When Yan Chi asked, Meng Hui, who asked directly, subconsciously withdrew his hands behind his back.
"Little man... the hand of the villain is..."
Meng Hui's eyes dodged for a few moments, obviously trying to hide the truth, but Yan Chi's eyes were like swords, Meng Hui couldn't hide when he looked straight at him, Meng Hui's face turned pale, and he finally said, "Don't dare to hide it from Your Highness, Yesterday, after my eldest brother left yesterday, I did beat that kid with my fist, mainly because... the main reason was that the kid spoke badly, and kept saying that his father was my fault, and that I would suffer retribution, etc. But now, It was he who was punished—"
Meng Zhou stomped his feet resentfully, "Fourth brother! You are an elder! You have to look like an elder!"
Meng Hui was yelled at by Meng Zhou, his face was blue and red, and he didn't dare to raise his head when he faced Yan Chi's gaze. Yan Chi glanced at the two of them indifferently, then turned to Zheng Baishi beside him, "Master Zheng, look for me!" Personally ask them carefully, what they used to beat Meng Wei, and where they were beaten, ask carefully."
Zheng Baishi looked at Zhan Yang, who immediately did it.
Zheng Baishi lowered his voice and said, "Your Highness, look at Meng Wei's death..."
"After her autopsy is completed, there will be results."
Hearing this, Zheng Baishi nodded, and said in a low voice, "This morning, the lower official has already entered the palace once. The emperor didn't expect that another case would happen just after the previous case was completed. He is very dissatisfied. This case is still related to the imperial court. ... Hey, since the beginning of spring, there will be envoys from the Northern Wei Dynasty and Western Liang Dynasty, and His Majesty ordered us to investigate clearly within ten days."
Yan Chi narrowed his eyes, "I've already thought about it. When His Majesty summoned me yesterday, his words were very dignified."
Zheng Baishi glanced at Meng Zhou and Meng Hui in the corner of the yard, then looked back at the half-closed door, and sighed, "Although there are still ten days left, I don't know if we can break through within ten days."
Yan Chi raised his chin slightly, "Nine Girls is the best workman in the capital, Mr. Zheng don't need to worry too much."
At this point, the corners of Zheng Baishi's lips raised, "That's true, and the emperor asked Nine Girls this morning, and I said Nine Girls were helping with the autopsy. The Emperor seemed relieved."
Yan Chi looked at Meng Zhou in the distance, "Meng Zhou still doesn't want to do an autopsy?"
"When I asked yesterday, he was still hesitant. I'll ask again later. Their family is very superstitious about this matter, and they just don't know what to do."
Hearing Zheng Baishi's words, Yan Chi said, "If he still doesn't want to, I'll come and talk to him."
Yan Chi's voice was only low, but Zheng Baishi's heart skipped a beat when he heard it. Yan Chi's words inexplicably contained a bit of evil spirit, and thinking about Yan Chi's previous rumors, Zheng Baishi hurriedly said, "Don't worry, Your Highness. I will try to convince him later.”
Soon, Zhan Yang's inquiry came to fruition. He wrote down all that Meng Hui and Meng Zhou had said, and handed it to Yan Chi. My lord, take the men of the Meng family and retreat first."
Meng Zhou hesitated to speak, Zheng Baishi stepped forward helplessly, "Brother Meng please, please trust the government—"
As an official in the same dynasty, Meng Zhou was naturally acquainted with Meng Zhou. When he said this, Meng Zhou had no choice but to bow to Yan Chi before retreating. The courtyard returned to silence, and Yan Chi turned around and entered. room.
Inside the house, Qin Wan was carefully checking the wounds on Meng Wei's body. When Yan Chi came in, he asked, "What did they say?"
Yan Chi walked up to Qin Wan with the paper that recorded the confession, "Meng Zhou only hit Meng Wei's shoulders and back with an expert stick, including both arms and lower buttocks. He also hit Meng Wei in the face with his fists and pushed his knees against his chest and abdomen. He also kicked Meng Wei's legs during pushing and shoving. After knocking Meng Wei down, he kicked him on the back again. two feet."
Saying that, Yan Chi handed the confession paper to Qin Wan again, but Qin Wan didn't take it, she just approached him and tilted her head to look at it for a moment, then she frowned, leaned over and turned Meng Wei's body over, When he turned over, he saw that Meng Wei's back was covered with more scars, especially there was an obvious bruise on the Fengfu point under the occipital bone of his head.
