NOVPUB26: Chapter 23: Playing Dumb or Cunning as a Fox
26 -23: Playing Dumb or Cunning as a Fox
After sending Sang Chen away, Ran Yan began to prepare the equipment needed for the autopsy tomorrow.
Atractylodes, soap pods, strong vinegar, knives, needles and thread, gloves, face masks…
She had encountered even more difficult environments when conducting autopsies in the past, and even without those handy tools, Ran Yan was still able to cope.
Thus, she did not dwell on this matter, nor did she intend to get involved in other people’s business.
It would be enough to inform Sang Chen of the results for him to write the legal document.
The next day, Ran Yan, accompanied by Wan Lu, met with Sang Chen in the East Market.
Afterwards, she sent Wan Lu off to find a shop that could manufacture needle heads, while she went to the Government Office’s morgue with Sang Chen.
The morgue of the State Government Office was actually not inside the office compound, but was set up in a relatively remote place, similar to a charity burial ground.
Ran Yan specifically changed into a hemp robe, dressing in men’s clothing and wearing a mask which made her look rather awkward.
Compared to Ran Yan’s calmness, Sang Chen was far from composed, pacing back and forth near the morgue, shaking incessantly, to the point where even his facial expressions began to stiffen.
They temporarily stopped in a dead alley.
While Ran Yan sat on a pile of bamboo poles, she watched Sang Chen through the gauze of her mask and said coldly, “If you are so afraid, why bother looking for evidence?
You could just carelessly write a legal document to get by, couldn’t you?”
Sang Chen strived to control his stiff expression, turned around, and stared at Ran Yan, saying, “How can wife speak like that?
Since they sought my help, I must do my utmost.
Even if I cannot catch the murderer, I must list all the doubts, and let the Government Office clarify them.”
“Do you think it was Qin Musheng who killed the man?” Ran Yan asked with interest, looking at Sang Chen who was shivering and speaking righteously.
“This…
it is said that Qin Musheng beat Han Langjun until he was covered in blood, and the Forensic Doctor found that Han Langjun was poisoned.
I just feel the timing of the poisoning is too coincidental.
If it is not someone deliberately framing Qin Musheng, then it must be that Han Langjun, despite being poisoned, did not die from it.
Rather, it was Qin Musheng’s hand that killed him.
Regardless of which scenario it is, Han Langjun died unfairly,” Sang Chen spoke about the doubts, and his trembling gradually subsided.
His focused demeanor made his already extraordinary appearance even more captivating.
Ran Yan was momentarily stunned; where was there a trace of ‘foolishness’ in this Sang Chen?
Sang Chen paused and said, “Wife, when you perform the autopsy, it would be best if you can determine whether Han Langjun died from poisoning or from being beaten.
This way, it will be more convincing when I write the legal document.
I hope it was not Qin Silang who killed the man, otherwise…
alas!”
If it really was Qin Musheng who had beaten the man to death, with the Qin family’s power, it would be very difficult for the Han Family to bring Qin Musheng to justice and imprison him.
Ran Yan recalled the few times she had seen Sang Chen; the first time he appeared very foolish, the second time he was exasperatingly immersed in the fragrance of flowers, and the third time in Meng Hall, those pure and clear eyes, as well as his obliviousness to his surroundings when engrossed in reading, all made him seem like a bookworm who had read himself silly.
In any of these states, no one would associate him with having such a serious side, well-versed in the ways of the world.
“Wife?” Seeing Ran Yan remain silent for a long time, Sang Chen could not help but call out to remind her.
“Rest assured,” Ran Yan said lightly in response, then asked, “When can the autopsy be performed?”
Sang Chen spoke for a while, the nervousness in his heart easing a great deal before he poked his head out to look down the alley and then said, “Wait a while longer.
I have made an arrangement with the Han Family members; they want to be present during the autopsy.”
Ran Yan’s face darkened, and she said coldly, “You never mentioned to me yesterday that the Han Family members would be watching!”
“This…
the Han Family is also eager for revenge.
Wife, you can just cover your face at that time, they shouldn’t mind,” said Sang Chen with naïve innocence.
They wouldn’t mind?
Even the profession of Forensic Doctor isn’t very prevalent now, who wouldn’t be surprised to see a female coroner at first sight!
Ran Yan glared coldly at him, her fingers tucked in her sleeve moving slightly.
She really couldn’t restrain herself from wanting to dissect this fool!
Sometimes stupid enough to be sold and still count the money for the seller, yet at other times not just normal but very shrewd—Ran Yan wanted to dissect him to see if the structure of his brain was different from that of ordinary people.
“How is the ceramic I asked for coming along?” If Sang Chen said it wasn’t done, Ran Yan decided she would immediately walk away.
“The ceramic body has already been made, it’s drying now.
With the weather being clear these days, it should be glazed and fired by early morning tomorrow, and cool down by the hour of the Rat,” Sang Chen said with certainty, as if what he described was a fact.
