12dz Chapter 104: No Belief, No Existence
Chapter 104: No Belief, No Existence
Song Yuntang didn't pay attention to the movement around her. After putting down the knife, she picked up the needle and thread and carefully sutured the wound on the corpse. Her suturing technique was even more skilled and experienced than that of Xu, the coroner who had been doing this for decades. The people around her were all surprised.
"Miss Song, have you really never performed an autopsy before?" asked Coroner Xu.
"No." Song Yuntang put away the needle, tidied the deceased's clothes, and covered him with a white cloth again. He clasped his hands together and said to her, "I'm sorry."
Coroner Xu was stunned for a moment, and seeing that the autopsy was over, he began to organize his tools.
"The young lady is truly gifted. If she weren't a woman, she might become Master Zhu's right-hand man in the future."
"I don't dare to be your right-hand man." Song Yuntang said as he washed his hands. "I'm really not good at autopsies. In fact, if you look carefully, many people can find the evidence on the deceased. My only advantage is that I'm a woman."
After she finished speaking, she nodded slightly to Coroner Xu and walked out of the room.
At this moment, Zhu Deming and Qin Maoshi had also arrived outside the house and were talking to Xu Qingye.
Song Yuntang was very surprised when he came out and saw him.
"Why are you here?"
Looking at her pale face, Xu Qingye said gently, "I left my teacher's place and passed by the government office, so I thought of coming to see Master Zhu. I didn't expect you to be here too."
Zhu Deming bowed to Song Yuntang and said, "Today's autopsy is really thanks to Miss Song. I wonder why Miss Song came to see me today?"
If this case is solved perfectly, and as long as nothing goes wrong next time, there will be hope for promotion next year.
Song Yuntang smiled embarrassedly.
"Master Zhu, as you know, I'm a doctor. I love studying all kinds of flowers and plants. I heard that Madam Zhu has two pepper plants, but I'm not familiar with her, so I wanted to ask you about her preferences so I can get some pepper seeds from her."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Deming waved his hand and said, "This is a trivial matter. Miss, even if you want a pepper tree, let alone pepper seeds, I must ask for it from the lady today. However, the deceased's husband is not here yet. To prove that we did not desecrate his wife's body, please rest here for a moment and serve as a witness for us. I will arrange for someone to go to the mansion to fetch what you need."
Song Yuntang nodded, "I'll follow your instructions."
Seeing this, Zhu Deming hurriedly asked Master Qin to make arrangements.
There were not many rooms in the backyard of the yamen. After a while, Song Yuntang and the other three were arranged into a side room, where they sat around a table.
Seeing Song Yuntang's pale face, Song Jinsheng poured her a glass of water in advance and asked with concern, "Tang'er, are you okay?"
"I'm fine, I'll be fine after a while, don't worry, second brother."
Song Yuntang picked up the water cup and put it to his mouth. Before it touched his lips, his stomach started churning, so he put the cup back on the table.
Seeing that she was frowning and looked uncomfortable, Xu Qingye quickly reached out and smoothed her back.
"It's normal to feel uncomfortable when performing an autopsy for the first time."
He neither blamed her for meddling in other people's business nor interfered with whether she would try to perform an autopsy again in the future.
Song Yuntang turned his head to look at him, "It is said that it is unlucky to touch a corpse. Do you mind?"
Here, being a coroner is not a good job.
I thought he didn't know, but I didn't expect him to come to the yamen and see the whole process of her autopsy.
Xu Qingye shook his head gently.
"If you don't believe it, then you don't have it."
Hearing this, Song Yuntang rarely smiled.
Even if she can't find someone who shares the same feelings with her in this life, it seems nice to have someone who understands her and tolerates her.
After hearing Xu Qingye's answer, Song Jinsheng finally let go of his anxious heart.
Apart from anything else, Xu Qingye's tolerance and courage are indeed better than many people.
He was almost scared to death when he saw his sister's autopsy just now.
Zhuang Ziang was also a little surprised by Song Yuntang's reaction. From the look of her, it seemed that she was not opposed to Xu Qingye's contact. It was obvious that her engagement with him was not just to annoy Lin Jingyao.
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It was already three quarters past noon. Not long after arranging the few people to the side rooms, Master Qin thoughtfully asked someone to send them snacks and dried fruits for them to fill their stomachs at noon.
Song Yuntang didn't have a good appetite as it was his first autopsy, so he didn't eat any snacks. He just put a few slices of sweet and sour preserved fruit in his mouth to suppress the churning in his stomach.
Soon, the deceased's husband Jiang Dafu was brought to the yamen. After Song Yuntang arrived to testify, he took advantage of the scorching sun outside to listen to the whole story inside the yamen.
Jiang Dafu refused to confess at first, but after being frightened by Zhu Deming, he soon told the whole story.
Jiang Dafu was a night watchman. The night before yesterday, he returned home after beating the night watch and saw a figure sneaking out of his house over the wall. At that time, he just thought it was a thief. Thinking that he didn't have many coins anyway, he didn't chase after him.
He only vaguely remembered the man's figure under the cover of night and returned home. At that time, he didn't know that his wife was dead. Seeing that there was no sign of the house being turned over, he didn't take it seriously.
After washing up and returning to the room, he found that his wife had unresponsive. However, he searched her body and found no other wounds except for signs of being raped.
But the doctor had clearly told him that his wife's heart disease was no longer life-threatening. Only then did he realize that the person who had climbed over the wall out of the house might be the murderer.
He was very scared at the time and didn't know whether he should report it to the police.
As a night watchman, he had seen other people's excitement in this kind of situation before. If there was an obvious suspect and motive for the crime, it would be fine. His wife had no wounds on her body, and even if the case was brought to the government office, it would eventually be left unresolved.
After cleaning her body, Jiang Dafu looked at her still young and beautiful body and had some inappropriate thoughts...
The next day, Jiang Dafu did not dare to report to the police because of his foolish behavior the night before. However, it was difficult to explain his wife's death for no reason, so he kept her for the time being and told his children that his wife was not feeling well and asked them not to disturb her.
This continued until the morning of the third day, which was this morning, when the children smelled a foul odor in the room and realized something was wrong. Jiang Dafu realized that he could no longer hide the truth, so he made up a story to clear himself and reported the matter to the authorities.
Zhu Deming interrogated the case again and finally identified Zhao Jin, who had been treating the deceased during this period, as the suspect.
After hearing this, Song Yuntang almost understood the twists and turns of the matter. Although Jiang Dafu was not the murderer, he was not a good man for doing that to his dead wife.
As for the murderer, if nothing unexpected happens, it should be the doctor who treated his wife.
Having guessed the ending, Song Yuntang didn't want to stay any longer. After saying goodbye to Zhu Deming, he left the yamen.
As soon as we arrived at the gate of the yamen, Baosheng, the personal maid of the county magistrate's wife, Yao, was already waiting there with a pot of chili peppers.