There’s A Beauty

Chapter 64: Painted skin (finished)

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Shu Xiaolu calmed down the crowd with a few hands, then walked to the couch and covered the queen's face with a white handkerchief. No matter what wrongs this woman has committed, she is still the master's mother after all, and she brings her life to the master. Based on these two points alone, You Shu will be grateful to her and will avenge her.

Although the ninth prince tried his best to forbear, he inevitably showed a hint of gloom. He also walked to the couch and stroked the back of the queen's cold hand.

Emperor Zhongkang waved his sleeves, intending to send everyone back so that the queen could have a moment of peace. At this moment, the sixth prince, who had never opened his mouth, said word by word, "I don't believe it! The murderer is obviously Zhao Youshu, just because he is the old ninth person and played a few tricks that street performers are used to, he is cleared of suspicion. Let the mother and the emperor die in vain? I don't believe it, I don't believe it anyway! Unless he presents solid evidence, I will beat the drum, kowtow in front of the ancestral mansion, and ask Quan to go to Beijing. The people are the masters for me."

Everyone turned their heads in unison with a surprised expression, but the ninth prince had expected it, and said in a low voice, "You're not pretending?"

"My relatives are all dead, what's the use of me keeping this life?" The sixth prince sneered, and he no longer regarded Lao Jiu and Emperor Zhongkang as relatives.

Emperor Zhongkang was furious and was about to reprimand, but he heard Shu Yan say, "The evidence you want will be here soon." He looked at the master and asked in a low voice, "Can you send someone to bring the body of the princess of Mingzhu into the palace? Also, let them release my mother quickly, she is wronged."

The nine princes agreed one by one and sent people to do it. When the ministers heard that there was another corpse to be brought in, they felt a little anxious, but they couldn't escape. What is the boundary of the palace? How can you come as soon as you say it, and leave as soon as you say it? If the deceased person was the mother of a country, and the murderer was the future prince concubine, and it was about the country, they would not dare to make such a fuss.

In less than half an hour, the bloated body of the Mingzhu County Lord was placed in Fengluan Palace. The main hall, which had wide open windows and bright light, had now hung white flags and lit incense candles, and the smoke looked a little gloomy. The courtiers were all huddled in the corner, daring not to speak, let alone to look around, but the royal family walked over slowly, with solemn expressions.

When the sixth prince was insane, no one took care of him, even his uncle's family never gave him a bite of food or a tael of silver. Instead, the usual domineering, arrogant and self-willed Mingzhu County took him in without hesitation. He also received a lot of censure from his in-laws. He already has a deep relationship with the Pearl County Lord, and he has the grace to live in shelter. How can he still pretend to hear the news of her and his mother's death? He knelt down heavily with a plop, and the tears flowed without saying a word.

Emperor Zhongkang was also very unbearable. After all, it was his own blood and blood. How could he really ignore her when his temper was over? Especially when she died with a child and a good life to come. The father and son did not cry out, but silently shed tears, which made the ministers feel sad.

However, the ninth prince and the fifth prince of Zhao were calm and did not show any sadness. That's enough, Zhao Wu Gongzi actually took out a dagger from his sleeve pocket and gestured on the Pearl County Master. What is this for

"What do you want to do?" The courtier did not dare to ask, but the sixth prince was so angry that he squeezed Yushu's wrist, wishing he could break it.

The ninth prince was about to clear the siege when he saw Youshu changing the dagger to the other side at a speed that was indistinguishable to the naked eye, raised it up and quickly made a cut in the middle of the face of the Pearl County Lord, warning word by word, "Have a look at it, Is this corpse your sister after all?" He said while peeling off the skin on both sides along the knife edge.

This move was truly shocking, causing the sixth prince to suddenly throw him away and take two steps back. After retreating, his vision became wider, and he happened to see a layer of skin revealed under the peeled skin. What's going on

Emperor Zhongkang and the Ninth Prince also saw this scene and quickly surrounded them. When You Shu was free, she slowly took off the clothes of the Pearl Princess and continued to peel. The timid courtier had turned his back and shrunk in the corner, and daringly realized that something was wrong, he moved over cautiously. Duke Chengen was not very timid, but because his niece died, how could he ignore it, so he had to bite the bullet, and when he got closer, he fell to the ground in fright, "Why, why is this? The county lord's skin Why is there a skin bag underneath?"

