Daqin arrests alchemists, what does it matter to me as a qi refiner?

Duanmu Yu frowned, knowing that he had been put on the grill. Even if the people around him could really find out what happened between Ziying and the old man in the thatched cottage, it would hurt Xu Fu's reputation. Xu Fu had a bad reputation in Xianyang City and even in the entire Qin Dynasty, especially because he "remembered grudges", which many people deeply understood. Moreover, he was a popular person around the master. If he offended him, the hope of winning over the master would be even slimmer.

But more importantly, Duanmu Yu knew clearly that these people were only sent to gather information and he did not expect them to be able to do anything.

Now they have unknowingly provoked Xu Fu and dragged Yang Ling into this. They have no choice but to take action.

But they don't have any real skills, and they would only embarrass themselves if they went up.

"Sir, these ignorant servants in the house are talking nonsense. Please don't bother with them..." Duanmu Yu walked forward and forced a smile, trying to make Yang Ling take back his order.

"Master Duanmu, what you said is not right. They themselves said that they are experienced and come from a family of coroners. How come in your mouth, they are just ignorant servants talking nonsense?" Before Yang Ling could speak, Xu Fu stepped forward, interrupted Duanmu Yu, and laughed sarcastically, "Your shielding is too obvious!"

Duanmu Yu's face turned pale. He finally understood how Xu Fu's reputation for holding a grudge spread.

But he knew that whether this matter succeeded or not, it would not be good for them.

However, the mediocre people behind him did not understand this, and when they were ridiculed by Xu Fu, they all expressed their dissatisfaction.

"Our experience is better than yours, so just watch carefully!"

"You know nothing, you useless piece of shit. I'll make you look at me with new eyes in a moment!"

"Outsiders, just open your eyes and watch!"

The sons of coroner families all walked towards the thatched hut, and did not forget to mock Xu Fu when they passed by him.

Xu Fu was not angry at all. Instead, he took two steps back to make room for them.

"Master, did you see what was happening inside just now? If not, I will stop them first..." Xu Fu suddenly thought of something and ran to Yang Ling and asked.

"I see. Let them go." Yang Ling waved his hand and responded calmly.

After hearing Yang Ling's response, Xu Fu was relieved and stood aside waiting to see those people laugh. He came here in advance to protect the scene. As long as Yang Ling saw it, no matter how the scene was destroyed, Yang Ling could get the information he wanted.

Xu Fu had followed Yang Ling for many years and knew him well, so he was not worried about not being able to find the murderer after the scene was destroyed.

But Ziying did not have such a foundation, and for some reason, he was not worried at all.

"Sir, although these servants have some family knowledge, they are all uneducated and can't find out anything. Don't be surprised, I will teach them a lesson when I go back!" Duanmu Yu had no interest in the murder case in the thatched hut. He was only thinking about how to save the ruined plan.

During the few days since they took Yang Ling to southern Xinjiang, the Duanmu family had treated him to delicious food and drinks, and they had visited the spiritual herb garden for several days. Yang Ling seemed to be in a good mood.

I finally found an opportunity to win them over, but before I could even say anything, it was ruined by these servants.

How could Duanmu Yu not be angry? But he knew that now was not the time to lose his temper, so he decided to deal with these people after returning.

The most important thing at the moment is to appease Yang Ling.

"A family of coroners, even if they are uneducated, can still access some knowledge that others don't know. Young Master Duanmu doesn't need to make excuses for them!" Yang Ling glanced at Duanmu Yu and said lightly.

"Yes, sir, you are right..." Yang Ling's words made Duanmu Yu unable to defend those people anymore.

He no longer counts on these people and is just waiting to deal with them after they make a fool of themselves.

The sons of the coroner family carried the old man's body out of the thatched hut and placed it in the sun.

The conspicuous corpse spot on the neck was a bit glaring, but they didn't pay too much attention to it.

Several people worked together to turn the body over, revealing the torn clothes and back.

"Young master, sir, there are obvious black and blue corpse spots on the back of this old man, which are obviously left behind because he died more than twelve hours ago and the body has not been moved!" The oldest son of an aristocratic family pointed at the body on the ground and explained to Duanmu Yu and others.

"I see!" Yang Ling showed an expression of sudden enlightenment, and asked curiously, "Did you find anything else?"

"Of course!" Upon hearing Yang Ling's question, the leading coroner from an aristocratic family immediately answered.

