Song Ning stood in front of the table with a black cloth, looking at everyone and talking.

"As we all know, ten days ago we fished out seven human heads in the pond. and roughly made out six pairs of arms, thigh bones and pelvic bones. ”

"The seven heads should each have seven pairs of legs and arms, but now the number is obviously wrong, and we will continue to look for it in the future.

She paused slightly, and then reminded everyone: "There are timid old men, women and children who watch as they please!" ”

Many people covered one eye to look secretly, some mothers held their children in their arms, but they were reluctant to leave, and some men had an expression of not being afraid of heaven and earth.

Song Ning uncovered the black cloth.

Seven gray-white human skulls were lined up, not hideous, but terrifying.

A burst of screams erupted in the crowd, and even several adults who were accustomed to seeing the world were so frightened that they staggered their gazes, pretending to admire the moss creeping through the bluestone slabs.

The man who was still bold just now also hurriedly covered his eyes.

After a while, everyone gradually got used to the picture and looked at it a little bit.

Behind the skull, there is a large burden, and there are many bones tied in the baggage.

Some are long, some are short, some are tied, and some are wrapped in cloth.

"These are human bones, and the officer has cleaned them up." After she finished speaking, Lu Qingqing put a bag of human bones on the ground in the middle, spread black cloth and placed them one by one.

Song Ning said: "These bones have also been firmly examined by the official, but because this case is very large, and there will be more people involved, so the official invited all the adults in the court and the central government to listen to the trial yesterday, and also asked everyone to watch and participate in the trial together to avoid mistakes and mistakes." ”

"Now I will leave it to all the overseers, and this official will piece together these bones in front of everyone!"

Everyone was shocked and suspicious, and someone asked, "My lord, do you want to fight bones?" ”

"Found a man's bones?" Someone asked Song Ning.

Song Ning said: "I don't have such a great ability!" ”

She had no instruments, and she didn't have the ability to make out bones with the naked eye.

It's right to think about it, and the surprise is a little less.

Several adults sitting there also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, if this is really spelled out, it will be too powerful.

Everyone looked at it, and saw Song Ning walking around with a human skull, and introduced to everyone: "It is actually very simple to distinguish gender and age from the skull. For example, this skull has a bumpy bone surface, a thick skull wall, a significant protrusion between the eyebrows, and a large face. The mandible is more masculinized, thicker and heavier, and the mandible is higher. ”

She explained to everyone how to tell age and gender from the shape of the skull, because what she was going to do next was not easy to understand, and if she didn't explain it in advance, she would be questioned afterwards because no one understood.

"This is the skull of a man. So how to determine his age, can be estimated from the cracks in the skull and his teeth. This skull is more pronounced......"

She explained the degree of healing of the coronal suture in combination with the degree of grinding in the teeth.

"Therefore, the age of this person before his death should be between twenty-five and thirty-five years old, and an adult man, judging from the damage to his teeth and the care of his teeth, was not rich in his life, or even poor."

"This is the message this human skull, for me." Song Ning showed it to everyone, "If you want to learn to work or peers, welcome to learn." ”

"Of course, you can also ask questions." Song Ning was extremely generous and invited interested people to observe and learn.

No one understands, no one can ask questions, and no one dares to come forward to learn.

"Everyone understands, then the official will continue." Song Ning posted the Song Yuan Shi record information she said on the skull she had just explained, and continued to explain it again.

She was not in a hurry, and everyone was not afraid, and listened to her very carefully, as if she was listening to her husband in class.

Even the adults who were sitting listened very carefully and thought along with her.

With seven skulls explained, she placed them all side by side on a table with a message.

"These are the identification and information of the seven skulls, arranged by age and tooth state."

Everyone can see it, and it's not messy.

Song Ning walked to the ground again, picked up a leg bone, and said to everyone: "There is no way to calculate the age from these bones, and the official can only make a rough patchwork from the appearance." ”

In the bones of the body, the age of the pubic bone is accurate first, and there is a big error in the identification of other bones, even if there is an instrument.

She doesn't have this ability at the moment, so it's more convenient to extrapolate from a comprehensive analysis without wasting time or struggling.

In the past ten days, she had patched and marked the bones, so she was fast when she crouched on the ground and began to put her limbs together.

Finally put on the head.