Um? What do you mean by having a pouch? Realizing that there is a terrifying deep meaning hidden in these words, the courtiers who dare not look directly are fighting and almost fainting.

"This person seems to be the second wife of the Marquis of Anle!" Someone shouted, and more people recognized the skin. How could a good-looking county master become the second wife of the Hou mansion? This is getting more and more mysterious! Their brains are not enough, and they are completely stunned after being puzzled.

The sixth prince wanted to stop Shu Shu from desecrating the emperor's sister's body, but when he saw this scene, he couldn't even stand, he even rolled and crawled to the ground to retreat, and then shook like a chaff. Who is this corpse

As daring as Emperor Zhongkang, he also turned his head away with a livid face, daring not to look again.

You Shu continued to move. He slashed in the middle of the second layer of skin, slowly peeled it off, revealing the third layer, and beckoned, "Who is here to help me recognize it, who is this?"

No one dared to move, only the ninth prince leaned over to take a closer look and guessed, "After many years, my memory is a little vague, if I admit it correctly, it should be the eldest daughter of Master Li, who I met at the palace banquet five years ago. One side." The words rushed to the outside and waved.

Mr. Li, who was hiding in the corner, froze when he heard this, but he didn't dare to disobey. He moved one step at a time, trembling, and finally walked closer and glanced at it quickly, and then slammed on the ground. The guard stepped forward to check his pulse and said he fainted from fright.

"It seems that it is indeed Miss Li." Youshu nodded and continued to peel, her expression always calm.

Some courtiers have already knelt down and kowtowed to him, shouting in a hoarse voice, "Master Anguo, please don't peel it off! Let's end this matter!" He always felt that if he continued peeling it, something terrible would happen.

Without waiting for Shu to answer, the ninth prince said coldly, "Don't you want to see the evidence? Then I will let you have a good look. Who is this corpse, we must check it out today, otherwise there will be something on Shu and Mrs. Zhao's body. Who will wash the dirty water?"

Originally, I planned to prevent Emperor Zhongkang from coughing, then retreated to the outside room and waved his hand, "I have a tight chest, go get some breath. Sixth, don't you want evidence? Look carefully in the past."

The sixth prince wanted to cry without tears, and wished he could be knocked unconscious in the hall. Such a corpse, such a strange thing, has never been seen even in the most terrifying nightmare. If he knew that he would continue to pretend to be crazy, it would be better than being really scared.

Human skin is inherently thin and extremely elastic, and one piece covers dozens of pieces. An hour later, when Youshu finally peeled them off, revealing the rancid and blackened texture and internal organs, there was a pot of human skins piled up beside him, and each of them was identified and ordered the guards to write down on the paper. .

"You look at this list carefully, what can you think of?" You Shu used the tip of a knife to pry open the sternum, showing the rotten inner cavity to everyone.

No matter how daring they were, they couldn't bear it at this moment. A group of ministers rushed out of the hall, laying on the railings and vomiting, and smoked Emperor Zhongkang who was standing under the corridor to breathe. Seeing the tragic state of everyone, he became more and more afraid to go in, but he said righteously, "Continue to investigate the case after vomiting. Don't you want to avenge the queen? Do you want to bring the murderer to justice? I will give you this opportunity."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your heavy use." Everyone said that they were suffering, but they had to kneel down to give orders. Then you pushed me, I pushed you, squeezed each other, and entered the hall again tremblingly. Just a few steps away, I saw the sixth prince paralyzed in fright. On the ground, there was a lot of yellow and white residue stuck to the front of the clothes, and I vomited just now.

"Come here." You Shu has opened her chest, waiting for everyone to see, her eyes swept a little in the crowd, and she frowned, "Why didn't the sixth prince come? This evidence was specially given to him, otherwise I'll burn the corpse for nothing."

Why didn't you tell me sooner? Burn it, hurry up and burn it! The ministers shouted in their hearts, but they didn't dare to show it on their faces. It's not that they don't want to speak, but they are afraid that they will vomit again. Youshu wanted to ask again, but the ninth prince raised his hand and ordered the guards to carry the sixth prince over.

