Birds of a feather flock together, and Zhao Xun is a literary young man, so he naturally likes to get along with literary young people.
The literary qualities displayed by Li Jianye made Zhao Xun interested in continuing to chat with him.
The two of them exchanged glasses and exchanged cups, chatting happily.
Not long after, he was already tipsy.
Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Zhao Xun stood up and said goodbye.
Generally speaking, it is very pleasant to get along with Li Jianye today. We have many friends and many paths, not to mention that he is the crown prince of Qi.
No matter in terms of status or resources, Li Jianye is top-notch.
Zhao Xun felt that he would definitely find a place for His Highness in the future.
When I was riding a horse and galloping all the way back to the bad guys' office, the dusk drum was already sounding.
Zhao Xun breathed a sigh of relief.
After the evening drum, there was a curfew. Although the bad guys and the watchmen were the only people who could walk on the streets after the curfew, Zhao Xun still didn't want to cause trouble.
Otherwise, it will be a troublesome matter if you are asked to get to the bottom of it.
But he said that after he returned to the government office, he saw Jia Xingwen and Pan Wangcai looking gloomy and troubled, and his heart suddenly thumped.
"Brother Jia, what happened?"
"Wu Ci is dead."
Jia Xingwen said with great grief: "He should have been dead for several days, but his body was only discovered today.
Wu Ci is the dark chess of a bad person. Compared with those bad people who live on the bright side, the living environment of dark chess is even worse, and there is a possibility of sudden death at any time.
Once their identities are exposed, their lives may be in danger.
But it is precisely because bad people have these secret moves that they can obtain a lot of useful information and play a role in monitoring officials.
Zhao Xun had only heard Jia Xingwen mention Wu Ci on weekdays, but didn't know much about this person, so he asked: "Brother Jia, where was Wu Ci's body found?"
"It was in Changlefang, which was originally his area. He should have been killed after his identity was exposed."
Jia Xingwen clenched his fists tightly, veins popped out, and his eyes were full of anger.
"Where is the body now?"
"Just in the Yamen."
"Brother Jia, please don't get excited. Let's go take a look at the body first and see if we can find any clues. Wangcai, you stay here and come to me immediately if anything happens."
Zhao Xun was helpless because he never thought that when he went to Leyouyuan for a banquet, something like this would happen to the bad guy's office.
Anyone who dares to kill bad guys in Chang'an City must be either rich or noble.
What made Zhao Xun even more uneasy was that he vaguely felt that the incident was related to the death of the supervisory censor He Yuanshan.
I hope everything is just that he is overthinking.
It can be seen that Jia Xingwen and Wu Ci have a good personal relationship. Zhao Xun will definitely try his best to investigate and give Jia Xingwen an explanation.
Bad guys have their own prisons, and prisoners who have been beaten to death are interrogated every day, and their bodies are kept in the morgue for the time being.
Wu Ci's body is also there.
Zhao Xun and Jia Xingwen arrived in a hurry. Zhao Xun took a deep breath and lifted the white cloth covering the body.
hiss!
Seeing the tragic state of the corpse, Zhao Xun couldn't help but gasped.
The corpse was thin and shriveled, with a pale complexion, as if it had been sucked dry.
It’s just a mummy!
Zhao Xun tried his best to calm down, and then asked: "Brother Jia, has Wu Zuo examined the body?"
Jia Xingwen choked up and said: "After the examination, there are no spots on this corpse, let alone any wounds."
"This is not like being injured to death at all, but like it was done by a monster."
Jia Xingwen was obviously a little excited and his whole body was trembling.
Zhao Xun frowned and carefully considered various possibilities.
There are monsters in this world, otherwise Jia Xingwen wouldn't have thought it was a monster when He Yushi died tragically.
But this is just a possibility. It does not mean that if the corpse is mummified, it must have been sucked dry by a monster.
It is said that seeing is believing and hearing is believing.
But in the world of practitioners, what you see may not be reality, because it may be a deception.
Everything still needs to be determined after an autopsy.
After the last experience, Zhao Xun didn't have much confidence in the work of the criminal yamen.
"Brother Jia, please help me find some hot charcoal ash and spread it on the ground. I will find a way to restore the body."
Let the body be restored?
Jia Xingwen was doubtful. But he had seen Zhao Xun's skills before, so he turned around and left with the attitude of giving it a try.
It's time to show off your real skills!
Zhao Xun tried hard to recall the details he had seen in the autopsy books in his previous life, and sorted out the details one by one.
When Jia Xingwen found the hot charcoal ash, he said loudly: "Brother Jia, spread the hot charcoal ash on the ground so that it is similar to the length and width of the corpse."
After saying that, he took the thin cloth covering the body and covered it on the hot charcoal ashes. Then he took some water and sprayed the cloth slightly wet.
"Brother Jia, let's put the body up and lie down on its back."
The two of them each lifted Wu Ci's body and placed it on the wet cloth.
"Take a piece of cloth and cover the head, face and limbs. Then sprinkle hot charcoal ash on the body, and then cover the body with a soaked cloth."
After one operation, Zhao Xun was already sweating profusely.
Now that the corpse has been sandwiched between hot charcoal ash and thin cloth to form a three plus two shape, the next thing to do is to wait.
"Brother Jia, we have to wait for an hour now, by which time the skin and flesh of the corpse will become soft. Now is a good time to rest for a while. By the way, is there any hot vinegar in the yamen?"
"Hot vinegar? What do you want hot vinegar for?"
"You can go and get it, I have a wonderful use for it."
Zhao Xun paused, then continued: "By the way, let's get some green onions, pepper, salt, white plums, and wine lees."
Now Jia Xingwen was even more confused.
This is not cooking, why use so many ingredients?
But now he has full trust in Zhao Xun, and no matter what Zhao Xun says, he will do it.
After about a moment, Jia Xingwen found some ingredients, and Zhao Xun mixed them together without hesitation, mashed them, made pancakes, and heated them on the fire.
When an hour was up, the skin and flesh of the corpse began to soften. Zhao Xun first scrubbed the corpse with hot vinegar, then lined the corpse with paper, and then used high-temperature baked cakes to apply and scald the corpse. Then, scars appeared on the neck of the corpse.
Wu Ci was strangled to death!
In order to cover up the truth, the murderer made Wu Ci's corpse into a mummified body, so that bad people would think it was the work of a monster!
hiss!
The details of this case are exactly the same as the murder of Yushi He Yuanshan. Zhao Xun would not believe it if he said it was not done by the same group of people!
"Who killed Wu Ci? I must find him and kill him with a thousand cuts!"
Jia Xingwen roared crazily and completely lost control of his emotions.
Zhao Xun comforted him from the side: "Brother Jia, I will definitely investigate with you to the end. The day will come to light."