While Qin Yugu was thinking, the person from the county government who was responsible for recording the condition of the corpse also arrived.
Along with them came a large number of huge carriages covered with white cloth.
"You, dispose of all these corpses! Tell me about the condition of each corpse!"
He said he wanted Qin Yugu to work, but the man clearly had a pen and paper, but showed no signs of using it. Qin Yugu also understood the situation and silently stared at the trucks that had begun to emit smells, with a sinister look in his eyes.
"I'm going to prepare some things and wait a moment."
After Qin Yugu finished speaking, he quickly ran to the backyard of the government office and started rummaging through the garbage thrown out from the kitchen.
Direct contact with the corpse in this way will definitely lead to contamination, so at least you need to find tools to block it.
Don't even think about plastic gloves, but you can still use them after washing them with the animal's stomach bag.
It happened that yesterday the county government master ate a roasted whole lamb, and the lamb's stomach was cut off and thrown out. Qin Yugu picked up the lamb's stomach in the disgusted eyes of the surrounding attendants, and poured the water from the water tank without any scruples.
He took out a little bit, washed the sheep's stomach and carried it back.
"You put this on your hand when you left?"
The recorder of the case file looked at the stomach bag gloves she put on her hands with disdain. It seemed that they were simply scratched a few times with a kitchen knife and then sewn together with needle and thread.
"Well, these corpses are contaminated with corpse water, and there may be corpse plague, so be careful."
As she spoke, she walked around the clerk and suddenly lifted the white cloth covering the vehicle, exposing the twisted faces to the sun.
Without exception, all the old, young, women, and children died of illness. They all had more or less fatal stab wounds on their bodies. Some young people had even more horrific wounds, and the disgusting smell of blood could even be smelled.
The clerk was also shocked by this scene and backed away, but the coachman had no reaction. They had been responsible for this kind of thing all year round and were accustomed to it.
"Sir, just sit there. The others can help me move these to a cool place. The body will rot easily if it is exposed to the sun for a long time."
Qin Yugu even had a peaceful smile on her face that looked very charming now. She pulled the body of a child less than five years old off the roof of the car, tried her best to keep her movements offensive to the deceased, and slowly removed the corpse of the deceased.
Take it to a place where the sun does not shine and store it flat.
She carefully opened the deceased's eyelids, her movements skillful and calm.
"According to the condition and time of pupil dilation...the time of death was about the afternoon two days ago...roughly around five to seven o'clock..."
Her voice was very soft, which was Qin Yugu's professional habit. Firstly, it was convenient for the recording pen to remember, and secondly, it would not disturb the deceased.
Furthermore, these words were not meant for the people present.
The clerk stood aside with a pen and noticed that Qin Yugu had spoken, so he signaled her not to ramble.
"What are you muttering under your breath?! Hurry up and check and explain the situation!"
She frowned slightly, then stood up with a sinister smile.
"Of course, but there is an old Taoist priest in our village who once said that if the dead don't say some words of comfort, they will run home to find you in the middle of the night. Of course I am not afraid of my humble life. This is for your own good, and so do you.
do not wish……"
As she spoke, she glanced seriously at the corpses lying on the ground in miserable condition, with a hint of awe in her cold eyes.
When the girl said this, the clerk stopped saying anything, huddled his neck and sat in the sun, looked around for a while, and tightened his clothes.
Where there are a lot of dead people, people infiltrate! Fortunately, this girl is not afraid and has the ability to watch her movements, otherwise he would not dare to stay here!
She continued to examine the corpses, and the driver next to her kept carrying the corpses over. She directed them to put the corpses into categories according to gender and age while continuing to examine them.
When all the examinations of the elderly, children and young men were completed, Qin Yugu walked to the area where the women's bodies were placed, squatted down to examine them, and his expression became extremely strange.
There are no wounds on these women at all! They just wear coarse clothes stained with blood!
She checked her arms and palms again—
"The calluses are too thin, and the skin is not in the condition that can be maintained in a village environment..."
She then reached out and touched the waist of the deceased, further confirming her judgment.
She has never given birth! She is also very young! And...
She looked inside the sleeves and saw bruises that shouldn't appear on a woman in a deserted village.
