During the execution, several adults subconsciously hid behind the King's Uncle and Meng Fang. If Your Majesty wanted to hit someone with a stick, there were two strong men to block it.
Chao Man'er didn't know what she was thinking. She also wanted to beat up this corrupt official. Song Chi looked like he was being wronged, but he said the evidence was solid.
The onlookers were silent because there were always some things in this case that didn't make sense.
After fifty strokes of the cane, Lord Yu really couldn't get up. Baili Tang made him lie down and answer.
"A young lady in her prime has already been wrongfully murdered, and you still want to wrongfully murder a good man? Let the real murderer go unpunished? Tell me, should I give you fifty lashes?"
Lord Yu's pampered body couldn't withstand fifty lashes. He replied weakly, "...Your Majesty... The evidence in this case is irrefutable."
"First, the cause of death is unknown. Just tell me, is there solid evidence?"
"The coroner performed an autopsy and found that the girl from the Yu family died of drowning!" At least that's what the coroner said.
"Drown you..." Sister! Almost blurted out!
Baili Tang went to help Song Chi up. The latter had been kneeling for who knows how long and almost couldn't stand!
Song Chi was immediately flattered: "Thank... Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"You come and prove that Xiaoyu didn't die from drowning."
"I only know that if someone drowns, there will be water in their stomach, but it will be smaller than her..."
"Pull Xiaoyu's straw mat aside and check it carefully again."
"Your Majesty, this is not possible..." Xiaoyu's parents cried.
Baili Tang: "If the deceased does not receive justice, he will die with regrets and will never be able to enter the cycle of reincarnation. Have you two elders thought this through?"
Sometimes feudal things are quite useful. Xiaoyu's parents were so frightened that they stopped talking. Unable to reincarnate, he became a wandering ghost...
Song Chi bowed to Xiao Yu's body and slowly pulled open the straw mat.
In such a short time, the deceased hadn't developed any lividity or odor. Although pale, she was still a pretty girl. It was a shame, she was only 28. Song Chi was two years older than her.
Song Chi was trembling a little, but he was not afraid, but sad.
He is the sixth brother in the song, and Xiaoyu is his sister Dalian.
Sister Xiaoyu, I will definitely clear your name!
"Your Majesty, I have a bold hypothesis. If Xiaoyu died by drowning, and the stream is shallow, she must have struggled beneath the riverbed, hitting rocks and scratching her hands and feet. There might even be mud under her fingernails."
Song Chi continued his analysis: "But Xiaolian has no obvious scars on her body, and there's no mud under her fingernails."
"You can do an experiment. Have one person pretend to be dead and fall into the pond. Or have someone who doesn't know how to swim also fall into the pond." Baili Tang said, "Let the Dongyun County coroner and yamen runners do it."
It is clear that he did not die of drowning, but it is said that he died of drowning.
Xiao Yu's case is somewhat similar to the one in Song Ci's "The Washing Away of Wrongs", but Baili Tang only remembers the one played by Ouyang Pangpang.
The Record of Washing Away Wrongs records it as follows:
If the person fell into the water while still alive, his hands will be open, his eyes will be slightly open, and his belly will be slightly swollen.
If someone is beaten to death and then thrown into water, they will swell if they go deep, but less if they go shallow. Their flesh will be yellowish, not white. Their mouth and eyes will be open, their hands will be spread out, and their hair will be loose and untidy. Their belly will not be swollen, and there will be no water dripping from their mouth, eyes, ears, or nose. There will be no sand or mud between their fingers and claws. Their hands will not be clenched, and their soles will not be wrinkled, but white, but swollen.
Song Ci is truly worthy of being called the originator of world forensic medicine!!
When Baili Tang first heard Song Chi's name, he thought it was Song Ci...Ouyang Pangpang...
Xiaoyu had no injuries on his body, he was not poisoned, nor did he drown, so how did he die?
Many people are thinking about it.
General Meng gave the answer: "Suffocation!!"
The uncle didn't understand: "Then he still drowned?"
Lord Zhang explained, "There are many ways to asphyxiate. Covering the mouth can cause suffocation." He then volunteered, "Your Majesty, I will judge this case!"
"If my guess is correct, the criminal must have covered the deceased's mouth and nose, causing him to suffocate. Then, if there are tooth marks on the hands of the two men..."
Mr. Zhang’s method is very simple. The deceased would definitely resist at that time...but can he succeed?
He checked Song Chi and Xiang Zong's hands separately, and found no problems with either. Song Chi then went to get tested.
So Lord Zhang set a trap for Xiang Zong: "Do you remember what clothes Xiao Yu was wearing at that time?"
Xiang Zong hesitated for a moment, first shook his head slightly, then shook his head more firmly: "Xiao Yu... was lying on the ground at the time, and I couldn't see clearly."
That was close!
This gentleman is indeed the number one scholar. He almost got fooled. If he said that he could see clearly what Xiaoyu was wearing, he would definitely be exposed.
But your hesitation just now has betrayed yourself. Who is Zhang Dong?
The uncle, Meng Fang, and the others also noticed Xiang Zong's hesitation. His hesitation suggested he had seen the style of Xiaoyu's clothing. However, according to his confession, when he saw Xiaoyu, he was already lying on the ground, having been pulled out of the water... in disarray.
If he could fully describe the clothes Xiaoyu was wearing, he would be finished.
Chao Man'er and Xiaolian looked at each other. They both admired Master Zhang. Besides, Master Zhang sang beautifully.
Liang Erhu was lost in thought. This kind of brain-intensive task wasn't for him.
"According to the confession, you saw Song Chi doing something indecent to Xiao Yu?" Lord Zhang dug a hole again.
"yes!"
"Why didn't you step forward to rescue her? Or did you already know that Xiao Yu was dead? According to common sense, seeing his fiancée suffer such humiliation, any normal man would go crazy. Why did you just stand aside and call for help?"
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