Lighted? Forty degrees? What does that mean......" Xiao Mingzhu looked at Xu Chu suspiciously, and asked without shame.

She opened her mouth to ask, but attracted everyone's attention. Although Xiao Qinglang's expression has not changed, he also has a slight doubt in his heart. Of course, he knew that phosphorus powder would burn in the air when exposed to light, and it would also drift with the movement of the wind and people. But he had never heard of it.

Xu is thought of something, and he looked at Xu Chu's gaze with a bit of inquiry. It's just that after seeing Xu Chu's expression that he didn't care, his exploration and doubts gradually became relieved, and he could always know where she came from.

It's not that he has a distraction, but he really fears that one day she will abandon her and return to her world, or her body. If so, where would he look?

Xu Chu didn't care about the entanglement in Xiao Qinglang's eyes, but was silent for a moment, trying to phrase it in his heart, and then explained: "The ignition point is the condition for the phosphorus powder to burn, otherwise it can't catch up for no reason." As for forty degrees, it is equivalent to ...... How hot and cold the tea is when you drink it. ”

"That means phosphor powder isn't enough to burn people to death?"

"Yes!" Xu Chu bowed his head and said concisely and concisely. While waiting for the fire on Yu Niang's corpse to completely dissipate, she turned her head to look at Xiao Qinglang and asked, "Childe, do you know what else is there, it will burn violently when exposed to water, and it will emit a choking smell of garlic?" ”

The one who just found out the hint of the fire was Xiao Qinglang, so it was normal for her to ask such a question.

It's a pity that Xiao Qinglang shook his head, "The reason why I said just now that I put aside the light fur dyed with snow water was just that I thought that the fire in the water pavilion was getting bigger and bigger when it was exposed to water. He paused for a moment, and saw that Xu Chu seemed to show a disappointed expression, before frowning and continuing, "But I once read an incident in a book about ghosts and monsters in the countryside, saying that a family tried to change their lives against the sky, and was punished by God. At that time, it was the rainy season, and the fire in the house of the partial birth was on fire, and the fire became more and more intense in the rainy season, making it impossible to move forward. However, these records can only be regarded as strange aspirations, and no one has studied them specifically. ”

Ghosts and strange stories are mostly made up by ordinary people, or unexplained things are processed into weird stories and circulated, but in fact there is really not much credibility. It's as if before the ghost fire was revealed, everyone was afraid of it, and even now the people in the market have spread the word about the ghost fire to the gods. But in fact, the ghost fire is not more than a ear.

He paused, and without hesitation, he continued, "If you need it, I will write it to you later." ”

Xu Chu answered, which was an answer. At this time, the fire on the corpse gradually extinguished, leaving only some ashes of the burned cotton clothes clinging to the corpse.

This corpse has long been unrecognizable, and when Xu Chu is calmed down, it looks even more shocking and terrifying. The charred black cotton clothes and the dry and burnt skin and flesh are almost one, and the facial features that should be bright and pleasant have also turned into a piece of charred black and glued together, and it is impossible to see the original appearance at all.

Because the corpse was still a little hot, the smell of burnt meat was even more pronounced. Not to mention that Hua Wuzhi is sick, even Xiao Mingzhu, who has been clamoring to learn from Xu Chu for an autopsy and has already seen many corpses, turned pale at this time.

A normal autopsy requires her to first determine whether there is obvious damage to the corpse and whether there is a foreign body inserted into the large points such as the private parts of the head and the soles of the feet. But right now, the hair and flesh have long been scorched and glued into a black patch, which is extremely difficult to distinguish with the naked eye.

The corpse was placed on the white cloth spread out by Wei Guang, and it was probably burned by the flames, so the whole corpse showed a kind of sitting and lying twisted and curled up.

Xu Chu's face remained unchanged, and he didn't seem to care about the familiar smell of meat, so he squatted down with plain cloth gloves.

"The deceased's daughter, whose identity is unknown, the body is about four feet four inches long, and the surface of her body is burned and her face and scars cannot be distinguished." Xu Chu's face was calm, and he reached out to press the head of the charred corpse, and then went down to the neck, chest, ribs, and wrists, "The skull is intact, there is no damage, and there is no sign of a strong blow." There was no damage to the tibia, thoracic ribs, arms, and wrists, and it was initially presumed that there was no violent fight and resistance, or that there was no bone injury. ”

"Yu Niang's height is obviously much taller than this person, doesn't that mean that this person is not Yu Niang?" Xiao Mingzhu stretched out her hand and gestured at her height, she remembered that Yu Niang was taller than her, and she was five feet, so normally Yu Niang must be higher than the length of the corpse.

Xu Chu had warned Xiao Mingzhu before that when the autopsy was conducted to investigate the case, it was the most taboo to be preconceived. Now, the corpse was burned beyond recognition, and no physiognomy was visible at all. Therefore, just by the strange smile emanating from the cloak at that moment, and the sparse lute played by the deceased, it was impossible to determine who the deceased was.

So for the second sister who Yin Niang and Su Niang screamed sadly, she still has doubts until now.

