The Delicate Lady Coroner

Yizhuang was in a remote place south of the capital. When Bo Ruoyou got down from the carriage, he only saw a gloomy-looking house standing in the afterglow of the setting sun.

Hearing the movement outside, a gray-haired old man walked out from the inside. He was not surprised to see Wu Xiang, but he did not expect that there were two strangers who came today, and one of them was still a beautiful little girl.

“Xiao Wu, this is—”

“Uncle Kun, we came for an autopsy.” Wu Xiang said and pointed to Bo Ruoyou, “This girl said she was going to the Yamen to do a job.”

The old man called Uncle Kun has simple clothes and wrinkles on his face. At the moment, he raised his eyebrows, “She does a work? Where is Xiao Hu?”

Wu Xiang waved his hand, “Changqing is at home today after being ill. The future yamen.” Turning to look at Bo Ruoyou, “Really dare to do an autopsy? Right now we are outside of Yizhuang. If we want to regret it, we have to go to Jinyizhuang. Regret before the door.”

Bo Ruoyou laughed, “Really dare, please lead the way.”

Wu Xiang was surprised for a moment, and then walked inside the Yizhuang. The Yizhuang janitor called Uncle Kun looked up and down Bo Ruoyou for a moment, and his eyes were a little surprised and questioning. Bo Ruoyou nodded to him and followed. Behind Wu Xiang.

The Yizhuang is a very old house. After entering the door, the screen wall and the flower walls are all demolished, leaving only a small atrium. The atrium is paved with bluestone slabs and cracks. There is still grass growing under the far corners. In the main hall, the front pillars of the main hall are painted mottled, and you can smell a faint scent of incense candles before you get close.

When I entered the hall, I saw a set of old tables and chairs in the front hall. On the altar table in the center against the wall was a small Buddha statue of an unknown **** and Buddha. A joss stick was lit in the bronze furnace in front of the Buddha statue. It is the stalk of the leftover incense candle.

Although the utensils are all old and tidy, Wu Xiang kept walking, went straight to the back hall, entered through the corner door, passed through a dimly lit corridor, and arrived at the back hall where the corpse was parked. As soon as he walked to the door, the faint rancid smell made Bo Ruoyou look up.

Wu Xiang strode into the back hall, and then stood still, looking at Bo Ruoyou in his spare time.

Bo Ruoyou followed up from behind and saw three corpses parked in the hall at a glance. One male corpse was placed in the coffin, the other two were female, and the three corpses were covered with felt blankets. His hands, feet, and half of his face were exposed, looking at the corpse, it seemed that he had been dead for a few days.

Bo Ruoyou looked at her as usual, but when she looked back, she saw Wu Xiang fixedly staring at her. She couldn’t help asking, “Which corpse to examine?”

Wu Xiang raised his eyebrows again.

Ordinary people are scared when they bump into a dead person, let alone see three corpses placed here, either because no one gathers the corpses after the accidental death, or because of the homicide, not only may the death be terrible , And she has been dead for many days. It is really not good to look at. I thought Bo Ruoyou would be somewhat discolored, but she actually looked like she was accustomed to.

Wu Xiang couldn’t help but look up and down at Bo Ruoyou, “You really know how to do an autopsy? It’s just you, a little girl, why did you do such a job?”

Wu Xiang had accepted the doubt, but became a little curious. Bo Ruoyou smiled and said, “Although it is harder to do a business, it is not inferior to other businesses. If others can do it, I can do it naturally.”

A reward flashed through Wu Xiang’s eyes, but he didn’t say much. He only pointed to the female corpse on the far left side of the hall, “It is this corpse that made you examine this corpse, which is also the case under investigation by the yamen recently.”

Bo Ruoyou walked to the side of the coffin bed. It is now early February. Although the weather is still a bit colder, it is much warmer than the first month. The corpse is quite rancid within three to five days, and the female corpse in front of him , At least six or seven days after his death, Bo Ruoyou rolled up his sleeves and made Uncle Liang open his burden.

She took out a silk paw to cover her mouth and nose, and contained a Su Hexiang pill, and then took out Huo Weilou to put on her handguard, looking focused and calm, and she felt that she was very good at it.

