I was just solving crimes, how could I become an immortal?

Chapter 30 A disappearance case that spanned a year

With long hair shawl and picturesque eyebrows, the white-haired oiran is still stunningly beautiful.

Ming Ming is dressed in white, as noble as an iceberg and a snow lotus, with a bud ready to blossom, but her eyes are as charming as silk, and she wants to resist but welcomes you, forming a strong sense of intertwining purity and charm. No wonder she can lead countless men in the capital to be intoxicated.

Of course, Cao An is not in this group, because he cherishes his own life more now, and the other party caught the flaw in his casual look of surprise just now.

"Why is Young Master Cao so surprised when he sees the Nu family?"

Nonsense, can you not be surprised?

An oiran who was supposed to be in the Jiaofang Division suddenly appeared in the secret room of Nanshan Academy. Even a fool knows that you are not an ordinary person. If you discover someone else's secret, you will be silenced.

But the only good news is that the last time I scared the suspects in Jiaofangsi, it seemed that even this group of people was scared. They seemed to think that they knew what was going on?

Then things can turn around.

Cao An withdrew his surprised gaze, and instead admired Mu Bai's bedroom: "I'm just surprised that you didn't leave yet even though you knew I was coming."

The ambiguous excuse sounded very weird, but relying on preconceived notions, Cao An was able to get through.

"Master Gao Yi not only saw through the true identity of the Nu family, but also used the book as a metaphor to warn the Nu family. But the Nu family really had nowhere to go, so they could only hide here with luck. I didn't expect that Young Master Cao would find it himself. Come."

Listening to Mubai Oiran's explanation, Cao An took a deep breath.

Did this person just mention the word 'true body'? This woman is also a monster?

What on earth does the Demon Slayer Division do for food? This demon city is famous all over Kyoto, but I didn’t notice it at all!
  And when did he give her a warning? Using books as a metaphor? It seems that he has only borrowed a fairy tale book from the demon clan so far.

An idea flashed in Cao An's mind, and he suddenly remembered Pang Shi's original evaluation of Mubai Oiran: "She has six male auras on her body." '

Is it...

"Six-leaf flower."

"Sir, since you have seen through the Nu family, don't tell the Nu family's true identity." Mu Bai pursed his lips and looked aggrieved.

Are you wronged?
  I'm so aggrieved!

Outside, people were bragging about how many elites there were in Nanshan Academy. I just walked around and found the demon clan's lair. This academy is really too dangerous.

And where did Ying Huorong go? You're gone, why don't you come and look for her?

It's too late to regret now. He can only find a way to take the initiative, otherwise if he continues to talk like this, he will definitely be betrayed.

Cao An simply sat down on the soft couch and faced Mubai Oiran with an expressionless face.

"Tell me about your purpose of staying here and your relationship with the student who just died. Don't be careless with me. Her last obsession was to come back here."

Cao An's words made Mubai Oiran, who had a charming smile, gradually return to her coldness.

Perhaps it was because he felt wronged by pretending to be coquettish that he could not seduce Cao An, a 'gentleman', or perhaps because the mention of the dead student made Mubai Oiran drop his usual pretentiousness, and there was a little sadness in his eyes.

"Young Master Cao is worthy of being a powerful man. He can tell at a glance that the Nu family and Xiao Juan know each other. If the identity of the Nu family had not been exposed, I would have definitely gone to avenge Xiao Juan!"

"So, you know who the murderer is?"

"I don't know, but I may know the cause of Xiaojuan's death. It was me who harmed her."

Mubai Oiran knew that he couldn't hide it from Cao An, so he simply told the matter frankly.

"The Nu family is just a little demon. Joining the Jiaofang Division is just trying to change the human race's impression of the demon race."

The Daxing Dynasty had a demon-slaying department. From this alone, we can see the people's fear of demons.

But in fact, in many cases, people used the name of monsters to commit evil, which ruined the reputation of the monster clan. That's when Mu Bai thought of hiring people to pretend to be monsters.

The madam from last time was actually a human being, just disguised as a demon clan's leather lantern. If things got bigger, it would attract more attention, and maybe one day the impression of humans could be reversed.

Mubai Oiran's eyes flashed with light as he looked at Cao An expectantly. Unfortunately, Cao An could only believe half of her words.

No one knew what happened during the few hours when the official seal disappeared. Cao An was still skeptical about this person's ultimate purpose.

However, considering that his life was in danger, Cao An did not want to go into details, and just asked: "What does what you said have to do with tonight's case?"

"Of course they are related, at least they are essentially the same. In the past year, five people have disappeared, and these disappearances have all been blamed on monsters harming people."

Cao An suddenly realized: "Are you referring to the rumor that Zuowu cannibalizes people? That Xiaojuan is investigating the case?"

"Yes, she found some clues and is tracing them everywhere."

"Attention, the nature of the case has changed dramatically."

"Trigger case: Nanshan mystery."

"Case description: In the past year, missing cases have been discovered continuously in Nanshan. If you find the murderer, you will get a detective reward."

The detective mission has actually changed?
  This was a disguised way of telling him that the rumors of Zuowu swallowing people and tonight's suicide case were both committed by the same person.

……

This secret room can be regarded as the home of Mubai Oiran.

On weekdays, when she was tired of the intrigues in the human world, she would come back here to rest, read Taoist classics, and cultivate her sentiments.

As for Xiaojuan, although she studied at the Legal Academy, she was very fascinated by Taoist scriptures.

By chance, Xiaojuan cracked the stone tablet in the library and saw the white-faced oiran who was hiding her face. She mistakenly thought that she was a hermit master and she often came to visit her, and she became familiar with him after going back and forth.

Within this year, five students in the academy disappeared for no reason. It was said that Zuowu's hair fell out around the scene of the crime, and rumors spread in the academy that Zuowu had swallowed people.

"Then how did you know that this case was not committed by Zuowu? Did you see the murderer with your own eyes?"

"I haven't seen it, but before one of the students disappeared, the Nu family saw him leaving the Law School alone late at night and heading south. There has been no news since."

South, south again, this is consistent with Xiaojuan's last words before she died.

Seeing Cao An deep in thought, Mubai Oiran changed into the appearance of a young woman again and begged: "Master Cao, please don't reveal your identity."

"Don't worry, as long as you don't do evil to the world, I won't cause trouble for you. Okay, I still have to investigate the case, and that's it for today." For the sake of his own life, Cao An decided to leave quickly.

But his upright style made Mubai Oiran look at his back with more expectations.

In her heart, Cao An is a powerful person. Perhaps to outsiders, Cao An is just a 20-year-old boy.

But in the eyes of the demon clan, looking 20 years old does not represent age. She has been in Shangjiang City for so many years, and no one has discovered her identity. Cao An is definitely extraordinary.

When other men see her, they want to pounce on her.

Only Cao An, a man and a woman alone in the same room, still wanted to investigate the case and track down the culprit, and seek justice for the deceased. For a moment, the white oiran's eyes were filled with mid-autumn water.

He stood up and bowed to Cao An: "The slave family will return to the Jiaofang Division in the near future. If Mr. Cao is interested, he can come to see the slave family at any time. All he needs to do is give an announcement, and the slave family will sweep the couch to welcome him."

Cao An's body trembled when he heard this.

What's the meaning? Are you suggesting that I can go to whoring for free? What kind of person am I, Cao An?
  Yes.

"Well, if I have time, I will go." Cao An left a word and left without looking back.

This is not a perfunctory sentence, but a man's promise.

One day, he will definitely go to the Jiaofang Division and step into the oiran's boudoir openly.

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(End of this chapter)