Chapter 44: Exhumation of corpses on the outskirts of the city
Rong Jin was also at a loss, looking around, "I obviously heard him say that he is here, ten miles on the outskirts of the city." How could there not be? ”
"Are you mistaken?" I don't blame Lu Weixin for being suspicious. He had been digging with a shovel for a morning, let alone a human corpse, not even the corpses of cats and dogs.
Chen Li was also so tired that he couldn't breathe, the sweat of the bean was running down his cheeks, he didn't care about the mud on his hands, and reached out to wipe it on his face. Then I worked hard and continued to dig hard.
Rong Jin couldn't help but doubt herself a little, but last night she clearly heard clearly, the man said that ten miles outside the city, buried deeply! So he whispered, "Or?" Dig deeper? The man said that it was buried deeply, but it was probably very deep. ”
Lu Weixin sighed helplessly, and after resting for a while, he had to resign himself to picking up the shovel again and digging deeper.
Shen Yanzhi lowered his head and groped around, and he didn't let go of the tree trunk. If Rongjin heard correctly, digging a pit and burying the corpse, no matter how secretive it is, will always leave some traces.
At this time, it has entered the end of midsummer, the autumn wind rises, the fallen leaves are yellowish, and they fall one after another, and occasionally white birds fly by in the forest, shaking off the feathers of threes and threes.
Shen Yanzhi stepped on the ground under his feet, there were some traces of loosening, he hurriedly brushed away the fallen leaves all over the ground, this piece of soil seemed to have been turned, and there were some white fine particles mixed in the brown soil.
"Here!" He shouted.
Rong Jin was the closest to him, trotted all the way over, looked at this place, and didn't find any difference from other places, raised his head, a pair of apricot eyes flickered, and looked at Shen Yanzhi suspiciously.
"At the time of burial, there is a custom of sprinkling rice on the coffin, called salomi, hoping that the dead will be able to eat three meals in the ground, and praying that the living will have a good harvest and peace and abundance in the coming year. Although they are not related to this person, they have done too many things in a bad way, and they are panicked, and most of them are afraid that they will be haunted by unjust spirits, so they throw some Lu rice and ask for psychological comfort. Shen Yanzhi explained.
At this time, the others also arrived.
Rong Jin was dumbfounded, "You know so much." ”
Shen Yanzhi smiled and stopped talking.
Chen Li and Lu Weixin began to dig. Sure enough, after only a quarter of an hour's effort, a pungent stench came to the face, and everyone covered their noses.
Rong Jin took the scarf from her sleeve and covered half of her face tightly, she looked at Shen Yanzhi and took out another scarf.
A pair of soft wattles came out from the back of his neck, holding a silk handkerchief in his hand, covering half of his face just right, blocking the choking corpse smell for him.
Rongjin tied a beautiful bow at the back of his head,
"So you won't be able to smell it!"
Shen Yanzhi's eyebrows moved slightly.
"Tut-tut, so sweet!" Su Jin happened to see this scene, and his smile looked a little sour.
Rong Jin was a little embarrassed, glared at him, and walked around to the side.
Lu Weixin vomited, his face turned pale, and his mouth kept muttering, no wonder, no wonder.
In the brown dirt, a corner of a dark blue robe was revealed, and then a pair of soap boots embroidered with a unicorn pattern.
This corpse is still a court official! Shen Yanzhi's face was solemn, and he instructed: "Be careful!" Try to keep the body as it is. ”
Moments later, a decomposing corpse appeared in front of everyone. This man was less than seven feet tall, thin and shriveled, the back of his hands was bulging, his official uniform was a little too big on him, there was no good flesh on his face, his facial features were unrecognizable, and his skin was swollen, like snowflakes floating on his skin.
It's a terrible sight.
"Gross!" Lu Weixin ran under the tree again and vomited, Chen Li's concentration was still good, but his face was a little pale, and he didn't dare to look at it more.
Su Jin shook his head again and again, his brows tightened: "This--the attack is too ruthless, and his face can't be recognized, how can we determine his identity." ”
Shen Yanzhi also felt that his stomach was turning upside down, and he endured the discomfort, and said: "We can check the identity one by one, and there are not many people with official titles in Yizhou City." Whatever the reason, there's something wrong with this Hu Jie! dared to blatantly kill the court officials and throw their corpses into the wilderness. ”
Rong Jin stared at the man's face, stunned, not knowing what he was thinking. Shen Yanzhi stood beside her, raised his hand to cover her eyes, and his voice was as warm as jade: "Don't look at it." ”
Rongjin was not frightened, she always felt that this look was familiar, where had she seen it? She tore off Shen Yanzhi's hand and wanted to get closer to take a look.
was pulled by Shen Yanzhi and shook his head at her. "Looking like this, eighty percent of them are poisoned, don't get so close."
"Medium, poisoned?" Lu Weixin was a little desperate, he had just lifted this corpse with his own hands, I don't know if this poison would reach him, it was terrible!
I only heard Shen Yanzhi say again: "It's been so many days, and according to common sense, this poison should have already been dissipated." ”
"That's fine!" Lu Weixin patted his chest, a false alarm, it's okay, he doesn't want to come out and leave his life here.
Shen Yanzhi glanced at him, held back a smile, pretended to be sad, sighed, and said, "Alas! But this poison looks very domineering, you look at his face, tsk, tsk, unrecognizable! It's miserable. ”
Lu Weixin couldn't hold back any longer, his complexion changed a few times, and he let out a long roar, "Ah——! ”
Rong Jin laughed out loud, "He teased you!" How can it be so exaggerated. ”
Lu Weixin didn't completely put his mind at ease, he was still a little uneasy, and smiled bitterly: "Brother Shen, this joke can't be made, I haven't married a wife and had children yet." ”
Shen Yanzhi patted him on the shoulder, "If you don't worry, go to the city to find the best doctor and ask him to come here to take a look at it for you." ”
Lu Weixin felt that it made sense, and it was safer to find a doctor to take a look, but—"Why did you invite the doctor here?" ”
"If he doesn't come to see the body, how do you know if you've been poisoned? Right? ”
Lu Weixin nodded, "Brother Shen, it makes sense!" I'll go back to the city at once, and you'll be waiting for me here!" ”
As soon as he finished speaking, he stepped on his horse in a few steps.
I could only hear the sound of "Drive!" With a long roar, the horse rushed out like lightning and disappeared at the end of the forest.
Rong Jin glanced at him and muttered in a low voice: "A bad stomach." ”
Shen Yanzhi's gloomy and sympathetic voice sounded: "Who are you talking about?" ”
"Did you deliberately scare him into running errands for you?" Rongjin is not afraid of him.
Shen Yanzhi touched her bun, "You've become smarter." ”
Doctors in the city are not easy to find, most of the pharmacies are closed, and people go to empty buildings.