Li Huaiyun lit the oil lamp on the table.
Suddenly there was a little light in the gloomy morgue. Looking around, dozens of corpses covered with white cloth were placed on the ground, which made people feel chilly.
Especially when they came here at this time of night, the dark night and the eerie atmosphere around them made the fear in their hearts not lessen at all even if the two of them were walking together.
He frowned, regretting why he chose this time. Coming to a place like this would simply make him feel uncomfortable again!
"This place is quite lively, but with so many people around and so cold, I really don't want to stay here for a moment."
"Uh!" Liu Pingzhong almost didn't understand what Li Huaiyun meant. He laughed, "You chose it!"
Li Huaiyun could also feel from Liu Pingzhong's tone that he was relatively calm. This guy probably had more exposure to this aspect.
"I don't know which muscle is wrong. I chose such a good time to come here, but it is also the time of day when the yin energy is the most intense."
He touched the back of his head and said, "I feel a little cold on my back. Is there something there?"
Each of them complained one by one, and as they talked, they laughed, which slightly relieved the pressure in their hearts.
Li Huaiyun picked up the oil lamp, followed the time and case recorded on the board, and came to a body covered with white cloth. He slowly opened the white cloth.
Unexpectedly, the moment the white cloth was lifted, he was unprepared and was shocked by the scene in front of him.
The eyes of the corpse were open, with white pupils, and a bloodless face. The expression of extreme fear and distortion on the face showed that the deceased was not too old, and there were many folds on his face. It should be a hard life.
Li Huaiyun placed the oil lamp next to the corpse, closed its eyes, and after groping around the corpse for a while, he found that there were really no wounds on the corpse.
In this way, there is only one possibility for the cause of death of this person. There is something wrong inside the body. If death is caused by internal bleeding or damage to internal organs, then the body parts of the corpse should have slight fluctuations, and The surface skin shows a large area of cyan color.
This is a normal death, but this corpse has even the surface of its body intact, which seems a bit strange.
Li Huaiyun held an oil lamp, and the faint light of the fire flashed across the terrifying face. He straightened up and looked away, "Master Liu, help me check the other corpses to see if they are all like this."
The two examined the dead bodies in the case again.
Li Huaiyun said, "These people all have a common characteristic. They have ferocious faces and wide-open eyes. They obviously suffered a huge fright before death. The cause of their death was probably excessive fright, which led to the rupture of the spleen and gallbladder."
"Do all these people have this problem?"
"For the time being, I have to completely dissect the body to be sure! These are just guesses at the moment,"
Liu Pingzhong asked curiously, "These dozen or so people all died from surprise! Most of these people are watchmen, have strong horoscopes, and are relatively courageous. What is it that makes them so panicked?"
"I don't know. In addition, each of them has slight redness and swelling on their knees and forehead, and the body spots are deep. They must have suffered some kind of impact before they were alive."
"The yang energy has been sucked out, there is no intention of struggling, and there is no sign of binding on the hands and feet!" Li Huaiyun paused. He himself felt that this kind of speculation was quite awkward.
Slight bumps on the forehead and knees may be signs of struggle, but who doesn’t know how to use their hands and feet to struggle? He thought of a way, which was to wrap his hands around the monster's waist and not be able to take them away, so he could only twist his head and knees.
Coupled with the terrifying face of the monster, the hearts of these people who died were trembling with fear, which led to the situation in front of them.
At this time, he remembered that the file he read mentioned that there were some incense burner ashes in the noses of these people.
He put the oil lamp close to the face of the corpse, and then moved his nose upwards. He could clearly see that there was indeed a lot of incense ashes floating out after the contents of the incense burner were burned.
Li Huaiyun stood up, "I'm going to ask the guards outside to borrow a knife! We still need to dissect the body first. Judging from the surface, we can't find any useful clues!"
He took the oil lamp and walked to the gate.
Liu Pingzhong followed directly and walked a few steps toward the door. Although the guard was at the door, he was left alone inside. Facing these corpses, he still felt a little scared. After all, this place was quite eerie.
Li Huaiyun borrowed a dagger from the guard outside and returned to the morgue. He squatted down and sharpened the blade. He first cut the corpse's nose, and then took out the incense burner ashes from the nasal cavity.
He put the incense burner ashes on his hands and rubbed them gently, turning them into tiny particles of dust.
"Master Liu, didn't you guard this monster nearby? Can you remember where there is a place to burn incense outside the street?"
"This..." Liu Pingzhong fell into deep thought. After a while, he said, "There are no ancestral temples near the street. Could it be that ordinary people deliberately burned them at the door?"
"This possibility is very small!" Li Huaiyun said, "The time and location of ordinary people burning incense at the door are unlikely to allow people to inhale so much incense ash."
"That's on the bank of the river where the two streets meet, under a willow tree, there is the Earth Temple, where occasionally people burn incense."
"Anything to say?"
"There's no explanation. It's just a place to worship the earth god. Besides, the place has been deserted for a long time, so I can only wait until occasionally for someone to offer incense."
"Then next time I go to the scene, I must go to that place and have a look. Maybe I will find something."
"Um!"
