Chapter Four, Astonishing Skills (Part One).

She broke up with Xue Yue.

Chuchu blinked her eyes, "Aren't you afraid that I'll be lazy and make up nonsense?"

Thinking that I will soon be beaten until my buttocks bloom, I am already miserable, and I don't want to be unlucky again!

Xue Yue is the one who died. He thought that this time he would have to go through three or five examinations to be considered finished. Moreover, the one who conducted the initial examination was a girl whose identity and intentions were unclear. "Why?"

There is no poison in the tea.

This person looks quite good when calm, but it's really scary when they put on that expression. Chu Chu silently took a small step back, a little further away from him, and said, "Do you still want me to continue?"

According to his understanding, Xue Yue has always avoided women. In this regard, his level of detachment surpasses even the abbots of several major temples in the capital.

Chuchu still didn't move.

Not much earlier than you... It's just that Wujiang found Xueyue near Rugui Building, and after Chu Chu examined the body, she said that Xueyue had taken the same medicine as Lian Cheng before his death.

Do not want!

Xiao Jinyu shook her head and sighed lightly, "I haven't said it yet."

Xiao Jinyu didn't even lift her head, calmly reviewing the final official document and asking, "Is there any news?"

Jing Yi stared at Xiao Jinyu for a long time, repeatedly confirming that his calmness was not forced, and then tentatively asked, "Does Grand Tutor Xue still not know?"

If it weren't for a reason that could be confidently stated in front of Xiao Jinyu, he wouldn't dare to show up until more than an hour after receiving the message.

Have you ever seen the coroner here dissecting a corpse?

Dissected.

Even with the most meticulous mind, he could not have anticipated that a teenage girl would take a knife to a corpse...

Xiao Jinyu shook her head and said, "She knows I can't convict..."

What kind of person can make him take sleeping pills and still eat a lot?

Person coming, prepare the vehicle.

Chuchu was taken aback when she heard that he wanted someone to bring not a corpse, but her. When the word "then" popped out, she suddenly snapped back to reality and said, "Wait!"

Xiao Jinyu nodded gently, "Iron nails in the brain, covered in injuries."

... ... It seems like a murder, but after shaving off all the hair, a three-inch iron nail was found embedded in the Baihui acupoint on the top of the deceased's head. It is impossible to determine which came first and which came later, so we can only say that the death was definitely caused by one of these two factors.

It is not necessarily true if someone says it or not.

In the blink of an eye, a cold-faced guard quickly flashed into the hall and said, "My lord."

Xiao Jinyu's mouth twitched slightly. She seemed to be finding fault with him...

House medicine ?

Chuchu went in for almost an hour, and when she came out, it was almost four in the morning.

Xiao Jinyu picked up the pen again, his voice slightly hoarse as if squeezed out from his throat, "Said."

Xiao Jinyu coldly interrupted Jing Yi's reverie, "Because I previously allowed her to verify in any way she wanted."

What else do you want to do?

Xiao Jinyu's mouth twitched. She had just dissected a corpse so thoroughly that everything she had taken out of it was laid out in front of her. Yet, she was still able to think about eating...

Open it.

Looking at Xiao Jinyu standing there with a frown for a while without any movement, and not writing down the few sentences she just said on the death list, Chu Chu thought he didn't believe her words. She pouted her small mouth, took a step forward, and reached out to untie the small package placed on the desk. "I didn't bluff you, I have evidence."

Chuchu secretly glanced at the guard standing straight beside her, this big man who was as strong as a bull, I wonder how powerful his strength would be if he were to wield a paddle... Chuchu timidly looked at Xiao Jinyu and said, "Can we wait a bit... before spanking me again?"

Xiao Jinyu spoke lightly, but it couldn't stop Jing Yizhen from jumping up and exclaiming, "Xue Yue is dead?!"

Chuchu took a step forward and picked up the cup, then "glug glug" drank it all in one breath.

Xiao Jinyu has not had time to eat well for half a month. At this moment, he is very clear about where his stomach is, "Yes, it's inside, so... how do you know what's in his stomach?"

Jing Yi stared blankly at Xiao Jinyu's calm and gentle face, "The 'dissection' you mentioned... is it the same 'dissection' as what I had in mind?"

There are 23 shallow knife wounds, 35 whip marks, 17 nail scratches, 9 pinch marks, with varying degrees of freshness. The oldest one is approximately three months old, and the newest one should be a few days old. None of them are life-threatening or have caused any serious harm. There are also numerous minor abrasions, with no signs of poisoning.

