Holding back the smile on his face, Xie Xuan raised his eyebrows and looked at him, "What's the matter?"

Kong Tao bowed his hands, and after seeing the ceremony according to the rules, he respectfully said: "I have something to ask Miss Chen for advice."

Xie Xuan snorted, not without mocking: "If my king remembers correctly, Mr. Kong seemed to mock Miss Chen last night to settle the case by stealing the achievements of the predecessors."

Kong Tao raised his hands to Chen Chaoyan, and bowed slightly, "Last night, I was talking about my bones, so please forgive me, Miss Chen."

Chen Chaoyan put down the map of Jinyi County, "Master Kong, if you want to ask anything, you can just say it."

Kong Tao glanced at Xie Xuan in vain, took the materials she handed over last night from the entourage behind him, walked to the seat beside her, saluted again, and then sat down.He took out the mortuary forms, placed them one by one on the coffee table between the two of them, and asked, "Madam Chen, how did you figure out the time of death recorded on the mortuary form?"

"Autopsy." Chen Chaoyan said simply and straightforwardly, "Based on the contents of the stomach."

"Stomach contents?" Kong Tao cupped his hands, "I wonder if Miss Chen can speak more plainly?"

"To put it simply, it is the food that people eat in their stomachs." Nanling stood behind Chen Chaoyan with his sword in his arms, and replied on his behalf, "After food is eaten in the mouth, it will first go down into the stomach, and then enter the intestinal tract from the stomach According to the amount of these meals in the stomach or intestines, the time of death of these people can be accurately judged."

Facing Kong Tao's gaze, Chen Chaoyan nodded slightly, "That's about it."

Kong Tao suppressed the surprise in his heart, and asked curiously: "Miss Chen is not afraid of dirty, nor is she afraid of smell?"

Chen Chaoyan said in a low voice: "Who is not afraid of dirty and smelly? It's just that these dirty and smelly things are nothing compared to revenge."

Kong Tao was silent for a moment, then asked again: "As far as I know, Miss Chen was just a girl picking herbs before she met the prince."

Is this investigating her origin?After Chen Chaoyan glanced at Xie Xuan, he looked at Kong Tao and said, "Yes."

Kong Tao also looked directly into her eyes, "Who did Ms. Chen learn autopsy and case-solving skills from?"

Chen Chaoyan twitched the corner of her mouth, and said calmly and calmly: "No comment."

"I'm afraid not." Kong Tao said without hesitation, "No matter whether the prince will be crowned the great treasure in the future, you want to be a princess or empress, and the origin of your identity cannot be kept secret."

Chen Chaoyan raised his eyebrows, noncommittal.

After getting in touch with her last night, Kong Tao already knew that she was a soft-hearted person.After a moment of silence, he intentionally said provocatively: "Miss Chen doesn't like us courtiers, so you don't have to comment, but what about the prince, does the prince have anything to say?"

Chen Chaoyan smiled slightly, "The prince already knows."

Kong Tao glanced at Xie Xuan, nodded again, and then changed the subject, "I wonder what Miss Chen thinks about this case?"

Chen Chaoyan twitched the corner of his mouth imperceptibly, and asked without answering, "I don't know what Master Kong thinks?"

Kong Tao shook his head, "For now, I don't have any opinions."

Chen Chaoyan comforted and said: "Master Kong only got these materials last night, so it's normal for him to have no opinion for a while."

"It's not normal." Kong Tao sighed lightly, "I'm afraid that the murderer will commit the crime again if it takes one more day."

"Probably not." Chen Chaoyan said bluntly, "Obviously knowing that we are investigating closely now, committing another crime would be tantamount to throwing oneself into the trap. The murderer is not that stupid."

Kong Tao looked at her, "Miss Chen already knows who the murderer is?"

Chen Chaoyan shook her head, "I don't know."

Kong Tao didn't believe it, but he didn't continue to press her. He followed her hand and looked at the map of Jinyi County on the coffee table on the other side, and said, "I wonder if Miss Chen can show me the topographic map to read a little bit. ?”

Chen Chaoyan took the map along the way.

Kong Tao took the map and got up and walked to the door. Taking advantage of the sunlight, he squinted his eyes. After looking carefully for a while, he sat back and asked, "These seven circled villages are the places where the crime happened?"

