Steamed Mugwort
The next day, Jing Rong brought his men to the Ministry of Justice early in the morning.
But —
In the end, they were intercepted by Jing Yi. More accurately speaking, Jing Yi's men had never left and had been guarding the entire night.
The Minister of Justice was also in a difficult position. However, Jing Yi had arrived first, and the words "I haven't finished investigating yet" were enough to make him speechless.
"Prince Rong, why don't you wait a little longer? This lowly official will go in and report."
Jing Rong nodded and led his men to wait outside the morgue.
The Minister of Justice turned around and went in to report.
In the morgue.
Jing Yi sat on the pear blossom chair, his posture languid.
Wen Thirteen, on the other hand, was wearing gloves as he examined the corpse and the seven skeletons one by one.
"Prince Yi, Prince Rong is outside," said the Minister of Justice.
"Let him continue waiting."
"But …"
"But what? This Prince has yet to investigate clearly. "
Speechless!
The Minister of Justice was sweating profusely. The contest between the two princes had dragged him into a sea of fire.
Sigh —
He could only go out and reply.
"We haven't finished investigating Prince Yi, and Prince Rong is still …"
Jing Rong interrupted her before she could finish.
"There's no need to say anymore. This Prince will wait here for Prince Yi to come out."
He was not in a hurry, nor did he leave. He only called Lang Po over and whispered a few words into his ear.
Lang Po nodded and hurried off to do his work.
What were they planning?
Ji Yunshu tugged at his sleeve and asked, "What do you want to do?"
Jing Rong smirked. "Of course I'm going to force them out."
Keeping him in suspense!
Time passed slowly!
Wen Thirteen had finished examining the skeletal remains and corpses since yesterday.
He took off his gloves and replied to Jing Yi, "Your Highness, I'm done with the examination. As for the details of the skeleton, I will give you a detailed report when we return."
Jing Yi stood up and looked outside. "Thirteen, you should take a good look at these skeletons. Take your time, there's no rush."
"But I've already seen everything that needs to be seen."
"Continue watching!"
Wen Thirteen understood what he meant.
As long as they did not go out, Jing Rong and the others could not come in.
But —
He asked, "Could it be that Your Highness doesn't trust me?"
"What do you mean?"
"If Your Highness truly trusts this Wen, you wouldn't have to worry about that Teacher Ji coming in to investigate."
Jing Yi smiled. "Thirteenth, this Prince has confidence in you, but … this time, this Prince wants to show Prince Rong his strength. I want to let him know that fighting with this Prince is no different from smashing an egg against a stone."
Extremely treacherous!
Although Wen Thirteenth was arrogant and had his own pride, he was now Jing Yi's subordinate and could only listen to him.
Continue to investigate.
At that moment, white smoke suddenly came out of the autopsy room, and it was getting bigger and bigger …
There was even a fire burning outside.
Someone in the room shouted, "Prince, there's a fire!"
"There's a fire. Your Highness, let's go out quickly."
"How could this be?"
Jing Yi covered his nose and frowned as he choked and coughed violently. He was dragged out by his guards.
"Cough, cough, cough …"
A series of coughs could be heard.
It was only after everyone came out that they realized something was amiss.
Jing Yi regained his composure and saw Jing Rong standing outside. When he turned around, he saw that the white smoke in the room was slowly dispersing.
How was this a fire? It was obvious that someone was scheming.
He had been fooled!
He clenched his fists, his face full of anger.
At the same time …
Ji Yunshu looked into the autopsy room and saw seven complete sets of skeletons on the table.
She then glanced at Wen Thirteenth.
She didn't expect that after a few years, his ability to put skeletons back together had improved!
Jing Rong stepped forward and said, "I thought there was a fire inside, but it turned out to be a misunderstanding. I was just about to go in with my men to put out the fire and save the people."
"Jing Rong, you did it on purpose."
He gritted his teeth.
Jing Rong smiled. "So what if I did? Since you and your men have come out, it's time for me to bring my men in to examine the corpses. "
"You …" Jing Yi's face turned red with anger. "You win."
What a blunder!
Just as Jing Rong was about to bring his men in …
"Wait." Jing Yi stopped him. "I still have something inside. I have to take it out before we leave."
He then signaled for the two guards beside him to enter.
The guards had been by his side for many years and immediately understood what he meant.
When they entered, it looked like they were going to pack up, but in actuality …
The people inside forcefully tore off the cloth covering the seven skeletons. The skeletons fell to the ground with a pitter patter. As if that wasn't enough, the two guards deliberately splashed ink on the skeletons and kicked them a few times.
It was a complete mess.
The two guards came out and hurriedly said, "Your Highness, this subordinate didn't do it on purpose. The white smoke has not dissipated and we can't see clearly."
Jing Yi pretended to be angry. "What are you two doing? How are we going to investigate with the skeletons in this state? "
"Please forgive us, Your Highness."
Jing Yi said to Jing Rong. "I'm truly sorry. My subordinates were blind. When I return, I will definitely teach them a lesson. But …" He looked at Ji Yunshu. "I believe that with Teacher Ji here, there should be a way."
He then snorted and walked away, satisfied.
Wen Thirteenth followed closely behind. When he reached Ji Yunshu's side, he stopped and said softly, "The skeletons are covered in ink. I wonder what you will do with them?"
He gave an enigmatic laugh.
Then, he left.
Jing Rong entered and looked at the messy skeletons. He felt a headache coming on.
He turned to look at Ji Yunshu. "Is there a way?"
Ji Yunshu thought for a moment and ordered, "Go and find some dried mugwort."
Lang Po didn't ask any questions and hurriedly went to do it.
In a short while, they went to the major pharmacies and found a lot of dried mugwort.
Then, they found a large cloth and spread the ink-stained skeletons on it. Then, they tied the four corners of the skeletons to four racks and placed the mugwort under the cloth.
"Light the fire."
The mugwort burned and thick smoke billowed out.
Everyone was confused.
Jing Rong asked her, "What's the effect of this?"
Ji Yunshu explained, "The dried mugwort is made from the ash of pine wood. It can be used as a disinfectant. Therefore, when the white smoke is applied to the skeletons, it can remove the ink on them without damaging them."
"I see."
The white smoke billowed and suffused the messy skeletons.
The smell emitted was not pungent at all.
"It smells good." Someone commented.
'It really smells good!'
Soon, the mugwort was burned out. Ji Yunshu ordered people to find gauze and gently wipe the ink off the skeletons.
Because the bones had been smoked by the mugwort, the ink could be wiped away with a gentle wipe.
Generally, if the skeletons were damaged or contaminated by stains, the method of smoking the bones with mugwort would be used to clean the surface of the bones.
The skeletons were moved into the house with the intention of piecing them back together.
Fortunately, the skeletons were not overly fragmented. According to the length of the feet and the incisions, seven skeletons were separated after two hours.
She first examined the corpse.
There was some atractylodes next to it.
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