Wu Xiang copied his hands and hugged his arms, looking to wait and see, Uncle Kun came up from behind, approached him and said, “Where is this little girl?”

Wu Xiang raised his hand and drew his ears. “I don’t know, I said that there was some recommendation letter to Mr. Sun. Mr. Sun is not in the office today. I saw her as soon as I came back from the outside, and a little girl came to do the work. , You say weird is not weird…”

As he said, Wu Xiang frowned. He only felt that Sun Zhao had asked about a visitor from the Yamen the day before, but he ran outside all these days, even if he heard about it, he would never take these trivial matters into his heart. This thought passed away in a flash, Wu Xiang didn’t think deeply, just continued to look at Bo Ruoyou, she had walked to the side of the coffin bed, and lifted the felt blanket covering the female corpse.

The female corpse’s clothes were still neatly worn, but she wore a bright red dress. The deceased’s face was bluish and mildewed. With this red dress, it was a bit shocking, and it made Bo Ruoyou eyes. Hitomi trembled slightly.

However, her sense of horror only passed away in a flash. She quickly set her mind to examine the corpse. Bo Ruoyou first examined the deceased’s head, face, and the naked neck and hands, and then went to untie the deceased’s clothes, and Wu Xiang stood still. In the same place, the two government officials guarding the door with him came to the front hall with some taboo.

The clothes were untied, and the deceased’s hinterland was even more corrupt. A dark corpse green accompanied by a branch of blood veins extended to the corpse’s chest, down to the inside of the deceased’s thighs. Sweeping it away, tiny maggots and flies can be seen entwined at the base of the deceased’s legs.

Zheng Liangfei was not the author. Although he followed Cheng Yunzhi and Bo Ruo often into and out of the Yizhuang, his endurance was no better than them. When he saw this scene, he felt that his eyes were going to be blinded, and he hurriedly stepped back to the door.

Bo Ruoyou didn’t realize he was there, and only had a condensed and focused post-mortem examination. Seeing her like this, Wu Xiang’s contempt for her earlier disappeared by five points, and his expression became solemn.

Bo Ruoyou bent his body and looked at the front of the corpse first. There were not too many blood injuries on the corpse, but there were many abrasions, especially on the wrists, shoulders, left hip and hip, and although the corpse began to decay, But the smell of the corpse was even worse than she had imagined, and Bo Ruoyou couldn’t help but wonder…

At this time, she turned over the corpse with great effort, and her brows suddenly wrinkled with this turn.

The corpse was not a trauma without blood, but the trauma with blood was on the back. She hadn’t seen it earlier, and the injured area was not one or two scars, but one piece. The corpse green covered the entire back of the corpse, and in the vest of the corpse The location, corruption is even worse, at this moment maggots are densely attached to the injured place, as Bo Ruoyou moved, the maggots even fell on the coffin bed.

She couldn’t help frowning, “Excuse me, Wu catches the head and brings some water.”

Wu Xiang raised his eyebrows, and said that he was actually instigated. However, looking at Bo Ruoyou staring at the rotting corpse, although he couldn’t see his whole face, he was the only indifferent eyes exposed on Sipa. On the contrary, the sense of seriousness in her body has been increased.

Wu Xiang frowned and shouted, “Monkey, get some water—”

A servant from outside responded and quickly entered the door with a basin of water. Seeing Bo Ruoyou lying next to the rotting corpse, he felt that the scene was strange and weird for a while, and he held the water and placed it on the coffin bed. On the side, when he put the water in and straightened up, he subconsciously glanced in the direction of the corpse—

“vomit-“

The monkey covered his mouth and ran outside. Wu Xiang wanted to give him a kick when he saw it. Then he glanced at Bo Ruoyou, and secretly cursed, “Shame!”

Bo Ruoyou didn’t have time to care what he said. When the water came, he flushed all the maggots on the corpse with water. The clean water also washed away the rotten corpse and filth. This time, the corpse with a large wound surface was revealed. come out.

Bo Ruoyou tightened his brows, and went up and down the back and looked up and down before straightening up.

