Liling City, Li Mansion.

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Although the corpses were all ossified, the white bones of the women were quite different from those of the men, and they were still easily recognizable.

Looking at the degree of wear and tear of the teeth, combined with the growth form and stage of the bones, as well as the length ratio, it is easy to draw the inference that Li Moyi just made.

It would be reasonable to say that these women were all victims of the war and were buried here.

However, the burial place of these bones is relatively shallow, and according to the comprehensive factors such as the degree of decay and bone density of the bones, it is speculated that they are all newly buried bones, and the one that has been buried in the ground for the longest time has only been about two years, and there must have been no war in the area of Liling City during this time.........

Normally, if it is in the air now, if it is not buried, under the action of fly maggots and decay, the corpse will appear to ossify in about two weeks.

The corpses buried in the soil take about a year in the south and three to five years in the north before they begin to ossify.

There are also some factors to consider here, such as the temperature, air, humidity and even the body itself, such as the obese person is faster than the thin person, the young child is faster than the elderly, the person who is traumatized or burned to death is faster than the suffocation death, and so on.

There are no coffins for these bones, the surrounding soil is not poor, and the humidity is relatively high, if it is more than ten years, the bones will have become slag and cannot be picked up.

Since they are not the bones of the war, who buried these women here?

Li Mo pondered for a moment, then asked Wang Shi, "When was this house built by Scribe Zheng?"

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Wang Shi was a local attendant and was very familiar with the area around Liling City, so he immediately replied: "That was two years ago......... Before this house was built, it was a decades-old Chengshan temple, and later it ......... Later, he was falsely accused by Zheng Shuzhi, and after being seized, he bought it at a low price and used it to build his house. ”

As soon as Li Mo got the answer, he was even more sure of the guess in his heart.........

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Before the house was built here, it has always been an old mountain temple, so it is impossible to become a mass grave, and it is impossible for these women to be thrown and buried indiscriminately, that is to say, the bodies of these women were intentionally buried here.........

When everyone was feeling bad for Li Moyi, Li Moyi's heart had already set off a storm, he didn't expect that he would encounter such a thing!!

If his reasoning was correct, the women were supposed to have been killed by someone else, and the murderer was the same person.........

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However, these are Li Moyi's inferences for the time being, and if he wants to confirm it, he still needs to collect further evidence, after all, he still has to examine these bones one by one to confirm the cause of their death.

In the inspection process just now, Li Moyi had already found some clues.

In his opinion, it was almost conclusive, but in the eyes of these onlookers, and even a few puppets, these were just a pile of ordinary white bones.

I don't know how many of these bones are in the underground of Liling City, they will only think that Li Moyi is more unlucky, first Zheng Shuyi built a cellar here, imprisoned Lai Jinwei and others, and then set a fire, and now that he has this villa, he has dug up a bunch of unlucky white bones, which is enough to make people's hearts blocked.

Ning Ke Xuanben also thought this way, but after all, he was Ning Xiao's son, he has been keen on investigating cases in recent years, and he is more careful than ordinary people, seeing that Li Mo frowned and was silent, he immediately asked, "What?" Questions? ”

Li Moyi shook his head lightly and replied, "It's not good to say, transport these bones back to the mortuary of the governor's mansion, and talk about it after a comprehensive examination."

Li Mo said so, Wang Zheng and the others did not dare to be ambiguous, and hurriedly used a white cloth to collect these bones, along with some tattered clothes and ropes and other objects dug up, and put them in the carriage.

Li Moyi instructed Tanzhong again to let these people be careful and report it immediately if they found out, and then took him and the others back to the official residence.

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Liling City, the official residence of the governor.

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Ning Xuan saw that Li Moyi was so cautious, and he also noticed that there was really a murder hidden among these bones, and he suddenly became excited, eager to check these white bones immediately.

But Li Moyi did not rush to the corpse room, but came to the signing room, found the old detention director of the torture room, and asked him to gather all the little officials in the torture room.

Although Li Moyi has not officially taken office, Governor Li has already said hello, so these little officials did not dare to slack off, and soon came to the signing room.

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Li Mo was also taken aback when he saw it, he didn't expect that there were a lot of these officials, in addition to those who were at home on leave, there were as many as five or six people.

