Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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TW: Child abuse
Yu Linlang’s expression was cold as she bowed lightly, Jiu Jin also followed suit.
Mu Feng, however, moved very quickly and had someone hold the baby and hand it to Yu Linlang.
Jiu Jin stepped forward and stood in front of her mistress, her face sullen, and said unhappily, “My mistress is not a coroner.”
“Oh, she’s such a good doctor, maybe she can tell by just taking a look.”
“Sir, don’t talk nonsense, how can you be so careless? Every profession has its own specialization, and my mistress doesn’t know how to be a coroner.”
Mu Feng blinked, looking at the short girl in front of him in surprise, “Hey, little girl, you can speak eloquently and you know about specialization. You really are not an ordinary little girl!”
“Xiao Feng.” Mu Zhao frowned and stared at his brother, “Don’t be silly.”
“Hey, brother, Lord Lu and the others haven’t arrived yet, so let Miss Yu take a look first. Maybe she can really see something.” Mu Feng said, winking at Jiu Jin.
Jiu Jin’s eyes widened, and she had no choice but to take the baby that Mu Feng had forced into her arms. She then turned to look at Yu Linlang, her face full of bewilderment.
Mu Zhao glared at his brother disapprovingly, “My little brother has a naughty and playful temperament, so don’t pay any attention to him. If the lady has any concerns, you don’t have to look into it. Just leave this matter to the Chief Justice.”
Yu Linlang turned her head and looked at him, then nodded calmly.
The long street was bustling with people.
One was a young man from a noble family, as vast as the stars in the night sky and as silver as snow. The other was a little girl with a cold and ordinary face.
Mu Feng twisted his head, looked at his elder brother, then at the little girl, and finally met Jiu Jin’s wide eyes and grinned.
“Humph.” Jiu Jin rolled her eyes without any hesitation.
The old doctor of Huichun Hall was helped forward two steps and bowed to Yu Linlang.
“Thanks to the young lady’s reminder just now, I and others regained rationality for a moment. If you are a doctor, you may help take another look and see if Huichun Hall has made a misdiagnosis, I hope you can bear witness for us. I will be very grateful.”
Yu Linlang glanced at the old doctor with a look of expectation, sighed softly and nodded, “Move out a table.”
“Do you have hand guards?”
“Yes, yes, wait a moment, young lady.”
Yu Linlang ordered Jiu Jin to put the baby on the wooden table. The old woman saw this and rushed forward to grab it, screaming “What are you doing?”
Jiu Jin grabbed the old woman’s collar with one hand and pulled her back.
The old woman was anxious, angry, and panicked, her eyes flickering. “Oh, you’re going to piss me off!”
“I’m over fifty, and I never thought I’d be caught and beaten in the street. Fine, fine, you’re awesome, you’re all big shots! We can’t beat you, we don’t want any compensation, we’re going back!”
Jiu Jin grabbed a roll of bandage from the table and stuffed it into the old woman’s mouth. The world immediately quieted down, and the onlookers couldn’t help but wince.
Yu Linlang, oblivious to her surroundings, gently unwrapped the child’s bandage and, with a stern expression and examined its head.
“The deceased’s bones are less than five months old.”
With those words, everything around them fell silent.
“The right temporal bone, parietal bone, and occipital bone of the head are about five inches long and two inches wide…comminuted fractures[1].”
“The parietal bone extends to both sides, with a fracture line about three inches long.” Yu Linlang felt the child’s head and took a deep breath. “There are herringbone-shaped cracks and multiple skull fractures on the head.”
“Left upper arm, right leg bone, shoulder, elbow…” Yu Linlang was a little unable to continue. She took a deep breath and reached out to cover the child’s wrapping. “Preliminary observation shows that there are as many as twenty blows on the body. The fatal injury is to the head, which is all shattered.”
“It’s impossible for this to happen from an accidental bump. It’s only possible if someone pulled and threw her repeatedly.”
“As for the time of death, let the professional coroner estimate it based on the livor mortis. Judging from the stiffness of the body, it’s definitely not within one or two quarters of an hour.”
The old doctor nodded excitedly, as if he had been vindicated and pardoned. “Yes, yes, yes. When the child was brought to the pharmacy, we only took a quick look and felt her pulse, and she was already dead.”
“But the child’s grandmother immediately wrapped the bandage and rushed out, shouting that we at Huichun Hall couldn’t save the child. But we doctors are human too, not gods. How can we compete with the King of Hell for a child?”
The crowd gasped, their eyes widening as they stared at the baby on the table.
Although they didn’t understand the skull and temporal bones, they understood fractures and falls, so they all stared at the old woman and her family in shock.
“Ah? She was beaten to death?”
“They beat her to death and now they’re framing Huichun Hall!”
“Oh my, what a vicious family!”
“She was only four or five months old. What kind of hatred or grudge could have led to her being beaten like this?”
The woman, who had originally looked stunned, quickly lowered her head, shrinking her neck again and again as she saw everyone pointing and criticizing her family.
“Don’t talk nonsense! Don’t listen to her nonsense! We didn’t do it, we didn’t!” the burly man shouted, scratching his head.
Yu Linlang had already removed her hand guards, returned a greeting to the doctors at Huichun Hall who were bowing and thanking her, and turned to leave.
Seeing the master and servant about to leave, the burly man hurriedly gave chase, fists as big as bowls raised. “You nonsense woman, who did you say beat the child to death?”
Mu Zhao’s eyes darkened, and his two personal guards immediately rushed forward to stop them.
But before they could reach the man, the round-faced girl kicked him to the ground, then leaped on him and unleashed a barrage of punches, all aimed at his face. “You bast**d, are you even worthy of being a father?”
“Jiu Jin,” Yu Linlang squinted.
Jiu Jin gave the man a vicious kick, then stepped down from him, spitting with disdain.
“Not everyone in this world is worthy of being a father,” the girl’s glare was fierce, and Yu Shoudao felt strangely as if he were being glared at.
By the time he came to his senses, the master and servant had already passed through the crowd, not even exchanging glances.
Meanwhile, Lu Qian, receiving a message from the Marquis Xuanping’s son, hurriedly arrived with his men, only to be met by a girl in plain green clothing and a cold expression.
Her long hair was held up with a thin, green bamboo stick.
Her robe fluttered, and she moved like the wind. As they passed, Lu Qian couldn’t help but pause and glance back with pity.
“Lord Lu is here.”
“Is Lao Li, the coroner, here? There’s a baby’s body that needs to be examined.”
“This is Lord Lu from the Criminal Justice Department, and he’s also the Deputy Envoy of the Pacification Commissioner on this trip.” Prince Mu Zhao’s voice drifted into Yu Linlang’s ears with the wind.
It was gentle, soft, and very recognizable.
Yu Linlang got on the carriage, her face still gloomy.
Jiu Jin asked cautiously, “Miss, are you feeling unwell?”
Yu Linlang took the teacup she handed over and sighed, “I’m not feeling well. I just thought about how difficult it is for an ordinary woman to grow up.”
“Miss.” Jiu Jin gently held her mistress’s hand.
Suddenly, there was a “bang” sound not far away, as if something heavy had suddenly fallen in front of their carriage…
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[1] A comminuted fracture is a serious bone break where the bone shatters into three or more fragments, usually caused by high-impact trauma like a car accident or a severe fall.