The messenger took out the sling and put it in front of Pei Xia. Pei Xia picked up the rope and looked at it carefully, it was a hemp rope that could be seen everywhere, the rope had been cut into two sections, one end of one was a looper, and one end of the other was tied with a dead knot, and the rope sleeve was also cut, and some ash could be seen on the inside.

"I told the guards to break the middle of this rope." Mu Changan took the initiative to explain to Pei Xia: "When I found this girl at that time, I was afraid that she would still be saved, so I hurriedly asked the guards to cut the rope to save people, but when I put it down, I realized that the person was dead." The latter part was cut by Master Li's men, and the knot was tied so tightly that it couldn't be untied when hung on the beams. ”

After reading the rope, Pei Xia finally took out the gloves from the toolbox and put them on, and came to the corpse. Qi Hong consciously took out the autopsy sheet and stood aside to make a record for Pei Xia.

"The deceased Yin Chuan, female, nineteen years old, five feet six inches long, died at about the time of yesterday's unitary hour. The hair bun is scattered, the skull and face are intact, and the lining of both eyes is scattered with bleeding spots...... "Pei Xia started to inspect the head of the corpse, and sang the test results one by one, and everyone looked at her from the initial contempt to surprise, and then became complicated, each of them was different because of their positions, such as Du Xiao, Li Shoufu and others were surprised and the color became a little ugly, while on the other hand, Mu Chang'an showed a little appreciation and interest.

Qi Hong quietly caught in the reactions of everyone present, while Pei Xia did not raise his head from beginning to end, his eyes focused on the female corpse in front of him.

“…… There are scratches on the neck, the strangulation marks under the laryngeal bone are extremely deep, dark black, not intersecting, and the strangulation marks on both sides are relatively flat, when they are strangled from behind by a septum......"

Hearing this, Linci County was relieved and interrupted: "This is the same as what I tested, this woman was strangled to death first, and then was hung on the beam of Tianzi No. 1 room and pretended that she committed suicide." ”

"What else does Your Highness have to say? The law of this dynasty can be clearly written, the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, please go to Qiuzhou Prison with His Royal Highness. Du Xiao can finally win back a city in the law, and said proudly: "Of course, this official will definitely investigate carefully, if it is not for His Highness's actions, His Highness will definitely return His Highness's innocence." ”

Although there is indeed this article in the law of this dynasty, officials at all levels rarely do it in actual implementation, let alone princes, that is, the masters of ordinary powerful families kill ordinary people, and usually they only lose money.

Moreover, in the process of trying the case, these powerful suspects are basically only required to wait for trial at home, and they are not allowed to go out at will, and there are very few who are directly detained in prison pending trial.

"Master Du, don't be anxious, I see that this Miss Pei seems to have something to say." Mu Changan looked calm and unhurried throughout, as if he was just a curious bystander, not a suspect who was about to face prison.

As soon as he said it, everyone found that Pei Xia was still carefully inspecting the female corpse, and everyone quieted down again, Pei Xia continued to sing: "In addition, there are two strangulation marks on the neck, the color is whitish, and it stretches obliquely behind the ear, both of which are caused after death. ”

Hearing Pei Xia say this, Lin Cixian suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, he did see two other strangulation marks, one of which was shallow, and the two overlapped each other, the difference was not obvious, he felt that it was not very important, so he wrote one on the autopsy list submitted to him, and quickly defended at this moment: "This ...... This may be due to the entanglement of the rope. ”

Pei Xia said coldly: "Haven't you checked the sling?" It is the looper that hangs the deceased and not the winding system, so how can it be wound? ”

This guy really hadn't seen the rope, the body had been put down when he came, he didn't think to check it, and when Pei Xia checked the rope just now, he was contemptuous, and he didn't come forward to check it together.

"In addition, the deceased had abrasions of varying degrees on the outside of his arms, palms, and legs, and the backs, and the wounds were not bloody, which were caused after death. There were one bruise on the left waist and one on the outside of the left leg, and the blood under the skin of the injury was not coagulated and there was no hematoma, which was also caused after death. Pei Xia's judgment was a far cry from what he had done before, and he had pretended to use all of these as evidence of the deceased's struggles in his life on the previous autopsy list. However, what Pei Xia said is reasonable and well-founded, and it is clear which is right and which is wrong.

"What does Miss Pei mean?" Wang Yunsheng's face was still black, and the current situation was very unfavorable for them.

Pei Xia did not rush to conclusions, but said, "I still need to go to the house where the deceased was found to take a look to be sure." ”

Seeing that His Royal Highness had the hope of clearing the suspicion, several guards in the palace were very excited, Rao was not obvious on his face, but his actions were very fast, as soon as he heard Pei Xia say that he wanted to go upstairs to check, he immediately led people up, and his attitude was much more respectful than when he was to the prefect before.

Pei Xia came to the Tianzi No. 1 room where Mu Changan lived. This Fuyuan Inn is the largest inn in Linci County, and the No. 1 room in Tianzi is the best room in this inn, and the layout inside is luxurious compared to ordinary inns. The room was divided into two rooms, the larger and most spacious room, which was the master's bedroom, and the smaller room, with a small couch against the wall, where the servants who waited at night rested. The inner and outer rooms are separated by a beaded curtain in the middle.