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But now is not the time to sigh about other things, since there are many idlers in the official residence, let's make the best use of it, so that these idlers in the official residence can play their due value.........

Thinking about it like this, Li Mo was much more agreeable, after all, he hadn't officially taken office yet, so he politely explained the situation, and then asked the little officials to transfer out the backlog of missing people files over the years.

When the little officials heard this, they were dumbfounded!!

Although Governor Li had just handed over once when he took office, these files were also piled up, and cases of missing people were even more common, and these cases of fighting and killing people were easy to handle, and even theft could be tortured into tricks, but the missing cases, if the owner could not be found, the case could not be closed, and finally it could only be closed, and I don't know how many cases had accumulated over the years.........

As soon as Li Mo saw that they were all embarrassed, he immediately said unhappily: "What? This is a trivial matter, do you still have to report to the prefect somewhere!! ”

Li Mo didn't want to fiddle with his power, but first, he was really eager to verify the inference in his heart, and the two were not very happy with these overlord vegetarian officials, and these people would inevitably act together with him in the future, so power was indispensable.

Sure enough, as soon as Li Mo became angry, the scribes hurriedly got busy, and called for a few hands, and soon moved the files to the signing room.

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Looking at the piles of small mountains of files on the desktop, Li Moyi himself was startled, this Liling City doesn't look very big, there are so many cases of missing people?

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Putting aside these thoughts in his heart, Li Moyi took a light breath and ordered: "You guys will screen and pick out all the missing cases that have not been closed in the past ten years, and only pick out the missing women, focusing on middle-aged women, are they all clear?"

When the officials heard this strange request, they were also confused, but fortunately, the big scribe was not without purpose, and the workload was reduced a lot at once, and they did not dare to complain too much, so they began to work one after another, and a room of dust soon rose in the signing room............

When Li Mo saw this, he also nodded obediently, and then asked for a toolbox, and then went to the morgue room to meet Ning Kexuan and began a comprehensive evidence collection.

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In view of the tradition of "almost not repairing the government", the official residence of the governor of Liling City is already a little dilapidated, and the mortuary is even more old and gloomy, and now it is about to fall into the night, and only the glimmer of light is cast from the skylight.

The whole morgue room looked dark and cold, which made people's hearts tense.

Fortunately, Li Mo has long been accustomed to such an environment, so he is not too uncomfortable.

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On a certain level, the ossification of the corpse will bring great difficulty to the examination and collection of evidence, and the decay of the body will take away a lot of evidence that can reflect the form of the deceased.

For example, traces on the surface of the body, such as whether the internal organs are damaged, etc., these things can bring intuitive or indirect evidence to solve the crime.

But after the white ossification, these things will disappear with it, and there will be fewer tests that can be detected.

But for Li Moyi, the ossification of the corpse is not a good thing.

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Because after the corpse is ossified, there is no need to dissect it at all, and the traces left on the bones can be directly observed.

Thinking like this, Li Moyi also had a little more confidence, the white bones in front of him had been cleaned up by a dry man, because they had been buried for a long time, some of the bones were seriously rotted and brittle, and Li Moyi also became a lot more careful.

Normally, the bones of the newly deceased will be yellowish-white, and after decay, they will turn white, and if the coffin is not preserved, the various components in the soil may also cause the bones to turn black.

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Li Moyi didn't come to a conclusion quickly, he had already roughly examined these white bones before, so this time he carefully examined them one by one.

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The first white bones are relatively new, with dense bones and a small amount of hair.

The skull of this corpse was moderately proportioned, and it could be seen from the skull that it should have been more symbolic, and the reason for paying attention to these was the appearance of the deceased, which might have become the motive of the victim, and many women died on the basis of good looks.

The so-called red face is a disaster, and a good-looking woman may not only bring disaster to others, but she will also cause a lot of trouble because of her appearance.

It's a pity that there is a thumb-sized hole at the top of this skull, the edge of the hole is smooth and flat, and there are not too many minor fractures, which should be caused by a murder weapon such as an iron drill, perhaps this is the cause of death.

The finger bones of the corpse showed signs of misalignment or even breakage, and the fractures were uneven, and some of them even had comminuted fractures.........

Moreover, Li Moyi also found some flat scratches from the facial bones of the deceased.........

