After Zhuang Zhong said, the audience immediately fell silent, and Lu Da frowned even more, and said displeasedly, "Who is this person? What nonsense are you talking about!"
"You don't bow down when you see the county magistrate!" Niu Da's daughter-in-law snorted, quite pretending to be a tiger.
Everyone knelt down when they heard this. Although the county magistrate is not a high-ranking official, he is the emperor of the earth in the county. Besides, who doesn't know that the new county magistrate has given Lian Wo the first tyrant He Xianwei in Meixian County, and it is said that he can't even keep a child. Originally, the common people had a sense of fear of the government, not to mention that Zhuang Zhong had done such a big thing as soon as he came, even though he looked harmless to humans and animals now, no one dared to underestimate him.
"Get up, there is no need to perform such a grand ceremony." Although Zhuang Zhong is not used to others kneeling, he is not in awe of others. Sometimes official authority is still necessary, people have bad roots, you are too polite but it is easy to make people put their noses in the face, there needs to be a balance between being close to the people and posture, and sometimes it is more fearful than doing things close to the people neatly.
"The Niu family reported that there was something wrong with Niu Sanniang's death. As the imperial court official, he naturally cannot tolerate it. The coffin was opened for an autopsy today to prevent innocent people from being wronged."
After the words fell, everyone whispered, Niu Sanniang was usually in good health, but suddenly died of a sudden illness is really embarrassing, but she didn't think about anything else. After all, although Mei County is not as peaceful as other places, it is not so chaotic that it is normal to seek wealth and kill one's life. Most people have never encountered such a thing in their lives, so they don't think about it.
In addition, Niu Sanniang is a straightforward person, very popular in the village, and never has any enemies with others. No one can figure out who would murder her. But now that the Niu family has actually attracted the magistrate, this matter has become a big problem.
Lu Da was also taken aback, not knowing what to say to the Niu family, he pointed for a long time, "You guys, you really..."
"My lord, my father-in-law and mother-in-law love my daughter-in-law the most, so I can't accept the news of her sudden death for a while, so I can't think of bothering you for a while. My daughter-in-law died of a sudden illness. There is nothing to investigate. Please read it here Don't blame them for being reckless because they miss women so much."
The Niu family became anxious immediately, and the eldest daughter-in-law Niu yelled directly: "My sister-in-law is in the healthiest health, and it is impossible to just say no! Are you the most guilty of obstructing me like this?"
"There is no need for you to plead with such good intentions. Since we have already found the county magistrate, we must investigate and understand, otherwise, if there is really a grievance, my sister will die with regret!" Niu Erjie stared at his neck.
After all, Father Niu is the head of the family, and there is no evidence now, so he should be more polite, "You don't need to persuade me anymore, we have made up our minds, if you have some affection for Sanniang, don't stop me."
"Father-in-law, what are you doing? Isn't this just nonsense? Isn't this disturbing Sanniang's peace? If nothing can be found out, how can you explain to the county magistrate?" Lu Da was eager to persuade, trying to persuade The Niu family gave up, but the Niu family didn't deserve this, and they were determined to understand it before they were reconciled.
Mother Lu also came over at this time, and she couldn't help being annoyed when she heard the situation: "You Niu family are deceiving people too much. Now Niu Sanniang is the daughter-in-law of my Lu family. How can I make you think what you want? This is not bad for us. Is it the feng shui of the entire Lu family?"
The Niu family was immediately unhappy. The cause of Niu Sanniang's death was unknown.
Mother Lu said: "Who has the time to harm her, what should you do if you can't find out why?"
The Niu family was also stubborn and yelled directly: "It would be best if there is nothing, but in order to make amends, Lujia Village will not worry about having no pork for a month!"
As soon as the words fell, everyone in the room fell silent, because the stakes were too high. If there were hundreds of families in Lujia Village, the Niu family would go bankrupt if they made such a promise. The people in Lujia Village are not that unkind. Some old people can't help but sigh when they hear this, so why bother.
The cow mother said: "We don't want to be like this either. Who doesn't want to let their daughter go away with peace of mind, but she died for no reason. Doesn't this make her not able to survive after death? So even if there is a thunderbolt against the sky, you have to investigate Check it out, accident is the best, if there is really something tricky in it, our Niu family will fight for justice for Sanniang even if we fight it all."
Now everyone sighed. On the one hand, they felt that they were making a fuss out of a molehill, and on the other hand, they also felt that Niu Sanniang died strangely, and they didn't know what to do for a while. Lu Da's mother and son refused to agree to bury it and then dug it up. What is the need for an autopsy? This Niu Sanniang is the daughter-in-law of their Lu family. Isn't this a disgrace to their Lu family.
And Zhuang Zhuang, who had always regarded himself as an invisible person, stood up after observing for a while, "This matter has been reported to the government, so I don't allow you to say whether to investigate or not to investigate. Since this officer has accepted the matter, other people can't stop this officer." Handle the case, otherwise they will be punished with the same crime.”
If Zhuang Zhong said this before, it would be inevitable that Wu Baosheng's case would happen again, but now that Zhuang Zhong has become famous, and even County Captain He has been beaten to the ground, who would dare to provoke him. As soon as Zhuang Zhong said this, the original questioning voice completely disappeared. Zhuang Zhong didn't talk nonsense to them, and ordered people to separate and open the coffin.
When the coffin was dug out, Fang Yingying also arrived at this time.
