【Get it done, eat】
No wonder it was so urgent, it really was another big incident!
Not long after noon, Dali Temple suddenly received a report that Lin Qisheng, the imperial censor of the Zuodu capital who had just started official duty, was poisoned and died in his study.
Although in principle, Dali Temple does not accept direct reports, but is responsible for handling difficult and miscellaneous cases submitted by local governments, or projects designated by the imperial court.
But after all, this dead person is a dignified second-rank, and he is the leader of the Kedao speaker!
Even if it doesn't conform to the rules, how can the top and bottom of the Dali Temple dare to shirk
Therefore, after receiving the report, the temple chief, Yang Zhiming, hurriedly brought his troops and rushed to the Lin Mansion to investigate the case.
Just as the reporter said, Lin Qisheng died of poison, and died on the soft collapse in the study room - but the strange thing is that Lin Qisheng's body has already begun to rot and deteriorate!
At first, Yang Zhiming thought it was because of a toxic attack, but after repeated inquiries, the two actors believed that Lin Qisheng had been dead for at least three days.
So Yang Zhiming also decided that it was the people of Lin's house who deliberately deceived him, so long after Lin Qisheng's death, he sent someone to the government to report the case.
And this person who is trying to deceive is very likely to be the murderer!
However, his reasoning was quickly overturned.
Because there are at least two-digit people who can testify that Lin Qisheng has been fine these past few days, it was not until noon today that he was found dead in his study.
The case became confusing.
Yang Zhiming was also a little stunned, and he reasoned about several possibilities.
In desperation, he had no choice but to come to the Sun Mansion to ask for help.
In fact, the Lin family went directly to Dali Temple to report the case, originally for Sun Shaozong.
So when Sun Shaozong led the people from Dali Temple to the door for the second time, the Lin family not only did not reject them because of the previous conflict, but doubled their grand reception.
This made Yang Zhiming a little disappointed.
But who cares about the whining of the incompetent
The stars hold the moon in their arms. After being greeted by the Lin family to the study, Sun Shaozong ruthlessly ordered to stop the Lin family from the door, and then took Yang Zhiming and others to the scene of the crime.
As soon as he entered the door, Sun Shaozong smelled the corpse odor from inside. Judging from the strong and stimulating smell alone, it could never be anything new.
But just now on the road, Sun Shaozong also confirmed repeatedly that Lin Qisheng had appeared alive in front of people until this morning.
"Master Shaoqing."
Seeing Sun Shaozong's nose swaying, and then showing a suspicious look, Yang Zhiming, who was holding his nose, couldn't help but express a high opinion: "I once heard that in ancient times, there was an alchemist who used the wrong formula, and immediately died of poisoning after taking the medicine. Humans, however, are not completely dead, and they still walk as easily as living people, until they rest a few days later, this is called a living corpse."
After speaking, he pointed to the corpse on the bed: "Lord Lin probably does the same."
Sun Shaozong gave him a sideways glance, and he began to examine Lin Qisheng's corpse before he reached the soft collapse in the inner room.
Lin Qisheng is sixty-nine years old, and he took good care of him during his lifetime. Although he can't be called a childlike face, he has the appearance of an upright elder.
But now that his complexion is dark blue, his seven holes are bleeding, and his stench is sprayed from the inside out, no matter how upright his appearance is, it can only be described as appalling.
Sun Shaozong first checked the stiffness of the corpse's muscles, then lifted Lin Qisheng's eyelids and checked his pupils.
puff~
Although he had tried his best to restrain his strength, when the left eyelid was lifted, a thick and turbid white liquid still overflowed from the eye socket like a spring.
vomit!
Yang Zhiming was trying his best to endure, seeing the turbid white mucus, mixed with the original purple and black poisonous blood, spreading on the corpse's face like a smudge, and donated lunch on the spot.
Sun Shaozong glanced back at him and said indifferently, "Master Yang, please take care of your health."
As he said that, he patted Yang Zhiming's back lightly, and wiped all the rancid water from his fingertips onto his official robe.
vomit~
Yang Zhiming vomited even more.
Cat on his waist, raised his hand, and swayed a few times, then stumbled out of the study.
嘁~
This kind of thing is actually too embarrassed to serve in Dali Temple!
Sun Shaozong didn't bother to care about him anymore, and he opened the corpse's mouth like no one else, and checked the decay and damage in the corpse's mouth.
After all the facial features were examined, he roughly came to a conclusion: Lin Qisheng had indeed been dead for three to six days.
The reason why the time span is so large is that, firstly, it has not been fully investigated; secondly, it is because the corpse had been stored in other places for a long time before it was moved to the study, before confirming the environment and temperature of the hiding place. , naturally there is no way to accurately determine the time of death.
As for Sun Shaozong's judgment that the murderer had moved the corpse, it was based on the abnormal indentation on the back of the corpse's head, as well as the corpse spot diagonally above the left arm and wrist.
The corpse spot can only appear in the 'low' part of the corpse, and it is basically impossible to appear in the upward-facing part.
Not to mention the indentation on the back of the head, this soft collapse is very flat and soft, and there is no hard object found around it. The indentation showing an irregular cone will not appear out of thin air, right
After examining the head, it was time for the victim's limbs.
Stiff, hard, corrupt...
In addition, there are muscle groups that are not commensurate with their age.
At the age of nearly 70, it is not easy to maintain such a strong physique.
but…
Since he is very healthy and his career is in full swing, why would he suddenly want to retire and return to his hometown
And does this have anything to do with his death
With speculation in his heart, Sun Shaozong put his hand into the cuff of the corpse again. First, he touched some small hard and heavy objects, probably metal objects such as private seals.
Then I probed my fingers along the gap, but there were mostly fluffy silk underneath.
After a long while, he took out those things, and as expected, it was two copper printed letters of heavy weight, and a soft and wide handkerchief.
"Chen Jingde."
Sun Shaozong suddenly turned his head and asked, "During the autopsy, did you ever move something in the body's sleeve?"
"this… "
Chen Jingde hesitated, and subconsciously looked at Huang Bin on the side—obviously, this fellow did not personally watch the autopsy process at the time.
"Return to your lord."
Huang Bin had to stand up and report: "At that time, the two dudes were only ordered to examine the degree of corruption of the corpse, and did not search for other clues."
In this way, the contents in the cuff were probably put by the murderer.
Because according to the pattern of the things in the cuff, as long as the victim's arm once drooped, the two heavy-weight seals would sink deeper into the silk, instead of maintaining delicate contact and balance as they are now. .
From this inference, the victim has a high probability of being put into those items after death, so these items will remain in the state they were put in.
As for these things, they were originally in the sleeves, and after being taken out by the murderer to read and borrowed, they were stuffed back in again.
Whether the murderer deliberately found it from elsewhere for some purpose and put it into the corpse's cuff was not known for a while.
But one thing is very clear, that is, there are at least two murderers involved in this case - otherwise, it will be difficult to keep the corpse in a horizontal state during the process of removing the corpse!