Take the farm down to earth

Chapter 214 Invite the Gods to Come Down to Earth
Don't look at when the Jia family came to Jia Zhen and Jia She, because the title can only last for one or two generations, and none of the children in the family has entered the center of power, it has already declined.

But the Jia family, like the other dukes, relied on the various relationships established in the capital over the past century, and no force could ignore it. Even the emperor's initial idea was to win over.

Since Yuan Donggang is determined to be in the cabinet, he is of course willing to take a gamble when facing Shi Zhongkui, a great helper and disciple.

However, Yuan Donggang's attitude immediately made Wang Shaohong, the right servant of the Ministry of punishment, and Yan Haowen, the censor of the left capital, have to wonder whether Yuan Donggang had obtained any inside information.

Naturally, he didn't want to trouble Shi Zhongkui as soon as he came up.

So much so that the atmosphere at the scene looked harmonious and a little weird.

Although Shi Zhongkui couldn't know other people's thoughts, he also realized that the situation was beneficial to him.

Of course, he would not let go of such a good opportunity. After a few words, he brought the topic to the public inspection of Eunuch Liu's body.

With the Right Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and the boss of the Procuratorate, the officials on the prison side would dare to embarrass Shi Zhongkui in this matter.

Not long after, Eunuch Liu's body was supervised by four dragon guards, four embroidered clothes guards, and four cell bosses, and was brought to the lobby.

I saw that my whole body was shriveled, without a trace of blood.

Also because the bones of the whole body were pinched and broken, a large number of bluish-purple corpses appeared, and eunuch Liu's face was full of ferocious, fearful and painful expressions that were distorted.

Yuan Donggang, Wang Shaohong and Yan Haowen's hairs stood on end, and some officials who saw Eunuch Liu for the first time almost vomited out on the spot.

But Shi Zhongkui heaved a sigh of relief.

Before, he had always been worried that demons had sneaked into the capital. Now that he had seen Eunuch Liu's body, Shi Zhongkui quickly determined that the one who killed Eunuch Liu was 100% a cultivator who cultivated evil ways, or the way of cultivation went wrong, and he became obsessed.

Moreover, this guy's cultivation should not exceed the Qi refining period, and he doesn't understand many Taoism methods or even common sense.

So much so that he didn't even know how to detain the soul, which gave Yin Si a chance to detain Eunuch Liu's soul.

As long as it is not a master of the golden core stage, let alone Shi Zhongkui himself, even the day and night wandering gods and soldiers of the underworld who have been guarding him all the time can clean up the murderer.

But within a few seconds, Shi Zhongkui remembered that Riyoushen had said before that after the land survey in Daxing, Wanping, and Changping, it was reported that the monster who wanted to devour Bai Haitang was a wolf monster.

Now that it is confirmed that the person who killed Eunuch Liu was a human, not a demon.

Does it mean that this person is related to that wolf demon?
Or simply have a master-student relationship with that demon wolf?

If so, it will be even more troublesome.

However, although he saw many problems, Shi Zhongkui still pretended to lean over to check the body of Eunuch Liu.

Yuan Donggang, who finally recovered, hurriedly asked, "Boqian, do you see any problems?"

Shi Zhongkui stood up with a smile, "My lord, the murderer's method seems to be directed at ghosts and monsters, but after careful inspection, I can still see that the one who killed Eunuch Liu was a human, not a demon."

Yuan Donggang and Yan Haowen looked happy, and hurriedly said, "Tell me quickly."

Shi Zhongkui rolled his eyes, and Wang Shaohong, the censor of Zuodu, whose eyes flickered, was sure in his heart that this old guy really didn't like him, and was even hostile to him.

With a sneer in his heart, he said to Yuan Donggang and Yan Haowen with a smile on his face, "My lords, no matter how much the lower officials say, it's better for you to read it yourself."

Yuan Donggang and Yan Haowen were taken aback for a moment, and then Shi Zhongkui continued, "I know some Taoism, and if you open your eyes, you can see clearly."

Yuan Donggang and Yan Haowen were suddenly surprised. Shi Zhongkui was the leader of the six yuan, and it has always been a Confucian mantra to say nothing about strange powers and chaotic spirits.

No matter how many officials in reality are superstitious in private, they still won't say it publicly.

Therefore, regardless of whether Shi Zhongkui knows the Tao or how high his cultivation level is, it is better to use it less or less in officialdom, or even not to use it.

Everyone was inferior to him in the imperial examinations. If Shi Zhongkui put on a layer of mystery of high Taoism, a considerable number of courtiers would feel envious and jealous, and at the same time feel powerless.

Then it was a subconscious defense and even alienation from him.

But Shi Zhongkui has already understood a truth from the way everyone in the Jia family looks at him, that Taoism and the like are not the key to the problem.

