"My ancestors? What do you mean?" Lu Gouzi asked foolishly, clearly not understanding what was going on.
"Look closely. The victim's hands are covered in calluses. He wasn't a grave robber; he was a villager who worked the land his whole life. The character for 'injustice' written behind the victim, the fact that his heart was cut out, and that he was left hanging here by iron hooks—all of this points to an act of revenge. Think about it: who would harbor such a grudge against these villagers, and who is an Eighteen Dragon-Slaying Guards-era Corpse King?" I reminded him.
Lu Gouzi's mouth hung wide open; his jaw nearly hit the floor. Evidently, he had realized it too: the vengeful Corpse King might well be his own ancestor—the member of the Lu family who was branded a traitor among the Eighteen Dragon-Slaying Guards, turned into a statue, and forced to kneel before the Dragon-Slaying Monument.
Chapter 75