Yan Liqiang could be considered a man who had survived a sea of blood and corpses, but at this moment, after rushing into the alley, he smelled the indescribable stench of corpses and looked at the red insect repellents all over the ground. Yan Liqiang still felt a chill down his spine and almost vomited the breakfast he had just eaten.
The corpse was so disgusting, so disgusting that it was hard to describe. It looked like a rotten pickle that had just been taken out of a jar.
The weather in the imperial capital has warmed up a little in the past few days, but it is still a bit cold overall. It is impossible for a corpse to rot like this before being discovered, especially the red maggots, which are even more creepy. Under normal circumstances, even if a corpse rots and has maggots, the color of the maggots will never be this horrifying blood red. Only in the legend, the maggots on the corpses in the place where the corpse plague broke out will have this color. Once the corpse plague breaks out, it is an incurable disease. Those infected will die. In serious cases, all the people in a city can die. This corpse plague is the most terrifying.
Those who were vomiting with pale faces on the street outside were probably the "spectators" who came in to watch out of curiosity just now. At this moment, all the spectators were scared away.
Yan Liqiang covered his mouth and nose with his sleeves, and scanned the corpse deep in the alley with sharp eyes. At the same time, his mind was spinning. It could not be an accident that this corpse appeared in such a place.
"Who are you... Hurry up... Get out of here... Ugh..."
A voice came from behind me, and after just saying two sentences, the voice began to retch.
Yan Liqiang turned his head and saw a pale-faced detective in his forties, who was leaning against the wall and retching not far away, waving his hands and asking him to leave quickly.
Yan Liqiang turned around and walked towards the detective. Before the detective could speak, he took out his identity badge and let the detective take a closer look.
“Ah, hello, sir…” The detective saw Yan Liqiang’s badge and quickly saluted him.
"Who found this body?" Yan Liqiang asked in a low voice.
"A laborer who collected chamber pots. This alley is quite deep and not many people walk here. The chamber pot collector was passing this alley with his dung cart just now. He smelt a foul odor and went to take a look. He was terrified and rushed to the government office to report the case..." the detective answered honestly.
"Did you see that person yesterday?"
"No, that person walks this alley every morning. He said he didn't notice anything unusual when he passed by yesterday morning!"
"Okay, I got it. Seal off this alley first. Move the families around the alley away immediately. Tell everyone not to get close to this place. Don't get close to it casually. Don't come into contact with the corpse. If you can't handle this, report it to the governor's office immediately and ask them to send someone..."
"Sir, we have sent a brother back to the Admiral's Mansion to report the news..."
“Remember, cover your mouth and nose with a wet towel when you get close to a corpse, and make sure to put something on your hands so that nothing on the corpse gets on your hands and your skin. When you go home at night, make sure to boil the clothes you wore today. Go ask the neighbors nearby to see if anyone has quicklime, realgar, salt or the like, and bring them here immediately…” At this time, Yan Liqiang did not hesitate to give orders to the constable directly.
After hearing Yan Liqiang's order, the constable seemed to have found a backbone and immediately perked up, "Please wait a moment, sir. I'll go and take a look..." As he said this, the constable immediately ran behind him. Yan Liqiang stayed there and watched, not letting anyone get close.
Less than two minutes later, the detective and another came running over, holding a few cloth bags in their hands. "Sir, we found some lime, some realgar and some salt..."
"Okay, bring them to me!" Yan Liqiang took the bags, and then led the two detectives towards the corpse deep in the alley. When they were not far from the corpse, Yan Liqiang suppressed his nausea and first grabbed a salt from one of the bags. He held it in his hand and swung it vigorously. The salt in his hand immediately flew out with a whistling sound like thousands of tiny hidden weapons. The red maggots crawling on the ground and walls around the corpse were immediately hit in large numbers, and stopped squirming or fell off the wall...
The two detectives who followed Yan Liqiang were watching him anxiously from behind. They found that a small amount of salt had such power in Yan Liqiang's hands. The two looked at Yan Liqiang with eyes full of admiration.
After scattering all the salt as a hidden weapon, no moving creature could be seen within ten meters around the corpse. Yan Liqiang then took quicklime and realgar and sprinkled them on and around the corpse, taking two protective measures to isolate the corpse and complete the preliminary disinfection. Only after doing all this did Yan Liqiang retreat.
"Be careful, not only can people not come here, but cats, dogs, rats, cockroaches, etc., don't let them come over and touch this corpse..."
"Sir, we will remember this!" The two detectives looked at Yan Liqiang respectfully, their eyes full of gratitude.
"Just wait here for the people from the Admiral's Office to come and clean up. I'm leaving first..."
"Thank you for your help, sir..."
"You're welcome. We eat at the government's expense, and this is part of our job!"
Yan Liqiang said goodbye to the detectives in the alley and then left. When Yan Liqiang left, several more detectives came to the outside of the alley and surrounded the entrance of the alley. Even the few families living nearby were evacuated and moved out of their homes. The whole street was bustling with people. The onlookers looked at the alley with fear in their eyes. All Yan Liqiang heard were words like "red maggots" and "corpse plague"...
There were too many onlookers who had seen the corpse before, so the news spread quickly before it could be blocked...
There is no doubt that a corpse like that was definitely placed there intentionally by someone.
Thinking of the warning Hua Ruxue had given him before, Yan Liqiang had only one thought in his mind at this moment—this must be the work of the White Lotus Sect! Could it be that the White Lotus Sect's ultimate weapon that Hua Ruxue mentioned was a way to create corpse plague? If so, then the court might be in big trouble...
More than ten minutes after leaving the alley, crossing two streets and walking more than a thousand meters, Yan Liqiang saw a large number of criminals surrounding an alley near a market. Many people were watching on the street. After asking a random person on the street, Yan Liqiang learned that a corpse was also found in the alley. It was also rotten and full of red maggots, which alarmed the surrounding neighbors...
On this day, in just one morning, five similar bodies were found throughout the Imperial Capital. The entire Imperial Capital was suddenly enveloped in great fear...
(End of this chapter)