The corners of Yue Ning's eyes twitched, and Qin Wan said in a very understanding way, "You don't have to force the princess if you really feel unwell, not to mention that there is no need for so many people here, and the weather outside is very cold, why don't you go back to Tinglan Garden?" sit… "
"Don't force it!" Yue Ning shouted, and suddenly strode towards the long case.
Qin Wan raised her brows, and exchanged glances with Fu Ling. At the edge of the long table, Xu He hurriedly saluted when he saw Yue Ning coming over.
"Meet the princess..."
Yue Ning waved her hand and looked aside, "What are you going to do now?"
Xu He looked at Qin Wan suspiciously, and only after Qin Wan shook his head reassuringly did he open his mouth and said, "Because many bones have been found, so now we have to sort out all the bones one by one, and then put them together for registration. It’s in the register, it’s more convenient to investigate later.”
Yue Ning said "hmm", then turned to look at Qin Wan, "How to do it?"
Qin Wan sighed and stepped forward, "The bones are hard to recognize, and they are all about the same age, the princess should let us go."
Yue Ning frowned, "You can't teach me?"
Qin Wan laughed, "It's not something that can be taught in a few sentences." Seeing Yue Ning was a little disappointed, Qin Wan turned around and looked at the files beside him, "Otherwise, the princess will help me describe it?"
Yue Ning's eyes lit up, "Okay, this is good, I think I was the one who helped you the first time, although...although I only remembered half of it, but now I am different from before."
Yue Ning remembered the first time she helped Qin Wan record, but she vomited and ran out by herself. She felt a little embarrassed on her face for a while, and Qin Wan also thought of it. I went on, and after all, I couldn't resist, "The paper and pen are all there, please trouble the princess..."
Yue Ning let out a soft snort, and stepped forward to pick up a pen and paper. Qin Wan stepped forward and began to sort out the pile of bones that had been divided earlier. Soon, Qin Wan said, "Let's compile it as No. 1, the No. 1 human bone. When the deceased died, he should be between ten and ten and a half years old. The bones are complete, with no obvious signs of injury, no signs of poisoning, and the cause of death is temporarily unknown. It is speculated that he died for at least eight years. , the exact time is difficult to judge.”
Yue Ning memorized one by one according to Qin Wan's words. On this side, Xu He took out a cloth bag. Qin Wan put the human bones into the bag bit by bit, and Xu He took the pen beside him to write. Under a "one" word.
Yue Ning couldn't help but nodded, "This is a good idea." After a slight pause, Yue Ning said curiously, "However... how did you determine how old the deceased was when he died based on the bones? And why can't you tell? The time of death?"
The corners of Qin Wan's lips were slightly curved, and Yue Ning's question seemed to be testing her, "Bones will change with age. Children's skeletons are small, and adults' skeletons are big. This is basic. , the bones of the elderly will be loose, and the joints will be strained, while the bones of young children to young adults will have specific characteristics at each age before they are fully developed, the most obvious being teeth... "
While speaking, Qin Wan walked to the side of the bone pile and picked up a tooth.
"Look, this is the deceased's second molar, and the eruption of this tooth began at the age of eleven, so it can be confirmed that the deceased was at least eleven years old, and looking at the other details of the skeleton is basically sure that she age of death."
After a slight pause, Qin Wan sighed, "Generally, it takes seven to ten years for an adult's corpse to completely turn into a bone when buried in the soil, and the younger the age, the shorter the time. That is to say, these children died at least six to ten years ago." Nine years, and when the bones were excavated this time, the bones of the second aunt were on the top, and their bones were on the bottom, which shows that they have all been dead for at least eight years. As for whether it is eight years, nine years, ten years or more, I can't be sure, and the underground is full of sand, gravel and silt, and there is almost no reference to judge the time, so the specific time is really difficult to determine... "
Even though the exact time of death of the deceased was not calculated, after hearing this, Yue Ning was still a little dumbfounded, "Your medical skills are really superb." Then he went to see Xu He, "Other doctors know that every tooth of a person is When did it grow?"
Xu He shook his head, "It should be impossible..."
"Ninth girl, did you read Mr. Shen's writing?"
A loud voice suddenly sounded, and Qin Wan turned his head to look, and immediately saw Yan Chi striding forward. Yan Chi walked out from the purple bamboo forest, and his eyes fell on Qin Wan.
Yue Ning also looked at Qin Wan, "Did you read Mr. Shen's writing?"
Qin Wan pursed his lips slightly, "Indeed..."
