Chapter 11 (2/2)

“I did not mind to touch.” He replied along with his cold and indifferent attitude. His pale hand tightly grabbed Zhuo Qing’s arm.

“Stop! I will walk on my own.” How awfully annoying to use so much strength! Mo Bai slowly released his hand. He did not say anything and walked ahead. Zhuo Qing turned over and rolled her eyes. So, actually, as it turned out, a bodyguard at this era must certainly exhibit ruthlessness! Unwillingly, she followed him to enter the prison cell.

When she crossed over him, Zhuo Qing snorted coldly: “Considering that you have one pair of such beautiful eyes, I will not bicker with you.” Or else, she was still a person who had a bad habit to hold a grudge!

Mo Bai stared blankly. Beautiful? Because of these pair of eyes, he was abandoned by his family. People said that he was a monster. He had no relative and no friend. Even there was no one who dared to look straight in his eyes. These kind of eyes, he said beautiful? With a hint of mockery in his eyes and the same pale face, he was still the same as before, constantly indifferent.

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At Qi Guai Ba Guai Prison.

Zhuo Qing finally arrived at Lin Bo Kang’s prison cell. Zhuo Qing deliberately observed the surrounding near the prison cell. It was just located in the inner-most cell of the entire prison. There was no bailiff who came in. This was just simply unseen in a prison cell. Furthermore, she was not sure if it was a coincidence or on purpose. How many empty prison cell was there in the vicinity? In other words, whatever happened in the interior of the prison cell, it would basically be hard to find any witness for this matter.

The doorway of the prison cell was already crowded with people. Zhuo Qing stood at the outside but she could still see the high beam where the dead body was hanging. The complexion of the deceased appeared purple and the face had an obvious swelling. The facial skin had scattered punctate hemorrhage (the escape of blood from a ruptured vessel). It should be because he was dead by choking for sure. Once more looking down….

Zhuo Qing’s brows knitted unconsciously. “Respect to Prime Minister Daren!” Behind her, a male voice echoed suddenly. Zhuo Qing turned around to look at a 30 years old middle age man who was hurriedly facing Lou Xi Yan to give a salute with both of his hands.

“Who are you?” The middle age man was asked. Lou Xi Yan’s eyes just stopped temporarily at Zhuo Qing’s body while his mouth was asking the middle age man. Just now, he was watching the dead body attentively with his concentrated and sharp expression. Jing Sa investigated for the whole night yesterday evening. Niu Jia Village absolutely did not have this disfigured youngster. Who exactly was he? That he would plunder whether or not this was exactly his idea. What was the intention? Lou Xi Yan was very interested to know everything about him!

The middle age man respectfully answered: “I (Xiaoren was the original word used here), Wang Bing Sheng, Ying Town Hall’s coroner. I have already had over 10 years of experience dealing with dead body examination.”

Coroner? That was ancient times forensic investigator. Speaking of autopsy, his face showed self-confidence, even somewhat with a conceited look. Zhuo Qing’s irritable mood for the day had finally become a little bit better. She really wanted to see how he inspected the dead body.

“Then you should examine the dead body carefully to check if he committed suicide or was murdered.” He only took into consideration the details of the case, but did not expect that if this was homicide, this could implicate a big judicial case at Ying Town Hall’s prison. How was it simple?

“Yes.” Wang Bing Sheng entered the prison cell.

The bailiffs already took the dead body down. Again, the purple color of the face and the swelling, the almost unrecognizable appearance and the stiffness of the body which was lied down on the ground, it suddenly hit Madam Lin and she collapsed and cried: “Husband…”

“Madam, be careful!” The villagers landed their arms to support her. Madam Lin retreated to one side.

Zhuo Qing took advantage to approach the prison cell, only to see that the coroner lifted up the deceased head to inspect the bruises and again looked at the deceased hands and feet. Not even 5 minutes later, he just stood and walked to the front of Lou Xi Yan.

Reporting to supervisor, he said: “Reporting to Prime Minister Daren, the dead body’s complexion was dark purple, both hands and feet were downward verticals and also the foot had a sort of burning bruises. The neck was dark purple color and was strapped tightly. The bruises were straight and extended to the left and right ears. Therefore, it was apparent that he committed suicide by hanging on an object that looked like a belt.”

Suicide? Lou Xi Yan muttered to himself for a moment and once more said: “What time did he die?”

Hesitating for a moment, Wang Bing Sheng answered: “Probably two shichen hours ago (about 4 hours).”

Wrong! Even a normal person could see from only looking at the livor mortis (skin discoloration after death) that the deceased died at least 10 hours or longer! Standing at the outside of the prison cell and with the extremely far away from the dead body, Zhuo Qing could not conclude the cause of death. What’s more, if she uttered rashly, she would create difficulties to herself. Looking towards the front concentratedly, she stared at Lou Xi Yan who was looking at the dead body. Zhuo Qing decided that she wanted to start a discussion first!

“Truly strange ah!” Zhuo Qing pretended to be amazed and shouted: “This man was indeed lucky to commit suicide and could still make himself presentable nicely. He changed into his new clothes and shoes. Oddly enough though, he had not combed his hair!”