Xiao Jiading asked again: "Have you carefully checked the returned weapon?"

The two Zaoli looked at each other and said, "I have checked it. All evidence must be checked clearly before taking it away, and when I take it back, I must also check it clearly."

"Then you checked this knife carefully at that time?"

"Yes."

"Is the blade curled or gaped before taking it out?"

The two Zaoli looked at each other again and said, "It's like this, there are no curls or gaps."

Xiao Jiading nodded, that is to say, there is no problem with the initial investigation of this weapon and knife. But how to explain the contradiction? What is the problem?

The next question is to verify the situation of the body.

They didn't go to find the coroner, because the coroner had made it very clear in the lobby that the incision of the corpse was mostly cut off on the hard bones. If so, the knife would definitely curl or gap. But no, what's the problem?

He needs to find someone to verify the coroner's statement.

He came to the room of the detective class. When Captain Dai saw him coming in, he quickly stepped forward to salute.

Xiao Jiading asked: "Who else was present except coroner in the case of Zhao's nephew killing?

"I and a few constables are here. It's so cruel..."

"Have you looked carefully at the broken corpse?"

"Well, the coroner looked at it. I was right next to me, but I didn't go up and looked carefully. They were all burned and very disgusting."

Xiao Jiading's heart moved. This detail was not reflected in the corpse, nor was he asked in the lobby. The murderer Zhao's confession had never been said. Asked: "Has the corpse burned?"

"Yes, it's disgusting."

"Where are some of them?"

"They stood further and felt disgusted. They didn't come over, they were just me next to the coroner."

"Where did those hands and feet cut off?"

"It's from here..." Captain Dai pointed at his shoulders, the base of his thighs, and the neck.

"What is the specific part? joint or bone?"

"I can't explain this clearly. I didn't look closely."

"How did the corpse be processed later?"

"After the inspection is completed, I will leave it to their family. It must be buried. I don't know the details."

Xiao Jiading thought for a while and was afraid that this case would be opened and examined. First, it was to actually see if the broken corpse was on the bone, and second, it was to determine whether the corpse had been burned and supplement the evidence in this regard. The third purpose was to look at the crime scene on the spot and have an intuitive impression. So Xiao Jiading asked: "I need to open and examined the coffin, how should I operate it?"

The old yamen constable has been eliminated. He has had experience in opening a coffin and autopsy before handling cases, so he knows it very clearly. He said: "Since it is a murder case, the yamen can directly decide whether to open a coffin and perform an autopsy. He just needs to notify his family and the village on site."

"How far is it to Huangyan Village where the incident occurred?"

"It's not too far. If you ride a horse, you can come back before dark."

"Okay, you prepare immediately and we set out to go immediately."

Captain Dai agreed and went to prepare the horses and notified the coroner.

But Xiao Jiading signed the house and told County Magistrate Kang about his plans. When he passed by County Magistrate Deng's house, he was called by County Magistrate Deng. County Magistrate Deng came up enthusiastically and said, "Is it over to the court?"

"yes."

"I heard that those witnesses have all turned their confessions?"

"Um."

County Wei Deng clapped his high-high and said, "There is indeed a suspicious thing about this case. The government office can see it accurately. If it is not, after the retrial, it will be completely different. So is Zhao's case done?"

"It's hard to say, County Magistrate Kang asked me to investigate."

"Oh? How is Xiao Zhiyi going to investigate?"

Xiao Jiading glanced at him and thought to himself that you are really ignorant and asked randomly if you shouldn't ask.

Seeing that Xiao Jiading didn't say anything, County Magistrate Deng immediately understood and bowed: "Sorry! You shouldn't ask this. Hehe, then you can do it."

Xiao Jiading bowed his farewell, came to the signing room, and told the Magistrate Kang County. Magistrate Kang said that he only needed the result, and as for how to investigate, it would be up to Xiao Jiading to decide, including opening the coffin and autopsy.

Once again, Xiao Jiading felt confident after receiving the clear authorization from County Magistrate Kang.

When he came to the constable room again, the captain Dai was already waiting there, leading a few official horses, a few constables and two coroners. After getting on the horse, he headed straight to Huangyan Village.

When I arrived at Huangyan Village, I found the village chief and explained my purpose.

The village's Zheng Xingluo knew that Xiao Jiading was Zhiyi next to the county magistrate, so he was very flattering to him. After listening to Xiao Jiading's orders, he hurriedly asked someone to call the deceased's grandfather to testify, because the deceased's mother, Tong, had not returned to the village yet. He also called a few young men to help dig the grave.

