Chapter 43: Inspecting the Bones: The Rapist
Inside the coffin lay a small girl’s naked and headless carcass. Her body was covered with knife wounds and whip lacerations and had turned white from soaking in water. It emitted a rotten odor.
The human head placed beside the corpse was even more hideous to look at. The facial features had been chopped off, and the spiritual root behind the brain extracted, leaving only messy hair behind. It was impossible to determine the girl’s former appearance.
“Lord Wan, where was this small girl’s corpse found, and what was the situation?” Ye Jiuge asked solemnly.
“A San Dao Wan villager found the body next to the river. We were able to identify your Ye Residence by the words’ Ye Ruyi’ engraved on the longevity lock in the corpse’s possession.” After speaking, Wan Ziyang took out a wooden tray. Inside, there were five exquisite accessories, all of which belonged to a girl.
Among them was a longevity lock made from antique silver engraved with a design of two flowers growing from the same base. On the back of the lock were the words: Ye Ruyi.
“This longevity lock is indeed from our Ye Residence,” Ye Yuxuan frowned and said.
He had commissioned an artisan to design the longevity lock for the female descendants in his house. Although he had not cherished Ye Ruyi, she was still his daughter, so she had received one of these longevity locks.
Ye Jiuge did not question further. She opened her Spiritual Eye and scrutinized the girl’s corpse before saying, “The estimated time of death of this seven-year-old girl is between three and five o’clock yesterday morning. Before she died, she was abused and raped. After her death, she was beheaded and immersed in water…”
The more Wan Ziyang heard, the more surprised he became. Initially, when he permitted Ye Jiuge to enter, he had just wanted to give her a chance. He had not expected her to be able to determine so much; the analysis she had provided was more complete than the coroner’s.