I am the old, fiery-faced man from the senior department.

"That side..."

"If I can't deal with you, the imperial court will send capable officials to unravel the mystery of Magistrate Gu sooner or later."

"Such righteous and stern words! Anyone who sees such an official would surely think he is a good official."

"With just one sentence, the first impression was deeply ingrained."

"If what just happened was merely Lord Lu's grand entrance, then what followed was Lord Lu's profound official virtue that truly moved me to tears."

"Exhumation and autopsy?"

"First, he agreed to my request to exhume the body for examination, which was an overstepping of his authority."

【"presumptuous!"

"Mr. Kal'tsit has traveled all the way from the capital to mourn his deceased friend and wants to see his remains, which is only natural. Why are you stopping him?"

"You didn't do anything to the corpse, did you?"

"When the minor official tried to stop me from opening the coffin, he reprimanded him, once again emphasizing his hatred of evil."

"To tell you the truth, I absolutely do not believe that it was an accident."

"The death of Magistrate Gu was a result of murder followed by arson and burning of his body."

"Lord Lu spoke with great certainty, but after inquiring, I found no evidence to support his claims."

"Does Lord Lu have any evidence?"

"If I had even a shred of evidence, I would have punished those petty officials in the county government long ago."

“Mr. Kal'tsit, even if you don’t consider my feelings, please at least consider that Magistrate Gu was your colleague and colleague. Investigate this case thoroughly and uncover the truth, so that Magistrate Gu’s spirit may find peace in heaven, and so that I may give the court an explanation.”

"Without evidence, Lord Lu once again displayed his righteous and awe-inspiring image to me, and even did not forget to use moral blackmail to force me, a mere mourner, to get involved in this case of the county magistrate's death."

"However, in my opinion, Magistrate Gu did indeed die in the fire."

"Even if Magistrate Gu died in the fire, did no one kill him, set fire to the house, or deliberately dispose of the body in this way?"

"Now that you've reminded me, I'm thinking of coming."

"May I go down to the fire scene to take a look?"

"You and I are thinking the same thing!"

"It was this prefect who reminded me and personally led me to the scene of the fire."

"What suspicious clues or clues did Mr. Kai discover at the scene?"

"The initial situation at the scene of the fire was completely unrecognizable. Unless someone witnessed it with their own eyes, no one would know what the situation was like at the time, let alone dare to make any rash judgments about the death of Magistrate Gu."

"I saw it with my own eyes..."

"Correct!"

"Yi Cheng! Yi Cheng!"]

"The postmaster... the postmaster hanged himself! The postmaster hanged himself!"

"Your Excellency! He...he...he hanged himself!"

"What! Hanged!"

"Although Lord Lu is old, he is still sharp-minded and immediately thought of who the eyewitness to the fire was."

"But when I got to the prison, I found a dead man who had hanged himself three days earlier!"

"At this point, all leads have been exhausted."

Kal'tsit shook her head, seemingly somewhat helpless, but before Lu Huaide could react, she added:

"But it was at this moment that I suddenly realized something."

"Since entering Meicheng County, from exhuming the body to investigating the fire and interrogating the post station clerk, we have found nothing wherever we go."

"Immediately afterwards, news spread from the market that 'after inspection by the imperial envoy, Magistrate Gu did indeed die from a spontaneous combustion fire.'"

"But I have never claimed to be an imperial envoy. So who has seen or heard of this so-called imperial envoy?"

Kal'tsit looked at Lu Huayde and answered her own question:

"Lord Lu, things have developed to this point. Do you think that all troubles are over and you can rest easy now?"

"But you were not on guard."

The lynx's eyes flashed with a fierce light.

“From the very beginning, I was wary of you.”

"Forgive me for being new here and unaware of the situation; I must also conceal some things from Lord Lu."

"Didn't you say you had cigarette ash in your mouth?"

"That was the instigator, who made things worse by trying to be clever."

