Blind Ghostwriter: Starts with the full level of Nine Yang Magic Skill

Chapter 294 Your Face Has Fallen Off (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
Late at night, at the Ye residence.

The bright moon hung high, the stars shone brightly, and in the midst of peace and tranquility, Gu Mo was meditating when he suddenly heard footsteps approaching. Based on his senses, he could tell that the person was Ye Jinglan.

Gu Mo immediately got up, put on his coat, walked to the courtyard gate and opened it. Just then, Ye Jinglan arrived at the door and was about to knock.

Ye Jinglan wasn't surprised by the coincidence, because he knew that Gu Mo must have sensed his arrival and opened the door. So, he said directly, "Brother Gu, I just received news that Ye Chen is in trouble!"

Gu Mo was slightly taken aback and asked, "He's not dead, is he? He's like a cockroach, he can survive even when he's having the worst luck, and he's lucky this time too."

Ye Jinglan waved his hand and said, "He's not dead, but he's been arrested and imprisoned. He's at the Jingzhao Prefecture government office right now."

"What crime?"

“Murder,” Ye Jinglan said, “murdering a courtesan.”

"He didn't run away?"

“No,” Ye Jinglan said, “With his martial arts skills, if he wanted to escape, the Jingzhao Prefecture wouldn’t be able to catch him in a short time. However, after he was taken to prison, he should have been notified to contact the Chu Kingdom delegation to identify him and negotiate. But in prison, he gave your name and said you were his elder brother!”

Gu Mo: “…”

Ye Jinglan chuckled and said, "Let's go. You still need to protect this new little brother you just took in."

Gu Mo nodded slightly and said, "He said he was going to a brothel to test his luck this evening, and now he's been arrested there. There must be something going on here."

Ye Jinglan said, "You mean to say that his strange luck, which is half bad and half good, has kicked in?"

"should be."

……

Not long after,
Gu Mo and Ye Jinglan then arrived at the Jingzhao Prefecture.

Given their status, the Jingzhao Prefecture naturally dared not neglect them, and the Prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture, Mei Wensheng, personally came to greet them.

Mei Wensheng's status as the Prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture was nothing in their eyes, but he also had another identity: he was Su Ziyou's teacher. Therefore, out of respect for Su Ziyou, Gu Mo and Ye Jinglan were naturally quite polite to Mei Wensheng.

However, Mei Wensheng was a sensible man. Naturally, he wouldn't act like a senior in front of Su Ziyou just because Su Ziyou was acquainted with Gu Mo and Ye Jinglan. On the contrary, he was even more respectful because Ye Jinglan and Gu Mo were polite.

quickly,

Led by Mei Wensheng, they arrived at the dungeon and saw Ye Chen in a cell.

However, Ye Chen was in very bad condition at this time. His face was pale, he was sweating profusely, and he looked very weak.

"Hey, Ye Chen, why do you look like you've had your life force drained? Did you encounter a ghost?" Ye Jinglan teased.

Upon hearing Ye Jinglan's voice, Ye Chen, who was sitting on the stone bed, suddenly turned his head.

Upon seeing Gu Mo and Ye Jinglan appear, he rushed to the cell door, gripped the iron bars tightly with both hands, and said in a deep voice, "You all know? I really did encounter a ghost!"

Ye Jinglan's teasing smile instantly froze. He said, "I was just kidding. What did you do to encounter a ghost?"

Ye Chen patted his chest and said, "I, Ye Chen, am the chosen one, right? Who doesn't know that I'm incredibly lucky? This evening, I just randomly walked into a brothel, and the courtesan begged me to become her lover."

This kind of thing would definitely be problematic for others, but it's perfectly reasonable for me, Ye Chen, to do it, right? Tell me, who doesn't know that I, Ye Chen, visit brothels without ever spending money, and always sleep with the most beautiful courtesan, right?

Ye Jinglan said speechlessly, "Alright, stop pretending and get down to business!"

Ye Chen took a deep breath and slowly said, "When I was about to have a more intimate conversation with that courtesan in the room, I suddenly noticed something on her neck..."

Subsequently,

Ye Chen then recounted his experience in the brothel.

"Can you imagine the fear I felt? I was so close, so very close... I was about to go in. I almost became a man embracing a pile of sewer sludge, waaaah... You can't imagine how disgusting it was, earthworms, maggots... Ugh..."

