I saw Li Xiucai leaning against a camphor tree, and his body was trembling. He looked at Zhong Ziyuan blankly, and pleaded again: "Doctor Jia, I, I'm waiting for you outside, so I won't go in." ”

Only then did Zhong Ziyuan remember that he was just a weak scholar who was powerless. It's not like I've seen bloody scenes with Cardamom. is not like Guo Chengsi and the others, who deal with these murders every day. He, like most ordinary people, has a strong fear of corpses, death, and ghosts. He was already very brave to be able to come to this gloomy Yizhuang with him, and if he stepped into it again, I am afraid that he would really be frightened.

Zhong Ziyuan's heart softened and said, "Okay! Then you just stay outside! ”

"That's not going to work." Guo Chengsi, who was standing beside her, opened the folding fan in his hand with a "sigh". While shaking the fan, he said slowly: "The official came in a hurry, but he didn't bring the master to follow. If he doesn't come in, who's going to take notes? ”

Zhong Ziyuan was stunned, it was the first time she had encountered such a thing, and she didn't think of this layer at all. She looked at Li Xiucai, who was already frightened, in embarrassment. After listening to Guo Chengsi's words, his face turned pale, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, his legs trembled more and more, and he couldn't move at all.

Guo Chengsi's face showed a wicked smile, and he said more and more badly: "Li Xiucai, you can think about it." Even if Dr. Jia found something wrong with the corpse, if there was no written record, it would still not be recognized in court. ”

Li Xiucai raised his eyes to look at Guo Chengsi standing at the door of Yizhuang, with a purple round-necked brocade robe. A white jade crown is worn on the top of his head, and a jade belt with a hollow carved auspicious cloud pattern is tied around his waist. The aura is lofty, with a domineering majesty. With such a illustrious background. And he is not afraid to do it himself. Even Dr. Jia and the young cardamom looked calm and easy. In vain, he was still obsessed with how old they were, and he was so frightened and cowering, he couldn't help but spit on himself secretly.

Thinking like this, Li Xiucai's mood has changed a lot. He finally straightened his back. He stammered, "In that case, let me record it." With that, he plucked up his courage. forcibly endured the discomfort that made people feel numb on the scalp, and came to Zhong Ziyuan's side step by step.

Guo Chengsi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and glanced at him in surprise. Guo Chengsi is bold by nature, and he is the most unastringent and cringe. Li Xiucai's first impression of him before was that he was too cowering and twisting. A little family. So Guo Chengsi was displeased. Now I suddenly saw that his attitude had changed greatly, so I couldn't help but look at him a few more times.

In fact, Zhong Ziyuan often flattered in front of him, but Guo Chengsi could see the coldness and disdain in her smiling eyes. That's why he thinks it's funny to tease this person who is different from the inside and the outside, and to watch him be forced to forget and flatter and reveal his true nature.

Zhong Ziyuan didn't know the bad thoughts in Guo Chengsi's heart, she motioned Cardamom to open the medicine box, and after rummaging through it, she found a few things, and then explained: "This is ginger slices and mint leaf juice refined by my own hands. Wait until you take the ginger slices in your mouth and apply the mint leaf juice under your nostrils. Then cover your mouth and nose with this handkerchief, and you can get rid of the smell of corpses. Li Xiucai immediately took the things in Zhong Ziyuan's hand and prepared them one by one according to what she said.

Guo Chengsi nodded and said approvingly: "I didn't expect your preparation skills to be no worse than those old men." ”

After the three of them were ready, they finally entered the gate of Yizhuang. I don't know if it's a psychological effect, Li Xiucai felt that as soon as he entered the door, there was a cold and rancid smell rushing towards him, he couldn't help but shudder, a chill rushed from his sacrum to the back of his head, and the string in his heart became more and more tight.

Zhong Ziyuan took advantage of the dim light to begin to take a closer look at the situation in the house, the furnishings in the cottage were very simple, a dilapidated cabinet, a square table with a stone on its feet, a few chairs that clicked when sitting on it, and many empty wine jars piled up in the corners. The most eye-catching thing is that there are eight thin-skinned coffins set up with chairs in the middle of the grass house.

The coffins were tightly covered, and it appeared that they contained the remains. There were also a few spirit flags hanging on the wall, two of which were broken, and the strands of linen hanging down were swaying slightly, adding a bit of horror to this cottage.

Li Xiucai stammered and asked, "This, this, so many coffins, do we have to open them one by one to find them?" His eyes didn't dare to look around, he only dared to follow Zhong Ziyuan and Cardamom firmly.

