With the arrival of Lu Tianhan and Yao Changtian, the case has also made some progress.

The massacre of the Taiwei Mansion that shocked Kaifeng was inexplicably related to the corpse beast case that shocked Sichuan many years ago.

The murderer of the Corpse Beast Case, the Corpse King, and Cao Kui, who was lying in the widow's house in Kaifeng Mansion, actually had the same face.

At the same time, Duo Qi, who had known Cao Kui earlier, also provided a strange clue. The identity of Cao Kui's deceased wife was mysterious and her age was suspicious.

There were many clues, but the case was not clear. Just when everyone was at a loss, news came from the palace that Zhao Zhen was inviting guests to dinner. At the same time, he also found some clues about Cao Kui.

On the way, Lu Tianhan and Yao Changtian briefly told everyone about the situation of the corpse beast case.

The incident happened a hundred years ago. At that time, Tianzun was deceived by Yin Hou Wusha and others and won the title of No. 1 in the world at Tu Yun Peak. At that time, the conflict between good and evil in the world was very fierce.

The Corpse King Sect is a very small sect in Shu. It is an evil sect and its martial arts methods are relatively vicious. The leader is the Corpse King, who is good at using poison. At that time, there was an epidemic in Shu, and for some reason, it was rumored that he was the leader of the Corpse King Sect.

Yes, a group of political sects gathered in the middle of Shu to destroy the Corpse King Sect.

At that time, Tianzun and the others went to Shuzhong because Jianghu people said that the Corpse King Sect was a branch of the Demon Palace. Tianzun and Yin Hou happened to be near Shuzhong. They heard the rumors and came to see what happened. They found that the Corpse King Sect had nothing to do with everyone in the Demon Palace.

After the relationship started, the two elders stopped caring and went to the city to eat hotpot.

Lu Tianhan and Yao Changtian were also passing by, but they happened to miss the two elders who went to the city to eat hot pot. When they arrived in the woods near the Corpse King Gate, they saw a large group of Jianghu people running for their lives, and there seemed to be some wild beast chasing them behind them.

At that time, the relationship between Yao Changtian and Lu Tianhan was even more tense than it is now. Lu Tianhan hid everywhere, and Yao Changtian kept following. Lu Tianhan often ran away. Yao Changtian covered his heart and searched all over the world. Sometimes he couldn't find him for three or four days.

By then, the White Ghost King will be rolling on the floor in pain, which will be much worse than now.

Lu Tianhan was the first person to discover corpse beasts. He saw a group of "broken" and rotting giant beasts, with long teeth and grinning teeth chasing a group of people in the world to bite them.

Island Master Lu was really confused at first as to whether these beasts were alive or dead. How could they still run with a skeleton?

When Lu Tianhan wanted to rescue the Jianghu people, Taoist priests from the Maoshan sect appeared, namely Su Jiugu, Mei Buying, Liang Jing, and their master Tao Ming.

This group of Taoist priests were quite amusing. They used all kinds of fancy tricks to deal with wild beasts, and even performed some kind of ritual to exorcise ghosts.

Later, Lu Tianhan saw that the wild beasts were about to run into the city and attack civilians, so he used his internal strength to freeze the wild beasts.

When the first attack on the city occurred, Lu Tianhan counted about ten beasts.

The Jianghu people who survived the catastrophe were able to save their lives, and they all said that the murderer was someone who escaped from the Corpse King's Sect and attacked people. Now, they are even more determined to destroy the Corpse King's Sect.

Lu Tianhan felt that these gangsters were as unreasonable and troublesome as ever. If you didn't come to destroy other people's sects, they wouldn't necessarily let wild beasts bite you.

Such a coincidence, at this time Yao Changtian came again, and Lu Tianhan also entered the city and went to the restaurant to find Tianzun and Yin Hou.

I originally thought that the matter had calmed down, but that night, wild beasts roared outside the city. Hundreds of terrifying beasts carrying corpse poison rushed into the city, biting everyone they saw.

That night, the area in Shuzhong was like a purgatory on earth, and the scene was very terrifying. Later, Master Wu Sha released heavenly fire, and the beasts were dispersed and escaped from the city.

Early the next morning, we counted the losses and found that many people were dead, mostly old, weak, women and children who were powerless.

Lu Tianhan felt a little regretful at that time. If he had chased the Corpse King's Gate with those Jianghu people when he saw the Corpse Beast for the first time, and destroyed the Corpse King and the Corpse Beast, maybe so many people would not have died.

Those decent sects in the world have gathered in large numbers, preparing to destroy the Corpse King Sect.

Tianzun and Yin Hou also felt that the Corpse King Sect could not stay, but when they looked for it, they found that Lu Tianhan had disappeared. Master Wu Sha said that Xiao Luzi ran away in anger early in the morning, and Yao Changtian was also missing.

Yin Hou and Tianzun knew that the Corpse King Sect had probably been destroyed. Sure enough, when everyone arrived and took a look, the entire Corpse King Sect had basically turned into an Ice Corpse Sect, and thousands of large and small corpse beasts had been frozen.

After breaking the ice, the Corpse King also died in the hands of Lu Tianhan. The scene was quite shocking.

Among the first group of Jianghu people who arrived were members of the Maoshan sect. They witnessed Lu Tianhan slaying the Corpse King at that time. It was probably from that moment on that Su Jiugu's heart moved.

After hearing the story, Bai Yutang asked his grandfather with some confusion, "Why does the Corpse King send so many ferocious beasts to hurt people?"

"I actually asked him at that time." Lu Tianhan frowned and shook his head, "Unfortunately, he might have gone crazy at that time."

"Crazy?" Everyone wondered.

"Yes." Lu Tianhan nodded, "His eyes were red and his internal energy was chaotic. He looked like he was possessed."

