Bo Ruoyou finally chose an autopsy knife with an extremely thin blade, the size of a willow leaf.
Everyone was wondering if she was going to use this thing to open the skull, so they saw her go to the north of the coffin bed, and use this autopsy knife to cut open the scalp of the corpse lightly and accurately. The next moment, she cut a small piece of the back of the dead The scalp lifted.
"vomit-"
Wu Yu's face was pale, and he couldn't help retching. Seeing Huo Weilou frowning and looking over, Wu Yu covered his mouth, bowed apologetically, turned around and went out the door.
After going out, he panted heavily, and Eunuch Fu looked at him with a smile on the side, "Master Wu is not used to it, is he?"
Wu Yu was still retching, and he smiled wryly when he heard the words. At this time, there was another person beside him, and when he looked up, it was Yue Mingquan. Wu Yu looked at him, he raised his hand to touch the top of his hair, and said in a rough voice, "I fucking feel like my brain has been lifted off—"
Hearing what he said, Wu Yu couldn't help feeling his scalp tingle.
Yue Mingquan looked at Eunuch Fu and whispered, "Where did Lord Hou find such a character?"
Eunuch Fu smiled and said, "I found it in Qingzhou."
Everyone knows that Huo Weilou came from Qingzhou, Yue Mingquan wanted to ask more after hearing what Fu Gonggong said, but thinking of Huo Weilou's temperament, and then thinking of Bao Ruoyou's calm expression of scalping people with a knife, his heart suddenly stopped asking go down.
At this time, there was a knocking sound of "ding ding ding" in the house.
Yue Mingquan and Wu Yu looked at each other, and they turned around to look inside again. After seeing this, Wu Yu hurriedly shrank out again, and the corner of Yue Mingquan's mouth twitched, and he turned around and stood outside the door obediently.
In front of the coffin bed, Bo Ruoyou held a knife in his left hand and put the tip of the knife against the skull. He held a small iron hammer in his right hand and was hitting the handle of the knife with the hammer to pry open the skull of the deceased.
The knocking sound of "ding ding ding" was clear and loud, shaking everyone's heart again and again, not to mention Wu Yu and others, even Huo Weilou was a little surprised. He had seen an autopsy before, and it was the first time he had seen a craniotomy .
If a living person has a craniotomy, he will undoubtedly die, but for the deceased, any head injury is obvious, and many experts can tell whether it is a fatal injury by touching the bones. Last time, Zheng Wenchen fell from the building in the Anqinghou Mansion Broke his forehead and died. That time, Bo Ruoyou didn't open his head.
His eyes fell on Bo Ruoyou's face, and he saw that her black eyebrows were still frowning, and there was a fine layer of crystal clear sweat on her forehead due to bending over for a long time, and her bright eyes were slightly narrowed, as if no clues could escape her. her eyes.
Those hands with slender and slender knuckles held the knife and the hammer very firmly. Although the sound of the beating was clear, the force that landed on the tip of the knife was actually extremely delicate. You can see a bit of consummate pleasing to the eye, as if what she has under her hand is not a terrifying carrion head, but a piece of exquisite jade with flowing blue color.
Bo Ruoyou's expression was serious, her eyes were focused, and she couldn't even perceive Huo Weilou's compelling eyes that seemed real. In her eyes, only this scalp was purple and blue, and she could still see the purple-red branch-like blood veins underneath it. Wang's head, the tip of the knife was stuck in the bone seam, and each blow deepened. Her body was always half-tilted, but the angle of the knife tip changed several times. After two sticks of incense, a complete skull She took it down.
When the skull was glued to the head, nothing could be seen, but once it was removed, there were obvious cracks on the top, and the cracks on both sides were uneven, and even half of it was split into upper and lower layers. Bo Ruoyou held the skull After studying the skull for a while, she put it aside, and then looked at the brain cavity under the skull, but she didn't know what she saw. She pondered for a moment, then retracted the skull, pressed it back tightly, and then lifted it up again. The scalp was covered, and in an instant, only the initial cut was visible on the skull.
The forehead injury is very similar to Zheng Wenchen's injury before. Bo Ruoyou didn't carelessly this time, so he cut it open to see that the injury is close to the temple, and the bone is also severely fractured. The blood vessel in the middle burst, thus forming a blood knot, but Bo Ruoyou only found a very small blood spill here.
She frowned, and got up to check the remaining injuries on the deceased.
