Hang oneself? Is it male or female? Who is on site? Song Ning asked Tong Rui.

Tong Rui replied: "It's a man, the house rented by my family over there, my eldest uncle is guarding over there, let me invite you to go." ”

"Okay, you go back and tell your uncle first, I'll go to the yamen to get the burden and go to the scene."

Tong Rui should have been, and trotted back.

Song Ning and Zhao Yi said: "Lord Wang, you go first, I'll go back and call someone to take the burden." ”

"Okay." Zhao Yi went to Tong Rui's house.

Song Ning went back to the yamen to pack up the autopsy tools, and went to Tong Rui's house with Qiao Si and Wang Qingtong.

Tong Rui and Lao Tong both live in Siping Lane, one in front of the other, a little away from the Yamen.

When Song Ning arrived, there were many people standing at the mouth of the alley.

Seeing her coming, everyone greeted one after another: "The adults are here, don't squeeze, let the adults pass." ”

"My lord, we all know the dead. We're all waiting outside, if there's anything you'd like to know, just ask us. "A neighbor's road in an alley.

Song Ning smiled and said, "Someone will ask you later, and you will be tired." ”

"No, sir, you're going to get busy."

Song Ning spoke, bypassed a bend and arrived at Siping Lane, and from the entrance of the alley to the four houses, she saw the old boy standing at the door waiting for her.

"My lord, here."

Song Ning bowed his head and looked at the appearance of this alley all the way.

The houses in this alley are relatively low and broken, crowded together, and there is no yard, and the door facing the alley is the door, and the hall is inside the door.

"Where are your family and Tong Rui?" Song Ning was not in a hurry to go in, and stood at the door and asked Lao Tong.

Lao Tong replied: "My house goes seven more doors to the north, and Tong Rui's house is the one where clothes are hung at the door." ”

Tong Rui's house has a penny at the door, and his clothes are dried on the basket.

Diagonally to the door.

"Well, who first found it, how did it find it, and when?" Song Ning asked.

Lao Tong replied: "My subordinates have a book, so I'll get it for you." ”

"Okay, I'll go check it out first." Song Ning entered the door.

Because there is no skylight and no courtyard patio, only a window is opened in the alley, but the light is not bright.

You can see that there are offerings and calligraphy and paintings hanging in the hall. There was a layer of dust on the case, and there was a lot of garbage on the ground.

The south wall against the roof was nailed, and pennies were placed on the two ends of the nails, on which several men's robes were hung to dry.

I don't see a woman's thing.

There is only one teacup on the table, which is commonly used.

There are doors on each side of the hall facing north and south.

The door on the north side is open, and there is not much space inside, and there is a desk inside, and the table is spread with the four treasures of the study, and the light fragrance of ink wafts.

But there are not many books.

Song Ning turned back to the room in the south, Zhao Yi stood at the door and said to her, "You check, I'll go and walk around." ”

"Okay." Song Ning stood at the door of the room and watched the scene in the room at a glance.

When I looked around, I saw a gray hemp rope hanging from the beam, and a stool was poured directly below the rope, and a man was lying on the side of the stool, his face was blue and swollen, his tongue was on the top of his mouth, his eyes were slightly open, and he was lying on his back. The man wears a mid-tunic and is barefoot.

Song Ning's gaze fell on the ground, because there was no rain, the mud on the ground was very smooth, and there were no obvious footprints.

"Your Excellency." Lao Tong held the information he had recorded and read it to Song Ning, "The deceased's name is Gao Huan, he is twenty-nine years old this year, a native of Yangxin, he has lived here alone since two years ago, and he has never seen his family come and go. ”

"I used to take in three students at home, and I made a living by teaching and writing letters on behalf of others."

"The neighbors commented very well, and they didn't talk much." Lao Tong paused and said, "The neighbors before and after have not seen much of his relatives. ”

"At six o'clock today, the neighbor Tong Chao came to say hello, and today the child took a day off, and found that the door was hidden, so he pushed the door in and saw the deceased hanging on the beam."

"At that time, he stood at the door and called out to the neighbor, and the neighbor called for me to come."

"I rushed over to pick up the person down, and when I found that I was out of breath, I immediately asked Tong Rui to find you, and nothing else was touched. No one in the room came in but me. ”

Song Ning laid out his tools as he listened, and said to Qiao Si: "You can remember." ”

Qiao Si should be.

Song Ning asked Lao Tong while putting on his smock: "Have you seen him?" ”

"I've seen a few times, I may know them in the alley, but I may not remember them much outside." Lao Tong smiled, "There are many people looking for common ones, and I can't remember them." ”

Song Ning nodded and said, "I've seen him." ”

Lao Tong and Qiao Si were puzzled.

"Six days ago, when we had dinner, I heard a man crying in the alley from Jiang Ji Side, remember?" Song Ning asked Qiao Si that Lao Tong had gone home and didn't see him at that time.

Qiao Si remembered: "I remember, but I didn't see his face, so he ran away." ”

"Adults have a good memory."

Song Ning replied: "I didn't expect him to live here, a little away from the Academy Street, I don't know what he is going to do." ”

"Qiao Si, I'll check your record." She said and checked the clothes of the deceased: "The deceased was wearing a medium coat, and there was dust on the clothes and dust on the soles of his bare feet. ”

She squatted beside the deceased's head and said, "The deceased's face was bruised and swollen, the conjunctiva was congested, and the cornea was slightly cloudy. ”

"Stiffness all around."

