Longevity from Liao Zhai

Chapter 165 Receiving the Goods
Zhou Ping killed the man in the bamboo hat and Mo Laowu, then turned into a cat and hid on a tree branch.

The outsiders in the underground casino had already left. Some of them died inside because their strength was too low.

Wang Cheng and Captain Leng brought the yamen runners to the underground gambling house.

"What's going on?" Wang Cheng frowned.

Zhou Ping destroyed the underground gambling house, and some of the things in the underground gambling house were exposed on the ground.

Captain Leng looked at the cards and dice in the wasteland and said, "It should be a casino. The casino collapsed and the people inside ran away."

Wang Cheng frowned and looked at the underground casino: "Take some people to clean this place up."

Casinos are legal in Dawei, but there are only a few legal casinos. In other words, if you want to gamble, you must go to the designated casinos!

There are only five compliant casinos in Qinghe County.

All other casinos are not compliant!
This underground casino is not sponsored by the government, so it is naturally an illegal casino.

For such non-compliant casinos, if they are caught by the government, it would be a serious crime!

The cold captain sneered: "Why do you need me to do this job?"

Wang Cheng said angrily: “You!”

Although Wang Cheng was angry, he was a 10th-rank officer, while Leng the Captain was an 8th-rank officer. Wang Cheng did not use Leng the Captain, and immediately ordered the other officers to start digging.

Captain Leng sneered and watched from the side. With his status, he was naturally unwilling to set a trap here.

Zhou Ping shook his tail and disappeared into the darkness. Xiao Bai had been rescued and the enemy had been killed, so there was no need for Zhou Ping to stay here.

Finished, call it a day!
After Zhou Ping left, the yamen runners dug out several corpses and some loose silver in the wasteland.

"Give this silver to my brothers for drinking." Wang Cheng distributed the silver to the yamen runners.

The yamen runners were naturally grateful profusely.

Captain Leng snorted coldly. If Wang Cheng had not taken away his position as captain, he should have been the one doing this good thing of winning people's hearts.

"Boss Wang, come and take a look. This looks like Mo Laowu!" a yamen runner suddenly said.

Wang Cheng and Captain Leng were shocked at the same time.

Wang Cheng hated Mo Laowu so much that he wanted to kill him! The green hat incident had spread throughout Qinghe County, and his image among the yamen runners had been damaged in the past few days.

Walking on the street, Wang Cheng always felt like someone was poking his spine. Wang Cheng even asked his concubine to take abortion pills to prevent her from getting pregnant with Mo Laowu's child.

As for Captain Leng, he knew that Mo Laowu was able to transform into other people's appearances because of the Painted Skin mask.

Suzaku once said that he wanted to recycle the Painted Skin mask.

Captain Leng also wants to retrieve the Painted Skin Mask. As long as he gives the Painted Skin Mask to Zhuque, he will definitely get a reward.

Since Mo Laowu is dead, the Painted Skin mask should still be on him!

Captain Leng was about to go forward to look for the Painted Skin Mask but was stopped by Wang Cheng, who said, "This is against the rules."

I asked you to dig just now, but you refused. Now that you have dug out something good, it would be inappropriate for you to take credit for it.

Captain Leng was about to explode, but he had to hold it in. Wang Cheng's status was higher than his!

Wang Cheng looked at the cold captain and felt secretly happy. He came to Mo Laowu and the first thing he saw was a human skin on Mo Laowu's body.

The texture of human skin is cool to the touch, but there is no face.

"Wangtou, what is this?" the bailiffs asked curiously.

Wang Cheng looked at the human skin and thought of the art of painted skin that Zhou Ping mentioned: "This should be the secret of how Mo Laowu can transform into someone else's appearance! Painted skin!"

"Painted Skin!"

"Why is this thing so evil?"

The bailiffs were whispering.

Captain Leng looked at the Painted Skin Mask in Wang Cheng's hand and felt a little regretful. He should have agreed to the job just now, and the Painted Skin Mask would be in his hands now.

Once the Painted Skin falls into Wang Cheng's hands, it will be difficult to get it back, and the government will destroy this evil object.

Wang Cheng continued to search the corpse. He found two more silver bills on Mo Laowu's body and quickly put them into his arms.

This made Captain Leng feel even more regretful. He didn't see clearly how much the two silver notes were worth, but it must be a large sum.

Mo Laowu had robbed County Magistrate Lu’s private treasury!

Mo Laowu must have a lot of money!

Captain Leng suddenly covered his chest with his hands, he felt a little uncomfortable.

Then, Wang Cheng searched other people's bodies and took out several hundred taels of silver from each of them.

All the silver was distributed to the yamen runners.

Because Wang Cheng took out several gold bars and some silver bills from the man in the bamboo hat.

"I made a lot of money, a lot of money! Fortunately, Captain Leng was unwilling to dig up the bodies, otherwise these good things would not be my turn!" Wang Cheng was very excited.

This time, I made a lot of money!

Although Wang Cheng shared several hundred taels of silver with the yamen runners, he got much more. The silver notes alone were probably worth five thousand taels, and there were also several gold bars.

