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Chen Jie didn't know how he got to Beishan, but after hearing the news, the blood in his chest surged violently, like a sharp sword stirring in his flesh and blood.
I don't believe it, I don't believe it, I don't believe it -
He has been rejecting this news in his heart.
His Yaoyao is so smart, how could she die so easily?
It was not until I got off the carriage that I saw the female corpse in purple covered with white cloth by the river.
He stumbled and nearly fell.
King Zhenbei came over to help him personally, his resolute face was heavy and solemn, "Lord Shen..."
Shen Jie's eyes were red as he calmly lifted the white cloth.
The woman's face was swollen and she was unrecognizable. She was wearing the smoky purple skirt that Cui Niang had made for Du Yaoyao.
His heart tightened, and he asked, "Where's the coroner?"
The King of Zhenbei waved his hand, and a young scholar stepped forward and reported respectfully: "This woman has been dead for three or four days. Because she has been soaking in the river for a long time, her original appearance cannot be recognized. We can only identify her identity from her belongings before she died."
He took the tray from the guard beside him and said, "Sir, please take a look."
There were three objects on the tray: one was a brocade bag with half of a white jade phoenix decoration exposed, the second was a sachet made of brocade yellow satin, and the third was a piece of green cloth embroidered with bamboo patterns.
Chen Jie was extremely familiar with these three items.
One was the jade pendant for his deceased mother, the second was the talisman for fertility that Cui Niang had prayed for, and the third was that her back was sweating, so he cut a piece of cloth from his clothes to give her as a back pad.
Except for the jade pendant which looks brand new, the others were badly damaged due to being soaked in water for too long.
Shen Jie slowly picked up the jade pendant and held it in his palm. Du Yaoyao's every frown and smile is still ringing in my ears.
"This jade pendant is so beautiful. Is it very expensive?"
"I was afraid it would get damaged while wearing it, so I put a string on it and hung it around my neck."
"This is too valuable. I'm a careless person. What if I drop it or bump into something?"
"Then I thank my mother."
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Chen Jie clenched the jade pendant tightly with trembling hands, his throat rolling, "Have you done an autopsy?"
The coroner hesitated for a moment, looked at the face of the King of Zhenbei, and after he nodded, he said carefully: "The girl's body is damaged, and the cause of death cannot be determined from the pulse, mouth and nose. I checked the body and found that the girl had large marks of humiliation all over her body..."
Shen Jie's face was pale, as bloodless as the corpse on the ground.
He grasped the word, "Humiliation?"
The coroner lowered his head and said with difficulty: "Jindu is remote, and many bandits hide here. In previous years, women were also killed first... and then..." He omitted that word.
But everyone can understand.
First rape... then kill...
Shen Jie's breathing was choked and his heart stopped beating.
His Yaoyao was so delicate that she would cry softly if he used a little more force. The bandits were so fierce, how could they have pity on her?
He couldn't imagine it, he couldn't believe it.
His palms clenched tighter and tighter, and a fishy-sweet taste rose in his throat. He held it back and said, "I don't believe it, I don't believe it, I don't believe it—"
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