Chapter 245: Chapter 245 Huang Xiaorou

Chapter 245: Chapter 245 Huang Xiaorou"Female corpse?"

The eunuch was waiting anxiously at the gate of the palace. Something must have happened. The only thing that happened to Xu Qi'an was the case of Concubine Fu. So the female corpse must be related to the case of Concubine Fu.

Xu Qi'an narrowed his eyes and thought: "Is it the missing maid in the case of Concubine Fu?"

The eunuch was stunned and convinced: "Your Excellency is really a genius. I admire you very much."

This sentence is both a compliment and from the heart. After two consecutive days of supervision, the eunuch found that Xu Qi'an was a famous detective who seemed to be exaggerated in appearance but was more intelligent than ordinary people.

This is not a genius, this is a very simple reasoning... Xu Qi'an nodded and said, "Take me to see the body."

The eunuch hurriedly led the way.

"In which well was the body found?"

"The backyard of Crab Pavilion."

"Crab Pavilion?"

Xu Qi'an was thinking about what a broken name.

"Crab Pavilion is where the palace maids live." The eunuch replied.

The palace maids were also divided into different levels. The high-ranking palace maids were called female officials, and some even had ranks and titles, such as Jieyu, Meiren, Cairen, Yunu, Cainu, etc.

These palace maids had the hope of being favored by the emperor and becoming famous overnight. Of course, during the reign of Emperor Yuan Jing, none of them could make a name for themselves.

The next level was the palace maids who served the concubines.

The lowest level was the servants who lived in the big dormitory.

The Crab Pavilion was a dormitory for palace maids.

As they walked and talked, they soon came to the morgue in the palace, in a secluded courtyard in the south, where the bodies of those who were executed, died of illness, or died accidentally in the palace were parked.

On the simple bed board, there lay a slightly bloated body.

"Go get the knife, I want to dissect the body." Xu Qian'an ordered.

He was a little excited. When he was working in the government office in his previous life, he was often sent to watch forensic autopsies and act as an assistant. He has accumulated a lot of professional knowledge and experience.

From the initial panic and vomiting to slowly accepting it, and then helping without changing his expression, Xu Qian'an vaguely discovered that he likes dissection.

After coming to this world, he encountered many cases, but there were not many opportunities to dissect.

"Fu Fei is the old emperor's woman, I can't touch her, I can always open the stomach of this little maid... It would be better if she could be fresher."

While thinking, he untied the maid's clothes.

"Dog slave, dog slave, why didn't you send someone to notify me when you entered the palace..."

Princess Lin'an's cheerful voice came from outside, and then a red shadow ran and stopped at the door.

"What are you doing?"

Lin'an looked at Xu Qian'an holding the bellyband of the female corpse in his hand, and the bright smile on his face suddenly froze.

Behind him, Huaiqing, in a fluttering white dress, followed him into the threshold, glanced at Xu Qian'an, and then his eyes fell on the bellyband.

A bit embarrassing...Xu Qi'an remained calm: "Inspect the body and plan to dissect it." "Don't touch such disgusting things."

Bian Bian stamped her feet repeatedly. She glanced at the naked upper body of the female corpse and immediately retracted her gaze.

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

Because I like to do this...Xu Qi'an shook his head seriously and explained seriously: "Your Highnesses, you know that I will do everything myself and do things meticulously. If I can do it myself, I will not ask others to do it. In the eyes of others, this is a good quality of diligence, but in my opinion, it is indeed an ordinary thing that is not worth mentioning."

Bian Bian admired Xu Qi'an's work attitude. Huaiqing had a blank expression on his face and seemed not to believe his nonsense.

"Your Highnesses, go back and have tea first, wait a moment, don't stay here." Xu Qi'an wanted to drive people away.

Huaiqing heard this, but did not leave. Instead, he walked to the female corpse with lotus steps.

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

"I want to stay and see, maybe there are clues in the body."

Huaiqing seemed to be very interested in brain work, playing chess, writing history, and now solving cases... Xu Qiyan turned his head and silently looked at the princess's clear and

beautiful eyes.

Huaiqing's eyes were slightly fixed, and he looked at him. His voice had the texture of ice hitting, which was very pleasant: "Hmm?"

A simple "hmm" implies: Little brother, do you have any objections?

Xu Qiyan retracted his gaze, no longer looking at the princess's flawless face, turned his head and said to Bian Bian: "Where is the second prince."

Bian Bian glanced at Huaiqing, and said hesitantly: "What's the matter, I will stay too."

