Although Chen Zhihao was a bit old, he was not yet blinded by old age. When he saw the token in the guard's hand, his face immediately turned pale and he hurriedly knelt down.
"If you are a lower official, please see King Huai and see the princess."
He hurriedly apologized. Qin Rushuang stood aside and could even see that his hands under his robe were shaking desperately.
This made Qin Rushuang even more certain that there was definitely something wrong with this county magistrate!
Even if he suddenly sees King Huai coming, he won't be so afraid.
"Get up." Xie Xun said calmly, "I just accompanied the princess to Zhou County for fun, and I learned that the Taoist temple on the top of the mountain caught fire. It's a pity, I heard that this Taoist temple is very effective, and I haven't had time to take the princess there.
There’s some incense sticks.”
Qin Rushuang has been observing Chen Zhihao's expression from the side.
When he heard Xie Xun mentioning the Taoist temple, his whole body tensed up, and when he heard Xie Xun say that he hadn't had time to burn incense yet, he let out a sigh of relief.
"Your Majesty, forgive me! It's all because of the poor management of the lower officials! It was only because of the dry weather that the Taoist temple caught fire. It was pity that these Taoist priests... were all burned to death by the fire!"
Xie Xun raised his eyebrows, "All the Taoist priests were burned to death? That's more than a dozen lives. If there was a fire, wouldn't they run away?"
Chen Zhihao smiled apologetically and said: "This... this... it has been really dry these past two days, and the wind has been strong on the top of the mountain. When the official learned that the fire broke out, he had tried his best to put out the fire, but it was still a step too late. After the fire was extinguished, all the people
The Taoist priests are all dead, and their bodies are all here."
"Come here, lift up the white cloth. I want to take a look." Xie Xun said.
"This..." Chen Zhihao hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, it's better not to look at it. The death of a person burned to death is horrific. Don't taint the eyes of you and the princess."
Xie Xun gave him a cold look, "Do it. Lift off the white cloth."
There was no need to give the order a second time. The men around him immediately lifted off all the white cloths on the dozens of corpses.
Qin Rushuang immediately took a breath.
I saw that these dozen Taoist priests had been burned beyond recognition, and some places were even charred black.
Chen Zhihao said hurriedly, "Look, I am just afraid of scaring the princess. The person who was burned to death is inherently scary? Come here! Cover it with a white cloth quickly, don't scare the princess!"
Qin Rushuang suppressed the discomfort in her heart and raised her hand: "Wait a minute, have all these corpses been examined by the deceased?"
Chen Zhihao froze: "The people who were burned to death in this fire were all accidents, and nothing can be found out. It's better to bury them early. It's getting hot today, and I'm afraid they will stink if they are left there for a few more days. I'm not afraid of anything else."
, I’m afraid that if the corpse is kept for a long time, it will bring disease.”
Qin Rushuang shook her head: "No, you also said that the lives of more than a dozen people cannot be ended with just a "fire" in such an unclear way. Let someone come over and do an autopsy. Let's do it now."
"This... this... Your Majesty, look..." Chen Zhihao turned his gaze to Xie Xun, "Why is the princess suddenly interested in autopsy? Even if she wanted to do an autopsy, she would have to wait for the subordinate to find an autopsy, and she wouldn't dare to do it in front of the princess.
Check it out."
"Besides... the princess wants to see the autopsy and the official will naturally cooperate fully, but... she is afraid that others will not know and think it is some big case, which will alarm the people and make them panic. This has a bad impact."
Qin Rushuang understood that he was complaining to Xie Xun, saying that she wanted to do an autopsy on a whim and was causing trouble for the Yamen.
Unexpectedly, Xie Xun didn't listen to his instigation and said: "Listen to the princess and find Wu Zuo to do an autopsy immediately."
Chen Zhihao saw that he could not stop these two people, so he could only grit his teeth and said to the government servant on the side: "Go and invite Zhao Wu! Carry the body to the morgue as soon as possible, and report the results to the prince after the autopsy."
"Wait a minute. This matter involves the lives of more than a dozen people. I will go with you to test it now. I want to know the result now."
Seeing Xie Xun's resolute attitude, Chen Zhihao had no choice but to find Wu Zuo.
After Wu Zuo arrived, Chen Zhihao immediately said to Wu Zuo: "There was a fire in the Taoist temple last night and more than a dozen people were burned to death. Come and see if there is anything abnormal about the bodies?"
This man had been working in the government office for a long time. As soon as he heard what the county magistrate said, he knew that something was fishy.
It was clear that an autopsy was required, but the county magistrate immediately said that these dozen people were burned to death. Could it be that he was asked to write down the results of the autopsy that these people were burned to death...?
He rolled his eyes, cupped his hands and said, "Okay, okay, I'll go right now."
Xie Xun was afraid that Qin Rushuang would feel uncomfortable after seeing it, so he stopped Qin Rushuang outside the morgue, "Let them go in for an examination and tell me the results later. They will not dare to lie."
In the morgue.
Zhao Wu performed the autopsy, and the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became.
These dozen people were indeed not burned to death!
And listening to the commotion outside, the two people standing outside the door should have a lot of background. Do they want to tell the truth...?
Just as he was thinking about it, a low-browed government servant who said he was here to help him with the autopsy suddenly put a knife to his throat.
"The county magistrate said he was burned to death, so he was burned to death. If anything happens due to your nonsense, I don't know if your life, and the lives of your wife and children at home, are enough to compensate you."
Wu Zuo swallowed his saliva and said in a trembling voice: "I know...I know that the villain knows what to say."
After a while, the puppet came out, wiped his hands, and said to Chen Zhihao, Xie Xun, and Qin Rushuang, "These people were indeed burned to death."
"Are you sure?" Xie Xun looked straight at Wu Zuo, making him shudder.
"You should know the consequences of lying to me."
"You dare not! You will be burned to death!"
Qin Rushuang said: "Are there any other works in the county this week?"
Chen Zhihao immediately jumped out and said, "No more! No one is willing to do this business in the first place. It would be detrimental to one's morality. This is the only one in our entire Zhou County!"
Qin Rushuang nodded and said, "Okay."
Chen Zhihao was overjoyed, thinking that the matter had just been revealed. Unexpectedly, the next moment, Qin Rushuang said: "Qingzhi, prepare a clean handkerchief and a knife. I want to examine these corpses myself."
As soon as Qin Rushuang spoke, before Chen Zhihao had time to refuse, Xie Xun at the side first took her hand.
"Don't make trouble."
Qin Rushuang raised her head and looked directly at Xie Xun: "Your Highness, don't you believe me? I may not be able to detect anything else, but I can still tell whether a person was burned to death or his body was burned after death."
After saying that, he no longer looked at Xie Xun's expression, took the water from Qingzhi, soaked the handkerchief in the water, put it around his face, picked up the knife in the tray and walked into the morgue.
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Qingzhi behind him hesitated and wanted to follow in, but was stopped by Xie Xun.
Xie Xun sighed, "Forget it, I will go in with her."