"Wrong." Guo Chengsi shook his head and said gloatingly: "It's you who are looking for it, and this official is only responsible for supervision." After saying that, this guy actually lifted the hem of his robe, sat down on the chair, and then leisurely shook the folding fan in his hand.

Zhong Ziyuan glared at him fiercely, and didn't dare to force it after all, she had to say to Li Xiucai helplessly: "Then let's look for it together!" ”

Li Xiucai nodded hurriedly, he had already mustered up great courage to come in, if he had to move those coffin lids alone, it was estimated that Lan'er's body had not been found yet, and he would be scared to death first.

Cardamom also put down the medicine box she was carrying, and followed Zhong Ziyuan and Li Xiucai to the first coffin. Zhong Ziyuan lit the three incense sticks she brought, burned a few pieces of yellow mounted paper, she folded her hands, and after reciting a few eulogies, she said: "Get up"

Li Xiucai and Cardamom both exerted together, and they heard a creaking sound that made people's teeth ache, and the coffin lid was slowly pushed open, and a strong rancid smell rushed out along the gap. Zhong Ziyuan didn't even look at it, and immediately ordered: "It's not Lan'er here, close it quickly." ”

Li Xiucai and Cardamom immediately worked together and pushed the coffin lid back to its original position. Guo Chengsi sat far away, covered his mouth and nose with a fan, and asked curiously: "You don't even look at it, how do you know that the corpse inside is not the Lan'er you are looking for?" Li Xiucai also looked at her with a puzzled expression.

Zhong Ziyuan was not in a hurry, and said confidently: "On the bright side, Lan'er's time of death is in Shenshi. It's the right time. Even if the weather is hot and the corpse is easy to decompose, it will never decay so quickly. So I'm sure it's not Lan'er's body. ”

"Okay." Guo Chengsi slapped her and gave her a cheer. It's not because her insight is really extraordinary, in fact, this is the most ordinary common sense.

What makes people feel rare is that she can maintain such a stable mentality and meticulous analysis ability in an eerie and terrifying environment, which makes Guo Chengsi have to admire. Li Xiucai also secretly felt ashamed in his heart, how could he not understand these truths. Just in that moment. His mind went blank, and he didn't think of anything.

Zhong Ziyuan didn't think about it so much, she only continued to command: "Look at the next one." ”

Three people with six hands. It was placed on the lid of the second coffin, and the familiar "creaking" sound sounded in the grass house. Li Xiucai forcibly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said tremblingly: "I haven't used my strength yet!" Why did you two get on it? ”

Cardamom blinked. Puzzled, he said, "My son and I didn't move?"

Zhong Ziyuan's eyes were firmly fixed on Li Xiucai's back. She said softly, "We didn't move, it was the lid of the coffin behind you that moved." ”

"What!" Li Xiucai jumped up in a panic like a rabbit with an arrow. He turned his head suddenly, and saw that the coffin lid at the end of the line was indeed slowly moving backwards, as if there was a large, invisible hand, secretly pushing it.

"It's difficult, it's difficult, is it a deception?" Li Xiucai's eyes widened in horror. The atmosphere suddenly became solidified. Zhong Ziyuan and Cardamom were also very shocked, and they also stared at the coffin intently. I'm afraid that some unknown monster will crawl out of it. Or a harmful mountain spirit ghost.

Just when they were nervous, a hoarse voice sounded faintly: "You juniors, you dare to make grandpa sleep, what should you be guilty of?" ”

Li Xiucai's knees were weak, if it weren't for Zhong Ziyuan's quick hand to pull him, he would almost kneel. Suddenly, Guo Chengsi laughed "haha", he knocked his palm with a fan bone, and said teasingly: "Uncle Yu, don't pretend to be a ghost there, I can smell the smell of wine on your body." ”

I heard a long sigh coming from the coffin: "I said Lord Guo, in the middle of the night, why don't you stay in your Zhenguo Mansion to sleep, what are you doing here to play?" Listening to the two of them talking back and forth, Zhong Ziyuan and the three finally knew that what was hidden in the coffin was actually Yu Bo, the night watchman of this Yizhuang, and not some mountain spirit ghost, so they were relieved. After relaxing, Li Xiucai realized that the clothes behind his back were completely soaked with cold sweat.

There was another sore "creak" sound, and the lid of the coffin was finally fully opened, and an old man dressed in black linen, with a gray head, a wrinkled face, a long goat's whisker under his chin, and a pile of yellow droppings at the corners of his eyes, sat up from the coffin.

He was still holding a wine gourd tightly in his hand, squinting his eyes and raising his head to take a big sip before slowly climbing out of the coffin. Sure enough, there was a strong smell of wine on his body.

