Chapter 310: Strange Corpse (1)

Not to mention the ridicule and ridicule of others, even they feel a little unbearable on their faces.

It's just that they don't dare to doubt the prince's decision, and they can't question the emperor's holy decree, so they can only see with their own eyes the mysterious female judge who is boasted about by the people outside and the storyteller!

The coroner's room of the Three Law Divisions is different from the coroner's room of the ordinary government yamen, as long as the ice cubes and utensils are complete, clean and tidy, but it makes Xu Chu feel like he has returned to the coroner's room and laboratory in his previous life.

"Lord Wang." The four inspectors bowed, Xu was to give Xu Chu a horse, and several of them ignored her. Mo said hello, and didn't even give her a look.

In this way, it made Xu Chu feel faintly funny in his heart. She has suffered countless difficulties, and she has seen many real works of diligence and studiousness, but now these four so-called top performers of the Great Zhou Dynasty have become inspectors, but it is really difficult for her to have respect.

Small-bellied chicken intestines, that's it.

Xiao Qinglang was just about to speak, when he saw Xu Chu first asking, "Do you want to perform an autopsy now?" ”

She said simply, without any signs of dragging her feet, and naturally she did not greet those people politely or introduce her intentions.

Xiao Qinglang's gaze coldly swept over the four inspectors, but he didn't pay any attention, just looked at Xu Chu and asked, "Which one do you look at a priori?" ”

"The body of the princess who had an accident in the palace yesterday can be here?"

Compared with the corpse that has already begun to decay and change after many days, a corpse that is still fresh like Princess Heqin will be worth examining.

Xiao Qinglang nodded, "After the next dynasty, the emperor ordered the inner court to send the body to the Three Law Divisions. ”

His words seemed unintentional, but they shocked the hearts of the four inspectors. Although they are the inspectors of the three law divisions, their identities like the princess are not easy for them to check. Even though the Holy Lord had ordered them to conduct an autopsy after the accident yesterday, it was only in the palace......

It was precisely because of this that they were really surprised when they got the news this morning that the inner court had sent the corpse. also speculated, isn't it the people of the inner court who want to throw the case to Dali Temple?

Now, it seems that they have all thought of it. Perhaps, the emperor's move was simply to facilitate the work of this maid who was hand-picked by him......

Thinking of this, the attitudes of several people couldn't help but be a little more solemn, and the gaze that looked at Xu Chu also changed faintly.

It stands to reason that they have gotten rid of people with lowly status and official status, and they are superior to Xu Chu in front of them. However, if the emperor promotes and values him, then his background can be ignored.

After all, whether a person is expensive or cheap is only a word of the emperor.

Before coming to the capital, Xu Chu had read many files of the Three Law Divisions, and naturally he had also read the autopsy sheets written by the inspectors of the Three Law Divisions. Although they were very repulsive to her now, she still had to admit that these four people did have some ability in the autopsy, at least better than the skills she had encountered.

It's a pity that they have been in the official family for a long time, and they are used to seeing the intrigue among the wealthy families, which makes them less upright when they first worked as a servant. As Xiao Qinglang said, after being an official for a long time, he will be cautious and timid, so that his superb autopsy skills will be restricted, and finally he will be abandoned.

For them, it's probably best not to make mistakes.

Although she felt a little emotional about this matter in her heart, she didn't say anything, and went directly to the coroner's table that Xiao Qinglang signaled.

To tell the truth, the coroner's coroner's table was more professional than anything she had ever encountered, highly verified, and although it was a wooden platform, it was angular and only had any wooden thorns and other things that would affect the corpse. And nearby, there is no sacrificial or exorcist smell of incense, and naturally there is no annoying strange smell......

It can be seen that the guards in the autopsy room are very meticulous in cleaning.

In the room, although it was cold, there was no sense of calmness, only a few braziers used for lighting and night pearls inlaid on the walls dispelled the darkness, and the coroner's room was like day.

Obviously, Xu Chu was not affected by a few inspectors, she directly lifted the white cloth covering the corpse, and in just one night, a naked/naked female corpse with a blue lifeless color jumped into her eyes.

Because the corpse was so well preserved, except for the wound on the forehead, there was no terrible appearance of flesh and blood.

She was not in a hurry to conduct an autopsy, but methodically took a cotton cloth and soaked it in vinegar, and then applied the cotton cloth near the wounds of the deceased, as well as on the neck and wrists. It wasn't until she was done with this that she rinsed the limbs and body of the corpse with the remaining vinegar.

"The deceased, female, was five feet four inches long. The cornea of the eye is cloud-shaped, translucent, and the acupressure of the corpse spot does not fade, and the time of death is about 12 hours. ”

"The light color of the corpse spots formed on the underside of the corpse can be inferred to indicate that the deceased had lost a lot of blood before his death."

"There is an obvious blunt bruise on the forehead, and the wounds are overlapping...... Xu Chu said while removing the cotton cloth covered with vinegar, but he saw a large blue bruise near the wound, "There is a bruise on the forehead that preceded the wound, and it is suspected that it was left by hitting the corner ......of the table and other objects."