This can also corroborate Li Moyi's previous observations.

These women should all be good-looking, otherwise the murderer would not have scratched their faces and ruined their faces.

There are not many traces left by the bones, but they are all obvious, these eight white bones are placed on two long tables, lined up, the traces can be said to be clear at a glance, after Li Mo finished checking the first body, he quickly began to check the second body.

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However, he only looked at it for a moment, then let out a soft sigh, and then quickly moved on to the third, then the fourth.

When he looked at it quickly, he fell into deep thought, and then suddenly patted his head and said in surprise, "That's the case!!"

His fingers kept pointing in midair, his gaze constantly wandering over the bones, and then he nodded silently and began to move.

The seventh and second bodies were reversed, and the last one was moved to the front.

His figure moved between the two tables, repositioning and rearranging the bones, and finally, with some uncertainty, adjusting two or three times before stopping.

Looking at the bones in front of me, there was a sudden joy in my eyes!!

At this time, the door of the mortuary was opened, and Wang Zheng led Chief Li and walked in gently.

"Brother Li is really dedicated, as soon as there is a case, he will do it so personally, but he can't forget to sleep and eat, the old brother's mansion will rely on you to do things in the future, and it won't be worth it if you're hungry."

Seeing that Li Moyi was so focused, Mansion Chief Li was also quite happy in his heart, he also heard Wang Shi talk about it, and he was relieved for a while, so he planned to come over and take a look.

Since he took office, the cases have been one after another, and with the help of Li Moyi, the previous Shizi shipwreck case was cracked. It's only been a few days now, and this strange case of white bones has appeared, and Governor Li is also a big head.

Seeing that Governor Li came to the mortuary in person, Li Moyi was also a little surprised, and was about to show Governor Li, but the latter waved his hand, walked to the edge of the table, looked down at the white bones, and asked casually: "Brother, how is the investigation?"

He just asked so casually, although he has been on a mission for many years and has been in contact with a lot of murder cases, but there are many people who investigate the corpse, there are big scribes to solve cases, there are guards and archers to arrest murderers, and there are escorts, guards and officials to report documents, but there are not many people who go into battle in person.

Li Moyi had just sorted out all the clues, and he was excited in his heart, so he didn't have time to think about it, so he replied: "My lord, after some investigation, my subordinates have confirmed that these eight people were killed by the same murderer!!"

"Really!!"

Governor Li's face changed, and he suddenly smiled bitterly, he was also unfavorable, and the murders came one after another.

Li Mo saw that the mansion elder was crying and mourning, and he didn't dare to hide it at the moment.

"Adults don't need to worry, although this case has a long time span, the traces are too obvious, and the clues are relatively intuitive, so I want to solve it......... It's not that hard. ”

When Governor Li heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up again, he thought that these people had been dead for some years, indicating that the murderer was extremely good at concealment, maybe he would have stopped doing it a long time ago, and there was not much chance of catching the real murderer, maybe it would become an unsolved case again, smearing his achievements, who would have thought that Li Mo's words would bring him hope again.........

Although he knew that Li Moyi was resolute and wise and good at detecting, but just relying on these white bones, he dared to threaten to solve the case, and he was really a little ashamed to say it, but Chief Li also knew in his heart that since he handed over the position of the chief scrivener of the criminal case to Li Moyi, he naturally had to give confidence and support to this subordinate.

"It seems that the brother has won the battle, but the elder brother has handled a lot of cases, this white bone looks ordinary, and there are some signs of damage on the head, but there are few clues after all, I don't know what the brother can see?"

Li Moyi didn't bother to say anything else, sorted out his thoughts, and then said solemnly: "Through observation and testing, I can confirm that these bones have not been moved, and that courtyard should be the first place to bury the corpses......... And from the perspective of time, it should be before the house was built, that is, ......... Buried during the old Chengshan Temple!! ”

"If the body can be buried in the Chengshan Temple, and so many are buried one after another, buried in the same place, then even if the murderer is not the person in the Chengshan Temple, he is also a person who is qualified to enter and exit at will or live in the Chengshan Temple for a long time, so that the scope of the murderer will be greatly reduced!!"

When Governor Li heard this, it was so simple?!!!

