Little Detective of the Tang Dynasty: What to do if you are beheaded at the beginning?

Song Zhen seemed to have some feelings, and stared to the west in a daze.

He accepted the flute and put it on his waist.

"Song Lang, do you want to release river lanterns?" Miss Xia He took the initiative to invite.

"Okay." Song Zhen thought that since he was here, he would experience the customs and habits of the Tang Dynasty.

There is a tributary of the Yellow River near Fengqiu County, which was later called the Natural Wenyan Canal.

Many young men and women stopped here, with pious expressions, watching the lotus lanterns go away, their lips moving, as if they were making a wish.

Song Zhen borrowed paper and pen and wrote [Meeting and getting drunk is the previous fate, the wind and rain are gone, where are you floating. ]

Then he folded the paper into the shape of a thousand paper cranes and put it into the lotus lantern.

He turned around and left until the lotus lantern disappeared from his sight.

However, he didn't walk far, but he heard a burst of screams.

"Yes, someone is floating on the river..." Miss Xia He covered her mouth, her eyes widened, and she said in a trembling voice with extreme fear.

"?" Song Zhen rushed to the shore quickly. Under the weak candlelight of the lotus lanterns, he could indeed roughly see the outline of a person.

No way? I can catch a corpse by releasing a lotus lantern?

From this moment on, he had to start doubting his physical condition. Maybe, there was really a problem?

"Tian Qi."

Without Song Zhen's instructions, Tian Qi had already started to take off his clothes.

"A Lang, I'll go and fish the body out now."

Tian Qi plunged into the river, ignoring the coldness.

Di Renjie and the courtesans of Huichunfang were on the side to evacuate the crowd urgently.

When everyone saw his fish symbol, they took the initiative to retreat to a distance.

Song Zhen stood by the river with his hands behind his back, staring at the corpse not far away from a distance, observing the corpse's death.

Death refers not only to the marks and expressions on the body at the time of death, but also to the body shape after death.

This is why postmodern investigations usually use chalk to outline the body.

"The body is facing up, with hands stretched out and limbs straight and stiff." Song Zhen murmured, "It doesn't look like the characteristics of drowning."

He shook his head quickly: "Not necessarily. Our ancestor Song Ci once said that if the body drowned during life, men lie on the back and women lie on their backs."

Song Zhen didn't know whether this statement had any scientific basis. According to our ancestors, it can be understood that the center of gravity of men and women is different.

Soon, Tian Qi dragged the body up, and a group of people on the shore screamed.

It turned out to be a naked female corpse?

Seeing this, Song Zhen quickly took off his coat and put it on the body.

"Huaiying, call the clerks to come and move the body back first."

"Aren't we going to examine the body here?"

"It's too dark, I can't see clearly."

There were many rules for autopsies in the Tang Dynasty, such as live broadcasting of autopsies in the presence of relatives, the time was set at noon, and no autopsies on rainy days, etc.

Song Zhen didn't have such cumbersome rules at all.

In his opinion, the body would change after being stored for a period of time, so the sooner the examination could be done, the sooner it could be done.

By the time when relatives were present, the body would have been dead.

Since it was close to the hour of Mao, it would take some time to wait for the clerks to rush over from the city, and it would also take some time to transport it back to the government office.

So, Lu Yang went out happily this morning and happened to be bumped into by him.

He saw a crowd of people watching in front of him, and he stretched his neck curiously to get closer, wanting to find out what was going on.

Then...

A bloodless corpse suddenly came into his sight!

Fuck!

I shouldn't be curious!

Lu Yang wanted to slap himself twice.

Fortunately, this female corpse should have only been soaked for a day or two, so it is still quite fresh.

"Lu Shi." Song Zhen accidentally caught a glimpse of his figure and stopped him at the critical moment when he wanted to slip away.

"Aren't you coming to take a look?"

Lu Shi turned his head stiffly, and he forced a smile and said, "Forget it, I can't help with this kind of thing."

"It's good to learn from it."

Learn from you! Do you think I'm like you?

