Jiu'er and Yu Cheng'an walked to the bluestone platform pointed out by Village Chief Wang first, and Wan Lejing thought about it for a while and jumped up and down.

Shen Qi walked to the big stone tablet with some curiosity.

This stele is carved and hewn with a whole piece of stone, and the stele is full of fine cracks under the close look, and the bottom of the stele has been covered with moss, and you can know some years at a glance.

There are two rows of characters on the front of the stele, one horizontal and one vertical, and Shen Qi looked at it fixedly.

"Heaven and earth tablets. ”

The four words are as vigorous and powerful as a knife and an axe.

Shen Qi was stunned, then scratched his head suspiciously, and continued to look at the row of vertical characters.

"The position of the three realms of heaven and earth, the ten directions, and the true domination of all spirits. Shen Qi read it out slowly.

Village Chief Wang nodded at Shen Qi with a smile and said, "Our village has always worshiped heaven and earth, and believed in ghosts and gods. This stele is the tablet of heaven and earth erected by our ancestors. Respect the heavens and the earth, the law of the past and the present. This is the ancestral precept handed down from ancient times in our Wangjia Village. ”

Shen Qi smiled politely and nodded, obviously he was a little unimpressed by what the ghosts and gods said.

Glancing at the three of Jiu'er, who didn't seem to have found anything, Shen Qi planned to go over and investigate together. But as soon as he took two steps, Shen Qi's gaze was attracted by the back of the stele.

"Wangjia Village...... Genealogy?"

Shen Qi couldn't help but be stunned, and immediately took a closer look.

After a while, Shen Qi found two strange things among the many names.

Shen Qi turned his back to Village Chief Wang, his expression was a little weird, but he didn't show it.

"Village Chief Wang, when was this genealogy recorded?" Shen Qi couldn't help but ask.

"Whenever a boy is born in the village, his name is engraved and recorded in the family tree. Village Chief Wang replied.

"I see. Shen Qi nodded, but a strange feeling was born in his heart.

At this time, Jiu'er's voice came: "Xiao Shen Qi, I have found it!"

Shen Qi nodded hurriedly at Village Chief Wang and ran to Jiu'er's side.

"What did you find?" Shen Qi asked without waiting to get closer.

Yu Chengan handed over an item wrapped in a silk scarf, and Shen Qi hurriedly looked down.

A half-black and half-gold item was held in a silk scarf, and Shen Qi looked at it for a while, and then his eyes lit up.

"It's ...... Teeth?" Shen Qiyi was stunned.

"A gold tooth. Jiu'er said in a low voice: "What Jing'er found in the stone crevice is very hidden. ”

Shen Qi couldn't help but glance at Wan Lejing, and the other party smiled at him.

"Yes...... Is it outside the king?" Shen Qi couldn't help but turn his head and asked in a low voice.

"It's not certain yet. Jiu'er shook her head and said, "I have to ask Wang Wan." ”

Shen Qi nodded, then smiled mysteriously and said in a low voice, "I also found out." ”

The three of Jiu'er couldn't help but look at Shen Qi, Shen Qi glanced at Village Chief Wang behind him, and then said in a low voice: "The back of that stone tablet is the genealogy of Wangjia Village, but there is no name 'Wang Deyou' on it. I just asked Village Chief Wang, and the name of this genealogy is the latest. ”

"Huh?" Jiu'er couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "Wang Yuanwai...... Not from Wangjia Village?"

"I'm afraid that the names on the genealogy alone are not enough. Yu Chengan also lowered his voice and said, "Maybe Wang Yuanwai didn't call him 'Wang Deyou' before." ”

"That's right. Shen Qi nodded and said, "This possibility is also there." What the facts are, just ask Village Chief Wang. But my idea is that don't rush to ask Village Chief Wang first. ”

"Why?" asked Jiu'er.

Shen Qi opened his mouth, and finally said in a low voice: "Because in the genealogy, the name of 'Wang Changyun' is underneath...... It is engraved 'Wang Zongshi', not 'Wang Dazhuang'. ”

Jiu'er couldn't help laughing in a low voice: "Maybe 'Da Zhuang' is just a nickname, and the big name of the family is 'Wang Zongshi'!"

Shen Qiyi was stunned and said, "It's still ...... And is there such a thing? There are still big names and small names?"

Jiu'er was happy and said with a smile: "Xiao Shen Qi, aren't you...... Suspicious of Village Chief Wang, right?"

