Chapter 104: Chapter 104: An Empty Tomb Chapter 104: Chapter 104: An Empty Tomb And this person actually came to dig up graves!
“Let’s dig up the grave. I want to see what secret is hidden inside,” Lin Caisang was not afraid at this point and said to Constable Wei.
Intuition told her that there might be a hidden secret in Third Young Master Gong’s grave, a secret that even Old Master Gong, his biological father, might not know about.
Ya Molian pulled her away, intending to help, but Lin Caisang directly grabbed his arm.
“Don’t go, let Constable Wei and his men handle this,” she said in a low voice by his side.
They were ordinary civilians, this kind of grave-digging was not something they should be involved in. If Old Master Gong found out and turned the tables, they wouldn’t be able to clear their names even if they jumped into the Yellow River.
It was best to let Constable Wei and his men from the county government handle it.
Even if Old Master Gong wanted to make an issue out of it, he wouldn’t be able to.
Ya Molian nodded, raising his other hand to pat her hand.
Half an hour later, the freshly dug grave was dug up again. However, the officers stared at the empty, grave dug-up, their eyes showing confusion when they looked at each other.
“What… Constable Wei, this is an empty grave!” One of the officers couldn’t help exclaim in astonishment.
Upon hearing his words, Lin Caisang pulled Ya Molian forward to look at the empty grave, her face darkened.
“How is it possible that it’s an empty grave? Could Third Young Master Gong not have died?” She glanced at Ya Molian.
Before he could say anything, she shook her head denying her guess. So many people had witnessed a man’s death, how could he possibly still be alive? Besides, this strange disease did cause death. Many people in Hongling Town had already died.
“He must have been moved before we got here,” Ya Molian said.
Lin Caisang was taken aback and turned her head towards Constable Wei and his men.
“Constable Wei, you guys come up first. Let me go down and take a look,” she said.
Upon her words, Constable Wei and his men jumped out of the grave.
Ya Molian helped Lin Caisang down the grave. Almost immediately, even without squatting down and checking, they could smell the stench, indicating that a body had been buried here.
“There’s still a putrid smell. It should have been moved not long ago. Wait a minute, I’m going to scrape some soil from here to take back.”
Ya Molian took the white cloth from her hand, squatted down and collected soil from three different locations, then helped her back to the surface.
“It seems that it’s time to have a good talk with someone,” he said.
“Talking to someone? Who?” Constable Wei asked them.
“Whoever’s son it is, we find them,” Lin Caisang looked at him and said.
Constrable Wei twitched his mouth corner, thinking it would be useless to find Old Master Gong.
“Miss Liu, Young Master, would it be useful to find Old Master Gong about this? Would he know about it? Digging up the corpse from their own family tomb, it doesn’t seem like something Old Master Gong would do.”
After all, everyone hoped for peace and safety for their family and considered their family graveyard as a place that could bring good fortune to the living.
Old Master Gong should be aware of this.
“Who said Old Master Gong knew about the digging?” Lin Caisang said with a faint smile.
“Constable Wei, it doesn’t matter whether he knew about the corpse being dug up or not. The key point is, to whom the corpse belonged. You have to understand, if this infected corpse is used by someone, it is very likely to cause a greater disaster in Qianlin County, or even in a larger place.”