Withdrawing from the light screen, Chen Chaoyan looked at her: "What's wrong?" ”

Yuejian came over with a medicine bowl, removed the cotton cloth that bandaged the wound for her, and said while changing the medicine: "Zhou Zhongcai, the secretary of the county guard's mansion, committed suicide yesterday night, and his wife came to the palace with the child early in the morning to cry and splash, saying that Zhou Zhongcai went home from the government yesterday, and discussed with her to change to a bigger house next year, so it is impossible for him to commit suicide." Right now, she is clamoring for Lord Feng to ask you to go over and catch the murderer. ”

It's not difficult to ask her to go over and catch the murderer, but what kind of official position is the county guard's office? Chen Chaoyan thought about it for a long time, and after not figuring it out, he simply asked, "What kind of official position is the history of the county guard?" ”

After thinking about it, Yuejian said: "The Great Wei County Shoufu will set up six Cao, corresponding to the six departments of Shangshu Province, such as officials, households, rites, criminals, soldiers, and workers, to assist the county government to govern the counties under the county. However, Luyang County is only a lower county with a population of less than 20,000 households, so there are only three Caos, including Sicang, Sihu, and Justice. Each Cao commander is a member of the military, and there are other auxiliary officers such as Zuo and Shi under the military. Zhou Zhongcai is one of the assistants under Sicang Cao. Sicang Cao is mainly responsible for examinations, assumptions, etiquette, official learning, private learning, etc. ”

Chen Chaoyan looked at the official list of the Great Wei Dynasty that appeared with her words on the light screen, and silently praised the light screen as her eternal god, and then studied it carefully.

The official positions of Dawei are almost the same as those of Datang as a whole, and the slight difference is that the official positions of Dawei are all a radish and a pit, and there are not so many messy things such as "same" and "concurrent" or "scattered officials and deacons" in Datang.

Very good.

I take good care of her, a 'new' person who has a blind eye for the ancient official position.

Chen Chaoyan looked carefully at the establishment of the county guard government twice with satisfaction, and found the official position of Sicang, looked at the responsibilities of Sicang twice, and found the official name of Sicang Shi, and after seeing that he was just an uninhabited person, he then asked Yuejian: "How did Zhou Zhong commit suicide?" ”

"He said that he killed himself by poking his heart with a dagger." Tsukimi said.

Chen Chaoyan raised his eyebrows and poked his heart with a dagger...... Commit suicide?

It's a real technical job.

Chen Chaoyan asked curiously, "How many pokes?" ”

Tsukimi said, "Just a moment." ”

"Why?" Chen Chaoyan questioned.

Yuejian said: "I also listened to Mrs. Zhou. ”

Chen Chaoyan questioned even more, "Mrs. Zhou has already found your son-in-law?" ”

"Nope." Tsukimi's cheeks were rarely slightly red, "It's what I heard earlier, after listening to the discussions of the people in the house, I went to the front to see the excitement." ”

Afraid that she would misunderstand, Tsukimi added: "Childe asked me and Bai Shao to take care of you and your brother, but after coming to the county guard's mansion, the chores were all done by the slaves and maids in the mansion." I was idle, so I went to take a look. ”

Chen Chaoyan looked at the official position list on the screen again, and asked, "Didn't Lord Feng let the judicial army and the servants go to check it?" ”

Yuejian said: "That's why I went, and Mrs. Zhou came to the mansion to sprinkle." Listening to Mrs. Zhou's crying, she was sentenced to commit suicide because when Wang Da and Qi Zuo, the judicial counselors, rushed over, Zhou Zhongcai was still holding the dagger that pierced his heart, and several people couldn't break his hand together. This is ......"

