C42

Chapter 42 - Identification of corpses in the county yamen

In the hall of Jing Zhao Mansion, two doors were open, and two were facing the opposite direction.

A golden plaque hung in the middle of the hall, displaying a three-foot-long magic table on the high platform. On the table, there were four treasures of the study and an arrow quiver. Behind the table, there was an overseer's chair, with an arrow rack on the left and a black folding fan on the right.

The first yamen runner stood on either side of them with a baton in his hand, looking straight ahead with a solemn expression on his face.

On the left, a peachwood chair was placed in front of the bailiff, and a woman sat at the head of the pew.

Yun Qianliang was seated on a blue lotus flower dress, holding a teacup and leisurely tasting the high quality green spring water. Her movements were graceful, dignified and graceful, as he sat there like a noble lady watching a play to savor some tea.

Two attendants carried a stretcher into the lobby. They placed the stretcher on the ground and removed the white cloth covering the body, revealing the dead man's face for easy inspection.

On the armchair sat the official uniform, and Jing Zhao Fu Yin, who was wearing a black veil, looked at the man tasting the tea, and then looked at the corpse that was brought in, carefully asking: "Madam Gu, do you see whether the deceased was a servant of the clan?"

Hearing that, Yun Qianliang pursed her lips with a smile, and said to Gu Shisan who was behind him: "Go take a look."

Today, in response to the assassination attempt from yesterday, she had specially brought along guards to protect them when she left, leaving Chun Hua and the two girls in the residence without them coming out.

Thirteen walked out from behind him and went up to confirm.

In a short moment, Thirteen returned and reported while leaning forward, "Madam, it's indeed Xiao Cui."

Yun Qianliang nodded his head, he placed down the teacup and said: "Xiao Cui was indeed once a servant in Gu Xiangfu, but a few days ago she was kicked out of Gu Xiangfu, and yesterday she even stopped me and my master from begging for mercy. This is something many citizens know, Master Zhao can call me to ask."

"I naturally trust the words of the Madam Gu, but can you tell me what mistake the servant girl has committed and she was expelled from the Gu Xiangfu?" Zhao Guangxian smiled and agreed with Yun Qianliang's words. Seeing that she did not immediately reply when he asked her about the wrong things, he added: "Of course, if it is not convenient to speak of it to the outside world, Madam Gu does not need to answer."

"There's nothing to say." Yun Qianliang smiled lightly, the awkwardness instantly disappeared, and she replied lightly: It's only killing the Mistress.

Yun Qianliang's casual six words shocked Zhao Guangxian to the point that cold sweat broke out all over his body. Killing the Gu Xiang's wife by poison, reporting such a huge matter to the Jing Zhao Mansion was enough to convict this slave of a crime, even if she died, she deserved to die. Yet, he had to trouble Yun Qianliang to identify the corpse of this damned person, wouldn't others misunderstand that he wanted to uphold justice for this slave?

Zhao Guangxian immediately became nervous, and used the silk handkerchief to wipe the sweat off his forehead.

"This servant dared to poison the matriarch. I guess he deserved it." Zhao Guangxian flattered and tried to please her.

"You deserve it." Before Yun Qianliang even finished her sentence, Zhao Guangxian, who was in the hall, secretly heaved a sigh of relief, but he did not expect Yun Qianliang to stand up and walk to the dead body in the middle of the hall, "It's just that, it's a servant from Gu Xiangfu who went out.

She wore a jade colored dress, and the jade green outer garment hung onto the snow-white dress. At the hem of her skirt was embroidered a large area of blooming lotus flowers, lightly swaying along with her movements, like a spring breeze blowing past, ruffling the water in the pool, causing the lotus flowers planted in the pool to lightly sway.

She had a refined and graceful temperament. Standing beside a corpse, she was like a pure lotus that had just emerged from the mud.

"Yes, yes, yes." Zhao Guangxian hurriedly pandered and quickly walked down to his side. He carefully probed by his side, "How does Madam Gu plan to deal with this slave who poisoned the Mistress?"

"A slave servant, if there was no one behind her, they would not dare to harm her. If they couldn't catch her mastermind, they would make her pay with her life. It was just an unintentional act of venting her anger." Yun Qianliang replied unhurriedly, her words revealing the extraordinary bearing of the Sect Leader Mother.

Hearing her words, Zhao Guangxian nodded his head in agreement, and then looked at the beauty standing beside the corpse.

It was rumored that the direct daughter of the Yun family was a complete idiot, and this explanation was not something that the idiot could speak of.

Yun Qianliang squatted down and pulled up the white cloth to the left of the corpse, then she began to carefully examine it.

Xiao Cui's hair was in a mess, there were traces of it being torn off, some of it had already been torn off and wrapped around her hair, but her clothes were still in good condition, and only the wound on her abdomen could be seen.

Yun Qianliang reached out her hands towards the corpse's face, stopping it.

"Madam Gu can't be forgiven, your status is noble, how can you touch such a unlucky person?" Zhao Guangxian then scolded the servant: "Hurry up and bring him down, otherwise we'll dirty your eyes."

"No problem." Yun Qianliang raised her left hand to stop the servant from carrying the corpse away, her right hand continued to move, and landed on Xiao Cui's face, she used two fingers to push open Xiao Cui's eyes, and after looking at her eyes carefully, he moved her hand to her mouth, opening her mouth.

Zhao Guangxian was even more afraid to guess at the person in front of his. When ordinary women saw the corpses, they would inevitably turn pale, and not to mention personally inspecting them, they would not even dare to look twice at them. However, not only did this master dare do so, he seemed to be extremely proficient in it?

