Chapter 59 Human Bones

When the coroner spoke to Shen Yun, he spoke in a low voice so that Shen Yuan and the others could not hear.

However, after hearing that they were confirmed to be human bones, Shen Yun immediately ordered two detectives to search upstream along the stream to see if there were other corpses.

So, even though they did not hear what the coroner said, when they saw the actions of the constables, they guessed in their hearts that what they saw today was a human corpse.

"Full." Shen Yun waved his hand and called his daughter to him. "Go down the mountain with your sisters first. I'll leave this place to Dad."

However, Shen Yuan didn't want to leave now. She still wanted to know what was going on with this piece of corpse.

"Let's go later. If nothing else, we'd like to go to the temple and have a vegetarian meal." Shen Yuan casually used what Yan Siyu had just said to evade his father, although after knowing that they were human bones, they probably wouldn't be able to eat.

Just as Shen Yuan was about to act coquettishly again, the two detectives who had gone upstream to investigate came back.

Shen Yun hadn't asked yet, but from their expressions, he knew that this was probably a murder case.

"Sir, I found several scattered corpses upstream. Whether they are from the same person needs to be examined by a coroner. We found knife wounds on the skulls, and it looks like it was most likely murder." As usual, the detectives quietly reported their findings to Shen Yun.

"Zhang Hui, go to the Dali Temple to find Xie Shaoqing and ask him to bring more people over. Sun Peng, take the coroner over first to collect the body."

After Shen Yun finished his instructions, he walked towards his daughter. It seemed that he would not be able to have the vegetarian meal today.

"Manman, you should go down the mountain immediately. You can come back later if you have the chance."

A suspected homicide was discovered in the back hills of the temple. Everyone in the temple will definitely be questioned one by one, so we naturally can't have dinner today.

"Dad, is this really a homicide?"

Shen Yun no longer wanted to hide it. He nodded and said to his daughter, "This place will definitely be searched later, as will the temple. It will definitely be a mess. You should go down the mountain and go home first."

Shen Yuan nodded and said yes, then walked straight towards the anxious little sisters.

Seeing Shen Yuan coming over, Yan Siyu couldn't wait to ask, "Yuanyuan, seeing your father like this, is this really a murder case?"

Shen Yuanchong and the other two nodded, "My father asked us to go down the mountain. Someone from the Dali Temple will be coming to investigate this case soon."

"Since it's a case, it's not something we can interfere with. Let's go back first." Jiang Yunyi was still a little scared when she spoke. It was the first time for her to face such a thing. She didn't want to stay here any longer and just wanted to go back quickly.

So the four of them led their servants and headed back. But when they were about to go down the mountain, Shen Yuan stopped.

"I'll let Bai Zhi escort you down the mountain."

"What about you?"

"I still have something to say to my father. Besides, we were the first to discover that place, and the Dali Temple might want to question us. It would be more convenient for me to be there." This was half true and half false, but Shen Yuan did plan to go back and look for her father.

The other three people also didn't understand the Dali Temple's case handling process, but after hearing what Shen Yuan said, they thought it made sense, so they agreed with her and went down the mountain first.

"Baizhi, you've worked hard today. I'll give you a monthly salary increase when I get home." Baizhi was the only one in her family who knew kung fu, so she had to bear the brunt of the hard work today.

"Girl, what are you talking about? I don't feel tired even if I run five more times!"

Shen Yuan and Qingdai watched them go away. When they could no longer see their backs, Shen Yuan turned back and walked into the mountains with Qingdai.

When Shen Yuan returned, the coroner had already brought back all the scattered corpses and were piecing them together on the ground. Shen Yuan had never seen corpses like this before, and he was stunned when he saw it suddenly.

Seeing this, Qingdai quickly ran in front of her girl to block her sight.

Shen Yun also heard the noise at this time and turned around to see his daughter, and he knew that she would definitely not go down the mountain obediently.

"Are you scared?"

"No." Shen Yuan walked out from behind Qing Dai. If it was a corpse, it might be scary, but now the corpse has become a pile of white bones, and it is in broad daylight, so to be honest, it is not that scary.

"Why are you back again? Didn't I tell you to go down the mountain?"

"Dad, I'm the one who discovered the crime scene. The Dali Temple will have to question me when they investigate the case. Isn't that right?"

"You know a lot. I don't have to ask you questions. I can ask Qingdai the same question when I get back."

"It's all thanks to your good teaching." Shen Yuan said as he glanced at the coroner.

"Tell me the truth, aren't you here just to see Master Xie?"

Shen Yuan was startled by her father's words and waved her hands hastily, "What are you talking about? What's the point of calling you Little Master Xie? I don't even know him."

She had been very busy since the Dragon Boat Festival and had no time to bother about thanking the adults. She stayed today simply because she was curious about the case and wanted to stay and see how the Dali Temple handled the case.

Shen Yun snorted lightly and said something that left Shen Yuan dumbfounded.

"I heard you talking on the street on the Dragon Boat Festival. Have a healthy Dragon Boat Festival. I am doing well."

Shen Yuan's eyes widened, and after a long while she gave her father a thumbs up, "Dad, you have a really good ear. You shouldn't be a civil servant, you should be a scout."

"Stop talking nonsense. If you want to stay, stay here. Stay away."

Shen Yuan's mouth, which had just been closed, opened again, "I swear!" After saying that, he stepped back, found a small bush and squatted down, indicating that he would definitely not interfere with the Dali Temple's investigation.

Xie Hui brought some constables and they came very quickly. It took Shen Yuan and her companions half an hour to climb the mountain. They took two steps at a time and reached the top in less than two quarters of an hour.

Shen Yuan was squatting there feeling bored, so he pulled two branches from the side and started digging in the soil. When he heard the sound, he looked out.

Zhang Hui was leading the way for Xie Hui and other detectives. Everyone's eyes were fixed on the corpse on the ground in front of them, and no one noticed that there were two people squatting beside the bushes at their feet.

Yes, after Qingdai saw her daughter squatting down, she also squatted beside her.

"Mr. Xie!" Shen Yuan looked up and called out to Xie Hui when he saw him passing by.

After Shen Yuan yelled, she felt like she had done something stupid. Did she seem to see Mr. Xie tremble just now? ... Maybe, maybe, she saw it wrong.

Xie Hui stopped and looked down to see the girl squatting on the ground, laughing happily (Shen Yuan: To clarify, it was an awkward laugh, not a happy one).

"Miss Shen."

"My father is waiting for you out front." Shen Yuan was still squatting and talking with her head raised. It was not that she didn't want to stand up, but her legs were numb from squatting and she couldn't stand up.

Xie Hui hummed, raised his hand to take off Zhang Hui's sword, held one end of the scabbard himself, and handed the scabbard to Shen Yuan.

Shen Yuan blinked her eyes before she realized that Xie Hui noticed that her legs were numb and asked her to stand up by holding the scabbard.

Shen Yuan stretched out his hand, grabbed one end of the scabbard with both hands, and slowly stood up.

Maybe it was because he squatted for too long, but Shen Yuan actually felt a little dizzy.

He was stunned for a while before letting go of her hand, then quickly turned back to help Qingdai up.

Then he thanked him and bowed, "Thank you very much, sir."