I have lived forever since the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 296
Dai City, Prime Minister's Mansion.

As the morning meeting ended, the officials left one after another, and the keen ones among them secretly thought: Is the country worried about something in recent days?
But they shook their heads again, feeling that they were overthinking.

The land is stable and prosperous, and there are no problems worth worrying about. How can the Prime Minister have any concerns?

In other words, something happened in Chang'an, but that was not a problem that he should consider.

Therefore, those officials who had no business to be busy with had relaxed their minds after leaving the Prime Minister's Mansion, started to call friends, and planned to go to a wine shop to have a good time.

At this time, Chen Luo was holding a cup of tea in his hand, standing in front of the carved hollow window, silently looking at the officials who gathered together and left happily.

"You should be prepared for danger in times of peace." He sighed softly.

Although they are clearly on the border, the situation of the local officials is more comfortable than that of Chang'an.

This is contrary to ordinary people's understanding.

But if you think about it carefully, the current group of officials in Chang'an City, the first generation of the founding of the People's Republic of China, have not yet all retired. This group of people knows how difficult it is to conquer the world and understands the sufferings of the people.

The official career of most officials in Dai Di can be seen at a glance. It would be fine if they didn't just mess it up. They have no idea of ​​​​working hard to do things.

Therefore, this seemingly strange situation actually has a reasonable explanation.

As everyone gradually disappeared from sight, Chen Luo turned around and walked back to the document.

If you want to change these people's idea of ​​​​muddling along, you need to at least ensure a smooth upward path, but it is basically impossible to go to Chang'an from Dai Guosheng.

The vassal states and the imperial court belong to different systems, and there are very few cases of cross-operation.

In addition to people like Cao Shen, how many officials in the princes and states can the courtiers in Chang'an know?
He put the empty cup in his hand on the document, and then called the attendant: "Go and bring over the unprocessed documents that were sent to the place today. By the way, pour some tea over."

The discussion in the morning meeting that just ended mainly focused on the major and minor matters in Dai City and the theoretical development of Dai Kingdom.

As for the documents sent by the local government, Chen Luo would go through them first, and the more critical matters would be put to brainstorming the next day.

The attendant brought a thick stack of documents.

Chen Luo saw two documents at first glance, one of which came from Qeru County, and the other also came from Qeru County.

First he opened the above document that was issued one day earlier. After reading it, he couldn't help but look a little solemn.

The prison was attacked, the county captain died in the line of duty, and the captured traitor committed suicide...

The bad news recorded on it came one after another, making people almost breathless.

But when he looked at the signature on the next document, his worry disappeared in an instant.

"No one can beat Qu Zhongyin when hunting down thieves and pursuing murderers." Chen Luo had said this in public on many occasions, and it did not contain any element of friendship.

Qu Zhongyin's exploration skills never let him down, even once.

You must know that there were no such sophisticated criminal investigation instruments available in the Western Han Dynasty. He relied on his experience to summarize and compile a lot of useful knowledge, which he recorded in a yellowed booklet.

The booklet was borrowed by Chen Luo and read once. It recorded various changes in the body after death.For example, corpse spots appear in about half an hour to an hour, and rigor mortis appears in about two-quarters of an hour. Within six hours, the whole body is almost stiff, and then gradually eases. Corpse odor and maggots appear in about two to three days. point……

In short, the content in the booklet is very strong.

But it is by no means a novel, it is a "forensic guide" that is ahead of its time.

Chen Luo unfolded the document and after reading it word for word, the corners of his mouth could not help but raise slightly.

The investigation results of Qu Zhongyin's trip to Qeru County this time, along with his inference process, are all recorded above.

When he arrived in Qeru County, the thief in prison had committed suicide, and he could not interrogate key information from the other party in person.

But it doesn't matter.

Qu Zhongyin also found convincing clues from the other party's corpse.

First of all, the first piece of evidence is that there are thick calluses on the palm joints of the thief's right hand and the index and middle fingers of his left hand.

At first, Qu Zhongyin was confused for a moment because of the difference in the position of the calluses on his left and right hands.

According to his original guess, calluses appeared on the joints of the palm of his left hand and the index and middle fingers of his right hand.

However, he quickly thought of the possibility of being left-handed, dispelling his original doubts.

