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Ever since Lin Yi had left Wu City, Su Mu had always been holed up in his room, looking for a biography of a person from somewhere. When he had nothing else to do, he would just hide in his room and watch.

After the first clap of thunder in summer, it started to rain non-stop in Wu City. Sometimes it would rain heavily, sometimes it would be small, and sometimes it would even be extremely annoying. Even if the rain stopped for a while, it would soon return and the umbrella would become a necessity for everyone.

Wu City was surrounded by mountains. At this time of year, the local county magistrate would have difficulty sleeping, afraid that the mountain god would be angered and bury the people at the foot of the mountain.

County Magistrate Ge had been busy for the past few days, trying to persuade those at the foot of the mountain to move as soon as possible. At most, he would go over from time to time to advise them, but if they agreed to move, then County Magistrate Ge would have to consider their living arrangements once again.

At night, it rained cats and dogs in Wu City. Su Mu couldn't sleep because of the sound of the rain hitting the roof tiles.

After falling asleep with great difficulty, he was awoken by the middle of the night, and his entire body was drenched in sweat.

Su Mu had a dream. She had already forgotten what was in the dream. The only thing she remembered was those shrill and hoarse cries that seemed to have come from her soul. Every cry made her tremble in fear.

Su Mu sat on the bed with his hands wrapped around his knees as he stared blankly at the dark room. On the day of the Su Clan's execution, the sky was snowing, and a thick layer of snow had accumulated. The pure white snow covered the ground, but it could not cover up the ugliness of the world.

The cloudy sky was as stifling as her heart. She refused to let the king persuade her to leave. The execution order was thrown into the snow, and the ghost-headed broadsword fell with it.

Su Mu saw their staunch gazes. He saw countless corpses of the Su Family's children lying on the snow. Hot, splattered blood melted the snow, and the blood mixed with the snow and flowed deeper into the ground.

Seeing the death of the Su Family's tens of men, he only laughed in a disdainful manner. With a flick of his robe, he left this filthy land.

No one dared face the might of the Yan Clan as they collected the corpses of the Su Clan disciples. In the end, three days after their corpses were strewn across the street, they were thrown into the unmarked cemetery.

The search in the capital was tight, so Su Mu didn't dare show himself. He found an opportunity and followed Wang Dong out of the capital.

It was unknown if it was true or false, but Su Mu heard a loud noise that shook him.

Not long after, Su Mu heard someone shouting, "The mountain god is angry! The mountain god is angry! "

Su Mu wanted to go out and take a look, but when she looked at her feet, she didn't get out of bed. Instead, she covered herself with the blanket and pretended not to hear anything.

With such incompetence, what could he possibly do?

Su Mu drowsily fell asleep again.

It was still raining.

When Su Mu got up, a servant sent a message to invite her over. Su Mu covered her legs with a small blanket and had the attendant bring her over.

When he reached the place, he didn't see County Magistrate Ge's figure. He only saw an iron carved box and a coroner sitting to the side without making a sound.

Su Mu raised his eyebrows and remembered the coroner's report.

Su Mu walked around the Exquisite Chest a few times and stretched out his hand to fiddle with it. After he figured out a way, he sat on the wheelchair and quietly waited for County Magistrate Ge's orders.

County Magistrate Ge arrived late: "Please forgive me. "Last night, I was out running, and my body was dirty, so I couldn't help but wash myself."

"Milord, please serve the nation and the people. You must have had a hard time working so hard." Su Mu said.

There were no casualties. However, during the investigation, someone found this box and, not knowing what it was, had it moved back to Old Man Qin. Old Man Qin saw it and said that it was a corpse, and he even told me about a case where he begged me not to notify the owner of the box. County Magistrate Ge looked troubled.

Old Man Qin was a coroner at the yamen. Although his coroner was of the lower nine ranks, he was still a doctor before he entered the coroner's profession. He often gave free medical advice and was highly respected, so many people were willing to call him Old Man Qin.

Only now did Old Qin, who had been silent all this time, raise his head, two tears could clearly be seen on his face: "Boss Huang and his wife was engaged to by the previous generation. The two of them were in perfect love and thought that it was a match made in heaven, but no matter how deep the love between them was, it would lose its luster under the grinding of time. Later on, when the Qin family was weak, Huang Ziqin began to act wildly and even married a concubine! Cousin has never loved to compete with others, and will not tell others when she suffers grievances. Last New Year's Eve, I saw her under two concubines. Huang Zizheng hugged her left and right, but ignored her sister. Then my nephew fell into the carved box sent by my concubine brother. He pretended to be sorry in front of the visitor, and after he had left, he threw the box aside and said that he would wait for the arrival of Luban's messenger. Three days later, he said that there was no sound from the box, and he buried my nephew. Pitiful little sister, the middle-aged lost son, in a fit of anger he contracted a serious illness and left very early. "

As he spoke, his tears fell again. Old Qin sobbed, "If not for my younger sister's letter, I would not have known that Huang Ziguo would be so heartless to my younger sister."

Old Man Qin trembled as he took out a yellowed letter from his bosom. The corner of the letter was worn out, and it was obvious that someone would take it out often, "Even until my death, I still don't understand why Huang Tidemark was so cold to his own son. It is said that tigers don't devour their own children, but this Huang Zi is even more ruthless than tigers in the mountains! "

After County Governor Ge heard this, he deeply furrowed his brows: "There are some places where the Son of Heaven is not allowed to bury his ancestors' graves, but that doesn't mean he will be buried in the Western Mountains."

Su Mu did not understand and asked curiously.

County Official Ge explained, "The West Mountains have always been a deserted place. Feng Shui once asserted that if the West Mountains gathered yin and didn't gather yang, burying people there would only drag down their loved ones. If it was light, then they wouldn't be able to live; if it was heavy, then their families would be destroyed."

Su Mu did not believe in Feng Shui, but he would usually rather believe it than not. Could it be that this Boss Huang didn't believe in Feng Shui at all?

When Old Man Qin heard this, he became even angrier and shouted again and again: "What kind of sin is this!? "Bastard!"

Su Mu also felt it was strange. He said, "Why don't you invite Boss Huang over to bring his son."

County Magistrate Ge also agreed. Old Man Qin also nodded his head. Thus, County Magistrate Ge sent a yamen runner to deliver a message.

Su Mu once again walked to the side of the Exquisite Chest with a wheelchair. With great interest, he observed for a long time before saying, "Sir, can you help me turn the Chest over?"

He rolled up his sleeves and pulled up the iron ring on the side of the box.

When Su Mu saw this, he quickly stopped County Commander Ge, "Let the bailiffs come."

Su Mu stretched out his hand and pressed down. He was indeed able to do so. Su Mu had someone bring a rock from the courtyard to place under the box. Only then did the bailiff flip the box over.

He also didn't expect that this box would be so heavy. He waved his hand and called for a bailiff. Together with the bailiff, they finally found the box. There was a bulge at the bottom of the box.