Chapter 290: Side Story: Joy Record Two

Side Story: Joy Record Two

Wearing a light purple palace dress, her beautiful face was cold and serious. Magistrate Liu didn't know Shui Yun, so as soon as Shui Yun entered the door, Magistrate Liu was startled.

But at this moment, Shui Yun, who had already walked into the room, just glanced at Magistrate Liu, then turned her gaze to Pei Yaoguang, who was sitting in the main seat, crossing his legs, and acting incredibly arrogant.

Shui Yun didn't speak, but her eyes instantly revealed a trace of coldness. Pei Yaoguang saw it, but just moved his eyebrows unconcernedly, put the tea he had barely drunk on the table beside him, and stood up.

"Why did you come so late? Making me wait for you for so long!"

"......"

"Alright, the person is in the back, let's go!"

Knowing that Shui Yun didn't like him, Pei Yaoguang was too lazy to talk much. After the sound fell, he walked out directly... Watching his arrogant back, Shui Yun couldn't help but purse her lips, and then followed him out.

The group left the back hall and came to the courtyard where the corpse was placed again. Magistrate Liu pushed the door open first, and Pei Yaoguang raised his head, signaling Shui Yun with his eyes:

"It's this one!"

Hearing this, Shui Yun also walked in. Too lazy to argue with Pei Yaoguang, she looked directly at the corpse. But the moment she saw the corpse, she couldn't help but frown.

It turned out that because it had been placed for several days, the corpse had already begun to rot. Fortunately, it was just early spring, and the weather was not too hot, so it looked okay, but the appearance was still a bit scary!

For a time, the room was silent. After watching for a long while, Shui Yun stepped forward, and while taking the sheepskin gloves from the yamen runner Old Zhou beside her, she asked Pei Yaoguang in a low voice without turning her head:

"Has the coroner checked it before?"

"Ask him!"

As he spoke, Pei Yaoguang glared at Magistrate Liu beside him. Instantly, Magistrate Liu shivered, and then said somewhat embarrassedly:

"Uh... I let the coroner of the county office look at it... But he didn't see anything, so... so I felt..."

Afterward, Magistrate Liu couldn't go on. Although Magistrate Liu was quite proud of this case at the beginning, now that he said it, even he felt that he was either confused or kicked by a donkey back then, how could he be so confused to judge the cause of death and then directly write the file and hand it up?!

So at this time, Magistrate Liu was both scared and ashamed, and also glad that Pei Yaoguang discovered it in time. Otherwise, if this case were really settled, he would be finished.

Magistrate Liu still had a bit of conscience, but he was ashamed and didn't even dare to raise his head. But hearing this, Shui Yun just pursed her lips knowingly, and without even looking at him, she stepped forward to check the corpse.

For a time, the room was silent again. Watching Shui Yun perform the autopsy, it was fine at first, but when she cut open the corpse, Magistrate Liu and Assistant Magistrate Gu on the side couldn't help but cover their mouths and run to the wall corner outside to vomit.

And after they finished vomiting and came back, Shui Yun had almost finished checking. Seeing this, Pei Yaoguang stepped forward and glanced at Shui Yun.

"Do you know the cause of death?"

"Poisoning."

Shui Yun responded without raising her head. At this time, Magistrate Liu, who had just walked back with a pale face, was startled when he heard that the cause of death was poisoning.

"Ah? Poisoning?"

Magistrate Liu widened his eyes in surprise, but then felt he was a bit out of line, so he straightened his face and asked in a low voice with some doubt:

"Uh... this girl, are you sure it's poisoning? After all, the deceased didn't bleed from the seven orifices, his lips weren't black, and even the blood I just saw was red..."

In Magistrate Liu's understanding, anyone who was poisoned must bleed from the seven orifices, have black lips, and the blood should be black. The corpse in front of him was perfectly intact, so how could it be poisoning?

Magistrate Liu really didn't understand, and even questioned Shui Yun's autopsy ability. But his questioning was useless. Pei Yaoguang, on the other hand, moved his eyebrows when he knew it was poisoning, and didn't bother with Magistrate Liu at all, but looked at Shui Yun and asked:

"What poison?"

"I don't know."

Shui Yun handed the sheepskin gloves she had taken off to the yamen runner beside her, and then raised her head to look directly into Pei Yaoguang's eyes.

"This poison is a bit evil, I can't tell, I have to find Long Jingyun."

Thinking back, Long Jingyun was incomparably glorious as a divine doctor. But three years ago, ever since Sheng Ziyan, his mother, moved into the palace, Long Jingyun's value had plummeted. Plus, this guy was really venomous and unreliable, so now no one called him a divine doctor, but called him by his name directly.

