The Demon Concubine of God

Chapter 374: Discovery at the Prince's Mansion

The Prince's Mansion had been unused for many years but someone was taking care of it. During the few times Shen Wen came here, he looked at the magnificent and exquisite details and thought of the former Prince who was deposed and passed away tragically. He always felt sad.

If the ghost in Taohuazhai in his memory was really the former crown prince, Shen Wen felt sorry for this crown prince who was a kind-hearted, gentle and elegant gentleman. If he had not had the habit of wearing short sleeves and fell in love with a man, he would not have ruined his future in such a high position in the country.

This time, because he had something to do with Lord Ruan, Shen Wen once again stepped into the gate of the Prince's Mansion and looked at the familiar scenes again. Suddenly, a different mood emerged in his mind. Even he himself didn't know why. Anyway, he felt uneasy, just like the mood he had when he discovered the final truth of the case in the past, a feeling of nervousness and uneasiness.

Shen Wen suddenly realized the difference between how gods and humans view the world in the legend. He found that since he obtained the divine power from Qingcheng, he saw the essence of everything differently. It was as if he used to be floating in the sky looking at the overall picture of a country or a region, but now he was sitting in the universe, looking at the earth so big that he could see it, and looking at the difference between microorganisms so small that he could see it.

Ruan Qingxia led Shen Wen along the road that was lined with pavilions and towers, talking to him all the way.

Ruan Qingxia suddenly changed the subject and said, "I wonder how many suspicious places Brother Shen has investigated in Honglian Villa. I just remembered a detail and I think I need to tell you about it."

Shen Wen asked casually: "What details? Tell me about them?"

Ruan Qingxia said: "I suspect that Honglian Villa made human skin lanterns from the kidnapped victims."

Shen Wen pulled the thoughts of cheating back from his mind, stopped and looked at Ruan Qingxia seriously.

Ruan Qingxia was afraid that he would not believe what he said, so he said, "That day when we went to search, we scared away some people. Two of the thieves were caught by the police. Some evidence was found on them, and there were also a few pieces of burnt paper with only a few fragments left. You don't know, but as soon as I put the paper in my hand, I immediately realized that something was wrong. I know you are also someone who is used to touching corpses. You understand the difference between this piece of paper and a piece of human skin, right? What's more..."

What's more, Ruan Qingxia had the ability to see ghosts. When he touched that kind of thing, he immediately sensed the scene of the ghosts before they died. At that time, he was dizzy because of the large number of strange events.

Shen Wen still stared at Ruan Qingxia.

Seeing Ruan Qingxia's anxious expression, and wanting to explain and analyze the situation at that time, Shen Wen said: "Those are lanterns made of human skin. There are several such lanterns hanging in almost every courtyard of Honglian Villa."

When Ruan Qingxia heard him say this, he imagined the scene of hanging human skin lanterns in every yard. A thick yin energy inexplicably rose around him, and it felt like countless ghost hands from the underworld were touching his entire body.

Seeing that he was frightened by his words, Shen Wen continued, "This was made by the chief steward of Honglian Villa. Brother Ruan probably doesn't know that I was caught by Xiao Quanzi at the time and he almost skinned me and made me into a lantern."

Ruan Qingxia was silent for a long while. He suddenly looked anxious and even turned around twice. He said, "No! I must go to Honglian Villa again to look for evidence. There must be other evidence there."

Because when he went to the abandoned courtyard near Honglian Villa, he still saw many wronged souls with his Yin-Yang eyes. Now when he thought about it carefully and went over those wronged souls in his mind, there were almost two or three hundred people. Maybe this number was not enough.

Shen Wen patted his shoulder to calm him down. Shen Wen said, "We have to investigate, but you can't go. Besides, I have some evidence hidden there that I haven't brought back yet. I think you should stay calm for a few days. I'll ask my two helpers to go and find the evidence I hid, and then send it to your house. You can take a look first."

Ruan Qingxia thought for a moment and said, "Your two helpers? Which two helpers? Are they the two masters who followed you in the two coal mines?"

Shen Wen nodded.

Ruan Qingxia clapped his hands and praised, "That's great. We are weak mortals. If we run into a biting shadow snake, we will die immediately. But the two masters are different. They are born with supernatural powers that are feared by gods and ghosts. Only masters like them can escape unscathed."

Hearing him praising the mecha warrior who illuminated the earth so much, Shen Wen's opinion of Ruan Qingxia's intelligence and wisdom increased by two levels.

After all the conversation, perhaps because he was too excited talking to Shen Wen, Ruan Qingxia was exhausted with his injured body. He coughed violently, his eyes were bloodshot, and he almost fainted due to lack of breath.

Fortunately, two yamen runners who came from a distance discovered the situation here. They ran over to ask about the situation. Shen Wen helped him sit on the ground and took his pulse. Of course, he was only a second-rate amateur forensic doctor. Ruan Qingxia covered his chest, his face was pale and his breathing became weaker. Shen Wen hurriedly said to him: "I think you should go home and recuperate. Logically speaking, your injuries are not too serious. The bad thing is that your body is too weak. It is more difficult for you to recover from injuries than for ordinary people like us, so you should go back and lie down."

