Coroner Coroner

"What the hell is this for?"

"It's so hot... Can this really find the murderer?"

Standing on that sidewalk, basking in the sun, passengers have already started complaining.

Indeed, the inside and outside of the tram station are completely two worlds.

The tram station is air-conditioned and the environment is cool and comfortable.

Outside this tram stop, the sun was sore, the air was full of scorching heat, and there were annoying flies and mosquitoes buzzing in my ears.

Just standing there for half a minute, many people were already sweating profusely.

"Mr. Lin, how are you going to investigate?"

Someone asked in confusion.

"Just stand there." Lin Xinyi replied perfunctorily.

At the same time, he was like an instructor supervising the military training of the students, earnestly patrolling back and forth in front of the three-column line of these passengers, from beginning to end, from end to end.

"I didn't use any technical means, I just watched back and forth..."

"Mr. Lin Xinyi, what is this for?"

Suzuki Sonoko muttered in confusion beside him.

"This..." Kudo Shin hesitated, but didn't see anything:

In his opinion, what Lin Xinyi is doing now is probably similar to that of a detective.

That is to say, through all the clues of the other person's clothing, conversation, eyes, movements, walking posture, micro-expression changes, etc., plus imagination and logical reasoning, to infer the person's identity, background, occupation and experience.

Just like Sherlock Holmes could see at first sight that Watson was a military doctor who came back from Afghanistan, famous detectives are all good at this "meet and meet people" trick.

But Kudo Shinichi is very clear that the trick of "meeting and meeting people" not only requires strong brain power and keen observation, but also does not work every time.

To be effective, there must be exactly as many clues to observe in the person being observed.

But now there are more than 100 people here.

Wanting to observe more than 10 passengers in just 100 minutes, but also to find the murderer who deliberately concealed himself... This is simply a fantasy.

"Can he really do it?"

"Or...he's not observing the passengers themselves, but something else?"

Kudo Shinichi vaguely guessed something.

At this moment, Lin Xinyi finally began to speak:

"You should all be wondering, why did I bring everyone out of this tram stop?"

He stopped and stood in front of these passengers, looking at the pair of suspicious eyes one by one:

“The reason is actually quite simple:”

"Because there's something outside the tram stop that can help me find the killer."

"And there's almost no such thing in the underground platform."

"what?"

Everyone looked at each other in dismay, asking questions.

"Don't worry, talking about this..."

"Let me tell you a little story first."

Unexpectedly, Lin Xinyi did not directly reveal the answer, but began to tell the story:

"In AD 1247, that is, the seventh year of Chunyou, Lizong of the Southern Song Dynasty in China, Song Ci, a forensic scientist who was serving as a prison officer in Hunan Province at the time, organized the forensic medical materials he had collected throughout his life into a book, and wrote the world's first system. Sexual forensic science monograph, "Records of Atonement of Wrongs."

"The publication of "Records of Wrongdoing" means that forensic medicine in a systematic sense was born."

"..." Everyone present couldn't understand why:

Why is the case still talking about history?

And as soon as he opens his mouth, he starts directly from the beginning of forensic science...

Why don't you start with the birth of the Lord of the Gods?

Lin Xinyi ignored everyone's questioning eyes and just continued to tell his story.

And there was reverence in the tone of his remarks.

Just like Kudo Shinichi worships Arthur Conan Doyle, the "father of the world's mystery novels", as a forensic doctor, Lin Xin always has the highest respect for Song Ci, the world-recognized "father of forensic science".

And now, he will use the method taught by his grandfather to solve the case:

"In Song Ci's "Records of Wrongdoing", there is such a case: "

"One day, a corpse was found on the side of the road in a certain village. The corpse's clothes and objects were still there, and it was wounded in more than ten places with a sickle."

"The local prosecutor in charge of the investigation initially confirmed that the deceased died of vendetta, and asked the villagers in the same village to take out the sickle and put it in the sun."

"Like now, it was midsummer and there were a lot of flies flying around."

"But it didn't take long for these flies that lingered on the scene to gather inexplicably. One of the seven or eighty scythes on the scene was 'selected', and they gathered on this scythe and danced endlessly."

"So the prosecutor found the owner of the scythe and said to him:"

Lin Xinyi paused for a moment, and calmly recited the original text of "Records of Atonement of Injustice":

"'Everyone has no flies on their sickles. Now that you kill people, the smell of blood is still there, and the flies are gathering. How can you hide it?'"

"Those who look around to the right lose their voices in admiration, while the murderers kowtow and plead guilty."

He soon finished telling the old story.

And everyone's expressions changed slightly, as if they were vaguely thinking of something.

"This is the earliest case of using forensic entomology to solve a crime."

"And flies help prosecutors find the killer because their sensing systems are extremely sensitive -- they can easily sniff out even traces of blood that's been washed and invisible to the naked eye."

"And nutrient-rich blood happens to be the flies' favorite food. As long as they smell blood, these little guys can't help but gather where blood exists."

Lin Xinyi slowly described the principle of flies seeking murder, and his eyes gradually became sharp:

"So, do you know why I'm taking everyone out of the tram stop?"

"Because the temperature in the tram station is low, there are few flies."

"The temperature outside the tram station is high and there are many flies."

After speaking, he paused, and his eyes locked firmly on a man in the crowd:

"This case is just like the story mentioned in "Records of Atonement of Injustice". The murderer kills people, and the hands of the murderers will be stained with blood."

"And the villains with blood on their hands, flies love to be with them."

As soon as the words fell, following Lin Xinyi's eyes, everyone's eyes were focused on the man.

The man's face was gentle, his body was clean, there was no trace of blood, and there was no so-called murderous aura.

No matter how he looked at it, he was just an ordinary person with a peaceful temperament.

However, at this moment, around this "ordinary person"...

All that lingered were the flies that smelled.

"Come out, Mr. Murderer."

Lin Xin looked at the man with a firm look:

"You've been beaten by a trick from 800 years ago."

Chapter 45 Eat the loss of no culture

The murderer finally surfaced.

This man was wearing an unusual short-sleeved shirt, denim trousers, and a slightly old but cleaned shoulder bag on his waist. He didn't look like a murderer, but a young office worker passing by.

No one would notice such an ordinary him in the crowd.

But at this moment, this man is like salt melted in the water, which is scorched out by the righteous sun.

There were more than 100 pairs of eyes locked on him, making him nowhere to hide.

"I…"

The young man whom Lin Xinyi regarded as the murderer had a stiff face.

But in the end, he responded:

"What are you kidding?!"

"Calling me the murderer because of a few flies? I just ate ice cream not long ago and got buttercream icing from the ice cream on my hands. Is this normal?"

The young man defended himself so excitedly.

"Haha." Lin Xinyi gave him a disdainful smile.

Indeed, the trick of flies seeking blood is actually very limited, and it is very easy to be disturbed.

Things like frosting, cream, honey, which are common in life, can also attract flies.The presence of flies does not mean that there must be blood on the person.

Now is not the same as in ancient times.

In ancient times, it was possible to rely on flies to find blood to make the murderer bow his head and confess his guilt, it should be because...

If he does not plead guilty, the murderer will probably be taken back to the yamen to be tortured.

What means of torture tools such as splints and tiger stools serving up, who can hold up and not confess?

This is not to say that the prosecutor is not authentic.

After all, the prosecutor wanted to investigate the case with the scientific method of blood-seeking with flies, instead of directly bringing back a few suspects who had a grudge against the deceased to be tortured to extract confessions...

In feudal society, the spirit of the rule of law is already shining brightly.

There were "convenient" methods in ancient times, but modern times are more "troublesome".