The two got off their horses in front of the back mountain and walked towards Qiao Bingying's grave.
Qiao Tian hasn't arrived yet.
"Mr. Qiao should have just returned home from school at this time." Xu Mingyi looked at the gradually darkening sky and said, "Let's wait a little longer."
Qiao Tian had no intention of alarming his mother at home, and expected that he would accompany her after dinner before looking for an opportunity to come over.
Wu Chao nodded.
The third eye who followed was squatting on a high branch, already in a posture of watching the wind.
After waiting like this for nearly two quarters of an hour, when the night had filled the entire back mountain, the sound of footsteps was finally heard faintly.
Tianmu called out dutifully.
However, this cry immediately frightened all the birds in the mountain.
"..." Xiao Qi silently glanced at the big bird squatting on the branch.
Tianmu is really quite flamboyant...
The big bird seemed to feel that it was careless and raised one of its wings to cover its long beak.
The visitor was none other than Qiao Tian.
He was holding a wind lantern in his hand, and under the flickering light, it could be seen that his face was not too relaxed.
——No one would be able to dig up his father's grave easily.
"Miss Xu...?"
"Mr. Qiao, it's me." Xu Mingyi, dressed as a boy, bowed his hands and saluted him.
Looking at the impeccably dressed girl, Qiao Tian suppressed his astonishment. After putting down the lantern and the things in his hands, he raised his hand and said in return: "Qiao came late and kept Miss Xu waiting for a long time."
"It doesn't matter, we just arrived."
"I wonder if this young master is..." Qiao Tian looked at the person next to Xu Mingyi. The young man was so outstanding both in appearance and temperament that it was difficult for anyone to ignore him.
"This is a good friend of mine." Xu Mingyi answered on Wu Chao's behalf: "The purpose of going out this time was to deceive others, so I asked this friend to help me. Don't worry, Mr. Qiao, they are all trustworthy people."
After hearing her introduce himself in this way, Wu Chao didn't say much. He just raised his hand and bowed to Qiao Tian as a greeting.
Xu Mingyi didn't mention Wu Chao's name, and Qiao Tian didn't ask any questions. Although he had some guesses in his mind, he didn't reveal anything about it. He just returned the courtesy.
Now that everyone has arrived, Xu Mingyi turned to look at Wu Chao: "Let someone do it."
Wu Chao nodded and was about to give instructions when he heard Qiao Tian say: "...Wait a minute!"
Seeing the two people looking at him, Qiao Tian had a wry smile in his eyes: "Please allow Qiao Mou to toast my father a glass of wine first. Just now when Qiao Mou was approaching this place, he suddenly saw a frightened bird appear in the mountain. He thought it must be my father or...
The gods intend to blame..."
The gods...are to blame?
Xu Mingyi and Wu Chao looked at each other silently, not saying much.
Qiao Tian knelt down in front of the grave, opened the jar of wine he had brought, and poured it slowly in front of the grave. As he moved, a rich aroma of wine floated around.
"Father, today is really to find out the real cause of your death... My son knows that you don't want your son to dig into these old things, but as a son of a human being, there is no reason to ignore it despite knowing that there is something behind the death of his biological father. Father.
If you really want to blame, please let the son alone be punished. When we meet under the spring the next day, the son will make amends with his father..."
As he spoke, he lowered his head and kowtowed three times.
After standing up, he raised his hand and said to the four followers wearing black clothes and holding shovels: "Excuse me, everyone."
The moment the shovel sank into the grave, Qiao Tian's heart tightened.
Miss Xu said that his father might still be alive in this world, and reason told him not to have too much hope, but he still stayed up all night because of this last night.
And whether this is a vain fantasy or not, we will soon have the answer...
Next, his eyes never left the tomb for a moment.
Those who seemed to be dressed as ordinary followers moved neatly and very quickly. With one shovel, the grave was gradually dug out, and then a deep hole was dug out.
It wasn't until the sound of a shovel hitting the coffin was heard that the people slowed down their movements.
As if the stone was coming to light, as the surrounding soil was peeled off, the complete outline of a coffin slowly emerged.
The moment the coffin lid was lifted, Qiao Tian clenched his fingers.
He desperately hoped that the coffin was empty...
However, what he saw was not what he expected.
In the coffin that showed signs of decay, a skeletal corpse lay quietly inside. The white bones were wearing clothes whose original color could not be discerned, as if they had been tattered and thinned by insects for many years.
's shroud.
Qiao Tian closed his eyes.
This shroud was put on by him himself for his father.
There were also those buried with his father at this time. In addition to some jade objects that his father loved throughout his life, there were also volumes of medical books. He saw these being put in with his own eyes.
On the side, when Wu Chao was about to ask someone to go down and inspect it, he saw that Xu Mingyi beside him had already taken out a white veil and tied it on, and there was also a pair of gloves.
Zhaozhao is going down in person?
Seeing that she was really about to go down, and the pit was quite steep, Wu Chao hurriedly held one of her arms and led her to jump down.
Xu Mingyi couldn't help turning her head to look at him.
Wu Chao: "I'll accompany you."
Although the girl in front of him didn't seem to need his company very much.
Xu Mingyi nodded, took out another veil, and raised her hand to tie it for him.
The corpse has been buried for more than eighteen years, and the smell of decay is almost gone. However, wearing a veil is a rule and has its own details.
In addition to the saying that yin and yang need to be separated, corpses that have not seen light for many years may also breed other things that are harmful to living people.
Wu Chao let her tie the veil for him. The two of them were already very close. She raised her hands and put them behind his head, which made the distance even closer. He could smell the aroma of herbs on the veil, and she
The movement was very fast, and it was fastened in a few clicks.
He looked at the girl who raised her hand and saluted the corpse in the coffin, said "How offended", then bent down and stretched out her hand to inspect the corpse. She was still a little immersed in the action of tying the veil and could not fully recover.
Wu Chao couldn't help but feel a little ashamed - he was actually the one who was in love.
This was something he had never expected before...
The moment Xu Mingyi stretched out his hand, several multi-legged reptiles frightened and swam out from the black eye sockets of the white bones.
The girl's expression remained unchanged and she continued to observe.
As she moved, Wu Chao was also paying attention to the traces left on the bones. The spine connecting the skull had obviously been broken, but if a knowledgeable person carefully looked at the broken traces, it would not be difficult to find out...
"The owner of this corpse did not die by hanging himself." After a moment, Xu Mingyi said firmly.
Wu Chao nodded: "That's right, he probably died after someone broke his neck bone."
What?!
Qiao Tian's eyes above him changed drastically when he heard this. He took another step forward and reached the edge of the grave.