Shen Qi's face suddenly turned a little red, and he muttered, "I, I'm just, it's just...... I'm worried about being cheated on......"

Yu Cheng'an gently patted Shen Qi's shoulder and said in a low voice: "Brother Shen, don't worry, I have just seen the Xuanjia Order presented by Village Chief Wang, and it is indeed genuine." ”

Shen Qi scratched his head and said in a low voice, "But...... But the name of 'Wang Zongshi' is inscribed...... It's shallower than the other notches...... Well, it's not like I'm wrong......"

Jiu'er said softly: "Xiao Shen Qi, without evidence, we can't be suspicious of others. Besides, now that Village Chief Wang is still on our side, you can't show hostility, otherwise it will hinder our investigation. ”

Shen Qi glanced at Jiu'er, only to see the other party gently raise his left eye, Shen Qi immediately understood, and said in a low voice: "I know." ”

Jiu'er smiled slightly and nodded.

Yu Chengan said in a low voice at this time: "Having said that, Wang Yuanwai's name change is just our speculation, and there is no actual evidence. ”

"No, there's proof!" Jiu'er smiled, "It's just that you haven't thought about it." ”

Shen Qi and Yu Chengan glanced at each other, and both scratched their heads.

I have to say that the movements of the two at this time were exactly the same, and even Wan Lejing, who was a little absent-minded, widened her eyes.

Jiu'er covered her mouth and smiled, and then said, "Wangjia Village is a big family with a long heritage, right?"

Shen Qi nodded and said, "That's right, the genealogy records that a person named 'Wang Yuanzheng' moved here and branched out. Come to think of it, this person is the common ancestor of Wangjia Village. ”

"That's right. Jiu'er said: "Therefore, the descendants of later generations have been passed down from generation to generation. In other words, judging from his age, Wang Yuanwai should be the same generation as Village Chief Wang, right?"

Shen Qi nodded and said slowly: "Wang Wan and Da Zhuang are childhood sweethearts and have a marriage contract, so Village Chief Wang and Wang Wan's father should be of the same generation." And Wang Yuanwai recognized Wang Wan as his goddaughter, which can also show that Wang Yuanwai and Wang Wan's father are the same generation. Then the inference that Wang Yuanwai and Wang Village Chief are peers should be good. ”

"So," the corners of Jiu'er's mouth rose slightly, and said, "I am a peer and I respect my ancestors very much, why is one called Wang Changyun and the other Wang Deyou?"

"By the way, the people of Village Chief Wang's generation are all from the generation of 'Chang'! And Wang Yuanwai is also from Wangjia Village, so he should have been called 'Wang Chang or something', maybe it was 'Wang Changyou'! In this case, it can be proved that he has indeed changed his name. Shen Qi said with a smile.

Yu Cheng'an couldn't help but widen his eyes, looking at the two of them who were talking, he instantly felt that he was useless.

"But...... Knowing that Wang Yuanwai has changed his name, what does it have to do with Wang Yuanwai's death?" Wan Lejing couldn't help but interject.

Shen Qi and Jiu'er were immediately stunned, and then their faces turned suspiciously red.

"On the surface, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with it, maybe there are some secrets involved, which can prove that Wang Yuanwai was killed by someone?" Yu Cheng'an hurriedly came out to play a round.

Fortunately, Wan Lejing's brain was not flexible, so she just said "oh" and didn't say anything more.

Shen Qi pretended to walk to the stone platform and pretended to look for clues, but what he thought in his heart was that he was losing the dead.

This is a rather large square stone platform, and there should be a wooden frame supported by three long logs in the center of the stone platform, but at this moment the wooden frame has collapsed. Next to it were unburned firewood and scattered tributes. There is a circle of ravines around the stone platform, and there is a lot of water in it, which is supposed to be a specially dug trough.

knew that Fang Caijiu'er and Yu Cheng'an had already carefully investigated, so Shen Qi was just pretending.

But with an inadvertent glance, Shen Qi's movements stopped.

At the edge of the stone platform, near the floor of the sink, there was a black mark more than a foot long, like the rubbing of charred wood on it.

Shen Qi looked back at the collapsed wooden frame, and said secretly in his heart: Could it be that the corner of this wooden frame has slipped, so this trace has been left?

I looked at the thickness of the wood supporting the wooden frame, which was more consistent with the marks on the ground.

But Shen Qi always felt that something was not right.

