Cypress Boat Floating

Ye Jianqing rushed back to Dali Temple as quickly as possible. When she returned, the morgue was already empty. The body of Liu the Butcher was still lying there covered with a white cloth, but there were signs that it had been moved, which Ye Jianqing could see at a glance.

Because of this mark, her heart couldn't help but tighten. If it had been moved, it meant that Master Zhang had come to examine the body. This discovery made her even more nervous and worried.

She stood at the door and took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down, but she could only remain calm on the surface, and her heart was still uneasy. The distance from the morgue door to Liu the Butcher's body was not far, just a few steps, but she walked very hard, as if her feet were tied to stones, and it was difficult to take a step.

If this thing really kills people as Murong Zhixu said, if Master Zhang really touches this thing... Ye Jianqing dare not think about it. The Dali Temple cannot afford this consequence. Although there are many excellent coroners in the Dali Temple, none of them is as good as Master Zhang. Master Zhang is the best and oldest coroner here. He has rich experience that can be passed on to the next generation slowly, instead of dying at the hands of this damn thing now.

She walked slowly and firmly to the body. The answer was right in front of her, but she didn't dare to verify it. The hands that were steady whether holding a gun or a knife were trembling slightly, so much so that Ye Jianqing couldn't stand it and had to use her other hand to control it.

Wow.

The white cloth was lifted up with force. The front of the body underneath the cloth had been cut open, but the inside of the body was empty, and all the internal organs had disappeared. Ye Jianqing frowned. As Murong Zhixu said, there was something inside Liu the Butcher, and this thing had eaten all of Liu the Butcher's internal organs. She carefully looked through Liu the Butcher's body, but did not find anything in his body.

The coroner hadn't sewn up the body yet. Ye Jianqing didn't know why. Was it because he didn't have time or was it intentional? She looked around and didn't find anything suspicious. Now there was no one or any trace to prove what had happened here. If this was the case, there were only two results.

The first is that the thing in the corpse has already reached Master Zhang, but it has not yet taken effect, at least not here. The second is that the thing disappeared or was captured. Ye Jianqing believes that it was captured. How could something that has been in the body suddenly disappear?

At this moment, looking at the surrounding environment and being afraid of that thing, Ye Jianqing believed the first possibility, that the thing had entered Master Zhang's body but had not yet taken effect. But even so, she also had some hope for the second possibility, that is, if Master Zhang was really powerful and caught the thing in one go.

After all, the body is now properly placed here, and there are lime marks around the body, which means that the coroner has completed the examination. In this case, Ye Jianqing's second assumption is possible.

Ye Jianqing covered the body with the white cloth again and walked out of the morgue. There were too many questions about this body. If it was not examined clearly, the follow-up would be more difficult. It seemed that this body could not be returned to Madam Liu for a while.

"Qing'er, why are you here?" Ye Jianqing saw Lu Ci Qiu as soon as he walked out of the morgue. Beside him were Lu Zhixing and Liu Anshun, whom he met in the restaurant. The three of them were walking towards the door.

When she saw these three people, Ye Jianqing remembered that she could ask them if anything happened in Dali Temple after she left.

After calming down, she took the initiative to step forward and salute the three people, then walked to Lu Ciqiu, who she was most familiar with, and asked him, "Where is Master Zhang? Have you finished the corpse experience?"

Lu Ci Qiu nodded and said to Ye Jianqing: "After the autopsy, we found a very strange insect in the body. We now suspect it is a Gu worm, but we don't know if it is true or not. We still need to find someone who is more familiar with it to ask."

"Strange insect?" Ye Jianqing frowned. It seemed that the thing Murong Zhixu was talking about was the poisonous insect that Lu Ciqiu and his team found. But how did they catch this insect? And where was Master Zhang?

Ye Jianqing: "How is Master Zhang? Is he okay?"

Lu Ci Qiu: "Master Zhang is fine. He went back after examining the body and found nothing wrong."

Hearing that Master Zhang was fine, Ye Jianqing's tense heart finally relaxed. That's great, nothing happened.

Lu Ci Qiu, who had been paying attention to her, naturally noticed her suddenly relaxed body and asked worriedly, "What's wrong with you? Didn't you send your second sister-in-law back home?"

"I went to find Murong Zhixu. Originally, I wanted to ask Murong Zhixu if he remembered anything about the shrine. Then he told me about the poisonous insect, saying that anyone who came into contact with it would die. I remembered that we asked Master Zhang to perform an autopsy in the morning, so I was worried that he might be touched by the insect without paying attention." Ye Jianqing wiped the sweat from his forehead caused by nervousness.

Lu Ci Qiu patted Ye Jianqing's back to help her relax: "It's okay, it's okay. Master Zhang is very experienced. He found the bug as soon as he cut open the body and took it down immediately. Now the bug has been trapped, but it is dead."

