Qian Si'er, what are you still doing in a daze, why don't you hurry up and come over to see me. Zhang Li's expression was melancholy when he saw it, his face sank, and he scolded and said, "Is it possible that you can't walk when you see a little prostitute?" ”

Her words were so ugly that even Xiao Qinglang couldn't help but scold. However, compared to Xiao Qinglang's anger, although Zhang Li was afraid, he did not restrain himself.

Instead, Xu Chu sneered, reached out and tugged at Xiao Qinglang's sleeve, asking him not to worry about the shrew. After all, as long as they stand here, there will be times when she cries.

Before seeing the face of the corpse, this Li family decided that it was Zhang San who died, and it would be strange if there was nothing strange about this case. Even if she gave an explanation, in Xu Chu's opinion, it was full of loopholes.

Xiao Qinglang saw that Xu Chu didn't care about the foul language in Zhang Li's mouth, but stopped himself, and he really felt a little depressed in his heart. His face was gloomy, and the cold in his eyes was better than the cold and snow of winter. As long as he thought that Xu Chu was by his side, but he was still being pointed at his nose and cursed, he had mixed feelings in his heart. Perhaps, in that sourness, there is also pity for her.

How embarrassing does a woman have to go through to be so humiliated that she doesn't care about it?

Qian Chengzuo stepped forward to check for a while, and then opened Zhang San's clothes quite cautiously, and saw that there were no injuries on his body. I saw that he took a piece of white cotton cloth to wipe the corpse, and then took vinegar and other substances and splashed it on the corpse. The action is much more dutiful than the ordinary work in the yamen.

It can be seen that he has indeed studied autopsy, and his technique is extremely skillful.

"The deceased Zhang San, who had no fatal wounds on his body, was swollen all over his body, and his skin turned white and tightened...... The leader has scratches from masonry, his nails and hair are sandy, his abdomen is distended, and water comes out of his mouth when he lies on his side. Qian Si'er said that the head was the Tao, even if it was Xu Chu, he had to look at him with admiration.

The place where he inspected is indeed like this, and it can also be corrected according to the "Collection of Records of Clearing Grievances".

However, just when she appreciated it in her heart, she heard Qian Qizuo continue: "In this way, it should be an accident that fell into the well and died. ”

When his words fell, I heard Zhang Li crying again.

Xu Chu sneered, "Since you are familiar with the collection of records of clearing grievances, how can you not know that if you throw your body into cold water shortly after death, your skin can also shrink and swell?" If you miss your foot, when you do an autopsy, you have to look at the dirt marks on the lost foot, and you don't look at it, so what's the reason? ”

Xu Chu's sudden opening made Qian tremble. But just a moment later, he reacted and couldn't help but say: "What do you little girl know, don't be careful of provoking right and wrong with nonsense." ”

Xu Chu didn't care about the threat in his words, but stepped forward and squatted down and reached out to touch the corpse that was splashed with vinegar, and sneered: "Although I am a woman, I can also see that the cause of Zhang San's death is not as simple as falling into a well and drowning. ”

Qian Qizuo saw that Xu Chu's words were methodical, and he twisted the vinegar on his fingers meaningfully, and his face suddenly became ugly. He came later, so he didn't know that Xu Chuzhen would conduct an autopsy, let alone that she was the legendary maidservant who had helped Huang Dashan solve the case, and was now in the mouth of the storyteller in the major tea shops and restaurants.

He looked at Xu Chu, with a fair and delicate face, a slender posture, clear eyebrows, and no ordinary woman's tactfulness, just thinking that she was just a woman attached to a rich son, probably just reading a few more miscellaneous books.

"Don't talk nonsense, I've been working for more than ten years, how can I be as good as you as a yellow-haired girl? Don't think that if you have money, you can do whatever you want, the so-called dead are great, and you should get out of the way. Qian Qizuo cheered and shook his sleeves.

Xu Chu shook his head when he heard this: "I was instructed to be a pedestrian, and I mostly used Rui Yi to make madder vinegar, and smeared the wounds, and the marks were gone. I think that if you are familiar with the collection of grievances, you must remember it in your heart. ”

"I don't know what you're talking about." Qian Chengzuo's face turned red, and he said angrily, "I see that you look beautiful, but I didn't expect to be so ignorant, it's really ridiculous." ”

Xu Chu saw that he still didn't admit it, so he got up and said to the two officials: "I wonder if you two can make it convenient and pause for a moment to let me re-examine the autopsy?" ”

Seeing the hesitation on the faces of the two officials, she turned her head to look at Xiao Qinglang.

Xiao Qinglang naturally understood what she meant, and immediately moved slowly, his face was calm and calm, and he said word by word: "According to the law of this dynasty, the autopsy should be divided into initial examination and re-examination, and now the vinegar used in the initial examination is mixed with madder that can cover the wounds of the corpse, so it should be regarded as an objection." In such a situation, the post-mortem examination is not true, and the results are biased, which will often lead to unjust, false and wrongful cases. If it is found to be inappropriate in the future, the person who is implicated is not just a money servant who can be held responsible, presumably your family members and even the two of you will also be responsible. ”

Outside of Xu Chu, Xiao Qinglang was known for speaking coldly. Coupled with his handsome face and extraordinary temperament, as well as the dignity and majesty that flowed from his bones, he shocked everyone for a while.

