Volume 2: The case of the red lotus in the ancient temple Chapter 43: Dead again
Early the next morning, before Duan Ming woke up, he heard a rapid knock on the door.
Duan Ming opened the door and saw that it was Xu Shizhong standing outside the door.
"What's wrong?" Duan Ming stretched himself and asked in a deep voice.
"Mingli is dead." Xu Shizhong gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice.
"Dead?" Duan Ming raised his eyebrows: "We just finished talking to Mingli yesterday, and he died today? Let's go and have a look. By the way, where is Lao Xing?"
"It's over." Xu Shizhong said: "The commander was worried about others causing trouble, so he rushed there first."
"Yeah." Duan Ming nodded.
Soon, Duan Ming and Xu Shizhong arrived at the west courtyard. Many monks gathered around a wing, while people from the Mirror Division and people from the Changsheng Sect were on both sides of the door of the wing.
It's menacing and looks very weird.
Duan Ming walked through the crowd and walked straight into the wing.
The wing room was very clean, but there was a faint stench.
On the right side of the door is a row of wooden cabinets, which contain monks' clothes. On the left side is a large kang. The kang is very spacious and can sleep about six people.
At this moment, there were two people standing next to the fire bed, it was Xing Qianqiu and the master of Wangji Hall.
Neither of them spoke, they just stood there quietly, like two statues.
"Mr. Duan, you're here." Hearing someone walking in, Xing Qianqiu looked back and said.
"Yes." Duan Ming nodded, and as Xing Qianqiu turned around, he saw Mingli's body.
At this moment, Mingli's body was lying in the center of the fire pit, with its back facing the sky.
"Immortal." Master Wangji Palace also turned to look at Duan Ming, with a warm face that made people feel very friendly: "Mr. Duan, we meet again."
"Morning, Master Wangji Hall." Duan Ming smiled and nodded to Master Wangji Hall, and then walked to the kang.
"Honglian again?" Duan Ming frowned slightly as he walked to Mingli's body.
I saw that Mingli's chest clothes had been opened by someone at this moment, and there was a red lotus pattern on his chest.
"Infinite Immortality, how many hidden and dirty things are hidden in this temple? It actually made the Red Lotus Virgin Mother so furious." The master of Wangji Palace sighed: "When the imperial edict comes back, I will investigate this Buddhist sect carefully.
A pure place.”
"Did Master Wangji say it too early, and then blame it on the Red Lotus Virgin?" Xing Qianqiu sneered: "Is the Red Lotus Virgin so boring? Staring at a few little monks and killing them?
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"Infinite Immortality, how can you mortals understand the thoughts of the Holy Mother?" Master Wangji smiled and shook his head: "Commander Xing, you need to be more careful when speaking. If you accidentally offend the Holy Mother of Red Lotus, be careful.
The disaster of being caught in fire.”
"Caught in the flames of karma? Over there! The state has national laws, and every family has its own rules. Let's not say whether there is a Red Lotus Virgin or not. Even if there is, I will arrest her and bring her to justice if she kills someone!" Xing Qianqiu said coldly.
"You two should stop bickering here." Duan Ming suddenly said, then sat on the kang and said with a smile: "It's not the Holy Mother of Red Lotus who kills people, it's clear that someone is doing evil things in the name of Holy Mother of Red Lotus.
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"Why did Mr. Duan say this?" Master Wangji narrowed his eyes and asked in a deep voice, "I would like to hear the details."
Duan Ming reached out and touched Mingli's face gently, then reached out to move his eyelids and lips, and said in a deep voice: "The face is swollen, there are dot-like bleeding spots under the eyes, and there are rose colors on the surface of the teeth. This is mechanical
A manifestation of sexual asphyxiation.”
"Mechanical asphyxiation?" Xing Qianqiu frowned.
"That's right, to put it simply, I was suffocated to death." Duan Ming said.
"Suffocated to death?" Xing Qianqiu frowned: "But I just checked and saw no marks under the neck."
"Who said that mechanical asphyxiation must be caused by strangulation?" Duan Ming shook his head: "Strangulation, strangulation, drowning and many other methods can lead to mechanical asphyxia."
"Then how did he die?" Xing Qianqiu said solemnly.
"Then we have to take it back for a post-mortem examination, but one thing is certain, that is, Mingli was definitely not killed by Honglian Yehuo Empress." Duan Ming said solemnly: "After all, Honglian Yehuo Empress was not the Honglian Yehuo Empress who suffocated her to death.
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"In that case." Xing Qianqiu looked at the master of Wangji Hall aside: "I won't bother you here."
"Immeasurable immortality, Donor Duan has a sharp eye, he is truly remarkable." The master of Wangji Hall said with a smile.
Then the master of Wangji Hall did not hesitate, turned around and left.
Xing Qianqiu nodded slightly to Duan Ming, and then went out to arrange for Xu Shizhong to take someone to take Mingli's body back.
At this moment, Xing Qianqiu could no longer care about whether it would have any impact on Brahma Temple in the future, so he directly arranged the morgue next to his room and sent people to guard it strictly.
At this moment, Duan Ming suddenly frowned. He saw a man wearing Mingjing Division clothes flashing away in the corner of the yard not far away.
After thinking for a moment, Duan Ming quickly rushed towards the corner.
By the time Duan Ming arrived at that location, the figure had disappeared.
"What's wrong?" Xing Qianqiu rushed over and looked at Duan Ming doubtfully.
"It's okay, maybe I was wrong." Duan Ming shook his head and frowned.
Soon, when the morgue was ready, Duan Ming and Xing Qianqiu came to the morgue together. Duan Ming took advantage of the sunlight and inspected it carefully.
"Sure enough." After careful inspection, Duan Ming raised his head and said to Xing Qianqiu: "In addition to facial swelling, rose teeth, and bleeding spots under the eyes, there was urine and feces flowing out of the crotch, the nails were also cyanotic, and there were dark purple corpses on the back.
Madara, all of this can confirm that Akari died of suffocation."
"But, I just asked the monks who lived with Mingli and they didn't hear any sound in the middle of the night." Xing Qianqiu said solemnly: "How did the murderer do it? In front of several other people.
Then, kill him without disturbing anyone?"
"Use the elimination method." Duan Ming pondered: "There are no strangulation marks or finger marks on the neck of the corpse, which means that Mingli was not strangled to death, nor was he strangled to death."
"The body died on the kang. According to the condition of the body, it has not been moved after death, so Mingli definitely did not drown to death."
"There are only a few ways of death caused by mechanical asphyxiation, which mainly target the three areas of the chest, neck, mouth and nose. Since strangulation and strangulation are excluded, then it is not at the neck."
"If you want to kill people by suppressing the movement of the thorax, it will inevitably cause damage to the thorax and cause compression injuries."
"The pattern of the red lotus may be to draw our attention to the Red Lotus Industry Fire Empress; secondly, it may be to cover up the traces of compression injuries." Duan Ming pondered slightly, reaching out and gently touching the body of Mingli.
Pressing the chest: "But that's not right. If the chest is controlled and a person dies, it should not only cause compression injuries, but also cause fractures of the sternum and ribs. However, such a situation has not been seen on Mingli's corpse."
"If you want to kill people in this way without damaging the chest and ribs, it is very difficult..." This chapter has been completed!