When they said this, their faces were filled with pride, but they did not notice that Duanmu Yu's expression was becoming increasingly ugly.

One of the coroners, who was a son of an aristocratic family, stepped forward, untied the rope around the old man's neck, and called on two of his companions to carry the body back.

At the same time, the leading forensic family disciple called out to Duanmu Yu and Yang Ling, "Young Master, Sir, please come over and take a look!"

Yang Ling could see that they were about to demonstrate the murderer's murder process, so he walked over without saying anything.

Duanmu Yu didn't want to go over and watch these people make a fool of themselves, but seeing that Yang Ling had already walked over, he didn't want to stand there any longer.

After much thought, I decided to follow him. The thatched house was small and dim, and could only accommodate four people.

After the people who helped carry the corpse left, only the leading coroner from an aristocratic family and an assistant, as well as Duanmu Yu and Yang Ling were left inside.

"Young Master, Sir, please look, this is the rope that strangled the old man!" The leading coroner from an aristocratic family showed the rope taken from the old man to Duanmu Yu and Yang Ling, and then hung the rope on the beam.

Yang Ling wanted to see how they would explain next, so he remained silent.

Duanmu Yu was already speechless towards these people, let alone speaking.

"This rope was originally hung on the beam to hang food..."

The leading young man from a family of coroners found a bamboo basket from somewhere, and inside it lay half a salted fish that had not been eaten.

He held the basket in his hand, gestured with the rope, then winked at the people who were helping, asking them to lift the body up.

After the old man's body was lifted up, his head just touched the rope. The young man in the lead pushed the body away and stepped forward to cover it.

He held the rope with one hand and took the basket with the other, but his foot slipped and he accidentally got his neck caught in the rope.

Because the knot was not tied tightly, he struggled a few times and fell to the ground.

However, his explanation for this is quite different.

"When we found this rope, it didn't fall off because the knot was loose, but because it was worn out and broken because it couldn't bear the weight!"

In order to prove what he said was true, he specifically found the worn part of the rope and showed it to Yang Ling and Duanmu Yu.

"So, what is your conclusion?"

Yang Ling just glanced at it, then showed curiosity and asked.

"This old man hanged himself and died accidentally!"

The young man in the lead spoke eloquently and pushed forward the frayed rope and the bamboo basket filled with half a salted fish.

"That sounds quite reasonable!"

Yang Ling glanced at Duanmu Yu, ignoring the ugly look on his face, and chuckled, "Everyone around Master Duanmu is capable!"

"No, no, they are just mediocre people. They polluted your eyes and ears. It is the fault of the Duanmu family..."

Duanmu Yu knew that Yang Ling was mocking the useless people he had found, but he could only force a smile and agree with him.

The young men from the coroner families failed to understand the irony in Yang Ling's words. Instead, they were complacent because of the praise from the young master of their family and the master of the Duanmu family. "We all come from coroner families, and have been doing this for generations. For us, this kind of thing is easy!"

The young man in the lead was quite proud and had an indomitable attitude.

Duanmu Yu became angrier as he listened, and he wished he could beat them to death in the thatched hut, but because Yang Ling was present, he could only suppress his anger.

"Have you noticed that there are knife cuts on the old man's neck?"

Just when the young men were feeling proud of themselves, Yang Ling suddenly asked a question that startled them all.

Duanmu Yu also sighed helplessly. The moment for these young people to make a fool of themselves had finally come.

When the body was carried out, Yang Ling noticed the knife mark on the old man's neck.

However, the bloodstains were cleaned up very cleanly and the knife wound was so tiny that it was almost unnoticeable.

In addition, the old man looked pale and his body was stiff, which could easily be mistaken for strangulation.

Those young men from coroner families were not well-trained, so it was normal that they failed to discover the problem.

Even Xu Fu did not notice the knife wound on the old man's neck. This might be because the young men from the coroner's family did not allow him to touch the items on the corpse.

However, when the body was taken out, the situation had changed.

The rope around his neck was no longer so tight. Duanmu Yu and Yang Ling could tell at a glance that the real cause of the old man's death was the knife wound on his neck.

Because of this, when Duanmu Yu saw the young men from coroner families around him analyzing and demonstrating the process of the old man's suicide, he felt that they were beyond help.

The knife wound was discovered by Yang Ling. Although those young men from coroner families were not well-trained, they still had some insight.

