Li Xingye took the file and glanced at it, saying, "I remember that the Dali Temple sent someone to investigate this case, and it was indeed a case of suicide."
"That's not right." Zhao Lin still insisted, "The marks left by someone who committed suicide by hanging are different from those left by someone who was strangled first and then hung."
Li Xingye's expression immediately turned serious: "Are you sure?"
"Sure." Zhao Lin said.
Li Xingye took a deep breath and said, "Do you know who the deceased is? What was his identity? Why did he die?"
"I know. The deceased was named Guo Maoliang, a former director of the Ministry of Revenue. He was in charge of the Qingzhou disaster relief last year. Because of the embezzlement of disaster relief funds, Guo Maoliang knew that he was guilty, so he committed suicide. But all the blame fell on him, but because he is dead, it will not be pursued anymore." Zhao Lin answered in a serious tone.
"You still dare to interfere?" Li Xingye asked.
Zhao Lin said, "Guo Maoliang's death is suspicious to begin with, and he died in our Shengjing Prefecture. We have a responsibility to investigate thoroughly. Moreover, this is a matter of great importance to disaster relief and the national economy and people's livelihood, so we must investigate thoroughly."
"good!"
Li Xingye was delighted when he heard this and said, "I was right about you. Tell me what you think about this case."
Zhao Lin said, "Guo Maoliang's death is listed in the case file as suicide by hanging. However, as far as I know, suicide by hanging is primarily caused by the body's own weight compressing the rope around the neck, which in turn compresses the trachea and neck blood vessels, leading to suffocation and preventing blood from reaching the brain. If it was suicide by hanging, the rope pressing on the neck would leave strangulation marks, often located above the neck and slanting upward. Because the body is suspended in mid-air, petechial bleeding in the lower limbs is also possible."
"But according to the dossier, the strangle marks on Guo Maoliang's neck were horizontal, encircling his neck, causing death by asphyxiation. It's clear he was strangled from behind and then hung from the beam."
Zhao Lin took the file and showed it to Li Xingye one by one.
The file clearly records the marks on Guo Maoliang's neck and even the scars on his hands, etc.
Li Xingye frowned slightly. "As you said, even the files record it. Why was it still ruled a suicide?"
Zhao Lin bowed slightly: "This is not something a student can know."
"Well, I will reopen the investigation into Guo Maoliang's suicide."
Li Xingye looked at Zhang Fan and was very satisfied: "You actually know how to perform an autopsy. This really surprises me."
Zhao Lin smiled and said, "I used to like reading books. I read all kinds of books. I have some understanding of this aspect."
In fact, Zhao Lin liked to read suspense and detective novels in his previous life, and he had a very clear understanding of the situation of disguised suicide.
It can be said that such a low-level method as disguising suicide can be understood by just reading a few suspense and detective novels.
But Li Xingye is obviously not an expert in this field. He has a lot of things to do and he is not a professional autopsy performer, so he doesn't understand these things.
But as soon as Zhang Fan said it, he understood. There is a clear difference between strangling the neck from behind and strangling the neck by hanging up.
So Li Xingye immediately understood that someone was playing tricks.
Li Xingye said, "Guo Maoliang's identity is very sensitive. Many people breathed a sigh of relief when he died. Now that the investigation is reopened, some people will be unable to sleep. They will resent you for discovering the problem and may even retaliate against you. Are you afraid?"
Zhao Lin said righteously, "When serving our country, how can we be afraid of this or that?"
"Good!" Li Xingye admired Zhao Lin even more. "Once this case is successfully resolved, I will commend you to the Emperor."
Zhao Lin bowed and said, "Thank you, sir."
Li Xingye was very satisfied with Zhao Lin's neither humble nor arrogant nor pretentious attitude, and soon he issued an order to reopen the investigation into Guo Maoliang's death.
Zhao Lin secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
How could he, as smart as he is, not know that this matter involves the dispute over the succession between the Crown Prince and Prince Yu.
Guo Maoliang was the prince's man, and was probably a serious criminal in the case of embezzling disaster relief funds, so when Prince Yu was investigating, he had to commit suicide.
There must have been instructions from the Crown Prince's side before, so Guo Maoliang's death was classified as suicide. I don't know how it was done, but Prince Yu's people didn't even notice the problem.
But now that the investigation is being reinvestigated because of Zhao Lin, it is very likely that the case will be traced back to the prince, so Zhao Lin will inevitably be retaliated by the prince's faction.
But Zhao Lin didn't care about that anymore.
He must seize the opportunity to improve his status.
Scientific research is a way out, but it cannot allow Zhao Lin to achieve success overnight.
Even if you become the top scorer in the imperial examination, you still have to wait for the court to assign you an assignment. If you are lucky enough to catch the emperor's eye, like Bai Shiyuan, it's still okay. Otherwise, you have to wait to work as an editor in the Hanlin Academy for a few years and then be sent out to serve as an official.
Zhao Lin didn't dare to guarantee that he would definitely become the top scorer, but it would be considered good enough if he could become a Jinshi.
If you won the top prize, you had the chance to be sent to a government post. If you didn't win the top prize, but only passed the Jinshi exam, you could only wait for your superiors to arrange for you. However, without social status and background, there were many people who waited for seven, eight, or even ten years without any chance.
Even if he was lucky enough to be sent to serve as an official in a remote area, he would only be a seventh-rank official and would spend his entire life as a county magistrate.
So Zhao Lin wanted to seize this opportunity of Li Xingye and let him know his abilities.
Of course, there is another way, which is to go to the battlefield and kill the enemy.
However, Zhao Lin did not intend to take that route unless it was absolutely necessary.
Too difficult and too slow.
Time waits for no one.
If he really had to wait until he had killed enemies and made meritorious service on the battlefield and then come back as a general, regardless of whether Fu Chengwang would look down on him or not, I'm afraid Fu Liqing would already have several children.
Zhao Lin must become famous in the shortest possible time.
When they heard the news about Li Xingye, some people in the capital were shocked.
Prince Yu's Mansion.
"real?"
Prince Yu Li Jingzhong stood up suddenly and looked at the guard in front of him with surprise and joy.
The guard said, "Your Highness, it's true. Lord Li has ordered a reinvestigation of Guo Maoliang's death. It's said that his newly recruited aide, Zhao Lin, discovered a discrepancy in the files, leading to the discovery that Guo Maoliang didn't commit suicide, but was murdered and then hanged."
"Good! Very good! Haha, big brother, big brother, let's see what you can do this time."
Li Jingzhong walked back and forth a few steps and ordered, "Immediately notify Sun Xiaohui, the Minister of Justice, and have him rush to Shengjing Prefecture to personally monitor the situation and make sure to find evidence of Guo Maoliang's murder."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The guards left immediately.
"Zhao Lin!"
Li Jingzhong took out a pen and paper, wrote down the two words, and circled them heavily.
"As expected of the title of Jieyuan, he is talented and intelligent. I am very optimistic about him."
Prince Yu said to Zhao Chenhan, "You all have the surname Zhao, so you should visit each other more often in the future."
Zhao Chenhan was so angry that his teeth were about to break, but he still smiled and replied, "Yes, Your Highness."
Prince Yu said, "By the way, the Crown Prince will definitely send people there, and he will take the opportunity to bully Zhao Lin. Chen Han, you go and watch for me. Don't let Zhao Lin be bullied by them. Let Zhao Lin know the goodwill of Prince Yu's Mansion towards him. Do you understand?"
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