Chapter 159 – Another Happy Event (Second Shift) (2 / 2)

Because of the wind and snow is too big, Mu Zi Yan a few people can not ride a horse, had to take the carriage to go, but all the way because the road is slippery, the carriage walks extremely slow, and so on after arriving, has been an hour later.

Mu Zi Yan immediately got off the carriage, raised his eyes and looked at the wind and snow covered houses in front of him, as well as the people who cried on the side, lying on the ground has been crushed and frozen corpses.

Zhang Zong walked up, his eyes flashed a cold light, and then he personally led the magistrates to settle the victims, Mu Zi Yan and Lu Niangzi went to the place where the skeleton was found, and Lu Niangzi carefully examined it.

Torch since is not used, so carry a lantern, but by the wind and snow rolled non-stop swaying, gusty winds, ears from the mountain came from the cold wind roar, Mu Zi Yan body cloak, cheeks frozen red, the hands of the stove has also been cold, bowed down to look at these skeletons through the weak light.

Turning her eyes to look at Niangzi Lu, “Sister, the weather is inclement and we can’t find out anything, why don’t we wait until dawn.”

“Good.” Lady Lu nodded in response, and then she got up, her body already a little stiff from the cold.

Mu Zi Yan stepped forward to hold her cold hand, the two of them turned around and walked forward, to be traveled to the side of the temporary tent, inside squatting a few people, there are children, there are women, at this moment embracing in a ball, crying uncontrollably.

Mu Zi Yan looked at the scene in front of her, her eyes flashed with a flash of ghostly light, and with a lift of her step, she went out of the tent.

In a short while, she was seen returning with firewood in her arms, lighting the already fading charcoal stove at the head of the tent, and then handing her own hand warmer to the youngest child on the ground.

After another while, they saw Su Qinrou and Hou Yi Yi rushing in, with cloaks on their bodies, and the maids behind them carrying food boxes and some clothes, which were immediately distributed to the people, and then looked at Mu Zi Yan, “Second sister Lu.”

“Rather timely.” Mu Zi Yan saw that the duo was coming with smiles on their faces, the corner of her mouth curled up into a pleased smile.

“I rushed here after I got your letter.” Su Qinruo then said, “Second sister Lu, don’t worry, I’ve already ordered someone to rebuild the tent, and put a good charcoal fire inside, it’s very warm.”

“En.” Mu Zi Yan nodded her head and turned her eyes to look at Zhang Zong walking over, but that face was colder than this ice and snow.

“A lot of people have frozen to death.” Zhang Zong said in a deep voice, “This weather, now that it’s like this within the capital, I don’t know how it will be elsewhere.”

Mu Zi Yan whispered, “Natural disasters, no one can predict.”

“Rather, it’s those ten skeletons that I’m afraid I won’t be able to check until tomorrow.” Zhang Zong said in a low voice.

“This weather, this wind and snow won’t stop for a while.” Mu Zi Yan was silent for a moment, “I think there is more than just this one accident in the capital, let’s split up and bring people forward to take a look.”

“Good.” Zhang Zong was just about to do so, and when he saw Mu Zi Yan say so, he hurriedly responded, “I’ll lead the men to the east, you and Miss Su will go to the south, and Miss Hou a Niangzi Lu will go to the north.”

“Good.” Mu Zi Yan nodded and responded, “Then this place”

“I’ll watch this place.” A person was seen coming from a distance, and it was only when he got closer that he saw clearly that it was Qi Xuan.

“And me.” Staffer and Mullingham also arrived.

Su Qin Rou since some days did not see Mu Ling Xuan, now see him from the front is joyful, and hastened to go forward, “Xuan brother, you with me on with Lv two sister to go to the south.”

“Good.” When Mu Lingxuan saw Su Qinrou’s cheeks were frozen red, he raised his hands and placed his palms on her cheeks.

Su Qinrou was obviously stunned, not expecting Mu Lingxuan to act in such a way, and immediately blushed, dropping her eyes in shyness.

Mu Zi Yan obviously had a corner of her mouth, and then said, “Qi Shi Zi, you will stay here, and Cousin Zhang, you will accompany Sister Yi Yi to go forward with Sister.”

“Good.” Chapter Staffer nodded in response, and the group then rushed around with their people without saying a word.

As expected, there was a lot of damage everywhere, and it was good that Zhang Zong led the way in time, otherwise I’m afraid that a lot of people would have died again this night.

It was not until dawn that the wind and snow gradually ceased, and the people were exhausted, and after they had all settled down, a day had passed.

