Chapter 174: Corpse Hidden in Ice Cellar
Xie Shouzheng also understood the meaning of those words and snorted coldly, "You guys are using your power to bully others, saying that the Xuanjing Division is a mob and can't stand up to the public? Knowing that our Xuanjing Division has a prince in charge, you say you are tolerant? I'll measure... measure your grandmother's legs!"
Feng Jijiu's beard trembled with anger. "You...you...you are so vulgar! This child is incorrigible!"
Lin Qingyue was still thinking about the case and had no time to talk nonsense with them. She just asked Hongyao to remember which families those people came from and settle the score with them later.
"Someone, open the ice cellar!"
At the command, the guards directly demolished it violently.
The students behind Feng Jijiu were indignant:
"Master Jijiu, are you going to let them bully you like this?"
"That's right, she even had people beat us up! She's going to destroy the dignity of scholars!"
Feng Jijiu sighed, "You don't know, Prince Chaolan is using her power to pressure me. Not to mention that she wants to destroy my ice cellar, even if she really demolishes Tianxiang Tower, I can't do anything about it!"
"Don't worry, my grandfather is an imperial envoy. I will go back and report to him and submit a memorial to the emperor!"
"My uncle is the Duke of Zhao. If she hits me today, it's like hitting the Duke's Mansion in the face!"
Feng Jijiu was just about to say a few more words to instigate the situation, as he was best at talking.
But at this moment, Xuan Xieshou's cry came from the ice cellar: "Corpse! Deputy Envoy Lin, we really found the body!"
Lin Qingyue was surveying outside the ice cellar. After hearing Xie Shouzheng's words, she jumped into the ice cellar.
In order to maintain the temperature, the ice cellar is seven or eight meters deep from the ground.
After reaching the underground, there is another secret door, and behind the secret door is the ice storage room.
In winter, when the weather is freezing, ice is collected and transported to the icehouse. If well preserved, the ice can last for a year.
The temperature in the ice storage room is very low, but fortunately, people with special abilities like Lin Qingyue are not so sensitive to temperature.
At first glance, the entire ice room was filled with neatly arranged stacks of half-person-high ice bricks, a total of thousands of them.
Only wealthy families like the Feng family can afford an ice room of this size.
At the innermost part of the ice room, there were more than a dozen corpses, both men and women, old and young.
Because the body was kept in a low-temperature environment, it did not show any signs of serious decay.
Normally, the waiters at Tianxianglou start taking the ice from the outermost layer.
The bodies were hidden in the innermost part of the ice room and covered by layers of ice, so they were never discovered.
Wang Shu's ghost, hidden in the Nether Umbrella, sensed his own corpse and hurried to get out, but was slapped by Xie Shouzheng:
"You're already dead, and you can't return to your body. Stay still, and we'll collect your body!"
He was about to order someone to carry the body out when Lin Qingyue suddenly noticed something and shouted hurriedly, "Don't come near!"
Everyone was shocked, and when they looked carefully, they saw that the stomachs of the dozen or so corpses were swelling little by little.
But in the blink of an eye, it grew as big as a pregnant belly about to give birth.
At this moment, the corpse's belly was still moving, as if there was really a fetus inside that wanted to break out.
What follows is a rustling sound, like the sound of silkworms gnawing on leaves.
"This is..." Lin Qingyue suddenly thought of something and shouted hurriedly, "Run, run!"
Although the guards were somewhat confused about the situation, they still turned around and ran obediently.
Xie Shouzheng and Hong Yao were monsters, and they instinctively sensed the danger, so they turned around and ran away immediately.
When Hong Yao was running to the exit of the ice cellar, she found that Lin Qingyue had not caught up with her. She hurriedly turned back to look, only to find that she was still standing there.
"Deputy Envoy Lin!"
At this moment, "Bang! Bang! Bang!" The successive explosions were deafening, and the powerful impact instantly knocked Hong Yao against the stone wall of the corridor.
The surroundings began to shake violently, and the sound of collapse could be heard from the ice storage room.
Hong Yao wanted to save Lin Qingyue, but was wrapped around the waist by Xie Shouzheng's blood thorns and was dragged to the ground.
The next moment, "BOOM!"
The ground in the backyard of Tianxiang Tower collapsed and turned into a large pit of ruins.
"Deputy Envoy Lin!" Hong Yao shouted anxiously while lying on the ruins.
Xie Shouzheng scratched his head, puzzled, "Strange! Why didn't Deputy Envoy Lin come out with us just now? Don't just stand there, dig quickly! Deputy Envoy Lin is buried alive in there!"
So everyone in the Xuanjing Division, whether injured or not, began to dig, shouting as they dug: "Deputy Envoy Lin, Deputy Envoy Lin!"
The collapse just now also scared Feng Ying and others.
When Feng Ying came to her senses, she found that the entire backyard had collapsed and all the valuable ice stored there was burned to ashes.
He stamped his feet in pain. "You, you destroyed my ice cellar! The ice cellar! Didn't you just say you would keep it intact? Why is it collapsing now?"
"Without that ice, we won't be able to drink chilled wine or smoothies! Do you know how much of a loss this will cause us?"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a snap and the blood thorn hit Feng Ying hard, leaving a blood mark.
Feng Ying screamed in pain, shaking all over, and cursed, "Xie Shouzheng, you're so bold! A mere fifth-rank official, yet you dare to assault your superior! I, I will unite all my students and all the noble families to sue you until you are dismissed from office!"
Xie Shouzheng said, "It's already this late, and you're still worried about those ice cubes? If anything happens to Deputy Envoy Lin, you'll be buried with her!"
Only then did Feng Ying realize that Lin Qingyue was missing, and saw that the reckless men from the Xuanjing Division were busy digging.
Feng Ying's expression changed slightly. "This is none of my business! It was you who insisted on breaking into the ice cellar, and who knows what you did inside that caused it to collapse. Even if something happened to Prince Chaolan, it was her own carelessness. A noble lady from an aristocratic family, she gave up her role as the Princess of Jin and went along with a bunch of reckless men..."
"Snap!" Another whip hit Feng Ying's face.
Xie Shouzheng said, "Come here, tie this old man's hands and feet and gag him! Otherwise, if he keeps nagging, I'm afraid I'll whip him to death!"
"How dare you, Xie Shouzheng! I am the chief academic officer of the Imperial College and once your teacher. Once a teacher, always a father. How can you be so rude? Woo woo..."
It was not until Feng Ying's hands and feet were tied and his mouth was sealed that he finally calmed down.
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