking, she was suddenly stunned, she first stared at the deceased for a long time, then pressed his sternum a few times with her fingers, and then fell into deep thought.

"Ma'am?" The autumn dew is unknown, and even the catchers who were originally standing a little far away came to check.

"Did you see this?" Yan Suwen pointed to the sternum of the deceased, where there was a very obvious pale area.

"See, but ma'am, what does this thing say?"

"It is indeed not simple to explain the cause of death of the deceased."

"It's not...... Do you get sick and die? Catch quickly looked at Yan Su and asked, a little unbelieving what he heard with his ears: "Didn't Mrs. just say that this suffocation is not necessarily killed, and it may be because he is sick." ”

"It is true that if the deceased had suffered from some kind of respiratory disease, in the case of the onset of the disease, it would indeed cause suffocation, but Ada was not sick, but died of murder. Xiao Pu's words are right, Ada's death is not as simple as illness. ”

"What could that be? There was no murderer found at this scene. ”

"Let's take the body back to the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion first, I need to prepare." Yan Su got up and walked outside: "You go back first, and I'll arrive later." ”

There was a separate small room in the yamen of Jingzhao Mansion, which was previously provided to Yan Suwen for autopsy. This Da Wei's work, although the corpse was also examined, almost did not open the stomach. Yan Suwen is the first person in Dawei, and Qiu Lu is the second.

"Madame just needs to say it, and teach Qiu Lu the hands-on things. Madame still has to feed the little boy, it's not good to get these things. ”

"Okay, be careful when you start, this person, looking at the rough skin and thick flesh, in fact, the internal structure is very fragile, and if you are not careful, there will be forks, which will affect our judgment of the cause of death of the deceased."

"Madame, don't worry, Qiulu was taught by you, Madame." Qiu Lu took a deep breath, covered her mouth and nose, and clenched the scalpel that Yan Suwen specially found a craftsman to make for her.

They first examined the deceased's mouth and teeth, and even cut the suspected poisoned gums with the tip of a knife, but found no special marks, the skin of the deceased's neck was intact, and there were no external marks that could cause the deceased to suffocate, such as pinch marks and strangulation marks.

"It's not mechanical suffocation." Yan Su asked and made a note of the conclusion: "Qiu Lu, continue." ”

Qiu Lu nodded.

"Madam, there is nothing unusual about the deceased's head, and it should not have been hit."

"Take a closer look."

"Madame, what is this?" Qiu Lu pointed to a place for Yan Su to ask.

"I know the cause of his death." Yan Suwen stared at the trace pointed out by Qiu Lu: "He was covered to death." ”

"Killed? That's not right. The slave maid has just examined his mouth, and there is no damage. As Madame said, if you use your hands to cover your mouth and nose, it will cause damage to the oral mucosa near the gums of the deceased. But this Ada didn't. ”

"What if there's a soft padding?" Yan Suwen closed his eyes and recalled the situation in the deceased's room: "Qiu Lu, do you remember what happened in Ada's bed?" ”

"In bed? The bedding was neat, indicating that the deceased was not sleeping at the time. ”

"Where's the pillow?"

"Pillows?" Qiu Lu suddenly realized: "Yes, the bedding is very neat, and the deceased is also dressed neatly, but the pillow is very messy." The slave remembered that one of the pillows was pillowed by the deceased, and the other was casually thrown at the end of the bed. But what if this pillow was messed up by the arresters in the government? ”

"No, at least not the shutter of Jingzhao Mansion. Lord Xue is still very strict under his rule, especially if he is still a native of Northern Liao, if he is not careful, he may leave trouble. The trappers don't move the contents of the deceased's room at will. ”

"So, what does Madam mean that this Xiao Pu was covered to death by the murderer with a pillow? But how to explain the room. It was a completely sealed room, and it was impossible for the murderer to lock the door and disappear inexplicably after killing Ada. ”

"It's suspicious, but there's no such thing as an airtight crime scene. Let's look at the dead first. Yan Suwen pointed to the pale area on Ada's chest: "When I saw this area in the inn, I felt strange, because Xiao Pu and the catcher at the scene both said that when he found Ada, Ada was lying flat on the ground. The grounds of the inn were also very clean, and there was nothing strange beside Ada, so this white area could not have been created after death. ”

"An injury you were injured while you were alive?"

