A female corpse was found outside Luoyang City.

The female corpse has no face, to be precise, her face has been cut off.

The female corpse lay horizontally at the base of the wall, the flesh and blood where it should have been her face were blurred, and the bloody bones were still sticking to the flesh, and it seemed that there were still threads. When I got closer, I could smell a smell of blood mixed with a foul smell.

Lin Hu bit a piece of hay, pinched his nose and leaned against the city wall, his gaze seemingly inadvertently swept over the faces of those onlookers.

"I said, boss, what kind of luck are we all doing. Luoyang City, which I only arrived in yesterday, encountered this faceless female corpse case today. Could it be that this god sees our brothers too idle. ”

Looking up at the sky, it was overcast, and it seemed like there was going to be another snowfall.

"It's a young woman, between 18 and 25 years old, looking at the clothes, she should be the concubine of a large family."

"This dress is still worn by the lady and the concubine?" Lin Hu squatted down: "Why can't I see it?" ”

"This is Hangsi, and ordinary people can't wear it so well." Liu Sheng pinched the corner of the female corpse's clothes: "Most of those who can afford to wear this Hangsi are from good families, and since they are the housewives of some families, they will not be so casual in dressing." ”

"I don't understand!" Lin Hu shook his head and spit out the hay in his mouth.

"What do you think she's wearing?" Yanagi pointed to the neck of the female corpse.

"Clothes, red clothes."

"It's clothing, but it's a woman's garment. The wife of a big family would never wear like this. Liu Sheng stood up: "Don't say that the wives of big families, even ordinary serious people, don't wear like this." Those who dare to wear it like this, who can wear it like this, are either the girls in the Qinglou Flower Pavilion, or the concubines who please the lord's family. ”

"Boss, is this an experience?" Lin Hu approached Liu Sheng, but was given a blank look by Liu Sheng.

"Have you seen the hands of the dead?"

"Hands?" Lin Hu glanced at the female corpse's hand: "See, is there anything wrong with this hand?" ”

"She has calluses on her hands."

"Cocoon?" Lin Hu took a closer look and read, "This shouldn't be a concubine who is harshly criticized by the master's family, right?" Tsk, rather for the head of the chicken, not for the tail of the phoenix. You say that this is so good for people to be concubines, when you are alive, you are harshly criticized, you still have to do all the rough work you should do, and when you die, you will be cut off your face. This little concubine, is it possible to grow up to be as beautiful as you want? ”

"Lin Hu!"

"Gotta look at my mouth!" Receiving Liu Shengfei's gaze, Lin Hu patted his face twice: "It's not good to compare with anyone, but it's better to compare with us." No matter how good-looking she is, can she look as good? Phew, I'm wrong again. ”

Liu Sheng didn't bother to pay attention to Lin Hu anymore, but circled around the female corpse three times, observing carefully.

"The calluses on her hands are all calluses, which means that she used to do rough work, and it is very likely that she is the maid of the master's family, and she is the maid who serves in front of the master's mother."

"Why is it the maid who waits in front of the mistress?"

"Because the building near the water gets the moon first." Liu Sheng stopped: "This big family marries a wife, and they all pay attention to the right family. When the housewife enters the house, she will be accompanied by a maid who has been serving since childhood. ”

"The dowry maid."

"Yes, it's what we often call a dowry maid. This maid who accompanies the marriage is also exquisite. These maids are usually born to the family, know their roots, and are loyal to their mothers. After following the housewife into the house, not only must fulfill the obligation to serve the housewife, but also help the housemother please the man, that is, the master. Over time, this bridal maid has become the master's room, and even better, it has become the side room of the master's justification. ”

"If you know the roots, how can you end up being skinned."

"That means that this concubine doesn't know the roots." Liu Sheng looked at the wide open city gate: "Take a piece of cloth from the female corpse and go to the cloth village in the city to ask." Although this Hangsi is not precious, it is not affordable for everyone, so it should not be difficult to investigate. Also, pay attention to which families in the city were poor in the early years and later made a fortune, and bought girls from people's teeth. ”

"The boss said a little less." Lin Hu came to Liu Sheng's side: "Being skinned after this death shows that the murderer hates the deceased extremely in his heart." If the murderer is the deceased's main family, or even her mother, it means that her identity as a concubine is not recognized, and it is more likely that she will be harshly reprimanded by her mother, or raised outside.

Also, if you look at what the deceased is wearing, it is not a garment that he wears when he goes out. In this cold winter, even if you ride in a carriage, you have to choke on the cold. The clothes are thin, indicating that the place of the victim was in the home or even in the bedroom. The outer garment is thin, and there is only one profane garment inside. Therefore, I prefer that the deceased died indoors. This is just the place where the murderer's body was dumped. But there is one thing I don't understand, since it is to throw the corpse, why not find a more hidden place, but so casually throw it at the city gate. This murderer, is his brain broken, or does he think that we are working hard to catch fast, and he understands us, so he simply puts this dead body here for us to see. ”

"This matter is indeed a bit strange." Liu Sheng handed something to Lin Hu.

