Chapter 102: Verifying the Corpse

  Murong Changqing and Ximen Long were arguing back and forth inside the house, while Hualang listened from outside the window. However, no matter how long he listened, he couldn't tell who had taken Ye Fenglu's "Hundred Herb Scripture". As for who killed Ye Fenglu, that was even more unclear. Although there were no leads, Hualang did gain something important - these two people were not simple, and were much more complex than they appeared on the surface.

  The house gradually quieted down, and Hualang saw this and hastily dodged to one side. Before long, Ximen Long walked out of Murong Changqing's room with a faint smile at the corner of his mouth and left.

  Hualang returned to his room and couldn't sleep again.

  The next day, after everyone woke up, the area around Yao Wang Cao Lu was still shrouded in mist, like a fairyland. However, after what happened yesterday, everyone understood that this place was not only a fairyland but also a trap.

  It's never safe anywhere here.

  After having breakfast, Murong Changqing looked at Hualang and asked: "Now that we know my master was poisoned to death, I'd like to ask, Young Master Hua, how do you plan to find the person who administered the poison? Surely it can't be someone from our Medicine King's Hut?"

  Murong Changqing asked, and Hualang only smiled faintly: "The people in your Medicine King's hut are indeed suspicious. You are all great doctors who understand poison to some extent. You are familiar with the Medicine King, and he won't guard against you. Poisoning is the most convenient way, but what I'm more interested in now is those two cases from six years ago and one year ago."

  Everyone looked at each other in confusion, unclear why Hualang was so interested in those two sick people.

  "What do you want to do then?"

  Hualang looked at Murong Changqing and asked, "I heard that the beggar's corpse six years ago was buried by you, I wonder where it was buried?"

  Murong Changqing was somewhat surprised and said, "What does Huā Gōngzǐ want with the corpse of that beggar? Could it be that you can find out from the beggar's corpse who killed my master?"

  Hualang shook his head: "It's not very likely to find out who killed your master, but it's possible to find some clues. So please tell me where the beggar's body is, Master Muyong."

  Murong Changqing smiled coldly: "Even if I told you, it would be useless. Six years have passed since then, that beggar is probably a pile of bones by now. Bones, how can you verify?"

  Mu Rong Chang Qing looked down on himself like that, Hua Lang just smiled lightly: "Brother Mu Rong doesn't have to worry, as long as there's a corpse it's fine."

  Murong Changqing saw Huā Lang being so stubborn and had no choice but to lead them to the place where beggars were buried.

  That place is just outside the Medicine King's hut, not far away. At this time, that place has grown full of weeds, and the tombstone is almost invisible due to years of rain washing it away. The scene is desolate, making one sigh with emotion, wondering if no one will set up a monument for oneself in the future, will one's own tombstone also end up like this?

  After the grave was dug up, Hualang and others were surprised. They thought that burying a beggar would be enough to wrap him in a mat and bury him, but after digging up the grave, they found a coffin. Although the coffin was already old and broken, it was still a coffin. Burying a beggar with a coffin didn't make sense at all.

  Murong Changqing saw the surprise of Hualang and others, so he hastily explained: "The master couldn't cure the beggar's illness, feeling very guilty in his heart, so he sent us to buy a coffin for that beggar, also to avoid him being bitten by insects."

  After listening to Murong Changqing's words, many people showed understanding, but Hualang still frowned, at this time, Yin Wucuo asked: "Do you want to move the corpse out?"

  The young man nodded slightly and then had people carry out the coffin and take out the bones to arrange them neatly.

  Everyone was shocked to see this, could it be that Hualang wanted to verify the bones? But how can bones be verified? They had also heard of forensic verification before, but they didn't expect that Hualang would do it too.

  In everyone's astonishment, Hualang ordered someone to dig a large pit and then burn it with charcoal until the soil in the pit turned red before stopping. Afterwards, he ordered someone to sprinkle wine vinegar inside, at which point he ordered someone to carry that pile of corpses into the pit to steam for over an hour before ordering them carried out again.

  After the corpse was lifted out, the flower boy used a red oil umbrella that had been prepared early to cover the corpse. At this time, everyone curiously looked at the corpse and saw that there were several dark black spots on it.

  It's just that everyone is puzzled despite this.

  Hualang saw this and explained: "If the corpse has red stripes or micro-prints, it means that the deceased was beaten by someone before death, and the blood accumulated. Now the corpse has a dark color, which means that the deceased died of poisoning."

  Everyone was shocked after hearing this. Yesterday, Hua Lang said that the strange man and Yuan Jin's mother died of poisoning, but at that time they didn't quite believe it, because who would poison a beggar and an old woman? But today, seeing the black color on these corpses, they had to believe it.

  Only after believing, more incomprehensibility suddenly appeared in their minds.

  After reburying the beggar's body, they returned to Yao Wang Cao Lu. At this time, Mu Rong Chang Qing couldn't help but ask: "Who poisoned that beggar and Yuan Jin's mother?"

  This question is a bit difficult to answer, and at that time, Hualang was not present on the scene, how could he possibly know?

  However, after everyone sat down, Hua Lang asked, "A beggar and a woman, how did they know to come find Ye Fengluo to cure their illness?"

  Ximen Long heard Huā Láng ask this, and smiled faintly, saying: "My master's reputation is widely known, many people have heard of his name. Some people fall ill, so naturally they recommend them to come here for treatment."

  "Who recommended that beggar and woman?"

  As soon as the flower boy said this, everyone suddenly felt a little enlightened. The beggar and the woman may not have heard of Medicine King Ye Feng Luo, so the person who recommended them to come here for treatment was probably the poisoner.

  Why did he recommend that beggar and woman to come to Medicine King's hut for treatment after poisoning them?

  Could it be that he has a grudge against Ye Fengluo and wants to tarnish his reputation?

  It's extremely likely that this is what happened, and now they want to know who that person was, but it seems like the only way to find out would be to ask Yuan Jin.

  As they went to see Yuan Jin, Hua Lang looked at Murong Changqing and asked: "Did your master have any enemies in his lifetime?"

  Murong Changqing shook his head repeatedly: "My master has saved lives and healed wounds all his life, where would he have any enemies."

  There are always a few enemies in one's life, they just don't know it themselves.

  Hualang didn't ask any more questions and directly headed towards Yuan Jin's home. They only had one hope, that Yuan Jin could recall the face of the person who recommended them to come to Yao Wang Cao Lu for medical treatment.