Chu Yunxi looked at Luo's back and sighed, "Luo is also pitiful. She met a scumbag and suffered all her life."

"What is a scumbag?" Xiao Mubei asked without any shame.

"Well, scumbag is a general term for men who are irresponsible, philandering, bully women, and treat their wives badly."

Xiao Mubei hurriedly said: "I'm not a scumbag."

"Neither do I."

"Neither do I."

Baiyu Heimu were also busy clarifying, only Chu Zhongxi remained silent, looking at Chu Yunxi scrutinizingly.

Chu Yunxi turned away with a guilty look on her face, pretending to look at Luo again, saying, "I know you are not, let's go... eh?"

She uttered "Eh" again. Xiao Mubei looked over and saw her walk forward a few steps and squat on the ground.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Mubei and others gathered around.

Chu Yunxi pointed at a drop of blood on the ground and said, "This drop of blood just fell here and it hasn't dried yet. I remember that just now, Lou San's coffin was parked here waiting for Luo Shi."

"Yes."

Except for Chu Yunxi, the other four people also remembered clearly that the person who carried the coffin just now was standing here.

Chu Yunxi said, "Lou San fell to his death yesterday. Logically, his blood should have coagulated long ago. After being placed in the coffin, he should not have bled again. It doesn't make sense for him to bleed so much that it would drip out through the cracks in the coffin."

"What would happen if the bleeding started again?" Bai Yu asked.

“There could be many reasons, but I think instead of speculating, it’s better to go and see and find out.”

Xiao Mubei nodded, Baiyu Heimu immediately used his Qinggong skills to go forward to stop them, and Xiao Mubei and Chu Zhongxi accompanied Chu Yunxi and slowly walked up.

Luo was arguing with Bai Yu, "Why do we need to open the coffin? Didn't we already say that Lou San committed suicide by jumping off the building? You all saw it with your own eyes. Why is it necessary to open the coffin? I have to bury him at an auspicious time, and I have to work at night. I don't have time to waste."

Bai Yu couldn't explain why, he just stopped them from leaving.

Chu Yunxi stepped forward, "Madam Lou, the Dali Temple now has some doubts about Lou San's death. Please cooperate, we will open the coffin and take a look. If there is no problem, you can continue to have people carry the body away. It will not delay your auspicious time. But if there is a problem, I am afraid that Lou San will not be buried today."

As soon as the last sentence came out, Luo immediately exploded, "Miss, I just told you clearly that I want to bury my husband quickly and work to support my son. I thought you were very reasonable, how come you want to make things difficult for us mother and son in the blink of an eye? Officials can't be so unreasonable."

Chu Yunxi was about to speak, but Xiao Mubei threw a silver ingot to her, "Wages for missed work."

Luo took the silver and immediately changed her expression, "Miss, sir, how can I delay your investigation? Please."

Chu Yunxi was speechless. His expression changed too quickly.

The coffin bearers placed the coffin under a tree to block the sunlight, then took out tools to remove the nails, and Baiyu and Heimu worked together to lift up the coffin lid.

Chu Yunxi was standing nearby. The moment the coffin lid was opened, her expression changed immediately. Xiao Mubei and Chu Zhongxi had been looking at her. When they saw her expression change, they both walked over and took a look inside the coffin, their expressions also changed color.

"What happened to you all? I cleaned the body and changed the clothes of this dead guy yesterday. It's not that scary."

Luo put the silver in her arms, walked forward, and looked inside the coffin. She immediately screamed and sat down on the ground with a terrified look on her face and dull eyes, as if she had lost her soul. She murmured, "She was fine yesterday. How could this happen?"

There was a big hole in Lou San's chest in the coffin, and his heart was gone.

The clothes on Lou San's chest were already covered in blood stains, and the bottom of the coffin was also covered in blood, which was seeping down, but not much, and it took a long time for a drop to drip down, so Luo Shi didn't notice it even after walking so far.

Chu Yunxi checked and said, "It was dug out last night. At that time, Lou San's blood had not yet completely coagulated, so there was so much blood. If it was dug out now, there wouldn't be much blood."

Luo Shi hadn't come back to her senses yet. Chu Yunxi glanced at her and said to Xiao Mubei, "Your Highness, it seems that we have to carry the person back to the Dali Temple for a detailed autopsy. And she also needs to be taken back for questioning."

"Okay, Bai Yu and Kuroki, take them all away."

After Xiao Mubei gave his instructions, he said to Chu Zhongxi, "Zhongxi, we have official business to attend to, so we have to go back to the Dali Temple first. You should go back to the palace first. Butler Ling has arranged for someone to clean up the Zhongyong Marquis's Mansion today. You can move back after the cleaning is done."

Chu Zhongxi said, "I have nothing to do anyway, so I will go back to the Dali Temple with you."

"Alright."

Xiao Mubei did not insist. Baiyu Heimu closed the coffin lid, and the bearers carried the coffin down the mountain again. They were also frightened, and their steps went down the mountain with much heavier weight.

Chu Yunxi pulled Luo to follow behind. Luo's legs were weak, and Chu Yunxi chatted with her as they walked.

"When did you put Lou San into the coffin when you returned yesterday?"

"I...I left Ruyun Building and went straight to the coffin shop. I bought the cheapest coffin, as well as funeral clothes, incense, candles, paper money, etc., and had someone send it home. Then I went to find a few people to help me. After I got back, I wiped his body and changed his clothes. His...his head was flattened, which looked scary. I didn't dare to look at it for too long. After changing his clothes, I had someone put him in the coffin. But...but when I changed his clothes, his chest was still fine."

"What happened next? Did you stay guarding the coffin?"

"No, how could that be possible? I also had to take care of my four-year-old son's meals and sleep. I didn't finish until almost midnight and went to the funeral hall. There was no one in the hall at the time, and there was nothing unusual. Those who helped were charged by the hour, so I let them go first. I came again today, and when I came, I nailed the coffin and carried it away."

"Why didn't I see your son today?"

Luo sighed, "He is too young. I can't do anything with him. Today I asked the neighbor lady to take care of him for me, so I was in a hurry to bury him. I didn't expect... Girl, I really don't know what happened."

Chu Yunxi patted her hands and said, "Don't panic. We asked you to go to the Dali Temple just to assist in the investigation. As long as you didn't do anything, our adults will definitely not wrongly accuse you."

Luo felt relieved a little, but she was still nervous. She had never heard of such a strange thing. Who would come in the middle of the night to steal a dead person's heart?

When he thought about how he and his son were next door to each other, and the criminal was also separated from them by a wall, secretly opened the coffin, raised the knife, and dug out Lou San's heart, blood flowed out instantly...

Luo couldn't help but tremble all over!

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