After getting out of the carriage, Qin Wan's expression was very surprised, "Prince Jin's Mansion? Isn't this place sealed off?"
Zhan Yang's expression was also very complicated. He glanced at the gate of the palace, "It's true that this place has been sealed and vacant for a year, but last night, when the guards of the patrol battalion were patrolling around here, they were caught by the guards in the palace. The movement was startling."
"Surprised by the movement inside?!"
When Qin Wan heard this, he became more and more surprised. Zhan Yang nodded, "Yes, there are people crying and howling in here. This is the royal residence. Ordinary people are not allowed to enter. When they heard movement inside, the guards from the patrol battalion broke down the door. But after entering, it turns out that there is really someone in the palace..."
Qin Wan frowned, and Zhan Yang continued, "A little thief who came in over the wall was crying and howling in the backyard. He insisted that he saw a ghost. The guards of the patrol battalion were going to arrest him, but they also found the will-o'-the-wisp. "
"Ghost fire?!" Qin Wan asked, and walked into the house with Zhan Yang.
This is the same establishment as Prince Rui's Mansion and Prince Yi's Mansion, but it is even older than Prince Rui's Mansion. Weeds grow densely in the yard, and the moss and green radish on the courtyard walls on both sides are also crazy to climb all over the wall. , and the doors of all the houses passing by were closed, the beams of the houses and the foreheads of the doors were covered with dust webs and cobwebs, and the flower beds outside the veranda were covered with fallen leaves.
Zhan Yang said as he walked, "It is said that it is a will-o'-the-wisp. There were six guards from the patrol battalion who came last night, and six of them saw it. Because of the large number of people, they were not scared off, and all drew their swords towards the will-o'-the-wisp." The place where it was—”
"Then you found someone dead?"
When Qin Wan asked, Zhan Yang immediately nodded.
Please Wan's brows furrowed deeply, "Prince Jin's mansion... unexpectedly found a dead person!"
Zhan Yang also nodded, "This palace is now used by the royal family, and the ordinary doors are locked. When we broke in last night, the seal on the door was still there, but there was a lot of movement inside. The guards of the patrol battalion had nothing to do. I didn't expect that there would be dead people in this mansion. At the end of July last year, when the case of King Jin came to an end, all the servants of the mansion were dismissed, and those who were found to have committed crimes were also distributed. All the things that belonged to King Jin They were all confiscated, the palace is basically empty, and no one thought that people would die here."
Qin Wan frowned suddenly, "What did Mr. Zheng say?"
The corners of Zhan Yang's lips were tightly pursed, "Master Zheng has already reported the case to the imperial court, but when the patrol battalion found something wrong last night, they immediately reported the case to the yamen. The yamen can't just pretend they don't know about it."
As we all know, the case of King Jin caused a bloodbath last year. In this year, no one in the capital dared to mention the name of King Jin. Although the Prince Jin mansion has been abandoned and vacant, except for those little thieves who don't know the severity, it is really true. No one dared to come here, but how could there be dead people? ! Who dares to come here this year? !
And more importantly, a dead person suddenly appeared in the Prince Jin's mansion. I don't know how the court will treat this case? Should we let the Lin'an government investigate normally, or hand it over to Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment? !
Thinking about this, Qin Wan walked all the way along the corridor in the mansion. The clerks of the mansion guarded the gates of the mansion in twos and threes. When they saw Qin Wan, they all saluted respectfully. Not long after, Zhan Yang brought Qin Wan in. As soon as Qin Wan entered the main courtyard of the mansion, he saw a courtyard overgrown with grass, and Zhan Yang led Qin Wan to the backyard.
"This is the main courtyard. It is said that the little thief was scared and crawled out last night, crying outside the main courtyard. It happened that the corridor outside the main courtyard was not far from the main entrance. Because it was too quiet at night, he It was heard by the people patrolling outside, but the corpse was behind, not in front... "
Going back along the side corridor, after a few steps, I saw a weedy field that was originally used as a flower garden behind the main courtyard, but now it was barren. In the weedy field, Qin Wan saw the exposed human bones.
"We have already dug it up, it is a complete human bone, but we have not dug it all out for the princess to see, the princess will have a look first, if it is necessary to dig it all out, and tell us to do it."
The backyard was guarded by two yamen servants. Seeing Qin Wan immediately salute, Qin Wan waved his hands and walked forward.
