I was forced to cultivate immortality when I just wanted to lie down

Chapter 114 The Right Way to Take a Corpse
Five days ago, Li Shang, who was in charge of all affairs in the Western Regions, led all the brave warriors and soldiers of the Protectorate, a total of 149 people, to bypass the enemy and destroy the delegation sent by the Western Rong in order to prevent the Eshan Kingdom from being bewitched by the Rong barbarians and then invading Dayong.

Among these 149 warriors, there are old and young, the oldest is over 60 years old, and the youngest is only 12 or 13 years old.

Apart from their age, the group in the Protectorate looked like a makeshift team, and their backgrounds were also diverse.

There were old soldiers from Annan Prefecture, merchants from the capital who stayed in the Protectorate, criminals who were exiled, and barbarians who were originally from the Rong tribe.

The reason why these unrelated people can come together is because of the support of a veteran general like Li En.

When Li Shang was twelve years old, he followed Prince Changting to fight in the army. He had set foot on the lands of Si'an Protectorate, Shanyu, Beiting, and Nancuo countries.

This also created a character of not admitting defeat in him.

After Prince Changting's military power was taken away from him, he had intended to let Li Shang abandon the army and return. After all, the Western Regions were an extremely difficult place, and the imperial court had long forgotten that there was a Protectorate there.

Only King Changting still remembers his former comrades-in-arms.

Unfortunately, Li Shang was a stubborn person. He replied that he was a rough man who could do nothing except fighting.

He has been guarding the border all his life. If he were asked to live as an ordinary person, he would probably not be able to survive a day.

In this way, Li Shang, who had no money, no food, and no people, stayed in the Western Regions Protectorate for more than ten years.

As time went by, only 149 soldiers were left stationed in the Protectorate of a thousand soldiers.

When destroying the Western Rong delegation, Li En had placed high hopes on one person, that was the warrior Badongmu who had lived among the Rong tribe.

However, this nine-foot-tall man has a shortcoming, which is that he can't even kill a chicken. The key is that he has a big appetite and is a reincarnated glutton.

No one understood why Li En would keep such a useless guy.

But it was this person who brought decades of stability to the Western Regions for the country.

On this day, Li Shang led his makeshift team and bypassed the garrison troops of Eshan State and sneaked into the base of the Western Rong delegation.

Li Shang pretended to be a human trafficker, and the hundreds of people under his command, young and old, pretended to be slaves being sold.

Looking at this group of people, let alone the barbarians from the Western Rong, even if they were veterans of the battlefield, no one could tell that they had any military background.

In addition, Badongmu, who was beside Li Shang, spoke fluent Rong language. The Western Rong delegation did not suspect anything and instead came forward to inquire about the price of slaves.

At night, Li Shang led his men and first broke into the military tents and killed some garrisons with loose military discipline. After seizing their weapons, they rushed to the big tent where the Western Rong delegation was located.

At this time, Prince Eshan Erduo of Eshan State was conspiring with the Western Rong delegation in the military tent.

Seeing Li Shang and his men approaching, a wise man from the Western Rong delegation remained calm and said, "It's the general of the Dayong army! Kill Eshan Erduo quickly. If you kill him, the Eshan Kingdom will inevitably become a mortal enemy of Dayong!"

The Western Rong envoy knew that he could not escape the disaster, so he thought of killing Prince Eshan and framing Li Shang. In this way, the Western Rong could still open up the route to Eshan Kingdom and prepare for the invasion of Dayong.

Li Shang was still some distance away from Prince Eshan, and only Badongmu, who broke through the door from behind the tent, was closest to the prince.

At this moment, everyone in the tent almost simultaneously turned their eyes to Prince Eshan.

"Badongmu, protect the prince!"

"Alech, kill the prince!"

There were flashes of swords and sabers in front of him. Badongmu gasped and stood in front of the prince. Prince Eshan followed Badongmu closely like a young wife who had entered a bandit's den, fearing that he would be killed by those Xirong people.

Although Badongmu is as strong as an ox and very powerful, he usually doesn't dare to kill even a chicken. His nickname in the Protectorate is Big Radish.

It means that even a rabbit can come forward and take a bite.

The soldiers of the Western Rong delegation rushed to Badongmu like crazy.

Li Shangyuan had no hope. In his opinion, if Badongmu encountered these Western Rong soldiers, he would most likely turn around and run away.

But what everyone didn't expect was that the man who used to be honest and timid, was like a mountain today, using his body to block the swords and spears that were stabbing at him.

"Badongmu, fight back!"

Li Shang approached and killed all the members of the Western Rong delegation. Badongmu, who looked like a bloody man, was still standing upright in the corner.

Behind him, Prince Eshan walked up to Li En unharmed and bowed.

"I am Prince Eshanerduo of Eshan Kingdom. Thank you for your help." Before the prince could finish his words, he was pushed to the side by Li Shang.

Badongmu grinned and wanted to speak, but the blood from between his teeth couldn't stop gushing out.