Chen Chaoyan blurted out: "Corpse spasm? ”

"Yes, it's corpse spasms. It's worthy of Miss Chen, just listen to me, and guess it! After Yuejian praised heartily twice, he put down the medicine bowl, turned around and brought a new cotton cloth to bandage her, and said, "I said that the spasm of the corpse is a very important evidence to distinguish between homicide and suicide, but Mrs. Zhou refused to believe it, saying that it was nonsense, and asked Lord Feng to invite you over, saying that she only believed your words." ”

Bai Shao entered the house, just heard her last words, and at the same time came over with her clothes, she said: "The people in front of the yamen have already gathered three layers inside and three layers outside, Lord Feng is afraid that if he gathers again, he will cause some trouble, so he just begged Gongzi again, and wanted to invite you to go over and take a look." ”

Chen Chaoyan nodded: "Corpse spasms are not common, I want to go over and take a look." ”

After the two of them waited for her to get dressed neatly, Chen Chaoyan sat in a wheelchair and was pushed by Bai Shao to go to the Yuantang.

When Feng Shoudao saw her, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, walked over quickly and waved his hand, "I'm going to trouble Miss Chen again." ”

Chen Chaoyan nodded, "Let's go, let's go to the scene of Zhou Zhongcai's suicide first." ”

"I'll go after dinner." Xie Xuan stopped him.

"Go to the ...... first"

"I said, I'll go after dinner." Xie Xuan interrupted her, and his words were unacceptable.

Chen Chaoyan looked at him coldly.

Xie Xuan is still the same pomp as yesterday, but today he is not lying on the chaise longue, but sitting in the pear blossom wood carved chair in a straight shape. Seeing her, he bent his fingers and tapped on the armrest, and said as a matter of course: "When I see the corpse, I can't eat." ”

"You can ......" not go.

Before Chen Chaoyan finished speaking, Xie Xuan interrupted her with a smile, "What, you want to run away behind my back?" ”

When this man is reasonable, he is very reasonable. When he is unreasonable, no one can force him. Chen Chaoyan, who had a deep understanding and didn't want to waste time on these unnecessary things, compromised and said to Feng Shoudao: "You and arrange for someone to protect the scene where Lord Zhou committed suicide." Don't let anyone come near until I'm gone. ”

Feng Shoudao should be, and turned his head and arranged for Wang Da to go.

Later, taking advantage of the gap between the preparation of the meal, Feng Shoudao took the initiative to hand the case file to Chen Chaoyan and asked: "Is it right or wrong to say that corpse spasm is an important evidence to distinguish suicide from homicide?" ”

"Theoretically, yes." Before Chen Chaoyan could speak, Xie Xuan sent the two celebrities out.

Chen Chaoyan looked at him appreciatively, then opened the case file, and continued while reading, "If he was disguised as suicide after killing, the corpse's hand would not hold the dagger. Even if you happen to hold it, it is in a relaxed state, and there will be no phenomenon that you can't break it no matter how you break it. Because after death, the corpse first goes through a phase of muscle relaxation and then transitions to rigor mortis. Corpse spasm is to skip the stage of muscle relaxation and maintain the state of dying until the zombie appears. ”

"In general, cadaveric spasms are artificially impossible to disguise."

Feng Shoudao sighed: "In this way, Zhou Zhongcai committed suicide and died. ”

"I'm just saying in general, but I don't mean it's necessarily so." Chen Chaoyan looked at the corpse table mixed with the case file and said lightly.

The time of Zhou Zhongcai's death recorded in the corpse table is when he first arrived at the time of the ugly time.

The judgment is based on the corpse spots that can be eliminated according to the rules.

The body had drunk alcohol before dying, but was not poisoned and had no external injuries on its body.

Coupled with the phenomenon of corpse spasms, it is reasonable to judge that it is suicide.

Chen Chaoyan looked at Wang Da's investigation again.

The place where Zhou Zhongcai died was the study, which was next to the outer wall of the courtyard, and separated from his and Mrs. Zhou's bedroom in a small garden of about thirty zhang. Zhou Zhongcai committed suicide in a chair in front of the bookcase, on which was poured a wine jug, and next to the wine jug were two half-kneaded and half-rolled cabinet deeds, the amount of which amounted to 500 yuan.

Judging from the time on the deed, Zhou Zhongcai borrowed the money in September and November last year and repaid it in two years. Together, you need to repay nearly 1,000 yuan, and you need to repay about 40 yuan every month.

He hasn't paid it back for three months.

In addition to this.

The doors and windows of the study are normal and undamaged.

The house was also normal, and no signs of a fight were found.

It seems that Zhou Zhong chose to commit suicide because he couldn't repay the loan.