Chapter 109 The empty pillar hides the corpse
Zhou Zhao knelt down and looked at the shriveled corpse lying on the ground.
The body was sallow, as if it had been smoked, and the thin layer of skin attached to the skeleton looked particularly terrifying. There was no trace on the corpse. After careful identification, it was obvious that this was the mummy of a woman, and it was already very old.
"Brothers, where was this mummy found?"
The older one among the corpse collectors wiped his face and hurriedly raised his hands to Zhou Zhao, "Master Xiao Zhou, I don't dare to call you that. This mummy was found next to a broken wooden pillar. When we saw that the wooden pillar was hollow, we thought it was very unusual, so we carried the mummy up with us. ”
This corpse collector has obviously been doing this for a long time. He thought about it and couldn't help but add:
"The corpse sinks in the water, and after a while it will swell, like a white film soaked in water. Even if the mummy enters the water, it will be bitten by catfish, and it will gradually rot, and the white bones will turn green. This mummy must not have been in the water before."
"The villain has been collecting corpses for generations. I have some humble opinions and don't know what is right or wrong."
Zhou Zhao cupped his hands towards the man who fished out the corpse, "What the elder brother said is true. I wonder if the elder brother can lead me into the water to take a look at the broken pillar."
The corpse fisher nodded, and with a slight jump, he entered the water like a slippery fish without any splash.
Zhou Zhao did not hesitate, went into the water again, and followed the man who fished the body straight to the place where the mummy was found.
I saw a large pillar lying there. The pillar had a narrow hollow just big enough to hide a body. The color of the inner side of the pillar was not newly hollowed out.
Zhou Zhao looked at it and suddenly felt a big hand touch her shoulder. She raised her eyes and saw Su Changying who had also entered the water at some point.
Su Changying pointed in the direction, and then swam forward. Seeing this, Zhou Zhao and the corpse collectors immediately followed. They saw a corner of another large pillar exposed among the ruins, and the pillar was also broken from it. Opening up, the pillar is also hollow.
It's just that the traces of hair in this cavity are very new, and they should have been emptied out not long ago.
The hollow part is not long, but the pillar has obviously been hollowed out so much that only a layer of skin is left. If this is the top pillar, it is lightly bumped by someone, or there is any vibration, it may cause damage. The big pillar broke, and then the small building collapsed.
Zhou Zhao and Su Changying looked at each other with solemn expressions in their eyes.
When the two surfaced again, Liu Huang had finished examining the corpse.
"This mummy is that of a woman, about thirty years old, who has given birth to children. There are no obvious fatal wounds on her body. But I went deep into her nasal cavity and found a lot of white hair. It looks like fox fur. The deceased may have been covered with fox fur and suffocated to death.”
The body became a mummy, and much of the evidence used to determine the cause of death was destroyed.
All Liu Huang can give is his own judgment.
Zhou Zhao nodded, took the dry cloth thrown by Min Zangzhi, wiped the water from his face, and then put the cloth on himself.
"Where's the corpse that the body hunter brought just now?"
Zhou Zhao looked at Liu Huang and moved to the corpse next to him. This corpse was also that of a young man. He was dressed in brocade and had pretty features. There was a jade pendant hanging around his waist. A simple word "成" was engraved on it.
Zhou Zhao looked at it and frowned. She always felt like she had seen the person in front of her somewhere before.
"The boy's skin was pale and clammy, with fine white foam under his mouth and nose, goose bumps on his shoulders, and cyanosis on his face. He was undoubtedly drowned at the time."
When Liu Huang talked about the autopsy, his answers were eloquent and there was no abnormality at all.
Zhou Zhao examined the corpse in his mind and came to the same conclusion as Liu Huang.
She was thinking in her mind, and did not continue to ask Liu Huang to tell the cause of death of the corpse in question. She nodded to Min Zangzhi, "First transport the corpse back to Tingwei Temple. The owner of Zhaixing Tower and the people in the building will talk to me." Go together.”
