Chapter Twenty-Nine: Jasmine Head Oil
"Don't be too surprised, the corpses here won't be worse or scary than the world out there." Tang Churou's voice was very thin, like a young girl, but the words she said were surprising, "Let's quit first." ”
Sun Shining was put down peacefully, and in the morgue, only two living people remained.
Shen Nianyi pulled a piece of shroud away, one hand pressed her eyes, his fingers were cold like the first snow, she felt that the pores of her entire body were all open, not cold or scared, when he spoke, the breath that came out was very warm: "You don't need to use your eyes, use what you are best at, you can find a small box of rouge in the fireworks in the mourning hall, in the smell of dozens of people in the inn, tell me, what do you smell?" ”
Corpse smell, Sun Shining's snort except for the strong almost choking corpse smell, there is nothing else, I am afraid that this corpse has been dead for more than four or five days, she suddenly thought that when she was a child, there was a family in the neighborhood that often smelled of foul smell, and she couldn't find the reason, one day, the man dug a pit under the bed, the pit was not deep, and there was a litter of dead rats inside, for a long time, the skin and flesh were eroded by maggots, and the rotten mess was this smell.
No, today's is more smelly than the memory, and even more unbearable, Sun Shining struggled for a while, but was held hostage by Shen Nianyi's hand, unable to move, the whole person took the chair under the seat, dragged it away a few feet, and there was a hissing sound of tearing the shroud, Shen Nianyi's voice was particularly cold: "Go on, don't open your eyes!" ”
She did as he was told, her eyes did not open, but she tried her best to breathe in one breath, and the stench was almost soaking all her internal organs, her sense of smell was already sharper than that of ordinary people, and she was more pleasant to smell the fragrance than ordinary people, and when she smelled the stench, she suffered more sin.
The shrouds were opened one by one, Sun Shining kept moving in the morgue, she almost smelled all kinds of stenches imaginable in the world, all of them were corpse stench and different, she didn't dare to open her eyes, she was still trying to distinguish.
"Lord Shen, I'm afraid I can only smell the smell of rouge, it's all the smell of corpses here, it's all the same." Half an hour later, Sun Shining was almost crying, she didn't dare to open her eyes, resulting in darkness in front of her eyes, her mind imagined all kinds of scenes, the more she thought about it, the more scared she became, but she couldn't open her eyes, just because he said no.
"It's different, there's a difference between the smell of corpses and the smell of corpses!"
"Lord Shen, I can't do it, I'm going to throw up, I can't support it."
"Tu is going to stay here and don't go out."
"I can't do it, Lord Shen, I can't do it, I really ...... Can't do it. She felt a gap in her heart, and what was hidden inside was about to crumble and disintegrate.
"You can, it's not just the aroma of rouge pollen in the world, since your sense of smell is so good, you can definitely smell other differences." Shen Nianyi directly rejected her rout, his fingers locked, almost embedded in the skin around her eyes, and he just pressed her face heavily into the carrion of the corpse, "If there is no result, I will accompany you to stay in this morgue for a day, two days, ten days!" ”
Sun Shining bit his lip, he didn't dare to cry if he wanted to, he pressed one hand on his chest, and tried to suppress his emotions: "Lord Shen, I'll try again, let me try again." ”
Shen Nianyi's hand on her eyes didn't move away, and he snorted.
"Lord Shen, can you tell me where this corpse in front of me was found right now?"
"At the entrance of the vegetable market behind Sanli Lane, the pig's bladder that was killed the day before was covered with water on the corpse, and at dawn, someone came to clean up and was found."
"So, what about the one just now?"
"In the mud under the blue and white bridge, someone first saw a golden hairpin shining on the bridge, greedy for money and wanted to pick it up, but didn't want the soles of his feet to slip, and fell down and this corpse just face to face, mouth to mouth."
"So, this corpse on my right should be the floating corpse that was salvaged from the lake when I met Lord Shen that night?"
"It's the one, how do you know with your eyes closed?"
"I smell the water vapor, and unlike the old water vapor of the silt, the water vapor of the lake has a slightly salty and wet smell." Sun Shining slowly tore Shen Nianyi's hand off his eyes, he didn't pull his hand away, looked down at her, she didn't relax, in addition to being able to hold this hand tightly, she didn't know what else could soothe the fear and timidity in her heart, only he could give her courage.
Shen Nianyi didn't speak, he knew that she had found the threshold, she was lifting her feet and walking in slowly, as long as she walked in, she could get the result he wanted.