Half of the barren grassland was dug up. Qin Wan looked over and could roughly see that it was a complete set of human bones. Although it was a human bone, it was not completely ossified, but the skin and flesh were highly rotten and turned into yellow-brown wax. The bones were sticking to the bones, and the fragments of clothes that had not completely rotted could still be seen vaguely. Looking at the corpse, Qin Wan knew that the death of this person would not be short.
A flash of light flashed in her mind, and then her eyes darkened instantly.
Zhan Yang stood aside, Qin Wan walked to the excavated mound of soil, looked carefully, Qin Wan said, "It should have been dug and buried here, and then it was washed out by the rain, so it was exposed. Outside, as for the will-o'-the-wisps..."
Qin Wan said solemnly, "I read a saying in an ancient book that said that where there are dead people, there will be will-o'-the-wisps."
Zhan Yang frowned, "Could it be that this person's wronged soul turned into a will-o'-the-wisp to attract others?"
The corners of Qin Wan's lips quivered, "If you think so, it's not impossible."
Qin Wan carefully looked at the mound, then at the depth of the corpse, and then at the surroundings of the backyard. Then, he stood up and said, "Okay, we can dig it out..."
Zhan Yang nodded, and immediately gave the order, and the yamen who were guarding the side immediately began to dig quickly. Several people were digging beside, and Qin Wan stood aside and watched. After a while, a complete set of human bones was placed on the side of the bed. On the felt blanket on the ground.
Qin Wan squatted down, looked at it and said, "The place where the body was buried is not too deep, and it should have been buried in a hurry. According to preliminary estimates, this person has been dead for more than a year. I will not be able to find out the cause of death until after the autopsy out."
As soon as these words came out, Zhan Yang's complexion suddenly changed, more than a year? !
Now it's the beginning of August, and the person who died more than a year ago was before August of last year, isn't that...
Zhan Yang's complexion changed slightly, Qin Wan raised his head and said, "What does Mr. Zheng say?"
Zhan Yang shook his head, "My lord is still waiting for the news from the court. This case has been reported to the court this morning, and I don't know how it will be arranged. It's just a routine matter for us to come and investigate."
Qin Wan lowered his eyes, and his face was quite heavy. That is to say, after knowing that something happened in the Prince Jin's Mansion, the court would come to forcibly intervene. As long as someone from Dali Temple asked the Lin'an Mansion to withdraw from the Prince Jin Mansion, he would take over the case with full authority. , then the Lin'an government office cannot continue to investigate, and this case may eventually become an unsolved case. Gathered his mind and began the autopsy.
Zhan Yang asked Qin Wan to help, and the tools for the autopsy were naturally prepared. Qin Wan put on the protective gloves he had brought, and cleaned up the bones first. Several government officials watched from the side, still feeling very shocked.
Qin Wan has long been famous, but every time she sees her autopsy with her own eyes, it is still unbelievable that such a tall and handsome woman likes to deal with these dead people and bones.
Qin Wan didn't pursue a very good post-mortem site anymore, so he began to examine carefully with the felt blanket. The soil on the surface of the bones was carefully cleaned by Qin Wan. Qin Wan examined the bones from head to toe.
"The deceased was a man, aged between twenty and twenty-three, and six and a half feet tall."
"The deceased's fatal wound was on his chest. There was a sharp edge mark on his left breastbone. The murderer should have attacked from the front. The stabbing in this direction was just enough to hit the heart."
All that remains of the deceased is a waxy skeleton made of decayed skin and flesh. The internal organs and flesh are long gone, and many effective clues have been lost. Now the cause of death can only be deduced from the bone marks.
"The weapon is inferred to be a sword or dagger with an edge within two inches. Apart from this, no other wounds have been found on the deceased. , in addition to this, no other effective markers that can prove their identity have been found."
After Qin Wan finished speaking, she checked carefully again. This time, when she found the bones of the skeleton, Qin Wan suddenly frowned. She fixed her eyes on the bridge of the nose of the deceased, and suddenly took out a knife and cut it The waxy substance on the skull was scraped off little by little. With this scraping, the original appearance of the skull became more visible. Qin Wan stared at the depression on the bridge of the nose and fell into deep thought for a long time. Both Zhanyang and Zhanyang looked puzzled.
Zhan Yang was writing down what Qin Wan said with a pen and paper, and hurriedly said, "Princess, what's wrong?"
