Zhou Xiaolin was not far away, pointing to the ground with her trembling arms, "This...! There is a charred figure here,"
"The figure? Could it be the one Sikyong mentioned before!"
Li Huaiyun stopped immediately, then strode towards Zhou Xiaolin, "Where is it? Let me see."
Zhou Xiaolin took a step back, then pointed to the ground, "Right here."
Li Huaiyun squatted next to the black shadow and gently rubbed it on the ground with his hands. The black shadow was not toner, but something embedded in the ground. It was a bit like a tattoo, where the pigment was injected into the inner skin.
He directly took a tile from the side, and then dug up the soil with black shadows.
This digging made the two of them freeze in place. The soil under the soil layer was still like this, as if the figure was buried in the soil like a person.
Zhou Xiaolint, who was standing by, was wondering, "What is this figure? Why is there no record in the file? Could it be that those investigating the case didn't find it? But such a big black figure is here, how could it not be found?"
Li Huaiyun explained, "It's not mentioned in the file, but Sikyong has told me before about this dark shadow."
"Ah! Sikyong told you?" Zhou Xiaolin asked in confusion, "Why is it not in the file?"
"It's because these shadows were not burned to death in the fire!"
Zhou Xiaolin was even more puzzled, "She wasn't burned to death in the fire, so why are she here?"
"It is said that after these three large houses were burned down by fire, because this place is close to the palace and the people who live here are either rich or noble, this attracted the attention of those brave people!"
"Therefore, in these three ruins, people who occasionally come here to try their luck, hoping to dig out some valuable things from these ruins, or some remaining calligraphy and paintings, things that have not been completely burned, but I don't know how. After all, after those people come, there will always be a few dark shadows left behind, which is really strange."
Li Huaiyun was also puzzled, "At first I thought it was a bit strange when I heard what Sikyong said, but when I came here to see it, it was really like this."
"Did someone die here and turn into a black shadow on the ground?"
"It's possible!"
Zhou Xiaolin wondered if the two of them would be like this, and felt a little scared in her heart, "Then..., what exactly are we going to do? It turns people into black shadows!"
"It's very simple! Just use fire to burn it!"
"But the soil below the black shadow is also like this, then...!"
Li Huaiyun pressed one hand on the ground, "It would be even simpler. Bury a person in the soil and start burning from inside the person's body. Wouldn't the soil inside be dyed black?"
"This is too scary," Zhou Xiaolin looked at the black shadow and looked elsewhere in panic. What she didn't expect was that she actually saw a black shadow on the ground not far away. A human face. "
She hurriedly called Li Huaiyun, "This is even weirder! It looks like a human face!"
"What? A human face!" Li Huaiyun stood up immediately and walked towards Zhou Xiaolin. This place was so weird.
When he came to Zhou Xiaolin's side, he saw at a glance that black carbon ash was spread on the ground to form a human face, as if someone had drawn it with briquettes.
"This...!" He couldn't understand it for a moment!
"Strange! Why is there no record of a human face at this position in the file?" Zhou Xiaolin turned to look at Li Huaiyun, "Did Sikyong say that?"
"No!"
"It looks like this clear human face! Could it be that it suddenly appeared here last night!"
"It's very possible," Li Huaiyun looked slightly moved, not knowing how to explain this situation, "Didn't Sikyong say that there are people who are greedy for money who will come here to try their luck, hoping to find something valuable."
Zhou Xiaolin asked doubtfully, "Then how did this human face form? It seems a bit impossible!"
After Li Huaiyun pondered for a long time, "Maybe he peeled off the human skin, poured something on it, and then burned it to create this kind of human face."
"Skinning people?" Zhou Xiaolin took a deep breath and felt the hairs on her body stand up. She frowned in thought and agreed with this conjecture. Those people came here, looking for things that have not been burned, just to be able to In exchange for silver, I encountered some terrifying ghosts here, which is why I ended up like this.
"I agree with your hypothesis."
Li Huaiyun squatted down and looked at the lifelike human face on the ground. Just as he was about to reach out and touch it, Zhou Xiaolin called out to him.
"Don't move, be careful! The thing on this man's face obviously comes from unknown sources! There may be something dangerous hidden there, and if you touch it, you may also suffer."
When he heard this, he felt that the words made sense, so he took out the gloves, put them on his hands, and then touched the dark face on the ground.
What he didn't expect was that a special kind of cold air penetrated directly through the tight gloves and penetrated into the skin, making people feel a sharp chill.
The electric stimulation instantly made Li Huaiyun feel extremely awake. At this moment, a painful and sharp roar kept ringing in his mind. There was extreme resentment under this face, which made Li Huaiyun extremely awake. People feel shuddering.
"There is indeed a ghost causing trouble here again!" Li Huaiyun stood up and put away his gloves. He looked at the charred ruins nearby. "Obviously, after the house experienced a fire, the place was full of resentment, and these resentments continued. The gathering of the earth makes the resentful spirits here even more ferocious, and this black shadow made of human skin is probably used to gather the evil spirits."
Zhou Xiaolin frowned, "It's really scary to use human skin to make such a terrible thing!"
