What about corpses? Xu Chu frowned and asked.

"I've been sent to the morgue, so I'll wait for the girl to get up and go and check it."

Because Zhu'er's death was too sudden, Xu Chu couldn't figure out what the reason was. If she really died at the hands of bandits, she was afraid that some of her previous conjectures would be overturned, so she didn't dare to despise it, so she directly took the toolbox and went to the morgue with everyone.

At this moment, Xiao Mingzhu also woke up, and as soon as he heard that Xu Chu was going to an autopsy, he immediately didn't doze off, jumped up directly and didn't care about his appearance, and hurriedly dressed and was about to follow. Xu Chu naturally would not refuse, she could see that this county lord was not an ordinary woman, and she was really interested in the autopsy.

Although she didn't have the heart to really cultivate an apprentice, if more people could learn about the autopsy and autopsy, Xu Chu would be happy.

Even though it was getting dark, the morgue was still gloomy. Unlike other places, the morgue does not have many doors and windows, and it is closed all year round, so it is not transparent. As soon as everyone entered the house, they felt a chill inexplicably.

After the headless woman's autopsy was seen before, Zhang Youwei had already instructed someone to make proper arrangements, which was nothing more than sending her to the morgue temporarily with an anonymous name. As for the rest, I'm just waiting for the case to be solved. So at this time, everyone entered the autopsy room, and although they still felt that the air was full of unpleasant smells, they did not feel unbearable.

Xiao Qinglang and Xu Chu walked all the way to the corpse, even though the light was extremely dim, the two of them could see the bloody wound on Zhu'er's head. In addition, she also had obvious knife wounds on her neck, but what made Xu Chu feel strange was that the wound was obviously very deep, but there were not too many blood stains sprayed on her clothes.

Compared to the headless female corpse before, Zhu'er's corpse had much more to see, and it was clear that she had struggled before she died, so much so that there were multiple scratches and bites on her neck, shoulders, and arms.

Xu Chu briefly checked what she was wearing, and the clothes were not the blue-green cotton clothes worn by the Liu family, but a cotton jacket made of satin brocade with a good texture. The hair was messy, and there were no hair ornaments on the hands, but a discerning person could see at a glance that someone had violently dragged things away, so that Zhu'er's hair was scattered.

After examining several acupuncture points of the deceased, she put her hand into the deceased's hair again, and when she took it out again, she saw a wet piece on her hand. It seems to have some ice slag, but strangely, these ice slags only exist at the roots of the scalp hair, and there is no abnormality on the hair strands.

"The girl wants to autopsy?" Zhang Youwei asked hesitantly.

"Don't use it for the time being, the corpse is still in the mortar period, and the body surface features are obvious. However, with the permission of adults, the autopsy can be used to see what she ate before her death, and then more accurately deduce the time of her death and her whereabouts. "Just like in the previous White Bone Case, the reason why they deduced the identity and origin of the murderer was based on the undigested beef in the stomach of the deceased.

For example, in the Five Elements Case, the mystery of Wu Song's death was solved, also because of the seafood in his stomach.

Zhang Youwei saw that she would not dissect for the time being, so he naturally refused to let go again. Zhu'er's death was already a sudden accident, and he really didn't want to make any more extraneous branches. That's it, if the Liu family knows that the previous headless female corpse was autopsied, and not to mention whether they recognize the autopsy results, just talking about Liu Wengui's attitude will definitely be enough for him to eat a pot.

It's not that he is afraid of taking responsibility, but in fact, under the New Year's Festival, if Liu Wengui makes a noise about this case, it will inevitably make the people in this county panic. This is also why, after receiving the news of Zhu'er's death today, he went to appease the Liu family as soon as possible, and even politely said that Liu Qingyun would rest in the county government for a while.

Xu Chu saw that Zhang Youwei had no problem, and she didn't say anything anymore, and after a careful inspection, she put on her gloves. Naturally, before this, she didn't forget to hand Xiao Mingzhu the exorcism pill, and by the way, she asked her, who was always probing her brain, to bring a mask and gloves.

Although she likes Xiao Mingzhu's temperament, she also knows that she is not an experienced man, for fear that she will inadvertently get dirty.

"Test. The deceased, female, was 5 feet 4 inches long, with complete clothes, shoes and socks. There are water stains on the top of her head, and there are resistance scars on her body......" she said, she had already bent down and lifted the arm on Zhu'er's hand, "There are two kinds of scratches on the arm. ”

"Look at the scratches, deep at the top and shallow at the bottom, and judge that the nails of the person doing it are long and sharp." Xu Chu said, and had carefully reopened the wound with tweezers. At this time, the wound was no longer bleeding, but was a little white, as if it had been washed and frozen. However, in her opinion, no matter what the wound is, as long as it exists, it is meaningful.

Sure enough, a moment later, she found a broken armor from the last wound. This broken nail is thin but dyed with Kodan, so the color should be specially made.

