Chapter 103 Autopsy
Song Yuntang dressed himself and walked towards the corpse.
It was summer now, and even though there was a bucket of ice under the bed where the body was placed, there was still a slight stench of decay that penetrated the mask and hit her nostrils, making her feel so uncomfortable that she wanted to vomit.
Coroner Xu looked at Song Yuntang's expression and couldn't help but smile.
"This meal is not tasty, if the girl is timid, don't force her."
Song Yuntang didn't say anything. After calming down, he reached out and pulled away the white cloth covering the corpse.
Outside the door, Song Jinsheng, who was holding a pillar and quietly observing the situation in the house, was so scared that his legs went limp and he closed his eyes, not daring to look.
"How dare she?"
Hearing a familiar voice, Song Jinsheng looked back and found that Xu Qingye had been standing not far behind him without him knowing when. The one who had spoken just now was Zhuang Ziang who was beside him.
When they saw Song Yuntang performing an autopsy in the house, they both looked surprised.
Xu Qingye didn't say anything, but his eyes showed his own thoughts.
According to rumors, when the Lin family raised the fake daughter in their mansion, she was spoiled by her parents and brothers and had never suffered any hardship.
After returning to the Song family, although she did not get along very well with the Song family, the Song family still took good care of her. Apart from the fact that her food and clothing were a little worse, she did not suffer too much hardship in life.
Learning medicine is not something that can be done overnight, but she seemed to have learned it overnight and even had the courage to get close to a corpse, which made it difficult for him to associate her with the rich girl he once was.
But everyone has their own secrets, and he doesn't want to delve into them, let alone share his doubts with others.
At this moment, Song Yuntang's voice suddenly came from the room.
"The deceased was a female, about 30 years old. She was probably suffering from heart disease, but after treatment, it did not seem serious."
Although she was not professional, she conducted the examination carefully and meticulously, and relied on her vague memory of forensic doctors to try not to miss any details.
Once I help Lord Zhu, it will be easier to get the chili seeds.
"Dark purple spots appeared on the lower part of the body. This is the corpse spots formed when the blood stopped flowing after death and settled in the lower part of the body. The muscles of the corpse have become stiff, and the body has swelled slightly. This is the gas produced by the decay of the internal organs. Judging from these characteristics, the deceased should have died more than twelve hours ago."
"More than twelve hours?" Zhu Deming was a little surprised. "But it was her husband who reported the case. He said that she was fine yesterday, but when he got up this morning, he found her cold. He suspected that she died last night."
After hearing what Song Yuntang said, Coroner Xu also began to lie down beside the bed to observe the characteristics of the corpse.
"That's impossible. Then why did the deceased's husband say he was fine yesterday?"
"If he really said that, he must be lying."
As Song Yuntang spoke, she pried open the dead woman's mouth. The pungent smell made her quickly close her mouth again.
"No foreign objects in the mouth."
After taking a moment to calm down, she began to undress the body.
Except for her, all the others present were men. Upon seeing this, they hurriedly turned around, and Coroner Xu stepped forward to stop them.
"Girl, please respect the dead."
The corpse was actually only wearing a single white garment, which covered all the key parts tightly. In his opinion, any problems could be clearly seen.
There were no obvious injuries on his body.
But Song Yuntang didn't think so. "If I can't undress her, I can't tell the real cause of death. Although she suffered from heart disease, it's a bit of a stretch to say she died of heart disease."
Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes observation, auscultation, questioning and palpation, but since the person in front of you is already dead, you can only look for the cause from the corpse itself.
At this moment, Zhu Deming made up his mind.
"Let her test it."
Coroner Xu was stunned. "Sir, the chastity of the deceased is the most important thing."
"Which is more important, chastity or finding out the cause of death and giving an explanation to the deceased and the deceased's family?" Song Yuntang said, "I am a woman. If you mind, you can leave this room. After I finish the examination, I will restore the body to its original state. By then, the deceased's family will have nothing to say."
It would be fine if she didn't interfere.
But since we have intervened, we must make things clear.
"Miss Song is right. A woman's chastity is important, but it is more important to find out the cause of death. We must not let the murderer go unpunished." Zhu Deming said as he pushed all the men in the room out of the door, but in order to give her courage, he did not close the door.
Song Yuntang did not really expose the body of the deceased completely. Before undressing the deceased, she covered her body with a layer of gauze.
"The deceased had faded stretch marks on her abdomen. She had given birth to a child. Her lower body..." She coughed twice to ease the embarrassment. "There were slight tears, but there was no blood or scabs on the tears. It should have been caused after death, not the cause of death."
She couldn't help but sigh in her heart. This man didn't even let the dead go. He was really scary.
Then she struggled to turn the deceased's body over, letting her lie on her side on the bed so that she could examine her back.
"I found out the cause of death!"
"What is it?" Zhu Deming asked hurriedly while standing outside the house.
Song Yuntang pulled up the white cloth to cover the body and head of the deceased, leaving only the upper part of her back exposed.
"Master Zhu, please come and take a look."
Zhu Deming, Mr. Qin who was in charge of recording the case, and coroner Xu entered the room together.
Song Yuntang pointed at the deceased's back and said, "Please look, sir. There is a very tiny black spot on the left side of the deceased's back."
The three of them took a closer look and saw that there was indeed a tiny black spot on the back covered with corpse spots. It was impossible to see it without careful observation, which was why Coroner Xu had not discovered it before.
Who would have thought that the cause of death was so hidden?
"What is this black spot?"
"Silver needle." Song Yuntang said, "This silver needle entered the left heart from the back, creating the illusion that the deceased died of heart disease. The bruises on the skin surface were covered by corpse spots, which prevented the murderer from being discovered. Therefore, it can be judged that even if the murderer does not understand medicine, he must be someone in this industry."
She said, looking at the three people in front of her.
"I need a knife to take out the silver needle."
Zhu Deming nodded and looked at Coroner Xu standing beside him.
"Give it to her."
Now that Song Yuntang had found the cause of death, Coroner Xu didn't say much. He took out a small autopsy knife from his box and handed it over.
Song Yuntang acted quickly and decisively. He used a knife to make two light cuts on the black spot, then used tweezers to remove the silver needle that had pierced the dead man's back. The length of the silver needle was more than an inch.
Qin Maoshi, who was standing aside, was full of surprise.
“It’s really a silver needle!”
Zhu Deming waved his hand and said, "Come here, bring the deceased's husband Jiang Dafu here. The time of death is inconsistent with what he said when he reported the case."
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