Chapter 518: Fishing Out the Remains
An incomplete set of bones?
Even if they did not understand the structure of the bones, they knew that the pile of bones on the ground was indeed missing, not even a skull.
One of the taller students stepped forward and questioned, "Could it be that you also know about these things?"
She didn't know?
No one would be able to understand it then!
Ji Yunshu said, "There are 206 bones in the human body. Now that we have fished out the bones from the well, including the broken phalanges and toes, there are obviously less than 206 bones."
"What a joke!"
Joke?
The ancients were really stupid!
At this moment, Teacher Yu took a small step forward and said, "If Teacher Ji knows about bones, then what do you think?"
Question!
His student immediately said, "This student thinks that he is obviously talking nonsense. Teacher, let's move these bones over and wait for the yamen people to come and deal with them."
"Didn't Teacher Ji say just now? If we move them, these bones will definitely be damaged. It is better to listen to Teacher Ji's opinion before making a decision. This happened in the academy, so we cannot take it lightly. "
Although Teacher Yu, who was far away in Bingjing and deep in the mountains, had never heard of the famous Teacher Ji in the capital, his student who was an official in the capital had long mentioned him in a letter. Although it was only a few words, someone who was mentioned by his student in a letter was definitely not an insignificant person.
He had made up his mind!
He bowed slightly to Ji Yunshu. Seeing this, Ji Yunshu immediately cupped her hands in front of her chest.
Isn't this too much for me?
"Teacher Yu, if you have something to say, this junior will do it."
"Teacher Ji, my student had mentioned in the letter that you were in the capital. I also know that you and Young Master Jing are going to Yufu to settle some matters. Our Mingshan Academy has never had such an incident in more than forty years. I hope that Teacher Ji can stay for two more days to investigate this matter."
"This humble one will not refuse Teacher Yu's request."
"Thank you, Teacher Ji!"
Let this thin and weak man investigate?
The students of Mingshan Academy were surprised and astonished. Why would the letter from the capital mention this Teacher Ji? Why would Teacher Yu trust an outsider so much?
These people began to whisper among themselves.
Ji Yunshu glanced at Jing Rong, as if asking for his opinion.
Jing Rong caught her gaze. His expression turned cold and his eyes darkened. He nodded his head.
Go ahead and investigate!
Ji Yunshu's expression turned serious as she glanced at the bottomless well behind her. "This skeleton is incomplete, and the remaining bones should still be in the well. We must fish them out as soon as possible, but …" Her gaze swept around before she continued, "To prevent the bones from being damaged, we can't use a bucket to fish them out. We should have a person go down and fish out the rest of the bones."
Fish out bones from the well?
Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard this, and a chill ran down their spines.
"This well hasn't been used for almost a year, and people have died down there. Who would dare to go down there?"
"Yeah, what if there's something unclean in the well?"
No one wanted to take over this burden.
What a bunch of cowards!
Jing Rong gestured to Lang Po, "You can leave."
"Yes!"
The reply was loud and clear.
A rough man was not afraid of this. He rolled up his sleeves and started fighting!
Lang Po ordered his men to find a coarse rope and tie it around his body. Then, he took a torch and prepared to go down.
As soon as he stepped into the well, Ji Yunshu handed him a piece of cloth.
"Plug your nose. The corpse has been soaked in water for a year, and the bacteria around the well have multiplied. There's a high chance that there's poison at the bottom. Just in case."
"Alright."
Lang Po took it, tied the cloth around his face, plugged his nose, and carefully went down.
The people above carefully pulled on the rope and went down bit by bit.
Until someone shouted from below, "Stop!"
At the dark bottom of the well, Lang Po bit the torch in his mouth and illuminated the surroundings. The mottled stone bricks were covered with a layer of shiny moss. Upon closer inspection, he could even see tiny insects crawling on them. They were nesting in groups, giving him goosebumps.
Even though he had already blocked his nose with the cloth, the disgusting stench of the well water still seeped into his nose through the crisscrossing threads on the cloth.
The smell was like meat paste mixed with Lao Gan Ma, and it was nauseating.
Lang Po swore that this was the most disgusting smell he had ever smelled in his life.
He resisted the nausea in his stomach and reached out to the bottom to scoop up the remains.
The sound of splashing water could be heard.
After a while, he shouted at the top, "Pull him up!"
His voice sounded strained.
When the people above pulled him up, they saw that he was holding a lot of scattered bones wrapped in his clothes. Among them, there were also some miscellaneous plants and branches mixed in.
He carefully placed the bones on the ground.
Among them, there was a skull, a radius, a sternum, and a few ribs.
Ji Yunshu said, "It's not enough. Go get more."
Sis, do you think you're eating a buffet?
You're giving us enough!
Lang Po didn't say anything. He took a deep breath of fresh air and continued to go down the well.
After a while, he came back up again, holding a pile of bones in his hands.
Ji Yunshu's sharp eyes swept over the pile of bones. "We're still missing two facial bones from the skull and a wrist bone."
It was impossible to draw a portrait of the deceased without facial bones.
As for —
What was a facial bone?
What was a wrist bone?
Lang Po didn't know.
In any case, he just followed Ji Yunshu's instructions and continued searching. In the end, he searched for a long time at the bottom of the well and finally found all the missing bones.
A total of 206 bones, big and small, were all there!
When Lang Po came up for the last time, he was holding a wine bottle in his hands. He put it on the ground and said, "Teacher Ji, we also found a wine bottle. Take a look, could it belong to the deceased?"
Wine bottle?
Ji Yunshu looked at it curiously. It was just an ordinary wine bottle.
However, Mo Ruo, who had been silently watching from the side, suddenly woke up at the mention of wine. He leisurely strolled out from an inconspicuous corner of the crowd, his eyes fixed on the wine bottle on the ground. Then, he squatted down and wrinkled his nose a few times.
He sniffed it!
With an intoxicated expression, he nodded. "Mm, it's the best songhua wine."
F * ck!
Are you a dog?
Lang Po was flabbergasted. He questioned, "Young Master Mo, you can even smell it?"
"Of course!"
"But the wine in this wine bottle has long been gone. Perhaps it fell into the well with the deceased."
He continued to question.
Mo Ruo propped himself up, a confident smile on his lips. He looked around and said, "Haven't you heard of old wine? The most fragrant old wine is songhua wine. The older it is, the stronger its fragrance. Even if it has been gone for a few years, as long as the bottle is still there, I can smell it. Moreover, I have drunk countless good wines in this world. My nose is not sensitive to bad smells, but if I can smell the fragrance of wine, I can smell it even from a hundred miles away. If you don't believe me, you can take this wine bottle to the winery and let the winery take a good look at it. They can judge whether I'm right or not. "
Jing Rong raised his eyebrows.
Rascal, you really know how to show off when you have the chance.
Mo Ruo felt a huge halo condensing around him, shining brightly.
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