Chapter 1 The Art of Stitching

The county hall hall.

Looking at the corpse in front of him, Song Nian's once angry mood gradually calmed down.

The human-faced sheep corpse in front of him showed extremely high stitching skills.

Song Nian carefully removed the sutures, peeled off the face of the butcher Wang, and then began to dissect the sheep carcass.

"Master Song, this sheep corpse doesn't need to be ......," the county lieutenant who accompanied the group said dissatisfiedly. Since ancient times, murder cases have been examined human corpses, so why is it necessary to test this sheep corpse? Of course, the main thing that caused the dissatisfaction of the county lieutenant was ...... Why was the autopsy chosen in the county hall? The county hall is a sacred place, how can it be used to do such a degrading thing?

"Shut up!" Chu He said coldly. He Zhixian on the side squirmed his lips, and finally didn't say anything, just yawned lightly.

Song Nian turned a deaf ear and continued to steadily dissect the sheep corpse. She chose the location in the lobby, of course, because it was clean and spacious, and the lighting was good, which was more suitable for an autopsy than the gloomy Yizhuang outside the city. As for the dissatisfaction of the county government, she was not in the mood to think about it at the moment.

The fresh sheep carcasses, full of exercise, rich in nutrition, strong muscles and muscles, and long strips of weak bleeding marks under the skin, should be caused by the whipping of the shepherds when grazing......

Soon, the sheep was clearly decomposed by Song Nian, and various parts and organs were neatly placed on the white cloth.

Finally, with a slight stroke of the knife in Song Nian's hand, the sheep's stomach was slowly dissected.

The sheep's stomach is empty.

Song Nianleng paused.

This means that the sheep has not eaten for at least a day and its stomach has been emptied. It seems that the other party has even calculated this.

She possessed herself and sniffed it lightly on the sheep's stomach, a strange and faint smell lingering on the tip of her nose.

Where there exists, there must be traces.

Song Nian was very sure that he had never smelled this smell.

She put away the sheep's stomach and nodded to Chu He: "The test is over." ”

Bite!

After the last corpse experience, the system's prompt sound sounded in his ears, but Song Nian didn't care.

Chu He stared at Song Nian: "How?" ”

Song Nian said slowly: "The suturing technique of sewing the human face on the sheep carcass is extremely high, and even ...... More than I could have imagined. ”

What Song Nian meant was beyond her perception of this backward era. This level of stitching should have appeared in her time.

Could it be that there are other traversers who are the first to get there? However, according to the medical conditions and insights around Chu He, the medical technology of this era was not so developed.

"The point is, I don't know the sutures used." Song Nian pointed to the long curly line with traces of blood next to the person's face.

"Sutures?"

Chu He walked to the side of the human face, slowly squatted down, and twisted the suture with his slender fingers: "Lin Lao." ”

Lin Lao took the thread, twisted it in his hand, pulled it gently, and shook his head slightly: "It's not mulberry thread, and it's tougher than mulberry thread." ”

"Mulberry line?" Song Nian was stunned.

"There is a famous doctor of the Zhang family in Beijing, who can use mulberry thread to help people suture wounds and speed up healing, but this is a secret that is not passed on. I don't think it's going to be here. Moreover, Zhang's only uses his own mulberry thread secretly made from mulberry roots, which should be ...... It wasn't Zhang's doing. Chu He looked at the thin line and explained.

Making sutures out of mulberry bark? Song Nian realized that he really underestimated the wisdom of the ancients.

He Zhixian looked at the face of the butcher for a long time, and sighed: "Even if you can peel off the entire human face intact and delicately sew it on the sheep carcass, this skill can be called wonderful." ”

"Lord He, this is not the time to sigh at the subtlety of the other party's skills!" Chu He said coldly.