Although Niu Sanniang had passed away, the local customs still had to be taken into consideration for solemnity, and it would be more convenient to have a woman check with her. Besides, Fang Yingying is very passionate about this industry now, and she has learned a lot during this period, which is also for her to practice as a trainee. Although it's not a good job to work, Fang Yingying doesn't care about it and has no elders to control her, and her sweetheart is Master Tong who doesn't care even more. It is also good for Zhuang Zhong to have more helpers.
It was noon, the weather was clear and the light was good. Zhuang Zhong took all the guys with him, so he did an autopsy directly on the spot.
An autopsy is not a beautiful thing. No matter how skilled the technique is, the scene will never be good-looking, and the deceased is a woman who has just passed away for less than three days. In order to protect privacy, Zhuang Zhong ordered people to surround the venue with white cloth for outsiders to see. There was no specific movement inside, but the only family members who came in were Lu Da and Niu Da's wife.
Niu Sanniang's body was placed on a temporary wooden bed. Since she had been dead for three days and it was another summer, her body had begun to emit a rancid smell. Although everyone wore solemn masks, they still couldn't block the disgusting smell, so they couldn't help frowning.
No matter how glamorous she was in life, she would not look good after death. Lu Da saw Niu Sanniang subconsciously stepping back a few steps, and did not dare to focus on her. Although Niu's daughter-in-law was stunned at first, tears fell after a while. I remembered that my sister-in-law called her sister-in-law a few days ago, and brought a lot of souvenirs from the countryside, and bought a lot of candies for my kid, but now she is just like this, lying here coldly, waiting It stinks and rots. Although they are not real sisters, and they all say that the daughter-in-law and sister-in-law are the most difficult to get along with, but the two of them hit it off very well. She watched Sanniang grow up, and her relationship is extraordinary. Seeing this situation now, how can I bear it? If I didn't know the severity, I would have rushed to the pain.
Niu's daughter-in-law insisted on holding on, she wanted to see with her own eyes how her sister-in-law died. The reason why Niu Da’s daughter-in-law is here is because she is a family member and a female relative. After all, Niu Sanniang is a woman, and men and women are different when facing her father and brother. I can't bear to be scared; the daughter-in-law who came here is a bold one, and she runs a coffin shop at home, so she is not afraid of these things. When Zhuang Zhong ordered Fang Yingying to take off Niu Sanniang's clothes, Niu's daughter-in-law stepped forward to help.
"This, how decent is this!" When Lu Da came to his senses, he discovered that Fang Yingying and Niu's daughter-in-law had almost taken off Niu Sanniang's clothes, leaving only the obscene clothes and trousers, but he kept asking for more. Continuing to pick, he suddenly became anxious, and wanted to step forward to stop him, but was stopped by the servants at the side.
Master Tong glanced at him coldly, and Lu Da fell silent immediately, as if he couldn't bear to watch.
Zhuang Zhong ignored him, and said to Fang Yingying, "Come and try."
Fang Yingying nodded, using the knowledge she had learned during this period of time to describe what she saw one by one, "The deceased woman was five feet one inch tall. The spots on the corpse did not fade when pressed, the joints of the corpse were easy to move, the corneas were completely cloudy, and the pupils It is no longer visible, and it seems to be adhered to the lens. From this, it can be concluded that the time of death was about three days ago. There was no obvious trauma to the whole body, and the death was not caused by trauma... "
Suddenly Fang Yingying's eyes lit up, she leaned forward and grabbed Niu Sanniang's hand and said, "My lord, come and have a look."
During the handling of the case, Fang Yingying always addressed her as an adult to show her businesslike attitude.
Hearing this, Zhuang Zhong took a step forward and saw that the fingernails of the deceased were bruised and purple, showing a strange color.
Fang Yingying said excitedly: "Does this mean that Niu Sanniang died of poisoning? If she died of a normal illness, it shouldn't be like this. You can see that her complexion seems to be different from that of a normal dead body."
At this moment, Lu Da accidentally staggered two steps, Master Tong gave him a little help, so that he didn't fall down.
Lu Da quickly thanked her, and then said excitedly: "Poisoned? How could it be poisoned? How could it be like this? Who is going to kill my wife? My wife hasn't left home for a few days, how could she be murdered?" Woolen cloth?"
The voice was not low, the onlookers outside could hear it clearly, and there was a lot of discussion immediately, Niu Sanniang was actually poisoned to death? !
Zhuang Zhong ignored him, and said: "If you don't investigate clearly, everything is uncertain. If you poison the internal organs, there will be traces. It must be dissected to be sure."
Fang Yingying just learned some theoretical knowledge, and had never experienced the real anatomical examination. Although it was a bit unkind, she might be very happy to learn from it. "Then it's time for an autopsy now?!"
"Don't worry, you haven't finished the investigation yet."
Fang Yingying was stunned for a moment, and then she said in embarrassment: "I was eager for quick success, and I haven't seen my private parts yet."
Lu Da immediately turned anxious, "How can we inspect that place! This matter is related to Sanniang's name festival, you can't mess around, this is to embarrass our Lu family ancestors!"
Before Fang Yingying and the others could say anything, Niu's daughter-in-law spat at him: "It's all girls who can't watch it. I don't know how many times the midwife watched it when she delivered Sanniang. Why are you ashamed now?"
Lu Da wanted to say something else, but Fang Yingying ignored Niu Sanniang's leg and wanted to open Niu Sanniang's leg for further inspection, but at this moment there was a crying sound from outside the white cloth, "You don't need to investigate, Sanniang is me Killed, I killed!"
Lu Da was dumbfounded when he saw the person coming, "Mother, you, what nonsense are you talking about!"