Chapter 2 Li Zhan
"How?"
"This case is extremely tricky, this man's body can't help but be unrecognizable, and no one has claimed it for half a day after it was recovered."
Han Shu hesitated for a moment and continued:
"You have just entered the Dali Temple and have not stabilized your foothold, most of the people in the temple are not convinced that you are a woman, if you take the hot potato of the Yue Temple, but you can't solve the case for a long time, you will not be able to move an inch in the Dali Temple in the future!"
Di Xue knew that what he said was quite tactful, this time he entered Dali Temple as an official, which was different from the situation of being just a skilled worker in his previous life.
These people who have been oppressing women for a long time will naturally not obey themselves, but Di Xue is already a person who lives again, and her goal is firm, and others will not change their heart to find the truth.
"Then why are you talking to me about this, wouldn't it be even more promising to follow me, a hopeless commander!"
Di Xue looked at Han Shu's sincere appearance and teased.
"I think you are very powerful, my lord, I also went to see the martial arts election that day, your martial arts are definitely among the best in Yuanjing! Your election as a martial artist is justified, but it would be better if you could teach me! ”
Han Shu smiled and scratched his head after speaking.
"I am a sect inheritance, if you want to learn to worship me as a teacher!" Di Xue joked as she took the strip of cloth from the shelf next to her and covered her mouth and nose.
Originally, the autopsy was done, but Di Xue stopped when he entered the house.
Di Xue looked very angry, but eighteen years ago, the people in Dali Temple knew very little, and all the attention was on the autopsy at that time, and he usually didn't talk much, so he had no friends in Dali Temple.
Han Shu ignored the eyes of the people around him and excitedly approached Di Xue: "My lord, I am willing, I can apprentice now!" ”
Di Xue waved his hand and motioned for him to step forward: "Then my half of the master will teach you an autopsy first!" ”
The corpse on the platform, about seven feet tall, looked like it was in its twenties.
The time of death was between four and seven days, and the cause of death was a penetrating wound to the heart, which was killed by a knife, and the wound was wounded by a sharp weapon.
There are irregular scars on the side after the dissection, which look like they were caused by scissors.
Since the scissors did not have a bloodletting groove, the murderer must have wasted a lot of strength when pulling out the murder weapon, so there were many marks left by the wound when it was pulled out.
And the power required is larger, and the blood spray area is also very wide, if you can find the place of the crime, you will inevitably find clues.
Thinking of this, Di Xue moved her gaze to her face again, and her face was scratched by a knife and barely had intact flesh.
Coupled with the brewing in the water, the appearance can no longer be seen from the appearance, but looking at the exposed bones, Di Xue still constructs the appearance of the male corpse little by little in her heart.
"My lord, this person looks quite strong, and when he was killed, didn't he resist at all?" Han Shu leaned in and asked.
Di Xuefang picked up the pen and paper next to him, looked at the wound and said:
"It is very likely that the deceased was unable to move at that time, in short, he was hit by sweat medicine!"
After answering, Di Xue quietly sketched the appearance of the male corpse on the paper, and measured the bones on the male corpse's face from time to time.
A stick of incense passed and roughly drew the appearance of a male corpse.
Since the catcher in this house had never seen an autopsy like Di Xue, they couldn't help but secretly look at Di Xue's paintings.
Suddenly, a patrolman was surprised: "How does it look familiar!" ”
Seeing this, Di Xue hurriedly looked at the painting a few more times, and then added a few strokes to his cheek, and the man exclaimed, "This is not the Qian family's eldest young master, Qian Yu! ”
"Have you seen this man?" Di Xue was overjoyed, and then handed over the painting.
The patrolman looked at it and said:
"Back to the words of the adult, the lower official Zhang Ying, I am ashamed to say that my wife has a distant cousin's house in the middle of the road, and entered the Red Sleeve Building as a prostitute, and was entangled by the benefactor before, I went, and happened to see Qian Yuqiao who saved my cousin with a lot of money!"
"But I saw Qian Yuqiao go to the shop next to my house to buy fabric with my wife yesterday, it can't be a male corpse, are you ......?"
That Zhang Ying euphemistically wanted to say if Di Xue had drawn it wrong.
Di Xue was thinking about the reason, when she heard a middle-aged patrolman in the corner say:
"This painting should be accurate, this technique is to recognize the bone and paint the skin, which can be called a magic skill, it is a method of using bones to restore the skin and flesh, and it will only deviate from the fat and thin!"
The old patrol seemed to see the scene of the female maid doing the autopsy at that time, and continued affectionately and a little lonely:
"The old man once admired a female servant eighteen years ago to restore the appearance of the corpse, and this life is unforgettable!"
Hearing the old patrolman say this, the others were also interested, and hurriedly asked:
"Isn't it the girl who helped solve the case of Qi Liang's murder of Oiran as Xie Qing!"
"Exactly, many big cases were solved at the end of her autopsy, but it's a pity that she disappeared at a young age, and no one knows whether she is alive or dead!"
"The only apprentice who got the true inheritance, Xie Yu, also disappeared in Yuanjing!"
The old patrolman sighed deeply after speaking, with regret in his tone.
Di Xue listened to the conversation of several people, and her heart seemed to be screwed fiercely, and the sour and painful welled up in her heart.
Eighteen years ago, I learned the skill of drawing bones and skin from Lao Zhuzuo, and then passed it on to Xie Yu.
He went around and returned here, but Xie Yu was nowhere to be found, could it be that he was also blackmailed by those swordsmen back then!
She didn't dare to think about it anymore, and now the only way to restart the case of the death of the Oiran was to gain a firm foothold in Dali Temple and gain the emperor's trust.
