Tang Qiaozheng was stunned for a moment, subconsciously glanced at Xu Chu, then nodded and said, "Yes, I've been asleep for about two hours." ”

He didn't mean anything to see Xu Chu, he probably just felt that among the crowd, only Xu Chu's thinking could best keep up with the prince. Therefore, he wondered if he could see anything wrong from Xu Chu's face.

Xiao Qinglang's eyes suddenly moved, and he suddenly got up and said, "Go to prison!" ”

His voice was like three feet of frozen ice, which instantly made Tang Qiaozheng and Xu Chu stunned. The two of them looked at each other, and in the end they could only go out with Xiao Qinglang, who was striding away.

The prisons of the Three Divisions were more heavily guarded than those in the outer counties, with several guards starting from the door, and then the guards patrolling the guards. Inside the prison, there are several secret sentinels, which should be rotated every half day, but whenever there is any disturbance, a signal will be issued, so that the officials and guards outside will rush in.

In addition, this place is already in the capital, if someone really makes trouble here, the Jingzhao Yin Mansion and the patrol guards outside will definitely not stand idly by.

This time, Xiao Qinglang's expression never relaxed, even though he felt that his pace was too big, which made Xu Chu a little reluctant to follow, but he still did not slow down as usual.

It's just this, that is, Tang Qiao is and Xu Chu have a sense of foreboding in their hearts.

Because Dong Ruiyang's identity is special, and Xiao Qinglang intends to get more information about the people behind the scenes from him, there are two additional guards outside his prison. One is surveillance, and the other is protection.

Before walking to Dong Ruiyang's cell door, the three of them could see the clean cell, the brocade quilt was made on the bed, and on top of it was Dong Ruiyang, who was sleeping with his back to the cell door and a thin quilt. Even if the guards saluted Xiao Qinglang and Tang Qiaozheng and Xu Chu at this time, they could not alarm him.

"What's so unusual today?"

"Back to the prince, Dong Ruiyang has slept until now since he had lunch."

When Xiao Qinglang heard this, his expression changed slightly, and he immediately said in a cold voice, "Open the door!" ”

At this time, the atmosphere was slightly solemn, and even the guards noticed that something was wrong.

The two didn't dare to question or delay, so they hurriedly stepped forward to open the door.

Until a group of people entered the cell, they didn't see Dong Ruiyang, who was wrapped in a thin quilt, make any moves.

Xu Chu frowned, looked at the quiet Dong Ruiyang, and after a while, he stepped forward and lifted the thin quilt with his fingertips.

However, even so, Dong Ruiyang, who was lying sideways, still did not move half a point.

"There is no breathing, the pupil reflex to light is gone, and it is almost certain that the person is dead." After Xu Chutan looked at the snorting and strength arteries, he opened his eyes and said, "The mandibular joint began to appear stiff, and the body was blindly measured to have light purple stripes and flaky marks. When you press lightly with your fingers, the color fades, and when you press it, the light purple red color reappears, and it is estimated that the time of death is within one to two hours. ”

She paused, thought for a moment and continued, "It's just that normally, the pupils of a person who has been dead for an hour or two should be dilated and cloudy, but the pupils of the deceased are slightly constricted."

After death, the pupils are dilated and fixed, and the pupils will not change when irradiated with light, which is the so-called loss of response to light by the pupils, which is one of the important characteristics of judging the death of a person. However, everything is not unique, and there will be an exception to the change of pupils after death, that is, some corpses that have been poisoned and died will have miosis. Among them, the most representative is the corpse of organophosphate poisoning, whose narrowed pupil characteristics will be preserved forever.

In her previous life, when she was studying the corpses of organophosphate poisoning, she had examined in detail, and the study of organophosphate compounds also began in modern times. Organophosphorus compounds with insecticidal activity have been discovered in laboratories, and even organophosphorus insecticides have been introduced even later.

Before she crossed, there were many common organophosphorus pesticides in China, and there were many examples of deaths due to organophosphates in autopsies.

But the problem is that, as far as she knows, there were no pesticides such as organophosphorus in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Moreover, there are no conditions for making organophosphate poisons.

Her words not only surprised Tang Qiaozheng, but even Xiao Qinglang, a well-informed prince, was a little puzzled, he frowned and asked, "Is there an explanation?" ”

Xu Chu nodded, and pondered for a moment before replying, "In addition to the possibility of a specific poison, the most likely thing is that the pupils have contracted due to the stiffness of the iris muscles, but the specific cause needs to be determined after dissection." As for the cause of death, I can't speculate. ”

"Let's get started."

With Xiao Qinglang's orders, there was almost no obstacle to the next autopsy.

And the inspector Liu and others, who got the news and knew that the prince had ordered someone to send a corpse to the coroner's room, also hurried over. In the past few days, they have studied the autopsy list that Xu Chu had examined in various places as a workman, and almost forgot to sleep and eat. In addition to the imprisoned inspector Cao, the rest of them beat their chests in frustration and couldn't go back in time, and they could also go to her autopsy site to steal the teacher.

