When Lu Qingchen resolved the trouble caused by Lu's father and sent Princess Xinglan away, he immediately looked at Wen Zhu angrily and shouted, "Didn't I ask you to take care of the patients in the clinic? Why did you come back by yourself?"

Wen Zhu swallowed his doubts and said seriously, "Master, Prince Shan Yu has woken up and is crying and asking to go back to Latagou!"

"What? Where are the people from the Honglu Temple? What do they do for a living?"

"They went, but they couldn't persuade the prince. Now he has a knife to his neck and says he will die in Jingzhao if he is not allowed to leave."

Lu Qingchen couldn't help but spit. This bastard had even learned to threaten people. "Let him die. It's all over once he dies. It's quick and easy."

Wen Zhu: “…”

He was sweating profusely. If the head of the Honglu Temple was someone like his marquis, those vassal states would have invaded the capital long ago.

"If he wants to die, then let him die. Why are you telling me all this?"

"Master Qiao from the Honglu Temple invites you to come over."

"What's the point of me going there? This is their Honglu Temple's business, and has nothing to do with me."

Lu Qingchen refused without hesitation. He was worried about the woman being alone in Latagou, so he hurried back.

Wen Zhu said hesitantly, "Actually, it was Prince Shan Yu who asked to see you."

Lu Qingchen let out a long sigh, "Let's go, let's go quickly."

When I walked outside the clinic, before I got close, I heard voices of advice coming from inside.

Then, Shan Yu struggled desperately to resist, and even Lord Qiao's voice was tinged with tears, and it felt like he was about to kneel down in front of him.

Lu Qingchen couldn't help but sigh, thinking that the two sides were in a stalemate and the situation was quite tense.

He stepped in, and the moment he appeared, he was like a savior, making everyone's eyes light up.

"Young Marquis!"

Without waiting for them to speak, Lu Qingchen waved directly at Shan Yu and said, "Aren't you going back? Hurry up and follow me."

Master Qiao stood there dumbfounded, watching the Jie prince jump off the bed in a daze. He hurriedly intervened, "Wait! Young Marquis, the Jie prince is a precious treasure, and having just recovered from the poison, he's weak and unfit to run around."

Lu Qingchen said "Oh" and said to Shan Yu: "He won't let me take you around."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shan Yu put the knife on his neck again, glaring at him and threatening: "Give way or not?"

Mr. Qiao said with a sad face: "You should rest more now."

Shan Yu said firmly: "I won't."

Lord Qiao wanted to die. Is this Jie prince a stubborn person?

Lu Qingchen interrupted them impatiently, "This guy is very troublesome, you should handle it yourself! Don't look for me, I'm busy!"

After saying that, he left without looking back.

Just leave like that?

Lord Qiao was stunned. Why didn't they even give him a chance to bargain?

"Young Marquis, we can talk."

"So you agree?" Lu Qingchen quickly shouted at Shan Yu, roaring fiercely, "Come here quickly! If you dare to delay my business, I will chop you into pieces."

"Come on!"

Shan Yu smiled and chased after him happily, as obedient as a little follower.

Master Qiao was so stunned that he forgot to react. After a while, someone beside him asked, "Master, should we guard here? Or...?"

"Nonsense! Follow him and make sure to protect the Jie prince's safety."

In an instant, a group of people swarmed out of the clinic like a tide, but after searching around, they still couldn't find the Jie prince.

At this time, Lu Qingchen and the other two were already riding their horses towards the outside of the city, rushing all the way to the vicinity of Latagou.

Lu Qingchen looked back at Shan Yu, who was pale, and asked indifferently, "Can you still hold on?"

Shan Yu bit his cracked lips and said with difficulty: "I can."

Lu Qingchen curled his lips and threw a porcelain bottle to him, "Eat one, it will restore your strength."

Shan Yu took the porcelain bottle and drank it without hesitation.

"Aren't you afraid that what I'm giving you is poison?"

Shan Yu shook his head, but said gratefully: "Thank you!"

Lu Qingchen: "..."

