Touring the Ming Dynasty

The place where the corpse was buried was indeed in the earth temple where Duan Fei used to live. Many people were watching from a distance, and Yan Bu led the crowd away. He and Duan Fei walked into the gate of the earth temple, which was half down. A stench immediately hit the nostrils. However, under the ruins of the collapsed Earth Temple Hall, a severely decomposed corpse could be seen faintly.

"I have the intention to buy this land and build a house, so I came to see it in person. Unexpectedly, I smelled a stench from a distance. When I looked carefully, I found a dead body under a pile of leaves. I asked the servant to go to the yamen. It’s really bad luck to report the crime!” Pei Cheng, a rich gentry in Baoying County, replied annoyedly during the routine interrogation by Yan Butou.

When Yan Butou asked Pei Cheng, Duan Fei listened carefully and observed the surroundings. He couldn't help but think of the temple collapsed by lightning in the heavy rain that day, and he crossed over. Fortunately, there was still a wall that didn't fall down, otherwise Duan Fei and Jiang Chang who were present at the time The lives of the two of them are in danger, so how could there be a corpse under the ruins?

Not only Duan Fei had this question, but apparently other people also thought so. Captain Yan glanced at Duan Fei from time to time, and Shi Bin took the time to come up to Duan Fei and whispered, "Brother Fei, did you wake up that day?" Are there any dead bodies down here?"

Duan Fei shook his head and said: "It was raining heavily that day, only Jiang Chang and I were in the temple, and there was no one else. After the rain stopped, you helped me remove the collapsed beams and moved some things under the ruins. Where is there any corpse? This corpse is obviously Then someone hid it on purpose."

"Look... I really didn't find it that day..." Shi Bin tilted his head and thought for a while, and Yan Butou had already ordered: "Ah Wei, go and call Jiang Chang for questioning, Ah Fei, Ah Bin, come and help with these things." Clean things up and move the body out."

"Wait!" Duan Fei shouted, stupefied Yan Butou for a moment, only to see Duan Fei lowered his head and carefully looked at the ground. At this time, there was a drizzle in the sky, and Jiangnan was in the rainy season. , was very humid, and there were many shoe prints left on the soft mud floor in the temple. Duan Fei asked, "Boss Pei, which footprints were left by you and your buddies?"

Pei Cheng told his servants that they couldn't remember clearly, so Duan Fei asked them to leave two new footprints on the ground for comparison. After some comparison, he shook his head in disappointment. The scene had been destroyed, and the shoe prints were blurred and stacked. Stamped on, it was impossible to compare, he waved to Shi Bin, the two held their breaths and endured the smell and picked up the rotten wood and broken tiles that were pressing on the rotting corpse one by one, a highly decomposed corpse was gradually and completely presented in front of everyone.

This is the first corpse Duan Fei has ever seen in his life. The first time he saw Duan Fei, he almost vomited out of nausea. The corpse was severely decomposed, and a large number of maggots were crawling on his body. His face had rotted out of the bones. I can only tell from the clothes that it is a male corpse. The clothes on his body are damaged in many places. It seems that this man has been stabbed many times before his life. There are no traces of anything on the ground near the body except footprints.

Wuzuo Lao Yang finally arrived with an ox cart, and a boy of fifteen or sixteen jumped out of the cart. He was full of energy and shrewd. Duan Fei, who was near the carrion corpse, handed over two pills with a smile, and said, "Brother policeman, I don't think I've seen it before. If you put these two pills in your nose, you won't feel the smell anymore."

Duan Fei took it and smelled it, a pungent mixed smell of pepper and garlic hit his nose, Duan Fei immediately sneezed a few times, and when he took a deep breath, he really didn't feel the smell so much.

The big boy grinned happily and said, "It doesn't stink anymore? My name is Jansen, and you are Brother Afei? I heard that you are good at solving cases. Did you find anything today?"

Duan Fei turned his head and looked around, and said: "This is just the scene of the abandoned corpse, not the scene of the first case. The murderer is very careful, and so many days have passed, there are no clues here, and we can only find out after Yang Yu's autopsy." Make a preliminary judgment."

"Really? Then I will start the autopsy. You can listen to me..." Yang Sen said triumphantly.

