Chapter 101
Feng Tai frowned.
In the coffin, a rotten corpse lies.
The body has rotted and the bones are particularly tidy. The fragments of clothing covering the body can be identified.
There were dense black dots on the body and the side of the corpse, which were actually some insect corpses. Some were intact, solidifying on the decayed muscles and clothing that had become dark mud-like.
The head of the corpse was a head of silver-white hair, intact, and even the shape of the bun was good. It looked like snow and silver, and it was particularly dazzling among the pile of decaying bones and flesh. The golden hairpins and colorful pearls in the bun were particularly bright and bright. The abdomen of the corpse had a folded hands, and the nails were actually intact, bright red as blood.
Wang Yanhuan raised his arms: "Following the shape of the pelvic bone and the bun, he should be a woman. But, if it is an old woman, why would she dye her nails with gorgeous colors?"
Feng Tai did not answer the conversation, turned his head to call his follower, but looked sideways and saw Zhang Ping standing next to him, and he couldn't help but change his color: "Du, who told you to come in! Go out!"
Feng Tai himself felt it. He used this to shout to the servants, not to mention that Zhang Ping is a seventh-rank rank and a county magistrate. Even if he does not rudely come in to see the coffin, he should not be scolded.
Feng Tai suddenly saw him. He was surprised and couldn't help but lose his composure. Seeing Zhang Ping bowing his head and bowing, he relaxed his breath a little and said, "Forget it, since you have come in, can you see the body clearly?"
Zhang Ping stopped and said, "Sir, the official just now saw the body."
The words are still rigorous. Feng Tai nodded: "What do you think?"
Zhang Ping said: "The bones have not been tested, and the officials cannot make any judgment on the age, identity and cause of death of the deceased."
Feng Tai nodded again.
Zhang Ping gave a gift: "The official left." He left the house.
Wang Yan looked inside the coffin and said to Feng Tai: "It takes a long time to test this corpse. I won't get in the way here. Jingnong, please test it first, I'll go out for a walk."
Feng Tai said: "Ci Shou Temple is related to the Empress Dowager's incense. If the Minister of the King wants to interrogate the Taoist, please tell the mansion."
Wang Yan smiled and said, "Jing Nong, look at you, my Ministry of Justice and Jingzhao Mansion handle both cases together, and you and I work together to make things difficult for you? This mountain is the first time I have come here, and I want to go around everywhere." He took his followers out swaggeringly.
The guards of Jingzhao Mansion looked at Feng Tai inquiringly. Feng Tai shook his head slightly and ordered: "Transfer to the coroner, test the residual muscle first."
After Zhang Ping left the house, he walked straight to Xie Fu: "If you have any questions, may you go to Jingchuan Station?"
Xie Fu stood outside the door and couldn't see the coffin, but with the words "She" as the woman, corpse, fingernails, etc. I just heard the words "The corpse in the coffin must be unusual". He nodded immediately and followed Zhang Ping to a secluded place. After walking a few steps, he heard someone saying behind him: "Missar Zhang, our minister has something to ask, can you stay?"
Zhang Ping and Xie Fu had no choice but to stop and turn around and salute Wang Yan who was walking away.
Xie Fu was about to retreat, and the follower beside Wang Yan said again: "Stay this master, please stay here too. Our minister may have something to ask you."
Wang Yan nodded and signaled that the two of them were on the same side: "Where are you two going just now?"
Zhang Ping said: "Sir, please ask Lord Xie if you have any questions, and want to stand in the grass over there."
Wang Yan looked into the grass in the open space and said, "Oh, it's very quiet, then you two will follow the headquarters to stop and stand."
Zhang Ping and Xie Fu could only follow Wang Yan to the secluded place in the open space. Seeing this, the nearby county yamen runners were tactful and avoiding it. The already empty place suddenly became even more empty.
Wang Yan looked at Zhang Ping and said, "The headquarters won't talk nonsense to you. I am not your Lord Feng, you don't need to hold it in. Just say that, what did you see when you looked at the corpse of the coffin just now?"
Zhang Ping raised his eyelids and looked at Wang Yan.
Wang Yan raised his lips and said, "Why, don't you dare to say it? You have learned to be cautious? Don't worry, the case investigated by our Ministry of Justice is actually the same as the one you investigated by Jingzhao Mansion. The name is different. The Ministry of Justice will be said more. The Ministry of Justice is not a blind fool. I still know what the vertical coffin under the big willow tree means. You brought a Taoist to the top of the mountain. I'm afraid there are tricks on the layout on the mountain. What grandma in the temple there is a fake immortal? This may be related to Yao Cong's murder case. Am I right?"
Zhang Ping said: "Yes."
Xie Fu couldn't help but look at Zhang Ping and Wang Yan secretly. He never thought that the Minister of State Wang's eyes were so vicious, and he had already seen the truth. As the magistrate of Fengle, he did not report to Shangguan if he had any questions, but he told the Minister of State of Justice that there would be no benefit in doing this. The person surnamed Zhang should not be as stupid as this.
Wang Yan sneered again: "Are you afraid that the department of the Ministry is making up your words and taking your inferences for yourself? Everyone who works with me knows that I have never had many achievements in my subordinates. If the department of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the
Zhang Ping still didn't say anything, but lowered his eyelids and took a silent listening posture.
