Li Huaiyun thought to himself that a jade carving was also found on the body hidden in the tree trunk. In this case, the case would be related to the man in black robe again.
The case happened more than ten years ago. Could it be said that the man in black robe had already started planning in the palace!
So what is the purpose of this man in black robe?
At first, a demon clan entered Kyoto and recruited believers in Xiakou Town. Then, they built stone statues and resentful narcissus in the north of Kyoto to protect the connected river below the wellhead.
There are also some strange buildings in the cave in the middle of the river.
The target of the man in black robe is most likely the thing behind that door. What could be suppressed there?
Is this man in black robe doing so many things just to open the seal?
If so, what are the conditions for opening the seal? If you don't understand this, you will always be one step behind, and the whole of Kyoto may suffer!
Li Huaiyun closed his eyes and thought. Suddenly, a figure appeared next to him. He subconsciously opened his eyes and moved his body to the side.
"Oh, Narcissus, it's you! You scared me! You came out so late!"
"Master, if you want Narcissus to serve you for a while, you can use that talisman to let me have a body, so that you can serve me more sensibly."
"Uh!" Li Huaiyun thought carefully and waved his hand, "Better say goodbye! This is the princess's palace. If anything is discovered, I will lose my head!"
"Isn't that such a pity! It's so boring!"
"Stop being so arrogant!"
Narcissus refused to listen, and its graceful figure flew freely around the room, like the elegant and agile elf in the mountains and forests!
However, Li Huaiyun quickly stopped the other party's behavior. After all, if someone saw something floating around the house, they would not be scared to death.
The next morning, he got up very early. Now he will make it a habit to get up early and do morning exercises, and work hard to practice Qi-watching.
The breakfast was as rich as ever, and Li Huaiyun felt quite satisfied. However, this time he ate a little less, fearing that he would feel nauseous when he dissected the corpse.
After waiting for Mu Yuan to repair herself, they set off to the princess's palace together.
When they arrived outside the palace, they saw the guards of Dali Temple, who had been waiting outside the palace all night.
Li Huaiyun followed Mu Yuan into the palace. To his surprise, Yan Zheng was already here early. Like yesterday, he stood in front of the locust tree in the middle and was carefully observing the situation inside the trunk.
When he straightened up, he saw the princess and Li Huaiyun walking from the gate, and immediately saluted the princess, "Princess Fourteen! You came very early!"
Li Huaiyun responded with a smile, "I was afraid it would be late. The body was taken back to Dali Temple, and Master Yan also came very early!"
"The main thing is to see if there are any other clues."
"Did you find it?"
Yan Zheng shook his head, "No progress,"
He looked at Li Huaiyun and said, "The emperor has issued an order. You can investigate this case. If there are any clues, it seems that you need to take action!"
"That's great!"
"Is there really no problem?" Yan Zheng still didn't believe it. He was also the young minister of Dali Temple. He had investigated many cases and was very familiar with various crime methods. But now he was powerless in this case, which made him feel embarrassed.
Can you really believe this guy?
Li Huaiyun took out the boxing gloves he carried with him, thinking that he could finally perform an autopsy on the body, which would help him gain a deeper understanding of the condition of the deceased.
He walked to the body covered with white cloth, squatted down, and pulled down the white cloth. The livid and terrifying face appeared in his eyes.
Li Huai used his hands to gently press the corpse's face. The facial muscles were deeply sunken and had no elasticity, indicating that the time of death must have been very long.
Those sad eyes looked straight upward, seeming to be telling their own pain.
The corpse was lying on a red wooden board. The clothes on the corpse were in tatters, so some private parts of the body were exposed. At the same time, the remaining clothes were soaked in pieces, and basically every piece was filled with moisture.
The inside of the tree trunk is actually so humid and rich in water vapor.
He pinched the fabric with his hands and found that it was covered with a light layer of white ash.
Just at this time, Uncle Long also came to the scene.
Li Huaiyun borrowed a knife from Uncle Long, and then cut open the skin along the ribs in the middle of the body.
The green skin was slowly cut open by the sharp blade, and the rotten and red muscle tissue appeared in his eyes.
Seeing this scene, Yan Zheng standing by had goosebumps all over his body. He covered his mouth with his hand, trying not to let others see his uncomfortable look.
This guy who saw it with his own eyes cut open the body directly. This guy was so bold and had no scruples at all, cutting open the body so easily.
He didn't see a trace of hesitation and fear on Li Huaiyun's face, which looked like a butcher's. The blood flowing on his body was as cold as the knife in his hand.
What happened next shocked him even more. Li Huaiyun was opening the ribs and separating the nearby skin and flesh tissue. After a while, the internal organs inside the body were exposed.