Li Huaiyun raised the dagger, stabbed it at the throat of the corpse, and pulled it down along the chest. The skin and flesh were cut open easily like a zipper.
Liu Pingzhong's scalp suddenly went numb when he looked at this skilled knife worker. This eerie morgue made him a little scared. But when he saw Li Huaiyun cutting the corpse with a dagger so easily, the fear in his heart became even more intense. What's more, after all, there is another butcher in the morgue who can cut with precision, which makes people tremble just thinking about it.
He even wondered if this guy had done illegal business in a certain place before. However, when he thought about it, joining the Demon Slayer Division requires a very strict background check. This kind of review is as strict as the investigation within the three clans. And absolutely no detail will be missed.
He was able to enter the Demon Slaying Division because of his clean background. As for the fact that he mastered the ability to kill people and steal goods, it might be a coincidence.
Li Huaiyun cut open the chest and performed a lot of processing on the sternum area, easily taking out the entire rib cage. Liu Pingzhong opened his mouth in shock, unable to believe what was happening in front of him.
Dark red blood continued to gush out from the incision, dyeing his entire palm red.
"Master Liu, help me get a bucket to deal with the blood in these corpses. Otherwise, I'm afraid that the ground in this morgue will be full of blood stains by then!"
Liu Pingzhong just looked at Li Huaiyun blankly, not listening to what he said at all.
"Helmsman!" Li Huaiyun shouted again, and then Liu Pingzhong, who was in a daze, was brought back to reality.
"Okay!" He hurriedly went to get the bucket.
"Who did you learn this skillful handling technique from?"
Li Huaiyun raised his head slightly and glanced at Liu Pingzhong, "I learned it from my aunt. She is a doctor. In the past, when she had nothing to do, she would teach me medical skills, so now, I know a little bit about this. "
"Including using a knife to dispose of the body?"
"yes!"
"Why do you need to learn this? This technique should only be known by those who open illegal shops. Is it possible...!"
Li Huaiyun knew what he wanted to say and immediately explained, "Master Liu has misunderstood. This is the method that my aunt usually uses when studying the structure of the human body."
"This is also a little bit of trial and error. After slowly accumulating, you will gradually understand the structure of the human body, and then you can master this anatomy skill."
"It was only through so many years of persistence that she mastered this ability, and later she taught me some of it at will."
"So that's it!" Liu Pingzhong was still quite surprised by this kind of learning process. He didn't expect that a woman mastered it, and she taught Li Huaiyun and made him quite proficient.
"How can someone like your aunt be invited to come to the Demon Slayer Division for a few days to give others a special lecture, so that others can learn some new knowledge, which will also be very helpful in solving cases in the future. "
This guy had a pretty good idea, Li Huaiyun muttered in his heart, he didn’t even mention any compensation, right? Expect to use the accumulated knowledge of others for nothing!
Li Huaiyun immediately explained, "Actually, my aunt doesn't like to appear in public!"
"I can understand this! Women, of course, are born in purdah!" Liu Pingzhong said, "However, this is also to allow more people to understand the human body and make correct judgments when encountering such cases. I hope to Please persuade your aunt so that she can change her mind."
The pattern is quite big, but it's just trying to paint a bigger picture, without any sincerity.
"Actually, changing my aunt's mind is easy to say but difficult to say!"
Liu Pingzhong didn’t quite understand, “You might as well just say it!”
"Actually, it's just to see how much reward the Demon Slayer Division can offer to get her to agree!"
Liu Pingzhong breathed a sigh of relief. This request was indeed not difficult, "Oh! How much silver do you need to invite your aunt to come?"
"It's not much, just over a hundred taels will be enough!"
"The price is not expensive at all." Liu Pingzhong nodded lightly.
"Not expensive?" Li Huaiyun felt a little regretful. He would have been bolder if he had known better!
"It's really not expensive! As for the content of the explanation, it needs to be a little more strict."
"Master Liu, don't worry. My aunt's medical skills are among the best in the Zhou Dynasty. She will definitely not have any false reputation. I hope this will have a profound impact."
Liu Pingzhong said, "That is naturally the best. As long as there is real level, we welcome it."
After finishing speaking, Li Huaiyun stood up. After noticing something was different, he said, "solve the case first."
Liu Pingzhong also felt this way, "Yes! Yes! Let's solve the case first."
Li Huaiyun held the oil lamp, then squatted down and began to examine the parts inside the body. He took a dagger and slightly tore open the outer skin of the body, revealing the internal organs covered with bright red blood.
He checked it carefully and finally got some special clues, "The heart is intact, and so are the lungs. However, there are obvious signs of rupture and bleeding in the gallbladder. This is probably a physical problem." That’s a problem! It’s almost as good as my previous guess.”
"It's the same as the gallbladder, but also the liver!"
He felt that the stomach of the corpse was larger than usual, so he stretched out his hand and started to press gently on the stomach.
With this press, the gas inside escaped from the corpse's mouth. In addition, there was sudden movement in the corpse's mouth, and it suddenly opened its mouth.
Liu Pingzhong was startled by the sudden movement of the corpse, and he suddenly took several steps to the side.
"Is this corpse moving?" These words made the atmosphere in the whole room become extremely cold!
