The night was dark, and there were no lights in the entire Sujia Town. The silence was so disturbing that people felt nervous.
The man opened the door dizzily and rubbed his head vigorously.
I don’t know what’s going on lately, but there seems to be some problem with his memory, and he always forgets some things.
For example, right now, in the middle of the night, what is he doing out there?
Inside the room, a voluptuous figure wearing a gauze was drawing something with her back to him.
Facing the dim moonlight, you can vaguely see the smooth skin under the gauze, your buttocks are as light as a peach, and your waist is as slender as a willow. Just the sight of her back makes a man's heart burn.
"What are you drawing in the middle of the night? Are you waiting for your husband?"
The man rubbed his hands and couldn't wait to put his arms around that romantic body and caress her, but his steps suddenly stopped and a look of horror appeared on his face.
Myself, when did you have a wife?
At this time, the enchanting figure turned around and said with a chuckle: "My face is a little crooked. Please wait a minute, my face will be painted soon."
She held a thin piece of human skin in her hand, with all the features and eyes on it, lifelike.
The woman raised her head, but the area on her face was filled with pitch black pus.
The pus was like a living thing, constantly churning and rolling, emitting a fishy smell.
The man's scream cut through the night sky, but stopped abruptly midway, and the entire Sujia Town returned to its previous silence.
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Gu Cheng saw Su Zhenxing's human skin in Zhou Jianxing's house.
Even though Gu Cheng had seen a lot of evil ghosts since he joined Jingyesi, he still couldn't help but feel cold in his heart.
Even Xuanjia guards like Zhao Jingming and Wang Qi, who are older than Gu Cheng, are the same.
It's not because the human skin is too scary, but because the human skin is so delicate and lifelike, as if you can become another person by putting on this human skin.
Everyone even had the illusion that when they saw this human skin, they seemed to be facing a living person. This thing was so exquisite that it made people feel panicked.
Zhao Jingming and others may not know the reason, but Gu Cheng can probably guess it.
The uncanny valley effect.
Those ferocious ghosts that look like green faces and fangs are actually not that scary. The ghosts that really scare people are the ones that look more like humans.
The human skin in front of me not only looks like a human, it is even more delicate than a human. It is so delicate that it is unreal, and what it reflects is extreme awkwardness and disgust.
Zhou Jianxing sighed: "Brother Gu, did you see it? The reason why I worked so hard to investigate this matter is because it is too weird.
Moreover, the Su family is also a vassal of my Zhou family, and they are still under my jurisdiction. If something really happens, those old-fashioned elders of the Zhou family will definitely come to trouble me."
Gu Cheng nodded and said to Xiao Yi: "Use the Chonglong Jade Talisman and the Sanqing Jade True Talisman to have a look."
The Chonglong Jade Talisman is used to check the Yin Qi, and the Sanqing Jade True Talisman is also one of the orthodox Talismans of Taoism. It is mainly used to remove some spell changes, blinding techniques and the like.
This human skin was so lifelike that Gu Cheng couldn't help but feel that it was not just human skin, but that it seemed to have been transformed from other sinister things.
Xiao Yi threw down two talismans. After a moment, he shook his head and said, "Brother Gu, I didn't find the Yin Qi. This human skin is human skin. Although I don't know what method was used to become like this, it is indeed
There is no doubt that it is genuine human skin.”
Gu Cheng thought for a moment and asked, "Are there any people from Jingyesi who live or pass by around Sujia Town?"
Zhou Jianxing looked a little strange and said: "There is a Xuanjia guard who was specially sent by your Jingyesi. Although he is not a permanent resident, he often comes to Sujia Town."
Gu Cheng knew why Zhou Jianxing's expression was so strange.
Because the Xuanjia Guards are not actually stationed in Sujia Town, they are mainly here for surveillance.
Every town in Sujia Town is a vassal of the Zhou family and is completely out of the control of Heyang Mansion. Neither the government nor Jingyesi can control Sujia Town.
Therefore, Jingyesi would not openly fall out with the Zhou family. He would just send a Xuanjia guard to hang around frequently. It was called patrolling, but in reality it was surveillance.
Gu Cheng asked Zhao Jingming to use the token given by Cui Zijie to call the Xuanjia guard over.
