Qin Wan's heart clicked, "Dead person? Dead person in the Qin family?"
Yan Chi nodded, "Yes, so you don't have to worry about other things, you should go back to the house right now."
Qin Wan felt a chill rushing up from the soles of his feet, "Who is the person who died in the Qin family?"
"It seems to be an aunt of the master in your house." Yan Chi said, pulling Qin Wan to continue walking outside, "I reported to the magistrate's yamen half an hour ago, and now the magistrate has gone to Qin's mansion."
Qin Wan still didn't realize it, "Aunt? There are many aunts in the house, I don't know which aunt it is..."
Yan Chi turned his head and looked at her for a moment, "I don't know either, I'll find out only when I pass by."
This unexpected news caused Qin Wan to be surprised and suspicious, but he didn't react for a while, and just continued to look at Yan Chi's side face and asked, "How did His Royal Highness know?"
Yan Chi said in a serious voice, "I just returned to the Qin Mansion for a while, and I was going to go to the magistrate's yamen, but before I left, it was said that the magistrate was going to pick up the murder case of the Qin Mansion. I didn't know you were coming until I got through the door, so I came to call you."
Qin Wan didn't know why Yan Chi wanted to go with Huo Huaixin even after he knew that Huo Huaixin had gone to the Qin Mansion. Huo Huaixin went because he was the magistrate, but what was Yan Chi's reason
Qin Wan's mind was confused, and this question seemed not so important at this moment. He is the son of Prince Rui. Although he didn't come back from the army a few days ago, his identity allows him to go anywhere he wants.
Qin Wan lowered his eyes, being dragged by Yan Chi, he had to follow along all the way, and walked a few more steps. Yan Chi turned his head and glanced at Qin Wan's undulating skirt, and slowed down two steps without a trace. Fu Ling followed behind, also It was only by trotting all the way to keep up, seeing that Yan Chi slowed down, he was greatly relieved.
A group of people came out of Dongyuan and went to the main road in the mansion. Qin Guan was in a state of confusion, only thinking about who would die in the Qin mansion. Suddenly, Yue Ning's voice sounded.
"Qin Wan, are you going back home?"
As soon as Qin Wan looked up, he saw Yue Ning in the front, followed by Yue Qing and Princess Taichang, and Jiang Shi was also on the side.
It seemed that several of them knew about the Qin family's affairs, and their expressions were a bit solemn at this moment.
Qin Wan nodded, "I don't know what's going on, I have to go back to the house to have a look."
After these words were settled, Qin Wan realized that her hand was still being held by Yan Chi. She was about to struggle, but Yan Chi let go of her hand as if she had sensed it. Yue Ning glanced at Yan Chi and said nothing. What.
When I came to the Hou Mansion, I naturally had to meet the Taichang Princess first, but the Taichang Princess was not there, so Qin Wan immediately stepped forward to salute, and the Taichang Princess grabbed Qin Wan's hand, "Okay, I don't know what the hell is going on What’s the matter, you just go back and have a look, and be careful to protect yourself.”
Qin Wan said "Yes", "The medicine given to you is in your yard, and it is mainly for recuperation, three times a day, just like before, remember to take the medicine on time."
Princess Taichang lined the back of Qin Wan's hand, "Okay, I'm much better now, you can go back and have a look, and come back tomorrow."
Qin Wan nodded, but Princess Taichang looked at Yan Chi again, "Xiaoqi is going there too?"
Yan Chi nodded, and Princess Taichang sighed, "Alright, follow along to see if there is anything you can do to help. You just received the imperial order and you encountered this, so you can't let go."
Yan Chi nodded, "Don't worry, Auntie, I know."
Qin Wan's mind was in chaos. Hearing the conversation between Yan Chi and Princess Taichang, he was suspicious, but he didn't think too much about it. It's not her business to ask about holy decrees, so Qin Wan didn't ask anything. , just wanted to go back to the Qin Mansion early to see what happened.
After Yan Chi finished speaking, he looked at Qin Wan, "Let's go—"
After he finished speaking, he left. Qin Wan blessed Princess Taichang and the Jiang family, and followed Yan Chi. Yue Ning looked at him and said, "Someone died in the Qin family. I want to go and have a look."
