Concubine

Chapter 140 The cause of death is unknown
Under normal room temperature conditions, the cooling speed of a human corpse drops by an average of about one degree Celsius per hour in the first ten hours, and then slows down to the temperature of the surrounding environment in 24 hours.

Although it is winter now, the temperature in this room is above zero and there is no wind, so although the body will be cooled slightly faster, it will not exceed two degrees Celsius per hour.

Judging from the fact that the body spots and rigor rigor just appeared on the old scholar's body, the old scholar's death time was about two hours. In this way, the temperature of the corpse would not drop by more than four degrees Celsius. That is to say, if the old scholar's body is now The body temperature is around 32 degrees, which is in line with the normal cooling speed of corpses.

Yang Qiuchi's detection just now found that the old scholar's body temperature was only slightly lower than that of ordinary people, but it obviously did not reach the fatal body temperature below 25 degrees, and the test results were consistent with normal body temperature.

When a person's body temperature drops to about 32 degrees Celsius, disturbance of consciousness, low motor ability, and even hallucinations will occur, but it is impossible to freeze to death. The possibility of death.

It's just that Yang Qiuchi couldn't discuss such a modern issue as the temperature of a person's body temperature with people in the Ming Dynasty, so he could only speak in general terms.

Jia Hanlin asked, "Then how did Lu Xueru die?"

Yang Qiuchi bowed and replied: "Wansheng carefully examined the body of the deceased, and found no obvious injuries, which can rule out the death from trauma. Examination of the bones of the deceased body also found no fractures, basically, the death from internal injuries can be ruled out." (Ge Shan Da Niu This type of martial arts is not a problem for modern forensic research)
Yang Qiuchi pointed to the puddle of vomit next to Lu Xueru's mouth: "Based on this vomit, Wansheng suspects that Lu Xueru's sudden death was caused by a sudden outbreak of a hidden disease. Of course, it is also possible that the sudden death was caused by poisoning. .”

The disobedient had been watching coldly from the sidelines, and now he sneered and said, "Poisoning? A joke, I tested the vomit with a silver needle, and it didn't turn black. How could it be poisoning? It's a joke!"

There are too many poisons that can cause poisoning, corrosive, metallic, and dysfunctional poisons, including strong alkalis, inorganic compounds, sedatives, anesthetics, cyanide, nitric oxide, and even animals such as snakes and scorpions or plants such as Aconitum can cause poisoning.

However, silver needle detection can only detect poisons containing sulfur or sulfide, and some poisons do not contain sulfur, such as toadstools, nitrite, pesticides, cyanide, etc., and silver needles come into contact with them. , but not black.Therefore, the fact that the silver needle does not turn black does not mean that it is not poisoned.

Yang Qiuchi was sympathetic to an unruly problem, did not laugh at him, and said sincerely: "You are talking about arsenic poisoning, which can be detected with a silver needle, but there are other causes of poisoning, not every kind of poison It can turn the silver needles black, such as many poisonous mushrooms, if probed with silver needles, they will not turn black, but they can poison people to death.”

Seeing Yang Qiuchi's sincerity, Nazuo felt a little embarrassed, and asked, "You said it might have been poisoned to death, and it wasn't arsenic. What is that?"

To determine the cause of poisoning, an autopsy must be carried out, and the stomach and its contents must be extracted for poison testing. Of course, a conclusion of poisoning cannot be made based on this result alone. A comprehensive autopsy must be carried out to observe the pathological changes of various organs before the deceased can be found. Potential diseases suffered before death, the difference is sudden death caused by the disease or poisoning, and the liver, kidney, brain and other tissues as well as blood, urine, bile and other samples must be extracted for toxicological tests, and a comprehensive analysis can be used to determine the cause resulting in poisoning.

If it had been a few days ago, Yang Qiuchi might have rashly proposed to conduct an autopsy, but after experiencing the last time Song Qing was released privately and almost lost his head, Yang Qiuchi calmed down a lot.Through this incident, he understood a very simple truth - if you want to protect others, you must first protect yourself.Just imagine, if he had his head beheaded for releasing Song Qing privately, Song Qing would not be able to escape.

However, now he faces.It is not only a matter of thinking twice before acting, but more importantly, it is necessary to completely reform the natural way of thinking in modern society that has been formed in one's head, and this is the most difficult thing.

