At this time, the most important thing was to race against time, and Qin Lin didn't have time to carefully observe the horse's hoof prints, so he just urged the horse to gallop.

Thanks to the jade lion he rode under his crotch, he also walked like flying on the mountain road, and the officials in brocade clothes also rode horses that were one in a hundred, so they did not fall.

Seeing a courtyard and three earthen houses on the mountainside from a distance, everyone cheered, but Qin Lin became more and more worried, because with his keen sense, there was a faint bloody breath wafting between the mountains!

There is a path leading to the courtyard, Qin Lin stretched out his hand, and the lieutenants took out the electric gun, he rode his horse slowly, the courtyard door was open, and the door of the main house inside was closed, Qin Lin was about to open it, Niu Dali kicked the door open.

A thick smell of blood rushed in his face, and now there was no doubt that there was a murder in the room! Huo Tieshan is probably not lucky!

Hi! Lu Yuanzhi patted his thigh in frustration, his face was full of depression, and he really had nowhere to explain, so he slapped Chen Erhei three or four times, which was also relieved.

The door of the room was not bolted from the inside, and after the ox kicked it open, it opened wide to both sides, and the situation in the room was clear at a glance, only to see a corpse lying horizontally on the ground, and the heavenly spirit covered a big hole covered with blood, and the pink brains flowed out, and the death was terrible.

Qin Lin asked the fat man to take the gloves, put them on his hands, and first touched the carotid artery of the deceased, and it was indeed too dead to die anymore, so he turned the body over carefully.

The deceased was about fifty years old, with a dark complexion, a short beard and gray hair, pinched all parts of his body, his muscles were strong and powerful, he was a person who did physical work, and he opened his palm to see, the calluses in his palm were very thick, presumably caused by holding a hammer for many years, Qin Lin noticed that there were several fresh blood cuts on the edge of his palm, as if it had been cut by some sharp weapon.

Qin Lin ordered the two captives to be brought in to take a look, Jiang Mazi nodded weakly, Chen Erhei covered his ears and hissed: "Hey, this is not, isn't this Huo Tieshan, why are you here?" ”

There are too many minions in the Young Master's Mansion, Jiang Mazi is an insider, Chen Erhei doesn't necessarily know the inside story, and Qin Lin doesn't care about them, so he asks the lieutenant brothers to escort them out again and guard them firmly.

The cause of Huo Tieshan's death was very obvious, that is, a blunt force injury to the head, Qin Lin touched it with gloves, and the bone fricative sound was very significant, which showed that in addition to the inch-sized tear, the entire top of the skull was fractured in a large area, and the force used in this blow can be imagined.

The next thing is to determine the time of death, the wind is strong on the mountain, and it is not accurate to rely on body temperature, so Qin Lin first pinched the lower jaw of the deceased, and found that it was difficult to open his mouth, and then pinched the shoulder muscles and had a little bit of the bullet surname, and the bullet surname below the chest increased gradually.

Usually three hours after death, the muscles stiffen due to lack of blood and oxygen, and the rigor mortis begins to appear, first in the victim's eyelids and throat, and in most cases spreads throughout the body in a descending sequence of six to twelve hours, and then regains its softness over the next six to twelve hours.

Huo Tieshan's craniofacial muscles were stiff, but the neck was slightly soft, indicating that his death was about four hours, or about two hours.

Then strip off the clothes of the corpse and check the corpse spots in the lower parts, because the deceased was lying sideways and inward, and the side of the right body that was close to the ground was the low position, Qin Lin found a large dark red cloud-like scar here, which was the corpse spot that he was very familiar with.

Based on the state of development of the corpse spots, it is determined that the time of death was about two hours, which is consistent with the zombie.

Qin Lin stood up and looked at the corpse thoughtfully, Lu Yuanzhi and Niu Dali didn't want to disturb him, they all stood by and observed and thought.

The lieutenant brothers are used to seeing it, where have Jiang Mazi and Chen Erhei seen this formation? I saw Qin Lin turning the corpse over and over casually, wrenching his mouth for a while, peeling off his clothes for a while, looking at the dark red marks on the corpse, it really scared the two of them away.

Jiang Mazi especially regretted it, it turned out that this person was a murderer who didn't blink an eye, why did he have a hard top with him just now? It should have been laid out a long time ago, so that the flesh and skin would not suffer.

