Princess Consort With Deadly Destiny

CHAPTER 23: The Unnamed Corpse

The Zhou Imperial Guards tried to be polite to the half-eternal members of the Xie family.

“Do not be afraid, Young Miss. Your sister is collecting good karma. It won't be long before he'll bury his body.” The Zhou Imperial Guards comforted him.

Pei Wanyue's chin shaking, “Buried? But my sister doesn't even know her?”

“This is exactly what happened. Not knowing each other, he could not bear to see his corpse buried in the wilderness. Miss Xie seems to know some feng shui techniques and wants to move it to a better place.” The Zhou Imperial Guards said again.

Pei Wanyue could not help but hold his breath.

‘He carried the corpse of someone he did not know by his side?!

'That's a very dirty and horrible thing...'

Pei Wanyue's eyelids twitched, and he was so angry that he was unable to speak for a while.

The Zhou Imperial Guards smiled and started evacuating the crowd. Right now, Pei Wanyue suddenly said, “It's inappropriate for my sister to do this.”

The Zhou Imperial Guards looked back at him.

“Because it is a corpse in the wilderness, then it should be submitted to the administrative office.” Pei Wanyue's face turned pale. “This person also has a brother. You should let the administration office check his identity, find his family, and take his body back.”

Palace Guards Zhou was slightly surprised.

'Yes, this is normal standard procedure.'

However, if you follow standard procedures, it is impossible to find a member of the family of the corpse in a short time. If this wild corpse has no other features, it will most likely end up in the crematorium.’

Although the crematorium charity will take the body, it cannot be left for too long. After all this time, no one will claim it. In the end, it will be buried roughly or…

‘Turned to mass grave.

'It would be best if the half-eternal Xie wanted to help bury this corpse.'

'But if this girl wants to help find relatives for her remains, it would be a better idea.

With his Young Master's identity, it wasn't good for him to ignore this matter.

“This person has been dead for at least half a year. The chances of finding relatives are very small. Your sister found the body. Why don't you wait for him to come back? Even if you want to report it to officials, your older sister should come forward and give some important pointers.” The Zhou Imperial Guards said with a smile.

Pei Wanyue nodded, and he then pursed his lips somewhat embarrassedly.

After a while, she said in a crumpled voice, “But.. I was worried that my sister would not hand over her body.”.

"I knew. This is a human corpse, and this is not some kind of treasure. Logically, there must be a reason why your sister hid and handled it in a different way, but your sister should have thought about reporting to the officials, but she didn't. She must have her own reasons, so. ”.

The Zhou Imperial Guards were lured to hear it.

'Does that mean there was a secret between the Half-Eternal Xie and his corpse, so he chose not to report it to the attendant?'

The Zhou Imperial Guards suddenly had a headache.

'This guy's... Was he really Xie's half-immortal sibling? Does he really hate her?'

“Let's wait until your sister comes back.” The Zhou Imperial Guards insisted.

“This young master is not an official, and you have no right to decide, right?” Pei Wanyue said softly, “It's not good to let the administration office think we deliberately hid the corpse, so..”.

Pei Wanyue finished speaking, looked towards the crowd, and said, "Are there any strong people willing to help carry out the task and inform the upcoming officials?"

'There's no way that everyone in the inn is an acquaintance of Xie Qiao?'

Pei Wanyue also had alluring traits but he had just been frightened. Right now, he was trying hard to be amazing, which made many people admire him.

"I'm leaving!" Someone volunteered.

Pei Wanyue thanked the person and he immediately ran out of the inn.

Palace Guards Zhou and his other men became dazed and confused.

Suddenly they realized they were being looked down upon!

'These young ladies must have thought they were ordinary guests since they did not reveal their identities!'

The Zhou Imperial Guards and the others looked at each other, but it was not a good idea to reveal the name of their Young Master.

And Miss Xie was found this time.

When he entered the door, he was greeted with a scene of busy officials and bones on the floor. Xie Qiao's face instantly darkened.

Puckered his lips while staring at those bones, it seemed like a stranger was not welcome there.

Some people nearby who knew Xie Qiao did not even dare to breathe out loud.

“Xie Qiao, why are you hiding a human skeleton? Really scary!” Pei Wanyue rushed over as if she was about to pounce into his arms.

Xie Qiao dodged, leaving Pei Wanyue in an empty embrace.

“We are not close.” Xie Qiao muttered. “You touched my stuff?”

“Xie Qiao. We just thought the stuff there might be illegal. So we wanted to see it, just to be sure. But we didn't expect.Xie Qiao, I know you picked this skeletal corpse by the side of the road. All you have to do is explain to the officer. No matter what you say, we will still believe you!” Pei Wanyue quickly said.

Xie Qiao laughed coldly.

“You dare to touch anything. I must say that I am almost impressed with your courage.” Xie Qiao's brows slightly raised.

“This thing... Really scares me...” Pei Wanyue's eyes are still red.

He's really scared.

“Do you hide this? Follow us to the administration office!” Officers directly.

“I don't think.” Xie Qiao went straight into the house. Then he sat down.

“Xie Qiao!? It's not that they want you to admit your crime. All they want is for you to tell them the origin of these bones.” Pei Wanyue hurriedly said.

Madam Lu frowned. He felt something was wrong somewhere.

Her daughter was too careless today.

They will be a family from then onward. Now that things have gotten out of hand, his reputation will affect the entire family. It won't look good for anyone if it keeps going like this.

The only reward was that Xie Qiao had been raised far away from the family all this time.

“Xie Qiao, listen to me. Go to the administration office, tell me everything, then you can go.” Madam Lu said as well.

“What do I want to say?” Xie Qiao's face was as hard as steel. “Didn't they just want to know the identity of the body and the cause of death? I know it well, so why should I go to the administration office?”

“You... The man said that this is an anonymous corpse.” said Pei Wanyue.

“He was not named yesterday, but I suddenly remembered today. Isn't that enough?” Xie Qiao said coldly.

“Xie Qiao, stop messing around!” Madam Lu was angry.

Xie Qiao did not want to argue with the officials, and said directly, “The name of this bone back is Lu, his full name is Lu Quanlin. Age. 38. Half a year ago, he was traveling with his master. On the way, they were robbed and killed. He left three sons, his wife, and his father. His relatives are all in the imperial city.”

“Case of robbery half a year ago?” The official frowned when he heard this.

"That's right. There were quite a number of victims who died at that time. You'll know if you check it out. There is also a waiter who is still missing until now.” Xie Qiao added.

The official nodded.

“There are cases like this. The victim was the patrol officer Master Lu.” The officer quickly said.

This case shocked the nation at the time. Master Lu's killer was never found.

In the end, investigators learned some information and led to the arrest of the district magistrate.

Rumor has it that the county magistrate hired bandits to do so. Then the case ends.

However, they were government officials, of course they knew there was someone missing from Sir Lu's escort.

Master Lu was undercover at the time. According to the people passing by, there were three others by his side. They were supposed to be two bodyguards and a girl in disguise.

At the scene, they only found Sir Lu and two others.

There's still one left. His body could not be found after a long search.