Forensic Bone Analysis | Strong Female Lead | Court Politics | Face-Slapping Revenge | Modern Forensic Expert in an Ancient Body
When modern forensic expert Shen Yanqiu woke up, she was standing in a mass grave.
A bamboo marker stood before the fourth straw mat, bearing her father's name. The prison doctor had examined him and recorded the cause of death as illness. The report had already been filed.
The constable had urged her to sign the document for the third time. Once she signed, she could take her father home and bury him promptly, which would fulfill her filial duty.
Everyone was waiting for her to cry.
She reached out and lifted the straw mat. Her hand passed over the corpse's neck and head before coming to rest on its right hand.
“Someone who died of illness wouldn't have every finger bone severed at the root.”
Under the Great Yan Code, a body with an established cause of death had to be cremated after seven days. Cases more than three years old would no longer be accepted.
She had to obtain permission to examine the body within seven days, and overturn the case file within three years.
There was only one person in the entire capital who could sign off on it: Pei Zhirang, the Grand Justice of the Court of Judicial Review, nicknamed the Iron Face, who saw no one.
She waited all night by the west gate and said only three things.
“I can determine the true cause of death of the skeleton in the prison.” He didn't stop walking.
“There is poison in your bones, Your Excellency. I can tell how many years it has been there.” He still didn't stop.
“The examination report in your possession is missing the hidden bone pattern on the back.”
He stopped and turned around, because even he hadn't been able to discover that.