"What is this?"

"It's supposed to be Kikyo."

"Kikyo? What is a bellflower? ”

"Platycodon is a flower that is mostly dark blue or dark purple white, and can be planted in the yard or placed indoors as an ornamental plant. This is the root of bellflower, and it is also a medicinal herb, which can relieve cough and expectorant, and promote the lungs. I once met a friend who came from the far north, and in his hometown, this thing can still be used for cooking. ”

"Cooking, using this?" Lin Hu shook his head: "You shouldn't have learned this from Ruyi, right?" I remember that Ruyi likes to use those strange flowers and grass to make all kinds of food and drink. Don't say it, I'm really hungry at this point. ”

Lin Hu first made a swallowing motion, then shook his head, pinched the bellflower and said, "It's just, what does this bellflower have to do with the faceless female corpse in front of us?" ”

"It was found out from her."

"Kikyo, on the female corpse?" Lin Hu looked left and right: "At the gate of this city, it doesn't look like a place where bellflower will grow, even if it grows, it is impossible to become like this." So, boss, you mean, this thing is a murderer's? ”

"Whether it's the murderer or the deceased, at least this piece of bellflower is a direction of investigation. Platycodon is medicine, go to the pharmacy to check it, and you will also get something. ”

"Boss, you're really wise."

"I am indeed wise." Liu Sheng patted Lin Hu on the shoulder: "Arrange it, let people send this female corpse to Yizhuang in the city first, and then dispose of it after the preliminary screening." ”

"What about Ruyi? Didn't we say okay, we have to go to see Ruyi first after arriving in Luoyang. Lin Hu followed Liu Sheng's footsteps: "I estimate, it's time for Ruyi, aren't you curious, this Ruyi is carrying a man or a woman." ”

"Is it a man or a woman?"

"Isn't it a difference?" Lin Hu touched his nose: "It's a man, so you can catch fast in the future like us." It's a woman, just as beautiful and cute as Ruyi. ”

"Both men and women are wishful children, and they have nothing to do with you and me." Yanagi raised his feet and stepped into the city gate, "I advise you to put your curiosity away. This is Luoyang, the capital of the gods, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and the female corpse outside the city was skinned alive, if this case reaches the ears of the Son of Heaven, what do you think of him? Think about it, what about you and me? ”

"Lose your head?" Lin Hu touched his neck: "Are we going to be unlucky?" What did I say, let's not be in a hurry to go to Beijing, we are really not in a hurry to go to Beijing, so we have to prepare gifts for Ruyi and the child in her belly. As a result, you just didn't listen, and you had to buy it in Luoyang. Yes, before I bought this gift, I met a faceless female corpse. In the future, I don't know if I will have the life to buy gifts. That, Boss, do you know where the Ruyi Rouge Shop is? I want to go see Ruyi before my head is gone. ”

"Let's do it first!"

"Where is the case, there is not much difference between a little earlier and a little later."

"It's not!" Liu Sheng stared at Lin Hu and saw that his back was cold, "Do you want to use the hand that touched the female corpse just now to pick a gift for Ruyi's child?" ”

"That can't be." Lin Hu shook his head: "Although this wishful thinking is not taboo about this, I also have to pay attention to it." Don't worry, boss, I must have washed my hands and used grapefruit leaves to get rid of bad luck before going. ”

"If you still want to see Ruyi, talk less and do more."

"Okay, boss, whatever you say is what you say." Lin Hu trotted into the city: "I'll go to Chabuzhuang first, and when I find the place where Hangsi came from, then go to the pharmacy to find the bellflower." ”

Yuan Ji Buzhuang, the young man only glanced at it, and told Lin Hu with great certainty that the piece of cloth in his hand was only available in their shop.

"Are you sure?" Lin Hu motioned for the young man to take a closer look.

"Don't look at it, there are a lot of cloth villages selling Hangzhou silk in Luoyang City, but this color, this kind of Hangzhou silk with this kind of craftsmanship is only available in our Yuan Ji Cloth Village."

"How can you be so sure?"

"That's because ......" The young man scratched his head uncomfortably, lowered his voice and said to Lin Hu: "This matter, the shopkeeper is not allowed to tell outsiders." But you are a member of the yamen, and if I deceive, I am afraid that you will blame you. So, you have to promise me that you must not tell anyone else, I told you. ”

"Say it."

"This Hangsi is the goods I ordered with the shopkeeper. This batch of goods was not originally of this color. ”

"What do you mean?"

"It means that the guy who was originally in charge of dyeing the cloth somehow made a mistake and dyed the cloth of this color by mistake. Therefore, there is only one batch of this cloth, and only our Yuan Ji cloth village has it. ”

"Then who do you remember who this batch of fabrics was sold to?" Lin Hu asked in surprise.