C42 Floating Corpse in Well

Gu Qing Li couldn't help but silently curse. He thought to himself, "This man is really evil, isn't he obviously trying to show this to Vice Minister Lin?"

In the end, he heard Xiao Yi Xiu say, "Miss Li Yue, do you have the leisure to play chess with me?"

Gu Qing Li was startled, but still agreed.

Slightly bored by the wind, Suifeng retreated to stand guard outside the door.

She wasn't very good at chess, but she was quickly killed by Xiaoyi Xiu. She looked at the game carefully. It was a tacit understanding of the art of war. When Blackie had surrounded Bai Zi, there was almost no hope for her.

"I've lost. Your highness has also wasted that Minister Lin so much time, shouldn't you go out and take a look?"

Xiao Yi Xiu raised his eyes to look at her and inadvertently let out a smile. She could actually tell that he was intentionally making things difficult for Vice Minister Lin, and wanted to make him kneel for a long time.

"His Royal Highness will not allow him to kneel until daybreak."

"Go with Ben Wang and have a look. Just what is going on this time to make this noble and noble Vice Minister Lin humble himself and beg Ben Wang." He emphasized the word 'tall' with a hint of sarcasm.

At first, Gu Qingli didn't understand why he had brought her along. However, after a moment of thought, she concluded that it must have been for that corpse.

In the guest hall, Vice Minister Lin was kneeling down. This person looked very young and handsome, but his complexion was pale and his forehead was full of cold sweat. He looked somewhat terrified and embarrassed.

"Your Highness, please save this official!"

Xiao Yixiu, on the other hand, looked at him without batting an eyelid.

Suifeng winked at him, but Vice Minister Lin's face paled even more. Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "As long as Your Highness can help this official this time, then if I can help in the future, this official will be very grateful!"

Gu Qing Li was curious. He didn't know what sort of method Xiao Yi Xiu had used to make this third rank official run out of options. He had no choice but to submit to him.

However, she knew that since the Department of Revenue was the foundation of the nation's finances, Xiao Yixiu did not care how he tried to recruit him. He must have had a hidden motive for doing so. If her conjecture was correct, it was definitely related to the battle for the rights.

"It's good that Vice Minister Lin remembers what we said today." Xiao Yi Xiu smiled faintly as he used his empty hands to prop him up. Vice Minister Lin had knelt for too long, and almost tripped on the spot before he managed to stand up. Luckily, the wind managed to hold him back.

Arriving at the Lin residence late at night, Gu Qingli realized that this was only Assistant Minister Lin's courtyard. In reality, it was his place of concealment, and inside was his outer room.

However, she didn't know yet. The reason that Vice Minister Lin didn't dare bring the outer chamber back to the estate was because her identity was extremely special. If her identity was exposed, he would bring about a calamity upon himself.

They first went to the well and looked at the corpse. The whole yard was brightly lit, but the corpse did not move. When it was salvaged, it lay quietly by the well, puffy and stinking, soaked pale and swollen and terrible.

The first thing Gu Qing Li noticed was the cause of death. She looked closely and saw that the corpse was pale and impregnated, and it was still reeking of alcohol. It looked like a drunkard who had lost his footing and fell into the water.

Xiao Yi Xiu looked at the corpse with a strange expression on his face.

"Your Highness, you can also tell?" Vice Minister Lin smiled bitterly.

"This is the uniform of the emissary."

"This official knows."

"Why didn't you say that earlier?"

"My lord, do you see that this emissary of the Southern Moon is the same person as the one we've met?"

"Height is not the same. Not to mention anything else, it's swollen like a pig's bladder. How could I tell? "

"That's right. If this official were to confirm that he is the envoy from the Southern Moon, then I would naturally have told the prince. But now, he is only a person wearing the envoy's clothes, or perhaps …"

This matter involved a friendship, no wonder Vice Minister Lin was in such a difficult situation. It was impossible to deal with such a corpse so easily.

"He should still be at the inn."

After a few questions from Xiao Yixiu, he suddenly realized that Gu Qingli was already squatting down. He wrapped a cloth around his palm and began to examine the corpse.

The servants guarding the corpse all retreated a few steps, their faces were filled with shock, as they were all curious as to where this woman had come from.

"Li Yue... Don't you find it unpleasant? " Xiao Yi Xiu couldn't help but ask.

"Mm, of course …" He suddenly straightened his body and walked in front of him: "I understand, this person didn't die that long ago. After he died, someone soaked him in hot water and entered the Giant Monastery early. When his body is filled with a rotten gas, his corpse will easily float up."

Xiao Yixiu's face was a little green, and he subconsciously wanted to vomit. His hands were covered in a rotten and stinky stench when she rolled over the corpse, even if it was just a few times in front of him.

"Oh, oh." Only then did Gu Qingli remember to remove the dirty cloth on her hands, and washed her hands with clean water brought by the servant.

When she raised her eyes and saw the snow-white handkerchief, she was stunned for a moment.

Seeing that she didn't accept, Xiao Yi Xiu pulled her hand to wipe the water off of it. His actions were meticulous and considerate, gentle and gentle.

Gu Qingli froze. She watched him wipe her hands and thought his next move was to throw away the handkerchief. Who knew he would just look at it, fold it up and put it in her sleeve.

"Stop smelling, just go back and change your clothes and let the incense smell." With an almost imperceptible gentleness on his face, Xiao Yi Xiu looked at her with a faint smile.

When she had examined the corpse, she had been extremely focused. He had almost suspected that she was a coroner, so why hadn't she felt the corpse smell then?

Vice Minister Lin told them to sit down and had someone serve tea. Only then did he look at Gu Qingli in shock and astonishment. Initially, he thought it was strange that the prince would bring a lady here for some reason. However, at this moment, he realized that the lady before him wasn't simple at all.

"Tell me what you think of the body."

"The body died from poisoning. Someone soaked it in hot water to change the state of the body, causing people to misjudge the time of death. Following that, the body was thrown into the well, causing people to think that it was drowning due to alcohol."

"He died from poison?" Even Xiao Yi Xiu wasn't able to see this point. After all, he wasn't a coroner, so his judgment of the corpse wasn't as straightforward as it seemed.

Vice Minister Lin was dumbfounded, his eyes filled with doubt at this conclusion.

"The corpse was wearing a wide robe and big sleeves. There were a lot of bruises on its body before it died. There were even signs of its skin and hair falling off. This proves that this person has been taking a poisonous substance called 'Frigid Eclipse Powder' for years."

"What is Frostbite Powder?"

Gu Qingli thought for a moment. Although there had been historical warriors who had taken to eating the Frigid Food Dispersal to create a wind, the Empire of Dongyuan had never heard of such a thing.

"There are several kinds of prescriptions for Frigid Eclipse Powder, such as purple quartz, white quartz, carnallite, vitriol, sulfur and so on. There are also some kinds of prescriptions, such as saltpeter, yellow, alum, turquoise, benevolent stone, etc. But actually taking this stuff for a long time can cause signs of chronic poisoning. "

"So according to you, this person is willing to consume this thing for a long time?"

Vice Minister Lin was puzzled. "Since there's poison, why does anyone like to use it?"

Gu Qingli rolled her eyes at him, "Not everyone is clear about its poison. Moreover, it's not a blood seal throat poison, but only a slow erosion. Compared to the pleasure it brings to people, many people are willing to take it as an illusion and ignore this poison."