The prefect of Chu City was startled and looked at Long Yin: "What do you mean, Young Master Long?"
The Crown Prince and Wei Fu also looked at Long Yin in surprise. Although they didn't understand why Long Yin was like this, they all knew that Long Yin would not do anything without a purpose.
Long Yin said straight to the point: "There are no ghosts in Chucheng, so I'll give it to you!"
The prefect of Chucheng looked puzzled: "What is Master Long saying? I don't understand!"
He looked at the Crown Prince and said, "Your Highness, I am loyal to the court and have been diligent in my official duties over the years. Did Your Highness see Young Master Long bullying an official of the court like this?"
The prince said, "Your instigative words will be of no use. If the abnormality in Chu City is really related to you, you should tell the truth and confess. Confession will lead to leniency."
The prefect of Chucheng died unjustly. He said anxiously, "Your Highness, please believe me! I am originally from Chucheng. Now I am the local official. I have always been working diligently for the people of Chucheng."
"Your Highness, I don't understand what you and Young Master Long are talking about!"
"I don't know anything about ghosts or not!"
Long Yin looked at the prefect of Chucheng coldly: "You said you didn't know, then what about those pustules on your face and body?"
The prefect of Chucheng explained, "I don't know either. I've been treating these abscesses for a long time and have consulted many doctors, but no one has been able to cure them. If you don't want to believe it, you can send someone to investigate."
"I've never seen a ghost since I was born. Besides, isn't it a good thing that there are no ghosts in our Chu City? Why are you so angry, Mr. Long?"
The way Long introduced the prefect of Chucheng did not seem to be lying, he really knew nothing.
Wei Fu was stunned for a long time, but after hearing what the prefect of Chucheng said, she finally understood. She said, "No, there are no ghosts where there are no people. It's abnormal that there are no ghosts in Chucheng with so many people."
"Speaking of which, little brother, why did you say that there are no ghosts in Chu City? It has something to do with this adult!"
When she said these words, she covered her eyes and didn't look at the face of the prefect Chucheng.
The thing on the face of Governor Chu was so scary that she felt itchy all over and wanted to poke her eyes out.
The prefect of Chucheng, who was pinned to the ground, burst into tears. He was also very curious and wanted to know.
Long Yin and Wei Fu asked, "Do you still remember the boundary marker that was moved?"
Wei Fu nodded.
Long Yin said: "There is a kind of magic called human stake."
Wei Fu: She only knows how to hit living stakes, not human stakes.
"The prefect is the highest official in Chu City. His performance has an impact on the people of Chu City and its development. So to some extent, he is the luck of Chu City, and he can also use the luck of Chu City."
"And the boundary marker is the gate of Chu City. The gate can welcome guests from all directions, but it can also keep people out. If you use the power of Chu City to close the gate out of the city, you can control the people of Chu City."
"Those who become human stakes can prolong their lives and live to be a hundred years old. The only drawback is that they will grow pustules like this. These are called pustules, but in fact they are ghosts in this Chu City."
"So it's not that there are no ghosts in Chu City, but once someone in Chu City dies, their ghost will automatically be absorbed by the Chu City Governor. Chu City has a large population, and the Governor is just an ordinary person after all. What he absorbed and couldn't digest turned into these pustules."
Long Yin borrowed an embroidery needle from Tingyu. He flew the needle out and pricked a boil on the face of the prefect Chu Cheng. Immediately, more than a dozen souls floated out of the boil.
However, these souls were all dull, as if their brains had been taken away.
Wei Fu was completely shocked. She had never seen anything like this before.
She pointed at the prefect and cursed, "Liar, you still say you don't know!"
Long Yin also looked at the prefect: "The person who becomes the human stake must take the initiative to become one. No one else can force you. You need to agree to it yourself."
For some unknown reason, the prefect of Chu City suddenly began to see ghosts. When he saw so many ghosts floating out of his face, he was frightened for a moment.
After hearing what Wei Fu and Long Yin said, he looked at the prince and pleaded, "Your Highness, I really don't know anything. I don't know why I became a human stake. I never had pustules on my face or body before. These things only appeared recently!"
The prince looked away, not daring to look at the prefect's face. "Master Long, I remember that Xiao Liu also had many ghosts in his body before. He was used as a vessel without knowing it."
Long Yin said, "The Sixth Prince passively became someone else's vessel. He knew nothing. Furthermore, the method used by Prince Ping and his men would have shortened the Sixth Prince's lifespan. It would have done him no good but only harm."
"This is beneficial to the prefect himself. The interests are different. The Sixth Prince lost his original possessions, so it doesn't matter whether he knows about it or not. However, this kind of magic to obtain something requires the consent of the person himself."
When the prefect heard Long Yin repeatedly emphasize that he needed his consent to become a human stake, he was so anxious that he almost cried: "Mr. Long, I have never heard of the words "human stake" together!"
The prince asked him, "When exactly did this boil start to form? Think carefully about whether anything strange happened in Chu City around Laba Festival, and whether anything strange happened around you."
Now I don’t know whether what the prefect of Chucheng said is true or not, so I can only believe it for now.
The prefect recalled carefully, "I think I developed these pustules after the fifteenth day of the lunar year. When I first developed the first one, I didn't pay much attention to it, thinking it was because I ate too much during the New Year. But as they grew more and more, I didn't take it seriously and asked my wife to pick them out for me. But my wife is a little timid and couldn't bring herself to do it, so I picked those few out myself. But after I did that, I woke up and found that my body and face were covered with pustules."
"So I started asking doctors outside to see me, but the medicine they prescribed had no effect."
"Nothing strange happened in Chu City around Laba, and nothing strange has happened in Chu City recently."
The prince asked, "Has anything strange happened in your family? Or has anyone in your family suddenly changed their personality?"
The prefect of Chu City thought about it and shook his head: "No!"
The prince looked at Long Yin and said, "Mr. Long, what do you think?"
Long Yin said: "The human stake requires a third person to do it. You can't do it yourself."
The prince asked the prefect, "Have you come into contact with any strangers?"
Wei Fu suddenly said, "It could be someone I know!"
"This only makes people uglier, but it can make them live longer. It's possible that someone close to Ugly-sama gave it to him."
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