Chapter 390 Are they still alive?
"Okay! Yunfu, go ahead and ask!" Qi Xu straightened his back, with a serious expression on his little face, as if he was already prepared.
Yun Fu had already sorted out all the problems in her mind.
He spoke softly and asked the first question: "When the remains of General Qi Chuan and the two major generals were transported back to Shengjing, did you see the remains in the coffins with your own eyes?"
This point is very crucial and is also the key to Yunfu's decision on whether to continue asking.
After she asked.
Qi Xu and Liu Qing nodded in unison: "Yes, the body was placed in the mourning hall set up in the general's mansion for three days before being buried."
In the Five Kingdoms, there is a custom of keeping the body for three days.
At first, Qi Wangshi and Qi Zhen, mother and daughter, disliked the unpleasant smell in the mourning hall and the bad luck of guarding three coffins, so they used the excuse of feeling unwell to pass the task of guarding the coffin to Liu Qing and Qi Xu, mother and daughter.
Therefore, the mother and daughter not only saw the corpses of Qi Chuan and others, but also saw them more than once.
But Liu Qing looked at Qi Hanzhou embarrassedly: "I was timid at that time and had never seen such a scene. So, even though I saw it, I just glanced at it and looked away. Now that it's been so long, that little memory is a little fuzzy."
Although Liu Qing didn't know why they asked this question as soon as they came back, she knew that the questions Yun Fu was going to ask next must be very important, and she had to tell them the truth.
"It doesn't matter if my mother doesn't remember, I remember everything." Qi Xu raised his chin, his tone extremely firm.
"Okay, then the second question is, what was the condition of their remains when you saw them?"
"What was their condition?" Qi Xu thought for a moment. "It was too hot, and so much time had passed. The remains of my uncle and two cousins had already turned to nothing but bones. However, their armor and other personal clothing were still intact."
Yun Fu's expression was slightly solemn. "Then the third question is, when you saw the remains and coffins of the two major generals of the Qi family, did you feel anything was wrong?"
"What's wrong?" Qi Xu looked at her blankly, obviously not understanding what she meant.
Yun Fu naturally didn't need to beat around the bush and told her the truth: "Qi Hanzhou and I only recovered the remains of General Qi Chuan when we left the Ghostly Prison this time. We didn't find the remains of Qi Yuanzhou and Qi Linzhou. Based on the information we've obtained, it's very likely that their remains weren't theirs when they were transported back to Shengjing."
Qi Xu now understood, and his eyes widened suddenly: "The corpse is fake, so where is the real corpse?"
Liu Qing also covered his mouth in shock to prevent himself from shouting out loud.
Qi Hanzhou hurriedly interjected, "Xiao Xu, think carefully about it. When their coffins were brought back, was there anything unusual? Don't ignore even the slightest thing."
"Let me recall it again."
Yun Fu was right, Qi Xu's memory was indeed better than that of ordinary people.
She learned to observe since she was young, and she would look at people and things very carefully.
Avoid making mistakes and getting punished.
Qi Xu didn't know that the corpses of Qi Yuanzhou and Qi Linzhou were fake, so he naturally didn't think too much about it.
Now, after hearing what Yun Fu said and thinking about it carefully, she really found a few things that were wrong.
"When the remains were brought back, they were a bit messy in the coffin after the bumpy ride, so my uncle's mother sorted them out herself. I was watching at the time. Now that I think about it, my eldest cousin Yuanzhou's remains seem a little thinner, considering he was the tallest of the three cousins."
"Also, the method you taught me, Yunfu, about determining facial features based on bone structure, doesn't seem to be right for my cousin Linzhou's corpse. Brother Linzhou was a famously handsome man in Shengjing, but the corpse looks like he must have had an ordinary appearance when he was alive."
Qi Xu learned a lot of real skills from Yun Fu. Not only did she learn medical skills, but she also memorized the human skeleton. If it were her old self, she probably wouldn't have noticed these details at all.
Yun Fu narrowed her eyes slightly: "Then the corpse that was brought back was not right."
The information they had obtained before, plus Qi Xu's words, was enough.
Qi Xu's eyes lit up, and he suddenly came up with a few speculations: "What about Brother Yuanzhou and Brother Linzhou? Are they still alive? Think about it, if they really died in the battle, why would they use other people's corpses to impersonate them? Maybe they didn't die at all, that's why there are no corpses!"
But then, the expression on his little face darkened again, and the corners of his mouth drooped: "But if they are not dead, why don't they come to the Ghostly Prison to find us?"
She believed that with the abilities of her two brothers, it would not be that difficult to enter the Ghost Prison.
Yun Fu herself didn't know the answer, so naturally she couldn't answer her.
"Then let's continue investigating!"
Since the problem lies on the battlefield, let's start by investigating the people who participated in the war.
Yun Fu turned to ask Qi Hanzhou, "Among the Qi family soldiers who participated in the war, is there anyone close to the two brothers? Preferably someone close to them, someone they trust enough."
After all, this matter is of great importance.
If someone with ulterior motives tries to stab the dog emperor, there's no guarantee that the dog emperor, whose mind is narrower than a needle tip, won't become suspicious.
Qi Hanzhou said in a deep voice, "Although the Qi Family Army was discredited by the dog emperor because of the Qi family's affairs, many of the Qi Family Army's veterans are still in the army. The dog emperor is afraid that if he kills them all, there will be no one to guard the border of Dasheng for him."
At the beginning, after the Qi family got into trouble, Qi Hanzhou immediately arranged for someone to deliver a secret letter to the Qi family army officers and soldiers who had always followed him and his father and brothers. The content of the secret letter was very simple, asking them not to get involved and not to be implicated for saving their Qi family.
Staying in the army, continuing to preserve strength and guarding the border are the most important things for these soldiers.
Yun Fu blinked, a plan already in mind: "How about this, let's send the Cui family's spies to the border to find out what the army currently guarding the border is like. Then we can see how the Qi family's soldiers are doing. It won't be too late to make plans."
Qi Hanzhou also knew that this matter could not be rushed. The border was not very close to here, and it would take more than half a year to go back and forth.
They had just returned from outside and had been there for less than half a day.
It would be too much to leave a few more little balls behind.
"Just do as you say, Xiao Fu'er. We'll make plans after we get some information!"
Of course, Yun Fu would not directly tell Cui Chongzheng the secret that Qi Yuanzhou and Qi Linzhou were not dead.
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