Of course, although it was said so, Long Jingyun's ability was absolutely there, and everyone trusted him. So at this moment, hearing Shui Yun say this, Pei Yaoguang nodded, and without saying a word, directly told Old Zhou to run back to the city again and drag Long Jingyun over.

Old Zhou rode his horse back to the city to find someone again. Taking advantage of this time, Pei Yaoguang went to the dungeon to see Liu, who was imprisoned. Seeing Liu, and seeing that although there were wounds on her body, she was still okay, he knew that Magistrate Liu hadn't used any major torture, and he was satisfied in his heart, so he asked a few questions.

Liu's father had been a scholar, so although Liu was a woman, she knew some words, and she spoke in an orderly manner, not like ordinary women who just cried and said nonsense. But after hearing Liu's answer, Pei Yaoguang frowned slightly and said to Magistrate Liu beside him:

"Go, get a chair, I want to sit!"

"Uh... yes, yes!"

Magistrate Liu became a runner, and afterward, he personally moved the only chair in the cell and wiped it with his sleeve. Seeing that Pei Yaoguang was about to ask in detail, Shui Yun on the side said in a low voice:

"I'm leaving!"

Shui Yun came today to perform an autopsy. Now that the autopsy was over, she naturally wouldn't stay. But hearing this, Pei Yaoguang, who had already sat down, glanced at her and said unpleasantly:

"The matter isn't over yet, why are you leaving?"

"I'm only responsible for the autopsy, not for investigating the case."

"Then how do you know there won't be any place for an autopsy later?"

"You..."

Shui Yun was a bit angry. You must know that for the past three years, this impolite guy had been sending people to the palace to find her whenever something happened. At the beginning, Shui Yun didn't come at all, after all, she still had to take care of Nie Jinxuan. But every time, this bastard surnamed Pei would have people tell her that if she didn't go, he would go to the Emperor himself to ask for her!

Of course, Shui Yun also understood in her heart that Pei Yaoguang would pester her like this because there was really no way. You must know that Meng Xian was the number one coroner in Eastern Ling back then, and after Meng Xian died, it had always been her master Nie Jinxuan helping him. But now Nie Jinxuan was in a coma, and looking at the Ministry of Punishments and the Jingzhao Prefecture, there were really no excellent coroners to use. And this Pei Yaoguang was also a serious person; whenever he encountered a case, he would investigate it clearly no matter what.

Therefore, in order to investigate the case, Pei Yaoguang

Shui Yun was furious inside, but she truly had no way to deal with this bastard Pei Yaoguang. However, every time she had left the palace to help with an autopsy before, she would leave as soon as it was finished without seeing him talk nonsense, so seeing Pei Yaoguang shamelessly keep her behind this time, Shui Yun was both burning with anger and somewhat suspicious.

After all, although Shui Yun hated Pei Yaoguang so much that her teeth itched, in all fairness, she had to admire that Pei Yaoguang was indeed very capable and extremely sharp. So, since he had kept her behind, he must have thought of something; thus, although Shui Yun was angry, she ultimately stayed.

At this time, seeing that Shui Yun had stopped making noise, Pei Yaoguang knew she wasn't leaving, so he raised his eyebrows slightly, then turned to face the Liu woman in the cell and began to question her.

……

Pei Yaoguang asked the Liu woman many questions, even inquiring in great detail about every little thing since she had married into the Wang family. The Liu woman didn't understand why but answered them one by one, leaving Magistrate Liu on the side completely bewildered, while Shui Yun didn't say a single word throughout.

And after everything here was asked, Long Jingyun arrived. Afterward, Pei Yaoguang, Shui Yun, and the others left the dungeon to meet up with Long Jingyun, then took Long Jingyun to the room in the backyard where Wang Er's corpse was kept.

Clearly, Long Jingyun seemed to be in a very good mood today. After arriving, he didn't talk nonsense, and upon seeing the deceased, he immediately began to examine him. A moment later, Long Jingyun was heard saying:

"It's poisoning. He was poisoned with Half-Month Demise."

"Half-Month Demise? What is that thing?"

Pei Yaoguang asked back in confusion, immediately drawing an eye-roll from Long Jingyun, but Long Jingyun still explained with some impatience:

"The so-called Half-Month Demise means you're finished in half a month! So, those poisoned with Half-Month Demise have no sensation within half a month, but once the half-month is up, they will immediately die from the destruction of their five internal organs. Yet, there is no bleeding from the seven orifices like with ordinary poisons; if you don't perform an autopsy, you can't tell what the cause of death was!"

As he spoke, Long Jingyun turned his gaze to glance at the corpse.

"However, as far as I know, this Half-Month Demise is mostly used to control people. As long as you take a special antidote before the Half-Month Demise takes effect, you can prolong the effect of the drug, repeating the cycle, thereby achieving the goal of making the poisoned person work for you... However, this Half-Month Demise is not very common. Where did you dig this guy out from?"