"Hehe, I can't help it, let Lord Chu laugh." He Zhixian yawned lightly, and the official on the side hurriedly handed him tea: "My lord, drink a cup of tea to refresh yourself." ”

He Zhixian frowned slightly: "Why don't you prepare tea for Lord Chu and the others?" ”

The official was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "My lord, your tea is only so ordered." ”

Song Nian shook his head slightly, can this He Zhi County be so clean? Don't even have enough tea for your guests? I'm afraid that the people below are deliberately doing bad.

Chu He waved his hand: "Excuse me, the case matters." ”

He Zhixian drank two sips of tea, and immediately had his spirits, looking at the human skin, he suddenly perked up, and said: "Lord Chu, this kind of stitching technique, Xia Guan seems to have heard of it!" ”

"Huh?" Chu He, Song Nian and the others looked at He Zhi County together.

He Zhixian took another sip of tea and said with a smile: "This county is a border land, not far from the outside of the Saiwai. I have heard before that the men outside the fortress fight very hard, and when they fight each other, they are often covered in bruises. Therefore, Dr. Hu is very good at suturing, and the technique used is the same as this human face. The double holes alternate, and their lines cross each other...... As for whether this kind of line is used, the lower officials are not very clear. ”

"Outside the plug?" Chu He frowned slightly.

"My lord, the outside of the plug...... It's not my Black Armor Army......" Lin Lao was beside Chu He and said in a low voice.

Chu He frowned slightly.

Suturing? Song Nian stared at the face of the person and looked at it carefully, this technique seemed to be a little familiar.

Seeing that the autopsy was over, He Zhixian said with a smile: "Lord Chu, since the corpse has been examined, I wonder if this human face and sheep corpse can be left in the county office as evidence to close the case?" ”

"Lord He, don't you continue to investigate?" Song Nian was a little puzzled.

"Hehe, this king butcher did such a strange thing, absconded in fear of crime, but was sent back to Guangqiu County in this way, obviously it was cannibalism between accomplices. Outside the county seat, there were barren mountains and mountains, and it was impossible to pursue his accomplices, so the case was closed. He Zhixian was in good spirits at the moment, and he even explained to Song Nian carefully.

Is that so? Song Nian also seemed to understand the laws of officialdom. What's more, the county government is not a black armor army after all, even if it is a black armor army, it is only afraid of ...... Nor can they pursue the murderer who has been premeditated for a long time.

"Evidence?" Chu He pondered for a moment and looked at Song Nian: "Master Song, do you think these evidences are still useful?" ”

Nonsense, can it be useless? Although Song Nian was not born in a forensic class, he also knew that the more relevant evidence, the better.

However, Old Man Lin glanced at Song Nian a few times, and Song Nian knew that he couldn't do things too much.

The sedan chair is carried by everyone. He Zhi County's work on the Black Armor Army can be regarded as relatively compatible, and Song Nian naturally can't take all the evidence. Chu He is upright, but Lin Lao needs Huairou means, and he can't let the Black Armor Army become the target of public criticism.

She pondered for a moment, then said with a smile: "Lord He, you look at the human face and the sheep corpse, and keep it for the purpose of closing the case, as for the sutures and ...... The sheep's stomach will be handed over to us to take away, so that the Black Armor Army can continue to pursue the murderer, how about it? ”

"Human faces and sheep carcasses are enough!" He Zhixian said heartily: "The sheep's stomach can't last long, do you want my yazhong to help marinate it with lime?" ”

Song Nian hurriedly refused.

Nonsense, lime pickling is indeed not easy to spoil, the problem is that even if there are any clues in this sheep's stomach, it must be corroded completely.

He Zhixian enthusiastically sent the three out of the county office.

……

Chu He walked silently on the stone road, and suddenly whispered: "You deliberately asked for the thin thread and the sheep's stomach, but what clues are there?" ”

Song Nian shook his head slightly: "No, I'm just ...... There must be some clues in the sheep stomachs stolen by the king butcher before, and I should ignore them...... So subconsciously save this thing......"

Although he didn't say anything, Song Nian, who was following behind Chu He, clearly felt it.

A faint disappointment emanated from Chu He's body slightly, and then disappeared.