Not only that, Wang Cheng also found a book from the man in the bamboo hat. Although he didn't look closely, it seemed that there was some magic in the book.

As the saying goes, the Dharma should not be passed on to others.

Magic is rare in the Wei Dynasty and is mostly passed down from generation to generation.

This book of spells can be regarded as a family heirloom of the Wang Cheng family.

Captain Leng is an eighth-rank officer after all, and he really doesn’t wish he were an eighth-rank officer now!
The eight-rank master's five senses are stronger than others. He saw the gold bars and a book of magic that he got from touching the corpse in Wang Cheng.

Captain Leng felt like vomiting blood. These are all mine! All mine! All mine!

Zhou Ping returned home transformed into a cat.

"Meow meow."

Xiaobai threw Zhou Ping to the ground and kept sniffing the scent on Zhou Ping's body.

"Zhou Ping, Zhou Ping." Xiao Bai shouted happily, "Cat, cat, you are also a cat."

The ghost baby's hair moved without wind. He was a little confused as to how Zhou Ping had also turned into a cat.

Zhou Ping looked at Xiaobai. Xiaobai had eaten two demon pills and her cultivation had reached the tenth level, so the whole cat had become extremely agile.

Xiaobai also talked more.

Zhou Ping changed from a cat to a human, and Xiaobai also changed from a cat to a human.

Xiaobai is already mature according to her cat age, but she looks like a loli in human form.

Xiaobai hung on Zhou Ping's waist: "Zhou Ping, Zhou Ping. Is it a human or a cat?"

Although Xiaobai has reached the tenth level of cultivation after eating the demon pill, her cultivation is all due to chance, so her intelligence is still not very high.

"Zhou Ping, you're back!" Liu Ruyan said in surprise.

It was already midnight, and because it was hot, Liu Ruyan was wearing very little.

Under the thin shirt, you can see patches of white.

A faint fragrance entered Zhou Ping's nose, almost making him stiffen.

Zhou Ping pinched Xiao Bai's neck and lifted her up: "Well, you're back!"

He Yunqing also came out. She was dressed more conservatively. "What happened? Why did that guy grab Xiaobai?"

Zhou Ping was unwilling to say more, only saying that the other party kidnapped him for some money.

The mother and daughter didn't ask too many questions. "Why does she look different?" He Yunqing thought for a while and said, "The cat ears are gone, and she seems to have grown a lot."

Zhou Ping lifted Xiao Bai by the scruff of the neck: "Yeah, he doesn't know what good food to eat anymore, he's grown up."

He Yunqing looked at Xiaobai carefully, then looked at Liu Ruyan, and asked, "Mom, what good stuff did you feed her instead of me? Why does she look so much like you!"

"Which one of us is your biological child?" He Yunqing couldn't help but ask, why didn't he inherit Liu Ruyan's World Cup? ?
Liu Ruyan was slightly stunned, and a blush suddenly appeared on her face.

……

Zhou Ping returned to the house and began to count the supplies.

The ghost baby, like the ghost bride, set up a formation in the house to prevent it from being spied on.

This time, Zhou Ping killed three people. He really didn't expect that Mo Laowu behind him was actually coming for him.

Zhou Ping read Mo Laowu's memories.

Mo Laowu was born into a wealthy landlord family. He owned hundreds of acres of fertile land and several shops. Unfortunately, he became addicted to drugs and squandered all his family fortune.

Zhou Ping couldn't help but sigh: Huang is worthless in the face of gambling and drugs.

As for the memories later, they are of no value. Mo Laowu picked up the Painted Skin mask, and then began to pretend to be someone else and steal money from other people's homes.

The process of stealing money lasted for half a year. At first, Mo Laowu did not dare to leave the women at home.

But after he tried it for the first time, he couldn't stop and started stealing money and sleeping with women.

Later on, ordinary families could no longer satisfy Mo Laowu's greed, so he began to target wealthy families and county magistrates and police chiefs.

Although the Painted Skin Mask that Mo Laowu obtained was easy to use, he had to "repair" the mask with human skin every month, otherwise the mask would become unusable.

Mo Laowu started out by attacking dead people, and gradually evolved into skinning people alive.

Because Mo Laowu discovered that fresh human skin made the transformation effect better.

"It turns out that he chose to attack me because he wanted to replace me." After reading Mo Laowu's memory, Zhou Ping knew the source.

Mo Laowu wants to replace Zhou Ping!
"Most of the money Mo Laowu stole was lost, leaving only about two thousand taels of silver." Zhou Ping calculated Mo Laowu's wealth.

According to Zhou Ping's habit, he would definitely kill people and touch the bodies, but at that time he killed two people in a row, which alarmed the people in the underground casino, so he didn't have time to touch the bodies.

Mo Laowu's painted skin mask and the money on him should have been taken away by Wang Cheng.

However, these two things are of no value to Zhou Ping. His painted skin mask is more powerful and does not require skinning. As for money, it is best to have it, but it is nothing if you don’t have it.

Next, it is the memory of the one-eyed Taoist priest.

