Chapter 104: Carrying a Corpse and Sewing It up Reveals Clues (8000)

There was a sound of flapping wings. Xu Bai turned his head and looked in the direction of the sound. He found two pigeons standing on the eaves of Yinyi's room.

"Pigeons?"

Not only pigeons, but two of them. At this moment, the two pigeons on the eaves were whispering to each other, looking very close.

These days, even animals are beginning to show affection.

The first person to react was Xu Bai, but the first person to stand up and run under the eaves was Chu Yu.

"My pigeons!" Chu Yu pointed at the pigeons on the eaves, turned her head, looked at Xu Bai, and the excitement in her eyes was self-evident.

As she stretched out her hand, one of the pigeons fluttered its wings and slowly landed in Chu Yu's palm.

The other pigeon was still standing on the eaves.

"Only one." Chu Yu gently stroked the pigeon's feathers and took out the paper on the pigeon's leggings.

She tilted her head again, looking at another pigeon on the eaves, then turned to look at Xu Bai and said, "It seems to be yours."

Xu Bai also came under the eaves and raised his head.

At this time, a carrier pigeon came. Apart from Yun Zihai, no one else could think of it.

When the pigeon saw Xu Bai approaching, it flew down from the roof and landed on Xu Bai's shoulder.

As for why the pigeon could distinguish people, it was different from the pigeons in the previous life, and Xu Bai couldn't explain it.

The other world is naturally different.

Since you have come to the other world, you must respect the settings of the other world, and you can't be a nitpicker.

Using the worldview of the previous life to explain the setting of this fantasy world is equivalent to copying and pasting.

After removing the paper on the pigeon's leg, Xu Bai let go of his hand, and the pigeon flew away.

On the other side, Chu Yu's pigeon also flew away, and the paper was also taken down by her.

Because she was one step ahead, she had already read the content on it at this moment. After putting down the paper in her hand, there was a strange look in her eyes.

Xu Bai wanted to read the contents of the note in his hand first, but after seeing Chu Yu's expression, he asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"

Chu Yu came back to his senses, raised the note in his hand, and handed it to Xu Bai: "Uncle has lifted the ban on the royal family."

Royal family?

As soon as Xu Bai mentioned this, he became interested.

He did not look at the note in his hand, but opened the one Chu Yu handed to him first. When he saw the content on it, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

"Very normal."

A simple answer.

The content on the note was also very simple, that is, the emperor relaxed the restrictions on the royal family, allowing the royal family to no longer be limited to the study of the sixth rank.

Including recruiting subordinates, it is not limited to the sixth rank.

Of course, how many can be recruited depends on ability.

In Xu Bai's view, it is normal for the emperor to relax the restrictions.

At the beginning, the restrictions on the royal family were ostensibly because the emperor wanted to control all power, but in fact it was just to promote the King of You.

The purpose is to find a disloyal member of the royal family, and then use it as a condition for the resurrection of King Shengyou.

Now that King Shengyou has been resurrected, there is naturally no need to restrict him. Restricting the royal family is actually a kind of restriction on himself.

For a proud person like the emperor, no matter how much the royal family members grow, they can be controlled by one hand.

"However, the situation may change." Xu Bai said secretly.

Since the restrictions on the royal family have been lifted, it is not like before, just playing house. Now things have become much more complicated, and the previous inherent situation will also change.

But this has nothing to do with him. He doesn't want to participate in the disputes of the royal family. He just wants to guard this piece of land peacefully.

Thinking of this, Xu Bai returned the note to Chu Yu and opened the note in his hand.

As he thought, this note was indeed sent to him by Yun Zihai, and the content on it was also very simple. The general meaning was to tell him that there was news.

After reading the content above, Xu Bai turned around and patted Chu Yu on the shoulder.

Chu Yu was stunned, looking at Xu Bai with a puzzled face, not understanding what he meant.

"There's work to do, go to Yunlai Mansion." Xu Bai said.

"Work?" Chu Yu tilted her head, still not understanding.

"Lock the door, go first, you'll know when you get there." Xu Bai didn't explain any more.

Having said that, Chu Yu didn't ask any more questions, turned around and locked the door, and followed Xu Bai.

Xu Bai looked back and looked at the empty Yinyi. At this time, the people in the post hadn't come yet, and it seemed a bit deserted.

