Gu Qi's case-solving manuscript

As the pair of rotten hands appeared in front of everyone, a strong stench came over their nostrils, causing several people to take a step back.

Huiqi thought that he was sleeping on top of this corpse just now, and suddenly his stomach felt sick, and he turned his head and vomited it out.

Xu Yihua also gasped.

I don't know what was going on in my mind, Gu Qi looked at Xu Yihua with weird eyes, the scrutinizing eyes made Xu Yihua feel hairy, so he could only bite the bullet and ask: "You, what are you looking at?"

"I found that you can find dead bodies wherever you go." Gu Qi looked serious, "If it weren't for the fact that the murderers were caught in the previous cases, I would suspect that you actually killed these people."

"……not me."

"I know it's not you." Gu Qi smiled, "Why are you nervous?"

Looking at Hui Qi who had completely lost his combat power, Gu Qi thought that the other party was a girl, and at such a young age, it was normal not to see these corpses. He screamed out in fright when he suddenly saw a head, but now it was just because of guessing in advance. It's time to be mentally prepared.

"Little bald head, report to the officials and ask the county magistrate to bring someone here."

Hui Qi said with a small face, "Okay."

"Then go, you ride my horse, my horse is gentler."

"Okay." Hui Qi nodded hurriedly, she wished she could get out of here quickly, otherwise she would vomit again.Thinking of throwing up, she couldn't help but look at what she just vomited out, with a look of pity, "I vomited out all my sweet-scented osmanthus cake..."

Xu Yihua: "...I'll give you the money."

Happily receiving two taels of silver from Xu Yihua's hand, Huiqi immediately got on the horse, kicked his legs, and the horse raised a cloud of dust.

Along those rotten hands, Gu Qi and Xu Yihua carefully pushed aside the soil to avoid damaging the surface of the corpse.Naturally, this kind of excavation work is progressing very slowly. Fortunately, Zhaoyuan County is still some distance away from here. If it is rushed, it will take more than an hour to go back and forth. They are not in a hurry and can do this in detail.

After digging for more than half an hour, the corpse below finally revealed its original appearance.

"Xu Yihua, autopsy."

Xu Yihua nodded, plugged his nostrils with a handkerchief, put on white cloth gloves, then looked at the corpse in the pit, put on another pair resolutely, then squatted down, approached the corpse, and began to examine.

"The deceased was a male, around 25 years old. There were many decays on his body, which obscured the time of death. It was about seven to five days ago. According to the size of the corpse, it can be roughly judged that the deceased was in good physical condition, tall and slightly strong. , the fingers are bent unnaturally, and many places on the limbs are severely rotted, and they are blue-black, indicating that they have undergone fierce struggle before death. He was rich before his death. The sapphire necklace collar around the neck, the white jade wiping the forehead between the forehead, and the gold thread around the jade hairpin are all there, indicating that the murderer It's not for money." Xu Yihua carefully turned to the other side of the corpse, and peeled off the collar of the corpse, "The degree of decay in other places is normal."

"What's the cause of death?" Gu Qi asked.

"He died from a blow with a blunt object." Xu Yihua was examining the head of the corpse. "There are marks on the forehead of the head being smashed, and it happened many times. The deceased should have been accidentally beaten to death by the murderer. In addition, the identity is unknown."

"It's all right." Gu Qidao, "According to your inspection, the deceased was either rich or noble, and someone must have reported his disappearance for such a long time. Only when the county magistrate of Zhaoyuan County arrives will he know his identity."

"But why did the murderer bury the body in this place?" Xu Yihua wondered.

Gu Qi was also rather surprised by this question.

The place where the corpse was buried was close to the roadside. Although it was a small road, it was more than enough for two people to ride side by side on horseback. Occasionally, people came and went. Why did the murderer find such an unsafe place?

Was it too flustered so it had to be buried on the spot, or was it just a simple dumping site?

If it is the former, then the scene of the first crime is definitely nearby, and the murder weapon is very likely to be nearby as well, and it will definitely be found if you search carefully.If it is the latter, it will be more difficult. They must check and lock the deceased one by one according to the identity of the deceased, behavior habits, range of friends, and degree of enmity.

"If the murderer is throwing the corpse, it is really irrational in this place." Gu Qi analyzed, "If the corpse is to be buried here, the murderer will definitely choose night, but Zhaoyuan County is different from Qiuxing County. Recently, the son of a high-ranking official was sent here to go through the motions, but he still had to make some achievements to show to the people above, so the curfew and the checks when he left and entered the city would be particularly strict. Then the murderer would have no way to arrest him. The corpse was brought out, after all, it is such a big person, it cannot be hidden."

"So, the murderer did it nearby?" Xu Yihua immediately understood what Gu Qi meant.

"Yes, I think so." Gu Qi nodded, "The crime scene should be near here."

"However, it has been so long since the day of the incident, people and cars are passing by on the road, and the roadside is full of fallen leaves. Some traces must have been buried."

"Since the murderer was able to kill the deceased with a blunt weapon, and many times, it means that the two of them were definitely together at the time. Considering the distance from Jiangcheng to here, it is a good time to have lunch at this time. Where should they rest nearby?"