Jingyi wanted to cry but had no tears. He spent a whole year carefully selecting from all over the capital, and in the end, he brought such a divine object to Xiao Jinyu! "Didn't she say that her family has been coroners for generations? Doesn't she know that unauthorized dissection is a grave insult to the body and punishable by hanging?"

Jing Yi almost jumped out of his chair, "Did you already know that the corpse was found near the Ru Gui building?!"

As If Returning Home Building.

As soon as Juecha ChuChu came in, Xiao Jinyu immediately stopped writing, even though the official document in front of him was only one letter away from being completed with his signature.

Chuchu, who is usually not good at understanding words and observing expressions, can also sense the sense of crisis. So, before Xiao Jinyu could speak, she looked at him with a face full of grievances and said, "You agreed that any method of verification would be fine, didn't you?"

What else did she reveal?

Chuchu responded with a sound, cleared her throat, and just as Xiao Jinyu was about to start writing, he heard a voice from the front of the desk with a clear and elongated tone, saying, "Reporting to His Royal Highness An, long live the prince."

Before the victim was killed, they had just eaten a meal or were in the process of eating. There were several undigested foods in their stomach, including rice, chicken, fish, shiitake mushrooms, fresh bamboo shoots, and alcohol.

Is it verified?

Each homicide case must have two sets of corpse examination reports for initial and secondary verification before a judgment can be made. This is the rule set by Xiao Jinyu for all the yamen in the country.

Jing Yi tried to redirect the conversation back to the case itself, as this would allow Xiao Jinyu to quickly set aside all emotions. "When I entered the door just now, I saw the forensic examiner on duty. Shall I go and call them to re-examine Xue Yue's body?"

There is no need to fill out the corpse form for now. Just complete the examination and report directly.

Chuchu drank all the tea in the cup, put down the cup, raised her sleeve and wiped her mouth, "Can I report now?"

Xiao Jinyu went from almost going crazy to suddenly being stunned, and then heard Chu Chu say, "Moreover... the musky smell on this corpse is the same as the one I saw in the Ministry of Justice this morning. It is very likely that they ate the same medicine before they died, and they ate a lot."

The door is obviously modified, narrowed down from wide to the point where Xiao Jinyu's wheelchair can barely pass through.

Xiao Jinyu took several deep breaths, put down the pen, and called out in a deep voice, "Someone, come."

Oh? Jingyi quickly discarded everything else once he caught the point of interest, squinting his fox-like eyes and said, "You and her..."

What temple are you visiting so early in the morning?

Xiao Jinyu spread out a blank death certificate in front of him, picked up his pen again, and dabbed it twice on the inkstone. "Speak," he said.

The relationship between Xiao Jinyu and Xue Yue can only be considered average, but the teacher-student relationship between Xiao Jinyu and Master Xue, which is as close as father and son, is well-known in the officialdom.

Xiao Jinyu furrowed her brows lightly, but Xue Yue never mentioned it, and he didn't even notice.

This person looks quite knowledgeable. How can they not understand such a simple and obvious matter? "It's so easy, just open it up and take a look, then you'll know!"

Take her out," Xiao Jinyu sighed and signed the character "瑜" on the official document in his hand. "Then, ask Jing Yi to come and see me quickly."

Chuchu placed the small package in her hand on the desk in front of Xiao Jinyu, and breathed a sigh of relief. "It's all been checked."

He was not nervous about taking on this case because of Xue Yue, the Ministry of Rites' assistant minister who only visited a few times a year, but because of Xue Taishi, who doted deeply on Xue Yue.

Jingyi threw himself into the chair next to him, holding his hands and looking at Xiaojinyu with resentment. "Just to find out where that corpse came from, I've been scolded back and forth by the Ministry of Justice several times in the middle of the night... You have no idea how special the suspected crime scene is, it's really not easy to handle!"

Xiao Jinyu paused for a moment, then said, "The inner path is...?"

Xiao Jinyu was taken aback and asked, "Are you afraid?"

What is there to fear about death! Chuchu almost stomped her feet, "I am the only one here, without a scribe, who will fill out the death certificate?"

Xiao Jinyu wrote down a "four".

Xiao Jinyu wrote down "21" in the age column without any change in expression, and wrote down "5 feet 4 inches 7" in the height column, then nodded lightly to indicate her to continue.

These are what was found in his stomach. Look, there's a grain of rice, chicken meat, fish meat, fish skin, shiitake mushrooms, fresh bamboo shoots. He swallowed them all without chewing. This person must have been eating in a hurry... While saying this, he even waved the book in his hand towards Xiao Jinyu, creating a breeze. "Can you smell it? The alcohol smell in here is quite strong!"

