Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang and Lin Yehuo returned to Kaifeng Prefecture.

In the yard in front of the coroner's room, Lin Xiao was sitting there drinking and holding his chin with one hand.

Long Qiaoguang and Zou Liang were also sitting by the table. General Right was eating peanuts. There was this recipe on the table. Zou Liangzheng looked at it.

Several bamboo beds in the coroner's room were filled with either corpses or skeletons. Gongsun and several seniors from the Demon Palace were busy, and Zhao Pu was also helping Gongsun.

Lin Yehuo flashed, arrived beside Zou Liang, and glanced at the recipe.

Zou Liang asked him if he wanted to eat stewed pig's trotters with spices. Lin Yehuo nodded with a smile - yes!

Zhan Zhao went into the coroner room. Bai Yutang walked to the table and sat down, and asked Lin Xiao, "Didn't you go to class today?"

Lin Xiao nodded with a sad face and said he was out of mind. He asked Master Lin for three days off to help take care of his godmother.

"How is Mrs. Chen?"

"Oh..." Lin Xiao sighed and shook his head, "I was sad all night."

"Do you know the origin of Big Changsu and Little Changsu?" Bai Yutang asked.

Lin Xiao thought for a while and said, "The people on my godmother's boat are similar to me. They were taken in by my godmother when they were homeless. Little Changsu and Su Yun were adopted two years earlier than me, and Big Changsu may be earlier."

"Then have you heard a few of them talk about Wuzi's teaching?"

Lin Xiao recalled for a moment and shook his head.

Bai Yutang asked casually, no one knew whether this matter had anything to do with the Five Sects.

"Where is the paper man?" Lin Yehuo also came to join in the fun.

Lin Xiao thought for a while and said, "The paper man's words... don't say anything, Xiao Changsu and the others may believe in any teachings."

“How to say it?”

Zhan Zhao came out of the coroner room and heard that he was talking about the case here, so he ran over.

"Don't there be river lanterns in many places during the Zhongyuan Festival?" Lin Xiao said, "I remember when I was a child, the big and small Changsu and the others would also put them on, but the river lanterns they put on were very strange. Usually, the river lanterns are not square or round paper lanterns, and they are also made into paper boats or lotus flowers."

Everyone nodded.

"But Da Changsu and the others would put some paper people into the river. Most of the paper people were quite similar, big and small. These paper people were lying flat, holding hands in front of their chests, holding candles in their hands... When they put them, the river was covered with human-shaped paper lanterns, and they looked at it like many floating corpses floating, which was particularly strange."

"I have also seen the custom of putting paper people into the river."

On the side, Zou Liang interrupted, and the right general nodded.

"This is called spiritual comforting technique, which is commonly used in the Western Regions. There are usually two methods: putting river lanterns or sky lanterns. The lamps are made into the shape of paper people."

"What's the purpose?" Zhan Zhao was puzzled.

"There is a saying that if a man dies suddenly and dies on the earth, then the spirit will float in the sky and dies in the water, and then the spirit will float in the water. The paper man is to let those spirits possess, and the dead will attach to the paper man."

After hearing Zou Liang's explanation, everyone was curious, "Is it a magic to summon souls?"

"What souls should you attract? Don't forget that these paper people are lit with wax, and they will eventually be burned." Long Qiaoguang waved his hand, "Once those necromancers are attached to the paper people, as the paper people burn, the necromancers will also die. To put it bluntly, the person who lights the lamp may have done bad things and killed people. He is afraid that the resentful spirits will seek revenge on them, so he used this method to eliminate the resentful spirits."

Zou Liang also nodded, "It's rare now. In the past, the most chaotic period of the northwest, you can often see this kind of burning paper people flying all over the sky."

After listening to it, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang went to see Lin Xiao sitting there in a daze - Big Changsu and Xiao Changsu, were they trying to get rid of some resentment?

Lin Xiao frowned while holding his chin, and felt that things seemed not simple.

...

Everyone in the yard chatted for a long time. Gongsun finished his work and walked out. Zhao Pu also came over and poured a cup of tea for Gongsun who had washed his hands very considerately.

Everyone looked at it with eyebrows raised.

Gongsun drank a glass of water, Zhan Zhao asked about the results of the corpse test.

Mr. Gongsun shook his head, "It's quite strange!"

"The bones on the roof of Xiangzhuang are divided into two parts. Some of the broken bones are very new. They can make a complete bone. The man is 60 or 70 years old. He should be dead for less than ten days. The body is pecked by crows. The others are broken bones, and the age is different. It should be a long time for the wind and sun to make a complete bone. Xiao Changsu and Su Yun were both poisoned. Xiao Changsu was poisoned to death. Su Yun was smeared in a coma and died of blood loss after being wiped out by a sharp knife. Xiang Lian and Da Changsu were both dismembered, and the corpses were all in the rice warehouse. After they were put together, they found that both of them were stabbed to death. The most subtle thing is that both of them had blood on their hands, and when they died, their right hands were holding the knife." Gongsun said, reaching out to hold the knife, pointing to the thumb and the back of his hand, "There are traces of blood flowing down here, and there are splashed blood drops on their chests."

"What does it mean?" Lin Yehuo wondered, "Did you always hold a knife before you die?"

"Xiang Lian was stabbed in the abdomen, and Da Changsu was stabbed in the chest." Gongsun pointed to the location where the two were stabbed. "Based on the situation of the corpse, I think they stabbed each other with knives."