The two officials were speechless for a while, but Qian Qizuo blushed and said angrily: "Even if you want to re-test, it should be a work invited by the yamen." Besides, where in the world is there a reason for a woman's autopsy, let a woman perform an autopsy and file it in court, then there are rules at all! ”

"How can there be no woman autopsy?" Xiao Qinglang glanced at Qian Qizuo with an awe-inspiring attitude, but every word was full of sharpness, "I am not talented, and I attach great importance to the ability of the maidservants around me to perform autopsies, so I registered her in the yamen in the county yamen of Anping County." Today, she is still a law-abiding maid. ”

Xu Chu had been looking at Xiao Qinglang's face calm, and when he spoke again, he was also calm and indifferent, but he didn't expect him to really do things that he never dared to think. At this time, she sighed in her heart, she thought that her best result would be to follow him to investigate a few cases happily, and then return to the village to take private work. But he didn't want to, this person actually entered her identity into the yamen registration without saying a word.

Mo said that she never dared to think that her father, as an old man who had repeatedly solved strange cases in Cangyan County, begged the county master several times to let her take over, but she never got what she wanted. Even, my father has been worried, if he dies in the future, she will be left with a person who can neither take the government money openly, nor know how to do needlework, how will she live in the future.

Many people are despicable, and feel that as a lowly person, they often deal with the dead. Even widowers are reluctant to marry the daughters of writers, and it is not too much to avoid them. So probably no one can understand Xu Chu's thoughts, except for people who are also working as a puppet, it is estimated that it is difficult to empathize.

仵作...... It's worse than a beggar. There is no land and no property, and even the house where you live is not up to you.

In this way, you can know how happy it should be for Xu Chu, who has never wanted to find a man at will, to become a servant recognized by the government. At the very least, she no longer has to worry about others being out of business, and she doesn't have to worry about her father being taken by bullies after a hundred years.

Her eyes suddenly became a little sour, and she blinked for a long time before she could hold back the emotion and joy that was about to come out. The cold wind howled by, rolling up the dry leaves of the grass in the field, and she breathed a long sigh of relief.

When the two officials heard this, they also breathed a sigh of relief, now that human life is involved, whether it is an accident or not, it is always right to be cautious. What's more, they also have a small abacus in their hearts, if this little Chu girl finds out that there is no mistake, it is the best. If something goes wrong, the two of them will take the lead and return to the adult.

After weighing it carefully, the two of them bowed their hands and said respectfully: "That's still bothering the girl." ”

With these two people talking, even if Qian Qizuo was reluctant, he didn't dare to say anything. He frowned uneasily, and glanced at Zhang Li with fluttering eyes, but how could he escape Xu Chu and Xiao Qinglang's eyes with what he thought was a secret action?

"Childe, please send someone to find some boiled licorice water."

Xiao Qinglang knew that there was something wrong with the corpse from the time he heard her say madder, so without saying a word, he ordered Wei Guang to send someone to find it. Before his order fell, he heard the enthusiastic neighbors call out again and again: "Go to my house, just turn a corner close." ”

Xu Chu saw Wei Guang gesture backwards, and then a guard came to follow the eldest sister, and he didn't wait for that moment. She put on her gloves and took tweezers and other objects and squatted down to check them briefly.

Zhang San's body is still intact, although it is a cold winter, but because the water temperature of the well water is basically unchanged all year round, it is often about ten degrees, so there is no frostbite. In fact, if it is placed in summer, even if you fall into a well or are forced to jump into a well, as long as no one falls into the well and does not sink to the bottom of the water due to lack of oxygen, most of them will not die. In the partial winter, people wear thick cotton clothes, once they enter the water, the cotton clothes that absorb water become a weapon for life, making people unable to escape.

She sighed in her heart, and then examined it carefully.

Now that Zhang San has been dead for a short time, there has been no decay, and the corpse spots have not turned green, so it can be said that the corpse is still fresh.

His face and head were indeed as Qian Qian said, and there were obvious traces of moss on them, which could be judged to be left by rubbing against the wall of the well when he fell into the well. The clothes are complete, but they are not brand new, and there are a few copper plates around the waist, so it can be concluded that they did not die by throwing themselves in.

Xu Chu stretched out his hand and pressed the top of his head to make sure that there were no steel nails and other objects, and then he spoke: "The deceased, Zhang San, male, is five feet and one inch long...... Petechial bleeding of the palpebral conjunctiva, mucous membrane, and serous membrane, with asphyxia. The corpse spots are pale red, and a large amount of white foam can be seen in front of the mouth and nose, which can be used to indicate drowning. There were bumps on the head, abrasions on the face, elbows, knees, and lower legs, broken epidermis, pale wounds, and bleeding. The wound is purple-black, the blood is coagulated, and the skin and flesh are tight, which can be judged to be a premortem injury. The wound was covered with moss at the bottom of the well, and it was preliminarily concluded that it was a bruise when it fell into the well......"