The Rebirth of the Prince: Starting from Not Being a Doglicker

Capital city, outer city.

In a room of a house.

Tang Yan thrust the spear into the body of a kind-looking old man. A scorching aura exploded from the spear, and a slight "puff" sound came from the old man's chest.

He looked at Tang Yan, who fell to the ground with an expression of disbelief on his face. His body twitched a few times and he died.

Tang Yan pulled out the spear, but strangely, not a single drop of blood spurted out of the old man's chest.

After a while, the old man's body suddenly changed and turned into a monster corpse with no skin on its body, and bloody bones and muscles exposed, which looked quite terrifying.

"This is……"

Zhou Qingyu looked at the monster and exclaimed in a low voice.

"Painted Skin, a type of ghost."

"This kind of ghost has no appearance, only flesh and blood, but it can transform into the appearance of anyone it has seen. It is a more difficult kind of ghost to deal with."

"Generally speaking, only people who died from being skinned alive can become painted skins."

"You already knew that he was the murderer who caused the disappearance of people nearby?" Zhou Qingyu's pretty face was surprised.

Tang Yan received news from the Suppression of Evils Division that morning that several people had gone missing in a neighborhood in the outer city with hundreds of households.

The Jingzhao Prefecture did not take it too seriously at first, thinking it was just an ordinary murderer's disappearance. Later, even the constables from the Jingzhao Prefecture who came to arrest the murderer were nowhere to be found.

The Jingzhao Prefecture realized that something was wrong and transferred the case to the Suppression of Evils Division.

Usually evil spirits causing harm and casualties occur in the evening or dusk, but in this case, people disappeared during both the day and at night.

Moreover, generally speaking, when Yin creatures cause trouble, they will usually leave behind corpses. Even Yin creatures that eat people will leave behind blood and other things.

But this case was not like that. The missing people were nowhere to be found, and no traces were left. It was as if they had completely disappeared from this world.

This type of murderer will handle both the beginning and the end of the riot, which is usually man-made.

Before today, two Yellow-Character Suppressor Evil Envoys had come to investigate, but with little success, no trace of the murderer was found.

Therefore, the Evil Suppression Bureau dispatched Tang Yan, the Earth-level Evil Suppression Envoy, to solve the case.

After Tang Yan checked the case files provided by Jingzhao Prefecture and spent a morning visiting and investigating, he came to the old man's home.

The old man is the head of this neighborhood. He has a small fortune and often helps his neighbors. He is well-known for his kindness in the neighborhood.

Zhou Qingyu had a good impression of this kind-faced, benevolent old man.

"This is why I told you that you must be rigorous and cautious when dealing with evil creatures and evil cultivators." Tang Yan said with a serious face.

"This painted skin imitated the previous style of the head of the monastery very well. If I hadn't doubted it from the beginning and kept a careful eye on it, I wouldn't have noticed its flaws."

Zhou Qingyu felt a little ashamed. Like the two previous Huangzi Evil Suppression Envoys, she did not doubt this neighborhood chief.

It received them, busying around and asking about the residents' well-being, just like the diligent and conscientious neighborhood chief described in the intelligence.

But Tang Yan was able to spot the subtle clues and solved this difficult case within a day.

Putting aside her personality, Tang Yan is indeed very capable, just as the "book" says.

"It can only change into the appearance of another person, but it will not inherit the memory of the person being imitated. I asked it carefully and tricked it, and it exposed itself." Tang Yan said calmly.

"Low-level Yin creatures, like the water ghosts and flying barbarians you saw the other day, are mostly ignorant."

"But a yin object like Painted Skin can retain some wisdom, so even though it disguised itself as the head of the neighborhood a long time ago."

"But there were intervals between its murders, and it did not commit crimes continuously, so the people of Jingzhao Prefecture only discovered something was wrong not long ago."

Zhou Qingyu nodded and took note of this feature.

Whether it is a water ghost or a flying barbarian, as soon as they are born, they will kill people according to their instinct, and often they will be wiped out before they have time to kill many people.

The Painted Skin would hide in the crowd and be more careful every time he committed a crime.

"When a painted skin eats a person, it will leave behind human skin."