Ye Chen squatted in the corner, retching for a while before slowly standing up. He was so aggrieved he was almost crying. He hugged the iron bars with both hands and said sadly, "Big brother... my life is so miserable. That was too exciting. I doubt I'll ever be able to look any woman in the eye again. Waaah... what am I going to do? I'm only twenty-five! I still have to carry on the family line... but I feel like I'll never be able to get over that trauma..."

After listening to what Ye Chen said,
Gu Mo and Ye Jinglan both felt a chill and expressed deep sympathy for Ye Chen.

As men, they could empathize with each other. Putting themselves in Ye Chen's shoes, they realized that if they had experienced something like that, the psychological trauma they would have suffered would be no less than Ye Chen's.

but,

Now is not the time for sympathy. After learning what happened from Ye Chen, we still need to understand the results of the on-site investigation by the government.

Immediately, Ye Jinglan asked Mei Wensheng, "Prefect Mei, what are the results of the investigation by the Jingzhao Prefecture?"

Mei Wensheng said in a deep voice, "Lord Ye, according to our yamen's investigation, the scene at that time did indeed match the description given by this young master Ye. However, it is too outrageous. You are a high-ranking official in the Ministry of Justice. You should know that when our government investigates cases, we always rule out the existence of ghosts and gods."

Ye Jinglan nodded slightly and asked, "Leaving aside the talk of ghosts and gods, how can the scene be reconstructed?"

Mei Wensheng shook his head and said, "It's a bit far-fetched. If we put aside the supernatural explanations, there are only two possibilities. One is that Young Master Ye used his superb martial arts skills to kill Lady Yu, cut off all the flesh from her body, leaving only a skeleton, and then cleared away the silt in the stinking ditch to create a fake scene."

However, this deduction is illogical because there was no blood or flesh at the scene, and besides, there was flesh and blood on the bone, but no signs of it being removed; it looked as if it was growing.

Ye Jinglan asked in confusion, "What does 'growth' mean?"

Mei Wensheng said, "It is that the bones are growing flesh and blood, but this is only what it looks like. It has not been specifically confirmed. This is the first possibility inferred on the spot, but it is too far-fetched."

Then, there is a second inference.

Mei Wensheng looked at Ye Chen and said, "According to our investigation, the reason why Young Master Ye won the favor of Lady Yu is because Lady Yu was forced to sell herself and had no choice but to make a bet with someone. It just so happened that Young Master Ye appeared and helped Lady Yu."

Therefore, it is reasonable to speculate that Young Master Ye staged a ghost story with Lady Yu to help her escape her suffering, allowing her to get away with it. At this moment, Lady Yu is still alive and hiding somewhere.

However, this inference is also far-fetched. After all, Young Master Ye has spent a lot of money in Chang'an during this period. If he really took a fancy to Lady Yu, he could just spend money to redeem her. There was no need to make things so complicated. As for the young master who forced Lady Yu, he didn't have the power to do anything to Ye Chen, the third best expert in Chu!

Therefore, our department has no further leads at the moment and needs to continue the investigation.

Ye Jinglan nodded, looked at Gu Mo, and asked, "Brother Gu, what do you think?"

Gu Mo said in a deep voice, "When investigating a case, it is correct to first rule out the possibility of ghosts and gods. However, the world is vast and full of wonders. Many strange methods and people or things are not ghosts or gods, but are even more powerful than ghosts and gods. Brother Ye should have a deep understanding of this!"

Ye Jinglan naturally understood this deeply, since the origin of his martial arts skills was very much related to ghosts and gods.

"Brother Gu, are you referring to taboos?"

"It may be related to the Mirror of Reincarnation."

Gu Mo explained, then looked at Ye Chen and said, "What you just said, that during your time with Yu Niangzi, and even during the process of Yu Niangzi turning into a pile of mud, Yu Niangzi did not show any abnormality. She firmly believed from beginning to end that she was Yu Niangzi? She had thoughts and cognition, and was not a puppet?"

Ye Chen nodded and said, "Yes, she's not a puppet. All her reactions are those of a normal person. On the contrary, it's as if she's been manipulated without realizing it."

Gu Mo recalled the fake monk Da Bei who had been imprisoned for twenty years under the Zhaixing Tower of the Imperial Observatory.

Gu Mo was certain that the Great Compassion Monk was a fake, but the other party was unaware that he was fake, and all his behaviors, cognitions, and memories were those of the Great Compassion Monk.

This situation is very similar to that of the Jade Maiden.

The only difference is that Yu Niangzi's body is a lump of mud, while the fake Da Bei is a real person.