Chen Chaoyan nodded.

Kong Tao looked sideways for a while, and said slowly, "These villages are not far apart."

Chen Chaoyan nodded again.

After Kong Tao looked at it for a while, he put the map on the case-related materials, and said in a slow tone, "Miss Chen really doesn't have any ideas about this case?"

Chen Chaoyan said: "What Master Kong wants to say, it's okay to say it directly."

"Then I just said it. If there is something wrong, I ask Miss Chen to correct me." Kong Tao looked at the map and said, "Judging from the information that Miss Chen handed over to the officer last night, the murderer did not commit the crime randomly. .Since there are rules and regulations, shouldn’t it be time to catch the murderer if we go back to the root cause?”

Chen Chaoyan nodded, "In theory, it's possible."

"Since Ms. Chen agrees, I will continue." Kong Tao clicked on the seven circles on the map, "The murderer did not commit crimes elsewhere, but committed crimes in these seven villages. What is the reason?"

Chen Chaoyan's eyes moved slightly, "He is familiar with these seven villages."

"That's right." Kong Tao nodded, and then continued with some relief, "Then, what made him familiar with these seven villages? Or, what made him familiar with the seven people who were killed?"

Chen Chaoyan looked at the map instantly.

Afterwards, it was like seeing the sun through the clouds, and the countless places that I couldn't figure out before all became coherent in an instant.

"Pen!" She held out her hand.

Yue Jian quickly went to the desk, dipped the pen in ink, and handed it to her.

Chen Chaoyan took the pen and circled Ningkou Village without hesitation.

Although the seven villages are not in a straight line, they are curved and on a plane.And the center point of this plane is Ningkou Village!

The answer seems to be on the horizon.

But Chen Chaoyan did not stop there.

The seven villages are intertwined together by radial lines, and the central point of the interweaving is the official mine!

Ningkouzhuang, tea, Xuyue, Qiu's...

All the answers came out.

The evidence is short.

And the evidence...

Chen Chaoyan thought of the 'u' shaped intersection where Cheng's body was dumped, and the dried blood on that intersection.

Those bloodstains appeared suddenly on the road, without origin.

What does this mean?

Explain that the murderer has transportation!

"My lord," Chen Chaoyan looked up at Xie Xuan, her eyes were bright and bright, "I also ask my lord to immediately send someone to bring back the carriage, ox cart, or donkey cart that Tian Changlin used every time he came to Ningkou Village!"

Xie Xuan glanced at Chonglou.

Chonglou went immediately.

Chen Chaoyan looked at the map again, and after a while, she picked up the pen again and circled the seven villages in a big circle, then said again: "Please send someone to take these seven villages as the center and carefully examine the seven villages. People in this village or the surrounding villages, check to see if any villagers saw someone washing the carriage before and after each incident."

Kong Tao reminded, "As time goes by, people may not remember it."

Chen Chaoyan didn't raise her head, "Then the prince will have to spend the money."

After Xie Xuan explained her request, Kong Tao asked: "The Tian Changlin you mentioned just now refers to Tian Changlin, the chief inspector of the Beidu Armaments Supervision who is locked up in the prison?"

Chen Chaoyan nodded, "It's him."

"Is he the murderer?" Kong Tao asked.

Chen Chaoyan told him in general about the entanglement between Tian Changlin and Xu Yue.

After Kong Tao listened, he snorted coldly, and then turned his eyes back to the map, "He is locked in the prison. Since he is suspected to be the murderer, then he should be brought to trial."

"Strict interrogation is fine," Chen Chaoyan calmly reminded, "but torture cannot be used."

Kong Tao glanced at her, then at Xie Xuan.

Xie Xuan looked at Chen Chaoyan's side face, and said in a low voice: "My concubine has always used evidence to convict her when she investigates cases. Please don't break the rules, Master Kong."

Kong Tao followed him to look back at Chen Chaoyan. After a while, he nodded and said, "Since it's Miss Chen's rules, I will abide by them."

After finishing speaking, he stood up, saluted Xie Xuan with his hands in his arms, then turned and left.

And Xie Xuan sat down in his place.

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