Jiang Xing has no father and no mother. In the early years, he studied art with his teacher and father, and later became an actor on a floating boat. Now that he died, he was buried in a thin coffin in a mass grave outside the city without even a serious tombstone.
Wu Xiang led people to find Jiang Xing's grave, and ordered people to dig it up. The coffin that had been buried for more than a month was wrapped in wet soil, and the paint on it was mottled. When the coffin was lifted out of the pit, there was a pile of rotting corpses. An uncontrollable smell permeated from the gap in the coffin lid.
"Open the lid and spread the smell—"
Wu Xiang gave the order, and quickly pried off the coffin lid. In an instant, a pungent rancid smell came over the face. Several people took a look inside the coffin, turned around and ran away, retching.
Wu Xiang gritted her back molars, suppressing the discomfort in her stomach.
"Okay, let's carry it back to Yizhuang, it's going to be hard work for Xiao Bo."
Wu Xiang found an ox cart and took Jiang Xing's coffin back to the city. When he entered Yizhuang, Bo Ruoyou was finishing the autopsy on Ye Fei's body and was writing the autopsy report.
Seeing Wu Xiang returning with a coffin dug out of the soil, Bo Ruoyou's heart skipped a beat.
"Is this the coffin of Jiang Xing who died a month ago?"
Wu Xiang wiped the sweat off his face, "I didn't ask about Jiang Xing's case at first, but I didn't expect the steward in the bird garden to say that before Jiang Xing died, there was another blood bird in the bird garden that died unexpectedly. And by coincidence, he drowned in the water tank."
Everyone now knows that before the murderer kills, he will use the dead blood sparrow as a sign. The blood sparrow was drowned, and soon Jiang Xing also drowned in the moon lake. Such a coincidence is enough to prove Jiang Xing's death There is also a great mystery.
Wu Xiang looked at the coffin, "I can't see the corpse anymore, and I don't know if I can find anything, Xiaobo, I'm sorry for you."
At this time, the sun was sinking and it was getting late, so Bo Ruoyou didn't care about it, so she just talked about Ye Fei's autopsy results, "After Ye Fei's autopsy, it was almost the same as what I got in the Bird Garden. The time of death remained the same, only after the autopsy, undigested food residues and a little medicine were found in his stomach."
Wu Xiang raised her eyebrows, "Medicine? I've never heard this mentioned by the servant before."
Bo Ruoyou said: "From the autopsy, Ye Fei's pharynx and trachea are slightly constricted and blocked, and the mucus in the lungs and trachea is also much more than normal. In addition, the inner membrane is edema. , I guess Ye Fei may have been suffering from cough and asthma for a long time, and it is still a chronic disease that cannot be cured, so she is often given pills."
"In his stomach, I found honey. Most of these pills are kneaded into pills with honey, so it is not unusual. Gastrodia elata and tangerine peel are also good medicines for this chronic disease. But besides, There is also a datura powder, which is mixed with medicines such as honey and tangerine peel, so it is not easy to be discovered, and it is very likely that Ye Fei took this medicine unconsciously."
She glanced out, "It's late autumn now, and the weather is turning cold. It's the time when cough and asthma attack, and at night, people with this disease are more likely to cough and have difficulty breathing. Ye Fei takes medicine before going to bed. It's predictable."
Wu Xiang immediately said: "I'll send someone to search the garden again—"
Ye Fei barely struggled when he was kidnapped. Since the food used was safe, there could be other explanations. He did not use the medicine in front of the servants, and no one knew that he had used the medicine. If there was no Bo Ruoyou's autopsy As a result, this joint is difficult to explain.
"The murderer not only knows Ye Fei's medicine, but also knows what kind of disease Ye Fei is suffering from, and can sneak into Ye Fei's room to change his medicine secretly. , has already stolen Yuyi, and wants to use the method of hanging, and went to Yu Xun's room that night, then before killing Yu Xun, he will not change the medicine—"
Wu Xiang immediately said: "This medicine has different properties, if you change it in advance, it will be discovered."
Bo Ruoyou responded, and said again: "After Yu Xun died, he was arrested and searched in the garden, and brought Liu Qing and others back to the yamen. When Ye Fei died, they were just released back to the Bird Garden. On that day."
Wu Xiang recalled: "They were put back around noon. At dusk, they said they had found the coffin nails, so I took people to fetch Song Zhongming. It took only two or three hours during this time. The murderer was going to replace Song Zhongming. For Zhongming’s burden, we need to change the medicine in advance, but there is still time?”
Bo Ruoyou shook her head, "I'm afraid it's too late."
"So, does it mean that the murderer is not the few people who brought back to the Yamen that day?"
Bo Ruoyou thought for a while, "Song Zhongming's burden is buried in the storeroom where the forage is stored. The place is quite dirty. Except for the servants and craftsmen who tame birds and animals, no one will go there, especially Liu Qing and the others. A few will never set foot there, and they will not know that Song Gongming has hidden money."
