Duan Changge stood up suddenly, his eyes fierce and fierce: "You mean to say that Cheng Xiao and Wang Jin died on the same day!" ”

Bai Hanyan was also shocked by his own thoughts, if they died on the same day, and Cheng Xiao's wife died in Wang Jin's bed again, then ...... Could they just die in one place?

"Impossible." Duan Changge saw through what she was thinking, and sneered: "Don't forget, the prefect's guards all saw Wang Jin and his younger brother returning home, and no one in the prefect's mansion has ever been in or out, it is impossible for them to die elsewhere, do you remember the official document in Cheng Xiao's study?" In other words, at that time, Cheng Xiao was still correcting official documents, which also showed that he was still alive at that time. Moreover, if he was put in the water, his body would be swollen, but Cheng Xiao did not have this symptom. ”

Bai Hanyan shook his head and said: "It is not necessary to put Cheng Xiao's body directly in the water, you can put it indirectly, and as for the official document, you can also find someone to write it instead." ”

"Impossible." Duan Changge said categorically, he hooked his lips and said: "I recognize the handwriting on the official document, that is Cheng Xiao's handwriting." ”

Bai Hanyan was a little surprised: "How can you recognize Cheng Xiao's handwriting?" ”

Duan Changge's eyes flickered slightly, and he smiled without a trace: "I am the commander of Guiyang, and all the officials in Guiyang report to me, how could I not know." ”

Bai Hanyan was choked, lowered her head and pursed her lips silently, the wind blew in the middle of the night, blowing the soaked clothes of the two, and she couldn't help but shudder.

"It's windy, let's go back."

Duan Changge got up and left, Bai Hanyan looked at his back, but she insisted on her own thoughts in her heart, she thought that there must be something strange about Cheng Xiao's death, maybe he died the day before.

"You and I will go to the county government again. I have a way to prove when Cheng Xiao died. ”

Bai Hanyan's apricot eyes were burning, and he looked at Duan Changge's crimson back and said, every word fell to the ground.

Duan Changge was stunned, stared at her for a while, stopped talking, and turned to leave.

The sky was still dark, and a hook of the moon like silver scissors hung obliquely on the treetops in a fog, making people drowsy. The yacha, who had just woken up, patrolled around the courtyard, and when they saw that there was nothing unusual, they thought it was a wild cat, so they let down their guard and went back to their rooms to rest.

The night watchman of the mourning hall was replaced by a small servant, and he was also sleepy, his eyelids seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, and he was crumbling, but he held it up without hesitation.

Suddenly, I heard a soft sound of "bang", which was the sound of a stone falling to the ground, and the little girl fell down in response, and finally fell asleep on the ground.

Bai Hanyan and Duan Changge rushed in from the door, and the incense case under the coffin was full of smoke, which really made people drowsy and couldn't lift their spirits.

Bai Hanyan stood motionless under the coffin, Duan Changge closed the mourning hall room, looked back at her and still didn't move, and urged unhappily: "Han Yan, you still don't move?" ”

"This coffin was closed." Bai Hanyan looked at the pitch-black coffin in front of him, his eyes shot with surprise.

"Then push it away." Duan Changge glanced at her impatiently, stretched out his hand to push the coffin, Bai Hanyan hurriedly grabbed his hand, and said in a loud voice:

"Generally speaking, a person cannot cover the coffin three days after death, especially the imperial court officials, who must let their family members and subordinates pay respects, which is impossible for people in Wuxiang County to ignore."

Duan Changge listened to her words, frowned deeply, and said, "Then who will cover the coffin?" ”

Bai Hanyan shook her head and sighed slightly, meditating for a moment, she squinted her eyes, and suddenly raised her hand to push the dark coffin away.

Bai Hanyan looked inside, Cheng Xiao's body was lying quietly inside, his face was still pale, but his eyes and mouth were closed due to the slight protrusion caused by self-hanging.

"His eyes and mouth are closed." Bai Hanyan looked at the corpse and let out a shocked sound.

Duan Changge also raised his brows, thought for a while, and said, "Maybe...... It's his family who can't bear to keep his eyes closed. ”

Bai Hanyan looked at this corpse and only felt a little weird, but Duan Changge suddenly asked, "You said that there is a way to measure the real time of his death, what is the method?" ”

Bai Hanyan glanced at the corpse in the coffin, pursed his lips and smiled, and pulled out the Ling Bo long sword on Duan Changge's waist, and with a buzz, the sword body emitted a faint cold glow.

"What are you doing here?" Duan Changge frowned slightly, as if he was a little suspicious of her actions.

"After death, the temperature of the corpse and the zombie will change according to the changes in the environment, even the corpse spots will be the same, but the internal organs of the corpse will not lie, and the specific time of death of a person can be seen according to the liver temperature and gastrointestinal digestion."

Duan Changge hooked his lips and smiled, shrugged his shoulders and took a step back, "I didn't expect you to know a lot, so let's start." ”

Bai Hanyan nodded with a smile, stretched out his hand to tear off Cheng Xiao's clothes, but couldn't help but open his round eyes in shock, and shouted: "Look, the corpse spots on his body are gone?!" ”

Duan Changge hurriedly stepped forward to take a look, this Cheng Xiao's body was really as clean as ever, and there was not even a single corpse spot.

"W-what's going on?" Duan Changge couldn't see it clearly at this time.