"The smell of corpses on everyone's body is different, and some smells can't be concealed even if they are corpses, and the smell left over time is deep-rooted." Sun Shining had completely relaxed, she really put the end of her nose into the hair of the dead corpse, the hair was entangled with the mud, and it was inseparable, but she stayed very carefully for a long time, "This woman used jasmine-scented head oil before she died, and it was very fragrant and smelly. ”
She trembled slightly and stood up with his hand, her calf still couldn't be forced, and she limped to the next corpse, still hair, she didn't dislike that there were already maggots crawling out, and she gently fanned her nose without hesitation: "It's still jasmine head oil, and it's the color of a shop." ”
The third, fourth, fifth, and sixth bodies all came to the exact same conclusion, the dead woman liked to use jasmine-scented head oil before her death, but the only effective clue that could be found at present.
"Lord Shen, is this okay?" Sun Shining didn't know that her face was already covered with tears and snot, and there were some unknown turbidities, unspeakably ugly, she obviously wanted to laugh, but she couldn't help crying loudly, "Is it okay, do I still need to stay in the morgue for one day, two days, and ten days!" ”
Shen Nianyi looked at her, he didn't feel that she was ugly at all, but stretched out his arms and hugged her to his chest, he would not comfort a woman, but he knew that such a posture could soothe her wounded heart.
Strange to say, Sun Shining's nose suffered such a great sin, but he was still able to distinguish his smell, very light, like a layer of dew spread on the grass in the morning, slightly moist and clear.
When he came out, Shen Nianyi hugged her, everyone's faces were very nervous, and when they heard him whisper, "It's done." At the two words, a joyful applause erupted.
Sun Shining didn't turn her face, she didn't want to face anyone.
"What everyone is happy about is not that the case can be solved, but that they can avenge the innocent victims, find the murderer, bring him to justice, and let the dead blind." His voice was small, suppressed by the applause, but he knew that the person in his arms had heard it, her body was not as stiff and nervous as before, and slowly regained its softness.
"My lord, Miss Sun has worked hard, the sky is about to dawn, it is better to let her freshen up first." Tang Churou is a girl after all, and seeing the embarrassment of Sun Shining's refusal to see people, it is really hard for an ordinary person to stay in the stinky morgue all night.
Shen Nianyi completely thought about where to take her, it was still the inn, or the Tianzi guest room, and the steaming bathtub was sent in, and Sun Shining looked at him with a little embarrassment.
"Can you get your feet into the water?"
"It shouldn't be a problem." Sun Shining waited for him to turn around and go out, closed the door, and said in a deep voice outside, he was at the door, if there was something to call him, she was a little stunned, as if in the morgue, the man who oppressed her with momentum and **** had disappeared from him, and the one left behind was still polite and considerate.
When burying the whole person in the hot water, Sun Shining cried again, the tears melted into the water, no one would see it, she didn't want him to hear his fragility through the door, he asked her if it was feasible, she swore at the time, so she wouldn't blame him, she only blamed herself for her incompetence.
Shen Nianyi waited outside the door, the proprietress came over twice, and wanted to wait for him, but he politely refused, the proprietress looked interesting, and simply stood in front of the door and asked: "You always bring a big girl to this kind of place, it's not appropriate." ”
"I am acting above board with her, and there is nothing wrong with me." Shen Nianyi's voice was a little hard, she seemed to be crying in a muffled voice, he had wronged her, and she didn't dare to cry loudly aggrieved.
"You're a big man who thinks that, and have you ever asked her what she thinks?" The proprietress leaned over and asked with a smile.
"She doesn't think about it either." Shen Nianyi refused to continue the topic, "There are so many guests waiting downstairs, you can go down and say hello." ”
"Then you're also taking care of my business?"
"I was entrusted by others, and I often came over to see if there were any people who were not long-sighted who would bully you."
"Yes, what you said is very true, I am the one who is not long-sighted, I will take a fancy to that person, I deserve to do a tiring job here, and I don't like it." Seeing Sun Shining change into her dress and open the door and come out, the proprietress gave Shen Nianyi a wink and went downstairs with a smile.
It's a pity that Sun Shining didn't have time to look at these at all, she lowered her head and said coyly: "The smell on my body is washed away, then I'll go back." ”
Shen Nianyi thought about the words of the proprietress, as if every time he met her, he spent the night outside, if her parents were still alive, I was afraid that he would come to the door and choke his neck, and he would be responsible for his daughter, now, her parents are dead, a poor orphan girl, no one will come forward for her to ask for it, and she will not ask for it herself, it is so stupid that it makes people feel distressed.
"I'll send you back, if you complain about me in your heart, when the case is over, I'll pay for it again." Shen Nianyi helped her downstairs.
Sun Shining pursed his lips, didn't say yes, didn't say bad, the two of them walked out of the inn with a little embarrassment, never thought that someone put their hands on their hips and blocked them.