ebookland Chapter 270 A Female Corpse
Chapter 270 A Female Corpse
Then, the two coroners carefully opened the second wooden box.
As soon as it was opened, a pungent stench came like a surging tide, instantly penetrating the masks and handkerchiefs covering their faces, and fiercely impacting the nasal cavities of the three people.
The smell seemed like the breath of death from the abyss of hell, making people want to vomit and feel dizzy.
Resisting the discomfort, the three of them looked carefully and saw a female corpse that had not yet completely decayed lying in the large wooden box.
The skin of the corpse was a strange dark green color, covered with dense maggots and corrupt fluid, which was creepy.
What's even more terrifying is that its flesh seems to have undergone some strange changes, growing a thick layer of black fur, like the wings of a devil, swaying gently in the breeze.
Not only that, the hands of this rotten female corpse were tied tightly behind her waist with ropes! It seemed as if they were trying to prevent her from making certain movements!
Then, two experienced coroners opened the remaining huge wooden boxes.
Among these wooden boxes, there were three bodies that had already turned into white bones, and another three bodies were in varying degrees of decay - some were unrecognizable, some were mutilated, and some even emitted a disgusting stench...
Faced with the scene before them, the two coroners did not show any sign of panic.
They acted quickly, took out a series of professional autopsy tools with clear division of labor, and began to carry out the examination work in an orderly manner.
At the same time, they did not forget to record every key information point in detail.
Jiang Yimo standing by also behaved very calmly and composedly.
She took out a pen and paper and watched the entire autopsy process attentively, carefully recording every detail she saw.
Although Jiang Yimo had never served as a forensic doctor in her previous life, for various reasons, she had come into contact with corpses of various causes of death.
Therefore, she was not completely unfamiliar with the knowledge and skills related to autopsies.
On the contrary, with her keen observation and meticulous mind, she is often able to discover important clues or evidence that are easily overlooked by others.
An hour later, the two coroners finally finished examining the bodies and moved them out of the large wooden boxes, arranging them neatly in a wide open space.
At this time, everyone present could clearly see the six corpses not far from them. Some were white, while others were not completely decayed and had maggots in them. A breeze blew towards them, accompanied by the stench of decaying corpses. Those who couldn't bear it began to vomit.
After some sorting, the three of them slowly stood up, and prepared to report all the information they had learned to their superiors and the emperor with serious expressions.
"Your Majesty! I have examined the bones in those large wooden boxes one by one. The results are outrageous!"
"These deceased people had all been subjected to extremely brutal torture and abuse. Each skeleton had multiple fractures on it, and two of them were even buried alive!"
"When they were stuffed into the big wooden box, they were still breathing, but eventually they died tragically because they couldn't breathe..."
After saying this, the coroner sighed deeply, feeling extremely heavy and depressed.
He silently looked at the six neatly arranged corpses in front of him, and a feeling of grief and indignation surged in his heart.
These women in the harem actually resorted to such cruel methods! They were supposed to be gentle, graceful and charming, but now they became demons who killed people without blinking an eye.
These six victims were nothing more than young girls in their prime. They should have had a bright future and unlimited possibilities, but they were strangled at their most brilliant moment.
The coroner stared at each corpse, as if he could see through the bones what they looked like when they were alive - perhaps they had bright and moving smiles, or perhaps they had dreams and expectations for life...
However, fate mercilessly brought them into this dark abyss, where they ended their short lives in pain and fear.
Thinking of this, the two coroners felt sorry for the six girls. But facing such a heinous crime, how could they not be moved?
How many unknown secrets and conspiracies are hidden in the deep walls of the harem? And these innocent lives have become the tragic victims of the power struggle.
"Princess Xiao, now that the evidence is irrefutable, do you still want to deny it?" The emperor asked with his eyes wide open and a stern voice.
As soon as he finished speaking, his eagle-like sharp eyes stabbed towards Concubine Xiao like a sharp blade.
This glance, with endless majesty and deterrence, seemed to see through her.
Concubine Xiao was so frightened that her whole body trembled, her legs became weak as if sieved, and she fell to her knees involuntarily.
"Your Majesty, please be wise! I have nothing to do with the deaths of these people!" She cried, her voice full of fear and grievance.
At this moment, Concubine Xiao knew very well that the dead palace maids could no longer speak to defend her.
Anyway, they were all dead, so it was impossible for them to stand up from the ground and reveal the truth.
So she decided to grit her teeth and refuse to admit it.
After all, as long as he insisted that he had nothing to do with the matter, he might still have a chance of survival.
Moreover, she did not let the servants in her palace kill these palace maids, but let the death warriors around her do it. Whenever those palace maids were almost dying from her torture, she would let the death warriors put them in boxes and send them to the cold palace for burial.
It was quite unexpected that the little bitch Xitang was rescued.
But at this moment she seemed to have forgotten that there was an old lady beside her who knew what she had done.
That’s Nanny Chang!
Nanny Chang is Concubine Xiao's wet nurse. When Concubine Xiao entered the palace, her mother was worried that Concubine Xiao would have no one to help her, so she let Nanny Chang enter the palace as a dowry. But now she is old, and Concubine Xiao feels sorry for her, so she doesn't let her stay by her side and just show up all day long.
Today, she was also escorted to the cold palace along with Concubine Xiao and the others. She watched the scene not far away from beginning to end, her face remaining as calm as before.
The emperor seemed to have expected that Concubine Xiao would not admit so quickly that she was the one who killed these palace maids.
So he turned his attention to the two coroners again.
"Two coroners, can you estimate the approximate time of their death?" The emperor narrowed his tiger eyes and asked again.
"Your Majesty, it is possible." Upon hearing this, the two coroners immediately bowed and replied.
"Then tell me, how long have each of them been dead?"