Lu Ci Qiu's dancing made Ye Jianqing laugh. After knowing that Master Zhang was fine, Ye Jianqing felt relieved.

When Lu Ci Qiu saw Ye Jianqing smile, he knew she was fine. He asked with a smile on his face, "Do you want to see the poisonous insect? It's very ugly."

Ye Jianqing raised his eyebrows in surprise: "Can you still watch it?"

Lu Ci Qiu patted his chest and said, "Of course."

After saying that, he turned to Liu Anshun. Just when he was about to ask Liu Anshun for the bug to show Ye Jianqing, he didn't expect Liu Anshun to take it out on his own initiative: "Take it."

"Thank you, Senior Liu."

Lu Ci Qiu handed the transparent box to Ye Jianqing. Ye Jianqing looked at the so-called poisonous insect in the box carefully, but she had no knowledge of these insects and really couldn't understand it. She just felt that the insect looked like a strange mixture of things, not like a centipede or a flying insect, but more like a combination.

If it were in modern times, Ye Jianqing would still find the insect combination believable. But here, there are no such high-precision machines, and there is no such thing as genes. It would be a bit scary to create a combination, so Ye Jianqing could only classify this insect as a series of insects that he couldn't understand.

"Is this the so-called poisonous insect?" Ye Jianqing poked the box with his finger, but the insect inside did not react at all.

There was a circle of green marks under the insect's body. Ye Jianqing didn't know what it was but felt disgusted.

Lu Ci Qiu pinched his nose and looked at the bugs in the box with disdain. He really didn't like these things and just felt disgusted. "That should be it. This bug is very strange. The internal organs of Liu the Butcher were bitten by this bug. If it was a few days later, I'm afraid that Liu the Butcher would not even have a body left, only bones."

"If it's so powerful, how did it die?"

Lu Ci Qiu: "This insect will die if it leaves the body. It was still alive when Master Zhang caught it, but it died after staying in Master Zhang's bamboo tube for a while."

Ye Jianqing's eyes widened. Amazing! Master Zhang actually managed to catch it alive. That was really amazing. However, she was still quite worried whether Master Zhang would touch something he shouldn't touch. "Master Zhang, didn't you touch anything when you caught it? I heard from Murong that this thing is very powerful. Should we let Master Zhang pay attention to it?"

"This bug will only take effect once it enters the human body. Now that you're outside, you'll be fine as long as your skin doesn't come into direct contact with its blood." The person who answered for Ye Jianqing was Liu Anshun, who had been standing quietly by the side.

Although Liu Anshun has been practicing martial arts for many years, before he went down the mountain, his senior brothers and sisters gave him a booklet and asked him to read it. The booklet contained some of the poisonous insects used by the God House that they had investigated. Fortunately, Liu Anshun took a look at it when he was free, and just now he matched the insect with it.

It's just that the booklet only describes how these things can cause death, and nothing else is mentioned. So Liu Anshun doesn't know much.

Ye Jianqing showed an expression of "So that's it", it seems that this insect survives on blood.

"So where are you going now?"

"My second brother wants to ask the Imperial Master."

"National Master? Does he know about Gu worms?" Ye Jianqing was puzzled. In her impression, the National Master was a man of immortal appearance. Although he was over fifty years old, his spirit was excellent. He stayed at the National Master's house all year round and rarely went out. Could the National Master know about Gu worms?

"The National Master traveled all over the country when he was young. He has his own unique views on many things. There are also many rare ancient books at home. You can go to him to see if there is any information." This time it was Lu Zhixing who said it. Lu Zhixing seemed to respect the National Master very much. His eyes were full of admiration when he talked about the National Master.

Ye Jianqing looked at Lu Ci Qiu in confusion. Lu Ci Qiu knew her confusion at a glance and whispered to her ear, "The Imperial Master is a very powerful person. He has experienced two generations of emperors. When he was young, he also taught my second brother for a period of time. My second brother respects him very much."

"Oh~" Ye Jianqing nodded in understanding. The national teacher is also Lu Zhixing's teacher. It is understandable that a student respects his teacher.

Lu Zhixing reached out and took the box containing the poisonous insects. Before leaving, he left a message saying "You all go back first. The national teacher doesn't like crowds. I will go find him alone" and left.

Liu Anshun came to the capital just to follow Lu Zhixing to investigate the Cult of the Gods, and now he is also one of Lu Zhixing's secret guards. In addition, he did not know the way, so he took the initiative to follow Lu Zhixing and left.

Lu Ci Qiu and Ye Jianqing were left standing there looking at each other.

"Then what should we do now?" Ye Jianqing asked as he watched Lu Zhixing leave.

"I don't know." Lu Ci Qiu also looked at Lu Zhixing's back and shook his head.