CHAPTER XXVII

After she checked the clothes, she carefully scratched the top of the dress a few times, and after a few breaths, she saw that some powder fell from the clothes, and it fell right into the rice paper that Xu Chu was holding.

"What is this?" Xiao Mingzhu forgot to be afraid for the time being, and only looked over, but did not dare to get too close.

Xu Chu didn't answer, but carefully took off his gloves and twisted them with his hands, and then sniffed them lightly.

"It's spices, as if the sachet was pulled open and sprinkled on the body."

With that, Xu Chu wrapped the things and put them aside, and then continued to check. This time, her inspection was more detailed, and she didn't even let go of the folds on her skirt.

When she saw the scars behind Zhao Xiu'er again, she took off her gloves again, and reached out directly to touch them.

In order to dispel bad luck and prevent corpse poison, the Great Zhou Dynasty has always had the rule of wearing gloves and masks to cover it so as not to directly contact the corpse. Although it is unwritten, it has been the same for generations of autopsies. And like Xu Chu, there are really few people who touch it directly, and if it is spread out, I am afraid that others will be three feet away from her.

However, Xu Chu, who didn't care about the surprise and disgust of the whole room, gently pressed his fingers to record Zhao Xiu'er's scars at this time, but felt that the skin of the tentacles was soft as usual, and there was no swelling or stiffness in the injured area, as if there was no real injury.

In a few breaths, her tightly knit brow suddenly relaxed.

"Remember, the deceased's wounds are soft and not swollen, and there is no abnormality to the touch, which is suspected to be a fake injury." After that, Xu Chu began to check other places again, and the place that had been rinsed and dressed with bad vinegar also reacted at this time. I saw that there were several bruised handprints on the originally pale right arm, and the same was true of the white and tender thighs. "There was claw-shaped bruise on the right arm and bruises on the leg, which did not hurt the veins and bones......"

This means that Zhao Xiuer received coercion before she died. Even if the person did not try to violate her, he always acted in order to hold her hostage and make it easier. But what is it?

It was clearly written on the autopsy list of Wu Laohan just now that there was nothing unusual about the deceased's lower body. And Xu Chu also checked it, his clothes were clean and neat, and there were no foreign objects in his trousers. While thinking about it, her eyes fell on Zhao Xiu'er's lower abdomen.

"Huh? Can scars still be faked? ”

When Xu Chu said the fake injury, not only Xiao Mingzhu was surprised, but even Wu Laohan was a little stunned, looking at Xu Chu, waiting for her to solve her doubts. And the few adults Cui who followed looked over even more with a frown, and saw that Xu Chu was just packing up his tools, so he asked in a deep voice, "Miss Xu, what does this mean?" ”

"The collection of grievances once said that using beech bark to apply a kind of wound on the body is like a wound with something else after death. As long as you see that the inside of the marks is dark black, the four sides are green and red, scattered into a mark, and there is no puffiness, it is made of beech bark before death. The bark of the zelkova tree is easy to obtain because it is a medicinal herb. ”

With that, she had already stored the evidence in her toolbox, and then slid her hand neatly into the deceased's abdomen. Suddenly, her eyes changed, and her hands exerted a little force, and she really noticed something strange in her flat and tight lower abdomen.

It seems to be a little stiff...... Suddenly, a light flashed in her mind, and she thought of a possibility, and she hurriedly took out a white handkerchief from her toolbox, followed by a special hook knife.

"I also bother the adults to ask a stable mother, and then let Zhao Liu's family come here to witness, so as to facilitate the next inspection of the daughter, and it is also convenient for the adults to judge the case later."

At this time, Master Cui, who was standing at the door, heard this, nodded again and again, and even turned around and walked out of the autopsy room to order. As for whether he avoided it because he felt bad luck, or whether it was for a show, it was unknown.

Half an hour later, Zhao Liu was led by the officials and accompanied a stable woman on the street.

In these years, both the butcher and the Wen Po had the means to conduct an autopsy, and whenever the female body was examined, the yamen would send someone to find a governor, Wen Po, to check whether the woman had been violated in front of relatives and officials.

And the reason why Xu Chu is looking for someone to come today is naturally not really to start with that stable woman.

"My lord, can you protect that down-and-out talent, and the sister-in-law of the folk woman can't die in vain." Zhao Liu seemed to have a little more confidence than before, and when he saw Lord Cui, he kowtowed and shouted injustice. He even glanced at Xu Chu and cried, "My poor sister-in-law, my sister-in-law knows that she has a bad reputation, which makes people look down on her, and she actually caused some hooves to make you die and be restless......"

The more Zhao Liu spoke, the more unspeakable he became, and Master Cui was already a little annoyed, he had not yet recovered from Xu Chu's conclusion that the deceased had found that the deceased had fake injuries, but he was upset by a burst of crying. Just as he was about to get angry, he saw King Jing'an coming from afar, and couldn't help but scold Zhao Liu's with a sinking face: "Zhao Liu's family is not going to mess around, how can you be presumptuous in the yamen!" ”

Just kidding, if this woman is allowed to speak insulting in front of the prince's majesty, I am afraid that his face will be lost.

