Chapter 82 The Truth
After Gu Feixue rescued Zhen Liu's mother, Sun, Magistrate Liang finally closed the case.
Zhen Liu fell into a coma due to being infected with the plague and was later torn to death by a wild beast.
Since people who died of the plague had to be cremated, Zhen Liu's mother was unable to bury him and could only watch Zhen Liu's body being devoured by the flames.
However, when Zhen Liu's body was burned, Gu Feixue saw a scene that shocked her.
In Zhen Liu's long-dried blood, there appeared the same insect egg corpses as the wild boars that attacked her last time in Ruyi Mountain!
Could it be that Zhen Liu didn't die from a wild beast? Instead, he died from witchcraft?!
The fire was still burning fiercely, Zhen Liu's body turned to ashes, and everyone on the scene could not hide their regret.
Zhen Liu was only in his twenties and hadn't even married yet, but he died in the mouth of a wild beast. Who wouldn't sigh at the fickleness of fate?
However, after Gu Feixue discovered the clue, she immediately saw the coroner saying goodbye to the prefect.
Seeing the other party hurriedly leaving the scene, she didn't even have time to say hello to everyone, and followed the coroner out of the fire scene.
"stop!"
After leaving the yamen, Gu Feixue shouted loudly at the figure that was leaving quickly.
Unexpectedly, the other party's footsteps not only did not stop at all, but his movements became even more sneaky.
Looking at the other party's slightly familiar steps, a hint of surprise flashed in Gu Feixue's eyes.
It’s him!
After looking at the people around, Gu Feixue stopped talking and followed the "coroner" into the forest. Then she said in a bad tone:
"Rong Xing, stop, there's no one here!"
After hearing her words, Rong Xing turned around. The face that was clearly that of the old man with a white beard was instantly torn off by Rong Xing's hands. At the same time, his hunched body gradually straightened up.
I only heard him say with a slightly dissatisfied tone:
"Master actually got it right. It really didn't fool you!"
Gu Feixue immediately rolled her eyes:
"Your disguise skills are indeed perfect, but your voice betrays you."
Seeing Rong Xing's sudden realization, Gu Feixue turned serious.
"Tell me, how did Zhen Liu die?"
Rong Xing looked hesitant. He looked at the terrain around the forest and clearly wanted to run away.
Gu Feixue's expression became increasingly grim:
"You still want to run away without telling me?"
Rong Xing's wandering eyes froze at that moment, and he finally said helplessly:
"How come nothing can be hidden from your eyes?"
After saying this, he spread his hands, and seemed not to intend to hide it from Gu Feixue:
"It's not that I don't want to tell you about this, it's my master who forbade me to, so don't be curious."
Hearing this, Gu Feixue gnashed her teeth. Great! It's that Rong Qi guy again!
"I know without you telling me that Zhen Liu didn't catch the plague at all. He was poisoned. No, to be more precise, he was poisoned by a Gu!"
After saying that, as Gu Feixue expected, Rong Xing showed a look of as if he had seen a ghost.
"How...how did you know that? Can you hear what's going on in my head?"
Seeing Rong Xing's frightened expression, it was obvious that he had misunderstood. Gu Feixue was speechless.
"How should I know? When I was collecting ginseng in Ruyi Mountain, I encountered a wild boar that was poisoned by a Gu. Today, there were the same insect eggs in Zhen Liu's blood."
Rong Xing's face showed a hint of understanding, but the next second he thought of something and said with great confusion:
"Then how did you know those wild boars were poisoned? Ordinary people wouldn't notice it at all. Even if they did, they probably wouldn't be able to recognize it, unless..."
Gu Feixue showed a trace of guilt on her face. She could naturally recognize him. After all, she was the one who had learned all the witchcraft techniques in the Sutra Library.
But Gu Feixue would not admit this, after all, it was not very glorious.
Girls from ordinary families can at most learn medical skills and become female doctors who save lives and heal the wounded.
She has learned the art of witchcraft, how can she tell others about it without causing misunderstanding?
However, Gu Feixue didn't expect Rong Xing's brain to work quickly. After a few moments of doubt, he looked at her with a horrified look and said:
"You learned the art of witchcraft?!"
Gu Feixue touched her nose, neither admitting nor denying it.
Unexpectedly, Rong Xing immediately looked as if the sky had fallen, and shouted loudly:
"Granny, you can't learn from any other book! It's over, it's over, once the master finds out!"
"What's the big deal? It's just a crappy book. And you told me I could pick any one I wanted. Tsk!"
After saying that, Gu Feixue rolled her eyes, turned around, and left using her lightness skills.
After a long time, I heard no sound behind me. I turned around and saw that Rong Xing had indeed not caught up with me.
At that moment, Gu Feixue's face was as ugly as it could be. She snorted coldly and left.
She also said that they hadn't seen each other for a long time. Who would have thought that Rong Xing only had eyes for witchcraft and didn't take her, his senior sister, seriously at all.
As for why it is senior sister and not junior sister, it is of course because the senior sister is older in generation.
She was the first to enter the Sutra Repository, so she was naturally a senior sister, not a junior sister.
After returning to the Gu family, before she even had a sip of water, Gu Feixue thought of Zuixianlou again and rushed to Zuixianlou without stopping.
Now she can confirm that Zhen Liu died from witchcraft, and it might be the soul-eating witchcraft.
She guessed that this matter might be related to the Gu family, but it might not be.
All I can say is that there are too many coincidences here, and Gu Feixue really can't take it lightly, so she plans to go to Zuixianlou to ask Manager Bao to keep an eye on it.
By the way...
Thinking of Zhang Erdan this morning, his expression always gave her a strange feeling. She didn't know if it was because she was too suspicious.
"Have you heard? A worker at Zuixianlou contracted the plague and died..."
As soon as she arrived at Zuixianlou, she heard a few diners discussing in the lobby. Gu Feixue frowned slightly, said nothing, and went to the backyard.
The impact of the plague cannot be eliminated with just a few words, and there is no way to stop diners from talking about others.
Of course, Gu Feixue also had some doubts. Was this the purpose of the person behind the scenes?
The purpose of capturing the person who uses witchcraft is to take over Zuixianlou’s business?
There was always a feeling that something was wrong in his heart. At this time, Bao Hongcai, who was about to rush to the lobby of Zuixianlou from the backyard, called out to Gu Feixue with a worried look on his face.
"Miss Gu, why are you here? Why did you leave the government office without saying goodbye just now?"
Gu Feixue then replied:
"I came to discuss with the shopkeeper about Zuixianlou's delivery. As for what happened at the government office just now, I really couldn't bear to watch any longer, so I'm taking my leave first."
Gu Feixue had participated in peacekeeping operations in her previous life and had seen scenes of hundreds of people dying. Although she felt sorry for Zhen Liu, she was not as heartbroken as she said.
Bao Hongcai did not doubt it after hearing this, but said with some worry:
"Alas, the restaurant has also been affected by Zhen Liu's incident." After saying this, Bao Hongcai didn't even have the mood to look at the tea he usually loved to drink.
The two of them sat at the table. The servant beside them made tea, and then Gu Feixue said:
"Boss Bao, this matter can be big or small. If you're worried about the impact, the staff can't slack off for the next few days. After a while, the guests will naturally forget about it."
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