Chapter 23
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Chapter 4: Surrender of the army, Part 5 of 7
Gu Yun quickly picked up the dossier on the table and began to read it attentively. Su Yu, already in a fit of anger, saw how Gu Yun was ignoring him now. Finally he could not hold back his fury anymore. Grabbing back the dossier, Su Yu angrily said: "Is there any good in reading it?! This is a matter you should not meddle in!"
They have collaborated together on so many cases in the past, Qing’s autopsy methods and procedures she knew them inside out. Absolutely it was of Qing!
Suppressing the excitement in her heart, Gu Yun feigning as if nothing was amiss, casually asked: "Who wrote this autopsy report?"
Autopsy report? Su Yu glanced down at the dossier which Gu Yun read just a moment ago, originally it’s a coroner’s doc.u.ment ah! The dossier was again dropped on the low, small table, Su Yu snappily replied: "Are not those, people of the Ministry of Justice." He only read the sentence pa.s.sed by the Ministry of Justice, the outcome was he already right away got angry half to death. He did not have the mood at all to continue reading it.
A person of the Ministry of Justice? This – this cannot be true! Gu Yun continued to ask: "Are they usually written like this?"
Su Yu hesitated for a moment, how would he know how the Ministry of Justice usually writes?
Su Ren seemed to look at Gu Yun peculiarly, replied: "Today’s coroner’s report is definitely not quite the same, the use of words in the sentences is particularly &h.e.l.lip;" Pausing for a moment, he did not continue. Gu Yun finished it for him, saying: "precise and incisive."
"Right." That’s it exactly. Precise and incisive. Initially he noticed the difference, but somehow he could not come up with the right words to describe it. She unexpectedly nailed it spot on.
Could it be that in the end Qing in this different era landed herself later in the Ministry of Justice? It is not impossible at all, Gu Yun continued to ask: "Who is in charge of this case?"
"Why are you asking?" Su Yu was getting impatient, how come today she is so bothersome?!
Gu Yun shrugged her shoulders, masking her eagerness, she curiously asked: "Don’t you think that this case is dubious in numerous points?"
A hint of surprise flashed in Su Ren’s eyes, laughing, he inquired: "What made you think so?"
Unfolding the dossier, inside there were three parts of the small scroll, Gu Yun delivered her a.n.a.lysis: "The deceased was murdered inside the prison cell, and this was after he was meted out the death penalty sentence, isn’t this suspicious? The murderer is the current housekeeper of the family of the deceased. The motive of the crime is surprisingly because the master did not treat him well. The person is anyway soon to die. How deep runs the enmity, how great is the hatred to insist on and take risks personally killing someone? Moreover, the issue of theft and switching of military provisions extremely lacks basis, this kind of autopsy report, the case a.s.sertions and presentation of its conclusions—their words are inconsistent with one
Gu Yun really wondered, the case riddled with so many loopholes why did they not even think it odd, even if boorish and sloppy Su Yu didn’t find anything, but also Su Ren turning a blind eye?
Su Ren slightly lowered his head down. His face was filled with astonishment and contemplation. She merely had a cursory glance over the dossier, yet she was able to quickly identify the problems, recited her a.n.a.lysis concisely, recounting the key points clearly, as if this kind of stuff she had already dealt with countless times. What kind of a woman is she after all? Rumor has it that the Qing sisters are well endowed with beauty and talent. He was initially under the impression that the so-called "talent" is no more than excelling in poetry and music, in playing the guqin, chess, calligraphy and painting. But, she is unexpectedly skilled in military training, is she likewise good in cracking cases? This talent is really something extraordinary!
Su Ren smiled on the sly, Bing Lian’s picked mistress is someone quite unique!
Sensing Gu Yun’s sharp eyes watching him intensely, Su Ren wore a smile on his face and replied: "This case was originally closed, discovering it later to be dubious, it has been sent back to the Ministry of Justice for re-investigation. Currently the court’s chief investigative official specifically supervising prison penalties is Shan Yu Lan of the Department of Enforcement of Penalties.
Department of Enforcement of Penalties? To hold this position she reckoned his ability to solve cases and forensic skills are not inferior, muttering to herself hesitatingly for a while, Gu Yun continued and doggedly asked: "This forensic report was written by him?"
