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Nightwatcher - Chapter 246

Published at 21st of April 2023 06:57:15 AM


Chapter 246

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"Female corpse?"

The little eunuch was waiting at the gate of the palace. There must be something urgent. The intersection of Xu Qi'an and him is only Fu Fei case. Then the female corpse must have something to do with the fufei case.

Xu Qi'an narrowed his eyes and moved in his heart: "it's the missing maid in the case of Fu Fei?"

Little eunuch a Leng, heartily convinced: "adults are really clever, slaves admire the five bodies."

This is a compliment, but also from the heart. After two consecutive days of supervision, Xiao Gonggong found that Xu Qi'an was a well-known arrest man who seemed ostentatious in appearance but too ordinary in wisdom.

It's not a clever calculation, it's a very simple reasoning..... Xu Qi'an nodded and said, "take me to see the body."

The little eunuch was busy leading the way.

"In which well was the body found?"

"The backyard of crab Pavilion."

"Crab pavilion?"

What's Xu Qi'an's name.

"Crab Pavilion is where the maids live." The little eunuch replied.

Palace maids are also divided into three, six and nine grades. Those with high status are called female officials, and even those with grades and titles, such as Jieyu, Meiren, talented people, Yunv, Cainv, etc.

This kind of palace maids have the hope to be lucky by the emperor and become popular. Of course, during the reign of emperor Jing of Yuan Dynasty, none of them wanted to stand out.

The next one was the maid in waiting beside the concubines.

The lowest is the worker who lives in the dormitory.

Crab Pavilion is a Palace Hostel.

Walking and talking, he soon came to the morgue in the palace. In a secluded courtyard in the south, it was used to park the dead bodies in the palace that were executed, died or died accidentally.

On the simple bed board, there was a slightly bloated body.

"You get the knife and I'll dissect the body." Xu Qi'an said.

When he worked as an official in the Yamen in his last life, he was often sent to watch the forensic autopsy and act as an assistant. Accumulated a lot of professional knowledge and experience.

From the initial fear of vomiting to slowly accept, and then the face did not change the start, Xu Qian vaguely found himself quite like anatomy.

After coming to this world, there are many cases, but there are few opportunities for dissection.

"Concubine Fu is the woman of the old emperor. I can't touch her. I can always open my stomach... If only it could be more fresh."

While thinking, he untied the maid's clothes.

"Dog slave, dog slave, why don't you send someone to inform me when you enter the palace..."

Princess Lin'an's cheerful voice came from outside, and then a red shadow ran and stopped at the door.

"What are you doing?"

Lin'an looks at Xu Qi'an's belly pocket holding the female corpse in his hand, and the bright smile on his face suddenly solidifies.

Behind him, Huaiqing, who was in a white skirt, stepped into the threshold and took a look at Xu Qian, then his eyes fell on his belly pocket.

A little embarrassed... Xu Qi'an face unchanged: "check the body, intend to dissect."

"Don't touch anything so disgusting."

Mounting and stamping her feet, she glanced at the naked upper body of the female corpse and immediately drew back her eyes.

In this regard, Princess Huaiqing took the same view, and gave advice: "why not let Wuzuo do it?"

Because I like to do it... Xu Qi'an shook his head seriously and explained: "your Highnesses, you know that you should be self-employed and meticulous in your work. If you can do it yourself, you will not fake others. In other people's eyes, this is a good quality of diligence, but in the humble position, it's really not worth mentioning. "

Mounting admires Xu Qian's working attitude. Huaiqing has no expression and doesn't seem to believe his lies.

"Your Highnesses, please go back for tea. Just a moment. Don't stay here." Xu Qian wants to get rid of people.

Huaiqing smell speech, did not go, instead Lianbu money went to the female corpse in front.

"The body was picked up last night. After identifying it as Huang xiaorou, it was taken away by father-in-law Chang." Huaiqing said:

"I want to stay and have a look. Maybe I can get clues from the body."

Huaiqing seems to be very interested in using his brain. He plays chess, revises history, and now solves a case. Xu Qi'an turns his head and looks at the beautiful eyes of the princess in silence.

Huaiqing's eyes were slightly fixed, and he looked at each other. His voice had the texture of ice impact, which was very pleasant: "hmm?"

A simple "um" means: little brother, do you have any opinions?

Xu Qi'an took back his eyes and no longer looked at the long princess's flawless face. He turned to mount it and said, "your second highness."

Mounting looked at Huaiqing one eye, some hesitant said: "what's this, I also stay."

"All right!"

