The coroner's expertise in Yijia Town was beyond question. Within the space of a cup of tea, the autopsies for the nine most recently deceased bodies near the corpse pit were complete.
"Commoners, seven males and two females. Time of death ranges from six months to twenty days ago. Five died from poisoning, four were killed by bladed weapons. There is no residual spiritual energy on any of the bodies, so the attacker was also a mortal. Judging by the cut marks, it should be a kitchen knife. The poison used is also very simple—arsenic. The nine bodies had no valuables on them, so it is most likely a murder for money. As for how many skeletons are actually buried in the pit, we won't know until the entire excavation is finished. Furthermore, many of the skeletons are of great age, likely decades old, so I will need more time to examine them." The coroner briefly reported the autopsy results to Liu Yiyuan and Mi Quebi.
After hearing the results, Liu Yiyuan and Mi Quebi exchanged a glance, and Liu Yiyuan said, "It is most likely this Xiaoliu Village."
Chapter 24