The emperor himself came to inspect, and then praised Zhang Zong some, followed by a few nearby cities affected by the folding, statistics on the number of casualties, since it is from the treasury down the disaster relief silver.

And Zhang Zong in the people’s reputation is even higher, but also makes that day went to go together with the relief of the crowd was also praised by the people a lot, quite the people’s hearts.

At this time, Mu Zi Yan and Lu Niangzi were examining the ten skeletons, and when the examination was finished, it was already dark, and several people did not go back to the Beijing Zhaoyin’s government office, but stayed inside the tent, analyzing it carefully.

“Judging from the color and corrosion of the skeleton, no less than ten years.” Niangzi Lu said as she looked at Mu Ziyan and Zhang Zong.

“So long,” Mu Zi Yan’s eyes narrowed slightly, “Ten people, ten years ago it was a big case, so many people died at once, I think it will leave behind a dossier.”

“It looks like a family.” Nyonya Lu continued, “Two old people, a man and a woman, three older ones, a man and two women, and two teenagers, three children, two girls and a boy.”

“En.” Mu Zi Yan nodded and responded, “Then so it seems that it is indeed a family, that’s even better.”

“Yes, it was a large family that suddenly disappeared, but it was buried underground for ten years without being discovered, so I think there must have been a dossier left back then.” Zhang Zong continued, “I will go and check the dossier from ten years ago.”

“En.” Mu Zi Yan nodded her head and responded, “Sister Lu and I will see if there are any other clues.”

Su Qinrou and Hou Yi Yi two people did not leave, now also followed to come together to see.

Mu Zi Yan looked at the two of them, “Not afraid?”

“What are you afraid of,” Su Qinruo raised her eyebrows and said with a smile, “It’s not like you haven’t seen anything more terrifying than this.”

“Yeah.” Hou Yi Yi responded with a smile, and the two seemed to be quite interested in the skeleton.

Mu Zi Yan turned her eyes to look at Niangzi Lu, “Sister Lu, do you have any other discoveries”

“En.” Lady Lu shook her head, “Don’t you think there’s something strange about these skeletons”

“Strange,” Mu Zi Yan went up and looked carefully, “It’s not like poisoning, and it’s not even killed with a sharp weapon, instead it looks like a natural death.”

“Not bad.” Lady Lu nodded in response, “What the hell is going on here”

“It’s very fishy.” Mu Zi Yan whispered.

“I’ll double-check it again.” Lady Lu said and went back to scrutinizing it again.

Mu Zi Yan, however, raised his steps and went out of the tent, while Su Qin Rou and Hou Yi Yi followed him.

She traveled to the burial of skeletons in front of a large pit, Su Qinruo and Hou Yi Yi two people hastened to stand aside with a lantern, she half squatted and carefully observed, the daytime check, these skeletons on the body and even a trace of clothing are not, I think that after the death of being stripped bare clothing directly buried.

Mu Zi Yan seemed to have thought of something, she remembered that the advanced technology of that world seemed to be able to use skeletons to pinch out the shape of a person’s face, she got up at that moment and turned around to enter the tent with big strides.

Niangzi Lu looked at Mu Zi Yan and continued, “I’ve made a discovery.”

“En.” Mu Zi Yan’s eyes flashed with a bright light, she stepped forward and then looked in the direction of Niangzi Lu, and saw that these people seemed to have marks on their limbs from being stabbed with needles, she looked to Niangzi Lu, “I found this.”

She then handed a silver needle to Mu Zi Yan, “Take a look, I also found something black inside their nasal cavity.”

Mu Zi Yan’s eyes narrowed slightly, as if she had thought of something, “I know how they died.”

“You know,” Niangzi Lu was visibly stunned when she saw Mu Zi Yan say this, obviously not expecting her to be able to think of how they died so quickly.

“Sister Lu, this skeleton is intact all around, and there is nothing to be found other than this silver needle, but the bits of this nasal skeleton appear black, which means that they died of asphyxiation.” Mu Zi Yan looked at her and said.

“Yes.” Nyx Lui nodded her head in response.

“How can it lead to asphyxiation,” Mu Zi Yan then raised her hand and stabbed the silver needle at the place where it left the silver needle marks, “If this acupuncture point is stabbed with a silver needle, it will be numb all over the body, and you won’t be able to move at all.”

“Not bad.” Lady Lu’s eyes moved slightly, as if she had thought of something.

“Then, these ten skeletons all have the marks of the same acupuncture point, that means, they were stabbed by silver needles in their lifetime, and then they were unable to move, and then they pulled out their clothes, and were directly buried alive, suffocated alive.” Mu Zi Yan said this, the tone also with a few points of gloom.

