The daughter of a noble family is reborn, and she is doted on by her godmother.

Not only Yun Yuke, but all five of them also chatted together while copying.

Yun Qingjin had never encountered a murder case like this before.

In my past life, all I saw were domestic squabbles and the mundane details of daily life, like firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea.

There are no cases or anything like that... absolutely none.

Of course, when Zhu Ling was distributing the case files, he specifically gave Yun Qingjin one of the missing persons cases to prevent the child from coming into direct contact with bloody things.

Yun Qingjin listened to what they were saying during their conversation and didn't seem to find anything wrong with it.

"Sister Yun, please don't leave yet. I'd like to hear your opinions as well."

Zhu Ling unfolded a large sheet of Xuan paper and, just like a few days ago, listed the relevant information on it.

"Coroner Li Fu died suddenly at home in the fourth year of the Ba Ye era, which is two years ago. I have seen the relevant documents of the prefect in the relevant documents of his death. It says that he died suddenly from an illness. Moreover, since it was summer in Changgan City at that time, the document says that in case of the spread of disease, Coroner Li's body was directly burned."

"Heh, it's obvious there's something fishy going on here." Xing Xiaoyu scoffed. "The local custom is burial. Even if Coroner Li has no family, the government wouldn't just destroy the body when handling it. This is clearly to prevent anyone from investigating."

Everyone in the room nodded.

“Let’s leave this for now, since we really can’t find any evidence. Unless this coroner confesses to me.” Zhu Ling wrote “Coroner Li” on the paper and then drew a box around his name.

"Coroner Li left behind a total of seven files. Apart from the files related to the deaths of the two prefects that Wan Qing collected, the remaining five files are arranged according to the time of the incidents, namely—"

As Zhu Ling wrote, she narrated:

"The first incident occurred in the first year of the reign of Emperor Ba Ye. The deceased was Shen Zhicheng, the manager of the Wufu Silver Shop. According to the coroner Li's records, the cause of death was that after a long period of starvation, he suddenly ate too much food without restraint."

"Died from overeating? This..."

"The case file says that this Manager Shen had just returned from outside before he died. He was disheveled and looked very sorry for himself, as if he had been robbed by bandits and had only managed to escape back to the capital. Unexpectedly, after escaping and returning to the city, he ate too much at once and died from overeating."

Yun Qingjin's mouth dropped open; she never expected to die in such a way.

Seeing the child's surprised expression, Yun Yuke added, "Qingqing, remember this well: eating too much can also cause problems."

"Qingqing understands."

"So what are the suspicious points in this case?" Liu Zhou'er asked.

Xing Xiaoyu continued the narrative. "Let me explain. The coroner Li analyzed that Shen Zhicheng usually hires many bodyguards when he goes out, but coincidentally, he did not bring any guards this time. This is one of the suspicious points."

"The second point of doubt is that even if it is strange to be robbed when you go out, wouldn't your family members be more restrained when you get home? How could that be? It just so happens that there is nothing strange about your family members. Judging from their appearance, it seems that they just didn't serve you well and accidentally let the master of the house overeat."

The family's reaction is strange. There's definitely something wrong.

"I copied the second case. It was the case of Boss Jin from Yunmo Study. The case occurred at the end of the second year of Ba Ye."

"The specific situation is that Mr. Jin's family reported to the government office that Mr. Jin had not returned home all night, and his body was later found by the river outside the city. The cause of death was drowning after getting drunk. The government office found Mr. Jin's personal satchel and a jar of wine by the river. There was only a little wine left in the jar. When they went to the wine shop to inquire, Mr. Jin did indeed buy a jar of wine."

"This doesn't seem to be a problem." Yun Qingjin had also been participating in the discussion, and after hearing what these people were saying, she was also thinking about these situations herself.

"The suspicious point recorded by the coroner is that Manager Jin's route is problematic. When Manager Jin goes out to purchase goods, he usually goes through the east and west gates. If he goes east, he goes towards Cangnan Town, and if he goes west, he can go to Xin'an City or the capital."

"Both of these points align with our assessment of Manager Jin's business practices. Manager Jin's body was found in the south of the city, and he didn't plan to go out to buy goods that day. Furthermore, he wasn't a heavy drinker, so how could he possibly be carrying a jar of wine to the riverbank to drink?"

The four people in the room nodded in agreement; it was indeed a bit strange.

Zhu Ling continued, "Coroner Li made a special record. If the body could be examined in detail, it should be possible to determine whether it was an accidental drowning or whether the person was held underwater. As usual, the body was taken back by the family and buried directly."

"Can't we perform an autopsy?" Yun Qingjin asked, confused.

“His family wouldn’t allow it, and Marquis Ankang also got involved. Marquis Ankang said that Manager Jin was originally one of his stewards, and he did a good job. As a reward, Marquis Ankang gave him a sum of money to make a living on his own.”

"It's that Marquis of Ankang again."

"That concludes the second case." Zhu Ling finished writing down the relevant details on the paper and then looked at Yun Yuke.

Yun Yuke nodded. "The third case should be the one I have in hand, the death of an embroiderer. This case seems relatively simple."

Seeing that Zhu Ling had been speaking for a long time, Yun Yuke spoke up for someone else. "Let me speak."

"The third case involves Bai, an embroiderer who made a living by embroidering and selling her work. Her case occurred at the beginning of the third year of the Ba Ye era. The coroner, Li, recorded the details as follows—"

"The deceased's husband, Jiang Jiu, went out to work that day. When he returned home in the evening, he found his wife dead at home. It was probably not suicide, because his wife was sitting at the embroidery table with several finished embroidery pieces in front of her."

Yun Yuke also specifically mentioned something, "I noticed that there was a piece of embroidery stained with blood in the file of this coroner, Li. It must have been blood spurted out when he was dying."

This is also a key piece of evidence. Coroner Li is quite capable, managing to keep such a thing. However, perhaps Coroner Li is unable to investigate it in more detail and can only put it away for now.

"This embroiderer's skill was only so-so. If she were still alive, I might buy her embroidery. She could work for me if she wanted. It's a pity she passed away so young."

Yun Yuke shook her head and continued, "The main reason for the doubts recorded by the coroner was that he couldn't figure out why the embroiderer died. It was the same situation. Although Bai's husband came to report the case first, he immediately refused when he heard that his wife had to be taken back for a detailed investigation. He held onto his wife's body and wouldn't let go. Then he withdrew the case, so the case was not pursued."

"Coroner Li even wrote that he had taken a look at Bai's body and found that it showed some initial signs of poisoning, but as he said before, there was no way to examine the body in detail, so the matter had to be dropped."

"Poisoned?"