[The rationale of the case is not going well... The first day of the six thousand words failed, and let me be cold and the bird will fight again tomorrow! 】
After sending Huang Bin to investigate the craftsmen, Sun Shaozong went straight to the autopsy table.
The autopsy table is made of local materials, built with lumber piled up in the backyard, and covered with a layer of old leather that I don't know where to buy.
In addition, there were six pots of charcoal fire around the dissection table, as if they were in a steamer as soon as they approached.
This is because the corpse hangs outside the main hall door for most of the night. It seems that the frozen stone has long been frozen. If you want some clues to emerge, it must be thawed first.
But he said that Sun Shaozong came to the autopsy table, reached out and poked the corpse's calf. Seeing that the flesh had regained its softness, he immediately started from the ankle and kneaded it upwards inch by inch.
The results of the inspection are: the calf bone of the deceased is slightly deformed, and the muscles at the knee joint are also significantly different from other places, which is suspected to be the result of repeated stagnation.
There is no sign of wear at the base of the thigh, which shows that these abnormalities are not due to long-term riding.
Combined with the head and clothes taken away by the murderer, the possibility that the deceased was a Taoist priest who had been sitting cross-legged for many years has greatly increased.
And if his identity is assumed to be a Taoist priest, generally speaking, there will be the following two inferences.
One is the enemy of Tianshifu. In order to provoke and smear Tianshifu, he killed the Taoist of Tianshifu, or the Taoist who had ties to Tianshifu, and hung it outside the main hall.
But in this case, it seems that the murderer does not need to take away the head and clothes of the deceased, but rather wants to expose the identity of the deceased.
The other is internal strife. After the murderer killed the victim, he concocted the illusion that all this was done by the opponent of the Tianshifu.
But this is more difficult to explain, his behavior of taking away the head and body of the deceased.
Could it be…
What evidence was left on the head and clothes of the deceased
Or is the identity of the deceased, somehow related to the murderer
While scrutinizing the case, one of them came up and said cautiously: "Sir, the contents of the deceased's stomach have been checked. They are all vegetarian food, and there is nothing meaty."
It's becoming more and more like a monk.
Of course, there are lay Buddhists who have never been ordained, and there are those who meditate and fast for a long time - but generally, lay Buddhists who practice at home rarely begin to devote themselves to the Tao in their teens.
"Other than that, did you find anything else?"
"And there's..."
Together with his companions, the corpse turned upside down forty-five degrees and pointed to the two bruises on the left scapula and the back of the neck: "After the corpse was thawed, there were two marks on the back, which seemed to have been subjected to strong force during his lifetime. Pressed."
Sun Shaozong stepped forward and looked at it carefully for a long time, frowning noncommittally, and then raised the left arm of the deceased, swinging back and forth to observe.
The two Zuzuo looked inexplicably beside him, but because of their identity preparations, they didn't dare to ask random questions.
After putting down the dead man's left arm, Sun Shaozong asked again, "Have you ever found any signs of poisoning?"
The reason why he asked this was because although there were signs of strong pressing on the deceased's body, there were no signs of struggle.
Especially the left arm of the deceased.
Under normal circumstances, when someone is pressing down on the scapula, there will always be traces of struggle at the joints, but after careful observation, no similar signs were found.
But they said that after hearing Sun Shaozong's question, the two dudes looked at each other and shook their heads in unison - this is not a negative meaning, but they are not sure whether the deceased was poisoned or not.
There is no way, there are no various scientific instruments to assist, and many toxins are difficult to detect as long as they do not reach the amount of damage to the organs.
And apart from those two traces, the Zuzuo found nothing.
On the other hand, Sun Shaozong himself found a shallow mark on the deceased's collarbone.
The imprint was a little fuzzy, and it was not far from the iron nail on the chest, so it was mostly covered by blood. If it wasn't for Sun Shaozong's sharp eyes, he would have missed it.
After cleaning up the blood stains, I could only vaguely see that it was a rectangular outline, and the edges were bulging out—if not, I'm afraid that even this shallow outline could not be pressed out.
Sun Shaozong pondered for a while, then told the two to make a detailed inspection, and then went out of the work shed.
As soon as he came out, he found that there was another young Taoist outside - but from the stand, you could tell that this new young Taoist was obviously not an important person.
Sun Shaozong ignored the young celestial master, and asked one of the middle-aged Taoist priests, "Is there anyone who is missing from your Tianshi mansion in the capital?"
"Humph!"
Before waiting for the middle-aged Taoist priest to reply, the cold-faced Young Master sneered, and then raised his chin to the young Taoist behind him: "Junior Brother Wang, please clarify with him!"
"Yes."
The young Taoist answered respectfully, and came out of the crowd to bow to Sun Shaozong and said: "Little Taoist King Chuyi has seen Master Sun, and since he heard that there was a murder case in the Tianshi Mansion, the real master Hongyuan ordered the disciples in Beijing to meet up. Then I learned about Zhengtong Road in Beijing."
"After this half-day investigation and confirmation, all the disciples of my Tianshi Mansion are safe and sound, and the rest of the Zhengyi people in Beijing are not missing."
Sun Shaozong is not surprised by this. If the identity of the deceased can be found out so easily, what is the use of the murderer taking his head and clothes
He was hesitating whether or not to use the fact that the deceased's chest was marked with rectangular marks to test these Taoists, then Wang Chuyi said again: "The teacher asked Xiaodao to give a word to the adults, and he is now under the order to preside over Jia If you have time at night, please take the time to go to Ningguo Mansion to talk about it.”
Unexpectedly, at such a time, the emperor even sent the real person Hongyuan to preside over Jia Jing's supernatural ritual.
Speaking of this real person of Hongyuan, it is said that in the contemporary Tianshifu, he is more than ten thousand people under one person. Heavy.
This newly built Tianshi Mansion was originally proposed by him to pave the way for the contemporary Zhang Tianshi.
The reason why Sun Shaozong had heard of his name was because of the recent dispute between the North and the South, and it is said that the disciples of Master Hongyuan first provoked it.
Now that there is such a big flaw in Tianshifu, the emperor has appointed him to preside over the rituals of Ningguofu.
To be honest, if the real Hongyuan invited Sun Shaozong to visit, he would definitely refuse.
But going to Ningguo Mansion...
It's barely considered a home game, so when it's time to pick up Second Sister You, let's chat with him about the case.
Just to see, what kind of person is this legendary master who can drive ghosts and gods.
At the moment, Sun Shaozong nodded slightly and said, "After visiting Qingxuguan, I will go to Ningguo Mansion."
Hearing the three words 'Qingxu Guan', the four Taoists on the opposite side were all stunned, and then the Shaotian Shi became excited, pushed aside Wang Chuzhen, stared blankly at Sun Shaozong and asked, "This matter is Qingxu. Watch what you're doing, right?!"
"Do not."
Sun Shaozong said indifferently: "I just went to ask if there are any Taoist priests in Qingxu Temple whose whereabouts are unknown."