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Chapter 1 First Show of Strength

Several boats docked at Qingzhou Pier, and there were crowds of people; the shouts of boatmen and the cries of vendors could be heard all the time.

"Watch your step!"

"Be careful with our goods! If they get damaged, you'll have to pay for them!"

“Sesame glutinous rice balls and small wontons, you can get whatever you want!”

A cute maid with a dumpling face jumped down from the deck. She stood motionless in front of the small wonton stall with two big bundles on her shoulders. She swallowed her saliva and said loudly: "Miss, I'm so hungry. Let's have a bowl of wontons before we eat."

Walk?"

Yun Xi from behind showed a smile, her little pear dimple was beautiful and sweet: "Good Qingguo, why don't you hurry up? If you wait too late, you will miss the job interview."

"Okay, miss," Qingguo rubbed his belly sadly.

The master and the servant were asking about how to get to the Chasi Yamen. Zhang Sheng, who was riding in the same boat, happened to pass by. He also wanted to go to the Yamen and offered to guide the two of them.

On the way, Zhang Sheng glanced at Yun Xi's master and servant from time to time, and couldn't understand why two cute little girls had to work in such a dirty business.

"Here we are," Zhang Sheng pointed to the small side door in front of us half a quarter of an hour later: "I wish the girl good luck in taking the exam."

"Thank you, sir." Master Yun Xi and Zhang Sheng said goodbye.

Yun Xi's clear eyes turned to the nearby Yamen of Anchasi, and she secretly vowed in her heart that she must try to stay in Qingzhou as an Yamen today.

Qingguo was ordered to stay in the outer courtyard, while Yunxi went to the inner courtyard alone to take the exam.

The inner courtyard was more than ten feet square and was crowded with more than a dozen people who had come for the interview. There was a main room in the middle with a corpse placed on it, which seemed to be today's interview question.

Yun Xi greeted everyone's astonishing gazes by nodding and smiling.

"Hey, the person who came to interview us today seems to be a high-ranking official!"

Someone whispered something in a low voice, and then the bolder ones started chatting: "Master Lu is the living king of hell who oversees the Inspectorate! He's very strict!"

"It's not like the department has no employees, so why are we recruiting new ones?"

"It's not because of the big case in Qingzhou, but because I want to find a new face to solve the case..."

Yun Xi also wanted to find out what the locals said: "I heard that Mr. Lu will be transferred to the capital after solving the Qingzhou case. Is it true?"

"The little girl is well-informed! Mr. Lu has been transferred to the Criminal Department!"

Yun Xi wanted to ask more, but a middle-aged master with a thin figure and serious features walked out of the main room and interrupted everyone's discussion with a loud voice:

"Everyone, please be quiet. I am Ren Danqing, the master of Chasi Yamen, presiding over today's interview. We will evaluate according to today's registration list."

In other words, she is the last one.

Yun Xi clenched her fists nervously.

"Zhao Yuanzhi." Master Ren shouted.

A burly man squeezed out of the crowd and roughly cut open the corpse's abdominal cavity.

Yun Xi could tell at a glance that this "corpse" was not made of human skin, but made of pig skin... The five internal organs in the abdomen were also fake!

"We made a dummy out of pig skin and pig water, but the condition of the body is the same as that of the deceased, so it does not affect the autopsy." Master Ren touched his mustache to clear up everyone's doubts.

In less than two breaths, the strong man came to the conclusion: "Master, the deceased was drowned!"

"No more?"

The strong man was confused: "What else?"

"Eliminate!" Master Ren waved the strong man with an incomprehensible look to retreat.

"The next one is Du Cai'er."

The second interviewer is a woman.

After a while, Du Cai'er said that the deceased had been poisoned before his death, but could not tell what kind of poison he was poisoned with.

Master Ren's eyes were full of regret, and he glanced at the screen imperceptibly: "Next one."

His behavior did not escape Yun Xi's eyes, and she tilted her head curiously. Why did the master have to look at the screen carefully before eliminating one person? Could it be...

"Next."

"disuse!"

"Wrong answer!"