Princess Taichang gave her a disapproving look, "Something happened in the mansion, you will know sooner or later what identity you use to follow, don't rush, it's too impolite to go there right now."
Yue Ning nodded slightly, "I mean, don't worry, grandma, I understand."
Princess Taichang shook her head, "Qin Mansion... It's not a good place if there is no accident, and now there is an accident, it's hard for Wan girl."
Having said that, both Yue Ning and Yue Qing looked worried, but Jiang Shi said, "Don't worry, mother, Guan'er is a lucky one. Besides, there are us, so we won't make it too difficult for her."
On this side, Qin Wan followed Yan Chi out of the Hou's mansion, but saw two horses besides her carriage in front of the Hou's mansion.
Qin Wan didn't care too much, and got into the carriage, Yan Chi raised his eyebrows, and got on the horseback with Bai Feng behind, Qin Wan gave an order, "Hurry up, go back to the house—"
As soon as the curtain fell, the driver's whip was raised immediately.
The carriage started rolling, and Fu Ling asked nervously, "Miss, why did someone die in the mansion?"
Qin Wan shook his head, his eyes were slightly narrowed, and the pupils like clear springs were deep.
"I don't know, I'll know when I get back home."
Qin Wan doesn't even know who the dead person is now, so naturally she has no way to draw conclusions, but, faintly, Qin Wan always feels that the death of Qin's mansion is not so unexpected to her, because before that, Qin's mansion actually There was already a murder case, but the dead person came back to life at that time, and the murderer was completely hidden.
Does this murder case have anything to do with the previous one
The wheels creaked and the hooves of the carriage also rattled. Qin Guan lifted the curtain and looked out. Yan Chi could have been riding fast, but because of Qin Wan's carriage, he was now letting go. Slowing down, the suspicion in Qin Wan's heart came up violently at this time, why did Yan Chi make this trip? Why did you follow her carriage all the way
Lifting the curtain of the car, Qin Wan looked at Yan Chi and said, "Your Highness, do you want to find the prefect?"
Yan Chi sat on the horseback and gave her a condescending look, "What?"
Qin Wan said, "My carriage is too slow. If your Highness is in a hurry, please leave first."
Yan Chi's phoenix eyes narrowed, glanced at Qin Wan and then turned away, but he didn't speed up at all, and just kept following Qin Wan's carriage, Qin Wan only felt that Yan Chi was too high to be looked at at this moment, Frowning, she lowered the car curtain. Anyway, she had already expressed her attitude, and it was Yan Chi's business whether she would listen or not.
The light in the carriage was dim, Qin Wan didn't plan to care about Yan Chi anymore, and was only thinking about the Qin family's affairs.
Qin Shuang just fell down the well yesterday. Liu Chun said that the well was ready for use, but the old lady sealed the well up at night. Who died and did it have something to do with the well
The more Qin Guan thought about it, his expression became more serious, and he only wished that the carriage could fly back to the Qin residence.
Because of Qin Wan's order, the coachman didn't dare to be careless, and swung his whip sharply, the speed was still much faster than usual. After half an hour, the carriage stopped outside the Qin residence.
When Qin Wan got out of the car, he saw that besides the doorman of Qin Mansion's own house, there were two guards guarding the side entrance of the Qin Mansion. The two seemed to be waiting for someone. Seeing Qin Wan's carriage stopped, they immediately walked towards them.
Qin Wan was a little stunned, but the two yamen servants looked at Yan Chi, "My lord, Your Highness, the magistrate has already entered the Qin residence, please come with us."
Qin Wan frowned, it turned out that Yan Chi really had something important to do with the magistrate.
Thinking of this, Yan Chi glanced at Qin Wan and said, "Still not following?"
Qin Wan originally wanted to avoid suspicion, and because of Yan Chi's status, she asked Yan Chi to leave first, but since Yan Chi opened his mouth, she naturally wanted to follow immediately. The two clerks walked quickly, and Yan Chi was not slow. Qin Wan walked quickly with her skirt in hand. As soon as she entered the gate of the mansion, she saw the dignified porter. When she walked in, she saw a few servants coming and going in the direction of the outer courtyard. The further you went to the inner courtyard, the cleaner it was. And these two yamen servants obviously knew the place, and they only strode forward to lead the way. Qin Wan saw that they were heading east!
