The wife of the power minister's family

Chapter 74 The place that suits him best (second update)
Xu Jing couldn't help but glance at the young man in front of her.

This new county magistrate not only looks down on women, but is also a stutterer with low self-esteem and sensitivity.

No wonder Xiao Yi insisted on paving the way for her before he left. This new county magistrate was difficult to get along with at first glance.

Xiao Yi looked at the man in front of him coldly, but did not accuse him of what he had just said, but said: "Deng Youwei passed the imperial examination in the twelfth year of Tianxi's reign, and has stayed in Xijing since then, waiting for the officials. investiture.

However, for three whole years after that, the Ministry of Civil Affairs did not grant you an official position. However, all the Jinshi who passed the same rank as you were working in various government offices. Do you know why? "

Deng Youwei was stunned for a moment, his face turned even redder, and he said with an angry and disappointed look on his face: "Xia, I have always admired Shi Lang Xiao very much, and thought that Shi Lang Xiao would be different from those people..."

Xiao Yi's lips curled up slightly and he smiled sarcastically: "So, do you think the reason why the officials have refused to grant you an official position is because they look down on you as a stammerer?"

Deng Youwei's cheek muscles were tense and his eyes were full of humiliation and unwillingness. He obviously thought so.

Xiao Yi suddenly lowered his voice and said: "Deng Youwei, you have read the books of sages for so many years, so you know the saying that heroes do not ask where they come from. If the imperial court really looked down on you as a stammer, they would not have given up in the first place." Disabled people took part in the civil service examinations.

Since the founding of the Kingdom of Chu, the Holy One has always been thirsty for talents. As long as they are talented and knowledgeable, regardless of their origin, past, or wealth, they are all the talents that the Holy One needs.

You think that the officials did not grant you an official position because you stuttered, but are you questioning the emperor's good intentions in setting up the imperial examination? "

Deng Youwei's face turned pale, and he hurriedly said: "Isn't this official..."

Xiao Yi didn't give him a chance to speak, and continued in a cold voice: "I know you are not such a person, but you are blinded by your physical defects and inferiority, and cannot see your real problems. Real excellence.

Deng Youwei, I can tell you clearly that as early as a year ago, I noticed you. While others were trying their best to get to know the powerful and flatter you, you disdained to be in the company of those people, but often went to various government offices. After investigating the situation, we went deep into the people to understand the various people's livelihood sufferings, criticized the current shortcomings, and wrote two articles on how to improve the work of various yamen and better meet the needs of the people.

Both the Holy Spirit and I have personally read those two articles. Your coming to Anping County to serve as the county magistrate this time is also the result of my recommendation to the Ministry of Personnel. "

Deng Youwei looked at Xiao Yi in shock, obviously it was the first time he heard about this.

"The reason why the Ministry of Personnel has not granted you an official position for three years is because you are ignorant of the official world and are aloof and arrogant. But being upright and aloof is not a big problem at all. It should be said that the court needs more officials like you who care about the people. , but if you can’t survive in the officialdom, no matter how much ambition you have, it’s just empty talk.”

Xiao Yi said quietly: "But I think that because of your character, I can give you a chance, so I recommended you to the staff. You said that I looked down on you and went out of my way to humiliate you, but I can't afford to do this." Guilt.”

Deng Youwei had a pale face. He knelt on the ground with a thud, knocked his forehead on the ground and said with a trembling voice, "Yes, this is the stupidity of this subordinate..."

Xiao Yi looked at him condescendingly, and every word he said was heartbreaking, "I recommend Madam Xu to you, which is no different from recommending you to the Ministry of Personnel.

The Holy One can choose someone regardless of their origin, past or wealth, but you despise Madam Xu just because she is a woman, and think that I brought Madam Xu to you as a humiliation. Your behavior is different from that of those who just because People look down on you because you stutter, what's the difference? "

Deng Youwei was shaking all over and was completely speechless.

Yes, he has always hated those people who mocked him and looked down on him just because he stuttered.

But what is the difference between his behavior just now and those people?
However, the fact of a woman committing adultery is really unheard of and unseen!Does that woman really have that ability?

Xu Jing looked at the man next to her with some surprise. For the first time, she really felt that this man was a young talented man who was well-known in the Chu Dynasty, and was an important court official who held an important position at a young age.

For such people to stay in Anping County all this time is indeed a sign of humiliation.

The center of power in the imperial city that is closest to the Lord of the World is where he can display his talents.