"It is true that most of the scars on his back were left by sticks. The two scars on the back of his waist should be kicked by Meng Hui, but there is a bruise here that doesn't look like it was hit by a stick, and Meng Hui would kick him directly. head?"
Speaking of which, Qin Wan pointed to other wounds on Meng Wei's body, "The wounds from the stick are very regular, but the bruises here are like punches. Meng Hui didn't say he hit him here."
Fengfu acupoint is just under the occipital bone, it is a very dangerous acupoint, hitting here can cause coma at least, and death at worst, this point is not to be said for doctors and kungfu practitioners, but all martial arts practitioners know .
If Meng Hui kicked and beat here, he wanted to kill Meng Wei.
Yan Chi narrowed his eyes, "Meng Hui emphasized that he just wanted to teach Meng Wei a lesson, and he didn't touch Meng Wei above his neck."
Qin Wan frowned, "That was not left by Meng Hui, and there was no ointment applied to this bruise, so it was obvious that it was born after Meng Wei returned to his yard. He applied the medicine to his servants after he returned. He has not left in his own yard all this time, so his injury can only be left after he went out at night."
Yan Chi looked at Qin Wan, "So Meng Hui was murdered?"
Qin Wan nodded, "Meng Wei's temperament, if he conflicts with others, he will definitely retaliate. He is not in the mood to commit suicide. The only explanation is that his death was caused by the person who beat him, and his injuries are serious. , the person who strikes must be ruthless and fast enough to knock people unconscious, if the murderer knocks him out and then pretends to be his suicide, it will be hard to tell."
Having said that, Qin Wan said again, "There is nothing strange about the other injuries on his body. If it can be autopsied, it can be autopsied." After speaking, Qin Wan looked at Zhan Yang again, "Zhan catcher, Hu Have you found anything?"
Zhan Yang nodded, "We have already checked the lakeside, the rope is a very common dead knot, the material of the rope is also very common hemp rope, and there are footprints, we tried it, the size of the footprints is the same as the size of the shoes on Meng Wei's feet same."
Qin Wan frowned slightly, "It must not be that simple, how deep are the footprints?"
Zhan Yang frowned and said, "Although there is silt by the lake, the silt is not that thick. We walked up it alone, and then we walked up with the other on our backs, and it was almost as deep as the bottom."
As he spoke, Zhan Yang turned his eyes slightly, "If Miss Nine determined that it was a homicide, would the murderer carry Meng Wei to the tree first, then after fabricating the scene of his suicide, step on the original footsteps and leave backwards? "
Qin Wan looked at Meng Wei's shoes on the ground. The shoes were half old and not new. I don't know how long they had been worn. There were some stains on the surface, and the soles were covered with thick mud...
"Did the murderer put the shoes that came over on Meng Wei's feet? If so, when he walked backwards, the footprints would not be neat. Did the head catcher find it?"
Zhan Yang shook his head, "We have checked carefully, every footprint is complete and there are no other traces."
Qin Wan's eyes were still full of concentration, "This cannot be explained."
As soon as the words were finished, Zheng Baishi went back and forth, and said as soon as he reached the door, "Your Highness, Miss Nine, I have persuaded Mr. Meng, and he agreed to autopsy the corpses of Meng Wei and his son."
Yan Chi's face was slightly relaxed, while Qin Wan's eyes lit up. She looked at the sky outside and said hurriedly, "It's not too late, let's start now. Before noon, I have to enter the palace to ask the empress dowager for pulse."
Zheng Baishi became nervous when he heard that he was busy. Although it was still early, the autopsy took a lot of time.
Yan Chi stepped forward, "What do you need me to do?"
Seeing Yan Chi walking forward, Zheng Baishi and Zhan Yang stood at the door. Qin Wan walked to the coffin where Meng Jin's body was placed, lifted the cloth covering the body, and said, "Just help me record it."
Qin Wan came here today with her own small package. She opened the package, and there were all kinds of incense and other things in it.
Lighted the Quhui incense, took a Suhexiang pill, and Qin Wan took two more porcelain plates that were placed on the tribute table in the house.
Ready, Qin Wan still used the cold moon to attack, the external injury had been experienced earlier, Qin Wan cut open Meng Jin's chest and lungs, Meng Jin has been dead for a few days, although it is the first month, after all, there is still corruption , Soon, the smell of corpses spread with a sour and rotten smell. Fortunately, several people in the house could hold on.
"There is still a small amount of drowning fluid and foam in the nasal cavity and breathing tube of the corpse. Drowning fluid also flows out of the lungs. The pulmonary vesicles are swollen, and there are traces of rib compression on the surface. This proves that the deceased was undoubtedly drowned alive..."
