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?”
‘Why is Ji Yunshu asking this question out of nowhere?’ Wei Yi’s head remained lowered as he replied in a low voice, “It’ll hurt!”
“And what else?”
“And…” His eyes suddenly lit up as he lifted his gaze to meet hers. “It will become red there. After the red goes away, it will turn green. Then, it’ll get better.”
“That is correct Wei Yi. You are very smart.”
“Thank you big brother.”
And he completely forgot that he was standing next to a pile of bones.
Ji Yunshu slightly lifted the paper in her hand as she continued with her lecture. “Then remember what I’m about to say next. No matter how long a person has been dead, if you first apply camphor oil to the bone, and then a white vinegar-soaked piece of paper to it and it turns red, it means the bone had been damaged not long before death. If it turns green, it means the damage had already been there for quite some time before the person’s death. This is used to determine whether or not the damage was caused before or at the time of death, and hence whether or not it was caused during a struggle against the murderer.”
“Did you understand all that, Wei Yi?”
Wei Yi’s reaction time was a bit slow. In the end, he still nodded his head as he pointed at the paper in her hand and exclaimed, “I understand big brother, that means he must have hurt just now.”
“Not ‘just now’, it’s ‘just before death’!” She corrected him in a serious tone.
“Oh, I got it.”
She made sure that he really understood before turning to the magistrate and the yamen runners and asked them, “So, did you understand?”
Everyone nodded.
Wei Yi retreated back to his corner as she placed the piece of paper down.
Ji Yunshu started to inspect the remains of the clothes on the skeleton. ‘It’s made of silk. No wonder it managed to last for two years!’
“A normal person’s clothes would be made of linens but these are made of silk. Hence the deceased should be from a distinguished or wealthy family. It seems that this skeleton must have once been a rich person.”
Another close examination revealed several blade-inflicted tears on the clothes.
“There are several tears in the clothes made by a sharp object. They must have been made when the murder weapon stabbed into the deceased.”
Ji Yunshu explained as she continued her examination. However, the magistrate narrowed his eyes slightly as he asked her in a small voice, “Yunshu, why did you explain that much to that… fellow?”
‘Hey, I’m being serious here! Lord Magistrate, there must be something wrong with your brain!’
However, Ji Yunshu did not get upset. On the other hand, she even gave a smirk as she cast a cold glance at the magistrate. “Don’t you think that Wei Yi is actually quite smart?”
“Smart? Him?” The magistrate found her words inconceivable, “But he’s an idiot.” His voice was lowered to the maximum!
“I don’t think so. I believe that if he’s taught well enough, he’ll make a great coroner.”
“Ah?!” The magistrate’s eyes widened in surprise. Casting a glance at Wei Yi, he could not help but think, ‘That cowardly guy? How can he be a coroner?’
“Yunshu, you aren’t… planning on taking him as your disciple are you?”
“I’m currently considering it.” Ji Yunshu’s good-looking eyebrows raised.
She took off her gloves and patted her hands. Ignoring the magistrate, who had been stunned silly, she continued, “That’s about all the information I can glean from this skeleton for now. For the time being, let the adviser note it all down. Once we have determined the identity of this skeleton, we can use the information along with these clues to find out the murderer!”
They woodenly nodded!
Ji Yunshu walked to Wei Yi’s side and asked him, “Do you like this place?”
He shook his head while replying, “No, I don’t.”
“Then let’s go.”
She left with Wei Yi trailing behind her, leaving behind the magistrate who had a stiff facial expression!
He was sure he did not hear wrongly. Ji Yunshu was actually planning on taking Wei Yi as a disciple.
‘Aren’t you making a mistake?!’
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