After Xiao Yi finished speaking, he didn't look at Deng Youwei who was still kneeling on the ground. He turned to the woman beside him and said, "The deceased is over there. If Madam Xu has no objection, let's start the autopsy."

Xu Jing immediately put back her scattered thoughts, nodded and said, "Okay, I wonder if Mr. Xiao can help me bring anything for the autopsy?" In modern autopsy, in order to facilitate the examination and analysis of various physical signs on the corpse, , usually the body needs to be moved back to a professional dissecting room for dissection.

But in ancient times, there was no need to be so particular. An autopsy was conducted directly at the crime scene and analyzed together with all the details at the scene. Maybe more problems could be discovered.

Hearing this, Xiao Yi looked at Meng Anhe, and Meng Anhe immediately said: "Take it, take it, take it all! I asked why Minister Xiao asked me to bring everything for Madam Xu's autopsy this morning. It turned out that I had already planned to invite Madam Xu. Come and help!”

With that said, he handed Xu Jing a plain-colored baggage that he carried with him.

Xu Jing opened it and saw that all her usual tools were inside. She raised her lips with satisfaction and looked at Chen Hu and said, "Chen Hu, prepare for the autopsy."

Chen Hu immediately responded excitedly, and very skillfully spread two pieces of white cloth next to the deceased. One piece had Xu Jing's usual tools on it, and the other was empty for temporary storage of various things.

Immediately afterwards, atractylodes and saponaria were lit, and immediately the stench of the crime scene was dissipated.

While Chen Hu was preparing, Xu Jing had already put on her gloves and face towel, and then she stood up using her own strength. She jumped like a rabbit before arriving next to the body, and slowly squatted down.

Because her action was too sudden, Xiao Yi didn't even react and watched her jump over.

But they saw that the deceased had been moved out of the tree hole and laid flat on the ground on a temporary wooden bed made of simple wooden boards.

As Xiao Yi said, the deceased was naked and had a serious giant look. His limbs were covered with a network of corrupt meridians, and his lower body was bloody and miserable.

Fortunately, although this place is in the mountains and forests, because it is close to the village where people live, there are few wild animals nearby. Therefore, the body of the deceased was fortunately not bitten by wild animals and was well preserved.

There were clusters of white fly eggs in the eyes, ears and other parts of the corpse. There were many white wriggling maggots crawling on the face that was so deformed that it was difficult to see its original appearance.

Originally, there were many flies surrounding the corpse. When the county government officials came, they had already used fire to drive them away. After burning Atractylodes and Saponaria, a lot of flies around the body were also driven away.

Despite this, the corpses on the ground still made many officers feel uncomfortable. When they saw Xu Jing approaching with a calm face, they couldn't help but be slightly startled.

When she saw her touching the body directly, her eyes almost popped out.

Xu Jing was already in working mode and said quietly: "The deceased woman was about five feet (160cm) tall. She had many scars and bruises on her body, most of which were injuries during her lifetime. This shows that the deceased had a violent fight before she was killed. Resistance, rigor mortis has been completely relieved, and maggots have appeared on the body. The longest maggot is about..."

She picked up the longest worm with tweezers and motioned to Chen Hu beside her to measure its length with a soft ruler.

Chen Hu looked at the fat insect struggling vigorously under Xu Jing's tweezers, and then looked at Xu Jing's emotionless eyes. Even though he had cooperated with Xu Jing to examine the body several times, he still couldn't help it. He twitched his eyes.

He took a deep breath, quickly picked up a soft ruler and measured it quickly, saying, "The worm is about 0.5 inches (16 mm) long."

Xu Jing nodded and said: "Preliminary inference is that the deceased died about four days ago."

Entomology can indeed be used to determine the time of death of the deceased, but because the development speed of the fly will be affected by its species and environment, to calculate a more accurate time of death, it is necessary to obtain insect eggs from the deceased and simulate The scene environment can be cultured and then compared with the bugs found on the deceased at the time of the crime.

Xu Jing could only calculate an approximate time of death based on similar situations in the past.

But this was enough to shock Deng Youwei and other officers.

You know, when Wu Wu did the autopsy, he said that because the body was too badly decomposed, he could not determine the specific time of death. He could only estimate that the deceased died two or three days ago.

And as soon as this lady opened her mouth, she gave a much more accurate number and said that this was just a preliminary inference? !
(End of this chapter)