The duke of the governor's family is leaving again

Chapter 274 I confessed my guilt
This batch of skeletons was collected by Chen Yuan asking the county magistrate and county magistrate Ge before going to Suizhou.

It is more complicated to do the ideological work and other arrangements for the family members who donate the bones. It is also necessary to review the cause of death, age, and place of origin of the bones. I am afraid that someone will steal bones of unknown origin and sell them to the county government.

Moreover, there was no place to put so many bones in Yizhuang, so I found an empty room in the county government office and put all the bones in together.

This saved the fate of being burned down by Yizhuang.

"Since Chen Yuzuo has the confidence to say so, and dares to let us go to the county government to verify, then the bones in the coffin must not be Qi's."

"But if it's not Qi, then who is it?"

"Today was supposed to verify the truth of Qi's death and return Mrs. Liu's innocence, but none of the bones in the coffin belonged to Qi. Could it be that Mrs. Liu was worried about telling the world the cause of Qi's death, so she stole the dragon and turned the phoenix in advance?"

Chen Yuan spoke in time to prevent their unreasonable associations, "This skeleton was not put in after being swapped out."

"Can you know again?"

Chen Yuan ignored Gang Jing and asked Da to look at the phalanges of the left and right hands of the corpse, "Ten fingers, the distal phalanx at the top of each finger joint is severely worn."

She pointed to the bottom of the coffin again, "and the scratch marks on the bottom of the coffin, which can prove that the person in the coffin was still alive when it was sealed, and she was suffocated to death in this coffin."

Chen Yuan's face was heavy, "So, she was not packed in temporarily by someone."

"Suffocated in the coffin?"

"Then, who put her in the coffin?"

"Why are there more and more problems?"

It was only then that Lu Xing realized that he had been staring at the skeleton since he arrived, and had forgotten to look at other places.

He didn't see such an important clue, and his observation ability was not as good as that of a little girl, so he was a little ashamed.

However, he also put forward his own ideas in time, "Master, when I was an apprentice, I also opened the coffin for autopsy with my master back then, and I also met a poor person who was suffocated to death in the coffin. The person was suffocated to death in the coffin alive Before he died, he scratched and beat around, and there were many scratch marks on the coffin wall and coffin lid."

"At that time, the master lay in a coffin and asked us to close the lid in order to experience the thoughts of the deceased before death. He said that when he realized that he was going to die, he just wanted to get out quickly, and especially he would push and grab the coffin board."

Seeing his puzzled expression, Chen Yuan nodded, "You are wondering why only the bottom panel of this coffin is scratched, but there are no scratch marks on the left and right coffin walls and coffin panels."

Lu Xing nodded, "Yes, it's too strange, I don't see it much, so is it strange that I don't see it?"

Chen Yuan said, "No, the dead person you saw suffocated in the coffin was the reaction of a normal dead person."

"Master, are you saying that this corpse is abnormal?" Lu Xing looked left and right, but he didn't see anything abnormal about this skeleton.

"With all four limbs, it's impossible not to have the strength to scratch, and she has scratched so many scratches on the bottom of the coffin."

How much willpower is there, and can overcome the instinct to survive, Chen Yuan said, "I mean, she is different from people who want to live and want to get out of the coffin."

Lu Xing was stunned, "Master, what you mean is that she doesn't want to live, she wants to die, so..."

"Oh, no wonder, there are no bloody handprints on the coffin wall."

As a veteran clerk, Lu Xing has been in contact with many cases, and he can reason a little bit, so he suddenly understood.

The traces of scratching were on the outer thighs of the body, which proved that the person was not tied up at the time, "she did it voluntarily."

"This is Qi's coffin. Qi's body is not inside, but a woman who voluntarily went in and was smothered to death. Could it be that Qi is not dead yet?"

Otherwise, such anomalies cannot be explained.

Guan Zhixian thought it made sense, "There is such a possibility."

"If Qi's family is already dead, it's the best outcome to go down to earth, and there's no need to steal her body out."

Lieutenant Ge Xian echoed, "If you want to steal the corpse, you don't have to be so anxious to let a living person lie in it. After all, the corpse has been buried, so there is no delay in stealing the corpse a day or two later."

"The only possibility is that the woman discovered that Qi Shi was still alive at that time and rescued Qi Shi."

"Besides, this woman knew that someone didn't want Mrs. Qi to live, so she didn't announce that Mrs. Qi was still alive, and secretly hid Mrs. Qi. At that time, the situation was urgent, and maybe someone was going to the mourning hall, so she replaced Mrs. Qi Clothes, lying in the coffin pretending to be Qi, waiting for the opportunity to leave, but she didn't wait for the opportunity, only waiting for the coffin to be sealed."

Lieutenant Ge's speculation was similar to Chen Yuan's.

At this time, Wen Pei suddenly struggled violently, her whole body was exerting all her strength, her neck was red from holding back, and she rushed forward in the direction of the corpse.

Chen Yuan noticed her situation, thinking that she was by Qi's side, and she was the one who was most familiar with Qi and the people around Qi.

"Wen Pei, what do you want to come and see?"

"Earring."

When picking out the bones and putting them back together, Chen Yuan also placed the accessories in the corresponding parts on the mat.

The turquoise earrings are next to the bones and bamboo mats, and the color difference is quite obvious.

It's just that the ears are too small, and Wen Pei is far away, and there are people in the middle blocking the view.

"What's wrong with this ear?"

Wen Pei was a little emotional, "I want to see it."

Guan Zhixian became curious, and said to the yamen servant who was escorting Wen Pei, "Take her there and let her see."

Wen Pei, whose hands were tied, walked to the edge of the mat, knelt down on the ground, and looked down at the earrings placed next to the skull.

"Mother Xu, it's Mother Xu."

Wen Pei's eyes were red with excitement, and she cried and laughed, "Miss is not dead, Nanny Xu, it must be Nanny Xu who saved Miss."

"Nurse Xu, where did you save Miss?" Wen Pei looked a little crazy, "I thought at first that you and Luo Chenggang murdered Miss, so after Miss died, you disappeared, I hate you You for so many years! Didn't expect you..."

Now that she was invited by Mrs. Liu to open the coffin for an autopsy, Chen Yuan also learned something about Qi's life, "This pair of turquoise earrings is Qi's dowry dowry, and has always been Qi's favorite thing, Wen Pei, why are you Said that this female corpse is Mother Xu?"

Wen Pei, who was chattering just now, shut her mouth tightly and didn't even look at Chen Yuan.

"Knowing that your young lady may not be dead, are you afraid that someone will continue to murder your young lady?"

Being told by Chen Yuan, Wen Pei glanced at her nervously and pleadingly.

"Don't ask me, okay. Luo Chenggang was killed by me. Just sentence me to death. I plead guilty."

Wenpei was in trouble when she was young, and it was Qi who gave her a bowl of food and a way to survive.

Such a person is grateful and only has Qi in his heart. She killed Luo Chenggang for Qi's sake, so now she will not speak up to protect Qi.

(End of this chapter)