"I just became the head of this post, and I haven't had two days of peace, and I have to go out to work again."

He thought that after this matter was over, he would call Liu Er over and ask him to help guard the Yinyi, so that he would have extra time to check if there was any progress bar.

The two did not stay too long, and directly left the Yinyi and rushed towards Yunlai Mansion.

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There were no carriages along the way, so they had to walk on foot. Although Chu Yu looked stupid, he was actually a sixth-rank expert and his speed was not slow at all.

The two did not stop along the way, rushing all the way to Yunlai Mansion. After walking for about an hour, Xu Bai stopped when he saw that he was getting closer and closer to Yunlai Mansion.

As Xu Bai stopped, Chu Yu also stopped. She looked around with a blank face, and then the blank expression disappeared, replaced by a trace of seriousness and vigilance.

Although it was simple, some basic details of life were still there. For example, Chu Yu was not vague when encountering danger.

At first, there was still a little wind blowing around, but after arriving at this open space, the wind gradually disappeared and it was quiet.

"There are a lot of people." Chu Yu said.

There was a slight vibration from the ground, and there were dense footsteps in front.

The forest was collapsing at a speed visible to the naked eye. In a blink of an eye, the forest in front was destroyed completely, and a group of people appeared in front of the two.

Xu Bai drew out the ghost-head knife with a waist tip, looked at the hundred people in front of him, and raised his eyebrows slightly.

"These guys are really unscrupulous."

Looking back at the enemies he encountered since he entered this circle, they were all sneaky. This was the first time he encountered such a situation where they mobilized more than a hundred people to surround him.

This shows that the other party has great power in Yunlai Mansion and does not care about the risk of being exposed at all, or the news is blocked and cannot be exposed at all.

But no matter what, it is important to solve the trouble in front of us now.

More than a hundred people stood in front of Xu Bai, each of them was masked, with only a pair of eyes exposed.

They each carried different weapons, and some even had their hands empty. It was obvious that they came prepared and even hid their identities.

There was no communication between the two sides, and they didn't even say a word. The other party decisively chose to attack.

More than a hundred people rushed over, with full momentum, and the worst were all eighth-grade masters.

"The first lesson in the martial arts world is that you must not show mercy when you encounter an enemy." Xu Bai looked at Chu Yu and said, "Kill them all."

Chu Yu was slightly stunned, then nodded vigorously, faster than Xu Bai, and rushed into the crowd one step ahead.

She didn't see any moves, just casually slapped and punched, and every punch and palm could make five or six people fly backwards.

These were not ordinary people, the worst was an eighth-grade master, but in Chu Yu's hands, it was as easy as cutting melons and vegetables.

The Wuxiang Heart Sutra emphasizes doing whatever you want, there is no fixed move, every punch and palm is based on your own will.

With Xu Bai's words, Chu Yu seemed very serious, and every time she tried her best, the purpose was to kill the opponent.

Xu Bai stood there, watched for a while, and nodded silently.

No wonder King Shengyou sent his daughter here to let him teach her. If this kind of character falls into the hands of bad people, who knows what kind of person she will become.

Seeing Chu Yu's ease, Xu Bai did not stop. He took a step forward and performed the four-step method.

This step seemed very short, but it was only a moment before he fell into the crowd. Then, the long knife in his hand began to move.

Each knife was the end of a life, and each knife was cut on the neck with incomparable precision.

And with the death of each masked man, there was an invisible spirit that flowed along the blade to make up for Xu Bai's consumed true energy.

In Zixiao's inverted yin and yang, there is a method of slaughtering the heart, which is extremely suitable for group battles. After killing the enemy, you can replenish yourself and become more courageous.

The knife in Xu Bai's hand is like an arm, and when he uses it in his hand, it is very ornamental, but in the ornamental, there is endless murderous intent.

Every enemy, in his hands, basically can't even block a move, and then enters the underworld.

Between the two of them, it was a feast of killing. These more than one hundred people were just like ants, unable to shake the tree.

In less than half an incense stick of time, there were no living people on the field.

Xu Bai originally wanted to leave a survivor, but the other party ate the same poison as Ou Yichang before, and turned into blood in an instant.