Xu Qi'an peeled off the female corpse happily.

Mounting face brush red, then white, hide face and go.

"Second highness, don't you stay to see?" Cried Xu Qian.

He covered his face with mounting, as fine as a mosquito chanting: "go, go..."Huaiqing swept the eyes of the female corpse. Although it was well hidden, Xu Qi'an saw the embarrassment from the clear eyes like a cold pool.

This kind of embarrassment is like watching TV with Xu Qian's parents in the past, when it happened that the leading actor and heroine were in bed

with perfect appearance and top-level configuration, the kernel is very powerful, that is, the mileage is almost zero... Xu Qian made an evaluation in his heart.

If Huaiqing is compared to a top sports car, it's just out of the factory.

So mounting is a model car. It's beautiful in appearance, but the kernel is... It's hard to say.

But for men, it's probably the kind of women who love to be coquettish, charming and not too smart who are more popular.

"What is this?"

From Huang xiaorou's clothes, Huaiqing found a pale yellow silk embroidered with a red lotus flower and a line of small words:

spring of the 31st year of Yuanjing.

"It's a very important thing for her to collect it before she dies."

Huaiqing looked at Xu Qian, as if to verify, said: "do you think Mr. Xu?"

Xu Qi'an gave a "um".

Huaiqing's mouth is slightly upturned.

"Your Highness is so clever. Why don't you come and have a look at this female corpse? What can you see?"

Huaiqing can't help but look at him. Xu Qi'an wants to test her posture. He can't help converging the radian of his mouth and surging up the emotion of not admitting defeat.

"According to the degree of whiteness and swelling of the body, she didn't plunge into the well after the crime." Huaiqing made a judgment.

"Within two days." Xu Qian gave a more accurate reply.

"There is no obvious trauma on her body, so she should have drowned. Maybe she was knocked unconscious." With that, the beautiful and refined Princess subconsciously looks at Xu Qi'an.

saw his face expressionless and did not reply. Her royal highness was somewhat unhappy. When she bowed her head, she gently skimmed the corners of her mouth.

"Anything else?" Asked Xu Qian.

Huaiqing thought and shook his head slightly.

"You are missing the most important step. When examining the female corpse, you should never forget to examine even if there are obvious death features..."

Xu Qi'an raised his eyebrows to Huaiqing and showed his smile.

Huaiqing muddled for a moment, and then, see Xu Qi'an's eyes fall on the taboo, intelligent as she, immediately understand.

Shua....

her white face turned red immediately. The long Princess frowned and gnashed her teeth: "Xu Ningyan, you dare to tease our palace!"

As expected, Xu Qi'an admitted his mistake with a sincere attitude: "I don't mean to offend you. Princess, forgive me."

He was angry and didn't accept his apology.

It's more successful to tease the proud princess Gao Leng than to tease Lin'an..... When Huaiqing was angry, she had a different taste..... Xu Qi'an coughed and said:

"it's right that she drowned, but she didn't drown in the well, she was suffocated in the water."

"How can I see it?" Huaiqing didn't believe it. She turned her head and asked.

Well, as long as she discusses academic issues, she won't be angry for the time being... The female Xueba also has her weakness... Xu Qi'an wrote it down silently, quietly, and explained:

"you see, her face is purplish red, she drowns normally, even she is pale and swollen. Only when you are pressed in the water, head down, and blood flows back to your head when you die, will your face become congested. "

Huaiqing frowned and thought.

"Another point," Xu Qi'an grabbed the wrist of the female corpse, "you see her hand, clenching into a fist, which is in line with the characteristics of drowning. But if you look closely, there is no sand or moss in her fingernails

Huaiqing looked intently, and the nail seam was really clean.

"That means she did drown, but not in the well?" She asked.

"Your Highness is so clever. Compared with you, his highness Lin'an is just a sister." Xu Qian arched his hand to express his admiration.

Although he knew that he was flattering himself, Huaiqing still felt comfortable.

People love to hear good words, and saints are no exception. What's more, Princess Huaiqing is always proud. On the surface, she will despise flattery, but on the inside, she will be happy.

Huaiqing gave a reserved "um".

"So, she was killed." Her royal highness then added.

Xu Qi'an nodded. At the same time, he heard the slight sound of footsteps. He looked up to the door and saw the little eunuch coming with the knife of the autopsy.

The rapid footsteps rushed into the threshold. The first reaction of the little eunuch when he saw the female corpse was a sharp cry: ah ~

"little father-in-law has never seen a woman. Come on, I'll give you a physiology lesson." Xu Qian's general tone of ridicule.

