224: Chapter 224 The Painted Skin Ghost

The reason why Jiang Xiaoyun had such a speculation was very simple.

First, as Master Wang said, after he let out a scream, Jiang Xiaoyun used the prop "Skateboard Shoes That Love to Speed" to arrive at the scene instantly.

The culprit escaped through the window and fell into the pond, which would inevitably have caused a splashing sound.

But Jiang Xiaoyun did not hear any.

Secondly, this is the Wang Family Estate, and there are dozens of guards in the household, with 2-3 of them distributed in every area.

Since the culprit held a grudge against the young lady, they must have been unfamiliar with the Wang Family Estate.

Because the young lady was an outsider and had never been to the Wang residence; this was her first time.

Although the bridal chamber was conspicuous, it was hidden deep within the Wang residence. For an ordinary person unfamiliar with the terrain here, escaping after getting in would be a problem.

Not to mention coming in to claim a life.

After killing someone, there is barely enough time to escape, so why stay here and keep stabbing?

Jiang Xiaoyun didn't believe it for a second.

In Master Wang's description, he watched the young lady get her throat pierced by a single blade.

Then why was his face whiter than a steamed bun? And what about the blood?

Shouldn't it have been as terrifying as dipping one's head into red paint and pulling it back out?

Finally, there was the window frame. The culprit did indeed jump down from the window frame, leaving footprints on it.

According to Master Wang's description.

After the culprit fell into the pond, they would need to secure the fastest escape time, so they could only climb onto the wooden bridge in the middle.

If they had swum to the shore to run, the time would have been even tighter.

But Jiang Xiaoyun also discovered an anomaly.

The railing of the wooden bridge was divided into three levels.

Jiang Xiaoyun only found handprints on the top level.

And footprints on the bottom level.

Let's simulate the process of a normal person climbing up.

They would definitely emerge from the water, first grab the bottom section of the railing, use their body strength to pull themselves up, and then climb up section by section.

In that case... there should be handprints left on every section of the railing.

But now, there were only handprints on the top section of the railing.

There was only one possibility.

Someone had deliberately faked the scene!

The suspect first crossed over the wooden bridge and stood on the outside of the bridge's railing.

Then, they grabbed the top section of the railing with their hands and placed their feet on the bottom section of the railing.

Relaxing the body, the feet detached from the outer perimeter of the railing.

Just like doing a pull-up, they deliberately extended their feet to step on the water surface.

After getting wet, they created the illusion of having climbed out of the water.

Leaving some watery footprints on the railing.

Making people mistakenly believe they had climbed out of the water, but in reality, this person had actively flipped into the pond from the wooden bridge.

In summary, there was no culprit at all; the murderer was someone from within this Wang residence!

Now, it was uncertain whether what Master Wang said was true; it seemed like he was hiding the truth.

But if the murderer was indeed Master Wang.

Given Master Wang's power, if he really wanted to kill a woman in this ancient era without surveillance.

Especially with the background of a prominent family, it could be said to be as simple as pinching an ant to death.

Why would he need to meticulously plan a setup to kill her on her wedding night?

Jiang Xiaoyun could not figure it out; there were still too few clues.

Master Wang's bedroom, having such a complicated lock, must be hiding some earth-shattering secret.

Presumably... opening the lock in front of her might reveal the truth.

Jiang Xiaoyun rested her chin on her hand, confirming her train of thought in her mind.

She popped the last jade-colored tangyuan into her mouth.

The county officials and a bunch of subordinates, after taking some simple statements, wrapped up their work hastily.

They had arrived too late; the watery footprints left by the suspect had already faded significantly.

Coupled with Master Wang's various descriptions as the victim, they all believed that the murderer came from the outside.

Jiang Xiaoyun curled her lips. They were truly a bunch of trash; no wonder there were so many unjust cases in ancient times.

They just didn't want to investigate at all, okay.

When they encountered the rich and powerful, they would just laugh it off, with the black and white helping each other.

When they encountered cases where common people were persecuted, they would also just laugh it off, not taking it seriously at all.

Even if an official killed someone, they could use the life of a commoner as a substitute.

"Hmm... I need to hurry and find the hollow pillar. On the other hand, I also need to ask Master Wang about the origin of this woman."

Jiang Xiaoyun was a woman of action and immediately set off to find Master Wang.

The Wang family's private doctor was an old man with a white beard. Although he was over 70, he was well-maintained and had very few age spots on his face.

"Father!" Jiang Xiaoyun called out.

Ignoring any etiquette, she pushed the door open and walked in, playing the role of a spoiled young lady to the extreme.

She originally thought her father would smile and say something like, "My precious daughter."

Unexpectedly, after her father saw her come in, he frowned.

He said sternly: "Why are you so ignorant? Don't you knock before entering? Do you have any demeanor of a young lady left?"

"You are really a disgrace to my Wang family!"

"Ahhh?!" Jiang Xiaoyun's head was filled with question marks.

Is this really my father?

Didn't my father spoil me the most?

"I'm sorry, Father. I didn't mean to. I just wanted to come..."

"Get out!"

Hearing that angry voice, Jiang Xiaoyun didn't ask for trouble and immediately closed the door.

"Something is wrong..."

Jiang Xiaoyun rubbed her chin. Master Wang's personality changed way too fast.

[Blooming Chrysanthemum: That was so dangerous. Fortunately, Teacher Jiyin didn't go back in, otherwise... she would definitely have been eaten!]

[I Am Not Mentally Ill: You must have remembered wrong. Have you forgotten? The Painted Skin Ghost can only eat one person per night.]

[Supreme Fungus: This dungeon of the Painted Skin Ghost is quite special. The person the Painted Skin Ghost chooses to eat first is different every time, so the development of the plot is different every time.]

[Mr. Rabbit: So... the target the Painted Skin Ghost chose to eat tonight is Master Wang.]

[Mr. Rabbit: At this moment, it has already put on Master Wang's human skin!]

"Hmm?" Chen Mo saw the chat history before him and couldn't help but feel a bit shocked.

He did have some understanding of the Painted Skin Ghost.

Legend has it that the Painted Skin Ghost is a type of creature that, after eating a person, peels off their human skin and then uses a brush to outline and repair the skin.

Then, by attaching the painted human skin to its body, it can turn into that person's appearance!

Usually, the Painted Skin Ghost kills beautiful women and then turns into a beautiful woman to seduce lecherous men.

When the intimacy reaches a fever pitch, it begins to absorb their Yang energy.

The victims are usually left as nothing but skin and bones.

Soon, Brother Chrysanthemum sent out a short video.

Chen Mo clicked to view it.

The scene in the video was the room that Jiyin had just walked out of.

Master Wang was not sick at all, and there was no doctor by his side.

He looked at the wound on his arm and revealed a vicious expression.

Then he stretched out his arms, grabbed his own face, and pulled hard.

With a "rip" sound, a complete human skin was dragged down from the top of his head and thrown onto the bed beside him.

And what was underneath that human skin was a pitch-black, rotting monster!

Only two parts of its body were not black.

One was the monster's eyes, which were glowing with yellow light.

The second was the white, sharp fangs revealed when the monster opened its mouth.

None of its facial features were passable!

It was as disgusting as it could get!

It bent down, pulled out some threads, and began to stitch and repair Master Wang's human skin.

It then took out a brush and began to outline and paint on the human skin.