Is there only one... or...
Trying to remain silent, she put down the dead man's arm and walked towards the other dead man.
It turned out that the features on her body were almost exactly the same as those of the deceased! There were similar bruises on the hidden parts, and the appearance of her body was not at all what a normal village woman would have.
If she is a rich girl... that is not accurate. Although the calluses on her hands are not as thick as those of village women, she is still a woman who has undertaken a certain amount of labor.
But she is not someone who is engaged in farm work or heavy manual labor. She is more like a good girl who used to be a prostitute in her boudoir...
Most of them were around seventeen or eighteen years old. In ancient times, it was very normal to get married and even have children at this age. But not only did these dead people not have any! They were also much better maintained than village women!
The scars of abuse that are not easy to detect, the changed clothes...Who on earth wants to replace the bodies of these young women here?!
Qin Yugu squatted in front of the second corpse without moving for a long time. The corpse examination she had been responsible for flashed through her mind, and a conclusion that was very similar but she really didn't want to think about it in detail came to mind.
If the methods of torture are similar... then the methods of killing are also...
"Hey?! What are you dawdling about! Hurry up and report the test results, it's already noon!"
The clerk was also a little impatient. The corpses Qin Yugu checked were the last batch of corpses. Although everyone in front of them was moving very quickly, they stopped moving when they reached the group of women.
What was she trying to do by stalling for time? Or did she change her mind?
She ignored the clerk's urging and began to search around the body.
"I'm sorry for the offence."
She did not untie the woman's clothes, but slowly held her forehead and turned her over.
There were no blood stains at different times on the clothes, and the wound was most likely not on the body, at least not on the front.
As expected, the time when the blood scab formed on the clothes on the back was consistent with her observations.
Where exactly? How exactly...
Someone was watching, and she couldn't point out that the way these women died was abnormal. Even though she had already seen that these people were not villagers in Qinjia Village, and even though she was not familiar with the elderly and children, she could basically confirm their household registrations.
Qin Yugu was struggling when a burst of dazzling sunlight suddenly hit his eyes.
It turned out to be noon, the sun was shining high, and the yard that was originally shaded was basically covered by sunlight.
An extremely prominent silver light spot flashed across Qin Yugu's field of vision, and she locked her sight on the back of the deceased's neck.
Although it was difficult to see clearly from this distance, it should be the end of the thin metal needle. It was not completely inserted and the end was still outside the skin. If it were not for the reflection of sunlight, it would be difficult for her to see it.
There were no modern instruments here, so Qin Yugu could only perform autopsies under limited conditions. He felt really lucky and sneered.
"This is really..."
The killer kills those old people and children, all with one blow with a long knife, and then devotes his energy to inserting silver needles into the spinal cord to cover up the traces? Ridiculous!
Obviously he didn’t want people to find out how these women died! That’s why he acted like this!
As for being able to switch the body that was transported to the county government, except for people from the county government, she didn't believe that the carriage drivers had the courage!
With the basic results in hand, she stood up and walked to the clerk.
"All the deceased died from accidentally drinking the river water that was contaminated by corpses. Most of them were dumped by people at the mass graves to the river, and the river water was contaminated with corpse poison. It's really unfortunate..."
She had a look of regret on her face, as if she was really distressed by this tragic "accident".
The clerk jotted down two notes casually, and Qin Yugu asked with a smile -
"Sir, does our county master have a son? How many ladies do he have in his house?"
The clerk saw that Qin Yugu did not question the examination results of the corpse. It was normal for a girl of her age to be interested in such questions, so he answered a few words casually.
"My first wife passed away three years ago, and the young master is not yet married...but with your beauty..."
He glanced at the hideous burns on Qin Yugu's face and suppressed the urge to gag.
"It's better not to think about it. It's lucky that someone wants you. Do you still want to have a relationship with the county magistrate?"
Qin Yugu put his twisted fists behind his back and covered the burns on his face, feeling inferior and timid.
"I...how can a pariah like me think too much? It's just asking about the situation. With such a face, I have to avoid noble people in the house as much as possible...it also clears everyone's eyes."
