Yizhuang is located in a remote place in the South Pole of the capital. When Bo Ruoyou got off the carriage, she could only see a very old looking house standing gloomy under the afterglow of the setting sun.
Hearing the commotion outside, an old man with gray hair came out from the inside, he was not surprised to see Wu Xiang, but he didn't expect that there were two strangers here today, and one of them was a beautiful little girl.
"Xiao Wu, this is—"
"Uncle Kun, we're here for the autopsy." Wu Xiang pointed at Bo Ruoyou, "This girl said that she would come to the Yamen to do a job."
The old man called Uncle Kun wore plain clothes and his face was full of wrinkles. He raised his brows at this moment, "She does a job? Where's Xiao Hu?"
Wu Xiang waved his hand, "Changqing is sick at home today." He turned to look at Bo Ruoyou, "Do you really dare to do an autopsy? Now we are outside Yizhuang. If you want to regret it, you have to go to Jinyizhuang Regret before the door."
Bo Ruoyou laughed, "If you really dare, please lead the way."
Wu Xiang was slightly surprised again, and then walked into the Yizhuang. The gatekeeper of the Yizhuang called Uncle Kun looked at Bo Ruoyou up and down for a moment, and there was some surprise and doubt in his eyes. Bo Ruoyou nodded to him, followed behind Wu Xiang.
Yizhuang is an extremely old house. After entering the gate, the screen walls and flower walls were all demolished, leaving only a small atrium. The atrium is paved with bluestone slabs, and there are cracks. In the main hall, the pillars of the front door of the main hall are painted mottled, and before approaching, one can smell a faint smell of incense candles.
Entering the hall, I saw a set of old tables and chairs in the front hall, and a small Buddha statue of an unknown deity and Buddha was placed on the altar table in the middle against the wall. It is the sticks of joss sticks left over from burning.
Although the utensils were all old, they were still fairly neat. Wu Xiang didn't stop, he went straight to the back hall, entered through the corner door, walked through a dimly lit corridor, and arrived at the back hall where the corpses were parked. As soon as he walked to the door, Bo Ruoyou's expression was lifted by the faint rancid smell.
Wu Xiangda stepped into the back hall, then stood still, looking at Bo Ruoyou leisurely.
Bo Ruoyou followed in from behind, and saw three corpses parked in the hall at a glance, one male corpse was placed in the coffin, the other two corpses were female corpses, and the three corpses were covered with felt blankets. The hands, feet and half of the head and face were exposed, and the body looked like it had been dead for a few days.
Bo Ruoyou looked over as usual, but when she looked back, she saw Wu Xiang staring at her fixedly, and she couldn't help asking, "Which corpse was examined?"
Wu Xiang's brows raised again.
Ordinary people are afraid to see a dead person, let alone three at once, and the corpses placed here are either due to accidental death and no one collects them, or they died due to homicide. , and she has been dead for many days, she looks really ugly. I thought that Bo Ruoyou would change color somewhat, but she was actually used to it.
Wu Xiang couldn't help but looked at Bo Ruoyou up and down again, "You really know how to do autopsies? It's just you, a little girl, why did you do such a thing?"
Wu Xiang had put aside her doubts, but she became curious instead, Bo Ruoyou smiled and said, "Although the job of making a job is a little harder, it is not inferior to other jobs. If others can do it, I can naturally do it too."
A flash of appreciation flashed in Wu Xiang's eyes, but he didn't say much, he only pointed to the female corpse on the far left side of the hall, "I ordered you to examine this corpse, and it is also the case that the Yamen is investigating recently."
Bo Ruoyou walked over to the coffin bed with a heartbeat. It is already early February. Although the weather is still a bit cold, it is much warmer than the first month. The corpse has become rotten within three to five days, and the female corpse in front of him , At least six or seven days after his death, Bo Ruoyou rolled up his sleeves and asked Uncle Liang to unpack his bag.
She took out a silk handkerchief to cover her mouth and nose, swallowed another Suhexiang pill, then took out Huo Weilou's gauntlet and put it on her gauntlet, her appearance was focused and calm, giving the impression that she was very good at this.