In the present case, the cause of death was unknown, and now the forensic doctor must conduct an autopsy [-]% of the time, and only by performing an autopsy can it be accurately determined whether it is a disease or poisoning, and what kind of poison is in it.But in the Ming Dynasty, not to mention dissection, even if it was proposed, it would probably be regarded as a rebellion against feudal ethics, and the consequences can be imagined.

Therefore, Yang Qiuchi did not recklessly propose an autopsy. He wanted to follow the path of the ancients and make a comprehensive judgment based on clues and clues to find out the real cause of death of the old scholar Lu Xueru.

This case happened in the Gongyuan where the imperial examination was being held. There were people all around, but no one heard the sound of Lu Xueru calling for help or struggling. From this, it can be judged that if it was poisoned, then the poison was likely to be poisoned. Nerve poisons that can cause central or cardiac nervous system dysfunction, trigger acute attacks of toxic heart and cerebrovascular diseases and lead to sudden death.

Only in this case, Lu Xueru had no time to call or was unable to call.Of course, it cannot be ruled out that Lu Xueru himself suffers from this type of disease, and the possibility of sudden onset leading to sudden death cannot be ruled out.

Regarding the question of disobedience, Yang Qiuchi shook his head and said: "At present, I don't know how he died. I just suspect that if we want to thoroughly find out the cause of Lu Xueru's death and determine whether it was homicide, I'm afraid we need to investigate further. Only then can the clues be discovered.”

Although Yang Qiuchi has not found out the real cause of Lu Xueru's death, freezing to death has been clearly ruled out.Affirming this made Jia Hanlin very happy. If this is the case, then he has no responsibility at all.

Yang Qiuchi didn't expect that he had inadvertently done the examiner a favor.However, Yang Qiuchi is now more concerned than less. Anyway, he doesn't care about his own business. Besides, he didn't know for sure whether it was a homicide or not before an autopsy.I'm about to say goodbye.

Jia Hanlin was thinking with a smile, but he couldn't see that the young man in front of him was quite capable and a talent. Although he was out of touch and the case was handed over to Ying Tianfu, he would have nothing to do with him, but Yin Tianfu and Gu Fu Yin had a good friendship with him. , if the case can't be solved, the Fu Yin will also have a headache. After all, this is a question from the Emperor Enke's exam, and it is difficult to explain it if it is not clear.With Yang Qiuchi's help, the hope of solving the case would be much greater.

Seeing that Yang Qiuchi was about to run away, Jia Hanlin hurriedly said: "Mr. Yang, you have finished the imperial examination now, and you are waiting for the results to be released. Please help me to find out this case. Lord Gu of Yingtian Mansion is an old friend of this official. , when he comes later, I will introduce you to him. If you have the help of the young master, you will be sure to solve this case, and he will be very happy. What do you think, young master?"

In fact, Yang Qiuchi is also a warm-hearted person, he is a certain person, although there is no need to please the examiner, but seeing the examiner speak kindly, he can't save face.

Besides, he was also curious about whether this case was homicide.There is nothing left and right, so you can take care of this nosy matter, anyway, you have to wait for the announcement in Yingtian Mansion before going back to celebrate the New Year, and then take Mrs. Bai and his wife to the post.There is still a while.He nodded in agreement.

Jia Hanlin was very happy, and asked Wu Zuo to lock up the room and guard it here, and sent someone to inform the governor of Yingtianfu immediately.Jia Hanlin took Yang Qiuchi and the Tongpan from Yingtianfu to wait in the lounge of the Gongyuan.When the scholars saw Yang Qiuchi leaving with the examiner, they were amazed and jealous.

After a while, Mr. Gu, the Governor of Yingtian Mansion, came. After Jia Hanlin introduced him, Mr. Gu said that he had heard about Yang Qiuchi for a long time. Yin said that Yang Qiuchi helped solve the big case.

When Gu Fuyin heard that Yang Qiuchi was willing to help investigate the case of the old scholar's death in the Gongyuan, he was overjoyed and asked the general judge who had just brought him here to assist Yang Qiuchi in investigating the case.The judge's name was Hu Jiang, he had a horse face and spoke kindly.

Yang Qiuchi didn't like this kind of official entertainment, so after talking for a while, he left with Hu Jiang and came out to investigate the case.Yang Qiuchi took Hu Jiang to the gate of the Gongyuan to say hello to Song Yuner first, so as not to worry her.

