After a few detectives cleared up the cases, the magistrate sat behind them.

He was originally quite skinny, and he was in a hurry when he came out and didn't wear much. It was even colder in the lobby, and he was already shivering from the cold. He wished he could huddle under a desk to warm himself by the fire.

With this shrinkage, only one head is still exposed on the table. From the outside, it looks like there is a human head on the table.

When Fei Wudan saw it, he shivered with fright and shouted angrily: "Dad, you are so scary! It's like someone has cut off your head and put it on the table!"

The detectives all wanted to laugh, but they held back. They dared to laugh at the county magistrate. Are they itchy?

The magistrate ignored him. Heating was the most important thing now, and he couldn't see himself anyway.

He was helpless. His son was really spoiled by him. He didn't give him any face in front of everyone. He was the one who spoiled him, so who could he blame? He could only accept it. So he didn't answer the question and just said harshly.

He glanced at the strange-looking soap officials around him.

Wu Zuo came running, a dim-eyed old man with a young man, nodded and bowed and came forward to salute.

The magistrate said: "Get that body out quickly."

The two gangsters agreed and came to the big drum. After looking at it, they were at a loss as to how to take out the corpse inside.

After deliberation for a long time, we decided to cut open the drum and then take out the body.

Qiu Wuhen immediately stopped and said: "You can't do this, it will destroy the traces on the drum. The deceased was obviously murdered. Finding traces is the key to solving the case. Once the traces are destroyed, it will be very difficult to find out who it is."

Wu Zuo looked at him: "What should we do?"

Qiu Wuhen said: "You first lay an oilcloth paper on the ground to prevent corpse water from contaminating the ground. Place a wooden bucket on top, then lift the drum down, put the damaged side down, and pour all the corpse water inside.

Then pour the body out of the barrel, put it on the oilcloth paper, and put the drum aside, so that there will be less damage to the traces that may be left on the drum."

Wu Zuo agreed, thinking this was a good idea.

They quickly ran to get several large sheets of oilcloth paper. These papers were commonly used and were found in the widow's workshop. The two of them spread the oilcloth paper on the ground, stood on each side, and lifted up the drum, which was as tall as one person.

Trying hard to turn it over.

The young man is okay, but the old man is a bit unbearable.

Qiu Wuhen immediately stepped forward to help. The three of them carefully leveled the drum. They poured the corpse water into the bucket, otherwise the corpse water would flow everywhere. Then they put the damaged side of the drum down and poured out the corpse inside.

When it came out, it was very heavy and landed on the oilcloth paper spread on the ground.

Qiu Wuhen directed the drum to be lifted aside and turned over, with the damaged side facing up and placed on the ground.

The two gangsters pinched their noses and looked at the highly decomposed corpse, hesitating and not daring to step forward.

Just then, Dianshi finally arrived. He was so worried that he even put on his shoes backwards.

He didn't look at anything at first, so he ran to the magistrate who had only one head left outside, bowed his hands and saluted, and said: "Greetings to your lord, please tell me that the chief clerk may have died in the dark. I heard that he was also strangled."

Dead?"

The magistrate nodded: "Yes, you should be responsible for investigating the case. If you find out, report back to me."

"I humble my position and accept my order."

Dianshi cupped his hands again, then turned around and came to the body, covered his mouth with his sleeves, took a look, and immediately complained to Wu Zuo: "This stinks too much, hurry up and inspect the body!"

The old man bit the bullet and said to Dianshi: "Master, it really stinks. Can you wait a moment and let the stench dissipate before we investigate again?"

Qiu Wuhen interrupted and said: "We can't wait. Solving a case is like putting out a fire. If there is a delay, it is likely that the case will never be solved. Why don't you let me do it?"

Dianshi was a little surprised: "Does Mr. Qiu also know how to write?"

"Yes, I'm happy to help."

Qiu Wuhen knew that it was very important to examine the corpse, because the corpse could not lie and there would be traces as long as there was contact. If he was killed, the murderer would more or less leave important clues on the corpse or at the scene, and

These clues are the key to solving the case, and an inexperienced operator may destroy these clues.

Although Qiu Wuhen was a forensic doctor, his professional instinct gave him the urge to step forward. However, it was not this impulse that finally made him decide to take on the task of investigating, but the reminder of the Chinese medicine gourd in his mind.

Just now, the medicine gourd suddenly appeared and waved out a line of words:

Solve the case of corpse hiding in Denwen Drum!

Now, this is a task given by Yao Gulu. There are rewards for solving detection tasks. If you get the rewards, you can support your family. This is what he hopes for most now.

Previously, the fetal sound of the child in the belly of the chief clerk's wife came and went. This was also a task given by Yao Gulu. This task has not been completed yet, and now Yao Hulu has given a new task.

It turns out that Yao Hulu will not give out tasks just because the previous tasks have not been completed. Each one has its own responsibility. This makes Qiu Wuhen feel more relieved. If the previous tasks cannot be completed, he can skip over and complete the following tasks.

Quest, so that you don’t get stuck there and can’t receive subsequent tasks.

The latter task of solving the case felt more practical to him, perhaps because of his professional instincts, which reassured him. Even if Yao Hulu had not assigned this task, Qiu Wuhen was still prepared to solve this case, and even more so now.

Already.

Now that I have received a new task, I am even more energetic.

The two coworkers were of course very happy with Qiu Wuhen's initiative to take on the inspection task, but Dian Shi hesitated and looked at the county magistrate again.

Fei Zhixian was a little surprised, because he didn't expect Qiu Wuhen, a talented scholar, to be willing to do what he did.

According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, when a murder occurs, the chief seal officer, who is also the county magistrate, must personally investigate. Just like what Song Ci did back then. However, almost no county magistrate personally investigates the crime himself. They all go to the scene to direct a group of people below.

Just survey.

Apart from studying the Four Books and Five Classics, the magistrate was unable to do anything about the body inspection. Even if he wanted to do the inspection himself, he was powerless, so he was very willing to have others do it for him.

Now a scholar, a scribe who had just come to the execution chamber, asked him to do an autopsy that two policemen were afraid of. This was a highly corrupt and extremely horrific corpse. Even two professional policemen were unwilling to do it. He, a scholar, stepped forward.

, it’s really valuable.

So Fei Zhixian nodded in approval: "Very good! It's rare that Mr. Qiu is good at ghost-making skills, which is really helpful for examining corpses. In that case, it's up to you to take charge and see if you can find any signs of murder.

Take revenge and catch the murderer."

At this point, he felt a little unsafe, and immediately added: "Of course, the premise is that the deceased is indeed the principal."

After saying that, I felt that it was still not rigorous, so I added: "In fact, no matter whether he is the chief bookkeeper or not, as long as he is killed by someone, even if he is a commoner, a peddler, or even a beggar on the street, the murderer must be arrested and brought to justice.

"

Qiu Wuhen nodded in agreement, took a lantern and walked over, placing the lantern on the ground.

He found that the angle of the light was wrong and he could not see clearly. Although there were many lanterns hung on both sides of the lobby, these lanterns were far away from the corpse and the light could not shine, so he could not clearly see the marks on the corpse.

While hesitating, Linghu Zhi came over, picked up the lantern on the ground and said to Qiu Wuhen, "Let me help you light it up."

Qiu Wuhen was a little surprised, looked at her and said, "Aren't you scared?"

"You're not afraid, why should I be?"

Spring Silkworm also came over and said, "I'm not afraid, I'll help you illuminate it too."
Chapter completed!