Su Qinrou and Hou Yi Yi sucked in a breath of cold air, only to feel a little creepy, just how deep is the hatred, have to talk about this family of old and young people suffocated alive!

Lady Lu’s eyes flashed with a flash of realization before she nodded and said, “You’re right.”

“Then, now is the time to determine the identity of these ten corpses.” Mu Zi Yan continued.

“If there is no such case within the dossier, then how should it be judged” Niangzi Lu looked at Mu Zi Yan and asked.

“I did think of a method.” Mu Zi Yan looked at Niang Zi Lu and smiled, “How about if all the sisters also help out together”

“What is the method,” Su Qinrou and Hou Yi Yi glanced at each other and asked since they were curious.

They are not afraid, just experienced too much, so only to these skeletons become numb, thinking about them is a family of young ladies, now face the corpse but can become so calm, this is also thanks to follow the Mu Zi Yan’s side of the ears and eyes.

Mu Zi Yan turned around and searched for red clay, then used water and mud, then took one person’s skull over, and then started to pinch the shape along the skull with the clay little by little along the corners of the skull.

Lu Niangzi and Su Qinru, Hou Yi Yi three people on the sidelines to see, coincidentally, Qi Xuan and Mu Lingxuan, chapter Staffer just back from duty, coincidentally rushed to this place, this time the whole tent is lively.

Three people looked at each other, they also came forward to see, straight until after an hour, the skull in front of them will have a look, the people open eyes, incredibly looking at Mu Zi Yan, really did not expect her to think of such a method to restore the appearance.

Mu Zi Yan raised her eyes and looked at them, “But you’ve seen it all clearly”

“En.” The crowd responded in unison now.

Mu Zi Yan then got up, ignoring the mud that covered her hands, and looked at the remaining nine skulls behind her, “One for each.”

This time all the people are interested, they will take off the outer robe, and then rolled up the sleeves, where there is still half of the dignity of the world’s children, the world’s young lady’s demeanor, at this moment will learn Mu Zi Yan that way, hands dipped in mud, began to pinch up along the skull.

Zhang Zong rushed back to the government office of the capital magistrate, took out the files from ten years ago, and carefully flipped through them, but after going through all the files, he did not find a match, he sighed quietly, and then went out of the government office of the capital magistrate, rushing to the scene of the murder.

When he returned to the tent, he saw the situation in front of him, he immediately froze, only to see the people in front of them each holding a skull is pinching the clay, and a pinch has been put aside, he raised his steps up to the front, and when he saw the skull formed in front of him to restore the appearance, clapped his hands and said, “How could I not have thought of this method?”

Mu Zi Yan raised her eyes and glanced at him, “Brother Zhang, you can come too.”

“Oh.” Zhang Zong turned his eyes to watch how they did it, before leaping to pick one up and start as well.

Now outside the tent is still blowing a cold wind, there are magistrates guarding, the night is dark and the wind is high, while inside the tent there is a weird but cozy atmosphere, so that people do not know how to feel.

Straight wait until after a long time, Mu Zi Yan this only spat out a breath, raised his eyes and looked at them, then got up, then carefully went to see, then pointed out, where there is not exhaustive, and so the crowd are also finished, then saw in front of the eyes of the ten skulls have been restored, Mu Zi Yan followed by looking at them, “each person will be pinched by their own are painted into a small statue. “

“Good.” The crowd could not hide their excitement, not realizing that there could even be such a method, so they immediately cleaned their hands and began to draw intently.

The good thing is that they have all learned to paint, so it is not difficult to paint a small portrait, less than a few hours will be painted, and then looked at Mu Zi Yan, “Okay.”

Mu Zi Yan immediately looked at Zhang Zong, “Brother Zhang, tomorrow you can post this portrait on the notice, these people should be locals, there will definitely be someone who will recognize it, tomorrow morning, we will split up and take the portrait and ask about it, I think we will be able to find it.”

“This is not a bad method, it’s been too long and this is the only clue.” Zhang Zong continued.

“Put all these skeletons away.” Mu Zi Yan sighed, her face grave.

After Su Qinrou carefully put it away, she raised her eyes to look at Mu Ziyan, “Lu Er Sister, how did you come up with this method”

“I came over this morning and saw a few kids piling up snowmen and playing with mud, and that’s when I thought of it.” Mu Zi Yan smiled and said, “But it was just a try, I didn’t expect it to be a success.”

“It’s really a good method.” Su Qinrou couldn’t help but marvel.

