The blond boy tried his best to put a more beautiful smile on his face, and then said——
"Since this priest has said this, and the magistrate still believes in the young master's luck, I won't say anything more."
Huo Yin seemed to be furious, leaving Nan Shu behind and walked out of the government office gate.
"If you ignore the ferocious aura in Master Ling, something big will happen tomorrow, and it will definitely affect the people of the county and even the whole county! Your Excellency, you still have three days to think about it. If you hold a ceremony to worship the heaven within three days, the situation will be under control."
, for more than three days, even if I ask God for forgiveness, I’m afraid I won’t be able to do anything by then!”
Huo Yin left, and Nan Shuhuan sat leisurely on the chair where he had sat, playing with a small porcelain vase.
"Your Excellency, County Magistrate, please forgive me. A Yin is used to being arrogant and domineering among the priests, and others regard him as a god. It is normal to have no common sense~"
His words were full of sarcasm——
"Orchid's fine wine, five-color soil and thousands of delicacies are so generous. Even an official like a governor can't assemble them in three days. Your Excellency is just a county magistrate. Even if you can come up with five hundred taels of silver, it's nothing compared to this."
The cost of the heaven-sacrifice ceremony is a bit dwarfed..."
"My Lord Governor, we are all officials serving the imperial court. Could you please share your thoughts with me..."
The county magistrate was also frightened by the priest's battle, but he really didn't want to empty his family's money to raise the expenses.
"This priest, who usually performs sacrifices in the ancestral hall, spends money so lavishly?"
Nan Shu snickered in his heart, this fat pig has been tricked!
"That's not true! Priest Huo is the priest who presides over national ceremonies. The empire can win this year. Is it just because of some reckless men fighting on the battlefield? Otherwise!!"
The young man shook his head heavily, as if telling the county magistrate a huge secret——
"In fact, the priest has mastered a magic that can take away other people's luck! He used countless gold and expensive gems as sacrifices at the national festival, and also used human sacrifices as sacrifices to forcibly take away the luck of neighboring countries.
Come here, so the warriors of my empire are invincible on the battlefield!"
Seeing the county magistrate's shocked face, Nan Shu continued:
"Think again, when we attacked Fengqi, during the decisive battle, it was clear that the sun was shining brightly one moment, and the next moment Fengqi's border was hit by an unforeseen snowstorm, and countless BMW horses were killed and injured. Isn't this their luck?
A sign of being taken away by our empire?”
The more truthful he said it, the more the county magistrate's speculation turned into reality.
"It's not just that! Apart from the second-generation royal family, the Jiulong auspicious phase was the first in the history of the empire. It took a thousand years for the second one to appear, that is, in recent years! The second-generation royal family has developed the empire to its peak. As an imperial official, you will not
Don’t you know?”
"Nature can't be more clear!"
Nanshu continued:
"Is this a coincidence? Several auspicious omens that have not been seen in thousands of years appeared at the same time in the era when Priest Huo was presiding over the national ceremony. The former emperors praised him extremely. If I were you, a famous priest like Priest Huo would be willing to ward off evil spirits for his descendants.
It’s a disaster, it’s too late to be happy, and you still refuse..."
The young man looked sorry for him and did not continue to speak, but it showed how stupid he was at every turn.
At this point, ordinary wealthy businessmen and gentry would have already started to pay out of their own pockets, but the county magistrate was also a person with long experience in official circles. Even though Nan Shu almost said the lie was true, he still didn't believe it easily.
"Thank you for reminding me, sir, but this official is an official of the imperial court and inherits the emperor's fortune, so there is no need... sir?"
After hearing the first half of the sentence, Nan Shu didn't want to continue talking nonsense to this fat pig, and silently exited the room. Although he was a little unwilling, Qin Yugu still had backup after all, and he also needed to go outside to make arrangements.
Tomorrow's facts are before him, even if this fat pig doesn't believe it, he has to believe it!
Qin Yugu, who returned to the government office in the evening, was covered in travel dust and carried a basket full of strange water jars, all of which gave off a foul odor.
She dropped by the nearby crematorium. As expected, in order to reduce fuel costs, many corpses were actually thrown into the pool and corroded with aqua regia. No one wanted those things, so she packed some and brought them back, but no one cared.
Although this was very disrespectful to those corpses, in order for the living people to live a better life, she could only aggrieve the corpses of those villagers.
Opening the door, she found that the insulation was pretty good, and the body didn't show much signs of decomposition so far.
Putting the basket down, Qin Yugu silently clasped his hands together and made a deep salute.
"I just used grass roots to forge some corpse spots! I won't do anything more! When those dog officials pay the price, I, Qin Yugu, promise that I will bury you well! My condolences to your spirits in heaven!"
