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"Then I'll have to trouble you, Miss Lingyue!" Qiu Ying stood up. She really did look a bit rusty.
Even with her formidable perseverance and strength as a fourth-level expert, she found herself overwhelmed after listening to this for an entire night.
As Qiu Ying was leaving, Song Lingyue asked again, "Did Senior Brother come down right after dropping us off last night?" Qiu Ying turned her head and glanced towards the backyard.
At that moment, Song Lingyue actually saw a fluctuation of emotion in Qiu Ying, who was usually as calm as still water. Her light blue dress swayed gently, and her hands unconsciously clasped in front of her chest, as if she were worshipping someone. Qiu Ying did not answer; no matter what, betraying one's employer was certainly wrong.
“Miss Murong is still in her room,” Qiu Ying said. “She probably won’t be able to get up until noon, and might not be able to get up until tonight.” Song Lingyue’s big eyes widened.
A female warrior at the seventh realm, unable to get out of bed before noon?
Isn't that a bit of an exaggeration? It's impossible no matter how you look at it. After Qiu Ying left, Song Lingyue sat at the counter of the inn.
She was a person who could sit still, so even though the entire lobby was empty, she didn't pay much attention. Occasionally, she would get up, go to the door, and look outside.
The sun was shining brightly, but a slight chill could be felt in the air. The area in the distance, towards the city gate, was deserted.
At this time last year, there were still many vendors outside the city gate, but now they have all moved to the east gate.
There is a road to the west, which was built by the government, but it is narrow and winding, and after twisting and turning, it crosses the Duanyun Mountains. Not many people usually travel on it.
There was an official road leading south past Xiaodiancang Mountain, but the post stations along the way had all been closed. As the sun grew stronger, she heard noises coming from upstairs.
Turning her head, she saw the bright red, flowing dress with arrow-sleeved sleeves, and indeed, it was Lady Murong descending the steps. She chuckled inwardly, thinking that Sister Qiu Ying's exaggeration was excessive; there was still some time before noon. But then, she heard a sound, and Lady Murong slipped and landed with a thud on the stairs.
Song Lingyue was startled and quickly rushed over to help her: "Miss Die, what's wrong?"
"I...I!" Murong Die held onto the stairs, struggling to get up. "I promised the Six Doors that I would go there this morning to work on the case together. I...I can't rest here."
He gripped the railing with both hands, trying to struggle to get up.
“You can’t ride a horse like this!” Song Lingyue helped her up. “You should go back to your room and rest first. We can take care of things this afternoon.” Murong Die said, “This… this is a female knight-errant, she cannot break her word.”
Seeing that her legs were as weak as if they were sinking into mud, Song Lingyue helped her back: "It's alright, it's alright. I'll go to the city gate later and ask them to..."
The soldier will inform the Six Doors for you.
"Just tell them you found a clue last night and went to investigate the case, so you can't go to the Six Doors this morning... I think you probably won't be able to go this afternoon either. Although Murong Die wanted to try, she was just too weak and had no strength at all."
She had no choice but to be helped back into the room and lie down on the couch: "Then, then I'll leave it to you." "It's alright!" Song Lingyue poured her a cup of tea and then let her continue to rest.
After going downstairs, she looked back and suddenly revealed a look of shock: My senior brother... could he be incredibly powerful?!
Chapter 28 The Heroine's Secret Window
Fu Hai returned to the courtyard in the mountains, lay on the wooden bed, and circulated the "Heavenly Strike Technique" within his body. He felt that he still had energy to spare.
But since I hadn't slept all night, I decided to rest first. I ended up going to bed very late.
When I got up in the afternoon, I opened the system properties panel and took a look.
A window was discovered at the bottom of the character attributes panel for "Heavenly Evil Sect Spy" Murong. The window, like a live video feed, displayed the scene from the second floor of the Dragon Claw Inn.
The inside of the door is visible through the window. A primary school appears immediately next to it.
"Song Lingyue, the Left Protector of the Heavenly Evil Sect, is outside the door asking if she may enter." "Murong Die, the Heavenly Evil Sect's spy, agrees."
Then, the door opened, and Junior Sister Lingyue walked in carrying a bowl of noodle soup.
The image inside the window first shakes continuously, then leaves the bed and moves to the left.