The deceased had been dead for many days, and mildew stains were occasionally seen on the surface of the corpse. Because of being soaked in water, even if he was rescued, the water stains on the clothes would accumulate on the back and other places, causing the back, buttocks, thighs and other places of the corpse to rot the most. From time to time, insect eggs can be seen on it. At first, apart from the wound and surrounding bruises, there were no other obvious scars on the surface of the corpse, but when Bo Ruoyou used white vinegar, the scars under the surface of the corpse gradually emerged. , especially on the back and abdomen, as well as on the arms, there are several more obvious purple-black marks.
Bo Ruoyou inspected it carefully, then exhaled and straightened up, she looked at Huo Weilou, "Master, the daughter-in-law's inspection is over."
Huo Weilou nodded, "What is the cause of death?"
Bo Ruoyou said in a calm voice: "The deceased had a lot of wounds, and the wounds came from six or seven places. The wounds on the forehead, chest, left abdomen, and left arm and thigh all showed blood. , but none of them were fatal injuries, the fatal injuries were at the back of the deceased's skull." Bo Ruoyou stood beside the deceased's head, pointing to the injury.
"The skull of the deceased was broken, causing the cranial parietal bone to be broken in a concave shape. The fracture of the outer plate bone is less than that of the inner plate bone. Because the inner plate bone is thinner and more fragile, after the fracture of the two plate bones, the blood vessels under the parietal bone It ruptured, resulting in massive bleeding in the brain, and just now the civilian woman inspected it, and there was indeed a lot of blood between the pia mater meridians in the deceased's brain."
Saying that, Bo Ruoyou pointed to the injury on the forehead of the deceased: "The injury here of the deceased is enough to cause death, but the amount of bleeding here is extremely small, and only a little blood overflows between the veins, so it is not the place of death. "
After a pause, Bo Ruoyou looked at Wang Qingfu who was still at the door, and seemed to be hesitant.
Huo Weilou said: "But it's okay to say."
Bo Ruoyou then said: "The cause of this situation is that the deceased's brain was injured successively, causing massive hemorrhage and even death, and then the forehead horn was injured again. At this moment, the deceased is close to shortness of breath, and the blood flow is slow. , so even if the blood vessel at the forehead near the temple ruptures at this time, only a small amount of blood will flow out."
"The same situation also appeared in the other traumatic injuries of the deceased."
Bo Ruoyou walked to the left side of the coffin bed, "The scars on the chest, abdomen, arms and legs of the deceased were wide and rough, and there were large and small bruises and abrasions around the wound. It looks like a broken bone, and the woman guessed that the wound was mostly cut by a rough but hard sharp tool, while the bruises and bone cracks were caused by the impact of falling from a high place."
"In other words, these injuries were caused by Mr. Feng falling off the cliff from the back mountain. When Mr. Feng fell off the cliff, the back of his head had already been severely injured. He was injured first, and he was thrown down when he died. After the mountain cliff."
Yue Mingquan had previously said that Feng Lun had stumbled and fell off a cliff, but at this moment, Bo Ruoyou's words confirmed that Feng Lun's death was an iron-clad murder.
The atmosphere in the room suddenly froze slightly.
Huo Weilou's voice also turned cold, "Any other clues?"
Huo Weilou had just observed Bo Ruoyou carefully, and he could see every change in her expression, so he naturally knew that Bo Ruoyou had discovered more than that. Sure enough, Bo Ruoyou continued: "It rained that night, and it rained in the next day. At first, it rained for at least an hour and a half, and the minnv saw that the clothes of the deceased were quite wrinkled, and thought that the deceased had fallen off the cliff before it rained, but after examining the wound, the minnv found that was not the case."
"The clothes, hair, and shoes of the deceased were all stained with mud, but there were no mud stains in the several traumatic wounds, especially the forehead, chest and abdomen of the deceased. According to the traces and arrangement of the wounds, It is very likely that he fell from a high place and fell into a pile of stones and was cut by the tip of the stone. The clothes of the deceased, such as his chest, were all wet by water, so the blood stains on the clothes faded, but the bloodstains on the back of the neck and shoulders of the deceased’s robe did not fade.”
"The deceased was lying on his stomach after falling, and just touched the accumulated water on the ground after the rain, which wetted the clothes next to the ground. If he fell before the rain, the back of his neck, shoulders, and back The robe at the place will also be wet by the rain, so there will be no difference in the thickness of the blood on the robe."
