Lu Jinping asked Ye Qingqing to take two lanterns and put them next to the corpse to see more clearly. Then he looked at the face of the corpse. There was a slight swelling and purple purple, which was different from ordinary people who died of drunkenness. This face suggested that the cause of death of the deceased was probably related to suffocation. This was the main reason why Lu Jinping concluded that the deceased might be strangled to death, but he needed to find further evidence.

Lu Jinping wanted to check the neck of the deceased. But because the deceased was very fat, his neck was thick and short, and it was full of fat, so he couldn't see clearly. So he stretched his hand to the back of the deceased's neck, held it up, leaned back the head of the corpse, and spread the fat layer by layer, allowing him to observe the situation on his neck more clearly.

What caught my eye was a faint mark on the right front side of the neck, which was very light in color, and it would not be easy to see unless you were carefully observed. The most important thing was that the deceased was very fat, so there was a lot of fat on the neck, layer by layer, covering up the trace, so no one noticed it.

Lu Jinping opened the eyes of the deceased and saw the conjunctiva of the eyelids scattered in bleeding points, which is an important feature of mechanical asphyxiation and death.

He picked up the wrist of the deceased and looked at the nails. There was a relatively obvious cyanosis. This is also one of the characteristics of mechanical asphyxiation death.

Lu Jinping pointed to the strangle mark on the deceased's neck and said to Zhou Yuanwai: "My speculation is correct. Your son-in-law was strangled to death. This strangle mark on his neck is a good proof, and of course there is other evidence. - You can report it to the official."

If Lu Jinping told Zhou Yuanwai that other signs were not clear immediately, he was afraid that he would not understand it immediately, but the marks on his neck were clearly visible and clearly visible, so Zhou Yuanwai immediately believed Lu Jinping's judgment, and couldn't help but be angry and anxious, saying: "So that's the case. Who killed my son-in-law? I must find out the truth! I will send someone to report to the official position now. Thank you, Lord!"

After all, Zhoujiazhuang is still thirty miles away from Tongzhou Prefecture, so when the judicial officers in charge of the criminal prison of Tongzhou Prefecture rushed to Zhoujiazhuang with their heads, constables and coroners, it was already sunset.

According to Lu Jinping's proposal, Zhou Yuanwai took advantage of the opportunity that all the relatives in the mourning hall went to the inner house to see the young grandson, and asked the servant to wrap the son-in-law's body in white cloth and transfer it to a wing room next to him waiting for the people from the yamen to investigate the case.

The judicial officer in charge of the criminal prison in Tongzhou was named Luo. Luo Zhengjun entered the wing room and saw Lu Jinping inside. He quickly smiled and walked forward quickly and bowed: "Sir Lu!"

Lu Jinping bowed and said, "Meet Luo Siju!"

Luo Sifa hurriedly smiled and said, "Sir, don't be polite."

Lu Jinping is the doctor of medical doctor from the ninth rank, the youngest sesame official, and the judicial officer is from the seventh rank, and his official rank is several levels higher than Lu Jinping. However, Lu Jinping has a title, and his founding county man is a fifth rank. Although his family business has fallen before, no one will care about him, the destitute lord, but now it is different. Lu Jinping became an official, although he is the youngest. After his identity has changed, his title will certainly rise. Therefore, few officials in the yamen dare to claim himself as an official in front of him. What's more, everyone knows that governor Feng respects him, the lord, and he is the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and he personally recommends it. No one dares to show off his official airs without looking at monks and Buddha faces.

Luo Sifa said: "The butler of the Zhou family came to report the case and said, "Sir, you found out that the Zhou family's son-in-law Pang Yan was not killed suddenly when drunk, but was strangled to death, so he reported to the official. - What's going on?"

Lu Jinping said: "Zhou's daughter is about to give birth. Wen Po said that it may be difficult to give birth. It is best to call a doctor just in case. Therefore, Zhou Yuanwai called me and I came to pay my respects to his dead son-in-law. I saw his son-in-law Pang Yan's face swollen and purple on the spiritual bed. I suspected that he was strangled. With Zhou Yuanwai's consent, I conducted a simple autopsy and found several evidence of strangulation. - Come and take a look."

