When Mu Yuanjing arrived in the south of the city, it was already a tea time, and there were many people outside the gate of a house in the alley in the south of the city, although everyone was separated by official messengers, but even so, they still tried to stretch their necks and look in.

Mu Yuanjing turned over and dismounted, looked at the crowd not far away and said to Wei Xu: "Go and disperse the people around, let Lin Ning send the hidden guards to guard the city gate in the dark, and if there are suspicious people out of the city, take it immediately." ”

Wei Xu led the order to disperse the crowd, and when the people were almost scattered, Mu Yuan slowly entered the alley.

The Hidden World Ya is the emperor's special personal guard, and any disturbance in the capital can not escape the eyes and ears of the Hidden World Ya, and only the Yamen of the capital cannot solve or particularly strange cases will be handed over to the Yin Shi Ya.

Wei Xu was in charge of this part, so when Yongan said that Wei Xu had something to do, Mu Yuanjing had already expected that the case was not ordinary.

The family of the accident is located in the south district of the capital, and the people gathered in the south of the city are all small stalls and vendors who do business, and there has never been any big case in the south of the city, at most it is a petty theft, and now it has reached the point of alarming the hidden world, so that Mu Yuanjing has to be cautious.

The door of the accident is intact and open, there is no trace of damage by external forces, Mu Yuanjing stepped into the gate, there are three rooms on the east side, the three rooms are sitting in the direction of east and west, and the front of the house is a spacious courtyard.

There is a large piece of cloth in the courtyard, the cloth is dried with unknown crops, there is a kitchen and a small bath room on the west side, there is a large water tank in the northwest corner next to the bath room, the water tank is very new, it is full of water, Mu Yuanjing made a preliminary observation of the whole yard and then raised his feet and walked to the house in the middle of the east side.

It's not because someone told Mu Yuanjing in advance that the room in the middle of the east side was the location of the crime, but after Mu Yuanjing entered the door, he saw a bloodstained hand stretching out from the house and hanging silently on the threshold.

Fang Mubei in the house was originally squatting on the ground to check something, but when he saw someone coming, he got up and shouted, "Lord Wang." ”

Fang Mubei just had the crown ceremony last year, and now he is only twenty-one years old, he has watched his grandfather's autopsy since he can remember, originally Grandpa Fang did not plan to let his grandson contact with this business, the reason is nothing more than that he is afraid that his grandson will be disliked by others, and the other is because his business is not good to marry.

But Fang Mubei likes it, he has to drill into the line, Grandpa Fang can't stop it, so he has to pass on all his life's learning to Fang Mubei, after the establishment of the hermit ya, Mu Yuanjing just needs a young and experienced work, so Fang Mubei entered the hermit ya, and it can be regarded as a fish in water.

"Lord Wang, this, I can't test this."

Mu Yuanjing walked to Fang Mubei's side, the current situation was not Fang Mubei's nonsense, in addition to the mud stained red by blood and water, there was only one human limb on the ground, and the parts next to it were missing.

On the large pool of blood on the ground, the palms of the severed upper limbs were placed downward in the direction of the door, and the lower limbs were placed in the position where they should have been according to the proportions of the human body.

"See what?" Mu Yuanjing looked at the scene with few clues.

"Judging from the stump and the amount of blood at the scene, it can be determined that the severed limbs were from the same person, and that the deceased was indeed killed here."

"So there are no other victims?"

Fang Mubei nodded, "The deceased is a woman, the knife on the severed limb is flat, the murder weapon is a pig-killing knife, and the deceased should still be alive when the body is divided." ”

Fang Mubei picked up a pig-killing knife not far from the door and sent it to Mu Yuanjing, thought about it and added, "Lord Wang, the deceased's ten fingernails have been pulled out. ”

Such a brutal torture made him shudder when he thought of the situation at that time.

Mu Yuanjing glanced at the murder weapon in his hand, and a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes when he heard Fang Mubei's last words.

Fang Mubei continued: "The courtyard has been searched inside and out, and no other parts of the deceased have been found. ”

Mu Yuanjing moved his gaze from Fang Mubei's hand to the blood-stained door, "The blood on the door..."

"When I entered the door, I deliberately checked it, and it was black dog blood."

