Longevity from Liao Zhai

Chapter 163 Peeling
the next day.

The city gates were covered with portraits of Mo Laowu.

Mo Laowu's face was scratched by Xiaobai and his true appearance was revealed. Wang Cheng drew a portrait of the criminal according to Liu Ruyan's description, and thus knew that Mo Laowu was a master of disguise.

Qinghe County is not big and everyone knows Mo Laowu.

"I was wondering how this Mo Laowu became so rich in the past year. He either went to the casino or to the Music Bureau. It turns out that he is the disguised thief."

"Old Li, it looks like your unmarried daughter is pregnant with his child."

"roll roll roll!"

The people of Qinghe County did not have a good impression of Mo Laowu. It would have been fine if Mo Laowu had only stolen money from the rich, but he also attacked ordinary people.

Mo Laowu not only stole things from ordinary people's homes, but also bullied many left-behind women.

The people of Qinghe County naturally regarded Mo Laowu as a rat crossing the street and everyone wanted to kill him.

Mo Laowu looked at the wanted poster for himself and snorted coldly. He had changed his expression.

He was scratched by Xiaobai last night and had to kill someone immediately to skin him to repair the Painted Skin mask.

Originally, the Painted Skin Mask needed a new piece of human skin every month, but because he was scratched by Xiao Bai, he had to get a new piece of human skin immediately. Otherwise, the Painted Skin Mask would be useless.

Mo Laowu happened to meet a beggar and skinned him alive.

Mo Laowu disguised himself as the beggar he had killed.

"He family, Zhou Ping." Mo Laowu licked his lips, still savoring Liu Ruyan's seductive body.

"This Zhou Ping, his relationship with the mother and daughter of the He family must be very special."

"And Zhou Ping is now a virgin, and he has even written a great poem!"

"If I can replace him, I can get the mother and daughter of the He family, the He family's medicine shop, and all kinds of fame and fortune."

Mo Laowu touched his chest. He did not take away more than 1,000 taels of silver in cash last night, but he took away 2,000 taels of silver notes.

In addition to this money, he also stole several thousand taels of silver notes from the home of County Magistrate Lu.

Although most of his money was spent on gambling houses and the Music Bureau, he still had more than three thousand taels of silver.

"Zhou Ping, I will buy your head for three thousand taels. When you die, I will be you, hahaha." After what happened last night, Mo Laowu thought of becoming "Zhou Ping".

Since my identity has been exposed, let someone else live.

Mo Laowu wants to become Zhou Ping!
Zhou Ping's current status and his relationship with the He family made Mo Laowu extremely envious.

However, Mo Laowu knew that Zhou Ping was an eighth-grade Buddhist. Although this eighth-grade level was achieved with the help of external forces, it was still not something Mo Laowu could deal with.

Mo Laowu is just an ordinary person!

Mo Laowu came to an alley with three thousand taels of silver.

There is a dog hole in the alley.

Mo Laowu crawled into the dog hole, and the next moment an underground gambling house appeared.

This is the lawless area of ​​Qinghe County, a place that only exists after the arrival of outside cultivators.

Underground gambling houses are a place for outside cultivators to exchange information and gamble.

Not only that, killing services are also provided here. As long as you pay money, you can kill whoever you want.

Mo Laowu didn't know this place at first, but later he frequently went in and out of the gambling house, so he was spotted and brought here.

Underground gambling houses are neither the black nor the white side of Qinghe County!
Mo Laowu entered the underground gambling house and saw two men with knives standing at the door.

Mo Laowu took out thirty taels of silver and placed it at the door.

Thirty taels of silver is the entrance fee.

The two gatekeepers did not look down on Mo Laowu because of his tattered clothes. Those who could enter here were all very capable, and most of them wore tattered clothes, but they all had some skills.

Mo Laowu entered the underground gambling house, and then came to a private room in the inner room with ease.

In the private room, a man was wearing a turban, so his face couldn't be seen clearly.

"what do you want?"

"Kill someone."

"Who?"

"Qinghe County, Zhou Ping, eighth rank of Buddhism."

"Two thousand taels!"

"Deal! I don't want anyone to know he's dead. Bring him to me, dead or alive."

"Two thousand five hundred taels."

"it is good!"

Qinghe County, county government office.

County Magistrate Lu looked at Mo Laowu's portrait happily. He clapped his thigh and said, "Good! Good! Good!"

County Magistrate Lu hated Mo Laowu so much that he pretended to be him and stole a lot of money and good things from him.

Wang Cheng: "Don't worry, sir, I will catch him immediately!"

Captain Leng sneered and said, "Wang Cheng, when the county magistrate lost something, you didn't find out anything, but when your woman was raped, you immediately found clues. You are not good at doing things."

