Chapter 37 A Different Gift: A Gift Made of Corpses

The streets and alleys of the capital are bustling with activity.

"Have you heard? This time it's a punishment from God."

"The Sixth Princess' participation in the imperial examinations and her entry into officialdom have incurred the wrath of the gods. It's said that those ministers were punished by the gods."

"Not only that, even the Imperial Master was killed by this witch."

For a time, there were many different opinions in the capital. Many people had forgotten what Qin Yuqing had done for them. A few months ago, people were still praising her, but now she has become the object of everyone's contempt.

Qin Yuqing sat in the carriage, listening to people's abuse of her. The message left by the imperial teacher when he died was circulating in the streets and alleys.

Monsters appeared in the world, causing chaos in the government.

The gods are angry and disasters are about to occur.

Everyone believed that it was because the Sixth Princess Qin Yuqing, as a woman, failed to stay in the inner house and attempted to take the imperial examination to become a female official, hoping to disrupt the government, which angered the gods. The deaths of those ministers and the imperial teacher were a warning to Dayin.

"Something of unknown origin is worthy of being called an oracle."

Qin Yuqing snorted disdainfully. What she had to do now was to find the young Taoist priest who had first discovered the crime scene. As the first eyewitness, he might see something different.

"Tomorrow morning, the election for the new Imperial Preceptor will take place." Lu Jingchuan took the note from Lu Jiu, glanced at it, and then handed it to Qin Yuqing, continuing, "In their eyes, the Imperial Preceptor is the incarnation of a god."

"I know, and that's why I want to create a new national master." Qin Yuqing put the note aside. She recalled everything she saw in the meditation room. She always felt like she was missing something.

Soon the carriage arrived at the young Taoist's house. Unfortunately, this time Qin Yuqing underestimated the opponent's speed and also underestimated the opponent's plan to kill her.

The moment Qin Yuqing pushed open the door, she gasped, her pupils contracted violently, her stomach began to feel sour and twitched violently. She covered her mouth and ran to the side, holding onto the wall and vomiting.

Lu Jingchuan walked to Qin Yuqing with a clean handkerchief and gently stroked her back. Although he had not seen the scene inside the house, he knew how tragic it was from Qin Yuqing's appearance.

"The little Taoist priest has been silenced." Qin Yuqing took a handkerchief and wiped the corner of her mouth. This time, her tone was filled with unprecedented anger. She gritted her teeth and said, "Since that's the case, then I will play chess with the person behind this."

Qin Yuqing whistled and saw Pu Qinghe coming out from the darkness. She said in a cold tone, "Pu Qinghe." Qin Yuqing looked towards the open courtyard door and said angrily, "Do you want to overturn the verdict for your Pu family?"

"I dream about it."

The moment Qin Yuqing pushed open the door, Pu Qinghe saw the tragic situation in the courtyard. He thought that the little Taoist priest would be silenced, but he did not expect that he would die in such a way.

Qin Yuqing knew the plot of the original book. She knew that the annihilation of the Park family was a serious matter with far-reaching implications. It was not just because of the private minting of copper coins, but because of something the Park family discovered. According to the obscure plot line in the original book, the annihilation of the Park family was inseparable from the natural disaster in the south.

Natural disasters may be fake.

But if this is the case, then someone is deliberately taking advantage of natural disasters and creating them to make life miserable for the people in the southern part of Dayin.

These people treat human life as worthless and have no reverence for nature or the gods. They are despicable and deserve to be killed!

They must die!

"All plans should be made in advance. After this is over, I will take you south." Qin Yuqing turned and looked at Lu Jingchuan. If there was anyone in the capital she could trust, she would think of Lu Jingchuan.

No matter the strange words that were engraved in her bones, or the inexplicable feeling that Lu Jingchuan gave her, Lu Jingchuan was the only person she could trust.

"Lu Jingchuan, please stay in the capital. I need your help."

Lu Jingchuan subconsciously wanted to refuse. He wanted to stay with Qin Yuqing, but he was more willing to respect Qin Yuqing's arrangements.

"Okay, I promise."

Park Qinghe did not ask Qin Yuqing why she wanted to go to the south, because he had seen everything that had happened in the past few months. He knew that he had chosen the right person this time. Qin Yuqing did change his opinion of the princess, but it was only the sixth princess, Qin Yuqing.

Park Qinghe turned around and left after receiving the order. He had a blueprint in his hand. The most important thing now was to meet up with the twins, as time waited for no one.

Qin Yuqing took a deep breath and stepped into the yard again. Even though she was mentally prepared, she still couldn't help vomiting.

She subconsciously grabbed Lu Jingchuan's hand. Qin Yuqing forced herself to look directly at the corpse. She knew that if she acted pretentiously now, she would miss a lot of clues. She could no longer afford to delay and had no room for error.

Although he was a young Taoist priest, his entire home was unusually large, twice as large as that of an ordinary family in the capital. Even the courtyard at the entrance was guarded by strange stones. It seemed that the entire courtyard was made at a high price and was not something that an ordinary young Taoist priest could have.

Qin Yuqing narrowed his eyes slightly. It seemed that the young Taoist priest had no fault in his death. Perhaps the death of the national teacher was also related to him. Silencing him might have a deeper meaning.