Soon, Qin Wan cut open Meng Jin's belly, which made the sour taste even worse, and Qin Wan's most important autopsy was here, Hanyue was extremely sharp, several people saw it Seeing that Meng Jin's belly was cut open without hindrance, revealing the red, white and yellow flesh and viscera inside, Zheng Baishi pursed his lips, and took a step back towards the door.
Qin Wanzai inspected carefully, the glove was soon covered with dirt, but looking at the dirt, she didn't even frown, not only that, she carefully took out the dirt Put it on a porcelain plate, and then carefully pick something in Meng Jin's belly.
This is the second time Zhan Yang has seen Qin Wan's autopsy, so that wonderful feeling came again.
Zhan Yang is used to catching heads. Although he is not afraid of dead people, he never thinks that there will be any good experience in a place where there are dead people. However, it is different now. Knowing that she was touching the most corrupt and dirty dead body, it still made people feel pleasing to the eye. For a while, the rotten flesh and pungent corpse smell didn't feel anything. Zhan Yang narrowed his eyes, how could Qin Wan made it this far
"There was a large amount of drowning liquid in the stomach of the deceased, and the drowning liquid was cloudy, with no sediment, water plants, etc."
As Qin Wan spoke, her brows frowned suddenly. She was always calm and reserved during autopsies. This time, her expression changed, and all three people in the room found something was wrong. As if he found something in his belly, he held back.
Seeing this, Yan Chi took a step closer, seeing Meng Jinzhi's internal organs more and more clearly. He belongs to the battlefield. His long spear pierced the enemy's heart and stomach countless times, and the enemy's intestines would be pierced directly. There are many, but these are very few times, he just watched what the viscera of a dead body looked like.
Perhaps knowing that there was not much time, Qin Wan finished the autopsy after checking again.
Although it is mid-winter, her forehead is full of sweat, she said while suturing the wound of the corpse, "I remember that there are cobblestones and fine sand at the bottom of the inner lake in Meng Mansion—"
Yan Chi nodded hurriedly, "There are still a lot of moss near the shore."
Qin Wan paused, and sewed up Meng Jin's belly. Zheng Baishi glanced at Zhan Yang, and Zhan Yang hurriedly went to fetch water. On the other side, Qin Wan went to check again what Meng Jin had received. After taking out the stuff from the stomach, he frowned for a while and said, "There is a problem, Meng Jin didn't die in the lake."
Zheng Baishi was stunned, and Zhan Yang, who had just fetched water, was also stunned.
Zheng Baishi said, "But he was found in the lake, and he drowned."
Qin Wan first cleaned the contents of the porcelain plate several times. After several times, Qin Wan found seven or eight extremely tiny particles in a mass of dirt. She hurriedly picked out those particles and put them aside, and then Go clean your hands.
"Meng Jin was undoubtedly drowned, but people don't just drown in lakes. When I came in, I saw a water tank in the corner of the yard. A water tank that big can drown an adult in it."
When Qin Wan said this, Zheng Baishi's heart skipped a beat, and he turned his head to look. Sure enough, there was a large old water tank in the corner of the courtyard. After saying this, Zheng Baishi couldn't help but think that many wealthy people used large water tanks to raise some lotus flowers. such as.
"Ninth girl, are you sure? If he didn't drown in the lake, where was he?"
Qin Wan cleaned his hands and held a clean white porcelain plate, which contained the particles he had picked out.
"To know where he drowned is to know what these are."
As Qin Wan said, Yan Chi's eyes dimmed, "Like the seeds of plants."
Inside the white porcelain dish are pinpoint-sized round brown particles. However, it has been in the gastric juice for too long, and the original color and shape can no longer be seen. Only in terms of perception, it does look like a plant. seed.
Zhan Yang glanced at the big water tank, "Could it be that...the flowers were planted in the water tank, and the flower seeds fell into the water? Then the deceased was drowned in the water tank?"
Qin Wan nodded, "It's possible, and there was a mark on the deceased's abdomen and bruises on the back of the head, which perfectly explained the origin of these wounds. The deceased was first drowned and then thrown into the lake for a fall. In this way, the place where Meng Jin was killed will be re-determined."
As Qin Wan spoke, his eyes still fell on those brown particles.
"The drowning liquid is turbid, but there is no mud, sand, moss, and aquatic plants. However, it is mixed with gastric juice, and the corpse has already rotted. I can't tell what kind of water it is. These little things, give me some time, I will study it."
