The Delicate Lady Coroner Chapter 66: Sihexiang 06

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Chapter 66 Sihexiang 06

The female corpse last time was injured on the back, but was not found. She was skinned at first. Later, Bo Ruoyou’s autopsy revealed that Wu Xiang did not regard it as the most important clue. But at this moment, another female corpse was also found. Once the skin was peeled off, the case would be completely different.

Wu Xiang immediately knelt down and said, "But it was done by the same person?"

Bao Ruoyou shook his head, "We can't tell for sure at the moment, but it's very possible. The female body examined last night was wearing a red dress, and the victim in front of him was also wearing a red dress. The last time she was strangled, this time she was strangled. The murderer didn't use sharp weapons. It’s also a common denominator.”

After Bao Ruoyou finished speaking, he leaned forward to look at the corpse. The lower body of the corpse was soaked in the water. In addition to the mud on the skirt, there were also a few dark water plants wrapped around his legs. Bo Ruoyou stretched out his hand to remove the water plants. Fish it out, turn around and look upstream of the Yuxi River.

Wu Xiang came forward and asked, "How is it?"

Bo Ruoyou said casually: "There are no footprints on the shore, and it is impossible for such water plants to be entangled. The body must have been washed down from the upper reaches. As for why it was lying prone, maybe it was when she was thrown into the water. Something heavy is wrapped around you."

After a pause, Bo Ruoyou said again: "She lost one of her shoes. Look up and down the river, maybe you can still find it."

The Yuxi River is not wide. Behind them is a wine shop and opposite is a row of private houses. Wu Xiang listened to what Bo Ruoyou said and immediately waved to someone, "Hou Yang, take someone to search upstream of the river. Look where there are such aquatic plants in the river, and the deceased lost an embroidered shoe, so he also went to look for it along the river. The flow of the Yuxi River is gentle, maybe it is floating somewhere."

Hou Yang was the tall cadre who was called a monkey by Wu Xiang the day before yesterday in Yizhuang. Hearing this, he responded, called someone else and turned to leave. Wu Xiang looked at Bo Ruoyou again, "But What else can be tested?"

Bo Ruoyou shook his head, "It's inconvenient here, so we'd better take the body back to Yizhuang for another inspection."

There were many people watching and talking around. Wu Xiang nodded and called a few government officials to take the body away.

After this scene, all the people who did not know who Bo Ruoyou was understood that Bo Ruoyou was actually a widow. Such a fair-skinned and graceful little girl turned out to be the widow of Jingzhao Mansion!

For a while, everyone was talking even more. After the body was taken away, Bo Ruoyou looked at the place where the body lay for a moment. Because the wound on the body was at the heart, there was also a faint trace of blood on the place where it lay. She squatted in the water. While watching, he suddenly turned around and looked at the people watching around him. Among the people watching, some were standing behind the restaurant and close to the fence. At this moment, they were all blocked by the government officials. There was also Bai Bai, who was standing a few feet away. Some were on the jade bridge, and some were standing under the budding willow trees on the other side of the river.

Bao Ruoyou glanced at these people one by one, making eye contact with them from time to time. Most people perked up and showed curiosity when they saw her. Some people were staring at her, subconsciously at this moment. She averted her eyes. Only a few people were very calm when looking at her. Everyone had different expressions, but Bao Ruoyou felt a slight chill on her spine.

Seeing her like this, Wu Xiang asked again: "What are you looking at?"

Bao Ruoyou looked away, shook his head and said, "For some reason, at that moment, I felt that the murderer was looking at us."

When he heard this, even Wu Xiang felt a chill run down his spine. He quickly turned around and looked over, but there were nearly a hundred people in all directions. How could he tell who the murderer was?

Wu Xiang looked suspicious, and Bo Ruoyou whispered: "The murderer doesn't kill for money, and he likes to cut open the flesh of women, and his thoughts are quite weird. There are so many people now, if he knows about the government If you come here, you will probably come to see it."

As he spoke, Bao Ruoyou stood up and said, "But this is just speculation. I'd better go to Yizhuang to do an autopsy as soon as possible to see if I can find other clues."

Wu Xiang nodded, "You go first, I have to go around and see if I can find the place where she was killed."

Bo Ruoyou nodded, and Wu Xiang told He Chang, "You should follow Xiaobo to Yizhuang."