This move made everyone else present feel uncomfortable, and they all covered their mouths, as if they wanted to vomit.
Li Huaiyun also felt a little nauseous. He took a deep breath and tightened the gloves in his hands. According to the current situation, he should continue, but the smell really made him unable to open his eyes.
After waiting for a moment, he bit the bullet and continued the dissection.
As the corpse's chest and abdomen were cut open, it was obvious that this special smell could be smelled from the corpse, which made people frown and unable to calm down for the dissection.
The corpse's internal organs were covered with white spots, and a lot of liquid was slowly flowing along the gap in the waist to the ground, making others feel otherwise.
He squatted there, then leaned forward, and carefully looked at the internal organs. At the same time, he discovered a very strange phenomenon, that is, at the heart of the corpse, the surface was somewhat behind the cleaning pot.
Li Huaiyun raised his head and looked at Yan Zheng, "It seems that my guess is right! I don't know how to deal with this situation!"
Yan Zheng put his hand in front of his mouth, "What on earth did you speculate on."
"This body has been sitting in the tree trunk for more than ten years!"
"Ah! This is impossible!" Yan Zheng frowned and waved his hands vigorously. He couldn't believe that he had made a wrong judgment.
In the end, he endured the discomfort and walked up, "This is the information obtained from the surface of this corpse!"
"You also said it's just the surface!" Li Huaiyun said, "Her internal organs can explain the problem better. The surface of the skin can be created by the external environment."
Yan Zheng had no choice but to believe this time. He raised his hand and said, "I'm all ears!"
"Let's start with the lungs of this corpse. After the lungs were cut open, it was found that there was a large depression inside and it was also covered with bloodshot eyes."
"Obviously, the lungs have suffered a huge attack! It was most likely punched out,"
"type it out?"
Li Huaiyun nodded, "Yes! It was punched out! So the lungs of this corpse are different from other hot lungs. Therefore, this person should have some martial arts cultivation,"
"Then how do you prove it's been more than ten years!"
"You can see that the wrinkles inside the lungs are quite serious. It can be seen that they are slowly dehydrated. The degree of decay in the nearby muscle tissue is quite deep. It would not have been like this in ten days."
"But you can't tell. This corpse is more than ten years old." Yan Zheng could only agree with this explanation, because from the appearance, it is indeed the case, but the other party is right, the appearance can be changed by the environment. The influence is also easily misled.
"There is still a way to prove it!"
"What?"
Li Huaiyun squatted beside the corpse's arm and asked, "Is there a file?"
"have!"
"Find out how old this body was before it died!"
Yan Zheng took the file handed over by his assistant and flipped it slightly, "About eighteen or nineteen years old!"
Li Huaiyun picked up the saber and cut open the cyan skin of his arm, revealing the dark red, dry flesh and blood inside.
He completely removed the flesh on the wrist, leaving only the thick white bones, which was horrifying to look at.
Seeing this scene, Mu Yuan grinned and grabbed her wrist with her hands, as if what she had just removed was her flesh.
Yan Zheng also looked a little disgusted, "What on earth are you doing?"
Li Huaiyun pointed to the joint between the wrist and the arm, "You look at the piece here. It slowly closed with age. There is still a small gap here. Therefore, this body died at the age of ten." When I was eight or nine years old.”
"What's the point?"
"I once learned this knowledge in my aunt's human anatomy class. My aunt called this line of bone scale."
"His function is to judge the age of the body. The closing time of the bone scale line in men and women is different."
When Yan Zheng heard this, he was overjoyed, "Is this true? Is it what you concluded?"
"Yes!"
"I will definitely pay you a visit someday. I hope your aunt can tell you all the anatomy knowledge. In this way, we will definitely have more clues when investigating the case in the future."
"Um! My aunt is very busy on weekdays and doesn't see guests. If you have any knowledge in this field, you can come to me and I will choose to summarize it."
If he were to go directly to his aunt, wouldn't he be exposing his secrets? She didn't even know about this.
He solemnly cupped his fists and saluted, "Alright!"
Mu Yuan saw that the conversation between the two had gone a little sideways, and immediately said, "Since the bodies are already more than ten years old, how should we continue to investigate?"
Li Huaiyun stood up and said, "Let me see who the deceased is."
"Go on!" Yan Zheng handed over the file.
Li Huaiyun learned from the files that the deceased's body showed that she was once a maid in the princess's palace. She was usually responsible for the planting and cultivation of trees in the courtyard and construction work, and later she was responsible for the princess's daily life.
"So, this person is very likely to know everything about the princess's life."
"Yes!"
Li Huaiyun looked at Mu Yuan, "So Princess Zhao, has she participated?"
"I don't know, but there should be!"
Mu Yuan looked at the body lying there and frowned, "But why do I have no impression of this maid?