The one-eyed Taoist priest was originally a warrior, and he reached the eighth rank of warrior at a young age, but his cultivation had been stagnant.

Later, he picked up a secret book on taming beasts at a junk stall.

Relying on the beast taming secret book, the one-eyed Taoist gave up martial arts and turned to Taoism. He soon reached the eighth level of Taoism and mastered the beast taming technique to perfection.

Later, the one-eyed Taoist heard that there were magical tools left by the Demon King in Qinghe County, so he came here to look for an opportunity.

However, the one-eyed Taoist priest did not get any treasure in Qinghe County.

Later, the one-eyed Taoist priest became a killer in order to get money.

The one-eyed Taoist priest used the beast-taming technique to capture Xiaobai. Xiaobai was seduced away completely without knowing it.

Xiaobai was confused by the one-eyed Taoist priest and bit Zhou Ping, but fortunately Zhou Ping blocked it with his telepathic finger.

After reading the one-eyed Taoist's memories, Zhou Ping couldn't help but sigh that this guy was really talented.

At first, he was a warrior of the eighth rank, and then a Taoist of the eighth rank. This person is much stronger than an ordinary person.

If the one-eyed Taoist priest was not his love rival, Zhou Ping would be difficult to deal with.

Zhou Ping searched the one-eyed Taoist priest thoroughly and found several hundred taels of silver and some bottles and jars on him.

Among the bottles and jars, some contain elixirs and some contain poisons.

"I can learn the art of taming beasts when I have time in the future, but it seems like a crooked way," Zhou Ping thought.

Next, it is the memory of the man in the bamboo hat.

Both Mo Laowu and the one-eyed Taoist have memories of the man in the bamboo hat.

The man in the bamboo hat was a middleman, a pimp, and the owner of an underground gambling house. He was also a seventh-rank person, so at least he could survive a few moves under Zhou Ping.

It was just that Zhou Ping was disguised as a one-eyed Taoist priest at the time, which made the man in the bamboo hat unable to react, so Zhou Ping took the head.

Zhou Ping also didn't have time to touch the corpse of the man in the bamboo hat.

The man in the bamboo hat was born in a wealthy family in Qianzhou City.

He has never had to worry about food and drink since he was a child. He has everything he wants.

But later, he felt very empty and could not find the meaning of life.

At this time, the man in the bamboo hat accidentally came into contact with the Wutong Sect.

The teachings of Wutongshenjiao are to release human nature, release greed, anger, ignorance, and all kinds of desires, so that one can reach a spiritual state.

The man in the bamboo hat was deeply attracted to the Wutong Sect, and he joined the sect.

However, the man in the bamboo hat did not know where the leader of the Wutong Sect was.

There are four great elders under the Wutong Sect, namely "eating", "drinking", "whoring" and "gambling".

Only these four people have seen the elders, and the others are subordinates of these four elders.

The superior of the man in the bamboo hat is the "gambling" elder.

After reading the memories of the man in the bamboo hat, Zhou Ping was amazed. This is definitely a cult.

What about returning to nature and releasing desires?

Zhou Ping saw a lot of confusing things in the memory of the man in the bamboo hat, such as luring female believers to appear in the church.

"This is the world of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, so the Wutong God should exist." Zhou Ping knew that there was such a monster in the world of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio.

Zhou Ping carefully looked through the memory of the man in the bamboo hat again. He had no interest in the Wutong Divine Religion. "Fortunately, the one-eyed Taoist priest came to kill me, and Mo Laowu hired someone to kill someone. Only this man in the bamboo hat knew about it."

Zhou Ping was afraid that others would also know that the one-eyed Taoist priest was here to kill him, and then it was very likely that someone would follow the clues and find him.

But in the memory of the man in the bamboo hat, he was the only one who knew about this.

Not only that, Zhou Ping also had an unexpected surprise.

The man in the bamboo hat established an underground gambling house in Qinghe County and earned at least five or six thousand taels of silver. He hid all the silver in a yard and did not carry it with him.

And he is the only one who knows the location of the yard!

The man in the bamboo hat came to Qinghe County with two eighth-rank younger brothers, who had no idea where he had hidden the money.

Zhou Ping felt that he had made a fortune. He asked the ghost baby to go to the place in the memory of the man in the bamboo hat, and then moved back several thousand taels of silver, and stored it in the storage jade.

"Killing people and stealing treasures is indeed the fastest way to get rich." Zhou Ping couldn't help licking his lips. After making a lot of quick money, Zhou Ping couldn't calm down to escort the goods.

At this time, there were several corpses lying in the county government office.

The two younger brothers of the man in the bamboo hat came into the courtyard and looked at each other.

"Brother, I didn't expect the boss to be dead."

"Hey, it's better if he dies. Only if he dies can we have a chance to rise. Let's take his body to Elder Du."

"Brother, what do you want his body for?"

One of the men took out a piece of talisman paper and carefully pasted it on the body of the man in the bamboo hat: "The leader has a secret technique that can summon souls. Let his soul tell us who killed him!"

"That's good. Otherwise, I don't know where the money I earned in Qinghe County went."

(End of this chapter)