"—The Heavenly Evil Sect's spy, Murong Die, and the Left Protector, Song Lingyue, are chatting idly. Fu Hai mistakenly says... What is this?"
He observed for a while and realized that what appeared in the window was the same scene Murong Die had seen. There was no sound.
The voices of Murong and Lingyue could not be heard.
However, small print will appear next to them, continuously indicating what they are talking about.
Is this an inherent ability of Murong, the heroine, as a "secret agent" of my Heavenly Evil Sect?
Fu Hai was still wondering, even if the female warrior who recruited women agreed to everything in a daze last night, so what?
She hadn't actually joined the so-called Heavenly Evil Sect, nor had she become his spy "infiltrating the righteous path." So, the system would naturally handle the rest once she agreed?
Regardless of the heroine's own wishes, she has already become his "spy."
From then on, what she saw, he could see at any time. There were always prompts next to what she was doing.
Although this function is powerful, Fu Hai is, after all, a good young man who upholds the Five Virtues, Four Beauties, and Three Loves.
Instinctively, I felt that this kind of spying was wrong! I immediately closed the window!
In the following levels, not much happened on the surface, but undercurrents were actually brewing.
Both government officials and ordinary people are preparing for the Lantern Festival. Even the Dragon Claw Inn has begun weaving lanterns.
Although it's possible to buy directly, the Dragon Claw Sect really doesn't have much money, and they might not even be able to pay the year-end taxes.
Secondly, it was indeed a relatively quiet time, with only a few guests checking in sporadically. For the inn, it was simply a matter of registering guests upon arrival and settling accounts upon departure.
On the other hand, the Flying Flood Gang is searching the entire city for the murderer of their young leader. Meanwhile, the Six Doors are investigating the murderer while simultaneously investigating the Ganhu serial murder case.
At the same time, it was discovered that the Fei Hong Gang must be hiding something and is doing something, but because the Ganhu serial case was more urgent, there was no time to deal with the Fei Hong Gang for the time being.
Murong Die, a righteous heroine who frequently collaborates with the Six Doors, has been coming and going in a hurry these past few days.
Everyone was worried that another series of murders would occur during the Lantern Festival. Fu Hai couldn't hold back any longer.
Every now and then, he would open the "spy" window of the Murderous Heroine to take a look. He really felt that this was not a good thing.
But things were obviously not peaceful in Anjun. He was worried about Murong Die, but he also didn't want anything to happen during the Lantern Festival.
Because, more and more rumors are circulating... several places in Anjun are haunted. "Are you sure what you saw was really bones?"
Murong Die was questioning a night watchman who was on patrol at night.
It was already past midnight. Beside Murong Die were three young and young heroes from the county.
Because of the recent ghost stories, they were patrolling the city at night, trying to find clues. Suddenly, they heard screams coming from this area and rushed over.
Then they saw the watchman slump to the ground, pale-faced, staring into the darkness ahead, his face devoid of color.
They first protected the night watchman, while sending someone to notify the Six Doors constables patrolling other areas, and then keeping an eye on the surroundings.
Murong Die used the Flying Star Steps technique, her body moving like a shooting star, leaping across rooftops and walls, circling around them. The three people traveling with her only saw her flashing past them like a shooting star. However, the light was too dark.
The full moon had long passed, and the night was much colder; in the end, nothing was found. They could only return to the watchman and ask him what he had seen.
“It’s over there,” the watchman, who was about fifty years old and looked quite old, pointed and said, “I saw a girl with her head down, clutching something. I went up to her with my lantern, wanting to tell her to hurry home, because the nights have been rather unsettled lately.”
"Who knew she would suddenly turn to look at me, and I saw that there was only a unicorn's head inside her hat, and the hand sticking out of her sleeve was also white bone. I saw that she was grabbing a person, whose teeth were covered in blood."
"I was so scared I turned and ran, and she chased after me. I thought I was going to die. When you guys came over, I turned around and she was gone." Murong Die's gaze was serious: "Girl... bones? Body?"
Just then, Chief Constable Hu Tao arrived with his team: "What happened here?"
Murong Die whispered these words of advice to the chief constable and the constables around him.
