The Buddha is actually me

Chapter 161 Painted Skins All Over Yangzhou

Peacefulness.

The two girls were a little absent-minded and couldn't help but glance at the handsome and heroic man in blue.

He is truly a handsome man with a face as handsome as a jade, a rare sight in the world.

Moreover, there is an indescribable grace and bearing in his every move, and he is as independent as a solitary pine tree, which is unforgettable.

Zhang Jiuyang shook his head and carefully looked at Yue Ling who was sitting in front of him, his eyes repeatedly scanning her pretty face.

Yue Ling frowned slightly, feeling a little uncomfortable. He silently took off the Dragon Sparrow Sword from his waist and put it heavily on the table.

She was originally happy when she received Zhang Jiuyang's letter, but she didn't expect that the other party would actually invite her to meet him in a brothel.

In a hurry, she had to disguise herself as a man.

"What's so good about this? Am I weird?"

This was not the first time she dressed as a man. She had dressed like this before when performing missions and didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

Zhang Jiuyang smiled, glanced at the two girls, and said teasingly: "As soon as you came out, you immediately captured the hearts of two beauties."

Yue Ling also noticed the two women's fiery gazes, and a hint of helplessness appeared in her eyes.

This happens every time she dresses as a man.

Once she rescued a young lady from the clutches of an evil spirit, but the man insisted that he would not marry anyone else but her. When he finally found out that she was a woman, he was heartbroken and left sadly.

As if they had noticed Yue Ling's gaze, the two girls performed more vigorously, their dance moves were enchanting, and the music they played was more gentle and lingering.

The veil was hanging down, revealing her fair shoulders, and a red bellyband could be vaguely seen.

They tried their best to seduce this rare and beautiful man. They would be willing to spend a night with such a godlike figure even if it meant paying money.

Yue Ling felt uneasy, but she saw Zhang Jiuyang drinking and watching with great interest.

She snorted coldly, and gently picked up two peanuts with her slender fingers like white jade. She flicked them casually, and two sounds of breaking through the air were heard. The next moment, the two girls fell to the ground, unconscious.

"Tsk tsk, how cruel! I like you so much, but you just knocked me out. How..."

Zhang Jiuyang teased her, but saw Yue Ling's hand silently placed on the hilt of the Dragon Bird Sword.

"You are truly selfless and unfazed. You are a role model for our generation!"

He quickly sat up straight and looked straight ahead.

A smile flashed across Yue Ling's lips, and she said, "Stop joking, tell me why you asked me to meet you at the brothel?"

The two had made an agreement before they parted that after Zhang Jiuyang arrived in Yangzhou City, he could contact her at any time through a secret agent.

She was also the one who told Zhang Jiuyang the code word for the contact.

But she didn't expect that Zhang Jiuyang sent someone to deliver a letter with only five words in it: See you on the flower boat in Yangzhou.

"As an outsider, and a man at that late hour, there is only one place where I can least be suspected. I don't know if I have been targeted by the Painted Skin Master's men. Although the possibility is not high, I still have to be cautious."

After all, Yangzhou is the territory of the Painted Skin Master, and it is unknown how many years he has been operating here.

The Imperial Observatory has a hidden agent, so doesn’t the Painted Skin Master have one?
Yangzhou's flower boats are famous all over the world. As a man, it is normal for him to come here late at night to have some fun and see the world.

"You are normal, but I climbed over the wall to get out of my house. If my grandmother knew that I went to a brothel at night, I'm afraid she would go to the ancestral hall to complain to my ancestors..."

Yue Ling and Zhang Jiuyang looked at each other, and then a smile appeared on their faces.

It was a feeling of relaxation that came from letting go of all defenses. Even though the two hadn't seen each other for many days, there was no sense of strangeness or alienation. Instead, there was a tacit understanding between them.

"It's good that you're here. The case has been difficult to advance during this period and has reached a bottleneck."

