Volume 1: The Case of the Talented Man in Linzhou Chapter 5: Using Wood as a Soldier
The sky was gradually getting dark at this moment, and it had been a long day without even realizing it.
However, things turned out to be urgent, and there were less than ten days left, so neither Xing Qianqiu nor Duan Ming had any intention of taking a rest.
So Xing Qianqiu went to arrange the investigation of recent ships, and Duan Ming went directly to the morgue under the leadership of Liu Zhi.
This morgue was originally a wing in a remote place, belonging to a small independent courtyard.
This villa has been abandoned for a long time. It is overgrown with weeds, the tiles are falling off, and the walls are mottled and disfigured.
After the Mirror Division designated this place as its residence, this small courtyard became a place specifically for parking corpses.
Not only Su Meng's body, but also the bodies of two other talented men were placed here at this moment.
As soon as he entered the room, Duan Ming frowned.
There was a lack of effective corpse preservation measures in this era. Although there were a lot of ice cubes placed in the room, it was still inevitable for the corpse to rot.
So the smell in the room is really unpleasant.
However, these were already within the scope of Duan Ming's consideration. He took out a handkerchief from his arms and put it on his face, using it as a simple mask.
Although it cannot completely resist the stench, it still has some effect.
As for Liu Zhi and the other Mingjing officials who were following Duan Ming, they were used to this smell, and their faces didn't change much.
Knowing Liu Zhi's arrival, the deputy director of the Mirror Division hurried over and said to Liu Zhi with a smile: "Liu Tongzhi, why are you here?"
"Come with Mr. Duan to take a look." Liu Zhi nodded to Wuzuo, and then introduced to Duan Ming: "This is Sun Wuzuo, a man of great ability and the ability to make dead people speak."
Sun Wuzuo glanced at Duan Ming, with a puzzled look on his face.
"I have long admired your name." Duan Ming nodded to Sun Wuzuo.
Duan Ming had heard before when he helped the government solve cases that Zuo Zuo usually had a habit of not shaking hands with others, so he didn't take any risk.
"I wonder what Mr. Duan has to offer when he comes here?" Sun Wuzuo asked Duan Ming doubtfully.
"Just taking a look. Which body is Su Meng's?" Duan Ming asked.
"Here." Sun Wuzuo didn't say much, and took Duan Ming directly to a corpse: "I inspected it during the day, and there were no obvious wounds on the body, and there was no reaction to poisoning."
"Oh." Duan Ming took out his gloves from his pocket and put them on, then uncovered the white cloth covering the body and looked at the body carefully.
There was no swelling or cyanosis on his handsome face. He stretched out his hand to open Su Meng's eyelids, and there was no blood under the corners of his eyes.
Then Duan Ming opened Su Meng's mouth and found that the corners of his mouth were slightly purple and his tongue was rolled into a ball.
His brows rose slightly, and the state of Su Meng's body dispelled Duan Ming's previous speculation.
At first, Duan Ming thought Su Meng died of suffocation due to the sublimation of dry ice, which caused the carbon dioxide concentration in the air to be too high.
However, the state of Su Meng's corpse was completely different from that of a person who died of suffocation.
So, how did Su Meng die?
Duan Ming examined Su Meng's body carefully, and just as Sun Wuzuo said, no injuries were found on Su Meng's body.
Duan Ming picked up Su Meng's hands and carefully looked at the nail gaps on Su Meng's hands. There were no scars in the fingernail gaps, but calluses could be seen on the fingertips and joints.
"Su Meng knows martial arts?" Duan Ming asked doubtfully.
"All of the 'Four Great Talents in Linzhou' are skilled in both civil and military skills. It is said that Su Meng's martial arts is the best, even much better than many of us in the Mirror Division," Liu Zhi said.
"That's it." Duan Ming nodded, turned Su Meng's body over, and patches of corpse spots could be seen on his back.
Sun Wuzuo looked at Duan Ming's performance, nodded silently, and his attitude softened a lot. It seemed that Duan Ming did have some abilities.
"Huh?" Suddenly, Duan Ming was startled and gently touched the back of Su Meng's neck.
"What's wrong?" Sun Wuzuo stepped forward and asked.
"There seems to be something here." Duan Ming brought an oil lamp and observed it carefully.
Sun Wuzuo was beside Duan Ming and observed carefully.
Soon, the two found a small wooden thorn on the back of Su Meng's neck. The wooden thorn was black and almost the same as hair.
Duan Ming asked Sun Wuzuo to find a tool and carefully pulled out the wooden thorn, and then the two of them observed it carefully.
"Could this have been accidentally inserted when he fell from the boat?" Liu Zhi said doubtfully.
"How is that possible!" Sun Wuzuo rolled his eyes at Liu Zhi, and then said in a deep voice: "There must be something wrong with this wooden thorn."
"It's like this. Usually when people fall, they either go forward or backward." Duan Ming explained to Liu Zhi: "But if it falls backward, then there is a high probability that it will fall into the cabin and not into the water."
"Therefore, Su Meng should have 'thrown' forward into the water when he died. In this position, it is absolutely impossible for the back of his neck to hit the boat."
"Is it possible that I accidentally bumped into the boat before?" Liu Zhi thought for a while and asked again.
"You have a wooden thorn stuck in your neck, can you bear not to pull it out?" Sun Wuzuo waved his hand to Liu Zhi impatiently: "Okay, Brother Liu, go about your business, I'm here.
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Duan Ming looked at Sun Zuo, and couldn't help but laugh in his heart. He was indeed a capable Wu Zuo. He seemed cautious and cautious just now, but as soon as he started working, he disowned him.
"Brother Liu, please go and inform the criminal commander of this discovery first. We both need to check again." Duan Ming said to Liu Zhi.
"Okay." Liu Zhi wasn't angry either. They, the people from the Mirror Division, had never seen Sun Wu's ability to change his face, and they had long been used to it.
After Liu Zhi left, Sun Wuzuo asked the Mingjing Secretary outside to bring some oil lamps and began to investigate in detail with Duan Ming.
More than an hour later, Xing Qianqiu and Liu Zhi walked over quickly, looked at Duan Ming and Sun Wuzuo who were sitting on the ground discussing, and asked: "How is the situation?"
"It's confirmed." Duan Ming stood up and said to Xing Qianqiu: "The wooden thorn that pierced the back of Su Meng's neck was coated with neurotoxin, and Su Meng died because of it."
"There are no obvious wounds on Su Meng's body, indicating that he did not fight before his death. However, Su Meng's martial arts skills are very high. If he was attacked, he would not be killed instantly without any resistance."
"So, the person who killed Su Meng must have been the person standing behind Su Meng at that time, a person that Su Meng subconsciously believed in."
"Therefore, the boatman who punted the boat is the most suspicious."
"Boatman?" Xing Qianqiu frowned. He had indeed never doubted this person before.
"Liu Zhi." Xing Qianqiu did not hesitate and said directly: "Take people to capture the boatman immediately!"
However, as soon as Xing Qianqiu finished speaking, he saw a Mingjing Division Officer walking over quickly and said to Xing Qianqiu: "Commander, something happened in the Shipping Department!"
"What's the matter?" Xing Qianqiu raised his eyebrows.
"The boatman we interrogated this morning is dead!" This chapter has been completed!
