Concubine

Chapter 116 The Death of the Young Master

At this moment, suddenly, there was a faint shout in the distance.

The voice was getting louder and louder, as if it was in the inner office.

Yang Qiuchi hurriedly listened carefully, and sure enough, the commotion was at the residence of Zhou Zhifu.Is there a strong enemy coming?

Song Qing was still immersed in the tenderness just now, and murmured in a low voice: "Brother Qiuchi..."

Yang Qiuchi whispered: "It seems that something happened!"

ah?Song Qing woke up now, and asked fearfully, "What's wrong?"

"Don't be afraid! It seems that something happened to Zhou Zhifu."

Yang Qiuchi sat up and listened carefully, and it was true.

Song Qing also sat up and asked, "Brother Qiuchi, what happened?" Her voice trembled slightly.

Yang Qiuchi said, "I don't know either."

The poetic atmosphere just now has been destroyed by this noise.Yang Qiuchi was a little bitter, but there was nothing he could do. The current atmosphere was not suitable for continuing.

Besides, Zhou Zhifu treated him well.If something happened to him, he couldn't ignore it.

Yang Qiuchi turned his head: "Qingqing, I have to go and have a look. You go back first."

Song Qing said firmly: "No! I don't worry, I want to go with you too!"

The uproar grew louder, and there were cries and curses.

Yang Qiuchi pulled Song Qing up, and the two rushed to the residence of Zhou Zhifu.

When they came to the residence of Zhou Zhifu, they saw Song Zhixian and Song Yun'er were already there.Niu Baihu was not there, and he went back to Baihu's house after the banquet was over.Seeing Yang Qiuchi, Song Yuner bit her lips and looked at him sadly.

"What's wrong? Is something wrong?" Yang Qiuchi asked.

Song Zhixian said: "Zhou, the concubine of the prefect of Zhou poisoned the young master of the prefect of Zhou to death."

Yang Qiuchi was surprised: "I'll go and have a look." He stepped into the room.Song Yun'er and Song Qing said in unison: "I'll go too!" Obviously, they were both worried about Yang Qiuchi.Song Zhixian and others also followed into the room.

There were seven or eight people in the room. There was a swaddle on the side of a big bed, and a few maids and servants stood aside with their heads bowed, not daring to breathe.The prefect of Zhou was whipping a girl lying on the ground with a whip.The girl was only wearing a set of white underwear, crying miserably: "Master, master, I really didn't kill our child."

Kneeling next to him was a burly man with the appearance of a family servant, who was also kowtowing to intercede for the concubine. From what he said, he should be the concubine's elder brother.

Seeing Yang Qiuchi walking in, the big man suddenly showed a very surprised expression on his face, and stared at Yang Qiuchi several times.Yang Qiuchi found it strange that the big man looked at him unexpectedly.

Zhou Zhifu's face was ashen, and while cursing, he slapped the girl hard.The whip whipped on the girl's body with a whistling sound, tearing her clothes, leaving bright red bloodstains.The girl screamed and rolled on the ground.

Yang Qiuchi said: "Master Zhifu, what's going on?"

Zhou Zhifu turned his head and saw Yang Qiuchi and others coming in, he said angrily: "This little bitch dared to poison my son to death, I will kill her to save my son's life!"

The girl on the ground cried out: "Master, the concubine was wronged, the young master was not poisoned to death by the concubine. The concubine wakes up, and the child is like this."

"You still dare to quibble! My son's face is blue and purple. If it wasn't you who poisoned him to death, who is he? Kill you bastard!" Zhou Zhifu whipped him twice again.

Yang Qiuchi quickly dissuaded him and asked him what was going on.

It turned out that the girl on the ground was Li Shi, the new concubine of Zhou Zhifu a year ago. This Li Shi had a strong stomach, and a year later, she gave birth to a fat boy for Zhou Zhifu, who was already more than a month old.Tonight, Mrs. Li fell asleep while breastfeeding the young master, and when she woke up, she found that the young master was out of breath, and screamed in fright.After Zhou Zhifu found out about the situation, he found that the baby's face was blue and purple, and no outsiders had entered, so he decided that Mrs. Li deliberately poisoned the young master to death.In anger, he asked the servant to bring the whip and beat the concubine severely.

Yang Qiuchi felt that this incident was very strange. If this concubine killed her own child, there was no reason to choose such an occasion. Didn't she think about escaping the crime?Now this concubine has been distinguishing that she was wronged. If she really did it, what is the motive?Didn't she know that her son would elevate her status in the prefect's family?It was very unreasonable. After thinking about it, Yang Qiuchi decided to check the corpse.Then he said: "Prefect Zhou appeases his anger for the time being, can I check the young master's body to see what's going on."