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"Brother Li, it's not difficult to infer the time when the bones were buried, but how can you deduce that these bones have not been moved?"

Governor Li still has some foundation in the end, and he is afraid of being timid in front of Li Mo, so he picks a more difficult one to ask.

Li Moyi was worried about how to explain to him the soil environment, air and humidity and other factors, and when he heard that he only asked the latter question, his heart was a lot more relaxed, and he immediately replied.

"My lord, please see, the spine and various joints of these bones are very complete, if they have been moved, the original posture and position of the spine and other bones will change, these new bones are good to say, those old ones, they can't stand the slightest squeeze, and there will be fractures and other phenomena, but none of these phenomena are enough to show that the bones have not been moved!!"

It is often said that it is not difficult, as soon as Li Mo said this, Governor Li immediately realized, it turned out that it was really simple to say it!!

But this is only to confirm the first scene where the bones are buried, and the bones have not been moved, and it is still far away from solving the case, how can Li Moyi be sure that he will be able to solve the case soon?

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Although Li Moyi's inference was a little shocking, it was also reasonable, and Chief Li understood it after thinking about it.

"According to my brother, the murderer should be the person in the old Chengshan Temple, but before the Zheng scribe didn't forcibly take the Ming seizure, there were many people living in the old Chengshan Temple, and there were many people who went to confess on weekdays, so how to find out the murderer?"

Governor Li was also aroused by Li Moyi's interest, in his opinion, solving the case is a very boring thing, but after listening to Li Moyi's careful reasoning, he suddenly found that it was possible to solve the case like this.........

Facing Chief Li's question, Li Moyi also thought carefully for a moment, first of all, he had to get the drawings of the old Chengshan Temple and determine where the buried body was located in the old Chengshan Temple, so that he could infer it more accurately.

If the burial place is inside the old Chengshan Temple, then the people in the Chengshan Temple are more suspicious, but if the burial place is outside or next to the old Chengshan Temple, then outsiders may also commit crimes.

But one thing is certain, and that is the profiling of the murderer through the bones.........

The so-called profiling is to make reasonable inferences about the murderer's relevant information through existing clues, so as to narrow the scope of the murderer's investigation, which is also a common method in the process of case detection.

Li Mo thought about it for a while, then led Mansion Chief Li to the last corpse, and then asked, "My lord, look, what is the difference between this corpse?"

When Governor Li was asked by Li Moyi, not only did he not feel that he was underestimated, let alone that Li Moyi was testing him, but he was aroused by the curiosity and fighting spirit in his heart, as if he had returned to the time when he first entered the errand, full of enthusiasm, and immediately lowered his head to observe carefully.

After the observation, Governor Li carefully examined the other corpses, and then showed a smug smile.

"This corpse bone is relatively brittle, the bone is very loose, the time of the deceased's death should be the earliest, the top of the head is not a round hole, but a hole, the mouth edge is uneven, and there are many cracks, it should be caused by blunt objects, and her cervical vertebrae are obviously misaligned, the left arm bone is broken, compared to other bones, the injury is even worse........."

Listening to Governor Li's analysis, Li Mo thought that this mansion elder was not a skillless person, and immediately nodded.

"Not bad......... The traces shown by this corpse are enough to show that the murderer's methods are extremely cruel, but if you look at it again, you will find that as time goes by, the traces of these bones are getting closer and closer, and there is not much difference in even the parts of the wounds........."

"The bones have been arranged in chronological order, which shows that the murderer who killed these eight people is the same person!!"

"And we already knew before that this was the first scene of the burial of the corpse, and it can also be inferred from this that the murderer must be someone who has lived in the old Chengshan Temple for a long time, and most of these victims are people who have made offerings or were deceived and abducted to the Chengshan Temple........."

"There is a household registration in the governor's mansion, and the people who were falsely accused by Zheng Shuzhi of Lao Chengshan Temple before will definitely have a case record, and it is not difficult to find these people, as long as these people are found, I am afraid that I will not be able to find this murderer?"

Li Mo finished speaking in one breath, and his face couldn't hide his joy, in his opinion, this murderer had formed a certain mode of acting, and even gave people a sense of ritual.

Because of this, Li Moyi believes that the murderer will definitely act again, which is also where his confidence lies in daring to threaten to solve the case.

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