A female coroner arrived at the Jingzhao Prefecture.

Chapter 78 Detonating the Coffin
The mortuary has five mortuary rooms and one room for the caretaker.

The tightly closed wooden door creaked open, and a woman in her fifties, dressed in coarse linen clothes, walked out of the house with a hunched back.

Mu Qingcheng strode forward and smiled, "Grandma Yang, I'm sorry to bother you again."

"Oh, is something the matter?" Granny Yang said, glancing at the courtyard full of people dressed in official robes, her eyes narrowing. "So many people have come to deliver a corpse?"

Mu Qingcheng's smile froze for a moment, then she smiled again and replied, "Granny Yang, I no longer work as a mortician. I am a coroner from the Jingzhao Prefecture. Today, I am here on the orders of the Jingzhao Prefect to examine the body of Liu Pei, the eldest son of General Ningyuan's mansion."

"Young Master Liu?" Granny Yang's tone was slightly surprised.

Mu Qingcheng nodded, and as per custom, took out the token of the Prefect of the Capital that Song Shuyu had given her earlier, and said politely, "Please, Granny Yang, guide me."

Grandma Yang glanced at the token, then turned and took a step.

The large group was about to follow, but Mu Qingcheng raised her hand to stop them, "My lord, I can manage on my own." After saying that, she made a few hand gestures, signaling Jiang Zhan to guard the front and back gates of the mortuary.

The others were unaware of the situation.

Song Shuyu said softly, "From now on, we will all follow Mu Wu's orders!"

Jiang Zhan bowed respectfully and immediately arranged for manpower to be deployed.

Mu Qingcheng followed Granny Yang, gripping the boning knife in her hand. Granny Yang opened the fifth morgue and gestured, "The coffin by the window inside belongs to the eldest son of the Liu family."

"Thank you." Mu Qingcheng entered and casually asked with concern, "Grandma Yang, is your rheumatism any better?"

Grandma Yang lowered her eyes, glanced at her legs, and said with a smile, "Much better, thank you for your concern."

"Grandma Yang, you're too kind."

Mu Qingcheng smiled gently. As she spoke, she walked to Liu Pei's coffin and stopped. She saw that the black coffin was covered with a piece of red silk. She reached out and lifted it, then placed her palm on the coffin lid!
"Are you going to open the coffin?" Granny Yang tried to stop them. "They've been dead for a long time. If we open the coffin, it will be full of foul air and disturb the spirit. Isn't that a bad idea?"

Mu Qingcheng responded directly with her actions. She took out a face towel, tied it behind her head, then took a half step back and slapped the coffin lid with a powerful palm strike!
But the instant the coffin lid flew off, flames exploded outwards from inside the coffin with a loud "bang!", just like fireworks!
The flames engulfed the entire coffin in an instant, forcing Mu Qingcheng to retreat rapidly, thus making it impossible for her to see if there was a corpse inside!

The loud noise startled everyone waiting in the courtyard!
Without a second thought, Song Shuyu leaped forward and sped toward the morgue!

Mu Qingcheng knew that it was impossible to verify whether there was a corpse inside the coffin, so he took action to capture Granny Yang!
Unexpectedly, Granny Yang was not only skilled in martial arts, but also ruthless. She kicked the other coffins towards Liu Pei's burning coffin. Mu Qingcheng was shocked and furious, and had no choice but to rescue the others first. Granny Yang took advantage of this opportunity to climb out of the window!
"Qingcheng!"

Song Shuyu rushed in and saw flames shooting into the sky. Mu Qingcheng was still busy moving the coffin away. He grabbed her and said, "Quick, let's go!"

The constables who stayed behind reacted quickly and drew well water to put out the fire!
Meanwhile, Grandma Yang fled in a panic towards the back door!

Unexpectedly, Mu Qingcheng had arranged for people to lie in wait, and Jiang Zhan and three constables launched a coordinated attack using the thief-catching tactics commonly used by the government!
My darlings, the plot has fully unfolded, and things will move very quickly from here on out! Feel free to leave your comments and discuss!
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