A car accident, our family of three crossed

Chapter 575 Autopsy

At this time, the yamen runners and constables who had gone to various houses in the city to retrieve the lip balm all came back and showed all the lip balm to the county magistrate.

The county magistrate took a quick look and signaled the yamen runner to bring the lip balm to Mei, saying, "Mei, take a look. Are these the lip balms given away by your shop as gifts?"

Mei carefully identified it and nodded, "My Lord, these lip balms are indeed the lip balms given away from my shop."

As she spoke, she picked up one of the boxes, unwrapped it, turned the bottom of the lip balm bottle over, pointed at the bottom and said, "Please see, sir, all the items in my shop that are given away as gifts will have the words 'not for sale' engraved on the bottom of the bottle as a mark."

The bailiff turned the bottom of the lip balm bottle over and showed it to the county magistrate. Indeed, the three words were engraved on it, but they were very small and could not be seen without careful observation.

After confirming that the lip balm came from the rouge shop, Hang Shuheng suggested: "Sir, since the lip balm has been found, let's ask the doctor to come and test for poison!"

"Okay." The county magistrate waved his hand and asked the bailiff to summon the doctor.

Soon the doctor arrived and tested the recovered lip balm for poison, and the result was that all of them were non-toxic.

When Mei heard this, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

fortunately! fortunately!

If this batch of lip balm also contains a deadly poison, and someone gets hurt after using it, she will be held responsible even if it was not her fault.

"The Mei's Rouge Shop was closed for a while a while ago and has only reopened in the past few days. Many people have received lip balm as gifts. Why is other people's lip balm non-toxic, but yours is poisonous? Why is that?" Hang Shuheng said, not giving the other party too much time to think, and then continued: "Could it be that you put poison in the lip balm to frame the Rouge Shop?"

"You, you're talking nonsense, we, we didn't." The old woman retorted loudly in panic.

The husband of the deceased was also losing his temper at this time. He fell to the ground and kowtowed to the county magistrate, saying, "Sir, please help me! My wife died unjustly, and her body is still warm. Not only do they not repent, but they are also suspicious. I beg you to uphold justice and let my wife rest in peace."

Hang Shuheng continued, "I think you are right. Your wife did die in an unclear manner. You should give her justice."

The mother and son did not expect that Hang Shuheng would agree with them. They were stunned for a moment, and then they heard him suggest to the county magistrate: "Sir, since they want to find out the truth, why not invite the coroner to come to the court and perform an autopsy?"

The county magistrate was just watching the fun today. He was too lazy to put in the effort to figure out the situation, so since someone could do it for him, he was happy to do it. He just waved his hand and asked someone to summon the coroner to the court.

Soon, the coroner arrived.

Hang Shuheng bowed to him and said, "Please perform an autopsy on the deceased and find out the real cause of death."

The coroner didn't say much. After bowing to the county magistrate, he followed Hang Shuheng's instructions, lifted the white cloth, and performed an autopsy on the deceased in court.

On the day of the incident, the county magistrate also asked a doctor to examine the case, and confirmed that the deceased died of arsenic. The lip balm from Mei's rouge shop also contained arsenic, which is highly toxic. The county magistrate could only temporarily detain Mei and seal up the rouge shop. Other more detailed issues were not investigated in detail at that time.

The county magistrate originally wanted to sort out his thoughts before starting the investigation, but he did not expect that in the evening of that day, Zhou Huan, a close friend of the prefect, would come and put pressure on him.

Others do not know that this shopkeeper Zhou is the fourth master of the Cheng'en Marquisate in the capital, but he knows it. Even if he does not give face to the prefect, he has to give face to the Cheng'en Marquisate.

Besides, Shopkeeper Zhou didn't give him any difficult problems. He just needed to handle the case impartially during the trial. He didn't need to worry about the investigation.

He was happy to have a leisurely time.

The fact that the owner of a small rouge shop could get the personal attention of Manager Zhou really surprised the county magistrate.

At this moment, everyone's attention was on the coroner, only the county magistrate was looking at Mei who was kneeling below.

He is neither humble nor arrogant, neither impatient nor irritable, and his emotions seem to be quite stable, at least on the surface.

Could it be that Shopkeeper Zhou has some thoughts about this person?

But that shouldn't be the case! This woman is a divorced woman with a bad reputation. What kind of woman does Shopkeeper Zhou want? Would he want a divorced woman?

The county magistrate, who was full of inner thoughts, immediately denied his guess and shifted his attention to the main business.

Before, the body was covered with a white cloth, so people didn't think it was a big deal. But now that the white cloth has been lifted, the body of the deceased is exposed to everyone, and it suddenly feels a little creepy.

Some of the timid ones covered their eyes and dared not to look.

After being questioned by Hang Shuheng just now, the husband and mother-in-law of the deceased no longer had the complacency and confidence they had on the first day in court.

They watched the coroner examine the body of the deceased, but couldn't make out anything.

The more unknown it is, the more frightened they feel. The coroner has been busy for so long, right?

But the person did die from arsenic. No matter how much the coroner examines, can he find out anything else?

Thinking of this, they felt a lot more relieved.

When people are nervous and anxious, they always feel that time passes slowly, as if after a long wait, the coroner finally finished his work and covered the deceased with white cloth again.

"Your Excellency, the deceased did die from arsenic..."

The mother and son were secretly delighted when they heard this. They interrupted the coroner before he finished speaking and said to the county magistrate, "Sir, since it has been proven that my wife was poisoned by the arsenic in the lip balm she used, please give me justice and give my wife justice."

The coroner glanced at him unhappily and sneered, "When did I ever say that the deceased was poisoned by lip balm mixed with arsenic?"

The old woman was unhappy and shouted at the coroner, "What do you mean? You said that my daughter-in-law was poisoned by arsenic, right? The lip balm sent by the rouge shop was mixed with arsenic, and my daughter-in-law was poisoned after using the lip balm. How can you say that my daughter-in-law was not poisoned by the lip balm?"

The county magistrate was also a little confused, so he asked, "Xie the coroner, what is going on? Please explain it to me."