Qin Yugu put down the basket, put on the sheep stomach gloves that he had put away before, broke off a grass root, and knelt down in front of the corpse.
She held her breath and untied the cloth on the jar. There was dark corpse water in the mouth of the jar, with pieces of meat and bones floating there. Even Qin Yugu, who had seen all kinds of cruel death scenes, felt that it was really inappropriate to treat a corpse like this.
Too cruel.
Trying to stay calm, she tried to immerse herself in the state of her past autopsy.
She used grass roots to dip a little bit of pitch-black corpse water, and she carefully painted the traces in eye-catching locations. Each villager's corpse was carefully disguised, and she tried her best to avoid offending their appearance.
After disposing of all the corpses numbering over a hundred, Qin Yugu sealed up the corpse water and buried it in the soil of the courtyard flower bed. After confirming that it could be taken out for further destruction, he also covered his body with soot.
Got this dark spot.
"It's done, I didn't expect to have to perform this kind of thing again..."
Twisting her neck, she stared at the horizon where the golden color was slowly revealed.
"Real sunshine... In two days, I will definitely let it really shine on this place and on everyone's heart!"
"Lord Magistrate! It's not good! It's not good!!!!"
The master rushed from the inner courtyard into the room of the county magistrate Luo Cheng like crazy. He looked extremely panicked and knelt on the ground, but he didn't even dare to scream.
"What's going on! You're yelling! Are there any rules?!"
Luo Chengpan was playing with two carved wooden walnuts in his hand and was pacing back and forth in the room. Just as he was hesitating whether to hold a ceremony to worship the heaven, this boy rushed in as if he was crazy!
"No...no...yes...yes..."
The master had just returned from the residence where Qin Yugu lived. He was so frightened by the scene he just witnessed that he couldn't even speak completely.
"Speak carefully if you have something to say! It's not the King of Hell who is judging you! What are you afraid of!"
Master, it’s hard to say, the judgment of the King of Hell is all behind the scenes, but this is a monster living in this world!
"It's the Corpse Plague! The Corpse Plague that can resurrect the dead! Those corpses... those corpses have been moved!"
"Bang!"
The carved wooden walnuts fell to the ground, and Luo Cheng was also frightened by the master's words. Normally, he would have thought that the master was talking nonsense.
But yesterday the priest said that a disaster would befall today, how could he not take it seriously?!
"Tell me clearly what's going on!"
Luo Cheng pressed his master's shoulders, his neck turned red.
"The governor came to visit recently, so the house is under martial law, so this morning I went to find the girl who collected the corpse, and wanted to tell her to keep her mouth tight... but... the result..."
The master couldn't believe the scene he saw. Bodies were scattered in various postures in the courtyard. Some were standing, some were sitting down, and some even seemed to be joking with their families!
But without exception, every corpse has strange black markings on its body, which are clearly the same as the legendary corpse plague!
And the girl who collected the corpses was also among the corpses, sitting on the ground with her eyes closed and not breathing!!
"You said those corpses have been moved! The girl who collected the corpses is also dead?!"
"It's absolutely true! I asked someone to feel her pulse! She's dead! She also has black spots on her body! She must have died after being infected with corpse plague!"
The magistrate sat down on the nanmu chair, his rich cheeks gradually turning white with the ashes of despair.
"How could it be...that priest actually came true to his prophecy, that it was still corpse plague..."
He didn't expect retribution to come so quickly, and there was no way to explain the incident from the beginning.
The corpse examination document reported by Na Nizi clearly stated that the villagers drank the river water contaminated by the corpses and died of the poison. So it is not surprising that the corpse plague has broken out now!
But the county magistrate knew better than anyone else that the villagers had been silenced by the people above! Someone wanted to choose Qinjia Village as the burial place for an enemy!
He knew it from the beginning...but this matter couldn't be exposed, otherwise the Luo family would be in disaster!
Therefore, Qin Yugu consciously lied about a very reasonable reason, and he didn't care...
I never expected that the villagers who were supposed to be killed by the gangsters actually came back to life as described in Corpse Plague!
The girl who gave the perjury is already dead, and no one can explain the real cause of death of these people...
Even if a gangster comes, who dares to inspect the corpses infected by corpse plague?!
His cleverness turned into self-defeating!
Until now, Luo Cheng couldn't be sure whether the little girl was telling the truth or not?
Maybe those villagers did drink the polluted river water? Then they were killed by the gangsters?
It must be like this! He only wanted to protect himself and ignored the truth of that girl's words, which led to the current result...
