sbdcsierra Chapter 263 Xiaoping
Chapter 263 Xiaoping
Lu Shengxiong rushed out of the Lu Mansion in a hurry, grabbed the servant who was about to come in to report, and asked anxiously: "Where is the body of the deceased now?"
The servant was startled by the sudden move and stammered, "Miss, the body has been moved to the morgue of the county government in Yangzhou City."
"How did he die? Was it the same as before?" Lu Shengxiong asked, frowning.
The servant turned pale, his eyes dodged, and he stammered, "I, I didn't dare to look..."
"Useless thing!" Lu Shengxiong cursed in a low voice, turned around and ran towards the county government office.
"Not everyone is as brave as you, Sister Xiong..." The servant looked at Lu Shengxiong's receding back and muttered softly, with a hint of helplessness and awe in his voice, and then quickly followed.
Lu Shengxiong galloped all the way and soon arrived at the county government office.
When the yamen runner on duty saw her, he immediately came forward respectfully and said, "Sister Xiong, you are here."
Lu Shengxiong nodded and ran straight to the morgue.
Before I got close, a strong stench hit my nose.
It was a disgusting smell mixed with the smell of blood, corpse and feces.
The servant following Lu Shengxiong couldn't bear it anymore, ran to the side and vomited with a "wow", his face as pale as paper.
However, Lu Shengxiong walked into the morgue with an expressionless face, pretending he didn't smell it.
Inside the morgue, under the dim light, there was already a man who was one step faster than Lu Shengxiong and was looking at the corpse in deep thought.
This man was tall and strong with muscular build. In terms of size and the sense of oppression he gave people, Lu Shengxiong was much inferior to him.
His name is Lu Changsong, and he is the chief constable of Yangzhou City.
He is also Lu Shengxiong's cousin.
Lu Changsong was born with supernatural powers. He practiced martial arts since childhood and has reached perfection in his kung fu.
Logically speaking, with his qualifications, he should be a good candidate for cultivation.
But the strange thing is that, since a thousand years ago, no one in the Lu family has the talent of a seeker of the law. It seems that they have been cursed by some mysterious power and are isolated from the law.
After Lu Dahai became rich, he hired an expert to take a look at the case with great salary, but he still could not find out the reason.
Lu Shengxiong rushed in, breaking the silence in the morgue.
"Brother Song!"
"What's going on this time?"
Lu Changsong didn't say anything, but silently lifted the white cloth covering the corpse.
An even stronger stench hit me in the face.
Lu Shengxiong suppressed his nausea and took a closer look. He immediately took a breath of cold air.
The corpse's skin was peeled off, revealing bloody muscle tissue. The chest cavity was brutally cut open, and the heart was missing.
However, what is more disgusting than being horrifying is that the corpse is covered with all kinds of filth and exudes a suffocating stench.
"This……"
Although Lu Shengxiong had seen this several times, such a tragic and disgusting death still made her feel like vomiting.
Another strange way of dying.
Lu Changsong nodded slightly: "There have been a total of 94 cases of sudden death in Yangzhou City this month, and 37 people are missing."
"Half of them are caused by the grudges and hatreds of ordinary people, and the other half are all caused by the undead. This case is no exception."
Undead corpse...
Lu Shengxiong frowned even more tightly.
She asked in confusion: "But, other undead corpses that are causing chaos kill people in order to absorb their vitality, why does this corpse simply torture and kill the victims?"
Unreasonable!
Hearing this, Lu Changsong sighed helplessly and shook his head helplessly.
“I don’t know…Alas, the Thousand Lantern Dance God Festival is approaching, and this time of year is always a time of trouble.
Now there are so many strange things happening, it's really a headache. I don't know what the seekers of the Dharma in Houten Temple are doing...
Such a big thing happened in the powerful Yangzhou City, but they just ignored it.
And the God Shop... I have been searching around for so long but have not found anything."
"Forget it....This man died in the Shili Waterside Singing House. That's your territory, so I'll leave it to you to handle."
Lu Changsong's voice was full of fatigue, and he continued: "I have other things to do, so I'll leave first."
After saying that, he turned and left, leaving Lu Shengxiong alone.
Before leaving, Lu Changsong added, "I have already notified the woman in Yangzhou City who did not return home yesterday. Many people will come to claim the bodies later. You can wait here. Perhaps you can get some useful information from them."
"And...be careful yourself too."
His voice gradually faded away, and only Lu Shengxiong was left standing there, with a thousand thoughts in his mind.
In the next few hours, a lot of people really came one after another.
