It's not that she can't help it, but she doesn't dare to guarantee it.

"It stands to reason that an autopsy of the deceased's stomach, examination of the food residue in his stomach, and then speculation based on the time when he ate, can deduce the approximate time of death." She paused, frowned, and said, "If the time of death is different, then the cause of death may also be abnormal." ”

After all, according to what Xiao Qinglang said, before he lost consciousness, the fish intestine sword never left his body.

If the third prince's death time was earlier than he went to change clothes, then it was impossible for the murderer to find his fish intestine sword to kill, and the only explanation was that the wounds of the fish intestine sword were forged later. The three princes, the cause of death is different!

The emperor grabbed the willow armrest on the seat, and only after his emotions calmed down did he say lightly: "Continue to test!" ”

Xu Chu responded and carefully cut open the abdominal cavity. In just an instant, the stench in the abdominal cavity hit the face. She and Cao Xianguan have long been accustomed to it, and the emperor only pursed his lips and his face did not change, only Liu Deming, who was watching the emperor on the side, did not lose his manners, and rushed out of the door directly covering his mouth and nose, and finally could only vomit violently on his stomach and leaning on the door frame.

Rao thought that he had seen too much wind and waves, and he didn't expect that one day he would fold on Xu Chu's autopsy.

He is a eunuch, so naturally he will not believe in the statement that "the parents who suffer from the body shall not be harmed by half a point", so he thought that even if he came to accompany the autopsy, he would be able to act normally. But I didn't expect that it actually felt real...... It's not pretty.

Xu Chu's movements did not hesitate because of Liu Deming's movements, and the organs in his chest had begun to melt themselves, in other words, the speed of decay was really much faster than usual.

She severed her abdominal muscles to reveal the entire abdominal cavity, then examined the organs in the abdominal cavity in turn, and finally carefully removed the stomach and intestines.

It wasn't until she had placed her stomach and intestines in the container she had prepared that she carefully threw herself at the three sword wounds she had just deliberately avoided.

"This ......" After Xu Chu dissected the wound, he suddenly let out a surprise and immediately lowered his head to observe it carefully. It was only a moment later that she hurriedly reached for the white bones in her chest, and after careful discernment, she stretched her brows and said, "Sure enough." ”

"How?"

"Back to the emperor, judging from the wounds and the marks on the middle sternum, the real murder weapon is not the fish intestine sword." As she spoke, she used the autopsy knife to press down the flesh on both sides of the wound, leaving only the traces of the wound that had been dissected, and pointed to the blood shadow on it and said, "If it is a stab wound before death, the flesh and blood should be tightened at the blade, and there is a blood shade." After Kechen dissected the wound, he found that only the middle part of the three wounds was tightly fleshed and bloody, and the blood was full of flowers and bright color. At both ends of the wound, the flesh marks are cut off and white, and no flesh is turned out. ”

"At that time, the prince's fish intestine sword matched the entire wound, so his short sword should have been pierced from behind the person in order to cover up the previous wound. If he is really a murderer, then why does a fish intestine sword have such a strange wound? ”

"And the fish intestine sword stabbed the middle sternum, leaving a perforation on the sternum, if the emperor does not believe it, you can steam the bones to see whether the fracture here is left before life or after death."

As soon as her words fell, the inspector Cao on the side came up and was surprised after checking for a long time.

"If this is the case, a wound can show such a completely different trace. It's just the work of two swords......"

Next, without Xu Chu saying more, Cao Xianguan said: "The real murder weapon should also be a double-edged sword, the sword body is light and sharp, and the blade is much narrower than the fish intestine sword, which should only be about an inch." ”

"And the handle is simple, the width of the handle is three inches, and it is a pattern of flowers and auspicious clouds." Xu Chu carefully examined the marks on the left and right handles of wounds of different shades, frowned, and said, "The workmanship should be exquisite, and the value is very expensive......

After she finished speaking, she looked at the emperor, and when she saw the emperor's unpredictable expression, she arched her hand and said: "Your Majesty, there are not many people in the palace who can hold a short sword, so ......"

The emperor looked at the flesh-and-blood wound, squinted his eyes meaninglessly, and said coldly: "I know this matter in my heart, you can continue." ”

When Xu Chu saw him like this, he couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, couldn't it be that the emperor had already guessed the truth with this sword wound?

