At Niu Weili's command, a group of yamen runners stammered forward and hurriedly carried the corpses out of the severely burned house.
In the end, only pieces of the corpses were left. After all, they had all been burned to ashes …
The coroner was directly carried on the back of a horse all the way from the magistrate's office. At this moment, the coroner was still wearing his pajamas. When he saw the ground full of corpses, the coroner's entire body felt unwell.
Niu Weili covered his nose and pointed at the corpses. "Hurry up and find out how these people died!"
At this moment, the commoners had already scattered to put out the fire.
After all, such a horrifying scene would only give them nightmares. However, every commoner was puzzled. Who would be so crazy as to kill people here?
This was the warehouse of one of the more famous pharmacies in Xi City. Normally, people rarely came here, but now …
Even though such a big incident had happened, no one from the pharmacy had come. Could it be that the black-hearted shopkeeper had taken advantage of the chaos to make money from the dead?
For a moment, the sounds of discussion, arguments, and curses were louder than the sound of the explosion.
Moments later, the coroner covered his nose and began to rummage through the corpses with relish. Niu Weili, as well as the bailiffs, couldn't help but wonder if the coroner had some sort of bad habit.
After a while.
The coroner carried an arm and hurried over to Niu Weili, who was sitting on the side and vomiting.
When Niu Weili, his advisor, and the yamen runners saw this, they started vomiting again. Niu Weili pointed at the coroner with a trembling hand and shouted, "Stop right there, you motherf * cker. Throw that thing away for Lao Tzu and talk to Lao Tzu properly!"
"My Lord, this humble one has carefully examined these people. They … they died from knife wounds. Almost all of them were killed from the back, neck, or heart with a single blow …"
"Murder!"
At this moment, Niu Weili could no longer care about anything else.
Today's fire and that incident were all very strange. Especially Zhang Shan's incident. Wasn't it already like this when it came out?
What exactly was here?
Niu Weili covered his nose with one hand and asked with narrowed eyes, "What is that thing in your hand?"
"Sir, look!"
When the coroner heard this, he hurriedly raised the arm and walked over. Niu Weili was so frightened that he hurriedly stopped him. "Sir, please tell me. I don't need to see it. Just tell me …"
Seeing this, the coroner gave up.
"There's nothing special about this arm, but what's special about it is the only thing that can prove his identity. It's an official's robe!"
Niu Weili's expression changed drastically.
He hurriedly asked, "Is what you said true?"
Official robes!
Could this person be …
Without thinking too much, Niu Weili hurriedly went forward to check which arm.
His arm had long been charred, but it was only the size of a palm that was intact. There was a trace of burnt hair on it, as if it was the head that was used as a pillow.
The government was green.
In other words …
This person's rank is at least a fifth-grade official.
This …
"Then, can you find any tokens on these people?"
Niu Weili hurriedly asked.
"This … Lord, you should report this to the Ministry of Justice. I reckon that the people here are all officials, and their ranks are at least higher than yours!"
"…"
Niu Weili was dumbfounded.
Although this eccentric coroner was a little perverted, he was someone he brought over from Lantian. He was a talent, at least in terms of autopsy, he had never made a mistake.
It was also because of this that Niu Weili was dumbfounded.
There were some things that he was clear about, but there were also some things that he was just a minor official. How could he get involved in?
Even more so, this damned Zhang Feng, if you have any plans, you should tell me in advance!
Do you have to torture me to death?
Niu Weili did not think too much. He hurriedly found someone to hide the body nearby and hurried to the imperial city gate.
He knew that something big would happen in Chang 'an City tonight.
Especially this sudden fire. Only a ghost would believe that it was a natural fire.
On the other hand, Yuchi Gong was like a spinning top, jumping around on his horse in Chang 'an City. He was completely dumbfounded.
Seeing that the fire did not spread to the East Palace, he breathed a sigh of relief.
At this moment, he was leaning on the stone lion outside the Vermilion Bird Gate, panting and smoking.
At this moment, a general came up to Yuchi Gong cautiously and whispered, "General, something happened over there."
"Hmm?"
Yuchi Gong waved his hand weakly. "Something happened. Do you think I need you for decoration? You went to do it for Lao Tzu! "
If it were in the past, he would have slapped him.
But tonight, he really did not have any strength left.
Seeing this, the Brigadier General finally calmed down and said carefully, "General, our men just found a hundred scattered corpses in the fire …"
"What?"
This time, Yuchi Gong woke up instantly.
However, at this moment.
Suddenly, a horse galloped over and interrupted Yuchi Gong.
That person seemed to have seen Yuchi Gong in his shiny armor and hurriedly shouted from afar, "General, 39 bodies were found in the fire in Gangxi City. They are suspected to be officials from various departments …"
"Buzz!"
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