"Ah——" A scream as loud as the wind and as loud as a whistle, when the woman fell, the skeleton was also dragged into the blood sword by the devilish blood energy.
The man sheathed his sword, and a faint smell of blood began to permeate the wind.
"Bang!" The woman fell to the ground, already lifeless. Blood began to flow from all her orifices, and her beautiful face was slowly rotting.
The man frowned, lifted the woman's belt, and looked down at the shimmering river surface. A maid from a pleasure boat was walking by with wine and meat. After she passed by, the man threw the woman's body away.
"Bang." The woman, whose whole body had rotted, fell into the water and began to sink slowly. Her red dress floated in the clear river water, but disappeared in the blink of an eye, just like red rouge entering the water, melting and disappearing bit by bit.
The man sat on the roof of the boat and watched the poor woman go on her final journey.
He didn't know what was so strange in her body.
He didn't care how she got possessed.
He didn't care what kind of colorful life she had led.
He didn't care who would mourn for her after her death.
He only knew that he, Lin Tingjun, would take the token, track the trail, and kill the evil with his sword drawn.
Then…
Call it a day and go to sleep.
He lay down, spreading his arms and legs on the roof of the pleasure boat. No matter how loudly he and the woman in red made noises, they could not outshine the beautiful women and the sound of the piano in the pleasure boat.
"Hahahaha——" The men's cheerful laughter could be heard from the tightly closed lattice windows.
Tonight, what a coincidence.
The pleasure boat where Lin Tingjun was lying belonged to Zhilanfang, the largest brothel in Qinzhou.
Zhilanfang was home to many famous courtesans, so those who came in and out of Zhilanfang were all literati, poets, and high-ranking officials.
Ordinary businessmen could not enter a brothel of this level, let alone ordinary people.
And on this painted boat at this moment was the governor of Qinzhou, Lord Wang Yi!
Lord Wang Yi looks like an adult, with a round head, round face, round belly, and a forehead that is as shiny as if it were greased. When he sits, he takes up the space of two people.
In addition to him, there were his colleagues, some wealthy businessmen from Qinzhou, and an official from the capital, Mr. Zhang, in the painted boat. They were all accompanied by famous prostitutes from Zhilanfang.
Everyone was drinking, bragging, and chatting. A dirty joke made everyone laugh.
"Master Wang, let me tell you something." A wealthy businessman rolled up his sleeves and said mysteriously, "This happened in my hometown. It's very evil, but also very fragrant."
When they heard the word "Yanxiang", the men's eyes lit up.
"What kind of fragrance is this~~ Is it a fox spirit or a female ghost? Who can be as beautiful as our Peony~~~~" The speaker was a scholar with a gentle appearance, but he was full of coquettishness. After saying this, he pinched the soft and fragrant body of the girl Furong beside him, "Even if I die under the Peony flower and become a ghost, I will still be romantic~~~"
"Hate~~~" All the girls at the table followed Furong in complaining.
“Hahahaha—” The men with lustful minds burst into laughter.
Lord Wang Yi laughed in an especially treacherous way, pointing at the scholar: "A scum of the literati, hahaha~~~"
Everyone burst into laughter again.
The rich businessman laughed, then his expression became sneaky again: "This happened to my country nephew. He and his group of friends were always joking and bragging. That day, those braggarts got drunk again and made a bet on who would dare to spend the night in the charity cemetery. Coincidentally, a girl from their village hanged herself that night."
"Did they really go?" Lord Wang Yi became interested.
"I went." The rich businessman's expression became grim. "And guess what happened?"
"Is he dead?"
"Don't scare us~~~" the girls complained again.
The rich businessman's sinister expression changed, and he suddenly grinned: "The girl in the coffin got up and said in a delicate voice..." The rich businessman also raised his orchid finger, imitating the shy girl, "I'm cold, there's no one upstairs, do you want to come in~~~" After the rich businessman finished speaking, his eyebrows fluttered.
At first glance, it sounds like a scary ghost story. But upon further listening, it is indeed extremely erotic.
"Hahahaha—" everyone burst into laughter again.
The fat guys, including Lord Wang Yi, were laughing so hard that they were sweating. The tactful girls gave the waiting tortoise a look, and the tortoise immediately opened the window to cool down.
The breeze from the river blew in, dispersing the heat in the room, but it also absorbed the smell of alcohol and sweat.
Lin Tingjun, who was lying on the roof of the boat, immediately frowned, opened his starry eyes, sat up with an irritated look on his face, and looked at the river bank. It was still some distance away, but if he stayed here, he would only smell the stinky smell of alcohol, which would make him unable to sleep well.
He stood up, his robe pulled up to his waist, took a deep breath, and was about to leap when a cry of surprise came from below: "Monster!"
Lin Tingjun stopped, half-knelt down, and listened carefully.
Inside the room, Lord Wang Yi looked at the courtesan Mudan beside him with amusement: "Mudan, when did a monster appear in my Qinzhou?"
"Yeah, I haven't heard of it."
"Is this another erotic joke?" Several men laughed lasciviously again, their minds full of obscene thoughts.
The girls were annoyed that the old men were only good at talking and saying dirty things, so they told the truth to scare them.
"Sir Wang, it's true. We heard it from the peddler in the water market tonight." Mudan waved her round fan slowly. Although she was a girl from a brothel, she exuded an aloof arrogance. This was also the reason why she could charm all the high-ranking men in the city. "They came from Pingshan North Village and saw that everyone in Pingshan North Village was not staying at home, but running on the ridges of the fields. They were very panicked and asked them what happened. Guess what happened, Sir?" Mudan raised her eyebrows at Sir Wang Yi, looking very arrogant.
Lord Wang Yi looked at the others, who also looked confused. Lord Wang Yi's face darkened: "Don't keep us in suspense."
Mudan glanced at Lord Wang Yi and said, "It is said that there is a monster on Pingshan Mountain. It harmed a hunter from the same village. It pulled out his intestines and ate them all. It was so tragic~~"
When Wang Yi and the other men heard this, their expressions immediately changed from joking to tense.
Mudan continued to wave her round fan and said, "Another person who came from Pingshan said that at noon, a fireball fell from the sky and flattened the top of a mountain in Pingshan. The sky seemed to be on fire and the earth was shaking. He happened to be out of the village at that time, so he was scared and ran away. He is not very clear about the monster harming people later, but I think that the fireball incident during the day and the monster incident at night must be at the same time. It must be a monster falling. Lord Wang~~ Pingshan is not far from us. If the monster comes to our state capital, what should we do~~~" Mudan pulled Lord Wang's wide sleeves and said coquettishly, pointing her orchid finger at the greasy-faced wealthy businessmen, "The people in the mountains are not as delicious as us city people~~~"
The faces of the wealthy businessmen all became tense and a little frightened. (To be continued)