Chapter 91 - 57 - s: Petals in the Corpse
Ran Yan’s petite face was mostly covered by a mask, revealing only her eyebrows and eyes. The seriousness in her dark eyes as she examined the horrific corpse could be unsettling to those who didn’t appreciate such intensity. However, Xiao Song simply watched indifferently, the corners of his lips upturned in a faint smile.
"The autopsy shows the blood is still fluid, dark red in color, with congestion in all the organs and petechiae under the organ capsules," Ran Yan swiftly conducted the examination, focusing on the lungs and upper respiratory tract, "There is residual blood in the respiratory tract, likely because the deceased involuntarily inhaled the blood from facial injuries due to lack of oxygen while hanging."
Ran Yan meticulously checked all the internal organs and did not find any injuries caused by external forces.
After completing the autopsy, Ran Yan’s gaze lingered on Cui Mei’s delicate pale hands, still wearing that jade bracelet, her nails trimmed neatly and covered in dancong, all very short. Ran Yan guessed it might be because one nail had broken, so she had trimmed them all to the same length.
"There were no signs of a struggle, resistance, or fighting in the deceased before death, and there were no injuries on the body’s surface or internal organs caused by external forces; the cause of death is determined to be self-hanging. The facial cuts are neat, the skin is everted, and there is a slight inflammation, which occurred before death. If it were post-mortem, the cuts would be neat, but the skin wouldn’t evert, nor would there be any inflammation..." Ran Yan straightened up and summarized her judgement.
Xiao Song suddenly interrupted her, "What is inflammation?"
Ran Yan looked at him quietly, struggling to organize words that the ancient people could understand, and spoke after a moment, "Inflammation, commonly known as getting inflamed, occurs when the skin is injured and then gets infected by pathogens, leading to symptoms like redness, heat, and pain at the wound."
"What are pathogens?" Xiao Song asked again.