Qin Wan has seen many dead bodies with his father, but this is the first time he has seen such a tragic death. Some were discovered half a month after death. Although the degree of corruption is high, the appearance is also very shocking, but the person in front of him has been dead for two days. ah!
After death, as long as there is this layer of skin, the rate of decay will slow down, and if there is exposed flesh and blood, it will cause mosquitoes to accelerate the rate of decay. Looking at the blood and pus of the orangutan and the wriggling maggot flies, Qin Wan only felt some churning in his stomach.
Zheng Baishi looked at Qin Wan, who had a serious face, and was very impressed. When the dead body was found, he didn't look human. He thought it was a monster. Later, he found out that it was a human. I heard that several people fainted from fright. Even he and Zhan Yang vomited two or three times when they saw the corpse for the first time, even Dali Temple Minister Li Muyun retched a few times, and even though Qin Wan frowned, he couldn't stand it anymore , but he didn't lose his composure...
Zheng Baishi looked at Qin Wan in surprise, turned his eyes to look at Yan Chi again, Yan Chi stood slightly behind with a calm expression, and his brows did not move, Yan Chi was calm and composed, Zheng Baishi was not surprised, strange It was Qin Wan's fault.
How can a little girl have such a strong endurance!
"Master Zheng, where did you find him?" Qin Wan didn't go up to investigate immediately, she asked first.
Zheng Baishi hurriedly said, "I found it in the south of the city. There are many small alleys and many abandoned houses in that area. Usually only some low-level untouchables live there. The patrol guards from the patrol camp over there will not go there. Whoever found this corpse It’s just a few common people who live there, when they find out, they are already different.”
Qin Wan nodded, paused before saying, "I'm going to send someone back to the house to prepare some things. The deceased did not seem to have fatal wounds on his body, and these wounds should have been left when he was alive. The skin has been peeled off, so it is difficult to detect many traumatic scars, if you want to find out clearly, you have to do an autopsy."
Zheng Baishi was so satisfied, Qin Wan thought of what he had thought of, and Qin Wan could still think of what he hadn't thought of.
Zheng Baishi hurriedly said, "The princess will send someone to prepare, we are not in a hurry."
Qin Guan brought Bai Ying into the palace today, and at this moment he hurriedly gave Bai Ying a few words. Seeing this, Yan Chi asked Bai Feng to send Bai Ying back to the Marquis Mansion. The hall is cramped, and the smell of corpses is extremely heavy, but the front hall is still suitable for talking.
There is no good tea in Yizhuang, and the few people may not be in the mood to drink tea at the moment, Zheng Baishi didn't prepare these, and Qin Wan had already asked, "Master Zheng, on the way here, Your Highness said that this case is related to the previous one." A case in several years is very similar?"
Zheng Baishi and Zhan Yang looked at each other, Zheng Baishi nodded first, "Six years ago, I was not the prefect of Lin'an, and I was the prefect of Luozhou at that time—"
Luozhou is only two days away from Lin'an City. It is the closest city to the imperial capital, and it is also known as the companion capital.
"When I was the magistrate of Luozhou, there was a case like this in Guanyin Town in the north of Luozhou. The princess knew a lot of murders. You should know that ordinary people, whether it is for hatred or for money, seldom use With such a cruel method, the dead people were skinned alive at that time. Because Guanyin Town is closer to Lin'an City, the case was first reported to the Lin'an Government Office. People died, because two people died in a row, the Criminal Department was alarmed, the Criminal Department sent people to expand the scope of the investigation, and found the boundaries of Luozhou. Let Luozhou solve this case together."
Qin Wan was slightly surprised when he heard that, he didn't expect that both Zhan Yang and Zheng Baishi had experienced that old case.
Zheng Baishi continued, "Although Luozhou was found at that time, I just cooperated. The investigation in Luozhou was fruitless, and the people from the Lin'an government office left. I don't know much about what happened after that, only two months Then the case was broken."
Zheng Baishi looked at Zhan Yang, "Zhan Yang, tell me—"
Zhan Yang nodded, "At that time, three people died in that case. Later, we investigated for a long time and found a suspect. That person was a Taoist priest from a Taoist temple in the north of Guanyin Town. He was over 40 years old and guarded the place alone He believed in the Taoist temple, but the Taoist temple boasted that even he himself had to beg for a living. It is rumored that he went out for a year, and after a year came back, he changed his belief from the Taoist temple to a believer named Bai. There is no such sect in the Moon Sect, and everyone thought he was watching the Taoist temple run out of incense, so he invented a new sect to attract everyone's attention."
Qin Wan frowned slightly, "Then why do you say he is a suspect?"
Zhan Yang said solemnly, "Because the three people who died at that time were all in very miserable conditions. The first person was skinned, the second person had his tongue pulled out and ten fingers were cut off, and the third person was killed Frozen to death in the snow."
