The county magistrate went to send someone to investigate Madam Jiang’s younger brother, while Ji Yunshu went to the autopsy room.

That pile of white bones was still placed in its original position, not moved in the slightest.

She lifted the white cloth. The mud on the cloth splattered out and nearly got into her mouth.

Two bailiffs from the yamen also followed her in. One called Wei Wu spoke up: “Master Ji, if there’s anything you need help with, just give the order.”

She nodded: “Stand to the side for now. There will be times when I need you.”

But a bailiff called Wang San asked her curiously: “Master Ji, didn’t you already examine these white bones? Why look at them again?”

“Sometimes, just like you forget things, when examining corpses, you may also overlook some things. So, looking several more times—perhaps there will be new evidence.”

She was extremely patient!

Wei Wu and Wang San exchanged glances.

“The things Master Ji says are sometimes really profound.”

“Right, and Master Ji is so clever—she’ll definitely find the real culprit.”

“Yes, yes!”

…

The two went back and forth, speaking with great enthusiasm!

At this moment, Ji Yunshu had already put on white gloves. Her brow furrowed tightly, revealing a serious expression.

Lowering her head, she began carefully examining that pile of hermaphrodite corpse’s white bones.

She always believed that human corpses could lie, but bones definitely wouldn’t.

She firmly believed even more that there must be some important thing she hadn’t noticed.

After examining the white bones one by one, it was about the same as what she’d examined that day—no differences.

She was somewhat troubled!

Wei Wu stepped forward and cautiously probed: “Master Ji, did you find anything new?”

Before Ji Yunshu could speak, Wang San elbowed him and said: “She’ll definitely find something. Isn’t asking that question pointless?”

“What’s wrong with me asking? I’m just anxious.”

“What are you anxious with me about?”

“I’m not anxious!”

“You are!”

The two glared at each other with wide eyes, competing.

Arms pressed together—if Ji Yunshu weren’t present, they probably would have started fighting over such a small issue!

Ji Yunshu’s head was aching from all the noise. She sighed and said to Wei Wu: “Stick out your tongue.”

Tongue?

Why stick out a tongue for no reason?

Wei Wu reached up to scratch his head, confused: “Stick out my tongue for what?”

Ji Yunshu straightened her body, hands clasped at her chest, and smiled at him: “To give you a free medical examination.”

Oh my!

That’s wonderful! Getting examined without spending money—why wouldn’t he?

So Wei Wu stuck out his tongue toward Ji Yunshu.

Wang San was unhappy about this.

Why examine Wei Wu but not him?

He stepped forward, pulling at his mouth, twisting bashfully as he said: “Master Ji, you can’t just examine Wei Wu and not me.”

“Oh, alright then. You stick out your tongue too.”

“Okay, okay.”

So the two puppies stood in a row—what a comical scene!

Ji Yunshu waved her hand: “You two stand at the doorway, with your backs to me. Don’t pull your tongues back in until I tell you to.”

What does that mean?

Wei Wu and Wang San looked at each other blankly. Helplessly, with their tongues stuck out, they couldn’t speak.

Not daring to disobey Master Ji’s order, they obediently stood at the doorway.

Behind them, Ji Yunshu couldn’t help but laugh, muttering: “This method works—my ears are also at peace.”

Returning her gaze to that pile of white bones, she was suddenly attracted to those tattered clothes.

The next moment, she picked out a sharp small knife from the toolbox nearby and carefully began peeling that garment slowly away from the rib area.

The degree of decay in the clothing was somewhat severe, but fortunately it was silk fabric—some parts hadn’t decayed yet.

After picking at it with the small knife for a while, she was surprised to discover that this garment had two layers.

And even stranger was…

“Why are the two fabrics different? The outside is silk, but the inside is coarse cloth?”

With doubt in her heart, the movements of her hands quickened considerably until she had completely peeled that garment from the white bones.

She called out: “You two, pull your tongues back in and come here.”

Wei Wu and Wang San had drool all over the floor by now. Hearing the order, they quickly pulled their tongues back in and both wiped their mouths with their sleeves.

Quite a lot of drool!

The two entered with bowed backs. Wei Wu swallowed his saliva and asked with a smiling face: “What orders does Master Ji have?”

“You two, go find me a piece of iron sheet, a bottle of white liquor, and oh yes, a brazier too.”

“Master… are you going to roast something to eat?”

The greedy drool nearly flowed from Wei Wu’s mouth again. Iron sheet, white liquor, and a brazier—if not to roast something to eat, then what for?

Ji Yunshu took several deep breaths, trying hard not to get angry.

“Go quickly. I need it right away.” Her voice was heavy—a sign of impending anger.

Wei Wu and Wang San dared not ask more questions, lest they be made to stick out their tongues again. So they hurried off and quickly found the things Ji Yunshu wanted.

Following Ji Yunshu’s arrangement, the two positioned the iron sheet five inches above the brazier and poured white liquor on the iron sheet.

Sizzling sounds!

That sound—so satisfying!

Ji Yunshu placed that garment on the iron sheet and soaked it completely with white liquor.

Wei Wu leaned close to Wang San and asked him in a small voice: “What do you think Master Ji is doing?”

“Why do you care so much? In any case, it’s definitely an autopsy method. Let’s remember it—we might need it later.”

“Right, right, right.”

You two—when did you make up again?

Ji Yunshu also began explaining: “This is called the wine separation method. Generally, artifacts buried underground… ahem, I mean clothing—when separating them without damaging the fabric structure, the best method is this. When clothing encounters the alcohol in white liquor, the fabric will contract to a certain degree. This process is relatively gentle. Combined with thermal expansion, through one contraction and one expansion, using physical principles, the garments can be separated very well.”

This explanation left Wei Wu and Wang San stunned!

What on earth was all that!

Ji Yunshu didn’t explain further. When that garment emitted thick steam, she picked it up from the iron sheet and placed it on a nearby table.

Then using the small knife from before, she separated those two different fabrics.

Not damaged in the slightest!

Moreover, the coarse cloth garment inside was very intact, but it was quite small.

“Come look at this. What does this piece of fabric look like?” Ji Yunshu called the two over.

Wei Wu and Wang San widened their eyes, leaned in for a look, pondered for a moment, and both shook their heads.

“Can’t tell?” Ji Yunshu asked again.

Wang San suddenly perked up, delighted, pointing at that piece of coarse cloth: “This should be a child’s bellyband.”

Bellyband?