After Zhou Zhao finished speaking, his eyes fell on the young man who was squatting beside the corpse and crying, "You can also help transport the corpses of your brothers."
The young man wiped his tears, nodded, and followed the team with a sob.
Zhou Zhao said, walked to Min Zangzhi's carriage and opened the curtain.
Chu You sat among them, holding a thrush charcoal pencil in his hand, and drew many pictures on the silk. Her face was pale, her eyes were bloodshot, and the hand holding the pen was shaking. When she saw Zhou Zhao, Chu You grabbed her hand and said excitedly, "A Zhao, can you trust me? The small building I built is There’s absolutely no problem, I’ve deduced it many times, it’s impossible to collapse.”
"Today's collapse toward the East River side can only be caused by a problem with the pillars on that side."
"It's Dazhu! Someone did something to Dazhu!"
As she spoke, she looked outside the carriage and saw the corpse lying on the ground. Tears instantly filled her eyes, "I killed them. Even if there is nothing wrong with my picture, I didn't find out that Dazhu was killed." People tampered with things...I killed them.”
Zhou Zhao stretched out his hand and gently patted the back of Chu You's hand.
"If there is a problem with the building you built, it is your fault; if there is no problem with the building you built, it is not your fault. If you are at fault, kill someone to pay for it; if you are not at fault, there is no need to take the blame on yourself On the body.”
"What's the difference between how Sister Chuyou thinks about herself this way and how my grandmother thinks that I killed my brother?"
One thing she didn't say was that among the five people who had found the same mummy, most of them did not drown because of the collapse of the Star Reaching Tower. There is a hidden secret in this, but as she is an official of the imperial court, Chu You is now an important suspect, and the details of the case are not allowed to be told to her now.
Chu You was stunned and wanted to say something more to Zhou Zhao, but Zhou Zhao shook his head at her.
"Sister Chuyou wants to go with me to Tingwei Temple."
Chu You pursed her lips and nodded heavily, "I'm sure there is nothing wrong with my picture."
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The news of the collapse of the Star-Zhaing Tower had now spread throughout Chang'an. When Zhou Zhao and his party came back, they were followed by many people watching the excitement from a distance.
As soon as she got off her horse, she saw a figure rushing towards Li Youdao like a moth.
"Li Tingshi, I led my colleagues to help, but they were stopped by the Northern Army. It is really powerful for someone to have the support of a general from the Northern Army!"
Zhou Zhao looked at the people under Li Youdao who were waiting in front of the door, then glanced at Xu Jin who was applying eye drops, and rolled his eyes.
"Senior Xu may dive into the water to fish for people?"
Xu Jin puffed up his chest and said with a guilty conscience, "How...why not?"
Zhou Zhao raised his eyebrows. Anyone who was not blind could see that this fat guy was talking nonsense.
"On the other hand, we are ignorant of Mount Tai. If Senior Xu goes into the water, he might float on the water. After all, oil is lighter than water."
Xu Jin didn't understand for a while. When he came to his senses, Zhou Zhao had already passed him unceremoniously and entered the gate of Tingwei Temple.
When Xu Jin saw her like that, he fell back in anger. He stamped his foot, but he forgot that his foot injury was not healed yet and he grinned in pain.
He looked at Li Youdao angrily, "Li Tingshi, look at Zhou Zhao's disrespect for his seniors! He spoke rudely!"
Li Youdao took out his ears, then spread his hands, "You can do it, you can do it? Five corpses, one mummy, a building collapsed... Zhou Zhao won't come, you will?"
Xu Jin was silent...
He can't, he can't come.
Li Youdao stretched out an arm and put it on Xu Jin's hand, "Didn't you see that I'm all wet? Then Zhou Zhao has no eyesight, and neither do you?"
Xu Jin became energetic again in an instant. He bent down and carefully supported Li Youdao, "Master Tingshi, my subordinates have already prepared hot soup."
Zhou Zhao listened to the conversation between the two people behind him and couldn't help but praise them both:
What a good dog!
Good at training dogs!