Zheng Baishi looked at Qin Wan, thought that Qin Wan was a doctor, and asked, "Could it be the residue of medicine or something?"
Qin Wan put the porcelain plate down, "No, because these particles were also found in the drowning in the intestinal tract and trachea. If it is a thing, it should be in the esophagus. However, it may also be medicinal materials. Some people will It is also possible for the dead to be drowned in the potion of cold sores on the hands or rashes on the body when they are boiled with medicinal herbs.”
Speaking of which, Qin Wan said again, "Actually, a water basin can drown a person."
Having said that, Qin Wan didn't know what the medicine was, she turned around and looked at Meng Wei who was lying on the side.
Meng Wei hanged himself to death, so the autopsy is of little significance. However, to be on the safe side, Qin Wan carefully examined Meng Wei's nasal cavity and stomach, and also looked at several serious bruises on his body. But no big gain.
"He didn't find any drugs or other things in his nasal cavity. He shouldn't have been stunned. In his stomach, there were only food residues and medicinal soup residues from last night. There was nothing unusual. It was a few injuries on her body. The most serious One is on the lower left side of his lower back, the bleeding under the skin is severe, and if it is heavier, it will hurt the bones, and then there is the spot of Fengfu Point. Although the scar looks small, there is also a lot of bleeding under the skin, and it happens to be in above the acupoints." As Qin Wan said, he looked at Yan Chi, "What do you think, Your Highness?"
Yan Chi frowned, "The striker's hands are extremely strong, and he succeeds with one strike, he should be a martial artist."
Hearing this, Zheng Baishi hurriedly said, "But... only the fourth master Meng Hui practiced martial arts in the Meng Mansion... and only a few guards practiced martial arts. Could it be that they were slaves who killed the master?"
Zhan Yang hurriedly said, "But last night, all the nursing homes were on duty in groups of four. Someone died in the mansion, and everyone was very flustered. When I first came here this morning, my subordinates asked about it."
The argument that Diao Nu killed the lord is obviously not valid, so the blame immediately returned to Meng Hui.
Seeing this, Yan Chi said, "Looks like we have to ask the people in the house again, maybe there are people practicing martial arts, but we don't know."
Zhan Yang nodded, "Okay, this subordinate will go now."
Zheng Baishi frowned and thought for a moment, "Your Highness, do you think it is possible for Meng Hui? Meng Wei insisted that Meng Hui was the murderer. Although no evidence related to Meng Hui has been found yet, he is suspected. Did Meng Wei discover something else? Or did Meng Hui feel guilty after finding the key?"
"What Mr. Zheng said is not impossible. Although there is no direct evidence, it can be assumed that the deaths of Meng Wei and Meng Jin were committed by the same person. The murderer had a direct conflict with Meng Jin, and Meng Wei may have discovered the murderer. trace."
Listening to the conversation between the two, Qin Wan took out a handkerchief to cover the brown and black particles in the porcelain plate, "Your Highness, Mr. Zheng, let me take this back and have a look. If I can find out what it is, I will be the next one." I'll tell you in a moment."
Yan Chi packed Qin Wan's baggage with his own hands, "It's getting late, I'll take you back to the Marquis Mansion first, and then I'll take you into the palace to see the Empress Dowager later."
Qin Wan nodded, followed Yan Chi out of the yard, and Zheng Baishi was also on the road.
Zheng Baishi said, "Now we need to find out where Meng Jin went that night. He was drowned in the middle of the night, whether he was inside or outside the house. It's hard to say, but we can check it out. Meng Wei's death proves that The murderer practices martial arts, this is also a new direction."
Qin Wan nodded, "Exactly what Master Zheng said."
While talking, Qin Wan and Yan Chi walked to a place not far from the lake in the mansion. Qin Wan thought about it, and then walked to the lake, "I'll go over and see—"
When the three arrived at the lake, Qin Wan first walked to the place where Meng Jin was found. Sure enough, there were tiny four-leaf moss floating by the lake, the lake water was clear, and the cobblestones and fine sand at the bottom of the lake were clearly visible. Going in, sure enough, the "teng" stirred up the fine sand at the bottom of the lake.
Qin Wan became more and more sure of his guess, and turned to the place where Meng Wei was found.
The rope had already been taken away as evidence, Qin Wan stood not far away to look, and saw a mark marked with red cinnabar on the trunk of the ancient willow tree horizontally, Zheng Baishi said, "That's where the rope is hung. "
Qin Wan looked at it, then looked at a piece of immemorial stone placed under it, and then thought about Meng Wei's height, then said, "The murderer must have a lot of strength to be able to drown Meng Jin and kill Meng Wei like this. With the addition of people who know martial arts, the circle of suspects will become smaller and smaller."