But it's too much of a coincidence... It's really too much of a coincidence... Is it really just because of my own greed and negligence?
What Huo Yin said yesterday echoed in his mind over and over again, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on Luo Cheng's body. He didn't dare to think too much about what this county would become if left unchecked...
What's more, the place where the corpse plague broke out is still in their Luo family's mansion! If word spreads, even if the unruly people dare not act rashly, the prefect of the county will immediately send troops to burn the place!
This is retribution! This must be retribution! Their sons silenced too many "toys", and their evil spirits caused the corpses to mutate and a plague broke out!
The more Luo Cheng thought about it, the more he felt that his judgment was correct. He slapped the table and stood up and rushed out of the room.
The master didn't know what Luo Cheng was going to do at this time, and thought he was going to run away with his family, so he quickly chased him out.
"Master! Master, you can't leave me alone! I will work hard for you! There is hard work even if there is no credit!"
Luo Cheng was really upset by this bitch, so he kicked him out. With a lot of force, his already fat body directly kicked the skinny master away.
"Don't ask for credit here. I don't know what you usually do outside in the name of the county magistrate's master. I don't know how much of the government's expenses you secretly shared with the housekeeper. You really can keep me in the dark."
inside?"
He has no interest in taking care of the master's behavior. Many people in the government are unclean, but as long as it does not harm his fundamental interests and allows small fish and shrimps to get a piece of the pie, he doesn't really care.
Before going out, Luo Cheng thought of something, turned around and yelled again——
"Do what you should do and seal off the courtyard where the corpse plague broke out. No one can enter! If I hear any news outside, you will be the new victim of the corpse plague!"
The master didn't dare to get up from the ground, so he lay on the ground, his face contorted in pain, and he nodded repeatedly.
"Yes... I will not let anyone in... I didn't see anything, I don't know anything..."
After giving the instructions, Luo Chengcai quickly walked out of the office, planning to find out where Huo Yin was.
Now we must hold a ceremony to worship heaven, no matter what the cost -
If the corpse plague really breaks out in the county, not to mention that the county magistrate's office, which is the source of the plague, will definitely be held accountable, and all the foundation he has worked so hard to accumulate will be burned!
And now that the zombie plague has broken out, those who sealed off the courtyard must not be allowed to stay, and all the servants in the house must also be replaced!
He is the county magistrate and the owner of the entire county. How can he become a monster like those untouchables!?
All kinds of sinister and frightening thoughts were growing in his heart. Luo Cheng quickly summoned the carriage and horse and ordered the driver to go to the address left by Nanshu to seek Huo Yin's last chance of survival.
"Haha~~ I'm so sleepy. I was really exhausted last night..."
Yawning and walking relaxedly on the street, the girl's leisurely and relaxed posture was in sharp contrast to the atmosphere of the county magistrate's office.
Qin Yugu had left the county magistrate's house a long time ago. The black spots on his body were originally stained by soot, but they were as clean as ever after just washing them.
As for the master's pulse, which she asked people to check, she randomly found something and put it under her arm. Counting the time until they were about to find out, she lay down on the ground while holding her breath, and became one of the corpses.
Later, the master and the servant who inspected were so frightened that they rushed out to call for help.
Of course she took advantage of that moment to run away!
Anyway, the so-called "Corpse Plague" was also disguised as a superstitious scene of the resurrection of the dead. The disappearance of her corpse would only increase the panic of those people, but there was no need to worry too much.
Touching her chin, she knew that she was now a "dead person" in the government office, but after all, as a "corpse plague" infected person, she disappeared and would inevitably become a target of being hunted down in the county.
"Soon it won't be safe here either... Jianghuai doesn't know what's going on now, why don't he go back first!"
But she shook her head again, suddenly remembering when Nan Shu helped her carry and disguise the body last night——
According to Qin Yugu's instructions, Nan Shu brought a lot of wooden sticks with her. When she arrived here with a basket of wooden sticks on her back, she saw that she was moving out the dead soldiers with black corpse spots on their bodies.
"It's here!" Qin Yugu found a white cloth and tied it behind his head, and was busy moving all the disguised corpses to the yard and putting them away. "Put on the mask, and then use wooden sticks and ropes to tie up the limbs of the corpse."
Tie them all up!"
"What do you want to do?"
Nan Shu looked at these people who had been dead for several days. Although he was not afraid, he could not help but feel sick.
Because it stinks so much! It stinks more than a corpse that has been rotting for more than ten days!
"Don't ask now, it's already midnight! It will take time for the corpse to become completely zombified. There will be work to do later! Don't waste time!"