Looking at the corpses on the ground, his brows frowned deeper and deeper.

There were many people in this group, and each of them was strong, but it was far from enough to deal with him.

Since the other party was able to take root in Yunnan Prefecture, why would they do such a stupid thing and send a group of unsure opponents to deal with him, isn't it sending sheep into the tiger's mouth?

Xu Bai felt more and more that there was something wrong, but he couldn't think of the reason.

"It's so uncomfortable." Chu Yu's face was a little pale, she walked over with her hands on her stomach, and stuck out her tongue: "I want to vomit."

She didn't consume too much, nor was she injured, but she was stimulated by the smell of blood and felt a little nauseous.

"When you killed, you didn't hesitate at all. It's not your first time, right?" Xu Bai squinted his eyes and glanced at Chu Yu, saying meaningfully.

Chu Yu scratched his head stupidly, without any concealment. "No, when I was in the palace, my uncle arranged for me to kill a death row prisoner every day. My uncle said that it's okay to be simple-minded, but in this world, you can't not kill people."

Xu Bai: "..."

Looking at Chu Yu's innocent face, but listening to the words she said, I always felt a strange sense of gap.

"Let's hurry up first." Xu Bai said.

No matter what, as long as the other party uses tricks, we can just deal with them. Now the most important thing is to rush over and see if there is any movement in Yunlai Mansion.

The two did not stay too long and continued to rush towards Yunlai Mansion.

After they left for a while, a young man in white suddenly appeared in the open space full of corpses.

The young man was dressed in white, with a piece of white cloth covering his eyes and tied to the back of his head.

He looked ordinary, nothing special, and he didn't hold anything in his hands.

"The swordsmanship is superb, and there is also a special body technique. There are several characteristics in the mind technique. This time, I just tried out the group battle characteristic."

"And that woman seems to be using the Wuxiang Heart Sutra, which is known as the Book of No Rank in the Royal Library."

"We have to try again. This person named Xu Bai definitely has more than this method, otherwise he would not have participated in the incident of Shengyou King."

The young man was chattering, as if talking to himself. After a while, he turned around and left the woods.

...

Yunlai Mansion.

Yun Zihai shook his hand and wiped the fork on the brush.

"Ahem." Yun Zihai coughed softly, and there was no expression on his pale face.

In front of him was a piece of letter paper, which he rolled into a strip.

"The third letter sent directly to the court still has no response. It seems that someone intercepted it on the way."

"But I followed the pigeon all the way until it flew out of Yunlai Mansion, and there was nothing unusual. Do you want me to chase it directly?"

"No, if the other party is trying to lure the tiger away from the mountain, I will be in big trouble."

He straightened the forks on the brush while thinking secretly.

During this period, he has sent three letters to the court in succession, but the results are not satisfactory, and there is no response at all.

This situation made him wonder if someone intercepted the pigeon so that he could not receive any news.

But he could not chase it too far. If he chased it out of Yunlai Mansion, the other party would try to lure the tiger away from the mountain again. If he fell into the trap, it would be troublesome.

So far, he seems to have lost contact with the outside world, but there is only one place that is fine, that is Xu Bai's Yinyi.

"I hope Brother Xu will come quickly." Yun Zihai thought.

Just as he thought of this, he heard footsteps outside the door. Following the sound, he saw Xu Bai walking in with the girl he met before.

Yun Zihai showed great joy on his face. After standing up, he walked towards Xu Bai. After two steps, he stopped again and frowned slightly.

"Brother Xu, did you encounter an ambush?"

Just now, he smelled a faint smell of blood on Xu Bai, which was obviously left after a battle.

"More than a hundred people, the worst is also an eighth-grade master." Xu Bai said.

Chu Yu has been one step behind Xu Bai since she entered the government office, following behind, looking like a real maid.

However, her eyes looked around smartly, full of curiosity about everything.

"The other party has made such a big battle, it seems that they are confident." Yun Zihai's thoughts are the same as Xu Bai's. The other party dared to send so many people over, and they must have thought of a backup plan.

Xu Bai waved his hand: "Let's not talk about this for now, Brother Yun, you said you found a clue, take me to see it."

Yun Zihai heard this and didn't say much on this issue. He quickly took Xu Bai to the prison next to him.