Her gaze flickered over the body of the deceased, and then turned the body over. I saw that from the back of the neck soaked in vinegar to the left and right of the shoulders and neck, there were two handprints in the shape of an inverted figure-eight.

Xu Chu took a cotton swab and wiped it, and then said: "There are traces of violence and coercion on the back of the neck, and the abuser wears a jewelry on his thumb and index finger. It should be a ring or something......"

As soon as these words fell, everyone present was shocked. You must know that although Hua Wuzhi is classified as the son of the prime minister, he has never had the habit of wearing a ring. On weekdays, although his style of dressing is extremely flashy and extravagant, he is very disdainful of the so-called literati who wear jade rings and hairpins.

"Possibly sure?" Xiao Qinglang asked.

As for the scars behind Princess Heqin, when the examiner inspected it before, it was also marked on the autopsy sheet. It's just that the examiner at that time deduced that it should have been left by Hua Wu's murderer.

And it was that autopsy sheet that became an irrefutable reason for Hua Wu's illness. But now, Xu Chu said, that trace is not left by Hua Wuxia? This matter is worth pursuing.

Xu Chu nodded, pointed at the handprint on the right side of the back of the corpse's neck with the tip of the autopsy knife in his hand and said, "There is obviously a ring-shaped press under the thumb and index finger joints. ”

In fact, the traces were not obvious, if it weren't for Xu Chu's thin and sharp blades, Xu would really be ignored.

Seeing this, Xiao Qinglang's eyes turned cold, and he turned to look at the four examiners who were still arrogant, and asked, "Who examined the corpse yesterday, could it be that he didn't find out about this?" ”

The fact that no clues were found is enough to show that in addition to the mistakes, they even almost made Hua Wusick because of their autopsy list. If this matter is confirmed, don't say that they will become the laughing stock of the three law divisions in the future, but I am afraid that the prime minister will no longer tolerate them.

At this moment, several people couldn't help but blush. Among them, the inspector who was the older one hurriedly said: "It's the subordinates who are careless, I hope the prince will forgive the sin." ”

He doesn't defend himself, but admits his mistakes first. In fact, according to common sense, when examining the corpse, it should be as detailed as Xu Chu. It's just that he acted in the palace yesterday, he didn't know how much it was involved, and he was worried that he would be disrespectful to the corpse of Princess Heqin and anger the saint, so after seeing the handprint, he didn't carefully check the fingerprint.

Xiao Qinglang frowned, looked at the inquisitor who opened his mouth with cold eyes, and said after a while: "Extend the handprint first, wait for this matter, and then investigate the inconsequential matters of your autopsy." ”

When the examiner heard this, he hurriedly responded, but he didn't dare to make any noise because of Xu Chu's concentration when he was inspecting the corpse, as well as the silence and coercion in the room. It wasn't until Xiao Qinglang's eyes fell on Xu Chu again that he wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and mourned in his heart, afraid that his official status was over.

At this time, the attitudes of the other inspectors were also much more solemn, and the expressions that looked at Xu Chu were also a little complicated. Now, they can no longer deceive themselves into thinking that they are outstanding in the Great Zhou Dynasty. After all, how could a handsome woman in her early twenties, who was so easy and indifferent to conduct an autopsy, and whose methods were better than theirs, not let them be deeply affected by such a situation?

It's just that Xu Chu didn't care about their mood, but still scanned every inch of skin on the corpse with a calm gaze.

I have to say that this princess has an excellent figure, delicate skin, and unevenness, just looking at the back and waist is enough to make people envious. It's a pity that such a graceful body can only turn into a handful of loess in the end.

After checking the body surface, Xu Chu suddenly looked at Xiao Qinglang and asked, "I remember that on the case file, the maid who identified the playboy once said the process of the playboy's murder?" ”

"According to the maid, she had seen Hua Wuxian pull the deceased's hair and violently hit his forehead against the stone steps."

Before today, Xu Chu had already read the case many times, so he naturally knew many details in it.

Therefore, Xiao Qinglang was not surprised by this.

In fact, he had already seen that when Xiao Chu spoke, she had already made a decision.

In fact, what he thought was not wrong, before Xu Chu's autopsy, in order to take into account the so-called parents of the body hair and skin, and also to leave a good appearance for the deceased, so that the deceased's family would not be too reluctant to conduct the autopsy, so when looking at the top of the deceased's head, he would carefully touch every inch of the scalp in the hair with his hands to make sure that the deceased's head had not been pierced by someone with fire nails and other objects.

Although the fire nail piercing the head will not cause bleeding from the corpse, it will still be different if you touch it with your hands.

Based on this, she rarely shaves the hair of corpses.

However, at this time, she neatly shaved the hair at the top of the deceased's skull where the frontalis muscle and the posterior occipital muscle were connected. But I saw that there was nothing unusual on the scalp, it was clean and smooth, and there was no trace of bleeding except for the hair residue.