Qin Wan only felt a sense of uneasiness welling up in his heart, and went straight along the corridor, seeing that he was going to pass the medicine store. I'm going to the aunt's house.
Sure enough, the two clerks who led the way slowed down when they reached the concubine's courtyard, but the concubine's courtyard was lined up one by one, Qin Wan didn't know where they were going, and turned to look at Fuling, Fuling was also looking at it nervously. Where the two yamen servants were going, suddenly, the two yamen servants turned around and walked straight into a courtyard.
Qin Wan frowned, and Fu Ling also gasped.
Those two yamen servants actually walked into the yard of Eighth Aunt Liu's family!
Qin Wan's hand clutched his cuff fiercely, is Liu's dead? !
Mrs. Liu was someone who had been to Zizhu Forest. Does her death have anything to do with Miss Jiu's death
Qin Wan's heart beat like a drum, and Yan Chi, who was walking in front, looked back at Qin Wan with deep eyes.
"His Royal Highness—greetings to His Royal Highness—"
After reaching the gate of the courtyard, Huo Huaixin greeted him from inside, followed by Qin Chen and the old lady Jiang who looked sombre, beside Jiang, Cai He and Lin stood on the left and right.
Huo Huaixin bowed and saluted, and everyone in the Qin residence followed suit. When they saw Qin Wan following Yan Chi, the complexions of the Jiang family changed slightly, and Yan Chi raised his jaw, "Get up!" , don't be too polite."
Mrs. Jiang was supported by Mrs. Lin and Cai He to get up, Yan Chi looked at Huo Huaidao, "How is it?"
Huo Huaixin wiped the perspiration from his forehead and shook his head, "It is preliminarily concluded that he was murdered and strangled to death. Right now, all the servants of the inner courtyard are gathered in the stewardship courtyard, and they are questioning one by one. Xu He The body is being examined inside."
Qin Wan's eyebrows twitched, Yan Chi looked at Qin Chen and the Jiang family, and frowned, "Where is Master Qin?"
Now that there is a murder case in the Qin family, Mr. Qin should be in charge, but why can't he be seen
Huo Huaixin smiled wryly, "Master Qin is ill, and...it is a very serious illness, so now the young master Qin Chen and the old lady are in charge together. If His Royal Highness has any questions, they will be able to answer them."
As he said that, Qin Chen stepped forward and said, "Your Highness has any questions, just ask."
Yan Chi nodded slowly, with a pressing look between his eyebrows, he remained silent, Huo Huaixin touched the thin sweat on his forehead again, Qin Chen and the others were also a little nervous and didn't know what to say, their eyes turned, Qin Chen Seeing Qin Wan, he said, "Ninth Sister, go back to Ting Lanyuan first, this matter must have nothing to do with you, it's quite unlucky to stay here."
Qin Wan left the Qin Mansion early in the morning and appeared with Yan Chi, presumably because they were both in the Hou Mansion, and Qin Xiang and Qin Shuang were not here at the moment. Being involved in these matters, it's normal for Qin Chen to say so, but when his words settled down, Yan Chi said, "I'm afraid Jiu Miss will have to work hard."
Qin Chen was taken aback for a moment, and Qin Wan and Huo Huaixin who were standing aside were also taken aback.
Yan Chi glanced at Qin Chen and the others and said, "This case is related to the reputation of the Qin Mansion. Prefect Huo and I are quite unfamiliar with your mansion. It just so happened that Nine Girls are very trusted by Princess Taichang, so Nine Girls followed , just ask her if you encounter something unclear."
As he said that, Yan Chi glanced at Qin Wan, "How is it?"
Qin Wan raised her eyes and glanced at Yan Chi, knowing that it was Yan Chi's intention to let her participate in this case, but she still didn't understand why Yan Chi started to take charge of this case so well, and Song Rou's case didn't see him like this. So much for it
"Of course I will follow His Highness's orders..."
