Green Mountain

Did Old Master Liu die or not? No one knew.

Now, apart from the Liu family, no one had seen Old Master Liu's body.

The inner prison was so quiet it felt oppressive. Yun Yang waved his hand, and all the spies silently withdrew from the room.

He suddenly stood up and began to pace the room. "Old Master Liu isn't dead. Surely, it's because we've touched upon a crucial clue. The Liu family became panicked and had no choice but to use this method to force us to back off."

Chen Ji feigned surprise, "Old Master Liu is not dead? Is that possible? Would the Liu family resort to fakery over such a major issue? Liu Mingxian seemed genuinely grief-stricken."

Yun Yang gave a cynical smile, "For power and profit, the officials in the empire have done even more outrageous things. For a ninety-year-old man to fake his death to protect the family's progeny is not so strange. And Liu Mingxian, those civil servants are adept at putting on an act."

Saying so, he turned to look at Chen Ji, "What do you think I should do?"

Chen Ji looked down, and after a moment, answered, "Exhume the coffin, perform an autopsy."

Yun Yang was startled, "Old Master Liu is the Empress Dowager's biological father. Investigating the Liu family is one thing, but opening his coffin is asking for death! I only now realize, you're braver than I am. What if he really is dead?"

Chen Ji clasped the Eight Diagrams Lamp in his hands and looked up at Yun Yang, "Lord Yunyang, even if Old Master Liu truly is dead, wouldn't you regret not looking inside the coffin?"

Yun Yang paced quickly around the room, rapidly considering all the possible outcomes of the autopsy. Finally, he stopped and declared, word by word, "Exhume the coffin, perform an autopsy!"