The coroner and the concubine doctor pursue the murderer in the Dali Temple

Mother, this is Yunxi, your daughter-in-law. She is capable, considerate, and smart. You must protect us, find out the truth as soon as possible, and give you justice!

Xiao Mubei only said these words silently in his heart. He was not good at showing his emotions, especially since Chu Yunxi was still by his side, he couldn't say anything.

Chu Yunxi stood up after bowing and said to Xiao Mubei, "Let's go to the back mountain."

Xiao Mubei was very familiar with Baoguang Temple. Every year when he came back from the army, the first thing he did was to come here. So he didn't need a monk to show the way and he led his men to the back mountain.

Hei Mu led the secret guards to guard the periphery to prevent anyone from sneaking in, while Bai Yu directed the other secret guards to dig up the graves one by one.

The people who came were all secret guards disguised as servants.

The coffins of the wife of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery and the loyal servants of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery's mansion were all carried out. Chu Yunxi bowed to them one by one, and finally dug up the grave of Empress Xian.

Bai Yu went down personally and cleaned the dirt off the coffin. Empress Xian had been buried here for five years. Her coffin was made of the finest golden nanmu wood, and there was no damage at all after five years. When digging the grave, Xiao Mubei had been kneeling beside it until Chu Yunxi said in a low voice, "Open the coffin," and he kowtowed and did not get up for a long time.

Bai Yu led the secret guards to remove the nails one by one, and then the six of them worked together to lift up the heavy coffin lid.

Chu Yunxi had distributed masks to everyone, but when the coffin was opened, there was no strange smell inside. A skeleton, wearing complicated clothes, was lying quietly in the coffin.

Bai Yu and several secret guards came up, and then Xiao Mubei took Chu Yunxi down. Looking at the skeleton in front of him, no matter how strong King Dingbei was, he couldn't help but shed tears.

Mother, here I come!

Chu Yunxi patted Xiao Mubei's shoulder, then put on gloves, took out tools, checked the skull first, and when there was nothing abnormal, she began to undress the corpse.

She untied the body very carefully, not only because this was Xiao Mubei's mother, but more importantly, she always had a reverent attitude towards corpses.

The clothes were untied layer by layer. When the last layer was opened, Xiao Mubei exclaimed, and his hands holding the side of the coffin immediately tightened, with endless anger in his eyes.

Chu Yunxi was also shocked by the scene before her. She saw that Concubine Xian's bones were almost entirely black. Every bone was as black as ink. Except for the skull which did not change color, every bone in the body was black!

It's so poisonous! What kind of poison is this?

Chu Yunxi had never seen such a poison in her two lifetimes. It could turn a person's bones completely black. This was beyond her comprehension.

Qingxi knelt down beside the dug grave, speechless. She couldn't imagine how miserable the queen must have been in her last days, but she never told her. She only told her to find a good man to marry after her death and never have anything to do with the palace again. That palace is so cruel!

"It's been the last four years since Her Majesty was poisoned again, but she's still like this. If she were still in the palace, I'm afraid..."

Chu Yunxi didn't finish her words, but Xiao Mubei already understood that if she stayed in the palace any longer, Concubine Xian might not even last four years.

"This person is so vicious..."

Xiao Mubei couldn't continue. Before he saw Concubine Xian's body, he still held out a glimmer of hope, perhaps his mother really died of illness. But now, there was no doubt anymore.

Chu Yunxi carefully examined the remains of Concubine Xian. Suddenly, she said "Huh?" Xiao Mubei asked hurriedly, "How is it?"

Chu Yunxi used tweezers to pick out a dead insect from the bottom of the corpse and asked, "Why is there a bug in the corpse of Concubine Xian?"

Xiao Mubei's face changed drastically, and he whispered: "This is not a bug, but... a Gu!"

Chu Yunxi loosened her tweezers and the insect fell back. She felt all the hairs on her body stand up. Is there really such a thing as Gu in this world?

"you sure?"

Xiao Mubei nodded, "I've been to Miaojiang before during the march. The people there are good at raising Gu. I've heard a lot about it there, and I've also seen those people carrying Gu worms with my own eyes, so I recognize them."

"Then...does each Gu have the same effect?"

This really involves Chu Yunxi's blind spot in knowledge.

Xiao Mubei shook his head. "They are all different. Some poisonous insects are beneficial to the human body, while others are highly poisonous. Some can control life and death, while others can control people's thoughts."

"So terrible," Chu Yunxi was dumbfounded, "Then the people of Miaojiang are invincible, why haven't they grown stronger?"

"Because it's not easy to raise a Gu, and it's even harder to control it to harm people. And the Gu worms all obey the mother Gu, which is difficult to raise. Some people may not be able to raise one in their entire lives, so how can it grow and become stronger?"

Chu Yunxi suppressed her nausea and tweezed out the poisonous insect again. She asked Bai Yu to seal the bag and said, "It seems that Concubine Xian was not poisoned, but was poisoned. No wonder she didn't survive the poisonous insect even though she got out of the palace and felt better. I think it's because the poisonous insect is far away from the mother poisonous insect, so the speed of eating away Concubine Xian's body has slowed down."

But in the end, it was eaten up.

After checking carefully again to make sure there was nothing missing, Chu Yunxi buttoned up Concubine Xian's clothes one by one and tidied them up. Then Xiao Mubei hugged her waist and flew her to the ground. Bai Yu and his men nailed the coffin back on and restored the grave to its original state.

The secret guards tidied up the other graves before carrying the coffins of the wife of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery and the loyal servant down the mountain with music and drums.

We went to the Chu family's ancestral tomb, reburied the deceased, offered sacrifices, and comforted the deceased's soul. By the time we were done with the whole process, it was already late at night.

On the return carriage, Chu Yunxi couldn't hold on and fell asleep. Xiao Mubei let her rest her head on his shoulder. He sat straight, motionless, with Chu Yunxi's words echoing in his mind.

"Since the murderer had poisoned Concubine Xian, why didn't he take the poison back after Concubine Xian died, but let it be buried with Concubine Xian? Isn't the poison very precious? Is it because he couldn't take it back outside the palace, or is there some other reason?"

"Also, this poisonous insect doesn't want to kill Concubine Xian all at once, but is slowly eating away at her body. He must be afraid of being discovered by others. Who did Concubine Xian offend that the other party would use such a covert method to harm her? Could it be jealousy?"

"Is this person who can cast a curse in the palace? Whose man does he belong to? Has he ever harmed anyone? Is this person still around?"

A series of questions made Xiao Mubei's brain explode. The matter was getting more and more confusing. He originally thought it was just poisoning, but he didn't expect to bring up the poisonous insect. How much of this was unknown to him? What did his mother hide from him back then?