The two yamen runners also persuaded him to go back quickly. Without saying any more nonsense, they carried him on the left and right and personally escorted him home.

Shen Wen was left alone, standing halfway on the road and watching them walk away, then he continued walking forward while enjoying the scenery.

The whole afternoon passed and it was time for lunch. The two young eunuchs who had been waiting at the gate of the Prince's Mansion were now a little impatient. Master Shen had clearly agreed that after meeting Lord Ruan, he would take them to the tavern for a mutton feast and to the rouge shop to pick out rouge.

The gatekeeper was a little impatient to serve these two ancestors. They had been talking about the affairs of the palace for the whole morning. This was the former prince's residence. Every two or three days, the palace would send a few palace maids and eunuchs to clean the residence, but he had never seen those people talk so much.

Listening to the two young eunuchs discussing the master, the gatekeeper interrupted and said, "You mentioned persuading the master? But Master Ruan has already been carried back home by the yamen runners."

The two young eunuchs didn't know about this because they happened to be going to the bathroom when Lord Ruan walked through this door.

The doorman said, "Yes, he has been gone for half an hour. I saw that Lord Ruan looked unwell, so I went up to ask him a few questions. The yamen runner said that Lord Ruan's injuries were better, so he was sent home to recuperate."

The two young eunuchs were nervous. The purpose of their coming out was to follow the emperor's arrangements to monitor Shen Wen. What if Shen Wen escaped from the west gate or the north gate?

The young eunuchs looked pale and hurried inside.

The doorman at the back asked, "Hey! Why are you so anxious? Lord Shen always stays here for a long time every time he comes here. Are you afraid that he will run away? There are regulations from above that no outsiders are allowed to enter or leave the Prince's Mansion at will, not even the masters and servants from the palace. Did you hear that..."

The doorman said this as he followed closely behind without even looking at the door.

Although the Prince's Mansion covers a large area, the servants who look after the house and the yamen runners and clerks who handle cases are all there. When the young eunuchs wanted to find Shen Wen, they showed them the way and told them which direction to go and where to go.

The two young eunuchs turned left and right, muttering as they walked. Because the Prince's Mansion was investigating the white bones case, they remembered many legends about the Prince's Mansion. Especially the young eunuch who ran in and died tragically. In fact, in the past thirty years, they always heard that the Prince's Mansion was haunted, that there were evil spirits that harmed the living beings, that not only people would die here, but also small animals would be killed, and that some people saw shriveled fur and piles of bones. I don't know how these things, one after another, have new versions, and the details are detailed with names, and the people and things are so coincidental that the source can always be found.

The two men unknowingly walked into a deserted yard, and they stepped on a bone. The sound of the bone breaking scared the two men so much that they squatted on the ground. Who knew that there were bones where their fingers touched, and they were newly dug out, with fresh soil on them. The two men were so scared that they ran away, but after just a few steps, they fell again. Turning around, they saw the pit where the bones had just been dug out.

The two people screamed in shock, and rolled and crawled even more panickedly. With their limp limbs, they rolled twice more. When they looked up again, they saw a skull with two holes in it, looking at them grimly.

Another series of screams, the two of them were so frightened that they almost lost control of their bladder and bowel movements.

Just at this moment, they heard bursts of sneering laughter coming from the house behind them. They were so scared that they stared in the direction of the house and retreated like a stray dog, using all four limbs.

He had just taken a few steps back when he was kicked on the back. Looking back, he saw two young men with pale faces and lifeless eyes as if they were dead with their eyes open. Although they were not staring at them, they were still imposing. The aura they exuded could not be described as eerie, it was simply deadly.

This time, the two of them really couldn't hold it back and peed!

If someone hadn't said something at the critical moment, the two of them would have rolled their eyes and fainted.

I only heard that person say: "Don't kill them yet, kill them in front of that person later."

The two young eunuchs suddenly heard a human voice, and their hearts, which had sunk to the bottom of the valley, finally settled back into their stomachs. They looked up and saw a stunningly beautiful woman in a plain silk dress.

The beauty didn't even look at them, but just gestured to the two warriors.

The two warriors picked up the two little eunuchs like chicks.

The beauty also heard the sneer in the house, but she was not afraid. There was still a bit of interest on her face. She twisted her seductive buttocks and walked slowly in front of the warrior. She was the first to lead the way and walked into the house.

I saw that the room was fully furnished but covered with thick dust. In the small hall on the right was a man sitting on a brocade stool next to the tea table. He looked like a madman, and burst into laughter.

The person grinning foolishly was Shen Wen.

The beauty walked up to him, stretched out her hand and waved it in front of his eyes, but it didn't bring him back to his senses. The beauty suddenly became timid and raised her arm to slap him in the face, but just as the slap was about to land on his face, Shen Wen blocked it.

"What are you going to do, Miss Shu."