The sixth prince's hands and feet were weak, hanging like a stick of noodles on the guard's body, his head turned 180 degrees, but he refused to look at the body. The ninth prince pinched his chin to straighten him, he immediately closed his eyes and resisted to the end.

"Sixth, the emperor's sister died wrongly, you should take a look." The ninth prince couldn't, so he could only persuade.

The sixth prince trembled violently, and it took a quarter of an hour before he finally calmed down and opened his eyes to see. I saw that there was a mass of rotten internal organs in the open chest cavity, dark, bloody, and smelly, and it was impossible to distinguish at all. This scene, this smell, was so terrifying, that the sixth prince, who had just gathered his courage, vomited again. Fortunately, the guard was already prepared, and immediately placed the copper basin in his hand under him.

The ministers standing aside covered their faces with their hands one after another, unable to bear to look directly, and they also complained about the sixth prince and Duke Chengen in their hearts. What the immortal master said about this matter, he buried the queen and the county master directly, and let Mrs. Zhao go, wouldn't it be the end? I want to make such a lot of moths!

You Shu waited for the sixth prince to vomit, then picked up the dagger and pointed at the internal organs with the tip of the knife, "How much can you understand?"

The sixth prince waved his hands again and again, vomited again and again, and wanted to kneel down for him, begging him to let him go.

Youshu shook his head, expressing regret for his IQ, and turned to Dali Siqing who followed Duke Cheng En to investigate the case, "I remember you are good at autopsy?"

The usually daring Dali Siqing shivered suddenly, and then waved his hand stiffly, but when he saw the ninth prince waved his sleeves, two guards also carried him over, and almost abducted his head on the corpse. As a last resort, he could only take a quick glance.

"Judging from the degree of internal decay, can you tell the time of death?" You Shu asked in a low voice.

The smell of corpse is too heavy, and I don't know how Zhao Fifth Young Master and Ninth Prince can bear it. The high-ranking people are really strong! Dali Siqing said quickly while thinking wildly, "Judging from the degree of decay of the internal organs, this person has been dead for at least two months."

"However, it wears dozens of layers of skin, which will more or less protect the internal organs, so the death time may be longer." You Shu added. It was precisely because these interlocking skins tightly locked the rancid smell of his internal organs that he was unable to identify the monster's identity in the first place. Now, the skinned monster has long lost its fat appearance, and has become a skinny skeleton, and there is no fetus in the abdomen. The so-called pregnancy is just to cover up the appearance of rapid swelling and deformation.

Youshu also thought about it for a long time before boldly making this judgment. Of course, it is not necessarily accurate, but the abnormality of the internal organs is also sufficient as evidence. He went on to ask, "The guts are corrupt, can you tell which ones are? Come and see what's missing?"

Dali Siqing, who had already turned his face, couldn't, so he had to continue to observe, and after a while, he said in surprise, "Actually, there is no heart."

"Can you be sure?"

"Naturally sure."

"Okay, back off."

The Dali Temple Minister ran to the group of ministers to find a sense of security as if they were being granted amnesty. Come to think of it, after today, he won't think about closing the case for a long time, especially examining the corpse.

Youshu looked at the sixth prince and asked slowly, "How about a person who is covered in hundreds of layers of skin, whose internal organs have been rotting for three months, and who also lacks a heart, is she still alive?"

The sixth prince's head was completely lumped together, and he couldn't answer at all. In order to prevent being called out again, Dali Siqing hid behind a certain minister and shouted, "How can she be considered alive? What's more, she can't be considered a person! Mrs. Zhao's crime of murdering the royal family is nothing!"

Youshu was very satisfied with his performance, nodded and said, "At last there is someone who understands. That's right, this thing lying here is not a human, but a monster. These skins are the spoils it scavenged after foraging to hide itself. Identity. It wears these skins to go in and out of your mansion at will, slaughtering your relatives. And my mother has a peace talisman, blocking its attack, it will suddenly fall to the ground. According to my judgment, the queen has already died. Twelve hours, I think at this time yesterday, the Pearl Princess should have asked to see the Queen? She was already dead at that time, and what you saw was just an illusion."

