When the book-traveling little detective meets the two-faced prince

The head was facing sideways in the blood, and the body was facing upward. It was cut open below the ribs, and the organs flowed out of the body as they were soaked in blood and also floated on the water.

The death was cruel and shocking.

And beneath the blood, there were a lot of gold, silver and jewelry soaked.

All the lanterns on the ship were burned, and the lamp oil in the lanterns fell into the water, forming large oil spots on the water surface.

The soldiers carefully stepped onto the wreckage of the fishing boat and salvaged the dead man's head from the blood. There was a black birthmark on the dead man's face, which almost occupied half of his face. His eyes were wide open and bloodshot.

Chang Feizhang only took a glance and immediately looked away in fear.

Cheng Su thought for a while with a calm look in his eyes, then looked at the soldiers beside him and ordered: "Go back and call everyone to salvage the wreckage and everything inside. Don't leave anything behind."

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, the soldiers brought all the wreckage and the bodies in the bottom cabin bulkheads to the lakeshore, and the gold, silver and jewelry were put into boxes.

The bodies were put back together in order, and the water and blood on the bodies quickly soaked the white cloth underneath.

After the bodies were placed, Jiang Lian'an took a rough look at them, stood up and whispered a few words to the soldier who discovered the severed hand, then came back to carefully examine the injuries on the bodies.

The corpse was skinny and its hair was completely gray, with some black hair still visible here and there.

Including the severed hand that the soldier brought over at the beginning, the deceased's body was cut into thirteen pieces in total.

The organs that flowed out of the body were placed next to the deceased's body because they were difficult to put back. There was a large area of ​​blackening on the surface of the lungs, and some grayish-white particles were visible.

It was difficult to see the victim's injuries when the body was soaking in blood. Now that the body has been moved to the surface of the lake, it can be clearly seen that the victim has large areas of burns on his body, and the broken parts of the body, including the organs that have flowed out, are very flat.

But, it just looks...

The blood is bright red and the cut is not smooth.

Although Lin Lezhi wanted to get closer to take a closer look, it would be too conspicuous, and...

"The broken wounds on the deceased were all caused before death." Jiang Lian'an said after examining the corpse.

After hearing Jiang Lian'an speak, Lin Lezhi smiled. He thought that he was not the only one who could solve the case here, so why should he be the conspicuous one?

Lin Lezhi glanced at the broken rope on the lake shore, then walked to Liu Yunhe's side, said something to Liu Yunhe, then turned around and looked at the wreckage of the fishing boat.

Liu Yunhe had no doubts and immediately went to do what Lin Lezhi had instructed him to do.

Although the fire burned most of the ship, fortunately Cheng Su ordered timely firefighting, and a lot of the hull was preserved.

"How do you know it was caused before death?" Cheng Su asked.

"General, please look here." Jiang Lian'an pointed to the cut surface of the deceased's short limb and continued, "The deceased's body was cut open by a sharp weapon, and it looks very smooth, but if you look closely, you can find that the flesh at the wound is not smooth, and the blood is bright red. These two points can be used to make the judgment."

Jiang Lian'an's eyes were filled with pity, but he still described the state of the corpse and continued truthfully, "The deceased was cut open alive while still alive."

When they heard that someone was cut open alive, everyone present felt their scalps tingle.

"What..." There was a flash of astonishment in Cheng Su's eyes, but because he was too astonished, he only uttered one syllable in the end.

It must be so painful to be cut into this shape alive.

When soldiers went into battle to kill the enemy, blood and flesh were bound to fly everywhere, but this was the first time I had seen someone being tortured alive into this state.

"But..." Jiang Lian'an's eyes darkened and he looked at the dead man's hand with a puzzled expression.

Cheng Su: "What's wrong?"

Jiang Lian'an picked up the dead man's severed hands placed on both sides, then stood up and placed the palms of both hands in front of everyone's sight.

The deceased's left hand was severely burned and the bones were almost visible on the back of the hand.

But the right hand found by the soldiers was relatively intact, with the inside of the palm slightly red and some tiny blisters on the red area.

After being soaked in water, the blisters have turned white and cracked, revealing the flesh inside.

"The deceased's body was in the bottom cabin, and the fire was spreading for a full half incense stick of time. If he was burned after death, the palm of his hand, which was in contact with the fire, should not be light red in color, like this left hand and the other burns on the deceased's body." Jiang Lian'an said, holding up the severely burned hand.

Then, Jiang Lian'an raised his relatively intact hand and said, "In such a big fire, the right hand is well preserved. I heard from the general's soldiers that this hand was found at the broken part of the ship, not in the ship, so it was not burned by the fire, so..." After a pause, Jiang Lian'an calmly stated his judgment, "The burns on the palm of the deceased were probably caused before death."

"As for this severely burned left hand, judging from the burnt contact area, the contact surface between the hand and the fire should be on the back of the hand. If you look closely, there are also traces of blisters on the palm."

"Yes, the body has been chopped into pieces, how can it turn its palms by itself!" Chang Feizhang's body was shaking slightly, staring at the corpse on the ground with an unbelievable expression and said: "Who on earth could be so cruel!"

At this time, two civilians who were carrying the body of their relative home caught a glimpse of the corpse next to the wreckage. They were so frightened that they fell to the ground, and the upper body of the corpse they were carrying fell to the ground.

"This is our father, what are you doing?" The people who were carrying the bodies of their relatives were obviously puzzled.

But after he finished speaking, he looked over and instantly fell to the ground.

He raised his hand, tremblingly pointed at the bloody head, and identified it with a horrified look: "It's... It's Wu Sanshan..."