When I think of this,

Gu Mo suddenly thought of what Mei Wensheng had just said: the flesh and blood on Yu Niangzi's skeleton did not seem to have been removed, but rather seemed to be growing.

"False compassion...it may have started as a pile of mud, and only later did flesh and blood slowly grow in it..."

When I think of this,

Gu Mo then asked Mei Wensheng, "Prefect Mei, may I go and see that skeleton?"

Mei Wensheng quickly replied, "If Master Gu wants to see it, of course he can. Shall we go see it now?"

Gu Mo nodded.

Mei Wensheng immediately led the way, and Gu Mo and Ye Jinglan followed.

Ye Chen hurriedly called out, "Big brother, big brother, where am I? Where am I? Don't abandon me!" Gu Mo looked at Mei Wensheng and asked, "Prefect Mei, can you release him?"

Mei Wensheng cupped his hands and said, "Young Master Ye is a suspect, and there are also people from the Chu Kingdom who are currently a very sensitive group. Theoretically speaking, he cannot be released from prison at this time. However, if you, Hero Gu, wish to take him away, Young Master Ye can leave immediately."

His Majesty and the court officials have already established a rule in court: as long as it is not treason, local governments will unconditionally obey your will, Master Gu.

Ye Jinglan said softly, "Brother Gu, in the current situation, your existence is equivalent to Su Qianqiu's status in Southern Jin for our Qian Kingdom. You don't need to do anything. Just acknowledging your identity as a Qian Kingdom citizen will bring us more help than hundreds of thousands of troops. Therefore, His Majesty and those cunning ministers in the court have reached a consensus, which is to treat you with respect!"

Gu Mo nodded slightly, said nothing more, and simply said to Mei Wensheng, "Then let Ye Chen come out!"

Mei Wensheng immediately ordered the jailer to open the cell door.

In fact, this prison door alone could not possibly imprison Ye Chen. However, what the prison door represents is the law and will of the Qian Kingdom, and that is what can truly imprison Ye Chen, a grandmaster.

Ye Chen quickly ran out of the cell, came to Gu Mo's side, gave him a thumbs up, and exclaimed, "Big brother, your status in Qian Kingdom is really high!"

Gu Mo chuckled and then used his internal energy to examine Ye Chen's "luck energy" and "bad luck energy," only to find that both of these energies had grown considerably stronger.

However, Gu Mo didn't say much and led Ye Chen away.

quickly,

The group arrived at a morgue and saw the skeleton. Just as Mei Wensheng had said, the skeleton had flesh and blood, but strangely, it didn't look like it had been stripped down to just a little bit of flesh and blood. Instead, it had some tentacles.

Gu Mo immediately closed his eyes slightly and circulated his internal energy to sense the laws of heaven and earth.
When he opened his eyes again,

He saw wisps of peculiar energy swirling around the skeleton, clinging to it, while the faint flesh and blood possessed a barely perceptible vitality, like the mold that grows on food.

Gu Mo gently raised his hand and pulled out that wisp of life.
At that moment,

The skeleton instantly began to turn black and rot. In just a few breaths, the skeleton turned into a puddle of mud, emitting a disgusting, fishy stench.

"This is it……"

Ye Chen pointed to the pool of mud and said, "That Jade Maiden was covered in mud like this... and even her skeleton was made of mud..."

Mei Wensheng was stunned by this sudden scene. He looked at Gu Mo and cupped his hands, saying, "Hero Gu, what... what exactly happened?"

A cold glint flashed in Gu Mo's eyes as he said, "I roughly understand now. Behind this is something even more powerful than ghosts and gods. A mysterious force can turn a clay figure into a real person, replace a real person, and become a real person!"

Mei Wensheng said in a deep voice: "I suddenly remembered something. My disciple Su Ziyou has been investigating the case of the evil ghost eating marrow. Twice he surrounded the murderer, but the murderer disappeared in the end."

Both times the locations of the sieges were inside residential houses, and both had drainage ditches. Since this Jade Maiden turned into mud, does that mean the two surrounded murderers also disappeared because they turned into mud?

"check!"

Ye Jinglan immediately said, "Prefect Mei, immediately mobilize the people of the Jingzhao Prefecture to investigate where in the capital there are places with large amounts of mud, and places that make mud figurines, including the Ghost City... Hmm, leave the Ghost City to our Ministry of Justice!"

Mei Wensheng said, "Investigating based on Yu Niangzi's background will be faster. Since Yu Niangzi is a clay figure, it couldn't have happened without reason; there must have been some contact or connection between them!"

Ye Jinglan nodded.

Mei Wensheng immediately left the morgue.

