Chapter 78 Before the Spirit
Wei Ping'er followed Liang Yue over the wall, carefully lurking all the way, and crossed many courtyards to the main hall of the Zhang family. As expected, she saw that there were only two guards standing outside the gate in front of the hall in the courtyard.

The hall was empty, and Mrs. Zhang, who knelt before the coffin every night, was gone.

Curiosity seemed to overcome her fear of talking to others, and Miss Wei Jiu finally couldn't help but ask, "How did you know she was gone?"

"Uh..." Liang Yue hesitated for a moment, pointed to the direction where the flute sound came from, and said, "There is an insider inside."

"You really have a way." Wei Ping'er praised weakly.

Li Mo has a solution.

Liang Yue said silently in his heart.

He crouched down, looked at the two guards at the door, and asked, "Do you have any way to deal with them quietly?"

Wei Ping'er nodded and said, "I'll try using the sleepy bug."

As she spoke, she raised her hand and took out a porcelain bottle from her sleeve. After opening it, two tiny, crystal clear insects flew out of the bottle, both of which looked somewhat spiritual.

Wei Ping'er waved her hands and the two flying insects flew towards the two guards.

In the darkness, the tiny flying insects were inconspicuous. After circling twice, they each flew into the nostrils of a guard.

"what……"

The two guards suddenly yawned at the same time, then took two steps back and fell to the ground.

"Great!" Liang Yue gave her a thumbs up.

Wei Ping'er just turned her head and walked forward, not daring to look at him.

After bewitching the guard, the two hurried to the main hall. Liang Yue said, "Hurry up."

"Yeah." Wei Ping'er just nodded.

Liang Yue exerted force with both hands, opened the lid of the coffin, slowly pushed it, and moved it away with a loud noise.

The burnt and chilled body of Zhang Xingkai was revealed, accompanied by a faint scent of jasmine, looking very peaceful.

There were many talismans around the corpse, which still retained the tragic state of death, and there were also lines of frost condensed. It seemed that no matter how expensive Li Mo's talismans were, their quality was solid.

Although it was not rotten or smelly, the charred corpse was still hideous and ugly. However, Wei Ping'er was no longer afraid when she saw it and her expression was very calm.

What a strange woman.

She seemed to be afraid only of living people.

While Liang Yue was wondering, Wei Ping'er had already taken out another pure white pill from her sleeve. It looked like a jade ball, and she put the jade ball into the mouth of the corpse.

The jade ball seemed to have a spirit. It slid into the mouth of the corpse, and one could see the ball moving up and down with a gurgling sound.

Wei Ping'er opened another bottle, which contained a few tiny golden-shelled insects. She sprinkled them on the surface of the corpse, and they drilled into the charred skin one by one and began to swim and explore inside.

"These are the spiritual loach Gu and the golden horn worm. They can respectively check the abdomen and body surface of the corpse to see if there is any abnormal spiritual energy or poison." Wei Ping'er explained in a low voice while observing.

"But he's been dead for a few days. If there was any spiritual energy, it might have dissipated, and I'm not sure there will be any results. I can only think of these two methods of autopsy. They are definitely not comparable to the one done by the divine coroner last time." She said slowly and quietly.

Liang Yue complimented from the side, "I think Miss Wei Jiu's technique is even better than his."

"No way." Wei Ping'er didn't accept the flattery at all.

A moment later, a large insect like a loach, about the thickness of a thumb, crawled out from the lower body of the corpse. It should be the white jade pill that had just appeared, and its body surface was still pure white.

Liang Yue grinned.

Buddy, you are dead and you can't feel anything, so don't blame us. Although it is a bit offensive, this is also to help you find the real murderer.

Just keep going.

Take a deep breath...if you can't breathe, forget it.

take it easy.

Wei Ping'er collected it in a porcelain bottle and shook her head, saying, "There is no poison in the body."

After a while, golden horn beetles came out one after another, and they were all a little bigger in size.

"He is indeed a cultivator, and there is some true energy in his body that has not yet dissipated." She said.

She did the same, put the golden beetles in the bottle, and shook her head again.

Still not found.

The flute sound outside also stopped. Although Liang Yue was a little disappointed, he did not show it, and just said softly: "We should go."

Just as she was about to leave, Wei Ping'er suddenly frowned: "Huh? One is missing?"

Liang Yue noticed that she had discovered something and immediately looked over.

Wei Ping'er held a long silver needle in her hand, concentrated her spiritual consciousness, and scanned it bit by bit. When the tip of the needle passed the face of the corpse, she suddenly struck out as fast as lightning!

laugh.

She stabbed the needle deeply into the lower part of the corpse's nasal cavity and poked it, and when it came out, there was indeed a tiny golden hornworm on it.

Wei Ping'er's eyes lit up, "Is there really something?"

……

During this delay, footsteps were heard from the other side, and Mrs. Zhang's scolding voice also rang out: "What are you two doing?"

Liang Yue and Wei Ping'er were both startled.

Fortunately, Mrs. Zhang should not have appeared in sight yet. She just saw the two guards sleeping on the ground and snoring loudly, so she scolded them.

"Go inside and hide." It was too late to run away at this time. Liang Yue pointed inside the coffin. Both of them quickly got in and pushed the coffin lid shut.

Fortunately, the Yueyang Company was wealthy and powerful, and the coffin they bought was big enough. With the corpse in the middle and the two of them on the left and right, there was still some room left.

But this was a charred corpse after all. Even if it was chilled and added with some jasmine scent, Liang Yue still felt uncomfortable.

