The Delicate Lady Coroner Chapter 89: Fifth update 01

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Chapter 89 Fifth update 01

"Baby corpse?" Bo Ruoyou was surprised when he heard this.

Wu Xiang nodded, "Yes, it's a child. It looks like he was found outside the city a few days after he was born. Someone came to report it to the authorities, and the body has been recovered, but... this season, The body was so decomposed that it was almost difficult to see anything."

Wu Xiang hesitated for a moment, "Are you taboo?"

Bo Ruoyou shook his head, "You wait later, I'll change clothes and then we can leave."

Wu Xiang nodded, walked in and waited at the screen wall. Soon, Bao Ruoyou changed into a neat dress and came out with Zhou Liang. When he got on the carriage, Wu Xiang followed on horseback. Said: "The government rarely receives such cases. In the early years, there were abandoned babies, but now they are rare. I don't know how they died this time."

Bo Ruoyou hadn’t seen the body yet, so it was difficult to judge. The group went straight to Yizhuang. When they arrived outside Yizhuang, they saw Hu Changqing had just arrived at the gate of Yizhuang and saw Wu Xiang taking Bo Ruoyou with him. When he arrived, his expression immediately turned gloomy.

Wu Xiang said: "Changqing is here."

Hu Changqing nodded, and Wu Xiang said: "That's right, you and Xiaobo can take a look together."

Hu Changqing didn't say anything, and carried his suitcase into Yizhuang. Bo Ruoyou followed Liangshu with him.

Feng Wodan's body has been taken back to the mansion in Yizhuang. The previously unclaimed body and the body of the man in the coffin that was to be taken back to his hometown are also missing. Now, there is only one body lying on a wooden bed in the middle. The body of a baby girl.

As soon as she entered the back hall, Bo Ruoyou's beautiful eyebrows wrinkled slightly. She had been a widower for several years and had almost never examined the corpses of children under ten years old, and the corpses of infants were even rarer. Therefore, looking at it now, she felt quite... For cruelty.

Hu Changqing stood beside the wooden board with a look of hesitation on his face.

It is now the peak of spring, and every day is warmer than the day before. The baby corpse in front of me is only about ten inches long. Under it is a purple brocade wrap. There are no accessories on the corpse. The whole body was extremely rotten. Although the corpse had been roughly cleaned, maggots were still crawling on the corpse. The head and face were even eaten by corpse insects and rotten. At this moment, purple and purple marks of decay were all over it, making it difficult to distinguish. face.

Hu Changqing frowned and said: "Why did it rot like this? Where did you find it?"

Wu Xiang said: "It was found by a riverside outside the city."

Hu Changqing frowned again, "No wonder." As he spoke, he took out a kerchief and tied it on his face, then found a pair of deerskin gauntlets and put them on, and then he moved closer to the body. Apart from the corpse bugs, there was also a lot of mud on the corpse. He stretched out his hands and seemed unable to do anything, so he found bamboo tweezers and other objects from the box and fiddled with the corpse.

After a moment, he turned around and said: "It looks like the baby was stillborn. The umbilical cord is still on the body, and the armpits and other places are still wrinkled. It should be that some family gave birth to a baby, but it died, and then was thrown into the Outside."

Wu Xiang was confused, "Are you sure? If so, it would be easier to deal with. Just visit and check. Maybe you can tell how long you have been dead?"

Hu Changqing pondered for a moment and said: "The decomposition is so serious that you can't even see the spots on the corpse. It has been dead for at least five days." Hu Changqing dug at the corpse for a while, only to see corpses and water lying under the corpse. , Corpse green also covered the entire corpse. He turned his head unbearably, "It is undoubtedly a stillbirth. The chest of the corpse is flat, and the chest and abdomen are quite fat and thin. This is usually the case for stillbirths. If it is a live fetus, the chest The place must be more bulging than the waist and abdomen."

Wu Xiang listened carefully, but when he turned around, he saw Bo Ruoyou thinking deeply, so he asked, "What do you think, Xiao Bo?"

Bao Ruoyou came back to his senses and said hesitantly: "Although the decomposition is serious, a newborn baby has more water in its body. Even if it is not found in a place like a river beach, it will decompose faster than ordinary people. , As for the sign of stillbirth that Hu Wuzuo said, it is indeed correct, but it is not certain. To identify whether it is a stillbirth or a live birth, other methods must be used."

