Chapter Eleven The Identity of the Corpse

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  To prove that he is a master detective, Su Jing feels that this time he must crack the case before He Yihuan! Men all like to prove themselves strong. Su Jing is no exception.

  He watched He Yihuan leave, then turned to Chen Zhan and said: "Do you know where the yamen usually stores unclaimed corpses?"

  "Boss, why are you asking this?"

  "Don't ask why, just tell me where and I'll go."

  "In Yizhuang Bay." Chen Zhan felt a faintly unpleasant feeling in his heart.

  "So you think that unclaimed corpse would be stored inside?" Su Jing asked.

  Lin Yun guessed what Su Jing was thinking, "Boss, you're not going to investigate this case, are you? It's best if you don't interfere with official business."

  "This is the best opportunity to prove our first detective agency's ability to crack big cases. I must get to the bottom of it. You two choose one person to come with me to the Yi Zhuang tonight!" Su Jing's tone was not open for discussion.

  Chen Zhan and Lin Yun were shocked. Even during the day, there weren't many people who dared to go to that place full of rotting corpses, let alone at night!

  After repeated excuses, this glorious task finally fell on the head of Sha Shu, Lin Yun felt extremely unlucky and originally wanted to go to the temple to ask for a good sign before going. But Su Jing drove him all day, and he didn't have the chance to seek divine protection.

  "This time going to Yi Zhuang, I'm afraid it's more bad than good."

  At night, the pale moon hid in the dark clouds, and the wind swayed the tall trees, casting dappled shadows. As the Yizhuang was located in a desolate area with no houses nearby, strange insect calls kept coming from all directions, making Lin Yun's skin crawl as he walked along the road.

  "I knew it! The Yizhuang is indeed haunted at night! Boss, let's not go there."

  As soon as Su Jing heard Lin Yun wanting to retreat, he immediately grabbed his collar and said with a terrifying expression: "If you're afraid, you can leave, but we're in the wilderness now. The vengeful spirits of the abandoned village are definitely lurking outside. If you're alone, you'll be haunted by evil spirits! You're on your own, I'm going in first!"

  Lin Yun gazed at Su Jing who walked into the Yi Zhuang with big strides, and suddenly felt a cool breeze behind him, followed by a burst of intense tingling all over his body.

  "Boss, wait for me! It's indeed a bit scary here. Let's not get separated, wait for me!"

  Contrary to Su Jing's expectations, there was still a light in the mortuary, although it wasn't very bright. At least the identification of the corpse wouldn't be a problem. The place where the corpses were stored naturally didn't smell good, with a pungent stench and rotting air filling the entire room. Lin Yun covered his nose as he walked closer to the corpse placed on a simple wooden table, reading the identifying text on it.

  "Headless female corpse, suburban famine refugees, prison inmates, unknown persons..."

  Su Jing felt that the previous life was better, generally corpses would not be stored at room temperature, valuable corpses would all be stored in an ice house, so the corpse would not rot and it would be convenient for research.

  "Are these corpses going to be left here until they rot into dry bones before being thrown away?" Lin Yun also didn't have the temperament to investigate further, and straightened his body.

  Su Jing naturally didn't know how to deal with the corpse, but a cold voice suddenly appeared from the darkness: "Hmph, maybe? These are all unclaimed corpses, temporarily stored here. If no one comes to claim them or they have no research value after a month, they will be taken to a deserted land behind this house and buried directly. I don't have so much idle work to guard those worthless corpses."

  Lin Yun was frightened by that voice and hid behind a coffin, trembling and asked: "Who... are you? What are you hiding there for?"

  "I'm not here, where else would I be?! Down there is the mortuary of Jianye City Government, it's you who are being really strange. This place, let alone at night, even during the day no one will come over. Are you going to come and claim the body in the middle of the night?"

  The silly bookworm learned that it was a hearse and his fearful emotions were slightly relieved, stood up, and forced a smile at Su Jing.

  Su Jing raised the lantern, making the room a bit brighter. It was only then that he could clearly make out the features of the person speaking. The man who claimed to be a doctor had an extremely pale face and some dry hair. His smiling face made people feel very uneasy.

  "It was Sun Mou who did it. I'm under his supervision. This is my servant. Sorry to have caused you so much trouble." Su Jing said politely.

  Sun Shang smiled faintly and turned his head, looking at a corpse beside him. "I'm not blaming you for disturbing my rest, but these deceased who have already rested should not be disturbed either. At night, it's their time to move around, aren't you disturbing the activities of those below?"

  Lin Yun felt that Sun Shi's smile was terrifying, and his voice sounded like a soul-capturing melody.

  "We're just here to investigate." Lin Yun blurted out.

  Sun Yi's eyes turned cold, and he suppressed his smile, saying: "Investigate the case? What case? There hasn't been a murder in this charity house! Besides, that's an official matter. I don't seem to have seen you people at the government office."

  Su Jing hastily took out a palm-sized paper and handed it over, "I am Su Jing of the Great Tang's First Detective Agency. This is my business card. We are qualified to investigate cases. I came here today specifically to see the mummified corpse that was discovered in the outskirts of the city this morning."

  Sun Ai took the business card and looked at it for a while. Then he raised his head again and sized up Su Jing and Lin Yun.

  "This case is being personally reviewed by Young Master Wang. He has already invited the first-rate detective, He Yihan, to handle it. I think you all should just stay out of this!"

  The taste of being given the cold shoulder was really unbearable! Su Jing and Sha Shu Sheng exchanged a glance.

  "To be honest with you, He Yihan and I are good friends. When we found out he was investigating a case, we didn't want to just sit around either. We just wanted to help him."

  "Help him? Then why did you follow him here?! How come you sneaked in here at night?! I'm telling you, this corpse is important evidence and can't be damaged. What if you have ulterior motives, how would I explain it to my superiors?" Sun Shi said reasonably, and Su Jing and Shu Sheng couldn't argue back.

  "But since you've dared to come and investigate in the middle of the night, I'll let you take a look. I reckon you wouldn't dare make trouble here either." Sun Di said, looking at the two who seemed somewhat disheartened.

  Su Jing was overjoyed and hastily expressed his gratitude.

  Led by the coroner, Su Jing arrived at the front of the body storage and took a deep breath before lifting the straw mat covering the corpse. There was a corpse with its eyes wide open in anger, mouth agape, and its entire body charred lying nearby.

  "There is no soot in the trachea, it should be killed after being thrown into the fire. From her expression, she should have been strangled to death, and it's a woman. The height should be around 5 feet, with a relatively even figure." Su Jingtan investigated one by one, calmly stating what he found, while beside him, Bookworm was recording with his back to the body.

  Sun Yi was somewhat surprised that this young man could observe so carefully and still make accurate judgments about the specific situation of the corpse, which was indeed not simple!

  "Huh? Her right hand was clenched, as if she had grasped something before she died." Su Jing opened the corpse's right hand and found that there was nothing inside.

  "Su brother is indeed a master of autopsy! That's right, when we just found it back, the corpse's hand was indeed holding a purple gold lotus-shaped hairpin!"

  "Amethyst Golden Lotus Hairpin?!" Foolish Bookworm exclaimed, he carefully compared again the results that Su Jing had just investigated and became even more certain of his own idea.

  Upon hearing Dumb Book's exclamation, Su Jing was somewhat perplexed, "Is there something wrong?"

  "I think I know who this corpse might be!" Lin Yun's words were astonishing.

  "What?! You can guess who the corpse is?! The two of you are indeed extraordinary!" Sun Shi was somewhat speechless.

  Su Jing was also curious, how could this silly bookworm guess who the corpse was just based on these simple data?