So Qu Zhongyin could make the first judgment, that is, the thief who committed suicide must have used bows and arrows for a long time to have such deep calluses on these two parts of his palms.

You must know that the calluses on the hands of soldiers who use swords and spears are usually at the tiger's mouth and fingertips, which is different from the calluses of archers.

But this first piece of evidence is not conclusive.

After all, there were many hunters among the Han Dynasty, and they used bows and arrows much more often than swords when hunting.

Therefore Qu Zhongyin gave a second piece of evidence.

That is, after he and Li Chi stripped the thief naked, they carefully looked at the body's body, focusing on the inner thighs of the other party.

When they arrived in Qeru County, it had been more than thirteen hours since the thief committed suicide, and rigor mortis began to ease.

Therefore, Qu Zhongyin could clearly observe that the other party's thighs were slightly tilted outwards, forming an "O" shape.

The reason why Chen Luo knew so clearly was because there was a thoughtful simple drawing attached to this document, which clearly showed the appearance of the other party's thighs spread apart after he lay down on his back.

And the more important point is that there are calluses on the inner thighs of the thief.

The first piece of evidence shows that the thief is proficient in using bows and arrows, and the second piece of evidence proves that he has a habit of riding horses for a long time.

He was proficient in bow and horse. Among the big men, only a few generals in the army could do this, or they were the second-generation princes of Chehou Mansion.

These two identities have nothing to do with the thief.

What's more, this is the land of Dai, and both the common people and officials know who the skilled bow and horse refer to.

"They are really Huns." Chen Luo pressed his eyebrows lightly and felt much relieved when he got the answer he had expected.

Knowing that that group of people were not bandits who were roaming around committing crimes, but Huns who sneaked in from the border, then I needed to understand their goals and catch these rats in the gutter one by one.

……

And like a county.

Abandoned house in the south of the city.

A man in a gray short shirt quietly climbed over the high wall into the courtyard, looked at the surrounding environment for a moment, then walked to the gate, opened the door, and shouted helplessly outside. "Boss, this yard is empty. Is there a mistake?"

After a while, Qu Zhongyin walked into the courtyard, carefully observed a few clumps of weeds that had been trampled down on the stone pavement, then silently walked into the hall, leaned down, wiped the ground with his right hand, and then looked in front of his eyes. for a while.

Then, he rubbed his chin with his clean left hand and said: "This house is consistent with what the informant said. There are indeed traces of life. Judging from the footprints on the floor and the range of activities, there should be seven to ten people in the house.

But judging from the accumulation of new dust, they had left here four or five days ago. "

Li Chi, who was following behind, narrowed his eyes keenly and said, "Five or six days ago, if it's more accurate, it should be the period from when they failed to rob the prison to when the thief committed suicide in the prison."

"That's right." Qu Zhongyin nodded approvingly.

He continued to look at the surrounding environment and wanted to say something, when an official from the county came in from outside the house.

"Captain Qu, a document has arrived from Dai City. Magistrate Feng asked me to deliver it to you as soon as possible."

"Did you receive a letter from Chen Guoxiang?" Li Chi was a little curious.

On weekdays, my master rarely communicates with others when he is hunting down murderers.

But during a chat, Li Chi heard Qu Zhongyin mention that he was greatly influenced by Chen Guoxiang.

Li Chi knew that the Prime Minister of Dai State had first-class abilities in handling political affairs, but he had no idea that he could be a mentor to his master in catching thieves and chasing down murderers.

Taking this opportunity, I can just see if it is true or false.

Seeing the curiosity in Li Chi's eyes, Qu Zhongyin did not hide it and called his eldest disciple to come and look at the documents in his hand.

As a teacher, there is no need to hide something.

The envelope was opened and the letter unfolded.

Ignoring the previous routine greetings, the two of them looked directly at the key point.

"...The situation has changed, and the whereabouts of the thief are unknown. Three days ago, a murder occurred in Yanling County, and a murder occurred in Ju'an County one day ago. It is suspected that the thief has left Qieru County and is now in other counties.

This is not a good thing.

Because it is difficult to track the movements of elusive thieves, it is much more difficult to bring them to justice.

Next, repeat the focus of your investigation. I hope to put it in two places.