Everyone was surprised.

"Post each other?"

"Does Xiang Lian and Da Changsu meant to kill each other?" Zhan Zhao asked,

"It looks like the wound, but they must not have dismembered the corpse by themselves. There should be someone else." Gongsun gestured, "The knife for cutting the corpse is quite fast. Da Changsu and Xiang Lian may have been poisoned. My masters and the King of Medicine are all studying this medicine. The King of Medicine & just said that this medicine should have a large amount of rice capsule flowers, and the poisonous mushrooms that make phantoms can cause serious hallucinations."

Zhan Zhao and the others heard it and thought it was related to what Bailong King said just now, the Five Sons' Sect and the move to the house.

"What about the female corpse that was mistaken for Da Changsu before?" Bai Yutang asked.

"There is no fatal injury on the body. Shen Yuelian did buy a very good coffin. The body was not very rotten. After checking it, there was no sign of poisoning... So I suspect the fatal injury was on the head."

"But the head is gone."

Gongsun nodded, "Yes!"

Everyone sat in this conversation, Long Qiao Guangzhi shook his head across the street, "Good, why is the city so bloody when you are a kiss?"

Zou Liang patted his shoulder, and that meant - why do you marry your wife?

It was almost noon, and Bao Yan and Pang Yu were both back. This time they didn't come back by themselves, and they also brought Xie Yan and Wang Lin.

Everyone came in and gave condolences to Lin Xiao first.

When Pang Yu entered the house, he inquired about Wu Shanchuan's situation with Zhan Zhao Baiyutang, which made the two of them feel a little confused.

"Wu Shanchuan just sent someone to the Imperial College to deliver a letter, saying that he wanted to treat us to dinner and would like to apologize to Xie Yan," said Pang Yu.

"Wu Shanchuan treats guests to dinner?" Zhan Zhao was energetic and was about to check the bottom of Wulong Village when the opportunity came.

Zhan Zhao asked Xie Yan, "Wu Shanchuan said he wanted to get close to you because his father had several docks in his hands, but his father was a scholar and didn't pay much attention to military personnel."

After hearing this, Xie Yan shook his head, "There is no reason. My father has never cared about this kind of transaction, and everyone else is responsible for it. Besides, he is such a big sect as Wulong Village, whether it is buying land or boats, it is of course easy to negotiate. We are just ordinary businessmen, so how could we ignore such a big water village?"

Everyone also felt that Wu Shanchuan's argument was a bit far-fetched.

"Then do you have what Wu Shanchuan wants? So persistently." Lin Yehuo was puzzled, "Is it because he is still thinking about asking his son to marry the princess."

Xie Yan shook his head, "I am a classmate with the princess. The princess just likes my poems and essays. I buy a pleasure boat and want to facilitate friends' gatherings. If you find a way to make your friends happy, you may not have to talk about marriage. This matter is related to the princess' reputation and cannot be spread indiscriminately."

Pang Yu nodded, "That girl is so weird. When she finished her meal yesterday, the emperor tried to ask her if she wanted to recruit Xie Yan as her son-in-law. What do you think she said?"

Everyone looked at Pang Yu, don’t the princess think?

"She said that if you want to appreciate Xie Yan from afar, it will be no fun to get married! Don't you don't want it!"

Xie Yan blinked, "It's fun..."

"What does it mean?" Bao Yan didn't understand.

Pang Yu learned from everyone how Zhao Lan replied to Zhao Zhen, "That girl asked, is Bai Yutang so good? Is Zhan Zhao so good?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other - it looks good! What's wrong?

"Is the Heavenly Lord so beautiful? Is the Yin Hou so beautiful?"

Everyone squinted their eyes - what did that girl want to express?

"Is the Demon King so beautiful..."

Lin Yehuo slapped the table and said, "I've been talking for a long time, why are you not as good as me?"

Zou Liang held his forehead.

"So what if that looks good?" Gongsun was also puzzled.

"She said, I also like to see Mr. Yin and Tianzun. Do I need to marry them, right?" Pang Yu continued to learn, "I like to see Brother Zhan and Brother Bai go around, so do I need to marry them?"

Everyone put their chins to think about this.

"If you like to see it, you don't have to marry! If you like it, you don't have to get married! What if I see him fart when he gets married?" Pang Yu spread his hands, "She said they are gossiping about Lin Xiao and Xie Yan recently, and they think it's quite interesting that we don't make trouble..."

Lin Xiao and Xie Yan asked in confusion, "What are we gossip?"

Pang Yu lowered his voice, "Do you know that the girls in Lanhui Academy have a matching list? Xiao Mantou and I both have rankings!"

Bao Yanzheng was drinking water, and he choked and coughed.

"Who is the first on the list?" Lin Yehuo asked curiously.

Zou Liang looked at him speechlessly, "It's not a handsome guy list. Why do you care about that ranking?"

"The handsome guy list is also ranked!" Pang Yu said, "Brother Bai has been ranked first for three years."

Zhan Zhao was unhappy - it was clear that it was me before the mouse came!

Lin Yehuo keenly discovered the key point, "Are Bai Laowu squeezed out this year?"

All the students of the Imperial Academy nodded.

Bai Yutang asked quietly, "Who is the first one now?"

Everyone looked at him - it seemed like you cared about it?
To be continued...