Qin Wan took a deep breath and calmed down, "The deceased was tall and tall, which is very rare among men of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Not only that, the position of the bridge of his nose, the depression between the nasal bone and the brow bone are also larger than those of ordinary men of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Be deep."
Zhan Yang looked at Qin Wan suspiciously, as if he didn't understand what Qin Wan said for a moment.
Qin Wan said, "The deeper the depression, the clearer the outline of the eyebrows and eyes. This is very common among the Rong people, or very common among people from the Western Regions."
"Rong people?!" Zhan Yang was surprised, "Why did the Rong people come to Dazhou? They even came to the capital and ran into the Prince Jin's mansion?"
Qin Wan shook his head, "It doesn't have to be from the Rong people, maybe it has the blood of the Rong people or people from the Western Regions."
Zhan Yang blinked his eyes, understood it all at once, and quickly wrote it down again.
Qin Wan glanced up and down again, and sighed, "That's all I can find out for now, this person's death time should be between one year and one year and two months. Between June and August."
From June to August, it was really two months after the King Jin case happened.
Zhan Yang frowned deeply, how could this be...
At first, Prince Jin’s Mansion was not sealed immediately, but it was only sealed up after the case was finalized at the end of July. Before that, the original old people in Prince Jin’s Mansion stayed in the mansion, and they could come and go freely at first, but they were guarded by soldiers until Jin Dynasty. Wang Wei committed suicide, and everyone was liquidated together. Zhan Yang was in the capital at the time, so he knew a general idea about this. If so, when did this person die? ! Still buried in the backyard of the main courtyard
It's weird... It's really weird...
Zhan Yang and Qin Wan fell into contemplation at the same time. Just as they were thinking, many voices came from outside together. Footsteps and voices, Qin Wan clearly heard Zheng Baishi's voice. Soon, Zheng Baishi's figure came from the corner. turned around.
Zheng Baishi led the way, followed by a group of people. Qin Wan took a closer look and saw Li Muyun first.
Zheng Baishi and Li Muyun came together, could it be...
Qin Wan and Zhan Yang looked at each other, and both of them had a bad premonition in their hearts. Seeing Qin Wan here, Zheng Baishi immediately stepped forward to salute, and Li Muyun also bowed his hands behind him.
Qin Wan said casually, "Master Zheng is coming from the palace?"
Zheng Baishi nodded, and Li Muyun on the side also looked at Qin Wan with a smile.
Zheng Baishi said, "The princess has finished the body inspection? What can I gain?"
Zhanyang showed Zheng Baishi the notes he had written down just now, and Zheng Baishi said while reading, "Is the blood of Rong people or people from the Western Regions?! How is this possible?!"
Having said that, Li Muyun behind also frowned slightly.
Qin Wan said, "That's true." Then he looked at Li Muyun, "Master Li, why don't you come and see?"
Dali Temple also often handles cases, or reviews all kinds of major cases. A chief official like Li Muyun naturally knows some autopsy skills. , Li Muyun nodded, "Indeed, the nasal bone is severely sunken, and it doesn't look like Zhou."
Zheng Baishi was suspicious for a moment, then Zhan Yang said, "My lord, do you want to investigate this case?"
Zheng Baishi raised his brows, and seemed to know what Zhan Yang meant, he nodded immediately, "Of course, of course we need to investigate! This case happened in an important place in the capital, and there was so much movement last night. We walked all the way just now, look Seeing a lot of people gather outside to watch, don’t check, and set the record straight?!”
Qin Wan was relieved when she heard that, when she came over just now, she found that the streets outside this alley were indeed busier than other places.
Zhan Yang also seemed to be relieved, Zheng Baishi looked at the handwriting and thanked, "I'm bothering the princess again today."
Qin Wan hurriedly said, "No trouble, it should be, I have inspected this skeleton for the first time, Master Zheng had better ask Wu Zuo to inspect it again."
Zheng Baishi nodded, "It's a pity that this person has been dead for too long, I'm afraid there are no traces around here."
After a year, no amount of natural traces have been smoothed out by the lush weeds.
Zheng Baishi pointed to a few yamen servants, "Move the bones to an empty room outside first, Master Li and I will take a good look at the princess's inspection certificate, this case must not be sloppy..."
Qin Wan nodded, and several yamen servants moved the bones away, Li Muyun turned and followed, Zheng Baishi also walked out, but Qin Wan stayed where he was in no hurry, looked around, suddenly , she frowned.