Xu Jing has always respected those who are diligent and eager to learn. Upon hearing this, she looked toward the forensic doctor and said with a faint smile, "I'm boiling bones not to probe the cause of death of the deceased."
The forensic doctor was taken aback. If not to find out the cause of death, then for what?
Xu Jing redirected her gaze to the bones quietly lying at the bottom of the pot and said, "The things I asked Huang the forensic doctor to find, has he found them?"
This forensic doctor, surnamed Huang, is a gatekeeper at a Yizhuang outside the city. Forensic work is considered lowly, and few people are willing to take it up, especially those with skills. Many small counties don't have a dedicated forensic doctor, so during autopsies, they can only temporarily recruit those with a sound understanding of corpses, often turning to livestock sellers or Yizhuang workers as their first choice.