He Chang did not dare to be careless and agreed repeatedly. Bo Ruoyou washed his handguards in the water of Yuxi River, and then they walked to the bank together. The closer they got, the more eyes that looked at Bo Ruoyou. When she was about to pass through the crowd, the crowd that had been crowded together suddenly moved out of the way. There was some fear on their faces, as if she had something unclean on her body.

As I walked over, I heard someone talking about how unlucky it was for a woman to be a widow.

He Chang frowned and went to look at Bo Ruoyou, but saw that her expression was as usual, as if she didn't care. He Chang coughed lightly and said: "These people don't understand and always like to talk nonsense. Don’t take it to heart, girl.”

Bo Ruoyou smiled bitterly and said, "I'm used to it, it doesn't matter."

After saying that, they got on the carriage and the three of them headed to Yizhuang.

The officer delivering the body arrived at Yizhuang first. When Bo Ruoyou arrived, Uncle Kun was burning incense in the front hall. When he saw Bo Ruoyou arriving, he came forward with a smile, "Miss Bo is here——"

Bao Ruoyou nodded and entered the back hall. She saw that the body had been placed on the morgue board. She glanced at He Chang and asked, "Can you record the examination report?"

He Chang nodded quickly and Bo Ruoyou nodded, "Okay, I'll test it and you can take note of it."

He Chang hurriedly went to Uncle Kun to find some pen and ink. When he came in, Bo Ruoyou carefully took off the corpse's clothes and first checked the marks on the corpse. When He Chang came in, he signaled to him to start writing.

"The deceased was a woman, five feet and two inches tall, aged between fifteen and sixteen years old. Her clothes were intact when she was found, and her face, hands and feet had no obvious trauma. Dark purple body spots were mainly found on her back, buttocks and back of thighs. , in addition, there were light purple corpse spots on the chest and abdomen, which faded with acupressure. Rigor mortis had taken shape, and there were small white spots on the eye membranes, which could be considered mildly turbid. Based on the calculation that the body fell into the water, the time of death should be midnight last night. Before and after."

"The fatal injury to the deceased was on the neck. There were purple strangulation marks under the throat of the neck. The strangulation groove was deep and thin. It extended from the bottom of the throat to the back of the neck in an arc shape. There were shallow traces of intersecting ropes on the back of the neck. There were spots of bleeding and blisters on the edges of the strangulation marks, and the skin appeared to be peeling off, which was due to the deceased's struggle."

"The deceased's face was slightly bruised, and there was subcutaneous bleeding on the eye mask and face. Because the rope was knotted under the throat, the tip of the deceased's tongue protruded and there were bite marks. In addition, the deceased's nails were clean, and the nail on the ring finger of his left hand was clean. It was broken, and there were traces of bleeding. There were abrasions on the tiger's mouth, which should have been caused by struggling when he was killed."

"There were no signs of violation on the deceased. There was a circular bruise on the deceased's vest. The cause is not yet known. The most strange thing was the trauma on the deceased's heart. A large piece of flesh was peeled off from the deceased's heart. , the wound penetrated half an inch into the flesh, and the surface of the wound was relatively smooth. It should have been peeled off by a thinning knife. The border was arc-shaped and shaped like a round fan. The murderer may be good at using knives."

After Bo Ruoyou said this, he found some scratches on his heels and other places, which He Chang recorded.

At this moment, the clothes of the corpse have been removed. Due to the short time of death, it is almost still a fresh female body. The skin on the corpse is white and smooth, and it can be seen that it is a pampered body. Only the round wound on the chest is shocking. It gave me chills to watch. The skin was peeled off, leaving only a piece of blood and blood, and the wound turned white due to being soaked in the river. What's strange is that the arc of the wound is rounded. The murderer is not only good at using a knife, but can also use it to cut soft skin. A regular circle is drawn on the skin, and the incision is quite neat.

Bao Ruoyou stared at the wound and fell into deep thought.

After thinking for a while, Bo Ruoyou turned his attention to the dress. There was a lot of mud and water on the hem of the dress. After careful inspection for a moment, Bo Ruoyou asked He Chang to fetch water and remove the mud stains on it. After washing it, I saw that the originally bright red skirt was stained with stains of different colors, which looked like some kind of colored ink or dye.

