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"The ...... of the Dead"

"Male."

"Twenty-one to twenty-three years old, emaciated and ragged."

"Burns on the calves, burns? There is only one strangulation mark on the neck, and it is preliminarily judged that the death is due to insufficient oxygen supply to the brain, not the ...... caused by the fracture of the cervical vertebrae."

Although I don't understand,

But

Bao Zheng looked up at Zhao Shishi, who was riding on a tree branch and holding a white cloth in each hand to carefully examine the corpse, two words still came to mind......

specialized

Very professional,

Even Bao Zheng had a feeling of not being aware of the Ming calendar, and then watched Zhao Shi slide from the tree to the ground, and then ignored the deceased's incontinence, lying on the ground and observing carefully, before he couldn't help but ask: "Is there anything to gain?" ”

"Hang yourself."

Zhao Shi replied without looking back, then frowned and pinched a handful of moist soil and kneaded it gently at his fingertips,

"Hanging?"

Scarface jumped up all of a sudden: "Impossible." Then he pointed to the corpse hanging in the air at least three feet (95.04CM) high, and scolded angrily: "Come on, come on, tell me, how the hell can you hang yourself when you are half a person above the ground?" ”

"Ice cubes."

Zhao Shi is still,

Don't look back,

"Ice ...... Block? ”

"Yes."

Zhao Shi patted the wet soil under the feet of the deceased: "Because it's just self-hanging incontinence, it's not enough to make the ground so wet, not to mention ......" Zhao Shi got up, took two steps forward and picked up a piece of broken ice and said: "Even if you can check the crime scene a little before arresting me, you shouldn't ask such a simple question." ”

"Simple?"

Scarface is obviously not a person who likes to use his brain, this will be stimulated by Zhao Shi, but he used his brain for a while, and then snorted coldly: "Do you know what month and day it is?" ”

"September 20."

"Tell me, how do you find ice when the river is still not freezing?"

"There are many ways."

The answer was not Zhao Shi, but Bao Zheng, Bao Zheng looked at Zhao Shi's back with some surprise, and then replied: "Don't say now, it is the middle of summer, and there are many wealthy families who will store ice, besides, even if there is no habit of storage, the old man saw a record in an ancient book in the late Tang Dynasty, it is said that ice cubes can be made with a kind of gray-white stone......"

That's right

saltpeter ice,

Saltpeter ice has been discovered by miners in the late Tang Dynasty, and then shined in the Song Dynasty, becoming the main means for many wealthy families to escape the summer in midsummer, but Bao Zheng should be more frugal, so he used ancient records, not personal experience, Zhao Shi got up, and took advantage of Bao Zheng to explain to Scarface, and glanced at him.

In his sixties,

white-faced,

no crescent,

Well

It should be Bao Zheng in history, Bao Zheng in history is from December 1056 (the first year of Jiayou) to June 1058 (the third year of Jiayou) as the governor of Kaifeng, yes, he has only been the prefect of Kaifeng Mansion for less than two years, and now it is September 20,

So

Is it 1057 (the second year of Jiayou)?

Zhao Shi's mind deviated slightly, then he turned around again, squatted down, and studied the wet soil......

"How?"

It's not just Zhao Shi who is puzzled,

Bao Zheng was even more puzzled, then hesitated for a moment, and said: "Xiao Langjun, although the old man has solved the mystery of how to make ice cubes, he is just ...... As Yang Chuan just said, on September 20, although it is not as good as freezing the river, the weather has become colder, and it is not enough for the ice to melt, so how does the ice melt? ”

Zhao Shi raised his head,

Look at the dead,

"Quicklime."

"Quicklime?"

Bao Zheng is definitely well-informed, but in the face of the words quicklime, he is still a little at a loss, and Zhao Shi does not hide it, which is not too out of the times, so he explained: "That's right, quicklime is similar to saltpeter, since you know that saltpeter will release a lot of cold when it meets water, you should also understand that quicklime will release a lot of heat when it meets water." ”

The question is,

Why did he do it?

Bao Zheng was a little embarrassed, turned his head to look at the more dazed group of catchers, hesitated for a moment, he was in his sixties, the prefect of Kaifeng Mansion, and said again: "Please also ask Xiao Langjun to solve your doubts." ”

Zhao Shi looked at the corpse quietly.

His brows didn't slacken a little, and then he asked without looking back, "Do any of you have quicklime?" ”

Bao Zheng slowly looked at Scarface, Scarface hesitated, took a bag from his waist in embarrassment, and stuffed it into Zhao Shi's hand, while explaining somewhat redundantly: "Prefect Bao, although you have such sneak attacks with you, you almost never use them, and you are still more upright......"

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It's a pity,

Scarface's explanation was not finished, Zhao Shi just turned his wrist and sprinkled lime powder into a small puddle at his feet that had not completely dried up, and the miracle was born.

True as a miracle,

Xiao Shuipu came out of the steaming white gas in the blink of an eye, and Bao Zheng was shocked, especially the scarred face, his eyes widened, he looked at Xiao Shuipu incredulously, and then looked at Zhao Shi's back and said: "This, this is okay?" ”

Zhao Shili ignored the two of them, and still looked at the corpse......

Watching all the time,

Look

There was a little bit of golden light on the surface of the corpse, but Zhao Shi didn't notice it at all, just frowned and muttered: "Suicide is suicide, even if you are forced, you don't have to make it so grand, right?" ”

"Grand?"

Bao Zheng took two steps forward, and just saw Zhao Shi's side face, and inexplicably felt that Zhao Shi's side face was also a little familiar, and then instinctively wanted to look more closely.

syllable

Zhao Shi slapped the corpse's somewhat scalded calf, which is also the reason why Zhao Shi was able to determine the quicklime ice so quickly, the modus operandi of this case is really not difficult, the difficulty is ......

Why?

But anyone who commits suicide, even if he is forced to commit suicide by some evil force, as long as he decides to commit suicide, he must be as simple as he comes, such as hanging, hanging only needs to lift two stones, and if he steps on it and hangs it, won't it be over? Why make it so grand, it's like showing off your skills?

Although Bao Zheng was not good at judging cases, under the influence of Zhao Shi, he gradually noticed this strange place, and then stopped and frowned......

immediately

brush

Zhao Shi and Bao Zheng turned their heads almost at the same time and looked in the direction the corpse was facing, that is, ......

The small courtyard where Zhao Shi was arrested,

Or rather,

Broken temple.

Beyond the mottled and collapsed courtyard wall, you can clearly see the overgrown courtyard, there is still a broken bell hanging on one side of the courtyard, and on the side of the broken bell is the temple gate that is broken into seven or eight pieces, and then you can see it by jumping over the broken temple gate......

A ......

The Buddha statue with the gold paint completely peeled off,

One hand up, one hand down,

Look......

Compassion.

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