Xu He's eyes lit up, as if he had found a way to learn, and Xiang Yanchi said, "Master Shen's writings specifically talk about bone vein inspection, and even how many bones there are in a person and how they are connected. Said very clearly."
Qin Wan nodded calmly, "That's right. I read Mr. Shen's writings, and I studied medicine, so I understand these aspects better than others."
After a pause, Qin Wan suddenly said, "How does your son know?"
The corners of Yan Chi's lips curved slightly, "On the list of books you gave me, there were only two books written by Mr. Shen, and I asked someone to find Mr. Shen's other books. I happened to see them when I was looking through them yesterday. This one."
Qin Wan nodded secretly in his heart, and before he could speak, Huo Huaixin came striding from the direction of the outer courtyard. Seeing Yue Ning here, he saluted Yue Ning first, then looked at Yan Chi and said, "His Royal Highness, the old lady of the Qin family Without saying anything, Mrs. Qin also said that she didn't know anything. Mr. Qin is still in a coma. This is really... "
Mrs. Jiang is an old man, and she is getting old. Mrs. Lin is a woman. Huo Huaixin couldn't do it for a while, so he was really distressed.
Yan Chi smiled lightly when he heard the words, "It seems that the old lady wants us to ask Master Qin, what do the doctors in their mansion say? When will Master Qin wake up?"
"The doctor said, you won't be able to wake up until tomorrow morning..."
Huo Huaixin was quite distressed, but Yan Chi took it easy, "Don't worry, let him take care of himself so that he can have the energy to answer our questions, not to mention that we don't know much about this case, wait for my people to come from Yang You can ask again when you come back from the county, don't worry." After a short pause, Yan Chi said with deep eyes, "These two cases are not committed by the same person, one is an old case, and the other is a new case in the government. It’s better to discuss separately.”
Huo Huaixin nodded, "Your official understands, since that's the case, it's better to dig out the remaining bones now."
The second aunt and the child's corpse dug up are naturally old cases, and the murderer is probably the master of the Qin family, but the new case is different. Yan Chi looked at Qin Wan for a moment, "It seems that the murderer is the first and second murderer. The purpose of this murder was actually to draw attention to the two wells, so thinking about it, the murderer must have something to do with the case eight years ago."
As he spoke, Yan Chi said in a low voice, "Could it be revenge?"
Qin Wan glanced under the now messy flower shed and nodded, "It does look a bit like it, but too many people died eight years ago, I don't know if this person is related to the second aunt or these people Children are connected."
"The people from Yang County are coming back soon, and the people sent to the neighboring prefecture and county have already set off. There will be a reply within seven days at the earliest, ten days at the most." Yan Chi has already sent someone out with his name , no matter which state or county is nearby.
Qin Wan nodded, then turned around and continued to sort out the bones on the case with Xu He. Not long after, news came from the purple bamboo forest, and another corpse was dug up. corpses.
Just looking at the skull of the new corpse, Qin Wan knew that the newly dug up skeleton was that of a child. The deceased had never grown up. If they hadn't died, they should be about the same age as Yan Chi now, but they His life finally stayed at that time, and finally turned into this white skeleton. The expressions of Qin Wan and the others became more and more serious, and their faces unconsciously showed sadness. What kind of person can treat so many people? Children start
The rain stopped for several days, and the weather turned even colder. Yue Ning stayed until it was almost dark before leaving the Qin Mansion. At this time, another skeleton was dug up in the direction of the purple bamboo forest. They were all dug out, the ground between the purple bamboo forest and the flower shed was lifted, and a deep trench was dug out. Huo Huaixin almost transferred most of the yamen's servants, and the second day's evening yamen The messengers didn't rest, they just planned to dig out all the rest during this night.
"Miss, the Purple Bamboo Forest is still busy, you should rest first."
Fu Ling persuaded Qin Wan as usual, and Qin Wan was really exhausted after standing outside for a whole day, so he went to bed early without letting Fu Ling talk, and as soon as his head hit the pillow, Qin Wan felt sleepy , Not long after, he fell into a deep sleep.
There was no dream all night. When Qin Wan opened his eyes again, it was still dark outside. Maybe it was because he went to bed early and slept very soundly. Qin Wan did not feel so sleepy at this time, but it was still dark outside It's not easy for Da Liang to get up, the current Qin Mansion is guarding the guards of the government office day and night, and she doesn't know what's going on with the Zizhu Forest, it's not easy for her to rush to the Zizhu Forest at this time.