Hu Changqing smiled coldly when he heard this, "You mean, this was a live fetus? Was it killed later?"

Bo Ruoyou said: "You have to test it before you know."

Hu Changqing raised his eyebrows and took two steps back, "Okay, then you come and test it. I want to see what you can test."

Bao Ruoyou didn't want to fight with him, but seeing how sloppy his autopsy was, she wouldn't let him follow him. When he stepped back, she rolled up her sleeves and stepped forward, put on a scarf and gauntlets, and then started to open the door. Examine the baby's body in the wooden box.

As Hu Changqing said, the umbilical cord is indeed outside, and the rare intact skin on the body is still wrinkled. However, apart from the sludge, there is no amniotic fluid, blood, meconium, or fetal dirt on the baby's body. , if the newborn has just been born, it will definitely not be so clean.

She asked Wu Xiang to help get some water. When the water came, she carefully wiped off the mud on it. When the corpse was completely exposed, it was even more terrifying than when it was stained. But like this, On the contrary, the scars on it look more clear.

"There are birth marks and yellow spots on the body. If it was a live birth, it should have been less than two days after birth. If it was a stillbirth, it is difficult to judge." Bo Ruoyou checked and said.

Wu Xiang called an official to come in and take notes. Hu Changqing looked disapproving on his face, "This does not prove that it was not a stillbirth."

Bo Ruoyou listened but was unmoved, "During delivery, the exposed area of ​​the fetus will not be compressed, causing congestion, and because the skin of the newborn fetus is delicate, it is very easy to become swollen. It starts, especially on the top of the head. Such birth marks begin to shrink a few hours after birth and disappear within a day or two. The birth marks on this baby are not heavy, but I am not sure whether the birth marks are light in nature or not. Then it disappeared."

Whether it was a stillbirth or a live birth, the baby in front of him was enough to prove that it was abandoned within two days of birth. However, it was difficult to tell whether it was alive or dead when it was abandoned. Wu Xiang was confused when he heard this, and only asked Said: "What about the cause of death?"

Hu Changqing snorted, "You can tell by looking at the color of the fetus's head and face. Most stillborn fetuses are suffocated in the belly. The purple color of the baby's head and face is particularly heavy. Most of them died because the frenulum was tied around the neck. ”

The rot was too heavy, and the most detailed traces had been covered up by the rot. It was a newborn, and the physical signs were not obvious. Bo Ruoyou thought for a moment and said, "Captain Wu, we need to do an autopsy to know whether the baby is stillborn or alive." Now that it has been detected, I want to try an autopsy."

Wu Xiang raised his eyebrows high, "This...can we still do an autopsy?"

A newborn baby is only a small lump in the first place, but now it is still severely corrupted. Even if it is autopsied, what useful things can be obtained?

Bo Ruoyou nodded, "Because I found that this baby's bones are quite sound, and it doesn't seem to have any signs of weakness in the fetus. Moreover, I have seen a method before that can prove whether a newly born child is stillborn or alive. ”

Wu Xiang was curious when he heard this, "What is the solution?"

Bo Ruoyou said: "To identify whether it is a stillborn fetus or a live fetus, it mainly depends on whether the fetus has breathed after birth. If the human lungs have not breathed, they are heavier than water and will sink if they are put into water. But if it has been breathed, it will be lighter than water. And if it is a live fetus after the autopsy, the time of death can also be inferred based on the degree of corruption of its organs."

Wu Xiang immediately said: "Then just do an autopsy."

Hu Changqing stood aside with his brow furrowed and said nothing, only looking at Bo Ruoyou with a pair of eyes.

Bao Ruoyou chose an autopsy knife. Since she was autopsying a baby, she needed a small and sharp blade. After choosing the knife, she found a few thin threads from the box, and then she calmed down and started the autopsy. .

If the baby's internal organs are too rotten, this method cannot be used. The body can be cut open. Although there is rot in the baby's internal organs, there is no rotten foam or other substances inside the organs, so it is still possible. Can be investigated.

Wu Xiang and Hu Changqing stood aside and saw that she was more meticulous than any other autopsy. In particular, she cut open the baby's body from the neck down to the chest and abdomen, and below the larynx. The trachea and esophagus were ligated, and then the trachea and esophagus were cut off above the ligation, and then the baby's heart and lungs were taken out together.

