"Get out of the way! Everyone, get out of the way!"
"Her Royal Highness the Princess is here!"
With a loud shout, the crowd cleared a path.
Shen Qianyue, dressed in red, appeared in front of everyone, examining the corpses with her slender fingers, trying to get some useful information from them.
"Hachi, can you find out anything?"
Dead, a clean death.
They even had no brains, so she couldn't detect any of the deceased's memories before their death, and naturally couldn't know how they died.
If their brains were intact, she could still extract their memories.
As the year draws to a close, something like this suddenly happens, naturally causing panic among the people.
"I'm sorry, my Lord. I haven't found out yet, but from what I know, the Wu Clan has the ability to capture people's souls. They feed on human essence, blood, liver, and brain stem to improve their cultivation."
So, is there a witch hiding in the imperial city?
wrong!
In just a moment, Shen Qianyue was able to sense something strange about this.
The only wizard in the imperial city is Pei Yanche!
Even though he is not a witch of pure blood, it cannot change the fact that his mother is a witch.
Did she miss some important detail?
"Send the bodies to the Inspection Department and have them cremated. No one is allowed to touch the bodies!"
The witch was skilled in witchcraft, and she was not sure whether there was any mystery hidden in the corpse.
As a demon cultivator, she knew best the methods used by evil spirits and monsters to harm people. Since she ascended the throne of the Demon Lord, she had killed all those harmful creatures.
The demon cultivator is indeed a demon, but she also became a demon through legitimate means.
It is not obtained by sucking the essence and blood of mortals.
So she didn't understand why the dead heaven wanted to strike her.
Although the Inspection Department is in charge of everything, this is the first time it has received such a task of burning corpses.
When the body was brought over, they were all stunned.
How could someone die like this?
Pei Yanche was still wearing the dark official uniform, embroidered with the pattern of eight auspicious clouds in gold thread.
"Where do these corpses come from?"
In the courtyard of the Inspection Department, Pei Yanche stared at the corpse on the ground and vaguely sensed a familiar breath.
The breath tempted the blood in his body, as if it was ready to burst out.
He tried his best to restrain himself, his face stern.
"The princess had it sent over, saying it must be burned."
They were still wondering, could it be that some monster had entered the imperial city?
Just as he was about to reach out to touch it, Pei Yanche suddenly grabbed the back of his collar and pulled it open.
“Don’t touch!”
However, it was still a step too late. The man's fingers had already touched the dead man's skin, and a sharp pain came from his fingertips, as if he was pricked by a needle.
Before he could scream, countless insects suddenly jumped out of the corpse and surrounded him.
"ah--"
But in the blink of an eye, the dense swarm of insects had already eaten the man until only a pile of bones was left.
"Bring some fire!"
Pei Yanche roared, and the moment the torch fell, all the insects were burned to ashes, and the smell of burnt rotten meat floated in the air.
"Oh my God! What the hell is this thing?!"
"Soul-eating insect!"
Pei Yanche's face was gloomy. "Burn the body immediately. Do not touch it with your hands. Once the body touches the skin of a living person, it will trigger the Soul Devouring Gu to devour them."
"yes!"
The scene just now had already frightened them greatly, so they dared not delay any longer and naturally had to deal with the body quickly.
Those bugs were so scary that the person was gone in the blink of an eye.
But how did Prince Pei know that it was the soul-eating insect?
"You just said that the princess had someone send the body here?" Pei Yanche frowned fiercely.
"But it seems the princess also touched the corpse."
"What did you say?"
Pei Yanche's pupils shrank, and a hint of panic quickly appeared. Before the people from the Inspection Department could say anything, he quickly ran out and headed straight for the princess's mansion.
Upon hearing that the princess had sent the body to the Inspection Office, Bai Zhi was getting some hot water for the princess to wash her hands when she heard a burst of hurried footsteps running outside.
The man rushed in like a gust of wind and knocked over the basin of water in Baizhi's hand.
"Eh? Isn't that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
No, shouldn't His Royal Highness be on duty at the Inspection Office right now? Why is he back?
Hearing the sound of a basin being knocked over outside, Shen Qianyue felt helpless: "Bai Zhi, how come you can't even hold a basin of water steadily? Go get another one quickly, this princess's hands are almost in pain!"
Hearing this, Pei Yanche's heart almost jumped into his throat.
My hand hurts...
"Princess!"
The moment the door was pushed open, countless cold air invaded the room, making Shen Qianyue shiver suddenly.
She was still holding up her finger when she was suddenly hugged in someone's arms.
The embrace was so fierce that Shen Qianyue felt like she was about to be strangled to death.
"Ace?"
There was a hint of confusion in her tone, and her expression was dull.
Why is this bastard running back here instead of doing his duty at the Inspection Office?
She had finally obtained this position by withstanding the criticism from those old guys. Now that he is absent from work, she will definitely be impeached again tomorrow.
"Did you touch those bodies?"
"Yeah, what's wrong?"
"Who told you to touch it?"
He spoke in a fierce tone, grabbed her hand, saw the burn wounds on her fingers, and put it in his mouth without saying a word.
Shen Qianyue: ⊙▽⊙!!!
What is this bastard doing?
However, his body suddenly became limp, so soft that he had no strength at all.
"Ache, you..."
Sensing that her fingers were wrapped in a warm and soft touch, Shen Qianyue was also dumbfounded. What was going on?
The fingers were slender and small, and the delicate fingertips could feel a suction force that was neither too strong nor too weak.
"How many times have you washed it?"
“Three…three times.” Shen Qianyue rarely felt embarrassed.
His face still showed the worry and anger that had not dissipated.
"But it still hurts after washing it three times. I didn't know that corpse was so powerful, but you just..."
Her hands had touched the corpse, although they had been washed several times.
Pei Yanche's expression was cold: "I simply didn't lure the poisonous insect out. Princess, please watch your hands from now on. Don't be curious and want to touch everything you see."
So she was being scolded by Pei Yanche?
Shen Qianyue glanced at him with a half-smile: "Are you worried about me, Che?"
Pei Yanche's face froze. "No, I just don't want to see the princess being devoured by the poisonous insects in the corpse."
"Just now, someone from the Inspection Department was devoured without knowing whether to live or die. Does the princess also want to die in such an ugly way?"
His tone was really bad. Although he was angry, he still grabbed her hand and examined it carefully.
Fortunately, he was only burned, and a layer of skin was burned off his originally delicate fingertips. The corpse was poisonous, and he had just sucked out all the poisonous blood.
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