Chapter 246 Huang Xiaorou

"Female corpse?"

The little eunuch waited anxiously at the gate of the palace, something must have happened. The only intersection between Xu Qi'an and him is the case of Concubine Fu. Then the female corpse must be related to the Fufei case.

Xu Qi'an narrowed his eyes, and his heart moved: "Is it the missing palace lady in the case of Concubine Fu?"

The little eunuch was taken aback for a moment, and he was convinced: "My lord is really clever, and this slave is so impressed."

This statement is both a compliment and a statement from the heart. After two consecutive days of supervision, the little father-in-law discovered that Xu Qi'an was a famous arrester who seemed pompous in appearance, but wise beyond ordinary people.

This is not a clever calculation, this is a very simple reasoning Xu Qi'an nodded and said: "Take me to see the corpse."

The little eunuch hurriedly led the way.

"In what well was the body found?"

"The backyard of the Crab Pavilion."

"Crab Pavilion?"

Xu Qian said what a bad name.

"The Crab Pavilion is where the court ladies live." The little eunuch replied.

Palace ladies are also divided into grades, and high-status palace ladies are called female officials, and even have ranks and titles, such as Jieyu, Beauty, Talent, Royal Maid, Cai Nu and so on.

This kind of court lady is expected to be blessed by the emperor and become an instant hit. Of course, during Emperor Yuan Jing's reign, none of them could even try to stand out.

The second class is the maid who serves beside the concubine.

The lowest level is the handyman who lives in the big dormitory.

Crab Pavilion is a dormitory for court ladies.

Talking as he walked, he soon came to the morgue in the palace, in a secluded courtyard in the south, where the corpses of those who were executed, died of illness, or died accidentally in the palace were stored.

On the rough bed, lay a slightly bloated corpse.

"Go and get the knife, I'm going to dissect the corpse." Xu Qi'an ordered.

He was a little delighted to see Lie. When he was a clerk in the Yamen in his previous life, he was often sent to watch the forensic autopsy and act as an assistant. Accumulated a lot of professional knowledge and experience.

From vomiting in panic at the beginning to slowly accepting it, and then laying hands on him without changing his face, Xu Qi'an vaguely found that he liked dissection.

After coming to this world, there are many cases encountered, but there are not many opportunities to be dissected.

"Concubine Fu is the old emperor's woman, I can't touch it, I can always disembowel this little palace lady, if it's fresher."

While thinking, he untied the maid's clothes.

"Slave dog, slave dog, why didn't you send me a notification when you entered the palace?"

Princess Lin'an's cheerful voice came from outside, and then, a red figure galloped to stop at the door.

"What are you doing?"

Lin'an looked at Xu Qi'an holding the bellyband of the female corpse in his hands, and the bright smile on his face froze instantly.

Behind him, Huai Qing in a fluttering white skirt stepped across the threshold, glanced at Xu Qi'an, and then his eyes fell on the belly pocket.

A little embarrassed, Xu Qi'an didn't change his face: "Check the corpse and plan to dissect it."

"Don't touch such a disgusting thing."

Zhan Zhan stomped her feet repeatedly, she glanced at the naked upper body of the female corpse, and immediately withdrew her gaze.

In this regard, Princess Huaiqing took the same view and gave a suggestion: "Why not let Wu Zuo do it?"

Because I like to do this Xu Qi'an shook his head solemnly, and explained earnestly: "Your Highness, you know that you must do everything by yourself and be meticulous. If you can do it yourself, you won't pretend to be someone else. In the eyes of others, this is a good quality of diligence. , but from the humble point of view, it is indeed an ordinary thing not worth mentioning."

Zong Zong admires Xu Qi'an's work attitude very much. Huaiqing was expressionless, as if he didn't believe his nonsense.

"Your Highness, go back to drink tea first, wait a moment, don't stay here." Xu Qi'an wanted to chase her away.