Qin Wan's heart skipped a beat when he heard that, "Tongue hell? Ice hell?"
Although Qin Wan didn't believe in any religious sect, when he heard Zheng Baishi say that the deceased had his tongue pulled out and was frozen to death, he couldn't help but think of the eighteen levels of hell mentioned in Buddhism and Taoism. , if you really want to count, the idea of hell still comes from Buddhist scriptures, and there are quite a lot of differences between the two.
The hell of Buddhism is one of the six realms, while the hell of Taoism is the place for sinful people to go. It is like a human government, and the ten halls of Yama perform their duties to punish guilty people in the world. Punish those who speak lies in the world, instigate slander, and commit the crime of tongue. It is said that these people will go to hell, and the imps in hell will use pliers to pull out people's tongues, but the ice hell is in The cruel and ruthless hell in the world, it is said that this icy hell is full of ice, and people will be frozen to death if they are in it...
Qin Wan didn't believe that he could think of all these things, presumably Zhan Yang and the others could also think of religious believers back then.
Zhan Yang's eyes lit up slightly, "The princess is really smart! When the second person died, we felt that something was wrong. If we pulled out our tongues, if it wasn't for personal revenge, then this way of killing was very similar to what the Taoists said. The punishment method in the Eight Hells, and the second person who died was cut off ten fingers, it is said that in Taoism, there is also a Hell of Scissors, which specifically punishes those who instigate widows to remarry.”
"At that time, I was just a catcher. I only knew the orders and didn't know the reasons for many of the arrangements. Buddhas also have their own sects and different sayings, but these can all be found in their teachings, so the prefect asked us to focus on the Taoist priests and monks who may commit crimes around us, and just At this time, the third person died, and the third person was frozen to death, which is in line with the saying of the ice hell, and this further supports the previous inference!"
"Later, we first found out the identities of the deceased, and then found people who might have known or had grudges against these people. After looking around, we found that these three people were all related to this Taoist priest, and the Taoist priest said goodbye. The Moon Sect is basically in line with the teachings of various sects such as Buddhism and Taoism. These theories of hell are also included in his teachings of the Moon Worship Sect, and he then arrested people—"
"Interrogation after arresting people is not the business of us small police officers. At that time, the magistrate, the criminal department and the Dali Temple interrogated together. However, the Taoist priest did not confess after interrogating for a long time, but after that, no one died. , so the case was concluded on the basis that the Taoist priest was the murderer, but he never confessed to the crime. The magistrate suspected that he had an accomplice at the time, so he discussed with several chief judges not to kill him. After that, the case was temporarily put on hold. Later, the magistrate When my lord is old enough to retire and return home, the case has been backlogged, and the Taoist priest is still imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice."
Less than half of the cases in the Ministry of Criminal Justice are backlogged by the change of officials. Yan Chi has sorted out the files as soon as he joined the Ministry of Criminal Justice, so he knows it all too well. Hearing this, he also understands the ins and outs of the old cases six years ago. Yan Chi said again, " If you think this case is almost the same as the case six years ago, does that mean there will be a second death?"
Zheng Baishi nodded sadly, "Exactly. When we saw the corpse, Zhan Butou and I felt that something was wrong. Even thinking about the Taoist priest back then, we were still wondering if we had caught the wrong person."
The murderer has been imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, but a similar case happened again, and the murderer has not pleaded guilty, which really makes people suspicious.
Qin Wan shook his head and said, "It's too early to say. It's better to find out the identity of the murderer first. Didn't you find any clothes or other things belonging to the deceased at the scene?"
Zhan Yang shook his head, "No, I didn't find anything."
Qin Wan frowned slightly, and couldn't help but think of the face of the deceased. The murderer not only peeled off the skin of the deceased, but also... pursed his lips, Qin Wan felt his scalp tingling.
If she hadn't known about the autopsy this time, she would have been shocked when she saw the corpse. Looking back now, she still felt a little nauseous, so she calmed down and asked, "If it is said that a religious believer killed someone, then what is the skinning?" What?"
Zhan Yang sighed, "It's the Iron Tree Hell. The Iron Tree Hell originally said that anyone who separates flesh and blood, provokes father and son, brothers and sisters, and husband and wife to discord will enter the Iron Tree Hell after death. There are sharp blades on the iron tree. The iron tree hell was picked under the back skin and hung on the iron tree. When the iron tree hell arrived at the Moon Worship Sect, it was changed into a peeling hell. It seemed that the iron tree hell was not scary enough. Yuejiao, what did you say that believers don’t need to burn incense and worship gods every day, they just need to help him eliminate karma and sins... "
The corners of Qin Wan's lips sank slightly, and Yan Chi said, "The three people who died back then, all of them committed these crimes?"
