The duke of the governor's family is leaving again

Chapter 221 Anti-bar measures
All is ready except for the opportunity.

Guan Zhixian couldn't sit still and wanted to be promoted as soon as possible. He was a little worried that with old master Sheng's physical fitness, he would travel westward after less than two days in prison.

Fortunately, Guan Zhixian was persuaded by the magistrate's wife, suppressed the impulse in his heart, and not only provided Mr. Sheng with the best cell, not only a bed and quilt, but also someone to take care of him.

This kind of treatment made other prisoners curse the damn rich in their hearts.

However, for these things, Guanzhi County really didn't collect a penny from Shengfu and Yufu.

He was just obsessed with officials, hoping to solve the case in an upright manner so as to increase his chances of promotion.

That's why he was so afraid that Mrs. Sheng would not live well and die.

Another three days later.

The county government's martial arts arena is filled with coffins of various styles.

These coffins were all dug up by the common people from the graves of the women in the clan for the benefit of exemption from tax and corvee after seeing the announcements posted in various parts of the county.

Some people despise such behavior, but some people think that the living are more important than the dead.

No matter what others think, anyway, when the deadline comes, there will be 54 coffins on the martial arts arena.

If it is the prosperous Jiangnan, or the prosperous capital city, even if Guanzhi County promised such benefits, the people who are worried about being talked about would not dare to dig out the family graves to invite the female ancestors.

But this is a poor land in the south of the Five Ridges. Many villagers are unsophisticated, poor and backward, and have difficulty eating. There is only one son in the family. They just donate their bones to the yamen. They can be exempted from corvee and taxes for three years. This is a good thing from heaven. , who cares so much?

Those who were worried about coming late brought the coffins early, and some came later, and at this moment the martial arts arena was packed to the brim.

Even if all the officials of the county government were present, and there were many onlookers to build their courage, facing the densely packed coffins, everyone felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave, only feeling chills all over their bodies.

This formation is more than ten times more than the coffins seen in Yizhuang.

On such an important day, all county government officials are present.

If this law is passed, it can also leave a mark in history.

If this method is invalid, they can also witness the outcome of the dispute between Guanzhi County and Wei County Cheng.

Because there were too many bones, Chen Yuan needed help, so he invited Zeng Yuzuo and Uncle Zhuang to help.

The magistrate of Guan also invited officials from the two neighboring counties to testify.

In order to prevent Wei Xiancheng from making trouble, when he posted the announcement, he took a whole set of precautions.

As mentioned above.

All the coffins brought to the county office must be kept in their original state, and the coffins are not allowed to be opened. The coffin nails must be intact. If the coffin nails are found to have been pulled out or loosened, they will not be allowed to enter.

There is no coffin for preservation, and the bones wrapped in mats are also not allowed to enter.

Don't recognize the old corpse in the new coffin.

The time of death and the time of burial of the deceased must be recorded in detail.

These demands made Wei Xiancheng so angry that he couldn't eat for several days.

All his means, under the strict requirements, could not be implemented at all.

They are all old coffins, and when the coffin is opened, no matter how it is concealed, it will be seen.

The four of Chen Yuan first surrounded the martial arts arena and checked all the coffins row by row.

It is confirmed that these coffins have no traces of coffin nails being pulled out, coffins being opened, and other parts damaged and repaired.

Only then did the servants be called to pull up the coffin nails of all the coffins and open the coffins.

With the opening of 54 coffins, the Taoist priests invited by the Guanzhi County with huge sums of money also began to practice and pay homage to the dead.

Accompanied by the rapid ringing of soul-repressing bells and the sound of Taoist priests chanting scriptures, the 54 corpses were invited out one by one by the servants and placed on the mat next to them.

This scene scared many timid people to tremble.

Such a terrifying scene, and because of the presence of the Taoist leader, there was a sense of ritual and security, so most of the people watching were able to stand it.

At noon, the sun was shining brightly.

Witnessing the miracle, no, the moment of witnessing the new method of autopsy does require many witnesses.

But what made Chen Yuan speechless was that some parents even held their young children to watch the excitement.

She was so angry that there were not only bones in these corpses, but also fresh corpses. This picture was shown to the child, what should I do if I was frightened.

"Adults with children, please take the children away, this is not for children to watch, take them home, and watch the fun again."

When the people were reminded, they also agreed, "Chen Yuzuo is right, who brought the children to see these!"

"I think Chen Yuzuo is afraid that children will see unclean things."

"At noon, there can be something unclean."

"Stop talking about it, the more you talk about it, the more terrifying it becomes. I won't watch it."

The duty of reminding was fulfilled, Chen Yuan stopped distracting the onlookers, put on a cowhide apron, gloves, and a mask, and started the autopsy.

Two foremen from the neighboring county were invited, one named Fang Jing and the other named Lu Xing.

It is also familiar, because Guo Xiuqi, Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, has exactly the same "Washing Injustice Records" as Song Ci's, and both of them require re-examination. The re-examination has to be verified by the county magistrate next door. This is to avoid unjust, false and wrong cases.

Therefore, Chen Yuan had dealt with them before, and they had long been impressed by Chen Yuan's technique. This time, they came here to witness another autopsy method that they had never heard of.

The post-mortem technique that others don't like, for those who have already worked as an operator, it is their own technique that they have learned.

The two had long understood what Chen Yuan said about how to tell whether a woman had a childbirth history from the scars on her pelvis. At this moment, they followed closely behind her, watching without blinking.

Inside the first coffin was a white bone, but there was no need for Chen Yuan to dissect the body.

Chen Yuan picked up the pelvis, "There is no birth scar, no birth history."

She picked up the skull and looked at it again, and based on the healing of intracranial and extracranial sutures such as sagittal sutures, butterfly frontal sutures, and herringbone sutures, she estimated that it was a female skeleton about 65 years old.

Judging the age of the bones based on the conditions of the skull, radius, and other bones is a relatively complicated matter.

Chen Yuan didn't bring it up at the moment, lest Wei Xiancheng, the scumbag, would find fault again. Now it's just to verify the childbirth scars, and let's solve the current case first.

She picked up the pelvic bone of the second skeleton to check, and looked at other bones by the way. This is a female corpse of about 30 years old. "There are birth scars, and this woman has a history of giving birth."

The third skeleton is that of a female about 14 to 16 years old. "There are birth scars, and this woman has a history of giving birth."

The fourth skeleton was a male corpse aged 14 to 16. Chen Yuan was a little speechless, "This is the skeleton of a young man. Did anyone bring this to test my ability?"

Guan Zhixian glanced at Wei Xiancheng with a smile that was not a smile, even if he raised his voice, he seemed calm, "It seems that Chen Yuzuo has passed the test of confusion, you continue."

Seeing this, Chen Yuan also had a clue in his mind. It seemed that Guan Zhixian's operation had eliminated all kinds of methods of Wei Xiancheng, so he had no choice but to use this method, trying to see if a blind cat could encounter a dead mouse.

(End of this chapter)