"This piece is the left temporal bone, this piece is the mandible, and the white piece you said is the right temporal bone." After Chen Chaoyan said the corresponding name of the bone, he put the left temporal bone and mandible together, and then pointed to the blackened part of the junction of the two bones and said, "The blackened part is only the junction of the two bones, and the poisoning cannot only poison this one." ”

Feng Shoudao humbly asked: "Then this is ......"

"How did Zhou Zhongcai die, do you remember?" Chen Chaoyan raised his eyes to look at Xie Xuan.

"When someone punched the root of the ear, at the moment of bulbar hemorrhage, he stabbed the heart with a dagger, causing the corpse to spasm, in order to falsify the purpose of suicide." Xie Xuan glanced at her and said cooperatively.

"Not bad." After Chen Chaoyan hooked the corners of his lips, his gaze fell back to the part where the left temporal bone and mandible meet, "When I was in Beilu County, the words of that official reminded me. Striking the base of the ear, shaking the brain stem, causing it to bleed in the medulla oblongata, and faking the suicide scene of the corpse's spasm cannot be a temporary intention. It must have been a precedent of success that made the murderer choose to use this method to kill people again in order to escape responsibility. ”

Feng Shoudao immediately heard the song and said elegantly: "Miss Chen is saying that Wang Fan's mother is this precedent?" ”

"I don't know if she's a precedent, but judging from the blackened blood stains and broken marks of these two bones, when the murderer killed her, it was obvious that the strength was not as good as when he killed Zhou Zhongcai." Chen Chaoyan said.

Feng Shoudao pondered for a moment, and after secretly glancing at Xie Xuan, he asked carefully, "Even if it's the second time, it's difficult to control it so properly, right?" ”

Chen Chaoyan's eyes crossed a small smile, "Whether it is difficult to control depends on Lord Feng's determination." ”

She has also done murders before, throwing glutinous rice on the victims, which means sealing the souls of the victims so that the victims cannot turn into ghosts to take revenge. Therefore, she still believes in Wang Da's placement of a gun in the victim's grave to calm the soul.

It's just that the gun head calculated by Xie Xuan has been placed for at least three years, but Wang Fan's mother was killed five or six years ago. There was a time difference of two or three years in the middle, and something must have happened that caused Wang Da to place the gun head in her grave.

Except for a few idle errands, the officials of the county guard mansion were all imprisoned in the north prison, and only Feng Shoudao and Zhao Wuwei brought by him were left alone. He was eager to perform in front of Xie Xuan, this was indeed a good opportunity, and Chen Chaoyan was naturally happy to do it.

Feng Shoudao secretly said gratefully: "Miss Chen, don't worry, at most two days, I will let Mrs. Wang explain clearly." ”

Knowing that he was borrowing her to show loyalty to Xie Xuan, Chen Chaoyan let out a slightly bland 'um'. Feng Shoudao didn't mind, and after waving his hand at Xie Xuan, he walked quickly to the North Prison.

Chen Chaoyan held a red paper umbrella, and carefully examined the bones twice with the help of the magnification function of the light screen. After making sure that nothing was missing, she got up with her umbrella and walked to the table where the jade pendant and the remnants of the clothes were placed, and after looking through it twice, she asked Ruolan to take it to the North Prison for Wang Fan to identify.

Then, she took off her gloves, took off her mask, and took off her protective clothing, and after cleaning her hands with the water brought by Yuejian, she returned to Yuyuan Hall.

She was hungry.

While waiting for the meal to be served, after pouring two sips of hot tea to warm his stomach, Chen Chaoyan looked at Xie Xuan, who came back with him, "You can try Zhao Niangzi again." ”

"The scene of Zhou Zhongcai's murder is almost perfect, if it is the first time for Zhao Niangzi to cooperate with Zhou Zhongcai, it is impossible to be so clean and neat."

