"Physician Zhang, please take care." Liu Yifu and Lord Liu saw Physician Zhang off together.
Lord Liu frowned and sought Liu Yifu's opinion: "Based on Lord Liu's experience, could this banquet be a charade to exonerate himself? You just heard it too, Physician Zhang said he didn't have any Chinese medicine at all."
Liu Yi frowned and remained silent for a while before saying, "I don't think he's lying. When people lie, they try their best to make up other lies to cover it up, but he only focuses on this point, which proves that he really thinks there's a problem."
Seeing that Lord Liu was still completely confused, he succinctly said, "In short, those who tell lies will find ways to cover them up, while only those who tell the truth will not have too many concerns."
Lord Liu was still confused, but he smiled and said, "Then, in Lord Liu's opinion, what should we do next?"
After a moment's thought, Liu Yi said, "I want to see Pingting's body."
"We've already had the coroner examine the body. The person shouldn't be gone yet. If Lord Liu has any questions, you can ask him." Lord Liu led Liu Yifu towards the mortuary.
Liu Yifu thought of something and casually asked, "Has no one come to claim her body?"
Ordinary families believe in the importance of burial for peace, and when such a thing happens, they will usually make a fuss about taking the person back to be properly buried.
Lord Liu shook his head with a sigh: "I'm sure you've heard about Pingting. She's a courtesan at Chunfeng Tower. She was sold to the tower when she was young and has no family. As for the madam, she used to treat her like royalty, but now that a murder has happened, she'd love to sever all ties. Why would she come forward to claim her?"
Liu Yi nodded silently, "I see."
The most famous courtesan in Yanjing met such an end, which inevitably evokes a sense of pity.
In the morgue, there was only a simple bed board.
The deceased lay silently on the bed, covered with a white sheet, and the coroner was writing something down with pen and paper.
Hearing the noise, the coroner turned around and quickly bowed, saying, "Sir."
"No need for formalities, how is the situation?" Lord Liu was more concerned about the results of the autopsy.
The coroner straightened his expression and said, "It is undoubtedly a case of drowning."
He lifted a corner of the white cloth, revealing a beautiful, pale face. Because the body was retrieved in time, it had not yet become swollen. Apart from her pale face, she still looked the same as she did in life, with a beautiful face and delicate features.
"There were no obvious external injuries on the body, there was foam around the mouth and nose, the fingers were unnaturally bent, and the pupils were dilated, which are consistent with the characteristics of drowning."
The coroner changed the subject, his tone slightly puzzled, "But there's one thing that's a bit strange."
Liu Yifu was examining the situation carefully when she heard this, and raised her eyes: "Where?"
The coroner stepped forward and pried open Pingting's hands so they could see more clearly: "My lords, please look, the deceased's hands are spotless, even her fingernails are impeccably clean."
Lord Liu looked bewildered: "Is there a problem? Women love cleanliness, isn't that normal?"
Liu Yifu noticed something was wrong and said in a slightly somber tone, "A drowning person, especially one who can't swim, will often try to grab onto anything around them in a moment of panic. This is a human instinct for survival."
The coroner nodded with a look of satisfaction: "What you said is right, sir. So generally speaking, there will be foreign objects left in the hands or fingernails of a drowned person. These could be impurities in the water, or they could be aquatic plants, mud, etc. But this deceased person's hands are excessively clean."
Lord Liu suddenly realized: "This means that she did not struggle violently when she fell into the water?"
The coroner nodded: "That's exactly what I meant."
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