Chapter 1118: Don't turn a small matter into a big case

Early in the morning, the prison guards of the Heavenly Prison, those who had been on good terms with Xiao Jin in the past, went to the Xiao family to pay respects.

Chen Guanlou also went.

Everyone was in disbelief. A perfectly good person, how could he just disappear?

The Xiao family was crying and wailing, without complaining, without complaining, seemingly having accepted the fact of Xiao Jin's passing from their hearts.

Chen Guanlou came prepared today

"I want to see him." He requested permission from the head of the household.

The Xiao family knew he was Xiao Jin's former superior in the Heavenly Prison, so they agreed quite readily.

He brought Medical Official Mu to the front of the coffin. Xiao Jin's fat face, if he were alive, would surely appear greasy and hypocritical.

"You take a good look for me." He whispered to Medical Official Mu.

Medical Official Mu was a bit embarrassed. Turning his back to the host family, he whispered, "This isn't very good. With so many people here, if we get beaten out in a while, how embarrassing."

"Rest assured, I will think of a way; you just focus on the autopsy."

Chen Guanlou used the excuse of donating money to lead the Xiao family out of the mourning hall, making it convenient for Medical Official Mu to do his work.

Medical Official Mu seized the time to undress the body and perform the autopsy.

As a Heavenly Prison medical official, he was intimately familiar with all kinds of external and internal injuries, dead or alive. The environment of the Heavenly Prison was naturally conducive to the growth of a physician. For this reason, Medical Official Mu would bring his eldest grandson to the Heavenly Prison every month for consultations and to practice medicine. Unpaid living patients—why not use them?

His autopsy level was no less than that of any coroner. It was just that he was not very willing to use a knife on a corpse; he found it filthy! Because he had long since passed the stage of using knives on corpses to increase medical knowledge.

About the time it takes for a stick of incense to burn, the Xiao family returned to the mourning hall.

Medical Official Mu had also finished the work he needed to do.

He left the mourning hall, found Chen Guanlou, and pulled him away. As they walked, he whispered: "It is indeed injuries from a beating! The cause of death, if there are no surprises, should be a ruptured spleen. Other internal organs also have many injuries. In this situation, even if he didn't die, he would be finished for life and would need to take medicine and rest year-round. Additionally, there are rib fractures, wrist fractures, scapula fractures, and there are also fractures in the legs and feet. The other party's actions were vicious; they must have been aiming to beat him to death."

"Understood." Chen Guanlou's face was expressionless; from beginning to end, he did not reveal the slightest emotion of anger.

The more this was the case, the more worried Medical Official Mu became, "There are also defensive wounds on Xiao Jin's body. Clearly, he was very clearly aware of his own situation at the time. Yet he did not choose to retreat. You know what this means, right."

It means the man was willing to sell his life for his master.

Chen Guanlou raised his eyebrows slightly.

Medical Official Mu pulled him and said again: "Do you know how much money Xiao Jin gave the Xiao family? Otherwise, how could the Xiao family be so quiet?"

The pillar of the family died, yet not a single person cried out in grievance; they must have received enough money to soothe the pain of the pillar's death.

Chen Guanlou whispered, "Xiao Changsheng was quite generous, giving the Xiao family over a thousand taels of silver. And he promised that the Xiao family's sons could continue to study at the academy without worrying about expenses."

Medical Official Mu realized, "No wonder! By the way, you didn't really give the Xiao family another sum of money, did you?"

For the funeral gift, Chen Guanlou gave a full one hundred taels, which was a lot. It could be said to be the largest funeral gift of the day.

"Without using real gold and silver, how could I delay the Xiao family and give you enough time for the autopsy."

"How much did you give?"

"Mere money, not worth mentioning." Chen Guanlou said lightly.

Medical Official Mu was very disdainful, "Xiao Jin didn't care about the Heavenly Prison, nor did he care about you, his former superior. Why do you have to rush up and speak out for others? If you ask me, this matter should end here. We have done our best."

He was always worried that the other party would act recklessly, kill people indiscriminately, and turn a small matter into a big one, at which point everyone would be roasted on the fire. More importantly, he did not like Xiao Jin as a person, whether in the past or now.

If Chen Guanlou insisted on avenging Xiao Jin, he thought it was not worth it! And it was meaningless.

Since the man was willing to be loyal, outsiders should not meddle. Do not use your own thoughts to guess the minds of others.

Xiao Changsheng's way of doing things was not decent; that is a fact.

Master Shi's narrow-mindedness is also a fact.

But these people and these things have nothing to do with the Heavenly Prison, and even less to do with Chen Guanlou himself.

Roaring when seeing injustice on the road—that is a myth!

Chen Quan secretly hid in a corner wiping away tears. He and Xiao Jin had become enemies, but now he felt sad and distressed because of the other's death. Human emotions are truly complex; no one can explain them clearly.

Chen Guanlou pondered for a moment, stepped forward, and patted the other's shoulder, "Think of it more openly!"

"My lord, is there really no way?" Chen Quan asked boldly.

Chen Guanlou pointed toward the mourning hall, "Look at those people in the mourning hall; if even one person cried out in grievance, I wouldn't be able to sit still."

Xiao Jin's own relatives didn't care; as his former superior, he naturally had no need to force himself to the front.

Chen Quan looked in the direction of his finger, his heart wailing. He might not understand what it means to grieve for one's own kind, but he truly felt the sorrow and grief.

"It's really not worth it!" He sighed.

"It is indeed very not worth it!" Chen Guanlou gave a mocking smile and left the Xiao family with Medical Official Mu, without even drinking a cup of tea.

Someone died in the Shi family!

Early in the morning, yamen runners went to the Shi family to investigate.

In one night, three martial artist guards, one steward, and one private secretary died. They died silently, without a single external injury. The expressions of death were all frozen in surprise. Regarding their own deaths, every deceased person felt surprised.

The Jingzhao Prefecture considered this case mysterious and involved Imperial Consort De in the palace, so they had no ability to solve it and threw the case to the Ministry of Justice. The Ministry of Justice had no choice but to take the case, and the Liushan Sect was dispatched, but they still could not find a single clue.

The doors and windows were completely sealed, and there were no external injuries; it was truly impossible to understand how the people died. Unless...

Medical Official Mu ran into the office in a rage, closed the doors and windows, and asked urgently: "My lord, are you crazy?"

"This official is perfectly normal." Chen Guanlou was very dissatisfied. What kind of person is this, cursing him as crazy the moment they open their mouth.

"My lord, why bother to cover it up? People died in the Shi family; several died in one night. Do you mean to say this matter has nothing to do with you?"

Chen Guanlou's eyebrows raised slightly, "Old Mu, food can be eaten indiscriminately, but words cannot be spoken indiscriminately."

Medical Official Mu snorted coldly, "Who else could it be but you? You cannot kill anymore. No matter what plan you have, stop it; in short, people cannot continue to die. The Liushan Sect are not wine-bags and rice-sacks, and the Embroidered Uniform Guard are even less of idiots.

My lord, if you don't want to turn a small matter into a big case, and don't want to implicate the Xiao family, listen to me and stop immediately. They can't do anything to you, but they have plenty of ways to deal with the Xiao family. If Xiao Jin has a spirit in heaven, he would surely beg you not to take action again and let his death vanish with the wind."