"Mrs. Wang, Governor Yang has already sent a servant to inspect, no matter what, we will definitely give you a fair explanation, can you let go?"

"My lord, my husband and I are in harmony, and there is no injustice or enmity with the outside world, how could he hang himself for no reason, there must be someone who covets the property of our Wang family, seeks wealth and kills, and asks the great master of Qingtian to uphold justice!"

Li Mi led Cao Shaocheng over, and Yang Kun hurriedly shouted as if he had seen a savior: "Li Mi, you are here, Wang Yuanwai hanged himself in the study last night, and he is already conducting an autopsy, so Mrs. Wang will leave it to you to appease!" ”

After speaking, like throwing a hot potato, Yang Zhutou rubbed off his boots, forcibly pulled out the leg, and let the official slip into the house.

As soon as the eldest master of Qingtian left, Mrs. Wang was stunned for a long time holding her empty, sour boots, and looked at Li Mi, her cheeks bulged, and she was about to cry and cry again.

"Mrs. Wang!" Li Mi shouted in time to block her, "We will investigate Wang Yuanwai's death, whether it was hanged by himself or murdered by gangsters, we will definitely give you an explanation, but if you are so nonsense and pestering the government to put pressure, it is equivalent to obstructing the case, then Wang Yuanwai will really die blindly!" ”

Mrs. Wang then held back her tears, patted the dust and stood up, and gave a salute, "That...... Then there will be Master Lao to clear her husband's grievances. ”

Li Mi hummed and walked towards the palace with Cao Shaocheng.

In the courtyard of the high gate of the royal mansion, when he arrived at the study in the mansion, the old servant of the state capital had already begun to conduct an autopsy on the king.

Presiding over the investigation is Cui Lin, the head catcher of Yongan County, who and Li Mi are regarded as the head-catching benchmarks of the county government in Yizhou Prefecture, and they handle the case vigorously and resolutely, and they are quite popular.

Since he was transferred to Bianjing as the head catcher of Yizhou, as soon as the vacancy came out, he worked hard openly and secretly, trying to get the fat difference from Governor Yang, but Li Mi also worked hard, and Governor Yang was in a dilemma.

No, as soon as the murder occurred, Cui Lin, who got the news, hurried to the state office, in order to solve the case first and make meritorious contributions to the head of Yizhou.

After Li Mi arrived, the heads of several county officials were basically there, in contrast, these people seemed to be more willing to communicate with Cui Lin, and they didn't greet Li Mi, pretending not to see it.

Cui Lin glanced at him coldly, and then continued to communicate in a low voice, as if he was afraid that Li Mi would listen to him.

Li Mi didn't care much about this, and asked Cao Shaocheng to climb on the roof and search for traces.

Yang Kun leaned over to Li Mi and said to Cui Lin and them, "I really can't get used to the faces of these people forming gangs, or Li Zhutou is upright and never does these things like slapping horses." ”

Li Mi automatically ignored his nonsense and asked: "I think this is at best a murder for money, as for such a big move, do you want to find all the heads of the whole house?" ”

Yang Kun said mysteriously: "You don't know yet, Wang Yuanwai is the New Year's friend of Governor Yang's mansion, and his old friend died in vain, can Lord Yang's face be put aside?" Don't find out! ”

Li Mi suddenly realized, so he ignored Yang Kun and went to the courtyard to interrogate the people in the house.

After some inquiry, contrary to Mrs. Wang's confession that Wang Yuanwai had never made a grudge, according to Li Mi's understanding, Wang Yuanwai was famous for being cheating and cheating in business, and he was extremely addicted to gambling, owed labor money, and made many enemies.

Li Mi thinks that such a person who is rich and unkind and has the support of the prefect will not have the courage to hang himself.

On the other side, the old man began to check the head of the corpse, the action was very careful, he had more than 20 years of experience in autopsy, and had been a head catcher, it is said that now a certain Si Zhi in Dali Temple is brought out by the old man.

Not long after, Governor Yang arrived, Cui Lin immediately stepped forward and waited respectfully, and was waved away by Lord Yang, who was in a very bad mood, "How is the case investigated?" ”

When the heads of several county officials heard this, they looked at each other for a long time, and they all bowed their heads one after another, but they didn't dare to speak.

Cui Lin said cautiously: "Lord Yang, the case is confusing, and the truth still needs to be investigated, but I believe that it will soon come out, with a blue sky lord like you, the real murderer must have nothing to hide......

"Shut up!" Governor Yang glared at Cui Lin fiercely, and then threw his gaze at Li Mi, "Li Zhutou, what do you think?" ”

Li Mi said: "Let's listen to the autopsy results first." ”

Hearing this, the old man began to report the results of the autopsy, and he pointed to the strangulation marks on the outer neck of the king and said: "The strangulation marks here are fatal injuries, and the cause of death is suffocation." ”

The old man opened his eyelids, limbs, and birth door to check, and asked the age of the deceased, so that the little apprentice who painted the portrait on the side recorded them one by one.

"The top of the heart, the forehead is intact, the neck is strangled, and the eyes, eyebrows, ears, and cheeks are intact...... The faces of both feet, ten toes, and toenails are intact. ”

The old man dictated while inspecting, while the little apprentice took care of the portrait and the paperwork.

Later, the old man used the dressing method to conduct a corpse examination, that is, a paper poured with wine vinegar was applied to the corpse, and some fatal wounds deliberately hidden by the murderer would be presented.

This is the first time Li Mi has seen an ancient autopsy, which is different from the scientific autopsy of modern forensics, and the autopsy steps are very simple, and do not involve the identification of DNA, fingerprints, footprints, toxicology, etc., which also leads to some key criminal evidence being ignored or even erased.