This is a prison cell located in the government office. It is dim inside. There is no other light source except the oil lamp on the wall.

This scene made Xu Bai feel familiar. Some memory in his mind was attacking him. After thinking carefully, he suddenly realized it.

Isn't this very similar to the scene in the Tiger Village? The prison cell in the Tiger Village is also dim and looks very deserted.

It has been so long since the Tiger Village, and the experience of that cell is still vivid. After all, it was the first time he killed someone and the progress bar of his first awakening.

Walking and reminiscing, sometimes memories can make people feel happy. Xu Bai thought about those things, and unknowingly, his steps became a little lighter.

"Here." Yun Zihai walked with Xu Bai for a while, and came to the innermost cell. He pointed at the person in the cell and said, "Brother Xu, do you think this person looks familiar?"

The cell was dark, but Yun Zihai added an oil lamp to the cell alone. Under the weak light, Xu Bai saw the person in the cell clearly and narrowed his eyes slightly.

This is a young man with ordinary looks, with a satchel on his waist. The satchel is very old and has many traces of mending on it.

"Zheng Jin?"

Xu Bai still remembers this person's name. Isn't he the coroner he met when he came to Yunnan Prefecture?

By the way, it seems to be a ghost coroner, a special profession.

"Is there something wrong with him?" Xu Bai asked.

Yun Zihai nodded and said, "Brother Xu, do you remember what I told you before? The autopsy report this guy gave me was extremely perfunctory, and there was not a single useful information on it. And the so-called autopsy report can be made by ordinary coroners."

"Ghost coroners are good at finding ghosts, especially for the dead. He speaks for the dead. It shouldn't be..." Chu Yu pulled the bars of the cell and put her face into the gap of the cell, full of curiosity.

Xu Bai held Chu Yu's head and pulled Chu Yu back, saying, "If you want to stay in, I can open a back door for you."

Chu Yu quickly shrank her head and shook it quickly: "No, no, jail is not auspicious."

She was just curious, not stupid. Who would want to stay in under such circumstances?

Seeing Chu Yu calm down, Xu Bai ignored her and continued to ask: "Did you find any useful information?"

Yun Zihai said: "I did find it, but this guy answered too quickly. I wonder if he is deliberately biting back."

As he spoke, he took out a stack of papers from his sleeve and handed it to Xu Bai, indicating that these were all Zheng Jin's confessions.

Xu Bai took the stack of papers and scanned them carefully from beginning to end: "Ye family?"

There seems to be a lot of content on it, but in the final analysis, it just points the finger at one family, the Ye family.

Yun Zihai explained: "The big family in Yunlai Mansion was originally engaged in the business of carrying corpses. As a result, there were frequent wars in that era, and too many people died, so they made a fortune and settled down here. The head of the Ye family of this generation, in addition to the business of carrying corpses, also practiced martial arts and was very good at fighting."

Carrying corpses does not mean carrying the dead on your back, but a ritualistic way.

Dig a hole, remove the baffle at the horizontal end of the coffin, crawl into the coffin with your body turned upside down, and don't dare to face down. It's all backhand work. So it's called corpse carrying.

To learn this industry, there are two conditions: one is courage, and the other is ugly.

Being courageous is easy to say, but being ugly is another reason. After all, it's a job to carry corpses. In order to avoid mistakes on the road and prevent the corpses from becoming weird, being ugly has an innate advantage.

Ugly, it can attract evil.

As for the principle, only those who do this business can know.

"How good is it?" Xu Bai said, paying attention to another position.

Yun Zihai thought about it, sorted out his thoughts, and then gestured with his hands: "The head of the Ye family of this generation is called Ye Men, a sixth-grade dual cultivation master. It is said that he can beat ten masters of the same grade."

"Can beat ten?" Xu Bai was slightly surprised after hearing Yun Zihai's answer.

This was beyond his expectation. A person could beat ten masters of the same rank. This was not a question of whether he could fight or not. He was very good at fighting.

"But I checked it out. His family didn't have any background. He just made a fortune during that period. Then he didn't cause any trouble in Yunlai Mansion. Since then, he has been doing his own business and occasionally taking over the business." Yun Zihai coughed.

These days, you have to have some background to do anything. If you don't have a background, you have to be low-key.

