ancient criminal minds

The next day, Lu Zheng brought Bao Zheng and others to Yi Zhuang, and there was indeed a headless corpse in Yi Zhuang.The previous work has already experienced corpses, and it can only be confirmed that the deceased died of suffocation, and his head was beheaded after death.His body was a little swollen, and he was thrown into the river after his death, and then his body was washed ashore by the water, only then was he discovered.

The examination done by Wu is very crude, limited by the level of anatomy at this time, there is no way to do it.Fortunately, when Lu Zheng was on the road, he had already told Dendrobium what he knew about anatomy, and Dendrobium didn't ask him how he knew it, but learned from him very seriously, and now is the time to test his learning results.

Dendrobium lit ginger slices and Cangzhu, and after reciting a mantra of passing away, the white cloth covering the corpse was lifted, and everyone's expressions changed in unison when they saw the corpse.

When Lu Zheng was studying, he also heard the seniors of the forensic department talk about the phenomenon of giants watching corpses. He still remembers the indescribable expression of the seniors at that time, but he never imagined that he would see such a terrifying scene in his lifetime.

The body was blue-gray as a whole, with swollen chest and abdomen, swollen limbs, and even skin peeling off in some places, while white maggots were crawling on the neck section, and the whole body exuded a strong stench.

Lu Zheng ran to the side and vomited at the first glance, but Bao Zheng was not much better than him, he just held back and didn't vomit, but his expression was also livid, and the only person present who remained calm was Dendrobium.

Dendrobium first determined that the time of death was three days ago, which is consistent with the fisherman's confession and also the same as the previous author's opinion.Then Dendrobium opened the abdominal cavity according to Lu Zheng's teaching, and barely distinguished the stomach residue, which probably included meat and peanuts.

Finally, Dendrobium concluded: "The deceased was tall and fat, about five and a half feet (about 1.9 meters), he should have died within one to two hours after the meal, and judging from the meat in the meal, His family should be good, at least not poor, but judging from the calluses on his fingers, there are many calluses on the jaws and joints of his left hand, but the right hand is much better."

Lu Zheng frowned and thought for a while, then said: "The reason why the murderer wanted to cut off his head was probably to hide his identity, and this person's figure should be very rare in Nanxia County. And I don't know I think his family background is good, he has meat and peanuts in his belly, it is very likely that he is eating appetizers while drinking, if the family background is good, the appetizers will never be so simple, and I also suspect that this person is single."

Bao Zheng asked doubtfully, "Can this be seen?"

"If you have a family, and you have been missing for the past few days, your family members will definitely come to look for you, but the case file is clean, and no one has reported missing recently."

"It's also possible that the woman in the family was afraid, so she didn't dare, or it could be that the woman killed her husband, so she was afraid of being discovered!" Bao Zheng said eloquently.

"It's also possible." Lu Zheng didn't refute him directly, "If this is the case, as long as the identity of the person is found out, the case will be solved."

Bao Zheng scratched his head, although he felt that Lu Zheng was right, but he always felt that he was mocking him for what was going on.

Lu Zheng asked Dendrobium again: "Did you find anything else?"

Dendrobium nodded: "This man is left-handed. Although most of his nails have fallen off, I can see from the remaining two nails that his nails are very short and grayish yellow. They should be due to frequent work. some."

Lu Zheng still hesitated: "If there is such information, I'm afraid it would be too little."

Dendrobium shook his head: "Without a head, without clothes, there is really not much to do." He covered the corpse again with the white cloth.

Lu Zheng said: "Let's go to the place where the body was found first."

It was a fisherman who found the body. He lived on his own boat. According to his recollection, in the early morning of that day, he rowed the boat and suddenly found a figure on the shore. corpse.

At this moment, the fisherman stood tremblingly opposite Lu Zheng and the others.

Lu Zheng said warmly: "Old man, don't be nervous, we just came here to ask, what happened that day?"

"The weather was very good that day, the sun was out, and it seemed to be blowing a little wind, oh, the weather has been like this for the past few days..." The fisherman babbled on about the situation, Lu Zheng didn't interrupt him, which also made him He became more and more relaxed.

"...The upstream of this river is Fanyun Lake." The fisherman thought for a while, and said, "If you want to fish in Fanyun Lake, it's probably impossible. Fanyun Lake is not only big, but also extremely deep. If something goes in, you can never get it back."

Bao Zheng whispered to Lu Zheng: "My lord thinks the murderer threw his body at Fanyun Lake?"

Lu Zheng shook his head: "No, I suspect that the murderer only threw his head into Fanyun Lake."

"In that case, why didn't he throw the whole body in Fanyun Lake, just like what the fisherman said, I'm afraid the body would have been eaten by fish long ago, and it would be impossible for anyone to find it."

