Cypress Boat Floating

Chapter 126 Gu Insect

The autopsy report of the body from Dali Temple is out.

Lu Zhixing was planning to return to the Dali Temple with Lu Ci Qiu, and wanted Liu Anshun to go back to the palace to rest first. However, he did not expect that when the other party heard that the corpse was related to the Church of the Gods, he immediately jumped behind Lu Zhixing and said that he wanted to go with him.

Lu Zhixing thought that one more person would mean one more helper, and since Tianshutang knew more about the Shenling Sect than he did, he did not refuse and took the two of them to the Dali Temple.

Coroner Master Zhang had received Lu Ci Qiu's order long ago. He arrived right after Lu Ci Qiu left Dali Temple. He had just finished sorting out the autopsy when Lu Zhixing and others came back. However, his solemn look made Lu Zhixing feel uneasy.

"What's the result?" Lu Zhixing had not yet seen the body, but seeing that Master Zhang had a serious look on his face, he wanted to hear what he had to say first.

Master Zhang sighed deeply and shook his head helplessly. This action made everyone present a little confused, especially Lu Zhixing. Master Zhang was already here when Lu Zhixing came to Dali Temple. His coroner skills were the best in the world, but he had never seen him have such an expression.

Master Zhang didn't like to keep people in suspense, so he slowly said, "This corpse is something I've never heard of or seen before. The body is blue all over, but there is no wound on the body. I think it was poisoned, but I can't tell what kind of poison it was."

Lu Ci Qiu couldn't wait to ask: "Then... have you cut it open to see?"

"Yes, that's what I'm going to talk about next." Master Zhang glanced at Lu Ci Qiu, then took out a tightly closed bamboo tube from a small bag.

"Your Highness, this is a bug I found in Butcher Liu's body, but I don't know what kind of bug it is. It looks weird. What's even weirder is that Butcher Liu's internal organs have been completely eaten by this bug. If I hadn't opened his stomach in time, this bug would have devoured his body in two days, and only a skeleton would be left."

Because the worm could devour human internal organs, Master Zhang did not dare to open the bamboo tube casually. He handed the bamboo tube to Lu Zhixing and asked Lu Zhixing to deal with it.

"Could it be that the death of Butcher Liu was caused by this worm eating his internal organs?" Lu Zhixing took the bamboo tube from his hand and shook it, but no sound came out of it.

Master Zhang: "I can't guarantee this, but the death of Liu the Butcher is closely related to this bug. It is very likely that the poison in Liu the Butcher's body came from this bug. This bug most likely entered Liu the Butcher's body when he was alive and slowly devoured him. That's why Liu the Butcher felt unwell during those few days. If the poison was released while devouring, then Liu the Butcher would have died no matter what."

"Could this be the so-called poisonous insect? Since there are no wounds on his body, how could this insect enter his body?" Lu Ci Qiu really wanted to see what the insect looked like. Master Zhang described it as so scary, but he had never heard of any insect that could devour human internal organs. This really aroused his curiosity.

"It's easiest to enter through the mouth," said Master Zhang.

The five senses of humans that are exposed are all connected. If the insect really wants to enter through one of the senses, entering through the mouth is the easiest and least exposed way.

Liu Anshun took the bamboo tube from Lu Zhixing calmly, and then pulled out a transparent box from some corner of his body. There was only a small opening on the top of the box. Liu Anshun moved the insect that was originally hidden in the bamboo tube to the transparent box easily, so that everyone could see it clearly.

"This bug is really strange. Is it a centipede? But why does it have wings? Do centipedes have wings?" Liu Anshun knocked on the edge of the box, but the bug still lay motionless at the bottom of the box. This was quite curious.

The others followed his words and looked at the box in his hand. Master Zhang had just quickly picked up a bamboo tube to collect the insect. He didn't observe it carefully. He just thought that the insect looked weird. Now, looking at it carefully, he felt his scalp tingling.

This insect has a lot of legs, it looks like there are more than ten of them, just like a centipede, but it has a pair of wings on both sides of its back, antennae on its head, eyes like green beans, and its mouth is opening and closing, and you can vaguely see the fangs inside. This insect is a strange red from top to bottom, as red as blood.

Liu Anshun took out a long and thin iron wire, inserted it into the small hole on the top of the box, and pricked the insect. The insect still did not react and seemed to be dead.

When Liu Anshun pulled the wire out of the insect's body, he saw that the top of the wire had melted, and strands of it were hanging there swaying, and strands of green blood were flowing from the insect's body.

Lu Ci Qiu took a step back in disgust. The blood of this thing could actually melt iron wire, so how could human internal organs withstand it? If it touched it, one would die instantly. "Is it because the poison of the insect is too strong that the corpse turns green?"

"It's not impossible." Lu Zhixing felt that this possibility was quite high. According to what Master Zhang said, when he caught this kind of insect, the insect was still alive and well, but just like that, the insect died. Could it be that this insect would die as soon as it left the corpse?

The other three people agreed with Lu Zhixing's statement, especially Master Zhang. He caught the bug with his own hands, and it was still alive when he saw it. He felt scared when he thought of this. If he had been accidentally touched by the bug at that time, he would have been corroded by the bug like the iron wire.

Now that the bug is dead, what should they do next?