Her appearance is quite pitiful, but with such a face, it really makes people lose the desire to protect her.
The clerk got up and left with the coachmen, waving his hands.
"You can keep these corpses for a while. There is a cellar under the other courtyard, just throw them in!"
Qin Yugu stood behind him and nodded.
"By the way, remember to clean up the ground. The governor will come to inspect it in the near future. Don't let these unlucky things dirty the governor's eyes! The date of burning is also waiting for the county magistrate to notify you!"
"clear."
She bowed and saluted, the disdain in her heart growing stronger.
Should the superiors temporarily seal the body after inspection and wait until the governor leaves to dispose of it? It would be nice to destroy the body and eliminate traces...
It's just that the things that the county magistrate's family wants to hide are probably far more than just the massacre of Qinjia Village, right?!
After those people left, she moved all the bodies into the hut by herself, cleaned the hut again, checked the sanitary environment, and closed all the windows that exposed to direct sunlight.
The girl walked up to the dead people who were closely packed together one by one, and sorted out their dirty clothes and eyes that had not yet completely closed their eyes.
"I'm sorry, I can't give you justice now... I'm sorry for the time being, but you guys will rest here for now..."
After doing all this, she walked out of the room. It was getting dark. After taking off her gloves, the girl sat on the steps outside the house, gradually becoming sleepy.
"I'm so sleepy...and I haven't eaten anything..."
She was almost falling asleep when she heard a smashing sound.
There was also a faint sound of a woman crying.
"Master! Spare me! I really didn't mean to spy on you and that girl...ah!!!"
"Despicable woman! If I hadn't seen how pretty you are! How could I have recruited you into my house? How dare you ruin my good deeds! Just use yourself to pay for it!"
The woman's resisting voice became deeper and deeper, and then turned into a weak whimper.
Qin Yugu wanted to sleep, but the disturbing sound continued and seemed to be getting worse. He stood up and sighed softly.
She made sure that the scar on her face would not fall off, bit her finger again, smeared some more blood on her face, and then rushed over in the direction of the sound.
A young man with a ferocious face was standing on top of a bruised woman with a long whip, waving the long whip and making a weird laugh.
Qin Yugu didn't even look at it, and yelled, which was extremely sad and heartbreaking.
“It’s haunted—!!!!!!!!!!”
With that said, she hit the man's waist and aimed directly at his kidneys.
"Boom——!!!!"
The man was knocked straight away by Qin Yugu, and she was also hit so hard that stars appeared in her eyes, but she recovered quickly, her vision dimmed and she was still shouting.
"There is a ghost! A female ghost! A female ghost with disheveled hair and no clothes! She wants someone to pay with her life!!!"
Pretending to be frightened out of his mind, the man was knocked away and frightened by Qin Yugu's words. His face turned pale and blue. Apparently, this girl's words touched the secret in his heart.
But he didn't intend to let go of this dead girl who was rushing towards him, and he was about to hit her with a whip.
"Bullshit! You dare to hit me——"
Qin Yugu suddenly froze like a demon and escaped at an unusually fast speed. His blood-stained face looked horrifying in the shadow, just like an evil ghost in hell seeking his life.
"Kill you... pay for my life... pay for my life!!!"
The man was completely frightened by Qin Yugu's battle, and then he could only see the other person's face clearly.
"ghost!?"
Indeed, there was still a shadow under Qin Yugu's feet, but the scars on her face and the blood stains made it hard for people to think that she was still alive.
Recalling what she said before, I thought this person was possessed by a female ghost, so I stopped pestering him, put away my whip, and ran away.
The bullied maid hurriedly put away her clothes and did not dare to move rashly. Qin Yugu also stopped and made a face in the direction of the man's escape.
"You have so much courage and you still show off your power in front of me. It's really embarrassing!"
Then she walked up to the maid. She looked to be in her early sixteens, and her body was covered in bruises, apparently from being beaten by the man she called Young Master.
"You...you haven't been possessed by a ghost?"
Qin Yugu smiled innocently——
"Does it matter? If there are ghosts, people are dead. Ghosts come because there is grudge~~"
Her bright eyes and white teeth showed no hint of deception, but the words she spoke made the maid feel cold in her heart.