Qin Wan responded, and on the other side, Qin Chen hesitated to say, "But... After all, she is dead, and Ninth Sister is still a little girl. I'm afraid she will be afraid. If Your Highness does not give up, I can..."
Yan Chi frowned, "It's not that the eldest son is wrong, it's just that this case happened in the Qin family, so it's better for the eldest son to avoid suspicion."
Qin Chen's face paled for a moment, and Yan Chi glanced coldly at Jiang and the others, "The case happened in the Qin Mansion, and you are all the masters of the Qin Mansion. Yan Chi doesn't want to doubt you, but logically speaking, you are indeed Should avoid suspicion."
After all, the Qin family is also an aristocrat of Jinzhou, even Huo Huaixin is not good at being so direct and rude, but when it comes to Yan Chi, he doesn't have to shy away from it at all, and he has settled down, Qin Chen and Jiang's are even more room for a compromise nothing.
Qin Chen could only nod his head, "Yes, His Royal Highness is right."
Yan Chi nodded, seemingly satisfied, and looked at Huo Huai Dao again, "Please take the old lady and the eldest son to rest aside, just tell me how the case is going, take me to have a look now dead body."
Huo Huaixin sweated a little, and hurriedly instructed a servant next to him, "Go, send the old lady to sit in the flower hall next to her." Then he looked at Jiang and smiled, "Old lady, you go and rest first, I'll ask you any questions."
Mrs. Jiang had a string of Buddhist beads hanging in her hand. Hearing this, she bowed to Huo Huaixin with one hand, "Amitabha, I will leave this matter to the magistrate." Then, he bowed to Yan Chi again, and then took Qin Chen Several people left.
As soon as they left, Yan Chi asked, "Where is the corpse?"
Huo Huaixin raised his hand and pointed inside, "Inside, His Royal Highness, please—"
Yan Chi took a step, went out two steps and then turned back, but saw Qin Wan still standing there, Yan Chi frowned, "Why? Don't want to see what's going on with the corpse?"
Qin Wan straightened her back, thinking! Of course I want to! Not to mention that the incident happened in the Qin Mansion, even if she encountered a suspicious case on the side of the road, she would want to investigate it based on her instinct of following her father to handle the case for many years, but...
Qin Wan frowned and looked at Yan Chi, "His Royal Highness wants to try this case?"
It's not that Qin Wan cares too much, it's just that Yan Chi is not in the Yue family's barracks, why did he come to Qin's mansion, she thought he was looking for prefect Huo for other things, but now it seems that he is for the case of Qin's mansion come!
Something was wrong, it seemed that there was something she didn't know yet.
Although Qin Wan's question was vague, both Yan Chi and Huo Huaixin understood what she meant, and Huo Huaixin grinned even more, "Miss Nine is surprised that His Highness is here to try the case? Haha, Miss Nine doesn't know yet. He is responsible for the task of procuratorial envoy, and he is the same as Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Punishment. He is now in Jinzhou, so it is natural for him to intervene in Jinzhou's murder case."
Qin Wan's eyes widened immediately, "The Ministry of Punishment raised punishment and procuratorial envoy?"
It is not a non-permanent official position to mention the post of inspector and inspector. However, most of those who carry the word "inspector" are directly appointed by the emperor and the Ministry of Zhongshu. As for the power of inspection and supervision of the internal affairs of the prefecture, Yan Chi is the procurator of punishment, and may not be able to intervene in other matters, but all investigations and lawsuits related to criminals and prisons in Jinzhou prefecture are his responsibility. With him, Huo Huaixin and the government inspectorate became his generals, what should be done with the case of the Qin family, his words are indeed the most effective, but why is Yan Chi so well-behaved that he was given the title of procurator
"That's right, it's about punishment by the procurator." Huo Huaixin sighed, and seeing no one else around, he said, "Miss Song's case was reported back to the capital, and it was related to the Anyang Marquis' Mansion and Song Guogong's Mansion. The Holy Majesty may have thought of it too long." The princess was furious, so she pushed His Highness out. This case is very difficult, and the Holy Majesty does not know how long it will take to solve it, so he wanted His Highness to take the lead in this case, which not only saves the face of several families, but also brings the murderer to justice. in law."
