The two villagers were a little further away, one standing outside the courtyard gate, the other squatting on the steps in front of the threshold, puffing on a pipe. But when they noticed Yu Chengmu's gaze, the smoking villager couldn't help but freeze, a look of confusion on his face.

A Biao stood up and waved at the villager with the pipe. The villager immediately put away his pipe and trotted over, "What are your orders, masters?"

A Biao grabbed the villager's collar, pressed him face down on the table, veins bulging on his forehead, looking ferocious. "Why... why does this chicken have no head? What are you plotting!"

The villager had never seen such a scene before. A Biao's glare made him go weak. "The chicken has no head... that can't be, I... I definitely didn't steal the chicken's head to eat, I swear! Please believe me!"

"Who sent this chicken?" Yu Chengmu questioned.

"It was... it was arranged by the village chief." As soon as the villager said this, he seemed to react and struggled a few times. "No, the village chief arranged this meal, but... but there haven't been any chickens in the village for a long time. They said it was to avoid disturbing Dahe Niangniang's (River Goddess') peace, so they were all killed. Only... only the night watchman has chickens. He needs them to crow to tell the time."

It's the night watchman again... Everyone's faces darkened.

"Hehehe..." A sudden burst of laughter attracted everyone's attention. Looking around, there was someone on the courtyard wall. This person was straddling the wall, turning his head and grinning foolishly at them.

It was the mad beggar!

Seeing everyone looking at him, the mad beggar grinned and shouted, "Grain for everyone, grain for everyone!"

A Biao let go. The villager retreated to the side, rubbing his neck and looking at them in fear. The other villager also rushed over when he heard the sound, waving at the mad beggar on the wall. "Go away, this is not a place for you, go, I'll take you to eat..."

But the mad beggar sniffed, seemingly smelling the chicken soup, and jumped directly from the more than two-meter-high wall. This alone made everyone wary.

After that, the mad beggar stared straight at the chicken soup pot and walked over quickly.

The villager panicked and wanted to stop him, but the mad beggar showed his huge fist, and the villager immediately didn't dare to move.

Yu Chengmu narrowed his eyes, picked up a pair of chopsticks, and handed them over. The mad beggar took them without ceremony and began to rummage through the pot, picking out meat to eat as if no one else was there.

The Fatty panicked and reminded him, "Brother, this pot of chicken can't be eaten!"

The mad beggar glared at him, as if he would beat him up at the slightest disagreement, which made Yu Chengmu sneer. Jiang Cheng patted the Fatty's shoulder, reminding him to mind his own business.

It seemed that there was definitely something wrong with this pot of headless chicken, and the mad beggar who came to the door was the perfect guinea pig.

The chicken was very hot, but it didn't affect the mad beggar's appetite at all. He picked out several pieces of chicken in a row, the boneless kind, and swallowed them in a few bites, hardly chewing.

Then, he licked his lips and picked up a chicken leg with his chopsticks. Just when everyone thought that this chicken leg would also disappear quickly into the mad beggar's mouth, an unexpected scene appeared.

The mad beggar had just taken a bite when his expression changed drastically. He immediately spat out the chicken leg, took a few steps back, and finally fell to the ground, his eyes wide, as if he wanted to tear his eye sockets, staring fixedly at the chicken leg on the ground. "Grain... grain..." The mad beggar seemed to be greatly stimulated and screamed, "Grain for everyone! Grain for everyone!!"

Chen Hao stood up abruptly, staring at the half-eaten chicken leg on the ground. After a moment, he suddenly reacted, picked up the chicken leg, and stripped off the meat in a few strokes, leaving only a bone.

The mad beggar's gaze ignored the chicken meat and stayed only on the bone.

Chen Hao picked up the chicken bone and faced the mad beggar. "Are you... talking about it?"

"Grain... grain...!" The mad beggar screamed like a madman, "Grain for everyone, grain for everyone!!"

Everyone felt as if they had been splashed with a bucket of ice water and immediately reacted. Lei Mingyu blurted out, "Damn, he's not talking about five *dan* of grain for everyone, but bone, the bone of a skeleton, it's *meiren*... without bone!"

"Dahe Niangniang (River Goddess)..." Yu Chengmu's face darkened. "*Meiren* refers to the former Miss Wu!"

This made the two villagers feel confused. What was this about grain for everyone? How did they suddenly mention Dahe Niangniang (River Goddess)? "Masters, what... what are you talking about?"

"This is none of your business. You can leave now." Du Moyu, relying on his friendly personality, went to send the two villagers away.

"But..." The villager hesitated for a moment, not moving, seemingly still very curious about what had just happened.

A Biao glared at him. "Still not leaving?"

The two villagers ran out immediately.

Without outsiders, it was much easier to talk. The Fatty went over to comfort the frightened mad beggar. After his emotions calmed down a little, Jiang Cheng and the others slowly approached.

From the fact that the mad beggar could say the four words *meiren wugu* (美人无骨, beauty without bones), it showed that he was definitely aware of the tragic case back then. And seeing his strong reaction to the bones, even his madness should be related to the case.

Yu Chengmu carefully looked at the mad beggar and whispered, "It seems that he is also from the Yin profession, but I don't know which branch he comes from."

Chen Hao reminded, "I remember the villagers said that he seems to be the night watchman's apprentice."

"I remember too." Du Moyu nodded repeatedly.

All the clues pointed to the night watchman. Combined with the night watchman's role in promoting this mission, it was hard not to suspect whether he was the mastermind behind all of this.

Jiang Cheng pondered for a moment, frowning slightly. "Do you remember? The night watchman's body seemed to be in worse condition each time he appeared, his movements, his steps, and... his face."

"A body of deathly aura, I'm afraid his time is running out," Yu Chengmu said in a strange tone.

"The night watchman is going to die?" Du Moyu blinked. He didn't think the night watchman would die so easily, and he had a feeling that the night watchman's impending death might not be a good thing for them.

Waving his hand, Yu Chengmu walked towards the mad beggar. The mad beggar's condition had improved slightly with the Fatty's comfort, but his body was still trembling involuntarily.

Squatting down, Yu Chengmu said softly, "Don't be afraid, you are safe with us."

The mad beggar glanced at Yu Chengmu, his eyes full of distrust, and turned to look at the Fatty with a look of help. The Fatty nodded his big head. "Don't worry."

"I ask you, where is *meiren*...?" Yu Chengmu asked in a low voice.

The mad beggar swallowed and stretched out his hand, pointing in one direction.

Everyone determined that it was the direction of the Dushui River. It seemed that the village chief's information was correct. Miss Wu was indeed thrown into the Dushui River.

But before Yu Chengmu could continue to ask, the mad beggar suddenly turned his arm and pointed in the opposite direction, his voice trembling, "Bone... is there."

Jiang Cheng and the others were shocked, because this time, he pointed to... the Wu family mansion.

*Meiren* was in the Dushui River, but the bone was in the Wu family mansion. This conjecture was truly chilling. As if to verify that his thoughts were correct, Du Moyu pointed nervously at the chicken meat on the ground, then at the bone in Chen Hao's hand, and then everyone looked at the mad beggar.

The next second, the mad beggar nodded in fear, stuttering, "*Meiren*... bone..."

Yu Chengmu took a deep breath and slowly stood up. "I know how he went mad."