Cardamom said angrily, "Old man, why are you sleeping in the coffin?" It scared the hell out of us. ”

Yu Bo smiled and said, "What are you afraid of, everyone will have such a day, I just want to know what it's like in advance." There was an indescribable ease and casualness in his words, which made Zhong Ziyuan secretly admire.

Rong Xi and Duan Ling couldn't find Yu Bo outside, and they also returned to the grass house one after another, and as there were more and more people around them, Li Xiucai relaxed and was no longer so afraid.

Over there, Zhong Ziyuan arched his hand at Uncle Yu and said, "Uncle Yu, may I ask where is the corpse of the woman sent this afternoon?" ”

Uncle Yu took another long sip of wine, then wiped the wine foam on his beard, and asked strangely, "Little brother is a newcomer?" ”

Zhong Ziyuan was stunned for a moment and said, "No, I'm just a doctor." It's just that the corpse I saw in the hall was a little weird, so I wanted to come and investigate? ”

After listening to Zhong Ziyuan's explanation, Yu Bo rolled his eyes and said to Guo Chenghe, who was still sitting on the side, leisurely shaking the paper fan in his hand: "Lord Guo, this seems to be out of order. Zhong Ziyuan's heart tightened when she heard this, and she couldn't help but raise her eyes to look at Guo Chengsi.

Guo Chengsi smiled slightly, and said arrogantly: "What are you afraid of? What I say is the rule. Besides. His eyes narrowed, and he said slyly: "I also brought a jar of Huiquan wine, isn't it not in accordance with the rules?" ”

Yu Bo's eyes full of immediately shone brightly, and he swallowed a mouthful of saliva loudly. He walked slowly to the sixth coffin, he wiped the lid of the coffin with his hand, and said to himself: "Hey, why did it fall on a layer of soil when it was only covered today?" ”

Guo Chengsi smiled slightly and said, "The jujube tree outside the door has already borne fruit, right, I don't know if it's sweet or not?" ”

Uncle Yu smiled and said, "It's sweet!" I'm going to get a few for the adults and try them. After saying that, he actually walked out tremblingly.

Seeing that Zhong Ziyuan and the three of them were still at a loss, Rong Xi smiled and said, "Doctor Jia, since you already know the whereabouts of the body, you can do an autopsy." ”

Zhong Ziyuan's mind flashed what Yu Bo had said, and his heart suddenly became extremely bright. She raised her legs and walked to the sixth coffin, and said to Li Xiucai and Cardamom, "Open it." The three of them pushed the lid of the coffin open in unison, and with a faint smell of rancidity, Lan'er's terrifying face finally appeared in front of everyone.

Zhong Ziyuan immediately ordered: "Li Xiucai, you go and prepare to make a record." ”

"Okay." Li Xiucai took the pen and paper given to him by Cardamom, sat down opposite Guo Chengsi, and prepared to take notes.

Zhong Ziyuan was still carefully observing Lan'er's corpse, and saw that her eyes were still wide open, her originally charming and agile eyes had become cloudy, and the criss-crossing scars on her swollen face had turned into a terrifying black. There were still a few purple-red bruises on her slender neck, which looked like they had been pinched out with her bare hands.

Could it be that this Lan'er was strangled to death? Zhong Ziyuan carefully touched the cold and damp skin, and could feel a slight gurgling sound from his subordinates, it seemed that Lan'er was indeed killed because someone had choked her throat.

She and Cardamom turned Lan'er's stiff body over again, and as she moved, some red foamy liquid flowed out of Lan'er's mouth and nostrils.

Zhong Ziyuan frowned slightly, ignored it for the time being, and lifted the torn clothes on her body. In addition to the large purple-red bruises that have appeared on her back, buttocks, and thighs that have not faded, there are also whipping marks all over her body. But the mark was very small, and it did not look like a whip mark or a whip from a stick. What exactly caused these scars, Zhong Ziyuan didn't have a clue for a while, so he put them aside for the time being.

Hey! Zhong Ziyuan and Cardamom were surprised to find that there was a deep tooth mark on Lan'er's buttocks. She carefully examined Lan'er's whole body, and found that there were as many as five bite marks found at the base of her thighs and breasts.

Zhong Ziyuan's heart jumped suddenly, these bite marks were simply too familiar to her, so she raised her voice and said, "Li Xiucai, remember it." At the neck of the deceased Lan'er, she examined and dictated at the same time, and Li Xiucai also got rid of the distracting thoughts in her mind and quickly recorded them on paper. (To be continued......)