I am the Ruler of the Kingdom of Mysterious-Chapter 184 - 157: Night Watch
Sang Que followed Yu Da to investigate all the crime scenes. Everyone believed that the bloodshed was caused by evil spirits or evil ghosts and did not conduct a detailed investigation.
Sang Que, with her shallow experience from watching crime dramas, checked the crime scenes inside and out.
Her eyes from the Nine Netherworld Third Layer didn’t see any traces of evil spirits or evil ghosts, but her naked eye did find some problems.
Besides the places where those dead people ended up kneeling in circles, there were also splattered bloodstains in other rooms.
Every room was neat, with no signs of struggle or fighting.
This actually fits the characteristics of being killed by evil spirits, and the bloodstains could be explained as the evil spirits taking faces after the murder and leaving them.
But strangely, Sang Que found similar blood footprints in every household.
This at least proves that someone was at the scene at the time.
Unfortunately, according to Yu Da, the Thousand-faced Ghost was controlled by the Yin Walker, so whether the Thousand-faced Ghost was out of control or driven by the Yin Walker, it wasn’t strange for someone to be present.
Their main task now is to find the person controlling the Thousand-faced Ghost within three days or directly imprison the Thousand-faced Ghost.
Yu Da’s idea is to just determine the general location of the person and the ghost, and leave the rest to Wei Wu; they won’t risk contact.
The whole case is still unclear, so Sang Que didn’t express many opinions, just listened and watched.
Investigating the crime scene is over, and the summary of the constable’s interviews will take time.
Sang Que took advantage of the daytime to return to the small courtyard and met Xiao Wu at her courtyard gate.
Xiao Wu held a delicate wooden box, saying it was old ginseng sent by his family’s Colonel as a thank you to Xia Chan for her help this time.
The rewards for the Qu Tianhe case are out, and Sang Que can receive one hundred Merit Points.
If she had joined the Evil Suppression Bureau at the Purple Cloud Mountain Bandit Village earlier, she would have received three hundred points this time; what a pity.
The nail piece she previously put in the Merit Office has also been exchanged; after deducting the service fee, she received ninety-five Merit Points, making her total five hundred Merit Points.
What can be useful to her now must be ghost-level yin objects, and they all start above five hundred Merit Points. Yan Daozi’s red candle, which can dispel evil ghosts below level five, requires one thousand Merit Points per stick.
Now Sang Que realizes how impressive it is for someone like Yan Daozi to manage to have two sticks.
She left one stick for her mother; her own stick was exhausted the last time she faced the Fish Woman directly. To exchange for another, she has to work hard.
Besides, the Evil Suppression Bureau has something called ’Substitute Death Grassman’, which is very useful. It’s palm-sized and can resist one attack from a four-layered evil ghost; it requires five hundred Merit Points each.
This item is in high demand, and exchanging for one requires waiting in line.
Currently, there is nothing for Sang Que to exchange, so the Merit Points can only be temporarily stored.
After Xiao Wu delivered the item and left, Sang Que freshened up, changed into light clothing, left Xia Chan in the care of Kou Yushan, and only took Xuan Yu with her.
For the next three days, she will definitely follow Old Yu everywhere, with no time to rest.
The damn Evil Suppression Bureau has no labor contracts, and the Bureau’s constables don’t live long; most of them probably die from overwork.
On the way back to Buiyi Lane, Sang Que thought about the Yin Child’s Ghost Eye.
She heard from Xiao Liu that the Ghost Eye can peer into cause and effect and find the ghost’s trace, but since Yin Child obtained the Ghost Eye, they have always kept it hidden and not integrated it into the body.
Besides being too ugly with one eye, is it possible that Yin Child is being cautious not to perform more tasks by integrating new abilities?
In terms of slacking off and laziness, after half a month at the Evil Suppression Bureau...
Going from questioning the Yin Child to understanding them, now Sang Que wants to become like the Yin Child.
Thinking of this, a thought suddenly occurred to her: when working as a Night Traveler, she shouldn’t stand out too much, or responsibilities would always fall on her.