They were well aware of Yang Ling's status in the eyes of the two leaders of the Duanmu family, so no one dared to question it.

When they hesitated, the first thing they suspected was whether they were negligent during the inspection and missed some details.

Because of this, they did not refute immediately, but immediately lowered their heads to re-examine the subtle marks on the body.

Sure enough, when the rope was removed, a small knife wound was revealed on the neck of the corpse.

The knife wound was not obvious at first because it was too small and the blood was cleaned very cleanly.

However, the body had been dead for a long time, the surface of the skin was completely stiff, and livor mortis appeared on all the wounds.

Although the wound was small, it was now covered with corpse spots.

"This wound might have been caused by our carelessness when we were moving the body just now!"

The leading young man from a family of coroners either couldn't find an excuse or reacted too quickly, and he took the blame on himself for the wounds on the corpse that had already appeared with life spots.

Hearing this, Yang Ling couldn't help but laugh out loud.

The simple-minded young men from coroner families naturally could not understand the meaning of this laughter, but how could someone as smart as Duanmu Yu not know it?

"Sir, please listen to our explanation of this matter. There is indeed a reason for this matter. This matter..."

The young man in the lead felt that there was something wrong with Yang Ling's laughter, and hurriedly chased after him to explain, but he hesitated for a long time and couldn't make out the reason.

"Go back to Duanmu Lige, he knows how to deal with you!"

Duanmu Yu glanced coldly at the young men from coroner families and urged them.

Duanmu Lige is a genius from the strongest branch of the Duanmu family. He is the current head of the Duanmu family's Punishment Hall and is the famous "White-faced King of Hell".

He was as tall and straight as Duanmu Yu, but more graceful, and even many famous courtesans felt inferior to him.

Therefore, many women regard him as an unattainable lover.

However, Duanmu Lige's handsome reputation was soon overshadowed by his reputation for ruthlessness.

After he became the head of the Duanmu family's criminal hall, no matter whether they were men or women, they would not be able to escape from his hands alive as long as they violated the Duanmu family rules or did something immoral.

Even if you survive by chance, it will be like crawling out of hell, and you will be so scared that your legs will go weak when you hear his name again.

These young men from coroner families are all from the Duanmu family, so they naturally know who Duanmu Lige is.

Therefore, after hearing Duanmu Yu's order, they all fell to their knees in fear.

"We have found out the cause of the old man's death. Why did the young master treat us like this?"

"Yes! Young Master, what did we say wrong? Why did you send us to Young Master Li Ge..."

"Young Master, please forgive us, we will never again..."

Duanmu Yu was too lazy to waste time talking to them and directly ordered his servants to take them all away.

Yang Ling and the others did not know who Duanmu Lige was, but from the reactions of those young men from coroner families, it could be seen that Duanmu Lige's place was definitely not a good place.

"Sir, this old man died in a strange way. Yu Ding will send someone to investigate. You have stayed here for a long time. The environment here is bad. Why don't you go back to Duanmu's house to rest first?"

Duanmu Yu had just finished dealing with a few young men from a family of coroners when he hurried back to take Yang Ling away.

"Sir, you promised to investigate this matter yourself!"

Ziying was afraid that Yang Ling could not bear the hardships outside the city and would really leave with Duanmu Yu.

This matter has made Duanmu Yu very angry, and he has severely punished several young people from a family of coroners. It is conceivable that even if he is willing to investigate, he will not take it too seriously.

"I didn't say I was going with him!"

Hearing Ziying's voice, Yang Ling glanced at him and said lightly.

Duanmu Yu might be able to control the people of the entire Southern Xinjiang, and he could even intervene outside of Southern Xinjiang. But no matter what, he couldn't control Yang Ling.

Since he had promised Ziying, Yang Ling would not let anyone else do it. Besides, this matter concerned Rong'er, and he was not at ease leaving it to someone else.

Duanmu Yu was a little embarrassed, but Yang Ling's thoughts were indeed not something he could control. Since Yang Ling decided to handle the matter personally, he would not leave early.

"If Young Master Duanmu doesn't want to leave, please step back two steps!"

Yang Ling stood outside the thatched cottage, glanced at Duanmu Yu, and said lightly.

"Yes, sir!"

Although he was still unclear about Yang Ling's intention, he responded subconsciously, then took two steps back and gave up the venue.

"Bring out the body!"

Yang Ling looked up at Xu Fu who was standing beside him and gave a calm instruction. (End of this chapter)