"Three knives and six holes?" Xu Dianshi was no stranger to this, he perked up and said: "Could it be that the deceased was a member of the gang and was executed by the gang rules?" ”

Lao Yang was silent, Yang Sen seemed to think of something, with remorse on the ground, Yan Zhutou had no opinion, Xu Dianshi asked again: "Yan Zhutou, when did a gang appear in this county?" Do you know? ”

Yan Zhutou shook his head and said, "My subordinates don't know...... Duan Fei, do you know? ”

Duan Fei hadn't walked away yet, he replied, "I've lost all my memory, how do I know this, Shi Bin, do you know?" ”

Shi Bin frowned and said, "No, after Fei Ge fell into a coma, we were like a plate of scattered sand, and the people on the one-eyed side also fled, and there should be no gang in this county." ”

Duan Fei said: "Lord Xu, the knife wounds on the corpse are messy, I don't think it may be a gang punishment, but it looks like the murderer of the first murder is imitating something, at this time, you should quickly issue a notice to find out the identity of the deceased, and find the scene of the murder, maybe you will find some useful clues......"

Xu Dianshi said coldly: "This official doesn't need your guidance to handle the case, the three of you go back to the government by yourself and stay honest, otherwise you will be punished for disobedience!" Yan arrest the head, you send someone to arrest all the ruffians in the vicinity, and the official will interrogate him on the spot! ”

Duan Fei's heart was a little blocked, and he turned around to leave, when Yang Sen shouted from behind: "Hey, Brother Duan, wait a minute, let's go together." ”

An old man and a young man of the Yang family drove an ox cart and followed with a corpse wrapped in rags.

"You're slow and smelly, so we won't go with you, Brother Fei, let's go quickly." Shi Bin urged.

Duan Fei remembered another thing, and he said to Shi Bin: "You go back first, I have something I want to talk to Lao Yang about." ”

Shi Bin walked quickly like a plague, Duan Fei accompanied the young and old of the Yang family to walk slowly, walking and walking, Yang Sen showed his two front teeth and said to Duan Fei, "Brother Duan, you are very special, not only are you not afraid of smell, but you are also willing to walk with us, are you not afraid of bad luck?" ”

Duan Fei shook his head and smiled: "How come, I'm not so superstitious, corpses do spread diseases, but as long as you pay attention to yourself, it will be fine, as for the gossip of others, how can I take it to heart, by the way, Yang Chengzuo, there is something I want to discuss with you, well, the climate in the next few days should be similar to the previous few days, right?" ”

Yang Yan bowed his head and said, "It should be about the same." ”

Duan Fei nodded, and said, "I want to borrow a place in the mortuary......

Listening to Duan Fei's words, Yang Sen's eyes widened and widened......

Lord Xu ordered Duan Fei to go back to the yamen to stay, this was not an arrest warrant, Duan Fei did not return to the yamen immediately, but went to the Xicheng market in Baoying County first.

At the beginning, Duan Fei dominated the east of the city, and the Xicheng market had always been what he wanted to get involved in, and he finally grabbed it, but now Duan Fei is no longer here.

There are still many people in this market who recognize Duan Fei, and when they saw this former scoundrel leader coming in a public uniform, although he didn't scare everyone into closing down, they were also cautious one by one, not daring to come within six feet of him.

Duan Fei ignored them, walked straight into a butcher shop, and asked loudly, "Boss, do you have live pigs for sale here?" ”

A strong man ran out of the shop, he couldn't help but be stunned when he saw that it was Duan Fei, and then laughed happily, wiped his hands on his apron, and happily hugged his fists and said: "It turned out to be Brother Fei, that day I thanked Brother Fei for exposing the lie of the dead fat man and clearing my name, Lao Li, I thanked Brother Fei here, I heard that Brother Fei did a quick catch, is it meat to be used in the yamen today?" ”

Duan Fei took a serious look at him again, then recognized it, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be you, if I didn't help you that day, I would be beaten on the board, so that is also helping myself, so there is no need to mention it again, I want to buy a live pig, I don't know if you have it here?" ”

"Yes, yes!" Li Butcher said: "I don't know if Brother Fei wants a big pig or a small pig, or a breeding pig and sow?" Do you want to slaughter it or deliver it to your home? ”

"I want a boar...... About 200 catties (ancient catties are slightly smaller than modern ones), help me send them to the county mortuary and then die, is there a problem? Duan Fei asked.