The Xuanjia guard's name is Yang Xingjie. He is in his forties, has an average appearance, looks quite honest and honest, and is not very strong. He has barely reached the early stage of the eighth level.
Generally speaking, Xuanjiawei of this age and with this kind of strength are basically the kind who have no hope of promotion and are waiting to retire after accumulating seniority in Jingyesi, just like Qi Zhou before.
That's why this kind of patrolling and surveillance task, which is extremely boring and has no chance of gaining any merit points, falls on them, and they don't care anyway.
"My subordinate has met Mr. Gu." Yang Xingjie had a cautious and flattering look on his face.
Although Gu Cheng is now a Xuanjia guard like him, he has heard of the other party's name.
He defeated the Qingshan Sword Sect and Daoxuan Sect in the Changle Gang, and helped them win a lot of shares of elixirs from Jingyesi of Heyang Prefecture.
Now that I have taken the token given by Cui Zijie and made friends with the direct disciples of the Zhou family, my future will definitely be bright.
So even though he is on the same level as Gu Cheng now, he still treats him like a subordinate.
"Brother Yang, you're welcome. Are you here in Sujia Town during this time?"
"I'm there most of the time. Sometimes I leave for a while because of some personal matters at home."
Yang Xingjie replied with a smile.
If you leave for a while, you are just being lazy.
Gu Cheng didn't pay attention, he just asked: "Do you recognize Su Zhenxing? Has anything happened in the Su family recently?"
Yang Xingjie touched his head and said, "To be honest, I don't remember much.
There are more than 1,000 people in Sujia Town, about 3,000 people. This Su Zhenxing is a newcomer, and his subordinates really can't remember him.
Moreover, Sujia Town has been very peaceful recently, just like before, and I haven’t noticed anything strange.”
Gu Cheng thought for a moment, took out the token Cui Zijie gave him, and handed it to Zhao Jingming.
"Brother Zhao, take the token and find out who Su Zhenxing met and what happened when he was doing business with the caravan last time. Ask the local Jingyesi and the Yamen to cooperate. The rest of the people will go with me.
Exploration in Sujia Town."
After giving the instructions, Zhao Jingming left, and Gu Cheng, Zhou Jianxing and others came to Sujia Town.
Sujia Town is a small town. Because it is a vassal of the Zhou family, although the place is very remote, it is very wealthy. Most of the houses in the town are separate houses and even manors.
When he entered Sujia Town, Gu Cheng had already asked Xiao Yi to use the Chonglong Jade Talisman secretly to see if there was any yin energy.
But Xiao Yi shook his head slightly and said that everything in the town was normal and no yin energy was found.
Because Zhou Jianxing also came, as a vassal of the Zhou family, more than a thousand members of the Su family in the town came out to greet him under the leadership of the clan leader.
The patriarch of the Su family is an old man in his seventies, but his body appears to be very strong.
"Why don't you tell me in advance when you are coming? I'm so lazy. I hope you can forgive me."
Zhou Jianxing shook his head and said: "They are all members of our family. You're welcome, old patriarch. I came here this time to investigate the matter of Su Zhenxing."
The old patriarch smiled bitterly and said: "But our Su family really doesn't have this person. I am just a fool who remembered it wrong. How can I remember the whole Su family with more than a thousand people?"
"It's not that everyone remembered it wrong, but this matter is a bit weird, so I specially invited Mr. Gu Chenggu from Jingyesi to come and investigate this time. Please cooperate with me."
After saying that, Zhou Jianxing looked at Gu Cheng: "Brother Gu, can you see any clues?"
Gu Cheng rubbed his head and shook his head gently.
He didn't know why, but after entering Sujia Town, he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't pinpoint what specifically was wrong.
Xiao Yi has already reached the eighth level of Qi Refining to rest his mind. As an orthodox Qi Refiner, his spiritual sense should be considered the strongest, but he still hasn't sensed anything.
The five internal organs temple ghosts in Gu Cheng's body were also refined ghosts, and they didn't find anything special about Sujia Town.
Hearing Zhou Jianxing's words at this time, Gu Cheng said in a deep voice: "You can't tell anything just by looking at it.
However, I believe that the evidence of a person's existence will not be erased so casually.
Even if he disappears from everyone's memory, there will definitely be various clues left behind in reality."