"Okay!"

Xu Qiyan happily stripped the female corpse.

Bian Bian's face turned red, then pale, and he covered his face and walked away.

"Second Prince, are you not staying to watch?" Xu Qi'an shouted.

Bian Bian covered her face and murmured softly, "I'm leaving, leaving..."

Huai Qing glanced at the female corpse. Although it was well hidden, Xu Qi'an still saw embarrassment in her eyes as clear as a cold pond.

This kind of embarrassment was like when Xu Qi'an used to watch TV with his parents and happened to show the hero and heroine in bed

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

If Huai Qing is compared to a top sports car, fresh out of the factory.

Then Bian Bian is a model car, with an unbelievably beautiful appearance, but the core... it's

hard to describe.

However, for men, it is probably Bian Bian who loves to act like a spoiled child, is charming, and is not too smart. Women are more popular.

"What is this?"

Huaiqing found a piece of dull yellow silk from the maid Huang Xiaorou's underwear, on which was embroidered a bright red lotus and a line of small characters:

Spring of the 31st year of Yuanjing.

"She kept it close to her before she died, which means it was extremely important to her."

Huaiqing looked at Xu Qi'an, as if to verify, and said, "What do you think, Lord Xu?"

Xu Qi'an said "hmm".

Huaiqing's mouth curled up slightly.

"Your Highness is so smart, why don't you come and 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 was going to test her, and

couldn't help but retract the arc of his mouth, and a feeling of unwillingness to admit defeat

surged up.

"Based on the degree of whitening and swelling of the corpse, she didn't jump into the well after the crime." Huaiqing made a judgment.

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

"There are no obvious external injuries on her body, so she should have drowned. She might have been knocked unconscious." After saying that, the elegant and refined princess subconsciously looked at Xu Qiyan.

Seeing that he had no expression on his face and did not respond, the princess felt a little

unhappy. When she lowered her head, she slightly curled her lips.

"Anything else?" Xu Qiyan asked.

Huaiqing thought about it and shook her head slightly.

"You are missing the most important step. Usually when examining a female corpse, even if

there are obvious signs of death, you should never forget to check..."

Xu Qiyan raised his eyebrows at Huaiqing and smiled.

Huaiqing was stunned for a moment, and then saw Xu Qiyan's eyes fall on the forbidden land.

As smart as she was, she immediately understood.

Swish.....

Her fair face immediately turned red, and the princess's eyebrows were raised, gritting her teeth: "Xu Ningyan, you dare to tease me!"

Xu Qian'an admitted his mistake and said sincerely: "I have no intention of offending you,

please forgive me, princess."

Huaiqing turned aside, indicating that he did not accept his apology, and was very angry.

It is much more fulfilling to tease the proud and cold princess than to tease Lin'an... Huaiqing's style when he was angry is different... Xu Qian'an coughed and said: "She was drowned, but she did not drown in the well. She was suffocated to death by being

held in the water."

"Why do you think so?" Huaiqing turned his head and questioned.

Well, as long as we discuss academic issues, she will not be angry for a while... Female academic bullies also have their weaknesses... Xu Qiyan silently wrote it down, and explained

calmly:

"You see her face is purple-red, and normal drowned people are pale and swollen. Only when someone is pressed into the water with their head down, and the blood flows back to the head

when they die, will the face be congested."

Huaiqing frowned and thought.

"There is one more thing," Xu Qiyan grabbed the wrist of the female corpse, "Look at her

hand, clenched into a fist, which is consistent with the characteristics of drowning. But if you

look closely, there is no sand or moss in her nails." Huaiqing looked at it carefully, and the nails were indeed clean.

"Does this mean that she did drown, but not in the well?" she asked.

"Your Highness is really smart. Compared with you, Your Highness Lin'an is just a sister." Xu

Qiyan bowed his hands to express his admiration.

Although he knew that he was complimenting him, Huaiqing still felt comfortable. People love to hear good words, and saints are no exception. Moreover, Princess Huaiqing has

always been proud. She may disdain flattery on the surface, but she will secretly feel happy in

her heart.

Huaiqing said "hmm" with reserve.

"So, she was silenced." Her Royal Highness the Princess added later.

Xu Qian'an nodded, and at the same time heard subtle footsteps. He looked up at the door and

saw the little eunuch coming over with the knife for dissecting corpses from a distance.

The sound of hurried footsteps rushed into the threshold. The first reaction of the young eunuch when he saw the female corpse was a sharp cry: Ah-

"Young eunuch, you have never seen a woman, come on, I will give you a physiology lesson."

