Chapter 27 Cold Corpse Powder in the Ashes of the Dead

Dongfang Biren's detective came to report that he had sent a rope to the bottom of the cliff mentioned by the old woman. He found nothing and did not see any blood stains on the body. But the bottom of the cliff is quite a fierce place, full of rocks, towering ancient trees, and swarms of tigers and wolves. If the wreckage is swallowed, it is not necessarily true.

Xue Qianwu and Dongfang Biren thought for a long time and decided to go to Gaofu again.

The whole house hung white couplets, and the mourning hall was filled with blue and black coffins, full of dignified and solemn color contrast, filled with the mourning of the loss of relatives. Jia Yubo wore filial piety, Su Xier was dressed in plain clothes, followed by three or five silent maid servants to welcome the arrival of Lord Dongfang.

Since the high mansion was burned to death, the coffin is also a decoration. So Xue Qianwu pointed to the coffin and said, "Xi'er, is it empty inside?"

Su Xi'er looked sad and didn't say anything. Dongfang Biren motioned his entourage to open the coffin.

The entourage took tools such as wrenches and pliers, and opened the coffin in less than a moment. Unexpectedly, it was full of ashes. The whole coffin looks like a large ashtray.

At this time, as soon as it was opened, due to the circulation of air blowing, the dust flew gently and jumped on people's faces, necks, and even in the ears, nose and throats. It was itchy and uncomfortable.

It is not like the willow and poplar catkins in spring, because those white ones are soft and can still give people a beautiful and clean feeling. Although they will be fascinated by the eyes and cough, they are beautiful after all. The ashes are different, especially the ashes stained with a strong smell of death. What makes people feel is a rotten breath, the haunting of gloomy qi, and the desperate pain of life.

Except for Dongfang Biren, who has a strong aura, who is still white and spotless, no one else is spared. The coldness of the person possessed by this ashes is like a worm, drilling through the skin and entangling between people's spleen, lungs and stomach.

Xue Qianwu only felt cold, which was different from the cold she came out of the ice water. In the middle of winter, the cold jumps into the ice hole. The cold is only physical cold, only related to temperature, and what is destroyed is only the human body. But the cold at this moment is not cold in the body or the cold in the heart, but in the cold mind.

This cold of corpses attacks the will of people.

Xue Qianwu remembered some kind of heat absorption chemical reaction, which was originally at a normal temperature, but in an instant, the reaction was unstoppable, and all the firepower of the body was sucked out and dropped sharply below the freezing point. People are stiff.

Dongfang Biren felt different and hurried to pull Xue Qianwu. As soon as he got into his hand, there was a strange cold, just like a thunderbolt, which made him retreat, and his whole body trembled involuntarily.

Dongfang Biren looked at Jia Yubo and his wife and found that their symptoms were not so serious.

Approaching the two, the gentle voice did not have a trace of emotion, but gathered the atmosphere of the mountains and the sea, and slowly asked, "Isn't it an empty coffin? Where did so many cold ashes come from?

Su Xier saw Dongfang Biren standing well, her face changed slightly, and she nodded her head in a hurry. Her tears were just like beads, and she said sadly said, "It's an empty coffin, but it's not bad, because Gao Yifu's body has not been preserved. But his soul is still there. In order to be careful, Yubo and I melted the imperial clothes he used to wear, as well as his favorite ornaments, and even his favorite fruits and vegetables in the incinerator. Then put the ashes into the coffin and bury it with Gao's righteous father, so that he won't suffer from hunger and cold in the underworld.

Looking at the trembling Xue Qianwu, his whole body was covered with a layer of frost. Dongfang Biren's warm eyes are getting deeper and colder. No longer looking at Jia Yubo Su Xier, Dongfang Biren stretched out his hand to touch Xue Qianwu's cheek.

Xue Qianwu already knew that she was poisoned. Although Dongfang can support himself with internal strength, he can't get close to her. So I tried my best, shook it word by word, and finally came up with a sentence: "First check... the reason... leave me alone."

Dongfang Biren said, "In these ashes, nearly half of the cold corpse powder is mixed. The poisoned person only feels cold. If it can't be solved for three days, the heat will be exhausted and the body will stiffen, and finally become a pinch of weathered powder."

"Find an antidote and treat them first..." Xue Qianwu held his arm and tried to point to the maid servants, but he couldn't lift it up, and finally he couldn't even make a sound.