When he said this, he spread his hands and said, "It's not so much that I killed him back then, it's more that he went crazy and chopped people when he saw them. When he got in front of me, I killed him."

"Did anything happen related to salt?" Zhan Zhao asked,

Lu Tianhan shook his head, "If you think about it carefully, one thing is really strange..."

"Which point?"

Lu Tianhan recalled, "At that time, before the Corpse King took his last breath, he said something to me, an inexplicable sentence.

A group of people looked at Lu Tianhan with wide eyes - what did he say?

Lu Tianhan was a little embarrassed, "I didn't hear it very clearly. I looked at his mouth and half-listened to half-guessed... What he said seemed to be, 'It's all fake, he lied to me'."

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Along the way, everyone speculated about the events of the year. Since the Corpse King is already dead, how could he become Cao Kui and die again? Does it just look like him?

Walking into the palace, Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand and touched his nose gently, then turned to Bai Yutang and whispered, "Today we are serving Sichuan cuisine!"

The Fifth Master always admires Zhan Zhao's ability to distinguish dishes from eight hundred miles away. Eat Sichuan food? I don't know if it is a coincidence or Zhao Zhen did it on purpose.

Entering the garden, I saw that the Queen Mother and Concubine Pang were also there.

Zhao Zhen was wearing casual clothes, followed by his uncle and nephew Nangong.

Zhao Zhen's advantage has always been that he is a good person and received the Demon King. He did not show any courtesy as a monarch or minister. Everything was arranged for a family banquet. The dishes and chopsticks provided by several concubines looked particularly cordial.

When everyone came, their minds were focused on Cao Kui's clue. As soon as the dinner started, their attention was distracted by the authentic Sichuan cuisine.

Both Tianzun and Yin Hou praised the chef's skill. Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao which chef's skill came from it. Zhan Zhao didn't know how to eat it and said it was made by Guo Tian. It is said that Guo Tian even had a fight with Zhao Zhen.

The bet was that Zhan Zhao would not be able to tell who cooked the food this time, so Zhao Zhen won two hundred taels of silver.

After drinking for three rounds, Zhao Zhen waved to Mr. Chen beside him.

Eunuch Chen left the courtyard and came back after a while holding several scrolls.

Several of Concubine Pang's maids helped unfold them one by one and stood in the yard for everyone to see.

Several palace maids lit lamps, and everyone stared at the scrolls and couldn't help but frown - something strange!

Zhao Zhen showed everyone a total of four paintings, two men and two women. At first glance, they seemed to be portraits of a man and a woman, but after careful inspection of the dates in the signatures, they found that they were four different people.

The four paintings are all very old, and they look like they have aged a lot.

"Oh, isn't this the demon concubine?" Tianzun pointed at one of the portraits of a woman and asked Yin Hou and the demon king.

The Demon King glanced at her and smiled slightly, "Yuan Yan."

Except for Tianzun and the others, everyone else's attention was on the portraits of the two men, because they were Cao Kui's portraits. However... they probably weren't Cao Kui's, and there were some subtle differences.

"This is the Corpse King." Lu Tianhan pointed to one of them and said.

Yao Changtian pointed to another portrait of a man, "Could this be the Corpse King's grandfather? He looks really similar."

Everyone else nodded.

"These two paintings are from the same era." Zhao Zhen pointed to another painting of a woman, "The woman's picture is the legendary Salt Coffin Princess."

As soon as Zhao Zhen finished speaking, everyone opened their eyes in shock.

"What about this man?" Bai Yutang asked, "Looking at his dress, is he a Taoist priest?"

"Probably so." Zhao Zhen nodded, "According to the palace secret records, in the case of Princess Salt Coffin, he was the one who finally came up with the idea to turn the princess into a golden pillar."

Zhao Zhen's words caused quite a commotion. Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang, "Didn't you say that the person who came up with the idea was a senior monk?"

Bai Yutang also looked at Lu Tianhan, after all, it was Lu Tianhan who told him this story.

Lu Tianhan tilted his head and thought for a moment, "Let's say he's a monk..."

"Grandpa, who did you hear this story from?" Bai Yutang couldn't help but be curious.

Lu Tianhan smiled slightly, "Listen to Jingzhi's story, a story he heard when he was running a boat when he was a child."

The fifth master immediately stopped talking and quietly looked at his grandpa - Gu Jingzhi... which aroused his grandpa's sadness.

"Understandable."

At this time, Gongsun nodded, "Calculate the time, Princess Salt Coffin's era may have valued monks over Taoism. If the royal family relied on Taoist priests to eliminate disasters, it might cause criticism, so the rumor was changed to eminent monk...

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"Why do this Taoist priest, the Corpse King, and Cao Kui look so similar? Are they relatives?" Lin Yehuo felt a little weird, "Also, the Salt Coffin Princess and the Demon Concubine Yayan also look exactly the same...

what's the situation?"

Everyone also shook their heads.

Unlike everyone else who looked confused, Duo Qi, who had been silent all this time, now had a look of shock on his face.

Zhao Pu noticed something strange in Duo Qi's expression, and with the intelligence of the Ninth Prince, he roughly guessed it, so he asked uncertainly, "Could it be..."

Everyone looked at Duo Qi, and Xiao Liangzi raised his face and asked, "Master Da, could it be that Cao Kui's former wife..."

Duo Qi took a deep breath and nodded, "Yes! His wife looks like this!"

Everyone was silent for a long time, and Yao Changtian asked Lu Tianhan, "Does the Corpse King have anything to do with the Demon Concubine?"

Lu Tianhan shrugged and said he didn't know. Everyone was looking at the Silver Demon King.

The Demon King held his chin, was silent for a while, and then said, "Yuan Yan is actually not very pretty."
To be continued...