The weather was getting warmer, and although there was still a chill in the inspection room, the ice in the ice basin had begun to melt, and the melted water covered the bottom of the basin.
Sun Ying uncovered the white cloth, revealing Qing Yue's burnt black face. The facial features were burnt in one place and could not be distinguished. Only the chin was forcibly removed during the autopsy and was not pushed back. At this time, her mouth was wide open. He could see the black ash all over his mouth.
Sun Ying took slender bamboo tweezers and opened the wounds that had been cut but not sutured, from the deceased's throat to the abdomen.
At this time, there was no blood in the abdomen, and there was a shallow, dried dark purple trace that snaked from the throat to the stomach.
Han Changmu bent down and looked carefully: "What is this?"
Sun Ying used slender bamboo tweezers to poke back and forth on the purple-black marks. He opened his mouth and was about to say something when his face suddenly changed and he replied with some uncertainty: "It seems like something scratched it, leaving Bloodstains underneath."
"What can scratch so deeply?" Han Changmu asked.
Yao Yao looked around for a long time, and suddenly a flash of inspiration occurred. He thought of the gastric tube in the hospital, and then thought of the wax pill, and suddenly said: "Sir, could someone have controlled Qing Yue and used something to force him to do so?" Stab that wax pill into his stomach."
Han Changmu raised his head in surprise.
Sun Ying shook his head: "No, there are no traces of struggle on Qing Yue's body. Moreover," he carefully picked at the blood stains: "These traces were left after death, but the wax pill was found in Qing Yue's belly." , how could a dead person swallow the wax pill into his belly?"
Yao Yao also pursed his lips and nodded in distress: "That's right. Then, if Qing Yue swallowed the wax pill on her own initiative, what happened to the blood marks?"
Sun Ying looked at the blood mark carefully: "When we did the autopsy just now, there was no such blood mark." He paused for a moment, composed his thoughts and said, "However, this injury looks very much like the one left by the hidden weapon Ice Needle. I once examined a corpse, and there were scars left by ice needles on the body. I just didn’t expect that the scars were in the body, and the postmortem injuries caused by the ice needles were caused by the body moving from a warm place to a cold place. It will only appear a few hours later, so it is extremely secretive."
Han Changmu's expression turned sharp and he frowned slightly: "I have also heard of the hidden weapon of the Ice Needle. It is a ancestral kung fu of the Gong family. The Gong family established their family in the north of Youzhou and have always been on good terms with the Wuluo Hubu. , the children of the Gong family have never shown their faces in the capital, how could the Gong family’s hidden weapons leave traces on the two palace Taoists?”
His expression changed slightly, he looked at Sun Ying and said, "Check the other three carefully to see if they have the same scars."
Sun Ying's expression became a little more serious, so he took the autopsy tools and began to examine them carefully again.
Yao Yao had also heard of hidden weapons like ice needles, but she had no chance to see them. This time, it was better, but she saw the scars left by such hidden weapons. She poked her head around to see Sun Ying's autopsy, wondering if she could find one. The ice needle came out so that she could take it back and study it.
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When Han Changmu turned his head, he saw Yao Yao's expectant face, and he smiled secretly.
She really doesn't look like a girl. The girls next to her all love rouge, gouache, and beautiful clothes. But this one is very good. She is obsessed with these swords, guns, swords, halberds, hidden weapons, poisons and so on.
He curved his lips and smiled: "The Ice Needle has no shadow, and it is also called the two major hidden weapons in the world. It can only
Unfortunately, we never had the chance to compete together. "
Yao Yao sneered and showed a very humble attitude: "The ice needle is as thin as an ox hair and can be used to fire thousands of needles. At most, only three or five shadowless threads can be used at the same time. This cannot be defeated."
Han Changmu was extremely surprised. People who practice martial arts always think that what they have learned is the most profound kung fu in the world, making it the most unpredictable weapon in the world. They always want to defeat the invincible opponent in the world, but no one can do it before they fight. To admit defeat.
He became more and more curious, tilted his head and smiled: "Why, before we have even encountered this, you have to let other people's ambitions destroy your own prestige. Yao joins the army, this is not like your style."
Yao Yao grinned and laughed dryly: "I am a humble official, how can I have any prestige? Sir, please stop joking."
Han Changmu looked at Yao Yao at this time and felt that he looked very much like the same person.
Liu Shengsheng, the general of the Beiya Imperial Army, was like this. He never competed with others or fought fiercely with others. He seemed to be a harmonious person.
At first, he couldn't figure out how such a harmonious person could protect the saint from fighting his way out of the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood, and finally ascend to the position of the Nine-Five Great Lord.
Later one year, there was a war in Jiannan Road, and Liu Shengsheng was ordered to lead the troops to help quickly. Only then did he see the amiable man who was so vicious and decisive in killing.
When he fought side by side with Yao Yao in Longyou Road, he felt that Yao Yao looked like the same person for no reason. This time, seeing her blindly hiding her clumsiness and keeping a low profile, it looked more like him.
Yes, he looks very much like someone trained by Liu Shengsheng.
