Sister Chu? Although Xiao Mingzhu was so angry, she also discovered Xu Chu's strange appearance in the end, she hurriedly squatted beside her and asked with concern, "Are you okay?" ”

A cold and calming scent of incense came, which made her somewhat swollen brain slightly sober. She exhaled deeply before saying, "It's okay." ”

"The deceased's ankle has signs of wear, blood and slightly curled flesh, which is caused by his death."

"In addition, the corpse had two red marks on the abdomen and legs, and there was abdominal distention, and there were blood stains on the anus. It can be inferred that he died of poisoning with gold and stone medicine. When she got up after saying this, she found that she was faintly a little out of strength.

Jinshi medicine originated from Taoist doctors. It refers specifically to gold, jade, stone, halogen and elixir. The most common medicines are made of white quartz, mica, stalactites, dansha, clay, stone sulfur, lead, red copper shavings, mercury powder, earth yellow, and limestone.

That is, drugs similar to Wushisan.

In fact, in the beginning, the significant feature of Jinshi medicine in the treatment is that it is good at treating chronic diseases and strange symptoms, such as panic, accumulation, stubborn paralysis, malignant sores, insects, ringworms, scabies, choking diaphragm, phlegm and salivation, etc., which can be used to fight poison.

But then it gradually evolved into a poison, which is easy to addict and easy to kill.

Inspector Cao was a little puzzled and said, "Jinshi medicine? ”

Xu Chu didn't dare to move easily, so he could only slowly accumulate strength to get up, and on the other hand, he simply explained to Inspector Cao: "Different poisons will have different manifestations on the corpse. For example, the rat grass poison in the south of the Yangtze River is also similar to a medium insect, plus a cleft lip and blue and black gums. This poison lasted for a night and a day, and only then did I see blood coming out of the nine orifices. When it is poisoned, there are blisters all over the body, which are blue-black, the eyes are shrugged, small blisters on the tongue are bursting, the lips are broken, the ears are swollen, the abdomen is distended, the fecal door is swollen, and the nails are blue and black. The golden silkworm is poisonous, the dead body is thin, the body is yellowish and white, the eyes are collapsed, the mouth is exposed, the upper and lower lips are shrunk, and the abdomen is collapsed. The person who died of poisoning with gold and stone medicine may have one or two red swells on the top and bottom of his body, and there are similar fist scars; or into large patches of blue-black, black claws and nails, and slight blood in the flesh of the body; or bloating, or diarrhea. Alcohol poisoning, bloating or vomiting, diarrhea of blood. ”

"Of course, this alone can only be speculated. If you want to determine whether it is a gold stone poisoning, you still need to corroborate it. ”

As for what the corroboration was, Cao Xianguan and the others did not think about it, it must be the food or mucus left in the stomach of the deceased.

Next, Xu Chu inspected another corpse with rotting skin and flesh and maggots parasitic in the flesh.

"The hair fell, and the juice in the mouth and nose flowed out of maggots, and the whole body was fat and swollen, and the lips were turned up, and there were blisters. In addition, the dark and damp room is dark, so it is speculated that the death lasted for six days. ”

The rest of the situation is the same as the first corpse. There was no violent coercion, but most of the corpses were cut or torn alive, and there were obvious strangulation wounds to the ankles.

After collecting the maggots on top of the corpse, she looked at the third corpse.

"The third nameless female corpse, the body is badly decomposed, and the aponeurosis is decaying and softening, and she has been dead for at least half a month."

At this time, she used tweezers to slightly flick the decayed aponeurosis of the corpse, and only when she found that Xiao Mingzhu and Cao Xianguan looked at each other and didn't know what she was talking about, she carefully explained: "This is the aponeurosis, which is the most important thing on the human hand in addition to skin, flesh and bones." ”

"It's tough, and it decays much more slowly than soft tissues like skin and flesh. If it is obvious that the aponeurosis on the hands of the deceased have softened or decomposed, there is only one explanation, and that the body has been decomposing for a long time. After she finished speaking, she added after a little thought, "Generally speaking, when it is not hot like now, it will take at least half a month for the aponeurosis to show signs of decay. Of course, if the corpse is frozen or drowned, and then removed from the body, the rate of decay will increase. ”

"It's just that at the moment, there are no signs of drowning or being frozen, so although there is putrefaction oozing from the mouth and nose, the corpse is not decomposed from the inside."

What she said was the truth, which made Xiao Mingzhu and Cao Xianguan listen very seriously.

Especially Inspector Cao, who was shocked by her skill and neatness in autopsy before, was even more shocked by the fact that she didn't know where she learned so much post-mortem knowledge.

However, although he was shocked, he was reluctant to interrupt Xu Chu's explanation, and even slowed down his breathing, lest Xu Chu suddenly hide his secrets.

To be honest, he didn't know if Xu Chu was really selfless, or because he was stained with the light of the county lord of Mingzhu, in short, the joy in his heart at this time was indescribable.

