The wound on the neck was scabbed, and there were signs of decay, and it was preliminarily inferred that the time of death was around the fifteenth day of the lunar month. ”

Xu Chu stared, and sure enough, as Zhang Youwei guessed, this case is quite strange. If it was really done by the robbers, then why were the jade stones and wrist bracelets on Liu Zhen's clothes not taken away? It would be too far-fetched to say that the bandits had left her some dignity.

Xu Chu frowned, lowered his head with a solemn expression and continued to look at the corpse. Seeing that there was nothing missing on the surface, she carefully peeled off his shirt with tweezers, and when she turned it, she carefully looked at the garment for injuries and improprieties.

Because it was too long, even though it was a cold season, the corpse would inevitably change. At this time, the body after the clothes were removed, and the stench became more and more serious, even Xu Chu, who was wearing a mask and containing Su Hexiangyuan, frowned for a rare moment.

At this time, the corpse was completely exposed in front of everyone's eyes, green and swollen. Although there is no bloody scene where the skin and flesh are blurred, the mottled and fluffy body that seems to be able to squirt out the rotten liquid of the corpse at any time is enough to make people annoying, and it is really impossible to look at directly.

After getting used to the stench, Xu Chu continued to bend down to check it. Although the deceased has been dead for a long time, the body is still intact except for the head, and now when the clothes are peeled off, a relatively complete carcass/body is seen.

"There are no injuries on the surface of the body, no injuries on the private parts or soles of the feet, and the only wound on the body is the neck, except for the head. However, the flesh of the wound is not convex, the shoulders are not shrugged, and the head is cut off after death. ”

The delicate and beautiful woman, under the lamplight, touched and pinched the stinking corpse with a calm and calm face, which made the silent morgue a little more sacred and solemn for no reason.

Xu Chu measured his hand a few times, not only showing a puzzled expression. Immediately, she reached out again and touched the corpse's shoulders, and then followed the turquoise corpse spot and landed her hand on the rounded bulge of the corpse's chest. Then, he compared the waist of the corpse with the smooth legs.

Not to mention that the corpse can't be seen gracefully at this time, even if she was a beautiful woman when she was alive, it was also a corpse that was about to decay. And now, this little Chu girl is groping without changing her face, which inevitably makes people think about it.

Not to mention that the official was embarrassed, even Zhang Youwei coughed uncomfortably, cast his eyes to the side, and kept building in his heart: I heard that Miss Xiao Chu's autopsy was different from ordinary people, she should just be an autopsy......

Xiao Qinglang was already familiar with Xu Chu's temperament, and knew that all her actions were by no means untargeted, so although there was some weirdness in his heart, he never showed it on his face. He took a step forward and said solemnly, "What's wrong?" ”

Xu Chu's eyes lingered on the corpse, and he said softly: "Although the body is healthy, it is not round, and it is even a little thin. It doesn't look weird when it's wrapped in a jacket, but now it looks like if it weren't for the swelling of the corpse, I'm afraid that the deceased wouldn't be able to wear this expensive jacket skirt on his body. ”

"So I suspect that if the clothes belong to Liu Zhen's, then this body probably doesn't belong to Liu Zhen's."

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Youwei and the officials who had been investigating the case for many days looked very serious. If this is the case, could it be that it is Li Daitaozhuang's murder case?

Zhang Youwei's gaze followed Xu Chu again, and he also found that the swollen body wrapped in the clothes seemed to be a little unseemly loose. If it was really Liu Zhen's, according to her family property, she would naturally not dress so unelegantly. However, he still suppressed the excitement in his heart and said solemnly: "Miss Chu may be sure?" ”

"It's just a preliminary speculation, and it needs to be tested again if we want to know for sure." Xu Chu paused, looked at Zhang Youwei and hesitated, "I don't know if the adults can allow me to perform an autopsy?" ”

Corpses never lie, and people are different from each other in the smallest ways. As long as it is not the same person, the corpse will definitely manifest itself, this is an indisputable fact.

Zhang Youwei was stunned, his eyes widened in disbelief and he looked at Xu Chu and said, "Dissecting the corpse? ”

Xu Chu was not stunned by Zhang Youwei's suddenly raised voice, only nodded and continued: "My lord should have heard about my autopsy next to Lord Huang, and I can perform an autopsy without dissecting the corpse, but the information obtained will be much less, and the conclusions obtained from the autopsy will not be as accurate and detailed as the conclusions obtained from the autopsy." ”

"This matter will be discussed later......" Zhang Youwei pondered for a moment and said slowly, "I still bother the girl to continue the inspection." ”

It's just that at this time, his mood is obviously not as high as before.

Xu Chu was slightly stunned, and immediately smiled bitterly as if he thought of something, and even glanced at Xiao Qinglang, pursed his lips and stopped talking. I have been by the side of Xiao Qinglang, the great god for a long time, and I almost forgot how shocking it was to dissect corpses in this era of superstitious reincarnation in ancient times.

