The duke of the governor's family is leaving again

Chapter 269 The Identity of Uncle Zhuang
Chen Yuan has found out the cause of Luo's death.

The rest of the work is for the yamen servants to investigate the people in the mansion, find out the source of the poison, and sort out those who have enemies with the Luo inspector.

It has nothing to do with her little work.

Concerned about the cause of her junior brother's death, she bid farewell to the housekeeper of the inspector's office, and hurried back to the county government office with County Captain Ge.

Although Luo inspector's death was of great importance, County Captain Ge was worried that the successive homicides in the past two days might be related, and he was also afraid that the people who killed Liu Yanchun and others would commit crimes again, so he followed Chen Yuan back to the county government office. Yu Quan is responsible for the government's investigation.

To solve Liu Yanchun's murder, the most urgent task is to dissect the body.

The autopsy system of criminal cases in Nanli State has been improved a lot because of Guo Xiuqi's "Washing Injustice Records". Both Liu Yanchun and Uncle Zhuang are acquaintances of Chen Yuan. Due to the avoidance system, Chen Yuan cannot personally perform the autopsy.

The county government will invite foreign aid from the neighboring county to work, and Chen Yuan thinks that the most of the day in the inspection department will be enough for the neighboring county to work in the Weiyu county government.

She can't do it herself, she has to watch from the side to be at ease.

Sure enough, when he arrived at the county government office, Lu Xing, a magistrate from Huangkou County next door, was already drinking tea.

Lu Xing put down the teacup, got up and greeted him, "Chen Yuzuo, we meet again, please forgive me!"

It's been less than a month since we last met.

Parting from life and death is only normal, but when someone around you dies suddenly, there is no one who is not sad.

Chen Yuan held back her sadness and greeted him, "Lu Yuzuo, next time, I will trouble you."

"It should be."

She has dealt with Lu Xing several times, and he is a steady and experienced hand.

In addition to ignorance of postmortem autopsy techniques, Nanliguo is a person who has mastered the existing autopsy techniques and has a reliable character.

It can be seen that Guanzhi County invited him to come to help after careful consideration.

Seeing that Lu Xing was left in the guest room to drink tea, Chen Yuan was extremely grateful for Guan Zhixian's hard work.

Luo Zhao led the two of them to the place where the corpses were parked.

Yizhuang was destroyed, and four related corpses were neatly placed in the temple of the county government prison.

Among the four corpses, two corpses were people who were extremely familiar to everyone.

The yamen servants and jailers who stayed on duty had sad faces, and they all lowered their heads because they couldn't bear to look directly at them.

After Lieutenant Ge reported the situation at the magistrate's inspection house, he rushed over in time to act as the coroner.

In ancient times, autopsies were often performed at noon. One is that the ancients superstitiously believe that the yang energy at noon can drive away the evil spirits, and the other is that the sun is the brightest at noon.

However, things should be urgent, and the ancients also knew how to be flexible.

In addition, Chen Yuan used bronze mirrors and candles to create a "shadowless lamp", which successfully solved the problem of shadows caused by burning wax when the light is insufficient.

The yamen servants lit candles one by one in the Prison Temple, and pointed the candlelight at the first charred corpse with a bronze mirror.

Lu Xing went to Weiyu County to exchange and study with Chen Yuan, and he skillfully put on gloves, masks, and cowhide aprons.

"Chen Yuzuo, please guide me aside."

"Lu Yu is very polite, I believe in you!"

Chen Yuan couldn't do it herself, but she was also fully dressed and stood aside to watch.

Lu Xing's autopsy was performed in order of death.

The first corpse dissected was Lin Qingzhong.

There is no sign of poisoning on the body, and the organs in the chest cavity have not been ruptured by internal force attacks.

The only trauma on his body was the part where the bamboo stick from the candied haws string was inserted into the back of his head.

The second corpse dissected was Lin Qingfei.

The situation is exactly the same as that of his brother Lin Qingzhong.

When dissecting the third corpse, Lu Xing looked at Chen Yuan worriedly, "I'm doing it."

Chen Yuan clenched her fists, "Yes."

Lu Xing carefully peeled off the layers of clothes that had been burnt to ashes, and the remaining material of the clothes.

