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Chapter 265 Burial (11)

Gu Chang got up early in the morning. After washing up, he wanted to go and see if Tianyu had gotten up.

They came back late yesterday, and Gu Chang didn't ask Tian Yu about other things.

Gu Chang walked to the room where Tianyu lived and found the door open, so he stood outside and called out, "Tianyu."

Gu Chang waited for a while, but there was no response from inside. Gu Chang thought Tian Yu must have gone out.

He turned around to look for Yinli, but saw Yinli walking in from the courtyard gate.

"Yinli, do you know where Tianyu went?" Gu Chang walked down the stairs and looked at Yinli.

Yin Li nodded, "Tian Yu is in the training room now."

"Thank you." After getting the answer, Gu Chang walked towards the training room.

The training room is in the west yard, where Yinli, Tianyu and others train.

Since Tianyu was injured, his waist seems to have grown bigger, so when he has nothing to do, he often goes to the gym to exercise.

Gu Chang didn't know about this. He came to the west courtyard and saw Tian Yu wearing a thin robe and swinging a long wooden stick in his hand. He was very agile, just like the Monkey King swinging a stick on TV.

"Tianyu." Gu Changxian spoke up to remind Tianyu.

After hearing Gu Chang's voice, Tian Yu stopped what he was doing and threw the wooden stick in his hand towards the weapon rack on the wall, right into the wooden boxes with long swords and spears.

"Sir, what can I do for you?" When Tian Yu walked over, he picked up the sweat-wiping cloth on the table and wiped the sweat off his face.

Gu Chang shook his head gently. "I don't have any instructions. I just want to ask you where Master Ling will be buried after his death."

Hearing this, Tian Yu was silent for a moment before telling Gu Chang.

Emperor Tu Yanqing did not pay much attention to the death of the palace jade master Ling Yiyan.

So Ling Yiyan's body was sent directly to the mass grave outside the city and buried at a random place.

"Sir, are you going to see Master Ling?" Tian Yu asked Gu Chang after he finished speaking.

Gu Chang nodded, "Well, if it weren't for Master Ling, we wouldn't be able to kill Ling Xiaosu."

"Then let Mingtang and Yinli accompany you to look for him. Master Ling's body should be in the mass grave. Usually, eunuchs or palace maids who died in the palace would be thrown into the mass grave if their relatives did not claim them. The mass grave is a distance west of Tiandu City and you can see it." Tianyu said in a deep voice.

Gu Chang asked curiously, "Isn't Tianyu going?"

Hearing this, Tian Yu's face immediately fell, "Sir, I have to eat a lot every day, and my belly has become round. If I don't lose weight, I may not even be able to climb onto the roof."

Gu Chang suddenly realized, "So that's how it is. Yu, you should go and exercise that day. But you can ask the kitchen staff to prepare less food, so you don't have to eat too much."

Tian Yu smiled brightly and said honestly, "Sir, the chef's cooking skills are excellent. I just... couldn't resist being greedy and ate a little more."

Gu Chang: So he's a foodie. It's a pity he can't eat anymore.

System: Host, rest assured. After this mission is over, if you are lucky, you can eat as much as you want in the next world.

Gu Chang: I always feel that I won’t be that lucky...

The mass grave outside Tiandu City is an unattended place.

Sometimes when there were too many bodies to bury, they would dig up old graves and stuff the dead bodies in. Or they would burn them directly to avoid attracting too many crows.

When Gu Chang and his companions arrived, they saw two children, about ten years old, squatting beside a corpse, seemingly looking for something.

"Sir, these are villagers living near the mass grave. They're stripping the dead to see if there's anything valuable." Mingtang explained to Gu Chang what the two children were doing, then walked over and said, "If you tell me where the new body is, I'll give you ten copper coins."

The two children raised their slightly dirty little faces, and stared at Mingtang vigilantly with their distinct black and white eyes.

After Mingtang took out the copper coin, the two children looked at each other, then stood up and pointed in the direction of Mingtang. The three of them looked in the direction of the two children's fingers and saw a charred body among several corpses.

Mingtang handed ten copper coins to the two children. After receiving the money, the two children continued to squat down and turn over the corpse in front of them.

Gu Chang asked Mingtang and Yinli to cover their mouths and noses with handkerchiefs first, and then they stepped on the grave mounds to reach the charred corpse.

Mingtang took out the thin blanket on his back and waited for Gu Chang to confirm the identity of the body.

Gu Chang squatted down. When he saw the charred fingers of the corpse, he knew it was Ling Yiyan's body. Gu Chang stood up and nodded to the two of them. Mingtang and Yinli then moved the body onto the quilt, wrapped it up, and left.

On the way back, Mingtang asked Gu Chang, "Sir, where do you want to bury him?"

Gu Chang thought for a moment before answering, "Let's cremate him first."

Yin Li blinked, "Do you mean to burn it?"

Gu Chang nodded.

People who died in this era were usually placed in coffins and were not cremated first.

Ling Yiyan's body was not a normal body. If it remained buried, it might not decay for a hundred years. The best way was to cremate it and burn it into ashes.

"We can't burn it in the city, it will attract other people's attention." Mingtang took over and reminded the two.

Afterwards, the three of them took a carriage away from the gate of Tiandu City and found a secluded place.

Gu Chang originally thought that the body would not burn for long, but after two hours, Gu Chang fell into deep thought as he looked at the body lying in the fire.

Mingtang came back with a pile of dry firewood, and fell silent when he saw the corpse that had not changed at all.

Is this normal? Clearly not.

Gu Chang took out the triangular talisman from his belt, thought for a moment, and then placed it in his palm, clasping his hands together. Then he stood facing the corpse, closed his eyes, and began to silently recite the scriptures he had learned in the previous world of the Heavenly Master to liberate the souls of the dead.

I don't know how long it took, but when the last ray of light between heaven and earth dissipated, the corpse in the flames finally changed.

"It's melting." Mingtang looked at the corpse gradually melting in the fire in shock.

Yin Li pursed her lips and looked at Gu Chang who had his eyes closed.

Only after the corpse completely dissolved did Gu Chang slowly open his eyes.

As the body melted, the flames grew smaller and smaller.

When the fire died out, there was only ashes on the ground, nothing else.

Gu Chang wanted to see if there were any bones or something in the ashes, but suddenly a strong wind blew and blew away all the ashes on the ground.

Gu Chang, “…”

They burned it in a deserted field, not far from the woods.

The wind came suddenly, as if telling Gu Chang that there was really nothing and there was no need to look.

When Gu Chang finally left, he took away a handful of soil.

When we returned to Gu's house, it was already very late.

Gu Chang put the soil he brought back into a wooden box and then buried the wooden box in the garden.

After doing all this, Gu Chang left the garden and returned to the yard where he lived.