Mikuni convenience store

Zhuge Tian was taken to a dungeon.

Maybe it's because people aren't often locked up here, so although there's a damp and musty smell, there's nothing else too foul.

Because Liu Xie instructed not to make things too difficult for him, Zhuge Tian was even able to choose a cell with the driest straw.

Looking at the shackles on his hands, Zhuge Tian was speechless.

I didn’t expect that I would get a temporary residence permit for the cell after using the bandit experience card for less than a day.

I looked around and it seemed similar to the prison cell I had heard stories about.

Anyway, it's far worse than the prison where he used to go to find supplies in the apocalypse.

The cell consisted of stone walls and a few large wooden bars.

Zhuge Tian simply lay down in a more comfortable position and began to think about the peeing tree murder incident.

Mr. Zhao left at twelve o'clock. The sun rises late in winter, so his body was found at around seven o'clock.

He looked at the time of death and felt it was around five or six o'clock.

Given the degree of rigor mortis in this weather, it would definitely not be past four in the morning.

So during these four hours, Mr. Zhao was subdued and was not killed until after four o'clock.

Or was he secretly carrying out some activities and was discovered after four in the morning and then killed?

If it's the latter, almost four full hours...

Where was he, and what had he done to deserve his death?

Did Liu Xie protect me because he really valued me or did he have other motives?

Did that “two hundred words” really find out that he had left, or was someone instructing him to say that?

If someone instructed him to do so, why would he choose himself?

There are too many mysteries here, and Zhuge Tiancai has been here for a long time but has too few clues.

Even if Zhuge Liang were here to help analyze, it would be difficult to come up with anything.

There were no coroners during the Three Kingdoms period, so there should be no one to perform an autopsy on Mr. Zhao, right?

Should I have fought for it just now and let myself find out the truth?

It should be useless. Being able to imprison himself is already the result of Liu Xie's efforts.

It will probably be difficult before I clear myself of suspicion.

Things suddenly seemed to have reached a deadlock.

Forget it, I didn’t sleep well last night, and there’s nothing else to do in prison now.

Make up for your sleep!

Zhuge Tian thought he had some brains, but just at the level of an ordinary person.

With so few clues, it is impossible to analyze anything.

I'd better get some sleep first and see if things turn around.

There was no breakfast, and I had lunch at noon.

The food in this prison is not much different from what I ate last night, except that there is one less steamed bread.

But I didn't exercise much, so I wasn't too hungry.

In the afternoon, Zhuge Tian thought about how to break the deadlock, but still couldn't find a good solution.

Naturally, this prison could not hold him. There was a steel wire in the rope he used to tie his hair, so it was not difficult to untie the shackles on his hands and feet.

There's also a wire saw hidden inside the sole.

Since he was the only one in the cell at the moment, there wasn't even a guard.

It's really easy to get out.

But I really don't want to just leave like this.

After another sleep at night, Liu Xie came the next morning with a complicated expression.

"Master Military Advisor, have you found out that I am not the murderer?" Zhuge Tian acted excitedly.

"Not yet..." Liu Xie's expression was a little strange. "But the commander-in-chief promised to release you first."

"Huh?" Zhuge Tian was stunned. "Why?"

"Because another person died last night. The cause of death was the same as Mr. Zhao's. After death, the body was also placed in another place."

"But Zongshuai said that this only means that the person who died last night was not killed by you. It is not impossible that you are an accomplice of the murderer."

"So..." Liu Xie looked at Zhuge Tian and said, "The commander has given you five days to find out the truth."

"If you can find the real murderer, that's fine. If you can't..."

Liu Xie was silent for a moment: "You must die!"

"Why...why?" Zhuge Tian acted panicked and said, "I really didn't kill anyone!"

"Because two people have died in the army for two consecutive days. The commander has strengthened the nighttime defenses, but if the murderer cannot be found, a scapegoat will be needed to reassure the troops."

"So...so...I am the scapegoat..." Zhuge Tian's philtrum was trembling. He felt that at this moment, his acting skills were sublimated.

"I... I am willing to track down the real murderer." Zhuge Tian nodded vigorously, as if he had made a desperate decision.

"But... the real culprit seems to be acting at night. If the commander-in-chief strengthens the nighttime defenses, my actions..."

"I've thought of that, too." Liu Xie pulled out a wolf-head token from his bosom. "This is the commander's token. If you're spotted by the garrison at night, just show it to them."

"Thank you very much, thank you, Master Military Advisor."

"Okay, you don't have much time, come out now!"

"Yes!" Zhuge Tian cupped his hands and asked, "Can I...can I see Mr. Zhao and the body of the man who died last night?"

"See the body?"

"Yes!" Zhuge Tian said nonsense seriously, "On a snowy night, a white-haired Taoist priest collapsed at the door of my shop."

"I treated him to some hot soup, gave him some clothes, and let him stay at my house for a few days. I only sent him away after the heavy snow subsided."

"He's been telling me a lot of stories these past few days, and several of them are about the dead. He said...actually, corpses can talk!"

After hearing Zhuge Tian's last few words, Liu Xie felt as if a cold wind was blowing across his neck in this damp and cold dungeon.

Unable to resist the shiver, Liu Xie said, "Speak...speak?"

"Yes, for example, there's a story about a man who was burned to death at home. But the Taoist priest said the family didn't believe him, so he inserted a white cloth into the deceased's throat, and then..."

"What happens next?" Although he felt a little chilly, Liu Xie couldn't help but ask.

"Then I noticed there wasn't any ash on the white cloth. If someone had died in a fire, the ash would have naturally entered their throat as they exhaled."

"That's right!" Liu Xie clapped his hands. "But if he had already become a dead person, then he wouldn't have breathed in the fire, so there would naturally be no ash in his throat!"

"This corpse can really speak!" Liu Xie's eyes lit up. "Come on, I'll take you to see the corpse and see what you can tell."

Mr. Zhao's home was in Kuaiji, and someone had been sent to notify his family to come and collect the body, so it was temporarily kept in the Shanyue army.

Including the one who died last night, the two bodies were placed side by side in a tent.

Liu Xie pointed at the two corpses and said, "Take a look. What can you see?"

Zhuge Tian took a look, then his face turned pale. He turned around and rushed outside, and while Liu Xie was not paying attention, he stabbed his throat hard.

"vomit……"

"vomit……"