"I don’t know, perhaps." Su Ren eventually noticed that she had been continuously questioning about the so-called post-mortem examination report, could there be something fishy in it? Su Ren, not batting an eyelid, asked: "You are quite interested in the autopsy?"
Her interest on the autopsy is on account of Qing! Gu Yun calmly smiled, shaking her head, she replied: "No. I simply think this person is awesome, can you help me check out who wrote it?" If consequently Qing can be located, that would be wonderful!
"Okay." Su Ren readily nodded his head, he is now also interested in this coroner.
At last getting some news about Qing, Gu Yun’s mood cheered, thinking of this body and her two elder sisters, if Qing came along into this different era, she has also very likely entered the body of one of the sisters, seizing the opportunity Gu Yun conveniently said: "I’ve been in Qiong Yue for quite some time, I wonder how my other two sisters are getting by?"
So much time has pa.s.sed, the matter of her longing to see her sisters again is naturally understandable, and Su Yu although he does not regard well her overbearing personality, nevertheless he tried to console her, uttering, but his words still had this annoying tone, "you relax your mind a bit. One eats and drinks best inside the imperial palace, your big elder sister is unlikely suffering from ill-treatment. As for your second elder sister, you need not even worry about her. The Estate of the Prime Minister does not have a mistress yet. Lou Xi Yan is kind of a warmhearted person, no one would make things difficult for her."
So, that’s how things turned out, one entered the imperial palace, the other went to the residence of the prime minister. The sister in the imperial palace is likely difficult to visit, but not the one in the Estate of the Prime Minister perhaps!
Her mentality still on the modern era setting, Gu Yun thoughtlessly exclaimed: "the Estate of the Prime Minister should not be far away from the General Manor, I gather I can meet my second elder sister."
"Out of the question!" Su Yu sternly replied.
Gu Yun was somehow baffled, before she can refute Su Yu peremptorily spoke: "The last time I talked to you I only allowed you to roam freely within the General Manor, but not permitting you randomly going out of it. Your sister in the Estate of the Prime Minister is maybe not really a concubine. Do you think the Estate of the Prime Minister is a place you can simply enter whenever you wish? Besides, the Estate of the Prime Minister and our General Manor have no dealings with each other. Since you came to the General Manor, you’re now a person of the General Manor. In the future so long as you’re always honest your stay here in the General Manor will be all right. As for your sisters, their matters have long been out of your hands."
Gu Yun’s face grew darker the more she listened, Su Ren suspected she took offense, so he tried to explain using a low tone: "although Yu spoke somewhat harshly, but it is also the fact. Even if Prime Minister Lou is warmhearted, polite and modest, but he’s also the country’s Prime Minister, the gate to his Estate is not that easy to pa.s.s. As for the imperial palace, you have very little chance you can visit it." But if you become the wife of the country’s General, that is altogether another story! Of course, these words he cannot utter as yet.
Gu Yun nodded slowly, "I understand."
In fact, contrary to what Su Ren thought Gu Yun did not get angry because of Su Yu, but she was contemplating on her current plight. Since she came to this different era, her stay here can no longer be considered short, but her days were spent inside the General Manor, encountering a few men here and there. She also quite liked and was used to these circ.u.mstances, but to live here she considered it not good. Here’s not the place where she used to live. In this era, there’s strict hierarchy and severe s.e.xist mentality, regarding men as superior to women. She does not want to stay here. She must find Qing, and then find ways to return. She wants to be Gu Yun, and not Qing Mo!
Gu Yun slightly bowed her head, with a pensive look on her face.
Su Yu was somewhat not used to this stillness in Gu Yun, and yet he cannot bring himself to console her, he wanted second brother to say a few more comforting words. As a result he found himself unexpectedly starting to play chess by himself.
Su Yu unable to endure it growled low: "I really don’t get it, where’s the fun in playing chess alone?" He was even more this fascinated! Indeed a strange occurrence.
Su Yu’s ghost-conjuring squawk pulled back Gu Yun from her deep train of thoughts, since she has decided to find a way back, Gu Yun’s frame of mind gradually calmed down. She is just pa.s.sing through this era, that is all there is to it. There is for her no need to fit in after all. She remains her true self, she is Gu Yun.