Zhiyi slept for a whole day and night. When he opened his eyes and saw Gu Jiali leaning on the bed reading a book, he immediately hugged his arm and started crying.
"I'm not dead, woohoo, I'm alive again, that's great!"
Gu Jiali looked at his face covered with snot and tears and was disgusted to death. "Let go. If you don't let go, I'll slap you to death."
"Sir, you really don't know how to show mercy at all." Zhiyi let go of his hand and complained in tears.
Gu Jiali glared at him, "Who do you think you are?"
"Master Gu, please bear with me, we are not as knowledgeable as the sick." Shen Qingqing put the food box on the table and interrupted with a smile.
Gu Jiali straightened out his wrinkled clothes, glanced at him, returned to his desk and stopped talking.
Shen Qingqing waved her hand to Zhiyi, who was lying on the hospital bed, "Would you like a bowl of the millet porridge that's just come out of the pot?"
"Yes!" Zhiyi answered quickly, lifted up the quilt and crawled under the bed. When his feet landed on the ground, his legs softened, and he knelt firmly in front of Shen Qingqing.
Shen Qingqing, who was holding the bowl of porridge, was stunned for three seconds, and then said in a tight tone: "Aiqing, please get back on your feet."
Gu Jiali burst into laughter. After laughing, he realized that gloating about misfortunes was not in line with his usual style. He coughed slightly and tilted his head in embarrassment, his cheeks turning slightly red.
Zhiyi's face was even redder than his. From his face to his neck, it was as red as a monkey's butt. His legs felt as if they were filled with lead. They were so heavy that he couldn't get up for a long time.
In the end, Shen Qingqing couldn't stand it any longer, so she grabbed him and said, "Let's eat. Call me when you're done and I'll help you get some food."
Zhiyi whispered "Thank you" in a low voice and ate obediently. Halfway through the meal, he suddenly thought of something and raised his head to ask Gu Jiali: "Sir, are the others okay?"
Gu Jiali twisted his fingers on the page of the book heavily and said with a bad look on his face, "Ting Feng, Ting Yu is gone, the others are still recovering from their injuries."
Zhiyi's face froze, and for a moment, he forced out a smile and said playfully: "That's great, I thought they were all dead."
Gu Jiali glanced at him sideways, put the book down on the table, and said expressionlessly: "Drink your porridge, you're smiling so ugly."
Zhiyi suppressed his smile, picked up the bowl and drank porridge with all his strength. Tears fell unexpectedly as he drank.
Shen Qingqing shook his head and sighed, patted his shoulder and said, "My condolences."
"Yeah." Zhiyi responded vaguely.
Suddenly it started to rain again, adding a bit of depression to the already dark night.
A man in black knocked on the door despite the heavy rain, "Sir, Chen Bitian moved out of Wangfu Villa last night. Our people have lost track of him and we haven't found where he has moved yet."
"Continue to investigate, guard all exits in Xiangcheng, and try not to let him escape."
While speaking, Gu Jiali's eyes fell on his wet clothes, he paused for a moment, and then said: "Go to the kitchen and get a bowl of ginger soup before leaving. Don't be in a hurry."
The man in black did not move, he stood there and said hesitantly: "Sir, on the way here, I heard some people talking, saying that many people died in Xiangcheng last night."
Gu Jiali frowned, pushed away his chair and stood up, "What's going on?"
"Someone found several corpses in the smelly ditch in the south of the city. Each corpse has the same characteristics. The hair and beard are all white, there is no flesh on the body, the skin is covered with bones, like a skeleton, which is particularly scary."
The man in black looked up at him and spoke carefully: "They all said that those people were killed by monsters that sucked human essence and blood. I don't know if they can believe it..."
Gu Jiali frowned and thought for a moment, then waved her hand to him, "Go to the kitchen and drink ginger soup. You don't have to worry about this matter."
"Yes." The man in black took the order and left.
Gu Jiali turned his head and looked at Shen Qingqing, "What do you think about this matter?"
"Nine times out of ten, it was Chen Bitian who did it." Shen Qingqing said concisely and to the point.
Someone had just broken up with Qi Sheng, and then he committed such a bizarre murder. No one believed him even if they said it had nothing to do with him.
"So you want to investigate the case with me?" Gu Jiali asked.
"I have no problem, but what about Qi Sheng?"
"Just make your request openly and honestly." Gu Jiali put his hands behind his hands and switched to the arrogant and dignified state he had when they first met. "As the minister of Dali Temple, it is my duty to investigate the case."
At this moment, Qi Sheng was sleeping soundly with his beautiful concubine in his arms. He was suddenly woken up by the servant on duty. Before he could get angry, the door was kicked open.
Gu Jiali stood outside the door with a dark face, scolding him: "The case of the fire in the classroom has not yet been investigated, and now there is a case of a monster sucking human sperm. Hundreds of lives were lost in the blink of an eye.
"
"You, Qi Sheng, should you be investigating the case or not, you still have time to study the pleasures of the boudoir! Do you still want this fief? If you don't want it, the official will hand over a note tomorrow to explain this matter.
Tell the emperor!"
Qi Sheng's face darkened again and again, and finally turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.
Even so, he didn't dare to get angry openly, so he had to defend himself: "Master Gu, I understand your mood, but can you check the time before you get angry? It's already midnight, and I can't even sleep.
Don’t we have any more time?”
Gu Jiali didn't answer, looked at the floating gauze in the room and said coldly: "Let your people lead the way, I will investigate this case."
What a confident tone.
Shen Qingqing couldn't help but give him a thumbs up.
I thought Qi Shenghui would be furious and find an excuse to fool him, but to his surprise, he actually agreed directly.
"Mr. Gu, just do it if you want. It's my Qi Sheng's honor to be able to invite such powerful foreign aid, and it's also the blessing of the people of Xiangcheng. You two..." He pointed to two guards casually, "Take Mr. Gu to do the autopsy.
Room, I will try my best to satisfy Mr. Gu’s requirements.”
On the way to the autopsy room, Gu Jiali calmly pulled off Shen Qingqing's sleeve and said, "There may be fraud, please be careful."
Shen Qingqing nodded, "Understood."
Fortunately, there was no danger, and the two of them arrived at the place where the body was parked smoothly.
As soon as I entered the door, there was another foul smell.
Even though she was well prepared, Shen Qingqing was still so overwhelmed by the smell that she rolled her eyes.
Wu Zuo, who was walking at the front, turned around and explained: "These corpses were fished out from the excrement water. They may be a little smelly. Thank you for your hard work."
Gu Jiali said expressionlessly: "No problem."
There were more than a dozen corpses laid out in random directions in the narrow, dark room. Each corpse was covered with a white cloth, so their faces could not be seen.
Gu Jiali asked for a torch and lifted up the white cloth on one of the corpses. In order to check the wounds, the clothes on the corpse had been taken off, so what appeared in front of them was a naked skeleton.
The swollen joints, protruding ribs, deep-set eye sockets... and the too-pale human skin.
If the wrinkles on the skin were not too obvious, it would be a perfect skeleton glowing with white light. This chapter has been completed!