Several palace maids hiding in the corner fainted when they heard this.

He didn't say it was okay, the more he said, the more panicked the ministers felt, but he was also very longing for the peace talisman in his mouth. How powerful is it to kill even such a terrifying monster? Could it be that the immortal master painted it himself? Can I have one over here

When their lives were seriously threatened, how could these people still have the heart to investigate the truth? Even the sixth prince showed reverence and eagerness, and it was obvious that he had been completely suppressed.

Youshu ignored them, turned around and walked to the copper basin containing the skins, threw a few chemical talismans into it, then put his hands together, fingertips moved together, and pinched a set of very mysterious and complicated hair tricks. A purple flame suddenly appeared in the copper basin, and many black silhouettes faintly appeared in the light spot.

They first turned into blue smoke and shrouded the sky above the hall, wailing like weeping, then intersected and circled each other, forming a black vortex that slowly disappeared. The flames illuminated everyone's terrified faces, but they also shivered.

When the sunlight came in again, the copper basin was empty, with no purple flames, no hundreds of human skins, and no burnt black ash, as if everything before was an illusion. But everyone knows that this is not a hallucination, but a real occurrence, because the skeleton covered with carrion is still well placed on the bamboo mat.

You Shu finished saving the souls of the dead, so he threw the Fire Talisman on the skeleton and said slowly, "Finally, I want to tell you one thing, this monster can never die as long as its heart is not destroyed. Your task now is to search the whole city. , secretly find it out and bring it to my disposal."

The courtiers, who saw the corpse burnt to ashes, heard such bad news before they could breathe a sigh of relief, and almost didn't pass over on the spot. Especially the commander of the Imperial Guard in charge of the defense of Gyeonggi, his face was very pale, and he said in a trembling voice, "Immortal Master, it is a monster, how can my subordinates catch it? Or, would you also give my subordinates an amulet?"

It is shameless to fake the public and help the private! The ministers were furious in their hearts, and their knees were slightly itchy. They wanted to kneel down on the Immortal Master and beg.

Youshu gave him a talisman after a little thought, then poured two drops of blood on the miniature picture of Shangjing that had been made earlier, and pointed, "Follow the blood drop and you will meet a rotten dog, use this Just open a net pocket and you can surrender it. Remember, you must not loosen the rope when you bring it to me." Hua Luo took out a gold wire mesh from his sleeve pocket, and hung a lot of small scarlet bells on it.

The commander of the Imperial Army did not dare to desecrate the treasure, so he quickly wiped his hands to pick it up, and then took his subordinates and strode away.

Emperor Zhongkang, who was waiting outside the corridor, had already heard a few people talking. He remembered the peace talisman that Shu had given him a few days ago, and immediately ran towards the Hall of Mental Cultivation, so anxious that he forgot to summon Yu Chau. Knowing that the safety talisman was so powerful, he would not throw it aside without saying anything, and I don't know if it has been taken away by the palace maid now. Yesterday, the monster came to ask to see him, but because he was angry and drove people away, he changed to ask to see the queen. If it weren't for the difference in this thought, the corpse with the knife in the chest might have changed!

The more Emperor Zhongkang thought about it, the more afraid he became. From then on, he never dared to put the safety talismans given by Shu in disorder. He even had to take a small glass bottle and hang it around his neck when taking a bath.

Because there are monsters running rampant in Beijing, threatening everyone's life all the time, but people forget the death of the queen and the princess of Pearl County. Before catching the monster, the royal family did not dare to go to mourning, so they had to find an ice coffin to store the queen's body. As for where the corpse of the Pearl Princess went, I am afraid only the monsters know.

After waiting in trepidation for a day and a night, the commander of the Imperial Army really lived up to expectations and entered the palace with a half-rotten dog in a gold mesh. You Shu did not immediately burn the monster to death, but locked it in an iron cage with a barrier around it so that it could not escape.

"Immortal Master, what are you going to do with it?" the commander of the Imperial Guard asked in a low voice, with a fanatical adoration on his face that he didn't even know about.

