female catcher

Chapter 161

Chang Qing and Yang Wuzuo were still waiting in the yard, and found a shady place to drink tea and chat. Chang Qing was talking about drama and singing while Yang Wuzuo listened with great interest.Looking up and seeing Xia Chu and Jiang Xiyuan approaching, Chang Qing went up to meet him and asked what to do next.

"Get ready to open the coffin." Xia Chu took a deep breath, and then let it out slowly, "Go in with Yang Yuzuo and help me open the coffin, and then just wait outside."

"Wait?" Chang Qing pointed to himself and then to Yang Yuzuo, "Us? Then who will do the autopsy?"

"Me." Xia Chu smiled wryly. Seeing that Chang Qing wanted to ask questions with a puzzled face, he hurriedly stopped him, "You don't need to ask so many questions. I'll explain to you later. Look at the door for a while, don't ask me." Just let the idlers go in."

Chang Qing nodded vaguely, looked at each other with Yang Yuzuo, not knowing what it was about, and walked towards the mourning hall together with Xia Chu and Jiang Xiyuan.Zhang Renqing and Tang Baoxin also wanted to follow, but were stopped by Xia Chu.

Although Yue Xiaohong is a woman and she is also a woman, touching is not a problem, but Tang Baoxin doesn't know.So Xia Chu only told him to open the coffin to take a look, but it was impossible in reality, so Tang Baoxin couldn't go in and have a look. In addition, Xia Chu was also afraid that Tang Baoxin would cry after the coffin was opened, and it would not be enough to persuade him.

Tang Baoxin's eyes were full of words, with a look of 1 worries, Xia Chu could only say: "Since I have accepted you, I have a sense of proportion." No more words.

The hall converted into a mourning hall is three rooms wide, neither big nor small. All household items have been moved out, except for a case left in front of the coffin, on which are placed some melons and fruits, spiritual tablets and oil lamps, and white cloth banners are hung on both sides. There were paper tied like a horse sedan chair, and the pale face of the paper figurine was smeared with cheap red rouge, which looked very creepy.

The room was filled with smoke and fire, mixed with the smell of freshly dried tung oil on the coffin and ashes of straw paper, which made people want to cry.Xia Chu wiped his eyes, thinking that this is not bad, no matter whether it is true or not, anyone can squeeze out some tears.

It was quiet after closing the door, and someone could be heard talking outside.However, separated by the thickness of the door panel, it was like two heavens. The smoke in the hall was slowly swaying. Although the temperature was not low, it still felt chilly.

Both Chang Qing and Yang Wuzuo put incense on the sticks and muttered a few words. Xia Chu saw that they were busy and followed suit.The coffin is not a thin board, but it is not a good material, and it is not heavy.Chang Qing and Yang Wu are enough for two men. After pushing and trying, they used some strength, and then there was a creaking sound of wood rubbing against each other.

Xia Chu subconsciously shivered slightly, and took a small step towards Jiang Xiyuan.Jiang Xiyuan also leaned against her, and asked in a low voice, "Afraid?"

"Atmosphere, mainly the atmosphere." Xia Chu shrank her neck, feeling like watching a ghost movie, afraid that once the coffin board was pushed away, Yue Xiaohong would sit up from inside with heavy makeup and smile at her.

The coffin cover was pushed halfway open, and it was still on top, so it would be convenient to put it back on later.Yang Yuzuo took a peek in and then backed away. Before going out, he said to Xia Chu, "The lips are cyanotic, they should have died of suffocation."

Chang Qing and Yang Wuzuo went out, and Jiang Xiyuan followed. Xia Chu grabbed his arm and asked in a panic: "My lord, what are you doing?!"

"I'll wait for you outside, you should check carefully, don't miss anything." Jiang Xiyuan pulled out his arm after speaking, and patted Xia Chu on the shoulder encouragingly.

"Don't go!" Xia Chu rushed over and grabbed him again. Seeing Chang Qing looking back at her, she could only smile bravely, let go of Jiang Xiyuan, and waved to Chang Qing to let him leave quickly.When Chang Qing went out, Xia Chu's face immediately turned bitter, "Didn't your lord just want to help me with the autopsy? Why didn't you even stay here now? Are you scared?"

Jiang Xiyuan looked at her and nodded seriously, "It's mainly about the atmosphere. I'll wait for you outside."

"Big..., my lord!"

Jiang Xiyuan smiled quietly, "Are you afraid? If so, I will stay."

Xia Chu took a peek at the opened coffin, gritted his teeth, "Yes..., it's a bit, okay."

Jiang Xiyuan looked at her and smiled with satisfaction.That's right, you are a girl who has nothing to do, so why are you so strong?A man is a man, a woman is a woman, and there are some things that you can't just pretend.You must be forced to realize this slowly.

Having achieved his goal, Jiang Xiyuan stopped making excuses and led Xia Chu to the side of the coffin.Xia Chushi followed behind Jiang Xiyuan step by step, and when he reached the edge of the coffin, he poked his head out from behind him and carefully looked into the coffin.

There was a linen mattress on the bottom of the coffin, and Yue Xiaohong was lying in it quietly, wearing a thin taupe-colored gown, her hair was combed into a bun and fastened with a jade hairpin, neat and tidy.The corpse hadn't started to swell yet, the face was a little purple, and the lips were purple. It looked like it was indeed in a state of death from hypoxia and suffocation.

Yue Xiaohong's appearance wasn't scary, but it was a corpse after all. Xia Chu wanted to reach out and lift her neck to see if there were any strangle marks. She reached in tremblingly, but Jiang Xiyuan grabbed her before she touched it, " Wherever you want to look, just let me come. Neck?"