As for the musk scent... I cannot extract it, but the strongest musk scent emanates from the navel. If you don't believe it, have someone bring out the corpse and get close to smell it.

Chuchu looked at Wu Jiang, then at Xiao Jinyu, "Shall I go in alone?"

Of course.

When Jing Yi jumped from the window into the Ten Commandments Hall meeting room, the sky began to dimly shine. Xiao Jinyu had already replaced two batches of official documents on the desk in front of him.

I didn't move.

Xiao Jinyu's face turned black and said, "The corpse."

Xiao Jinyu was the only one sitting alone in the council chamber, as Wu Jiang was absent. He was swiftly reviewing the documents with a speed that seemed to require no mental effort. On his left, there were already two tall stacks of documents that he had finished reviewing, while on his right, there were two even taller stacks of documents waiting to be reviewed.

Jing Yi was taken aback, "No need?"

Three days ago, they only had a brief encounter in the early morning. Until now, he has been dead for at most four days.

Are you really worshiping?

Chuchu licked her lips and continued, "The corpse is hanging by a thread, emitting a musky scent all over, with a hard erection and remnants on the skin, and blockages in the internal passages..."

Chuchu stared at the cup, motionless.

Wu Jiang gently pushed open the door a crack, stepped aside from the doorway, and said to Chu Chu, "It's the one on the autopsy table, named Xue Yue."

Xiao Jinyu raised her hand and pointed to a mahogany tray placed at the corner of the table. The contents inside the tray were tightly covered with a white cloth. "If you want to verify it yourself..."

Xiao Jinyu's face turned even paler.

Xiao Jinyu stopped writing, looked up at her and asked, "Stomach?"

Chuchu would never know that beneath this calm exterior, Xiao Jinyu had the strong desire to immediately pin her to a long bench and personally give her a good beating.

There is a clue about the matter of Lian Cheng.

The color of the corpse's flesh is yellowish-purple, with slight changes. Judging by the weather of this season, it should have been dead for four to five days.

There's no need for me to say more, right? You may not have seen others', but you must have seen your own.

Xiao Jinyu felt dizzy and had a headache, his face turned pale. "Did you...cut him open?"

Dissecting it all and not letting her speak clearly would render the dissection meaningless!

Yes.

Xiao Jinyu sighed even deeper, "No need..."

Xiao Jinyu's face turned black in an instant.

Take her out, and then...

Is she just pretending too much, or is it that God himself sent her down to torment him?

Hehe... Jing Yi smiled dryly a few times, as if there was still more to say. After countless words, it all condensed into one sentence, "You should go find a temple to pray."

Xiao Jinyu's brows furrowed lightly, his face slightly pale.

Chuchu pointed to herself very seriously and drew a circle, saying, "Right here, inside."

This was wiped off from the inside of his thigh and the outer skin of his lower body, and this was taken out from inside the passage...

Chuchu pursed her lips, and her innocent eyes blinked, "I haven't eaten yet."

Xiao Jinyu closed the fan and looked up at Jing Yi with a smile that seemed both genuine and fake. "What? Is your face not worth anything when it comes to Ruguilou?"

Xiao Jinyu's ability to become the Xiao Jinyu of today is not an exaggeration to say that it is all thanks to the favor bestowed upon him by Grand Tutor Xue.

The two of them led her through the central chamber, walking along the corridor behind the chamber until they reached the deep end, and stopped in front of a small door guarded tightly by two attendants.

Xiao Jinyu's face turned from pale to gloomy, and her eyes seemed to want to devour her with hatred.

How far is Jingyi from that plate in an instant, it's as far as the horror on his face when he was dragged out of the brothel by his wife. His voice trembled and faltered, "What did that girl do?"

He didn't expect this ignorant girl, who couldn't even figure out who the Prince of An'an was, to know who Xue Yue is. He only hopes that she won't mistakenly identify the wrong person out of excitement.

Yes! Chu Chu straightened up from the bowing position of ninety degrees, and her voice and tone became more normal when describing the body. "The deceased was a man, about twenty years old, and was five feet and five inches tall."

Chuchu does indeed dislike him, but not in the way Xiao Jinyu thinks. It's because Mr. Dong said that commoners shouldn't touch things that have been touched by the imperial family or high-ranking officials, or else they might bring bad luck upon themselves.

You can give it a try.

Xiao Jinyu placed the pen in her hand on the pen holder and pushed the cup of tea next to her in front of Chu Chu.

Chuchu said as she took out several obviously wrapped handkerchiefs from a small bundle, carefully unfolding them one by one in front of Xiaojinyu.

What are you waiting for?