Chapter 75 Different Corpses
The prefect quickly took Shen Shixu and the others to the autopsy room at the back. As soon as they opened the door, they smelled a strong smell of rotten meat, which made people want to vomit.
Jiang Bin couldn't help it when he saw the corpse for the first time. When he smelled the odor, he covered his mouth and ran outside to vomit. Zhang Ming was better than him, but his face was also quite blue, and he looked like a spinach that had become a spirit.
Shen Shixu saw that he couldn't bear it, but he was still holding on. He sighed in his heart, "Zhang Ming, if you really can't bear it, just follow Jiang Bin and go out to relax. Don't hold on."
When Zhang Ming heard his words, he relaxed completely. He covered his mouth and ran outside to vomit like Jiang Bin did.
County Magistrate Xu Guangyi and Qucheng Prefect Wu Dazhi looked at Shen Shixu, who remained calm, and then compared him with Jiang Bin and Zhang Ming who had just run out to vomit. No wonder they were Shaoqing of the Dali Temple at such a young age.
When they were solving cases in the early years, they also waited a long time before daring to touch the corpses. I heard that this Shaoqing was just promoted this year, and it hasn't been long since he dared to face the corpses like this!
Now it is really the case that the waves behind push the waves in front, and each wave is stronger than the last. It is time for these old guys to be washed up on the beach.
Although he sighed in his heart, he still had to do his work. Xu Guangyi pointed to the four bodies displayed in the morgue and said, "We have examined most of the bodies. The servants and maids all had sword wounds. Some were killed by a single blow, and some died from excessive blood loss.
We found residues of drugs in their bodies, and we realized something was wrong when we investigated the case. How could more than a hundred people be killed without any noise? After investigation, it was found that the well they drank from had been drugged.
We are left with these four bodies whose deaths were extremely tragic. Compared with those dead servants and maids, the deaths of these four people were extremely tragic. Let Prefect Wu tell us about this! ”
Wu Dazhi walked over and lifted the white cloth covering the bodies, letting Shen Shixu and Xiao Jinyi see, “These four people died quite tragically. In addition to more than a dozen sword wounds on Father Song’s body, there was also a wound on his waist that was enough to split him in two. After the coroner’s examination, it was a fatal wound.
On the surface, Song's mother looked much better than Song's father, but the coroner said that she was the one who died the most tragically among the four bodies.
The person who killed her pierced her stomach with a sword, and then did not pull out the sword. Instead, he spun around on the wound. Mother Song's stomach had been minced into minced meat. It can be said that Mother Song died from the pain.
The third most miserable person was the Song family’s housekeeper. His hands were chopped off while he was still alive, and hot water was poured on his wounds over and over again, causing the wound on his broken arm to be scalded by the hot water.
The one who died the most peacefully among the four bodies was Song Xianghe, the young master of the Song family. Due to his physical condition, he died in his sleep shortly after drinking water laced with drugs and eating things containing drugs. ”
Listening to Wu Dazhi's introduction, Shen Shixu and Xiao Jinyi also looked at the bodies. The first three bodies were more miserable than each other. Compared with them, Song Xianghe's body seemed much more peaceful.
However, looking at Song Xianghe's figure of only eleven or twelve years old, Shen Shixu still felt regretful. He was still a child!
"You two adults have been investigating for so long, what do you think?"
When Xu Guangyi and Wu Dazhi heard Shen Shixu's question, they did not make any hypocritical excuses and directly told him what they had found out and what they had guessed.
"Master Xu and I both think that the extermination of the Song family was probably caused by revenge. The servants and maids of the Song Mansion were all implicated, and the murderer's real vengeance must be on these three people who died tragically.
We followed this clue and investigated, but didn't find anything suspicious. The Song family has always been kind to others and they don't have any enemies.
But judging from the way they died, it doesn't seem likely that they were killed for other reasons.
What’s even more strange is that the murderer had Song Zhuoyang’s face. If there hadn’t been someone testifying and Song Zhuoyang had no motive to commit the crime, one would have really thought that he did it!
All in all, there is something strange about this case. I have never encountered such a strange case in all my years of investigating cases. ”
Xu Guangyi also echoed Wu Dazhi's words, "Don't talk about you, I have been an official for most of my life, and I have seen all kinds of cases, but I have never seen such a strange case.
Apart from knowing that the murderer killed the Song family for revenge, nothing else is known.
But I have a guess, but it's just a guess, so just listen to it. ”
After seeing the body of Mrs. Song, Xu Guangyi had a surprising guess. "When I first saw the body of Mrs. Song, I had a ridiculous idea. Why did the murderer pierce Mrs. Song's stomach and crush her stomach?
The woman's belly was pregnant, and the murderer had the exact same face as Song Zhuoyang. Was it possible that the person who killed the entire Song family was Mrs. Song's illegitimate son? ”
When Shen Shixu heard Xu Guangyi’s words, he clapped his hands and said, “Master Xu thinks about the same thing as I do, but what I think is more absurd than yours.
The murderer and Song Zhuoyang have exactly the same face. Could they be twins? ”
Xu Guangyi originally thought that what he thought was absurd enough, but he didn't expect that Shen Shixu's thoughts were even more absurd than his own, even a little ridiculous.
However, if we substitute Shen Shixu's thoughts, the case seems to become much clearer.
Xu Guangyi and Wu Dazhi both reasoned according to Shen Shixu's idea and included the fact that Song Zhuoyang had a twin brother in the case. It seemed that the case did become much clearer.
In her early years, Mrs. Song became pregnant and gave birth to twins. For some unknown reasons, she asked the housekeeper to send one of the children away.
This child had a hard life, and after knowing his own life experience, it seemed reasonable for him to plan revenge more than ten years later.
This can explain the injuries on Song's father, Song's mother, and the housekeeper. Song's father was almost chopped in half to vent his anger. Why didn't he raise him after giving birth to him?
Song's mother was so upset that she hated herself for having carried the child for ten months and given birth to him, only to have to watch him being thrown away by someone else.
The butler had his hands chopped off as a revenge for his abandonment.
The more than one hundred people in the Song Mansion were there because of a grudge.
The more Xu Guangyi and Wu Dazhi thought about it, the more they felt that this was possible. Wu Dazhi couldn't wait to say to Shen Shixu, "I'm going to the prison now to ask Song Zhuoyang. As the eldest son of Song's father and mother, he should know something about such an important matter!"
Wu Dazhi couldn't wait to go to the prison. Xu Guangyi was worried that he couldn't get anything out of Song Zhuoyang, so he planned to ask the people who had close contacts with Song's family and their relatives.
If Mrs. Song is really pregnant with twins, her belly must be very big. As long as someone still remembers her, there is no need to worry about not being able to catch her.
So he said goodbye to Chen Shixu and Xiao Jinyi and rushed out to investigate.
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