Qiao Dongzi immediately wanted to run out, but before he could finish speaking, he could only grit his teeth and continue, "Just a couple of days ago, the boss asked his subordinates if there were any letters from the palace, which was basically asking if his sister-in-law had written a letter. When his subordinates said no, you didn't even eat dinner."
Fu Yunchen frowned as he listened to his words.
Qiao Dongzi said, "Just as the eldest brother waits for his sister-in-law's letter, the sister-in-law is also waiting for the same reply. I have finished speaking, and I will take my leave."
Without waiting for Fu Yunchen's consent, he dashed out of the central command tent like lightning.
Fu Yunchen looked down at the broken pieces of the table on the ground, then at the palm of his left hand... A thin red vertical line had severed his lifeline!
He consulted a fortune teller and received the message that his life was nearing its end!
He had seen a similar red line in the palm of his mother's hand, in the same spot, exactly the same.
He even asked her back then, "What is the red thread?"
His mother glared hatefully at Long Qian, who tried to approach her but was too timid and fearful. Then she hugged him and said, "Mother will protect you!"
Not long after, his mother died... How could the mother of the Red Witch King be killed by a few ordinary people?
On his mother's body, he saw that the red thread had moved to the end of the entire lifeline.
If he himself could not avoid dying like his mother, then the only thing he could do was to remove all obstacles for her before his death came!
This world was his parting gift to her!
...
"That woman is so pitiful, her face was ripped off!"
"She must have been very beautiful when she was alive. She was just envied. What a tragedy."
"That's right. I don't know if their faces were ripped off while they were alive, or after they died."
Mu Run sat in the tea shop, listening to the villagers chatting idly at the tables two tables away.
The topic itself is a bit sensational.
Zhong Jiu brought over two bowls of tea and several plates of snacks, saying, "Sister-in-law, I supervised the preparation of these dishes, so they are clean and safe."
"...It's nothing." Mu Run nodded, then looked at the person at the next table. "Did you hear that?"
"I've already heard about it from the tea shop owner. This morning someone accidentally dropped half a penny into the river, so they went down to retrieve it, but instead of finding the money, they pulled up a faceless female corpse."
"So that's how it is." Mu Run picked up a steamed bun from the plate. "What kind of filling is it?"
"Wild vegetable and egg."
"Hmm." Mu Run took a bite. "The filling is a bit bland, but the dough is very soft."
Zhong Jiu also picked up a steamed bun and started eating. "Sister-in-law, Tonghuang Island is ahead. Should we go to Xiangcheng? If not, should we continue?"
Mu Run replied, "Where is he?"
"They should already be in Luzhou."
"Chase after them."
"Okay, then we won't go to Xiangcheng."
After they finished eating, the two prepared to continue their journey.
Just as they were about to leave, two constables came over and stopped Mu Run and Zhong Jiu from leaving.
"You look unfamiliar. Where are you from?"
Mu Run looked at Zhong Jiu.
Zhong Jiu replied in a Jiangzhou accent, "I'm going to Yuzhou with my older sister."
As siblings working together, no one would doubt their relationship.
Where to?
"Go to Yuzhou to do some small business."
"Do you know about the faceless female corpse case?"
"I just heard it from the tea shop owner."
"Do you perform autopsies?"
"An autopsy?" Zhong Jiu looked at the constable in astonishment.
The constable replied, "Some time ago, Prince Chongyang passed through here, and our county's coroner went off to make a fortune with him."
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