Zhan Yang nodded, "Back then, the first person who was skinned, in order to compete for the family property, provoked his brother to fight with others, his brother fought with others and became disabled, the second one who pulled out his tongue, slandered his brother His wife had an affair with others, divorced his wife and remarried, the third one died of freezing in the snow, he treated his old father harshly to death... "
Qin Wan's heart sank when he heard it. The law in the world can't reach it. If Zheng Baishi said that Guanyin Town is mostly remote, illegal things happen every day in such a place, but these Ordinary things, but no one will care about them. The people are too miserable, so they will place their faith in the gods and Buddhas, but Taoism and Buddhism will not teach people to kill.
The old case has been clarified, but the current case is still confusing. After waiting for a while, Bai Feng and Bai Ying came back, and Bai Ying brought the fragrance of dispelling the dark, and the gloves sent by Yan Chi. Qin Wan used the knife from the Yizhuang, took a Suhexiang pill, and asked someone to light the Quhuixiang, and then Qin Wan entered the inner hall again.
Seeing the corpse in front of her without a piece of good flesh, Qin Wan still felt a little uncomfortable, but she was a professional butler, and she quickly got herself into the mood.
Zheng Baishi and others watched from the sidelines, feeling that it was against harmony if they couldn't explain clearly.
Qin Wan's complexion is beautiful and elegant, she is like a banished fairy in the world, but the corpse in front of her is the ugliest and dirtiest in the world, this picture, no matter how you look at it, makes people feel sorry for Qin Wan.
Yan Chi stood not far away and looked at Qin Wan, frowning tightly. Qin Wan was happy to be good at this way. Although he agreed and supported it, Zheng Baishi and others couldn't see this picture, let alone What about him
"The deceased was a man. He was five and a half feet long. There was no fatal trauma on his body. It is preliminarily estimated that he died due to excessive blood loss. There was no foreign matter such as smoke in the deceased's mouth and nose. There was a slight depression in the back of the head... the back of the head. It should be a blunt object. As a result..."
"There is no intact flesh on the body of the deceased, and all the wounds have rotted away. Except for the depression at the back of the head, no other fatal wounds have been found. Looking at the growth of the teeth and joints of the deceased, it is preliminarily determined that the age of the deceased should be around 20. The murderer should have The human skin was peeled off with a very fine and thin knife, and near the ribs, there were several fine scars, which should be caused by the murderer's nervousness or fatigued wrist."
"The murderer is a person who is good at using a knife and is good at work similar to skinning. From his point of view, he wants to cut off the epidermis of the deceased. After a long time, the deceased will lose blood and die. He will not feel all the pain. Judging from the color of the body, almost all of them were caused before death. In this way, he spent at most two quarters of an hour to half an hour. The deceased would be in extreme pain for these two quarters of an hour, but he would not die immediately, and the deceased would A lot of blood was shed, and such a complicated job cannot be done outside..."
After speaking Qin Wan's words, he turned to look at Zheng Baishi and said, "Master Zheng, is there blood stains where the corpse was found?"
Zheng Baishi shook his head, "Yes, but not many, it should be thrown away."
Qin Wan frowned slightly and said, "The deceased was not dead at that time."
Zheng Baishi showed doubts on his face, Qin Wan pointed to one arm of the deceased and said, "His left arm has a scraped wound, although it is not obvious at this time, but you can still see strips of shallow marks. I guess he was not dead when he was thrown into the alley, and he woke up later, the wound on his arm is the trace of his struggle."
Zheng Baishi felt a pain in his flesh when he heard it. He usually suffered a small injury, and he didn't dare to touch the wound. This person was skinned off, but he was not completely dead. He struggled after waking up. How painful it was...
Qin Wan continued, "Based on these, it's still hard to determine his identity. He was young, and if he counted the time of death, it should have been two nights ago, or wait for his family to report to the authorities after they find out that he is missing. Either find out clues that can ascertain his identity, and if he has no family members, he can only rely on the government, and I will have an autopsy."
Most of the untouchables live in the south of the city, and there are many foreigners who come to the capital to work. These people have no family in the capital. The deceased is a young man, and he is in the south of the city. It is very likely that he is a foreigner with no family in the capital. Such a person, the murderer is also very easy to start, Zheng Baishi hurriedly said, "The princess is right, we also reported this half-thought, but two days have passed, no one from the government has come to report to the official, most likely the princess said I'm not married anymore in the capital—”
Zheng Baishi used to rely heavily on Qin Wan, but now because of Qin Wan's different identities, he respects Qin Wan even more. Seeing that Qin Wan's serious face was about to be autopsyed, Zheng Baishi gritted his teeth and did not move. Li Muyun stood Looking at Qin Wan from the side, his eyes flickered.
On this side, Qin Wan picked up the knife, touched the abdomen of the deceased, saw it right, and slashed down with the knife.