"He may have raised them, but that doesn't mean he was the one feeding them."
"Ah?"
"Find out who was responsible for feeding these dung beetles and what they were fed."
"Wang Ye... dung beetles, what else could they possibly be fed..."
Xiao Jin Yu shot him a cold glance.
"Alright, alright... I'll go, I'll go..."
"Also, bring me all the prescriptions from the military camp that use dung beetles to treat malignant sores."
"Yes..."
Watching Jing Yi drift out with a mournful face, Chu Chu tugged at Xiao Jin Yu's sleeve. "Wang Ye, what happened to Brother Jing last night?"
Xiao Jin Yu smiled faintly. "He rendered meritorious service."
Chu Chu widened her eyes. "What kind of merit?"
"It's not clear yet... I'm going to see General Leng. Stay in the tent and don't wander around."
"Wang Ye, do you already know who that ghost really is?"
Xiao Jin Yu shook his head gently, lowering his voice. "Only suspects so far."
"Then do you know how that ghost harms people?"
Xiao Jin Yu still shook his head. "There are several possibilities, nothing confirmed yet."
Chu Chu pursed her lips. "Then... Wang Ye, could you talk to General Leng and let me dissect two corpses... If I can't figure out how the ghost harms people after the dissection, let General Leng spank me, as many times as he wants!"
Xiao Jin Yu was momentarily stunned, frowning. "Which two?"
"The one who drowned in the bathtub and the one who burned to death running into the bonfire. These two will do. The strangled one doesn't need dissection."
Xiao Jin Yu frowned. "Go ahead, take Leng Yue with you."
Chu Chu was taken aback. "Don't we need to tell General Leng?"
"I'll handle it. You just proceed with the dissection... Any more delays and more people will die."
"Thank you, Wang Ye!"
"I should be thanking you... Be careful."
"Okay!"
☆、79 Roasted Whole Lamb (Fifteen)
When Chu Chu went to find Leng Yue, she was bathing. The half-shadow of her figure with loose hair was faintly visible against a fiery red silk screen, softened by the hazy steam. Just this blurred silhouette made Chu Chu stare in awe.
Leng Yue had already recognized Chu Chu's footsteps before she entered the tent. Now vaguely seeing Chu Chu standing not far from the screen, but hearing no sound from her after a while, Leng Yue called out, "Imperial Concubine?"
Only then did Chu Chu snap out of her daze. "Mas... Master!"
"Does the Imperial Concubine need something?"
"Well..."
"Is it urgent?"
"Urgent... but not too urgent."
"Wait a moment, I'm coming out now."
"Oh... oh, okay..."
Chu Chu watched wide-eyed as Leng Yue's graceful, full figure rose from the water. With a splash, a perfect side profile was cast onto the fiery red screen - a long neck, full breasts, slender waist, curved hips, smooth lines from waist to back, and rounded, slender legs...
"Master..."
Leng Yue, drying herself, responded with mild laziness, "Hmm?"
Chu Chu stared greedily at the shadow and swallowed. "Master... if you were to die, you'd definitely be the most beautiful female corpse in the world!"
The shadow on the screen clearly stiffened.
Leng Yue had heard many compliments throughout her life, but this kind of praise was truly unprecedented...
"Thank you, Imperial Concubine..."
When Leng Yue came out dressed, Chu Chu was still staring at her, making her feel quite uneasy.Whether in the military camp or Prince An Manor, she had always been a rare splash of crimson among crowds of men, long accustomed to their wolfish stares. Yet this was the first time she felt her spine chill under a woman's gaze...
"Imperial Concubine... what is it?"
"Ah... I, I came to find you for corpse examination!"
Leng Yue immediately felt an icy sensation shoot up from her navel, making her hairs stand on end. "Whose corpse?"
Seeing Leng Yue's horrified expression, Chu Chu quickly waved her hands. "Not yours! Not yours..." Then she added with a cheerful smile, "Such a handsome corpse, I definitely couldn't bear to cut into it!"
The corner of Leng Yue's mouth twitched. "Thank you, Imperial Concubine..."
"I only need to examine two bodies - the drowned one and the burned one. Wang Ye ordered us to go together."
"Does my father know?"
Chu Chu pursed her lips. "Wang Ye told me to start the examination first. He went to see General Leng and will speak with him..."
"See my father?" Leng Yue was slightly startled. "What's wrong with my father?"
"Another person died last night. General Leng wanted to watch my corpse examination, but he cried until he fainted..." Seeing Leng Yue frown, Chu Chu quickly added, "Master, if you want to go see your father, you can. I can handle the examination alone."
"No... Wang Ye's orders cannot be changed. Let's go."
"Oh... alright."
Upon entering the tent where the bodies were kept, Leng Yue glanced at the newly added mat. "Is this last night's victim?"
"Yes..." Chu Chu lifted the white cloth from the mat before her, revealing a corpse almost completely charred to coal. Without looking up, she said, "That person cut himself open, as if searching for something in his belly."
Leng Yue's eyebrow lifted slightly as she turned to look at Chu Chu, who was squatting beside the charred corpse organizing her small kit. "Searching for something?"
"Mhm... I looked for a long time but couldn't find it. Wang Ye said there was never such a thing to begin with. I haven't had the chance to ask why yet... But I still really like that corpse."
Leng Yue silently took half a step back, staring intently at the blurred human shape beneath the white cloth, her sword hand unconsciously tightening. "Why?"
Chu Chu spread out a cloth roll neatly arranged with various autopsy tools, then turned to cast a deep glance toward the mat, her eyes filled with satisfied delight. "It's been so long since I've seen such a standard male corpse!"
"St... standard?"
"Mhm! Lift the cloth and see for yourself - it's quite beautiful!"
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