Gu Qi looked around, ready to find a place suitable for observation. Fortunately, there were many trees on both sides of the road, so he found a taller pine tree and prepared to climb it.

Xu Yihua's heart thumped in fright when he was about to climb the tree, he almost didn't react, he quickly jumped to the opponent's side, stretched out his hand to hold him down: "Your waist is not good, let me do it."

"...I forgot." Gu Qi smacked his lips and obediently got down, "Your medical skills are too good."

Xu Yihua couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, and pressed it down again, trying to put on a look of calmness: "You just need to stay here properly."

"Hey, okay, I'll listen to you." Gu Qi nodded helplessly.

After climbing up the tree, Xu Yihua was lucky enough to stand on the top of the tree lightly, raised his eyes, looked around, and quickly jumped down.

"How?" Gu Qi hurriedly asked.

Xu Yihua stretched out his hand and pointed to the front left: "There is a place there that is slightly recessed, and there is a flat rock in it, if it is used for rest, it is not impossible."

The place Xu Yihua pointed out is indeed suitable for resting. There is a relatively flat stone here, which is best used as a temporary table, and it is more secretive and will not attract people's attention.But as a passerby who passed by here and rested temporarily, this place was not a good choice. Compared with this place, the place where the corpse was buried just now was more suitable.

That is also the place Xu Yihua and Gu Qi chose to rest. It is leeward, not directly facing the road, and can avoid the sight of most passers-by. The key is that it is very close to the road, and they can leave directly after eating.

Gu Qi couldn't figure it out.

"It is indeed here." Xu Yihua shouted.

Gu Qi frowned, and walked quickly to his side.

"Look." Xu Yihua pointed to a corner of the stone, where there were some imperceptible blood stains.

"Is it really here?" Gu Qi asked himself in a low voice.

"What did you say?" Xu Yihua didn't hear clearly.

Gu Qi ignored him, just immersed in his own world.He turned to the bloodstain and ran his finger over it.

Naturally, the bloodstain had dried up a long time ago, and it felt dry to the touch, and it was a very small bloodstain, which could not be found without careful observation.Gu Qi looked down, and then his face froze.

"how?"

Right below the bloodstain, there is a large bloodstain on the side of the stone, the color is similar to the bloodstain on it, and it should have been left on the same day.Because the side was against the mountain wall, Xu Yihua didn't notice it. Judging from the blood stains, the murderer pinned the victim on the stone, and then hit the opponent's forehead forcefully with a blunt instrument, which eventually resulted in the victim's death.

"The murderer is a taller and stronger man than the deceased." Gu Qi came out from the inside, looking down, looking for something on the nearby ground, "The person who can press the deceased on the stone and use one hand to commit the murder must be Much taller and stronger than the deceased."

"Indeed." Xu Yihua nodded.

He looked distractedly at Gu Qi, who lowered his head and searched the ground inch by inch with his gaze, presumably looking for the murder weapon.

"If the murder was committed here, the murder weapon must have been obtained locally, and the most common one here is..."

"Stone." Gu Qi took Xu Yihua's words and stretched out his hand without looking back, "Give me a handkerchief."

Xu Yihua gave it to him as he said, and the other party threw the handkerchief on the ground, covering a stone, and then picked up the stone through the handkerchief.

"This is the murder weapon." Gu Qi's face was serious.

There is blood on the stone, and it is near the murder case, so it seems that the murder weapon is correct.

Xu Yihua's ears moved suddenly, he listened carefully for a few breaths, then turned around and said, "I forgot to tell you just now, when I was looking for the scene of the murder on the tree, I saw a large group of people coming from the other side, it must be the magistrate and the others."

Gu Qi thought for a while, threw the stone in his hand back to the ground, and then put the handkerchief back into Xu Yihua's hand: "Let's go and meet them, this case should not be difficult to solve."

"Okay." Xu Yihua stared at the handkerchief for a long time before carefully putting it in his arms.

When he got to the side of the road, Gu Qi could also hear the sound of horseshoes, but he couldn't hear anything else, but why did the sound of horseshoes sound like there was only one?

"Master!!! The little one is back!!!"

Huiqi's loud voice sounded over there, presumably the sweet-scented osmanthus cake was eaten, and the vitality was restored.

When the voice died down, Huiqi appeared in front of everyone riding a horse cheerfully and leisurely, and slowly pulled out a group of sedan chairs behind him.

"No wonder it's so slow, it turns out that he came here by sedan chair."

"The tutorials for those bearers are already very fast." Xu Yihua said.

When these people got close and got off the sedan chair, the leading sedan chair opened the door curtain, revealing a expressionless face inside.

The man got out of the sedan chair, wearing an official robe, followed by his entourage, he must be the county magistrate Zhong Weiyuan.

Before he could speak, a woman hurried down from the sedan chair behind, dressed in gold and silver, silk and satin, very luxurious.

The woman began to cry as soon as she got off the sedan chair.

"Where is that corpse, show me quickly!"