Lu Zhixing asked Liu Anshun to keep the bugs, as he would need them in the future. There was no need to look at the corpse now, but he wanted to meet Zhang Shunbo, who had done business with the God House, to see if he knew any clues about the God House.

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Ye Jianqing was ordered to send Wei Wangshu back to the palace. Although she also wanted to go with him to watch the autopsy, she dared not disobey Lu Zhixing's order.

Every time when she was with Wei Wangshu, there was always an invisible pressure on Ye Jianqing's shoulders. It was not for any other reason, but because Wei Wangshu's attitude was too weird, which always made her feel uneasy.

On the way back, although Wei Wangshu did not continue to talk about marriage, he held her hand and kept asking about her situation. Ye Jianqing didn't even know her own story, so how could he tell her? Should he tell her a modern story? That would scare her to death.

After finally sending her back to the palace with some excuses, Ye Jianqing was about to head to the Dali Temple, but as soon as she raised her foot, she suddenly thought of someone else. She didn't know what the progress of the Dali Temple was, but she could find someone else to find out about the affairs of the Divine Cult.

Thinking of this, he turned around and walked towards the outside of the city. The only people living outside the city were Murong Zhixu and Chi Yu. Murong Zhixu had said before that he had a grudge against the God House, but when talking about the God House, he claimed that he had forgotten about it. Ye Jianqing still wanted to go and see it again, and wanted to talk to him again to see if he had remembered anything recently.

In order to prevent them from not being at home, Ye Jianqing went to the restaurant where Chi Yu was telling stories and asked. The owner said that Chi Yu was on vacation today and did not come to tell stories. So she went out of the city carrying candied fruits, pastries, roast chicken and other things.

Murong Zhixu and Chi Yu chose a good location for their homes. When the capital was scorching hot and people could only rely on ice to escape the heat, Murong Zhixu's home was cool under the shade of the bamboo forest. Even in this weather, they could rest in the yard.

The closer he got to their home, the cooler Ye Jianqing felt, and his heart, which had been feeling annoyed by the scorching heat, became calmer.

Thinking about it carefully, she and these two people really have a connection. They took her in for a night by accident. Although they themselves have no memory, Ye Jianqing does remember it. In this life, she has to deal with them again because of the matter of the Divine Spirit Religion.

It's really fate.

So, Ye Jianqing thought that when she has time in the future, she can come to see them more often, interact with them more, and become friends with them, so that they can take care of each other in the future. Although Chi Yu always feels that she will be bad for Murong Zhixu, and therefore treats her indifferently, she doesn't care.

She knew that Chi Yu was just worried about Murong Zhixu. She had met Chi Yu in her previous life and she knew that Chi Yu was a good person.

Seeing that the bamboo house was right in front of him, Ye Jianqing tied the horse at the gate of the yard, and walked towards the yard with cakes in his left hand and candied fruits and roast chicken in his right hand.

"Master Murong, Master Chi, I'm here to visit you."

Ye Jianqing stood at the door and shouted, but no one responded from inside. Ye Jianqing leaned her head and looked into the house. There were signs that someone was there. She was afraid that the other party didn't hear her, so she shouted a few more times.

Finally, under Ye Jianqing's unremitting efforts, Chi Yu rushed out of the house with a heart full of anger, "Noisy, noisy, noisy, noisy."

"Hi, Master Chi Yu, I'm here." Ye Jianqing greeted him with a smile, as if he didn't see how angry he was. He was about to go in with his things in his hand. "Where's Murong? I came to look for him. I brought him a lot of food."

Chi Yu rolled his eyes at her, wanting to chase her away, but then he thought of what Murong Zhixu had told him that day, and he didn't know why Ye Jianqing came here. Seeing her acting so familiar, he got even more angry, and reached out to stop her from going inside, "Murong is sleeping, can you be quiet? He had a headache yesterday and didn't sleep all night, and he finally fell asleep."

Chi Yu's words were full of dissatisfaction towards Ye Jianqing. He glanced inside quietly, and seeing no movement, he came up with the idea of ​​​​driving Ye Jianqing away. Just as he was about to put it into practice, he heard Ye Jianqing say: "Is that so? Then put your things away and find a place for me to take a nap. I just happened to be sleepy because I haven't had a nap yet." After saying that, he yawned.

All the words Chi Yu said were stuck in his heart for a moment. He wanted to speak but couldn't, and he wanted to take action but didn't dare. He was so angry that he stood there motionless with his eyes wide open.

Ye Jianqing found it funny, stuffed the thing into his arms, and walked towards a bamboo chair in the yard with a smile, saying as he walked: "I'm just teasing you. Since Murong is not feeling well, let him sleep for a while. I'll wait in the yard for a while. I came here mainly because I want to ask him something."

"What's the matter? Didn't Murong tell you everything you should and shouldn't say last time?" Chi Yu's dissatisfaction with her was evident in her words, but she was afraid of waking up Murong Zhixu, so she gently put the things on the table behind her, walked out of the room, walked to Ye Jianqing and asked in a low voice.

Ye Jianqing did not answer in a hurry. Instead, he looked around. This place was really remote. If he had not gotten lost in his previous life, he would not have been able to find this place.

Chi Yu does have a secret.