Chapter 217 Headless Female Corpse

Feeling the strange looks from those around her, You Bingyue glared angrily at Hongluan, then turned and left, abandoning the box behind her.

Hongluan, hands on her hips, said, "They ran away already? With such a shameless attitude, how dare they blatantly steal people?"

"Hey, hey, hey, if you can't handle failure so well, should I hand over the spicy snack business to you?"

"Actually, it wouldn't hurt to give it to you. I don't rely on this for a living."

"Hey, hey, hey, why are you running faster and faster?"

Watching You Bingyue flee in disarray, Hongluan, like a victorious peacock, raised her head and turned around gracefully, walking towards Yiluan Charity.

"mock up!"

It's not that she won't allow others to share in the spicy snack business; making money isn't shameful.

But You Bingyue clearly wasn't there to make money; she was there to disgust people.

This is intolerable.

Young Master Jiang followed closely behind her, his eyes full of admiration: "As expected of Doctor Yu's friend, Second Master Jiang's tongue is truly amazing."

Hongluan glanced at him sideways: "You also want to experience it?"

The young master stood obediently at attention: "No."

"snort."

Yu Zhiyi heard the news outside Zuihualou two hours later.

At that time, she had just come out of the Ministry of Justice and raised an eyebrow when she heard Li Rou's description.

The version Li Rou heard was spoken by someone from the Ministry of Justice, without any embellishment. Therefore, Yu Zhiyi knew the exact conversation between Hongluan and You Bingyue.

You Bingyue actually said that Hongluan should help her?

Did they know each other before?

Or is it...?

Yu Zhiyi recalled the part of Hongluan's face that she couldn't understand when she first met her, and she understood.

Perhaps they come from the same country.

When she first met Hongluan, she could only see through part of Hongluan's face; the other half was shrouded in a mist, and she could never see through it.

At that time, she thought it was because she was not skilled enough that this situation occurred.

Later, she became acquainted with Hongluan, and their relationship became intertwined. As a result, many things became less clear, and she stopped thinking about them.

But now that I think about it, the part of the face that Hongluan couldn't see through was because it was obscured by the secrets of heaven.

However, she didn't pay too much attention to it.

Regardless of where Hongluan comes from, she is her friend.

"Sir, please."

Chief Constable Song pointed to a sedan chair not far away.

Yu Zhiyi nodded slightly.

The sedan chair swayed and rocked, and soon arrived at a dilapidated house.

Yu Zhiyi got out of the sedan chair, and Constable Song came over and said, "Sir, this is the place."

After getting off the sedan chair, Yu Zhiyi looked around and then glanced at Constable Song before walking forward: "Tell me about the case."

After Hongluan left today, Constable Song suddenly came to her with an official document from the Dali Temple, asking for her help.

Recently, several headless corpses have been found in the city, and all the victims were women.

Most importantly, they were all pregnant women.

The dead included ordinary people from the lower classes, as well as family members of officials; just two days ago, even a member of the imperial family was nearly killed.

The Dali Temple dispatched people to investigate with all their might, but the murderer was very cunning. Apart from leaving a number on the ground after each murder, there were no other clues.

To prevent more people from being harmed, the Dali Temple decided to ask Yu Zhiyi for help in solving the case.

This was a way to accumulate merit, so Yu Zhiyi did not refuse.

As she approached the door, she carefully sensed the surroundings but did not detect any yin energy, causing her to furrow her brow.

As soon as I pushed open the door, a strong smell of blood hit me.

Li Rou, standing behind her, couldn't help but change her expression. She felt the food she had just eaten rush to her throat, and she almost vomited.

It took her a lot of effort to suppress the urge to vomit.

But the next moment, she couldn't help but rush out.

Not long after, the sound of Li Rou vomiting could be heard from outside.

Inside the house, a headless female corpse sat upright.

It was facing the doorway, with nothing above its neck.

Not only that, but a large hole was also torn in her stomach.

The belly, which should have been bulging, was now completely empty. In the cold moonlight, people could even see the intestines that had fallen out.

The intestines dangled onto the ground, leaving a pool of yellow, white, and red congealed matter.

Despite the cold weather, there were many white maggots wriggling on its wound.

The pool of yellow, white, and red solidified matter emitted a very unpleasant odor.

Seeing that Yu Zhiyi had no reaction, Constable Song sighed, "As expected of Physician Yu! Even those of us who are used to seeing all kinds of corpses felt disgusted when we first saw this body."

Yu Zhiyi didn't speak, but walked over and circled the body once, then asked, "Have you found the deceased's relatives?"

Officer Song said, "Found it."

He sighed, "This family has also suffered a lot. The old mother struggled to raise her son, but he died on the battlefield when he went to serve in the army, leaving behind only an old mother and a new wife."

Fortunately, the new bride was found to be pregnant shortly after her son left. Judging from the timeline, she must have been pregnant before her son left.

"Because of the new hope, the lives of the old mother and the bride were given hope."

"I never expected that such a thing would happen to the bride. Now she and her unborn child have both died, and the old mother is half dead. She is now only clinging to life and waiting for our government to find out the real culprit."

Yu Zhiyi didn't say anything. After circling the pregnant woman's body twice, she went to check the other things in the room.

Seeing that she remained silent and wandered aimlessly around the room, Chief Constable Song couldn't help but ask, "Doctor Yu, have you found any clues?"

Yu Zhiyi returned to the corpse, her beautiful face cold and indifferent: "I have a guess, but I'm not sure yet. Let's go check the other corpses."

A hint of disappointment flashed across Constable Song's eyes.

"You seem to think I can solve the case quickly?" Yu Zhiyi asked, raising an eyebrow as she looked at him.

Officer Song chuckled憨厚ly: "I thought that people in the Xuanmen sect could summon souls and then find out the identity of the murderer from the souls."

"I see." Yu Zhiyi nodded, then said something that left Constable Song speechless: "I don't summon souls because there are no souls to summon."

"What do you mean?" Constable Song suddenly looked horrified. "Could it be that their souls were eaten by something?"

Yu Zhiyi glanced at the female corpse again: "Hmm... so there's no problem. Her soul is indeed missing. As for whether it was eaten or hidden, I can't see her face, so I don't know for now."

"Let's go check out the other bodies."

The two walked towards the morgue.

Inside the morgue, four headless female corpses were laid out in a row. All of them were the same as the one we had seen before, and the babies inside their wombs had been removed.

However, after the female corpses were collected, their internal organs had been stuffed back into their abdomens, but because the case has not yet been closed, they cannot be stitched up for the time being.

Li Rou's face was pale, and her legs were trembling.

Looking at the morgue in front of her, she felt that the door, which was flickering with red firelight, was like a dark, gaping maw of a demon.

She was shivering from the cold even before she got close.

"Miss...

She called out weakly.

Yu Zhiyi turned to look at her and saw that her face was as pale as paper, her body was clearly trembling, and sweat was pouring down her forehead.

"Can I not go in?"

Li Rou was genuinely scared and worried that she would embarrass her mistress again.

Yu Zhiyi patted her shoulder: "No, you can't."