On the contrary, when he glanced at Wei Ping'er, she was very calm and didn't think it was a big deal even though she was next to the corpse.

This girl is really brave.

Hearing the noise outside, Madam Zhang had already woken up the two guards. Wei Ping'er's sleepiness was not caused by drugs, and the two guards felt the same as if they had just slept after waking up.

"Ma'am! I'm sorry..." They both lowered their heads and said, "I just felt too sleepy just now."

"You have been guarding for several nights, so it is inevitable that you will feel tired. Switch with others tomorrow." Mrs. Zhang did not blame them too much and walked into the mourning hall.

Her steps were slow and cautious.

It seems that he has become alert and is looking around to see if there is something wrong.

After walking around the mourning hall, she finally came to the coffin and slowly stretched out her hand.

Listening to the noise outside, Liang Yue and the others held their breath and were ready. Once she pushed open the coffin, they would be ready to fight.

Just as Madam Zhang put her hand on the coffin lid, someone outside suddenly reported: "Madam, Master Lu is here."

"What is he doing here?" Madam Zhang frowned, withdrew her hand, and said, "Please come in."

After this interruption, she no longer tried to open the coffin, but went back to kneel in front of the mat with a cold and solemn expression.

After a while, a young man in brocade clothes and jade jewelry came in accompanied by servants. He had a fair complexion, narrow eyes and a frivolous look.

After arriving at the mourning hall, he waved his hand and told the guards around him, "All of you go down."

"Mr. Lu, what are you going to do?" Mrs. Zhang frowned in displeasure.

"I have something confidential to tell you. My grandfather told me to do so." Mr. Lu said in a deep voice.

Mrs. Zhang was helpless and waved her hand: "Go down."

The guards in the courtyard then withdrew, leaving only these two people in the mourning hall.

Mr. Lu then smiled wickedly, "Madam is in her prime, you must be very lonely now that Zhang Xingkai is gone, right?"

……

"Lu Guanxu!" Madam Zhang stood up and shouted, "This is in front of my husband's spirit. You are saying such things here. Aren't you afraid of retribution?"

Hearing their previous conversation and the name she called out, Liang Yue in the coffin concluded that this person should be the grandson of Minister of Works Lu Yuanwang.

"What am I afraid of?" Master Lu shrugged and patted the coffin lid with his hand, making two bangs. "Can he get out of it if he gets angry?"

"Mr. Lu, there is a god above your head." Madam Zhang said coldly, "Please respect yourself."

"Hahaha, I was just kidding you, why are you so angry?" Lu Guanxu sat on the futon and said, "It is indeed my grandfather who wants to ask, have you found those things that Zhang Xingkai collected?"

"Not yet." Madam Zhang calmed down and replied, "But please don't worry, old minister. Even I don't know where he is hiding, so no one will know."

"What he holds in his hand may be the things that His Majesty hates the most. Once it is exposed, everyone will be in trouble." Lu Guanxu said: "Originally, my grandfather wanted to wipe out the entire Yueyang Company, but I urged him to give you another chance."

He leaned forward and said, "If you can't find it, I can't save you."

"I'll do my best." Mrs. Zhang just said lightly.

"But I have another solution." Lu Guanxu said with a wicked smile, "Although Yueyang Trading Company is going to disappear, you don't have to go with it. As long as you are willing to obey me, we will be a family in the future, and you will be safe naturally."

"Mr. Lu, if there is nothing else, please..." Mrs. Zhang was about to chase him away when she suddenly felt dizzy and unsteady. She took two steps back and bumped into the coffin.

"Are you feeling dizzy?" Lu Guanxu spread out his left palm, with an open small square bottle in his palm. There seemed to be some faint smoke coming out of it.

"This is a strand of immortal spirit that I paid a lot of money for. It is colorless and tasteless." He stepped closer. "I took the antidote a long time ago. As for you...you will wake up tomorrow morning."

"Someone come." Mrs. Zhang tried to shout.

“Scream, scream…” Lu Guanxu became more and more outrageous: “I have asked the servants who protect me to stand guard outside the courtyard. No one can come in here. The woman I like has never escaped before, hehehe.”

Seeing that Mrs. Zhang seemed to have fallen to the ground and lost consciousness, Lu Guanxu came closer, put his hands on the coffin, and looked up at the spirit tablet.

"It's my first time in a place like this. It's quite exciting..." He said with a lewd smile towards the spirit tablet, "Brother, it will be too late if you don't show up now."

Bang!
Before he finished speaking, the coffin lid suddenly flew up with great force and hit him on the head with a bang. Lu Guanxu fainted immediately without any struggle.

"I really can't stand it anymore." Liang Yue turned over and stood up. Naturally, he was the one who lifted the coffin lid and knocked Lu Guanxu unconscious.

What a classic plot interpretation this is. If Chen Ju saw it, he would have to call him a pervert.

Wei Ping'er released another sleepy bug into Lu Guanxu's nostrils and said, "He will wake up later than Madam Zhang."

"Okay." Liang Yue nodded, "Let them take care of the rest. Let's go first."

After saying that, the two of them climbed out of the window from the back hall and left the Zhang family.

but……

The two of them had just left when Mrs. Zhang, who was supposed to have fainted, suddenly opened her eyes. Her eyes were bright. How could there be any confusion at all?

Looking at the direction the two were going, she hesitated slightly.

After a while, she stood up and kicked Lu Guanxu who was lying on the ground, cursing, "You bastard."

(End of this chapter)