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Chapter 8 Blood

Zhu Yu took a deep breath, calmed himself down, walked to the corpse, slowly squatted down, reached out and carefully turned the corpse over.

The deceased looked to be in his fifties, with gray hair, eyes closed, and a very stiff body. When Zhu Yu turned him over, he was like a piece of wood.

The light of the torches danced and swayed, making everything in front of them seem to tremble slightly.

Zhu Yu squatted there, squinted his eyes, and carefully examined the face and neck of the deceased. He did not find any obvious scars. He then deftly untied the deceased's clothes and tore open the blood-stained undershirt, revealing the chest underneath.

This action really surprised Fu Wen, who was seeing the new mistress for the first time, and he subconsciously looked at Lu Qing.

Lu Qing's eyes followed the movements of Zhu Yu's hands, his gaze focused, as if he only wanted to watch quietly, with no intention of stopping or disturbing him.

So Fu Wen suppressed his surprise and continued to help Zhu Yu hold the torch steadily.

Zhu Yu tore open the deceased's shirt and found that the skin on his chest was pale. Even when he pressed it with his fingers, he could not see any bruises. Looking down, he saw a round wound on the right side of his abdomen. It was not big, not even as thick as his little finger. It looked like it had been pierced by something like a thin bamboo stick. The skin and flesh near the wound were slightly turned outward, and there were still some dried blood stains.

This is also the place where the bloodstains on the middle shirt are the most.

Zhu Yu tied the deceased's undershirt again, and even tied the knot of the belt back to its original shape. He took the torch from Fu Wen, bent down, and carefully examined the direction of the bloodstains in the cracks of the stone slabs step by step.

Fu Wen looked at Lu Qing with a puzzled look. Lu Qing's eyes followed Zhu Yu's movements, and there seemed to be some inquiry and curiosity in his eyes.

After walking about ten steps, Zhu Yu stopped, and the blood stopped there and did not flow any further.

"What did you find?" Lu Qing asked when he saw Zhu Yu returning to the corpse.

"The body is very stiff. He must have been dead for more than a day, but less than three days." Zhu Yu returned the torch to Fu Wen and sighed softly. "He was lying face down on the ground, but there were no scars on his body where blood had clotted and clotted after death. His skin was also extremely pale. He must have lost most of his blood before he died.

Strangely, he had no sword wounds or bruises on his body. The only wound was a small hole on the right side of his abdomen. His shirt was stained with blood near the hole. Apart from that, there was only a thin line of blood on the stone slab.

And the wound, with the flesh turned inside out, suggests he was pierced by a sharp weapon. There are no signs of struggle or resistance on the victim's body or hands, and he seems completely unconscious. I wonder if he was knocked unconscious before the attack."

As Zhu Yu was speaking, he was about to examine the corpse carefully again, but the torch in Fu Wen's hand flickered and went out.

The dilapidated temple suddenly fell into darkness again.

Fu Lu quickly opened the fire stick, and the flame emitted a faint light.

Fu Wen looked at the torch in his hand. No one knew who had left the torch there. It was very old. In a short while, the oil-soaked cloth strip at the front had burned out, leaving only a bare stick.

"Master, there are torches we prepared on the carriage. I'll get them now!" Fu Lu saw that the light from the fire starter was obviously not enough, so he volunteered.

Lu Qing raised his head and motioned him to wait: "Forget it, if the murderer wanted to move the body, a rainy night like this is the best time. It would be impossible to do it in broad daylight at dawn.

In that case, Fu Wen will stay here tonight and capture the thief when he appears.

If he doesn't show up, go to the nearby government office and report it early in the morning.

The talisman sent my wife and I to the post station. Tomorrow we will go back and see what the people at the government office have to say."

"Yes." The runes and talismans responded in unison.

The talisman quickly rushed into the rain and soon drove the carriage over. After another half hour of bumpy ride, they finally arrived at an inn.

The old postmaster who was guarding the place was over seventy years old and his eyesight was dim. He estimated that this post station in the desolate mountains and ridges was rarely visited on weekdays, let alone on a rainy night like this.

At this moment, someone suddenly came to the door, which really scared him. Especially when he saw three people wearing oil-skin coats and straw hats, and his faces could not be seen clearly, and one of them was particularly tall and burly, he became even more panicked for a moment.

Fu Lu took out a badge from his bosom and showed it to him. The old postmaster breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly let the three people in. He also called the half-grown children who had been guarding the post station with him, prepared some hot water and simple food for them, and cleaned up three rooms for the three people to spend the night.

After returning to the room, Zhu Yu felt a little tired, but lying on the bed he could not sleep at all. If he did not sort out the doubts in his heart, it would be difficult for him to fall asleep.

Although people say that it is rare to be ignorant, sometimes smart people should choose to pretend to be stupid and fool things. As long as they pretend to be stupid to the end, they can have a happy life of "mediocrity and less work".

But... they have already done things to this extent, it is obvious that they don't want to give themselves the chance to be parasites.

Zhu Yu sat up.

In that case, let’s leave it to fate!

If Lu Qing has already gone to bed, then I will continue to pretend to be ignorant with him. If he has not gone to bed yet, then I will speak frankly.

Zhu Yu got up from the bed and went out to see that the oil lamp on Lu Qing's side was still on.

She took a deep breath, calmed herself down, walked over, and raised her hand to knock on the door.

Lu Qing had very good hearing, so Zhu Yu only knocked twice and he responded.

"Why aren't you sleeping yet? Do you have something to talk to me about?" Lu Qing was sitting at the table with a booklet spread out in front of him and a brush in his hand, seemingly writing something down. He looked up and saw Zhu Yu walking in, but he didn't show any surprise. He casually gestured for her to sit down at the table and put the brush aside.

When Zhu Yu sat down, he took a glance and saw that the booklet was filled with beautiful small calligraphy.

In line with the idea of ​​"don't look at what is inappropriate", she quickly turned her gaze away and looked at Lu Qing.

Now that you're here, you might as well get straight to the point.

"There's something I really can't figure out. I've been tossing and turning. I wonder if Your Highness would be willing to help me figure it out?" Zhu Yu looked directly into Lu Qing's eyes. "What happened in this dilapidated temple today wasn't a coincidence, was it?"

"Oh?" Hearing her ask this, Lu Qing was not surprised. It seemed as if he was waiting for her to ask him, "Why do you think so?"

"I've never had a problem with sleepiness, but I was fine when I woke up this morning. After having some tea and snacks in the carriage, I felt extremely sleepy and slept all the way to the ancestral hall before being woken up. This is already a bit abnormal.

Although I was drowsy along the way, I did not lose consciousness or fall into a deep sleep.

I could feel that the carriage was moving smoothly all the way to the ancestral hall. There weren't many hills and it wasn't bumpy at all.

On the way back, the road became much more hilly and bumpy, which made people feel dizzy and it was like two completely different roads.

In addition, I also noticed that the snacks and food in the car were clearly arranged by you, but from beginning to end, you didn't touch a single bite yourself.

Maybe...it was specially prepared for me?"

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