Sun Cuo, a delinquent of the Fa Cao of the Prefectural Governor's Office, and Song Ya, a widower of the Prefectural Governor's Office, arrived at Shijia Village. They immediately saw the plain silk hanging on the door of the Shijia Twelve Lang's room.
Seeing Sun Cuo wearing a bad guy's armor, the people in the village ran away one after another.
This is the reputation of bad people in the countryside. The so-called bad people are people who are idle and have misdeeds in the government.
When Sun Cuo was young, he was brave and fierce, and often got into fights in the establishment. He was spotted by the bad commander of the governor's office and became a bad person in Shazhou.
Sun Cuo didn't care at all about the people's disgusted and fearful looks. He took Song Ya directly into Shi's house.
All I could see was that the huge house had only four walls, and there were only a few old men in mourning clothes attending the funeral in Shi Twelve Lang's house.
Seeing Sun Cuo come in, one of the old men stepped forward and said, "Shi Rong, the head of the Shi clan, has met with the official."
Sun Cuo nodded arrogantly and said: "I am Sun, a bad guy from the Governor's Office, and this is Song Wuzuo from the Governor's Office."
Hearing the word "仵zuo", Shi Rong's expression changed and he said, "The governor's office wants to perform an autopsy on Twelve Lang?"
Sun Cuo nodded and said: "The governor has issued an ultimatum, so naturally he wants an autopsy."
Everyone present was talking a lot. Shi Rong pulled Sun Cuo to the side, took out a bunch of money from his sleeve and said: "Sun Chaiguan, you two have worked hard. Twelve Lang is dead, let him be buried in peace."
Bar?"
Sun Cuo suddenly pushed the money to the ground and said: "Here is the ultimatum from the governor. You actually bribed the governor's officials to obstruct the autopsy. Could it be that Shi Twelve Lang was poisoned to death by you?"
"It's unjust!" Shi Rong immediately accused him of being unjust.
"I will assume that you want to preserve Shi Twelve Lang's body and will not pursue you for the time being! But although the deceased is the most important, it is more important to ask the deceased's grievances clearly!" Sun Cuo said righteously.
At this time, everyone in the Shi clan did not dare to stop him anymore and moved aside to let go of the coffin parked in the yard.
"Song Wuzuo, it's up to you." Sun Cuo calmed down the tribesmen who tried to block the autopsy. Song Ya nodded and walked to the coffin.
Song Ya was a little nervous. Although it was said to be in a "game", Song Ya had never presided over an autopsy of a murder case in reality.
In his small place, let alone homicides, there were only a few cases of accidental death that required autopsies.
After opening the coffin, the mourning Shi clan members took a few steps back and looked at Song Ya from a distance.
In this era, writing is considered a low-level profession, and it is a profession that is respected and respected by others.
However, Song Ya didn't care what these people thought. He asked Sun Cuo to take Shi Twelve Lang's body out of the coffin and lay it flat on the ground in the yard.
Bowing to the corpse is his custom as a medical practitioner, and it is a sign of respect for the deceased.
Even though it's a game, Song Ya still strictly follows the forensic workflow.
The first step in an autopsy is, of course, a physical examination.
The physical examination is to check whether there are any hidden wounds on the body. If the body was poisoned, small wounds will be left.
Song Ya didn't think the corpse was disgusting, so he carefully inspected every part of the corpse. When he examined the armpits of the deceased, he suddenly let out a sigh.
Sun Cuo originally hid far away, but this Song Dynasty man was a good person and was very popular in the governor's office.
Sun Cuo and Song Ya were close acquaintances on weekdays, and he had a good impression of Song Ya as they traveled together along the way.
But the profession of being a scribe always makes people's hair stand on end. Seeing Song Ya playing with corpses so seriously, Sun Cuo felt that he was as weird as his predecessor.
But after hearing Song Ya's sigh, Sun Cuo also walked over and asked, "What's wrong?"
"There are a pair of wounds on the armpits. It looks like they were bitten by snakes."
snake?
Sun Cuo knelt down with a cautious expression, nodded when he saw the two marks hidden under his armpits, and said, "It seems to be snake marks."
Snake? Everyone in the Shi clan also started talking. Shijia Village is at the foot of the mountain, and snakes can be seen on weekdays, but death from snake bites has never happened.
"So the death of Shi Twelve Lang was just an accident?"
Song Ya shook his head and said, "Not necessarily, I'll check again."
Then Song Ya began to examine other parts of the body, and he soon made new discoveries.
There were blue spots on the deceased's wrists and calves, and a groove appeared on his neck.
The lock hook is a mark caused by being strangled by a rope. In addition, there are also marks on the neck of the deceased who scratched his neck after grabbing the rope with his hand and struggling.
However, these marks are very shallow. If the corpse had not been left for a long time and the blood became darker, and Song Ya observed carefully, ordinary people would not be able to detect it.
The congestion on the hands and calves is caused by someone pressing the hands and feet.
Song Ya explained these traces to Sun Cuo, and Sun Cuo turned pale. It turned out to be a murder case.
"Was Shi Twelve Lang strangled to death?"
"No, he was probably restrained by a chain, his hands and feet were pinned down, and he was bitten to death by a poisonous snake."
"Why not just strangle him?"
"In this way, the strangulation marks on the neck of the deceased will be very shallow, and it will not be considered a homicide after death. If it was strangled directly, it would be too obvious. The reason why these marks are so obvious now is because the bruises under the skin are exposed after death.
Already."
Song Ya called the head of the Shi family and asked, "Did you see these traces during the burial?"
Shi Rong quickly shook his head and said, "When I went back to the officer, I didn't notice it!"
Song Ya said: "Generally, these traces will gradually appear three days after death. By this time, the body has already been placed in the coffin."
Sun Cuo nodded and understood what Song Ya meant. The poisoning and strangulation would be more concealed. Obviously this murderer was a veteran.
"Can you tell what kind of toxin it is?"
Song Ya shook his head and said: "There are too many types of venomous snakes. Next, I will cut open the bodies."
As soon as he said this, even Sun Cuo was frightened and backed away. He only saw Song Ya taking out his surgical tool kit and starting to play with the corpse.
Everyone ran out in fright. Sun Cuo had also seen big scenes, but seeing Song Ya calmly cutting open the body and playing with the internal organs, he still felt very horrified.
This Song Wuzuo is a ruthless man! There are really people under the command of King Jianning who are from all walks of life.
When the sun went down, Song Ya called everyone in.
The body had been re-sutured. Song Ya wiped the blood on his hands and said, "The deceased was poisoned. There was internal bleeding in the liver and kidneys of the deceased. This should be an anticoagulant toxin."
Sun Cuo didn't understand what Song Ya was talking about at all. Seeing Sun Cuo's confused eyes, Song Ya said:
"That is to say, this kind of snake venom can cause bleeding in the internal organs, and the toxin can damage the liver and kidneys and cause death."
Everyone gasped, there were such vicious snakes in this world!
But Song Ya became even more confused. Wouldn't it be better to just pretend to hang himself? Why use such a troublesome method of poisoning?