Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Law of the Post-Mortem
Wang Zuonong didn't know what to do, and couldn't help but sneer at Bai Hanyan: "What, doesn't Han Tuiguan know how to perform an autopsy, there are countless famous works in my capital, if Han Tuiguan doesn't understand this official, he can introduce it to you, is it difficult to eat and drink on the corpse?" It's wine and vinegar, and salt, it's a joke. ”
Bai Hanyan smiled lightly, and didn't take Wang Zuonong's cynicism to heart, just hooked his lips and said, "Lord Wang will see you in a while." ”
On the banks of the Lishui River, the sun was very hot, and the Jinyi guard set up an umbrella next to the cellar, casting a shade, and there was a stone table below, on which all kinds of snacks fell, and the group of people sitting around the stone table, their eyes were staring at the cellar that was still burning, as if waiting for the result.
Wang Zuonong sat alone on the side of the umbrella, fanning the fan impatiently, the constant heat from the cellar made him extremely irritable in his heart, and looked at the white cold smoke standing next to the cellar with cold eyes, and couldn't help but sneer: "Han Tuiguan is calm, let us accompany you here to be roasted by the sun." ”
Bai Hanyan looked back at him, his forehead was also beaded with sweat on his skin due to the hot wind, and red clouds were covered on his face, and she was about to open her lips to explain, Duan Changge's long figure suddenly appeared above her head.
She raised her eyes in surprise, but saw Duan Changge stretching out his hand to wipe the beads of sweat off the tip of his nose for Bai Hanyan, and there was a faint softness in his eyes, * said: "Lord Wang, don't be impatient, your heart is calm and naturally cool." Your heart is too messy, and naturally it's hot. ”
Wang Zuonong watched the intimate movements of the two coldly, took the fan and hooked his lips, his expression was contemptuous, but he suddenly felt that Ji Bangyue beside him was staring at Duan Changge's fingers on Bai Hanyan's cheeks at the moment, and frowned without a trace.
About half an hour later, Bai Hanyan looked at the four walls of the cellar that had been burned red, and said, "It's okay." ”
As soon as her words fell, a brocade guard stepped forward and carefully removed the charcoal fire in the cellar, and the red-hot cellar was steaming.
Bai Hanyan lifted the prepared two liters of old wine, pulled out the stopper, and poured all the wine into the cellar, and the aroma of the wine was overflowing, and then she lifted the old vinegar again, and poured it all into it.
At this moment, there was a sudden burst of white air in the cellar, and the white cold smoke took advantage of the heat to put the bones of Lin Zhifan, who had been washed, in the cellar, and covered it with a straw mat.
Wang Zuonong frowned and looked at her approach, so much so that he felt that this little magistrate did have some means of autopsy.
About a quarter of an hour later, after noon, the day had already turned westward, and Bai Hanyan ordered the Jinyi guard to carry out Lin Zhifan's bones and place them on the open space prepared in advance, which was just facing the light of the sun after half of the hour.
When the crowd saw this, they all immediately rushed up. Bai Hanyan motioned for Jinyi Wei to lift the straw mat on the corpse, and at this moment, Lin Zhifan's bones were still lying on the straw mat with strings, but they were no different from before entering the cellar.
Chang De weighed for a moment, frowned, and said, "Han Tuiguan, after steaming with wine vinegar like this, is there any difference between Lin Zhifan's bones?" ”
Bai Hanyan raised his lips and smiled indifferently, and said slowly: "Don't worry, Lord Chang, let the official finish the next steps." ”
"What's next?" Wang Zuonong was a little surprised.
Bai Hanyan smiled and slowly took out a strand of clear red silk satin from his sleeve, and then slowly restrained the red silk on his eyes.
Then, she took out a red umbrella and slowly opened it to the sun, everyone was crowded under the red umbrella, Bai Hanyan held the red umbrella in both hands to Lin Zhifan's bones, and began to examine the bones from the skull in turn.
As the red umbrella in Bai Hanyan's hand gradually shone on the bones of Lin Zhifan, the scars of the deceased before his death were displayed one by one under the red oil umbrella, and everyone saw that there were really cracks on the bones under the red umbrella.
Bai Hanyan squinted at Lin Zhifan's bones and said slowly: "If there is a beating place on the deceased's bones, under the red umbrella, there will be a red shade, and the broken bones will have blood halos at each end. Looking at the scarred bones again, the red is clearly marked before his death. If there is no blood on the bones, the traces are damaged and broken, and they are the marks of death. ”
She gently picked up Lin Zhifan's, the small bone of her right leg, and the ribs of her chest, only to see that there were some cracks on it, she took a closer look, but saw that the blood shade on the crack was not obvious, but there was still a slight blood shade, Bai Hanyan's palm tightened the red umbrella in his hand, and he couldn't help but be a little disappointed.
"Although there are fractures on this bone, and there is also a small amount of slight shade, but not both ends are bloody, and it is not particularly obvious, Han Tuiguan, this can't mean anything, it can only be said that this corpse was injured before death, but it can't be proved that it was suffered before death."