However, she didn't dare to relax, since the emperor had something to say, she naturally wanted to find more and more direct evidence to prove Xiao Qinglang's innocence.

Thinking of this, she didn't think about it anymore, and cut open the stomach she took out. If when you opened your chest before, it just made people sick, then the sour smell that diffused at this time was enough to make people faint.

Even the emperor not only frowned, but raised his hand to take a handkerchief and cover his mouth and nose.

He ascended the throne, and no dead man had ever seen it, but death on the battlefield was different from the intensity of seeing the autopsy and smelling the stench of corpses with his own eyes now.

Xu Chu kept moving, directly poured the food in his stomach into the container, and carefully identified it.

"There is a smell of alcohol in the stomach, most of the food moves to the duodenum, and the shape of the food changes, and there is more mixed chyme, so it can be basically inferred that the deceased died between an hour and an hour and a half after death."

"There is a small amount of residue in the stomach, and the shape can be distinguished, there are mutton, half-leaf greens, and erosive rice...... And this is tofu and chrysanthemum petals? ”

Xu Chu frowned, because it was not clear, so she was a little hesitant when she said it.

The emperor, who had been silent, suddenly spoke: "The Queen Mother loves fresh and salty tofu, so the imperial chef specially developed chrysanthemum tofu soup...... Although there was a dinner party today, because it was late, the imperial dining room made dinner for everyone to fill their stomachs first. If I remember correctly, there is often chrysanthemum tofu soup for dinner in the Empress Dowager's palace recently......"

In other words, the time of death of the third prince should be before the unitary time. However, Xiao Qinglang took the sobering soup at the dinner party, and it was a matter of the beginning of the year when he was knocked out of the table. If this is calculated, there is a difference of nearly two hours in the middle.

"Someone, let the inner court go to the Empress Dowager's palace to inquire about the whereabouts of the three princes before the dinner." After a pause, he told again, "Don't alarm the Queen Mother." ”

After these words, his eyes were bright and dark, until he saw Xu Chu sewing the body of the third prince completely and covering him with a white cloth, then he got up and said in a slightly difficult tone: "Go back to the imperial study!" ”

When Xu Chu heard this, he hurriedly bowed down and sent him away, but when he stepped out of the inner hall, Xu Chu inexplicably felt that his back was a little gloomy.

Just as she sighed, the eunuch under the inner court came in a hurry, saying that Xia Zhu's body had been found in a dry well. Now it has just been picked up from the dry well, but the posture of the corpse is a little strange.

Having discovered a new clue, Xu Chu naturally didn't have the heart to guess the emperor's mood. She exhaled slightly, stretched out her hand to tidy up the toolbox, and then looked at Inspector Cao and said, "The previous autopsy." ”

After Xu Chu arrived, he did not conduct a direct autopsy, but first looked at the surrounding environment as usual. She looked around the dry well, which was behind the Laneige Hall, and there was a small flower bed, and the dry well was between the flower beds. It's just that apparently few people come here all year round, so the flower garden is already overgrown with weeds, and only a few chrysanthemums occasionally sway in the wind.

On the weeds, there are no signs of struggle or dragging. There are no special footprints around the dry well. She pondered for a moment that if someone had forcibly thrown her into the well, she would have struggled and her feet would be on the edge of the well when she reached the well.

Of course, it is also possible that when she was thrown into the dry well, she lost consciousness like Xiao Qinglang. But if that were the case, it would never be possible for the person who threw her down to leave no trace all the way, even if it was dragging or carrying her heavy footsteps.

However, she searched all around, and there was nothing unusual about the weeds except where the inner court people walked. The direction of the crooked weeds from the outside was also towards the dry well, and the degree of crooked fall was definitely not caused by the weight of two people.

So, Xia Zhu should have come here alone.

When she said this, she looked up at the inner court official who was guarding and asked, "Have you ever checked the wall of the well for scratches and signs of struggle?" ”

"If you go back to your lordship, there is only a pool of dirty blood at the bottom of the well, and there is no trace of struggle."

Xu Chu nodded, knowing in his heart. She crouched down and pressed Xia Zhu's body.

Xia Zhu's corpse was already extremely stiff, and it could be said that it was the peak of corpse stiffness.

