Chapter 14
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"Teacher, could you be mistaken? After my daughter died, the coroner came to examine her. The time of death was the morning of the day before yesterday." Lord Zhou was puzzled.
Magistrate Liu panicked and whispered in Ji Yunshu's ear, "Yunshu, don't be mistaken. The coroner came to examine her."
"I won't be wrong."
Ji Yunshu replied.
Magistrate Liu was speechless.
Ji Yunshu looked at Miss Zhou's shoulder. She used a knife to cut open the exposed shoulder bone and said, "I've said before, corpses can lie, but bones can't. According to the coroner's judgment, Miss Zhou did fall from the building in the morning of the day before yesterday. However, the bulge on Miss Zhou's shoulder bone can only form within an hour of death. Based on the hardness, shape, and color of the bulge, it is enough to prove that her time of death was the night of the day before yesterday."
"Then why did the coroner say it was the morning of the day before yesterday?"
"Because the coroner neglected one point. The night before yesterday, it rained heavily the whole night, and the temperature was only a few degrees below zero. It was very cold, and it would affect the liver temperature and affect the coroner's judgment. However, the bones wouldn't."
It was all because of the lack of advanced technology in this era. Otherwise, she wouldn't have spent so much time and effort to cut open Miss Zhou's shoulder to prove her theory.
She really suffered a death!
Although the Zhou family didn't understand the professional jargon, they understood Ji Yunshu's meaning.
Madame Zhou's eyes were filled with tears. She trembled and asked, "Then … then how did my daughter die?"
"Yes, how did my daughter die?" Lord Zhou was also anxious.
Ji Yunshu wasn't in a hurry to explain. She put on a glove and inserted her finger into Miss Zhou's rotten mouth. She stirred it a few times, then took out a sweet lotus seed from her waist and threw it in. After a moment, she took it out of Miss Zhou's mouth.
The originally orange sweet lotus seed turned blue.
"Miss Zhou was poisoned to death." Ji Yunshu concluded.
"Poisoned?" Lord Zhou was astonished. "The coroner didn't say that she died from poisoning."
"Of course, to test for poison, we need to examine the throat. However, this poison didn't enter the throat, so the coroner couldn't find anything. Yesterday, when I was painting the young miss, I found a black spot in her teeth."
As she spoke, she pulled out one of Miss Zhou's loose black teeth and continued to speak.
"This poison is called Mi poison, which comes from the Western Regions. It doesn't enter the throat, but only the teeth. A little bit will kill you. The way to test this poison is to use starch. When the venom comes into contact with the lake, it will turn blue. The sugar lotus seeds happened to be stained with the lake, and when it came into contact with this poison, it naturally turned blue."
Lord Zhou almost lost his footing. He widened his bloodshot eyes and asked in a trembling voice, "Who in the world wants to harm my daughter? Who was the murderer? My daughter has been well-behaved and sensible since she was a child. She never leaves the house and will never offend anyone. "
"Don't worry, Lord Zhou. Since the young lady never left the mansion, she must have died in the mansion. It won't be difficult to investigate."
"Teacher Ji, you must help my daughter find her murderer. You are the benefactor of my Zhou family!"
"Old Master Zhou is too serious."
Ji Yunshu felt a little awkward, so she nodded faintly. She put the tooth and the sugar lotus seed aside and took off her blood-stained gloves.
She walked to the maidservant and asked, "What's your name?"
The maidservant's eyes were still brimming with tears. She raised her head and replied, "This servant is called Qiaoxin."
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