Assembling the Skeleton
Zhao Qing had grown up in the mountains, so he was confused by Ji Yunshu's words.
How could he know what the Emperor was thinking?
Fortunately, he relented. Zhao Huai agreed to let Ji Yunshu investigate this matter, which saved her life.
"What you said is the Imperial Court's business. What the Emperor thinks has nothing to do with me. I also don't understand. In short, since Zhao Huai agreed to let you investigate, do it properly. Treat it as saving your own life. What I care about is whether you can keep your little life and help me find out the cause of Jiu 'er's death."
"This one will do his best."
"Not your best, but a must."
It was like an imperial edict!
Sweat!
Zhao Qing immediately left.
Wei Yi scratched his head and reached out to tug at Ji Yunshu's sleeves before leaning over.
"Shu 'er, can we go back now? I don't like this place. "
"Wait a little longer. I promise I will bring you back safely."
"Can we go back?"
"Yes, we definitely can."
"Mm."
Wei Yi completely trusted her. He shrunk behind her and hung his head, not saying a word.
Afterward, Ji Yunshu asked someone to bring her to the backyard.
The square urn was placed in the middle of the backyard. The urn lid had already been opened and was leaning against the ladder of the urn.
The thick aroma of the wine permeated the entire courtyard.
But when they thought about the skeleton soaked in the urn, they felt that the wine was mixed with the smell of decay.
It was extremely disgusting!
On the damp ground beside the urn was a piece of white cloth. On it were the bones that had been fished out from the urn. They were messily piled together, still dripping with wine.
Ji Yunshu heaved a sigh.
"Wrap up the bones and place them on the table in the room. If they are placed on the ground, the bones will rot after being soaked in wine."
When the bandits heard this, they obediently got to work!
They had no choice. Their First Master had given them instructions. Whatever Teacher Ji wanted, they had to do.
The bandits clumsily rolled up the cloth and wrapped the bones into a ball. They brought it into the room and placed it on the table.
Ji Yunshu examined the urn for a while. Her brows were tightly knitted together. Finally, her gaze fell on a corner of the urn lid.
There seemed to be something stuck to it!
Taking a closer look, it was a piece of blue powder. Perhaps it had solidified over time.
She took out a handkerchief and scraped off the blue object with her fingernail. She put it to the tip of her nose and sniffed it. Although there was a smell of wine, it was difficult to conceal the faint smell of camphor.
What is it?
She didn't pursue the matter any further. She wrapped the object in her handkerchief and put it into her sleeve.
She pulled Wei Yi into the house.
He then ordered someone to find two pairs of gloves and handed one to Wei Yi.
Wei Yi was stunned for a moment before he took it. "Why are you giving me this?"
"I need your help."
"What kind of help?"
Ji Yunshu used her chin to point at the pile of scattered bones.
Wei Yi's expression changed and he took a few steps back.
"I'm scared."
He didn't conceal it at all!
Ji Yunshu directly pulled him over. "These are all dead things. You don't need to be afraid. What you should be afraid of is a person."
This was the second time Ji Yunshu said this to Wei Yi.
Wei Yi nodded as if he understood her words.
"I want to piece this skeleton together, so I need you to help me. Do you understand?"
He nodded.
"Just think of it as putting together bamboo slips. It will be fun."
He nodded.
Let's do it! '
Ji Yunshu rolled up her sleeves and put on her gloves. Then, she began to rummage through the pile of bones.
First, she found two shoulder blades and a sternum.
She pieced them together.
Then, she found another rib and said to Wei Yi, "Now, help me find the remaining 23 that are exactly the same."
Wei Yi was dazed for a moment. Then, he wrinkled his brows and wrinkled his nose. He reached into the pile of bones.
He looked left and right, carefully like a daiyu burying flowers. With great difficulty, he found one and excitedly handed it to Ji Yunshu.
Ji Yunshu took it and put it together on both sides of the sternum.
The two of them worked together.
Finally, Wei Yi found the remaining rib bones. He also helped her find two femurs, two fibulae, two tibia, and a small piece of the tailbone.
He handed everything to Ji Yunshu.
He sat on the ground, paralyzed, as if he had been holding his breath for a long time. His face was pale and his eyes stared straight ahead.
He shouted, "I'm not doing this anymore!"
He felt wronged.
Then, he crawled to a small stool in the distance and sat down. He impatiently watched Ji Yunshu work.
Ji Yunshu was too lazy to pay attention to him. She was sweating profusely as she pieced together the small bones.
After spending almost two hours, she finally finished piecing the body of the skeleton together.
She wiped her sweat.
Apart from the skull, she had spent a lot of effort to find more than a hundred bones.
If the skeleton hadn't been soaked in wine, causing the bones to scatter, she wouldn't have been so tired.
When the bystanders saw the headless skeleton, they immediately felt a chill run down their spines.
"That's it? Can you find out who died? "
"Say, why is this corpse without a head?"
"Who on earth chopped off a person's head and threw it in here? How wicked. "
"If we find out who it is, the First Master will definitely kill that person."
…
Ji Yunshu didn't have the time to care about these things.
Her almond-shaped eyes narrowed slightly as she began to examine the suspicious skeleton.
Hearing that Ji Yunshu had already pieced the scattered bones together, Zhao Huai and Zhao Qing rushed over.
When they saw the completely pieced skeleton on the table, they couldn't help but give Ji Yunshu a thumbs up.
"Are you really not a doctor?" Zhao Huai asked.
Ji Yunshu was speechless.
"This is the first time I've seen someone who could piece together such a messy pile of bones."
"…"
"Tell me, what did you find out?"
He cut straight to the point, full of arrogance!
Ji Yunshu's expression was solemn as she pointed at the skeleton's pelvis.
"According to the shape of the pelvis, it's wide and short. The upper opening is oval in shape, wide at the front and back. The pelvic cavity is shallow and barrel-shaped, with a wide lower opening. The pubis is short and wide, the angle of the arch is large, the obturator is triangular, and the acetabulum is small. All these are enough to prove that this is a female skeleton."
"A female skeleton?"
Shock.
"I'd believe it if you said it was a male, but a female? Impossible. "Zhao Huai was firm.
Ji Yunshu asked, "Why?"
"All the women I kidnapped from Gaoshan Village were sent back safe and sound. All of them are still alive, so it's impossible for another woman to have entered."
"What if it was brought in by one of your subordinates?"
"That's also impossible." Zhao Huai denied again, "I know my subordinates well; they would never bring a woman in without permission."
Ji Yunshu's head hurt.
Zhao Huai's stubbornness always came without reason.
She sighed, "Everything I said is true. This is the skeleton of a female. Not only can you tell from the pelvis, but even the laryngeal bone is clearly a female skeleton."
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