"What do you know? Why don't you tell me?"
The girl reached out and gently touched her hair, her smile was gentle and reassuring, but without emotion.
She has shown such an expression before. When describing the condition of the deceased's body to the family of the deceased, her extra emotions would cause unnecessary trouble in her work, and conventional methods...
She didn't think that this maid would answer her truthfully.
The maid was so frightened by her sinister smile that she knelt on the ground.
"Don't kill me! Don't kill me! I just accidentally saw Luo Qian having a tryst with a woman in the room! That person is dead! I really don't know the rest! I really don't know!!!"
She looked down at the frightened maid, sighed inaudibly, and then pretended to be crazy again——
"I'm going to kill him! Damn that guy! He must pay with his life!!"
While shouting, she walked away in a hurry. In the quiet house, she was so swaggering that she seemed to be entering and exiting as if there was no one around.
The maid also quickly packed her clothes and returned to her residence.
On the green tiled roof of the government office, a young man in black was sitting on it, looking at Qin Yugu who had gone away with a playful expression, his pink eyes showing a fox-like cunning.
"Deliberately pretending to be a ghost to deceive someone? It's not like something a little girl from Nomura can do..."
Realizing that the courtyard where Qin Yugu went was the least guarded place in the government office, the young man stood up and stretched.
"Haha~~ I just got here anyway. Huo Yin is still out collecting evidence. I'll learn how to do this little thing first!"
Walking along the eaves and rockery in the courtyard, his long dark purple hair exuded a charming luster in the moonlight without making a sound, as if he had never appeared.
After Qin Yugu returned to the small courtyard, he touched Bao's head, which had been hit.
"Well... I miscalculated... I didn't expect that such a layer of fabric would hurt so much..."
"Little fool, the county magistrate usually wears self-defense inner armor. If you hit him directly with your head, it will definitely hurt~"
A black shadow suddenly shrouded in front of Qin Yugu. Before she could react, her palm subconsciously stretched out and pointed directly at the visitor's throat.
"Tsk, tsk, I didn't expect you to know martial arts? But you don't have internal strength... how do you practice it?"
Qin Yugu's fingertips were pressed against the young man's throat. As long as she applied a little force, she could pierce his trachea.
"looking for me?"
The young man raised his eyebrows——
"Don't ask me who I am?"
"Will you answer if I ask? I don't know if the answer is true."
Rather than knowing who this person is, it is obviously more important to know what he wants to do.
But the young man began to state his identity on his own -
"My name is Nan Shu, a governor specially sent by the imperial court. This time I came to the county government for a private visit incognito. I didn't expect to see you confronting the county magistrate..."
The corner of Qin Yugu's mouth twitched. He was so popular that he was probably not lying, but the court would appoint an eighteen or nineteen-year-old child as the governor? And he even went to other people's houses in the middle of the night to investigate...
"To be honest, I'm not a fool."
As she spoke, her finger moved forward a little further, already poking at his throat.
"Then you'd better not think of me as a fool!" The young man changed the topic and a mirror fell out of his sleeve. The reflected moonlight made Qin Yugu close his eyes.
He pressed down her wrist and pinched the girl's smooth chin.
It was obvious that others would give in when they saw it, but the young man was extremely calm and unhurried.
Whisper in her ear at a volume that only two people can hear.
"This scar...is fake, right?"
He has seen a lot of disguise techniques. This girl's scars are indeed pretty good, but...
He rubbed her face vigorously and looked at her unreservedly.
There are no wounds in other places, at most they are covered with blood!
This kind of deception may even fall for a layman, but it will be of no use to him!
The girl's expression did not change, but the vigilance in her eyes turned into coldness.
She suddenly released her strength, grabbed the boy's arm as her body fell, and threw him out with her backhand.
Nan Shu also reacted very quickly and was not completely hit. He regained his balance after somersaulting.
"Don't be so nervous! Everything I said is true. You should also know part of the inside story here... Why don't you cooperate with me?"
"Prove your identity, otherwise I will call someone over now!"
Compared with the rhetoric of this suspicious person, Qin Yugu did not feel that calling other people in the county government now would bring suspicion to him.