After saying that, Lu Jinping walked to the corpse, opened the eyes of the deceased and showed him the conjunctiva of the deceased's eyelids and conjunctiva scattered in the bleeding spots, as well as the cyanosis of the fingernails, and then held up the back of the deceased's neck, allowing him to check the faint marks on the front and right side of the neck.

Several coroners who followed him also came forward to look at it. An old coroner looked carefully and nodded repeatedly, saying to Luo Sifa: "That's right, what the Lord said is correct, it is indeed strangled to death."

Luo Sifa was very surprised and exclaimed: "I didn't expect that Master Lu was doing this with the autopsy? I am ashamed of myself. To be honest, I don't know these things."

Lu Jinping smiled and said, "Actually, we have a lot of similarities with autopsy, so autopsy is not difficult for me."

Luo Siye turned to the captain and said, "Since this is a murder case, you will be responsible for solving it. - You know the rules of the yamen. The murder case will be solved for a limited time of five days. If it cannot be solved in five days, it will be punished. I can't protect it from you, have you heard it?"

The headmaster of the Tongzhou Prefecture Office is named Xiong. He looks like a black bear. He has big arms and round waist, dark face, stretches out his palms like a palm fan, and speaks in a muffled voice.

At this moment, the strong captain bear looked down at the ground with a frown and thought about his worries, and seemed to have not heard Luo Sifa's words. It was not until Luo Sifa called twice that he reacted, and nodded and said, "I heard that, Master Luo, the villain must do his best to arrest the murderer."

Luo Sifa's face was cold and said, "It's not about doing his best, it's certain! If you can't catch the murderer, you should know what the consequences will be. Okay, it's getting late, and I'm going to go home." Speaking of this, I turned around and looked at Lu Jinping, and immediately changed his smile on his face and bowed, "Sir Lu, thank you for helping us discover this murder case in time. You are very talented in autopsy, and I admire you."

"Thank you, the judicial praise of the case, if there is a place for my help, just speak up."

"Okay," Luo Sifa smiled and bowed, "This case is handed over to Captain Xiong, but he is brave but not resourceful. If he can get your advice from Lord Sir, that's his fortune. Haha, I'll say goodbye first!"

Luo Sifu was worried about walking on the night road, so he watched the sun set, so he stopped stopping. Therefore, after hurriedly assigned the task, he took a bus back to Tongzhou City.

Lu Jinping sent him out of the room and was sent out by Yuan Zhou.

Lu Jinping turned around and looked at the captain bear who was still staring at the corpse in a daze, saying, "Catcher, do you have any ideas to solve the case?"

The captain bear smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, "How could he have any ideas? Alas! I'm afraid my butt will bloom again this time."

Lu Jinping has been an official in the yamen for a while, and he has already understood some of the rules of the yamen, especially those involving the resolution of cases. - According to the unwritten rules of the Tang Dynasty, murder cases are attached very seriously because they involve the political achievements of officials. The officials in charge of the criminal prison will ask the head of the arrester to solve the case within a time limit. If the deadline is reached, the chief will have to slap the head of the arrester responsible for the investigation of the case, and then solve the case within a time limit. If the expiration is not yet solved, he will be beaten to another beating.

Therefore, when he heard that a murder occurred, the head arrester was the most troublesome. After solving the case, there was not much reward, but it couldn't be solved, so he had to eat the board. What he thought of first was the board problem, so he was frowning.

Lu Jinping is already very familiar with Captain Xiong. The one he went to the most after he arrived at the yamen was Luo Sifu's signing room, and the other was the constable's class room. He wanted to see if he had the opportunity to show his talents so that he could show his talents, get the appreciation of his boss, and then change his position.

There is a good opportunity in front of me. Since this bear captain has no clue, I might as well help him.

So Lu Jinping said to Captain Xiong: "You haven't started investigating this case yet, so how can you know that it can't be solved? It's better to start as soon as possible and solve the case within a limited five-day period. Wouldn't you be exempted from being beaten?"

Captain Xiong said with a bitter face: "It would be as simple as what you said, I wouldn't have to worry so much. I have no idea about this case. Think about it, when you found the body, you didn't think that the deceased was murdered. Times have changed, how can you investigate it? How can you investigate it clearly?"

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Chapter completed!