Wu Xiang could still watch at first, and when he saw her taking out a mass of blood and flesh from the baby's body, even he couldn't help but feel acid reflux in his stomach. When Hu Changqing saw this, his expression also changed slightly, and the responsible person The clerk who was taking notes had already thrown down his pen and paper and ran out.

Bao Ruoyou didn't care about their reactions and only concentrated on doing her own thing. After putting the ball of flesh and blood organs into the water, Bao Ruoyou's eyes became solemn and she became nervous. Then, she saw that The organ sank into the water.

She frowned slightly. Hu Changqing covered his mouth and nose and stepped forward to take a look. He also saw this scene. He laughed and said, "According to the method you said, it is now proved to be stillborn. I said, this is Stillbirth."

But Bao Ruoyou ignored him. She took out the heart and lungs, cut off the heart, and then put only the baby's lungs and trachea into the water. This time, the baby's lungs were floating on the water. Under her eyes There was a slight light, and then he took it out and put it in. Wu Xiang's back felt cold as he watched, and it was difficult to distinguish it carefully. After two sticks of incense, he saw Bo Ruoyou's sweating profusely. Straighten up.

"It's a live fetus." Bo Ruoyou breathed a sigh of relief, "Although her umbilical cord is exposed, it could still be the same if the baby was not sterilized after birth. This is not ironclad proof. My method is enough. It proves that she breathed when she was born, and her organs and bones are normal and there are no lesions, so she did not die due to illness."

Wu Xiang was stunned and couldn't help but ask: "How did you die?"

Bao Ruoyou looked at the baby whose human form was no longer distinguishable in front of him, with a dark look in his eyes, "The cause of death is not obvious on the body. I speculate that she was most likely suffocated to death with a kerchief or other soft material." The pillow pressed against her face and could easily suffocate her to death, and she wouldn't even struggle."

For a newborn baby, the umbilical cord has not been tied properly, the little hands and feet cannot move, and the eyes may not even be opened. It is easier to muffle such a little baby to death than to muffle a cat or a dog.

Bao Ruoyou added: "If an adult was smothered to death, her face would be bruised, her lips and teeth would be bleeding and bruised, and her mouth and nose would be crooked. But she is too young, and now she is like this It is really difficult to make a conclusion about his appearance. There are no external injuries such as strangulation marks or pinch marks. Only the darker color of the rot on the head and face can only be tentatively inferred as the cause of death."

After saying this, Bo Ruoyou leaned down again, and said after a moment: "There is only white mucus in her esophagus and stomach, and there is no breast milk. Either she has not been fed, or she has been fed very little. There was swelling near the stomach after inhaling air, but the rest of the small intestine was still coiled. According to my inference, she should not have lived more than two hours after she was born. And there was no amniotic fluid, fetal dirt, etc. on her body. When they are born, they should be briefly scrubbed and then smothered to death."

"Her organs are still alive, rigor mortis has been alleviated, but has not completely disappeared. Although there are many green corpses, considering that she was thrown on the river beach and was a newborn child, I speculate that , the death lasted no more than two days, that is to say, she was born the day before yesterday, and was strangled to death within the next two hours, and then abandoned her body."

Wu Xiang sighed, "Last year there were several locust plagues around Gyeonggi, and the harvests from the fields were very bad. This is a baby girl. Maybe some family can't feed the child."

Hearing this, Bo Ruoyou glanced at the wrapping cloth under the baby's body, "Was this found with the body?"

Wu Xiang nodded, "Yes, the one who was carrying the child was a long-term worker nearby. He thought he had picked up something good, but he didn't expect it to be a baby girl."

Bao Ruoyou picked up the wrapping cloth and looked at it, but because of the mud and corpse water, it was difficult to distinguish the lines. When she saw this, she tidied up the corpse first, then turned around and went to the backyard. After getting water, she The wrapping cloth was washed clean, and Bo Ruoyou called Wu Xiang, "This wrapping cloth is made of lake silk, and there are embroidery patterns on it. It's not like ordinary farm stuff."

The child didn't have any ornaments on him, and the wrapping cloth was ordinary, but upon closer inspection, it was different from what Wu Xiang expected.

Wu Xiang took it and looked at it carefully. Bo Ruoyou cleaned his hands and said, "You can't hide this from others if you are ten months pregnant. Moreover, the child was smothered to death not long after he was born, and the family did not Dare to leave the child's body for a long time, so Captain Wu can investigate around the place where the body was found, especially if there is a mother in the family, who is about to give birth these days, the child was born at full term. Based on this alone, If you want to hide the time of delivery, you can’t.”

