As for gouache and rouge, nine times out of ten they were also introduced from northern Xinjiang. Although this fragrance is light, it is very similar to the rouge taste presented by the imperial envoys of the seventeen kingdoms in northern Xinjiang when the first emperor was the emperor. Xiao Qinglang saw that Xu Chu still had doubts, and continued, "Cheese is abundant in northern Xinjiang, and the rouge it makes will be mostly put into the juice that comes out when making cheese, so its color is more gorgeous and pure, and the taste will have an extremely unique taste. ”

In other words, in other words, makeup aside, it is now possible to check the rouge gouache shops near the capital that have dealings with the traders on the northern Xinjiang side, especially some of the vendors who have been implicated in the Jinzhou case as early as the northern Xinjiang merchants.

In fact, as early as after the Jinzhou case, Xiao Qinglang sent people to cut off many of the other party's trade routes, and also took the copper mine case as an opportunity to investigate the case of minting counterfeit copper coins, thus completely eradicating the Jinyinfang and shops operated by many people behind the scenes. However, after all, the other party has been in business for many years, and it is difficult to ensure that there will be fish that slip through the net during the investigation.

And now, the makeup of the female corpse in front of her is clear, and it should be made today. Therefore, the other party wants to use rouge and gouache from northern Xinjiang, and there are only two possibilities. One is that he already has the storage, and the other is that he needs to go to the store to buy it.

As for whether it might be from the palace, he was not worried. Since his accession to the throne today, he has fought several times with Northern Xinjiang, which makes him angry when he hears the word Northern Xinjiang. Therefore, all the concubines in the palace who have the heart to please today's concubines will not use their rouge and gouache to compete for favor when they know that they hate northern Xinjiang today.

He had heard the Queen Mother mention this matter to the queen several times, and even many women in the harem did not dare to put on makeup for a while

With this understanding, Xiao Qinglang turned around and gave a few orders to the guards behind him.

The guards left, apparently on their way to follow up on this clue.

Because the corpse was different from the ordinary fresh corpse, Xu Chu thought about it cautiously before he spoke again, "Dried corpses are not common, especially if the female corpse in front of me is as intact as the one in front of me, so I can't guarantee whether the autopsy can find valuable clues." ”

Xiao Qinglang saw that she was hesitant in her heart, and said after a little thought, "The autopsy will be talked about later, and now you can see those white bones in the ravine." ”

When Xu Chu heard him say this, he was immediately stunned for a moment. Since she and Xiao Qinglang have been investigating the case, she has never encountered a situation where he has blocked or hesitated about the autopsy.

She looked at Xiao Qinglang with some astonishment, but saw that Xiao Qinglang's eyes were gloomy, with surging undercurrents and contemplation, and suddenly she suddenly thought of a possibility.

At present, the female corpse in the coffin is dressed in palace clothes, and she is wearing the makeup of a concubine that is only available in the palace, and the alchemy furnace found in the Dong family's courtyard before is also from the palace, and it is inlaid with Dong Guifei's funeral gems.

Mo is not Mo Mo is not Mo Mo is not the dried female corpse that he just examined, it is actually the Dong Guifei who brought disaster to the country and the people back then?

Thinking of this possibility, the caution in Xu Chu's heart was suddenly replaced by an inexplicable weird excitement. If this female corpse is really inextricably linked to the first emperor and the harem, does that mean that she is the key to exposing the entire conspiracy?

The white bones in the ravines glowed with a cold luster under the light of the torches, mixed with a slight unknown smell, which made people tremble just by looking at it.

If the female corpse in the coffin is weird, the white bones in the ravine are terrifying.

"I asked a few seniors to take people to search for the bones to see if there were any clothes or jewelry that could prove the identity of the deceased. If you find something, you can collect it for reference. After Xu Chu went down into the ravine for a brief observation, he looked up at the person waiting for her command and said, "Inspector Cao can sort out the bones with me to determine the general condition of the deceased." ”

Several servants who were sent by Xiao Qinglang to find them from Jingzhao Mansion saw Lord Xu speak, and hurriedly bowed down. Compared with the official Cao Xianguan, they admired Lord Xu even more, who was obviously born as a servant, but was able to enter the court.

Regardless of her background, just talking about her identity as a woman is enough to shock.

At the beginning, they didn't slander Lord Xu, but after seeing and hearing about the cases that were solved by her hands, it was really difficult for them to regain their thoughts of being cheap.

Now, seeing her face such a strange female corpse with no fear, and not even hesitating, they were even more convinced. As for the dissection and what she said about the preservation of corpses, it was a bit esoteric to them

Just when a few people began to scramble around, Xu Chu had already begun to look through the messy piles of white bones with Cao Inspector.