Xu Qi'an teased in an old bastard tone.

The young eunuch ignored it, a little embarrassed, lowered his head, and placed the knives on

the long table.

There were six knives in total, of different sizes and thicknesses, wrapped in thick linen.

Xu Qi'an wanted to lick his lips to express his inner expectations, but he felt that this posture

was too devilish and it was not good to show it in front of Huaiqing, so he had to endure it.

Really, when I am doing some hobbies, I don't like people to watch... He chose a dagger-sized single-edged sharp knife, put the tip of the knife against the throat of the female corpse, and cut the throat.

A slightly turbid water flowed out.

"Ugh..."

The tender red flesh was exposed in sight, and the young eunuch covered his mouth and

couldn't help retching.

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

"Ugh..." The little eunuch ran away.

Can't hold on now? Sure enough, giving eunuchs a physiology lesson is pure nonsense.

Huaiqing's jade-carved face showed a very vivid expression - horror, disgust. Eyelashes trembled, 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 to check?"

"No, Your Highness, let's leave." Xu Qi'an said, and suddenly "Hui" said.

Huaiqing, who had turned his head to leave, looked back and suddenly raised his eyebrows:

"What are you doing?"

Xu Qi'an was playing with the breast on the left side of the female corpse, at least that's what

Huaiqing thought.

"She was injured." Xu Qi'an frowned, and when he spoke, he turned the breast up hard so that

Huaiqing could see the situation under the breast.

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This palace maid named Huang Xiaorou had a deep scar under her left breast, right in front of

her heart.

She immediately knew that she had wronged Xu Qiyan, and understood his doubts: How could a palace maid get such a dangerous injury? Strangely, she survived?

Xu Qiyan spread out the burlap again, held the largest knife, and cut open the chest of the female corpse along the scar.

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

Xu Qi'an took off the heart, squinted his eyes and looked at it for a moment, and said considerately: "From the scar, the wound is very deep. The weapon should be scissors or other sharp objects. It has touched the heart. She should have died of heavy blood loss." Huaiqing nodded, looked outside the door, and analyzed: "The medicine that can heal this

kind of wound can only be used by the queen mother and concubines of the rank of imperial concubine in the harem.

"If the rest of the people need elixirs to save their lives, they must get the permission of the

queen mother or have been rewarded by the emperor. There is no need to embezzle from the warehouse."

The "others" she mentioned naturally do not include princes and princesses. After the two left the morgue, there was a well in the yard. Xu Qi'an drew a bucket of clean

water and washed his hands carefully.

Then, he rubbed the piece of yellow silk found on the female corpse vigorously for a few times

and spread it out by the well.

"Tell the clerk in charge of the morgue that I still need the corpse inside and send it to the ice cellar. "Xu Qi'an sent the eunuch away.

"Xu Ningyan, help me get a bucket of water." Princess Huaiqing stood aside coquettishly. Based on her address, Xu Qi'an judged that she was in a good mood at the moment. When she

was polite and unfamiliar, she called him Lord Xu. When she was angry, she called him Xu Ningyan.

Huaiqing's tone was definitely not angry at the moment, so this Xu Ningyan sounded a bit like calling a friend. Xu Qi'an brought her a bucket of water. Huaiqing squatted down, lifted up her long sleeves,

and dipped a pair of white little hands in the water. Her green jade fingers were slender and well-proportioned.

The little hands are so beautiful... he thought to himself.

After Huaiqing soaked her hands, she took out a brocade handkerchief to wipe off the water

stains and said, "I will take you to the imperial pharmacy."

Xu Qiyan was about to nod, when a thought suddenly occurred to him: why throw the body

into the Crab Pavilion?

There are at least several burial sites in the palace, and some are more hidden, such as the cold

palace, and the well in the morgue. "Let's go to the Crab Pavilion first."

Lin'an, who was far away, saw the two people coming out, walked up to them with brisk

steps, and said, "What did you find?"

"There are indeed some gains." Xu Qiyan told her the findings of the autopsy. Lin'an nodded while listening, her little face was very focused, but after Xu Qiyan finished speaking, her

attention immediately shifted, and it was obvious that she had heard it in one ear and out the

other.

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

Before he finished speaking, Xu Qiyan suddenly screamed, covered his head, and rolled on the ground. Bian Bian and Huaiqing were startled and asked anxiously: "What's wrong with you?" "Head, head hurts so much..." Xu Qian'an hugged his head in pain, not hesitating to let his

mink hat fall off, revealing his bald head, which showed that he really had a splitting headache.