Who would believe that a corpse collector can fight? Whether the scars on his face are real or fake is not up to this person!
"It's really unfriendly~ It seems that I won't be able to disturb you tonight, so go to bed early!"
Nan Shu threw something similar to saltpeter, and the surrounding area was filled with smoke. Qin Yugu knew that he would not do it again, so he put down his guard.
"Tomorrow you will know whether what I said is true or false! If you want to get rid of the current situation and let these people get their retribution, I am your best choice!"
The smoke dissipated, the boy's figure disappeared, and Qin Yugu no longer delved into the details of the matter.
She lay on the steps in a corner sheltered from the wind and slowly closed her eyes.
There is no need to investigate whether what he said is true now...
Mainly...she is...really...tired now...
The sound of even breathing resounded in the quiet courtyard, and there was also the sound of the girl's teeth chattering due to the cold.
"Hey! It's already dawn! Get up quickly!"
The servant who was cleaning the house tried to kick Qin Yugu away in disgust, but the girl's movements were so fast and fierce that she reached out and grabbed his feet before she even opened her eyes.
She stretched out her hand to push the man's legs away, and didn't care that he fell to the ground and screamed. The girl yawned, like a lazy and carefree cat.
"Haha~~ Who bothered me like this this morning..."
Of course she knew it was a blind guy looking for trouble, but it was very reasonable to pretend not to know.
"You dare to push me?!" The fat man staggered up from the ground, reaching out to deal with Qin Yugu.
But the girl raised her arm, pretending to be afraid of being beaten, and at the same time reached out to grab the man's wrist.
"Don't hit me! I was wrong! I was wrong!"
The fallen sleeves could not cover the black patches on his arms. The handyman was so frightened that he shook off Qin Yugu's hand and stepped back.
"You...what is that in your hand?"
The girl stood up tremblingly, and it was only then that the handyman saw clearly that she also had those dark spots on her face, and when he looked at his hands, they were also stained with dark spots.
Qin Yugu seemed to have discovered a huge secret and was afraid that this person would tell anyone. He walked closer quickly, his steps were shaky and his eyes were bloodshot, which was very scary.
"Don't tell anyone... Corpse stains are contagious... If anyone knows that I'm infected with the plague, I will be kicked out..."
The male handyman was originally pushed to clean the place where the dead people had piled up. Unexpectedly, Qin Yugu had already been infected with the corpse plague, and now the corpse spots were spread on his body——
"Get away! Get away!"
The man was so frightened that he rushed out of the yard with a broom in his arms without looking back.
Qin Yugu was still a little sleepy, looking at the man's fleeing back with a sly smile.
"It's really stupid. Everyone is afraid of ghosts and has no common sense. Wherever there is a plague, they will show symptoms immediately after contact..."
Shaking her head helplessly, she felt that she was really bullying these guys by using this method.
If the handyman still wants to keep his job, he will go see a doctor himself and then leave the matter alone.
Give him a sum of money and let him kick as many people as he wants!
After stretching his muscles and bones, Qin Yugu turned to look at the slightly bright sky.
"Since that man said that the truth and falsehood can be found out this morning, I can sit on the well and watch, so I can be alone."
Making plans, Qin Yugu followed his previous memories and found the back door of the government office.
"When you come to the county town, you should take a look at the situation nearby... By the way, ask about the prices, and bring some serious pens and ink and rice paper back to Jianghuai. He will definitely be happy!"
Thinking about it in his mind, Qin Yugu randomly found a broken bamboo hat from the messy trash pile, put it on his head, lowered the brim of the hat, and walked away.
At the same time, on the streets of the county town, several dead men under Helianzhong were looking for traces of Qin Yugu.
The girl's appearance was very unique, and she would be easy to find in the crowd. However, Helianzhong had told her in advance to keep a low profile and not to publicize her.
This means that they cannot obtain information by asking passers-by, and the efficiency of finding people can only rely on a blanket search, which naturally makes it difficult to obtain significant results in an instant.
While they were searching every corner of the county, they did not give up guarding the city gate, but so far there was no sign of the suspicious person.