Lu Ke was listening, and when he saw Bo Ruoyou finished speaking, he immediately said: "Master Feng, what she said is true, the place where Master Feng fell was a depression, and there were indeed many rocks during the period, when we found Master Feng , Mr. Feng's back was dry, but when the rain stopped for a long time, the subordinates only thought that the clothes had dried by themselves, but they didn't expect that Mr. Feng had never been exposed to the rain."
Lu Ke's words confirmed what Bo Ruoyou said was true, but Bo Ruoyou shook his head, "No, the blood stains can only prove that Mr. Feng fell off the cliff after the rain stopped, and that he didn't soak in the rain for a long time after he was injured. It means he hasn't been exposed to rain."
Bo Ruoyou pointed to the robe that was put aside, "The outer robe worn by the deceased was made of fine Jiangnan silk. If such silk fabrics are not properly ironed after exposure to water, there will be many wrinkles. Hou Lord, please see that the deceased's robe, the back of the robe, etc. have wrinkles, which means that when it rained at night, Mr. Feng was exposed to the rain."
Huo Weilou stared, "That is to say, when it rained at night, Feng Lun was not in his monastery, and he was very likely killed in an argument with others during the rain, but the rain stopped when he was pushed off the cliff by the murderer."
Bo Ruoyou nodded, "That's right. Apart from the fatal wound on the back of the head, the deceased also had quite a few bruises on his body. The girl speculated that it was left behind when he was arguing with others... and on the deceased's shoes, There are a lot of mud stains on it, the women inspected it just now and found that the mud stains are mostly dark brown, and there are also a small amount of rotting vegetation, I wonder if there are pines and cypresses or old bamboo forests in this temple?"
Lu Ke hurriedly said: "There is a bamboo forest on the cliff of the back mountain."
There is just a bamboo forest on the cliff of the back mountain...
Huo Weilou asked: "When did you find out that he was not in your monastery that night? Is there any abnormality before and after?"
Lu Ke said: "That night, as soon as my subordinate arrived at the foot of the mountain, it started to rain. When we arrived at the temple, it was almost half past one o'clock. At that time, several adults came to welcome my subordinate, but I didn't see Mr. Feng. The subordinate's representative When Lord Hou came, he planned to discuss with several adults what to do about the discovery of the bones. Seeing that Master Feng had not appeared, he ordered someone to invite him. At that time, Master Feng was no longer in the monastery. So his subordinates said that it was getting late at night, and the next day Discuss again on the second day, and the adults left. During this time, we probably sat together for two sticks of incense, and then Master Jingming came down here with his subordinates, and the subordinates took over the care of the place. , and checked the physical evidence before going back to rest, the rain had just stopped when I went back, and there was nothing unusual except that Mr. Feng was not in his monastery."
Lu Ke saw the three of Wu Yu in the middle of the first watch, and the four of them spent two sticks of incense at the same time, and then dispersed. It was almost the second watch at this time. If Mr. Feng had not been killed when everyone dispersed, then the case Hair is after this.
Huo Weilou turned to look at Wang Qingfu, "Where did you guys go after you left?"
Wang Qingfu hurriedly said, "Xiaguan and Brother Wu went back to the monastery together and never went out again. Brother Wu can testify to me."
Wu Yu hurried in, "Yes, Lord Marquis, we can testify to each other."
Yue Mingquan came in one step later, and said harshly: "Master Hou, Xiaguan also went back to his monastery. It was still raining at that time, and it was already late, so Xiaguan took a rest by himself."
Huo Weilou said: "Is there any witness?"
Yue Mingquan's expression changed slightly, "This... there is no witness, but he really didn't go out that night..."
Huo Weilou stared at him for a moment, Yue Mingquan smiled wryly, "When I was an official in Luozhou, I got along very happily with Master Feng without any quarrels. If there is no relationship, it is impossible for the lower official to harm Mr. Feng, and what happened back then, the lower official also did his part..."
After a pause, Yue Mingquan said: "Besides us, there are many monks in the temple, especially a few disciples of Master Jingkong. If they blame us for Master Jingkong's accident, they might do harm to others."
Huo Weilou looked at Yue Mingquan calmly, "It's not yet confirmed that the skeleton is Master Jingkong."
