"This Yuesicheng actually fooled us with fake things?" Han Shu said and turned around to go back.
Di Xue hurriedly saw him and stopped him: "I just praised you for your cleverness. Why are you so stupid now?"
"Aren't you trying to show off in front of Master?" Han Shu scratched his head in embarrassment after saying this.
Di Xue waved her hand and did not answer, and turned to study the autopsy results carefully.
Xu Lai, 19 years old, is from Yuanjing. He lives in the outskirts of Yuanjing and is now a handyman in the mansion of Governor Zhou Zheng.
There were no obvious external injuries on the body. The cause of death was excessive blood loss. The neck was injured by a sharp object. There were some jagged wounds on the wound, which were inferred to have been pecked by carrion-eating birds.
"If this jagged shape is pecked by a bird, there will be no wound in only one position, so it should be injured by a special weapon!"
After Di Xue finished speaking, Han Shu was a little puzzled:
"But Master, as far as I know, there are no weapons that are jagged. If you kill someone with one knife, a carpenter's saw cannot be so sharp!"
"There is a village in Shu called Jing'an Village. Because the local villagers make a living by hunting, they invented a unique short sword. The sword body is thicker than ordinary swords. There are barbs on both sides of the sword. Once it pierces the flesh, it is difficult to pull it out. !”
"Master, do you suspect that the person who killed Xu Lai is from Jing'an Village? But why did they hide what they did?"
Di Xue shook his head: "We can't draw a conclusion yet! By the way, have you found out where Xu Lai's body is buried?"
Han Shu nodded, and Di Xue continued:
"Just so you go back and prepare a shovel that is easy to carry. Come wait for me at the back door of my house tonight!"
Han Shu was stunned for a moment and then reacted: "Master, isn't it what I understand?"
"If you don't want to go, forget it, I'll call someone else!"
"No, no, no, master, I will definitely go!" Han Shu went back with a bitter look on his face.
At midnight, Han Shu appeared at the back door of Di Mansion as promised.
Di Xue looked at Han Shu, and the ninja smile flicked on his head: "Why are you wearing night clothes? Are you afraid that others will not find you? The defenders will definitely capture you when they leave the city!"
Han Shu pulled off the black cloth on his face and said pitifully: "What should I do, Master! I don't think digging graves should be more secretive."
"Forget it, go back and change. Come back quickly and I'll wait for you here." After Di Xue said Han Shu, he ran away quickly.
After waiting for a while, Di Xue suddenly felt someone approaching slowly from behind. She turned around and grabbed the person's neck.
"Woman, spare your life!"
After Chu Ran spoke, Di Xue saw the person clearly, and then she tightened her hand, and Chu Ran felt her breathing became easier.
"When did His Highness develop the habit of being sneaky?"
"Ahem, I just went home and saw you standing here alone, so I came to visit." Chu Ran spoke slowly.
"Oh? This is strange. The prince's family tradition is really unusual."
After Di Xue finished speaking, how could Chu Ran fail to hear the teasing tone in her words? It was just that he happened to see Di Xue leaving the house and wanted to get acquainted with her, so he couldn't explain the reason why he came over to talk to her.
So Chu Ran could only change the subject: "Master Di, is he dressed so late to go investigate the case?"
Di Xue was thinking about some excuse to send him away, but she never thought that Han Shu had changed his clothes and rushed back, still holding the shovel in his hand.
"Master, I'm ready. Let's go and meet Na Xu."
Seeing Han Shu's innocent face, Di Xue really had the urge to sew his mouth shut with a silver needle.
"Doctor Wei, why are you here?" Han Shu saw Chu Ran at the side, but he didn't know yet that the person in front of him was the prince.
"I happened to be passing by and saw Mr. Di coming to pay a visit."
Han Shu nodded and said mysteriously:
"Doctor Wei, you are here so late to see a doctor, right? Is there someone in Prince Heng's palace who is sick? Let me tell you that my family attended the prince's birthday banquet two days ago, and a case was solved!"
Di Xue listened to his words very helplessly. If he knew that the target of his gossip was right in front of him, he might have used the shovel to dig cracks in the ground.
Then the duo became a threesome, and they accompanied Chu Ran to the Shencaotang to get a toolbox.
By the time Di Xue used the token to leave the city gate, it was almost the end of the hour when she arrived at Xu Lai's cemetery.
Di Xue lit the fire and ordered Han Shu to start digging the grave, while he calmly found a flat place aside and prepared the tools for the autopsy.
Han Shu worked quickly and soon the coffin that came from Xu was revealed, and the three of them worked together to open the lid of the coffin.
The corpses inside were already smelling a bit stinky.
Chu Ran opened the tool box and prepared to cooperate with Di Xue in the autopsy.
Di Xue glanced at the small box inadvertently and couldn't move her eyes away.
Each grid inside is clearly divided, and they are all lined with cotton-filled silk. Each tool has its own position, and there is no clanking sound when moved!
Seeing that Di Xue was interested in his box, Chu Ran felt happy:
"It is quite convenient for me to carry this box with me all the time. If Lord Di likes it, I can make another one specially for you."
"Not really..." Before Di Xue said her words of rejection, Chu Ran's next words made her unable to refuse.
“The grooves can be specially made according to your tools~”
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Chu Ran's words were like celestial music entering Di Xue's ears. If he had this toolbox, he would no longer make any noise while riding with it on his back. It would be very convenient to go to any place for autopsy!
Without further ado, Di Xue opened his own tools and began to perform an autopsy.
No toxins were found after Xu Lai's autopsy, and the jagged wound on his neck was the fatal wound. After careful inspection, Di Xue concluded that her guess was correct. The murder weapon used by the murderer was the special dagger of Jing'an Village.
There were no other external injuries on his body, except for a small wound on his lower back, which seemed to have been formed not long before his death.
There were injuries here, as if someone had used a knife behind his back to force him to do something.
Di Xue recalled the information collected by Zhang Ying.
According to the owner of the grain store, Xu Lai was not selling grain alone that day, but was followed by many people. His expression was very nervous at that time.
The old man Xu also said that the day Xu Lai went to sell wheat was the day he went home for a visit after working as an errand in the Zhou Mansion for five months, but Xu Lai didn't go home at all.
The day after Xu Lai sold wheat, the farmers on the Zhou family's land jointly filed a complaint at the Shuntian Mansion Yamen, saying that the Zhou family's housekeeper secretly cut off their wheat and sold it at the grain store.
As a result, the owner of the grain shop did not find the person who sold grain that day at Zhou's house, and all the farmers went home.
Xu Lai's body was found the next day, which was a coincidence.
Moreover, the relationship between Xu Lai and his brother was not good. Xu Yiyan had hardly seen them since he was bought. He only occasionally asked someone to give the family some money during holidays. Xu Yiyan was sold because of Xu Lai's birth.
Therefore, this series of events had to make Di Xue think about the situation of someone behind this matter. She had a feeling that a storm was coming.
After the three of them restored Xu Lai's tomb, they returned to the city together. After sending Han Shu home, Di Xue felt uneasy for some reason.
Perhaps Chu Ran saw that Di Xue was a little depressed and was about to speak, but unexpectedly a dark figure rushed in front of their horses!
