While the interrogation was going on and I didn't know how to proceed, a government official suddenly came to report.

"Lord Qiyu, an unknown female corpse was found by the river outside the city!"

The moment they heard that the nameless female corpse was found, everyone was stunned.

Wang Qingping was here, but he looked back at the outside of the mansion, not knowing what he was looking at.

After Xu Zhiyuan came back to his senses, he immediately said: "Take Wang Qingping into custody first, and the others will go to the scene with the official!" ”

Now Wang Qingping can't ask anything at all, and the most important thing is that he can't be tortured.

In Yang Wuregret's view, the most important thing is not the issue of torture, but the lack of conclusive evidence.

Wang Qingping was escorted down, and Yang Wuregret naturally followed Xu Zhiyuan to the scene to investigate.

After arriving at the scene, Xu Zhiyuan looked at the corpse wrapped in a white cloth on the ground, opened it, and almost didn't vomit.

Then he quickly covered the female corpse with a white cloth, and walked away with some disgust.

After staying away, Xu Zhiyuan asked, "Who found this corpse?" ”

At this time, the official brought an honest farmer to Xu Zhiyuan.

The farmer also had a hoe in his hand, and it seemed that he was about to go to work when he found the corpse.

Xu Zhiyuan said to the crop man, "Is that the corpse you found?" ”

The farmer was obviously still a little apprehensive at the moment, and when he saw the official asking himself, he couldn't help but tremble and explained: "My lord, it was the villain who found out!" ”

Xu Zhiyuan said again: "Tell me in detail about the discovery of the corpse, and you must not hide it at all!" ”

The farmer replied, "Yes, my lord! ”

He then recounted the process of finding the body.

"The little man came out to work this morning, and as he walked down the avenue, he found that there seemed to be a man lying here by the river. The villain hurriedly ran over to check and found the female corpse, so he immediately reported it to the official! ”

At this time, Xu Zhiyuan's eyes looked at Yang Wuregret, and the meaning was self-evident.

"What does Brother Yang think?"

Yang Wu regretted saying: "What he said should be true, this matter has nothing to do with him!" ”

The farmer nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice.

"Yes, yes, this has nothing to do with villains!"

At this time, Qin Shaoan also came with a pretend.

He covered his nose with a cloth before he stepped forward to check the corpse, and after being busy for a while, he came to Xu Zhiyuan's side.

Xu Zhiyuan asked: "Lao Zeng, is this person drowned?" ”

Lao Zhao replied: "Lord Qiyu, it should be drowned, the villain checked her mouth and nose, there is mud and sand, generally only drowning will appear like this." Judging from the swelling on the surface of the corpse, the time of her death should have been in the second half of yesterday night, between the ugly hour and the middle hour. I remember that it rained heavily in the second half of the night yesterday, and it was estimated that when I was walking at night, the road slipped and I accidentally fell into the water and drowned. ”

Hearing this conclusion, Xu Zhiyuan breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as it's not a homicide, it's fine.

He immediately said to Yang Wuregret: "Brother Yang, you said that this female corpse, could it be that Zhao Niangzi?" ”

Yang Wuregret didn't answer Xu Zhiyuan, but asked: "What kind of woman do you say, what kind of woman would not sleep in the middle of the night after it rained, choose to walk at night, and go to such a place and be drowned?" ”

These words stopped everyone at the scene, and in the second half of the night, a woman walked to the river in the rain, which seems unreasonable!

When he heard this, he was stunned at first, and then a little dissatisfied.

"Mr. Yang thinks that the old man has misjudged, but the old man has been doing things for decades!"

Yang Wuregret and Qi Zuo are also old acquaintances, although Qi Zuo also knows that Yang Wu regrets helped the prefect solve a lot of important cases, but he doubts his professional level, so he has an opinion.

You must know that this kind of kung fu is generally passed down from one line to another, and ordinary people are really reluctant to do this kind of work of dealing with corpses.

Either the father passes from son to son, or the master passes on the apprentice.

Suffice it to say, this is an iron rice bowl.

It's just an ordinary person, not uncommon.

Yang Wuregret approached the corpse, uncovered the white cloth, and looked at the corpse's swollen appearance, the appearance on his face was already unrecognizable.

After he reached out for the tools he wanted, he carefully examined the corpse and found that there was not much error in his judgment.

A person's performance before drowning will definitely not be waving his hand and struggling to shout for help, because he can't shout at the moment.

When a person is drowning, his head is immersed in water, his mouth is on a horizontal plane, his head is tilted back, his mouth is open, his eyes are hollow, his eyes are scattered, his eyes are closed, and his face is expressionless.

Moreover, in the process of drowning, a large amount of sediment will be inhaled from the mouth and nose, which will seriously block the airway.

The woman's body had mud and sand in her mouth and nose.

Therefore, Yang Wuregret judged that the preliminary conclusion of the work was correct.

But even so, it needs to be brought back to the body for a thorough autopsy before the final result can be obtained.

Because there were no other wounds on her body, in general, if it was man-made, there would be wounds on the head and abdomen, or wounds and strangulation marks on the neck, which were obviously not present in this body.

So it was necessary to dissect the corpse to see if there were any residual toxic substances in her stomach.

If there is a toxic substance, then it turns out to be a homicide.

If not, then the government can judge that it is drowning.

It's just that in the middle of the night, a woman came to this wilderness in the rain without common sense.

Xu Zhiyuan looked at Yang Wuregret with a solemn expression and asked, "Brother Yang, what should you do next?" ”

Yang Wuregret touched his chin and replied: "Find someone to identify the body first, learn about the woman's background and identity, and see if there are any enemies." ”

Xu Zhiyuan frowned: "It's difficult to find someone to identify the body!" ”

Yang Wuregret said helplessly: "Lord Xu, you only need to post a notice and ask whose family the woman has disappeared recently, and you can come to the government to recognize the person." ”

Speaking of this, Yang Wuregret added: "You can let Wang Qingping also come to recognize whether it is his wife!" ”

Although the corpse was swollen and unsightly, Wang Qingping and Zhao Hongluan could be regarded as getting along every day, if it was really that Zhao Niangzi, Wang Qingping would definitely be able to recognize it.

Xu Zhiyuan actually had doubts from the beginning, whether this was the missing Zhao Niangzi.

Anyway, after returning to the mansion, he didn't plan to do what Yang Wuregret said.

Let Wang Qingping identify the body first, if it is that Zhao Niangzi, there is no need to post notices.

Because the death of someone is not suitable for publicity.

Xu Zhiyuan can be the prefect, although he is not an expert in detectives, but his shrewdness and ability to plan are still unique.

When he was about to go back to the mansion, Yang Wuregret walked up to Qi Zuo and asked: "Zeng Qi Zuo, did you say that there is a way that people have been dead for many days, but for some reason, it looks like they died in the past two days." ”

Zeng Qizuo looked at Yang Wuregret and felt that Yang Wuregret was entertaining himself.

He replied coldly: "Nonsense, there is no way such a thing can happen!" ”

Yang Wuregret thought that he must not have watched "The Collection of Grievances"!

It can also be understood that this is the Northern Song Dynasty, and the "Collection of Records of Clearing Grievances" was written by Song Ci during the Southern Song Dynasty.

It is clearly mentioned in the book that placing a corpse in cold water for a period of time, when taken out, can mislead others to judge the correct time of death.

This book is a compulsory course for law students!