Hearing this, Huaiqing didn't leave, instead, he walked in front of the female corpse in lotus steps.

"The body was salvaged last night. After identifying Huang Xiaorou, he was taken away by Eunuch Chang." Huaiqing said:

"I want to stay and take a look, maybe there are clues in the corpse."

Huaiqing seems to be very interested in brain work, playing chess, compiling history, and now solving cases Xu Qi'an turned his head and silently looked at the princess's clear and beautiful eyes.

Huaiqing stared at him slightly, and his voice had the texture of ice cubes hitting it, which was extremely pleasant: "Huh?"

A simple "hmm" implies: Brother, do you have an opinion?

Xu Qi'an withdrew his gaze, stopped looking at the princess's flawless face, turned his head and said, "Where is the Second Highness?"

Zhuangxiang took a look at Huaiqing, and said with some hesitation: "What's the matter, I'll stay too."

"OK!"

Xu Qi'an happily stripped off the female body.

Zhuan Zhuan's face turned red, then turned pale, and she hid her face and walked away.

"Second Highness, don't you want to stay and watch?" Xu Qi'an shouted.

Zhan Zhan covered her face, whispering softly like a mosquito: "Let's go, go"

Huaiqing glanced at the female corpse, although it was well hidden, Xu Qi'an could still see embarrassment from those clear eyes like a cold pool.

This kind of embarrassment is like Xu Qi'an used to watch TV with his parents, and it happened that the hero and heroine were on the bed.

With a perfect appearance and top-level configuration, the core is very powerful, but the mileage is almost zero. Xu Qi'an made an evaluation in his heart.

If you compare Huaiqing to a top sports car, it just left the factory.

Then Mounting is a model car, the appearance is unbelievably beautiful, but the core is hard to describe.

But for men, it's probably because of a coquettish, coquettish, and not-so-smart woman like Zhan Zhan is more popular.

"What's this?"

Huaiqing found a piece of dull yellow silk from the underclothes of the court lady Huang Xiaorou, embroidered with a bright red lotus flower and a line of small characters:

Yuanjing thirty-one year spring.

"Before she died, she kept it close to her body, which shows that it is extremely important to her."

Huaiqing looked at Xu Qi'an, seemed to be asking for proof, and said, "What do you think, Mr. Xu?"

Xu Qi'an let out a "hmm".

The corners of Huaiqing's mouth curled up slightly.

"Your Highness is so smart, why don't you take a look at this female corpse, what can you see?"

Huaiqing couldn't help but look at him, Xu Qi'an looked like he wanted to test her, so he couldn't help but restrain the curvature of the corners of his mouth, feeling unwilling to admit defeat.

"According to the degree of whiteness and swelling of the body, she was not thrown into the well after the incident." Huaiqing made a judgment.

"Within two days." Xu Qi'an gave a more precise reply.

"There is no obvious trauma on her body, so she must have drowned to death, maybe she was knocked out." After finishing speaking, the elegant and refined eldest princess subconsciously looked at Xu Qi'an.

Seeing that he was expressionless and did not reply, Her Royal Highness felt a little unhappy, and when she lowered her head, she slightly twitched the corner of her mouth.

"Is there any more?" Xu Qi'an asked.

Huaiqing thought for a while, then shook his head slightly.

"You're missing the most important step. Usually, when examining a female corpse, even if there are obvious signs of death, never forget to inspect it"

Xu Qi'an raised his eyebrows towards Huaiqing, showing a hey hey smile.

Huaiqing was stunned for a moment, then, seeing Xu Qi'an's gaze set on a taboo place, as intelligent as her, he immediately understood.

swish

Her fair face immediately turned red, and the eldest princess raised her brows and gritted her teeth: "Xu Ningyan, you dare to tease me!"

Xu Qi'an admitted his mistake resolutely, with a sincere attitude: "I don't intend to offend you in a lowly position, the princess forgives you."

