Jiaohua

Chapter 15 Examining the Corpse

Chen Tang's body was carried over and placed in the southwest corner of the main courtyard. Aunt Feng sent two maids and girls to guard it.

The corpse was covered with a white cloth, revealing the white cloth, and you could faintly see the charred black underneath, as well as the unpleasant smell of burnt clothing.

The faces of the two servant girls and the girl were not very good-looking, and the girl was uneasy, and her eyes kept looking at the fast-flowing river beside her.

The mountain wind blew the white cloth, revealing a large section of burnt withered hair.

A maid looked at the girl, stretched out her finger and said, "Go get a stone and press it on."

The girl glanced at the corpse and did not dare to go there.

The maid frowned, stood up and was about to go over to pull her, and another clear childish voice said, "I'll come."

The slightly thin and short girl stepped down from the small stone slope, holding a small bamboo pot in her hand.

The taller maid recognized her at a glance: "Ali."

Xia Zhaoyi covered the blown white cloth, picked up a stone and pressed it in the corner, then looked at the girl: "Go up and help, I'm here for you."

The little girl thanked and hurriedly left.

Xia Zhaoyi held the small bamboo basin and sat down on the stone that the girl had just sat on. The wind blew a lot of coolness.

"Is that Ali?" Another servant girl whispered.

"Yeah." The tall maid replied.

Whether it was a real ghost or a fake ghost, the fact that Liu Sanniang went mad inexplicably all started because of this girl, so it was a little hairy to mention her.

They looked at her, sizing up.

The girl's sitting posture is very casual and relaxed, not as restrained and cautious as other girls. She is raising her hand to handle the small leaves in the bamboo pot, and then takes the needle and thread to string these small leaves together.

"What are you doing?" asked the tall servant girl.

"See for yourself." The girl didn't lift her head.

"what is this?"

Xia Zhaoyi didn't respond. After threading a thin thread, he took another thread, almost without aligning it, pinching the end of the thread and threading it directly into the tiny pinhole, and then tying it neatly.

"We're talking to you." The tall man was a little angry.

The girl paused, looked up in the direction of the stone bridge, and said, "There is someone over there."

The two maids turned their heads, and a mighty group of people came to the top of the mountain. The head was Mrs. Bian, Bian Yuanxue was next to her, all those concubines were there, and more than a dozen maids followed them.

"How come there are so many people here." The tall maid stood up, puzzled.

The servant girl on the side also shook her head and looked at the corpse covered with white cloth on the ground.

As they came, a lot of earth and rocks collapsed on the cliff side of the stone bridge at the end of the front yard, and it looked a little shaky.

The old pine that was blown down in the early morning is still hanging there. The wind is slightly stronger, it will sway, and it is only a matter of time before it falls completely.

So messed up, Madam Bian frowned, not knowing where to start.

"You bitches don't know about Xiu Xiu," Bian Yuanxue called out, "What did you do early in the morning?"

"They can repair bridges." Mrs. Bian said, "Let's go, come one by one."

After she finished speaking, she stepped out first.

Bian Yuanxue looked at the scene under the bridge, gritted his teeth, and followed.

The two little maids behind them were a little afraid, and they were hesitating when they were pushed by Concubine Liu who was behind: "Go up."

Most of the servants and girls at the back of the hill saw the people in the front yard, and had stopped what they were doing to watch them come.

The mountain wind was still strong, and the trees were fluttering. Aunt Feng stared at the stone bridge, wishing that the bridge would be cut off quickly, so that all these people would fall, and they would fall dead without a whole body.

But the stone bridge was really solid, except for a few pebbles that fell sporadically, it didn't do what she wanted.

Xia Zhaoyi stood up holding the bamboo basin and said, "They may come for an autopsy, so prepare for it."

The two maids withdrew their gazes and looked back at her: "What are you going to prepare?"

"Move the corpse up." Xia Zhaoyi replied, "Do you think they will come down here to see the corpse?"

The tall servant girl nodded, seeing that Xia Zhaoyi was about to leave, she frowned, "Then why are you going?"

"I have my own things to do." Xia Zhaoyi said, turning to leave.

The two maids looked at her back and couldn't tell how uncomfortable they were.

On this mountain, people would die every three or five minutes. They were all used to it and even became numb, but compared to the person who was beaten to death and died of illness, the corpse next to him, who was chopped to death by Lei Shengsheng, was somewhat frightening.

The waterside was already shady, and when she met such a strange girl, the tall maid couldn't help shivering, stroked the goose bumps on her arms, looked at the corpse, and said, "Let's go, move Go up."

Mrs. Bian came, and Aunt Feng led Mrs. Liang to meet her: "Madam."

Mrs. Bian has been sullen for the past two years, and she has rarely smiled, but she smiled when she saw Aunt Feng: "You have worked hard all these time."

"Madam is here in person," Aunt Feng said with a smile, "Actually, if you ordered, we can just go over there."

"Not yet," Mrs. Bian sighed, "the smell is strong enough over there, don't add another point or two," she said, looking around, "Where's the maid's body."

"I'm going to cook here, madam, go there with me." Aunt Feng said.

On the downhill in the southwest corner was a flat clearing, and on the north side there was the place where the servants and the girls slept.

Chen Tang's body has been carried up and laid on the ground, covered with a yellow and old white cloth.

Bian Yuanxue covered her mouth, huddled behind Mrs. Bian, and said in disgust, "Mother, why do we still come here?"

"Open it." Madam Bian said to the tall servant girl.

The maid squatted down and lifted the white cloth.

The aunties and maids next to them all turned their heads immediately, daring to look again.

Aunt Feng also avoided her head. She had already looked at it a few times when she was sent to bring the body over in the morning, and she was still shocked to see it now.

"Check if there are any wounds on the lower body." Mrs. Bian said.

The tall maid widened her eyes: "Check, check?"

Mrs. Bian looked at her with majestic eyes and said, "Yes, remember to turn the body over and check the back."

(End of this chapter)