Little eunuch ignored, some embarrassed, head down, put the knife on the long table.

A total of six knives, of different sizes and thicknesses, are wrapped in thick linen.Xu Qi'an wanted to lick his lips to express his inner expectation. He felt that this posture was too ghostly to show in front of Huaiqing, so he had to bear it.

Really, when I have some hobbies, I don't like people watching... He selected a single edged knife the size of a dagger, put the tip of the knife against the throat of the female corpse, and cut the throat.

A slightly muddy current came out.

"Vomit..."

the bright red flesh was exposed in the sight, and the little eunuch covered his mouth and couldn't help retching.

Xu Qi'an then changed a big knife, opened his chest and lungs...

"ouch..." the little eunuch fled.

That's not going to hold up? Sure enough, to give eunuchs a physiological lesson is nothing to talk about.

Huaiqing's jade like face showed a very vivid expression - horror and disgust. His eyelashes trembled and he glanced away.

"There is also water in the lung. The cause of death can be confirmed. It's drowning." Xu Qi'an put down his knife.

Huaiqing nodded and said, "what else do you need to check?"

"No, your highness. Let's go." Xu Qi'an says, suddenly "Yi" a.

Huaiqing, who has turned his head to leave, looks back and suddenly raises his eyebrows: "what are you doing?"

Xu Qi'an is playing with the Ru room on the left side of the female corpse, at least in Huaiqing's opinion.

"She was hurt." Xu Qi'an frowned and turned the Ru room up when he spoke, so that Huaiqing could see the situation under the breast.

Huaiqing was stunned.

The maid named Huang xiaorou has a deep scar under her left breast, facing the heart.

She immediately knew that she had wronged Xu Qi'an and understood his doubts:

How could a maid in waiting be hurt so dangerously? Strangely enough, he survived?

Xu Qi'an re opened the coarse linen cloth, holding the biggest knife, along the scar, opened the female corpse's chest.

Huaiqing wants to see and is afraid of spicy eyes.

Xu Qian took off his heart, squinted for a moment, and said thoughtfully: "from the scar, the wound is very deep, and the weapon should be scissors or other sharp things. She's already touched her heart. She should have died of massive blood loss. "

Huaiqing nodded, looked out the door, and analyzed: "the medicine that can cure this kind of wound can only be used by the empress and the concubines.

"If you get the pills from the emperor, you don't need to use them."

"Naturally, the rest of the princes do not include the women," she said.

When they left the morgue, there was a well in the yard. Xu Qi'an washed his hands with a bucket of water.

Then, he scrubbed the yellow silk found on the woman's corpse and spread it to the well.

"Tell one of the officers in charge of the morgue that the corpse is still useful. Send it to the ice cellar." Xu Qi'an sent away the little eunuch.

"Xu Ningyan, help the palace get a bucket of water." Princess Huaiqing was standing on one side.

According to her address, Xu Qi'an judged that she was in a good mood at the moment. When she was polite and unfamiliar, she called adult Xu. When angry, it's Xu Ningyan.

At this moment, Huaiqing's tone is definitely not angry, so the sound of xuning banquet is a bit like calling friends.

Xu Qi'an brought her a bucket of water. Huaiqing squatted down and lifted her long sleeves. Her white hands were immersed in the water, and her green jade fingers were slender and symmetrical.

Beautiful hands... He said.

Huaiqing soaked his hands, took out the brocade handkerchief, dried the water stains, and said, "this palace will take you to the imperial pharmacy."

Xu Qi'an was about to nod. At this time, an idea suddenly appeared in his heart. Why did he throw the corpse into the crab pavilion?

Among the imperial palaces, there are more hidden ones, such as the cold palace and the well in the morgue.

"Let's go to crab Pavilion first."

Lin'an in the distance saw two people coming out and came up with a brisk step, saying, "what do you find?"

"There are gains." Xu Qi'an told her the findings of the autopsy. Lin'an nodded while listening, and her small face was very attentive. But when Xu Qi'an finished speaking, her attention immediately shifted, and it was obvious that her left ear went in and her right ear went out.

Lin'an pointed to the light yellow silk hanging by the well and was surprised to say, "dog slave, is the lotus like you..."

before his voice fell, Xu Qi'an suddenly screamed, covered his head and rolled all over the ground.

Mounting and Huaiqing were startled and said eagerly, "what's the matter with you?"

"The head, the head is very painful..." Xu Qi'an hugs the head painfully, does not hesitate to let own mink cap fall, exposes the bald brain, obviously is the real headache wants to crack.

