"I'm so brave. At this time, I dare to deceive me. I really think I'm so bullying. Do you know you're going to steal the corpse?" Li Ling slapped the coffee table, "Everyone said that you don't cry if you don't see the coffin. You're really awesome. You don't have to be afraid of seeing the corpse!"

Pang Sihai had just woken up and his mind was not very flexible. After Li Ling drank this, he suddenly remembered the fact that he had already put the two burnt corpses in the bag before he fainted. This made his face pale, and he hurriedly said, "I know my mistake, but I dare not hide it anymore... As the adults said, we are going to steal the two corpses Zhao Guang and Qian Hai."

"Who asked you to do this?" Li Ling asked immediately.

"Yes... it's Lord Hu, the yamen's promoter, Lord Hu!"

The appearance of the promoter named Hu Yi immediately appeared in Li Ling's mind. He was a fat man with a slightly rich appearance, looking quite humble with a smile. But that was only a moment ago. A light flashed in his eyes and he asked again: "What do you plan to deal with after stealing the body?"

"Transport, transport it outside the city and find a wilderness to bury the body."

"Buried? There are no other arrangements?"

"No, no more..."

"You dare to lie to me, come and drag him out..." Li Ling's face darkened again, and he suddenly shouted. Several guards next to him moved immediately and wanted to go forward to drag the person away, but it made Pang Sihai panic. He quickly struggled hard and shouted: "Sir, please spare your life. Every word that Xiao said is true now. If there is a half lie, call me and make me sore, I will not die well..."

Seeing that he had sweared, Li Ling waved his hand and let his subordinates who had already pulled the other party back. Then he stared at him and said, "These two corpses are from your yamen? Their death can be considered as death in the line of duty, right? They will always be returned to their families at that time, right?"

Every time he asked, Pang Sihai nodded and said yes. After three sentences, he suddenly sank his face and said, "Since that's the case, do you still dare to steal the body, aren't you afraid that you can't explain to their family?"

"This..." Pang Sihai hesitated again, and he answered honestly in panic: "Mr. Hu said that at that time, just get two coffins, put two ownerless bodies in, and then send them to their families and let them be buried. Anyway, the funerals at their families can be completed in the past two days. If we send the coffin, they will not open the coffin to check."

"Huh?" Li Ling frowned a little surprised, and then came to understand. It turned out that Ma Bangwen came to pay his respects with such intentions, but he was urging the two families to finish the funeral as soon as possible, and then he could use a coffin to send it to everyone, hiding it from everyone. Originally, the two burnt corpses were really terrible. If the family had no need, they would not want to see it again and be stimulated again.

Thinking about all this, Li Ling felt a chill in his heart again. Ma Bangwen's methods and scheming were indeed powerful. After calming down, he asked the most critical point: "Why do you want to steal the body? But do you have any questions about their death?"

"This... I really don't know." After a pause, he saw that Li Ling's eyes were full of disbelief, and kowtowed again, "Sir, please spare my life, the young one is just a listener. How can I know what those adults think?"

This is the truth. With Pang Sihai's humble identity, if he really knows all the inside story, he is afraid he will not be far from death. Therefore, he will never take the initiative to investigate the inside story. Even today's incident will be done according to the orders, and after that, he will have to be strictly ordered not to leak a word.

Li Ling nodded and his tone eased a little: "Do you know what happened to the fire on the eve? But someone set fire in private?"

"I don't know this little guy. I was still sleeping at home at that time. I got up and rushed to put out the fire when I heard the movement... Then I learned that the two books in the torture room had died in the fire."

"What about the other three? Do they know some inside story?"

"I don't know... All four of us are just tragic servants in the yamen. We do some trivial dirty and tiring tasks on weekdays. How can we get involved in the major affairs in the yamen?"

The other party was just asking questions and not knowing these key questions, which gave Li Ling a headache. Moreover, he could see that in addition to trying to hide and struggle at the beginning, Pang Sihai told the truth in the subsequent answers, and he obviously knew very little about the tricks in the government office.

However, Li Ling could already be sure of one thing - the death of the two corpses brought back was indeed a big problem. I am afraid that they were really as he thought, they did not die in the fire, but in the hands of others.

After exhaling a long breath, Li Ling waved his hand and asked someone to take Pang Sihai down, then said, "Let's go and see the corpse, and then test it out to see how they died."

