The crowd dispersed and a few people in official uniforms approached. Jiang Wu only needed to think for a moment to realize that Dali Temple was different from Jinyiwei, but had similar powers.
The Imperial Guards are directly under the jurisdiction of the emperor and do not belong to the Ministry of Rites and the Department of Three Laws.
The Dali Temple is one of the three judicial departments, and the main responsibility of the Dali Temple is to review the world's criminal names, maintain judicial justice, and prevent unjust, false and wrong cases.
But Jiang Wu looked at their attitude... He would soon become one of the unjust, false and wrongly convicted people.
The person who came before him was the chief of Dali Temple, who was also the official who directly tried the case in Dali Temple. He was the highest-ranking official among the officials who tried the case. He had been looking here for a long time, and this girl was still here talking and laughing with people just now. She
As soon as they left the lake, a body appeared. It was hard to say that it had nothing to do with her.
Jiang Wu had no choice but to kneel down, "Sir, I am the widower of Fusi in Beizhen. Today I am here to attend the funeral of Aunt Li. As for the corpse in the lake... I don't know about it."
In fact, she still hasn't seen the body yet.
The official name of Dali Temple is Li Can. He was established about the same year, and his appearance is quite upright. He laughed when he heard Jiang Wu said that he was a widower.
"I didn't know that there was such a young widow in the world, and she was still a woman." Jinyiwei and Dali Temple were not going to deal with each other, because the top officials of Jinyiwei and Dali Temple were both third-rank officials, but Jinyiwei often had direct access to Tianting, and it was closer.
After Fu Heng came to power in recent years, Jinyiwei became more and more powerful in the court.
Jiang Wu gritted his teeth, scorning these remarks in his heart.
"No matter what, your Excellency should fish out the body first. Even if you want to convict me, do you still have to look at the evidence?" Jiang Wu was also annoyed. This man talks about a woman, and it seems that he has never seen the light of day.
Li Can smiled and said: "Don't worry, girl, the body will be recovered by itself. Girl, please go to Dali Temple first."
"Why? Just because I stood by the lake for a while? With all due respect, I didn't see the body. How do I know how the person died? Besides, who can be sure that the body didn't float down from upstream?"
Jiang Wu is not as submissive as he was a few days ago. Since you said it is related to me, why not let us test it ourselves and naturally know the truth.
Li Can snorted coldly: "I will not repent until I die! I have my own work in Dali Temple!"
The body was quickly fished out. Jiang Wu took a closer look and saw that the body was also that of a woman. Her hair was messy, but she was wearing the same clothes as the servants of the Li family. Judging from the swelling of the body, it must have been soaked for several days.
Fortunately it's winter now, otherwise there might have been giant sightings.
The people at Dali Temple refused to let her do the autopsy, so she sat quietly and watched the corpses in Dali Temple doing the autopsy. Because Jiang Wu refused to go to Dali Temple, she could only do the autopsy on site, and only gathered around the body.
Circle curtain.
To the guests, the aunt and concubine who came to mourn were not important. Human nature is extremely curious, so even if there was a curtain, there were still people around.
The examination was completed quickly: "Your Majesty, the deceased may have fallen into the water three days ago. The cause of death should be an accidental fall into the water. The clothes are those of a servant of the Li family. It may have been caused by an accidental fall while doing work."
Everyone outside the curtain listened, but they didn't react much. The death of a servant in the mansion was really not a big deal.
However, Li Can was a little worried about his face. He had previously been sure that he must be related to Jiang Wu, but it turned out that the body was from three days ago.
Jiang Wu had no time to care about anything else. Looking at the corpse, she always felt that something was wrong.
Now that she had been cleared of suspicion, she stood up and said to Li Can: "Sir, as I said before, I am the widower of Fusi in Beizhen. There is something wrong with the body. Can I do an autopsy?"
As soon as she said that, before Li Can spoke, the man was already angry: "You little girl, you don't look down on my craftsmanship? Why do you need to find trouble in public?"
Jiang Wu frowned and said: "Old gentleman, you are overthinking it, but I think this body was definitely not drowned!"
Wu Zuo was so angry that he blew his beard and stared: "Why do you say that?"
Jiang Wu pointed at the corpse and said, "The deceased's mouth and nose were so clean, but water plants could clearly be seen entangled in the legs, and water plants could also be seen floating on the shore of the lake. If the deceased died of drowning, why didn't he inhale the water plants?"
Wu Zuo was speechless for a moment and pointed to the scars on the deceased's lower back: "But the scars here are obviously caused by friction, which is consistent with the characteristics of falling on the shore."
Sure enough - Jiang Wu took a look and saw that there was indeed an obvious bruise on the deceased's lower back.
"If you want to know the truth, I can do an autopsy and find out."
Autopsy? The people outside the curtain were shocked when they heard this, and Li Can's eyes widened: "What did you say? The dead should be buried in their graves. It is disrespectful to dissect the dead!"
Jiang Wu frowned, "But there is indeed something strange about this corpse. Let's take a look, sir. If the corpse is said to have been drowned, there are no water plants in the mouth and nose, and there is no white foam. However, there are indeed bruises on the lower back of the corpse, so it is very possible that the deceased was...
After someone died and was pushed into the water, if you want to know more, you only need to cut the body open and check whether there is water absorption in the lungs."
Li Can was still hesitant. After all, this was still an ownerless corpse. It would be disrespectful to cut it open hastily.
On the other hand, the man thought for a moment and asked Li Can for instructions: "Sir, if we really cut him open, we can know the truth..."
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Jiang Wu didn't bring a wooden box, so he had to use this wooden box.
She performed the Y-shaped knife, but as soon as the knife cut the skin, Jiang Wu felt a very strange feeling.
The murderer was right about the time of death. Judging from the degree of swelling on the corpse's surface and the formation of spots on the corpse, the time of death was about three days. However, after cutting open the deceased's skin, no blood overflowed. Under the swollen skin of the deceased, there was actually
It is a transparent liquid.
Although he still felt that it was disrespectful to dissect the corpse, he felt strange when he saw the corpse and couldn't help but come over to take a look.
There were no obvious external injuries on the deceased's body. After being cut open, it was clearly visible. There were strangulation marks on her neck and it was slightly collapsed, but not to the extent of being strangled. In addition, the deceased's hyoid bone was fractured and her neck was broken.
There was bleeding in the subcutaneous tissue and congestion in the mucosa of the posterior pharyngeal wall.
The deceased was strangled to death.
But this is strange.
Logically speaking, to strangle a person to death, the murderer would need to expend a lot of effort. In this case, it would be difficult not to leave traces. However, the autopsy examination just now showed that the pinch marks on the neck of the deceased were indeed so heavy.
.
Even if you are in the water, you should not cover it up so naturally.
Jiang Wu pondered, and when he was about to take a step further, he discovered that there was no rib opener in the box.
"Old sir, do me a favor." She looked at him sincerely.
Wu Zuo was already impressed by this and naturally agreed in a hurry.
"Come with me and break the dead man's ribs."
The old man's expression looked like he had swallowed two pounds of mustard raw.
In the end, the two of them worked together to lift the ribs of the deceased——
The thick, smelly black water splashed out, and a smell that was definitely worse than the Giant Temple suddenly filled the air.
The people watching the excitement outside the curtain couldn't help but vomited, and even the old man's eyes were scarlet.
Fortunately, they all put ginger slices in their mouths before doing the autopsy, otherwise it would have been too sour.
Jiang Wu opened the corpse's ribs, and the sticky black water overflowed. She suddenly understood what the strange liquid was.