This autopsy took half an hour. Not long after, Wu Xiang came back from outside. As soon as he entered the back hall, Bo Ruoyou asked He Chang to hand over the autopsy to Wu Xiang. Wu Xiang looked at it while Said: "After searching for half a mile, the embroidered shoes have not been found, and the place where they were killed has not been determined yet. The water plants are found throughout the Yuxi River, but they are found in places where the water flow is gentle and deep-"

Bo Ruoyou thought for a while, "The spots on the body are of different shades. I speculate that the murderer strangled the deceased first, then made him lie down and peeled off the skin and flesh from the heart and mouth, and then dumped the body. This During this period, at least two to three hours probably passed."

"Two to three hours? If you die at midnight, you will dump your body in the middle of the night."

Bao Ruoyou nodded, "After a person dies, corpse spots will appear very quickly, but within three hours the corpse spots will change depending on the lying posture of the corpse. Now the corpse has dark spots. Most of them are on the back, which is enough to prove that the deceased was lying down for a period of time after being killed. If the murderer dumped the body quickly and the body was lying prone when we found it, the spots on the body would have changed, not the current shape. And the human body would be The change speed of corpse stains in water will slow down, and corpse stains will not change easily after three hours, so the murderer must have dumped the body within two to three hours, because he was lying prone all the time, and the spots on the front, chest and abdomen also appeared. Some light corpse spots."

After saying this, seeing Wu Xiang nodding, Bo Ruoyou added: "In addition, there are stains of different colors on the deceased's clothes——"

Bao Ruoyou took the dress over and unfolded it, "Most of these marks are on the hem of the skirt. They are very messy. They should have been accidentally stained when they were killed. They were either colored ink or ink." Dye——"

"Dye?" Wu Xiang's eyes suddenly lit up, "Not far upstream from where the body was found, there was an abandoned dyeing workshop. The dyeing workshop had been evacuated long ago, but it was just against the wall on one side of the Yuxi River. There were some dye vats piled up, and there were some discarded dyes in the vats. One of the vats was broken, and the dye flowed into the river outside."

Bao Ruoyou also perked up after hearing this, "You can go and look for any traces of blood. The murderer wanted to skin him, but it took such a long time. He was probably doing it in a place where no one would find him. If this dyeing workshop is There is no one living there, so it happens to be the place where the crime was committed."

But Wu Xiang frowned, "If the crime was committed in the dyeing workshop, why not just abandon the body in the dyeing workshop? Instead, throw the body in the river?"

Bo Ruoyou frowned. She couldn't tell what the dyeing shop looked like before she looked at it. However, she pointed at the scar on the deceased's heart and said, "Look at the wound first. This wound is very smooth. , the murderer should be a person who is very good with the knife."

Wu Xiang immediately clenched the long knife at his side. Bo Ruoyou knew why his first reaction was like this. He shook his head and said: "It's not that he is good at it, but that he is good at using small knives. Look at this arc cutting It's very regular. This is not painting, but cutting on human flesh. I'm afraid Brother Wu can't cut such a regular shape yourself."

Wu Xiang looked carefully and saw that the knife was indeed very round, and there were no extra cuts. It was as if this person was very good at cutting human flesh. He frowned, "What kind of person is good at doing this?"

Bo Ruoyou pondered for a moment, "Cook, or butcher."

Wu Xiang understood and felt it was reasonable. He pondered for a moment and said: "I will take people to the dyeing workshop to search. The identity of the deceased has not yet been found, but people have been sent out to investigate. I hope to get the news soon."

There are now four corpses placed in the back hall. The corpse from last night is still far away. Bo Ruoyou looked at it and said, "Can I re-examine the corpse that was examined yesterday?"

Wu Xiang nodded, "Of course, it's good that you are willing to do your best."

Wu Xiang didn't waste much time. As soon as he took the people away, Bo Ruoyou continued to stay for the autopsy. She first applied some white wine on the new body to wait for the deeper bruises to appear, and then went to do another autopsy. A corpse, but before she could lift the felt blanket covering the corpse, there was a sudden noise outside Yizhuang, and soon, Sun Zhao's voice came from outside.

"Old lady, don't be anxious——"

"How can I not be anxious, my granddaughter..."

"Old madam, she may not be the second young lady..."

