C47

Sneakily following the caravan into the town where the murder occurred, Xiao Sui was a little strange. This town was obviously quite lively the last time they came here, but after just a few days of not seeing each other, how did it become so lifeless?

The previously crowded streets were now completely empty. Not to mention hawkers, not even a single shout could be heard. It was clearly daytime, but every household had their doors and windows tightly closed. Seeing that Shi Jinchen's convoy had only opened the windows to take a look, and then, with a "pa" sound, they had closed the windows.

Shi Jinchen and his men found the local county and explained their purpose in coming here before settling down. When he saw Shi Jinchen, he felt as if he had seen his savior. Immediately, he told Fourth Prince everything that had happened in the town.

It turned out that a few days ago, the highly respected Official Zhao had tragically died in an alleyway. Everyone had heard that it was a monster that had caused trouble, and at the beginning, no one believed it. Then, another day later, Steward Li, who was on good terms with Officer Zhao, also tragically died at home.

"There have been a lot of murders in the city these few days. The ones who have died are all ministers of the imperial court." "This lowly one is incompetent, unable to find out who the murderer is. I heard that similar murders occurred in other cities as well, causing many people to feel threatened. Rumors even started spreading, saying that the Southern Summoning had killed their way to the founding of their country, which was why the smell of blood was so strong that it attracted the attention of the evildoers. This lowly one …" After that, the county magistrate dragged his entire family down to their knees.

"This humble one has done my duty for the rest of my life. Although I am a small official here, I have always done my duty and have never slack off." This humble one has lived my life and even though I am a small official here, I have never slacked off. I am living in the city now, and every day I am trembling with fear, afraid that the evildoer will vent his anger on me. Please be merciful, Your Highness, and save our town! " Old Zhi Prefecture shed tears as he spoke, and Shi Jinchen knitted his brows in a serious manner.

"What about the bodies of the two officials?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, because I was afraid that the evildoers would continue to stir trouble, the two corpses have already been buried." Old Zhi County was trembling with fear.

"Buried? "Dig it out for me."

"Yes …" Ah? "But that monster?" Lao Zhi County hesitated.

"If I tell you to dig, then dig. If that monster wants to come back for revenge, This King will take care of it all by himself." Shi Jinchen was obviously impatient, who would have thought that this county was so cowardly, their corpses not properly examined before hurrying to be buried, dared to say that they had done their duty? What a bunch of trash.

Very soon, a group of yamen runners brought up two coffins. The coffins were made from Nanmu and had two yellow talismans pasted on them. Shi Jinchen sneered; such superstition was simply laughable.

Shi Jinchen circled around the coffin, and said in a deep voice: "Lift the coffin."

The few bailiffs looked at each other, clearly wary of each other, "Did you not hear me when Fourth Prince told you to open the coffin?!"

Now that he heard that Fourth Prince was about to open the coffin, he stood even further away. It wasn't until he felt that his position was now very safe that he ordered his subordinates to follow his orders.

When the few bailiffs heard this, they all had a bitter look on their faces. However, they had no choice but to obey the order. They looked at each other in dismay. Finally, after a moment of hesitation, they gritted their teeth and moved the heavy coffin lid away.

The moment the coffin's lid was opened, an unpleasant stench spread out within the hall. The Shi Jinchen was knitted, but the usually cleanliness him did not say anything, while the other people in the hall all looked as if they could not bear it, especially Zhi County who was hiding in the corner, who looked like he was about to vomit, as their expressions were extremely terrible.

Shi Jinchen stepped forward, bent down and peeked inside the coffin, and only with his action, the others were all startled, and immediately scattered. Only a few guards of Shi Jinchen, who were still loyal to their duty, stayed by his side.

The corpse inside the coffin had already started to rot. After all, in such a hot weather, if no antiseptic measures were taken, it would be difficult to preserve the corpse. Shi Jinchen observed carefully, and told the autopilot to make a statement.

The officer surnamed Zhao's eyes were only left with two bloody holes. His mouth was wide open and his tongue had disappeared from his mouth. His face was full of fear. He must have suffered a lot before he died.

His clothes were tattered, and he was naked, as if he had been attacked by some animal. There were numerous scratches on his naked body, and in some places, bones could be seen. The flesh and blood were rolling out, and it seemed as if the wound had been drained clean of blood. In addition, his head was also twisted, and his neck was probably broken as well, with fly eggs and maggots popping out from the pus and blood under his body from time to time. The time of his death must have been two or three days.

The sounds of vomiting continued to be heard from all around him, but the Shi Jinchen turned a deaf ear to them. He then turned to look at Administrator Li.

His appearance was the same as the former's, but Steward Li seemed to have learnt some martial arts, and his four limbs and fingers were all twisted in varying degrees. It looked as if he'd gone through a struggle before dying, but even so, he still couldn't escape his fate of death.

"Huh?" Shi Jinchen seemed to have discovered something, as he extended his hand into the coffin, opening the coffin's abnormal right hand.

It was a piece of torn cloth, which seemed to have been accidentally torn from the killer's body during the battle. Opening the cloth with Shi Jinchen, shockingly, there was the word "Cliff" embroidered on it? Could it be that this organization was called Cliff? Or could it be that the killer's code name was' Cliff '?

Shi Jinchen had too many suspicious points in his heart, and faintly felt that these few cases seemed to have led to a huge conspiracy that gradually surfaced on the surface.

"Your Highness?" Your Highness Fourth Prince? " Zhixian, who was standing to one side, held a handkerchief to his nose and spoke in a muffled voice, "This corpse experience has already been proven. Let's bury the coffin quickly. Disturbing the dead would not be good …"

"Shut up!" Shi Jinchen looked at him coldly. In this town, as long as his subordinates were already dead, then only this small county would be safe and sound. One need not even think to know that he was definitely a subordinate of the crown prince.

"Yes, yes, yes, this lowly one will shut up now." He wiped his forehead with the handkerchief and kept saying yes.

"This King wants to take a bath." He had been infected by too much dust along the way, and today, he had even come into contact with a few corpses. No matter how strong the mental state of his Shi Jinchen was, he still felt that his entire body was uncomfortable, "Place these two corpses in this place with ice cubes. Without this king's orders, no one is allowed to move them."