She was transformed into the most disliked female widow in the Zhou Dynasty, and the beginning was a tragedy of annihilation.
Everyone said it was a vendetta, but I found half of the undigested puffer fish liver in the stomach of the deceased.
The county magistrate wanted to close the case, but I said no; the prefect wanted to suppress the case, but I said no; even when the chief minister of the court came to say hello in person, I still said the same thing——
"None of you can even think of closing the coffin until the corpse agrees."
Later, I went all the way from the county government office to Dali Temple, and from Dali Temple to Jinluan Hall.
Until that day, I put the autopsy knife on the neck of that aloof regent.
But he smiled and held my wrist and asked softly:
"Master Su, look at this king's heart... Is it already rotten to the core?"
I choose this
Purpose: Through the heroine's rigorous and meticulous autopsy process and her unraveling investigative experience, it shows the tenacity of ancient women in breaking prejudice and pursuing the truth in a patriarchal society; at the same time, it explores the complex boundaries between justice and human nature, and celebrates the belief in finding light in the darkness.