The news of Wang Cheng being cheated on has spread throughout Qinghe County.

Wang Cheng's face changed slightly, and he suppressed his anger. Leng the captain was an eighth-rank officer, and County Magistrate Lu relied on him.

County Magistrate Lu asked in confusion: "Wangcheng, what happened?"

Magistrate Lu only knew that Wang Cheng had found a master of disguise, but he had no idea how he did it.

"Yesterday, Mo Laowu pretended to be Wang Cheng and went to his house to steal things, and slept with his woman by the way." Captain Leng said to County Magistrate Lu with a smile.

After hearing this, County Magistrate Lu suppressed his laughter and said, "Wang Cheng, it's okay. When we catch this Mo Laowu, I will not let him live!"

Wang Cheng felt bitter in his mouth. Although he was loyal to County Magistrate Lu, he was only at the tenth level.

In the old Qinghe County, a 10th-rank police chief would have been enough. But now Qinghe County is full of hidden talents, and County Magistrate Lu has no choice but to rely on Leng.

So even though Leng the Captain was no longer a Captain, Wang Cheng had no way to deal with Leng the Captain's ridicule. Who could blame him for his high level of cultivation?
"My lord, this is what happened."

"Last night, Mo Laowu left my house and went to Zhou Ping's house."

Wang Cheng explained the source of the clues to County Magistrate Lu.

Captain Leng frowned and asked, "Is Zhou Ping so powerful? Did he discover Mo Laowu's true identity?"

County Magistrate Lu also thought that Zhou Ping had found the clue about Mo Laowu. After all, Zhou Ping was an eighth-rank cultivator.

"This Zhou Ping is not to be trifled with. I'm afraid he won't be around anymore." County Magistrate Lu thought of the Spring River, Flowers and Rainy Night written by Zhou Ping, but then he remembered that he had already offended Zhao Tiancheng. "What a pity, what a pity."

Magistrate Lu was also from Qianzhou City. He knew how petty and vicious Zhao Tiancheng was. No one dared to offend him, even for the slightest thing.

Zhao Tiancheng was extremely narrow-minded. He asked Zhou Ping to enter the secret realm, but Zhou Ping did not enter, which offended Zhao Tiancheng. Wang Cheng knew what Magistrate Lu meant by "what a pity". But he thought Zhou Ping should be fine.

No matter how powerful Zhao Tiancheng is, he can not give face to Meng Jiusheng, but can he dare to go against Fan Zhongfu? Zhou Ping and Fan Shiyi have a very good relationship, and they also wrote good poems such as "Quiet Night Thoughts" and "Spring River Moon Night".

Zhou Ping’s current status as a scholar is far more valuable than his eighth-level Buddhist cultivation.

"Sir, it wasn't Zhou Ping who discovered the clues about Mo Laowu."

"Zhou Ping was with me last night."

"Mrs. Liu has a cat. It must have smelled something wrong with Mo Laowu, so it scratched him."

"Mo Laowu showed his true form, so we have clues about him."

Wang Cheng explained the reason why Mo Laowu was discovered.

County Magistrate Lu was a little surprised. He slapped the table and said, "As expected, the law is long and there is no loophole. I didn't expect that this guy would reveal his true identity because of a cat."

Although Leng knew that Wang Cheng's house had been robbed, he did not expect that Mo Laowu's identity was exposed because of a cat. He also thought that Zhou Ping had discovered Mo Laowu's true identity.

"This cat has done a great deed! Go catch Mo Laowu and give it money as a reward." County Magistrate Lu hated Mo Laowu to the core.

It would have been fine if Mo Laowu had stolen his money and good things, but he also smashed many of the good things in Magistrate Lu's collection that Mo Laowu could not take away, and finally destroyed them all in a fire.

After this incident, County Magistrate Lu suddenly became a pauper.

Wang Cheng said: "Yes! Sir."

County Magistrate Lu waved his hand and said, "Alright, both of you go and arrest Mo Laowu! I want this guy to live a life worse than death!"

"Hey, Aunt Chen, I heard that our Captain Wang was cuckolded."

"Yes, I also heard that Mo Laowu stole all of County Magistrate Lu's treasures."

"I never thought that this bachelor Mo Laowu would be so powerful!"

"Hey, this kid must have picked up some treasure!"

The crowd gathered at Chen Li's door to listen to her tell interesting stories.

Chen Li sneered while eating melon seeds. She glanced at these people and then laughed.

"Everyone, this Mo Laowu has been able to transform into other people's appearance for more than a year."

"He can not only become Magistrate Lu or Captain Wang, he can become anyone."

"You guys, don't worry about Captain Wang and Magistrate Lu. Go home and ask your wives to check the date with them and see if they have slept with Mo Laowu as well."

"Especially those who have given birth recently, take a good look to see if it is your own child."