If it is true that Yun Zihai found out that the Ye family has no background, then why dare to do such a big thing?

Attacking two court officials is a serious crime.

"Maybe you didn't find it. Maybe there is some hidden background." Xu Bai said slowly: "You called me over. What are your plans?"

Since the clues have been found, with Xu Bai's temper, he can just go and find them directly, but Yun Zihai called him over alone. He must have his own ideas. He wants to listen first.

"Actually, I asked Brother Xu to come here just to borrow the medicine in your hand, the poison that is specially used to force people to confess." Yun Zihai was very ashamed when he said this.

He had just arrived at the government office and there was no useful manpower, which meant that he was the only one busy.

"So you haven't asked the truth yet, that's fine, by the way, where is Liu Er?" At this time, Xu Bai realized that Liu Er was not in the government office.

He lent Liu Er to Yun Zihai for use, and now it seems that Yun Zihai seems to have arranged Liu Er to somewhere else.

"Liu Er was arranged by me to the Ye family and is observing the movements of the Ye family." Yun Zihai explained.

Xu Bai frowned: "He is only a ninth-rank warrior. Is it safe for you to arrange him there?"

"Don't worry, Brother Xu, I gave him a page of paper with an article I wrote on it. If there is danger, I will protect him as soon as possible. Even a sixth-rank master will need some time to break through, and the Ye family is very close to the government office, so I can rush over." Yun Zihai made a relieved expression.

"I see."

After receiving the reply, Xu Bai temporarily ignored Liu Er's affairs and took out a medicine bottle from his pocket. When he was about to open the door, he suddenly stopped.

Yun Zihai was full of confusion, not understanding what Xu Bai wanted to do.

He recognized the medicine bottle. The medicine bottle contained the pills that Xu Bai often used to force confessions.

Xu Bai turned his head and looked at Chu Yu, throwing the medicine bottle in his hand to her, and then took out the medicine for treating external injuries and threw it to Chu Yu at the same time.

Chu Yu was still staring at the cell curiously. When she saw Xu Bai throwing two medicine bottles to her, she hurriedly took them, and her black and white eyes were full of confusion.

Why give her the medicine bottle?

Didn't she come here to make up a role?

"Master..." Chu Yu was about to speak, but was interrupted by Xu Bai.

Xu Bai pulled out the ghost-head knife from his waist, threw it to Chu Yu, pointed at Zheng Jin in the cell, and said: "Go cut off his hands and feet, then use the external injury medicine to heal him, and finally, give him another bottle of poison."

Chu Yu: "..."

"Didn't you understand?" Xu Bai shouted.

He has been looking for an opportunity for Chu Yu to practice. This is the most perfect practice, how can he let it go easily.

After all, if you accept a copy of the Unknown Sword Scripture from someone else, you should still be careful, after all, you are being paid for your work.

When you open a business, you need to be honest, so that you can have repeat customers.

Chu Yu's face was full of rejection. She made a pitiful look and said, "Master, I will just kill him with one knife. I don't want to do these things."

Her uncle taught her to kill people, but he didn't teach her to harm people in this way. She couldn't bear it.

"If you don't do it, go back. You are not welcome here." Xu Bai said with a straight face.

Chu Yu immediately shuddered and hurriedly said, "I will do it, but can we change to a compromise method? I will cut off his hands and feet, and you will apply medicine to him."

As she said that, she looked at Xu Bai with her big eyes, begging.

Xu Bai touched his chin, and finally took the medicine bottle from Chu Yu's hand, saying, "Next time, you will do everything."

Chu Yu nodded quickly as if she had been pardoned.

Teaching needs to be gradual, otherwise it is better to do too much than too little.

Xu Bai felt that if Chu Yu took the first step, it would be smoother later.

This is indeed the truth. The first time, it is inevitable that it will be very dry. Only by taking it slowly can it gradually become smoother.

Although Yun Zihai didn't understand what the two of them were doing, he didn't ask much. Seeing that the two of them finally decided, he opened the door of the cell.

"Brother Xu, Zheng Jin has been abolished by me and there is no threat."

At the end, he added one more sentence.

Xu Bai took Chu Yu inside.

At this time, Zheng Jin, who had been facing away from them, turned his head, his face was haggard, and when he saw Xu Bai, there was a hint of sarcasm in his haggardness.

