"That is to say: this matter is not 'Hua Wu was negligent in his duties and failed to put out the fire, so he blames himself so much that he has to apologize for his crimes', but it is because someone 'kills people first and bury their corpses later'!"
The coroner's analysis was reasonable, but Hua Gaobi couldn't listen. He only thought that a good person like Hua Wu, who had never done a bad thing in his life, how could he die an unexpected death? How could anyone want to kill him?
"Those who murder may not be completely devoid of compassion. If there is a deep hatred for him and his corpse is burned and there is no trace, wouldn't it be more comprehensive? It can be seen that the death of the family slaughterer was not the work of a living person."
The coroner stepped forward and continued his analysis. This time, Hua Gaobi stopped crying and thought carefully:
"Is this the fate of my master? Or, the one who really wants to die is—me?!"
When he thought of this, Hua Gaobi suddenly broke into a cold sweat and couldn't speak for a long time.
"Doctor, please think carefully: Is there anyone who has a problem with you and is looking for an opportunity to retaliate and carry out his own agenda?"
The coroner held up the "exquisite double-edged beryllium knife" and presented it in front of Hua Gaobi.
Due to the soaking in the lake water, the blood stains on the knife have been washed away, and only a little bit remains in the gap, which has also turned black; the double blades of the beryllium knife glow with polished silver, one white and one black, really The stimulation made Hua Gaobi feel cold all over.
He slowly took over the weapon that killed his respected and beloved family leader Hua Wu, and gently touched the blade body with his hand. His body began to tremble uncontrollably, as if he had "empathized" with his imagination:
What would it be like if this beryllium knife pierced into the body of Hua Gaobi instead of Hua Wu!
At this moment, a grasshopper, half-burnt by the fire, fell from the branch above Huagaobi's head. Then a red-billed blue magpie flew over, picked up the grasshopper in one mouthful, looked around, and then began to shake. This half-dead grasshopper peeled off its fat half of the body from the shell first, trying to swallow it in one gulp. When it had just stretched its neck for a little while, a slightly smaller pineapple suddenly flew over. The crow also rushed towards the grasshopper, trying to grab a bite.
The two birds blew out their tail feathers and opened their beaks for this not-too-fat grasshopper, ready to fight.
Just when the two birds were in a stalemate, another larger red-billed blue magpie flew over. It had no intention of helping its family to attack the jays, but took advantage of the opportunity between the two birds to fight. Then, he picked up a bargain, jumped twice, and dropped the "brother" bird to the ground. The half of the grasshopper meat that he didn't have time to fully eat was quickly put into his mouth.
Unlike its "brother" bird, it is not eager to swallow the "trophy" snatched by this "scavenger" right away. Instead, it directly picks it up and moves it to a "tree nest" with dense branches on another branch. He flew around, rushed out, and got in. Obviously, in that relatively "confined" space, there was no risk of other "opponents" taking away the food.
The two birds fought for a long time, neither of them refused to admit defeat, so they struggled away, leaving only a few feathers pecked off due to the fight. One of them happened to fall onto the "Exquisite Double Blade" in Hua Gaobi's hand. On the "Beryllium Knife", the azure blue feathers, set off by the silver blade, actually have an indescribable "poignant beauty".
This bird fight successfully saved Hua Gaobi's body from the cold, which was trembling with "angry, fear, sadness, and empathy" just now. He picked up the blue feather and looked up again Looking at the "yellow magpie behind" and the large blue magpie "concentrating on eating" that succeeded in snatching food, I suddenly felt a shiver in my heart, as if I had some enlightenment.
Hua Gaobi adjusted Lan Yu's direction, stacked them on the "Exquisite Double-edged Beryllium Knife", wrapped them carefully with the sweat towel in his sleeve, put it back in his sleeve, and then took a deep breath, Looking back, he said to the coroner:
"What you said makes sense indeed! I will talk to you again after I think about it carefully!"
At the Watson Mansion, this was done beautifully. Naturally, Watson was quite satisfied and prepared a big banquet with good wine and meat to reward the "heroes" of this operation.
Although he had such a motive, he could not make this reason known to others, so he made up a good reason: announcing that he would celebrate the birthday of the new "brother" who came to replace him.
Logically speaking, there is no reason to celebrate the birthday of a mere government official with great fanfare?
However, Watson didn't think so. He just wanted his subordinates to see how good he was to them! It was also announced that all servants and servants in the mansion could bring their families to the banquet, with no limit on the number of people.
Now, the Watson Mansion is very lively!
The servants had never thought that they would receive such "treatment", so they all summoned the seventh and eighth aunts and eighth aunts from their rural villages to come and have this "free birthday banquet".
The servants of the Watson Mansion, and the servants of other Hua clans, are all from the same clan. As soon as this news spread, the celebration of the "low-class people" of the Watson Mansion evolved into the whole Hua clan. A festival for the "servants" of the relatives.
As soon as they heard that there was free wine and good meat, gluttons like "drunkards" who couldn't usually go to the table and could only smell the food were attracted and changed their identities to meet the "banquet standards". ".
The person who became the most ruthless was none other than the minister who used to be at the "Hua Clan Ancestral Hall".
Last time he was investigated for dereliction of duty and was injured, so he managed to get by without being severely punished; however, the official of the guard was lost, he was beaten back home, and he became an ordinary citizen again.
Although he has become a commoner, he still has deep resentment in his heart. He believes that the "culprit" who caused him to lose everything is none other than "Yang Zhen" and the family of "Wang Dan" , all of them are the people who brought him to his current miserable situation.
Unable to bear the hardships of farming, his alcohol addiction made him unable to extricate himself. He drank and gambled with idle people in the village all day long, instead of doing his job.
And this time the "good news" that there was a free banquet in Watson Mansion reached his ears very quickly.
How could he miss it?
However, since he was not a relative of the Huachen Mansion, nor did he have any legitimate occupation, he could not find a suitable reason to sneak in; and his reputation had already spread very bad among the Hua family members, and everyone He was ashamed of his fellow tribesmen and avoided them.
But the alcohol bug was at work in his stomach, and he heard how awesome the "brother" who was celebrating his birthday was. Halfly because of greed, and half because of curiosity, he wanted to see it, and maybe he could help introduce him, so he went. Working as a yamen servant under him, no matter what, I still have some skills.
So, he dressed himself up so carefully that even his own mother might not recognize him.