While silently repeating what Xu Chu had just said, he watched Xu Chu point out what she said one by one with tweezers and a post-mortem knife for comparison.

Next, Xu Chu examined several other corpses that had been severely decomposed, almost identical to the original girl. All the children who died, with different faces and eyebrows, were all girls of seven or eight years old. Moreover, they have lost their virginity.

She took a deep breath and got up, looked at the scribe who was holding the autopsy and said, "Although the child has lost his virginity, there is no sign of pressure or forced injury in his private parts, and there are no signs of violent tears inside. Therefore, they should not have been violated and died after being drugged. ”

"If my guess is correct, they must all be lying on that not-so-spacious bed, with their legs on an iron frame and chained to them, and then their virgin blood taken." Xu Chu's words were a little difficult, this kind of strange thing she had never heard of, but in some ghost stories, there were often stories of such evil demons borrowing virgin blood alchemy.

She originally thought that the so-called borrowing of virgin blood for alchemy was mostly to extract the blood from the jasper woman who was still a virgin. But I didn't expect that someone would collect ...... Collect the blood that comes out of the girl's time to break the melon.

With an indescribable anger suppressed in her heart, she slowly walked towards the skeletons that had become white and ossified.

Most of those skeletons have been neatly arranged one by one by Inspector Cao, and they are strung with hemp rope and arranged in order. Therefore, it is a lot easier for her to check the appearance.

"My lord, these skeletons, judging by the pelvic bones, are all women. And the subordinates examined it according to the method of the adult's previous bone examination in Jinzhou City, and the length was almost the same as the girl tested before. Inspector Cao glanced at Xu Chu quietly, and saw that she did not question his conclusion after examining the three skeletons, so her slightly elevated heart slowly let go.

Since he followed Xu Chu to examine the corpse several times, he had an inexplicable suspicion of himself. Especially when facing Xu Chu, he was even more worried that what he had tested was bad.

In fact, Xu Chu still recognized the results of Cao's examination, although there was something wrong with the bone examination, but the simple judgment would not be wrong with the inspector. can stand out from the work and become the inspector of the Great Zhou, and the inspector Cao will never be a person who sells his reputation and reputation.

It's just that her determination was shaken when she saw the last white bone, that is, the one that died first among the many bones.

She glanced at Inspector Cao, then changed her gloves and squatted down to check, only a moment later, she came to a startling conclusion.

"This is not a girl, but a grown woman...... "She said, and nodded at the already loose skull, sacrum, and hip bones of the skeleton under her hand, "Normally, a child has eleven to twelve more bones than an adult, but at the moment, the skeleton is intact and unlost, and there are only two hundred and six bones put together. In addition, her pelvis is wide and shallow, but she has a pregnancy scar, so it can be inferred that she is an adult woman around 22 years old, and it is very likely that she has had a pregnancy or a history of childbirth. ”

As mentioned earlier, the human body has two hundred and six bones, which are connected to each other to form the skeleton of the human body. There are twenty-nine skull bones, fifty-one trunk bones, and one hundred and twenty-six limb bones. However, this conclusion is only for adults.

There are 217 to 218 bones in children, and even as many as 305 bones in newborn babies. As the child grows and develops his or her bones, the five sacrums of a child will gradually come together as an adult. If you have four or five coccyx, you will be combined into one. Add to that the two iliac bones, two ischial bones, and two pubic bones in childhood, and by adulthood you will have two hip bones.

Therefore, compared to estimating the age of the bones of the ossified corpse based on their length, the number of bones is the most accurate basis.

It's a pity that the corpse has been completely ossified, so that it is impossible to judge whether there was a fetus in her womb when she died.

If there is still some flesh and blood on the corpse at this time, even if it is a heavily decomposed corpse, it is not difficult to deduce the specific circumstances of her pregnancy from the situation of the corpse. For example, when the corpse is buried in the cellar, during the corpse transformation process, the abdomen of the corpse will be swollen, and the fetus in the womb will be squeezed outward, and at the same time, the corpse's bone seams will be wide open, which can make the fetus fall to the ground. At the same time, there will even be umbilical cord, placenta, blood, evil objects, etc.

Under normal circumstances, the month and circumstances of the deceased's pregnancy can be inferred based on the size of the fetus under the corpse, whether it has developed or has not yet developed.

It's a pity that this corpse has been around for a long time, and it's really difficult to draw conclusions about it.

When almost everyone was shocked by her conclusion, Xu Chu suddenly asked, "Where did you find this corpse?" Is it mixed with other bones? ”

Inspector Cao was a little stunned, and when he saw her cold eyes, he hurriedly said: "It was also found from the secret door in the dark room, she is the innermost one, stacked alone in a corner." When it was found, the skeleton was still in human form, and there were no traces of messiness. There were some broken strips of cloth on it, and a wooden stick hung from the finger bones. ”