Wang Yan couldn't help but feel a little itchy and said, "The female corpse in the coffin was poisoned to death. Therefore, the worms in the coffin were all adults. They crawled into the cracks of the coffin and touched their skin and died of poison."
The poison of the human body accumulates in the fingertips, the liver and kidneys, so the nails of the female corpse are well preserved and there are muscles connected to the fingertips and have not completely fallen off.
"When the Yao Cong case was handled by our department, I read the file of the so-called Grandma Temple. It is said that the so-called immortal corpse dug out decades ago had silvery hair, but her face looked like a girl. The corpse in the coffin dug out from under a tree and the year of the corpse in the coffin was in line with it. I am afraid that the one lying in the coffin was the god offered in the temple."
Xie Fu was shocked, and Zhang Ping said, "The officials have not yet argued, so they dare not assert. It's just..."
Wang Yan sneered: "Don't answer Feng Tai's plan in front of the headquarters. You have seen any special Feng Shui arrangement on the top of this mountain. I'm afraid it doesn't mean auspiciousness. The so-called old god who showed his spirit is also another article. I've just dug under the big tree, right? If you dig there, that big willow tree must be a Feng Shui or something, the so-called array eye."
Zhang Ping finished the sentence that was interrupted by Wang Yan: "But, the lower officials must check the place where the spirit coffin is buried in Cishou Temple before they can confirm it."
Wang Yan said: "You just need to tell our department how you found out from Yao Cong's case. You just called this county magistrate, what do you want to ask him? The department magistrate remembers that he was the previous magistrate of Fengle County."
Xie Fu was sweating coldly. He thought he was just following him silently, but he never thought that Wang Yan had already paid attention to him. He knew that Wang Shilang was the eldest son of Grand Tutor. Seeing that his behavior was domineering and playboy, he didn't want to be meticulous and was not inferior to the prefect.
Zhang Ping said: "The official is trying to ask Lord Xie if there is any record of craftsmen when Cishou Temple was first built."
Wang Yan said excitedly: "Do you suspect that among the craftsmen, there is the real murderer who killed the woman in the coffin?"
Zhang Ping said: "The lower official is a suspect who pretended to be a craftsman. When Cishou's coffin was dug out and carried up the mountain, it was all sarcophagus. The coffin dug out under the tree was wooden."
Obviously, the sarcophagus was too heavy and the criminal could not move the entire sarcophagus, so he only took out the female corpse, made a new coffin, sealed it into it, and buried it vertically under the willow tree.
"The coffin has not yet been worn, and there are insects in the coffin, which means that the board is not nailed tightly. This wooden coffin was temporarily made by the criminal on the mountain."
It is too conspicuous to transport a coffin to the mountain. There are many trees on the mountain, so it is a smart choice to make a coffin on the spot.
"To cut trees, saw wood, and nail boards are all required."
If it were a craftsman who built Cishou Temple back then, he would have obtained this tool at will.
Wang Yan nodded: "It makes sense."
Zhang Ping continued: "Besides, the lacquer on the coffin is not the lacquer of the coffin, but the lacquer of the gallery column. Xia Guan grew up in the Taoist temple since he was a child. When he was renovating the Taoist temple, he had tried to recognize this lacquer."
The paint used in the door and corridor columns is different from ordinary paint. It cannot be blown off by wind or rain, and the color is bright for a long time. There is a secret recipe for mixing. Some craftsmen will also add the blood of livestock to the paint. However, temples and Taoist temples are places of clean cultivation and cannot be contaminated with filth. The vermilion lacquer used has other prescriptions for mixing.
"The officials checked the coffin. The paint on the coffin was not thick, and it was buried underground for a long time and was still bright. Moreover, it was because the coffin decayed and fell off, and it was still attached to the decaying wood chips. Judging from the color and this item, it should be the paint of the corridor column used by the Taoist temple."
The coffin is usually black paint, and the oil on the board is painted after it is painted very thickly and is shedding, which is different from the red paint of this coffin.
Wang Yan said: "So you made an inference? Well, the coffin incident did not really see it. Then how did you involve this corpse with the deceased Yao Cong?"
Zhang Ping said: "The officials have not found any definite evidence to prove their connection."
Wang Yan's pupils shrank: "You really should say this to Lao Feng."
Forget it, it seems that in the key link, this kid is not much found by the department.
Wang Yan waved his hand generously: "Our department will not ask you in vain. After a while, he dug the so-called stone spirit coffin, which will definitely keep you present throughout the whole process."
Zhang Ping lowered his eyelids again: "Sir Xie, I want to check the list first."
Wang Yan nodded: "Check, check. Do you have this county magistrate?"
Xie Fu bowed: "There are a long time apart... the officials cannot decide, they have to go back and look for it..."
Wang Yan frowned impatiently and was about to speak when the servant next to him suddenly said, "Sir, I should disturb you little. Look at the other side, is there something wrong with the autopsy where Master Feng was prosecuted?"
Wang Yan, Zhang Ping and Xie Fu immediately looked towards the hut, and saw a man staggeringly from the door of the house and staggering into the open space, as if he was quite frightened.
Chapter completed!