The deceased grandfather brought to the place where the corpses were buried. After all the corpses were found, the yamen inspected them and handed them over to their family. He bought a small coffin and buried it in the cemetery outside the village.

When they arrived at the ground, the coroner began to dig the grave. He lifted the coffin out, placed it aside, pried open the nails of the coffin, and opened the coffin. A pungent stench immediately made everyone pinch their noses, including Xiao Jiading.

The coroner asked if he wanted to take out the corpse. Xiao Jiading shook his head and said no. He pinched his nose and walked forward, possessing himself to check. The corpse was already highly corrupt, and the bottom of the coffin was covered with dark corpse water, and most of the corpse was soaked in the corpse water.

Because the murderer took off his body, threw his clothes and pants into the river to dismember the body. During the burial, the family just put the body in the coffin without sewing or dressing, so it basically remained the same. Xiao Jiading mainly observed the broken mouth. In fact, without looking closely, it can be clearly seen that the coroner was right. The broken mouth of the corpse was indeed on the bones, not at the joints, the arms and thighs were like this. In other words, four hard bones were cut off, and the kitchen knife did not curl or gap at all. This really made people suspicious.

Could it be that the kitchen knife for cutting vegetables in the woman's house was actually a treasure knife with iron-cutting like mud? Xiao Jiading smiled mockingly. He carefully looked at the body that had not yet dissolved and found that there were indeed obvious signs of burning.

Xiao Jiading asked the coroner who was in charge of the autopsy last time: "This corpse has been burned, why didn't you write it on?"

The coroner felt a little embarrassed and said, "Because the burning was not very obvious, the small one was not written."

"No matter how obvious it is, it must be recorded truthfully! This may be an important clue to solving the case, do you understand?" Xiao Jiading was really angry, and his voice increased a lot.

"Yes! I remember it little."

"Did the deceased be burned and then dismembered?"

"No, the little one has seen the throat of the corpse, and there is no grass ashes, so it should be dismembered after death."

Xiao Jiading asked Captain Dai to break a branch for himself, and gently tugged the head to reveal the back of the head. Because Zhao said that he pushed down the child, the back of the child's head hit the stone, so he died. Since it could cause the deceased to die on the spot, the injury should be very serious.

He looked at the head carefully and there was no trace of fracture at all. Not only the back of the head, but also the entire head without any external injuries.

Xiao Jiading asked the coroner again: "Did you find any trauma on the head of the deceased during the autopsy?"

"No trauma." The coroner said with certainty.

"How did the dead die?"

"I think I should have died by cutting my throat with a knife because the deceased's head was cut off."

Xiao Jiading pinched his nose and took a closer look at the broken mouth. Suddenly, his eyes lit up. The deceased's neck had almost rotted, revealing the bones inside. He stared at the bones. It should have been a fracture of thyroid cartilage!

Xiao Jiading studied "Forensics" when he was a bachelor's degree, and later became a lawyer and handled many intentional homicide cases, including several cases where people died by choking their necks. There were detailed photos of the autopsy in the file. He remembered that the thyroid cartilage fracture on it was like this! And this is the most common feature of strangulation!

Did the deceased be strangled to death?

Xiao Jiading called the coroner over, pointed to the fractured thyroid cartilage, and said, "What's going on?"

The coroner looked carefully and couldn't help but change his face and said, "This is a broken throat. If this is the case, it may be strangled to death."

Xiao Jiading asked: "Didn't you find it when you took the autopsy?"

"No, because I didn't cut my throat to check it out."

Xiao Jiading understood that in ancient times, the autopsy was only examined on the surface of the body, and the body was generally not dissected. This can be proved by the fact that the autopsy was not dissected in the ancient forensic monograph Song Ci's "Xiyi Lu". Now, this coroner also said so, which confirmed this point.

This discovery is very important, proving that the criminal Zhao said that the person who was pushed down and injured and died was a lie. The person who was strangled to death. The person who strangled to death could only be a intentional crime, and there is no problem of negligence.

Xiao Jiading took a last look at the corpse in the coffin and was about to ask the coroner to nail the coffin to bury it. Suddenly, his eyes fell on a straw that exposed the surface of the corpse!

Straw? How can there be straw in the coffin?

The reason he didn't see it before was because the straw was submerged in the corpse water, and he just touched his head and touched it, so it emerged.

Xiao Jiading did not go straight to flip the thing. He instructed the coroner to scoop out the corpse water from the coffin and be careful not to touch the straw. The coroner used the water scoop out most of the corpse water, revealing the bones below.
Chapter completed!