As long as I am willing to help the Jia family, Yuan Donggang, the emperor, or even the Supreme Emperor, the attitude of these people towards me must be to be on guard and at the same time do everything possible to win them over.

If some people in the court fear and target themselves, it will be in their best interest.

Stretching out his hand in the air, he drew a spell composed of spiritual energy. Under the surprised and disturbed eyes of Yuan Donggang and others, the spell was transformed into dozens of pieces and flew into everyone's eyes.

Frightened, Yuan Donggang and the others subconsciously put their hands in front of their heads, but no matter how fast their movements were, they couldn't move as fast as the streamer-like spell.

It took a while for everyone to feel that their bodies were fine, and then they were relieved.

And when he looked at Eunuch Liu's body again, he was shocked.

Originally, in everyone's mind, Eunuch Liu's death was miserable enough, but through the eyes of the sky, we could see many marks that were obviously human handprints on Eunuch Liu's shriveled chest, arms, and legs.

All of a sudden, everyone was convinced that the murderer was not only human, but also hated Eunuch Liu to the bone.

Immediately, everyone was thinking about who had such a big enmity with Eunuch Liu?
And everyone's first thought ruled out Shi Zhongkui and the Jia family.

If Shi Zhongkui did it, it would be unreasonable for Eunuch Liu to leave a blood letter accusing the Jia family in the lining of his clothes.

But then some people couldn't help but have a second thought, could this be a trick of thieves shouting "stop thief"?
Even Shi Zhongkui is Shi Zhongkui, and the Jia family is the Jia family.

If it is to achieve a certain purpose, it is not impossible for Shi Zhongkui to deliberately frame the Jia family.

And Shi Zhongkui didn't have to worry about these at all, as long as he found the murderer, everything would come to light.

Of course, he couldn't help worrying that the murderer might be a monster that had turned into a human.

But after thinking about it carefully, he was sure that his previous judgment was correct.

The ceiling of this world is the Nascent Soul stage, there are very few golden core monsters, and the monsters who have cultivated to the golden core, which ones have not lived for 200 years, or even hundreds of years old monsters, would not be so brainless leave such evidence.

And when breaking the bones of eunuch Liu, you need to add mana to the palm of your hand.

In other words, the murderer's cultivation level is not high, and even as he judged before, he doesn't know much about some common sense.

And this kind of person is either Bai Ding who stays in the mountains all year round and doesn't have much contact with people, or a young man who was born in a wealthy family.

The second possibility is that the murderer practiced Taoism and sorcery and made his brain stupid.

But no matter what it is, at least the range of suspects has shrunk many times at once.

"Bo Qian, even though we have seen that it was man-made, we still have no idea who the murderer is, and..."

Speaking of this, Yuan Donggang glanced at Wang Shaohong, the right servant of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and finally said "how did the murderer enter the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice and how to avoid the guards of the prison".

It was replaced by "Why did the murderer want to suck all the blood from Eunuch Liu's body, and why did he want to pinch all his bones?"

When Wang Shaohong saw Yuan Donggang cast a glance at himself and was worried, he was relieved to hear that Yuan Donggang didn't ask him what he didn't want to hear the most.

Then he nodded to Yuan Donggang with a grateful expression.

Shi Zhongkui could easily see from the eyes of Yuan Donggang and Wang Shaohong that there was something wrong with them.

Even after thinking about it for a while, I knew that the two of them probably reached some kind of tacit agreement, or even a deal.

And Yuan Donggang made it clear that the chariots and horses were facing him, so Shi Zhongkui naturally dismantled him.

After thinking about it, he didn't answer Yuan Donggang's question, but smiled and said, "My lord, although the murderer only left fingerprints, these fingerprints have actually left his aura.

Although the cultivation base of the subordinate officials is not high, it has something to do with it.It should not be difficult to find the murderer just by asking the Yin Division and the City God to come out.

It's just that in this way, it is necessary to take the body of Eunuch Liu to the Temple of the City God. "

Yuan Donggang and the others suddenly became curious, and then felt envious in their hearts as if they were seeing Shi Zhongkui related to Yinsi for the first time.

At the same time, naturally, I want to see and see whether what Shi Zhongkui said is true or not.

"Bo Qian just go ahead and do it. I, Lord Hong and Lord Yan will fully support you and testify for you."

Seeing Yuan Donggang and Shi Zhongkui who were speaking looking at him, Wang Shaohong, the right servant of the Criminal Ministry, nodded after thinking for a while and said, "That's right, this case happened in the prison of the Criminal Ministry. This officer, Zuo Shilang, Lord Shangshu, and other officials from all levels of the Criminal Ministry There is no reason not to support you."

It is not surprising that Wang Shaohong would have such an attitude, but Yan Haowen, the censor of Zuodu, shook his head and said, "I am not targeting Mr. Shi, but since he is the only one who knows the way among the people present, it is better for Mr. Shi to avoid suspicion first." .”

