Ji Yunshu explained, "This is because if you use your hands to push the clothes away, there will be more or less wear and tear on the bones. After all, the clothes worn by the deceased were not made of silk, but ordinary hemp clothes. The friction of this kind of clothes on the bones will cause a great impact, which will affect the accuracy of the bone examination! However, using a knife was different. Using a knife to gently lift up the clothes that were stuck to the bones, there would be no friction, and the bones would naturally not be worn. Of course, this also required a strong grip on the knife, otherwise, the edge of the knife would be accidentally scratched.
The bones. "
'So that's how it is!'
The old coroner suddenly understood.
He silently noted it down!
In the future, there was another way to examine the corpse.
"Teacher Ji is very thoughtful."
"This is not thoughtful, but basic common sense!"
'This …'
The old coroner didn't know how to continue.
Ji Yunshu took the knife and stuck it into the coffin.
She began to use the knife to carefully pry open the clothes on Du Mubai's skeleton that hadn't completely rotted yet.
No one made a sound.
They just watched in silence.
Ji Yunshu was very familiar with this process, so it didn't take long.
A naked skeleton was perfectly presented in front of everyone's eyes.
However, because it had been buried underground for a long time, the base of the coffin was somewhat cracked. Therefore, when it encountered heavy rain, some muddy water rushed into the coffin, causing the skeleton to be covered with fine dirt.
It didn't affect it much.
She began to examine the skeleton.
First, the larynx and cervical vertebrae.
From the degree of bending, it was indeed caused by hanging.
Then, she found three protruding points of the same size on the back of one of the ribs, but they were in a straight line. The distance between the three protruding points was also the same. They were formed when the rib collided with something not long before it died.
But this was not a fatal injury!
It was a collision injury!
She also found a large degree of sprain on the skeleton's foot. Indeed, as Fang Tong said, a few days before Du Mubai's death, he really sprained his foot!
Moreover, from the degree of distortion on the foot, it could be seen that the injury was very serious. When he walked, he must have been limping.
Other than that, there was no other abnormality on the skeleton!
There was also no wound caused by a sharp weapon.
Ji Yunshu's expression was very solemn.
It seemed that there was still something unsolved.
She turned around and picked out a knife from her sandalwood box.
It was a flat knife.
Li Cheng asked, "Young Master Ji, what are you trying to do?"
She held the knife and replied, "Scrape the bones."
As he spoke, he took out a clean white handkerchief from his sleeve.
He then scraped off a layer of bone powder from the skull, shoulder blade, ribs, and femur.
Wrapped in a handkerchief.
The bystanders were puzzled by her action.
Why did he do that?
But no one made a sound.
He thought that she would definitely explain later.
After everything was done, Ji Yunshu's solemn expression gradually relaxed.
From the looks of it, she must have a rough idea of the case.
Everyone waited quietly.
Waiting for her to say something!
However, the old coroner was an impatient man. He took the initiative to ask, "Teacher Ji, how is it? Do you have the results of the inspection? "
She let out a soft "En".
The air froze again. After a while, she looked at everyone's confused and curious eyes and slowly explained, "I checked Du Mubai's larynx, cervical vertebrae, and jaw. I'm sure that he hanged himself! I also didn't find any signs of poisoning on his body. Just like what I deduced earlier, he was drugged.
After being drugged, the murderer created the illusion that he had committed suicide and hung himself to deceive everyone. Moreover, one thing I can be sure of is that Du Mubai must have drunk something or eaten something with drugs to make him faint! "
'Huh?
So sure? '
Someone questioned, "What if he was knocked unconscious?" "That's impossible! "If he was knocked unconscious, there would be clues on his head. But his skull and cervical vertebrae didn't show any signs of being hit. Therefore, it's impossible that he was knocked unconscious. Moreover, all the joints of his body are intact and there was no sign of struggle. I believe that he must have been completely unguarded.
I was knocked unconscious when I was caught off guard. "
The old coroner replied, "However, I've heard that there is a method in the jianghu. A highly skilled martial artist can stab a person's acupuncture point with a silver needle from a hundred meters away, causing the person to faint. Thus, Teacher Ji's claim that the victim was drugged or ate something is not enough to prove it!" "That's right, there are indeed people with this kind of ability in the martial arts world, but …" Ji Yunshu paused, then took out her handkerchief filled with bone powder and continued, "This is the bone powder I scraped from different parts of Du Mubai's skeleton. I scraped it very lightly, but it was very easy to scrape it off. This is impossible for a skeleton that has been around for six years! This was because the surface layer of a normal person's skeleton would not be so soft after death! But there is one possibility. Before the deceased died, he drank something containing datura, gold, gold, etc.
Flowers, or belladonna! "
"What can this prove?"
"Don't tell me you don't know that these three things are actually the ingredients of a knockout drug? If you don't believe me, you can ask the people in the medicine store. "
"So … So, if a person drinks the knockout drug made from these three things before they die, the surface of their bones will be very soft after death. As long as a knife is gently scraped, the layer of bone powder on the surface will be scraped off. That was why I was so sure that he had ingested or drunk something that contained hormones.
Something like a knockout. "
Oh!
Everyone suddenly understood.
It was the most nutritious lesson he had ever had in his entire life!
Before the crowd could recover from the shock and admiration —
Ji Yunshu continued her analysis, "On the day of Du Mubai's death, he went out early in the morning to meet someone. That person must be someone he knew and was very familiar with. He even trusted that person to the extent that he didn't have the slightest bit of precaution. That's why he drank or ate something laced with drugs."
Who was that person?
As Li Cheng listened, a name inexplicably popped up in his mind.
Gong Shilin!
Could it be that Du Mubai really went to see Gong Shilin that day?
But if that was the case, why didn't Gong Shilin say it?
While he was feeling sleepy, Ji Yunshu added, "I think the murderer is probably the person he went to see." “
As soon as she finished speaking!
An old official stood up and said helplessly, "But we have already investigated. After Du Mubai left the study room, no one has seen him again. We don't know where he went. This is like looking for a needle in a haystack … "
"Not all of it. In fact, Du Mubai has already given me a clue."
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