Wu Xiang folded her hands and hugged her arms, with a look of anticipation, Uncle Kun came up from behind, approached him and said, "Where is this little girl from?"
Wu Xiang raised her hand and plucked her ear, "I don't know, there is some recommendation document for Mr. Sun, Mr. Sun is not in the mansion today, I just saw her when I came back from outside, a little girl came to do the job , You say it's weird, it's not weird..."
As she said that, Wu Xiang frowned, feeling that Sun Zhao seemed to have asked about the visitors in the yamen the day before yesterday, but he had been running outside all day these days, even if he heard about it, he would never take these small matters to heart. This thought disappeared in a flash, Wu Xiang didn't think about it deeply, just continued to look at Bo Ruoyou, who had already walked to the coffin bed, and lifted the felt blanket covering the female corpse.
The clothes of the female corpse were neatly worn on her body, but she was dressed in a bright red dress. The deceased's head and face were bruised and rotted, and the red dress was quite frightening, which made Bo Ruoyou's eyes ache. Hitomi trembled slightly.
However, her sense of horror was only fleeting. She quickly settled down to examine the corpse. Bo Ruoyou inspected the head, face and hands of the exposed neck first, and then went to undress the deceased. Wu Xiang stood motionless. At the same place, the two servants who came with him, guarding the door, went to the front hall with some reluctance.
The clothes were unbuttoned, and the corruption in the abdomen of the deceased was even worse. A dark corpse green along with a branch-like blood network extended to the chest of the corpse and down to the inner thighs of the deceased. At a glance, tiny maggots and flies could be seen hovering around the legs of the deceased.
Although Zheng Liangfei followed Cheng Yunzhi and Bo Ruoyou often in and out of Yizhuang, his endurance was no better than theirs. Seeing this scene at a glance, he felt almost blind, so he hurriedly took a few steps back to the door.
Bo Ruoyou didn't realize that he was there, and only focused on the autopsy with a serious face. Seeing her like this, Wu Xiang's contempt for her earlier was relieved by five points, and her expression became serious.
Bo Ruoyou bent over and looked at the front of the corpse first. There were not many bloody wounds on the corpse, but there were quite a few scratches, especially on the wrists, shoulders, and left hip. Although the corpse had begun to rot, But the smell of corpses was worse than she imagined, Bo Ruoyou couldn't help being a little puzzled...
At this time, she turned the corpse over with great effort, and after turning over, her brows suddenly frowned.
It's not that there are no bloody wounds on the body, but the bloody wounds are on the back, which she didn't see earlier, and the wounds are not one or two scars, but one piece, the corpse green covers the entire back of the corpse, and the middle of the corpse vest The position was even more corrupt. At this moment, maggots were densely attached to the injured area. As Bo Ruoyou moved, the maggots even fell on the coffin bed.
She couldn't help frowning, "Please trouble Butou Wu to bring some water."
Wu Xiang raised her brows, thinking that she was actually instigating him, but seeing Bo Ruoyou staring at the rotting corpse, although she couldn't see her whole face, only the indifferent eyes exposed on the silk handkerchief, On the contrary, it made her feel more serious.
Wu Xiang frowned and shouted, "Monkey, get some water—"
A clerk outside responded, and quickly entered the door with a basin of water. Seeing Bo Ruoyou lying next to the rotting corpse, he felt that the scene was novel and weird, and he put the water on the coffin bed On the side, when the water was placed and straightened up, he subconsciously glanced in the direction of the corpse—
"vomit-"
The monkey covered its mouth, and ran out scrambling and crawling. Seeing this, Wu Xiang wished to give him a kick. Then he took another look at Bo Ruoyou, and cursed secretly: "Shame on you!"
Bo Ruoyou didn't pay attention to what he said, when the water came, he washed away all the maggots on the corpse with water, and the clean water also washed away the rotten corpse water, this time, the corpse with a large wound was exposed come out.
Bo Ruoyou frowned, and looked up and down her back before she straightened up.
Wu Xiang was not in a hurry to ask, let alone explain a single word about the situation of the deceased, and waited for Bo Ruoyou to speak.