Whatever the truth is, let it be public!
After stabilizing her mind, Di Xue asked:
"Since the appearance of the male corpse is similar to Qian Yuzhan, there must be some connection between this, but it cannot be ruled out that there is such a coincidence in the world, and there is a case of disappearance recently?"
"Yes, and it is the case reported by the Qian family, who raises silkworms in the south of the city, his distant nephew Li Zhan has been raising in the suburbs of Beijing because he is sick, but he disappeared a few days ago!"
"Our people helped to find it for a few days but didn't find it, who knew that the Qian family said yesterday that the person had returned to his hometown in Chuzhou, so the case was withdrawn!"
Zhang Ying thought about it for a while and said.
"Why is it the Qian family again? The Qian family has a young master, how come they have never heard of it! And they all say that the Qian family is haunted, and there is a little guy who says that there are two Qian jade boxes, this can't be a ghost crime! ”
Han Shu looked frightened, hurriedly walked away from the corpse and retreated behind Di Xue.
Di Xue listened to the conversation between the two and had an idea in her heart, so she ordered:
"Han Shu, you take someone to check and find that there are those shops in the upstream of the corpse, the water system of Yuanjing City is regulated, you just need to check the location between the two bridges, and pay attention to the shops that have rich families upstream!" And the little guy who claims to have seen two money jade boxes must find it! ”
After Han Shuying was released, Di Xue asked Zhang Ying to take it to check the information transferred from the household department when the Qian family reported the case.
One of the properties caught her eye, which was where Li Zhan lived, in a very remote location on the outskirts of the city.
However, there are family members who often take care of it, and this property was bought by the Qian family 20 years ago, and the date shows that it was shortly after Qian Yuqiao was born.
At that time, although the Qian family had some business, it was not big, so why spend money and manpower to get a remote property?
Just to live for this so-called cousin young master? And one stay is more than 20 years? What is the reason for not connecting this young master into the city?
Di Xue told Zhang Ying to help Han after surgery, and while the sky was still bright, he rode out of the city and went straight to the Qian family's property, and a small courtyard appeared in front of him after a long time.
The courtyard wall is so high that you can't see the inside of the house from the outside, and there are traces of life around the courtyard.
But at this time, it was obvious that there was some chaos around, and when I looked through the crack in the door, I saw that the courtyard was empty, and there were a few unpacked bags scattered on the ground.
Could it be that the servants in the courtyard really followed Li Zhan back to Chuzhou?
"Young man? Are you a relative of this family? ”
Di Xue followed the voice and looked back, only to see a grandmother in coarse linen clothes with cloudy eyes asking.
Di Xue hurriedly stepped forward and helped Grandma to sit down on the stone next to her: "Grandma, I am an official from Dali Temple, I came to investigate, do you know this family?" ”
"Well, then you can take a look outside, this yard is haunted!" The grandmother pulled Di Xue and whispered!
"Haunted?"
Di Xue was startled at first, then remembered the conversation between several men in front of the bun stall, and then asked tentatively:
"Could it be that this is the small courtyard where all the people disappeared overnight?"
The grandmother nodded:
"This is it, yesterday afternoon I picked wild vegetables and saw people in and out of the yard, this morning I heard that this place is empty, if I don't go home, I have to go here to not come!"
After hearing this, Di Xue hurriedly took out the portrait in her arms: "Grandma, you have seen the young master here, does it look like this!" ”
The grandmother took the portrait and looked at it carefully, then said firmly:
"It's like this, the young master of his family doesn't have a normal head, and I've also seen him digging animal bones in the forest, and washing them in his arms like a baby!"
Digging bones? Although Di Xue didn't understand this behavior, Grandma's words still made her gain a lot, and after saying goodbye to Grandma, she pushed the door in.
Sure enough, the yard was a little messy, as if it had been ransacked.
The table piled up in the corner was of fine mahogany, but the white jade inlaid on it had been deducted.
This situation is not like Li Zhan returning to his hometown with a group of servants overnight, but it is like the Qian family dismissing the servants overnight, and these servants can only hastily divide up some things that seem valuable and easy to take away.
But why is that? Could it be that this group of people who take care of Li Zhan know something that the Qian family can't pass on?
Just thinking that Di Xue had already walked into the house, the house was also messy.
There is only one room that is very neat, but it is also very empty, and it seems that this is the room where Li Zhan lives every day.
Di Xue went in and found a few packed bags under the bed, and the first thing she found was some letters inside.
Zhan Lang, this is the first time I have called you like this, but when I put pen to paper, it was extremely painful, I already know the truth, he is not you.
However, the big mistake has been made, I originally wanted to live like this for the rest of my life, but I still can't convince myself that I don't want to part with you.
I came to see you on the fifth day of the sixth month, and at the end of the letter was a peony.
There is no doubt that this letter was written by Li Zhan's lover, but who is this lover?
Di Xue read the letter several times again, and a guess formed in her mind, could it be Liu Ruyan, the daughter of the Liu family who married Qian Yubox?
It is rumored that Liu Ruyan, the daughter of the imperial merchant Liu family, and Qian Yuqiao are in love.
Now I want to fall in love with Liu Ruyan, it should be Li Zhan, who looks the same as the Qian jade box.
But Liu Ruyan mistakenly recognized Qian Yuxuan, who looked the same as Li Zhan, as his beloved, and married happily.
Not long after she got married, she knew that this person was not her lover, and at this time it was already a boat!
All the connections have verified a point, Qian Yubox and Li Zhan are most likely not cousins, but twins.
But if they are also descendants of the Qian family, why didn't Li Zhan enter the Qian Mansion but raised them in the suburbs of Beijing?
There must be something inside here!