Those who said that the deceased was drowned and only concluded that there was water in the lungs were eliminated without exception; those who said that the deceased was poisoned but could not explain anything were also eliminated; and those who guessed that the deceased was poisoned but could not describe the scene of the poisoning were also eliminated.



Therefore, no one can accurately say the cause of death of the "corpse".

"The last one, Yun Xi." Master Ren exhaled, wanting to end the interview quickly and soothe his head that was swollen by the smell of pig meat.

It was finally her turn.

Yun Xi held the tool and stepped forward to salute.

Master Ren looked at Yun Xi suspiciously. The little girl had beautiful features, peach blossom eyes as clear as water, and her skirt was light as she walked... It looked more like the daughter of some family was out for a spring outing.

"Do you really know how to do an autopsy?"

"Yes." Yun Xi nodded seriously.

He knows how to fart and make nonsense!

Master Ren said with a serious face: "Then let's get started."

Yun Xi pulled out a set of homemade sheepskin gloves and put them on, then looked through the body carefully.

Yun Xi had already discovered several problems when the previous interviewer performed the autopsy on the body. She only needed to confirm the cause of death of the "corpse".

"Master Ren, the civilian girl's test has been completed."

Master Ren hadn't even taken a sip of tea into his mouth, and his eyes widened: "So fast?"

Yun Xi nodded.

Having no hope for Yun Xi at first, Master Ren said sadly: "Just tell me."

"The deceased did die of drowning."

Master Ren had a "Sure enough" expression on his face and immediately raised his hand: "Eliminate..."

"The civilian girl hasn't finished speaking yet," Yun Xi retorted.

Master Ren's patience had already won, and he suppressed his temper and said coldly: "It wasn't right at the beginning, what else do you want to say?"

"The deceased was indeed poisoned before his death, the blue ring poison."

Yun Xi accurately mentioned the poison, and Master Ren felt happy, but he complained calmly on his face: "You are so young, why are you gasping for breath while talking? Keep talking!"

Now I don't want to shout about eliminating her.

Yun Xi couldn't help laughing.

"There was water in the lungs of the deceased, but the amount of water was too small, indicating that the deceased was in a coma or dying state when he fell into the water. In addition, the stomach wall of the deceased was blue and there was wine in the stomach, which proves that the deceased had drank with others and used alcohol before his death.

After being comatose from food containing 'blue ring' poison, he was thrown into the river and drowned."

As Yun Xi spoke, she pointed at her lungs and stomach, gesturing to Master Ren to look at them.

Master Ren held his nose and moved closer to the lungs and stomach of the "corpse".

Yes, there is a small amount of water in the lungs. A person who usually dies from drowning should not have this amount of water in the lungs, but it would be appropriate if the "corpse" is in a coma or near death.

The inner wall of the stomach has a faint silvery blue color mixed with blood and flesh, which you can't tell unless you look carefully.

Master Ren hurried away after reading it. The pig's water smelled too bad.

"What inferences can be drawn about the murderer?"

"The deceased's clothes were clean and there were no external injuries on his body. Although it is possible that the murderer planned to poison and kill, we cannot rule out the possibility of accidental poisoning and then being hastily drowned in panic. Therefore, the people who drank with the deceased that night, ate

All the shopkeepers are suspected." Yun Xi said humbly.

Master Ren couldn't help but be happy anymore, and asked earnestly: "Girl, will we serve as Chasi? All food and lodging are included, and half a tael of silver per month!"

It turned out that the deceased had fainted after eating poisoned game while attending a banquet. The panicked restaurant owner and the merchants who were drinking together, fearing that they would be blamed, teamed up and threw the still-living deceased into the river.

Three days later, the body was recovered and the case was solved.

The two criminals didn't know until after they were arrested that the game was poisonous, which could cause hallucinations at worst and cause fainting and death at worst.

At this moment, Master Ren was the only one left in the room. Yun Xi asked what was in his heart: "After joining the Ancha Division...is there any chance of being transferred to the capital?"

Master Ren glanced at the screen subconsciously: "It should be... yes?"
Chapter completed!
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