Seeing that, Gu Shisan was surprised, in that moment, he kept his surprise and looked at Zhao Guangxian, telling him not to disturb the people who were inspecting the corpse.

Gu Yicheng had eighteen servants close to him, but other than having extraordinary skills, they had their own strengths and were the right hand men of the Gu Xiang, regardless of whether they were in the capital city or the government, their reputation was not small, and would often follow beside Gu Yicheng, many of them appearing to represent the Left Prime Minister, and being lower ranked than the Minister of the Left, they would all be courteous to him.

Zhao Guangxian received the hint and did not dare to act rashly. He waved his hand to stop the bailiff and waited cautiously.

Yun Qianliang checked her nose and mouth, then took off her clothes to check her wounds.

The fatal wound was indeed a knife wound on the abdomen. According to the wound, the entire body of the knife had been stabbed into the abdomen.

Not by accident, but by premeditated murder.

"She was eating when she died?" Yun Qianliang withdrew her hand and stood up.

Zhao Guangxian quickly ordered the servant to fetch water, and replied: "Yes, Xiao Cui died with a steamed bun in her hand. corona did not discover any poison after the examination, so she was thrown to the dogs to be fed."

Yun Qianliang walked towards the copper basin that was brought over, and a pair of white and tender hands entered the cold water. She carefully washed the fingers that had touched the corpse, and then suddenly spoke out, "The time of death is around the eleventh hour, and if one is familiar with the person, then they may have obtained it in their name."

"How do you know?" Zhao Guangxian asked doubtfully.

When he woke up today, he had received news that a female corpse had been found in an alley on Jia Kang Street. The person reporting the case claimed that it was the carriage used by the deceased to stop the Gu Xiangfu yesterday, and was a servant of the Gu Xiangfu.

From the time I received the news this morning, from the time I brought the corpse back to when I examined it in corona, to when I went to Gu Xiangfu to request for someone to identify it, it took less than two hours.

In this period of time, he had already sent people to the scene of the crime to investigate and search for clues. Even now, no one had replied him, and Yun Qianliang only examined the face and wounds of the deceased to conclude such a conclusion.

"As far as I know, Xiao Cui is not a frugal servant. Most of the silver coins are for rouge powder and dresses, it is likely that she did not save any silver coins to lead a life, if not she would not have ran into a desperate situation and begged for mercy. She was a servant who could not even afford to eat, she would not have had the money to spare. After Yun Qianliang washed his hands, she took out a handkerchief and wiped off the water stains on his hands, and walked towards the seat she was sitting in earlier, unperturbed by her doubts, "If it was the Master Zhao, would they call you out while we are eating?"

"What if it's an employer?" Zhao Guangxian proposed another idea, "She is anxious to find a job to support himself, so if he loses the chance, it is possible for her to quickly catch up."

"Seeing her employer is more prudent, if she really wants this job, how could she do such a disrespectful thing as walking while eating? If the other party is really an employer, or if he is approaching Xiao Cui using the name of his employer, then that steamed bun should not be in his hands, and should be kept well in his hands. " Yun Qianliang's words were very clear, and after thinking about it carefully, she felt that it made more sense.

"This official understands, thank you Madam Gu for your advice." Zhao Guangxian thanked him excitedly.

Yun Qianliang smiled and nodded, she picked up the teacup and drank a mouthful of tea to moisten her throat, and when she put down the teacup, she heard her clear and cold voice say his intentions, "I heard that the officials of Jing Zhao Mansion have already surrounded the crime scene to prevent outsiders from entering, I wonder, can you get some documents from the Master Zhao, and let me take a look at the crime scene?"

After taking over the case and finding out that Xiao Cui was Gu Xiangfu's slave, she purposely avoided the hours of the brunch to invite them. While waiting, Gu San would send guards to investigate, and when she went to the scene of the crime, her surroundings were already being watched by the Jing Zhao Mansion. The guards could not alert her, and did not go into the alley to investigate.

"We haven't captured the thief yet. Madam Gu was attacked by an assassin yesterday. What if you …" Zhao Guangxian was worried that the person in question could not be explained, hence he was troubled and did not dare agree.

"I have the protection of a secret guard around me, and I also have the official from Jing Zhao Mansion at the scene of the crime. I believe that this trip will be very safe." Yun Qianliang's words were ingenious as he praised Jing Zhao Mansion's strength secretly and explicitly.

"If Madam Gu really wants to go, then this humble official will send someone to escort him." Zhao Guangxian hesitated for a moment before finally agreeing with great difficulty. He also counted to be escorted by the Jing Zhao Mansion guards.

"Thank you, Master Zhao." Yun Qianliang's smile deepened.

After he had arranged for the Prefecture's guards to accompany him, Zhao Guangxian personally saw Yun Qianliang out of the Jing Zhao Mansion. His attitude towards was no longer as cautious as before, but filled with admiration and respect.

"Master Zhao, please wait." After exiting the Prefecture, Yun Qianliang stopped in her tracks and said with good intentions: "No matter what the outcome of this case is, I will handle it properly. Master Zhao doesn't need to feel too much pressure, just do my best."

Hearing this, Zhao Guangxian instantly felt the burden on his shoulders lighten, but he became more motivated as he gently smiled: "With Madam Gu's understanding, this official will definitely do my best to investigate this matter and give you an explanation."

Yun Qianliang laughed and bid farewell, and left under the watchful eyes of the citizens of Prefecture.

Zhao Guangxian looked at the horse carriage that was driving away, and sighed in his heart: This girl has a clear mind, her methods are truly exquisite.