She thought she was right, but she didn't want Xu Chu to sigh and shake her head and say: "When it is burned, because of the high temperature, it often causes blood and body fluids to seep out, muscles and tissues and organs to die and char, and charred corpses usually lose weight and shorten their length. Therefore, this is not a basis for determining the identity of the deceased. ”

"Six years ago, there was an arson case in Yunnan Province, in which the deceased was 5 feet 4 inches long before his death, but his body was 4 feet 9 inches long after his death. If it weren't for the fact that he had chicken breasts since he was a child, and his toes were different from ordinary people, he wouldn't dare to determine his identity. Xiao Qinglang leaned over and calmly looked at her to measure the length of the deceased's body, and saw that Xiao Mingzhu was going to ask something, so he subconsciously spoke.

He was very fond of Xu Chu, who was waiting for Xu Chu to concentrate on the autopsy without distraction, and the caution and solemnity when focusing on and examining the corpse was something he had never seen in others.

The lights in the dark night flickered and flickered, which could illuminate the water pavilion and illuminate the black shadows around it. In the silence, the silent water pavilion, only Xu Chu's low and calm voice sounded, exuding a solemn aura in this dead and hideous place.

In the entire Water Pavilion, except for Xiao Qinglang, who replaced Xiao Mingzhu's record, the rest of the people all watched Xu Chu's movements silently with bated breath. When you look closely, you will inevitably cover your mouth and hide your face and turn around and retch a few times.

It's not that they are frightened, it's that they ate too much delicacies from the mountains and seas at the evening banquet, so it was really uncomfortable to smell the smell of barbecue at this time.

This is also the first time that Hua Wuxian regrets that his nose is so sensitive, and even regrets that he has stayed in the gluttony building all the year round and smelled the smell of exquisite food all over the world. So much so that at this time, a burst of roast suckling pig or roast venison unconsciously appeared in my mind.

Xiao Qinglang heard the movement in his ears, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows to look over, and his phoenix eyes narrowed slightly to look at the two people who were holding each other with ugly faces. Hua Wuzhi is just a child, how can he follow himself and Xu Chu for so long Mingzhu, and now he is not used to all kinds of corpses?

He looked back with a calm expression, frowning slightly, it seems that the young man still needs to be experienced. Therefore, it is also urgent to arrange people to return to the capital as soon as possible and read more of the classics of the Three Law Divisions.

That is, everyone doesn't know what he thinks at this time, otherwise they are afraid that they will all shout, in order to send away Xiao Mingzhu, who occupies Xu Chu, he really can think of any reason. If you tell the truth, Xiao Mingzhu's performance and courage, let alone among the so-called well-informed ladies in the capital, that is, among the bold women of ordinary rural people, they can be regarded as extremely good.

Just when the faces of several people in the pavilion were pale, and their eyes were wandering and they didn't dare to look directly at Xu Chu's movements, they saw that Xu Chu also had new movements.

She took out the autopsy knife from the toolbox, pinched the charred corpse's cheek with one hand neatly, and moved slightly with the other, the thin blade glowing with cold light fell to the blurred and eroded mouth and nose between two breaths.

Xu Chu is good at autopsy and even better at dissection. So at this time, her movements were done in one go, and there was no pause in the flow of the clouds. The sharp blade cut into the charred flesh, and there was no blood, except for a pop as it slashed through the scorched spot.

She didn't stop, squinting and reaching for the tweezers from the box, then pried open the dead man's teeth.

"Strange ......" Xu Chu's dark eyes carefully looked at the corpse in his hand, and even put the tweezers on one side and pinched the corpse's jaw with his hand. How could morture occur so quickly? ”

Her gaze fell on the corpse and followed the movement, pressing from the masseter muscle of the jaw joint to the neck. But the conclusion was still that it was a stiff corpse rather than a curled and stiff muscle caused by a burn, as she had just checked.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Qinglang saw her frowning, and slowly asked.

He and Xu Chu know each other, and the friendship and tacit understanding they give birth to are naturally incomparable to others. Normally, if it weren't for the difference in the corpse, Xu Chu would never hesitate to frown at the autopsy.

Xu Chu was silent for a moment, confirmed again, and then looked up at Xiao Qinglang and explained: "After death, the muscles contract slightly, and the joints cannot be flexed, which is the phenomenon of corpse stiffness. According to common sense, this phenomenon will only occur within half an hour to an hour and a half after death, which is also an important basis for estimating the time of death of the corpse. ”

Xiao Qinglang nodded, he naturally understood these common senses. Before he could speak again, he saw that Xiao Mingzhu, whose face was pale, had already covered his mouth and nose, looked at Xu Chu with excitement and said, "I know this, most of the zombies start from the masseter muscles of the jaw joint, and then extend to the neck, upper limbs and lower limbs. ”

Xu Chu was also a little relieved to see her come back to her strength, she nodded and pointed to the corpse under her hand and said, "However, this corpse is now stiff!" ”

In other words, according to common sense, the deceased cannot have just died. However, a quarter of an hour ago, they had seen the corpse still reacting, and they were still playing with the lute......