Mo Ziyu's dark eyes stared at her and responded silently.

After a pause, Ling Lan tried her best to relax: "I have always been unable to figure out this question, judging from the traces of the crime scene, she should have been buried in the pit, and after escaping, she ran out a few steps, and then she was frightened for some reason, causing her to be scared to death." ”

At this time, Mo Ziyu's expression was solemn, looking straight at the ground and thinking, indeed, this question has always bothered him.

After calming down for a moment, Ling Lan continued, "Seeing my vague outline flashing on the fragment of the bronze mirror just now made me can't help but have a thought. ”

Almost instantly, a cold light appeared under Mo Ziyu's eyes, causing the surrounding temperature to seem to drop.

"You mean, Zhou Ru saw that he was skinned from the bronze mirror, and he was scared to death by his blurred appearance of flesh and blood?" Rao is temperament is weak, he is also shocked and can't believe it.

Ling Lan didn't respond, just guessed, and felt that this might not be the case at this time.

However, Mo Ziyu's heart was turbulent, turbulent...

At midnight when the moon was dark and the wind was high, the murderer was not in a hurry, followed Zhou Ru steadily, and took the opportunity to knock Zhou Ru out and bury him in the pit. After Zhou Ru lost his skin and turned into a bloody person, he asked the other party to look in the mirror, and at that moment, Zhou Ru saw the terrifying scene in the mirror, and then was scared to death.

What the hell has changed? Murderer?

How much hatred does he have with Zhou Ru to use such cruel methods?

It's crazy!

Seeing that the man's face was gloomy and pale, he was about to speak when he saw that the other party suddenly turned around and brushed his sleeves away.

Ling Lan was puzzled, where was this going?

Soon, her doubts were answered, and it turned out that the man looked for clues again, starting from the place where the fragment of the bronze mirror had just been found, and squatted down and stretched out his hand to check it a little bit.

The inspection just now was already very careful, Ling Lan didn't think that there would be any new discoveries, standing in place and looking around, the cyan walls and ground were cleaner than the alleys she had walked before, and her eyes fell on the bluestone slab at Mo Ziyu's feet, compared to the place where the bronze mirror fragments were found, it was the cleanest, as if it had been cleaned.

The thought that had just been suppressed surged again!

The next inspection was fruitless, and the two did not find any other clues after arriving at the scene of the crime, and went directly back to the criminal department.

As soon as I came to the backyard, I saw Ye Feng who was hurrying up.

"My lord, Miss Ling, that corpse has changed."

"What's changed?" Mo Ziyu asked.

Ye Feng hurriedly explained: "I went to send someone to contact Tianyi before, and when I came back in about an hour, I found that the corpse was ulcerated in a large area. ”

Hearing her words, Ling Lan's eyes lit up and strode towards the morgue.

Ye Feng was right, at this time, some parts of Zhou Ru's bloody body began to fester, and the blisters and rashes became more and more obvious...

"It's supposed to be mercury." Ling Lan said her guess, but she still had some doubts in her heart, maybe it was more than mercury, she needed to verify it otherwise she couldn't be sure.

"Mercury?" Ye Feng was surprised.

Moaning, Ling Lan said slowly: "I don't know if you have heard of the watering mercury method, which is one of the most cruel punishments, the method is to bury the person in the soil and leave only one head, and then cut a cross with a knife on the top of the buried person's head, pull the scalp apart and pour the mercury into it, because the watermark is very heavy, the muscles and skin will be separated, at this time the tortured person will be in pain, desperately twisting and struggling but unable to escape, and eventually the body will break away from the skin and drill out of the cross on the top of the head, leaving only a human skin left in the soil pit." ”

Ye Feng was stunned: "This, where is this torture too cruel?" The subordinates had never heard of it. ”

Ling Lan lowered her eyes, she also guessed that there should be no such torture in this world, otherwise Mo Ziyu would have guessed it a long time ago.

In fact, she had this kind of guess when she found Zhou Ru's body, and when she came back, she saw that Zhou Ru had local blisters and rashes, and her guess was even more certain, until just now, it was basically like this.

Compared to Ye Feng, who was shocked to disbelief, Mo Ziyu was unusually calm, and now the cause of death was clear and clear, just to find clues, a small amount of mercury was not easy to come by, not to mention the dose that could make people skinned.

Mo Ziyu left without saying a word, he was going to investigate in person.

Here, Ye Feng cautiously asked: "Miss Ling, you said before that Zhou Ru did not die of being skinned, but was frightened, so did you find out the reason why she was scared to death?" ”

Although there was some speculation before, there was no evidence, and after a few breaths, Ling Lan shook her head and said no.

Ye Feng frowned tightly and sighed softly: "Miss Ling, what kind of deep hatred do you say that the murderer uses such cruel means?" ”

Ling Lan was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly: "If only I knew." ”

As she spoke, she thought to herself, according to her previous understanding of Zhou Ru's interpersonal relationships, there seemed to be no such enemy.

Ye Feng was a little embarrassed, raised his hand and scratched his head to check the autopsy notes.

In the quiet, Ling Lan turned around and walked out, just when there was time, she needed to be quiet for a while, thinking about all the current clues, it was like peeling off the cocoon, and there would often be unexpected gains.

Unconsciously saw twilight falling, and the ink and jade wind. When the dust servant returned, Ling Lan was in a daze on the rest chair in the courtyard.

"The family closest to those footprints in the alley really heard a woman's shout, because it was midnight and the cry for help was not clear, so they didn't go out to check, and there were other important discoveries." Mo Ziyu whispered as she approached.

Ling Lan gradually turned back from her state of trance, stood up and moved her arms to the stone table not far away and poured a cup of tea.

As she passed the warm teacup, she heard the man's muffled words again.

"In a small courtyard fifty meters away from the discovery of the bronze mirror fragments, more bronze mirror fragments were found, and they are currently being restored, but it is an empty house, and it is said that no one has lived in it for a long time." After speaking, Mo Ziyu took the teacup and took a few big sips, I don't know if she was really thirsty, or if she used it to calm her emotions.

Listening silently, Ling Lan returned to the rest chair and sat down without saying a word.

In this way, the previous assumption is very likely to be true, and Zhou Ru was scared to death by the blurred appearance of his own flesh and blood...

Such a cruel capital punishment also allows the victim to witness the result and how the murderer has changed. State? Or how much hatred is there?

"What about mercury?" She spoke.

Mo Ziyu's eyes were lowered, and the fingers holding the teacup were obviously white: "It hasn't come out yet." ”

Ling Lan was slightly surprised, this one is the easiest to find compared to other clues, how could it not be?

Looking at the man's reaction, Ling Lan had some guesses in her heart, maybe there were some other hidden secrets that the other party couldn't say...