"The cornea is cloudy, and I can barely distinguish the pupil. And the corpse spots are not completely faded, there is precipitation and metastasis, mostly appearing on the right side of the body, and the corpse spots are light in color and have heavy bleeding. Muscles stiffen, joints fixed all over the body. It is inferred that the time of death of the deceased was six hours ago, which should be between unitary hours. ”

"After death, the body lies on the right side, so the corpse spots are deposited on the right side of the body. There are dried blood stains at the corners of the mouth, and there are blood stains in the mouth and throat, like vomiting blood, suspected of falling from a height. After the fall, it caused damage to the internal organs. And there was a large area of irregular contusion on the cheek and a heavy blow to the forehead, which should have been caused by the head hitting the ground when he fell into the well. ”

"His face was calm, he was not frightened, and his clothes were not disheveled. The sideburns are intact, with a slight breakdown of hair. ”

"There is no mud and sand between the fingers, and there are traces of the ring in the palm of the right hand, and the traces are clear, and people will be extended to the Imperial Ware Factory for inspection later." Just when she was about to put down Xia Zhu's right hand, she somehow paused, looked up at Cao Inspector and said, "Blade, red oil paper." ”

Inspector Cao did not hesitate and hurriedly handed over the things. I saw Xu Chu carefully scrape with the blade of Xia Zhu's right palm, and a layer of white powdery stuff fell on the red oil paper.

"Let people send it to Tai Hospital for Dr. Zhao to examine!"

The little official on the side hurriedly responded and left quickly.

Most of the people who can be arranged here by Lou An are trustworthy people, so Xu Chu is not worried about him changing the powder halfway.

"Why do you have such a bulging chest?" Xu Chu was puzzled, so he simply took off Xia Zhu's clothes carefully.

Most of the people in the inner court were eunuchs and women, so at this time, they were not as shocked as she was in the previous autopsy. After all, no matter how much you take off your clothes, it's just a female corpse.

When the padded coat was taken off, Xu Chu's eyes that had been indifferently and dark suddenly lit up, as if a wave of surprise had burst out. Because she could see clearly that inside the clothes covered by Xia Zhu's hands on his chest was a white and flawless white porcelain bowl.

The white porcelain bowl was not broken because it was wrapped in her cotton clothes and subconsciously protected by her. It's just that in the middle of the bottom of the bowl, there is a slight crack, and this crack is by no means left by a fall, it is obviously deliberately shaken out.

In other words, this is the white porcelain bowl that Xiao Qinglang used to drink the decanting soup last night.

And in that bowl, there is a purple jade hairpin, and on the purple jade hairpin there is the word "Taihe".

Xu Chu's hand froze, and his eyes were like a sword, as if he was about to pierce the jade hairpin. She didn't use the jade, but she also knew that such a jade hairpin with such a texture was definitely not something that a palace maid could have. And Xia Zhu had to bring this jade hairpin and the white porcelain bowl until she died, which was enough to see that this thing was inseparable from her death, and even with the framing of Xiao Qinglang.

Thinking of this, she carefully put the hosta into the white cloth, then took out the white porcelain bowl and handed it to the little official on her body and ordered: "Let people send this white porcelain bowl to Imperial Doctor Zhao for examination." ”

After the little official next to her took away the white porcelain bowl, she unraveled Xia Zhu's blasphemy. Clothing. It's just that when her fingers with the silk gloves touched Xia Zhu's back, her brows jumped, and she immediately took off the gloves directly, and reached out to touch the corpse.

Her bold behavior, Inspector Cao has naturally seen a lot. However, the remaining officials in the inner court kept gasping, this Lord Xu is really not taboo, isn't she worried that the prince will disgust her with the corpse in the future?

But when they see the seriousness in her eyes, their hearts will inevitably rise, and it is difficult to think about the idle things next to them.

"The jacket of the deceased was clean and dry, but the undershirt was unusually wet, so I speculate that she was sweating profusely after falling into the well. In other words, the abdominal organs are damaged, followed by massive bleeding. ”

Falling from a height. Falling and dying will have different characteristics depending on the place where they land first. If the head hits the ground, head trauma or bleeding occurs, the deceased may have symptoms of coma or die on the spot. If pneumothorax or pneumohemothorax develops, the patient may have dyspnea, which can lead to death by asphyxiation. If abdominal organ injury occurs, it may lead to heavy bleeding, paleness, weakened pulse, sweating profusely and other symptoms, and if there is no treatment, excessive blood loss and death.