Bao Ruoyou's expression changed slightly. The next moment, a group of people had already poured into the back hall. The people who came in were all dressed in fine clothes and had extraordinary charm, but they seemed to have no idea what Yizhuang looked like. Seeing the surrounding There were corpses lying around, and the steps were stagnant. The old lady walking in front had gray hair and wrinkles, but her eyes were as clear as a mirror. She glanced at the two living people, Bao Ruoyou and He Chang, and then saw at a glance She recognized the dead man with no trace of his body at a glance and collapsed as soon as he called "Ling'er".

Sun Zhao's expression changed when he saw this. Bo Ruoyou saw that there was a man following him, and he quickly covered the deceased with a felt blanket, but it was too late. The old lady had already seen this scene, and she was captured by Sun Zhao. Zhao and the nanny beside him supported him, with sad and angry expressions on their faces. They turned around and pointed at Sun Zhao, "You... you... Linger died miserably, that's all. How dare you humiliate her like this?"

"Ling'er, my Ling'er..."

The old lady burst into tears and walked to the wooden board with the support of others. As soon as she moved, other people crowded at the door also came in, all of them were men and women, all of them were well-dressed and handsome.

When everyone saw the face of the deceased, their expressions changed slightly, and grief appeared on their faces.

"Ling'er, it's really Ling'er, my child..."

A middle-aged woman came up next. When she saw the deceased, she cried and fell to the ground, unable to stand still.

Bao Ruoyou was originally standing in front of him, but she couldn't help but take a step back at this moment. She had been working as a widower for several years and had long been used to all kinds of separations, life and death. For a while, she just stood aside with her eyes closed, waiting for the family members to recognize the body.

The middle-aged woman cried even more sadly than the old lady. Others came up to comfort her, but the old lady was the first to recover. She stood up leaning against the servant and pointed at Bo Ruoyou and He Chang. "You... what are you doing? How can you let Ling'er be so... so naked here, you..."

She looked sad and angry, and Sun Zhao hurriedly stepped forward, "Old madam, please calm down, this is the work of the government, and now we are conducting an autopsy. The lady died in a strange way, we are treating it as a murder case, and we are going to conduct an autopsy——"

The old lady looked angry, "Autopsy? Which of you is the liar?"

Sun Zhao quickly pointed at Bo Ruoyou, "This is our work——"

The old lady sneered, "Is your wife a woman? Then who is this person?"

"Madam, please calm down, this is really a fraud. He is a government official and is here to help——"

The old lady looked at He Chang, then at Bo Ruoyou, and then at her voiceless granddaughter. She covered her heart with one hand and was shaking. Her granddaughter was so noble and young, but after her death, she was actually Being placed like this in this shabby room and being seen by a man, she felt her eyes darken and tears fell again.

Sun Zhao shouted: "It's none of your business here, why don't you retreat?"

Bao Ruoyou knew he was helping her out, so he turned around and walked out. He Chang hurriedly followed, for fear of being blamed by him. When he left the back hall, a thin layer of sweat formed on his face. .

The two of them left, and the people in the back hall no longer cared about blaming them. They cried and persuaded, and Bo Ruoyou was also a little sad when he heard it.

He Chang sighed, "I don't know which noble family it is. Your Excellency is so arrogant and angry. I guess your position is not low. When you meet such a family, this case will be difficult to handle."

When Bo Ruoyou was in Qingzhou, he knew that it was quite difficult for the government to handle cases. For example, in the case of the Anqing Hou Mansion, He Cheng made no progress before Huo Weilou left. Unless he did nothing, there were too many constraints. Now look at this The posture seems to be the same.

There were bursts of tears inside, and Bo Ruoyou knew that he would probably not be able to test today.

Sure enough, soon Sun Zhao came out sweating profusely and waved to them. She and He Chang followed Sun Zhao to a secluded place. Sun Zhao then said: "It's the old lady from Zhongqin's house. The deceased was Zhongqin." Wei Ling, the second young lady of the Qinbo Mansion, did not return home all night last night. The Zhongqinbo Mansion was already anxious. This morning, they heard that a woman was found dead, so they sent someone to inquire. After asking, they found out that the deceased was wearing a red dress. , hearing that the description was somewhat similar to Wei Ling, this alarmed the entire uncle's house. The old lady led people to the Yamen first, and then came over."

Bo Ruoyou was a little sad. Regardless of his status, a white-haired person would feel the same grief for a black-haired person.