"Oh? What do you mean?"

"Lord Lu."

"This is because when a living person is roasted over a fire, acid rises to the surface, and saliva increases dramatically in the mouth. When this saliva mixes with the smoke and ash that enters the mouth and nose, it becomes a paste."

"And the ashes in Magistrate Gu's mouth were as dry as dust."

"From this perspective, it was by no means an accident, but rather a murder where the body was burned to cover up the crime."

"..."

"It's truly a case of the devil being one step ahead of the saint."

"Lord Lu, of all the words that have come out of your mouth, perhaps only this one is truly from the bottom of your heart!"

"Such words are not wrong even for a three-year-old child. How could Lord Lu, who is only sixty years old, say such a thing?"

"In order to further understand Lord Lu's background, I used a small test to probe the waters."

"Lord Lu, I have a question for you."

"What's the matter?"

"Lord Lu, there should be a county official in Meicheng County who was a coroner, right?"

"What does this have to do with Magistrate Gu?"

"If there wasn't a highly skilled coroner, who could have come up with the ingenious trick of pouring ash into the mouth of a mummified corpse to cover up the truth?"

"Yes, yes... Could it be... him?"

"As expected, after sensing the impending crisis, Lord Lu immediately put forward a scapegoat to take the blame for everything."

"But who will take on the role of the scapegoat?"

"Speaking of people who came from the profession of coroner, there really is one."

"Registrar Yang!" "Registrar Yang!"

"Registrar Yang".

Kal'tsit turned around again and stared at Yang Baocai, who was being held by two guards.

"As for why it was Clerk Yang who was chosen as the scapegoat, I believe there are three reasons."

Kal'tsit looked at him and raised her hand to show three fingers.

"First, this person is indeed a coroner, Lord Lu is not afraid of me verifying it."

"second……"

Kal'tsit walked up to Yang Baocai, looked at the silent Volper, and mercilessly exposed his pretense:

“Registrar Yang, you are the true head of Meicheng County. Similarly, you are the one who orchestrated the murder of Magistrate Gu. And only you can take the blame for this crime.”

"third."

Kal'tsit continued to dig deeper into Yang Baocai's background.

“Registrar Yang has the closest relationship with Lord Lu and knows the most information.”

"Twenty years ago, you were Lord Lu's prized student."

"This shows that Yang, the registrar, is not the only one in this area who has served as a coroner."

"And the real master who used ash to seal the mouth."

Kal'tsit looked back at old Liberi in the hall and pointed at him.

"It is Lord Lu himself."

"Hehe, I'm just revealing my secrets, please don't take offense, Lord Lu."

Bai Zhou's words directly blocked Lu Huaide's escape route for sophistry. How could he dare to disobey Bai Zhou's words? So he could only put on a helpless expression and nod in agreement.

"Lady Kal'tsit's act is getting more and more outrageous."

He looked at Kal'tsit and questioned her:

"Since Registrar Yang knows so much about this prefecture, why should this prefecture throw him out? Wouldn't that be courting death?"

"Ah, that is precisely the brilliance of Lord Lu's step-by-step strategy."

Kal'tsit recounted, step by step, what Lu Huaide had done to Yang Baocai.

"You had already planned your next move before you even brought up Yang, the registrar."

"You want Registrar Yang to disappear from this bustling world with all the secrets before he is caught. That way, this murder case will have an ending."

"In other words, all the blame is placed on a dead person, and the real culprit remains unexamined and can still escape justice."

"Didn't you want to leave this place?"

Lu Huaide tossed a small bag onto the table, then leaned back in his chair and looked at the person in front of him.

"Has Lord Lu finally given me the order to leave?"

The martial arts master and guards who should have been by his side were looking at him with a somewhat obsequious smile.

"Hmph. I may be able to keep your body, but I'm afraid I can't keep your heart."

"Lord Lu, how did you know that I, Hei Si, wanted to leave?"