Since there are strangulation marks, why are there no signs of struggle and resistance on the body of the deceased? Xiao Qinglang's face remained unchanged, and he only asked lightly in the midst of a crowd of dumbfounded officials.

Xu Chu glanced at him, and when he saw him raise his eyebrows, he knew that this person was asking knowingly. But that's good, at least let her retell the murder process again, so as to deter the accomplice, right?

"Based on the circumstances of the corpse, it can probably be inferred that the murderer strangled the deceased's neck with his arm from behind, which caused her hyoid bone to be fractured. But the pain was not enough to make the deceased die instantly, and she desperately bit the murderer's arm for her life, so that even the silk threads and silver streaks on her sleeves were swallowed into her trachea. It is precisely because the deceased or even the murderer has the intention of killing him, and he did it behind him, so there is no trace of struggle. In addition, after the deceased died, it was obvious that it had been cleaned up, and even the clothes, shoes and socks were changed again, even if there were tears or ragged clothes, it probably did not appear. She sighed, shook her head, and continued, "The murderer was bitten, and the wrist was dull, and the force was slightly relaxed, causing the deceased to run in a hurry. At this moment, someone caught up and struck the deceased with a knife to the back and shoulder blades, causing her to stagger and stagger. ”

In the process, the accomplice did not have the intention of killing, so he did not go for the key point when he attacked. At that time, the deceased fell to the ground, but there was no abrasion on the palm of her hand, which shows that there should be something that can prevent the palm of her hand from rubbing the ground where she fell. Xu Chu glanced at the man who was trembling, thought for a moment, and said coldly, "It's either a carpet, or a soft object like thatch." ”

"But Miss Chu, isn't it often said in the book that if the tongue bone is broken, people will definitely die? Otherwise, how could there be so many people who bit their tongues and committed suicide, how could this deceased still have the strength to run away when his hyoid bone was broken? The official closest to Xu Chu asked suspiciously.

Xu Chu shook his head and explained: "There is no basis or reason for killing immediately after biting the tongue and breaking the hyoid bone, and in cases throughout the ages, this situation is actually very rare. Occasionally, it is nothing more than the death of pain and excessive blood loss that are often rumored in the market. But in fact, what can really lead to the fracture of the tongue and hyoid bone is mostly suffocation caused by swollen tongue or blood reflux into the trachea. ”

In fact, the so-called painful death is usually caused by the "neurogenic shock" caused by the great pain caused by biting off the hyoid bone, which eventually leads to death. But in fact, this statement is not accurate, when people bite their tongue or the hyoid bone is suddenly strangled, it is often when the mind is extremely concentrated, and it is also in a state of extraordinarily excited nerves, in this case, it is difficult to cause neuronal shock.

And excessive blood loss is even more nonsense. Usually a person is in fatal danger when he loses three or four out of ten blood. Even though the tongue has many capillaries and static arteries, it is not enough to kill it in an instant.

It is the most common sense to say that suffocation, whether it is choking to death due to a broken tongue falling into the trachea, or choking to death by blood, there is always some basis for the first two. However, in reality, a broken hyoid bone alone is not enough to be fatal. This is why many people who fight or are choked by the neck will feel that the base of the tongue is swollen and uncomfortable, but they are not dead.

In the era of advanced medicine, some patients with hyoid cysts will even have part of their hyoid bone removed during surgery.

Her theory sounded very new to everyone, and it turned out that the words of the storyteller outside were not credible. It's a pity that they used to worry that the prisoners in prison would bite their tongues and kill themselves.

Xu Chu saw that everyone had no doubts, so he waved his hand and asked people to come with a basin of cold water, and then the officials pressed and washed the man's hands. As the black ash of the fire entered the water, only a faint black ink mark from his palm to his wrist was left that could not be washed clean.

"This morning, the body of Zhu'er, who has been by Liu Zhen's side since then, was discarded in Liu's house, and there was a blackmail letter along with it."

Then he put away the toolbox, then got up and walked outside. This time, she went straight to the sheltered firewood room on the right. Compared with the kitchen, this firewood room occupies a very large area, and most of the firewood in the house and the neat firewood stacks in the stacks can't help but make people marvel.

But Xu Chu didn't care about this, according to common sense, if the corpse was beheaded here, it would never be possible to leave no traces.

As soon as I saw the firewood room, people didn't come often, and when I opened the door suddenly, it was really dusty and cold. Xu Chu looked at the stacks of firewood in the house, his eyes were dark, and after a while, he turned his head and said to the official: "Brother Lao Fucha will help remove the second stack of firewood on the left......"

The only remaining two officials who did not vomit and had weak legs were stunned when they heard this, and when they saw Xu Chu's solemn expression, they hurriedly responded and then stepped forward to get busy. They are becoming more and more afraid to have doubts now, and they were puzzled for a while, and as a result, this Chu girl fished out her personal skull. Even if you can't see any doorway in the firewood room right now, who knows if there will be something more hideable.

You know, so far, Liu Zhen hasn't been found.

Xiao Qinglang stood behind Xu Chu with his hands in his hands, and the smile on his face deepened. Sure enough, there were a pair of sharp eyes, and after just looking at it, he saw that the stack of firewood had been moved later. He believed that if the officials of the three legal divisions and the criminal department in the capital, or even the suburbs of Beijing, came to visit, they probably wouldn't be able to see any clues.