In the previous few cases, with Xiao Qinglang's concession and blessing, she had no scruples. Now, when Zhang Youwei hit a wall here, he suddenly realized that he seemed to be getting more and more ...... I don't care about the world.

She saw Xiao Qinglang raise her eyebrows and look at her, her hand movements were unsteady, and in the end she could only cough lightly, pretending not to care and throwing it on the corpse again.

At this point, she used tweezers to slightly clean the neck of the corpse, and after a while, she took the rice paper and stirred it up in the rotten flesh that flowed with rotting corpse fluid in the eyes of others. That is, after a few breaths, the clean rice paper was covered with a layer of grainy things.

"What is this?" Xiao Qinglang followed Xu Chu's movements and stepped forward to ask.

"I don't know, it seems to be soaked thatch roots and sawdust." Xu Chu frowned, where did this come from?

She wasn't surprised that she hadn't discovered these things before, and she knew that she probably wouldn't be as "close" to the corpse as she was to examine it now. When the deceased is a woman, most of them will have some taboos about male and female genders left in their bones. Once you rush to test because of embarrassment, you will naturally miss many clues.

"Can you speculate on the murder weapon?"

"The fracture is smooth, not flat, and there are marks of repeated chopping on the neck bone. There are no wave marks on the bones, they won't be saws, and they're not notched in triangles, and they won't be axes. Ordinary knives and arrows can't form such obvious chopping wounds, so I guess it should be a kitchen knife or a wood knife. ”

"If it's a firewood knife, it's the same as the previous sawdust grass roots."

Xu Chu was slightly puzzled, thought about it and turned his head to ask Zhang Youwei: "My lord, dare to ask what weapons were used when bandits committed crimes in the past?" ”

"Most of them are big knives and bows and arrows, and kitchen knives and firewood knives are used, and there has never been a similar situation in the yamen." After Zhang Youwei finished speaking, his expression was shocked, and he came back to his senses in an instant.

Indeed, what bandit robs and kills people with the guy who chops wood? What's more, the previous confession of the driver said that at that time, three big men with big knives covering their faces surrounded their car, and later knocked him unconscious to commit the crime. If the coachman was right, none of the three men had a hatchet.

His eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "Thank you girl for helping." ”

The previous work was tested and tested, but there were not so many things. What clothes are wrong, the murder weapon is wrong, but as soon as Miss Chu made a move, she came to a conclusion so easily.

This case has dragged on for almost half a month, and there are many complaints from both above and below, if it weren't for the pressure on him, it is estimated that the case would have been closed as a bandit. But even if he gritted his teeth and pursued it, there was no progress, the bandits disappeared, and he could no longer find any useful clues.

But now it was different, Xu Chu's words once again clarified his guess, and naturally made him more confident.

However, after a moment, his radiant eyebrows lowered, and then he said to Xu Chu more and more embarrassed: "Don't hide it from Miss Chu, this case is very urgent, if you can't solve the case before Chinese New Year's Eve, I'm afraid that this official's official position will be difficult to protect." The ladies of Jinzhou City have already questioned you several times...... If the girl is not in a hurry, can she help the officer investigate the case? ”

Xu Chu raised his eyebrows, thinking of the reckless post-mortem work before, which almost provoked Xiao Qinglang's cold face. Now that she wants to stay here temporarily, she is afraid that she will really delay Xiao Qinglang's big event.

For a while, she didn't expect that she didn't really need to follow Xiao Qinglang in the first place, they were just nominal companions, but in fact they had nothing to do with each other.

Xiao Qinglang couldn't help but smile secretly when he saw Xu Chu's eyes asking him, and then looked at Zhang Youwei's stiff face, and felt even more funny. He pretended to think about it, and wanted to stretch Zhang Youwei again, but he didn't meet Xu Chu's expectant eyes.

"In that case, it is better to be respectful than to obey your fate. It's just that in the past few days, if there is nothing related to the case, please don't disturb us. ”

When Zhang Youwei heard this, his eyes lit up, how could he disagree.

And Xu Chu, who was wearing a mask and had most of his face covered, also flashed in his eyes at this time. Between Qingming's dark eyebrows and eyes, there was also a little more joy. After all, if you can track down the case of the corpse yourself, it is not a perfect thing.

Xiao Qinglang watched her throw herself into the corpse again with great interest, shook her head lightly, and only smiled between her eyebrows.

Wei Guang, who was on the side, couldn't help but shudder when he saw this. The prince of his family, who is known as the king of Hades with a jade face, the king of Jing'an, who can make corrupt officials tremble and frightened with just one look, how did he get Miss Xu, and he was left with only a spoil/spoiling and connivance.

Xu Chu examined the corpse again, and then gently applied a cloth towel soaked in vinegar to the corpse. Since the corpse was in a state where it was about to rot, she couldn't guarantee that it would work. It's just that she can't dissect or cook autopsies, so she can only use as many methods as possible.

In the end, due to the condition of the corpse, the scars did not show as expected. However, some of the green corpse spots had changed slightly, and although they were not obvious, they were enough for Xu Chu to deduce that they were blunt force injuries.