Su Xiaoli looked at the burial objects with curiosity: "Young master, it seems no one has ever robbed this tomb."
He had meticulously inventoried the general's burial items according to the list, and even though three years had passed, he still vaguely remembered them.
At first glance, it seems like everything is still there.
Furthermore, no tomb raider claimed to have only stolen half of the items, so the general's coffin was definitely not looted.
Su Yun'an had already guessed what had happened. He glanced at Su Xiaoli and said, "It's not your fault. Change the coffin."
...Su Xiaoli was completely bewildered.
No one has ever robbed this grave, and the coffin is in good condition, made of high-quality wood, and it's not rotten. Why do we need to replace the coffin?
But what could he say if the young master said to change it? He could only change it.
The villagers of Sujia Village began to busy themselves again, some carrying the remains, others moving the burial goods.
Su Yun'an, You Yi, and Uncle Ping were all watching beside the coffin.
When Su Yun'an's grandparents changed the coffin, they didn't pay much attention, but when it came to their great general, everyone unconsciously gathered in front of the coffin.
The villagers first carried Su Renzhong's remains into the new coffin.
Youyi seemed to notice something was wrong with the skeleton, and immediately moved closer to examine it carefully.
"Who is this...?" The sudden approach of the wandering creature somewhat hindered the villagers' movements.
Su Yun'an knew that You Yi must have discovered something, so he waved to the villagers and said, "This is my martial uncle. He knows a bit about feng shui and is performing a ritual for my father."
"Oh." Although the villagers found the wandering creature's actions strange, they dared not disturb it any further.
They circled around the coffin, examining Su Renzhong's remains carefully.
Su Yun'an, who was waiting anxiously, quickly stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "Uncle-Master, have you noticed anything wrong?"
“There’s something strange about this skeleton. Look here.” You Yi held up a kneecap and showed it to Su Yun’an.
He no longer referred to these as Su Renzhong's remains, but rather as "the remains of this body."
Looking at the shattered kneecap, Su Yun'an felt a pang of heartache and said softly, "I know. When Father was brought back, his kneecap was completely shattered. Su Renyi said that he was ambushed by the Northern Rong people on the Northern Rong battlefield. He was caught in a ravine and smashed by a large rock on the cliff."
Not only was his leg bone broken, but his entire body was smashed beyond recognition, even his face was smashed so badly that his features were no longer recognizable.
Looking back now, it seems that the ones who plotted against my father were not the Northern Rong soldiers, but Su Renyi and Su Huiyan, as well as the Su family army that my father trusted most!
You Yi frowned and said, "His leg bone fracture didn't happen just before he died; it must have been fractured a few years before he died."
Su Yun'an instinctively retorted, "That's impossible, my father's legs have always been fine..."
If his father's legs were bad, how could he possibly lead troops into battle?
Before You Yi could say anything more after Su Yun'an finished speaking, he reacted first and immediately looked at the leg bone in You Yi's hand: "How can you tell that this person's leg bone was broken a few years before he died?"
Su Yun'an realized something was wrong at this moment. Before You Yi could explain, he had already believed his story.
“Look here, here, and this one too, the bone is all necrotic. If his leg bone had just broken before he died, his leg bone wouldn’t have had time to develop lesions, and these lesions would take several years to complete. This means that this person’s leg had been necrotic for several years before he died.” You Yi pointed out the necrotic part of the kneecap to Su Yun’an: “Not only this kneecap, but the other kneecap has the same phenomenon.”
As he spoke, Youyi pointed to the skeletal leg and said, "Look, although his leg bone is very long, it is very thin. He must have been paralyzed for a long time before he died, so in addition to the beginning of necrosis, the leg bone has also degenerated."
Su Yun'an was extremely shocked after hearing this.
His uncle's medical skills were superb; he would never be wrong, so he had no doubt about his uncle's words.
"This person is not my father!" Su Yun'an was now certain of this conclusion.
My father was always in good health; he never had any problems with his legs, let alone became paralyzed. Therefore, this skeleton must not be my father's.
Thinking back to the incident where the coffin was pried open, Su Yun'an exclaimed in alarm, "Someone must have switched my father's remains!"
At first, he thought that Su Renyi and Su Huiyan must have pried open his father's coffin in order to find the military seal of the Su family army.
After all, Su Huiyan and Su Renyi had been searching for the Su family military tally for so long, and had even imprisoned their mother in order to force her to reveal the whereabouts of the Su family military tally. They probably wouldn't let go of their father's coffin.
But little did he know he was completely wrong. Someone had pried open the coffin not for the burial goods, nor for the military seal of the Su family army, but simply to exchange for his father's remains!
But why is that?
Why did they swap their father's remains?
Also, who exactly did these things?
Is it Su Huiyan and Su Renyi? Or someone from the Su family army? Or even someone from the Northern Wei?
When Youyi thought about how the coffin had been pried open before, he also felt that someone might have come to replace his father's remains.
After all, nothing else was missing!
But who is so bored as to steal someone's remains? Isn't that perverted?
The villagers had no idea what Su Yun'an and You Yi were doing, holding several pieces of bone. Seeing their sorrowful expressions, they assumed they were mourning the great general.
After the villagers had finished moving the remains and burial goods, Su Xiaoli stepped forward to comfort them, saying, "The general sacrificed his life for the country and was a great hero of Eastern Chu. The dead cannot be brought back to life, so please accept my condolences, young master!"
Su Yun'an no longer even had the energy to appease Su Xiaoli.
A great hero of Eastern Chu?
Now, we don't even know where his remains are. It's such a shame that my father, this great hero, has had such a frustrating time.
Youyi didn't say anything, but carefully placed the bones in his hands back into the coffin.
No one knows whose remains were moved here.
"Let's close the coffin," Su Yun'an said softly.
Su Xiaoli wanted to offer more comfort, but didn't know what to say, so she simply told the villagers to close the coffin.
The villagers busied themselves again, reburying all three coffins and erecting new tombstones.
Looking at the three large characters "Su Renzhong" on the new monument, Su Yun'an felt incredibly ironic.
Now, the whereabouts of my father's remains are unknown, and it's ironic that the remains buried in the Su family's ancestral grave are not his!
Who exactly switched my father's remains?
What exactly is their purpose?
Where are my father's remains?
Countless questions weighed heavily on Su Yun'an, making it hard for him to breathe. He desperately wanted to know the answers, but it seemed that he had only taken the first step on a long journey, and the answers were so far away!
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