Lu Yang seriously suspected that Song Zhen was a pervert! Who likes to see corpses?

Since Lu Shi was unwilling to come, Song Zhen didn't force him to stay. He smiled and shook his head. It was meaningless. He just wanted to tease this little old man.

It felt quite fun.

Song Zhen adjusted his expression again. It was not appropriate to smile in front of the dead. He had to maintain due respect.

"Remember."

"Dead, female, age unknown."

"White with yellowish tinge, lips purple and black, eyeballs protruding, eyes slightly closed, mouth slightly open."

Song Zhen put on waterproof gloves, and first opened the dead's mouth to check inside.

"The teeth are bleeding."

Then he looked at Tian Qi: "Help me open the mouth of the corpse."

Tian Qi then held the chin with one hand and grabbed the cheek with the other hand, expanding the mouth of the corpse.Big.

Song Zhen put his hand in and rummaged around, then took it out and observed the surface of the glove. He remained silent.

"Huaiying, let them all leave. Next, I'm going to undress her."

Last night, in order to prevent the female corpse from exposing herself, Song Zhen borrowed a piece of clothing from Miss Xia He, and said very sincerely that he would return it later.

Miss Xia He laughed dryly and said, "No need to return it." Song Zhen could only express regret.

After all, it was a female corpse. There were differences between men and women. Some scenes needed to be avoided to save some face for the deceased.

Tian Qi asked nervously, "Alang, should I leave too?"

"You?" Song Zhen glanced at him and said lightly, "No need. I've seen a lot now, and I'll get used to it in the future."

Song Zhen looked the smooth corpse from left to right and found no problem.

"The upper body is intact, but the lower body is incontinent? The vagina is slightly open and not closed?" He suddenly found that there was feces on the gloves.

"Hands are naturally flat, soles are smooth." Suddenly, Song Zhen frowned, "Wait a minute, there are scars on the palms and fingers?"

How did this happen?

"There are collision scars on the shoulders, thighs and body surface."

"The left front of the forehead is broken, and the blood is bright red."

In order to thoroughly verify his thoughts, Song Zhen asked Tian Qi to come over.

"Tian Qi, come here, cross your palms and press her chest hard."

But Tian Qi hesitated, he asked nervously: "Alang, after all, men and women should not touch each other, this is not good, right?"

"What's the problem? She's dead, she won't sue you for indecent assault."

"What is indecent assault?"

"It means calling you a pervert."

Tian Qi was glared at by Song Zhen, pulled the corner of his eyes, and walked over tremblingly. He closed his eyes and put his palms between the two mountains and pressed hard.

"Okay, no water came out of the mouth."

Song Zhen helped the corpse put on clothes again. He took off his gloves, spit out the ginger, and washed his hands.

Di Renjie, who was in charge of recording, asked curiously: "Are there any results?"

"It can be basically confirmed that the deceased did not die of drowning, but was pushed into the water after death, creating the illusion that the deceased accidentally fell into the water and died."

Di Renjie had doubts in his heart, and he was diligent in learning and asking questions. He continued to ask: "How did you tell?"

Song Zhen pointed to the limbs of the deceased and said: "It's very simple. If the deceased really drowned accidentally, his limbs would move forward. If he struggled before death, his hands would be slightly clenched, and the soles of his feet would be obviously swollen and white. And it is easy to get mud and algae during the struggle."

"Second, look at the mouth of the deceased. Is Check if there is any sand or algae inhaled, press the chest, and check if the river water is inhaled into the throat or lungs. "

"Third, look at the marks on the body. The scars of a person who really drowned should be mainly distributed on the limbs, unlike this body, which only has scratches on the head and the side of the body. "

Di Renjie: "Why are there scars on the body?"

"The riverbed is uneven and shallow, and people will inevitably collide and rub when struggling or floating."

"So that's it. In this case, it is murder rather than suicide."

Di Renjie nodded secretly. There are so many things to learn in autopsy. It seems that he still has a lot to learn.

Song Zhen frowned and stared at the body, puzzled.

"Where did it float from?"

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