Ye Jinglan looked at Gu Mo and said, "Brother Gu, I'm going to the Ministry of Justice now. You can go back to my house and wait for my news!"

Gu Mo waved his hand and said, "I have to go to Princess Chengyang's residence first. I remember when I first arrived in the capital a couple of days ago, Princess Chengyang mentioned that she had a clay figure that looked just like a real person!"

Ye Jinglan exclaimed in surprise, "It can't be such a coincidence..."

"We'll have to go and see for ourselves to know!"

……

Immediately,

Gu Mo and his group then left the Jingzhao Prefecture.

Ye Jinglan rushed to the Ministry of Justice, while Gu Mo and Ye Chen went to Princess Chengyang's residence.

In the dead of night, the princess's residence was very quiet, making the knocking sound particularly heavy.

Soon, the doorman opened the door and immediately bowed to Gu Mo.

Gu Mo asked, "Are the princess and my sister here?"

The gatekeeper hurriedly said, "The princess and Miss Gu are both here. They returned this afternoon. Master Gu, would you like to see Her Highness the princess or Miss Gu?"

"I see you all."

"I will go and inform them immediately."

Immediately, the gatekeeper went to report.

A short while later, Li Li, Gu Chudong, and the woman in red arrived in the living room.

"Brother!" Gu Chudong quickly ran to Gu Mo's side and asked, "Why did you come in the middle of the night?" She looked at Ye Chen next to Gu Mo and asked, "And who is this?"

Ye Chen quickly cupped his hands and said, "Miss Gu, my name is Ye Chen, and I'm your brother's newly recruited underling!"

Gu Chudong: “???”

Li Li, who came in last, yawned repeatedly and said irritably, "Oh, my dear Gu, do you know how much damage waking up a young girl in the middle of the night does to her skin? If I become ugly and can't get married, you'll have to take responsibility for me!"

Gu Mo curled his lip in exasperation, but he didn't have time to banter with Li Li right now, so he asked, "I came here to see your clay figure?"

Li Li asked in confusion, "Why are you looking at the clay figure?"

"Investigate the case," Gu Mo said. "Never mind all that, take me to see your clay figure first."

Li Li waved his hand and said, "You're too late. I've already sent the clay figure back."

Gu Mo asked in confusion, "Why?"

Li Li said, "It's all because of your younger sister. That clay figure was too realistic, and she felt creeped out. What could I do? Although I really liked that clay figure, my favorite Chu Dong said so, so I had to throw it away. But I couldn't bear to destroy it, so I sent it back to the clay figure maker, thinking that I can go and see it whenever I want in the future."

"Where is that clay figurine maker?" Gu Mo asked.

“Tingyu Town in the East City,” Li Li said, “is the fourth clay figurine shop in the middle of Niwa Lane. The owner’s surname is Song.”

"Brother, are you going over there?" Gu Chudong asked. "I'll go with you!"

“No need,” Gu Mo waved his hand and said, “You can just stay at the Princess’s residence.” Then, Gu Mo looked at Li Li and said, “Arrange for someone who has been there before to show me the way.”

"Fine!"

Li Li immediately got up and walked outside.

Just then, Gu Mo's pupils suddenly contracted, and he actually saw a wisp of primordial spirit power flash across Li Li's body.

"Li Li, wait a minute!" Gu Mo called out.

Li Li turned around in confusion, about to ask "What's wrong?", but before she could speak, she found that Gu Mo was already in front of her, reaching out to stroke her cheek.

At that moment,

Li Li's heart was in her throat, her heart started pounding uncontrollably, and her little face instantly turned red.

She liked Gu Chudong, so she always joked about wanting to be Gu Chudong's sister-in-law. However, after making the joke so many times, she would inexplicably start to think about it in that way. Gu Mo was the number one in the world, and his looks and temperament were also exceptional. As a woman, it was impossible for her not to be attracted. It's just that Gu Mo was now at a very high level, so she only dared to joke about it and didn't dare to take it seriously.

Therefore,
At this moment, faced with Gu Mo's sudden intimacy, she couldn't contain her excitement and nervousness; her cheeks burned, and her heart raced.
Then, she closed her eyes slightly, waiting quietly for Gu Mo's caress.

however,
She closed her eyes for a while, but didn't feel any fingers touching her. She opened her eyes in confusion and knew that Gu Mo would say, "Your face... is gone!"

Then, she saw Gu Mo gently tug at her cheek.
Then, a piece of skin fell to the ground.

It was her face!
(End of this chapter)