False evidence

Chapter 518 Lady Ma (2)

Lady Horse?!

Hearing this title, a nerve deep within my brain was sharply stimulated.

After learning about Li Meizhi's disappearance from Zhao Qi, and especially because the landlord Zhu Yunwen shared the same name as a historical emperor, I deliberately searched for some information online.

Although it's just a rough overview, I do remember that Emperor Jianwen's official wife, who was also the empress at the time, seemed to share the same surname as the empress of Emperor Taizu!
Is this just a coincidence? Or...?

Before I could think about it further, "Grandma" turned to the four "students" who had previously subdued Lü Xin and said:
"The auspicious time has passed, and Her Majesty is weak and unable to move easily. The four of you will go and fetch Her Majesty."

"I humbly obey my orders!"

The "students" and others responded in unison, stood up, took nine steps back, and then turned around and walked towards the opposite side of the platform.

After I fell from mid-air, I felt like I was back to normal. But looking at this series of seemingly absurd scenes, with everyone except Zhong Lan glancing at me sideways as if I didn't exist, I didn't know what to do for a moment.

Looking in the direction of the "students" and the others, it was then discovered that the place the four had gone to was the same place where Old Man Sun had helped Tang Lin out earlier. In the darkness, there seemed to be another separate room.

After a moment's hesitation, I decided to follow.

Just as he was about to get up from the ground, his wrist was suddenly grabbed by a hand.

I shuddered and looked down to see Lü Xin silently crawling up to me.

"Don't act rashly, curiosity killed the cat," Lu Xin said in a low voice.

"You can see me too?"

"Nonsense, otherwise why do you think I wouldn't leave?" Lu Xin lay face down. "I can survive with you, provided I'm with the 'real deal.' If I went with that usurper, I'd be in trouble too, even if I did screw you over."

"You know the current situation."

In just a few words, the "student" and the other three had returned to the main hall.

The four of them were making a rather exaggerated show of carrying in a large wooden bed, the kind you only see in period dramas.

The large bed was completely covered by curtains, so it was impossible to see if anyone was on the bed. But it was not hard to imagine that if someone was on the bed, it must be the so-called "Empress Ma".

The four "students" were truly skilled; they carried the enormous bed with incredible agility, reaching the platform in no time.

At Old Man Sun's signal, the four of them simultaneously gave a low shout and lifted the large bed over their heads, placing it on the high platform.

This blocked my view, and for a moment I couldn't see what was happening to Old Man Sun and Tang Lin.

"Get out of here!"

"go!"

Lu Xin and I spoke at almost the same time.

We both thought the same thing: among all the "people" in the main hall, Old Man Sun seemed to be the most terrifying.

Then there are four guys: "students," "cadres," and so on.

Right now, Old Man Sun is being shielded, and the "students" and others are kneeling down below the platform, their backs to this side.

The others weren't anything to be afraid of; if they didn't leave now, when would they?

I looked up at Zhong Lan and "Grandma," and the two seemed to be deliberately letting her win. Even Zhong Lan turned around and faced the high platform.

Ignoring the reactions of others, Lü Xin and I crouched down and jogged to the left side of the platform.

At this point, I no longer had time to think about why I had come here. My immediate priority was to leave as soon as possible and find my physical body.

However, a scream from the stage stopped Lu Xin and me in our tracks.

From this angle, you can see the scene behind the big bed on the high platform.

Because of the obstruction of the furnace on the left, Lü Xin and I were once again in the "darkness under the lamp," making it extremely difficult for the people on the platform to see us.

The one who screamed was Tang Lin. Unlike before, she no longer possessed the haughty and noble demeanor she had displayed earlier.

Yes, she should have regained consciousness by now. And, through the partially opened curtain, she seemed to see something extremely terrifying.

Her first reaction should have been to run away, but at this moment, Old Man Sun seemed to have transformed into a demon, his withered but powerful hands gripping her tightly and refusing to let go.

I still couldn't see what was happening on the bed, but I heard a woman's voice, which sounded incredibly old, coming from inside the curtains: "You dog servant, be gentle, don't hurt me."

"This servant deserves to die, Your Majesty, please forgive me."

Old Sun spoke, but he didn't relax his movements at all.

From the moment I started listening to their conversation, I felt it was all rather nonsensical.

They were supposed to be masters and servants, and they even invited the Empress, but their conversation sounded like... like a third-rate amateur troupe haphazardly putting together an absurd farce.

Yet, amidst the absurdity, there is a terrifying and oppressive atmosphere that keeps one on edge.

"Ah, this time my body isn't feeling so good," the old woman's hoarse voice came again from inside the curtained room.

Old Sun replied somewhat perfunctorily, "Your skin is a bit rough, but after taking a few more human milk baths, it will become moisturized."

"Well, we'll just have to make do."

Finally, a hand reached out from inside the curtain.

Just seeing that hand gave me goosebumps.

Is this even a manpower pool?

It's like skin covered in oil!
No one knows what tricks Old Man Sun used, but Tang Lin was terrified, yet she couldn't move or make a sound. She could only watch helplessly as the terrifying "claws" reached for her face.

The hand stroked her face twice, and then another foot stepped off the bed.

Then, I finally saw the true face of "Empress Ma".

Good heavens, this is no Empress, she's just a skeleton covered in skin!
This creature, resembling a monstrous skeleton, shakily descended to the ground and slowly walked towards Tang Lin.

Facing each other head-on, under Old Man Sun's control, Tang Lin's nose was almost touching "Empress Ma's" nose.

At this moment, Tang Lin finally let out another scream.

"stupid!"

Lu Xin uttered a single word in a low voice.

He didn't need to explain; I saw what happened.

As Tang Lin opened her mouth, "Empress Ma" also opened her mouth.

I watched helplessly as a wisp of black smoke emerged from "Empress Ma's" mouth and swiftly entered Tang Lin's mouth.

The next moment, "Ma Niangniang" seemed to lose her self-identity and collapsed to the ground. Her bones were not broken, but she was no longer moving.

Witnessing this extremely eerie scene, my heart skipped a beat, and I instinctively blurted out, "Save them!"

Lu Xin's mind was no slower than mine. Seeing Tang Lin's expression gradually change, we both thought of the scene that had happened not long ago in the small restaurant at the train station.

The same skeletal body originally belonged to Wang Xi.

If it weren't for the white fish jade pendant, that poor woman who had been controlled for more than two years and had her vital essence drained would have only ended up with her soul scattered.

From the moment the masked monk appeared, he said he wanted to save people.

I hadn't figured out who to save until now. I finally realized that saving Tang Lin was unrealistic. The only thing I could really do was to save the "skeleton monster," Tang Lin's "previous" woman, just like I had saved Wang Xi.

(End of this chapter)