Obviously, Xia Zhu occupies both the first and the last. Not only did she suffer severe head injuries, but she also most likely injured her internal organs, causing hematemesis and even bleeding from her internal organs.

Because it was basically certain that Xia Zhu died by suicide, Xu Chu did not dissect after a little thought. Her autopsy, although the most common autopsy method, was also due to the inability to determine the time and cause of death normally.

And now that it is so clear at a glance, she will naturally not make any extraneous branches.

When she returned to the inner court, Tang Qiaozheng and Lou An successively sent the booklet found from the Imperial Ware Factory, as well as the list of where the palace internal affairs department distributed the white porcelain bowls.

"Last month, the queen's palace opened a small stove, and the emperor rewarded a set of white porcelain bowls. At the beginning of this month, the imperial dining room boiled blood bird's nest for the Queen Mother, and asked for a set of white porcelain cups from the internal affairs department, including two white porcelain bowls......"

Xu Chu clicked on the booklet under his hand, his voice gradually fell, and he fell into silence for a long time.

From the note written in ink containing gold powder, to the white porcelain bowl, and the unpredictable expression of the emperor when he learned of the real murder weapon, everything seemed to gradually become clear.

Only now, she still has some details to work out. Thinking that Xiao Qinglang was about to face the situation of betraying his relatives, Xu Chu felt a slight pain in his heart.

Xu Chu handed Lou An the ring-shaped paper of the inner court document from Xia Zhu's palm, and asked, "Lord Lou has been in the palace for a long time, have you ever seen this purple jade hairpin?" ”

Lou An took the white handkerchief, took a closer look and said: "This is an imperial thing, and it should only be used by the masters of the palace." There is the word Taihe, which is a regulation that can only be used by the queen mother and the queen. ”

This explanation is not unexpected by Xu Chu. After a pause, she handed over the paper in her hand again and asked, "Have you ever seen a ring similar to this mark?" ”

Lou An took the paper and looked at it for a moment and asked, "Have you ever heard of the Yin Yang Wine Pot?" ”

Xu Chu was stunned for a moment, and he didn't know how he suddenly said it on the wine jug. However, she still heard of the Yin Yang wine jug, "I heard that the wine jug was circulated in the harem of the Xi Dynasty, and there are mysteries in it, even if it is a pot of wine, it can be half poisonous and half non-toxic." ”

Lou An nodded and said, "In fact, there are not a lot of such damaged objects that have been handed down from the Xi Dynasty, including a kind of ring. The ring can hide needle tips and medicines, which is a common means of yin people in the harem of the Xi Dynasty. It was only in the Great Zhou Dynasty that these objects became forbidden and were strictly forbidden. Moreover, the process of this kind of object is very complicated and cumbersome, and it requires exquisite craftsmanship, so it is rarely seen outside. However, even if it can be made by a skilled craftsman in the palace, he does not dare to make this thing easily, after all, once he finds it, he will not be able to escape death. During the reign of the first emperor, there were concubines who got such a ring and used it to frame others to fight. Pet. , after being discovered by the queen mother, who was the queen at the time, directly confiscated the things and demoted people to palace maids and sent them into the cold palace. And the craftsmen who were implicated in the manufacture of sinister things were severely punished. ”

Xu Chu was stunned for a moment, "In other words, it is very likely that this ring was handed down from the Xi Dynasty, or the dispute during the reign of the first emperor." Pet. Left behind? ”

Lou An nodded, "If someone hides such a bad thing, they will definitely not dare to show it easily, so it is extremely difficult to trace it from this place." ”

Xu Chu frowned, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly asked, "After the Queen Mother disposed of that palace concubine, how did the ring deal with?" ”

Lou An was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "I heard that it was destroyed, but that matter was not handed over to the inner court for interrogation, so our family doesn't know the details inside." ”

"However, the queen mother treats the prince like a parent, and the emperor entrusts the prince with important tasks, so it shouldn't be the queen mother's mistake."

Xu Chu was shocked in his heart, but after a while, he could only smile bitterly. She rubbed her head, and it turned out that it wasn't just her who would have preconceived ideas.