C4 The Headless Drowned Body in the Village

"No, no, there's someone dying by the river." Uncle Zhang shouted as he ran towards the distance.

Yun Yan looked at her master and said, "Let's go take a look."

Yun Yan threw the three-legged chair to the side and followed her master with an excited expression as they walked towards the river.

When Yun Yan arrived by the river, there was already a group of people surrounding the river. There was a person lying on the ground, his clothes were soaked by the river water and his body was swollen from being soaked. It was as big as two normal people, and it was emitting a pungent smell.

Yun Yan covered his eyes in fear when he saw this. He could not help but want to take a look, so he secretly peeked through his fingers.

From the clothes, he could tell that it was a man. Half of his body was still soaked in the river, and half of his body was on the river bank. However, his head had been bitten off by something. After soaking in the water for a long time, the entire corpse was completely unrecognizable.

Suddenly, a young woman ran out from behind the crowd and threw herself beside the corpse, crying loudly, "Daddy, why did you leave? How did you leave me and Xiaolan alive?"

The crying woman was the wife of the village's northern neighbor. She had gotten married a year ago and the child was just a month old. A few days ago, her husband, Wang Kun, went to the neighboring town to attend a relative's wedding. He did not come back after a few days. Some people said that he went to the neighboring town to enjoy himself and find a woman, but Yun Yan did not quite understand what she meant. She raised her head and looked at her master, "Master, what do you mean by finding a woman?"

Yuli hesitated for a long time, but she could not think of a way to explain to Yun Yan what 'finding a woman' was. However, looking at Yun Yan's curious expression, it would not be good if he did not explain, so he thought for a while and said, "It's not a good thing."

Yun Yan wanted to ask something more, but Yuli interrupted her and pointed to the crowd in front of her, "Let's listen to what they have to say."

Yun Yan nodded and said, "Oh, okay."

Then, Mrs. Wang said, "I thought that he would be back after attending the wedding. Who would have thought that he hadn't come back for a few days …"

Mrs. Wang cried her heart out. Yun Yan was young, so she did not know how difficult life would be for a woman who had no strength to truss a chicken and a newborn baby in the Mortal World.

Someone comforted her, "Look carefully, is he really your man? After all … After all, he doesn't have a head. Just looking at his clothes is not enough."

Mrs. Wang's trembling hands gently lifted the corner of the corpse's clothes. There was a red crabapple embroidered on the corner. Mrs. Wang cried even more when she saw the flower, "It's him, it's him. I personally embroidered this crabapple."

Mrs. Wang fainted as she cried. The auntie beside her helped her to rest.

Yuli approached the corpse and wanted to investigate it, but she was stopped by the officers who had rushed over. They dragged the corpse out of the river and covered it with a white cloth. They dispersed the onlookers and carried the corpse away.

Yuli stood behind the corpse and looked at the corpse that was being carried away. He only felt that this was not a normal drowning death. Why would a person's head disappear for no reason? This was not a large river, and there were not many living creatures in the river. What could have bitten his head to that extent?

With all kinds of puzzlement in her heart, Yuli's heart was filled with doubt. She said to Yun Yan, "Something strange has happened here. Don't come to the river to play again in the near future."

It was obvious that Yun Yan was still in a state of shock. This was the first time she had seen a corpse since she was born. It was also a headless corpse. Yun Yan nodded obediently.

"Yan, Master has something to do. You go home first," Yuli told Yun Yan.

Yun Yan saw her worried expression and asked, "Master, where are you going?"

Yuli said, "This is strange. I want to investigate it."

Yun Yan grabbed Yuli's sleeve and said, "Master, I'm going too."

Yuli smiled and patted her head, "Are you not afraid? Go home obediently. Master will find out the truth and you can continue to play by the river."

Yun Yan pouted and nodded unhappily, "Oh, alright. Master, be careful."

Yuli followed behind the official and disappeared into the country government. In an extremely remote house, the official temporarily placed the corpse here, waiting for the coroner to come and examine it.

Yuli saw that the officers could no longer bear the smell of the corpse and hid in a relatively far place, which provided some convenience for Yuli to investigate the situation of the corpse. Yuli used his sleeve to cover his mouth and nose, lifting up the white cloth on the corpse's body. The swollen clothes were still dripping with water, making a dripping sound. The wound on his neck seemed to have been bitten by something, and perhaps his head had been bitten off.

Yuli gently caressed the wound on the corpse. It was indeed a bite mark. Yuli continued to look at the hand that was holding the corpse. There were some irregular bite marks on his hand. The bite marks were not big, and Yuli could not be sure if the bite marks on his body and the bite marks on his arm were caused by the same thing. If it was, why were the bite marks on his hand not big, and only the skin on his hand had been bitten off, leaving a bite mark? Yuli continued to check, and other than some bite marks on the body, he did not find any other injuries.

Yuli thought, "Could there be something in the river that eats people?"

Yuli came out of the country government and went straight to the river. He stood by the river and looked at the flowing river. This river was the only source of water in the village. The river water was only up to the waist of an adult. If the corpse was drowned to death, the possibility was not non-existent. Yuli stood by the river for a long time, but he did not notice anything different about the river. He decided to continue investigating at night.

Yun Yan saw that his master had a disappointed look on his face, and went up to ask, "Did Master find anything?"

Yuli shook her head and said, "I didn't find anything. Tonight, I will continue to investigate by the river."

Yun Yan said, "Master, I will go with you."

Yuli said, "No, I am not sure what is in the river. If you go with me, what should you do if you encounter any danger?"

Yun Yan saw that his master's attitude was strong, so he could only give up.

Therefore, for the next few days, Yuli stayed by the river to investigate, but he did not find anything. But at this time, another person died by the river.

Two people died by the river in a row, which caused a panic in the village. The country government had to take it seriously. When they carried the second headless corpse to the country government, the county magistrate did not know how to deal with it.

The coroner's results were that the person had drowned to death. Although there were drowning cases a few years ago by the river, most of them were children, and the two cases of drowning to death recently were adults. Two adults had drowned to death in the river water that was waist deep, and both of them had lost their heads. How could this be explained? There was no solution. The county magistrate was like an ant on a hot pan. There were people guarding outside the county government every day, complaining.

Yuli, who had been investigating for several days, did not have any clues. He guarded by the river every day. If there was any movement, he should be able to detect it. However, under his eyes, another person died. How could he explain this?