Chapter 544 - 360: Junior Sister, You Come and Examine the Body for Me
Ran Yan made the risky decision to trust Liu Qingsong for once.
After alighting from the carriage, Ran Yan walked with her head down behind Liu Qingsong, carrying a suitcase. Along the way, few people noticed her, perhaps assuming that it wasn’t strange for the greatest forensic doctor of the Great Tang to have an apprentice.
"Long time no see, Doctor Liu. How have you been lately?" A middle-aged man’s voice asked with a hint of laughter.
Liu Qingsong had recently been involved in the Dou Siniang murder case. How could his situation be any good? The pleasantries were clearly sarcastic.
"Compared to He Sizheng, who deals with myriad responsibilities daily, I eat well, sleep well, but am slightly panicked by idleness. Here I am, utterly bored, coming to help your Ministry of Justice with the autopsy?" Liu Qingsong responded with a cheery smile.
The Ministry of Justice had been extremely busy recently. The case of Princess Baling still hung in the air, and now another complicated matter was added. Anyone with clear eyes could see the extensive connections involved, much more troublesome than the case of Princess Baling. The officials at the Ministry of Criminal Justice had just finished a batch of death penalty cases needing review and were now idly slurping watermelons under the shade, eager for entertainment, much to the annoyance of He Sizheng.
The chief judicial officer of the Ministry of Justice was the highest-ranking judicial officer directly overseeing cases or revisiting them in different regions. The Tang Code stipulated that if an official of the fifth rank or above or a noble was to be executed, it was the duty of the chief judicial officer to act as executioner.
Strictly speaking, Sun Zhen’s appearance was just to assert authority, similar to Xiao Song; both usually only supervised the revision of penal laws. However, they had all climbed their way up, and their ability to solve cases was undoubtedly exceptional, usually taking on only special cases assigned by superiors.
Now, the busiest man in the Ministry of Justice was certainly He Sizheng, and Liu Qingsong’s remark "bored to panic" really hit a nerve.
"Doctor Liu, please." He Sizheng said with a forced smile.