Chapter 213: One More Update
"Lord Ju, please take a look and see whether this matter needs to be reported," Ling Ge added.
Ju Nanyi hesitated only for a moment. Although he was not acquainted with Ling Ge, and their first collaboration was only at Siyan Lake, Ju could tell that Ling Ge was someone who could keep his composure. Therefore, he nodded and gestured for Commander-in-Chief Ling to lead the way.
Ling Ge, not daring to delay, immediately went ahead. The night was like a curtain falling. Ling Ge hurried along, quickly leading Ju Nanyi through the darkness. After a quarter of an hour, they stopped in a secluded alley near the Eldest Princess Mansion.
"Our men were on patrol and encountered that... monster," Ling Ge didn’t know how else to describe it, and the first words that came to mind were ’monster.’
The people in the alley who saw Ling Ge coming immediately had two guards rushing over, their expressions a mix of bewilderment and indescribable unease.
Without saying much, Ling Ge followed the guards further inside. After walking another few dozen meters, he stopped.
"Lord Ju has arrived."
Ju Nanyi saw a body covered with a black cloth on the ground. A robust guard lifted the cloth, and in the darkness, Ju felt that what he saw was not a person, but a mummified corpse.
A corpse drained of all moisture, with skin clinging to bone, its open mouth terrifying and fierce, silently screaming. The clothes on the deceased hung loose, like a child wearing an adult’s attire, indicating that the guard’s stature must have been much larger in life.
Ju Nanyi crouched down and touched the mummy, its skin like withered tree bark.
Seeing this, Ling Ge gave Ju Nanyi even more respect. A civil official who could face such a horrifying corpse without changing expression, and even touch it by hand, was calmer than some of his guards who were used to blood.