After finishing speaking, Jiang Xiyuan pulled down the neckline neatly, "There is no scar."

Xia Chu nodded blankly, then looked at Jiang Xiyuan and smiled embarrassedly, "How embarrassing, my lord."

"Then you come?"

Xia Chu really wanted to nod, but her neck was so stiff that she refused to bend down. She really didn't have the courage to say 'I'll do it'.Under Jiang Xiyuan's gaze, Xia Chu slowly lowered his head with a blushing face, and said to Jiang Xiyuan in a low voice: "Well..., I have to see if there is anything abnormal on my chest."

Jiang Xiyuan glanced at her, let go of Yue Xiaohong's neckline, concentrated his attention, and slowly pressed down from Yue Xiaohong's collarbone.Summer clothing is light and thin, and if there is a fatal sharp knife wound or broken bone on the body, the fingers can feel it.

Xia Chu looked at Jiang Xiyuan's hand and felt that he was too disappointed.This is a third-rank member of the imperial court, the emperor's companion and future brother-in-law!So pay attention to a person who loves cleanliness.She sneaked a glance at Jiang Xiyuan, seeing his serious expression, she was a little moved, and said thank you softly in a very low voice.

Jiang Xiyuan stopped what he was doing, looked back at her, and said with a smile, "Thank you?"

Xia Chu buried her head in her chest, "Me too..., I don't know."

"Then remember it." Jiang Xiyuan said lightly, then turned his head away after speaking.After a while, after checking what Xia Chu said, he withdrew his hand and rubbed it on the edge of the coffin indiscriminately, trying to get rid of the feeling on his fingers. He frowned and said, "No abnormality. There is Is there no possibility in the back of my mind?"

"Probably not." Xia Chu shook his head, "Jin Ershun, who came to report the case, said that he was the first to find the corpse at that time. Not a sharp wound."

"Say it sooner! Why should I touch this again if I said it earlier."

"No, if it is a rib or sternum fracture caused by blunt compression, it will not be obvious from the outside, but damage to the heart and lungs may also cause suffocation."

"You know quite a lot."

"I went to see Dr. Liu last night, he said." Xia Chu took out his handkerchief from his sleeve and handed it to Jiang Xiyuan, "Wipe your hands."

Jiang Xiyuan bent his lips and smiled, took the handkerchief and rubbed it in his hand, "Now there is no abnormality on the chest, what else do you need to test?"

"hand……"

"Hands? What are you looking at?"

"If it was suffocation caused by being smothered to death, there must be struggles when he was dying. There may be something between the nails, skin tissue or clothes fibers." Xia Chu said.

skin tissue?Clothing fibers?Jiang Xiyuan didn't know what it was, but he could guess a thing or two based on guesswork. Anyway, he was already used to Xia Chu jumping up some strange words, so he didn't ask any more questions, but asked puzzledly: "When asthma attacks, can you breathe?" Shang-chi, doesn’t he scratch himself? Even if there is something in the nail, how can we tell where it came from?”

"During the onset of suffocation, the deceased will be in a coma or semi-comatose state, and has no strength to scratch. This is what Doctor Liu said."

Only then did Jiang Xiyuan nod, and stretched out his hand to grab Yue Xiaohong's sleeve and pulled her arm up.Yue Xiaohong's hands were very cyanotic, Xia Chu moved a little closer and took a closer look, her nails were neat and clean.She was a little vague, thinking that Tang Baoxin was too careful when arranging the remains, even the nails were cleaned, right?But who would do such a trivial thing in the case of excessive sadness?If he really did it, then there would be a problem.

"There's a wound here." Jiang Xiyuan said, and asked Xia Chu to look at the back of Yue Xiaohong's hand.The injury was on the back of the hand close to the wrist. Judging from the shape, it should have been scratched from the position of the thumb, and the starting point was slightly deeper.

"It was scratched by a sharp object." Xia Chu said, "But the injury is too small."

"Huh?" Jiang Xiyuan suddenly became suspicious, put Yue Xiaohong's arm down, and pulled up the sleeve again.Yue Xiaohong's thin shirt has wide sleeves, and the sleeves of the inner jacket are also relatively loose, so when she pulls it, her arms are exposed.

Corpse spots appear after death because the blood no longer flows and accumulates in the lower part of the corpse, but the few bruises on Yue Xiaohong's arms are obviously not corpse spots, but injuries suffered during her lifetime.

Jiang Xiyuan and Xia Chu looked at each other, and simply raised the sleeves higher, checked both arms, only to find that there were quite a few injuries on her arms, both new and old.In addition to a broken injury on the back of the hand just now, there is also a wound on the other hand, but not many, and the wound is not big or deep.

Early summer was a little blurry.Is this suspicious?It should count too.If there were no such injuries, she would have basically judged that Yue Xiaohong died of suffocation due to an illness.But these injuries are too small, far from causing death, and they don't constitute any strong doubts.

Jiang Xiyuan obviously agreed with her, he covered Yue Xiaohong's sleeves again, and said, "If you're not a woman, you can take a look at the clothes, but it's not easy for me to do."

Jiang Xiyuan said so, of course Xia Chu couldn't say that she could untie other people's clothes, thought for a while and said, "Even if there are bruises on her body, it's far from causing death to this extent."

"Let's do this first. Write it down for now, and we'll talk about it after a detailed confession." After Jiang Xiyuan finished speaking, he stuffed Xia Chu's handkerchief into his sleeve, and left beside the coffin.

(End of this chapter)