Strong strength, first of all, women can't do it, and the murderer is locked in the man.
And those who know martial arts, as long as they try hard, they can always try it out.
Qin Wan said, and walked slowly to the ancient willow tree, and among the somewhat messy footprints, the footprints belonging to Meng Wei were also marked. Qin Wan glanced wide, but suddenly frowned.
She walked quickly to the first few footprints, and then stretched out her hand to dig into the mud. Yan Chi and Zheng Baishi frowned, but the next moment, Qin Wan picked out a small leaf from the mud.
The leaf was so small that only half of it had been trampled to pieces, and it was still covered with mud. Qin Wan carefully brushed off the mud on it, narrowing his eyes, "Holly tree?"
As he spoke, he turned his eyes to look around, but at a glance, where is the holly tree visible
Qin Wan hurriedly asked, "Is there a holly tree in the Meng Mansion?"
Zheng Baishi shook his head, "I didn't see it." He said and ordered the yamen's servant to ask.
Qin Wan said, "Master Zheng, please send someone to fetch Meng Wei's shoes."
Zheng Baishi obeyed naturally, and Qin Wan explained, "This leaf appeared in the footprints, and there are no holly trees around here. Most likely, this leaf was brought here by Meng Wei's shoes."
Zheng Baishi's eyes lighted up slightly, "When I found Meng Wei in the morning, there was only a string of his footprints on the muddy ground. He must have brought them here. As long as you know where there are holly trees, you can know where he went last night."
Qin Wan nodded, "If there are holly trees in the yard of the second bedroom, it would not be surprising."
Zheng Baishi nodded again and again, and soon, the clerk who brought the shoes came back, Qin Wan picked up Meng Wei's shoes to check, and found the other half of the leaves, since it proved that the leaves were indeed brought by Meng Wei's shoes, Where did the leaves grow
Just as he was talking, the Yacha who went to ask people also returned.
"Your Highness, my lord, the villain went to ask the steward of the mansion, and the steward of the mansion said that the holly tree can only be planted by the side of the courtyard leading to the third and fourth houses in the west."
As soon as these words came out, Yan Chi frowned, "Where are the fourth and third bedrooms?"
Zheng Baishi's eyes also darkened, "So, Sifang's suspicion is getting bigger and bigger?"
Qin Wan didn't speak, just put down the evidence and continued to turn around to look at the footprints and the place where the marks were made on the book. After looking around, she looked at the clear and flat footprints and said, "How did the murderer do it after this disguise?" Where did you leave?"
There are still footprints around the Taikoo Stone, but the footprints only surrounded the tiptoe Taikoo Stone and did not go far.
Raising his gaze, Qin Wan looked at the clear ice lake behind the ancient willow.
Yan Chi also saw the ice lake at the same time, "The murderer walked over wearing Meng Wei's shoes, hanged Meng Wei, put the shoes on him, and left the lake by himself. Taikoo Stone Mountain, if the murderer steps on it, no trace will be left."
It's no wonder that both Qin Wan and Yan Chi thought of this method, because there is no way to go now, but walking in the lake will leave no traces, and, in order to salvage Meng Jin's key that day, several of Yan Chi's The guards all went down to the lake, everyone in the Meng Mansion must have known about it later, maybe the murderer got a revelation from this.
Zheng Baishi clicked his tongue, "This... that's impossible, there are ice balls floating on the surface of the lake, and the guards of His Highness were elites who dared to go down to the lake that day, so how dare the murderer? And it was still at night."
Qin Wan didn't argue, but said, "Your Excellency, you can try to send someone to look across the lake, maybe there may be clues."
After all, Zheng Baishi valued Qin Wan, and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll send someone to investigate right away." Then he said, "It's getting late, and I'm going to trouble Nine Girls again today. The emperor is really urging her, Nine Girls should let her go quickly." Your Highness will send you back."
Yan Chi also said, "Leave this to Mr. Zheng, and I'll see you off."
Qin Wan nodded, and then followed Yan Chi to leave, walked a few steps, Qin Wan suddenly felt that someone's gaze fell on her from a distance, she turned her head subconsciously, and glanced away, only to see Zheng Baishi Dispatching the servants in the mansion, Qin Wan shook his head, only saying that he was suspicious, and rushed back to the Hou's mansion to change clothes and enter the palace.