Huaiqing turned sideways, expressing that he did not accept his apology, feeling very angry.

Molesting a proud and aloof princess is much more rewarding than molesting Lin'an. Huaiqing's style when he is angry is something special! Xu Qi'an coughed and said:

"It's true that she drowned, but she didn't drown in the well, she was held in the water and suffocated to death."

"How can you see it?" Huaiqing didn't believe it, turned his head and asked.

Well, as long as academic issues are discussed, she will not be angry for the time being. Female academic masters also have female academic masters' weaknesses. Xu Qi'an silently wrote it down, and explained with a calm expression:

"You can see that her face is purple-red. A normal drowning person's face is pale and swollen. Only when someone presses her into the water with her head down, and the blood flows back to her head when she dies, will her face be congested with blood."

Huaiqing frowned, thinking.

"One more thing," Xu Qi'an grabbed the female corpse's wrist, "Look at her hands, clenched into fists, which is consistent with the characteristics of drowning. But look carefully, there is no sand or moss in the crevices of her nails."

Huaiqing looked intently, the nails were really clean.

"That means she did drown, but not in the well?" she asked.

"Your Highness is so smart. Compared with you, His Highness Lin'an is just a younger sister." Xu Qi'an cupped his hands in admiration.

Although he knew that he was complimenting him, Huaiqing still felt comfortable.

People love to listen to good things, and saints are no exception. What's more, Princess Huaiqing has always been proud. She would dismiss flattery on the surface, but she would be secretly happy in her heart.

Huaiqing gave a reserved "hmm".

"So, she was silenced." Her Highness the Eldest Princess added afterwards.

Xu Qi'an nodded, and at the same time heard the slight sound of footsteps, raised his head and looked outside the door, and saw the little eunuch coming from a distance holding the knife for dissecting the corpse.

The sound of hurried footsteps rushing towards the threshold, the little eunuch's first reaction when he saw the female corpse was to yell sharply: "Ah~

"Little eunuch, have you never seen a woman before? Come here, I will give you a physiology class." Xu Qi'an teased in an old bastard tone.

The little eunuch ignored him, a little embarrassed, lowered his head, and placed the knife on the long table.

There are six knives in different sizes and thicknesses, wrapped in thick linen.

Xu Qi'an wanted to lick his lips to express his inner expectation, but felt that this posture was too ghostly to show it in front of Huai Qing, so he had to endure it.

Really, when I was doing some hobbies, he didn't like people watching, he chose a single-edged sharp knife the size of a dagger, and the tip of the knife touched the throat of the female corpse, and slit the throat.

A stream of slightly turbid water flowed out.

"vomit"

The tender red flesh was exposed in sight, the little eunuch covered his mouth and couldn't help retching.

Xu Qi'an then changed to a big knife, cut open the chest, opened the lungs

"vomit" the little eunuch escaped.

Can't hold it anymore?

Huaiqing's jade-like face showed a very vivid expression - horror and disgust. Eyelashes fluttered, and he glanced away.

"There is also water in the lungs. The cause of death can be confirmed. It was drowning." Xu Qi'an put down the knife.

Huaiqing nodded and said, "Is there anything else I need to check?"

"No more, Your Highness, let's leave." Xu Qi'an said, "Huh" suddenly.

Huaiqing, who had already turned his head and was about to leave, looked back, and suddenly raised his brows: "What are you doing?"

"She was injured before." Xu Qi'an frowned, and when speaking, he turned up the "fat lump" on the chest of the female corpse, so that Huaiqing could see the situation under the breast.

Huaiqing was stunned.

This court lady named Huang Xiaorou had a deep scar on the lower left side, facing her heart.

She immediately knew that she had wronged Xu Qi'an, and also understood his doubts:

How could a court lady suffer such a dangerous injury? Strangely enough, he still survived?

Xu Qi'an spread out the burlap again, took the biggest knife, and cut open the chest of the female corpse along the scar.

