Lu was a big man, and so was his horse. Song'e and I sat behind him. The place didn't seem crowded. Instead, it looked more like a very powerful vehicle.
Natural Lane was not far from the palace's sphere of influence, and Lu Zhishou's driving skills were quite good. They would arrive soon.
Along the way, I saw several groups of private soldiers whistling through the town. There were also a few foreign women riding tigers, leaning on their sticks, and wearing curtains. When I looked at them curiously, they immediately glared at me with their amber-blue eyes.
Although it was a little scary, it was really exciting!
We arrived at the Natural Lane very quickly. Guard Lu and the terrified gatekeeper quickly checked the information. He pointed at me and Song'e and said that one of them was his assistant and maid, and the other was his professional coroner.
I looked at my entire body, which was a set of very professional imperial physician uniform from the Southern Dynasty. In the Northern Dynasty, it was almost the same as a coroner.
However, I was very satisfied. I temporarily ignored the difference in wealth between the two dynasties. When I dismounted, I quickly bought a brand-new silver knife from a nearby stall that hadn't been removed. This was because this thing could be used as a coroner's tool and could also be used for self-defense. When I returned, I could even give it to the women around me to do their hair…
I thought about my own little plan and thought with a smile that it was really not bad. Then, Song'e nervously told me to hurry up and follow. I stopped smiling and quickly followed the two people in front of me into the square.
The murder happened in the third courtyard. As soon as I entered the courtyard, I was a little afraid of the bloody scene. I quickly grabbed the silver knife at my waist and widened my eyes to see what was going on around me.
As a result, the surroundings were abnormally calm. It could not be any more abnormally calm. Everything in the surroundings was neatly arranged. Dust was everywhere in some places. The trees in the courtyard grew as they should. It was a peaceful atmosphere of human life.
"What is this? Where was the corpse? Where is the murder scene?" I slowly relaxed my grip on Song'e's hand, expressing my disgust.
" Your…coroner, don't be careless…" Guard Lu looked back at Song'e and me, then turned to the gatekeeper who was still trembling." Where did the murder happen?" Why was there no sign of a fight?”
"Sir, don't worry…Please follow me to the back…"
The further they walked, the more they could hear the sound of crying. When they crossed the inner door of the backyard, they saw a large courtyard. In the middle of the courtyard was a large stone well, and the walls of the well were covered with old moss.
There were a few weeping maidservants sitting around the courtyard. They seemed to be the servants of this courtyard.
Guard Lu and Song'e went forward to check. I looked into the room and noticed that the decorations around me were dark red. There were also some red-painted makeup drawers and bronze mirrors quietly placed in the corners. They had not been moved yet, as if there was some marriage before.
I quietly walked up to the second floor. The second floor was also very ordinary. It was the second floor of a typical rich family's house. I could see everything in the bedroom.
I looked around carefully and suddenly realized that there was no blanket on the bed. Not only was there no blanket, but there was also no blanket.
I walked out of the bedroom and looked down at the courtyard.
It didn't matter if I didn't look, but when I did, I and Song'e, who was checking on the first floor, screamed in unison.
"Ah!"
In the depths of the old well, there was a floating corpse that had been soaked until it was swollen. Other than the clothes that had been soaked, there was also a blanket wrapped around the corpse.
The corpse was picked up by Guard Lu by the nose. The moment it was thrown on the ground, the maids who were crying were dumbfounded.
"This…how could it be a man?”One of the maids pointed at the corpse on the ground and covered her mouth in disbelief. Although the body was soaked so much that even his mother couldn't recognize it, he could still tell if it was a man or a woman. The body was obviously a young man.
Its ankle was very white. The moment I saw it clearly, I suddenly remembered the person by the cold spring that day. My heart suddenly throbbed with pain. I quickly went downstairs to take a closer look. The tears that came from fear and disgust almost gushed out.
It wasn't Zhang Xiaomang, it wasn't the imperial concubine. Fortunately…
After taking a closer look, I suddenly collapsed into Song'e's arms. Song'e was also scared silly. She didn't expect such a murder scene to happen in such a daily courtyard.
"What did you mean just now? Why can't it be a man?" Guard Lu helped the maid up and asked her in a gentle voice.
The maid wiped her tears." Last night was supposed to be the day of the netherworld marriage for the eldest young master of the Xiao family…Master and Madam specially chose a local orphan girl to marry the young master of the underground world…We've all seen the bride's appearance, but now…how could she become a man?!”
