Xuanyuan Jue

Chapter 50: Broken Tomb and Empty Coffin (4)
"This matter is getting more and more strange," Zha Wuzuo folded his arms and frowned, "Is there any treasure hidden in this cemetery?"

"Go and see!" Feng Shen turned around and asked the hunchbacked old man again, "Old man, if you can walk, please show me a way."

"Sure," the hunchbacked old man stretched his legs and feet, "I'm recovering now... The old man is also thinking about whether the cemetery is damaged... let's go..."

Seeing that the hunchback old man was still a little staggering, Feng Shen hurriedly asked Feng Quan to support him, and slowly walked out of the shed.

Under the guidance of the camel old man, Feng Shen and others kicked the dry weeds under their feet, and at the same time walked down the intestines of the sheep stepped on between the graveyards, and walked deep.

The half-person-high tombs are next to each other, blocking the view very much.Since this is a cemetery, naturally there is no distinction between senior and young.Only according to the order of death, from front to back, they are buried in rows.

The withered grass on the ground was a little messy, apparently showing signs of being trampled on.However, due to the hard frozen soil, those footprints were not very obvious.The shallow footprints were long and short, Feng Shen estimated in his heart, and felt that there should be at least three people.

Following the seemingly invisible footprints, several people have been following.As he walked, Feng Shen took a glance and found that there were still a lot of paper money for sacrificial offerings hanging on the weeds in the grave.

Feng Shen remained silent, picked up a piece of paper money, twirled it a few times with his fingers, and then raised it casually.

"Old man!" Feng Shen shouted at the hunchbacked old man who was leading the way, "Stop!"

Hearing Feng Shen's call, the old hunchback hurriedly turned his head.Even Zha Wuzuo and Feng Quan didn't know what was wrong, they all stared at Feng Shen with surprise on their faces.

Feng Shen ignored them, and just asked the hunchback old man, "In the past ten days, have any newly deceased people been buried here?"

"There really is one," the hunchbacked old man thought for a while, and then said, "I heard that he had suffered from tuberculosis for a long time, and died of coughing up blood... He died the day before yesterday... Eh? Brother, how do you know?"

"That's it!" Feng Shen nodded and said, "It's not a day of worship, and the paper money scattered on the ground is very new, it is clearly a sign that the tomb has just been opened, the soil has been moved, and some ghost money has been scattered. Alright, let's go ahead and have a look!"

The few people stopped talking and rushed forward again.Walking inside, I realized that this cemetery is really not small.After about a cup of tea, the hunchback old man pointed not far away and said: "It's the end..."

Feng Shen narrowed his eyes and noticed something strange.The shallow footprints here are more messy and dense, obviously caused by the group of people wandering around last night.

Not good!Feng Shen's heart trembled, he separated from the crowd, and ran a few steps quickly.The others also knew something was wrong, and hurriedly stepped up their pace.

When they came to the innermost grave, they frowned in fright and secretly clicked their tongues.It turned out that on the newest tomb, there was a large hole several feet high obliquely. A thin wooden coffin was dug out, the cover was empty, and it was destroyed in tatters. The scattered coffin boards fell to pieces. scattered all over the place.

"Oh!" The hunchbacked old man suddenly panicked, "Isn't this a good thing...that group of people last night...are they really grave robbers?"

"I'm afraid it's not that simple!" Feng Shen gritted his teeth, looked around carefully for a while, and then reached out and pointed into the broken coffin. "Those tomb robbers don't steal the corpse. Even if the corpse is destroyed, there will always be some traces left? But I just looked around, and I still haven't found where the corpse was dumped in the tomb!"

"Even the corpse is gone?" The hunchbacked old man rushed to the coffin, stomping his feet repeatedly, "Oh... these goddamn thieves... really lacking virtue... Even the corpse was stolen... This... How can the old man afford it now?"

"Don't panic, old man," Feng Shen hurriedly comforted, "Who is the owner of this tomb?"

"It's a tribute student from the Imperial College..." The hunchback old man thought for a while, then wiped the corners of his eyes and said, "I heard that the county school of Qinghe County, Guangping Prefecture was just released from the discipline, but before the official issued the letter of appointment, he was Died... Alas... I didn't achieve my ambitions when I was alive... I don't feel safe after I die... This... What kind of world is this..."

"The situation of this Gongsheng... is really deplorable..." Feng Shen let out a long breath, and asked Zha Wuzuo again, "Master Zha...what do you think?"

"I always feel...it doesn't look like a tomb robber..." Zha Wuzuo pondered for a long time, and said, "Tomb robbers usually take advantage of the dead of night...to find graves and dig holes secretly...how can they guard the tomb guard first?" Knocked out with a stick, and then swaggeringly digging graves?"

"Indeed!" Feng Shen nodded and said, "The person who stole the corpse must not be a tomb robber. I have inspected the empty coffin just now and found that when the tomb owner was buried, he was buried with some companions. Since the tomb owner is a scholar, so Most of the accompanying items were letters, scriptures, and the Four Treasures of the Study. At first, I thought that the corpse robbers looked down on them and discarded them like a broom. But later, I found that there was a piece of clay inkstone under the bottom of the coffin! "

"Chengni inkstone?" Zha Wuzuo was taken aback, "That's a good thing... You can get a lot of money in any pawnshop you buy..."

"Not bad!" Feng Shen continued, "This clear clay inkstone is fine in texture, as tender as baby's skin. Attracted by the beautiful jade inkstone, how could you ignore it? That’s why I concluded that those people were not looking for treasure, but just stealing corpses!”

"Master," Feng Quan said, "the corpse is something that others think is unlucky, and it's too late to avoid it, so how could they steal it? Could it be... that guy is just like Mr. Cha, he's also a gangster... ...want to steal an autopsy?"

"I'm talking nonsense again!" After hearing Feng Quan's words, Zha Wuzuo was so angry that he blew his beard and stared, "What we are doing is to examine the corpses of the murderous masters at most and investigate the case. Who would run to the grave when they are full? Digging up corpses and stealing bones?”

"As for the corpse thief's intention... I can't figure it out either," Feng Shen sighed and said, "I didn't expect this series of strange things to happen in this remote cemetery...First the new corpse was stolen, and then the girl Finding someone... This is not an easy matter! Old man, I am the Lord of Shuntian Mansion, you go to the Huguang Guild Hall first, and ask the manager to bring a few people over, and we will go to Shuntian Mansion to file a case together!"

"Master," Feng Quan asked hastily, "Then... the location of Mr. Tian's private house..."

"Don't look at it yet!" Feng Shen waved his hand and said, "Now that something happened in this cemetery, if we rush to bury it, I'm afraid that it will collide with the heroic soul of Old Hero Tian... How about this, Feng Quan, you go back and make arrangements, Find a place to go to the temple and suspend the coffin. After this matter is over, choose a tomb for the old man to bury!"

(End of this chapter)