Huaiqing looked like he wanted to see but was afraid of burning his eyes.

Xu Qi'an took off the heart, squinted his eyes for a moment, and said considerately: "From the scar, the wound is very deep. The weapon should be scissors or other sharp objects. The heart has been touched, and she should have died of massive blood loss."

Huaiqing nodded, looked outside the door, and analyzed: "The medicine that can heal this kind of wound can only be used in the harem by mothers and high-ranking concubines.

"If the rest of the people need pills to save their lives, they don't need to embezzle them from the treasury if they have obtained permission from the queen mother, or have received rewards from the emperor themselves."

Of course, the "others" she mentioned did not include princes and princesses.

When the two left the morgue, there was a well in the yard. Xu Qi'an fetched a bucket of clean water and washed his hands carefully.

Then, he scrubbed the piece of yellow silk found on the woman's body vigorously a few times, and spread it out to dry by the well.

"You tell the clerk in charge of the mortuary that the corpse inside is still useful to me, so send it to the ice cellar." Xu Qi'an sent the little eunuch away.

"Xu Ningyan, help me fetch a bucket of water." Princess Huaiqing stood beside her pretty.

According to her address, Xu Qi'an judged that she was in a good mood at the moment, and when she was polite and rude, she called Master Xu. When she was angry, she called Xu Ningyan.

Now Huaiqing's tone is definitely not angry, so this Xu Ningyan sounded a bit like calling a friend.

Xu Qi'an brought her a bucket of water, Huaiqing squatted down, rolled up his long sleeves, dipped a pair of small white hands in the water, and his green fingers were slender and well-proportioned.

The little hands are so beautiful, he said to himself.

Huaiqing finished soaking his hands, took out the brocade handkerchief to wipe off the water stains, and said, "I will take you to the imperial pharmacy."

Xu Qi'an was about to nod his head, at this moment, a thought suddenly popped up in his mind, why did he throw the corpse into the Xie Pavilion?

In the imperial palace, there are at least dozens of wells (river crab, I don’t understand why these are all blocked?), and there are more hidden ones, such as in the cold palace, such as this well in the morgue.

"Let's go to the Crab Pavilion first."

Lin'an in the distance saw the two people coming out, walked up to meet them briskly, and said, "What did you find?"

"There are indeed some gains." Xu Qi'an told her the findings of the autopsy, Lin'an nodded while listening, her small face was very focused, but after Xu Qi'an finished speaking, her attention immediately shifted, it was obvious that her left ear went in and her right ear went out.

Lin'an pointed to the light yellow silk hanging by the well, and said pleasantly: "Dog slave, does the lotus on it look like you?"

Before the words finished, Xu Qi'an suddenly screamed, covered his head, and rolled all over the floor.

Zhuangxiang and Huaiqing were startled, and said anxiously, "What's wrong with you?"

"Head, it hurts so much." Xu Qi'an hugged his head in pain, not hesitating to let his sable hat fall down, revealing his bald head, it can be seen that he really has a splitting headache.

"You wait, I'll go get the imperial physician right away." Mount Mounted hurriedly stomped his feet. Turning around, twisting the waist of the water snake and running away.

Princess Huaiqing saw that her hated sister had left, so she didn't put on airs, squatted down beside him, and took her pulse: "I have a little bit of medical skills."

Feeling the pulse, it was indeed beating very fast, presumably Xu Tongluo's heartbeat was intensifying at the moment.

"Your Highness" Xu Qi'an held Huaiqing's catkin instead, and said painfully: "Since I stepped into the realm of refining gods, I have had headaches from time to time. Wei Gong said that it is the reason for the restlessness of the Yuanshen. Maybe at some point, the Yuanshen will leave. dead body."

Huaiqing was taken aback, she didn't know about this, so she didn't withdraw her little hand immediately.

When Mount Mounted ordered the guards to invite the imperial physician and returned to the courtyard, he found Xu Qi'an patting the dust on his body without changing his face.