The man, as big as a mountain, fell to the ground. Li Shang called the accompanying military doctor. The old man, who was over sixty years old and had just killed someone, threw away his long knife, took out bandages, medicine and other things, and prepared to go forward to treat him.

Badongmu said vaguely: "General, I am a man like an eagle, not a carrot."

Li Shang nodded repeatedly. If such a person is not a man, then there will be no more men in this world.

According to the tradition of the Quanqiu tribe, the bravest warrior of the tribe can be favored by the mountain god. If the warrior dies, the shamans of the tribe will join forces with the tribesmen to hold a ceremony, and give the warrior the eternal tears of the goddess, so that the warrior can follow the mountain water across thousands of miles of mountains and rivers to the other side.

There were a total of 149 soldiers in the Protectorate. Seven of them were killed in the battle with the Western Rong delegation. Now there are only 142 people left guarding this isolated city.

After Li Shang sent Badongmu's body to the Quanqiu tribe, he stayed on the wall of the Protectorate for several days.

This is because there is a river not far from the city. The river originates from the mountains, winds for countless miles, and finally crosses the entire Dayong and flows into the shore of the East China Sea.

"With the blessing of the witch god, Badongmu might be lucky enough to see the magnificent scenery of Dayong along the way."

At the riverside port, the bodies are placed on a boat.

Xu Qing remained silent.

Who could have imagined that something happening thousands of miles away would affect the stability of the country, while warriors like Badongmu were unknown to anyone.

Xu Qing took out the burial supplies and silently put on makeup for the man in front of her.

After finishing all this, Xu Qing looked at the reward for the Sutra of Saving People.

A mid-grade corpse-fixing technique in the shape of a human, and a high-grade alpine flower in the shape of a human.

The corpse-fixing technique is also called the incorruptibility technique. After performing this technique, the corpse can remain incorrupt for a thousand years and its appearance will remain the same as when the corpse was alive.

The alpine flower is a pure flower, shaped like a snow lotus, with nine petals.

The function is to hold a petal in your mouth to remove evil spirits, hostility or resentment from your body.

Xu Qing looked at the flower and thought for a long time, but couldn't find anyone who could take it.

Well, let’s put it in the map of mountains and rivers to collect dust for now and talk about it later.

Xu Qing's mind moved slightly, and a cluster of lotus flowers emitting a milky white halo appeared on a river in the map of mountains and rivers, floating along the river.

After finishing the matters at hand, Xu Qing looked at the corpse in front of him again. If such a warrior were to be sent to the charity cemetery by the Jinmen Gang, he would most likely become a corpse slave in the mine. If he really ended up like this, it would be too miserable.

"Tianjin Gang"

Xu Qing looked around and didn't see anyone guarding the body. He waved his hand and put Badongmu's body into the box garden.

A gentleman loves corpses, but he obtains them in a proper way.

If Manager Cai asked, he would say that this man was his long-lost brother, and if money was needed to redeem him, any amount of green beetle money would be enough!
Xu Qing pushed the cart to the patrol office. He was no longer an unknown corpse driver.

When he walked into the yamen, most of the yamen runners, big and small, would greet him and call him "Manager Xu" or "Mr. Xu".

Xu Qing had a premonition that the future affairs of these people might fall under his purview, and he would be the one to bury and send them off. Arriving at the coroner's room, Wang Lingyuan immediately dropped his work and ran over to him.

The concern is beyond words.

"Alright, alright, your arms and legs are still the same. They keep saying that you've been eaten clean by water ghosts, but I don't believe it. Junior brother is such a capable person, how could he die so easily?"

Lost his life? Xu Qing laughed in silence.

There really is no such opportunity.

"Thank you for your concern, Senior Brother. I have no way to repay you, so I can only send you this body. I hope you like it."

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Wang Lingyuan rubbed his chin and smacked his lips, "Could this corpse be involved in a crime?"

Xu Qing nodded, and then pointed out all the suspicious points about Zheng Deli.

"The ferryman went to the body recovery team and said the man had fallen into the water and asked them to come and rescue him. Passenger Yuan Hu, who was also with them, testified to this."

"But after I salvaged him, I found that he was only wearing a shirt and pants. After asking the head of the body recovery team, I learned that Zheng Deli was wearing a set of clothes worth a lot of money."

"Do you suspect the boatman, motivated by greed, killed Zheng Deli and falsely claimed he fell into the water?"

Wang Lingyuan had just said this when he shook his head again and said, "But according to what you said, the fellow passenger also saw Zheng Deli fall into the water. Unless the boatman bribed the passenger to give false testimony, or the two of them were in cahoots, there's no explanation."

"Furthermore, even if someone really stripped the body of its clothes, they could still say that Zheng Deli was taken away by other fishermen or boatmen after he fell into the water."

