Jiang Zhan was startled: "Corpse?"
What surprised him was not that the corpse left footprints, but the nonchalant tone in which Fourth Sister spoke of the corpse.
However, Jiang Zhan reacted quickly, pointing at the footprints on the ground and said in disbelief: "That's not right, a corpse can't walk, so how could it leave footprints?"
Jiang Si pointed at the pair of footprints found by Jiang Zhan and said, "Brother, didn't you notice that these footprints are different from the usual ones?"
Jiang Zhan leaned forward slightly, wishing he could put his eyes close to the footprints: "The size of the footprints is nothing surprising."
Long Dan and Lao Qin looked at each other.
Jiang Si reminded: "The left and right footprints are side by side, not staggered."
Jiang Zhan was confused: "Is this true? How can I walk like this?"
"You can't walk there." Long Dan interjected.
Jiang Zhan looked at him.
Long Dan stretched out his hands forward and jumped twice.
Jiang Zhan's eyes widened, and he twitched his mouth and asked, "What are you doing, stealing corpses?"
Long Dan stopped, slightly bent over, looked directly at the half-crouching Jiang Zhan, and smiled strangely: "Yes, it's a corpse."
Jiang Zhan raised his foot and kicked over.
Long Dan was kicked in the knee without warning, and fell to the ground with his body tilted.
Jiang Zhan angrily said, "Fuck your master, why are you scaring people for no reason?"
Long Dan rubbed his butt and climbed up, saying with a wronged look on his face: "Second Master, how could I possibly make a joke in such a solemn, serious, and gloomy occasion!"
Jiang Zhan was startled and couldn't help but look at Jiang Si.
In the heart of Mr. Jiang Er, his own sister is naturally the most kind and reliable.
Jiang Si nodded and said calmly, "It should be left like that."
"Fourth, fourth sister——"
Jiang Si looked over.
Jiang Zhan licked his lips: "You said the body jumped away by itself?"
"It's not accurate to say that he jumped away on his own. Someone must have chased him away." Jiang Si sighed as he said this. "Maybe it was the boy who took my second brother away."
A slightly ugly young face immediately emerged in Jiang Zhan's mind.
To say he was a little ugly was actually an understatement. In Jiang Zhan's opinion, that boy was really ugly...
"He actually followed me to the inn. He's quite persistent." Jiang Zhan thought about the strange young man and shook his head.
Long Dan asked Yu Jin: "Master, what should we do now?"
Yu Jin pondered and said, "That young man probably has no ill intentions. Let's follow these footprints first and see which direction they are heading."
Several people used oil lamps to search for the person, and they followed him all the way to the bluestone road, but there was no trace of him.
Yu Jin stood facing the wind, and after a moment he said, "Let's go back to the inn."
"Master, if we don't find the body, what if we get into trouble?"
Yu Jin raised his chin and said, "It's almost dawn. Let's go back to the inn, pack up, and then head north. If there's any trouble, it won't come to us so quickly."
The body has disappeared, and it would be a waste of time to stay and search for it, so the best thing to do is to run away.
Jiang Zhan touched his nose and thought that the prince was much more willful than him. How come he was beaten by me while others were fine?
As Yu Jian expected, the Snow Miao tribe was in chaos at this time, and they couldn't even put out the fire that had just begun to spread.
The patriarch died, half of the sky collapsed, and there were cries and shouts everywhere.
At this chaotic moment, a figure stepped into the fire in a very strange manner.
The house was on fire and people were gathered in front of the house, either crying or putting out the fire. No one noticed the figure walking into the fire from behind the house.
"Put out the fire first. If we don't put it out, the whole village will be burned down!" shouted an elder who was second only to the chief of the Xue Miao tribe.
As the crying stopped, more people joined in the firefighting and the scene became increasingly chaotic.
In the midst of this chaos, a thin young man quietly left.
The fire was finally extinguished. Some people began to clean up the mess, while others gathered around the corpse of the Snow Miao chieftain and wept bitterly.
The elder carefully examined the body of the Xue Miao tribe leader and said with a sad expression: "The tribe leader has no external injuries."
The absence of external injuries means that the possibility of accidental death is greater.
"Is there nothing around the neck?" someone asked.
The elder shook his head: "The chieftain died in the fire. If there are marks of strangulation, it will be difficult to find them, unless -"
"Unless what?"
The elder hesitated for a moment and said, "Use a sharp weapon to peel off the skin and flesh at the neck and see if there are any scars at the throat bone..."
As soon as these words were spoken, there was an immediate outcry.
Whether it is the Great Zhou or these tribes, most people still believe that the dead are the most important and that the bodies cannot be destroyed casually.
Finally, the son of the Xue Miao tribe leader gritted his teeth and said, "Elder, please check it out. We cannot let my father die in confusion."
With the words spoken by the patriarch's son, the elders no longer had any scruples and checked it more carefully, and finally shook their heads.
"Impossible!" The patriarch's son was emotional. "Even if the fire broke out accidentally while my father was asleep, the crickets he raised would have reminded him. It's impossible for my father to be completely unaware of it."
Many tribesmen said: "Yes, how could the tribe leader be so easy to -"
It is totally unacceptable that the clan leader who is usually so high and mighty died so easily.
"Why is father in the study today?" asked the patriarch's son.
The leader of the Xue Miao tribe is a playboy, with a lot of beautiful wives and concubines. In the cold winter months, he is not lying in bed with his beloved but resting in the study. It is obvious that he has something to do.
The elder frowned and said nothing, while the other elder's eyes flickered, and no one knew what he was thinking.
At this time, someone exclaimed: "There is another body!"
Several men carried a dead body over.
The body was charred, but the degree of burnt was obviously not as great as that of the Snow Miao tribe leader, so it was easy to recognize at a glance.
"Why is it Ah Shan?"
Ashan is considered the confidant of the Xue Miao tribe leader and usually stays by his side.
The elder who had spoken earlier leaned over to check and said with an unpleasant expression: "Ashan's neck is broken..."
Everyone's eyes moved between the two bodies of the Xue Miao tribe leader and Ashan.
"What is going on?" asked the patriarch's son in confusion.
The elder looked around and said, "Let's talk inside."
Including the patriarch's son, seven or eight people rushed into a room.
These seven or eight people are considered the ruling class of the Snow Miao tribe.
The room was bright as day. The elder who had spoken earlier looked at another elder and said, "Elder Rong, do you know something?"
Elder Rong twitched the corners of his mouth.
"It's already this late, and you still haven't said anything. Are you going to watch the clan leader die in vain?"
Elder Rong argued for a long time and said, "The clan leader received news yesterday that they were planning to get rid of the seventh prince of Zhou who was visiting Wu Miao. The clan leader should have sent A Shan to carry out the task last night, but who knew that the clan leader and A Shan died in the fire..."
"Prince Zhou Qi? Could it be that he was the one who killed my father?"
Someone else asked in astonishment: "Why did the clan leader want to kill the seventh prince of Zhou?"
"No, even if it was really done by the Seventh Prince of Zhou, how did he get into the village? There is a cluster of fragrant bamboos inside the village gate. Anyone passing by there will surely fall into a coma..."
After some discussion, a voice suddenly popped up: "Didn't Prince Zhou Qi go to Wu Miao as a guest? Could it be that Wu Miao gave him self-defense medicine?"
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