A passing night cat jumped down from the roof, and the birds on the trees flapped their wings, screamed in a mess, and then flew away.

A round thing rolled out from the depths of the alley. The cat turned his head and saw a pair of open eyes. It seemed to be stepping on its tail, and it meowed shrillly and ran away quickly.

Bloody plum blossom footprints were on the ground, on the wall, and finally disappeared at the end of the eaves.

Chi Shi was woken up by Tui Guan Cao. When he came to the alley for autopsy, it was just dawn.

She yawned, holding a piece of steamed bun in her mouth. On a winter morning, it was dark and the wind blowing over made people's nose hurt.

"Su Yizhi didn't sleep all night last night. It was approaching that the year was approaching, and the yamen had stopped. How could he know that such a big case had happened? I asked someone to seal the entrance of the alley, but not many people saw it. The scene was a bit bloody, you can stand it..."

Tutor Cao looked at Chi Shi and chewed the steamed buns without changing his face, only to think that the question was really redundant.

He can't stand it, he can swallow steamed buns with blood.

Officer Cao was shocked by his horror thoughts and pointed to the alley, "I have confirmed the identity of the deceased. His name is Liu Zhang, and his family lives in this alley. Liu Zhang left the door early yesterday and never came back."

"At the time of the middle age, a woman named Wang from his family came out to see it. She said she saw a figure on the wall, and the figure was carrying a strange knife. She thought she was confused and didn't care."

"She didn't see Liu Zhang coming back, so she went to rest. It was not until the door opened this morning that she discovered..."

"The clothes were not changed. They were exactly the same outfit that Liu Zhang wore when he went out, but... the head fell off."

Chi Shi listened to the words of Tui Guan Cao and finished her last bite of steamed bun. She took out her handkerchief and wiped the corner of her mouth, took out her prepared gloves, walked towards the alley, and followed Jiule, who was carrying the alley, obediently.

As soon as I entered the alley, there was a strong smell of blood. Chi Shi sniffed, frowned slightly, and looked at the wall beside him. From here, it was where she and Zhou Xian passed by last night.

"It seems that I didn't hear anything wrong at that time."

She thought, lowered her head and saw the round head lying on the ground at a glance. She squatted down, "The deceased must have been cut off by a very sharp weapon, and the knife edge was very neat. The murderer was either very strong or had internal strength and was a trainer."

Judging from the blood on the ground, the head rolled down from inside. The first scene of death should be in front of it.”

"The deceased had a look of horror on his face, his eyes were wide open and bloodshot. He should have seen a very terrifying scene before his death. Apart from the broken head, there were no other injuries on the skull."

"Some of the scratches on the face should be injured when they rolled down after death."

Chi Shi said, following the blood stains, and it was a dead end, and one end of the alley was blocked by a high wall. Just under the high wall, leaning against a headless male corpse, blood splattered high and almost dyed half of the wall red.

Chi Shi frowned, reached out to gesture at the wall, and glanced at the half-lying body.

"From the blood splattered on the wall, the deceased should have stood here at that time, and then his head was cut off by a sharp weapon..." Chi Shi said, narrowing his eyes and turning back to the wall.

"The head rolled on the ground like a ball." Chi Shi raised his hand and straightened the blood on the ground, "Roll to that position. Then a wild cat broke through and the head rolled away."

Chi Shi said, squatting down, lifting the deceased's clothes, and carefully examining it, "The deceased's death time should be in Zishi. The black shadow that the woman saw when she opened the door was most likely the murderer."

When he heard this, Cao Tui immediately turned his head and looked at the yamen runner who was standing aside waiting. The yamen runner received a wink and left hurriedly.

"The deceased had no other scars on his body, nor had he ever resisted. The only fatal injury was that. His cuffs and chest had wine and oil stains. He should have just come out of the restaurant before he died."

Tutor Cao nodded and carefully recorded what Chi Shi said. Seeing that she had been staring at the blood on the ground, she asked curiously, "Is there anything wrong?"

"Yes," Chi Shi said affirmatively, "It's about the murder weapon. The murder weapon is very special."

"Have you ever seen the executioner beheading? With the knife falling, blood will splash on the body of the knife-holder," Chi Shi said, and a bang, "It's like a fireworks that explode. If the murderer is so close, his body will definitely be covered in blood."

"The body is covered with blood. The murderer will definitely get his shoes dirty when he stands here. However, now there are only the plum blossom footprints left by the cat, and there are no footprints left by the murderer."

"And, come and see this..." Chi Shi said, pointing to a long trace on the ground.

Tui Guan Cao frowned, "This is a clamp, like a slender rope dragged over."

Chi Shi nodded, "I can explain it when I see this. There is a rope tied to the weapon. The murderer stood in a place that will not splash blood, threw out the weapon, and cut off Liu Zhang's head."

Tui Guan Cao exclaimed, "It is not easy to cut off a person's head. Not everyone can be the executioner. The farther away the distance, the harder it will be. This is almost impossible. Is the murderer deliberately misleading us?"

Chi Shi shook his head, "It's not difficult, I can do it. Even without a rope, I can give me a sickle, and I can cut off the head of the person standing in the distance."

Tui Guan Cao couldn't help but shivered. He had been with Su Coroner for decades, but he had never seen him perform an autopsy like Chi Shi.

Su Jie was gentle and had a long time to take the autopsy every time. Most of the time, he would not give a conclusion directly. He had to take it back to the government office to examine it carefully. It took several days before a standard coroner testimony was given.

But Chi Shi came here and only chewed off a steamed bun, he had already cleared the fog of the case.

He knew Chi Shi's ability, but his fast pace made him feel a little dazed for a moment.

"How do you know you can? You haven't killed anyone."

Chi Shi looked at him with interest, "I have never killed anyone, but I have killed many dummies. As long as I want to get a killing method, I will try it out, and then look intuitively at what kind of wounds will appear when using this killing method to kill people!"

"If you don't believe it, come with a sickle, stand on the wall, and you will know it after a try."

Tui Guan Cao cleared his throat and covered up his embarrassment, "No need."

He said, bowing to Chi Shi, "Thank you for your help from Coroner Chi. The next thing is our promotion. Today's remuneration will be delivered to the mansion according to the rules of the capital."

He said, lowering his voice and approaching Chi Shi's ear, "I heard that you want to re-revisit the case of Duanhui Prince Consort. You have to be careful. Princess Duanhui is not easy to meet, and she is an impatient person."
Chapter completed!