In a short period of time, it is unrealistic to separate all the bones and arrange them according to their original appearance. However, what she wants now is not to completely put all the white bones in human shape, but to determine the gender and approximate age of these deceased, so as to determine the conjecture in her and Xiao Qinglang's hearts.

In the dark room, there was silence, only the sound of Xu Chu and Cao Inspector bumping when they looked at the white bones. The sound was obviously very small, but it was very clear, which made the scribe who was following them couldn't help but feel a little furious in his heart.

And the many guards who followed Xiao Qinglang were already used to this. Mo said that he was frightened, not even a little surprised.

After all, they had seen the person who personally dissected the corpse of Lord Xu, regardless of whether it was the so-called fresh corpse in Lord Xu's mouth, or the corpse with a rotting and foul smell, from the throat to the white bones, and even the dissected lower body, they were already commonplace.

As for the fleshless white bones, they were terrifying to look at, but when you think about it, they are much more beautiful than the bloody and stinking corpses.

What's more, they felt that the bones one by one complemented Lord Xu's calm appearance.

To be honest, if one day, Lord Xu said that he would dissect a living person, maybe they would not be too surprised

Just when everyone was thinking, Xu Chu suddenly reached out and lifted a piece of sternum and said, "The bone cortex of these sternums is thin and the inner osteoporosis is inside, but the bone section is very smooth and flat. So, it should be cut with a sharp weapon. ”

"The deceased should be like the bones found in the Dong family's courtyard before, born in poverty, and about ten years old. In addition, these bones should be alive burial goods"

Just as Xu Chu spoke, the inspector Cao on the side also nodded and echoed, "The same is true of the several skeletons I found here, all of them are girls, and their bodies are damaged, and the traces on the section should be caused by sharp weapons." ”

Xu Chu's fingers unconsciously rubbed the broken sternum, and after a while, he looked at Inspector Cao and said, "Take a look, there can be cracks or traces of murder weapons in the pelvis." ”

Normally, the pelvis is made up of three bony bones: the sacrum and the bilateral ilium, so if the murder weapon is slashed here, if it cannot be cut in one move, it is very likely to leave a trace. Whether it is the marks of repeated slashing or the lines, it will help them guess what the murder weapon is.

When Inspector Cao was busy distinguishing the condition of the pelvis, Xu Chu looked at the messy white bones on the ground.

"Strange, how can there be so many irregular bite marks? Even long bones and so on, there are such deep traces? Xu Chu muttered to himself. She even thought of the most frightening possibility, but if the teeth marks left by the people who were buried alive eating each other, it would not have left such deep marks on the long bones and so on.

I don't know how long it took for her hand to stop moving.

"Canines?"

At the scene where the ghosts were sacrificed by the living, the canine teeth of large dogs actually appeared, that is, after the bodies of these living people were cut down and mutilated for the sacrifice, they were also eaten by animals similar to dogs, and the mutilated bodies were eaten?

Xiao Qinglang was keenly aware of the difference in Xu Chu's mood, he frowned slightly, and lowered his sleeves into the ravine. It wasn't until he walked to Xu Chu's side that he asked in a deep voice, "What is this?" ”

Xu Chu took a deep breath, and said with a dark look in his eyes, "I can't be sure yet, but I guess it should be a large dog or a tiger or leopard or something." ”

When Xiao Qinglang heard her say this, he knew why she was in a bad mood. He reached out and grabbed the sharp tooth she had pinched, and shook her hand as others didn't notice it.

"Relax your mind and join the Three Law Divisions, and you will have to completely put aside the feelings of pity and compassion. Because, as a member of the Three Law Divisions, the cases you face are all the most murderous and terrifying cases in the Great Zhou, and you are likely to encounter cases that are a hundred times more cruel than this one thousand times in the future. ”

His voice was deep, solemn and cold, which made Xu Chu's somewhat complicated mood suddenly fall silent.

In fact, she didn't know about this. As early as when Cangyan County was running around for a living to conduct autopsies and investigate the case, she knew that as a servant, she should not have too much compassion for the corpse. For example, she will remind Xiao Mingzhu not to be preconceived and not to be emotional when investigating the case.

But somehow, since the clothes in the dream overlapped with the clothes passed down by the female corpse, she was having trouble extracting herself from this strange emotion. It's like, because he was too eager to know the truth and knew the reason why his father avoided him, he made his heart a little messy.

Xu Chu is not a hypocritical person, nor is she a blind woman, so it is not difficult for her to figure out the reason for her current situation.

Now after being reminded by Xiao Qinglang, she naturally bowed her head and said, "It's me who is stunned." ”

As for the mentality, she has to readjust.

At that time, the servants who were instructed by her to look for clothes and jewelry also replied that they had stored some clothes that had not yet rotted. Moreover, in a pile of bones, they also found a string of bells made of gold, which looked very beautiful.