When Hu Jiang saw that Yang Qiuchi had brought fifteen guards with him, all of them had big arms and round waists, and their faces were thick and fleshy, they didn't look like good people at first glance.

As soon as Song Yun'er heard that she was going to investigate the case, she liked the excitement the most, so she immediately clamored to go together.When Hu Jiang heard Yang Qiuchi introduce Song Yuner as his cousin and the daughter of Master Song, the new prefect of the Ningguo Mansion, of course he had no objection.

Hu Jiang asked Yang Qiuchi: "Young Master Yang, what should we do?"

Yang Qiuchi said, "Is the vomit still there?"
When the vomit was mentioned, Hu Jiang frowned and nodded.

"I want to re-examine that puddle of vomit." Yang Qiuchi said flatly, since he couldn't dissect it, he could only hope to find something from the vomit.

Originally, when Yang Qiuchi mentioned the puddle of vomit, Hu Jiang was already uncomfortable, but now he said he was going to have an examination, Hu Jiang couldn't help turning his stomach when he thought of stirring up the puddle of vomit.

Seeing his expression, Yang Qiuchi knew what was going on, and smiled wryly to himself, what can be done, forensic doctors are like this, before all day long he was in contact with corrupt dead bodies, all kinds of vomit, excrement, and all kinds of things. A messy bodily fluid, looking for clues from it, dirty and tiring, that's why no woman wants to be his girlfriend.

However, I didn't expect that I would be quite popular when I came to the Ming Dynasty. Thinking about the reason, it may be that women in the Ming Dynasty paid attention to the three obediences and four virtues, and there was no problem of looking down on men's careers.As long as you have money and ability, you don't have to worry about not having a woman.

From this point alone, Yang Qiuchi really can't hate this evil old society.

Yang Qiuchi walked towards the tribute courtyard, Song Yuner followed Yang Qiuchi closely, and Hu Jiang also followed behind with a frown.

On the way, Yang Qiuchi and Song Yuner briefly explained what happened. When Song Yuner heard that there was another murder case, this time in the Gong Yuan, she was both excited and a little surprised.

The three of them came to the numbered room, and there were a few inspectors watching here. The man in charge of guarding the corpse opened the door, and the corpse was covered with the long robe that he took off just now.Yang Qiuchi went inside and squatted down, picked up the writing brush on the ground, turned it upside down, wiped the end of the brush clean, and began to turn over the puddle of vomit.

This time, Hu Jiang and the inspectors turned their faces away in disgust, and some even hid far away.

Song Yuner also frowned, but she didn't avoid it. She thought that this was also a good opportunity to test whether she could be as brave as a man.Even so, I still felt a bit of stomach upset.

Yang Qiuchi didn't feel it at all, he was used to it, compared to the strange smell and stench of those highly decayed corpses, this was simply too childish.

In the vomit, some undigested pickles were found. In addition, some small green fragments caught Yang Qiuchi's attention.But he couldn't see what these things were.So he just lay down on the ground and put his nose close to the vomit to observe. After looking at it for a long time, he still couldn't tell what these small fragments were.

It seems that the only way to extract this pile of vomit is to study it later.Yang Qiuchi asked the inspectors to find a clean hard white paper, carefully shoveled the puddle of vomit into the white paper, wrapped it up, and put it in a paper bag.

After seeing Yang Qiuchi tidy up, Hu Tong asked, "Young Master Yang, what should we do next?"

Yang Qiuchi said: "Go and check Lu Xueru's residence in Yingtianfu to see if there is anything that could cause him to be poisoned." Hu Jiang agreed.

I checked the address in Beijing registered in Lu Xueru's examination registration book, and found that he lived in a small inn called "Dengke Inn" in Yingtianfu.

There are too many small inns in Yingtianfu, and Hu Jiang and the others don't know where this "Dengke Inn" is.At that time, the industrial and commercial registration system was not as complete as it is now, so I had to ask around.

Hu Jiang brought a few yamen servants, Yang Qiuchi brought Song Yun'er and the fifteen guards, a group of people searched here and there, looking around like headless flies. I found this "Dengke Inn" in the small alley.

The shopkeeper was an ugly old woman. People in ancient times were afraid of seeing officials. The female shopkeeper was a little flustered when she saw the official messenger coming, but she couldn't avoid it, so she had to keep smiling and courteous her.

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