"If it was a pre-mortem injury, it should have disappeared, at least not what we see now. The self-healing function of the human body is still relatively powerful. This wound should have been left in the process of death, which is the reason why Ada was killed. ”

"Pillows?" Qiu Lu asked suspiciously.

"Hmm." Yan Suwen nodded slightly: "The murderer put a pillow on the deceased's chest, and then caused his death by pressing it heavily. If you guess correctly, the murderer should have used his knees against the murderer of the deceased, and then covered the deceased with a pillow as a pad. ”

Hearing what the lady said, the slave maid also felt that this mark was very similar to that caused by a person's knee. But ma'am, how did you come up with this? ”

"I-" Yan Suwen looked at Qiu Lu, thinking, I can't tell this girl, I saw too many detective suspense in my previous life, and then I saw it. "I've been in a similar case before, so when I saw this strange trace in the inn, I immediately remembered it."

"But we still don't know how the murderer killed this Ada, and why he killed Ada. This Ada is just an ordinary leather merchant, and he is also a leather merchant who has not sold the leather goods, so he should not have any money on him, right? No, no, the room is so clean, and there is no trace of being turned over, the murderer is not for money, he is a murderer. ”

"It's murder, but why you kill someone depends on Lord Xue to investigate. As for confined spaces, this one is also very easy, and I have encountered similar cases before, where the murderer, after the murder, was outside the door, using tools, and bringing the deadbolt on. This is not the case for private houses, let alone inns. ”

"But there are no traces on the door."

"It's not that they didn't stay, but they were deliberately covered up." Yan Su asked to remove the cover on his face: "Don't you think there is a footprint on the door that is too high?" When a normal person kicks the door, he will choose the most suitable height for the force, in order to hit it with one blow. But there was a footprint on the door that landed near the deadbolt. ”

"The innkeeper who slammed the door?"

"Maybe, maybe not, let Lord Xue bring the inn junior second and that Xiao Pu to the yamen again and ask."

"Then the slave is going to tell Master Xue?" Qiu Lu pointed outside.

"Dispose of the corpse before we go." Yan Su asked and pointed to the disemboweled: "People come whole, and they must go whole." ”

"Yes, the slave knows." Qiu Lu nodded, and with her hands and feet neatly sewed the place that had just been cut with a needle and thread.

Yan Suwen walked out of the small room, stood in the courtyard, and looked up at the sky. seems to be idle, but in fact, he is thinking about the ins and outs of the whole case in his mind. Although the cause of Ada's death has been found, the murderer is still hiding in an invisible place. Yan Suwen's mind was a mess, and he couldn't figure it out.

When leaving Jingzhao Mansion, Yin Xue Donglai of Jingzhao Mansion sent Yan Suwen to the door of the mansion.

"Madam, the cause of the deceased's death has been found, but what should the next official do?"

"Find the murderer."

"Xiaguan knows to find the murderer, but he has no clue, and Xiaguan really doesn't know what to do." Xue Donglai looked sad: "If this is an ordinary case, the lower officials can still think carefully and find it slowly, but now this case is ...... Mrs. also knew that it was the Northern Liao people who died, and it happened that the princess of Northern Liao had arrived in our Yecheng again, and the lower officials were worried...... I'm worried that there is something else behind this case. ”

"Lord Xue is right to think so." Yan Suwen was actually thinking about this question in his heart: "How to check, I don't have a clue here, but I can point out a direction to Lord Xue." ”

"Madame, please."

"Go and find out the trajectory of the deceased Ada after entering the city, where he went, and who he came into contact with. Also, what are the identities of those people who are contacted by Ada, what do they do, and how they behave in Yecheng every day. I have a faint feeling that this Ada is not a real leather merchant, and it is very likely that he did not come to Yecheng to sell leather goods. ”

"Then he is ......" Xue Donglai lowered his voice: "Could he be a spy of Northern Liao?" ”

"Lord Xue has ever seen such a stupid spy again?"

"The spy who died just after entering the city, Xia Guan has indeed never seen it. But if I haven't seen this, it doesn't mean that this person doesn't exist. Xia Guan thought that if the emperor asked Xia Guan to go to the capital of Northern Liao to listen to the news, Xia Guan estimated that he would not live for a few days. ”

"Lord Xue will check first, if you find anything, send someone to the Prime Minister's Mansion to tell me."

"Madame, don't worry, the junior official will definitely tell Madame the truth." Xue Donglai gave up his hand and asked Yan Su to get into the carriage of the Prime Minister's Mansion.