After Chen Li finished speaking, many people in the crowd changed their expressions. If Mo Laowu dared to sleep with the concubine in the royal city, he would dare to sleep with others.

Several people left silently. They wanted to go home and ask. Some of them who had given birth to children in the past two months also wanted to go home and ask.

"This Mo Laowu deserves to die."

"Yeah, stealing money is one thing, but he also raped women. He should be arrested and cut into pieces."

"Don't worry, once we catch him, Captain Wang and Magistrate Lu will make sure he's in good hands."

Some of the onlookers already knew that their wives had been slept with by Mo Laowu, and they hated Mo Laowu to the core.

The most hateful thing is that they already know someone is causing trouble at home, but they can do nothing about it.

Mo Laowu would come to the house again and again to bully the left-behind woman. It was because Mo Laowu's changed person was too similar.

Mo Laowu was among the onlookers at this time. He turned into a beggar and said, "Little cat, you exposed my identity. I will skin you alive and tear your tendons apart in the future."

Mo Laowu spent two thousand five hundred taels to take Zhou Ping's life, and the killer offered a buy one get one free deal, and also gave Xiaobai's life away.

"Zhou Ping, what do you think?"

Zhou Ping and Wang Cheng were squatting beside a corpse. The skin of the corpse had been peeled off, leaving only flesh and blood.

The deceased had a horrible face and seemed to have suffered unbearable pain before his death.

Zhou Ping's left hand moved slightly, and a residual soul was sucked into his palm.

The escort agency hasn't had any suitable missions recently, and Wang Cheng invited Zhou Ping to help him capture Mo Laowu. Zhou Ping couldn't refuse, so he had to agree.

However, before Mo Laowu was found, another skinning case occurred in Qinghe County.

"The skinning case happened more than a year ago." Wang Cheng introduced, "The skinning case happens once a month. It seems that someone is practicing evil skills."

In just a short while, Zhou Ping had checked the memory of the deceased. He did not look at the deceased's life in detail, but only looked at his memories before he died.

"It's him!" Zhou Ping thought to himself. Through the memory of the deceased, he saw the scene of Mo Laowu skinning the deceased alive.

Reading other people's memories also brings in their five senses.

Zhou Ping felt an unbearable stinging pain the moment his skin was peeled off. So the moment he saw Mo Laowu, Zhou Ping withdrew from this person's memory.

It was hard for Zhou Ping to imagine that he felt so much pain just by feeling a little bit, so how much pain must the deceased have suffered in his life.

Zhou Ping looked at the dead man's mouth and said, "There was something stuffed in his mouth. It seemed that he was skinned while still alive."

Wang Cheng nodded: "In the first skinning cases, the victims were skinned after they died, but later on, the victims were skinned alive."

Zhou Ping was silent for a moment. He had guessed something: "Do you think the person who skinned the people might be related to Mo Laowu?"

Wang Cheng frowned and asked, "Why do you say that?"

Zhou Ping himself has a Painted Skin mask, and it is made from the human skin of the Taoist ancestor.

The Painted Skin Mask is related to human skin!
Mo Laowu has an evil magic that allows him to change his appearance and peel off human skin. This makes Zhou Ping think that Mo Laowu may also have a human skin mask, but his human skin mask is a defective product and needs to constantly absorb new human skin.

"I've heard of an evil magic called Painted Skin. The practitioner can transform into someone else's appearance simply by wearing a magical instrument made of human skin," Zhou Ping said.

Wang Cheng's eyes lit up: "I've heard of the Painted Skin Spell too! Now that you mention it, it's really possible."

"The little white cat in your house scratched Mo Laowu, causing him to reveal his true form."

"His painted skin mask must have been damaged, so he urgently needs human skin to repair it."

After Wang Cheng's analysis, he felt that the skinning case was related to Mo Laowu! Because the last skinning case happened only fifteen days ago!

According to past experience, skinning cases only occur once a month, but this time it happened within fifteen days.

Why didn't the murderer wait until a month, but waited until fifteen days?

"Zhou Ping, I think your analysis is correct!" Wang Cheng rubbed his hands, "I found that you are very suitable for solving cases. The clues to the last human trafficker case were also found by you!"

Zhou Ping chuckled: "I'm just guessing, I might be wrong."

Wang Cheng shook his head: "I have a hunch that the skinning case must be related to Mo Laowu!"

The two discussed the case for a while. As it was getting dark, Wang Cheng wanted to invite Zhou Ping to dinner, but Zhou Ping still had to protect Liu Ruyan and He Yunqing, so he declined.

When Zhou Ping returned to the courtyard, he saw Liu Ruyan running out in a hurry: "Zhou Ping, it's bad, Xiaobai has been captured."

(End of this chapter)