"The corpse's lower abdomen, calves, and forearms are fused, and they fade when pressed."

"There are no body spots in other parts of the body, and it is tentatively speculated that the time of death of the deceased was about three to four hours. It's two minutes now, so the time of the crime should be between the time of the child and the time of the ugly. ”

Qiao Sidao: "Remember." ”

Song Ning continued: "The deceased had no injuries to his head and face, his tongue was against the upper jaw, and there were no cartilage and other fractures for the time being. ”

"There are two hanging grooves of different depths on the neck of the deceased, the upper one is horseshoe-shaped, and the other is staggered with superficial epidermal contusions, huh......" Song Ning paused, carefully fixed for a while, and added, "There is no congestion or bleeding in the second rope groove below. ”

She was stunned and hesitated.

Lao Tong asked, "Is there a problem with the adults?" ”

"It's a little special, it's not unreasonable." Song Ning said, "This second rope ditch is too low. ”

Lao Tong said: "There are two ditches, does it mean that the deceased belongs to him?" ”

"That's usually the case." Song Ning continued, "The deceased has an injury on the knuckle of his right finger. ”

"Nothing else has been found."

She got up and stared at the deceased first, and said to the old boy: "Tear down the door panel and carry the person back." ”

Lao Tong should be, went out and called three brothers of his own family to come in, and several people helped put the body on the door panel and carried it to the torture hall.

Zhao Yi came back and saw Song Ning and said, "Do you feel familiar with the deceased?" ”

"Do you remember?" Song Ning said, "It's also fateful." ”

Zhao Yi bowed: "I've walked around once, and there is something very strange. ”

"You say." Song Ning said.

Zhao Yi replied: "In the alley next door, in Sanping Alley, there is a family that has been stolen. ”

"Stolen?" Song Ning immediately thought of a case he handled when he was in the capital, although it was different, but it was all related to thieves, "I haven't looked at the scene carefully, let's take a look." ”

Everyone began to inspect the scene.

The bed sheets were disheveled, the deceased's shoes were neatly placed on the side of the bed, and the socks hung at the foot of the bed.

Song Ning opened the cabinet and immediately turned out a pile of clothes from inside.

The two of them were stunned, and Song Ning pulled out all his clothes.

Winter and summer clothes are mixed together.

At the bottom of the garment, there is a purse, which has only one copper coin.

"The fabric of this purse is not bad." Song Ning showed Zhao Yi, and Zhao Yi said, "It's not precious, such a cloth can be used by ordinary people." ”

Some embroidery workshops specialize in selling leftover rag heads.

There are also people who go to buy and make handkerchiefs and embroidered purses.

"There's only one copper coin." Zhao Yi looked at Song Ning, "What do you mean?" ”

Song Ning said: "There are two possibilities, one is the deceased's only family property, and the other is the rest stolen by someone. ”

"Why don't you take it with your purse?" Zhao Yi asked.

Song Ning was also inclined to the deceased's only family wealth.

After all, the deceased did not seem to be wealthy.

"Your Excellency." Qiao Si shouted, "Look here. ”

Song Ning walked over, Qiao Si closed the door, and saw five or six pieces of clay behind the door.

The debris is clean inside and out, and there is no dust in the cracks.

Song Ning checked it and said, "It's a just-broken jar." ”

"Here's the lid." Qiao Si turned out the lid of the clay pot in the fragments.

Wang Qingtong said on the side: "My lord, could this jar be used for storing money?" ”

"Yes, it's possible." Qiao Si squatted down and rummaged, and sure enough, he said, "My lord, there is a copper coin here." ”

Song Ning raised his eyebrows and said, "Take it for me to see." ”

It's really a copper coin.

Qiao Si flipped around the debris pile again, and there was no more.

"Could it be thieves who come in and kill people?" Wang Qingtong said, "Didn't the prince say that someone in Sanping Alley was stolen?" ”

Qiao Si nodded: "It makes sense, it's really possible that burglary turned into robbery and murder." ”

"I'll check the thieves later." Song Ning said, checking at the stool that fell to the ground, and said to Qiao Si, "Remember, there are traces of impact on the edge of the stool and on the ground." ”

Qiao Si should have written it down.

Zhao Yi felt strange: "What do you mean?" Was it caused by the deceased hanging himself and kicking the stool? ”

"I don't know." Song Ning said, "The symptoms of the deceased should be that he killed, and the scene looks like it." ”

"But there are still a few doubts, which are difficult to explain." Song Ning said, "Don't worry, I'll go back and check it again." ”

Zhao Yi bowed.

Song Ning went to the north room opposite.

Here is the study, and there are a few tables and chairs, presumably where the deceased usually taught classes.

On the table, where four pens can be hung, there are three identical pens, and in the middle of the table is a half-sheet of paper.

Song Ning touched every pen, it was all dry, and it hadn't been used for at least one night.

"See what?" Song Ning asked Zhao Yi.

Zhao Yi was watching the deadbolt.

"Yes." Zhao Yi said, "There are new scratches on the deadbolt. ”

(End of chapter)