If the Yin Child is not willing to integrate the Ghost Eye, she could force them to lend it to her.
But using the Ghost Eye must remain undetected, or the Evil Suppression Bureau will surely investigate, and there is a side effect of blindness after using the Ghost Eye, which requires caution.
First, investigate by herself; if unresolved, then consider other options.
*
Buiyi Lane.
When Sang Que returned, it was already more than half an hour into the night, and the alley was silent, with only a few households having their lights on while most courtyards were pitch black.
Especially those near the crime scene; they were deserted.
The crime scene near the alley entrance was requisitioned by Yu Da, and when Sang Que returned to the yard, she learned from the two White Servants guarding overnight that many residents of Buiyi Lane had moved out today.
Those who have shops in the city went to live in the shops, while those without chose to stay in inns tonight; no one dared to return until the case is solved.
"Sang Er, it’s time to perform the Over Yin Skill and ask the Yin."
Yu Da called to Sang Que from inside the room, and she first grabbed a handful of rice from the kitchen and entered the room, finding the corpses still in their original place, untouched.
Yu Da showed no fear, lit the lamp, and examined the records of the constable’s inquiries from the afternoon on the table, alongside roast chicken and buns, reading a couple of pages before tearing a chunk of roast chicken to eat.
Meow~
Xuan Yu, smelling the meat aroma, jumped off Sang Que and climbed to Yu Da’s side, meowing adorably.
Yu Da chuckled and tore off a piece of meat for Xuan Yu, instructing, "Little guy, you mustn’t go near those corpses. Black cats touching dead bodies can easily wake the dead."
Meow!
Xuan Yu replied with the piece of meat in its mouth.
Sang Que used a dagger to cut a relatively clean piece of cloth from the corpse, sat on the chair opposite Yu Da, and prepared incense, Yellow Paper, and a bowl of water, leaning back and placed the cloth on her face, putting a few grains of rice in her mouth to chew dry.
After chewing for a while without tasting the fireworks, she took some more to chew, still without the taste.
After the third chew, the Yin didn’t appear, the Over Yin Skill failed, and it couldn’t be performed again.
Sang Que removed the cloth from her face and rubbed Xuan Yu’s head, "Old Yu, shall we try Summoning Soul?"
Yu Da shook his head, "No need; unable to summon the Yin suggests this ghost is extremely fierce, and the dead are unlikely to have any remaining souls. Let’s look at these papers for clues."
Yu Da shared half of the paper filled with writing with Sang Que, whose head spun; she’d traveled for two days from Fengye Ridge and hadn’t slept, now working overtime.
Sighing, Sang Que calculated the time; in another half month, Liu Tianyou should arrive.
"Xuan Yu, you also take a look around and see if there’s anything I missed."
Sang Que scratched Xuan Yu’s chin, as Xuan Yu always helped her find clues.
Xuan Yu narrowed its eyes comfortably, purring and enjoying the massage before standing to shake its fur, jumping off the table to patrol the courtyard.
Sang Que’s head ached after two pages; the constable’s handwriting varied vastly, and the recording methods were inconsistent.
Some write everything verbatim, but the penmanship is wild and unrecognizable, like a doctor’s exaggeration of prescriptions.
Some have clear handwriting, but only keyword notes, making it difficult for Sang Que to infer the context.
Yu Da, after reading for a while, drank water, "These families don’t know each other; in all aspects, there’s no commonality found so far. And the Thousand-faced Ghost worship, many from Buiyi Lane had worshipped before; not all died."
"Why not let the forensic doctor examine the corpses?" Sang Que changed the topic briefly to let her mind rest.
Yu Da grabbed a bun to eat, glancing at the distant corpses, "Killed by evil ghosts, what’s there to examine? Moreover, ordinary forensic doctors won’t find anything. The Evil Suppression Bureau’s forensic doctor won’t be available until tomorrow."
Meow--
Xuan Yu suddenly cried out, and Sang Que’s eyes sharpened, instinctively ejecting from her seat, wind sweeping the papers on the table.
"Someone’s on the roof; I’ll go check!"