The autopsy obtained a lot, and the adults who had doubts just now all restrained their expressions at this moment, just wanting to get rid of the suspicion as soon as possible, but thinking that so many cases were all found out by Bo Ruoyou, her eyes were a bit solemn .
It was really late at this time, Lin Huai hesitated and said, "Master Hou, do you want to have a bone test tonight?"
The skeleton is in the main hall. According to Huo Weilou's temperament, it will not delay time, but... Lin Huai glanced at Bao Ruoyou, and saw that she was taking off her handguard and packing up her equipment. She was a little hesitant. The girl couldn't hide her expression. Tired, I don't know if I can hold on.
"Test tomorrow." After Huo Weilou finished speaking, he looked at Yue Mingquan with serious eyes, "Everyone is of high authority. This is to investigate the past, and it is best to recover the relic, but now Master Feng's death or It has something to do with you, in the next few days, you will be under the supervision of the Embroidery Envoy."
Yue Mingquan and the others did not dare to be disrespectful, they clasped their fists together to answer.
Huo Weilou quickly said, "That's it for tonight, tomorrow I will ask you a lot of details, so let's get back."
The three hurriedly saluted, turned and retreated.
Huo Weilou told Lu Ke: "Send someone to watch them."
Lu Ke responded, and since he went out to make arrangements, Bo Ruoyou was washing his hands, Lin Huai said, "Your Majesty, please take a rest, the journey here is quite exhausting."
Huo Weilou nodded, "Where is Master Jingming?"
Jingming has been waiting outside, now when he entered the door, Huo Weilou said: "The disciples in the temple must not move around in the past few days."
Jingming hurriedly said: "Master Hou, don't worry, since Mr. Feng's accident, all classes in the temple have been suspended."
Huo Weilou hummed, looked at the room again, turned around and walked out, Bo Ruoyou naturally followed after seeing this, and when he went out, Jingming led the way: "Master Lin's Buddhist monastery is very close to Master Lin's." Nearly, but this patroness—”
Huo Weilou asked, "Is there a side room in the Zen courtyard?"
Jingming nodded, Huo Weilou said: "She and Benhou can live in the same courtyard."
Jingming hurriedly responded, and Lin Huai's expression became a bit serious when he heard it. Although the two lived in the same courtyard, they lived in a separate wing room, which showed that it was different from what they thought.
A group of people left the gate of the courtyard, and went to the prepared Buddhist courtyard under the leadership of Jingming.
There are quite a lot of temples in Famen Temple, which are stretched up against the mountain. Although they can’t be seen clearly in the night, when you look up and look far away, you can still make out some distant silhouettes. There are Buddha incense everywhere in the temple. Occasionally You can hear the sound of the wooden fish being practiced by the monks in the monastery, but it is quite peaceful and peaceful. If there were no bones hidden in the Buddha statue, and a murder case had just happened in the temple, Bo Ruoyou would have wanted to enter the temple to worship.
The farther you go to the Buddhist temple, the farther you are from the Buddhist hall. Bo Ruoyou was looking away when suddenly, outside a courtyard in front of you, there was a young man standing outside holding a night lamp.
Bo Ruoyou was feeling strange, but saw that Huo Weilou did not stop, "Lin Zhao is also here."
Lin Huai said with a smile: "Years ago, His Majesty ordered him to compile the Tripitaka. This time, half of the Buddhist classics in the temple will be transported to the Xiangguo Temple in the capital. Fearing that something will go wrong, let him, who knows a little bit, come here."
The young man was in his late teens, dressed in a green shirt, handsome and elegant, seeing everyone, he stepped forward quickly, smiled and saluted Huo Weilou, "See you, Lord Hou."
He had a calm attitude, unlike Wu Yu and others who were a little afraid of Huo Weilou. Seeing him, Huo Weilou also said calmly, "It's rare for your father and son to come to work together this time."
Lin Zhao said with a smile: "With my father's advice, I think there will be no mistakes in this errand. Master Hou is going to rest?" As soon as the words were settled, Lin Zhao saw Bao Ruoyou behind Huo Weilou, and his complexion changed slightly , "this..."
Huo Weilou said in a low voice: "It's the new work that Ben Hou found." After finishing speaking, he didn't say much, "It's getting late, I'm going to take a rest."