Bo Ruoyou pondered for a while: "The deceased was about seventeen years old, and the time of death should be on the second day of February, that is, seven days ago. The cause of death was strangulation, and the injury was on the neck. The choke marks. The choke marks are semicircular, distributed on both sides of the throat, there are four obvious finger marks on the left side, three places on the right side, and two heavy marks on the throat position, when the thumb is pressed out. In addition, There are also pinch marks left by fingernails at the end of the finger marks."
"In addition to choke marks, the place where the deceased's collarbone and shoulder blades connected also showed signs of subcutaneous bleeding, and the face of the deceased was slightly swollen, blue and cyanotic. In addition to the long-term death, the deceased's violent struggle at the time of death also caused serious bleeding on the face. Congestion, not only that, there were small bleeding spots in the eye membranes and mouth of the deceased, and the tip of the tongue was more exposed. There were two bite wounds on it, and there was also a blood clot in the throat of the deceased. It should be that the murderer strangled the neck of the deceased and pressed heavily Caused by injury and bleeding in the throat."
"In addition, the deceased had many abrasions on his hands and feet, most of which were caused by struggling. There was also a bruise on the inner thigh, which was probably left by the murderer who strangled him to death. In addition, there was a bruise on the back of the deceased's head. Pushing the outside, hips, and buttocks, there are a lot of abrasions, plus bruises on the wrists, before the deceased died, he was injured and dragged."
"The serious injury at the back of the head is enough to make the deceased dizzy, and it may be the murderer's first blow, but... the abrasions and bruises look like injuries during life, but it is also possible that the deceased started to drag after strangling the deceased. When the person just died, the blood It is still flowing, and the scars left at this time are almost the same as those in life, and coupled with the decay of the corpse, it is not obvious now."
Up to this point, Bo Ruoyou said again: "The deceased is young, and the description is not bad, but apart from the scars just mentioned, there are no other marks on the deceased, nor does he appear to have been violated, but—"
Bo Ruoyou stopped speaking and pointed to the back of the deceased, "But the injury of the deceased is really weird."
At this moment, Wu Xiang didn't doubt Bo Ruoyou at all. He stepped forward, "It's really weird. When I found her, she was seriously injured on her back. I don't know what scratched her."
Bo Ruoyou shook her head, "It wasn't scratched."
Wu Xiang frowned, and Bo Ruoyou said, "Other parts of the deceased's back had at most some rough scratches, but only here, the whole piece of skin has been peeled off, and now the wound is obviously rotten, and the wound is no longer visible. Anyway, I can't tell what kind of murder weapon was used for a while, but the boundary of this wound is obvious, if it is said to be unintentional, it is absolutely impossible."
The skin of this palm-sized wound is gone. If it is said that it was accidentally injured by some sharp weapon, the boundary is not so clear. Bo Ruoyou said firmly: "This place was intentionally done by the murderer after he strangled the deceased."
"Deliberately peeled off a piece of human skin?" Wu Xiang couldn't help but speak out.
Bo Ruoyou frowned and looked at him, "Didn't you find the wound neat when you found the corpse?"
Wu Xiang shook her head, "The corpse was only discovered three days ago, and it was already a bit unsightly at that time. The wound on the back was bloody, and it looked rotten. In addition, it wasn't where the death occurred, so I didn't examine it carefully."
Bo Ruoyou raised his eyebrows, it was indeed not a fatal wound, but such a strange place should not be ignored by anyone who works, "This place is very strange, if you haven't written it down before, Hu Butou will add another one to the inspection certificate." Pen."
Wu Xiang raised his brows, "Where did you work before?"
Hearing what Bo Ruoyou said, Wu Xiang only felt that she was very familiar with how Wu Zuo did things in the government, and she even knew how to write a testimonial.
Bo Ruoyou said: "It is true that I worked for you in another yamen before, but it was just helping."
Seeing that she didn't go into details, Wu Xiang became curious again, it was the first time he had seen a woman in this world, and she said she had a recommendation document, so who recommended her
Wu Xiang only felt that there were a lot of doubts about Bo Ruoyou, but she was a girl, and she was not familiar with her now, so it was hard for him to ask in detail.
