"It's you." Jiang Xianya turned her head and looked at the man in front of her, slightly surprised.
She heard him call Qi Jiu "Ninth Uncle", and the people who were with him yesterday called him Prince, which showed that he was also a member of the royal family.
Unexpectedly, this kind of person would actually help her pull the body out of the river.
Shouldn't they be disgusted?
Besides feeling disgusted, they must also have felt very taboo about it, since it was a dead body.
"My name is Qi Chengshuo, and I am Qi Jiu's cousin. Since Miss Jiang is already my ninth uncle's daughter, then please call me cousin. We are family," Qi Chengshuo said with a smile.
Early in the morning, he came to help the young girl drag away the corpse, and shamelessly tried to build a relationship with her. Of course, he had something to ask of her.
After returning home yesterday, Qi Chengshuo didn't sleep a wink all night.
That bronze mask was obtained by his grandfather from Huangjue Temple. He personally handed it to him and told him that he must wear this mask to hide his identity.
Grandfather also said that the mask had been blessed by a high monk, and that it could not only protect him on his journey but also turn bad luck into good. As long as he had the mask, he would not be afraid of ghosts and evil. Little did he know... that a vengeful ghost was hiding inside the mask and was going to take Uncle Nine's life.
He wanted to know if his grandfather was involved in this matter, whether he knew the true purpose of the mask, and whether he had deliberately asked him to bring it.
If even his dearest and most respected grandfather had done such a thing, Qi Chengshuo really didn't know what kind of world this would become.
Are members of the royal family really that concerned about that position?
In order to seize the throne, the emperor killed many people. After ascending the throne, in order to consolidate his power, he killed even more people.
The emperor had eight brothers, six of whom he killed. The only one left was Qi Chengshuo's grandfather.
Because they are brothers born of the same mother, they are different from others.
"Since you retrieved this body for me, speak now, what is it?" Jiang Xianya turned her head and asked calmly.
"Could you... let me wash my hands before we talk in detail?" Qi Chengshuo spread out his hands, looking somewhat disgusted.
Hands that have touched a corpse must be washed first, as they are not only dirty but also considered unlucky.
"Let's go upstream. Don't wash around here anymore, because this area is stained with the blood of corpses. I can't see it, but I can smell it." After Jiang Xianya finished speaking, she took the lead and walked forward.
She was quite disgusted with it too.
The two walked about ten zhang before Jiang Xianya stopped and said, "Let's stop here. The river here isn't polluted by the corpses."
Qi Chengshuo nodded quickly.
After the two washed their hands, Qi Chengshuo took out a bronze mask from his pocket.
“Miss Jiang, I want to know if this bronze mask was given to me by my grandfather on purpose. I want to know if he wanted to harm Uncle Jiu. Can you deduce that?” Qi Chengshuo asked in a low voice.
He could also send someone back to the capital to ask, but the key point is... his grandfather might not tell him the truth.
Moreover, Qi Chengshuo was eager to know the answer.
He feared that even those closest to him would become repulsive.
“Yes.” Jiang Xianya nodded: “Because it’s about deducing your closest relatives, if there’s a clue, the answer will definitely be more accurate.”
"What kind of catalyst do we need?" Qi Chengshuo asked hurriedly.
“Your blood, not much, just a drop or two will do. I need to draw a simple rune array,” Jiang Xianya said as she walked.
"Okay." Without saying a word, Qi Chengshuo quickly took out a dagger from his pocket, intending to cut his finger to draw blood.
"Don't rush, I have other things to take care of. I'll calculate it for you later." Jiang Xianya said, then suddenly stopped in her tracks: "One hundred taels."
Money delivered to your doorstep is money you shouldn't refuse.
The Ye family is not well-off right now, and she doesn't want to eat and stay for free.
"You understand the principle of 'taking someone's money to solve their problems,' right?" Jiang Xianya frowned when she saw that Qi Chengshuo remained silent.
One hundred taels of silver is not much for her.
The Taiyi Sect's sorcerers earn a considerable amount of money each time they go down the mountain to help the imperial court and those high-ranking officials handle some thorny matters. Otherwise... how could they support the disciples in the sect?
Without enough money to cover their daily needs, how can they focus on their spiritual practice?
Of course, when chaos or plague breaks out in the world, the Taiyi Sect will not charge money when they help the people.
With each inflow and outflow, the cause and effect are settled.
"I understand." Qi Chengshuo nodded quickly: "I was in a bit of a hurry today and didn't bring it with me. I will personally bring it to you later."
Jiang Xianya nodded without saying anything more.
She looked at the female corpse on the ground, examined it carefully, then formed hand seals and used special power to verify it again, her brows furrowing even more deeply.
"This is a girl who is about fifteen or sixteen years old. She died about an hour or two ago, which was around midnight last night. Her head was hit more than a dozen times with a stone, and it was smashed to pieces. Her face was also disfigured, and her original appearance could not be seen. It is difficult to determine her identity."
"The young lady knows how to perform autopsies," Qi Chengshuo said, somewhat surprised.
It's truly unbelievable that this girl, who came from the countryside, possessed the skills of a Taoist priest.
However, Qi Shuo has already experienced her abilities firsthand in the past two days.
He even suspected that the girl was not an ordinary Taoist priest, but a esoteric master of the Taiyi Sect.
It's just... somewhat inexplicable, because the mystical practitioners of the Taiyi Sect all cultivate within the sect from a young age.
Jiang Xianya, on the other hand, grew up in Qingya Village. He had someone investigate and found that the Jiang Xianya before was just an ordinary little girl, weak and easily bullied. Compared to the one standing in front of him now, she was completely different.
Of course, everyone has their own secrets, and Qi Chengshuo wouldn't delve into them.
"I only know a little bit." After Jiang Xianya finished speaking, she sensed something was off. She turned her head to look at Qi Chengshuo's back, and her lips twitched slightly.
A woman dressed in a pale yellow dress stood behind Qi Chengshuo, only half a zhang away from him.
Jiang Xianya looked at the woman, then at the female corpse lying on the ground, and what else did she not understand?
This is because the person was killed and harbored too much resentment, so their soul could not enter the underworld and could only wander in the human world.
Of course, if they find it, they're definitely looking for revenge.
Seeing a ghost in broad daylight is truly difficult. Jiang Xianya guessed that the female ghost must be carrying something special, otherwise it would be very difficult for a ghost to appear in broad daylight.
Just then, Ye Miaoyun arrived with her helpers.
“The female corpse has been retrieved. I’ll trouble you, Uncle, to go to the government office and report it to the authorities,” Jiang Xianya said, turning her head.
“Okay.” Ye Xianwen nodded quickly.
The Ye family lived less than a mile away from here. They never expected that someone would die in the river. The woman's head was smashed and mangled. It was truly horrific.
Everyone was a little scared, which is a normal reaction after seeing a dead body. However... Jiang Xianya noticed that his older cousin Ye Qingze was extremely pale and trembling all over, which was a bit abnormal.
"Does my cousin know this girl?" Jiang Xianya asked.
"I don't know her, I don't know her!" Ye Qingze suddenly raised his voice and shouted.
No sooner had he finished shouting than the female ghost, who had been several feet away from the group, suddenly lunged at Ye Qingze.
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