This is short of saying that Shi Zhongkui is the object of suspicion, and asking him to investigate the case is equivalent to being both a referee and a player.

Yuan Donggang and Wang Shaohong suddenly became embarrassed.

Shi Zhongkui sneered, "Since Lord Yan has spoken, I should avoid suspicion.

However, Master Yan, if Yinsi himself took the initiative to ask this official to personally interrogate the soul of Eunuch Liu, the Inspectorate should have no qualifications and no authority to ask this official to retreat and stop, right?
And Mr. Yan won't even doubt the motives of the underworld and the underworld to help, right? "

"You", Yan Haowen's face darkened, but after much deliberation, he couldn't find a reason to refute Shi Zhongkui's words.

Even out of curiosity, Yan Haowen himself wanted to see how he interrogated Eunuch Liu's soul.
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It didn't take long for Liu Yuangong to interrogate ghosts at night, and soon spread all over the capital.

When countless people poured into the Temple of the City God with curiosity, they found that let alone the Temple of the City God, even the nearby streets were already crowded with people.

Besides, apart from the yamen servants and soldiers of Shuntian Mansion and Wucheng Bingmasi who were maintaining order, even the Embroidered Yiwei and Longjianwei appeared on the street with long knives and crossbows on their waists, and the people who were frightened suddenly shouted loudly. I dare not speak anymore.

But the more this is the case, the more curious people are, and of course they will not go home easily.

Therefore, although there are many, many people near the Town God's Temple, they are surprisingly quiet and naturally appear to be in order.

And what is surprising is that there is no curfew in the capital tonight.

After thinking about it for a while, many people knew that the emperor might have given permission to cancel the curfew tonight.

At this time, Shi Zhongkui had already appeared in a large hall in the Town God's Temple, but what made people feel weird was that Yuan Donggang and other [-] people would rather squeeze to the left side of the hall than stand on the right side of the empty hall.

But in the eyes of Yuan Donggang and others, there were already more than a dozen Yinshi Wenwu standing on the right side of the hall, either in official uniform or in armor, with their hands on the hilt of their waists.

Not to mention standing to the right, even getting closer, Yuan Donggang and others dare not.

And looking at Shi Zhongkui who was already sitting in the presiding judge's seat, and the respectful attitude of Yin Division Wenwu towards him, everyone was envious, and at the same time, they were full of uneasiness in their hearts.

Since there are really hells and underworlds in this world, it means that no matter how prosperous and rich one was during one's life, one cannot avoid going to the hells after one's death.

At that time, of course, Shi Zhongkui had no choice but to ask.

Even if there are rumors that Shi Zhongkui is a reincarnated god and even has a position in the underworld, it is true.

If he offended him, the ghost knows whether he will be reincarnated as a human in his next life, or become a pig, dog, cattle and sheep to be slaughtered.

"Shangxian, there is still a quarter of an hour before Zishi, do we need to arrest the souls of Liu Dade and Eunuch Liu and wait outside the hall?"

Seeing the city god bowing his hands to him, Shi Zhongkui took out his pocket watch and looked at it. It was indeed 10:45.

The person looking at the Embroidery Guards said, "Bring up the incense table and tributes that have been prepared, and I will first invite Emperor Taishan, and second, Lord Wuqu Xing to come down to the earth to judge the case in person.

Lest someone say that this official is acting for private interests and covering up for relatives and friends. "

As soon as these words came out, Yuan Donggang, the right servant of the Ministry of Justice Wang Shaohong, the Xiuyiwei and the Longjianwei all looked at Yan Haowen, the censor of the left capital.

At this time, Yan Haowen's face was so dark that he was almost as black as Bao Heizi, and he was even more furious in his heart, but there was a trace of regret in the anger.

Once the news of today gets out, people will start to find fault with themselves, and even impeach themselves.

Even if the emperor and the Supreme Emperor believed in Shi Zhongkui, they would doubt their own motives.

Even if the Supreme Emperor believed his purpose, it was obviously to take the opportunity to attack and suppress Shi Zhongkui, but secretly it was aimed at the emperor.

But the Taishanghuang must also worry that he will have to face the problem of the underworld after a hundred years.

When faced with their own vital interests, people who have been emperors have always been the kind of people who are extremely selfish.

Not to mention a courtier, even if it harms the interests of Da Zhou, it is only a question of how big the rewards will be.

Seeing that Yan Haowen just kept his face dark and silent, everyone immediately knew that he was being cowardly.

The embroidered clothes guard hurriedly knelt down, answering loudly.

Shenye was on time at 11 o'clock, and a three-meter-long table was filled with three animals, many bowls and dishes with fruits, and an incense table.

Shi Zhongkui stepped forward to light three incense offerings as thick as thumbs and two red candles as thick as arms, bowed to the incense table and said, "I invite Emperor Taishan."

(End of this chapter)