"You wait. I'll go to the imperial doctor at once." Mount mount urgent stamp. As soon as he turned around, he ran away.

When Princess Huaiqing saw that her annoying sister had gone, she didn't put on airs. She squatted down beside him and held her pulse: "my palace is a little skilled in medicine..."When I feel my pulse, it's really beating very fast. Maybe the heart beat of Causeway is getting worse at the moment.

"Your Highness..." Xu Qi'an held Huaiqing's catkin and said bitterly: "since he stepped into the realm of refining God, he always had a headache. Duke Wei said that it was the reason for Yuanshen's agitation. Maybe at any time, Yuanshen died from his body."

Huaiqing was surprised that she didn't know about it, so she didn't take back her little hand immediately.

When mounting orders the bodyguard to invite the imperial doctor to return to the courtyard, he finds that Xu Qi'an's face is still patting the dust on his body.

Hate Huaiqing squatting beside the barrel to wash his hands.

"Are you all right?" Mount mount mount surprised way.

"It's nothing. It's labor. It'll be fine in a moment." Xu Qi'an waved his hand with a tired face.

Hoo... Almost overturned. Fortunately, I'm quick. Otherwise, if you let the sisters know that I wrote them the same love letter and sent them the same lotus petals, Huaiqing can't bear it, nor can I bear the mounting..... The degree of liking must have dropped to the bottom..... Xu Qian's beautiful work not only stabilized the steering wheel, but also held Huaiqing's little hand... He cheered for himself in his heart.

Huaiqing lowers his head and doesn't speak. His little hand is pinched red, as if the temperature of Xu Qi'an is still there.

Framed looked at him suspiciously.

...

crab Pavilion is on the west side of the palace, far away from the palace where concubines gather. It is a large courtyard.

At this time, the maids had already left the crab Pavilion and went to work all over the palace. There was only one mother in charge, lying on the big chair, basking in the early spring sun.

The old age spots on her face were clear in the sun, her body was fat and out of shape, her hair was gray, and she was simply wearing a Hosta.

"Mammy Rong, Mammy Rong..."

the little eunuch called a few times, and the old mammy woke up.

Mammy Rong?!

Xu Qian's childhood memories are recalled, and a famous line appears in his mind:

emperor, do you still remember mammy Rong on the Bank of Daming Lake.

"Here come your Highnesses." Said the little eunuch.

Mammy Rong fixed her eyes and saw that they were the two most beautiful princesses in the palace. They came together.

She got up at a speed that was not in line with her age, saluted and cried, "I've seen your Highnesses."

Huaiqing looked at her and said, "my palace accompanies Mr. Xu to investigate the case. It's about the female corpse picked up from the well today. You can say whatever you know."

Mammy Rong nodded.

Seeing this, Xu Qian was no longer silent and asked, "who fished up the body and when was it found?"

"It was Xiaoyu who found it. This morning, she went to the well to draw water. She noticed that the sound of the bucket falling was not right. It was a bit dull. She was lying at the mouth of the well for a long time. Ouch, it turned out to be a corpse." The old lady looked very excited.

Xu Qi'an pointed to the stone well under the locust tree: "is that one?"

"Yes."

He went to the well and looked in. The well was deep, his sight was dim, and the water was like a mirror.

With ordinary people's eyes, it takes a long time to find a corpse in such a dark well.

"Didn't anyone find out yesterday?" Xu Qian frowned.

The body of Huang xiaorou, the maid of honor, has been soaking in water for more than 24 hours.

"I'm angry when I talk about it. I found that there were dead people in the well this morning. Those dead girls just said it. No wonder the voice was strange when I was fetching water the day before yesterday..." the old lady was angry when she mentioned it and scolded:

"none of them dug out their eyes and put them in quietly, causing the old slave to drink the corpse water for two days."

He has a look of disgust.

Xu Qi'an said: "Mammy, do you know Huang xiaorou?"

Old mammy a Leng: "yellow what?"

Xu Qian said, "Huang xiaorou."

Mammy stares big eyes: "what little soft?"

Xu Qian said angrily, "I'm not asking you Ma Dongmei. You don't have to answer me like this."

Mammy thought for a long time, suddenly realized: "old slave just reconfirmed, old slave Huang xiaorou recognized, recognized."

Huaiqing eyes a bright, she understood the reason why Xu Qi'an to crab Pavilion.

What's the brain of this little Gong? It turns so fast.

"Do you know her?" Xu Qi'an reminds a way: "she is the palace maid beside Fu Fei, how can you know her?"

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