"This ...... Send it outside the mortuary, I won't go in, Brother Fei, you know the taboo we do business......" Li Butcher said in embarrassment: "Or I only charge eighty percent of the price?" ”

Duan Fei said: "Outside is outside, it's not easy to do business, don't lose yourself." ”

Li Butcher smiled: "Brother Fei is really a cheerful person, a live pig of two hundred catties, I will accept you a tael of silver, will you send it?" ”

Duan Fei immediately took out a small piece of silver and said, "Yes, send it to the yamen immediately." ”

Li Butcher didn't say a word, and immediately tied a pig from the backyard and walked out on his shoulder, and the two came to the yamen, and the two soaps (a kind of yamen) who were guarding the door smiled and said, "Duan Fei, do you want to invite everyone to eat pork?" ”

Duan Fei said with a smile: "As long as you dare to eat, I will treat you and have dinner in the mortuary!" ”

The two soaps shrank their heads and remained silent.

Yang Sen had been waiting for a long time in front of the mortuary, and when he saw Duan Fei coming back with a big pig, he curiously circled around the pig twice and didn't know what to do.

Duan Fei asked Li Butcher to slaughter the pig on the spot, and then dragged the dead pig into the mortuary by himself, but after more than ten steps, Duan Fei was so tired that he was out of breath.

"Brother Duan, what are you doing here?" Yang Sen asked curiously, he wanted to help but was rejected by Duan Fei.

Duan Fei wiped his sweat and said with a smile: "Moving the corpse is not an easy job, it seems that there are at least two murderers, otherwise even if the murderer is strong, there will be deep footprints on the ground." ”

Yang Sen nodded and said, "There are not many traces of drag on the clothes of the corpse, it should have been carried and thrown to the Land Temple, which can prove that Brother Duan is not suspected of murder." ”

"Not necessarily, maybe someone can help?" Duan Fei smiled, he wouldn't be so reckless, and he ran to say that he was innocent when he had a clue.

"Go, get me some branches, wood chips, rocks, and whatever, and I'm going to bury this pig." Duan Fei said.

Yang Sen said suspiciously, "Oh...... What to do with burying pigs? ”

Duan Fei said: "I see that the environment in the small courtyard of this mortuary is similar to the collapsed earth temple, and if the weather is similar in the next few days, burying the dead pig under the branches, you can observe that it will take a few days to decay to the extent of the decay of this corpse today." ”

Yang Sen was puzzled, Duan Fei explained: "The body tissue condition of pigs is closest to that of humans, and according to the signs of decay, you can guess the exact time of death of the deceased, and you can also make some records by the way, to see when the first fly will lay eggs, how long it will take to hatch the first maggot, etc., which is more accurate than looking at the degree of decay to infer the time." ”

Janssen opened his big eyes wide without blinking, and said in surprise: "Flies? Does this really work? Why didn't Grandpa teach me? ”

Duan Fei explained: "Nature has its own laws, when animals die, there will soon be flies, mosquitoes and other small insects on the corpse to lay eggs, generation after generation to reproduce, this is a law to follow, as long as we pay attention, we can know the specific time of the corpse's death from these small insects, that is, the time of the murder." ”

Forensic entomology has become a widely used forensic science in the 21st century, and the 'sickle bloody collection of flies' recorded in the Song Dynasty's criminal officer Song Ci's "Record of Clearing Grievances" is already the limit of knowledge in this era, and Duan Fei's words are simply unheard of, which made Xiao Yang Sen stunned.