Mu Zi Yan smiled lightly and said, “Alright, everyone is tired, have a good rest and rest.”

“I’ve gone through all the dossiers from ten years ago and didn’t find any clues.” Zhang Zong looked at Mu Zi Yan and said.

“Then how did these people die,” Mu Zi Yan continued, “first take it and ask the people here.”

“Already taken to ask, now just waiting for news.” Zhang Zong then said, “Did you find out how these people died?”

“En.” Mu Zi Yan nodded her head and responded, “Being stabbed in the acupuncture points by silver needles, while later pulling out all the clothes, burying them alive into the ground and suffocating to death.”

“What,” Zhang Zong’s eyes flashed with a touch of condensation, “I originally judged that it was buried after being killed, but I didn’t expect that this murderer’s methods would be so vicious.”

“The murderer was very smart, not even a single clue was left behind, not to mention that now ten years have passed, even if it is dug up, the evidence on that body has been corroded.” Mu Zi Yan said faintly, “However, I still feel that I can discover something, moreover, I vaguely feel that this matter seems to be not simple.”

“Then continue to investigate, the saint has already been informed of this matter and ordered me to solve the case as soon as possible.” Zhang Zong looked at her and said.

At this moment, Su Qinrou and Hou Yi Yi were looking at the portraits, after a while, they saw the magistrate walk in, “My lord, there is an old woman outside who says she has seen this portrait.”

“Oh,” Zhang Zong’s eyes flashed with surprise, obviously not expecting it to be so fast.

Mu Zi Yan continued, “Quickly please.”

“Right.” Zhang Zong responded, and the magistrate turned around and summoned the old woman in.

When the old woman entered the room, with a head full of silver hair and wearing a tattered, coarse jacket, she knelt down on the ground right away, “The grass people have seen the Great Master.”

“The old man has seen the person in this portrait” Zhang Zong hurriedly went forward to help the old woman up and asked in a low voice.

“Yes.” The old woman rose in obedience to Zhang Zongxu’s supportive hand and took a step backward, respectfully answering with her eyes downcast.

“Does the old man know who the person in this portrait is” Zhang Zong continued.

“They are the neighbors of the grass people, ten years ago suddenly disappeared.” The old woman went on to say, “Back then, everyone in the village had searched for them, but there had been no news, so they had reported the case since then, and it was left unsettled.”

“Then what is this family’s surname” Zhang Zong asked in a low voice once he heard it.

“Surname Wu.” The old woman went on to say, “They are a foreign surname, come to the village head is only two or three years of light, said to be fleeing to this, but the family is very instinctive, Wu old man’s son is also quite a creation, and then got the face of the Liang Wangfu, went to the Liang Wangfu to be an errand boy, but in the village head has grown a lot of face.”

“Liang Wangfu,” Zhang Zong’s eyes narrowed slightly, “Then how many people does this Papa Wu have in total”

“With that son of his, that makes eleven mouths.” The old woman whispered.

“Since Papa Wu’s family has disappeared, where is his son” Zhang Zong continued to ask.

“After the family of old father Wu disappeared, he had not seen his son, and then I heard that it was old father Wu who died after he disappeared, as if he had committed some crime and was killed.” The old woman went on to say, “By the way, Father Wu’s eldest daughter-in-law is also a capable, before she disappeared at that time, she came to the grass people’s home, and also left some things for the grass people.”

“Where are these things,” Zhang Zong asked in a deep voice.

“It’s some worthless clothes, yes, there is also a mahogany hairpin.” The old woman said and took out the hairpin from her bosom, “This hairpin looks unremarkable, but it has accompanied the grass people for some days, the grass people can’t throw it away, so I’ve been wearing it.”

Zhang Zong took that hairpin over and looked at it carefully, looking down at the old woman, “This hairpin will be placed here with this official first, to be returned to the old man at a later date.”

“The Grand Master can take it as he pleases, just pity this Old Father Wu’s family.” After the old woman said that, she bowed and retreated.

Mu Zi Yan went up to take that hairpin carefully to see again, there is no other special, she held weighing some, seems to think of something, and then turned around, took out a dagger from his pocket, and then will be the outer layer of mahogany scraped off, and then saw that the inside is a gold hairpin.

“This is,” the crowd came forward, not realizing that this mahogany hairpin had hidden mysteries within it.

Mu Zi Yan looked carefully, followed by this gold hairpin unscrewed, here is really hollow, she since the things inside took out, it turned out to be a map.

Her eyes flashed with a ghostly light, “How come it’s a map again”

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