After a pause, Huo Huaixin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Unexpectedly, this case was solved with the help of Nine Girls before the imperial decree was delivered from the capital. The imperial decree arrived yesterday afternoon. It's late, His Highness, the inspector, has become an idler, but I didn't expect that as soon as I said this, something happened to the Qin residence today... "
Huo Huaixin had no choice but to smile bitterly, and Qin Wan also blinked. Song Rou's case was indeed very involved, and now the Holy Majesty knew that Yan Chi's identity was close to the Marquis of Anyang, so pushing him out was a good move, not to mention With Yan Chi's identity and courage, he will not act timidly, so he will be able to supervise the case as quickly as possible. It's just that the current Holy Majesty did not expect that this case would be solved so quickly. However, the Holy Majesty's order is to let Yan Chi supervised the handling of Song Rou's case, or did he really confirm his status as procurator? If it's the former, that's all. If it's the latter, it's much more complicated.
"However, I look at the meaning of the Holy Majesty, and I also want to take the opportunity to test His Royal Highness. This case just allows His Royal Highness to show his skills." Huo Huaixin said, and added, "With His Highness here, it can be regarded as a gift to Your Highness." After taking a reassurance, how to investigate this case depends on His Highness's intentions, and I must be His Highness's pawn."
Huo Huaixin's words were not without compliments, but Qin Wan's heart sank slightly.
Yan Chi came back from the Shuoxi Army, didn't he intend to go back to the army and enter the imperial court instead
If the Holy Majesty really asked Yan Chi to practice in the post of Prosecutor, wouldn't that mean to keep him in the Ministry of Punishments in the future? But once this arrangement is made, it will be too difficult for Yan Chi to go back to the army!
Qin Wan thought a lot for a moment, but there was no emotion on Yan Chi's face. He glanced at Qin Wan and turned to enter the yard, "Master Zhifu, tell me, what have you learned since receiving the news today?" ?”
Yan Chi slowed down a bit, and Huo Huaixin hurriedly followed, "I received a servant from the Qin Mansion to report to the yamen an hour and a half ago. I only said that someone died in the mansion, and I didn't say anything else. I heard that it was the Qin Mansion, and I had people report it to His Royal Highness, and came to the Qin Mansion. When I came here, the inner courtyard of the Qin Mansion had been purged, and all servants were not allowed to come near. The Qin Mansion has always had a strict family style, so it can be seen, there is no Miscellaneous people are also very cheap. The official brought people in, and he heard the maid in the yard say that when he opened the door early this morning, he saw this aunt died in his room. He was so frightened that he told Lin Madam, it was Madam Lin who sent someone to report to the government—"
After a slight pause, Huo Huaixin said again, "This aunt is the eighth aunt in the house, she is very doted on, but recently Master Qin seldom comes to the inner house after being ill, and this aunt has also fallen ill in the past few days. She was taking medicine, and she died on her own bed. There were only two girls who were close to her in the yard. The two girls said that after my aunt had a rest early last night, they closed the courtyard door and went to sleep. Until this morning when I opened the door and found that the person was dead."
Yan Chi frowned, "The door is unlocked?"
Huo Huaixin nodded, "The door is not locked."
Just as he was talking, Yan Chi looked towards the main room in front, "This is her room?"
Huo Huaixin nodded, "Exactly, Xu He is checking the corpse in the room."
Yan Chi strode towards the main room, while Qin Wan came to the Liu family's courtyard for the first time. At this moment, he also looked at the courtyard curiously. The Yiniang's courtyard is not as big as the courtyard of the young masters and ladies, but Qin's residence has always been beautiful. Her yard seems to coincide with her name. There are many weeping willows planted in the corner, but under the weeping willows are clumps of peonies, which seems to imply Liu's style. Although small, it is definitely elegant and pleasant.
Qin Wan glanced around, and after a while, he also entered the main entrance. As soon as he entered the room, Qin Wan frowned at the pungent smell of medicine. Flavored medicinal materials, such a calculation, this recipe turned out to be a recipe that she is quite familiar with...