One is to find out the commonalities of the victims, whether it is identity, age or gender, all require statistical induction.

The second is to determine the thief's motives through the commonality of the victims, so that a trap can be set up in advance.

As for the direction of action of those thieves, I have a guess. They want to go to Dai City. Judging from the speed of these thieves committing crimes along the way, they will arrive in Dai City in about ten days.

Wang Zhongyin tried his best to complete the judgment before then. "

After reading the content of the letter, Li Chi thought about it, and then said in surprise: "Three days ago, a murder occurred in Yanling County, and this document was issued two days ago. Calculating that the murder in Yanling County occurred in Five days ago.

Master, this shows that your judgment is correct.

Yanling County is adjacent to Qeru County. Those thieves used to lurk in this abandoned house. After moving away, they fled to Yanling County to commit crimes.

And Ju'an County and Yanling County are not far apart... I can draw a clear map of the traitor's movement trajectory. "

He felt that the chaotic thoughts in his mind were connected in an instant.

It was Chen Guoxiang's short letter that provided the key inspiration.

And Li Chi suddenly thought of it.

Trying to get a map of their actions was superfluous. After all, Chen Luo clearly wrote in the letter that those thieves would eventually go to Dai City.

After drawing up a rough trajectory map in his mind, he was already [-]% convinced of this statement.

So Li Chi couldn't help but think about the key points of the investigation recorded on it.

Qu Zhongyin did not interrupt Li Chi. He had understood Chen Luo's instructions and just wanted to see what his great apprentice could achieve.

After a while, Li Chi began to speak: "We don't know the victims in Yanling County and Ju'an County yet, but there were a total of six family extermination cases in Qieru County, with a total of 27 victims, 12 males, including juveniles. There were three children and [-] women, including one infant.

They live mainly in the west of the city, and some also live in the village.

As for identity..."

Having said this, Li Chi squinted his eyes, thinking about it in his mind, and then looked at Qu Zhongyin.

"Yes, they are all craftsmen." Qu Zhongyin spoke softly.

The focus of my previous investigation had been on tracking down the hiding place of the thief. After all, it was confirmed that the thief was a Huns from outside the customs, so there were not many places to hide in the city.

Therefore, he ignored possible clues from other aspects, but Chen Luo mentioned that he reacted quickly.

Among the six families who were killed, the male owners of five of them were craftsmen. One of them was a neighbor of the victim. According to the inference, he should have encountered the thieves committing the crime and was brutally killed.

As for most of these six families living in the west of the city, that is because the market in Qeru County is in this area, and the craftsmen create objects in their own workshops for sale.

Li Chi frowned slightly: "Why do those thieves want to attack the craftsmen?"

"It's not clear yet." Qu Zhongyin shook his head, and peeling off the cocoon allowed him to get closer to the truth, but it did not allow the whole truth to be revealed.

After pondering for a moment, he raised his head and said to Li Chi: "Now we have to go to Yanling County and Ju'an County to confirm. If those two places are consistent with what we inferred, then we can make a conclusion."

"Okay, I'll go and notify everyone right away." Li Chi had a military style and didn't waste a moment. After receiving this instruction, he quickly went out to inform others.

Looking at the Qeru County official standing not far away, Qu Zhongyin cupped his hands and said, "Go and tell Magistrate Feng that we will leave Qeru County today and go to Yanling County and Julu County to investigate the situation."

After saying that, he left in the same haste.

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"Detective Qu Chongyin: Secrets of the Han and Huns" is a costume suspense film produced by Chen's Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd. The drama is adapted from the life story of Qu Chongyin, the originator of forensic medicine in the Han Dynasty. The film's opening rating reached 8.2 points, and it won the first-day championship of the annual Spring Festival with a box office of 3.6 million.

The film has received both good reputation and box office success, and has undoubtedly become a dark horse during the Spring Festival. It is predicted that the box office is expected to exceed the 50 billion mark, hitting the historical box office record.

The director said that for the success of the film, the first thing he needs to thank is the film consultant historian Chen Luo. During the filming, he gave a lot of guidance to the screenwriters, actors and makeup artists. It was his requirements for excellence that made the film possible. The film is presented to us so beautifully. ——"Movie Weekly (Issue 188)"

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