Chapter 4040 Inn
The inn is close to the river, and the rooms on the first floor are filled with a damp smell.
Only one room had its door open. Lu Songyuan fell to the ground and pointed inside the room in horror.
Su Yan ran to Lu Songyuan and helped him up.
Lu Songyuan tightly grasped Su Yan's arm, "He's dead, dead."
Su Yan looked into the side room.
Like the second floor, there was no decent furniture in the wing room, only a couch and a square table.
Du Yourui's upper body fell to the ground, his legs still on the bed, his out-of-focus eyes staring at the door of the wing room with a ferocious look.
It rained heavily last night. Cold wind rushed in through the windows. With a creaking sound, the old window lost its support and closed with a snap.
Yuan Ping and Qi Yu heard the noise and rushed over. When they saw this scene, they kept their mouths shut and looked terrified.
Su Yan said softly: "You guys wait outside, I'll go in and take a look."
Qi Yu grabbed her in panic, "You want to go and see? You... let's call the police and have them come over. Aren't you afraid?"
Su Yan remained calm and said, "It's okay. I'm a coroner. I'm used to it."
Qi Yu's face changed when he heard that.
Yuan Ping was also looking at Su Yan, and his eyes didn't seem as friendly as last night.
Coroners are unlucky and unpopular, Su Yan has gotten used to it.
No matter how unpopular the coroner is, if they are murdered or killed, they will still be called to investigate.
Su Yan walked over to Du Yourui to check, "The cornea is slightly cloudy, rigor mortis has not yet developed to its peak, and the livor mortis has faded under finger pressure..."
She habitually recited the test results. Lu Songyuan and the other two looked at her in surprise as they listened to this string of words that they seemed to understand but not quite.
Su Yan had no choice but to swallow his words.
The maggots have not appeared yet, and the time of death was five hours ago.
It is now Chen time. They had gathered together for dinner at Xu time last night. Based on this calculation, Du Yourui died at Hai time.
There was vomit beside the Arhat couch, and Du Yourui's face showed signs of dehydration. He might have died of poisoning.
As for what kind of poison it was and whether it was an accident or homicide, we will have to wait until careful testing to find out.
Su Yan left the room and closed the door. "He was poisoned. Let's report it to the police."
Su Yan is a coroner. When examining a corpse, the thing he considers most is the nature of the death.
Was it homicide, suicide, or an accident?
The coroner cannot perform an autopsy at will, and must invite a government coroner to come.
However, this place is far away from the county town, otherwise they would not risk staying here, and they don’t know how long they have to wait for the government officials.
Lu Songyuan was still frightened.
Returning to the lobby, he made tea again and poured a cup for Su Yan first, "Miss Su, how is Brother Du doing?"
"He died of poisoning. It might have been an accident, or it might have been murder. But we had the same meal last night, so it's more likely that he was poisoned."
Lu Songyuan's face was pale and his hand holding the teapot was trembling slightly.
Qi Yu looked panicked, "Are the rumors true?!"
Lu Songyuan sat down with the teapot in his hand, without saying a word.
Yuan Ping was relatively calm, "Keep your voice down, there's no such thing as a rumor, don't talk nonsense."
"But, but..." Qi Yu was still in a state of panic. He walked up to Yuan Ping and stared at him. "Haven't you heard that people who live in this inn die inexplicably, not just the few people I talked about last night!"
Su Yan wondered: "What does this mean?"
Qi Yu swallowed his saliva, "After the tragedy, several people died. They all stayed here. The government came to investigate, but found nothing. They only sealed the well in the backyard..."
Su Yan grasped the key point, "Is there a well in the backyard?"
"Yes, there is one," Lu Songyuan frowned, still not recovering from his shock, "It was already sealed when I came here, so I could only fetch water from the river."
Su Yan pondered this sentence carefully.
The soldiers came and sealed the well, and Du Yourui was poisoned again...
Su Yan stood up and said, "I'll go to the backyard and take a look."
After saying that, she thought of Yun Xing.
Yun Xing stayed in the lobby. While everyone was arguing, he pulled two benches, put them side by side, closed his eyes and rested, indifferent to the murder case.
Su Yan wanted to say something, but after a long while, he just thought to himself - "What a weird person."
Yun Xing said, “I heard it.”
Su Yan: “…”
She turned and ran away.
Lu Songyuan was worried about Su Yan being alone, so he followed him to the backyard. Seeing this, Qi Yu and Yuan Ping also followed.
Some vegetables were planted in the backyard of the inn, and Lu Songyuan had to do all the plowing, sowing and picking by himself.
The well was right under the locust tree near the fence, and a huge rock was placed over the wellhead.
"It was like this when I came here. It would be much more convenient if there was a well, but I couldn't move the stone."
Su Yan walked to the well and tried to move.
But as Lu Songyuan said, this boulder is quite heavy and it would probably take everyone's combined strength to lift it.
Qi Yu came over to help, "Yuan Ping, come here too."
The three of them worked together, but they were only able to move the stone a small part.
Qi Yu was so tired that he was out of breath. "Miss Su, why do you have to move the stone?"
"You just said that the government officials came, sealed the well and left, right?"
"Yes, this well may be dangerous. I don't know if those people fell in and drowned." At this point, Qi Yu shuddered and looked at Qi with lingering fear.
The dark well mouth, "Is there a dead body in there?"
Su Yan frowned slightly, "The deaths are continuous. It's possible that a child accidentally fell into the well, but how could men and women who have reached adulthood fall into the well one after another? I wonder if there is something wrong with the water in the well."
Qi Yu asked doubtfully, "But this happened in the past. Is it related to Du Yourui?"
"Du Yourui died of poisoning," Su Yan said, "I suspect that the cause of death of those people in the past was the same."
Qi Yu was stunned, "Could such a thing happen..."
Lu Songyuan said: "But I'm afraid we can't move the stone with just a few of us."
Su Yan looked towards the lobby and said, "Wait a moment."
She walked quickly to the lobby, where Yun Xing was still resting with his eyes closed.
Su Yan coughed lightly, too lazy to speak, and thought directly-"People who are willing to help others should come to help now."
Yunxing didn't respond.
Su Yan——"A murder has occurred..."
Still no response.
Su Yan: “…”
If you ignore her again, she will take revenge!
He poisoned the food and the water, and even had to personally perform an autopsy on her body after she died!
Yun Xing raised his eyelids and sat up. "What did you say?"
Su Yan smiled brightly, "Please help us, I want to see what's going on inside the well. You are generous and kind, you will definitely agree, right?"
Yun Xing looked at her silently.
People with sharp tongues are annoying and easily hated by others.
People like Su Yan... can live to this day because the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty are too kind.
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