Soon, a few people came to a small room next to them. Two charred corpses were placed on the table, which looked particularly terrifying under the light. The black and red mixed together made these soldiers unable to bear to look carefully.

Li Moyun hesitated and said, "Young Master, can you really test something?"

"Of course, there is at least one thing we can see from the corpses, that is, whether they were burned to death in the fire or were killed and thrown into the fire and burned into this way." Li Ling seemed quite calm, and then pointed to one of them: "Geng Qi, have you always claimed that your sword skills are good? Today I will give you a chance to show your sword skills and cut the throats of the two corpses so that you can see clearly the situation inside."

"Ah... I..." Geng Qi is also a good player in the imperial guards. He used to brag about his own swords before, and he was a fearless person. But this time, when he heard Li Ling's words, he looked scared, "Sir, why don't you change someone..." He didn't frown when killing people, but he had to look at the two burnt corpses and then cut open their throats to check what was inside, but he couldn't do it.

"Why, are you not confident in your sword skills, or are you afraid of these two corpses?" It would be better to provoke him, and Li Ling simply aroused the other party.

Now Geng Qi couldn't refuse, so he could only hold his fist with a bitter face and say, "You are just obedient." Seeing this, the other people around him showed gloating smiles. When he stepped forward, drew the knife, and awkwardly thinking about how to cut it, another person walked into the room and stood next to another corpse. With a swish, the knife steadily cut into the lower side of the corpse's neck.

This surprised Geng Qi a little. He quickly turned around and saw that Li Moyun helped him to take action. With someone working together, he finally calmed down. He shook his wrist and cut his knife on the neck of the corpse like Li Moyun. He turned again and exposed the throat and bones inside.

At this time, everyone finally became serious and knew that the matter was of great importance and could not joke anymore. Li Ling even locked his eyes on the position of the trachea: "Can there be smoke and ash left in the trachea of ​​the two corpses?"

As a time traveler who has read many mystery and detective novels, comics and films, Li Ling will not forget some of the "common sense" of detectives. Whether a person is burned to death in a fire or thrown into a fire after death, there are actually many ways to detect it. The simplest of them is to see if there is any residual smoke ash in the respiratory tract.

"There is one thing, but it's not obvious." Geng Qi failed to reply quickly, but Li Moyun replied calmly.

"Sir, is there any explanation?" a subordinate couldn't help asking.

"It's very simple. People need to breathe when they are alive. Even in the fire, the situation is bad and they still cannot stop breathing, so they will suck in the ash and other debris in the fire..." Li Ling explained casually, "But if it is a corpse, there will be no such residue. Of course, it may also be accidentally filled, but the amount must be very small."

"Sir, I also have some ash, and the quantity is indeed not large." Geng Qi gave a similar answer at this time, obviously he has not been able to adapt to such things.

"Cut it up and see, there will be signs of burns." Li Ling ordered again and explained, "If a living person inhales these things, there will inevitably be signs of burning heat from the nose to the throat, and dead bodies will not exist."

The two of them raised their knife again, cut open the trachea above, and then both said an answer: "There is no sign of burns, only external burns."

"It is 80% possible that they were not dead in the fire, but were thrown into the fire after being killed." Li Ling's expression became more and more serious, "Finally, you cut open their chests and see if there are any residues of smoke and ash in their lungs."

"Ah..." Even Li Moyun was a little embarrassed to get out of the knife. Killing people is one thing, but cutting off the corpse is another thing, especially a burnt corpse with a strong visual impact.

"It's almost dawn." Li Ling urged, "This is not a humiliation of the body. On the contrary, this is the greatest respect for the dead. Only by doing this can we clear their grievances!"

Li Ling's words changed the expressions of everyone present, especially the two who used the knife, and a trace of determination flashed in their eyes. Then there was no hesitation. After raising the knife, the knife fell and then cut open the chest and abdomen of the burnt corpse, revealing the internal organs inside.

After a while, the two of them said almost at the same time: "There is no remnant of ashes in their lungs..."

Li Ling heard this and slowly breathed: "It is now certain that these two government clerks did not die in the fire, but were killed before that and then burned into the fire to such a thing. And the only ones who could do this were the officials in the government clerks, among which Hu Yi, the government clerk who let Pang Sihai and others steal the bodies at night, was the most suspicious."
Chapter completed!