For corpses that have been burned beyond recognition, the real body needs to be verified.

The body of the male corpse was healthy, slightly curled up after being burned, but the height was not much different from Liu Yanchun, and the size of the bones were also close together.

Regarding this point, Chen Yuan knew Liu Yanchun better than anyone else.

On the side, she carefully identified the personal accessories, which were indeed Liu Yanchun's.

After the autopsy, the cause of Liu Yanchun's death became even more clear.

The high temperature will evaporate the water in the skin tissue, dry and brittle, and the skin will coagulate, shrink, and crack along the skin texture, forming a fusiform wound.

Chen Yuan ruled out the possibility that these wounds were man-made, so there was no man-made trauma on this charred corpse, and the only fatal injury was a ruptured heart.

Until the charred body, there are very few clues.

The final autopsy of Uncle Zhuang's corpse seemed to provide more clues, but it was useless in fact. Instead, it added a lot of mysteries to everyone.

The wounds on Uncle Zhuang's body were varied, and those clearly marked wounds were not injuries that a lame uncle in a small remote county town could suffer.

"I've checked, and the only fatal injury on Uncle Zhuang's body is the rupture of the heart. The murderer is definitely the same person who killed Liu Yuzuo." Lu Xing turned to look at Chen Yuan, "Chen Yuzuo thinks, is there something missing? Need to check?"

Lu Xing's autopsy steps are completely based on what she learned, which is very correct.

However, her eyes fell on Uncle Zhuang's lame leg.

"Please Lu Zuo check Uncle Zhuang's legs."

"it is good."

Lu Xing first stretched his hand down his thigh and pinched Uncle Zhuang's left leg bone.

Go pinch the right leg again.

After a sudden pause, he reached out and squeezed Uncle Zhuang's right leg again.

Frowning, "No!"

Ge Xianwei was shocked, "What's wrong?"

Lu Xing let go, pushed away and made a gesture of invitation to Chen Yuan, "Chen Yuzuo also come to touch."

As soon as Chen Yuan touched it, she knew the problem.

"Uncle Zhuang's legs are very sound, he is not crippled."

Luo Zhao exclaimed, "How is that possible? Uncle Zhuang is indeed lame."

Other yamen servants also echoed, "That's right, Uncle Zhuang was thrown down the mountain when he was still a baby, broke his right leg and nearly died, and was picked up by the old man Fei of Shouyi Village from the previous generation to raise him. When Old Man Fei died, Uncle Zhuang Take over and continue guarding Zhuangzi, we all know about this."

"Could it be that Uncle Zhuang's leg is healed?"

"Impossible, the bone was broken when I was young, and the doctor reconnected it, and it won't grow well."

Chen Yuan had also inquired about Uncle Zhuang's identity. For this reason, she also understood Uncle Zhuang's withdrawn and quiet personality. When she was in Yizhuang, she would not bother him too much.

Chen Yuan pointed at the corpse, "Is there a possibility that he is not Uncle Zhuang?"

Luo Zhao didn't believe her this time, "Chen Yuzuo, we don't even know Uncle Zhuang? Even though I haven't been a yamen servant for two years, if someone in my family has gone, I will come to Yizhuang to offer incense. I have known Zhuang since I was a child." Uncle, he is Uncle Zhuang!"

"That's right, that's right, he is Uncle Zhuang. If his legs are not healed, just deny that he is Uncle Zhuang."

"Chen Yuzuo, maybe Uncle Zhuang has an adventure, and his leg is healed, so don't bother to tell us."

Ever since Chen Yuan discovered that Uncle Zhuang had scars caused by Dongchang weapons on his body, she began to doubt Uncle Zhuang's identity. How could a lame uncle born and bred in Shouyi Zhuang provoke Shangdongchang?
Seeing his bare thighs just now, it was too normal, and Chen Yuan doubted his identity even more.

That's why I asked this question.

"The Uncle Zhuang you see is always sloppy, with his hair covering his face, and he doesn't like to talk to people. Even if you have known him since childhood, have you ever seen his real appearance?"

　Ah, I am back, I will write, I will not abandon the pit, I have something to do this month.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)