"Xu He, His Royal Highness and Nine Girls are here, what result did you come up with?"
Huo Huaixin turned right from the main hall, and then entered Ba Yiniang's bedroom. When he arrived here, there was a pungent smell of powder and medicine. The outside of the courtyard looks a little bit better, but it is not much better than other courtyards. However, inside the house, it is quite different. The decorations used in this house are all jade, and the porcelain is also very delicate and high-grade. Looking at the walls Among the paintings and calligraphy hanging on the ceiling, there were actually several paintings by the masters of calligraphy and painting from the previous dynasty. Qin Wan sighed inwardly.
"Meet Your Royal Highness, Ninth Girl—"
The inner room was also extraordinarily exquisite and luxurious. Xu He stood in the room in a white shirt. He hadn't seen him for a few days, and his bookishness still remained undiminished. He saluted Yan Chi and Qin Wan, then frowned and said, "My lord, come and have a look." —”
Having said that, Huo Huaixin hurried over, and Qin Wan followed Yan Chi to the bed.
In the past, Huo Huaixin and Xu He were also worried that they would scare Qin Wan, but now, the three big men have reserved a place for Qin Wan for her to check. Qin Wan stepped forward and saw that he was dead at a glance The long-time eighth aunt Liu.
Xu is the love of Liu's family, and the bed curtain is also bright water red. At this moment, the bed curtain is completely rolled up, and the brocade quilt on the bed is also put aside. funeral bed.
As for Liu Shi, she was still wearing the water-red tulle skirt. Xu He only did the most basic inspection and hadn't removed her clothes yet. At this moment, Liu Shi's figure was wrapped under the tulle skirt. It was still exquisite, but when Qin Wan saw Liu Shi's face, the discomfort in his heart suddenly rose.
Liu Shi closed her eyes, her lifeless face was still covered with thick white powder, even thicker than when Qin Wan saw it for the first time. Her complexion was a little bruised and swollen, and coupled with her complexion that would fade after death, at this moment, Liu Shi closed her eyes, but her face was like a ghost, which made people feel horrified. Liu Shi's face was covered with greasy powder, Faintly, it seems that the face of her neck is also covered with powder. It is against this pale powder that the purple strangle marks on her neck are particularly obvious. No wonder Huo Huaixin said that Xu He came to the conclusion that Liu Shi was strangled dead.
Qin Wan didn't doubt this statement, but her brows quickly frowned.
"My lord, Your Royal Highness, Ninth Girl, look, this purple strangle mark is under the dead man's throat, I have seen it before, the deceased has no other injuries for the time being, only this strangle mark, this strangle mark It intersects at the back of the neck of the deceased, and the strangulation marks are extremely deep and thin, look again..."
As he spoke, Xu He broke Liu's head, and when Liu's head was tilted, the strangle marks on the side of his neck were particularly obvious, "Look, there are tiny blood spots coming out from the top and bottom of this strangle mark, It shows that the deceased was strangled to death, and her skin is bruised and swollen, and her eyeballs are protruding, which is enough to prove that she was strangled to death."
Yan Chi nodded, but turned to look at Qin Wan, "What do you think?"
The corners of Qin Wan's lips pursed slightly. In fact, she didn't necessarily need to be involved in this case, but Yan Chi seemed to have read her mind, and let her stay with him from the very beginning by asking her to be by the side to help answer questions. By his side, with this reason, Yan Chi moved the Taichang Princess out again, it seemed that everything was very reasonable, as someone who knew him, it was only natural for him to trust Qin Wan to ask her questions, everyone in the Qin family would not Have any doubts.
And Qin Wan herself will not stay out of the matter, not to mention seeing Liu's going to Zizhu Forest, but she has never seen her go to Zizhu Forest, Qin Wan will not let go of any suspicious cases of the Qin family, and she faintly feels that Ms. Liu's death must not be completely unrelated to Ms. Jiu's death. As for the connection, maybe if she finds out the truth of Mrs. Liu's death, she will be able to know the truth about Ms. Nine's death!