She sighed softly. For some reason, even though Zhang Jiuyang's cultivation was only at the third level, she felt inexplicably relieved with his arrival.

It seemed as if no difficulty in this world could hold him back. Perhaps it was because he had created so many miracles that she developed an inexplicable dependence on him, something Yue Ling had never experienced before.

“What progress has been made?”

Zhang Jiuyang's eyes moved and he asked.

Yue Ling concealed nothing and informed the progress of the Yan Luo case she had been handling during this period.

"During this period, we checked many places in Yangzhou. Although we did not find the lair of the Painted Skin Master, we did catch a few small fish and obtained some clues through interrogation."

She said in a serious tone, "The Painted Skin Master has four skinners under his command. I killed one of them earlier. Now there are three left. They haven't appeared for a long time."

"As for the skin peeler, there is a woman named Xiu Niang. It is said that the woman is extremely loyal to the Painted Skin Master, and her methods are also strange and unpredictable. The Painted Skin Master often practices in seclusion, and his power in Yangzhou is all managed by Xiu Niang."

When Zhang Jiuyang heard the word "embroiderer", he thought of the tiger skin.

This woman is not easy to deal with. The tiger skin is still on him. It has a strange magic, and it seems that there is a voice tempting him to put it on.

"Zhang Jiuyang, through this investigation, I feel a terrible resistance."

Her expression became extremely solemn, and she said, "From the officials and wealthy businessmen in Yangzhou to the peddlers and hawkers, people from all walks of life seem to be intentionally or unintentionally obstructing our investigation. It feels as if we are fighting against the entire Yangzhou..."

If it was before, she might not have been able to notice it, but after knowing the terrifying ability of the Painted Skin Master, she became more and more frightened the more she investigated the case in Yangzhou.

Is this place, which is said to be the richest in Kyushu, still the land of the King of Daqian?

She vaguely felt that Yangzhou had been infiltrated by the Painted Skin Lord's men and had become a sieve, and a single move could affect the entire city.

Zhang Jiuyang also felt a chill in his heart. No wonder the Painted Skin Master said that Yangzhou was his territory.

Perhaps a passerby passing by on the street, a prostitute drinking and having fun in a brothel, or even a child eating candied haws on the street, are all wearing a human skin mask.

"It's hard to reverse the situation and cure the deep-seated disease. It's unrealistic to try to remove all the hidden pieces one by one. The only way now is to capture the leader first."

Zhang Jiuyang poured her a glass of wine and said, "As long as the Painted Skin Master dies, his forces will be leaderless. Moreover, those masks were made by the Painted Skin Master using sorcery. If he dies, the human skin masks will most likely lose their effectiveness."

Yue Ling nodded and said, "I think the same as you."

"But there is a hidden chess piece in one place that must be removed first."

She smiled and said, "It has been removed. There was indeed a spy among the Imperial Observatory people who came to Yangzhou this time. I deliberately released a piece of false information to reveal his true identity. It turned out to be a Lingtai Lang under the command of Shentu Jianhou."

"Well done, but what did you find out?"

Zhang Jiuyang's eyes lit up. A Lingtailang, this is a big fish.

She put away her smile and sighed, "After all, I was still a step too slow. The spy resolutely committed suicide when he was arrested, and his soul was still scattered."

"Later we cut open his skin and found another face underneath."

At this point, she slammed the table and said, "That Lingtai Lang also had great military achievements. His death was so unjust!"

After a moment of silence, Zhang Jiuyang's eyes were deep, and he said: "If you want to kill the Painted Skin Master, the best way is to lure him out of his lair and then ambush him with a crowd."

“So that bait is crucial.”

"We must find out what that thing he has been guarding in Yangzhou for many years is...what exactly is it?"

"As long as he can figure out that thing, his life...is already half lost."

"As for the remaining half..."

Zhang Jiuyang poured her a glass of wine and said calmly, "Let's collect it together."

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(End of this chapter)