The child was missing and there was a fishy smell in the yard. Yue Qing's nose twitched and he was about to find the source of the smell. Cui Ying and three others climbed up one after another and called his name, so he went back: "
Suba, your guess is correct, the basement is next to the well."
Su Bai chuckled: "Common sense makes a judgment, it's nothing special."
Cui Ying rolled her eyes at him: "I'm already in trouble now."
After all, Ying Ning has the blood of the fox clan, and her sense of smell is more sensitive than theirs. She immediately smelled the smell of blood: "The smell of blood, bad, something is wrong with the baby, right?"
The four of them walked towards the direction where the smell of blood came from. The smell of blood came from the eating place. Before they walked in, Su Bai saw a pair of feet sticking out. He immediately had a bad premonition: "The situation is
That’s not good.”
The old lady fell down at the dining table, her eyes wide open, holding the handle of the knife with both hands, the blade was completely immersed in her heart, and blood had flowed all over the floor!
Cui Ying and Yue Qing looked at each other: "What's going on?"
Yue Qing smiled bitterly and shook his head. He knelt down and placed his hand on the artery in the old lady's neck. There was no warmth or movement: "Dead."
The knife hit the heart very neatly, and blood spurted out. The old lady died quickly. Seeing that her eyes were wide open, with a look of death, Yue Qing took a look, stretched out his hand and touched her eyes. The old lady's eyes were still there.
Staring, Yue Qing said: "This is the real death with eyes open."
"The muscles of the cornea and eyelids will gradually atrophy after death. It is possible that individuals atrophy at different speeds, so some people may die with their eyes open, while others can close them. So, there is nothing special about this."
Su Bai stretched out his hand and wiped it: "Just wipe it a few times and it will be enough. Look, isn't it closed?"
The old lady's eyes finally closed. Yue Qinggang breathed a sigh of relief and sighed again: "But where did the child go?"
Ying Ning rushed into the room, but there was no child in the crib. Cui Ying and Ying Ning searched the house but found nothing. Cui Ying spread her hands helplessly: "It seems that the only option is to call the police."
"Let me go, what is going on?" Su Bai asked in confusion: "She imprisoned us and then committed suicide?"
"If someone is killed, it's better to find my uncle." Cui Ying said helplessly: "Is it really like what he said, we are the gods of death?"
This area was under the jurisdiction of Gao Mingyuan. Gao Mingyuan came with his men and was relieved to see that no one moved the corpse. However, he heard that they stretched out their hands to smooth the eyes of the deceased and couldn't help but said: "Don't touch the corpse in the future."
Yes, you didn’t touch the murder weapon, right?"
"Of course not." Yue Qing quickly clarified the relationship: "I touched her to make sure she was dead. By the way, why are you here? Moreover, this house is locked, so you can't break into a house.
Bar?"
"Future uncle, we don't want to either. We are being imprisoned." Su Bai said with a bitter look on his face: "We just wanted to help, but we didn't expect to cause so many troubles."
Su Bai quickly explained the matter in a few words. When he saw the stroller in the yard, Gao Mingyuan believed it: "Help the children, I can tell there is a child in this house. Where are you imprisoned?"
Su Bai led Gao Mingyuan's men down, and when they saw the basement below and the ropes scattered on the ground, the four of them became more convinced. Gao Mingyuan breathed a sigh of relief: "You guys stand there first.
On the side, please cooperate and make a confession, and I will come back to you later."
The four of them went to record their confessions. Cui Ying suddenly thought of something. She quietly grabbed Yue Qing and said, "This is troublesome. The coffin is still in the utility room."
Yue Qing coughed slightly: "Looks like I need to explain it carefully."
Su Xiaoxiao was staring at the utility room at this time: "Boss, this utility room is locked. Do you want to open it and take a look?"
"Open it." Gao Mingyuan walked over: "But it's up to me to do this kind of work."
Gao Mingyuan took out a piece of wire from his pocket and opened the lock in a few clicks. Subai couldn't help but said: "Wow, uncle, if you don't become the captain, you can consider becoming a locksmith. You won't have to worry about having no work when you retire."
"Young Master, why don't you come here? What's so interesting about this empty room?" Gao Mingyuan said, "Hey, you guys go down there and collect all the evidence and go back."
Empty, empty? Su Bai looked at the empty utility room with a stunned expression. It was a huge coffin. The old lady was dead, the child was gone, and even the coffin had disappeared!
The four of them didn't know what to do. Things happened so suddenly and there were too many details that were not sorted out. The coffin had disappeared. The four of them simply concealed the matter of the coffin and the birth of the child. They only said
There was an old lady and a child in this family. The old lady died, the child disappeared, and the rest was their imprisonment.
After finally finishing their confessions, the four of them broke out in sweat. The investigation work at the scene was also at its final stage. "By the way, I'll go find you later." Gao Mingyuan said softly to Su Bai: "About this old lady.
, I have exclusive news to tell you."
Before Su Bai had time to ask more questions, other police officers approached him. He could only put aside his curiosity for the time being and went back to the antique shop obediently. He was far away from the old house. Su Bai still cursed out: "md, what are these things?
ah!"