Mu Yuanjing handed the pig-killing knife in his hand to the guard behind him, then walked around the house slowly, and returned to the window when he was over, he picked up a dust similar to incense ash from an inconspicuous corner on the windowsill, and said to Wei Xu, who happened to arrive at the scene after finishing his errand: "Send it to the palace and let Dr. Li take a look." ”

Wei Xu didn't have a firm heel and got a new errand task, so he took out a handkerchief from his arms without ambiguity, carefully collected the remaining handful of incense ash in the corner, wrapped it carefully, and walked out of the house.

No new clues were found in the house, and Mu Yuanjing left the window, "Can the time of death be calculated?" ”

Fang Mubei shook his head, "The corpse was so badly damaged that there was no way to guess the specific time of death. ”

"The family of the deceased also does not know when the deceased was killed?"

Fang Mubei pointed to the guide house and said: "I heard from the neighbor that the husband of the deceased ran away with the widow on the next street a few months ago, leaving his wife and widow, and the case was reported by the neighbor. “

"The neighbor was scared enough to hurry up and report to the official, the old lady was fainting at the door when we came, it is estimated that the old lady was stunned, and the neighbors around were afraid to come in, or our people carried the old lady into the south house after they came."

Fang Mubei was talking, and suddenly a slightly sad cry sounded outside, "My grandson, my grandson." ”

Because of the whimpering, Mu Yuanjing couldn't hear what the people outside were crying about, so he walked out of the bloody room, and the guards of the hidden world were holding up an old woman in simple clothes who was spread on the ground

Mu Yuanjing's hand hidden in his sleeve quietly clenched and rubbed, and gradually let go, and whispered to the guards who were hidden in the world on the side, "Send someone to guard here, no one who has nothing to do with this case is not allowed to approach, and the offender will be arrested immediately," After speaking, he said to Fang Mubei who came out with him: "Bring the stump back to the yamen." ”

Fang Mubei's leader ordered him to pack up the stumps and leave the scene with a few people.

Mu Yuanjing walked to the courtyard, looked at the old woman who was being held by the guards, and said softly: "Old man, this king wants to ask you a few questions. ”

When the old woman heard that the man in front of her called himself the king, she knelt on the ground despite the guards' obstructions, crying and kowtowing, "You have to make decisions for my grandson and daughter-in-law, he hasn't given birth yet, and his son has run away again, and now I really can't live." ”

The old woman's words were a little messy, but the general meaning Mu Yuanjing could understand it, and he helped the old woman up, "This king will definitely give you justice, you can calm down first and answer this king's question." ”

Hearing this, the old woman hurriedly wiped away her tears with her cuffs, and when she was in a better mood, Mu Yuanjing asked, "Has your son made an enemy?" ”

The old woman shook her head, and there was still a trace of whimper in her voice, "When he was at home, he was also a small trader who set up a stall, and he was wooden and unwilling to speak, let alone make a feud, even if someone beat him, he didn't dare to fight back." ”

Without waiting for Mu Yuanjing to speak, the old woman was stunned and muttered, "Who would have thought that such a cowardly person would dare to elope with a widow. ”

Mu Yuanjing omitted the matter of the male host's elopement with the widow, and continued to ask: "Since your daughter-in-law is pregnant, why don't you sleep in the same room with her and take care of her." ”

The old woman snorted, "I also want to live in a room with her, but I snore when I fall asleep, and we moved to a room when my daughter-in-law was pregnant, but my snoring made my daughter-in-law rest badly, so I can't live separately." ”

"Do you know how old the baby is in your daughter-in-law's womb?"

It's okay not to mention it, but when she mentioned the child in her daughter-in-law's womb, the old woman's red and swollen eyes shed tears again, "My grandson is six months old, and it's gone, it's gone." ”

The old woman kept repeating the last few words, as if she were stunned.

Mu Yuanjing couldn't bear it, but he still continued to ask, "When was the last time you saw your daughter-in-law?" ”

The old woman was in a trance, "I had dinner with my daughter-in-law last night, and when I was going to sleep, my daughter-in-law filled me with a pot of water and put it in the house, saying that she was afraid that I would be thirsty when I fell asleep at night. ”

Mu Yuanjing asked the surrounding guards to help the old woman to rest, and ordered, "Prepare a place for her to settle down first, and then send her back when the case is solved." ”

The guards helped the old woman to leave, and Mu Yuanjing asked the people on the side, "Where is the person who found the deceased?" ”

"The one who found the deceased was the neighbor next door to this family, and his subordinates had asked him to wait at home for the prince's questioning."