Someone whispered, "In some of the recent ghost stories, some people have indeed said they saw white bones floating in the night." "And some say that there are girls in pink dresses floating in the air at night."
The watchman nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes, I saw she was wearing a pink dress with a hood, that's right, that's right." A night breeze blew in, and everyone felt a chilling coldness.
She was wearing a pink dress with a hood, inside which was a skull, and her exposed hands were bones.
Someone whispered, "Miss Meng Rong is incredibly skilled in light-footed martial arts. If she really has someone in her grasp, it would be very difficult for her to escape with a person or a body right in front of Miss Murong without being discovered."
Reminded by this person, the others immediately began searching around the location of the incident, which was more closely related to the case. Not long after, someone shouted, "Here it is!"
The others gathered around, and two constables, carrying lanterns, shone them under the stone slab the man had lifted. There, in the ditch below, lay a dried-up body.
The corpse was skin and bones, as if all the moisture had been drained from its body. In the Lesser Cangshan Mountains, Fu Hai sat up.
Using the female knight's built-in "spy function," he followed her gaze and saw that under the lantern's light, the deceased's skin was wrinkled like dried tofu skin.
The drain wasn't wide, but a dehydrated corpse could still be easily stuffed inside.
Fu Hai, even just looking through the system window via Murong Die's gaze, still felt nauseous. Just looking at it sent chills down his spine.
But at the same time, he discovered a secret that none of the people at the scene had noticed. He then knew clearly that things were definitely not simple.
Chapter 29 The White Bone Demoness Ye Liuxiang?
"Murong Die heard the screams and rushed to the scene."
"Murong Die used her lightness skill, Flying Star Step, to search around, but found nothing new."
Murong Die asked the night watchman what she had seen, and the night watchman, following a pre-arranged script, told her that he had encountered a girl who had captured a man and was sucking his blood.
"Chief Constable Hu Tao of Anjun led his team to the scene, and Murong Die told the night watchman what he had said." "The Six Doors constables discovered the mummified corpse that the mastermind behind the night watchman had hidden beforehand."
Fu Hai used Murong Die's spy "function" to follow her perspective and see what she saw. However, he could not hear the sounds from the other side.
Fortunately, notifications kept popping up from time to time, keeping him informed of what was happening. There were even things Murong Die was unaware of!
The night watchman had already been bribed. Was there something wrong with him? Fu Hai stood up, his brows furrowed.
Continuing on, we see Chief Constable Hu Tao draw his goose-feather knife and cut a layer of skin off the body.
The flesh inside had turned a ghastly white, completely devoid of blood—a gruesome sight that was truly horrifying. ★ Da Lai
The worst fears of Hu Tao, Murong Die, and the others have come true. Cases of mummified corpses have begun to appear in Anjun County.
"Take that watchman away and take a statement," Hu Tao glanced at the watchman, "ask him for details, then send him back." A constable standing nearby, holding a broadsword, replied, "Yes!" and went to the watchman.
"Tell him to keep his mouth shut," Hu Tao instructed his subordinate as he walked away. "Don't tell anyone what he saw tonight, or he'll be in big trouble." The constable replied, "Don't worry, boss! I understand!"
"With the Lantern Festival approaching, the number of tourists visiting Anjun will start to increase in the next few days."
The chief constable looked at Murong Die and the others, "Especially since the canal opened, making water travel convenient, even some noble ladies and young ladies from the north will come to Anjun to see the lanterns."
"Whether it's a female ghost or a demoness practicing evil arts, we must find her as soon as possible within the next two days." Murong Die pondered, "The female ghost has already committed crimes in the city. Should we cancel the Lantern Festival?"
The chief constable said, "That's impossible. The prefect will never agree to it and will only force us to solve the case faster."
"The most urgent task is to unite all the heroes and skilled martial artists in the city to conduct a secret search. This matter must not be spread outside under any circumstances. Alarming the people will inevitably cause rumors and have a negative impact on the county."
Murong Die pondered, "Such a monster hiding in the city must have its own reasons."
"If it's just about killing and sucking blood, wouldn't it be more convenient outside the city? There are always some villages where the people can't even protect themselves, so why bother coming to the city?" The chief constable said, "That demoness hid her body because she didn't want us to find out. But now that she's been exposed, there must be clues to follow."