On her wedding night, she went into exile with her pharmacy arsenal

Chapter 1667 The Corpse Was Destroyed

Huo Changhe saw at a glance that one of the people in that team was Xiao Chiye.

After a moment's thought, he flicked his fingers.

Xiao Chiye had just returned from the government office. After much thought, he ordered people to draw portraits of the bodies in the morgue and post them outside for people to identify the bodies.

Even if they are dead people resurrecting from the dead or not, no matter what the reason, they must have had families, and there must be living people who know them.

Find out the identity and the whole story, and perhaps we can find clues.

I was busy until very late, and there were many other chores to deal with. I just returned to the Governor's Mansion and wanted to take a breath. Before I sat down, I heard the sound of a gong outside.

When he looked at the direction and saw that it was the government office, he had a bad feeling.

Just as he was about to take people to check it out, suddenly a gust of wind rushed towards his shoulder.

He felt a chill in his heart, but soon realized that the wind had no ill intentions.

He turned sideways and grabbed the flying object, then gave orders to his men without making any noise.

"You go in first, I'll be there later."

Firefighting was a serious matter, so the men did not dare to delay and left quickly without any suspicion.

Xiao Chiye lowered his head to look at the thing in his hand, and with the light from the lantern in front of the door, he could see clearly that it was a button.

"This button..." He muttered in a low voice, his eyes suddenly lit up, "Prince?"

He recognized this button. Huo Changhe usually wore dark robes, and the buttons on his robes were mostly dark gold or bronze with carved patterns on them.

The prince is coming? Xiao Chiye was overjoyed and looked around.

Suddenly, he saw someone walk out of the shadows not far away and wave at him.

Xiao Chiye immediately hurried over and saw clearly that the person in the shadow was indeed Huo Changhe.

"Your Majesty," he lowered his voice with joy, "How come you..."

Huo Changhe raised his hand, and Xiao Chiye quickly returned the button: "I have something important to report. Will I wait for you in the mansion?"

"What happened over there? Is there a fire in the government office?" Huo Changhe looked in the direction of the fire and smoke.

"That's right. My men have gone to check it out."

"Let's go take a look too," Huo Changhe asked Feng Shao for some fake beards or something when he came out of the pharmacy.

He put some stickers on his face, added a fake scar, and made his eyebrows thicker, so that even in the dark, no one would recognize him.

Xiao Chiye knew that Huo Changhe would not change his decision, so he should go and take a look.

"Okay," Xiao Chiye whispered, "Please wait a moment. I will go and prepare the horses."

Two fast horses rushed to the government office.

The distance was not far, and when they arrived, the fire was basically out. The fire burned quite fiercely, but it did not affect other buildings, so it was put out quickly.

But the burned areas are basically beyond saving, as they have been burned to ashes.

Without Xiao Chiye's introduction, Huo Changhe could tell where the fire was.

Morgue.

The morgue is a few independent rooms that are not connected to other houses, so it will not involve other places.

The air was filled with smoke and a foul, choking smell. The wooden frames of the morgue had all been burned into charcoal and collapsed together, with sparks popping from time to time.

Huo Changhe's face was gloomy. The fire spread so quickly and burned so thoroughly. Needless to say, it was man-made.

I'm afraid kerosene was used.

The yamen runners were covered in dust and dirt. When they saw Xiao Chiye, they were ashamed and came over to apologize.

"General, it's my fault that I didn't keep a close watch on you."

"Please punish me, Grand Commander."

"General, I am guilty."

Before Xiao Chiye left, he repeatedly reminded everyone that the bodies must be well kept. The portraits had been posted and someone should come to identify the bodies soon, which might reveal important clues.

But as soon as Xiao Chiye left, the body was burned.

How to explain?

Xiao Chiye let out a long breath. It would be useless to say anything now.

Looking at the people kneeling down, he suppressed his anger.

"The person who was able to avoid your eyes and ears and set fire to the government office is definitely not an ordinary person. He may be one of us."

Xiao Chiye's every word was as sharp as a nail: "Check!"

"Everyone needs to write a record of where you were, what you were doing and who you were with when the incident happened."

"Yes." Everyone said.

Three people were left behind to clean up the scene and pick up the wood and corpses, while the others went to write.

Xiao Chiye looked at Huo Changhe beside him and said, "Your Majesty, I feel guilty."

"Someone did it on purpose, so you can't be blamed," Huo Changhe said, his heart aching with anger, "The corpse of Mu Wu..."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty," Xiao Chiye said quickly, "Mu Wu's body is intact. Before the incident, when I left, I brought his body back to the Grand Metropolitan Mansion."

"Military Doctor Cao once asked Miss Cao to bring a letter, asking me to help find Brother Mu Wu's body and collect it for him. I thought that in case I missed it in the morgue, I took it back."

Fortunately.

Huo Changhe nodded: "That's great."

Huo Changhe also breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Xiao Chiye thought one step further, otherwise Mu Wu's body would have been burned here as well. He would have felt guilty facing Song Ping and the others after returning.

“Your Highness,” Xiao Chiye suggested, “why not arrange for someone to send Ye Muwu’s body back first, so that he can rest in peace sooner.”

"I would like to report the situation in Shencheng to you. This time, I am afraid it is not that simple. I don't know when it will end."

What Xiao Chiye said was the truth. If they kept dragging it on, even though the weather was still cold in the morning and evening, it was no longer winter. The Dutong Mansion had already used ice on Mu Wu's corpse.

Huo Changhe nodded: "You are right. I will write a letter to the princess and ask Youcheng to make arrangements."

"Yes." Xiao Chiye glanced at the morgue, "Does Your Majesty want to take a look?"

Huo Changhe nodded and walked over. He was very familiar with this place without Xiao Chiye's introduction.

Although it has been burned down now, the original locations of the doors and windows can still be found.

The smell of kerosene was stronger near the window.

"It should be from here that the oil was poured in, setting the windows on fire, and the fire started inside and outside at the same time."

……

Yan Ruyu didn't sleep well these past few nights. Since she couldn't sleep anyway, she contacted the abbot. It happened that the abbot had to go out of the city to work, so she decided to go with him.

The two changed their clothes and quietly left the city.

The abbot said as he walked away, "You don't know, when Jin Ting first came with me, his eyes were so wide."

The abbot gestured and said, "That boy always has a blank expression on his face and doesn't say more than a few words. But that time, I clearly saw the word shock on his face."

"Anyone who sees this will be shocked," Yan Ruyu smiled, "You have done this so many times, and no one noticed?"

"No," the abbot was very proud, "Isn't this the order you and Governor Cao jointly issued earlier?"

"Now many people in Youcheng are working here. Even if they are not here, they are working in Xicheng. Think about it, who would give up such a rare opportunity to make money easily? They can eat and drink well and get money, which is more than what they earned in the previous year."

"It would be a shame to lose the job just because of a moment of curiosity."

Yan Ruyu had this in mind when she formulated the order.