In addition, when she tried Zhao Niangzi before, she kept silent. It wasn't until the prince punished Wang Fan with water that she seemed to be forced to open her mouth. On the bright side, she is caring for her nephew. But just now, I thought about it for a moment. If Mrs. Zhao really protects her nephew and was coerced by Wang Da to do the next wrong thing, then after the prince arrested Mrs. Wang's family, she should be as active as Wang Fan to report. After all, Wang Fan's future has already been ruined by Wang Da, and the prince personally supervises Wang Da's case, and Wang Da has almost no possibility of turning over. ”

Xie Xuan played with the teacup, "Miss Chen thinks Wang Da is the murderer?" ”

Chen Chaoyan raised his eyebrows, "Does the prince have a different opinion?" ”

"Not really." Xie Xuan hooked the corner of his mouth, "It's just that Miss Chen has been emphasizing the need to speak with evidence, and what is the complete chain of evidence." At the beginning, when the evidence was conclusive, Miss Chen still firmly believed that Ma Huai had been wronged. Now that there are only confessions from everyone and a few guns that are not sure if they are placed by Wang Da, how can Miss Chen be sure that he must be the murderer? ”

Chen Chaoyan smiled, "Isn't it him who the prince determined first?" ”

Xie Xuan raised his eyebrows.

Chen Chaoyan said: "The prince didn't think Ma Huai was a murderer from the beginning, right?" Otherwise, in the face of conclusive evidence, the prince will never support me to find evidence just because of my suspicions. ”

The stakes are very high in the private mining of iron ore, and a young and vigorous Ma Huai alone is not enough to take on the position of the person in charge of a county. Earlier, her full attention was on solving the case, and she had no time to ponder what he had done. It was in the back mountain of Guanyin Temple, when she unintentionally dug out the head of the spear that smashed the horse, he calmly gave various orders, so that she gradually reacted.

She didn't believe Ma Huai was the murderer.

He was equally unconvinced.

It's just that the evidence is conclusive.

If you want to overthrow, you have to find another breakthrough.

She was trapped in the evidence she already had, unable to find a new breakthrough.

Although he is on the outside, I am afraid that he will not be able to find a new breakthrough.

So, there was a trip to Beilu County.

At the end of the Wang Daya case, she was inspired by the tall and thin servant, and although she had new ideas, her mind was still trapped in place. And he is also inspired by the tall and thin servant, and has found a new breakthrough, but he does not know as much as she knows about solving the case, so he will deliberately guide her to break the predicament, keep up with his thinking, or rather, use his thinking to find the real murderer.

In the face of her questioning, Xie Xuan neither admitted nor denied it. Put down the teacup, open the jade bone landscape fan, and after shaking it twice, she said slowly: "Miss Chen, let's talk about how to find evidence and improve the evidence chain that Wang Da is the murderer." ”

"I've already said it," Banxia and Ziling came in with food, and Chen Chaoyan put down the teacup at the right time, "Just retry Zhao Niangzi." ”

"Not enough." Xie Xuan said.

Chen Chaoyan took the copper basin brought by Yuejian, cleaned his hands again, and said with chopsticks: "Then after eating, let's go to Zhou Zhongcai's house again." Zhou Zhongcai was able to record every amount of money he embezzled, and it was impossible to be indifferent to the distribution of profits from private iron mining. ”

……

Mrs. Zhou was also looking for Chen Chaoyan.

Ma Huai has been imprisoned in the north for many days, but she has never been convicted, which makes her feel uneasy. In recent days, there have been so many things in the county guard's office, and all kinds of discussions in the streets and alleys and neighborhoods have made her more and more frightened. Chen Chaoyan's arrival undoubtedly made her quietly relieved.

In the eyes of the neighbors, Mrs. Zhou held her mother-in-law's hand and walked quickly to Chen Chaoyan, "Miss Chen came over this time, but it has been found out that Ma Huai is the murderer of my father-in-law?" ”