Chapter 61 – Is Wei Yi Smart? (1/2)

Of course, Wei Yi didn’t know what an autopsy room was! He just covered his nose as he let Ji Yunshu pull him along.

“Big brother, this place is no fun.” Wei Yi furrowed his brows and pouted. His face had an ‘I nearly puked up my meal!’ look written all over it.

“Stand over there and don’t move.” Ji Yunshu spoke.

“Oh.”

No matter how unwilling he was to do so, Wei Yi obediently did as Ji Yunshu ordered, standing to the side, still covering his nose.

Ji Yunshu secretly smiled. ‘Who told you to eat so much.’

A moment later, she returned to her professional attitude. After she put on the white gloves that were placed beside her, she lifted the white shroud on the table, revealing the yin yang skeleton!

The yamen runners had been meticulous in their work; The skeleton was properly excavated and its condition had been preserved.

At this moment, the magistrate and a few yamen runners entered. The magistrate cast a sidelong glance at Wei Yi; He was still upset about his meal being stolen!

He walked to Ji Yunshu’s side as he asked, “Is this case a troublesome one?”

“I’m still not sure. After all, this corpse is already two years old.” Her gloved hands hung in front of her chest. She asked, “Have you investigated if there have been any missing persons in Jinjiang city in the past two years?”

“The adviser is still investigating the book of households. I have also ordered people to go and ask around. There should be results soon, though the most important part of drawing out the appearance still relies on you, Yunshu.”

“Reconstructing the appearance based solely on bones requires time. I should be able to get it done the day after tomorrow.”

“That’s good. I’ll go and get people to investigate in your stead. We can’t have you tired out.”

‘Wow! When did this magistrate become such a sweet talker?’

Getting back to work, she continued inspecting the pile of bones while speaking, “This yin yang corpse should have been stabbed by at least 20 stabs with most of them puncturing in between the ribs and the shoulders.

The wounds were inflicted from a higher angle and should have been caused by a weapon being stabbed using a reverse grip 1. From this we can conclude the murderer was taller than the deceased.

The deceased shows no sign of having been poisoned nor the hands having been broken. Therefore, there’s the possibility that the victim could have defended himself before his death. Hence, it’s highly probable that the culprit is a man.”

Everyone listened intently to her lengthy explanation.

Ji Yunshu’s gaze landed on the lower half of the skeleton. Her brows furrowed as she pressed on the ankle bone. “The deceased suffered an injury to his leg?”

In order to confirm her hypothesis, she tapped against the ankle bone before turning around and gave an order to a yamen runner, “Go and bring over some camphor oil and vinegar.”

“Understood.”

The runner hurriedly brought the items she asked for and placed them at her side.

Ji Yunshu poured the contents of the bowl of camphor oil over the ankle bone. Then, she soaked a piece of white paper in white vinegar before wrapping it around the ankle bone.

After a moment of wait, the originally white piece of paper slowly turned red.

No one understood what she was doing.

“Teacher Ji, what are you doing?” The runner asked.

Not in a hurry to reply, she unwrapped the paper and held it. Suddenly, she called, “Wei Yi.”

Wei Yi, who had been hiding in a corner of the room, trembled when he heard his name. From the moment Ji Yunshu lifted the shroud to reveal the pile of white bones, he had been frightened into a stupor and his legs were shaking tremendously. He appeared desperate, and wished he could find a hole to crawl out of here!

Not receiving a reply from Wei Yi, Ji Yunshu turned to look at him with a very serious expression. “Wei Yi, come over there!”

“Big brother, I’m scared.”

“It’s just a dead person, what are you so afraid of? You should be more scared of the living!”

‘Uh…’ The people in the room, who were very much alive, felt the corners of their eyes twitch!

Wei Yi lowered his head and shifted his steps under Ji Yunshu’s threatening tone. He shuffled over to Ji Yunshu, but he did it in a way he wouldn’t need to see the skeleton.

“Wei Yi, do you know what happens when a person sprains their ankles?”