Bai Hanyan looked solemn, clenched his palms and slapped them on the coffin, and said in a deep voice: "This Cheng Xiao's death is so strange, there must be something strange in this!" ”

Duan Changge opened his lips and wanted to say something, but his face suddenly changed, and he put away the Ling Bo Long Sword in Bai Hanyan's hand, and whispered, "Someone is here!" ”

Bai Hanyan exclaimed: "Let's go quickly." ”

Duan Changge shook his head: "It's too late." ”

After that, he glanced at Cheng Xiao in the coffin, stuffed Bai Hanyan into the coffin, jumped in himself, and reached out to close the coffin lid.

The coffin was very small, Duan Changge's half body smashed on Cheng Xiao's body, and Bai Hanyan was lying on Duan Changge's body, the two hugged each other tightly again, she sighed silently in her heart, if this scene was seen by others, her reputation for breaking sleeves would be washed away by jumping into the Yellow River.

The two of them were huddled together in a coffin, which was inevitably a little weird, Bai Hanyan couldn't help but peek at Cheng Xiao under Duan Changge, but it was too dark in the coffin to see anything clearly.

The footsteps at the door were getting closer and closer, only to hear a creaking, the door of the mourning hall was opened, and the person who came came sighed, Bai Hanyan thought to himself, he must be curious why the door was closed.

The man didn't make any sound, but slowly walked to the little guy lying on the ground, stretched out his hand and sniffed, it turned out that he was asleep.

Then, after Bai Hanyan heard the sound of him packing up his things, as the footsteps sounded again, she felt that the person was coming in the direction of the coffin......

Bai Hanyan's body stiffened, and he involuntarily clenched the robe on Duan Changge's chest, Xu felt her nervousness, Duan Changge hugged her tightly with both hands, patted her back, and signaled her to feel at ease.

The man walked towards the coffin step by step, and stood aside for a long time, and then he slowly stretched out his hand and forced the coffin lid, Bai Hanyan felt the hands on his back clench into fists, she knew that Duan Changge was ready to make a move.

A gap gradually appeared on the lid of the coffin, and a bright light crept in, and suddenly, two knocking sounds came from the coffin, and the bang was particularly abrupt in the night.

The man outside paused, the coffin only showed a little gap and stopped, Bai Hanyan raised his eyes and looked out through the gap, only to feel a shadow crossing, and then the footsteps of the man leaving.

Through the coffin, Bai Hanyan felt that the man first paused at the small house, and then left quickly.

Bai Hanyan breathed a sigh of relief, followed by the faint sound of the little guy waking up.

Through the light in the gap in the coffin, Bai Hanyan raised his eyes and asked Duan Changge with his eyes, did he make two knocking sounds.

Duan Changge frowned, hugged her hands tightly, and told her that these hands had been on her all the time.

Bai Hanyan looked at Duan Changge in horror, and he could see a touch of shock in his eyes, if it wasn't him, who made those two knocks just now?

For a while, the atmosphere in the coffin was tense, and only the two of them were flustered and rapid gasps.

"Strange, why did I fall asleep?" The voice of the little maid talking to himself came, knocked on the head, and continued to refill the paper money into the brazier.

Bai Hanyan's face changed, as if he had thought of something, he lowered his head and looked at Cheng Xiao under Duan Changge, and leaned close to him, wanting to feel Cheng Xiao's breathing, was he really dead?

Duan Changge felt that the people on his body were getting closer and closer, and immediately tensed his body, his face turned pale, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and there was a touch of fierceness in the corners of his eyes, and he questioned her with his eyes, but Bai Hanyan shook his head and signaled him not to make noise.

With the light leaking from the cracks in the coffin, Bai Hanyan saw that Cheng Xiao's face was pale, and he really didn't breathe.

She sniffed with her nose again, there was no corpse smell, and when she raised her eyes to look carefully, she saw Cheng Xiao's closed eyes suddenly opened, and a fierce light burst out of his eyes, and her shriveled mouth opened and smiled at her, such a treacherous smile immediately Bai Hanyan screamed, slammed open the coffin and jumped out!

The paper-burning little guy saw the coffin lid fly up suddenly, and immediately fainted without making a sound.

Duan Changge was also taken aback by her roar, jumped out of the coffin, his anger came out of the two wedges, took a few deep breaths, and forcibly held back his anger and said, "Han Yan, what do you want to do?" ”

Bai Hanyan's body trembled, pointed to Cheng Xiao in the coffin, and said in a trembling voice: "He, he just opened his eyes, and he is still smiling at me!" ”

"What?"

Duan Changge's face suddenly turned cold, he looked back at Cheng Xiao in the coffin, stretched out his hand to probe his nose, touched his heart again, and turned around to look at her face full of displeasure: "Nonsense, he has no snort and heartbeat, how can he open his eyes, could it be that he is a corpse?" It's a shame that you are still an official of my Ming court, and you actually believe this kind of nonsense! ”

After that, he flicked his sleeves and raised his legs to leave, Bai Hanyan looked at Cheng Xiao in the coffin, reached out and touched his chest, his body was cold, his heartbeat was completely absent, and he was indeed dead.

Could it be that Fang Cai was dazzled, but Fang Cai's smile was extraordinarily real, she could never be wrong, and where did the two knocking sounds come from?

Bai Hanyan reached out and closed the coffin lid, pulled her lips and chuckled, she never believed in ghosts and gods, there must be a secret here!