Wu Xiang was not in a hurry to ask, let alone a word of the deceased, waiting for Bo Ruoyou to speak.

Bo Ruoyou pondered for a moment: “The deceased was around the age of seventeen. The time of death should be on the second day of February, that is, before the seventh day. The cause of death was strangulation and the wound was on the neck. The choke marks are semicircular and are distributed on both sides of the larynx. There are four obvious finger indentations on the left side, three on the right side, and two heavy marks on the larynx. When the thumb is pressed, it comes out. In addition, There are also pinch marks left by nails at the end of the finger marks.”

“In addition to the choke marks, the place where the deceased’s collarbone and shoulder blades were connected also showed signs of subcutaneous bleeding, and the deceased’s face was slightly swollen and blue and cyanotic. In addition to the age of death, it was also because the deceased’s face was struggling violently when he died. Congestion, not only that, there are small bleeding spots in the eye mask and mouth of the deceased, and the tip of the tongue is more exposed, there are two bites on it, and there are blood clots in the throat of the deceased. Caused by injury and bleeding in the throat.”

“In addition, the deceased had a lot of abrasions on his hands and feet, most of which were caused by struggling. There was also a bruise on the inner thigh, which was mostly left behind by the killer strangling and suppressing it. In addition, there was a bruise on the back of the deceased’s head with a large left side. Pushing the outside, hips, and buttocks, there were a lot of bruises, plus bruises on the wrists. Before death, the deceased was injured and dragged along.”

“The serious injury in the back of the head is enough to make the deceased dizzy, and it may be the first blow of the murderer, but…abrasions and bruises seem to be injuries during his lifetime, but they may also be dragged after strangling the deceased. When the person just died, the blood It is still flowing, and the scars left at this time are almost the same as those left during his lifetime. Coupled with the corruption of the corpse, it is not obvious now.”

At this point, Bo Ruoyou said again: “The deceased is young, and it is not bad to describe it, but apart from the scars mentioned by Shi Cai, there are no traces of the deceased, and there is no sign of infringement, but—”

Bo Ruoyou broke his words and pointed to the back of the deceased, “But the injury of the deceased here is really weird.”

By this time, Wu Xiang didn’t doubt Bo Ruoyou at all. He stepped forward, “It’s really weird. When she found her, she was seriously injured on her back, and she didn’t know what it was scratched.”

Bo Ruoyou shook his head, “It wasn’t shaved.”

Wu Xiang frowned and said thinly, “At most there are some superficial scratches on the other parts of the deceased’s back, but only here, the whole piece of skin has been peeled off. Now this wound is obviously rotten, and the wound is no longer visible. However, for a while, I can’t tell which weapon was used, but the boundary of the wound is obvious. If it is unintentional, it is absolutely impossible.”

This palm-sized wound skin is gone. If it was accidentally injured by a sharp weapon, the boundary would not be so clear. Bo Ruoyou said with certainty: “This is the murderer who strangled the dead on purpose.”

“Deliberately stripped a piece of human skin?” Wu Xiang couldn’t help but uttered aloud.

Bo Ruoyou frowned and looked at him, “Didn’t you find that the wound was neat when you found the corpse?”

Wu Xiang shook his head, “The body was only discovered three days ago. It was already a bit unsightly. The **** piece on the back was somewhat rotten, plus it was not a cause of death, so it was not examined carefully.”

Bo Ruoyou raised his eyebrows, it is indeed not a fatal injury, but such a strange place, but no one should ignore it, “This is very strange, if I have not recorded it before, I will add another one to the test. Pen.”

Wu Xiang raised his eyebrows, “Where did you work before?”

Listening to what Bo Ruoyou said, Wu Xiang only felt that she was very familiar with how Wu Zuo did things in the government, and even knew how to write a testimonial.

Bo Ruo said quietly: “I did work for other yamen before, but it was just a help.”

Seeing her and not going into details, Wu Xiang became curious again. This is the first time a woman in the world has acted for him, and she said that she has a recommendation document. Who is the person who recommended her?

Wu Xiang only felt that Bo Ruoyou had a lot of doubts, but she was a girl, and now she is not familiar with each other, it is really difficult for him to ask carefully.

