Chapter 215: Cicada shedding its shell, faking death to escape

Chen Guanlou carried wine and food to Old Zhang Tou's home; today he wanted to have a good chat with Old Zhang Tou.

Old Zhang Tou lived alone, his son and daughter-in-law lived in another place.

This was an extremely rare situation.

Usually, it was three generations under one roof, or even four generations under one roof. As long as the elders were still there, the juniors couldn't separate and live alone. A whole family squeezed together, lively is really lively, trouble is really trouble, and contradictions are even harder to avoid. But, no one thought, or thought but didn't dare to propose, that the young couple should move out and live alone, they would be poked in the spine and scolded for being unfilial.

Of course, it was more likely that the family's economic conditions were limited, not enough to support the expenses of renting a house.

Chen Guanlou was curious why Old Zhang Tou lived alone, but he was very tactful and didn't ask.

He didn't expect Old Zhang Tou to take the initiative to explain, "Doing my line of work, the blood energy on my body is heavy, inauspicious, and easily clashes with people around me, especially children. If children come into contact with me, they will have nightmares at night."

Chen Guanlou opened his mouth, not knowing where to start.

Similar sayings were also popular in later generations. For example, people who work in funeral homes and crematoriums, everyone doesn't like to contact them, let alone shake hands. Regardless of psychological effects, or real similar beliefs, everyone subconsciously rejects this type of person, and tries to avoid dealing with them as much as possible.

"Living alone is also quite good, quiet." Chen Guanlou finally found his voice, "I live alone, one person eats and the whole family doesn't go hungry."

Old Zhang Tou gave a laugh, "You are different from me. When you have a family, that is a real home. Having a wife and children is called a home."

"I'm not in a hurry about starting a family." Chen Guanlou said lightly.

"I'm old and selling old to advise you a few words, don't mind. Hanging out in brothels all day is not a long-term plan. You still need to hurry up and start a family, raise a few children, this is the proper thing."

"Yes, yes, yes, you are right. When I meet someone suitable in the future, I will definitely start a family."

Old Zhang Tou saw that Chen Guanlou didn't take starting a family to heart at all, so he gave up the idea of advising. He didn't understand, Chen Guanlou didn't lack money, his appearance was good, he was young, and he practiced martial arts all year round, his body was also strong, why didn't he want to start a family? Even if he was worried about being restrained and uncomfortable after starting a family, at worst he could take two concubines, or marry a woman with a soft personality as his wife.

Can't figure it out.

Chen Guanlou hurriedly changed the subject, arranged the side dishes, and placed two pots of yellow wine on the table, "Today we two will have a good meal."

"Got rich?" Old Zhang Tou teased.

Chen Guanlou gave a laugh, "Small money, doesn't count as anything. Today I came, actually I have a question I want to ask."

"You say, I'm listening." Old Zhang Tou drank wine and ate food, feeling warm in his heart.

Chen Guanlou put down his chopsticks, deliberated on his words, and after a long while, he opened his mouth to ask: "Is there any medicine in this world, or other ways to make a person fall into a fake death, even the most powerful doctor can't check it out."

Old Zhang Tou was a bit astonished, "Why do you ask this?"

"I'm just purely curious."

"Are you suspecting someone?"

"Don't talk nonsense. Who could I suspect, I don't suspect anyone. It's just reading novels, there is similar content, so I came to ask you."

Old Zhang Tou looked at Chen Guanlou deeply, he gave up investigating the reason, it didn't matter if the other party didn't want to say it. Just treat it as a casual chat, "Fake death, there is indeed a way to do it."

"The coroner can't verify it?" Chen Guanlou immediately leaned in, asking eagerly.

Old Zhang Tou thought about it and said: "Whether medicine can do it, I don't know, I haven't come into contact with it. I've heard a word or two, but I can't take it seriously. However, it can be determined that there are very few martial arts, practiced to a profound realm, that can completely achieve a fake death state, deceiving the world."

"Must practice martial arts, just relying on medicine won't work?"

"Anyway, I haven't seen anyone use medicine to fake death and get away with it for so many years. Where did you hear this from, don't believe the idle gossip on the side of the road, it's all nonsense."

Chen Guanlou said 'hmm' twice, but in his heart, he thought, could it be because Old Zhang Tou's contact with people was limited, and some secret means only mastered by a few people in the upper layers, he had no way of knowing.

He always believed that whether it was the mysterious and vast Jixia Academy, or the mysterious and vast royal family, they definitely mastered secrets unknown to the world, mastered some shocking, secret means that the world couldn't understand. The core secrets of this world definitely weren't in books, weren't in folk legends, but in the hands of a few people.

Truth, like truth, is always in the hands of a few people.

Of course, he also had gains. At least he knew that there were a few martial arts manuals in this world that could achieve fake death and escape.

A few days later, an unidentified corpse was found outside the city, said to be the Liu Fu steward.

Chen Guanlou heard this and immediately used his connections to go to the morgue to check the corpse.

The corpse was extremely decomposed, and the original appearance couldn't be seen at all. Unless there was DNA technology in this day and age.

He asked the coroner beside him, "Based on what, did you determine that this corpse is the Liu Fu steward?"

The coroner told him that when the corpse was found, there was a jade thumb ring beside it. He asked people familiar with the Liu Fu steward, and the Liu Fu steward indeed had a thumb ring, gifted by Liu Daowen, which never left his body. With the thumb ring as proof, the identity of this corpse was self-evident.

"Just based on a thumb ring?"

"Of course!"

Chen Guanlou sighed secretly, with these conditions, he couldn't ask for more.

In this way, the Liu Fu steward died, and a wanted list was issued.

If he really faked his death, from then on, changing his face, the sky is high for birds to fly, the sea is wide for fish to leap.

Walking out of the yamen, Chen Guanlou took a deep breath of fresh air, washing away the smell of corpses all over his body. Just by getting slightly close, his body already smelled unbearable. No wonder the coroner is a lowly profession even lower than a prison guard. Prison guards at least deal with living people.

At this moment, he became more determined that Liu Daowen might not have died.

Don't ask for the reason.

Asking is a hunch.

He firmly believed his hunch wouldn't be wrong.

Liu Daowen's trick of a cicada shedding its shell, the Liu Fu steward faking death to escape. This master and servant, hehe... sure enough, you can't underestimate the people of the world!

Liu Daowen didn't have martial pulses, yet he played the officials of the imperial court in the palm of his hand. Who said this world can only win by force. Narrow-minded!

A famous corrupt official, sure enough, has his unique abilities.

It verified that sentence again: anyone who has made a name for themselves in their industry cannot be underestimated.

That night, Chen Guanlou put on a vest, transformed into a wealthy young master, and went to the brothel to be carefree.

Amidst the noise, he seemed to see a familiar figure. When he chased after it, the figure disappeared without a trace.

He couldn't figure it out, and could only attribute it to drinking too much wine and seeing things wrong.

However, right under his feet, in a secret passage, dozens of people were secretly transferring. ===== CHAPTER 216 =====