Wu Xiang was undecided, "I understand that there are indeed some wealthy people's houses around there. I can just take people to visit them."

Bo Ruoyou responded. She came here before noon. When the autopsy was completed, it was already sunset. Wu Xiang saw that she was tired and thought that she was recovering from a serious injury, so he asked her to go home and rest early. Hu Changqing said At first, he wanted to compete with Bao Ruoyou, but at this moment, his efforts were somewhat muted. He just looked at Bao Ruoyou with a bit of disdain in his eyes.

Bao Ruoyou didn't know what he was disdainful about, so he ignored him. When he left Yizhuang, Bao Ruoyou noticed two people guarding him in the distance. This place was remote, and it was quite quiet outside. The setting sun shone on the deserted long road, and the two people became more and more abrupt. Bo Ruoyou looked at these two people for a moment, and suddenly felt that they looked familiar.

Seeing her looking over, the two people wanted to leave immediately, so she couldn't help but take two steps forward and said, "Stay here, you two -"

The two people looked at each other and stopped for a moment. They were both young men in their twenties. At this time, they looked embarrassed. Bao Ruoyou stepped forward quickly and asked, "Are you the servants of the Hou Mansion?"

Both of them were tall and capable, and they both carried knives at their waists. Although Bo Ruoyou went in and out of the Hou Mansion not many times, she had some impressions of beating the people he met.

She asked directly, and the two of them had no choice but to hide and nodded in response.

Bo Ruoyou's heart skipped a beat, "Did the Marquis order you to come?"

The two continued to nod, and one of them said: "You were injured last time, and the Marquis was worried about it, so he ordered us to guard you."

All in all, Bo Ruoyou had not seen Huo Weilou for several days, which made her feel a little empty. She couldn't help but ask: "Master Hou, is he busy?"

The man before said: "The Marquis has left Beijing. On the afternoon when the girl left, the Marquis took people out of the city. The Ministry of Household Affairs is now raising food and grass for the north. There is a guard in Qinshui County, Gyeonggi Province. There's trouble, Lord Marquis went with his people."

The man spoke in detail, and Bo Ruoyou felt a little embarrassed. The man added: "The Marquis said that it is best for the subordinates not to disturb the girl, but if she is seen by the girl, if the girl asks anything , Just answer the truth, Eunuch Fu has also left the capital with the Marquis this time, if the girl has any instructions, please give them to the little people."

Bo Ruoyouting's cheeks were slightly red, "Then, I haven't been out in the past few days, where are you?"

The man continued: "Just stay outside the girl's house. If the girl doesn't go out, nothing will happen. If she wants to go out, the little people must follow her."

"Watch at night too?"

"Yes, girl."

Seeing that although the two of them were respectful to her, Bo Ruoyou came here after Huo Weilou's order, he swallowed his words to persuade them to leave, "I won't be going anywhere these days. Just go to Yamen Yizhuang, forget it during the day, you don’t have to watch at night."

The two men did not change their expressions, "The Lord Marquis ordered, the little people dare not disobey."

Bao Ruoyou knew that it would be useless to persuade him, so he thanked him again, and then got on the carriage. Hu Changqing had been standing at the gate of Yizhuang, looking over. He probably saw what was going on, and passed by Bo Ruoyou. When he got into the carriage, he actually sneered.

Even Zhou Liang couldn't stand this situation and sighed: "Looking at how old he is, why is he always targeting young ladies?"

Bao Ruoyou waved his hand, "Ignore him, let's go back home."

The carriage moved slowly. Halfway there, Bo Ruoyou opened the curtain to take a look. Sure enough, he saw the two guards of the Hou Mansion following him not far away. Bo Ruoyou lowered the curtain and knew what Huo Weilou was worried about. At one moment she felt that it was too much work and at the other moment she felt warm in her heart. As she expected, Huo Weilou was really busy with something.

Arrived outside Cheng's house, Bo Ruoyou got off the carriage and saw the two guards stopped in the distance. Her heart moved and she waved. The two guards immediately came up to her. Bo Ruoyou said: "You guys This is not a big deal, why not go into the mansion and guard it?"

The expressions of the two of them changed slightly, and they did not dare to speak. Bao Ruoyou had no choice but to return to the house first.

