Upon hearing this, the crowd of onlookers' eyes lit up, and they quickly echoed his sentiments.

"This brother is right. Why should we speak in private? Are we trying to bribe the magistrate?"

“Magistrate, we’re all watching. If you dare to accept bribes in your judgments, we’ll go to the capital and appeal to the emperor!”

Upon hearing this, Wang Hui immediately broke out in a sweat and glared displeasedly at Liu Baiyao, who was kneeling on the ground.

"Did you hear that? In broad daylight, under the clear sky, I have no time to listen to your incessant chatter!"

"Now that the coroner has arrived, let's perform an autopsy on the spot!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Baiyao immediately stood in front of the corpse and addressed the two constables.

"Wait!"

"No autopsy!"

Why?

"For no reason other than that we can't get tested!"

Upon hearing this, the two coroners could only look helplessly at the county magistrate.

"Your Excellency, this matter..."

Upon seeing this, Wang Hui immediately stepped down from the main hall and pushed the obstructing steward, Liu, aside.

"Get out of my way!"

"How can we get justice for you without an autopsy!"

"Your Excellency, this..."

Before Liu Baiyao could cause trouble again, Wang Hui immediately ordered two constables to...

"Quickly perform an autopsy to see how this person died!"

"promise!"

Wang Wu and Gong Liu were experts among coroners. By simply removing the clothes of the corpse and examining vital areas such as the chest and head, they could basically determine that the person's death was unrelated to beatings.

Looking again at the deceased's mouth and nose, as well as his sallow and withered complexion, I already had a judgment in my mind.

"remember!"

"The deceased had no obvious external injuries to his chest, head, or abdomen..."

"The deceased was emaciated and pale, with drug residue in his mouth and nose, indicating that he died from a prolonged illness..."

After the two jointly conducted the autopsy, they immediately issued an autopsy report and signed it in public to indicate their acceptance of it.

"Your Honor, the autopsy is complete, and the autopsy report is here. Even if the case goes all the way to the Court of Judicial Review, we, your humble servants, can testify in court!"

"Thank you for your hard work, coroners!"

"Liu Baiyao, the autopsy is now complete. This person died from a long-term illness. Do you have anything else to say?"

"this……"

"Your Honor, perhaps I have misremembered. I will withdraw the lawsuit immediately..."

"Withdrawal of the lawsuit?"

"According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, the one who makes a false accusation will be punished instead!"

"You falsely accused Li Zhong, a man from Xianyang County, of beating someone to death. Is it alright for me to sentence you to exile three thousand li?"

"No...no problem, but Your Excellency, I am from the Changsha Princess's residence. Even if you want to sentence me to death, you must first ask my master, right?"