Dali Temple Conspiracy Records

Li Quan only gave a faint "hmm" and signaled Chen Chong to continue.

Chen Chong had heard about this Dali Sizhi for a long time, and knew that he had been in prison for many years, so he must have seen something wrong with this skeleton.This is to test him.Therefore, Chen Chong rationalized his thoughts and said, "My lord, please take a look. The greater horn of the hyoid bone is fractured, and the direction is inward. It can basically be judged that the neck was strangled. After the inspection, it should be a pre-mortem injury."

Bai Sanxiu asked curiously: "How can we be sure whether it is before death or after death?"

Chen Chong has long seen that Li Yan's attitude towards Bai Sanxiu is very unusual, so he is also very polite to her.Hearing her question at this time, he tried his best to explain the autopsy method in an easy-to-understand manner.

"That's right. Wu Zuo has a set of special procedures to inspect whether the injury was caused during life or after death. First, the bones are fumigated with a specific method, and then they are inspected under the cover of a red oil umbrella in a plain place. If the bones are broken If there is a halo of blood, it means an injury during life. The shade of the red pattern is the shade of the bone. The principle is that when the bone of a living person is injured, hemorrhage will be caused, and the blood will seep into the bone tissue to form a dark red color. If the hemorrhage occurs after death, the blood It tends to be only on the surface and does not seep into the bone."

After explaining the "shade of bones", Chen Chong continued to report: "When we found this skeleton, it was only covered with a shallow layer of soil. After the beasts searched for it, it was basically in the open air. Based on the temperature and humidity of Lantian County, Some time ago, it took at least one and a half months for the exposed corpse to turn into white bones, and it would take several years for it to completely decompose.

"The strange thing about this skeleton is that given the freshness of the bones, the time of death will not be too long. But when we found out, there were only these remnants left, and when we checked the broken ends of the bones, there were no wild beasts to eat them." traces, like natural digestion."

Li Quan concluded: "That is to say, judging from the condition of the remains, the woman's death took place in the past two months, but the rate of decay of the bones was far beyond the norm, and they rotted inexplicably."

"Exactly."

"Any other injuries?"

"Yes. After inspection, even the remaining parts can clearly see signs of old fractures. For example, here on the right calf bone, spiral fractures can be seen, which are usually caused by external impacts such as falls. Hands The body, pelvis and other places have injuries of varying degrees. Wu Zuo believes that the deceased may have had serious falls before his death. However, judging from the degree of healing of the wounds, these are old injuries, not new ones before death. .And the recuperation environment and conditions of the deceased should also be good."

"In recent months, no one in the jurisdiction has reported the crime? Is anyone looking for missing relatives and friends?"

"Responding to your lord's words, no. The lower officials also took the initiative to send yamen servants to make extensive inquiries, but there are no new mourners who meet the characteristics within their jurisdiction."

Li Quan ordered: "Then you send someone to investigate, who in the county has suffered serious falls and has been bedridden for a long time. The medical center should also ask."

"Yes. Then, Master Li, do you need to go to the residence? County magistrate Zhao has already arranged a house in the county."

"Take her there." Li Guan turned his head and said to Bai Sanxiu, "Xiaoxiu, you should go to rest earlier."

Bai Sanxiu asked: "What about you?"

"I'm going to visit the mass grave."

"But it's already dark now..." Bai Sanxiu realized halfway through the speech, "You're not going to watch the night at the mass grave, are you?"

"Yeah. I'll go and hear how the female ghost sings."

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