"Master Xu is here too."

The words were calm, as if he was not the one in prison.

"I'll give you a chance to tell me everything you know, otherwise the result will be very painful." Xu Bai said expressionlessly.

"I have told you everything I know. The Ye family asked me to do it. Lord Yun already knows this." Zheng Jin spread his hands, indicating that he had confessed truthfully.

Xu Bai looked at Chu Yu, and the meaning in his eyes was very clear.

Chu Yu gritted his teeth, raised the ghost-head knife, and slid it casually.

The next moment, Zheng Jin's limbs were all cut off.

But a magical scene appeared. There was no blood flowing out of the cut place. There was nothing there.

There were flesh and bones, but no blood.

"As expected of Lord Xu, the rumors in the martial arts world are that he is cruel and ruthless, and this is not wrong." Zheng Jin was slightly surprised and watched himself fall to the ground.

This scene was the first time Xu Bai saw it.

His hands and feet were cut off, but there was no blood flowing out. He didn't look like a human being.

"Master, he doesn't seem to be a coroner, but a branch of corpse carriers and corpse sewers." Chu Yu leaned close to Xu Bai's ear and whispered.

As if she was worried that Xu Bai didn't understand, she explained it again.

"Legend has it that if a corpse carrier bumps into a corpse while carrying it, the corpse sewers will sew it up, and the most outrageous method of sew is to sew themselves with the corpse, leaving only a head."

"The effect of doing this can achieve a long life conversion. If the life span is about to end, they will be grafted onto another corpse, so that they have a pseudo life span."

"But the cost of doing this is very high. They have no perception and touch, not even pain, and no combat power. They just live longer."

Corpse carrier?

Corpse sewers?

Xu Bai said with interest: "It seems that you have a grudge against the Ye family."

If Zheng Jin is really a branch of the corpse carrier, then why did he reveal the Ye family? In Xu Bai's opinion, it is very likely that he really framed the Ye family.

Of course, this is just a guess.

"What I said is true." Zheng Jin smiled and said: "Besides, Lord Xu will not torture me. After all, I don't even feel pain. The so-called torture will not work on me at all."

"Okay, it's not the Ye family." Xu Bai said.

Zheng Jin: "..."

He didn't seem to say anything, how did the other party know that it wasn't from the Ye family?

Xu Bai looked at Yun Zihai and said, "The person behind this knows that I have something to force a confession, so he sent a person who has no sense of pain. It's obvious."

Zheng Jin was stunned, then reacted and smiled, "So what? Even if it's not the Ye family, you can't ask anything from me. How about I just tell you a few families?"

The words were filled with two words - let it go.

Xu Bai said, "Kill him."

Zheng Jin: "?"

The ghost-head knife slashed across, and Chu Yu put away the knife.

Zheng Jin's head was directly split in two, and then he lost his breath.

Xu Bai took the ghost-head knife from Chu Yu, put it back into the sheath, and then took Chu Yu out of the cell.

Yun Zihai kept frowning. He was also a smart man, so he naturally knew that Zheng Jin was indeed diverting his target.

He didn't have any opinion on Xu Bai killing Zheng Jin, and thought it was okay.

For a person who has no sense of pain, any torture is fake and can't force out the real clues. Instead of keeping him alive, it's better to kill him directly, otherwise keep him for the New Year?

"Brother Xu, it seems that our clues are broken again." Yun Zihai pondered.

Xu Bai shook his head: "It's not broken."

"Oh?" Yun Zihai was stunned for a moment, then reacted and suddenly realized: "Brother Xu means that we still have to go to the Ye family."

Xu Bai said without hesitation: "That's right, since Zheng Jin is a corpse sewer and has a connection with the Ye family, then we might as well start from Zheng Jin's life experience. The Ye family must be very clear about this."

Yun Zihai thought about it, that's the case, and hurriedly prepared to go out.

Xu Bai and Chu Yu followed behind him. After the two of them left the cell, they saw Yun Zihai enter the room, and then quickly took out a few black clothes.

It seems that he is going to disguise himself and visit the Ye Mansion at night.

"No need to go to such trouble." Xu Bai stopped Yun Zihai and said, "We go there openly. This time, we will come up with an open plan."