This thought must be, Qin Wan said, "She was indeed strangled to death. Apart from what Xu Wuzuo said, the tip of her tongue must be outside the dentition, and there should be other clues on her hands and feet. You can also look at her eye mask... "
Xu He raised his eyebrows, and quickly turned around to open Liu Shi's mouth. Looking at it, he saw that the tip of Liu Shi's tongue was lying horizontally between the teeth, and looking at it, the tip of her tongue was bitten, and blood was faintly visible. Xu He went to open her eyelids again, and saw sporadic bleeding spots faintly visible on Liu's protruding eyeballs. Xu He secretly wrote down these, and turned his head to ask, "Ninth Miss, do you mean that every Is this what happens to people who are strangled to death?"
Qin Wan nodded, then shook his head again, "Not necessarily, it depends on the situation, for example, whether the tip of the tongue sticks out of the teeth depends on the situation, when the rope is tied to the deceased..."
Qin Wan leaned over and pointed to the lower part of Liu's neck and throat, "The tongue will only stick out when the position is below this position, but if the position of the reining rope is higher, the tongue will not stick out, so it is said that hanging It is wrong to say that a dead ghost must have a long tongue, and it is possible that it will not stick out its tongue after being hanged, the reason is the same, it depends on whether the rope is above or below."
Xu He nodded, and hurriedly wrote these down in his heart.
Here, Huo Huai said, "So, hanging to death is very similar to being strangled to death."
Qin Wan didn't want to say too much at first, but when Huo Huaixin said this, she still said, "The strangled ditch has less bleeding, while the strangled ditch and upper and lower will appear, and there will be more bleeding points on the strangled eye mask." It is more obvious that the strangled groove only appears in the lower part, and the sides will gradually become shallower, while strangled, there will be deep tear stains on the sides and the back of the neck. If you open it, you will find that the strangled person will have more bleeding points under the scalp, while the hanged person will have almost none."
The head was cut open... Huo Huaixin's eyes trembled, and he coughed lightly, "You have been taught, you have been taught, Ninth Miss is indeed knowledgeable, ahem, now that the cause of death has been determined, the perpetrator can also be determined, right? A very thin rope?" Huo Huaixin looked around the room, "Could the murder weapon appear in this room?"
Mrs. Liu's bedroom was decorated very delicately and gorgeously. There was an unfinished brocade handkerchief near the window, but if it was a thin and strong rope, it was not found for a while.
"When you came in, was this room like this?"
Unexpectedly, Yan Chi suddenly opened his mouth, Huo Huaixin was slightly stunned, and said, "Exactly, it was like that when we came in."
Yan Chi frowned, looked at Huo Huaidao, "Master Huo didn't think anything was wrong?"
Huo Huaixin looked around the room blankly, "No...what's wrong..." Huo Huaixin looked around again and again, and suddenly murmured, "This room doesn't seem like a place to kill people..."
Having said that, Huo Huaixin immediately opened his eyes wide, "Yes, if she was killed in her own room, she should struggle. The room is too tidy. Could it be that she was drugged?"
With that said, Huo Huaixin went to look at Liu's medicine bowl.
Qin Wan didn't say anything, just stepped forward, squeezed Liu Shi's body, and put his hand to Liu Shi's neck, then frowned, Xu He was watching Qin Wan's expression all the time, and asked hurriedly at this moment , "What did Miss Nine find?"
Qin Wan looked at Liu Shi's neatly dressed dress, and suddenly began to untie the front of her chest. She was very neat, but she didn't take off all of Liu Shi's dress, but only pulled it down to the shoulders. Seeing a few purple spots on the side of Liu's shoulder, Qin Wan narrowed her eyes, and rolled up the sleeve of Liu's left hand. This time, she saw a few purple spots on the inner surface of Liu's left arm , Qin Wan pressed it up with his fingers and then released it, and the purple spots became lighter in color, but soon returned to their original color. Qin Wan slowly lowered Liu's arm, his face sinking like water.
"The body has been moved..." Qin Wan said, his eyes slowly scanned the surrounding area, "Also, the shoes that Mrs. Liu wore yesterday were not seen in the room, so it is very likely that Mrs. Liu did not die here. "
"Has the body been moved?" Xu He suddenly opened his eyes wide, "Can Miss Jiu tell the reason?"