Lin Huai coughed lightly and said, "Your Majesty has been exhausted all the way, don't waste your time." As he spoke, he pulled Lin Zhao away, "Master Hou, please—"
Huo Weilou nodded, and walked away again. Bo Ruoyou followed Huo Weilou and left, but Lin Zhao looked at Bo Ruoyou in astonishment and did not move his eyes. Huo Weilou was sent to the Buddhist monastery before returning.
The courtyard here is where his father and son lived temporarily. When Lin Huai came back, Lin Zhao had recovered, and he asked, "Father, that woman belongs to Lord Hou..."
Lin Huai smiled wryly, "It's the literal meaning of Lord Hou, and it's his new work."
Lin Zhao gave a soft "hiss", "It looks like he's only fifteen or sixteen years old. Is it a gangster? A woman is a gangster?"
Lin Huai said as he entered the door: "It's Wu Zuo, or a very powerful Wu Zuo." He sighed as he spoke, "I didn't believe it at first, but think about it, people who can be brought by Lord Hou will have nothing to do." Is it long?"
Thinking of Bo Ruoyou's appearance, Lin Zhao shook his head, "It really doesn't look like it."
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"Just now, he was the son of Lin Shilang. He was a Jinshi in high school the year before, and now he is an editor in the Imperial Academy. I didn't expect that His Majesty would send Buddhist classics to Xiangguo Temple. No wonder Shicai Master Jingming looked wrong."
After entering the courtyard, Master Jingming had already left, so Eunuch Fu started talking.
Bo Ruoyou's face was stunned, thinking that the father and son of the Lin family came to Luozhou together to work on errands, and thought it was a coincidence.
The Zen courtyard prepared for Huo Weilou is huge, with three upper rooms, counting the left and right wing rooms, there are more than ten rooms. Although each room is simple, it is a place of Buddhism, so you can't force it to be too many.
Huo Weilou pointed to the first room in the left wing, "You live here."
Right next to the upper room, Bo Ruoyou hurriedly responded. After traveling all day, everyone was extremely tired. Seeing that there was no order, Bo Ruoyou went to rest by himself. You should have a lot of appreciation for Youyou, at the beginning today, several adults didn't believe that Youyou was really an author, and then they were all dumb."
Huo Weilou was noncommittal, but there was some satisfaction in his eyes.
At this time, Lu Ke came in from the outside, "Master Hou, everything has been arranged. There was not enough manpower before, but now there are enough manpower. There are guards everywhere, and the three adults are also under surveillance."
Huo Weilou then asked: "On the day you came, did they have abnormalities for three days?"
Lu Ke thought for a while, then shook his head, "I can't tell anything unusual, I only met Lord Wu and Lord Wang, and General Yue had never met before, so I didn't notice anything when I saw him in a hurry that day."
Huo Weilou said again: "When Lord Feng's body was found at the foot of the mountain that day, what happened to the three of them?"
Luke thought for a moment, "The three of them all had sad looks on their faces, but... the three of them agreed from the very beginning that Mr. Feng died by falling off the cliff, but if it was daytime, it was raining the night before, and the night was quiet, so it didn't make sense Master Feng went to the back mountain alone to visit the bamboo forest, just based on this fact, there are many doubts about Master Feng's death."
Huo Weilou's eyes were dark. Wu Yu and Wang Qingfu were officials in the capital. When he was in the capital, he often saw each other. But the two of them, one in the Ministry of Rites and the other in Taichang Temple, were not under his jurisdiction, so they were not counted. Familiarity, in comparison, he knows more about Lin Huai, and although Yue Mingquan met him a few times when he returned to Beijing to report on his work, he is even more unfamiliar.
In addition to Feng Lun, the four of them were originally investigating the old case, but Feng Lun died before starting to investigate the matter of the year. This is more proof that the loss of the relic and the disappearance of Jing Kong are quite mysterious.
It's just that the case that has passed ten years is indeed too difficult to investigate.
This thought flashed by, but thinking of Bo Ruoyou's expression during the autopsy today, Huo Weilou's heart was not very dignified, as if Bo Ruoyou's presence would eventually solve the case.
The night was dark, and Huo Weilou soon came to rest. He used to sleep lightly, but this night, perhaps because he was too tired, he slept very deeply. And just before dawn, he actually had a weird dream .
In the dream, the morning sun was like fire, and a clear and gentle voice whispered in his ear - pass a lamp to all the lamps, and finally all the lamps will be lit, and the Lord Hou's wish is the same.
Huo Weilou woke up with a start.