Of course, for thousands of years, these artists have also developed a set of effective autopsy methods, such as the dressing method, the drip test, the formula at the time of death, the red umbrella reaction, the silver medal method, the yellow clay bone sculpture, etc.

Soon, after the autopsy, the old man clapped his hands and got up and said: "After the autopsy, it can be basically confirmed that there are no external injuries to the body, and the cause of death is suffocation in the neck." In my opinion, it is very likely that Wang Yuanwai hanged himself. ”

After hearing this, Governor Yang blushed, his eyes swept over the heads of several county officials one by one, and said coldly: "What about you, what do you think about this, you also have an opinion with Liu Yan, thinking that Wang Yuanwai hanged himself?" ”

A few headhunters were hesitant and didn't dare to speak.

Governor Yang asked Cui Lin again, and Cui Lin carefully considered the wording, "The corpse has no external injuries, there are strangulation marks on the neck, there are no signs of fighting in the room, and the people in the house have not heard the cries for help from outside the king, so the possibility of murder can basically be ruled out......

"Rice bucket!" Governor Yang suddenly became angry, "It's all a bunch of rice buckets, Wang Yuanwai also handed a letter to the mansion the day before, saying that they want to swim in the lake together to play a game, why can't they think of committing suicide the next day?" ”

Several head catchers were so frightened that they knelt on the ground, and Cui Lin's face turned even pale.

It's not that he didn't suspect that Yang Yuanwai's death was strange, but before Li Mi came, he had already led someone to check the inside and outside of the palace, and he didn't find anything suspicious.

At present, Governor Yang's words further prove that the cause of Wang Yuanwai's death is strange, but what is strange?

All the heads of the hunt look at me, I look at you, all of them are at a loss.

Just when the situation was deadlocked, a voice suddenly broke the peace, "Wang Yuanwai was indeed murdered." ”

Everyone looked in the direction where the voice came, and Governor Yang looked over, and it turned out to be Li Mi who stood up.

Just now, after Cao Shaocheng, who had walked around from the eaves, whispered a few words in Li Mi's ear, he opened his mouth confidently.

"Li Mi, you can eat indiscriminately, you can't talk nonsense, what evidence do you have to prove that this is murder, there is no trace at the scene, could it be a ghost murder?" Cui Lin sneered.

"According to Lokar's law of material exchange, as long as a crime occurs, traces will be left at the scene, consciously or unconsciously, but you are not good at what you can do, and you can't find where the traces are." Li Mi said sarcastically.

"What Karkar's Law?" Cui Lin looked disdainful, "So many of us searched for a long time and didn't find anything suspicious, what can you find?" ”

"That's why you're all rice buckets."

"Li Mi, don't be too arrogant, you kid......"

"That's enough," Governor Yang interrupted the two of them and looked at Li Mi, "Li Zhutou, what did you find out?" ”

Li Mi looked at Lao Qizuo, "Liu Yanzuo, are you sure that the places that should be inspected have been carefully inspected?" ”

Liu Yanzuo was a little unhappy with Li Mi's questioning, "The old man has examined the corpse for more than 20 years, and the corpses handled are not said to be thousands, but hundreds should always be there, and there has never been a mistake." Even the prefect is full of praise for the old man's autopsy skills, and you Li Zhutou also shouted at Master Liu in the past, why are you suspicious today, is it possible to suspect that the old man is perjury? ”

Liu Chengzuo has always been above the top, he has been a head catcher, and many senior catchers in the yamen have a very good relationship with him, and he has been valued by the Yang Governor's Mansion, plus a straight apprentice who is said to be an official in Dali Temple, the old man is full of confidence.

"It's not that I suspect that you are old," Li Mi probably didn't expect the old man to have such a hot temper, and patiently explained, "A wealthy businessman like Wang Yuanwai, who has a lot of money and a deep background, obviously has a lot of motivation to live, how could he suddenly abandon everything and choose to hang himself?" ”

"It's not something I can know by a mere pretend, don't you just suspect that I made a mistake in the autopsy? Do you think that the old man is old and his eyes are not good? Let me tell you, the old man is not old and dizzy yet! ”

"That's right, Master Liu has been conducting an autopsy for so many years, and he has never been on a business trip, shouldn't you be unable to find evidence and want to shift the responsibility to his old man?" Cui Lin said tauntingly.

Li Mi shook his head slightly, he walked to the body outside the king, squatted down and began to examine.

Liu Yanzuo took the little apprentice and retreated to the side, looking coldly, wanting to see what this stuffy gourd that usually can't beat a fart with three sticks can find out.

There is only one strangulation mark on the neck of Wang Yuan, which is completely consistent with the hanging rope on the beam after Li Mi's comparison.

There are no other traces in the study, if it has not been deliberately cleaned, it is indeed a secret room, then Wang Yuanwai can only hang himself.

If it were placed in ancient times, this case might have been characterized in this way, but Li Mi was a criminal policeman, and he clearly realized that the deceased did not commit suicide, but was strangled by the murderer and pretended to hang himself.

To put it simply, because the body of the hanged person is suspended in the air, the weight of his own sag makes the rope deeply embedded between the hyoid bone and the thyroid cartilage, the two sides of the neck are more stressed, and the rope is relatively deeper into the flesh, and there is almost no force at the back of the neck, so the deceased often hangs himself in an eight-shaped cable groove.

And due to the painful struggle, there will be overlapping abrasions on the neck of the deceased, and it is unlikely that there will be only one groove.

Unless someone is strangled and murdered and then pretends to commit suicide, then there will be a murderer who strangled the victim with obvious injuries, and the deceased no longer struggled after death, and there were no overlapping abrasions.

Li Mi told these speculations to everyone, and although Governor Yang heard it in a fog, he felt that it was reasonable, and immediately asked, "What about the murderer?" Who is the real culprit? ”