As soon as he returned home, Bo Ruoyou went to find Cheng Yunzhi and told Cheng Yunzhi about today's examination of the infant's corpse, and that he had used the submersing method. Cheng Yunzhi listened happily, "You remember everything I taught you."

Bao Ruoyou added: "It's just that the cause of death has not been determined. For the time being, it is inferred that he was suffocated to death."

Cheng Yunzhi saw that she looked tired, so he asked her to rest first. Bo Ruoyou returned home and changed clothes. When it was time for dinner, he said, "Let's see if you have free time. I think Take you to visit an old friend."

Bo Ruoyou was slightly surprised, "Old friend? Who is it?"

Cheng Yunzhi said gently: "You will know by then that he is also your father's old friend."

Bao Ruoyou tilted his head and thought for a moment, "Tomorrow I will go to the Yamen and see if there is any trouble in the Yamen. If the case goes well, I am afraid that I will not be needed in the future. Then I can accompany Yi the next day. Father is gone."

Cheng Yunzhi responded with a smile, and ordered Zhou Liang to prepare gifts in the evening.

Bao Ruoyou didn’t delve too much into this. Early the next morning, he continued to go to the Yamen to answer questions as usual. If there was no case, it would be fine. Now that there was a case, he naturally had to be more diligent. When he arrived at the Yamen, But just when Wu Xiang was about to take people out of the city.

Wu Xiang said: "I checked several households yesterday, but there are no wealthy families around me with a pregnant woman in them. I suspect there is something wrong among them, and I want to go and take a look today."

Bo Ruoyou pondered for a moment and said: "If there is a pregnant woman at home, even if she does not stretch out, the house's underwear, food, housing, and transportation will also change. If you can't find out, I'm afraid it will take more time to investigate more carefully."

Wu Xiang responded and raised his eyes to look at the sky. Seeing that the weather was clear today, he said, "Xiao Bo, do you want to go with us? The place is on the bank of Luohe River outside the city. There are many people going out of the city for spring outing. You can go with us. Just because you spread your hair is not asking you to handle the case."

Bo Ruoyou had nothing to do in Japan. Hearing this, he naturally agreed happily. When he rode a carriage out of the city gate, he saw that there was an endless stream of carriages on the official road out of the city, and there were many young men and women from rich families accompanying him. And going out for an outing and hunting.

Since she returned to Beijing, she has not been out of the capital. Today, the spring breeze is blowing on her face, the spring sun is warm, and she feels a bit like a horse and a flower. The Luo River rises from Weiyang Lake in the city. After leaving the city, it meets the Chishui River going north, and then there is the Luo River. Weiyang Lake in the city is a grand scene. Outside the city, there are hundreds of miles of fertile fields along the Luo River. In spring, only the The peach and plum blossom forest, which looks like clouds and the sea, is worth a visit. If the weather is good, both sides of the Luohe River will be crowded with tourists.

Although Bao Ruoyou was in a good mood, she did not seriously come to play. She ordered Wu Xiang to take her to the place where the baby's body was found to have a look, and found that the place was a bay in the lower reaches of the Luo River. Not only was the water deep, There are even more rugged rocks on the bank. On the entire Luo River bank, very few people come and go, and usually no one goes to enjoy the scenery. However, there are several private houses located on the river bank not far away.

This place not only faces the Luo River, but also has a series of low hills in the distance. It can be said that it is a place surrounded by mountains and rivers. The wealthy people in the city built villas here to escape the summer heat and enjoy the cool air. It can also produce very delicious melons and fruits, and most of the thousands of miles of fertile fields further away are owned by the powerful in the capital. The long-term worker who discovered the baby's body as mentioned by Wu Xiang was a member of the household.

Leaving the place where the body was found, Bo Ruoyou and his entourage went to a private house. Wu Xiang sent people to inquire about several houses and got a clue that was not a clue. The official who came to report said: "There are several private houses nearby. , only one house is always occupied by people, even during the coldest New Year season. People come to the rest of the villages mostly after spring comes."

The mother is ten months pregnant and her body is heavy, so it is difficult for her to move frequently. During the Chinese New Year, most wealthy families gather in Beijing, and very few people come to live in other villages outside the city.

Wu Xiang immediately decided, "Which family is it? Lead the way!"

The yamen officer pointed to the northeast, "It's over there. I heard that the owner's surname is Bo——"

Bao Ruoyou heard this in the carriage behind and frowned slightly.