He tried with a half-smile: "Yao Canjun knew General Liu when he was in the Beiya Imperial Guards."
Yao Yao turned around and said with a smile as usual: "I understand, it was a shameful move during military training."
Han Changmu raised his eyebrows and said softly.
This was said very cleverly, neither avoiding the issue nor telling the truth.
What a coincidence, it is a slippery loach.
When he was thinking wildly, Yao Yao's voice came over again: "Sir, this person is dead, why are you using a hidden weapon? Isn't this a waste of an ice needle?"
Han Changmu smiled and said: "Maybe he is afraid that the person is not dead."
Yao Yao curled his lips and murmured: "People have been burned to charcoal, but they are still not dead. Are you trying to fake the corpse?"
After saying a few words, Sun Ying re-examined the other three corpses, and found the same injuries in the same parts, which had not been seen in the autopsy just now.
It's a pity that there are only scars on these people's bodies, but no trace of the Ice Needle was found.
Han Changmu was extremely surprised, frowned slightly, and asked in confusion: "The scars are in the body, but the ice needle is missing?"
Sun Ying said solemnly: "Yes, it is the same for all four of them."
Han Changmu calmed down and asked, "Are there any small wounds on the body?"
Sun Ying shook his head in distress: "The corpse was so badly burned that you can't even see what it looked like on the surface, so naturally you can't see the wounds."
Han Changmu breathed a sigh of relief: "Let's put the autopsy aside for now. The Qingxu Palace should have been tidied up. Let's go and have a look together."
As expected, the Qingxu Palace has been carefully inspected and found
The things that came were placed outside the hall, including burnt candlesticks and screens, bed tables, broken statues of the Three Purities, vase lampshades, picked out pieces of purple gold and copper, and a pile of indistinguishable black things. Various things were placed in a large area, occupying most of the square in front of Qingxu Hall.
The afternoon sun was bright and high. These things left the dark and sneaky place and suddenly saw the light. They seemed to be overwhelmed and made a low whine with the passing wind.
Han Changmu walked slowly with his hands behind his back in the open and warm sunshine, carefully checking suspicious objects in each room, listening to the inner guard next to him explaining something in a low voice.
It is true that a lot of purple gold and copper pieces were found, but they were too badly broken and could no longer be assembled into a complete alchemy furnace.
There was a pile of dark things next to the purple gold copper pieces. Han Changmu walked over and bent down to check.
The inner guard quickly followed up and said in a low voice: "Sir, there is saltpeter, charcoal, and sulfur in here. The quantity is very large."
Han Changmu was stunned for a moment, looked at the darkness in front of him, and asked quietly: "How many alchemy furnaces were there in the alchemy room?"
The inner guard said: "There are two seats, one big and one small. The big one is as tall as two people and weighs hundreds of kilograms, while the small one is only half a person tall and much lighter. On weekdays, Qing morning opens it. The small furnace is used to refine alchemy, and the big one has only been used once since Qing Chen and his brother entered the palace. I don't know why this time, the big furnace was used. "
Han Changmu narrowed his eyes: "Even if you use that big alchemy furnace, you won't be able to use so much saltpeter, charcoal and sulfur."
The inner guard nodded: "Yes."
Han Changmu had a change of thought. If he hadn't used a large alchemy furnace, even if the small one exploded, it wouldn't have had such serious consequences.
He ordered the internal guard: "Go check the entry and exit accounts of the saltpeter, charcoal and sulfur in the Qingxu Palace, the amount used each time, who purchased it, what is the difference between this time and the previous use, the daily cleaning in the Qingxu Palace, Who did the repairs?" He looked at the beams on the ground in the distance and concentrated for a moment: "I saw that the Qingxu Hall seemed to have been repainted, so I went to check when it was painted and who it was. through the hands of God.”
The inner guard was full of doubts, but he didn't dare to ask more questions, so he should just say yes.
Yao Yao heard clearly from the side and came over and asked in a low voice: "Do you suspect that the maintenance and cleaning people tampered with the beam?"
Han Changmu sighed: "I had such suspicion before, but now that the Gong family is involved, I'm not so sure again. Let's check first."
Yao Yao nodded: "My lord, I have seen a recipe recorded by the King of Medicine in the "Alchemy Book". Mixing saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal in the right amount can easily cause a fire and explosion."
Han Changmu said: "I know that after several improvements and improvements, that recipe is now the gunpowder used in the army. I understand what you mean. The recipe for gunpowder is in the hands of the imperial court and is kept secret. But the medicine king's The "Alchemy Sutra" can be purchased everywhere. Perhaps someone with ingenuity can improve this recipe and prepare gunpowder. However, the saltpeter and sulfur used in the gunpowder are all purchased by the imperial court and are strictly controlled. It is not allowed to flow into the private sector, and making gunpowder requires repeated trials, and the required sulfur and saltpeter are extremely expensive."
He rubbed his brows, looked at Yao Yao and said: "Not many people can do this among the people, and even less in Beijing. You go and investigate this matter."