After Sun Zhao said this, he asked: "How was your test just now? Are there any obvious clues?"

Bao Ruoyou shook his head, "There are no obvious clues, but...the deceased also had a piece of skin and flesh taken off, just like the Feng girl found last time. The girl suspected that the two were killed by the same murderer."

Sun Zhao raised his eyebrows, "Same murderer? Serial murder?"

Bo Ruoyou stared at her, "Yes, the girl was so suspicious for the time being. Just when she was about to compare the scars of the two deceased people to see if there were any similarities, your Excellency came. If we want to make a conclusion, the girl needs another test."

Sun Zhao sighed sadly, "I'm afraid it won't be tested."

At this time, a person who came with him shouted at the exit of the corridor: "Master Sun, could you please take a step to speak——"

Hearing this, Sun Zhao hurriedly sighed and stepped forward. He didn’t know what he said to Sun Zhao. He only saw Sun Zhao pondering for a moment and nodding in agreement. The two of them whispered a few more words, and then Sun Zhao walked out with a sigh. She walked up to Bo Ruoyou and said, "The old lady insisted not to let the young lady's body be placed here. She said she would take the body back for the funeral and ordered us to keep it secret."

The corner of Bao Ruoyou's lips moved slightly, but he still didn't say anything. He just asked: "Will there be a chance for an autopsy in the future?"

Sun Zhao sighed, "It's difficult."

Bao Ruoyou's face turned gloomy at this time. It would take some time for many of the scars on the body to emerge. Moreover, after one, two or even three tests, more clues might be found. But now the body was taken away directly. This adds another obstacle to a case that is already difficult to solve.

Seeing Bao Ruoyou's serious expression, Sun Zhao added: "But I have made an agreement with the eldest man in their house. If you have any questions, you can still go to the house and ask."

Bo Ruoyou nodded lightly, and soon the servants of the uncle's house followed him in, borrowing the plank bed in Yi Zhuang to put Wei Ling's body on the carriage. After a while, the people from Zhongqin's house disappeared in Yi Zhuang. Outside the village, Sun Zhao had to follow.

Bao Ruoyou stood at the door of the main hall, looking at each other with Uncle Kun and He Chang.

When Wu Xiang came back, Bo Ruoyou had already finished examining the body that had been examined yesterday. After another day, the body was even more decomposed, and the clues he obtained were the same as yesterday. He learned that Wei Ling's body had been taken away When he returned to his uncle's house, Wu Xiang banged on the door angrily.

"Don't they want to solve the case? Why are they so indifferent."

Uncle Kun sighed from the side, "Miss Qianjin died outside in such an unexplained way. It is always unpleasant to hear about it. This is not the first time we have seen her."

Wu Xiang gritted his teeth and said, "I am angry because I know that every time I look forward and backward, I am wasting my time."

Uncle Kun shook his head and said nothing more. Wu Xiang's expression brightened and he said, "No, I'm going to find the master. If we want to solve this case, we have to ask the Wei family what Wei Ling did yesterday."

Seeing that he was about to leave in a hurry, Bo Ruoyou hurriedly asked: "What's the result of going to the dyeing workshop?"

Wu Xiang then remembered that he hadn’t mentioned anything about the dyeing workshop yet, and said: "You guessed it right. We did find blood stains in the dyeing workshop. The place where the crime occurred can be determined, but we haven’t found anything else yet. So, The place is quite remote, and even the gate is broken. It is said that you can enter at will, and the children nearby like to play there."

Bo Ruoyou nodded thoughtfully. Seeing that it was getting late, Wu Xiang said, "I'm going to find the master. You go back first and go directly to the Yamen tomorrow." After that, he left quickly.

Bao Ruoyou had no choice but to pack up her belongings and leave Yizhuang. But as soon as she walked out of the door, she saw Eunuch Fu getting out of a carriage with a smile. Bo Ruoyou was surprised, "Why are you here, father-in-law?"

Eunuch Fu turned around and opened the curtain of the carriage, "I'm not the only one coming."

The curtains were lifted, and although the light inside the carriage was dim, Bo Ruoyou still saw a man sitting in the carriage like a giant Buddha. The light from the door fell on his knees, and the golden dragon pattern on the hem of his robe showed its teeth and claws. The momentum is compelling.

Bo Ruoyou's heart moved, Huo Weilou is here too!