A female coroner arrived at the Jingzhao Prefecture.

Chapter 48 Unbelievable Clues
Song Shuyu and Mu Qingcheng returned to the council hall, where everyone had been waiting for a long time.

Registrar Zhang Xingzhong questioned all the people who had entered and exited Yuntai Temple the day before, as well as the monks of Yuntai Temple, and extracted a few suspicious clues from a large amount of useless information.

"Your Excellency, on the night of the Ghost Festival, someone encountered a ghost in Yong'an Lane."

"What the hell?"

Song Shuyu had just picked up his teacup, intending to take a sip, when he heard these words, his fingers trembled, and he almost spilled the teacup!

Everyone in the hall was dumbfounded!

Mu Qingcheng's brow twitched, and she asked in a tight voice, "What exactly happened? Who saw it? What did that ghost look like?"

Although her unusual behavior was subtle, Song Shuyu noticed it and gently comforted her, saying, "Coroner Mu, talk of ghosts and gods is all superstitious nonsense and should not be believed."

"I understand, but I just want to know what that ghost was doing in Yong'an Lane." Mu Qingcheng tried her best to calm herself down, as the name Yong'an Lane was too sensitive for her.

Song Shuyu said nothing more and gestured for Zhang, the registrar, to continue.

Zhang, the registrar, said, "The person who claimed to have encountered a ghost was the night watchman, Luo Baoshan. That night, when Luo Baoshan was passing through Yong'an Lane, it was exactly midnight. He was beating the night watchman's drum and shouting his work song, but every time he shouted, he heard an echo, which had never happened before. He found it very strange, so he went from house to house to check if anyone was playing a prank on him. As he was checking, he saw a white shadow float past his eyes and finally float into a house. He pressed his ear to the door to listen for any sounds, and then he heard the sound of a child crying from inside. He was startled and lit a lantern on the lintel. It turned out to be the Mu residence, which had been abandoned and uninhabited for many years!"

Mu Qingcheng had difficulty breathing and felt as if her body had been struck by acupoints, rendering her unable to move.

"Luo Baoshan was terrified and fell ill after returning home. The day before yesterday, he went to Yuntai Temple to pray for peace."

After finishing his report, Zhang presented the case file to Song Shuyu and added his personal opinion, "Although Luo Baoshan's account is quite detailed, I questioned the people in other residences in Yong'an Lane, and they all said they had never heard any unusual sounds or seen that white figure. Therefore, I believe that all of this may be Luo Baoshan's imagination. After all, the Ghost Festival is the day when the gates of hell are wide open. He may have been having some wild thoughts, which made his eyesight blurry and caused him to hallucinate."

“The Ghost Festival is two months after the day of the incident, so it shouldn’t be related,” Lin, the clerk, replied. Song Shuyu then asked for the opinions of others, and they all felt that even if there were ghosts, they would be completely unrelated to the case and wouldn’t count as clues.

Only Mu Qingcheng remained silent, resting her chin on her elbow, seemingly lost in thought.

Song Shuyu summoned Song Li, whispered a few words to him, and then Song Li quickly left.

The proceedings continued.

While reviewing the case file, Song Shuyu asked, "Any other clues?"

Zhang, the registrar, said, "The young monk Yuanbao from Yuntai Temple told me something unbelievable. About three months ago, a female benefactor donated one hundred taels of silver as incense money to offer herself an ever-burning lamp at the Changsheng Temple."

Everyone was stunned once again!

"Eternal lamps are offered for deceased relatives and friends. Why would someone offer an eternal lamp while they are still alive?"

"Yeah, who lights an everlasting lamp for themselves?"

The clues collected by Registrar Zhang were all increasingly chilling. Registrar Zhang also sighed, "After Yuanbao finished telling the story, I didn't believe it either. I even went to the Temple of Longevity to look for it myself. As a result, there really was a longevity tablet with the words: 'Huang Yiyi, will die in the future!'"

The final day of the competition! I need all kinds of support! Let's give it our all!

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