Tang Yan walked past Painted Skin's corpse, came to the bed in the room, and lifted the mat.

Under the mat were several neatly peeled and cleaned human skins, arranged in the shape of a "big" character.

"They like to collect human skins, and these are the skins of those who have disappeared."

Zhou Qingyu walked over, without any fear on her pretty face, and observed the human skins carefully.

Tang Yan looked at this scene and nodded with satisfaction.

Over the past few days, Tang Yan discovered that Zhou Qingyu was not a pampered young lady.

Although she was frightened to the point of trembling all over by the flying beast the first time, she did not back down afterwards. She would not let go of any opportunity to fight with the evil creature or observe its characteristics.

In just a few days, she was able to overcome her fear of feminine objects.

The Painted Skin revealed its true form just now. Others would probably be scared to death when seeing it, but she was only slightly frightened.

"You move its body out and we will take it back to the Evil Suppression Bureau." Tang Yan collected the human skin, folded it, and walked out of the house.

In the slightly dim room, Zhou Qingyu, who was alone, looked at the skinned corpse on the ground with only flesh and blood left, took a deep breath, walked forward and picked it up.

As a second-level magic practitioner, even though his physique was far inferior to that of a martial arts practitioner of the same level, he had no problem picking up a corpse.

What needs to be overcome is the horrific appearance of the corpse and the blood flowing all over the body.

When Zhou Qingyu and Tang Yan came out of the Evil Suppression Division, they did not wear their usual white shirts and skirts, but changed into ordinary black clothes, not afraid of getting them dirty.

The case was solved, and Zhou Qingyu and Tang Yan returned to the Zhenxie Division Yamen, changed into their usual clothes, and when they returned to the Zhou Mansion, it was almost dusk.

Zhou Qingyu returned to his own courtyard.

"Miss, the son of Marquis Shenwei and Miss Wang came to see you at noon." Chuntao said.

"Su An is here? What does he want to see me about?" Zhou Qingyu asked hurriedly when she heard that Su An came to see her today.

She knew that today was the day when the results of the Palace of Literature would be announced, and she really wanted to go and see the results with Su An, but unfortunately she joined Haoran and was determined to avenge Chan'er and others.

During this period of time, she has to study with Tang Yan, so she doesn't have as much free time as before.

"I don't know either. Miss Wang didn't say."

"Chun Tao, go prepare hot water for me. I want to take a bath." Zhou Qingyu was now covered in dust. She decided to go to the Shenwei Marquis Mansion to inquire about the situation after taking a bath.

"Yes." Chuntao agreed and left.

Not long after.

Behind a screen painted with lotus flowers and lotus leaves, Zhou Qingyu took off all her clothes, revealing her snow-white and graceful body.

She stepped into the large wooden barrel covered with flower petals and soaked her whole body in the hot water. The warm feeling surrounded her.

She closed her eyes and enjoyed it, and the fatigue of the day gradually faded away.

After soaking for a while, Zhou Qingyu began to wash her body. The two round and soft breasts on her chest floated slightly in the water. Zhou Qingyu rubbed them carefully and washed them clean.

"It's a bit small. Shishi's seems to be bigger than mine."

"What do Su An and Shi Shi want me to do?"

"After Su An entered the Xiuguan Literature Palace, Shishi and I could eat with him in the dining hall every day, read books in the Sutra Library, and take a walk in Mirror Lake together."

While washing himself, Zhou Qingyu thought about the future and felt an inexplicable longing in his heart.

"Miss?"

At this time, Chuntao's voice came from outside, and her footsteps were getting closer. She was walking towards this side.

"Don't come over." Zhou Qingyu frowned.

"Miss, I'm here to help you dress..." Chuntao stopped.

"No, I can do it myself. Just put the clothes on the screen."

Zhou Qingyu only exposed her body in front of close same-sex people like Xiaochan and Shishi. She was very repulsive to other people, even Chuntao, who was her personal maid.

"OK then……"

Chuntao still wanted to improve the master-servant relationship with Zhou Qingyu, but now she could only leave helplessly.

After Zhou Qingyu finished bathing, he came to the outer room.

Sitting beside the round table was a fair-skinned, beautiful, gentle and graceful woman. It was her mother Si Xue.