The wife of the power minister's family

But they saw that the deceased was a very young woman, she looked to be in her early twenties. Her clothes were in tatters, and she was not fully clothed. No part of her exposed skin was good, and it was full of whip marks and knife marks. , burn marks and bruises, the only thing on her body that is relatively well preserved is her face. Except for the corners of her mouth which are still sewn up with red silk thread, there are no very obvious scars, so it can be clearly identified. It turns out that the deceased was a beautiful-looking woman.

This is indeed the type of victim the Smiling Killer favors.

The most horrific thing about the deceased was her chest. A whole piece of skin on her left chest was brutally peeled off, revealing the bloody fat and muscle tissue. The murderer started cutting the deceased near her left armpit with a knife. Open a hole and tear off the skin.

As early as when Xu Jing saw the corpses of the first few deceased, she had a question in her mind - what did the murderer do to tear off the skin of the deceased?If it was to torture the deceased, why not peel off all the skin from her body?Or why not skin the deceased elsewhere?
Now that she saw the tragic condition of the deceased with her own eyes, Xu Jing suddenly had an idea in her heart - such repetitive and seemingly meaningless movements were like making signs.

Many serial murderers are keen to leave a mark that is unique to them in their crimes. Some leave it unintentionally, but most leave it intentionally.

However, isn’t the corner of the mouth sewn up with red thread already a symbol?Why would he do this when he had such a clear mark?Or did he just want to use the skin as his own trophy?

If the criminal psychologist she had worked with before had been at the scene, he would have been able to tell more.

She had no choice but to use her forensic expertise to find more evidence.

She neatly took on the gloves she had just brought on when she came over, and stepped forward to start a simple autopsy. "The deceased's rigor mortis has begun to ease, and the spots on the body cannot fade completely when pressed. The spots on the body recover slowly after stopping pressing. Combined with this, With the weather today, I guess the death time of the deceased was one day ago, not more than two days ago."

Before she did the autopsy, Xiao Yi had already told a government official to write down what Xu Jing said. The government official looked at the woman in front of him who was playing with this terrifying corpse with indifferent eyes. He couldn't react for a while until Xiao Yi After looking at him, he suddenly came to his senses and quickly wrote down what Xu Jing said.

"At present, the injuries on the body appear to be pre-mortem injuries, and there are no traces on the body that may be fatal injuries. Considering the blood loss of the deceased, it is possible that the deceased died of excessive blood loss, but the specific situation requires further examination. Know."

Just a physical examination can reveal very limited things.

Xu Jing thought this, but her eyes suddenly froze.

I saw several bite marks on the shoulder of the deceased, two on the right and one on the left. These bite marks were not shallow. The two bite marks on the left obviously drew blood. At this time, the wounds were scabbed, and the bite marks on the right were still fresh. The mark of elimination.

But compared with the other shocking and dense wounds on the deceased, these three bite marks seemed too "pediatric" in terms of their number and the harm they caused to the deceased.

Moreover, if you look closely, you can see that the remaining clothes on the deceased's body are almost blood red on the right half, but the original color of the clothes can still be seen in some places on the left half of the clothes.

Looking at this point, the wounds on the left half of the deceased's body seemed to be more numerous and denser than those on the right half.

Is this a coincidence, or does it have some profound meaning?
Seeing that Xu Jing suddenly stopped talking, Xiao Yi glanced at her and said, "If you want to further examine the body, just take the body back to the Criminal Department now. Is there anything on the deceased that indicates her identity?"

The latter question he asked was Yao Shaoyin.

Yao Shaoyin shook his head and said: "There is nothing on the deceased except these tattered clothes. Fortunately, the face of the deceased has not been damaged. I have already called the painter over. When the portrait of the deceased comes out, I will send someone here. If we make inquiries at the home of the person who reported the missing person in a few days, we should soon be able to find out the identity of the deceased.”

Xiao Yi nodded, "Sorry to trouble you. By the way, I would like to ask Yao Shaoyin to lend me a few people. As you know, our Criminal Department has a tight staff. Basically everyone has a lot of work on their hands. It is difficult to find a few people to help. .”

Yao Shaoyin laughed and said: "Of course there is no problem! It is our honor that Mr. Xiao is willing to borrow people from our government office. With the ability of Mr. Xiao, he will never be able to borrow people if he wants them!"

After a few more words of respect, they were ready to go home.Xu Jing returned to the carriage first. Xiao Yi explained the people Yao Shaoyin lent him outside and got on the carriage. "I have asked people to go to the Merchant Department to find caravan members who meet the characteristics we just summarized." Come out, there are not many people like this, the list should be out soon.

According to your inference, the murderer dumped the body when leaving Xijing, so the murderer is probably no longer in Xijing. "

Xu Jing nodded, "Yes, so we need to find the culprit as soon as possible before he goes far.

Mr. Xiao, should the body be transported directly to the Ministry of Punishment?I want to go for the autopsy now. Is it convenient? "

Xiao Yi chuckled, "It's no problem, but I rarely see you looking so eager."

Xu Jing was slightly stunned and said: "I am concerned about something and want to verify it as soon as possible."

It seemed that from the beginning, this man would see any slight emotion she had.

Xu Jing is more or less used to it.

After returning to the city, Xiao Yi took Xu Jing directly to the Yamen of the Criminal Department and walked all the way to the morgue of the Criminal Department.

The Ministry of Punishment also has a morgue, but because the Ministry of Punishment mainly reviews cases from various places, the morgue at the capital headquarters is rarely used, so the morgue is not large.

It was not yet time to go off duty, and there were still many officials in the Criminal Department walking around. They all looked dumbfounded when they saw Xiao Yi actually bringing a woman in.

But luckily it was Xiao Yi who brought it. No matter how anxious they were, they didn't dare to ask.

Xu Jing was so focused on the case that she didn't notice the eyes of the people around her. She looked at the sky and said, "Fortunately, there is still sunshine now."

Xiao Yimi raised his eyebrows slightly, "Do you want to use the red umbrella method to conduct an autopsy?"

Such a tacit understanding is really trouble-free. Xu Jing couldn't help but have a faint smile on her face and said: "There are too many wounds on the deceased. It is difficult to find the key points by directly dissecting. I want to examine her body surface in as much detail as possible." After the situation, the body will be dissected.”

When investigating Zheng Shouyan's case, Xu Jing had used the red umbrella autopsy method. Xiao Yi immediately called two clerks and asked them to bring a red umbrella, wine and vinegar, and at the same time outside the autopsy room A simple wooden bed was built in the small courtyard.

After everything was ready, Xu Jing carefully took off the clothes of the deceased, because the body of the deceased was full of scars, and some of the clothes and fabrics were tightly stuck together with dried blood and scars, so it was not easy to peel them off completely. .

After taking off her clothes, she carefully sprinkled the wine and vinegar on the deceased. After waiting for a while, she opened the red umbrella and walked over.

Under the filtering of red light, some originally invisible scars on the deceased's body also appeared. Combined with the dense scars that were already there, it was simply shocking.

As Xu Jing watched, she marked the invisible injuries on the body diagram of the deceased. When the red umbrella moved to the face of the deceased, she was slightly startled.