Jiu Zhang Ji: The Daily Life of the Reborn Daughter

Chapter 75 Five Corpses

The next day, Qiao Lili went to the outer study room with Doctor Feng. Based on her trust in these people's abilities, she knew that the burial place of the Bai family's bastards must have been found that night.

A few days ago, Doctor Feng checked the pulse of the old Duke's wife and prescribed a conditioning prescription. After only taking it for a few days, the old Duke's wife said that she felt a lot lighter.

Being able to cure illnesses and being able to make the body better even if there are no illnesses is a chasm that is extremely difficult for medical practitioners to cross. Doctor Feng Shen's medical skills have reached the level of preventing illnesses.

Sure enough, Shang Zhen and Bao Zhiqiang were already waiting in the outer study. There was no need to waste time chatting. Today, Qiao Lili, Cai Qi and Cai Xing were all dressed as men, took the necessary things, and rode out of Duke Dingguo's Mansion on horseback.

What Qiao Lili didn't expect was that this old man Feng not only liked good wine, but also liked good horses. He circled around Qiao Lili's white horse Wuzong for several times.

"Girl, how about letting the old man ride this horse today?" Feng Wuzui's eyes were shining with desire. No one could imagine that a man in his sixties, a world-famous miracle doctor, could have such innocent eyes.

Qiao Lili smiled and said, "Grandpa Feng, it's not that I'm stingy, this Wuzong recognizes me as its master, and it won't let anyone else ride it except me."

"It turns out to be like this." Feng Wuzui murmured, his disappointment hard to hide in his tone.

Qiao Lili thought she would have to spend some time to convince him, or he would have to try it himself and hit the wall a few times before he could give up. Unexpectedly, he actually believed what Qiao Lili said, and although he was reluctant, he still gave up. Qiao Lili said in her heart, since you trust me so much, I will never lie to you again.

"Grandpa Feng, a horse like this should be raised by yourself from a young age. I'll ask my father to find a foal for you at the border and send it back to you. You can raise it yourself, okay?" Qiao Lili and her father, Duke Dingguo, have already achieved free communication, and the little pigeon has already flown back once.

She would write about this to her father in the next correspondence.

Doctor Feng would definitely not leave if he could stay in Duke Dingguo's Mansion and raise his own foal.

"Girl, you're right. I'll raise the horse myself. Let the pigeon deliver the letter." After saying this, Doctor Feng stopped looking at Wu Zong and turned around to jump on the horse that Shang Zhen had prepared for him. It was a docile bay horse.

Grandpa Feng, are you so easy to talk to? Shouldn't you struggle a little more?

A group of more than twenty people quickly walked out of the city gate. The soldiers guarding the city gate were wearing duty armor. One of them was a minor official. Although he still had a sickly look on his face, he looked more heroic than the people next to him.

Qiao Lili glanced at him quickly and turned away. The clerk guarding the city felt that this group of people was a little strange. He looked carefully but found nothing. After thinking for a while, the clerk walked up to the sergeant who was checking the pass and asked, "What are those people doing out of the city?"

"I didn't ask." The sergeant looked up and said indifferently. He didn't know why his immediate superior, who was on his first day in office, was interested in this group of people. He was just an eighth-rank gatekeeper (officer) guarding the city gate, but he really took himself seriously.

"This is within your scope of responsibility. How can you not ask?" The clerk spoke in a somewhat harsh tone.

"They hold the tokens of the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion." The soldier was a little indignant. Why did the new official start three things, and the first one was on my head? He didn't even look at who I was. He glanced at the commander sitting in the city defense post. That was his brother-in-law. Otherwise, this lucrative job of checking the road permits would not have fallen on him.

Some wealthy families who were in a hurry to enter or leave the city and did not want to be questioned would give him some benefits. At the end of the day, they could get at least three or five taels of silver.

According to the laws of Dayan, dukes and marquises are allowed to have a certain number of servants as guards. If these people are doing errands for their masters and have their master's token, the city defense army must let them pass unconditionally to avoid affecting the progress of the errand. They are not allowed to interrogate them in detail. If confidential matters are leaked as a result, the responsibility will be heavy.

The clerk left in embarrassment. This clerk was Bai Junzhe, an eighth-rank city gate captain who was on duty on the first day.

In early summer, with lush grass and singing birds, the scenery in the suburbs changes every day. Unlike the clusters of flowers in spring, the ground is now covered with dense shade and green grass.

The direction of leaving the city gate is the direction of the mass grave. About three miles past the mass grave is a barren slope with a few low tombs covered with weeds, standing alone on the slope. It was not long after the Qingming Festival, but there was no sign of any sacrifice at all.

"The man who brought Mrs. Li here last night confirmed that these are the graves where the five illegitimate sons of the Bai family are buried." Bao Zhiqiang said, pointing at the graves.

"Dig." Qiao Lili gave an order, and Shang Zhen took out the paper money, incense and candles he brought, first performed a memorial service, and then began to dig the grave.

In less than an hour, five thin-skinned coffins were dug out. Because the people had not been dead for long and the barren slope was relatively dry, the coffins had not yet rotted.

"Young master, please stay away. Doctor Feng is here." When the coffin was opened, Shang Zhen stopped Qiao Lili from getting close. He was afraid that she, a delicate young lady, would be frightened after seeing the white bones.

Qiao Lili looked at Cai Xing and Cai Qi, the two of them were also standing in front of her with an uncompromising look on their faces, so she just let it go. To be honest, after experiencing those things in her dream, she had more fear of ghosts and gods.

Just don't watch it. You can't see anything anyway.

After a while, Doctor Feng looked at the five corpses one by one, cursing as he walked to her side.

"All five were under ten years old. How cruel! Four were poisoned by a Gu, and the youngest, who was only a little over one year old, was strangled to death. The bones in his neck were even broken. How much hatred must have been behind this."

Doctor Feng didn't know who these five corpses belonged to, he just felt it was such a pity, they were all children, why did it have to be like this?

Now, Qiao Lili knew for sure that Bai had possessed the poison and had used it, so her mother's illness must be related to her. The question now was whether to dig up her mother's grave.

Shang Zhen directed everyone to rebury the coffin and burn all the incense, candles and paper money they brought. He also promised that after dealing with the murderer, he would come to their graves to tell them.

After everything was restored to its original state, the group rode back to the city.

Unexpectedly, at the city gate, I encountered a very exciting scene.