Immortal Cultivation and Life-Saving Guide

Chapter 102: Corpse (Part )
Normally, the cemetery for keeping corpses should be outside the city, but because of the special identities of these Hu people, their bodies were left in the county government office.

The monks didn't think it was a big deal, but they still had to consider their subordinates, soldiers, and servants, so Zhuang Yi cleaned up the most remote and dilapidated courtyard in the county government office as a place to store the bodies.

"The guy who brought the food said this is the most secluded one," Lian Goujie commented. "It looks much better than Sun Ji's courtyard."

Lian Gouye, frightened by Wei Xi's unsolicited flattery, was nervous all the way, fearing that Wei Xi would sell him out. Lian Gouye was a talkative person to begin with, and now he was so nervous that he kept talking.

Wei Xi's temperament was naturally not affected by Lian Gou's daily chatter, and the only one who suffered was Qin Feng.

So Qin Feng couldn't wait to enter the courtyard.

Wei Xi followed behind and only heard Qin Feng make a "tsk" sound. She leaned over to look and also made a "tsk" sound.

Let me put it this way, Wei Xi was almost digging a hole in the cemetery to use as a kang in Tianshui Village, but she had never seen such an insulting way of storing corpses.

Although, the famine meant that many graves could no longer be called graves.

Come to think of it, the body should be placed in the hall, or at least in a shelter like a house.

As a result, the bodies of the nine Hu people were lined up in a row with straw mats under them and lying in the yard. A shed was set up above them to block the wind and rain, and several braziers burning herbs were placed around them to repel mosquitoes.

Oh no, Wei Xi took another closer look and saw a pool of corpses. He thought it should be the exploded Hu man that Qin Feng mentioned.

Qin Feng had been to the border battlefield and had national hatred and family feuds with the Hu people, so she really didn't think there was anything wrong with this scene.

Lian Gouqie fanned his nose and said, "Oh my god, what's that smell?"

"There's a lot of blood, and it's the rainy season now, so the smell is already quite mild," Qin Feng replied. She picked up a wooden stick and started stirring the ashes in the brazier. "Yes, these herbs have a strong smell. It seems Zhuang Yi still wants to keep the body for a while."

Wei Xi took a closer look at the nine corpses. The leader was killed by Zhuang Yi's soldiers. His body was covered with knife wounds, which seemed to be caused by the same weapon as the wounds on most of the corpses.

Wei Xi saw that there was nothing unusual about the corpse, so he waved to Lian Gouqie.

Lian Gou Xie was frightened by Wei Xi in the morning, and he was still hesitating. Qin Feng couldn't bear to see him like that.

".What do you want me to do?" Lian Gou asked.

Wei Xi no longer hid his intentions and pointed at the bodies of the Hu people on the ground. "Pick one and steal something from it."

"Why did Lian Gou steal this?" "This is a dead person!"

"Stop!" Wei Xi stopped the two men. "You can see that there are no clues on the faces of these barbarians. We can only start with them."

"Big sister!" Lian Gou said painfully, "Let's not talk about your impulsive behavior. They are stealing from living people!"

"Not really," Qin Feng retorted subconsciously, "I heard that tomb robbers dug up the imperial mausoleum during the previous dynasty."

Lian Gou looked at Qin Feng as if he were a madman, "Big sister! Those are tomb robbers! I'm just an ordinary thief!"

Wei Xi, however, felt that this was not enough and continued to destroy Lian Gou's professional bottom line, "I'm not asking you to steal anything, the main thing is to steal one of the bones and meat!"

"I was wrong, Wei Xi," even Gou Yu was so angry that he laughed. "You're not being stubborn, you're just mentally ill! Why would I steal someone else's bones and blood for no reason? Is it made of gold or silver?" Qin Feng also found it a bit strange and asked doubtfully, "Wei Xi, coming here to inspect the body is one thing, but destroying it is another. Regardless of whether these people are Hu people or Ju people, they are dead, and desecrating the body is strange."

Seeing that Lian Gouyu would never take action without a reasonable explanation, Wei Xi could only explain, "I have a feeling these barbarians didn't come here for no reason. If there were cultivators in Tangkou Town, they would either do a better job than County Magistrate Cheng, or this wouldn't have happened."

"And this incident didn't happen earlier or later, but happened right around the time the Hu people and we entered the city. We can take this Hu people's bones and blood and find a way to go to Suzhou to find a wizard to perform a tracking spell. We can see the route these Hu people took and maybe we can find a clue."

"You're possessed by a demon," Lian Gouyue said, determined not to touch those things. "It's more important for us to find the corpse. The monk might have already escaped."

"Besides, don't you always bring back some bones to play with? You should be more familiar with dissecting corpses and taking bones than I am!"

Wei Xi looked at the wounds covered with blood scabs, and disgust was evident on his face.

Qin Feng and Lian Goujie were confused. Lian Goujie was even more furious: "You think it's dirty and you want me to work for you? I'm just a piece of paper!"

When he said the last three words, Lian Gouyu lowered his voice for fear of exposing himself.

Qin Feng, who couldn't learn magic due to a "minor problem", was thinking about the Tracking Technique - this was a technique used to recreate the route of progress, which she knew.

While Qin Feng was madly attacking with his hooks, he pulled out a few hairs from the leading barbarian. "Alright, that spell can be used with hair too. Didn't Wen Daotang tell you that?"

The two poor students watched Qin Feng stuff the hair into a small cloth bag, and then they remembered that Wen Daotang seemed to say that this spell could also be used with hair.

Wei Xi's face flushed bright red, and Lian Gou Xie let out a laugh that shouldn't have been heard in a mass grave. "Wei Xi has a good brain, but he just doesn't study."

"What are you laughing at, Brother Lian Gou? I heard it from outside the door." The three of them were shocked. How could someone approach so unnoticed?

Turning around, I saw Xu Xiangyang carrying a medicine box.

Although Xu Xiangyang was still joking, anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was trying hard to stay calm.

This cultivator looked ten years older after not seeing him for a day. Wei Xi's sharp eyes could even see a few silver hairs mixed in with Xu Xiangyang's temples.

Wei Xi lowered his eyes and his gaze fell on Xu Xiangyang's medicine box: No matter what, his brother's death was a huge blow to Xu Xiangyang.

It was Lian Gouyu who broke the deadlock. "What's there to laugh about? I suffered at their hands, and seeing their miserable state, I laughed a little too much."

Lian Gouqie acted like a rogue, as if to say, "I'm just narrow-minded, what can you do to me?", thus concealing the true intentions of the three people.

"Why are you here, Fellow Daoist Xu?" Qin Feng took over the conversation. "I thought the coroner was the one who did the autopsy. Why are you here?"

Xu Xiangyang wasn't a worldly-wise man, and since he had a gentle nature, he generally didn't think the worst of others. He simply assumed the three kids were out to vent their anger. "There's no coroner in Tangkou Town, so I'm thinking of doing an autopsy before the body rots. After all, the higher-ups will have to look into this case too."

"Besides, I'm busy and won't miss my brother anymore," Xu Xiangyang said, putting the medicine box on the ground. "I'm about to perform an autopsy. It won't be a good scene. Fellow Taoists..."

Qin Feng wanted Wei Xi and Lian Gouyu to calm down, so he said, "Since Fellow Daoist Xu wants to perform an autopsy, then the three of us won't..."

Before Qin Feng could finish his words, he saw Wei Xi suddenly raise her head, her eyes shining, and she shook her head slightly at her. Qin Feng could only change her tone stiffly, "Just study on the side!"

(End of this chapter)