Seeing that he was silent, Bo Ruoyou said, "Catcher Wu also saw my autopsy, so you should believe that I am really a coward. When I see Mr. Sun, you don't need me to testify myself after the autopsy, right?"
Hearing this, Wu Xiang couldn't help rubbing her hands with a smile, "This...it's my fault for my poor eyesight, this is the first time I've seen a woman do it for you, I really didn't believe you earlier, but I do believe it this time, when I see your lord , I will tell the truth.”
Bo Ruoyou held her lips, and when she looked at the corpse again, her smile faded, "Captain Wu may talk about the identity of the deceased? How did this case happen? I can see that there is some mud on the deceased's dress, and The corpse is also stained with mud and dirt, presumably it was found outside?"
Wu Xiang also felt a little embarrassed for belittling Bo Ruoyou earlier, and when she asked her, she said without reservation: "This girl's name is Feng Wodan, she is indeed seventeen years old this year, and she lives in Yongkangfang in the west of the city. On the second day, there was a Dragon Worshiping and Prayer Meeting for the release of life by the Weiyang Lake in the west of the city. She went there, but on the way, she and her maidservant got separated. At dusk, I just returned to the city to report to her parents, her parents are merchants, they sent a few attendants to look for it along the way to Weiyang Lake, and they didn't find it until the next morning, so they came to report to the officials."
"After the government heard about it, they also went to Weiyang Lake to look for it. The scenery around Weiyang Lake is good, but they can be seen at a glance, and there are mansions that are all private houses. They visited there for a long time that day, but they didn't hear any news. Three days later, someone reported to the police and found her in the alley behind the Chenghuang Temple in the southeast of the city."
Wu Xiang sighed, "The alley is very remote, and no one passes by on weekdays. At that time, the person had been dead for a long time, so naturally he couldn't be saved, so this case was treated as a murder case and entered the official office. This case."
Bo Ruoyou's heart skipped a beat, "Is it because Hu Butou just told me to go home early because a woman was attacked?"
Wu Xiang nodded, "That's true. When we brought her here earlier, we had already seen her in the original test. She was strangled to death, and it wasn't for sex. I also saw the injury on her back, but for now It has not been determined as a suspicious point. When we found her, all the hairpins and bracelets were on her body, so it was not a robbery. Right now, we only regard this case as a vendetta, or an accidental encounter with a villain. As for the inside story, we have no idea Inquiry-"
Bo Ruoyou nodded slightly, what Wu Xiang said was not much different from what she thought, but it was strange that her back was injured in a good way, "She was injured on her back, but her dress was not damaged, Especially the fact that a piece of flesh was peeled off from the wound, which is really weird."
Wu Xiang's eyes also darkened, "If you don't say that I haven't thought so deeply, but... What's the use of a woman's flesh and blood?"
Even though Wu Xiang was well-informed and knowledgeable, he felt a little cold in his heart at this time, "Old Wu, I have seen quite a few cases. Those who seek revenge, and those who seek sex for money are not scary, but there are also cases. The most frightening thing is that you don't know what the murderer is for, even in this case, the murderer wouldn't kill for that piece of flesh on her body, right?"
Bo Ruoyou pondered for a moment, "Not necessarily."
Wu Xiang only felt his scalp go numb, and Bo Ruoyou said, "I can't figure it out either, it's just that it would be preconceived to make an early judgment."
Wu Xiang nodded when she heard the words, "What you said makes sense, but you don't have to think too much. These days, the yamen has been going around and searching, and sooner or later the murderer will be found. These are our affairs and you don't have to worry about them. The autopsy is over, I will tell Mr. Sun that it is already late, you should go back earlier. Mr. Sun will probably be in the yamen tomorrow, so you should come to see him earlier."
The sun had already set in the sky, and the last ray of sunlight was about to dissipate, and it was going to be dark soon.
Bo Ruoyou tidied up the corpses, washed the gauntlets, and was about to leave, but when she walked out, she looked at the other two corpses, "Why did they die—"
The corpse was covered with a felt blanket. Although the man and woman could be clearly distinguished, there were no more traces. Wu Xiang pointed to the man's corpse, "This is a businessman who came from another place to do business. He died of a sudden illness. His companion A friend bought him a coffin, and in a few days it will be sent south by boat to his hometown, and it will be stored here for the time being."