Qin Lin quickly completed the body surface examination of the corpse: "The deceased Huo Tieshan, fifty years old, strong and powerful, five resistance injuries can be seen on his hands, the fatal wound on the head was caused by blunt force blows, and he died after only one blow when the skull was shattered and the brain burst out, he was undoubtedly killed, and the time of death was two hours ago, that is, at the beginning of noon today (eleven o'clock in the morning). ”

Damn it! Lu Yuanzhi stomped his feet angrily, if he came two hours earlier, he would be able to save Huo Tieshan, and by the way, all the killers sent by the Young Master's Mansion would be blocked here!

After all, it's a step too late!

Is it late? Qin Lin sneered, the previous struggle was certainly a race against time, but for me, the battle has just begun.

Huo Tieshan fought for the tiger, but he had already suffered the pain of losing his son and his wife, and judging from the fact that he was finally killed, after he made up his mind, he never gave in to the Young Master's Mansion again, and he cleared the crime with his life!

Don't worry, I, Qin Lin, swear here that I will definitely bring the murderer to justice, uproot the forces of the Young Master's Mansion, and return the people of the Three Jin Dynasty to Lang Lang Qingtian!

Qin Lin's face was calm, looking at the environment inside the house, I have to say that the Young Master's Mansion is really painstaking, this house looks like a mud-walled earth house on the outside, and the inside is made of green bricks on the ground or on the wall, and the brick cracks are filled with rice soup, which is extremely strong, whoever wants to dig the wall and escape, it is absolutely impossible.

Seeing that the light in the room was relatively dark, Qin Lin carefully avoided the blood stains on the ground, walked to the window and wanted to push the window open, but he didn't move at all after pushing it, and he still didn't move after adding force, and the feeling was extremely strange, Qin Lin took off his sword and knocked it with the hilt, it was sonorous, it turned out that the window here was actually made of pig iron, and it was only painted on the outside, pretending to be wood!

The Young Master's Mansion really valued Huo Tieshan enough, and they all resorted to such means, and it looked like a courtyard in the mountains from the outside, quiet and elegant to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the mountains and forests, but they didn't know that it was a deep prison that imprisoned prisoners.

Qin Lin squatted down, carefully examined the blood dripping on the ground, and found the dripping blood in the middle of the room, the direction of the arrow pointed inward, and the scene of Huo Tieshan waving his hands to resist the sharp weapon of the stab suddenly appeared in his mind, and the blood dripped down his fingers after being cut.

Then he found some dots of blood on the wall near the deceased's fall, very small, and it was easy to miss if he didn't look closely, so Huo Tieshan finally suffered a fatal blow, and the blood in his head splashed on the wall with that blow seemed to appear in front of him.

In the end, Qin Lin found some traces of struggle under the body of the deceased, the part of the clothes next to the ground just now was also rubbed into dust, and there were a few bloody footprints around him that were facing this side, observing the direction and movement of the footprints, he became more and more angry:

After receiving the fatal blow, Huo Tieshan did not die immediately - this is a common phenomenon of blunt force trauma to the head, and brain death is gradually manifested as brain tissue flows out and brain blood pressure drops sharply.

The deceased was twitching and struggling on the ground, but the huge wound on his head and the brain tissue that began to leak out doomed him to the fate of death, and at this moment, the murderers were still standing aside and smiling, admiring the pain of his death!

Until death completely came, Huo Tieshan stopped struggling, and a murderer squatted down to probe his snort, the bloody footprints left by this murderer were only more than a foot away from the deceased's head, and it was a force on the forefoot and a false heel lift, and the experienced forensic doctor knew that he was squatting at a glance.

From the perspective of criminal psychology, Qin Lin understood why the murderer acted like this, those lackeys who were responsible for guarding Huo Tieshan must have kept persuading him to give in in the past year, but Huo Tieshan never let go, over time, these lackeys must have been full of anxiety and resentment in their hearts, so when they received the order to execute the prisoner, they must have a sense of relief, and they must have enjoyed this pleasant feeling when they killed someone...... So hateful! Qin Lin bit his cheeks.

Qin Lin walked to the other two rooms to check, this is different, at least the windows are wooden windows that can be pushed open, the ground and walls are not covered with green bricks, rice soup is caulked, and the various daily necessities on and under the kang are also better than those in the main house, which should be the place where the guards live.

It can be seen that the guards left in a hurry, and they tried to take away most of the things that might have left their identity information, but the pots and pans, night pots and toilets that they often use, are still in place.