Therefore, after hearing the prince's order, they guessed almost instantly, probably Lord Xu was going to conduct an autopsy in person.

They had seen Xu Chu perform autopsies several times before, and from autopsy to bone examination, they were able to make refreshing conclusions. What's more, she never hides her secrets, and she will explain everything they have doubts until they understand it.

Therefore, knowing that there are corpses at this time, none of them are far behind.

The inspector of the dignified three law divisions, even though he was criticized by many people for disliking bad luck, but in the end, he entered the official register, and it was the existence of many servants in the Great Zhou Dynasty who worshipped. But now several people are competing with each other to record the autopsy list, and even compete for merit in front of Xiao Qinglang for a time.

Xiao Qinglang glanced at Xu Chu, who was watching coldly and was still a little good-looking, rubbed his forehead helplessly, and said coldly, "Lord Xu's autopsy list, this king will personally record it, and you can watch it from the sidelines." Hugh is going to be noisy for a while, if he disturbs Lord Xu's autopsy, Hugh blames the king for being ruthless! ”

When Inspector Liu heard this, his eyes lit up, and he nodded again and again. Even Xiao Qinglang said that the matter of filling out the autopsy form by himself does not seem to be an accident. After all, since Lord Xu joined the Three Law Divisions, the prince has indeed made a lot of exceptions

Just before a few people spoke, Xu Chu prepared everything.

"The deceased had no external injuries on the surface of his body, no foreign bodies on the top of his head and other places, and his complexion and body surface were somewhat bruised, and there were signs of suffocation."

"Strangled to death?" Tang Qiaozheng exclaimed in surprise and asked in a low voice.

Xu Chu shook her head, she had seen a lot of cases of suffocation. Mo said that it was her, even Xiao Qinglang should know something, but seeing that Tang Qiao was having some doubts, she still explained, "The so-called death by suffocation is just a general statement, and it should actually be divided into mechanical asphyxia, toxic asphyxia, and pathological asphyxia." The strangulation that Master Tang refers to is mechanical suffocation, and then there is death caused by casting, being covered by someone covering the mouth and nose, or compressing the chest and abdomen, or by a foreign body drawing into the trachea. Toxic suffocation is easy to understand, as the name suggests, it is poisoning that makes people unable to breathe, such as death from coal poisoning. Pathological asphyxia is simpler, such as being locked in a secret room and dying because you can't breathe air, or central respiratory arrest, and drowning are all pathological. ”

"To put it simply, whatever the reason, knowing that a person will not be able to breathe properly and die is suffocation. So it can't be said that all suffocation is strangulation. ”

Xu Chu said in detail, although a layman like Tang Qiaozheng was still a little puzzled, but for Liu Xianguan and others, he felt that it was very useful. Although they never thought that there would be so many words about a person who died of suffocation, but when they thought about it, it seemed that the corpses they had examined in the past that had died of suffocation could indeed be divided in this way.

As early as the first time they saw Xu Chu's autopsy, they were already shocked in their hearts, so at this time, they only felt that the snickering joy was not the initial surprise. It's like, Lord Xu should be so proficient in the way of autopsy, otherwise why could she bypass the post of examiner and become the only female adult in the Three Law Divisions?

Xu Chu saw that a few people understood, so she cast her eyes on the corpse again, and after a while, she directly took the wooden tweezers and pried open the lips and teeth of the deceased.

"The oral mucosa is blue and purple, which should be due to taking a large number of drugs that can inhibit breathing or destroy the respiratory central system, which then causes paralysis, coma and finally death. To put it simply, it is to take a lot of tranquilizer drugs."

After saying this, she suddenly raised her eyebrows, and carefully took the cotton and poked it into the deceased's mouth. A moment later, I saw that the cotton that had wiped the deceased's mouth was stained with a gray-brown sticky paste.

"This seems to be some kind of ointment or elixir," she frowned and thought for a moment, then looked at Xiao Qinglang with some surprise and asked, "Before the deceased was detained, did the official confirm that he didn't carry anything like the elixir on him?" ”

After all, Dong Ruiyang has been asking people to make pills for him all the year round, so it would not be surprising if he carried the pill on his body.

Xiao Qinglang's face was solemn, and he said, "I can be sure of this matter, but all those who are taken into custody must be examined to ensure that there are no murder weapons or poisons on their bodies." Therefore, if there is an elixir, it will also be confiscated. ”

In this way, if that layer of viscous paste is really a medicine, it must have been brought to him from outside. However, who else can do this under Xiao Qinglang's nose like this?

According to Xu Chu's understanding, since Dong Ruiyang was detained, no one in the Dong family has been allowed to visit, let alone send food. But all the things that were to be given to Dong Ruiyang outside were stopped by the officials who had already been instructed, so it should not be the handiwork of the Dong family.