After finishing speaking, he looked at the other female corpse, "This one was fished up in the river. It was tested by you, and it was drowned. So far, no one has reported it and no one has claimed it, so it is temporarily placed here."
Bo Ruoyou frowned, why is there another female corpse
Seeing her suspicious expression, Wu Xiang said: "This person probably fell into the water and died, not murdered." Wu Xiang laughed, "You really seem to be a duo, you always want to know why others died .”
After Wu Xiang had said this, she didn't think much about it. At this moment, Wu Xiang looked at her leisurely and asked quite gently, "What did you say your name was?"
Bo Ruoyou couldn't laugh or cry, "My surname is Bo, and my name is Ruoyou."
"Oh, Ruoyou, what a good name..." Wu Xiang complimented perfunctorily, and then asked, "You said you had a recommendation letter, but who recommended you? I don't think you look like an ordinary girl, Your parents are officials? How could they have the heart to let you be an official?"
As soon as Wu Xiang changed her fierce look in the afternoon, because she was much older than her, she asked a few questions in an elder tone. Bo Ruoyou was a little amused, and said: "My parents are not officials, and the person who recommended me...is Wu Zhaohou. .”
If you want to do an autopsy in the yamen, you have to meet Wu Xiang more often, and judging by his appearance, although he is a bit rough, he is a heroic person, so since you asked him, you don't have to hide it all the time.
However, when she finished speaking, Wu Xiang raised her brows high, "Who are you talking about? Marquis Wu Zhao?"
Bo Ruoyou nodded, and walked out while greeting Uncle Liang, Wu Xiang followed her, still with an unbelievable expression on his face, seeing that Bo Ruoyou was about to walk to the atrium, he simply raised his hand Xuxu stopped her.
Bo Ruoyou stopped in her tracks, "What's wrong?"
Wu Xiang frowned, and looked her up and down, "You said you were recommended by Marquis Wu Zhao?"
At this moment, Uncle Kun and the other two yamen servants also came out. Hearing this, the expressions of the few people changed slightly, and Bo Ruoyou sighed, knowing that everyone would know about it after all.
"Yes, it was recommended by Marquis Wu Zhao." She still answered honestly.
Wu Xiang looked at Bo Ruoyou, and then at the two yamen servants beside him, "Do you believe it?"
The two yamen servants looked at each other for a moment, shook their heads together, and Wu Xiang clapped his hands, "Yes, look, who would believe it, not to mention what is your relationship with Wu Zhaohou? How could he recommend you as a little girl? You mean Do I know that Wu Zhaohou..."
Even though he was working in the capital, Wu Xiang felt that Wu Zhaohou was a distant figure, but he didn't expect that a little girl came today and said that she was recommended by Wu Zhaohou, then he must have seen hell.
Bo Ruoyou felt helpless, "Isn't there only one Marquis Wu Zhao?"
Wu Xiang's expression was unbelievable, but looking up and down, Bo Ruoyou didn't look like a nonsense person, not to mention whether the document was sent to Sun Zhao, whether it was recommended by Marquis Wu Zhao, he also had a way to know, she had no reason to lie.
"But... didn't you say... Marquis Wu Zhao is not close to women?" Wu Xiang looked at Bo Ruoyou's expression suddenly changed, "Could it be...you..."
Bo Ruoyou smiled wryly, "Brother Wu, it's not what you think." Seeing Wu Xiang's unbelievable expression, Bo Ruoyou had no choice but to say, "It's true, I have nothing to do with Wu Zhaohou, it's just—"
At this point, Bo Ruoyou's voice suddenly stopped, because she looked over Wu Xiang's shoulder, and saw a person who should never be here anyway, she blinked, thinking that she was delusional for a while.
Who is that person who is wearing a black robe and standing at the door of Yizhuang with an imposing manner, not Huo Weilou? !
I have nothing to do with Wu Zhaohou.
Huo Weilou never expected that when he entered Yizhuang, what he heard was Bo Ruoyou talking to someone like this.