Xu Qing smiled when he heard this and said, "There are five listening methods to solve a case: listening to words, listening to facial expressions, listening to breath, listening to ears, and listening to eyes. But if you ask me, there's also listening to the corpse.

Brother, you have only listened to my story, but have not yet heard the corpse's own words."

"Listen to the corpse talking?" Wang Lingyuan asked in surprise, "How can a corpse talk?"

Xu Qing laughed heartily and said, "This is my senior brother's forte. Why are you asking me about this? Isn't the purpose of a coroner performing an autopsy to listen to the corpse's account of the crime?"

Wang Lingyuan suddenly understood, then laughed and scolded, "An autopsy is enough, what's your trick? I thought you had the ability to investigate crimes, but this is what you mean."

At this time, the sky was covered with dark clouds and the room was dark. Xu Qing was holding a lamp beside him. After Wang Lingyuan carefully examined Zheng Deli's body, he found something wrong.

"There are strangulation marks on the neck, no cyanosis on the lips and nails, and the neck grooves are evenly spaced and of uniform depth. There is no evidence of stagnation. Death is most likely caused by strangulation."

To confirm his judgment, Wang Lingyuan took out a lancet, cut open Zheng Deli's chest, and conducted further examination.

"There's no foam coming out of the mouth and nose, and the lungs are dry and dull. This body definitely didn't drown!"

Wang Lingyuan took off his gloves, which were fish skin gloves.

Xu Qing, who was standing next to him, had already brought out blank files and pen and ink.

Wang Lingyuan picked up his pen and began to record Zheng Deli's case file.

"Junior brother, please wait a moment. If you are hungry, you can go to the Sibutang Hall in the government office to eat."

"No, I see the weather is changing from sunny to rainy. I'm afraid it's going to rain again soon. I'll go back to the shop and come visit you another day."

The time Xu Qing stayed in the coroner's room of the yamen was often related to the number of corpses in the room.

There were no extra bodies in the coroner's office today, so he had no intention of staying.

Xu Qing calculated the time and hurried over, and finally returned to Jingxia Street within half an hour.

After returning the cart, he returned to his shop. Just as Hu Baosong had said, a violent storm had started to blow outside again.

There were bursts of thunder outside the coroner's shop, and Xu Qing hid in the shop, secretly shocked.

In thunderstorm weather like this, dangerous situations are most likely to occur on the water, and there is never a shortage of fishermen in the port who are willing to take risks for their livelihood.

The bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish.

Whenever it rains, the probability of the treasure fish appearing increases.

At this time, there are often brave fishermen who go out on boats to fish, just in order to make a comeback.

However, in Xu Qing's opinion, the chances of capsizing may be greater.

"Looks like I have to go on another mission with the corpse recovery team tomorrow."

After collecting his thoughts, Xu Qing asked Xuan Yu to close the shop door. He took the opportunity to take out the body of the Taoist water worker and began to perform a ritual to help him reincarnate.

However, before the salvation, Xu Qing tied up the water worker Taoist priest with three layers of five-colored ropes soaked in holy water just in case.

He still remembered the vicious curse this Taoist cursed before his death.

The demon was so vicious when he was alive, and there was no guarantee that he would leave behind some sinister tricks to harm him after his death.

As I turned the pages of the Sutra of Deliverance, familiar verses from the scripture echoed in my mind.

“The path of humanity is vague, the path of immortality is vast.

The ghost path is joyful, at the door of human life.

The immortal way values ​​life, the ghost way values ​​death.

The path of immortals is always auspicious, while the path of ghosts is always ominous."

The scripture began to repeat itself after reaching this point. Xu Qing looked down and saw that the body of the Taoist water worker suddenly opened his eyes. Wisps of crimson mist emerged from his pale and turbid eyeballs.

"Ho-"

Taoist Shuigong opened his mouth wide, and a ball of extremely dense resentful and evil energy shot out from it, heading straight for Xu Qing's face.

Xu Qing quickly dodged and retreated, holding his sword to block, but the ball of light seemed to be of non-material quality, and it passed through his sword and crashed into his body.

"Hiss-"

Xu Qing couldn't help but hum.

As soon as the rich Yin energy entered, he felt a strange energy injected into his body, just like a hungry skinny wolf devouring a fat lamb, or like a person shivering in the cold winter, drinking a few sips of the Ten-Ingredient Tonic Soup. The taste was indescribable.

The powerful Yin energy in Xu Qing's body tore apart and devoured the uninvited foreign object. It was at this moment that Xu Qing vaguely heard the terrified voice of the Taoist waterman.

"You are not a demon, you are an evil demon!"

"Let me go! I'm willing to be your walker!"

"Ah! Demon, you will die a horrible death!"

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Finally, Xu Qing burped, and black evil spirit came out of his mouth.

Remove the dross and keep the green. These evil spirits are the resentment of the Taoist water worker, and now they have been digested by him beyond recognition.

After returning to the corpse and lifting the curse, continue turning the pages of the Sutra of Salvation.

(End of this chapter)