"Lead the way."

The guard led Mu Yuanjing into the house next door, and an honest-looking man sat on the kang in a daze, and fell to the ground with a thud after seeing the comer, "My lord, I don't know anything." ”

The sound of the man kneeling on the ground made the guards around him feel a pain in their kneecaps after hearing it.

Mu Yuanjing asked the man on the ground to pick up, "Don't panic, this king just has something to ask you." ”

The man stood up tremblingly and nodded busily.

"When did you find the dead?"

As if he had seen the terrifying scene at that time again, the man swallowed his saliva with a pale face, "Early... In the morning, my daughter-in-law went out to buy groceries, and when she came back, she told me that the door next door was open, and she thought it was a little strange and asked me to go and see it, so I went. ”

"Your wife cares about the matter next door?"

The man nodded, "The lady next door and my daughter-in-law are very good on weekdays, and my daughter-in-law knows that her man is pregnant, not to mention that she is pregnant, so she always takes more care of her on weekdays." ”

Mu Yuanjing thought for a while, "Do you remember the specific time when the deceased was found?" ”

The man nodded busily, "Remember, remember, it's the end of the hour, and my daughter-in-law always goes grocery shopping at this time." ”

There is nothing else to ask, Mu Yuanjing plans to go back to the scene of the crime to take a look, and when he walks out, he meets the man's wife, and the two glance at each other inadvertently, Mu Yuanjing always feels that the other party's eyes are a little familiar, but he has no impression in the end, so he simply leaves it behind and ignores it.

According to the words of the old woman and eyewitnesses, it can be inferred that the murderer killed the murderer from the time of the old woman's sleep to the next day, and Fang Mubei said that the deceased was dismembered while he was alive.

However, the surrounding neighbors, including the deceased's mother-in-law, did not even hear any sound during the killing of the deceased, so how did the murderer make the deceased be dismembered without making a sound, and the deceased was six months pregnant, and the fetus had been formed, but no trace was found at the scene.

Where did the fetus go? Where are the rest of the deceased's body?

Mu Yuanjing walked out of the gate of the house where the crime occurred, and the noon sun shone into the alley through the eaves, slowly warming up his heart that had been cold for a long time, and he moved his pale and damp fingertips and walked slowly out of the alley.

At this time, Wei Xu came on horseback, and saw Mu Yuanjing's steps coming out of the alley a little strange, Wei Xu couldn't wait for the horse to stop, so he jumped off the horse and rushed to Mu Yuanjing's side, he held Mu Yuanjing's body on one side, and looked eager, "Lord Wang, but it's poisonous?" ”

Mu Yuanjing had no strength to speak at this time, and all his strength was focused on his feet, just to not fall.

Wei Xu took out a translucent jade bottle from his arms, which contained a black-brown liquid, he uncorked the bottle and fed the liquid to Mu Yuanjing, and said angrily: "Damn Fang Mubei, dare to leave without permission." ”

Mu Yuanjing's face finally returned to normal after drinking the medicine and running the true qi in his body for a round, he clenched the jade bottle in his hand and said lightly: "Fang Mubei was sent by this king. ”

Wei Xu stopped speaking when he heard this.

Mu Yuanjing put the jade bottle in his sleeve, took the horse on the side, turned over and got on the horse, Wei Xu followed, the two did not rush back, but slowly drove the horse in the direction of the palace.

Mu Yuanjing asked Wei Xu beside him, "Has Dr. Li found out what the powdery dust is?" ”

Wei Xu replied: "Doctor Li said that the powder you gave to your subordinates is a kind of forbidden incense in the previous dynasty, called leaving the soul, and the person who smells this incense does not feel pain, just like the soul of a person leaving the body, can see but cannot perceive the state of the body, Doctor Li also said that there was a kind of torture called soul cutting in the previous dynasty, that is, let the tortured person smell this incense, and then the torturer only cut the skin and not the flesh, and when the incense fails, the pain of the tortured person will be magnified ten times, and then be killed alive." ”

Mu Yuanjing frowned, so it seems that the reason why the deceased was dismembered alive but no one heard the sound was found.

It's just why the forbidden objects of the previous dynasty appeared.