Chapter 65: The Ninth Corpse
"If you go back to your lordship, two of the eight bones are women, and the other eight are all men. However, judging from the bones, these people should have experienced a fierce battle before their lives. Bad bones have these scars of different sizes. ”
At dusk, in the corpse, he spoke slowly.
"However, the scattered bones we found have been re-examined and assembled by these bones, and some of them are indeed on the bones of the eight corpses, but the final situation may be even more cruel than this?"
"What?" Gu Changqing raised his gaze from the bones, just now he had been staring at the bones that had disappeared from the elbow with his right hand, it seemed that the ethereal and strange palm that Xie Ling said should be on this corpse.
"Except for the bones you see now, which is missing a palm, the rest of the bodies have been spliced together. Aside from a few scattered pieces of bones that have not yet been found, they are considered complete. He paused, as if something important was going to be the case, and then, taking a deep breath, continued, "However, among the remaining scattered bones, I have pieced together another skeleton. Based on my years of experience, this skeleton, which has been so badly damaged, should have been dismembered before his death. ”
Hearing this, Gu Changqing's pupils slowly widened, and now the eight corpses have instantly become nine, and it is still a corpse that has been divided, I have to say, looking for you, he came to this county office, and what he encountered was really a big and serious case.
"Are you sure there was an error in the verdict?" Gu Changqing still asked, and there was obviously still shock in his expression caused by this matter.
"Although the old man is old, but this craft is still no longer a problem, except for the person who was poisoned in the prison at that time, I am a little unsure of what he is poisoning, such a thing, I know that I am still nine percent sure." The old man said with great certainty, the convenience of poison is indeed his shortcoming, after all, there are many poisons in the world, if they match one by one, the two are combined, he can naturally only peek at one or two, and those unheard of, unseen poisons, just like the stars in the sky this night.
"This matter of dividing the corpse has always been complicated, even if it is the imperial court, there have been few executions in the past few years, our country has always paid attention to humane reincarnation, even if it is a murderer, a reckless person like Wang Heng is afraid of being entangled by the resentment of the baby, so who will be the person who divides the corpse like this?" Gu Changqing said to himself, then turned around and followed him to the storage place where the ninth corpse was stored alone.
"I didn't care too much about it, but I thought there were a lot of scattered bones, so I wanted to give it a try, and it turned out that the shape above it was really a person. Later, I conducted a most detailed examination of the traces of the various fractures of his bones, and found that these bones were all forcibly broken by people, in fact, I can't say the same, and it is very likely that they were the result of being divided by five horses. ”
As he spoke, he took Gu Changqing to the corpse with a broken palm and said, "My lord, look at this corpse, although the wound surface of the bone is also at the joint of the bone, its fracture surface presents an oblique shape, which is caused by being cut by a knife or sword.
And on the scattered bones, the joints of each bone all present a relatively close to complete and natural traumatic surface, that is, except for the pull of external forces, there is no other sword, and after violent pulling, the cartilage and tendons that link the two bones will break, and the separation of the bones under the pull will also show such a look.
And in addition to Ling Chi, the capital punishment in our country also includes the corpse of five horses
。 This one looks a lot like the latter. ”
If you do it, it's like a kick that has been kicked up one by one, colliding back and forth in this room.
Gu Changqing frowned, looking at the room full of corpses, there was an unknown emotion wandering in his heart, he couldn't say it, but he really wanted to run out and retch under the tree like Xie Ling.
He endured the discomfort that came out of his stomach, took a deep breath, and began to observe the bones again, as the old man had said.
It's just that the ninth corpse has no skull, and the position above the shoulder blade is empty, which makes people can't help but let out a chill.
Just when Gu Changqing was already starting to feel uncomfortable, he heard Jiancheng shouting to himself outside, and he felt for the first time that he wanted to stay away from a place so much.
Walking out quickly, staring at the trees outside that had begun to show green, he asked Jiancheng, "What's the matter?" ”
"Shen Gongzi said that he was looking for you for something. You have to go. ”
Shen Qiuyuan? What is the matter with him?
Gu Changqing hesitated in his heart, and then raised his feet and walked back.
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In the living room of the county government, Shen Qiuyuan casually stared at a northern landscape ink painting hanging on the wall, and from time to time he also turned the mutton fat white jade wrench on his finger.
It seems that in addition to having a certain degree of superb skills, the painter must also have the courage and loyalty of this piece of family and country.
Every stroke is carefully constructed.
From time to time, Gu Changqing's footsteps slowly stopped at the door, followed by the sound of the door creaking open.
"This landscape map on the wall, but it's from Master Gu's hand?" Shen Qiuyuan just nodded slightly at Gu Changqing and asked.
He is the son of the princess, the nephew of the current emperor, and his status is noble, although he is not the kind of person who relies on his identity to swagger everywhere, but Gu Changqing should follow the etiquette system to give him a subordinate salute.
Shen Qiuyuan didn't care, he just smiled, "You and I are about the same age, and I also respect Lord Gu's loyalty as an official, if Lord Gu doesn't mind my identity as a young master, we will be called friends in the future, and you don't need to be so polite to me." ”
"Identity naturally has to be discussed, just like this etiquette still has to be followed. Shen Gongzi, don't laugh at me for being pedantic. Gu Changqing had already straightened up and stared at Shen Qiuyuan's gaze indifferently.
"Look at the two of us, it's useless to say something, you haven't answered my question yet?"
Faced with Gu Changqing's refusal, Shen Qiuyuan did not show displeasure, but only turned his body slightly and set his eyes on the painting.
"That's just a whim of the lower officials, hanging here, I also hope that someone can give me some advice." Gu Changqing said, "By the way, Shen Gongzi, what's going on today?" ”
"Oh, I forgot if you didn't say it." Shen Qiuyuan turned around and sat directly on the chair.
Holding the teacup that had gradually cooled down just now, he said, "Didn't we find those corpses in the river yesterday?" I think Master Gu must have doubts, so I'm here today to solve my doubts?! ”
( = Old Song)
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