Zhou Zhifu knew that Yang Qiuchi was a master at solving crimes, and besides, he was tired, so he threw down the whip, took a breath, and nodded: "Thank you, Mr. Yang."

Yang Qiuchi walked to the bed, only to see a baby's body in the swaddling clothes on the bed, and his face was bruised.Uncovering the swaddling clothes, he gently lifted the corpse with one hand.The baby's hands and feet have begun to show rigor.Rigidity appeared early, which is consistent with arsenic poisoning. However, there was no diarrhea and vomit similar to the symptoms of gastroenteritis that arsenic poisoning should have in swaddling babies. Besides, bruises on the face are not typical of arsenic poisoning. feature.

Yang Qiuchi put the baby's body next to the swaddling clothes, and asked the maids and servants if outsiders had been there, and if they heard or saw the baby vomiting or diarrhea.The maids and servants all said no, and no outsiders came in.

This is strange, the main signs of the child's death are inconsistent with arsenic poisoning, unlike the death of arsenic poisoning, how did the child die?
Yang Qiuchi looked back at the face of the baby's corpse and found that the baby's lips, ears, and nails were also blue-purple. These should be the characteristics of suffocation death, because the oxyhemoglobin in the blood of the suffocation death will be converted into Reduced hemoglobin, when the reduced hemoglobin in the blood exceeds a certain ratio, cyanosis will appear in the skin and mucous membranes, especially in the face and other parts.

If it was really suffocation, there should be bleeding spots in the eyes.Yang Qiuchi lifted the eyelids of the baby's corpse, and sure enough, there were pinpoint-sized bleeding points on the two eyeballs and the conjunctival vault, which is a common symptom of asphyxiation.Suffocation will cause the internal pressure of facial capillaries to increase, and the permeability of blood vessel walls will increase due to hypoxia, resulting in small vein congestion and capillary rupture, resulting in this kind of spotting bleeding.

Yang Qiuchi carefully observed the back, buttocks, and back of the thighs of the baby's corpse, and found that not only extensive corpse spots had appeared, but also purple-black corpse spot bleeding spots, which increased Yang Qiuchi's suspicion: the child should be Death by suffocation, because the blood of suffocated corpses is mostly not coagulated, and it is easy to accumulate, so the plaques appear early and obvious, and the place where the blood deposits will form purple-black corpse spots due to capillary rupture.

Based on these characteristics, Yang Qiuchi preliminarily judged that the baby died of suffocation.But what exactly causes babies to choke?
According to the investigation just now, there have been several maids and servants in the room tonight, and it is almost impossible for outsiders or these maids and servants to commit murder.Mrs. Li was by the child's side, so of course she had the opportunity to kill the child. If it was really the concubine Mrs. Li who killed the baby, the most likely method she would use was to use a quilt or a pillow.Generally speaking, in non-emergency situations, when there are convenient tools around, most people will not use their palms to suffocate others.

Therefore, if Mrs. Li covered the baby's mouth and nose with a pillow or quilt, it is very likely that there will be traces of mouth foam or even blood stains on the corresponding parts of the pillow and quilt.Yang Qiuchi carefully checked every inch of the pillow and quilt, but found no suspicious traces.

It would be nice if an autopsy could be performed so that the true cause of death could be more accurately ascertained.

Autopsy is the most important method to find out the cause of death. In many cases, it is not enough to check the surface of the dead body alone to find out the cause of death. Especially in the case of no trauma, autopsy is needed to find out whether it is He killed.

In addition, even if there is trauma, whether the injury is the cause of death can only be found out through autopsy.

In ancient times, it was not allowed to dissect the corpse at will. It was a felony to destroy the corpse.

Of course, if the yamen felt that it was necessary to conduct an autopsy on the corpse, they could decide on their own, but in this case it was very prudent.

Yang Qiuchi only hoped that this kind of case would not force him to do an autopsy in the end, which would involve a lot of trouble, and it would be better to be able to find out the clues through the appearance.

Yang Qiuchi first observed the baby's neck, and found no signs of strangulation such as exfoliation of the skin or subcutaneous bleeding, and then carefully observed the baby's mouth. There was no bleeding on the inside of the lips, and there was no bleeding from the gums. It is not like covering the mouth hard to cause suffocation Death, however, dealing with a one-month-old baby is different from dealing with an adult, the force of covering the mouth does not need to be too strong, it is enough to suffocate the baby, so there may not be bleeding or bleeding gums on the inside of the lips, so it is not enough to rule out Covering your mouth leads to death.