Seeing that he was silent, Bo Ruoyou said: “Wu Catou also saw me for an autopsy. I should believe that I was really a post-worker. When I see Master Sun, I don’t have to have an autopsy to prove myself, right?”

Hearing this, Wu Xiang couldn’t help but rub his hands with a smile, “This… blame my eyesight. This is the first time I saw a woman doing it for you. I didn’t believe you earlier, but this time I believe it. Waiting to see an adult , I will tell the truth.”

Bo Ruoyou pulled his lips, and when he looked at the corpse again, his smile faded, “Wu catching head may talk about the identity of the deceased? How did this case happen? I think the deceased’s dress is a little muddy, and The corpse was also stained with mud and dirt. I thought it was discovered outside?”

Wu Xiangben felt embarrassed that he had despised Bo Ruoyou earlier. Hearing her question, he said without reservation: “This girl is named Feng Wodan. She is indeed seventeen years old this year. She lives in Yongkangfang in the west of the city in February. On the second day, there was a free dragon praying for rain on the shore of Weiyang Lake in the west of the city. She went there at that time, but halfway, she and her maid separated. The maid looked for her at the meeting and never found her for half a day. At dusk, she just returned to the city to report to her parents that her parents were merchants and sent a few entourages to look for them along the way to Weiyang Lake. They didn’t find them until the next morning before they came to report to the officials.”

“After the government heard about it, I also went to Weiyang Lake to look for it. The scenery around Weiyang Lake is good, but it is unobstructed, and there are mansions and all private houses. I visited there for a long time that day, but I didn’t get any news. Three days later, someone reported the crime and found her in the alley behind the Chenghuang Temple in the southeast of the city.”

Wu Xiang sighed, “The alley is very lonely. No one passes by on weekdays. People have been dead for a long time, so naturally they can’t be saved. So the case was treated as a homicide and went to the government office. The investigation has been conducted these days. This case.”

Bo Ruoyou’s heart moved, “It was because Hu caught the head and said that I should return home earlier. Is it because a woman was attacked?”

Wu Xiang nodded, “That’s true. When we brought her here earlier, we had already seen our original scorpion. She was strangled to death, and it was not for sex. The injuries on her back were also seen, but for the time being. Not determined to be a suspicious point. When she was found, all the hairpins, rings and bracelets on her were present. It was not a robbery. At the moment, we only regard this case as a vendetta, or accidentally ran into a gangster. Inquiring—”

Bo Ruo nodded slightly. What Wu Xiang said was no more different from what she thought, except that her back was injured nicely but it was really strange, “She was injured on her back, but the dress was not damaged. Especially the wound was peeled off a piece of flesh, which is really weird.”

Wu Xiang’s eyes also sank, “If you don’t say that I don’t think it is so deep, but…what’s the use of a woman’s skin and flesh?”

Rao is that Wu Xiang is very knowledgeable and feels a little bit chill in his heart at this time. “Old Wu, I have seen cases that are not too few. People who seek revenge for money are not scary, and they all have them. The trace can be followed. The most terrifying thing is that you don’t know what the murderer did for murder. This is the case. The murderer wouldn’t kill for the flesh on her body, right?”

Bo Ruoyou pondered for a moment, “Not necessarily.”

Wu Xiang only felt his scalp numb, and said thinly, “I can’t figure it out, but it’s too preconceived to judge it early.”

Wu Xiang nodded when he heard the words, “What you said makes sense, but you don’t have to think too much. The yamen have been visiting and investigating in the past few days. Sooner or later, the murderer will be found. These are our business and you don’t have to worry about it. The autopsy is also considered as the end of the autopsy. I will tell Master Sun that it is too late at this moment and you should go back earlier. Most of the Master Sun tomorrow will be at the Yamen, so if you come to see him earlier.”

The sun has set in the sky, the last ray of glow is about to dissipate, and it will soon be dark.