It's not that others are not meticulous enough, but who will pay attention to the difference between firewood stacks and thatched firewood except those who have lived in the farmhouse themselves? I'm afraid that just like Xu Chu, when he was a child, his family only relied on Xu Cheng to hire money for six taels a year, so he would personally clean up the kitchen and firewood at home.

In winter, the thatch is dry, and it is impossible for the thatch to be abruptly mixed with firewood. What's more, the two are inherently different things, and it must be inappropriate to put them in the same pile.

The stack of wood was moved very quickly, and it would have bottomed out in less than a quarter of an hour. Xu Chu stepped forward and squatted down to look carefully, and sure enough, he saw a layer of fine spots on the earthen wall. She squinted slightly, reached out and took one side of the dry wood and beat it on the ground, but after a moment she heard a sound of emptiness.

She took a deep breath and waved her hand to pry the circle open. Perhaps the digging was not deep, but the left and right soil were covered with planks, so it was turned over in just a few clicks. And inside, there is a box made of mahogany.

The official at the head of the team opened it casually, but saw that the box was full of gold, silver and jewelry. Xu Chu leaned over and took a look, but he didn't look at the jewelry and property next to him, and reached out to take out a mouthful of baggage, but saw that there were hundreds of gold ingots neatly stacked inside, as well as a pair of ...... A flower shoe that has lost a pearl at the tip of the shoe.

This can be regarded as a combination of stolen goods, but Xu Chu did not breathe a sigh of relief, but stared at the man who was staring at Wei Guang outside the door of the firewood room for a moment and said, "If I guess correctly, these should be the belongings hidden by Liu Wengui and Liu Zhen." ”

"Say, where is Liu Zhen hiding? How did Liu Wengui commit the murder, where were the other two people besides you who blocked the road and robbed that day? ”

After finding the real evidence, Xu Chu's thinking became clearer and clearer. I am afraid that the only people who can wear silver silk trimmed robes on the entire Zhuangzi are Liu Wengui, Liu Lao and Liu Zhen. It's just that Liu Zhen's height and strength are not enough to strangle Taohong's hyoid bone, so the most likely perpetrator is still Liu Wengui.

Before the man could speak, he saw that the trembling Liu Laohan had already cursed with a white face, "Okay, you are a dog, you dare to kill people and take money, you are ...... If you're really a wolf-hearted, you're going to kill our family......"

Liu Laohan howled and cursed, but he did not attract anyone's sympathy, but became more and more disgusted with his coy attitude. When things came to such a field, he still only thought about himself, instead of crying out for his son-in-law.

Du Gouyu's mouth trembled a few times, and he glanced at Liu Laohan with red eyes, and then fell silent again. That look, although still panicked, also had a sense of relief.

Xu Chu looked at his expression, and always felt that he should be calm in his heart at this time, and there was no guilt or remorse at all. In other words, whether it was helping others commit murder, or hiding property and covering up crimes for the Liu family, he never regretted it.

In the end, Du Gouyu still didn't speak, and Xu Chu didn't expect to really get any news from him, so he just asked the official to come forward and escort people away. As for Liu Laohan, there will naturally be one official left to inquire in detail. If there is no case involved, there will be no more people to bring back to the yamen.

At this time, the guards outside came to inform him, saying that Xu Churang had prepared the carriage and was waiting outside. At the same time, when he inquired about the officials of the Liu family, he also came back and said that they were not abnormal.

Xu Chu nodded when she heard this, which was within her expectations. Before leaving, she thought for a moment, attached a few words to the official's ear, and then left with the groom.

The corners of Xiao Qinglang's lightly hooked lips gradually fell when Xu Chu approached the official's ear, and his eyes were cold as if they were covered with wind and snow. It's just that his sleeves moved slightly, but he didn't open his mouth to stop it, let alone show half a point of coldness.

It wasn't until Xu Chujing walked to the carriage and stretched out his hand to grab the wheel and wanted to go up that he squinted slightly and stepped forward to help her.

At this time, they went up and down, and they were extremely close to each other, but only a few punches away. Such a distance made Xu Chu, who wanted to escape, stiff, embarrassed but at a loss. Her breath suddenly condensed, secretly clenched her fists, lowered her head and lowered her eyes, and said: "Thank you Childe, and later ask Childe to arrange for Aunt Chu to accompany Mingzhu to wait with Mingzhu." ”

Xiao Qinglang moved his palm, which was empty in an instant, and breathed silently, and immediately followed into the carriage.

But the clothes are put down, and the people outside can't see what's going on inside. However, anyone can see that there seems to be an awkward quarrel between this Gongzi Zhou and Miss Chu. Just when everyone was about to leave, they saw Xiao Qinglang getting out of the carriage with a frown, and told the car in a flat tone: "Be careful, I'll let Wei Guang follow." ”

Wei Guanghe, the guard with a knife in front of the palace, the chief of the guard of the Jing'an Palace, is also the most credible and powerful person around Xiao Qinglang. Since he became the secretary of the three laws, he has never let Wei Guang leave his side easily.

However, after meeting Xu Chu, it was as if her safety was completely placed on Xiao Qinglang's heart. After experiencing the assassination of the Furong Inn, he had already concluded that the people behind the scenes had guessed that Xu Chu's existence was his weakness, so he didn't dare to be careless.