C52 (1/2)
Su Li stuffed the books under his pillow, got off the bed, and went out to put his shoes on.
Song Lai was also shocked awake, and when he came out of his room, he happened to meet Su Li in the hall.
They hurried to the door.
The person knocking on the door was an official. He was holding a lantern and breathing heavily. It was obvious that he had run all the way here.
”What's going on?” Su Li asked.
Seeing Su Li, the official's lips trembled. After a long while, he finally managed to squeeze out a few words, ”Ghost-Slaughtering Ghost, too terrifying …”
”A murder case?”
”If it's not a murder case, then it's a ghost killing.”
”…”
The official was too shocked to explain the situation clearly.
All of the tools for Su Li's autopsy were kept in the system store, while Song Lai went back to take his things.
The two of them followed the official as they headed towards their destination. Along the way, from the official's stuttering narration, Su Li roughly understood what happened.
Today, there was a funeral at home, the white-haired man sent the black-haired man away, and my mother insisted on guarding the grave after nightfall. But when we arrived at the cemetery, we discovered that the grave was dug up, the coffin was lifted up, countless crows were pecking around, and a few brave servants went to take a look, and found that the young master's skin was half peeled.
The official did not dare to continue and was shaking violently.
It was also because of his bad luck that he was sent to investigate the situation after receiving the case.
This probing didn't matter. He would have nightmares every day from now on!
Su Li patted his shoulder sympathetically.
It was late at night, and there was another skinned body in the coffin.
Not fainting from fear, that's good enough.
”Why did he kill a ghost?” Song Lai asked.
”That little gongzi had many companions in death, and the same goes for him. From my point of view, he's a ghost in crime.” The official said with a trembling voice, ”The Lord Magistrate only sent me to invite you to take a look because the family insisted on finding the 'ghost' who committed the crime.”
The three of them walked onto the official road, coincidentally, Wang Quanan's carriage also arrived.
Wang Quanan was a little surprised to see Su Li, ”Why is Fourth Miss here too?”
”The Emperor has already granted me the unorthodox duty. I'll have to advise you in the future.” Su Li imitated the ancient people and cupped his fists at him.
Wang Quanan's face immediately lit up with joy, ”With Fourth Miss here, I can finally be at ease.”
Maybe because he was afraid that there would be differences between males and females, Wang Quanan let Su Li and Song Lai board the horse carriage and rushed to the scene of the crime.
The victim's surname was Hu, and he ran a restaurant in the capital. His family background was not weak.
The young master who had been skinned was a doted on son, so after such an incident, almost everyone from Hu Family had rushed over.
Just as Su Li got off the carriage, he heard a miserable wail.
A middle-aged man walked over in a hurry. When he got near, he stuffed a bulging purse of money directly into Wang Quanan's hands.
”Lord Magistrate, you must uphold justice for this lowly one. No matter who it is, they must drag out this lowly one's son and tear him into a million pieces.”
Wang Quanan hurriedly returned the money pouch back to his hands, ”This is my duty.”
Shopkeeper Hu was also one who reacted quickly. When Wang Quanan didn't take any money, he would think of Su Li.
”The Fourth Miss's case is like a god, the news has spread like wildfire throughout the capital! These silver taels are considered as the payment for the Fourth Miss's hard work, I hope that Fourth Miss will uphold justice for me!”
Su Li held the money bag, but did not return it like Wang Quanan did.
In any case, she didn't have an official organization, so it didn't count as a bribe.
”I'll take this money as a donation to Yi Village. I'll fix up the Yi Village and make a note for you in the merit record.”
”Yes, yes, yes.”