“Okay.” Yan Luo also looked eager to try.
The young lady had already said that she would be performing the autopsy today. A good doctor should understand the human body, and an autopsy is also a learning process.
The Xu family ancestral graves were not far from Yulin City, and the coroner arrived in less than an hour.
This time, not only the coroner, but also Magistrate Huang came along.
When the coroner arrives, he will naturally open the coffin and examine the body.
The Xu family had been buried for some time, and the bodies had begun to decompose. When the coffin was opened, the smell emanating from it caused all the onlookers to back away, and some of the weaker ones vomited on the spot.
Su Ruojin sat under a tree, some distance from the corpse. Her veil was coated with deodorant, and she wore a special sachet. The stench had little effect on her.
The coroner, wearing a cotton mask and white cotton gloves, endured the stench and began the autopsy.
He first examined the body, then inserted silver needles into the body's neck and abdomen; the needles did not change color.
Then the coroner lit a fire, took out plum blossoms, Sichuan peppercorns, scallions, and white granules, crushed them together, shaped them into cakes, and baked them over the fire for a while.
Then, I took another piece of white paper and stuck it on a relatively intact part of the corpse's skin, and started rolling the pancake back and forth on the skin through the paper.
Yanluo was seeing this kind of autopsy method for the first time and found it very strange. She whispered to Su Ruojin, "Miss, what is he doing? What are those white granules? They look like sugar or salt, or something else?"
"That's salt. He's using this method to make the wounds on the corpse visible, to see if the deceased had been beaten or anything like that," Su Ruojin explained.
Yanluo was somewhat surprised, "Miss, you are so amazing, how do you know everything?"
Su Ruojin smiled. In her previous life, as the head of an ancient medical family, she had also specifically read some books on ancient coroners' autopsies.
"So this Xu family member was beaten before he died?" Yan Luo's curiosity grew even stronger.
"Not necessarily. This is just normal procedure for coroners; the conclusion hasn't been reached yet. Yanluo, come closer," Su Ruojin said.
Yanluo lowered her head and put her ear close to Su Ruojin's head.
Su Ruojin turned her head and whispered a few words in Yan Luo's ear.
Yanluo's expression changed, and she nodded slightly. "Miss, I understand."
Before long, the coroner finished examining a body. "Reporting to the magistrate, this person has a dented skull and bruises on his chest and legs. He died from falling and hitting his head."
After examining another patient, the coroner reiterated, "This patient was six months pregnant and had severe bruising on her abdomen. She must have accidentally fallen and hit her abdomen, causing a difficult labor and death."
"This person had moss in their nasal cavity... They must have fallen into the lake and suffocated."
"This person died from three broken ribs, one of which pierced his lung. It was likely caused by a fall."
......
The coroner examined six bodies in succession, all of which died from external injuries, and each person died in a different manner.
The onlookers looked somewhat frightened upon hearing this.
"The Xu family must have offended the water god, otherwise how could they all have happened to fall and die?"
"That must be it, otherwise how could such a coincidence happen in the world?"
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Upon hearing the coroner's report, a hint of smugness flashed in Judge Huang's eyes.
What's the point of having a coroner examine the bodies? The result will be the same anyway. The Xu family members all died from various accidents, so it doesn't matter who examines them.
"Your Honor, shall we continue the examination?" The coroner was a man in his fifties, and he was feeling somewhat exhausted after examining the six corpses.
More than thirty people died in the Xu family; how could he possibly examine them all in one day?
Judge Huang turned to look at Su Ruojin, his tone arrogant, "Miss Zhao, do you still want to test her?"
Hmph, what does a little girl like her know about autopsies?
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