Dongfang Biren was silent. This cold corpse powder, the antidote varies with the ingredients. Unless the poisoner's conscience is enlightened, no one can solve it. If there is any error in the process of dispensing the medicine, you will only lose a person's life faster.

"The cold corpse powder originated in central Shu, which is the hometown of you two... You'd better explain what's going on." Dongfang Biren said lightly, and his anger and worries were as heavy as Qianjun. In his best to hold back, it faded into emptiness.

Su Xier heard the words and said palely, "Lord Dongfang, it's really wrong!"

"I didn't say it was done by you two. What kind of grievance did you call first?" Dongfang Biren frowned.

Su Xier closed his mouth. Jia Yubo took over the words and knelt down and said, "The Cao people have heard that the ancestors of Gao's righteous father were also from Shu. Only in the previous generation did they move to Yanlan City and have taken root as officials from then..."

"What about this?" Dongfang Biren asked calmly.

"The grass people have also heard that Gao Yifu is a person and suspicious, and the older he is, the more vigilant he is. When he slept, he never took off his clothes, and his sword always left the head of the bed... All the clothes he wore when he slept were stained with cold corpse powder. Several servants, because they woke him up, accidentally touched the corners of his clothes, and died, and the body soon automatically powdered..." Jia Yubo said in detail with astonishment.

"You mean that the cold corpse powder was prepared by Gaofu government itself? He has already taken the medicine, so wearing these clothes can avoid the erosion of poison gas? Dongfang Biren heard the words and immediately heard Jia Yubo's words.

Jia Yubo bowed his head and said, "Your Excellency God. Not only Gao's righteous father himself, but also his daughter... Miss Lujie has also taken the antidote, so their father and daughter don't have to worry at all. They will accidentally harm their closest relatives.

"You know, it's a lot." Dongfang Biren smiled and said a compliment.

Jia Yubo was calmed by Dongfang Master and made him panic. He kept trembling and said more inside stories: "Your excellency must doubt why the grass people know so much. The grass people did not dare to deceive, because they lived in Gaofu for more than half a year, experienced some things personally, and heard a lot of gossip, which formed today's assertion.

Dongfang Biren said "Oh" and grabbed a place and asked, "The gossip is just some gossip. I'm not interested... Let's talk about your own experience."

Jia Yubo looked at Su Xier and hesitated for a moment and said, "Caomin accidentally touched the nightgown of the Gaofu government office and was poisoned by this cold corpse powder. Fortunately, she was saved by... Miss Lujie and stole the medicine from her father to save her life."

Su Xier obviously didn't like to listen to Gao Lujie's name and interrupted Jia Yubo: "Presumably, although the clothes of Gaofu's government office have been burned, the cold powder attached to it is still toxic after the fire, which has caused the immediate disaster!"

Dongfang Biren frowned and asked, "Jia Yubo has taken the antidote. Today, he can avoid the poison of cold corpse powder. There is nothing to say, but what about Xi'er? Miss Gao Lujie hates you to the bone. Did she also give you an antidote?

"What does the adult mean?" Su Xier held her delicate body and asked nervously and crampedly.

Dongfang Biren single-knife straight to the point: "This cold corpse powder is not necessarily that cold corpse powder! Brother Jia Yubo may have taken the antidote only once!"

turned his head and asked Jia Yubo, "Have you ever taken Miss Gao's antidote, but have you ever taken Miss Su's antidote?"

Jia Yubo collapsed on the ground and said wildly, "Caomin really doesn't know... What she eats and drinks on weekdays is controlled by Xi'er. If she doesn't tell me, I won't know what I have eaten..."

Xue Qianwu's nerves are falling apart by the cold. After listening to their conversation, their heads seemed to be frozen and couldn't turn around. But what she understands is that no matter what really happens, Jia Yubo, who is greedy and afraid of death, has shirked the responsibility.

Su Xier's eyes flashed with a trace of silence, and suddenly raised her head and said, "You are right. I control everything about him. If I really feed him the antidote and quietly join the diet, how would he know?

Dongfang Biren smiled and asked lightly, "What does Miss Xi'er want to say?"

"Aren't you suspicious of me?" Su Xier closed her eyes and bit her lips fiercely. After a long time, she said with tears, "It's right that I'm from Shuzhong, and I can even use poison. These are not wrong... But I have followed the pharmacists at home since I was a child and touched thousands of kinds of medicinal materials with my own hands. Not to mention that I practiced poisons early, but can I not have some resistance? If you don't believe it, you can find some poison doctors to make all kinds of cold corpse powder. I would like to try the poison!"