"Perhaps he has no way to bring the corpse so far." Lu Zheng shook his head, "These things are just suspicions until they find valid information."

After asking the fisherman some more detailed questions, Lu Zheng let him leave.

The three stood by the river, Lu Zheng asked Shi Hu: "Can you calculate the weight of the dead?"

Dendrobium nodded: "Yes."

Lu Zheng squatted on the ground and took a branch to do a physics problem on the mud. Of course, he had to calculate the location of the corpse, the speed of the water flow, the direction of the wind, and even the aquatic plants under the water. The method is to roughly estimate the location.

After calculation, the three of them walked slowly upstream, but in the middle of the journey, Lu Zheng suddenly asked Bao Zheng: "Do you think that Ma County magistrate really doesn't know the identity of the deceased?"

Bao Zheng frowned: "Why did he know that he kept it from your lord?"

Lu Zheng said: "Thinking about it now, I feel that Magistrate Ma's attitude is very suspicious. He doesn't seem to be worried that I will find the murderer. Although the headless corpse is very troublesome, but also because of this, once the identity can be determined, it is very difficult. The case can be solved soon, if he really wants to embarrass me, isn't it too unsafe to use this method?"

"My lord said so, did you find something?" Bao Zheng asked.

Lu Zheng pointed to the weeds on the side of the road, and said: "Look at these fallen grass, many people should have walked by, and this place is so deserted, how could there be many people?"

Bao Zheng bent down and found something was wrong.

The three of them followed the vague traces on the road and slowly walked to a muddy ground. Sure enough, there were many messy footprints on it, and it seemed that there were at least three or four people.

Bao Zheng turned his gaze to Lu Zheng, who frowned and said, "I'm more and more sure, they know who the deceased is, or they even know the murderer."

Bao Zheng hesitated and said, "This...couldn't it be the murderer's?"

Lu Zheng shook his head: "If there are so many murderers, why don't they just throw the corpses into Fanyun Lake?"

Bao Zheng said angrily: "They are really deceiving people too much. If they really identified the deceased and the murderer, why would they play us like this?"

"It's not necessarily to trick us." Lu Zheng is not as angry as he is, "If I can't find out at all, I'm afraid I will be suppressed by this county magistrate in Qingxi County. Jinxian Cheng also knew about it, but he let this kind of thing develop, which is probably not far from the mind of Ma County magistrate."

"This Qingxi County is becoming more and more interesting." Lu Zheng smiled softly.

And soon, Dendrobium at the side found a clue: "My lord, here is a belt."

Lu Zheng and Bao Zheng followed, and they found a dark green belt in the grass, perhaps because the color of the belt was too similar to the weeds, so no one noticed it.

Dendrobium picked up the belt, the belt was made of linen, which proved the two people's speculation that this person's family was really not rich.Dendrobium sniffed it lightly, and found that besides the smell of blood, there was also a greasy smell.

"The deceased is a butcher?" Lu Zheng and Bao Zheng spoke in unison.

It was confirmed that the deceased was a butcher, so the scope of the search was narrowed down a lot. Soon Bao Zheng found out the identity of the deceased. The name of the deceased was Li Si. He was a butcher in Qingxi County. He was a bachelor and had no hobbies on weekdays. It's good to drink some wine, although the temper is a bit grumpy, but the relationship with the neighbors is good, and I haven't heard of any enemies.

And when they identified the body, it wasn't long before Ma County Magistrate brought Mr. Fu over.

"Looking at Mr. Lu's appearance, I think the identity of the deceased has been found out?" Magistrate Ma said with a smile.

"Why do you need to ask questions knowingly?"

"Haha, brother Lu's words are a bit angry." Ma County Magistrate laughed, "It's not that I deliberately made things difficult for you, but if you can't even find out the identity of the deceased, you don't have to go to the murderer." checked."

"According to Lord Ma, do you know the identity of the murderer?"

"I do know."

"Appreciate further details."

"Lord Lu, I have told you the identity of the murderer, but I have to kindly remind you that once you know, this case can be closed."

Lu Zheng couldn't help being a little angry: "Master Ma's words are wrong, since he knows who the murderer is, of course he must be brought to justice, otherwise what am I going to do as a county lieutenant?"

County magistrate Ma said with a smile: "Master Lu is young and vigorous, and I understand it. But even if you know about this murderer, you won't be able to catch him."

Lu Zhengming knew that the county magistrate was provoking him, but he couldn't bear this behavior, so he said directly: "Master Ma, there is no need to say more. If I know who the murderer is, I must arrest him and bring him to justice!"

"Okay, I admire Lord Lu's courage." Magistrate Ma lowered his voice, "The murderer is the rumored red-clothed robber."