"When we were imprisoned, the old lady was killed, the child was taken away, and even the coffin was taken away." Yue Qing was calm: "Things seem unusual. That child is rare in the world. This person took him away."
The child must have its own purpose, and the mother's body is also essential. It would be great if we could figure out the identity of the female corpse."
Yue Qing got to the point, but at the moment, he only knew that the woman's body was wearing patchwork. Su Bai made up his mind and went back to the antique shop to start researching. The woman's burial ceremony, burial tools and clothing were all very special. It was obvious that she was not an ordinary person.
.
"Look, the patch on the female corpse is Qilin Baize. This is the corresponding picture." Su Bai found the picture of "Qilin Baize" on the computer: "The patch system began in the early Ming Dynasty.
The front and back of the clothes are decorated with embroidered scarves made of silk scarves, called buzi, which represent the emblem of official rank. According to the "Ming Dynasty Code" records, the princes of the Ming Dynasty wore unicorns, and the Qing Dynasty directly followed the Ming Dynasty.
The form of official uniforms changed slightly in the Qing Dynasty. The prince was Zheng Mang, and the first-rank military attache was Qilin. The husband of this woman should be a prominent official in the court, and his status should be first-rank military attache or prince."
"The female corpse does not rot. Firstly, the underground environment where it was buried may not be so humid. Secondly, the coffin. As you saw that day, her coffin was very huge, with layers upon layers. The aroma inside was the same as the one we last visited in Mingtai.
The smell in the ancestral tomb is similar, and borneol, woody incense and other things may have been used for antisepsis." Su Bai said: "There is also the T-shaped scar, which actually has a lot to do with the body not decaying."
"How do you say this?" Yue Qing asked.
"The T-shaped scar on the woman's neck, arteries, and veins were all cut off, causing all the blood to drain out of the body. The reduction of a large amount of water also inhibited the growth of bacteria. Judging from the three layers of clothing inside and outside, the time of her death may be
It is a cold winter, which is also an important condition for its body to not rot." Suber said: "Now we can make a conclusion.
Yue Qing nodded: "The female corpse is a prince's wife of the Qing Dynasty. She was killed and buried in the winter. She was pregnant when she died."
"These alone are not enough." Su Bai said: "I checked the unofficial history to see if I can find anything that matches it. Now I will wait for my uncle to come over and see if he has discovered anything."
Gao Mingyuan arrived late at night. Seeing his poor expression, he knew that the murder was fishy. As soon as he sat down, Xuefen brought hot dishes. Gao Mingyuan smiled gratefully: "Thank you."
"Why are you two so polite?" Cui Ying urged: "Good uncle, please tell us quickly. What's the news?"
"Only the old lady's fingerprints were on the knife. The footprints collected at the scene were only those of the four of you and the old lady. No other people were found. As for the child, there are indeed traces of the child's presence at the scene. The child is really missing."
Gao Mingyuan said: "However, the forensic doctors said that for an old lady of such an age, she stabbed her chest with a knife, not to mention the accuracy, and the blade completely penetrated the heart. The force was so amazing that most people would be scared out of their wits if they stabbed themselves. An old lady
, so ruthless, the forensic doctor thinks this is a suspicious point."
"Apart from this doubt, there are no more doubts." Cui Ying already understood their style: "The final conclusion is that the old lady had mental problems and ended up committing suicide, right?"
Gao Mingyuan looked embarrassed, but still nodded: "There is nothing we can do about this, but the old lady is indeed mentally ill. This is the main purpose of my coming. You have said it, today is a taboo for the owner of that house, so you are
You stayed to eat, but the food was drugged and you were imprisoned in the basement. This is very similar to the situation forty years ago."
"Well, there are six more bowls in total, so there were originally six people in that family. Counting the old lady, there are seven people." Suber said: "The old lady said that the family was dead."
"He must have died, and he died at the hands of that old lady."
As soon as Gao Mingyuan said these words, the four of them felt horrified. Yingning said timidly: "You just said it was similar. Could it be that forty years ago, those six people were also stunned?"
"Yes, the old lady is dead. We must investigate her identity. It would be better if we don't investigate. But we will be shocked if we do." Gao Mingyuan said: "The old lady's name is Zhan Hongxia. She is sixty-eight years old this year. She is four years old.
Ten years ago, when she was twenty-eight years old, she was the murderer of a massacre. It was the old house just now. The owner of the old house was originally a professor at Imperial University. Forty years ago, she was also a influential figure in Imperial City. Academically
Professor He was a very accomplished expert. In that era, he was a highly protected expert. His surname was He. Professor He’s family consisted of six people, including his parents, wife, and a son and a daughter. One night, Zhan Hong, the helper invited by their family,
Xia killed and dismembered the body, and the place of dismemberment was in the basement where you were imprisoned."
Suber said: "No wonder there is always a strange smell in that place. It turns out that's what happened."
"Yes, Zhan Hongxia was arrested immediately. Logically speaking, she will be sentenced to death." Gao Mingyuan said: "After all, the evidence is very obvious, but at the last moment, it was actually changed to life imprisonment."
"Why?" Cui Ying asked in confusion: "There are six people in a family, but there are six living lives!"