"That's where the girl was hanging." A guard pointed to the beams of the inner room and said to Pei Xia. He was ashamed, he was on duty outside last night, and he didn't even know that someone had slipped in and hung up the body and slipped away, if this person wanted to assassinate His Highness, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Pei Xia looked up and said to the guard, "I'm sorry that big brother will help me drag the table over." ”

The guards hurriedly did so, Pei Xia stepped on the table to check the top of the beam, this is not like the furniture below that is often cleaned, and there is a layer of dust on the beam, among which there is a thin mark that is obviously much cleaner than the surroundings, and the thickness is just the same as the hanging rope.

Seeing Pei Xia take off his gloves from the table, Wang Yunsheng asked again: "Miss Pei can talk about it now." ”

Pei Xia nodded and said, "This is not the scene of the crime, someone killed the deceased and moved the body here. ”

Wang Yunsheng: "Why do you say that? ”

"There is only one rope mark on the beam, and there are two white marks on the neck of the deceased......"

"What if someone hangs the dead for a while and then takes it off and hangs it up again?"

Pei Xia took out the end of the rope tied with a looper and showed it to everyone: "If other knots are still possible, this kind of looper is absolutely impossible." She reached out and hooked the noose hard, which quickly shrank to the size of her fingers.

"If the rope is not cut, it is difficult to remove the deceased from the rope sleeve, and if it is forcibly removed, it is easy to cause scratches behind the ears of the deceased, and at the same time it will leave marks on the neck."

After listening to Pei Xia's explanation, the guard on the side also said in a loud voice: "It was because we couldn't take it off that His Highness asked us to cut the rope." ”

"Besides, the deceased had several post-mortem abrasions, and the floor in this room was so smooth that even dragging the deceased in the house could not form such abrasions." Pei Xia paused after supplementing the evidence, and came to a conclusion: "In view of these circumstances, I deduce that Miss Yinchuan was strangled and hung somewhere, and then dragged in from the outside and hung on the roof beams of this room. ”

After listening to Pei Xia's conclusion, Mu Changan looked at Wang Yunsheng and Du Xiao with a smile and said, "In this way, this king is not only not a murderer, but a victim." The king and his men have not gone out since returning to the inn yesterday evening, and the innkeeper and the second child can testify. It seems that someone wanted to deliberately blame the king for the murder. ”

Wang Yunsheng snorted coldly, the case has been investigated to this point, and Mu Changan's suspicion can basically be regarded as completely cleared.

"Since this king is not a suspect, then this case will not bother the prefect and the criminal prison department, I think it will be handed over to Miss Pei for review, and Li Zhixian will assist from the side, how about it?" Since Mu Changan has cleared his suspicion, he can't be treated as a prisoner, so his status as a prince is important at this time, not to mention that Li Shoufu misjudged the case first, and Mu Changan appointed someone else to preside over the trial, although it made him look ugly, but he had nothing to say.

"Let's do it." Wang Yunsheng's sister married the third prince Mu Changke, he himself is naturally the third prince's faction, and Mu Chang'an is closer to the fourth prince Mu Changli, the third prince and the fourth prince are fighting in the court, if he can find some of Mu Changan's mistakes here, it will definitely be helpful to the third prince. It's a pity that he rushed to come in vain this time, and he was in a very bad mood, so he taught Li Shoufu a few words and left with his subordinates.

Li Shoufu slapped his fart on the horse's hooves this time, it can be said that he was very depressed, and after saying a few words to Mu Changan and Qi Hong, he also retired and left, leaving a token of the county government and two errand boys to be dispatched by Pei Xia.

After everyone left, the lobby suddenly became much empty, and the innkeeper pestle looked at the remaining few people behind the counter, and stopped talking, Pei Xia saw it, and said to the two servants left by Li Shoufu: "The body of Miss Yinchuan is please be carried to the county government first, don't delay the shopkeeper's business." ”

The messenger acted in response, and the shopkeeper bowed to Pei Xia again and again.

Mu Changan looked at this scene, with a slightly playful look in his eyes, and said to Pei Xia: "Miss Pei is not only skilled in autopsy, but also considerate of other people's lives. ”

Pei Xia bowed his head and replied: "Your Highness has praised it falsely, and the word compassion cannot be said, but the people are ordinary people with him, and they know that it is not easy to make a living." ”

Pei Xia's tone of voice was still as cold as before, and it had not changed because of the identity of the person he was dealing with, neither deliberately flattering, nor rude and arrogant.

Mu Changan stared at her for a moment, put away the joking look before, and said sternly: "This king gives you three days, and you must solve this case within three days, if you can't do it, this king will punish you for the crime of neglecting the case." ”

As soon as these words came out, not only Qi Hong, but even Mu Changan's guards were shocked, only Pei Xia's face remained unchanged, and he still replied calmly: "The people's girls will investigate and deal with it with their hearts." ”