The annoying Huaiqing squatted beside the barrel to wash his hands.

"Are you alright?" Zhan Zang asked in surprise.

"It's okay, it's a labor pain, it'll be fine in a while." Xu Qi'an waved his hands tiredly.

Huh almost overturned the car, but fortunately, my reaction was quick. Otherwise, if I let the sisters know that I wrote them the same love letter and gave them the same lotus petals, Huaiqing can't bear it, and neither can I. He even took Huaiqing's little hand, and he applauded himself in his heart.

Huaiqing lowered his head and did not speak, his little hands were red from being pinched, as if Xu Qian's temperature still remained.

Mounted framed looked at him suspiciously.

Crab Pavilion is on the west side of the imperial palace, far away from the palace where the concubines gather together, it is a large courtyard.

At this time, the maids had already left the Xie Pavilion and went to work in various parts of the palace. There was only one nanny in charge, lying on a big chair basking in the early spring sun.

The age spots on her face are clearly visible in the sunlight, her body is fat and out of shape, her hair is gray, and she simply wears a jade hairpin.

"Mother Rong, Mother Rong"

The little eunuch yelled a few times, and the old mother woke up faintly.

Nanny Rong? !

Xu Qi'an's childhood memories were brought back, and a famous line involuntarily appeared in his mind:

Your Majesty, do you still remember Nanny Rong by the Daming Lake?

"The two highnesses are here." The little eunuch said.

Aunt Rong took a closer look, and sure enough, it was the two most beautiful princesses in the palace, coming hand in hand.

She got up with an agility that didn't match her age group, saluted, and shouted: "This old slave has seen the two Highnesses."

Huaiqing looked at her and said: "I accompanied Mr. Xu to investigate the case. It is related to the female corpse that was fished out of the well today. You can say what you know."

Nanny Rong nodded yes.

Seeing this, Xu Qi'an was no longer silent, and asked: "Who picked up the corpse and when was it discovered?"

"Xiaoyu discovered it. She went to the well this morning to draw water, and noticed that the sound of the bucket falling into the water was not right, and it was a little dull. She lay on the well mouth and looked at it for a long time. Oh, hey, it turned out to be a corpse." The old mother's expression was very excited.

Xu Qi'an pointed to the stone well under the locust tree: "Is that the one?"

"yes."

He walked to the well and looked in. The well was deep, his vision was dim, and the well water was like a mirror.

With the eyesight of ordinary people, it really takes a long time to distinguish a corpse in such a dark well.

"Didn't anyone find out yesterday?" Xu Qi'an frowned.

The body of the court lady Huang Xiaorou must have been soaked in water for more than 24 hours.

"I'm angry when I talk about it. I found out that there were dead people in the well this morning. Those dead girls said, no wonder the sound was weird when I fetched water the day before yesterday." The old mother became angry when she mentioned this, and cursed:

"No one cut out the eyeballs and put them in for a look, causing the old servant to drink corpse water for two days."

Mounted with a look of disgust.

The corner of Xu Qi'an's mouth twitched: "Mommy, do you know that Huang Xiaorou?"

The old mammy was taken aback: "Huang what?"

Xu Qi'an said: "Huang Xiaorou."

Mammy's eyes widened: "What Xiaorou?"

Xu Qi'an said angrily: "I'm not asking you Ma Dongmei, you don't have to answer me like that."

Momo thought for a long time, and suddenly realized: "This old slave is just confirming again, Huang Xiaorou, this old slave recognizes, recognizes."

Huaiqing's eyes lit up, she understood the reason why Xu Qi'an wanted to come to Xie Pavilion.

What kind of brain is this little gong, it turns so fast.

"Do you know her?" Xu Qi'an reminded: "She is the maid next to Concubine Fu, how could you know her."

PS: Thanks to the leader of "Lan Ying Hong Tea" for the reward.

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