Chapter 202: One-armed Demon
"That's right."
Pulling out a thin wooden stick covered with velvet cloth from an unidentified "eye", and examining it carefully for a long while, Old Xu nodded and said, "This sticky and dirty stuff is indeed much more than normal."
"From now on, just call this thing 'secretion'."
Although Sun Shaozong proposed a method of examination, he was not a pervert with some special hobbies, so when it really came to the need to take action, he naturally pushed it to the official coroner Lao Xu.
Seeing that Old Xu was still holding the unknown liquid, Qiu Yunfei hid far away with a look of disgust on his face, and questioned from a distance: "No matter if it is dirty or something else, what is the point of checking this thing?"
"Of course it works."
Sun Shaozong said seriously: "Through these evidences, it can be basically confirmed that these two deceased had witnessed something that made people's blood boil before they died - that is to say, they were most likely seduced."
"Seduction?"
Qiu Yunfei immediately perked up when he heard this, not caring about the disgust. He came closer and said with a lewd smile, "From what I hear, could it be that they visited a brothel before they died?"
“It’s possible.”
Sun Shaozong shook his head and said, "But I think it's unlikely to be a brothel."
"Why?"
"Because the only places they can afford are some low-class brothels, and the women there don't care about foreplay with music or singing." Sun Shaozong explained : "If they really want to arouse someone to the point of ejaculation, there should be at least a few traces of pleasure on their bodies - but look carefully at these two people."
As he spoke, he pointed at the older deceased and said, "Apart from the semen stains and secretions, is there any sign of him having had any intimate contact with a woman?"
Qiu Yunfei listened as if he were reading a heavenly book. If he had not seen it with his own eyes and heard it with his own ears, he would never have believed that someone could analyze it so clearly from these clues.
But in view of the bad relationship with Sun Shaozong, Ya decided to find fault with him.
Then he laughed lewdly and said, "Master Sun, how come you are so familiar with the things going on in those low-class brothels? Don't tell me that you often..."
Sun Shaozong interrupted him with his eyes and said indifferently: "If you dare to spit shit at me again, I will let you warm it up with your mouth next time!"
Warm 'it' with your mouth?!
Qiu Yunfei's face suddenly turned a pale green, and he took a half step back in horror, looking as if he was nauseated but unable to vomit.
Sun Shaozong was too lazy to pay attention to him and said to the coroner, Old Xu, "We have made a breakthrough now. Let's check it carefully to see if we can find other clues."
"Okay!"
Old Xu agreed enthusiastically, and soon brought out a full set of autopsy tools. He also distributed gloves, masks, and anti-toxic pills to Sun Shaozong and... Qiu Yunfei.
"No way? Another autopsy?!"
As soon as Qiu Yunfei picked up the mask, he felt his breakfast had reached his throat.
He was just thinking about how to avoid this disaster when he suddenly heard Sun Shaozong exclaimed "Eh!" and carefully lifted up the dead man's left hand. Then he used wooden tweezers to gently fiddle with his index finger a few times, and suddenly pulled out a piece of wood shavings as thick as a toothpick and as long as a thumbtack from between the nails!
After taking a closer look at it and sniffing it, Sun Shaozong suddenly said in great joy, "Quick, quick, open the lid of the hand warmer!"
It's just some sawdust, what's the fuss about?
Qiu Yunfei was pouting there, but Old Xu acted immediately and opened the hand warmer, revealing the red silver frost charcoal inside.
Sun Shaozong first took a brush and carefully brushed off the dirt on it, then carefully picked it up with tweezers and put it on the fire to bake, while calling out: "Don't talk, come over and smell it carefully."
What's so good about a little sawdust smell?
Qiu Yunfei continued to curl his lips in disdain, but he couldn't help his curiosity. He stretched his neck closer and sniffed hard, then said suspiciously: "This is not..."
"Shut up!"
After being scolded by Sun Shaozong, Qiu Yunfei was annoyed and was about to shrink his head back. However, at this moment, he actually smelled a faint smell , and this smell was quite familiar, as if he had smelled it often recently...
“It’s sandalwood!”
Before he could remember, Old Xu said with certainty, "It's the smell of sandalwood! I often use sandalwood to remove odors, so I'm very familiar with this smell!"
“Yes, yes, yes!”
After hearing what he said, Qiu Yunfei suddenly understood: "That's the taste! I was wondering why it was so familiar. Old Xu has been ordering this for me recently!"
Lin Delu asked suspiciously, "Could it be that this sawdust was cut from the sandalwood?"
"No!"
Sun Shaozong shook his head and said, "This smell is not from the wood itself, but from years of smoking! If I'm not mistaken, this should be something taken from the altar or shrine of a temple, Taoist temple, or ancestral hall!"
Temples, Taoist temples, ancestral halls? !
“That sounds reasonable.”
Qiu Yunfei scratched his head and said, "But didn't you just say that these two people were seduced by women before they died? Could it be that in this temple or Taoist temple..."
“There are Kundao [female Taoist priests] in Taoist temples, and there are nuns in Buddhist temples.”
Sun Shaozong said decisively: "Plus the inference that the mastermind's right arm is disabled, the target we are looking for now should be a one-armed god... no, a one-armed demon nun!"
"One-armed demon?"
Lin Delu repeated the nickname and immediately said excitedly: "Sir, I will inform Captain Zhao of the news and ask him to focus on investigating those nunneries and Taoist temples with Taoist nuns!"
Sun Shaozong quickly added: "Remember to ask him to start the investigation from East City and South City!"
"I understand!"
Lin Delu bowed and went away excitedly.
Sun Shaozong picked up the dissection tools again and said calmly, "Come on, let's see if there are any other clues."
Still want to dissect the body?!
Qiu Yunfei was stunned for a moment, and then he ran out, shouting, "Well, I'll go to the temple with Captain Zhao to arrest someone!"
He ran into the yard and saw that Sun Shaozong had no intention of chasing him. He then breathed a sigh of relief, slowed down his pace and was about to walk out of the yard when he suddenly felt a chill on his face. He looked up in surprise, only to see countless snowflakes floating down.
"No way, I just said it casually, and a dark cloud really floated over!"
Qiu Yunfei muttered a few words silently, then quickly walked out of the yard where the body was kept.
Behind him, Sun Shaozong also came out at some point, frowning as he looked at the snowflakes falling from the sky.
The murderer committed his first crime on a snowy night. If nothing unexpected happened, he would definitely not miss today's snow...
Now I can only hope that there won't be any mistakes in my reasoning this time.