Although Xu He entered the martial arts profession, he was not good at learning skills. After seeing Qin Wan's skills several times, he thought of stealing his teacher early on.
Qin Wan glanced at him, and said honestly, "Is she like this when you came here?"
Xu He nodded, "Yes, that's what it looks like."
Qin Wan said, "Look, she was strangled to death. That's what you saw when you came here. Your first reaction was that she was killed in your own room, but look at her face... "
Xu He hurriedly looked over, and Qin Wan said, "The two servant girls said that they went out after watching her rest last night, so that means that Mrs. Liu died after resting, from the temperature and spots on her body Judging from the situation, she died between the time and the ugly time, but at that time, she should have fallen asleep. Since she had already fallen asleep, how could she have such a thick face? Look at her clothes , the clothes are so neat, how does it look like you have already fallen asleep?"
Xu He looked at Qin Wan without blinking, and Qin Wan said again, "This is first, and second, there are no shoes in the room, even if she sleeps, the servants will not be able to take them away, the murderer Take it away? Of course it is possible, but what would a pair of shoes reveal? Wearing shoes on her feet will only reveal where she has been. If she did not leave the house that night, why would the murderer take the shoes away? Third, you look at her nails..."
Xu He hurriedly said, "I have noticed this too, her nails are broken."
"Not only is there a break, the ring finger and index finger of her left hand, the ring finger, index finger, and middle finger of her right hand, the nails of these fingers are completely broken, and there are scars on the pulp of the fingers and the center of the palm, which shows that she has struggled violently. It wasn't because she was unconsciously stunned and then strangled to death. Looking at the neatness of the room, the teacup on the table, the brocade quilt on the bed, and the jade wares by the bed were all unbroken. How could it be possible? She was killed The place of killing must not be here."
As he said that, Qin Wan took a deep breath, "The most important point is that the corpse spots on her body, usually after a person's death, the heart stopped beating. The prescription gave birth to plaques, but you see, if she has been lying on her back like this, how could the failure appear on the shoulders and inner arms? If you guessed right, her thighs and waist will also have spots. The corpse spots are enough to prove that after she died, she should have been lying on her side, maybe still curled up. Look at her legs, which are somewhat deformed and bent. If you want to know what she looked like when she died, you only need to Just check it out carefully.”
Xu Hezai listened carefully, and his eyes fell on Qin Wan's face.
When it comes to autopsies, Qin Wan's expression always has a kind of concentration that is completely different from the usual one. This kind of concentration seems to be magical, and it only makes people look at it again and again. The determination and calmness between Qin Wan's eyebrows is even more It is to give people a sense of oppression that she can see everything in the world and rely on these clues to make the murderer finally have nowhere to hide.
Because of this feeling, no matter how high and high a person is, at this moment, they must listen to her carefully!
Perhaps Xu He was watching too intently, and Qin Wan mistakenly thought that he had a question, so he said again, "Do you know that people will go stiff after death?"
Xu He snapped back to his senses, nodded quickly, and Qin Wan said, "A person starts to become stiff about an hour after death, first starting from the place where he exerts the most force on weekdays, after three hours his whole body will become stiff, and after six or seven hours his whole body will become stiff. After a day, the stiff body begins to soften again, and then slowly, after three or four days, it will completely soften, so after a person dies, they will maintain their posthumous form for a period of time. This is the shape of her legs. For some strange reason."
Xu He nodded hurriedly, "Okay, I've written it down, I'll write it down next time."
Although Huo Huaixin is not as thirsty for knowledge as Xu He, he listened carefully to what Qin Wan said, and hastily asked now, "So, Miss Nine thinks that the murderer killed Liu Shi elsewhere and killed her again." Moved here?"
Qin Wan looked at Huo Huaixin and shook his head, "The one who moved the body was not the murderer."
Huo Huaixin was stunned, and turned to Yan Chi in a daze, but Yan Chi's eyes showed a trace of coldness, "It seems that the masters of the Qin family must be invited to come and ask questions..."