After thinking about it, Shen Qi called Jiu'er over, pointed to the trace and asked, "Jiu'er, how did you say this trace was caused?"

Jiu'er couldn't help but stretch out her hand and nod Shen Qi's forehead, and said, "Little Shen Qi, didn't you see the wooden frame over there? According to the perspective of the collapse of the wooden frame, it must be the traces left by one of the pieces of wood when it slipped." ”

Shen Qi nodded, but secretly said in his heart: That's right, I thought so at first glance. But...... If the frame collapses in that direction, then ...... Why didn't the firewood and tribute over there be burned?

According to the traces left at the scene, the firewood and tribute burned quite evenly, and the wooden frame should not have collapsed during the burning process!

Shen Qi squatted down and stretched out his hand to touch the trace, but he didn't expect it to be sticky for a while.

"This is ......" Shen Qi couldn't help but take his hand back, leaned in front of his nose and sniffed it.

A special fragrance came to my nose.

"It's pine oil. ”

I don't know when Village Chief Wang came over, looked at the sticky object in Shen Qi's hand and said: "The firewood used to worship ancestors is all picked up from the mountain, and it is inevitable that the fire will not be prosperous, so the village has always applied pine oil to the wooden frame and tribute to help it burn." ”

"I see. Shen Qi nodded.

After looking around carefully, they didn't find any more clues, so Shen Qi and the others planned to go and see Wang Yuanwai's corpse.

"The corpse outside the staff is in the mountain temple. Village Chief Wang thought for a moment and said, "That corpse is an unclean thing, so the two girls don't have to look at it." ”

As soon as Village Chief Wang's words came out, Shen Qi and the others suddenly felt their hearts sink.

Thinking about it, the corpse outside Wang Yuanwai must have been miserable, otherwise Village Chief Wang would not have said such a thing.

Shen Qi turned his head and said to Jiu'er: "Village Chief Wang is right, you and Miss Wan will wait outside." Brother Yu and I went to take a look. ”

Jiu'er nodded and pulled Wan Lejing to the side.

Village Chief Wang nodded at Shen Qi and Yu Cheng'an, then walked to the front of the mountain temple and slowly pushed the temple door open.

"Squeak-"

The temple door slowly opened, and an extremely unpleasant and strange smell came to his face, and Shen Qi hurriedly covered his mouth and nose with his long sleeves.

Village Chief Wang pointed to the straw mat in the house and said, "The corpse outside the staff is there, and the two ......."

Shen Qi turned his head and arched his hand at Village Chief Wang, and the other party hurriedly returned the salute, and then retreated with his head bowed like that.

Suddenly, only two living people, Shen Qi and Yu Cheng'an, were left in the small mountain temple...... and a corpse.

Somehow, Shen Qi only felt that the hairs on his body stood on end, as if something frightened him existed.

After settling down, Shen Qi couldn't help but look at Yu Chengan.

Unexpectedly, Yu Chengan was even more unbearable at the moment, he kept wiping the cold sweat on his forehead with both hands, and his body trembled obviously.

Shen Qi sighed secretly, knowing that it was the first time for Yu Cheng'an to face a corpse, so he spoke: "Brother Yu, I'll go over to investigate first, you can wait for the time being." ”

After speaking, Shen Qi walked to the straw mat.

The straw mat was just wrapped casually, and it was not visible at the door, and when he arrived, Shen Qi had already vaguely seen the tragic state of this corpse.

The nausea and unpleasant smell is even heavier.

Shen Qi forcibly endured the discomfort of his body, covered his mouth and nose with his left hand, took out the short sword with his right hand, and then gently pushed the straw mat away.

This charred corpse was finally presented in front of Shen Qi!

Shen Qi couldn't describe the tragic condition of the corpse.

It wasn't the first time he had seen a corpse.

Whether it was the corpse of the ancestor of the mountain villa that he saw when he was a child, or the corpse of the disciple of the mountain villa that he saw in the twenty-seventh rest house at the foot of the mountains in the Northern Regions a few days ago, or the corpse of Qiu Ling that he had only seen yesterday, they could not be compared with the corpse in front of him.

The corpse had been charred, and it was only vaguely apparent that it was a person, and the face was completely incinerated, and it was impossible to determine its identity.

But through the bare teeth of the corpse and the missing marks on them, Shen Qi roughly judged that the gold tooth that Wan Lejing found was the corpse in front of him.

Then, as long as it can be determined that the king has gold teeth on the outside, it can be determined that the deceased is the king.