Bo Ruoyou tidied up the corpse, washed his handguards, and then was about to leave, but when she was walking outside, she looked at the other two corpses, “Why did they die—”

The corpse was covered with a felt blanket. Although he could distinguish between men and women, no more traces could be seen. Wu Xiang pointed to the man’s corpse. A friend bought him a coffin, and in a few days he will follow the boat south to send it back to his hometown and store it here temporarily.”

After speaking, I looked at another female corpse, “This was fished in the river. It was examined and drowned. So far, no one has reported the case and no one has claimed it, so I put it here for the time being.”

Bo Ruoyou frowned, how could there be another female corpse?

Seeing her look suspicious, Wu Xiang said: “Most of this person fell into the water and died, not murdered.” Wu Xiang laughed as he said, “You really look like a dichotomy, and you always want to know why others died. .”

Wu Xiang said this, she didn’t think much about it. At this time, Wu Xiang looked at her in his spare time and asked mildly, “What do you mean by your name?”

Bo Ruoyou couldn’t laugh or cry, “My name is Bo, and my name is Ruoyou.”

“Oh, Ruoyou, a good name…” Wu Xiang complimented him perfunctorily, and then asked, “You said you have a recommendation document, but I don’t know who recommended you? I don’t think you look like an ordinary girl. Your parents are officials? How can they bear to let you do it?”

As soon as Wu Xiang changed his aggressive appearance in the afternoon, because he was much older than her, he asked a series of questions in the tone of an elder. Bo Ruoyou was a bit funny, and said, “My parents are not officials. The person who recommended me… is Wu Zhaohou. .”

If you want to do an autopsy at the Yamen, you have to meet Wu Xiang more often, and look at his appearance, although he is a bit rough, he is a bold person, so since you ask him, you don’t have to keep hiding.

However, when she finished speaking, Wu Xiang raised his brows, “Who are you talking about? Wu Zhaohou?”

Bo Ruoyou nodded, and walked out while greeting her uncle. Wu Xiang followed her, still looking incredulous. Seeing that Bo Ruoyou was about to walk into the atrium, he simply raised his hand. Xu Xu stopped her.

Bo Ruoyou stopped, “What’s the matter?”

Wu Xiang frowned and looked at her up and down, “You said you were recommended by Marquis Wu Zhao?”

At this moment, Uncle Kun and the other two government officials also followed out. Upon hearing this, the expressions of the few people changed slightly, and Bo Ruoyou sighed, knowing that after all, everyone was going to make a noise.

“Yes, recommended by Wu Zhaohou.” She answered honestly.

Wu Xiang looked at Bo Ruoyou, then looked at the two government officials on the side, “Do you believe it?”

The two yamen looked at each other for a moment, shook their heads together, and Wu Xiang clapped his palms, “Yes, look, who believes it, let alone what is your relationship with Wu Zhaohou? How could he recommend you a little girl? You mean? Do I know that Wu Zhaohou…”

Even though he was working as a errand in the capital, Wu Xiang felt that Wu Zhaohou was an unreachable figure, but he did not expect that a little girl came today and said that she was recommended by Wu Zhaohou.

Bo Ruoyou was a little helpless, “Isn’t there only one Wu Zhaohou?”

Wu Xiang’s face was bizarre, but Bo Ruoyou didn’t look like a nonsense person. Moreover, if the documents were sent to Sun Zhao, whether Wu Zhaohou recommended him or not, he could know that she had no reason to lie.

“But… didn’t it mean… Wu Zhaohou is not close to female?” Wu Xiang looked at Bo Ruoyou’s expression suddenly changed, “Could it be… you…”

Bo Ruoyou smiled bitterly, “Brother Wu, it’s not what you think.” Seeing Wu Xiang still look incredulous, Bo Ruoyou had to say, “It’s true, I have nothing to do with Wu Zhaohou, it’s just—”

At this point, Bo Ruoyou’s words suddenly cut off. Because she looked over Wu Xiang’s shoulders, she actually saw a person who shouldn’t be here anyway. She blinked, thinking she was dazzled for a while.

The man in the ink robe, standing at the gate of Yizhuang, is not Huo Weilou who is? !

I have nothing to do with Wu Zhaohou.

Huo Weilou never expected that when he walked into the Yizhuang, he heard Bo Ruoyou talking to people like this.