"Have you found any suspicious objects over there?"
A group of dead soldiers and another group of companions met in a busy city. After briefly explaining to each other in the teahouse that they had found nothing, they were ready to start looking again.
Qin Yugu found a piece of gauze and put it on the bamboo hat. He looked around curiously. He could vaguely see the horrific burns under the veil, and his curious eyes turned into fear and contempt.
This is good, in turn, it attracts attention, but it is not easy to become a target of being tracked.
She also thought about it, and coming out like this was not without danger. The killer who was chasing the man was not dead yet, and her face was also seen.
Who knows if those people are still looking for traces of themselves nearby? It is naturally good to provide a layer of cover. Anyway, ordinary people will not take a second look at this face. Those killers cannot be so blatant in the county.
Don't worry too much.
She looked around for a place selling stationery supplies, but didn't notice that someone in the teahouse next to her had already locked their eyes on her.
If for no other reason, those dead soldiers still clearly remember what the Lord once said——
The girl we are looking for has a very special hair color, with a bunch of silver bangs...
Although Qin Yugu's eyes and face were covered by a bamboo hat, her untrimmed silver bangs still hung outside. Most people would be attracted to her face, but not to her strange hair color.
It's just that they have done a lot of this kind of work on a daily basis, and have arrested targets who can disguise themselves. Of course, they will not find targets based on their faces alone.
As soon as Qin Yugu appeared here, he was targeted by all the dead soldiers almost at the same time.
The girl was still running around in the market with a cheerful attitude, not buying anything, but just looking around, which made her even more suspicious.
The two groups of dead soldiers gave each other a look across the crowd, and after understanding, they divided into two groups and outflanked them.
"Boss, how do you sell this?"
Qin Yugu entered a shop selling rice paper and asked, pointing to the cheapest-looking rice paper.
The boss saw that her clothes were in tatters and she was wearing a tattered bamboo hat. He didn't even want to pay attention to the girl, and he stretched out his hand to send her away.
"This is where I do business, kids, please don't cause trouble for me!"
Qin Yugu still pestered the boss to ask about the price. While the two were arguing, the dead men began to lurk outside the store.
"Oh, just tell me the price! Although I am illiterate, I have a younger brother at home who is very smart and well-behaved! He is good at arithmetic and writing, and he will definitely get the top prize in the future!"
"Ha! You're such a poor person! So what if there are scholars at home? The number one scholar is the best among tens of millions of students. A kid like you should just think about how to fill your stomach first!"
Qin Yugu's cheeks bulged with anger, and he suddenly turned around and rushed out of the store as if he was very sad.
"I won't argue with you! My brother will definitely pass the exam!"
After saying that, he rushed into the crowd, leaving the dead soldiers who were still squatting outside the door a little stunned.
Is this a discovery?!
Quickly adjusting their formation, they immediately acted separately. The girl might have discovered the clues, and there was a high chance that she would run away if they acted together again.
Qin Yugu quickly walked through the crowd. She hid in a deserted corner, threw away her hat, stuck it in the crack of the wall, and quickly thought about who the pursuers were.
"How did you find out... In this era, apart from that group of people, I have not provoked any other forces..."
She was almost certain that the group of people who were chasing that man were chasing her here!
"This is troublesome... I can't replace the burn scar with a new one. I definitely can't throw it away here... It shouldn't be because my face reveals my identity..."
Thinking a little anxiously, she rubbed her hair, and the silver hair flowed in her palms. Qin Yugu understood the reason in an instant.
"No wonder...it's hair!"
Looking around, she couldn't find any sharp objects. If she didn't handle them well, she would be more likely to be exposed!
The footsteps of the dead soldiers were approaching, Qin Yugu tried his best to hold his breath and not let himself make any sound.
Those killers were all Lian Jiazi. With her weak body, there was no possibility of escaping unscathed even if she was discovered!
What to do now?! What on earth to do?!!
She didn’t want to die yet! She had already had so many regrets in that world, but she was finally reborn in a new world. She didn’t have time to do anything, so she had to die again?!
As for doing it all over again for the third time? She didn’t dare to think about it!
How could a miracle happen to the same person twice?!