Qin Wan thought for a while, and still closed her eyes to rest her mind. At dawn, the house was quiet, and her small courtyard was especially quiet, and she could hear needles falling. Perhaps it was because of the quietness that Qin Wan's consciousness soon became chaotic again, but in the When she was drowsy and about to fall asleep, Qin Wan suddenly heard a few strange shouts...
Qin Wan opened his eyes suddenly, and when he listened intently again, he couldn't hear anything.
Confused for a moment, the sky outside was just slightly brighter. Qin Wan only felt that the strange shouts just now were a little strange, so he couldn't help but opened the curtain and walked down to the ground. The room was a bit cold, Qin Wan put on a coat Pao went to the window, pushed open the window lattice to listen with a "squeak", but still couldn't hear anything.
Qin Wan frowned slightly, and couldn't help asking himself, could it be a dream
Just as she was thinking this way, footsteps sounded outside. Fu Ling walked in and looked at Qin Wan who was standing by the bed in surprise, "What's wrong, miss? Why are you up?"
Qin Wan shook her head, and quickly asked, "I seemed to hear something shouting just now, did you hear it?"
Fu Ling looked as if she hadn't woken up yet, and rubbed her eyes when she heard the words, "What's the shout? The servant didn't hear anything, and the servant woke up only when the lady pushed the window. What's wrong? What did the lady hear?"
Qin Wan slowly shook her head, "I can't tell, maybe I'm dreaming."
"Miss must have been too tired these past two days, thinking too much, I'm afraid I'm still debating the case in my dream." Fu Ling walked a few steps closer as she spoke, and wanted to close the window, "Miss, go to sleep again. Don't stand in the air and catch a cold."
In the early morning, when it was cold, Qin Wan also felt a chill all over her body. She pulled the skirt of her clothes, turned and walked to the bed, "Maybe I misheard, it's still early, you should sleep a little longer, today Zizhu The forest should be finished."
Fu Ling closed the window lattice, nodded, "Okay, Miss, just rest assured, I will go and have a look later."
Qin Wan nodded, and then lay down again. When she got up, Qin Wan felt chills. Fortunately, there was still some warmth under the brocade quilt. Qin Wan waited quietly for a while before recovering.
Lying down this time, Qin Wan really didn't feel sleepy, and just waited for the sky to get brighter for two minutes before getting up.
However, just when Qin Wan was lying down and was about to get up, there was a sudden sound of noisy footsteps from the outside yard, and then several voices sounded suddenly, as if someone screamed in surprise, and soon, Fu Ling ran away with big strides Come in.
"Miss, something happened, something happened to the third master..."
Qin Wan sat up suddenly from the bed, looked at Fu Ling and said, "What's the matter?"
Fu Ling pursed her lips, "His Royal Highness came here in person, I didn't say anything about it, but he seemed very anxious..."
Qin Wan's heart skipped a beat, Qin An hasn't been tried yet, what happened to him? Thinking of this, Qin Wan turned and went down to the ground, put on a robe and was about to go outside, in a hurry, Qin Wan thought that this night was last night, last night she slept with her clothes on, but not tonight, the door Pushed away by her hastily, Qin Wan saw Yan Chi standing under the corridor outside the house.
Perhaps her movement was too loud, Yan Chi turned around, and saw Qin Wan at a glance, his eyes met, Yan Chi saw the inner garment under Qin Wan's outer robe, he glanced at Qin Wan, and turned his gaze to the side .
Fu Ling also chased after her in shock, "Miss, you haven't changed your clothes yet..."
Qin Wan was taken aback by Yan Chi's strangeness and Fu Ling's words. She looked down, her complexion suddenly changed, a thin layer of red appeared on her white jade cheeks, she tightened her robe, Qin Wan turned and entered the door .
Fuling had a bitter face, "Miss..."
Qin Wan frowned, "I'm too anxious, it's okay, it's not rude."
Her words were meant to comfort herself, but because of the urgency of the matter, Fu Ling didn't want to say much, so she quickly changed Qin Wan's clothes, put her hair up in a bun, and then turned and walked out.
After going out the door, the blush on Qin Wan's face had faded, Yan Chi stood tall and tall in the corridor, and when he turned his head, his eyes were calm, Qin Wan asked anxiously, "What happened to Third Uncle?"
Yan Chi's eyes darkened slightly, "I suddenly went crazy half an hour ago, now I can't do it anymore."
Qin Wan's eyebrows twitched, Qin An can't die now!