"Wait, I'll go get the imperial physician right away." Bian Bian stamped her feet anxiously.

Turning around, she ran away with her slender waist twisted.

Seeing that her annoying sister had left, Princess Huaiqing stopped putting on airs, squatted

beside him, and took his pulse: "I know a little bit about medicine..." Touching the pulse, it was indeed beating very fast. Xu Tongluo's heartbeat must have

accelerated at this moment.

"Your Highness..." Xu Qian'an held Huaiqing's soft hand and said painfully: "Since I entered

the realm of refining the spirit, I have had headaches from time to time. Duke Wei said that it

was because of the restlessness of the primordial spirit. Maybe at any time, the primordial

spirit will leave the body and die."

Huaiqing was shocked. She didn't know about this, so he didn't withdraw his hand immediately. When Bian Bian ordered the guards to invite the imperial physician, he returned to the yard

and found Xu Qian'an brushing off the dust on his body without changing his expression.

The annoying Huaiqing squatted beside the wooden barrel and washed his hands.

"Are you okay?" Bian Bian said in astonishment.

"It's okay. It's just labor pains. It will be fine in a while. "Xu Qiyan waved his hands with a

tired look on his face.

Huh... I almost flipped over, luckily I reacted quickly. Otherwise, if the two sisters knew that I wrote the same love letter to them and gave them the same lotus petals, Huaiqing couldn't stand it, and Bianbiao couldn't stand it either... The favorability would definitely drop to the bottom... Xu Qiyan did a great job, not only stabilizing the steering wheel, but also holding Huaiqing's little hand... He cheered for himself in his heart.

Huaiqing lowered his head and didn't speak, his little hand was pinched red, as if Xu Qiyan's temperature was still left.

Bianbiao looked at him suspiciously.

......

The Crab Pavilion is on the west side of the palace, far away from the palace garden where the

concubines gathered, and is a large courtyard.

At this time, the palace maids had already left the Crab Pavilion and went to work in various

places in the palace. Only a nanny in charge was lying on a big chair basking in the early spring

sun.

The age spots on her face were clearly visible in the sunlight. Her body was fat and out of

shape. Her hair was gray and she simply wore a jade hairpin.

"Madame Rong, Madame Rong..."

The young eunuch called a few times, and the old madam woke up faintly.

Madame Rong?!

Xu Qian'an's childhood memories were evoked, and a famous line involuntarily emerged in

his mind:

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

"The two princes are here." The young eunuch said.

Madame Rong looked closely and saw that it was indeed the two most beautiful princesses in

the palace, who came together.

She stood up at a speed that was not in line with her age, bowed, and shouted: "This old slave

greets the two princes."

Huaiqing looked at her and said, "I accompanied Lord Xu to investigate the case. It is about

the female corpse that was fished out of the well today. Tell me what you know."

Rong Mama nodded.

Seeing this, Xu Qi'an stopped being silent and asked, "Who fished the body out and when was

it found?"

"Xiaoyu found it. This morning, she went to the well to fetch water and noticed that the sound of the bucket falling into the water was not right, a little dull. She lay at the mouth of

the well and looked for a long time. Oh my, it turned out to be a body." The old mama looked very excited.

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

"Yes."

He walked to the well and looked inside. The well was deep, the 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 the body in such a dark well.

"Didn't anyone find it yesterday? "Xu Qiyan frowned. The body of the palace maid Huang Xiaorou had been soaked in water for more than 24 hours.

"I get angry when I talk about this. I found a dead person in the well this morning. Those dead

girls said that it was no wonder that the sound was strange when I drew water the day before yesterday..." The old nanny got angry when she mentioned this and cursed:

"No one dug out the eyeballs and put them in quietly, causing this old slave to drink corpse water for two days."

Bia Bia looked disgusted.

Xu Qiyan's mouth twitched: "Mammy, do you know that Huang Xiaorou?"

The old nanny was stunned: "Huang what?"

Xu Qiyan said: "Huang Xiaorou."

The nanny widened her eyes: "What Xiaorou?"

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

this."

The nanny thought for a long time and suddenly realized: "This old slave is just confirming

again. This old slave recognizes Huang Xiaorou, I recognize her." Huaiqing's eyes lit up, and she understood why Xu Qian'an came to the Crab Pavilion.

What kind of brain does this little Tongluo have? It works so fast. "Do you know her?" Xu Qian'an reminded: "She is a maid beside Concubine Fu, how could you know her?"