Chapter 459: Just for the Art of Immortality
Thinking about her eldest grandson who was attacked and poisoned, Su looked at Lu Jingcheng again.
Seeing that his eldest grandson was indeed much better than before, just as his son and daughter-in-law had said in the letter, he finally felt relieved.
Su hugged the children tightly, her eyes were a little red, but her face was full of smiles.
She hadn't seen her children for some time and really missed them.
Jiang Tangtang realized that she didn't see Madam Lu, so she asked, "Mom, where's Grandmother?"
Speaking of Madam Lu, Su sighed, and the smile on her face fell, as if the blood color had suddenly faded, and her brows unconsciously frowned.
"Yesterday, a child was burned to death in front of your grandmother. Watching the child burn to black without being able to save him, your grandmother was heartbroken and has been lying in bed all day, unable to get up.
Cheng'er, Heng'er, Tiantian, you guys go visit your great-grandmother later. She'll feel better when she sees you."
She was also present at the time.
The child looked about the same age as his grandson. He cried and rolled over on the ground. The yamen runners brought water and poured buckets of water on him, but no matter how much water was poured, the fire on the child could not be put out.
They just watched helplessly as the child was burned to death.
The child's parents knelt on the ground, almost crazy.
She almost fainted.
Whenever she calmed down, the scene of the child being burned to death appeared in her mind, and she couldn't help but think of her grandchildren.
If her grandson was burned to death, she would probably go crazy like that woman!
Speaking of the spontaneous combustion of immigrants, Jiang Tangtang also became serious, "Mom, can you tell me in detail what happened?"
"We first received a report from the locals that a charred body had been found in the mountains. After receiving the report, the government immediately sent officers to investigate."
"But before the case was fully investigated, rumors began to circulate that this was divine punishment. It was the gods, displeased with your new policies, punishing these immigrants. I naturally didn't believe this talk and was convinced someone was behind it, so I sent the yamen runners to investigate where the rumor originated.
“During this period, several more bodies were discovered, all of them were burnt all over, just like the previous bodies.
Later in our investigation, the incident I just told you about happened: the child suddenly combusted in front of everyone and burned to death.
The child's parents watched their child burn to death, losing control and going berserk. The immigrants were terrified, and the rumors were getting more intense. Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, I quickly sent a carrier pigeon to deliver a message to you.
Judging from what Su said, it was almost exactly the same as the spontaneous combustion incident of immigrants that occurred in Mobei.
Jiang Tangtang asked, "Has there been an autopsy? What did the coroner say? Is it related to poison?"
Su said, "I also suspected poisoning earlier. I asked the coroners to be careful during the autopsies. But several coroners said they didn't find any poison in the bodies. Based on the autopsy results, it seems they were all burned to death."
But Jiang Tangtang still felt that this matter was suspicious. She said, "Where is the body? I'll go check it out."
"Let's go!" As the matter was urgent, Su stood up and led the way, and the children followed.
Looking at the children, Su paused for a moment, then turned and asked, "Are you going too?"
Several people nodded in unison.
Su looked at Jiang Tangtang again and confirmed, "Is Tiantian going too?"
Lu Jingcheng and Lu Jingheng were both boys, and one of them would become the monarch of this country in the future. Even though he felt reluctant, he didn't stop them. He felt that the two of them should see more and hone their skills.
But Tiantian is a girl, so of course she should be pampered as much as possible.
She would have nightmares just by looking at the blackened corpse, so she couldn't bear to let her little granddaughter see it.
"Are you scared?" Jiang Tangtang asked Lu Tiantian, "If you are, go and accompany your great-grandmother. Don't force yourself."
Lu Tiantian shook her head, "Don't be afraid! I'm going. Mother, maybe I can help you. Have you forgotten that whether it's medicine or poison, I'm the best."
Lu Jingheng tutted his words and said, "You're flattering yourself again. My brother and I weren't paying attention to this, otherwise we would have let you take first place."
Lu Tiantian sniffed, "Who told you not to focus on that? Now I got first place and you're still not convinced."
Watching the brother and sister bickering, Su felt much more cheerful and said with a smile, "You three brothers and sisters are all very capable! Okay, since Tiantian isn't afraid, let's go!"
With that, they set off again.
The morgue is usually located on the outskirts of the city. In addition to Jiang Tangtang and Su's group, there were also yamen runners and coroners from the government office who went there.
Before entering the morgue, Jiang Tangtang took out a bottle of detoxification medicine from his pocket and distributed it to the people traveling with him. Then he took out a stack of masks and asked everyone to wear them before entering the morgue.
Although the coroner said no poison was found in the body, it is still better to be cautious.
She always had a premonition that this incident was related to Dayao and his group.
I have to say, Jiang Tangtang's sixth sense is very accurate.
The person who planned all this is rushing towards Shanggu at a rapid speed.
However, unlike yesterday, Mu Yuchong and Mu Wanning did not ride horses today. Instead, they bought a spacious carriage.
At this time, Mu Wanning was lying in the soft carriage, staring at Mu Yuchong without blinking.
After all, she was a delicate princess who had never suffered hardship. Yesterday, she was angry with Mu Yuchong and forced herself to ride a horse despite the pain. The skin between her hips was rubbed raw.
When she finally found a female doctor to examine her, her tight gauze dress had already stuck to her bloody flesh.
The female doctor took a lot of effort to gently pull off the gauze that was stuck to her skin and flesh, and then applied ointment between her hips.
But in the second half of the night, she still developed a high fever.
Mu Yuchong was worried about leaving his daughter in the care of the female doctor he had just met, so he took care of her personally in the room all night last night.
Today we were in a hurry to travel before daybreak, so we were running out of energy. We went from sitting upright in the carriage to half-lying down.
Mu Wanning gently adjusted her posture, moved closer to him, and then gently touched his eyelashes.
Then, Mu Yuchong's eyelashes trembled slightly.
Seeing that he seemed to be waking up, Mu Wanning was so nervous that her heart was about to jump out.
Maybe he was too tired, Mu Yuchong's eyelashes trembled a few times, but he did not open his eyes in the end.
Mu Wanning didn't dare to reach out to touch him again, but she just stared at him without blinking.
Looking at the few silver hairs hidden among his hair, he thought of what he said when he explained to her that day.
He said he captured the empress just to obtain the art of immortality.
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