When he opened his mouth, he naturally frightened the Zhao Liu clan who was playing tricks. In fact, who can do things top-notch in Yunzhou city wells for so many years, who doesn't have a little bit of eyes, Zhao Liu is just pretending to be stupid, seeing that Lord Cui is really angry, she doesn't dare to make a fuss anymore, only wiped her tears and snot with a miserable look and said: "The women also feel sorry for their sister-in-law, and they have suffered this ......disaster for nothing."

However, her confession did not move anyone, including Xu Chu, but Xu Chu squinted his eyes and asked coldly: "Zhao Liu, let me ask you, you said in court before that Zhao Xiu'er was unwell early in the morning the day before, and then she rested in the room all day and night, so why is she neatly dressed, her shoes and socks do not fall, and her hair and makeup are very proper without a trace of messiness?" ”

She asked questions again and again, which made Zhao Liu's expression a little flustered, and she scolded rudely while holding on: "How do I know what she is calculating, who doesn't know that little hoof loves to be clean and has to be washed and cleaned up every day?" Did he dress himself up and die before he even went out? ”

"Heh, then tell me why she's wearing new clothes?" Xu Chu's eyes swept over Zhao Liu's waist and continued to ask, "Why did Zhao Xiu'er have your torn sachet on him!" ”

"Nonsense, I burned that sachet a long time ago, how could it be on that little hoof!" Zhao Liu's family is not a scheming person, but now there are several scrutiny from Lord Cui in the upper position, coupled with Xu Chu's repeated questions, as well as the yin wind gushing out of the autopsy, which has already made her a little flustered, how can she be able to resist Xu Chu's fraudulent questioning?

"Bold woman, why did you want to murder Zhao Xiu'er, and you didn't recruit it from the truth!" Master Cui, who was on the side, heard Zhao Liu's answer, and immediately said angrily.

"The adults have wronged, the little woman just talked to her for a few words, how could she murder her. It's just that today, when I saw that she suddenly lost her voice, I thought that Qin Xiucai was unlucky, and she was knocking on some bamboo poles. "So far, where does Zhao Liu dare to be arrogant, kowtowing and begging for mercy." The sister-in-law of the folk woman has always been in good health, and there are no side scars on her body, if it weren't for the relationship between the showmans, how could she lose her life? ”

When Xu Chu heard this, he knew that she must be avoiding the important and light, his eyes couldn't help but fade a little, and he looked at Master Cui: "Don't be in a hurry to interrogate, since she is not convinced, then you might as well let the folk girl tell her how Zhao Xiu'er died suddenly." ”

After speaking, she no longer looked at how the crying tears and snot of Zhao Liu's family could hold on, but directly asked Wen Po to help break Zhao Xiu'er's legs, and then she carefully leaned over the most private place between her legs.

In an instant, the entire autopsy room was completely silent, and even Xiao Qinglang, who had just stepped in, suddenly sank, and inexplicably felt that this scene was particularly dazzling. Even though he knew that Xu Chu was pushing the case for the autopsy, he didn't know why he was more and more concerned about the people next to him.

And Master Cui didn't even look at it, and they all unconsciously turned their eyes away. This.. l.... This is really unbelievable, I have never heard of an autopsy to inspect a woman's place...... Even if it's an inspection, it's generally just a matter of checking whether it's proper and whether you've had sex.

A few rays of light shone in the small window, and the light and color were staggered, which also made everyone's faces complicated and their moods fluctuated. After a while, I heard a loud bang, and there was the sound of a sharp weapon falling.

"Alright." Xu Chu got up, pulled the white cloth covering the corpse and covered the person, and then bent down to pick up the sharp iron rod with black and purple blood on the ground.

At this time, the faces of everyone in the autopsy room changed greatly, and the sound of gasping came and went. This kind of murder method is really too obscure, if it weren't for Xu Chu's lack of avoiding the bad luck of the corpse, I'm afraid he would have to ignore it.

"The wounds on the back of the deceased are fake wounds left by someone who has been warmed with beech bark when he was alive, and this method has been mentioned in the "Inner Forgiveness Record" and the "Record of Clearing Grievances." Xu Chu continued, "And there are no more scars on his body, and there are no heavy points on his head and feet, and there is nothing wrong with it. The only possibility is the pussy ......"

When people conduct an autopsy, they often look at their clothes and pants first, and when they see that there are no traces of their clothes and pants, they will subconsciously avoid looking at their pussies and other private parts. One is the fear of desecrating the corpse, and the other is the fear of rejection by the family of the deceased.

But Xu Chu didn't care so much, she raised the iron rod in front of her eyes, "There was a collection of records in the previous dynasty, saying that if a woman is not pregnant and has no traces, she must be inspected in the birth gate, and there may be something else." ”

"Then why is there no bleeding? Such a sharp weapon inserted into the body must be damaged......" Xiao Mingzhu endured her nausea, wrinkled her nose and asked softly, as for why she was weak, naturally she couldn't help but vomit. She was afraid that she would lose her face in front of others, and it would be bad if Sister Xu thought that she was pampered.