Time is indeed tight now. Although Nan Shu has objections, he thinks that if Qin Yugu's plan can really succeed, it will achieve multiple goals with one stone, so he will not pursue it anymore.
Qin Yugu carefully placed the stinky corpse in various positions, while Nan Shu helped fix the corpse with ropes and wooden sticks.
After all preparations were completed, Qin Yugu leaned the body against the wall, then found a clean corner with Nan Shu and began to talk quietly.
"What are you messing with these corpses for?"
His voice was muffled, and Nan Shu didn't dare to take off his mask. The stench, even though he knew it was Qin Yugu who put it on, was still unbearable.
"Of course this is done to disguise it as a plague of corpses!"
Qin Yugu did it without thinking, and Nan Shu seemed to think that she underestimated his IQ.
"Nonsense! Of course I know! I'm asking you why you went to such trouble to make the body look like a scarecrow!"
The girl sighed and felt that she still needed to explain. After all, Nan Shu was an ancient person of this era. Even if he was resourceful, it would be impossible for him to understand such common sense issues of modern forensic medicine.
"It is normal for corpses to appear dead after such a long period of time. It is not enough to make those people believe that it is corpse plague. But if the corpses that were originally lying down stood up on their own, and the only person who could use their hands and feet also died.
Yes, what do you think they will think?"
"The dead are resurrected, strange powers and chaos..." Nan Shu pondered for a moment and suddenly realized, "That's it! You want the county magistrate to find Huo Yin by himself! This is the 'catastrophe' you designed!"
She nodded in agreement, with a cowardly expression on her face, and her desire to explain as a modern intellectual was aroused.
"Actually, after a period of time after this kind of corpse has become zombified once, the zombie will be completely lifted, and it will not become zombified again in the future."
She remembered that she had been moving these corpses recently, and she did not expect that these actions could prepare for this incident.
"But because of the county magistrate's requirements and inspection needs, I kept moving these dead people, resulting in incomplete rigor mortis!"
She pointed at the dead people who had begun to ossify——
"Now move the body again and fix it with branches and ropes. In about three to four hours, the body will become stiff again. When the time comes, remove the fixation and they will 'walk out' of the room like a immobilization technique!"
Nan Shu was so shocked by the girl's explanation that he was speechless, but questions also arose in his mind——
She shouldn't be a craftsman, and even if she was a craftsman... would she understand this kind of knowledge so clearly?
But everyone has their own secrets, and so does he. After thinking about it, Nan Shu finally decided to give this right to Qin Yugu.
"It's boring to wait here. Do you want to make a bet with me?"
Qin Yugu stared at the corpses in a daze, whether he was observing the degree of stiffness or thinking about something else. Nan Shu patted his shoulder before coming back to his senses.
"What were you thinking about just now?"
Seeing the young man's worried expression, Qin Yugu smiled.
"It's nothing, it's just that I am usually responsible for burying and burying people, and there are quite a few corpses that are inspected, but I still feel a little uneasy about using the remains of dead people to do such things like this..."
She was telling the truth. Even if she was a forensic doctor in her previous life, doing an autopsy would be destroying the body of the deceased, but she was doing it for the truth of the case and for justice to the family of the deceased.
If you have a legitimate reason, you won't have a bad conscience.
But now she was contaminating the body of the deceased in order to frame others. Even if it was to give them justice, as a doctor, she could not help but feel uncomfortable.
Nan Shu was also stunned for a moment, and his impression of Qin Yugu changed slightly.
I thought that this girl, who had been exposed to countless corpses, had long been completely numb to such things as ethics and ethics... Now it seems that is not the case.
"You are helping them seek justice. The dead body is just a handful of dirt in the end. What is there to care about?"
It was rare for him to say a few words of genuine comfort to her, but the girl was not relieved and her eyes darkened.
Even so, doesn't she understand the truth?
In her previous life, she worked as a forensic examiner. Even though she knew that the cause of death of the deceased could only be fully understood through an autopsy, the autopsy report issued by the forensic examiner was also strong evidence to convict the murderer...
But even so, many family members are unwilling to sign an autopsy agreement, because it is their beloved or closest relative, an existence they cherish extremely much while they are alive. After losing it, how can they bear to have their remains treated cruelly again?
In fact, she knows better than anyone that this kind of emotion will not help solve the case.
But every time she saw the family members of the deceased signing the agreement with great difficulty and then crying bitterly, those cries and pain seemed to turn into sharp knives, cutting into her heart.
Almost every time she dissects a corpse, she has to endure such pain.
Forensic doctors must respect the remains of the deceased, but they must also be ruthless. They must use a cold scalpel to cut open their hearts that were beating not long ago and open their abdomens to understand how they were treated during their lifetimes.