The two men walked forward and took a closer look at the corpse that was cut into several pieces. The entire body of the little Taoist priest was cut into pieces by something sharp, and all the pieces had smooth cross-sections. Even in modern times, it would be difficult to achieve this, and it would be impossible without the help of technology.

"It's the executioner." Lu Jingchuan said.

Qin Yuqing nodded upon hearing this. On this point, she believed in Lu Jingchuan's judgment.

Although Lu Jingchuan is the emperor's man, he is only responsible for interrogations in the Sky Prison. Therefore, he is not as professional as a coroner when it comes to corpses, but he can still make a general judgment.

"All the executioners have been in the prison these days." Lu Jingchuan carefully examined the smooth cross-section and said to Qin Yuqing, "Only an old executioner could do this."

"Old executioner, I know who it is. Chuntao needs you to do something for me."

Qin Yuqing nodded, and Chuntao appeared beside her. Qin Yuqing said quickly, "Sun family in the east of the city, our people can close in now."

Chuntao nodded, without even looking at the reaction of her real master, and left directly after receiving Qin Yuqing's order.

"Chun Tao looks like hers." Lu Jingchuan said.

"That depends on whether you are willing to give it to me." Qin Yuqing continued.

"My people are your people." Lu Jingchuan said seriously.

Qin Yuqing was stunned for a moment, then a smile appeared on her lips. She said with a smile, "Then you better be careful. I have kidnapped all your secret guards."

How they were able to identify the executioner in the east of the city so quickly was simply a matter of coincidence.

Qin Yuqing has had a rare period of free time in the past few months. Apart from practicing martial arts on a daily basis, she is occasionally disliked by the fourth princess Qin Qinqin. But that doesn't mean she has done nothing. The clue she found was that there was an old executioner in the Sun family in the east of the city.

This old executioner was related to Chen Cairen's death, because on the night Chen Cairen died, one of his executioners inexplicably appeared in the palace. Although it was impossible to find out who summoned him, there must be something wrong, so Qin Yuqing sent people to keep an eye on the old executioner Sun, hoping to see if he could find the person above him, but he didn't expect to get an unexpected gain.

Not long after leaving the courtyard, Chuntao got on the carriage and told Qin Yuqing that the old butcher Sun looked hurried and went out under the cover of night, heading towards the young Taoist priest's house.

Qin Yuqing looked around the yard, his eyes landing on the stone table directly opposite the body parts. He said to Lu Jingchuan, "Stand on it and hold me up. There's something wrong with these body parts."

Lu Jingchuan nodded sullenly, his ears turned red again. Without saying a word, he held Qin Yuqing's waist and lifted her up easily.

He frowned. Why was she so quiet? Wasn’t Chuntao watching her eat?

It seems that next time, I can't let her practice martial arts too much. She is too thin and can't display her martial arts skills well.

"Sure enough, the person behind the scenes knew we were coming."

The limbs were separated separately, and the longer legs were divided into two parts. The torso of the little Taoist priest was divided into different sizes, some were placed together continuously, and some were placed next to the limbs like patchwork. The skull was placed in the center, and the body parts were artificially arranged into two words.

Hello.

At this moment, Qin Yuqing felt the provocation from the person behind the scenes, a naked provocation.

"Let me down." Qin Yuqing's tone was cold. No matter whether she was the sixth princess or the chairman of Modern, no one could provoke her.

Qin Yuqing approached the body parts and saw some scattered words on some of the flatter parts. He wrote down all the words and rearranged them to form a new sentence.

Sixth Princess Qin Yuqing, I hope you like this gift I give you.

Qin Yuqing looked up at the sky where the clouds were beginning to gather. She spread her fingers slightly, feeling the wind, and said to Lu Jingchuan, "It's time to start."

Lu Jingchuan nodded, a whistle sounded, and all the secret guards led by Lu Jiu began to move. A new ballad quietly spread in the capital.

The gods appear and the goddesses appear.

The natural disaster is over and dawn returns.

The messenger from the gods brought the oracle.

For a time, discussions broke out in the capital. People who were not in the know were discussing the ballad and the national master's last words. If they believed the ballad, they would be denying the national master's last words. Everyone had their own opinions.

In an elegant seat, the second prince Qin Junyi was sitting high up. He looked at the people who were discussing the matter with displeasure. He threw the tea in his hand to the ground and questioned them.

"This is what your master said, a way to bring down the Sixth Princess."

The person opposite him had a calm expression. He blew on the steaming tea and said to Qin Junyi calmly, "You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. This is a test for the Sixth Princess. If this can't be resolved, it only means that the Sixth Princess will never achieve great things."

"We have no choice but to rethink our cooperation with the Second Prince. To consider such a person as a formidable enemy shows that he is nothing special."

Hearing what the opposite party said, the second prince wanted to get angry, but because he needed their help, he could only hold it back. Listening to the children's songs, he realized that the initiative was not in his hands this time. It seemed that he had to leave himself some wiggle room for his next action.

"That little Taoist priest?" the Second Prince asked hesitantly, "Has it been resolved?"

"Don't worry, Second Prince. We've already made a gift for the Sixth Princess." The man put down his empty teacup, stood up, and said to the Second Prince, "It seems that the Sixth Princess doesn't like the gift the Master gave her very much."

"It's okay. Our master likes her after all." After saying that, the man turned and left, leaving only one sentence.

"Looks like I need to ask the master to exchange for another gift."