Bodies unlike the others

Prefect hurriedly led Shen Shixu and the others to the autopsy room at the back. The moment he pushed open the door, the stench of rotting flesh hit them, enough to make anyone gag.

It was Jiang Bin's first time seeing corpses, and he could not stomach it. At the smell, he clapped a hand over his mouth and ran outside to vomit. Zhang Ming fared a little better, but his face was still so green that he looked like a stalk of spinach come to life.

Seeing that he could barely stand it but was still forcing himself to stay, Shen Shixu sighed inwardly. "Zhang Ming, if you really can't take it, go outside with Jiang Bin and get some air. Don't force yourself."

Only after hearing that did Zhang Ming relax. Like Jiang Bin, he covered his mouth and ran outside to vomit.

Commandery Governor Xu Guangyi and Wu Dazhi, the Prefect of Qu City, looked at Shen Shixu's unchanging expression, then thought of Jiang Bin and Zhang Ming, who had just run out to vomit. No wonder he had become Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review at such a young age.

When they had first started investigating cases, it had taken them a long time to dare approach corpses. This vice minister had supposedly only been promoted this year. How long had it been, and he could already face bodies without flinching!

The younger generation really was overtaking the old, each generation stronger than the last. Old fellows like them were due to be left behind.

Still, musings aside, there was work to be done. Xu Guangyi pointed at the four bodies laid out in the autopsy room. "We've examined most of the bodies. The manservants and maids all had sword wounds. Some were killed