Wang Xin stared at Bai Hanyan, the corners of his lips were slightly hooked, it was actually a rather sinister and cunning smile, and said: "Although this autopsy technique is clever, it can also find out whether he was beaten before his death, but these two scars can't prove anything, even if you can take 10,000 steps back and say that Lin Zhifan was beaten before he died, but the two injuries are not fatal, and it can't be proved that he was beaten to death." What's more, even if there are these two injuries, this does not mean that this person is Lin Zhifan, if Lord Han finds a random corpse to fill up, I am afraid it is not appropriate. ”
"It's true that I can't prove how he died, but is he Lin Zhifan...... Bai Hanyan's eyes sank, turned his eyes to look at Ji Bangyue, and asked: "Master Ji, did Lin Zhifan ever have a right leg injury and a chest injury before his death?" ”
Ji Wanyue raised her eyebrows and thought for a while, and said, "Every time Jin Yiwei performs a mission, it is a dangerous thing that his life is dangerous, and it must be a common thing for him to be injured. ”
"He had an injury to his left leg." Jiang Wuji suddenly spoke in a deep voice, leaned over slightly at Ji Wanyue and said, "Master Ji, Xia Guan has seen Lin Zhifan once injured in the leg when he was on a mission. ”
"Jiang Qianhu, are you sure that Lin Zhifan's injured leg was the left leg and not the right leg?" Ji Wanyue stared at him and asked again.
"Xiaguan ......" Jiang Wuji lowered his eyebrows and thought for a while, and said, "Xiaguan remembered in a trance that he seemed to have injured his left leg. ”
"Like, Jiang Qianhu, do you think this kind of word will be effective as a testimony?" Ji Wanyue's eyes were slightly gloomy, and there was a touch of anger, Jiang Wuji lowered his head and pursed his lips, and stopped speaking.
"Even if the body is Lin Zhifan, Han Tuiguan, you called us all over today, didn't you just want to prove how he died, he was above the court, so that we could testify for you."
Chen Anran sneered, with a sarcastic expression, and turned his eyes to look at Bai Hanyan and said sarcastically: "Now, I think Han Tuiguan is going to waste his efforts in vain, and it doesn't hurt that a few of us waste time, but since we can't prove how Lin Zhifan died, I'm afraid it's useless to find this body." ”
Bai Hanyan raised his hand and tore off the red silk on his eyes, pursed his lips, put away the red umbrella, and put Lin Zhifan's leg bones and ribs back, sighing a little disappointed.
Ji Bangyue took a step forward looking at her mood swings, leaned over and patted her on the shoulder, as if to comfort her, and said in a low voice: "Okay, Han Tuiguan, it is not a simple matter to hunt down the murderer, not to mention that Lin Zhifan has been dead for five years, and there is no need to rush some things." ”
Duan Changge, who was on the stone table, squinted at the palms on Bai Hanyan's shoulders, clenched his fists, and wanted to chop it off with a sword.
Wang Zuonong on the side sneered lowly and said, "Han Tuiguan has found a good backer now, I didn't expect Master Ji to comfort people." ”
Ji Wanyue withdrew her hand and smiled very lightly: "It's all for Your Majesty, and this official is just talking about things." ”
Bai Hanyan didn't take the ridicule of this group of people to heart, since she dared to conduct an autopsy in public, she made preparations, originally wanted to use Lin Zhifan's bones to stimulate this group, maybe she would see the clues in their expressions, and she was even more prepared to miscalculate, after all, the group was not as easy to deal with as good stubble.
Bai Hanyan's eyes turned a few times, but he suddenly stood up, muttered for a while, and thought that there was another possibility, like water, his eyes looked at Ji Bangyue, and said in a condensed voice: "Master Ji, please let me try it once!" ”
After thinking for a while, Ji Bangyue nodded with a sigh and said, "Okay, Han Tuiguan, you are trying it once." ”
"Master Ji, if you just want us to see Han Tuiguan's autopsy at this banquet, please forgive me Wang Zuonong for not having that time to accompany you." Wang Zuonong reprimanded angrily in a low voice, and the expression on his face was not kind.
Ji Bangyue raised his eyebrows and sneered, slowly turned around and looked at the group, at this moment he picked up the shelf of the Jinyi Guard's commander, and the anger on his body burst out instantly, and said coldly: "That's not a few adults." ”
After that, on the riverside, dozens of brocade guards in Xuanyi suddenly burst out, and they were all hundreds of brocade guards, Wang Zuonong raised his eyes, pointed at Ji Bangyue, and said angrily:
"Ji Bangyue, what do you mean by this, don't think that the emperor favors you, so he won't take us seriously."
Ji Bangyue smiled faintly and said: "Han Tuiguan is investigating the case for His Majesty, this case has been silent for five years, Han Tuiguan just wants everyone to be a witness, and he is running for His Majesty again, why, Lord Wang is not even willing to contribute to this little thing for the emperor?" ”
Wang Zuonong was dumbfounded by Ji Bangyue's words, his face was extremely gloomy, but Chang De behind him smiled and said loudly: "What Master Ji said is extremely true, it is my honor to do the facts for Your Majesty, but I don't know if Han Tuiguan still uses this cellar, wine, vinegar, and fire to conduct an autopsy?" ”
Bai Hanyan pulled the corners of his mouth when he heard this, looked at Lin Zhifan's corpse with low eyebrows, his eyelashes were deep, his eyes condensed, and said, "No, this time, I will use a pancake on the corpse to perform an autopsy." ”