Not only was it a female corpse, but it was also a swollen, giant-looking female corpse.
Some brave people came forward to take a look, and after watching, they ran away and started vomiting violently.
“Ugh…”
When other people saw this, some of them avoided it and dared not look at it, while others bravely tried to wonder how disgusting it was to cause such a big reaction.
They had seen quite a few corpses along the way, so naturally some of them didn't believe in it.
Those who didn't believe it came forward to take a look, and when they saw it, their faces changed drastically and they ran to the river bank to vomit.
“Ugh…”
A few more people joined the vomiting group. Of course, there were also a few people who resisted the urge to vomit and laughed at those who were vomiting.
"What's the matter?"
"You are too timid."
"I think it's okay, not that disgusting."
"Yes, I think the body is just swollen and looks ugly."
Those who were vomiting became very angry when they heard those people making sarcastic remarks.
The female corpse was not just swollen, it was simply... 'Ugh'...
These people hurriedly shook off the images in their minds; thinking about them any further would make their stomachs ache.
The brave man came closer and took a closer look, which allowed him to discover something was wrong and the more specific situation of the corpse.
The man said to his companions who were watching the excitement on the shore: "The clothes on the female corpse are made of silk. It can be seen that she was born in a wealthy family."
As soon as these words were spoken, the people who were originally watching from afar subconsciously moved closer, but did not dare to get too close.
The man continued: "Besides that, guess what else I saw?"
"Don't keep me in suspense. Just tell me now."
"That's right, that's right. Why are you keeping me in suspense? Just tell me now."
Under the urging of the crowd, the man finally spoke calmly, "In addition, the female corpse was tied with ropes, and the other end of the ropes was attached with stones."
When these words were spoken, everyone was stunned.
"This, this... that female corpse was killed by someone."
"Who would kill her?"
The person who had just vomited calmed down for a while and then spoke up, "I think the female corpse is not very old, at most 28 years old."
"How could such a young girl be killed in such a cruel way?"
"Could it be the work of bandits?"
"It can't be bandits. Look at the woman's clothes. They must have kidnapped her and taken her to the village to be their mistress. It's impossible for them to do that."
"Who could have done that?"
"Who knows? Maybe he did something shameful and was drowned by his family."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone around them felt that they made sense.
Only women who are not faithful to their husbands will be treated like this.
"I'm afraid he was taken away by his family."
"Alas, it's a pity that he was so young."
Jiuyou leaned against a tree trunk, occasionally hearing the refugees' discussions. At first he didn't pay much attention, but as they described, he suddenly opened his eyes, stood up and walked towards the river.
At this time, many brave people surrounded the female corpse and wanted to strip off her clothes to see if she had any gold or silver jewelry on her.
If they could find some gold and silver jewelry, the Zhao family wouldn't be too upset.
When Jiuyou came over, he saw the two sons of the Zhao family stripping the clothes off the female corpse.
"Wait a minute." Jiuyou suddenly spoke and interrupted the two men's actions.
Everyone looked back to see who it was.
After seeing that it was the Lone Ranger, he immediately stopped and did not dare to continue. The reason was that the Lone Ranger had a human head following his horse, which showed that he was not someone to be trifled with.
Old man Zhao asked, "Sir, is there anything I can help you with?"
Jiuyou glanced at him coldly and said in a cold voice, "Let me take a look first."
What does it mean?
Old Zhao's family and the people around them all looked confused.
Old man Zhao's youngest son was about to speak, but was stopped by his eldest son, who shook his head to signal him not to speak.
"You go ahead." Old man Zhao was very self-interested and didn't want to provoke the wrong people just for some money.
The younger son was not convinced and muttered, "Dad, what if there is something good and he takes it away?"
Old man Zhao glared at his youngest son. His son was good in every way except that he valued money too much and liked to haggle over every penny.
"Is money more important, or people more important?" Old Man Zhao scolded his son.
The younger son was still unconvinced, but he did not dare to talk back to his father.
Seeing that his youngest son was still so unconvinced, Old Man Zhao sighed inwardly, thinking that this kid would suffer in the future.
At this time, Jiuyou walked in front of the female corpse. The giant's corpse was disgusting as a whole, but Jiuyou just frowned with an indifferent expression. Because the corpse was severely rotten and was placed in a turbulent stream, the face was destroyed and it was impossible to tell whether this corpse was Xu Lanzhi.
Jiuyou thought about it and decided that apart from looking at her face, he could look for clues on her body.
He stepped forward and pulled open the clothes, carefully examining the fabric. This fabric was top-grade brocade, rarely circulated in the market and only owned by the nobles in the capital.
This discovery made Jiuyou feel depressed.
He continued to search the body. Apart from the clothes, he could make out a few things, but there was nothing else of value, not even gold or silver jewelry.
The murderer probably wanted money.
Jiuyou recalled everything about Xu Lanzhi and finally thought of a way to identify Xu Lanzhi. He turned over the back of the female corpse's neck and saw a mole behind the right ear.
After seeing the location of the black mole clearly, Jiuyou's eyes darkened slightly.
It’s really Xu Lanzhi!
The people around could clearly feel the murderous intent emanating from Jiuyou.
Old man Zhao pulled his son back a few steps.
Who is it?
Who killed Xu Lanzhi? !
Jiuyou's cold eyes swept over Old Man Zhao and his group, then looked at the people watching on the shore.
Old man Zhao's eldest son lowered his voice and said, "Dad, why does it look to me like that man knows that woman?"
Not only he had this feeling, but anyone standing closer had the same feeling.
Jiuyou looked at Old Man Zhao and ordered, "You guys carry this body to the official road."
Old man Zhao’s youngest son was about to say no, but his eldest son covered his mouth.
Old man Zhao nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes."
Everyone else stayed away, and Old Man Zhao had no choice but to carry the female corpse to the official road with his sons and place it in the position indicated by Jiuyou.
After the bodies were put away, Old Man Zhao and his sons were about to leave. Jiu You spoke again, "Wait a moment."
The Zhao father and son stopped and looked at each other suspiciously and nervously.
"Is there anything else, sir?"
Jiuyou took out a piece of silver from his arms and threw it into Old Man Zhao's arms.
Old man Zhao picked up the change in his arms and kept saying thank you, "Thank you."
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