Wu Xiang stroked it carefully, "It's true, the status of the few of them in the garden is higher than that of ordinary servants."
Bo Ruoyou finished writing the medical examination form, put on the gauntlets, and covered his face with a silk handkerchief, and then walked towards the coffin. The coffin was opened, and the corpse inside had been eaten by maggots beyond recognition, even the robes on his body were soaked in corpse water , It is difficult to distinguish the original color.
Although it's autumn, it doesn't need to be hot in summer, but Jiang Xing was fished out of the lake, and he was soaked in the lake water all night, and then he was buried hastily, and his body was also wet, so it rotted faster. It is extremely difficult to find the scars on the body surface.
Jiang Xing played the blood bird in Zhao Yue's favorite drama, and he learned from his master since he was a child. Even if the flesh and blood are rotten, he can still see his body and bones. Such a person will not easily fall into the lake and drown due to rainy days .
And Bo Ruoyou remembers that Moon Lake is not that big. The north and south sides are facing corridors, both of which are protected by railings. At the edge of the lake, the water just reached his knees, Jiang Xing was over five and a half feet tall, and he was a nimble adult man, so he would not fall into the lake and drown anyway.
After looking at the corpse for a while, Bo Ruoyou ordered the Yacha to move the corpse out.
Jiang Xing died for more than a month, and the corpse was rotten and hard to distinguish. Waiting to clean the maggots on the corpse with clean water, Bo Ruoyou still felt that there was nowhere to start. The traces of the corpse had been destroyed. She checked the bones of the corpse first. After discovering that there was no obvious bone injury, it was decided to conduct an autopsy.
Most of the internal organs of the corpse have been eaten by maggots and silkworms, and the bones of the chest and abdomen can be seen faintly. Because of drowning, Bo Ruoyou autopsied all the way from the lungs. There are a lot of rotten water bubbles and blood foam on it, which is particularly frightening. From this, it can be concluded that the deceased was indeed drowned. However, other than that, we can only see more scalp-numbing corpses. Other clues are hard to come by.
There was no trace of food in the stomach, even any aquatic plants were inhaled into the trachea and lungs, and rotted along with the corpse. The only thing that surprised Bo Ruoyou was that there was no sand in the trachea and lungs.
Moon Lake is an inner lake dug out by craftsmen. It is filled with fine sand, and due to the sedimentation of silt over the years, the bottom of the lake is mixed with mud and sand. With the corpse decomposing without a trace.
But after autopsy, she didn't find any sand particles.
Bo Ruoyou endured the pungent rotten smell, and some unwillingness to test it more carefully, the sky was getting darker and darker, and seeing that the night was about to fall, just when she thought she was going to be busy this time, she suddenly Something special was found inside the corrupt trachea.
The thing was wrapped in corpse water and dirt, and it was difficult to distinguish its shape, but it should not be something that would appear in the human body. Bo Ruoyou washed it with clean water, and at this moment, the thing finally showed its shape.
It was actually a piece of bird feather.
She hastily changed the water several times, after washing the bird feathers, she saw that it was a grayish white color, if it hadn't been soaked in the corpse water for so long, it would probably be snow white, so she hurriedly brought it to Wu Xiang look.
"Ask the craftsmen in the garden, they will definitely recognize the feathers on the bird's body."
Wu Xiang took the small piece of feather, hesitating in his heart, "But if the feather falls into the lake, it may be sucked into the mouth."
Bo Ruoyou shook his head, "But there is no sand in the body's internal organs, which is too weird. The place where he was drowned was not in a lake, but somewhere without sand, but that place is easy Luo Toba, didn’t Catcher go to the Bird Park? Maybe it’s near the Bird Park.”
Wu Xiang's eyes lit up slightly, "I see, I'm going to the Bird Garden right now."
After Wu Xiang finished speaking, she left Yizhuang. At this time, the night had fallen, and Bo Ruoyou simply disposed of the corpse. When the coffin lid was closed again, she cleaned up the box and cage. Before she finished packing, there were already footsteps outside. Church.
Bo Ruoyou turned her head when she heard the sound, and saw that it was Huo Weilou who had come to Yizhuang. She was slightly surprised, "Why is Hou Ye here?"
Huo Weilou looked at the coffin and Ye Fei's body parked in the hall, knowing that she was particularly busy today, so he stepped forward to lift the cage beside her, took her hand and walked out, "You haven't passed all day Mansion, I went to Changshoufang first, only to find out that you left early in the morning, and just went to Yamen, and said you were in Yizhuang."
Bo Ruoyou's heart warmed up, "There is another dead person in Bainiao Garden, and I just found out today that Jiang Xing, who died that month ago, is the first victim of this case, so I have been busy here for half a day."
The two left Yizhuang and got into Huo Weilou's carriage. At this moment, Bo Ruoyou felt empty and tired. He hesitated for a moment and leaned against Huo Weilou's arms. Huo Weilou stroked her hair and let the carriage Go back to Houfu.