"It's a pity that only three of them have a relatively high fit, but they are also seriously missing."

Everyone looked at the black cloth spread on the ground, and looked at Song Ning half-kneeling on it, wearing gloves and doing these things cautiously and in awe, and there was an inexplicable respect in their hearts.

The trial of the case by the officials is an internal matter, but the autopsy by the officials themselves is not, and Song Ning not only did it all, but also did it very well and did it again in front of everyone in order not to leave any doubts.

It's not her performance and sneering, it's a responsible attitude.

There may be no doubt about a case now, but in five or ten years, if someone wants to verify it again, who will be able to reproduce the case?

So, what she is doing at the moment is too important.

In the crowd, a child whispered: "Mother, I want to be a servant when I grow up!" ”

"When you have the opportunity to ask the adults if they accept apprentices, don't make any noise, the adults are doing things." His mother said.

The child stopped talking and watched Song Ning do things very seriously.

"I don't know whose origin the remaining bones belonged to, and I can't confirm whether they belong to the skull we got from the same person." Song Ning and regret.

Someone asked, "What now, my lord?" There's still no way to add more evidence. ”

Quan Xinsheng stood expressionlessly, looking at Song Ning with an expression of watching a play.

No matter how good the discernment is, what can it be? Nothing proves.

"Shh Lu Miaomiao whispered to the person who spoke, "This is just the beginning, everyone is not allowed to quarrel!" ”

His tiger-headed expression was very serious, and everyone suddenly became more serious and solemn.

"The human body has language, and even after death, the body will leave us with many last words and messages, and so are the bones." Song Ning stood in front of the table and held up the first skull for everyone to see, "Eyes, noses, mouths, teeth, even if they have been disposed of after death, as long as the bones are still there, they can speak to us." ”

Song Ning continued: "Just now he told the official how old he is this year, now let's ask him how he looked when he was alive!" ”

After she finished speaking, everyone was stunned, and Chai Siting asked, "How do you ask about your appearance before death?" ”

If you want to identify age from bones, although it is rare, it can be understood, after all, it is still within the scope of their understanding, but the appearance before death makes people feel incredible.

"Skull restoration." After Song Ning finished speaking, Lu Qingqing put the clay that had been moved over a long time ago beside her.

These muds are the mud of the official kiln, which is different from ordinary mud.

Song Ning held up a skull and said to everyone: "The skull restores its appearance." ”

Everyone's eyes were surprised, and the person who was going to do something didn't go when he heard this, and stood in place to watch Song Ning do things.

"Isn't this just pinching mud?" A child asked curiously, and his parent replied, "Adults are definitely not pinching mud, don't talk nonsense." ”

"But it looks like pinching mud." The child's talking kung fu, Song Ning has already begun.

Each piece of clay will be constantly adjusted.

Thousands of people gathered at the T-shaped intersection, from the first-class officials of the imperial court to the people of dawn, countless pairs of eyes fell on those hands.

"Old Song Ge, little Lord Song...... Who did you learn from? Chai Siting's eyes never left Song Ning, his body fell to Song Yanxu's side, and asked him curiously.

Song Yanxu was also very serious, he coughed, and replied: "I haven't studied seriously, this kid likes it and is smart, maybe ...... Maybe he has some talent. ”

"The talent is true, otherwise how would I want to learn this." Chai Siting replied.

Song Yanxu smiled awkwardly.

Song Ning has forgotten a lot of knowledge, and the work in her hands is also very rusty, in the past ten days, she has practiced many times, so now do it again, it will be fast and proficient.

Quan Xinsheng looked at the skull in Song Ning's hand that was constantly being added with "flesh and blood" in disbelief, and his heart gradually began to lose its bottom.

He looked at Su Zi'an, Su Zi'an was also staring at the desktop, as if he felt that his eyes were also looking at him, and the two of them looked at each other's eyes, both full of questions.

Can this be restored?

After the crowd, Tan Ren and Tian Fuxing said hello and wanted to go back to talk back to Zhao Chi, Tian Fuxing pulled him and said, "Don't worry, you wait for this skull to have results, and you will come back." ”

"Yes, yes, you have a point." Tan Ren didn't move again, and stood where he was and continued to watch.

A quarter of an hour later, the skull that was still oozing suddenly had "flesh and blood", and gradually became vivid.

(End of chapter)