"Fortunately, they didn't set the fire," Qin Lin's expression finally eased a lot, other people's eyes were empty, and they felt that there was nothing left, but in his opinion, this scene was simply a gold mine, as long as he spent a little effort to dig, he could find countless clues!

"Why set fire?" Yin Binshang smiled and pointed to the surrounding mountains: "There are many birds and beasts here, the door is hidden, the courtyard door is not closed at all, and the bloody atmosphere attracts wild beasts at night, and the corpse will soon be gnawed to the ground, which is much more hidden than lighting a fire in the mountains and forests!" ”

Well, that's what they were going to do! Qin Lin was immersed in the on-site restoration, he didn't expect to come here, and he agreed with what Yin Binshang said, even if he came here tomorrow morning, I am afraid that there will only be a skeleton left, and even the skeleton has been dismantled by wild wolves and jackals.

Three or four hundred years ago, the environment was still well protected, and there were still deep mountains and old forests in the hinterland of Shanxi...... Qin Lin took off his gloves, put on fragrant pancreas, poured water from the water bladder and washed his hands, and couldn't help but scratch his scalp, this case is a murder, the case itself is not complicated, it can even be said that because the murderer has lived at the scene for a long time, the many pieces of evidence left behind are simply a gold mine of evidence, as long as you dig up, you can easily find countless evidence, if those murderers are here, it can be said that they can be brought to justice without much effort.

What is a little troublesome is that these murderers are undoubtedly sent by the Young Master's Mansion, and the slave bodyguards of the Young Master's Mansion have not ten thousand but several thousand, how to catch the murderer? If they go away, where will they find them?

Even more troublesome question, even if the murderer is caught, how can this book record the data of the blacksmith's workshop? With that catalogue, the crime of colluding with the Tartars to betray the country and collaborating with the enemy can be nailed!

This is difficult, I'm afraid that even these guys who committed murder in the Young Master's Mansion won't know about it. Huo Tieshan knew the important surname of that catalog, and with his surname, of course, he would rather die than hand it over - the Young Master's Mansion did not necessarily know that there was such a catalog.

Not only do you have to chase the murderer, but you also have to find the catalog, which is a double task! After thinking about it, Qin Lin walked back to the main room, looked at the form of the corpse and thought slowly, and always felt that something was not quite right.

Lu Yuanzhi's evil smile came from outside: "Hehe, you guy lost an ear, it's a big deal, and he has been covering it until now, and the fat master's medicine doesn't work?" Fuck you! ”

Seeing Huo Tieshan's tragic death, all the brocade brothers were angry, where is there a good man and a woman who comes out of these brocade guards? One breath was sent to Chen Erhei and Jiang Mazi, Lu Yuanzhi is obscene enough, and he is famous for bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, so he naturally took the lead in taking the lead and taught Chen Erhei a hard lesson.

"I lost an ear, cover it," Qin Lin chewed on this sentence, raised his eyes and looked at the courtyard outside, Chen Erhei was holding his head, actually protecting the wound of the cut off ear, with a miserable look.

I see! Qin Lin suddenly brightened, since Huo Tieshan had resistance injuries on his hands and traces of struggle and convulsions, it meant that he was not killed suddenly and survived for a short period of time after suffering a heavy blow, why did his hand not protect the position of the head injury, but put it in a more awkward position?

Think about it again, he has been locked up for so long, since he has always refused to give in, then he should be more fully prepared for death, if he is killed, leave a little death message for those who come after, isn't it very natural?

I remember that in the Yang Zhao case, there was a similar situation, the master used Shaoxing moldy dried vegetables to hint at the location of the ledger, Huo Tieshan is a blacksmith, I am afraid he will not think of a particularly profound method, so he looks a little awkward...... Qin Lin has a good memory, and he returned Huo Tieshan to his original posture with three strokes and five divisions, only to see the corpse's head facing west, feet facing east, the left side of the body falling to the ground, the whole body bent slightly, the left hand pressed against the heart, and the right hand pressed on the ground.

Although the corpse mortis has not developed to the peak, it has already appeared in most places, Qin Lin turned the corpse over just now, and the posture has not moved much, so it can ensure that the posture and angle of the corpse have not changed, and it will return to the original appearance.

"Hey, Brother Qin, what are you?" Lu Yuanzhi walked in at some point.

"Death message," Qin Lin told him.

"I see!" The fat man's little eyes were shining, and he slapped his thighs violently.

(To be continued)