Next, Yang Qiuchi checked the baby's mouth and nose.In the cyan background of the face, in the area where the mouth and nose are located, there is a pale area with a relatively light color. It is not easy to find without careful comparison, and there is still a small amount of dry residue of white liquid in this area.

The baby's nose is slightly sunken, but the baby's nose is already flat, so it can't be seen if you don't pay attention.Yang Qiuchi found a small stick, gently lifted the baby's nostrils, and asked the maid to bring a lantern to light it. He turned sideways to look inside, and found some grayish white liquid inside.Yang Qiuchi stuck a little stick and took it out, sniffed it under his nose, and nodded thoughtfully.

Yang Qiuchi turned around and walked to the little concubine who was lying on the ground crying, squatted down and asked, "You really didn't poison the young master to death?"

This little concubine, Mrs. Li, knew from Zhou Zhifu's very polite attitude towards Yang Qiuchi just now that this young man is not an ordinary person. Now that he heard him ask, she quickly got up on her knees, kowtowed and said, "I really didn't kill him, I did not kill him." My own child, how could I have done such a murderous thing!——My child~!" The whole upper body fell on the ground, crying bitterly.

Yang Qiuchi said: "Don't cry, get up and talk."

The burly man next to him knelt and climbed a few steps, came over and said to Mrs. Li: "Sister, don't cry, get up quickly, my lord still wants to ask you something."

Li Shi got up sadly, still covering her face and weeping in a low voice.

Yang Qiuchi noticed that there was a wet mark on the ground that Li Shi had just pounced on, and he was a little surprised. He looked carefully at Li Shi's chest, only to find that a large area of ​​Li Shi's chest was wet, and then he understood that this Li Shi was breastfeeding , enough milk, just now was whipped by Zhou Zhifu, rolling on the ground, under the oppression, the milk soaked the clothes on his chest.This discovery further affirmed his own judgment.

Yang Qiuchi stood up and said to Zhou Zhifu: "The young master was not poisoned to death."

Governor Zhou was dubious: "Then, why is his face bruised and purple?"

"This is a symptom of suffocation. The young master was suffocated to death."

"Suffocated?" Zhou Zhifu walked to the bed suspiciously, looked at the baby's body carefully, "Who suffocated my son?"

"Accident, this is an accident." Yang Qiuchi walked over and pointed to the slightly lighter area near the baby's nose, "Please look, my lord, the white area near the young master's nose is the place that blocks the baby's nose." What remains after the oppression of the nose and mouth."

Yang Qiuchi used the small stick to open the nostrils of the baby's corpse, "Look here, sir, there is grayish-white liquid in the young master's nostrils." Yang Qiuchi stuck a little bit and took it out and handed it to Zhou Zhifu, "Your Excellency, you can smell it. It has a strong milky smell, it should be milk."

After hearing Yang Qiuchi's analysis, Zhou Zhifu vaguely thought of the truth of this matter, but he was not sure, and looked at Yang Qiuchi.

Yang Qiuchi sighed: "Judging from the inspection, it should be that Aunt Li fell asleep while lying on the bed and breastfeeding the young master on her side. Her milk was sufficient and poured into the young master's nasal cavity, causing At the same time, Aunt Li didn’t realize that her breast was blocking the baby’s mouth and nose after she was asleep, which further aggravated the young master’s suffocation. It doesn’t take long for the suffocation to cause death, and the time of a cup of tea is enough to cause death.”

Yang Qiuchi thought that if an autopsy was performed, water emphysema caused by milk inhalation similar to drowning should be found in the baby's lungs, which would be more illustrative.Yang Qiuchi continued: "So, this was purely an accident. Aunt Li was unintentional. Don't blame her too much, my lord."

After listening to Yang Qiuchi's analysis, Zhou Zhifu looked sad, and turned to look at Aunt Li. If this is the case, even though this concubine was careless, the crime is much less serious than intentionally poisoning his own child.Sighing, he said to Li Shi who was kneeling on the ground: "Since this incident was an accident, the government will not blame you." He gestured for her to get up.

Li wept bitterly and kowtowed to Zhou Zhifu and Yang Qiuchi to thank him.The maids and servants at the side dared to help Aunt Li up after hearing Zhou Zhifu's words, and some servants rushed out to find the doctor to heal Aunt Li.

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