Chapter 17: Corpses
Since returning from Ji Lao's stall that day, Xiaoli has found a happy thing, that is, learning to be a youth league. As soon as she found an opportunity, she ran to Ji Lao's stall, and sometimes she actually had an idea, that is, she kept making things for Li Chongzhao to eat, feeding him fat and ugly, so that no one would like him. But at that time, Xiaoli forgot her identity, not to mention the different paths of shemales, that is, they liked each other, and there was also an unbridgeable gap. It's just that people are always willing to indulge in the joy of nothingness, even if it's a sweet dream.
Li Chongzhao didn't see anyone all day long, Xiaoli vaguely felt that the world outside the palace was very chaotic and chaotic, although Li Chongzhao always smiled very easily, but she could always see the shadow he hid between his eyebrows.
It was like at this moment, although he was sitting across from her, the teacup in his hand was clanging, and his brows were furrowed. Xiao Li looked at him without saying a word, and tentatively said something: "Ji Lao said that my Youth League has made progress."
Li Chongzhao replied in a low voice, Xiao Li was a little bored, but after thinking about it, he still asked: "Are you unhappy?"
Li Chongzhao looked at her with some surprise: "So obvious?"
Xiao Li nodded: "The face is longer than the donkey's face, how can I not see it."
Li Chongzhao laughed angrily at her: "You dare to say anything."
Xiao Li saw him smile, so she cut to the chase and asked, "It seems to be very messy outside, are you unhappy about this matter?"
Li Chongzhao sighed: "You also noticed it." He looked at the blue tea and continued, "Recently, there have been several murders in the imperial city, and the methods are cruel, from the court officials to the common people, all of them have been murdered. It is suspicious that there is no connection between the people who were killed, and no property has been found. Some were killed in their sleep, while others were found in broad daylight in the bazaar. Dali Temple can't find a clue for the time being, and the emperor instructs me to participate in this case with full authority. Unfortunately, there is no progress now. ”
Xiaoli listened carefully: "You said that the method is cruel, what do you mean?"
Li Chongzhao was only curious, "None of those people's corpses are intact, or their faces or torsos, they have different injuries, like sharp weapons, but they are more like ...... ...... that was bitten off alive"
Pear gasped.
Li Chongzhao's expression was gloomy, and he was about to speak when he was interrupted by her. Xiao Li looked at him with a serious face: "Can you take me to investigate the case together, I'll take a look, and definitely don't talk nonsense."
Li Chongzhao squinted, his fingers clasped the teacup, and looked at her: "What's so nice about the corpse, you are a girl's house, not suitable for going to that kind of place."
Xiao Li shook her head and said firmly: "I'll follow you, just change into men's clothes, I'll just take a look, really, just a look."
Li Chongzhao looked at her serious appearance, lowered his eyebrows and said, "Let's say it first, if you are afraid, you can't hold on."
Xiao Li laughed and ran to the back room, Li Chongzhao stopped her in time: "What are you doing?"
Xiaoli: "Ask Brother Shun to borrow a pair of clothes, didn't you promise to take me with you?"
Li Chongzhao saw that she was positive, so he waved his hand and let her go.
Leaving the palace with Li Chongzhao, Xiaoli changed into a somewhat big little dress, and stood behind Li Chongzhao with Shen Mu.
Only then did Xiaoli know that Shen Mu was Li Chongzhao's childhood guard, but this person usually talks very little, and most of the time he forgets his existence. He always held his sword with his head down, and his whole person exuded a cold aura. Xiao Li looked at him sideways, he looked very ordinary, but he was rarely tall and fair.
Even if Xiao Li stared at him the whole time, he didn't think so, as if there was no one like her by his side. After only looking at it for a while, Xiao Li felt bored.
Looking around, I found that unlike when she first arrived in the imperial city, it was now blue and white, but there were not many people walking around on the street. There are only a few small stall owners lazily greeting business. Although the family does not talk about the confinement of the door, it is really too quiet.
It wasn't like this yesterday, why is it suddenly like this today?
As if sensing what she was thinking, Li Chongzhao said softly: "Just this morning, an unknown dead body was just found next to the Luohe River, and there were many onlookers, and they couldn't cover the rumors."
Xiao Li secretly said that it is no wonder that this is the case, the case has not been solved for a long time, and more and more people have died, no wonder the people are panicking.
After walking for about a quarter of an hour, we arrived at Dali Temple. It was a blue-black mansion, and there were guards in armor at the door, and as soon as they arrived at the door, they were met by a middle-aged man in black clothes, who saluted Li Chongzhao, and his face was obviously tired from sleeplessness.
Li Chongzhao explained his intention to him, and he hesitated a little and said: "The weather is really not conducive to the preservation of the corpses, except for the three bodies that have not completely decomposed, the rest have been taken back by each family for burial after being recorded in accordance with the rules."
Li Chongzhao sighed: "There is no way to do it, adults don't have to blame themselves too much."
The middle-aged man also sighed helplessly.
Xiaoli followed Li Chongzhao to the ice cellar where the corpse was stored, and handed it to Li Chongzhao in a kind way: "Lord Wang, the smell of the corpse is difficult to hide, it's better to cover it up."
Li Chongzhao took the handkerchief, but handed it directly to Xiao Li.
Seeing this, he didn't say much, and directly uncovered the white cloth covering the three corpses one by one.
A foul smell came to the nostrils, mixed with the smell of decay, which smoked people's tears and made their hearts feel nauseous. Xiao Li immediately covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief, and when she turned her head, Li Chongzhao's brows were tightly furrowed, while Shen Mu beside him was still expressionless. Xiao Li secretly complained about strange people in her heart.
But she did come here for her own purpose, and she wasn't idle to come and see the corpse for fun.
Long before she came to the human world, she knew that the Three Realms were interconnected, and there were evil demons walking through them to haunt her. This is the case with the roe deer couple that Xiang met before. Although there are hermits like the previous white-clothed knights to eliminate demons for the people, there are more evil demons that no one can control.
Human beings are flesh and blood, and although they know that there are monsters in the world, they are more mythical for them. Speaking of which, except for Taoist priests and cultivators, creatures like humans still suffer a lot.
Xiaoli heard Li Chongzhao talk about the murder case, but she only had some doubts. This trip is just to determine if it is an evil demon, if it is a monster, according to the method of human investigation, it is estimated that nothing useful can be found. Maybe she'll be able to give him some direction.
She bypassed Li Chongzhao, walked closer, and even bent down to take a closer look.
According to the chronological order of the three corpses, except for the one found this morning, the other two showed varying degrees of slight decomposition.
The first was a man, who wanted to eat very well, and there was visible fat on his stomach, but at this time there were bruises and purple corpse spots attached to it. The wound was in his neck, half of his neck was missing, and his head seemed to be hanging from his body. There are broken bones at the wound, faintly blackened. The corpse was the most decomposed, with maggots creeping under the thin skin.