Chapter 719: The Case of the Corpse on the Wupeng Boat (Part 1)
Putting aside his identity and stance, Sun Shaozong actually applauded the death of Taoist Master Daoyan and his disciples.
Unfortunately, the man who "takes pleasure in revenge" was instigated by the owner of the black letter and sent the body to the Dali Temple for provocation, which made it difficult for Sun Shaozong to stay out of it.
As the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, this case must be solved!
As the newly appointed and well-known Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, this case must be solved as soon as possible!
However, after sending Chen Jingde away, Sun Shaozong went into the inner room and briefly looked through the case records transferred from Shuntian Prefecture.
It turned out that the content was a bit messy, and a large amount of content overlapped with the original information.
So Sun Shaozong immediately ordered Liu Xianglian to transfer a few clerks to help organize and compare the case records, screen out those that were not in the Dali Temple, and then organize them into categories so that he could read them when he had time.
"Second brother."
Hearing that it was another trivial task, Liu Xianglian could not help but complain, "Have you forgotten that I have also mastered martial arts? Isn't it a waste of time to be stuck in paperwork all day?"
Sun Shaozong rolled his eyes at him and said unhappily, "Go home and ask your wife whether she wants you to fight with swords and guns or to handle your official duties honestly."
Liu Xianglian curled his lips and said, " This woman is naturally short-sighted. Ask her... Second brother? Second brother!"
However, Sun Shaozong didn't even listen to his explanation and walked out of the office.
Liu Xianglian chased after him for a few steps, but seeing that he could not catch up - and it was difficult to explain outside - he had to return to the house in disappointment.
While thinking about asking the clerks for help, he was also wondering suspiciously, could it be that his wife asked her sister-in-law to persuade him?
Otherwise, why would my second brother ask me to go home and ask her?
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No matter which government office it is, as long as it is equipped with a morgue and a coroner, it will definitely be located in the most remote place.
Even many local governments like to store corpses involved in criminal cases in charity cemeteries outside the city - this is not possible in the capital because the area is too large and it is too troublesome to transport and inspect the corpses in and out of the city.
Therefore, from Wanping and Daxing counties to the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple, separate morgues were built in the government offices to store the bodies involved in the cases.
Let’s get back to the story.
After leaving the office, Sun Shaozong did not rush to the morgue to participate in the autopsy - his current identity was not suitable for doing this - but went to the lake first to re-examine the traces on the black-sailed boat.
The result still did not produce much progress, except for further confirmation that this was indeed not a murder scene, but the place where the body was dumped.
Moreover, judging from the blood in the cabin and the degree of rigidity of the corpse, the crime scene should not be too far from the Dragon King Temple.
Because there was still residual warmth in the chest cavity of the corpse, and considering that it was snowing at the time, the time of death should be within half an hour to an hour.
Judging from the wounds, the instrument used to dig out the hearts and lungs should be the same one - that is, the murderer dug out the hearts of Daoyan and his disciple one after another.
Considering that he was not very familiar with the technique of cutting open the chest, it should not take too short a time.
In addition, it took a lot of time to load the body onto the boat and transport it to the vicinity of the Dali Temple in broad daylight and away from everyone's attention. Naturally, there was not much time left to transport the body from the first scene to the boat.
If we can find the vehicle used to transport the body, perhaps we can follow the clues and locate the approximate scope of the first crime scene.
By the way, if the murderer is really a beggar, he shouldn’t have any means of transportation, right?
Could it be that someone was killed on the shore and the body was abandoned...
This means that Daoyan and his disciples may have disguised themselves as monks and hid in the mudflats near the Dragon King Temple - that place is quite desolate and there are reeds to hide in, which is indeed a good place to hide.
But they never expected that someone could detect their every move and even bring revenge from their enemies.
Tsk~
Having deduced this far, we cannot help but be puzzled by the ability of the owner of the black note.
Forget it, there’s no point thinking about these things now, let’s go and take a look at the autopsy results first.
After carefully examining it several times, Sun Shaozong jumped off the black-sailed boat and rushed to the morgue in the southwest corner.
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Compared to Shuntian Prefecture where corpses are kept all year round, the morgue here seems much more "deserted", and even the necessary stench is only faintly present.
This is clear evidence of poor performance!
When Sun Shaozong walked into the morgue at the east end, Chen Jingde was covering his nose and huddled in a corner with a look of disgust on his face.
When he found Sun Shaozong coming in from outside, he quickly put away his handkerchief and walked forward to greet him in a very servile manner.
Seeing that he was not polite enough and had to call the two busy coroners over, Sun Shaozong waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite here. How is it? Have you found anything?"
The two coroners were also terrified. It was not until Sun Shaozong got closer to take a closer look at the corpse that they hurriedly explained, "Reporting to the master, the skinny monk's fatal wound should have been a knife in the chest. The huge one cannot be determined for the time being, but it should be the same."
"Where's the evidence?"
"There was a puncture wound on the thin back, which was quite deep into the bone. It was different from the marks and methods of cutting open the chest, so we inferred that it should be the mark left by the initial full-strength piercing - and being able to pierce such a position must have caused a fatal injury."
"Although the shoes were taken off, judging from the shape of the corpse spots on the heels, the deceased should have been dragged - lying on his back with his heels touching the ground."
"besides……"
Although the Dali Temple's morgue seemed a bit deserted, the two coroners were both smart and capable. Even if their skills were not as good as Old Xu from Shuntian Prefecture, they should be similar.
However, Sun Shaozong did not rely entirely on them. He listened to their explanations and observed carefully at the same time.
Although he had examined the body that day, it was still 'fresh' and some traces were not revealed - for example, the dragging corpse spots on the heels were not even visible at the time.
Seeing that Sun Shaozong observed carefully and was not frightened by the disemboweled corpse, and thinking about the reputation of this gentleman, the two coroners gradually became bolder.
" Master, please look."
One of the coroners picked up a handful of things from the table next to him and said carefully, "This is the residue taken out from the stomach of the corpse. It seems that they had eaten not long before they died."
Even though he was brave, he didn't dare to put the thing in front of Sun Shaozong, and he was even prepared to apologize at any time.
But he was obviously worrying too much.
Sun Shaozong had gained a lot of knowledge and experience on the battlefield in the past two years. How could he be afraid of a pile of leftovers?
Ignoring the sour smell, he went closer to take a closer look.
"Huh? This thing seems to be..."
And when he took a look, he really found something strange!
Those yellow and orange pieces of food that had not been digested looked like spicy and sour dried bamboo shoots - a specialty dish that he had tasted near Qingxu Temple and had improved upon at home!
Looking at these residues, the dogwood fragments stained on them, and some not-so-obvious spices, it is obviously the original spicy and sour dried bamboo shoots.
So...
Before the two fake monks died, they actually went to the vicinity of Qingxu Temple and paraded around?
Since they dared to do so, it was obvious that Daoyan and his disciples were very confident in their disguise. Based on this, they should not have taken the initiative to hide in the reed marsh.
Secretly denying his previous inference, Sun Shaozong immediately ordered: "Deputy Chen, go to the vicinity of Qingxu Temple and find a restaurant called Yingkelai to ask if two monks ordered their signature dish, hot and sour bamboo shoots, yesterday morning."
"If there are any, first ask them clearly about the time they appeared, and then conduct a thorough investigation from Qingxu Temple to Dragon King Temple, and make sure to find any witnesses along the way!"