"A Sen, don't talk nonsense, prepare to record with pen and ink." Wu Zuo Lao Yang squatted beside the carrion corpse and looked at it. Hearing the conversation between Duan Fei and Duan Fei, he said to Yang Sen in a deep voice.

"Oh... ready, Grandpa, let's start." Yang Sen took out the tools and said.

"An unidentified male corpse was found under the ruins of the Earth Temple in the east of Baoying County. The body was dressed in a Siamese Western cloth gown and a Japanese fleece jacket. The family should be relatively wealthy. He may be a businessman. Unrecognizable appearance, preliminarily estimated to be between forties and sixties, forehead rotted to the bone, suspected to have been injured before his death, with multiple stab wounds on his body, three puncture wounds on his abdomen, but the fatal one should be a natural wound on his neck. Throat cut from left to right, the forearm of the corpse's right hand showed signs of fracture, the front of the fingers had wear and tear, and there were dirt and grass clippings in the nails, but there was no blood or skin..." Lao Yang, the cadre, said repeatedly, very Duan Fei was very surprised to record all the signs of the corpse in detail. If it weren't for the limitations of technology, this old forensic doctor in front of him might not be worse than any forensic doctor in the 21st century!

When Duan Fei was feeling emotional, Lao Yang paused, held the carrion's hand and looked at it for a while, then grabbed the carrion's trousers, looked left and then, and finally continued: "There are grasses on the wrists and ankles of the carrion. Traces of rope strangling, mud marks and grass clippings on the knees, the deceased had been tied up before he was alive, and he knelt and crawled on the grass... As far as we know so far, the deceased can be preliminarily determined to be a homicide, and he has been dead for about ten to fifteen days. "

At this time, Mr. Xu came late. He stood far away, not bothering to look at the corpse. Yan Butou and Lao Yang reported the situation to him. Mr. Xu called Duan Fei to him and said "Duan Fei, don't get involved in this case, go back to the yamen and find something to do."

Headmaster Yan was giving Duan Fei a look. Duan Fei actually knew better than him. Lao Yang judged that the dead body had been dead for ten to fifteen days. Duan Fei hadn't left the Earth Temple fifteen days ago. It's very difficult to avoid suspicion at this time. normal.

Duan Fei thought for a while and replied: "Master Xu, ten days ago I was either unconscious, or I was just recovering from a serious illness and was weak. It would be difficult for me to kill someone. I agree with your lord's request to avoid suspicion, but I don't want to be in the yamen." I have nothing to do, I will not interfere with Chief Yan and their handling of the case, please allow me to take a few days off."

"Presumptuous, go back to the yamen immediately, and don't go anywhere!" Master Xu shouted with a cold face.

"Since that's the case... I'll obey the order, but because I didn't participate in the investigation, it's not my turn to beat the board... What does Mr. Xu say?" Duan Fei said with a smile.

Mr. Xu snorted, ignored him, and directly ordered Yan Butou: "Yan Butou, Duan Fei and Shi Bin should not participate in this case, and that Jiang Chang, take him back to the Yamen for temporary detention. Get up, you will not be released until the case is clear, and the head is strictly arrested. The murderer in this case is by no means comparable to ordinary cases. You must not slack off for personal gain. Now, first let me hear your judgment."

Yan Butou glanced at Duan Fei helplessly, then clasped his hands and replied, "Master Xu, the clothes on the corpse show that he is wealthy, but there is nothing on his body, which may have been snatched away by the murderer, so it is very likely that he was murdered by robbery." , but the deceased was bound and abused during his lifetime, and it is very likely that it was a vendetta or love killing..."

Yan Butou hesitated for a moment, and Yang Sen interjected, "There is another possibility..."

Wu Zuo Lao Yang slapped him and staggered him, and shouted: "What do children know, don't talk nonsense!"

Xu Dianshi glared at Lao Yang, and said, "Old Yang, let him say what he wants to say, won't I judge the authenticity by myself?"

"Yes... Your Excellency..." Lao Yang kicked Yang Sen, and stared at him fiercely with his head down.

Yang Sen stuck out his tongue grinningly, and said, "My lord, there are many stab wounds on the corpse, most of which are stab wounds, and three of them are puncture wounds. I suspect..."

Yang Sen hesitated for a moment before saying, "I suspect this is the legendary punishment of 'three knives and six holes'..."