This guy must be a fool! He dares to put any medicine in his mouth.

Wen Zhu suddenly shouted in shock: "Master, why did you bring this thing out?"

Lu Qingchen glanced at him and said, "What's wrong with bringing it? Just go back and refine another furnace."

Wen Zhu laughed teasingly and said, "Master, I'm afraid you knew that Prince Shan Yu's body couldn't hold on, so you brought him out specially!"

"I want you to talk more."

Wen Zhu tutted his words twice, "Master, I just realized that you are quite petty."

"Is this Marquis narrow-minded?"

Lu Qingchen widened his eyes in astonishment and asked, "Do you want to listen to what you are saying?"

Wen Zhu mercilessly exposed his past, "It's just that Miss Qin looked at Prince Shan Yu a few more times, and you became jealous. Otherwise, you would have taken out the medicine and given it to Prince Shan Yu long ago."

Lu Qingchen was so angry that he asked, "Am I the kind of person you say I am?"

Wen Zhu nodded seriously, "When it comes to Miss Yan, you really are."

"roll."

Lu Qingchen's face was filled with anger at being exposed. He squeezed his legs hard against the horse's belly. The horse under him neighed loudly and galloped away like an arrow, leaving only a trail of dust.

When they arrived at Latagou, all the runners from the Ministry of Justice had already gathered there.

Shan Yu asked nervously: "What happened?"

"Go over and have a look."

As you get closer, the solemn expressions on everyone's faces become clearly visible.

Lu Qingchen's heart suddenly shrank, as if being gripped by an invisible hand. Without thinking, he looked around, his eyes full of panic and anxiety, trying to catch even the slightest trace of Qin Miaoxi. His voice trembled slightly with anxiety: "Where is Qin Miaoxi?"

They pointed toward the heavily armed men in oilskin raincoats in the ditch and said, "Coroner Qin is there."

Lu Qingchen was about to run over, but was stopped by them, "Young Marquis, don't go. It's dangerous down there."

"You knew there was danger, yet you still let a woman take it alone. Are you still men?"

Several people smiled bitterly and said, "Young Marquis, we don't want to do this either, but this matter is really only Qin the Coroner who can handle it."

"what exactly is it?"

Before he finished speaking, he looked up and saw a stiff, dried corpse slowly rising from the bottom of the ditch. The corpse gradually became clearer in front of everyone's eyes, and the atmosphere instantly became as cold as if it had fallen into an ice cellar.

Everyone's face was filled with fear and anxiety, and their eyes were fixed on the mummy, as if they were under a spell.

The bottom of the ditch was covered with thick silt and accumulated sand and gravel, which adhered to the surface of the mummy.

For a moment, there was only deathly silence around, and only the rotten smell of the mummy spread in the air, irritating everyone's nose and making people shudder.

Qin Miaoxi climbed out from the bottom of the ditch, and everyone finally recovered from their shock.

"This is the strange dried corpse we found at the bottom of the ditch."

Someone asked in confusion: "People often bury bodies here, so what's so strange about it?"

"Get some water."

Lu Qingchen's first reaction was to run to the village with Wen Zhu and fetch a few buckets of water.

Qin Miaoxi picked up a bucket of water and slowly poured it on the mummy. A flash of light passed by, and a shocking scene suddenly came into view.

When the soil receded, what was revealed was a warm and white skeleton. It was a jade-like mummy.

Its body was slightly curled up, with dry flesh tightly attached to its bones, yet strangely it presented a translucent texture, as if carved from warm jade.

Where clothes should have been, only rotten fragments remain, but the luxury of the fabric can still be seen, which shows that this person is not an ordinary person.

The corpse's face, though weathered, still had a recognizable outline. Its deep eye sockets resembled two endless black holes. Beneath its high nose, its lips were pursed, exuding a mysterious and eerie aura that made everyone present hold their breath, awe and shock welling up in their hearts.

Shan Yu suppressed his inner fear and slowly approached the mummy in a daze. His trembling voice broke the silence of everyone.

"How...how did this mummy appear here?"

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