The Tang Dynasty’s Female Forensic Doctor

Valjen lit the sky and soap horns in front of the coffin, then wore gloves and looked carefully at the bones in the coffin. Due to the long time the corpse has been in the ground, the information and trace evidence of the corpse and its surroundings will gradually disappear with the influence of the environment, plants and weather, not to mention the fact that the bone has been moved and the initial appearance destroyed, which will undoubtedly make it more difficult to detect.

Based on everything that the white bone presents, Braun judged it to be between the ages of 24 and 30, with obvious birth marks on the pelvis, and the bone as a whole was blue and black, which appeared alarming. In such a situation, it should be suspected that the deceased was poisoned before he died. As for what poison he was poisoned with, the first thing that Valjen thought of was arsenic frost.

But not all bodies poisoned to death are blackened, and not all blackened bodies are poisoned. The human body may also turn black when bones are oxidized and degraded by organic matter. So it's only suspicious.

The main ingredient in arsenic frost is arsenic. If the deceased was indeed poisoned by arsenic frost, then the corpse must contain arsenic. However, the Tang dynasty does not have advanced instruments, how can it be determined that the deceased's corpse contains toxins?

This is really a problem. Van took a moment to glance at Su Fu. He preferred to show the body naked to be tested. He trusted her too much. He thought she could not test the results, so Datang couldn't detect it? Or is it that no one can be tested? That's why I dare to say yes. This time it's just a matter of finding someone to recharge?

Sovo also sensed her gaze sharply and looked up at her. In a flash, she caught a glimmer of laughter in her eyes, which was a confident and inevitable laugh. Suvo suddenly looked away and continued to look at her test.

After the observation, Valjen pinched the corpse bone with his hands a little bit. When his hands pinched to a truncated vertebra, he noticed something obvious. She waved her hand so that a person holding the torch close to her, drooping her head and watching carefully, saw a crack in the second and third sections of the sternum.

Black matter remains in the cracks, most likely from the oxidative corruption of the corpse's soft tissue, so this crack is definitely not something these people do when moving the corpse, but further judgment is needed as to whether it was caused before or after the death.

This area is close to the heart and lungs, and the cracks like this are very worthwhile.

Van continues to pinch down, the pelvis, pubic bone and leg bone are normal. By the time she reached the foot, she carefully observed the broken little toe of the left foot, the bone at the incision was healed intact, it can be concluded that this toe was cut off before the deceased was born, and after the incision, the person was alive for at least six months.

After the examination, Valjen approached a few moments ago to start the pen, and everyone was waiting for her to write down the autopsy results, but she wrote a sentence: Can some of the bones be damaged?

She handed this paper to Sovo.

Su Fu glanced at the paper and grabbed it and said, "Ask if you can damage some of the bones. ”

The first person whispered a few words to the next person, who conveyed, "Yes, but tell us what the purpose is to damage the bones. ”

Valjen bowed down on the paper and wrote a few words to Sovo, who conveyed, "The entire bone is black, suspected to have been poisoned with arsenic frost, but it is not certain that the exact result will be obtained after some method testing. ”

The first person turned slightly, and the indication could begin.

Valjen wasn't too busy getting started, but asked Sovo to borrow a wide knife. Hair was cut off from the body and a rib was cut off near the stomach.

The men, looking at the blade saw the bone, couldn't help but chill from the floor of the foot. Especially when Suva knew that she was a woman, she felt stranger in the bottom of her heart.

But Valjen was self-conscientious in his examination. She first put her ribs over the fire pile and roasted them hot until a little smoky gas appeared, then quickly approached the blade body.

This is a very simple way to determine whether arsenic is still present in the bones of a corpse, and in 1790, a chemist discovered that if the substance contained arsenic, after heating it, placing the cool metal plate over the steam, a white layer of arsenic oxide would appear on the metal plate.

This is also an option in the context of poor conditions. With his eyes closed, he saw a layer of white frost-like substance appearing on the wide knife wall. He gently swept it on the paper with a small brush. Without waiting for the wind to blow away, he wrapped it immediately.

She then tested her hair the same way.

Most people think that if a person dies from arsenic frost poison, most of the toxin is in the body after death. Otherwise, after arsenic frost poison, the excessively high body toxin content is hair.

After saving many arsenic oxides, Valjen continued to study the crack in the truncated vertebra, near the second and third thorax, near the heart and lungs, which was injured on the positive side, the crack was fairly neat, and there were no signs of healing, presumably due to death.