She hurriedly suggested, "In that case, let the monster hunter come here quickly."
"Don't worry, it's broad daylight and the yang energy is too strong, these ghosts won't come out, and I also want to touch these ghosts, maybe I can figure out what's going on, this one is made of human skin Whose masterpiece is the black shadow?"
Zhou Xiaolin pursed her lips. From what he meant, it was obvious that she wanted to come to such an eerie place in the middle of the night.
She felt a little resistant in her heart. After all, she was a hunter, not a monster hunter. She was still afraid of things like ghosts. With these resentful souls being burned to death, the danger was even greater.
"Let's come here again in the evening and have a good conversation with those resentful souls." Li Huaiyun spoke in an understatement, "Maybe we can figure out the whole process of how they were burned to death."
"Um..., do we really want to come here at night?" Zhou Xiaolin's tone of voice became very thin. She had never dealt with these things before when handling cases, and she suddenly felt discouraged.
"Couldn't you have come here earlier?"
Li Huaiyun laughed lightly, "Aren't we here to enjoy the scenery? Those resentful souls will only come out when the yin energy is stronger."
Zhou Xiaolin was afraid that Li Huaiyun would laugh at her and make her embarrassed, so she didn't want to explain the reason, so she casually said, "Whatever you want!"
Li Huaiyun saw her panic, "It's okay! If you're scared, just let me come alone, so you don't have to worry, something will happen to you!"
"Who is afraid?" Zhou Xiaolin shouted loudly, but obviously lacked strength, "Who said I am afraid! I will come with you tonight."
"Don't talk nonsense!"
Zhou Xiaolin glared at him, then patted her chest hard from behind, "Don't worry, I'll be fine. It's just a few incomplete corpses and human figures. At most, it's just those unsavory ghosts. I'll be fine."
"This is what you said. I didn't force you! You can't tell Sikyong then. I deliberately scared you."
Zhou Xiaolin snorted softly. She lowered her head, looked at the face at her feet, and deliberately touched it lightly with her feet. However, at that moment, she felt that her body was being eroded by the cold, making her hair stand up. She felt I felt unprecedented fear. At this moment, my arms kept shaking, and it was difficult to even lift them up.
Li Huaiyun returned to the pile of ruins in the study and continued to dig. While removing the stones that were charred black by the fire, he asked Zhou Xiaolin some things about Uncle Liu.
In addition to some life matters and other private matters, she didn't know much, and there was nothing special about it. However, what was certain was that there must be something she was hiding from him and not letting him know.
"Princess Princess, you might as well make it clear. Since you are here to investigate the case, there is no need to hide some things, otherwise it will be difficult for us to continue the investigation."
Zhou Xiaolin frowned, folded her hands in front of her, thinking about these things in her mind, whether she really wanted to tell Li Huaiyun, fearing that if this guy was a spy of the other party, it would be troublesome.
She asked cautiously, "What do you want to know?"
"Uncle Liu, what is the purpose of retiring from old age and returning to his hometown in Kyoto? I heard that he is still running some business here, and it doesn't look like he is retiring to his old age."
"How did you guess that?"
"This is not very simple. Since you are still in your old age, how can you come to Kyoto and live close to the palace? If you were in a nearby town, I would not have any doubts."
"Indeed, Uncle Liu is not just retiring in Kyoto. He still has a mission given by my father!"
"What's the mission?"
Zhou Xiaolin looked around cautiously. She only found out about this by peeking at the letters, so she didn't know if she could tell anyone about it.
However, everyone is dead now, and Li Huaiyun is the person sent by Sikyong to investigate the case. These things tell him that he should be fine.
"Uncle Liu is here as my father's spy, staying in Kyoto to monitor someone's words and deeds!" She was still on guard and did not say anything specific.
"Someone, this person is also a relative of the emperor!"
"You...how did you know?"
"Prince Lin!"
Zhou Xiaolin's face suddenly became serious, and she gently twisted the hem of her skirt, "How did you guess that?"
"No need to guess, behind every case I handle, there will always be the figure of King Lin!"
Li Huaiyun briefly talked about the cases he had investigated in recent days.
Zhou Xiaolin listened attentively, then frowned and thought for a moment, "I didn't expect that my second uncle would do so many evil things behind my back."
"Then what do you know?"
"Prince Lin has been secretly expanding his power over the years. In addition, he already holds military power and has many party members in the DPRK and China. Although he is far away from the border, he can still have an impact on the current situation in Kyoto."
"With such power, I don't know why my second uncle still wants to be the emperor! The name is not justified."
Li Huaiyun smiled indifferently, thinking that this woman was quite innocent and didn't know the endless greed of people's hearts.
"When someone is in a high position, he will pursue upwards. For example, some emperors pursue immortality and hope to always be at the highest position of power. And your second uncle, who is less than one person and more than ten thousand people, will of course yearn for this. The highest position.”
"Not everyone can have no desires and desires, and they will try their best to pursue the supreme rights."
Zhou Xiaolin nodded thoughtfully.
"You have been monitoring King Lin for so long, what else have you found?"