The rest of the ministers were invited by the Ninth Prince into the East Palace to watch the monsters, and they complained in their hearts. They had already written a post to apologize to the immortal master, and some people went to the Zhao mansion to kowtow and worship, offering the immortal master as an ancestor. In the future, what the Immortal Master says is what they all believe, isn't it enough? Why scare them again? It was only at this point that they understood the ninth prince of that year: it turned out that it was really painful to not be able to sleep at night, and it was easy to be stunned.

Youshu has no intention of tossing everyone, but his mind has always been one-sided, and he always thinks that since he has taken over this matter, he has to explain it clearly to everyone, so that all the insiders are called.

He walked around the cage, nodded and said, "It's right. I don't know what kind of it is, but I know how it survives. As long as there is a piece of minced meat left in its heart, no matter what kind of animal takes it away, It can quickly parasitize in its body, and then go to hunt and kill humans. As the so-called shape complements the shape, the heart of a human or animal should be its food, and it can be transformed into a human shape by concocting a skin capsule, and it can wander and do evil in the mortal world.”

"Immortal Master, don't talk about it, quickly dispose of it?" A sixty-year-old old prince shouted while rubbing his heart. He regretted it, he shouldn't have followed Cheng Eng in to make a fuss, otherwise, this kind of shit would not have happened.

"If I don't explain it clearly to you, what should you do if you say I'm pretending to be a ghost? Besides, those words just now are all my guesses, and there is no concrete evidence. As a scientific researcher, you must actively seek evidence and work hard to explore, how can you act on speculation? "

Okay, everything you say is right, let's get on with it. The ministers held their foreheads one after another, showing a lifeless expression. Only the ninth prince held his cheek with one hand, stared at his lover, his eyes were affectionate, and he was very addicted. The so-called what kind of pot with what kind of lid, probably is the case.

You Shu seriously rejected everyone's request, and then moved his fingertips slightly and shot a sky-splitting talisman, splitting the barking dog in half. A heart fell to the ground, emitting a strong stench. The stench seems to have magical powers, and it strongly attracts nearby animals. Youshu has already prepared a dozen mice and kept them in the small cage next to them. Now they are all restless and noisy.

You Shu opened the barrier and put the mice in. They didn't eat the carrion, but they all rushed to the heart. You and I quickly ate them up. After a few breaths, their eyes began to turn red, and they killed each other until the strongest mouse won. Following its instinct, it ate the corpses of its companions one by one, but in a short time it had grown to the size of a wild cat, and its fur began to rot and mottled, very similar to the description of the previous dog.

All this proved that You Shu's guess was correct. Under the dull gazes of the courtiers, he threw out the Fire Talisman and burned the caged mice to ashes.

"The immortal master is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand thousand years old!" The hall was quiet for a quarter of an hour before everyone's voice of relief sounded.

From this day onwards, officials of all sizes in Shangjing, celebrities and nobles, no longer dared to speak ill of the fifth son of Zhao. Even after he and the prince got married, he was awarded the title of national teacher and moved into the star building. Everyone strongly agreed and warmly congratulated him. Whenever something strange happens to someone, they will go to Zhao's house, entangle Zhao Shangshu or Wang's family, and ask for an object of the immortal master, saying that it can exorcise evil spirits. What's more, they also made sculptures according to the appearance of the fifth son and placed them at home, offering incense and candles every day.

Shu has accompanied him to fight around and created a lot of killing karma. Although he said that there would be no retribution, the ninth prince, no, he should be called the Yuan emperor now, but he was unavoidable in his heart. After the two got married, he began to be a vegetarian, and he spread benevolent government in Kyushu, so that the people could live in peace, and every family could prosper, and reproduce the prosperity of the Emperor Zongsheng.

The two lived in the deep palace, only each other, everything was negotiable, and they had never blushed once. Emperor Yuan did not accept the palace concubine until his death. When he was not confused, he adopted a few children and raised them carefully. Then he gave the best ability to the Zen seat and traveled around with his national teacher.

In their rare years, the two quietly returned to Beijing and passed away one after another. It is said that the body was buried in the tomb of Emperor Zongsheng, where there is a reincarnation formation that will keep them forever.