After the suspected killer poisoned the deceased, she pierced the heart and lungs with a sword to confuse the cause of death, so she carefully examined the ribs corresponding to the vertebrae, looked over and over again, finally found a little scratch on the upper side of the fourth rib on the left, maybe this scratch can be seen very clearly on the newer white bone, but this white bone already has slight weathering, this slight scratch, if not by speculation, will not be noticed at all.

This discovery allowed Valjen to determine that the deceased was stabbed after death, with many possibilities, possibly to exasperate; may not be relieved, so make it up again, and let her die for sure; may be to confuse the judgment made; and may be to insert a large amount of arsenic cream on this sharp instrument into the heart...

And Van is more inclined to the last two possibilities, if it is exasperation, how can it be only one knife? It will take at least two or three times to reach the goal of exasperation! She had just examined it carefully and there were no other wounds on the bones.

Valjen poured vinegar on the burning pale technique and soap horn in front of the coffin, with a slight smoke, and she pulled Sovo across it, indicating that the others had crossed it again.

Later, Van Yeung sat down a few moments ago and wrote the results of her autopsy in detail on the paper. She didn't forget that Suva had told her to change the font, so she deliberately wrote them with her left hand. Valjen has practiced left-handed writing before, and the font is extremely ugly, but not slow.

Five pages of paper were written on the foot, while Valjen stood still and another was handed to Sovo.

Su Fu glanced at it and still nested the paper. He said, "The masturbation took the residue of arsenic poison from the hair and ribs of the corpse bone. Two copies were stored. If you suspect it, you can test it. ”

Suva handed the two bags to the head of the black man, who then handed over the autopsy results.

Using the light of the torch, the more he looked at the surprise in his eyes, the more detailed the autopsy record had never been, even the various speculations had been written, and even more surprisingly, she had drawn the angle and position at which the knife had been inserted into the body and speculated on what position could have caused such a puncture.

These are totally occupational obsessive-compulsive disorders of Valjen, and once she has done her autopsy report, she will inevitably be detailed enough not to give anyone a chance to question it.

“Where did you find this masterpiece?” The head man in black suddenly made a sound, fresh and slightly magnetic, a young man.

Instead, the young man spoke to Suva.

Valjen assumed that "childhood” might be Sovo's word, Sovo, Suzi.

“I am not a middleman in my life. Now that things have been done, please leave.” Sovo sounds cold and loud above the wilderness, making it cold.

The man didn't care either. He smiled softly. "I'll see you later. ”

“Don't forget your promise!” Suva didn't want to have sex with him, he warned cold.

When Valjen saw him turn around and left, he hastily picked up the toolbox and followed him.

The wilderness is quiet, only the fire is burning and the air is filled with the slight acidity of the sky, soap horns and vinegar.

The man with the loud voice looked up at Sovo and lowered his voice, “Lang Jun, can you follow him? ”

“Tracking?” The young man laughed, seemingly remembering something, unhappy, "Are you sure he won't notice? You've known him so long, when did you see his men show mercy? ”

The man was silent, the former Lang jun had sent someone to follow Su Fu, but unfortunately not only did he not understand the details, but he was all killed clean, and even Lang jun received a warning. As a result, Lang jun was so angry.

The only time a young man flashed a little shadow in his eyes and said to himself slowly, "If you can't use it for me, I will do my best to take your head off. ”

There was no warning in his words, and the people in black surrounded by cicadas.

After Suvo and Valjen walked out of about 200 feet, they bypassed a mound before Suvo carried her and ran away.

Instead of sending Valjen to Mommy House, he took her directly to his hidden bamboo yard.

In the middle of the moon, a piece of chicken crown flowers in the bamboo yard is bright, shaking slightly in the mountain breeze. Sovo ripped off the face towel and walked indoors without a soul. As he unwrapped his black coat, his posture was smooth and he raised his hand and looked handsome.

It's not just cash, is it? With this in mind, he hastily left the cumbersome toolbox behind and followed.

Su Fu only took off his middle coat, loosened his hair, put on a coat after washing his hands, took two cups of tea and walked out, one stuffed in Valjean's hand, saw her blocking the door, faded away, "Get out of the way. ”

Van Yan sighed and found it still hot, but she couldn't help but wonder and retreated toward the side. She said, "I don't accept it. Just look around. I mean, in a place with plenty of light, look closely without a cover. ”

Sovo stood in front of the corridor drinking tea, his broad shoulder hanging from the outer robe behind him, ink scattered behind him, only to the back, like a steady mountain, the moonlight shine on his side face like a knife engraved, reflected the bright chicken crown flower in front of him, beautiful.

Valjen stared at this beautiful image and held her breath unconsciously. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote on recommendations, monthly tickets (qidian.com), and your support is my biggest motivation.)