C3

The rain continued for an entire day and only stopped at night.

The front yard of Ji Family was currently receiving guests from the capital, while Ji Yunshu was busy arranging the pigments in the box. These pigments were personally made by her, and would only grow brighter and brighter with each color being applied.

Roughly ten hours later.

Luan Er hurriedly ran in and said, "Miss, the county magistrate told you to go to the eastern suburbs and that there was a fire in the east suburbs and that a lot of people had died. Now, the family members are all waiting to be identified and buried, but the corpses have all been burnt into charcoal and are no longer recognizable, so he told you to go take a look."

"When did it happen?"

"Two hours ago."

Ji Yunshu responded with an "En" and calmly covered the Sandalwood Box. She changed into a man's outfit, lit a lantern, and went back to work.

Ji Yunshu had never taken Luan Er with her when she worked, so naturally, someone had to stay behind to guard the yard.

It was not easy to walk at night, but luckily, the eastern suburbs was not too far away. When Ji Yunshu arrived, she saw several collapsed houses still emitting thick smoke, and the smell of burnt wood. The villagers were surrounding them with lanterns.

When he walked closer, he found that there were more than ten charred corpses on the ground. Their flesh was charred and it was hard to tell their appearance.

When the county magistrate saw that Ji Yunshu had arrived, he hurriedly walked over and said in a low voice, "Yun Shu, look, if it wasn't for the serious circumstances, I wouldn't want to disturb you. Now that such a thing has happened in the first month of January, let alone you, everyone is complaining about it now!"

"It's getting late. I should get back early after this."

"Good, good, good."

The county magistrate ordered for a table to be carried and placed on top of it a dozen or so pieces of paper before ordering the bailiffs to surround the area.

Looking at the corpses that littered the ground, Ji Yunshu's almond-shaped eyes slightly drooped, hiding a certain emotion. Although she was used to seeing this, she would be lying if she didn't feel it at all.

After a while, she walked to the first corpse and squatted down to examine it. The charred corpse before her was not only badly mutilated, but also had a slightly swollen face. She looked at it for a while and said softly, "Her eyes are deeply sunken, her cheekbones are flat, her forehead is wide, and her lower jaw is narrow."

He then took out a pair of white gloves from his waist and put them on. He lightly pressed the man's face and parietal bones to get a rough understanding of the situation.

Returning to the table, he opened the Sandalwood Box, took out a brush, and drew a human portrait on Xuan paper.

The moment the portrait was drawn, a person rushed out from the crowd and ran over to the first corpse while wailing, "This is my husband, my husband! How can you just leave me behind like this? "What is there left for me to live on in this world …"

Ji Yunshu continued to examine the second corpse. The occipital bone had been fractured. It must have been smashed by a wooden stake. The sphenoid bone protruded and the upper jaw was slightly tilted …

The second portrait appeared again.

A man and a woman rushed up, screaming "mother".

That scene was truly tear-inducing!

"..."

Ji Yunshu spent half an hour to finish drawing all seventeen charred corpses. Among them, twelve were claimed, and five nameless corpses were unclaimed.

The county magistrate had his men take the portrait to the surroundings and interrogate them. No one in the village could recognize him.

Nameless corpse?

The eastern suburbs of Jinjiang wasn't big to begin with, why were there five nameless corpses? Could it be that he was an outsider?

However, why would an outsider appear in a house in the eastern suburbs?