Xu was close, and under the light lit by Zhang Youwei, she saw a strange pale red around the bite mark. She frowned slightly, took off a glove and carefully touched it with her fingers, and chuckled after a moment, "There are traces of lip grease around the bite marks, and the color is faint." Judging from the bite marks of the press marks, the perpetrator was a woman between the ages of 30 and 40. Slightly taller than the deceased, he likes to dress up. What's more, she should also have scars on her body. ”

As she spoke, she had scraped off her lip grease with a thin autopsy knife and placed it, and then wiped out the flesh from the deceased's fingernails with a cloth towel.

But what was the cause of Pearl's death?

She unbuttoned Zhu'er's clothes and looked carefully from head to toe, and saw that the corpse spots had begun to merge into large patches, and the whole body had already appeared stiff, the cornea was slightly cloudy, and the lips began to wrinkle, but when she pressed the pupils, she saw that the pupils were still reacting.

Xu Chu sighed, but it was a pity that she didn't have a mydriatic agent, otherwise it would be more accurate to judge. Thinking of the freezing weather last night, and the ice slag at the root of the corpse, she speculated that Zhu'er would probably be hidden in an ice cellar or near a frozen pool after her death. The phenomenon of corpse change will slow down a little.

She frowned slightly, and said coldly, "The time of death was two to three hours ago. ”

After determining the time of death, she carefully examined the scar on Zhu'er's forehead and the knife wound on her neck.

"The skin of the forehead wound is rolled up, it is a pre-mortem injury, and there are signs of fracture in the skull when pressed on it. However, the boundary of the wound is not obvious and the edge is not neat, and there are bruises with subcutaneous bleeding around the periphery, which can be seen to be formed by hitting back and forth, and the hand of the attacker is not strong, and it is suspected that it is a woman. Xu Chu faintly felt that Zhu'er's death was not as complicated as she had expected, and it seemed more as if she had deliberately let her find something.

"The fatal wound was a knife wound to the neck, the wound was caused by a knife cut, and the artery was ruptured and died of excessive blood loss." Xu Chu paused, suddenly looked at her neck, and after a while, he carefully pinched something with tweezers before he came out. She put the thing on the white cloth and wiped it, her eyes sank and said, "This is something that has been soaked, but I don't know what it is......"

Xiao Qinglang stepped forward, looked at it intently, frowned, and said, "It's reddish and yellow, and it smells fishy, it seems to be ...... Bait. ”

Xu Chu frowned when he heard this, glanced at the corpse again, and then looked at Zhang Youwei and said, "Mostly, today's trip to the suburbs will be as usual." It's just that I'm still bothering the adults to send someone to Liu's house later......"

Xu Chu didn't really think that it was just because he was tracking down, and the murderer was desperate to kill Zhu'er to blame the bandits. After all, such a rough and bruised corpse full of scratches and bites, in any way, did not look like it was left behind by fighting bandits.

It's just that what she doesn't understand is that since it wasn't to attract the attention of the government, why did that person do it? If she was worried that Zhu'er would expose her whereabouts, or because she knew the inside story, why did she risk sending her back to Liu's house?

She squinted her eyes and pondered for a moment, then looked up and asked, "My lord, is there a living pond in the city, or is there a canal, lake, or river in the city?" ”

Zhang Youwei obviously guessed her thoughts, so he shook his head and said: "The moats are all outside the city, and there was a big river in the county in the early years, but it has dried up in recent years. ”

In other words, if you want to cause water stains and bait on Zhu'er's body, the only way to do it is Liu's house or outside the city. However, at the time of Zhu'er's death, and even this morning, the city gate of Yunan County was closed.

Although she felt that it was impossible to collude with the city gate guards, she still looked at Zhang Youwei and said, "Your Excellency, you can send someone to inquire about the guards on duty at the city gate last night to see if there was anything abnormal at the city gate last night." ”

She said it vaguely, but Zhang Youwei could naturally understand the meaning. He was just about to refute, wanting to say that his subordinates were in charge of Qingming, but as soon as he raised his head, he met a pair of serious eyes that could not be questioned. Somehow, he was very afraid of the so-called son-in-law who was guarding Miss Chu's side. Left and right are also a matter of one sentence, since they are all about solving the case, he shouldn't be too careful.

The guards replied very quickly, saying that the four of them were guarding the door and did not leave their posts without permission. And because it was close to the New Year's Pass, there were already people lining up inside and outside the city gate waiting to open the door, and they had no chance to let people enter and leave the county without permission.

In this way, there is only one possibility. She and Xiao Qinglang glanced at each other, and it was self-evident that sure enough, both of them thought of one place.

Xiao Qinglang frowned, looked at Xu Chu after a moment and said, "Before going to the Liu family's Zhuangzi, we have to meet this young master of the Liu family for a while." ”

In fact, when he saw that the wound of the corpse was stained with bait, Xu Chu already knew about the case in his heart. The layout of the entire case, and even the evidence she guessed, was probably speculating in her heart. As for Liu Qingyun, he had neither motive nor time to commit the crime, and she really didn't know why she wanted to see him.

However, she also knew in her heart that Xiao Qinglang's temperament was calm, and although he was quite tolerant of himself, he was definitely not a person who never had a purpose. Since he said he wanted to meet for a while, there must be a reason for him.