The other maids also knelt on the ground in fear and nodded at us. I asked Song'e to help them up.
"From yesterday afternoon when the shop opened to when we arrived just now, was there anything unusual?”Guard Lu turned around and asked the gatekeeper. The gatekeeper was an elderly man. He looked really scared. Ever since we came in, his legs had been shaking.
"No. In the afternoon, after the bride and groom's memorial tablets arrived, the officiator gave a few simple words and sent them into the bridal chamber. The officiator is a professional in the village, so he left after he finished speaking. We stayed in the outer courtyard the entire night, but we didn't hear any abnormal sounds from the courtyard! No one else has been here since you came. Sirs, please be careful! I've been working in Tianran Lane for my entire life…and I've never seen such a terrifying thing happen! The Fengshui of the No. 3 courtyard wasn't very auspicious. It was rented to the rich gentry in the city to do some funeral or wedding…It was fine for thirty to forty years…How could it be like this…"
"Old man, please calm down.”Song'e patted the old man's back and helped him to sit with the maids.
It seemed that these few people probably did not know what was going on. The murderers were unlikely to be these people. The old man and the women were very weak and could not do such a thing.
Guard Lu deliberately kicked the stone to the side of the other maid who was the most silent. The angle made her think that the old man had kicked it. She was already in a bad mood after crying. At this moment, she glared at the old man and wanted to reason with him. This was enough to show that these two parties were not close to each other and did not hide anything. There should be no relationship between them.
I exchanged glances with Garrison Lu. He ran to my side and whispered to me," This murder case is a little strange. It's different from the previous three murders. The first three murders all happened in the city, and they were all committed by many people in an enclosed space. The scene was violent and bloody. And this time, it's so peaceful…"
He turned to ask for my opinion." Why don't…the coroner go first?”I curled my lips but frowned, very hesitant.
On the way here, Song'e had even discussed with him that among the three of us, only I had received an education in the palace and was proficient in medicine. Although I really wanted to refuse, the situation was urgent. If no one went up, it wasn't impossible…
When I gathered my courage to pick up the silver knife and walk forward, I saw the corpse's " appearance " again. I felt even more unbearable than the last time. I immediately ran to the side and started vomiting.
"…Coroner, let me do it.”Guard Lu took the knife in my hand, covered his mouth, and cut open a small hole in the victim's abdomen. He could barely see the condition of the victim's abdomen.
I felt much better after vomiting. I covered my eyes with my fingers and looked at the disgusting white area between my fingers.
There was nothing in the victim's stomach. Other than the stench that came from the surface when the corpse was just broken, the rest was colorless, odorless, and even abnormally clean...
"Looks like he drowned." Lu made a preliminary judgment. I still felt that something was wrong. After reading it, I squatted down a little further away and thought about it.
"Is there anything wrong?" Song'e came to me to ask for my opinion. After sending out the messenger pigeon to call for more people to come here, Guard Lu also came over.
"Captain Lu, what happened to the first three murders? Be more specific." I raised my head and asked, my face full of worry and confusion.
"These three incidents happened in the more lively areas of the city. The first victim was Ouyang Yi, the second son of the Ouyang family, the landlord of the western district. It happened in a poor farmer's house in the suburbs, and she was the wife of the poor farmer Cheng Lao Jiu. The third case was even stranger. They went straight to the home of a retired soldier outside the city, and the person who died was the retired soldier Ah Er…Did His Majesty think that something was wrong?”
I shook my head. Even though it was all the same, I felt that there shouldn't be such a strong smell when I was digging up the corpse just now. Moreover, the stomach was colorless and odorless…
I didn't explain these suspicions to the two of them in detail, but I vaguely remembered that when I was young, Old Lady Zheng would often tell me some vivid "horror stories in the palace" in order to train me to be more "tenacious". Many people died in this way, and it wasn't an accident…
After sitting and waiting for a while, the sound of messy footsteps came from outside the door. It seemed that the messenger pigeon sent by Guard Lu really wrote the importance of this case. It was not even the guards of the palace, but the people from the government office.
The corpse was carried away, and the maids and the old man were taken away to be settled down for further interrogation.
The three of us walked out of the gate. Lu Zhishou followed the group of people to continue the case. I watched him and Song Er say goodbye reluctantly and rolled my eyes in disgust.
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