They all came to identify the bodies one by one.
Lu Shengxiong received them one by one, carefully observing each person's expression.
Some people looked nervous when they entered the door, but they felt relieved and breathed a sigh of relief after claiming the body.
Some people still held a glimmer of hope when they entered the door, but after claiming the bodies, they looked deathly pale and completely desperate.
There is nothing better than this in all aspects of life.
Lu Shengxiong watched quietly, feeling mixed emotions.
Finally, she met the family of the skinned man.
The person who came was a middle-aged woman who still had some charm, and she brought with her a young woman of about eleven or twelve years old.
Before she even entered the door, the woman's expression was already extremely distorted.
It was a complex expression of pain, struggle, and fear.
Lu Shengxiong could see that this woman was experiencing a fierce struggle between her conscience and her desires.
The young woman who followed the woman had a look of confusion on her face.
She didn't know what was waiting for her, what her future destiny would be, or where she would go.
After staying in front of the door for a while, the woman went in alone, leaving the girl alone outside.
Lu Shengxiong walked up and asked softly, "What's your name?"
The girl's voice was very soft, with a hint of timidity: "My name is Du Xiaoping, and others call me Xiaoping'er."
The voice is soft and sticky, like the spring breeze in March in the south of the Yangtze River, which makes people feel pity and love.
She was petite, wearing a washed-out coarse cloth dress, but it couldn't hide her elegant and refined temperament.
She was really cute, with an oval face, picturesque eyebrows and eyes, a small and straight nose, and rosy and plump lips, like a ripe cherry, which made Lu Shengxiong, a woman, want to take a bite.
Her skin is so smooth and delicate that it seems as if it could be blown away.
Lu Shengxiong sighed inwardly, what a pitiful beauty she is.
"What do you usually do?" Lu Shengxiong saw her nervousness and tried to ease the atmosphere.
"I...I usually read some books and learn embroidery..."
Xiao Ping'er lowered her head and twisted the corner of her clothes with her fingers nervously.
"I can also sew and knit clothes to supplement the family income."
She added, her voice trailing off until it was barely audible.
"What a well-behaved and sensible child." Lu Shengxiong praised sincerely.
Before the two of them could talk for a few words, a woman's heart-wrenching cry was suddenly heard from inside the house.
The voice is like crying, complaining, resentful and longing, and everyone who hears it is moved.
Lu Shengxiong and Xiao Ping'er's faces changed and they rushed in quickly.
But the woman was seen kneeling beside the corpse, crying out loud and gasping for breath.
She cried, pounded the ground with her hands and even hit the dead, cursing non-stop:
"You bastard, I told you not to go to that kind of place, but you didn't listen!"
"That's good. You are happy now, but how can we, an orphan and a widow, survive?"
"You are so heartless, are you just going to abandon us so cruelly?"
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The woman cried and her voice was full of despair and helplessness.
Xiao Ping'er stood there blankly, tears falling like beads from a broken string.
She wanted to go up and comfort her mother, but she didn't know what to say.
Lu Shengxiong felt sad as he watched the scene in front of him.
She could understand the woman's pain and despair.
The pillar of a family suddenly collapses, leaving behind orphans and widows. How should the family go about its future?
No one knows, but the road is definitely not easy.
The crying and cursing continued for a long time, and then gradually stopped.
Seeing this, Lu Shengxiong was about to ask for clues, but found that the woman turned a deaf ear to her words and looked like she had lost her soul and was lifeless.
Xiaoping was the same, with empty eyes and expressionless face.
Lu Shengxiong looked at the woman and Xiao Ping'er in front of him, and a feeling of helplessness and anger surged in his heart.
The two of them just stayed quietly in the morgue, motionless and silent.
Time seemed to freeze.
Two hours, three hours...
At this moment, they turned into two statues, as if blending into the coldness around them.
Like two living dead.
Finally, after an unknown amount of time, the woman stood up, pushed the cart without saying a word, and walked slowly out.
Xiaoping followed closely behind, also silent.
Lu Shengxiong looked at their departing backs, sighed, turned around and caught up with Xiaoping.
"If you have any difficulties, come to me." Lu Shengxiong said softly, with a hint of concern in his tone.
Xiao Ping paused for a moment, turned around, glanced at Lu Shengxiong, and then nodded slightly.
There was no more words between the two...
Lu Shengxiong stood there, looking at Xiaoping's back getting farther and farther away, anger welling up in her heart. She knew what she could do for them.
That is, find that damn undead corpse!
Seek justice for these innocent victims!
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