Taming the Demon: A Guide to Raising a Great Sage
Chapter 237 Chapter 236
Chapter 237 Chapter 236
After a while.
Shen Lang and Mu Qingxue came to the three-story wooden building again.
The overseers and guards in the mine have been dealt with, and the miners have also been rescued and are resting in the mine.
After the two of Shen Lang came out of the well, they went straight to the small wooden building, and wanted to capture the Taoist monk first.
Shen Lang swept his mental strength into the small building, and let out a low laugh:
"That guy is really capable of tossing around, and he is still exercising. He really is a wild monk. It's so late, he doesn't even meditate..."
Mu Qingxue looked at him sideways, with doubts in her eyes:
"do excercise?"
Shen Lang is serious:
"A certain sport for adults requires the cooperation of a man and a woman. Proper exercise is good for physical and mental health, while excessive indulging will lose energy and blood and will. "
Mu Qingxue suddenly understood, and gave him an annoyed look:
"I'll guard the door, you go in and arrest people."
Shen Lang smiled and nodded:
"it is good."
Leaping into the courtyard, in the gatehouse on the first floor of the small building, before the two sixth-rank warriors guarding the door could react, they were pointed and fell to the ground by two fingers in the air.
With Shen Lang's current cultivation base, he doesn't need to cast spells to deal with warriors below the fifth rank, and he can be dismissed with a snap of his fingers.
Even if it is a fifth-rank martial artist, unless it is a genius with extraordinary talent, it will only be one or two palm-to-hand kung fu.
After finishing off the two sixth-rank warriors, Shen Lang jumped again, directly to the window on the third floor, scanned and locked the position of the Daoist cultivator with mental power, and pointed out through the window paper.
Deterrence Curse.
The wild cultivator who was exercising on the couch was shaken all over and jumped forward, causing the female training partner under him to groan in pain, and was about to scold him coquettishly, when Shen Lang pushed open the window, came in through the window, and popped out another strand of finger The wind hit the sleeping point of the woman, causing her to fall into a deep sleep.
Afterwards, Shen Lang stepped forward, lifted the wild cultivator who was stunned by the "soul deterrent curse" to a blank mind, and slipped off the couch, covered the sleeping woman with a quilt, and then found a robe from the hanger beside the bed, Wrapped that wild monk, and then sent a voice transmission to Mu Qingxue:
"Come in, you've got it."
When Mu Qingxue received the summons, she replied in surprise:
"So fast?"
Shen Lang chuckled lightly:
"I'm now a rank-five cultivator anyway. Isn't it easy to deal with a wild cultivator who can't even control his primordial power?"
"It's only the fifth rank, don't be proud."
"But my fifth grade of martial arts has also reached the realm of Dacheng, and I have already sensed the inspiration of heaven and earth, and I can condense the seeds of true energy at any time, 100% successful."
"..."
Mu Qingxue didn't transmit the sound any more, she jumped in from the window, glanced at Shen Lang, and said lightly:
"Standing in front of you is a second-rank Stellar Qi Realm martial artist who is under the age of 22."
Shen Lang was stunned, and solemnly cupped his hands:
"Disrespect, disrespect!"
Mu Qingxue snorted and laughed out loud:
"Okay, stop playing tricks. Get ready for the interrogation."
Shen Lang nodded and pointed at the woman:
"I want to use spells to interrogate this monk. Please help send this woman to the next room, so as not to cause accidental injury."
Mu Qingxue teased and said:
"The 'Cold-Blooded Rentu' who has always been cruel and ruthless, how did he become so pitiful today?"
Shen Lang was taken aback:
"Cold-blooded slaughter?"
Mu Qingxue said in surprise:
"You don't know? This is your title in the black market, and it has been spread. Many people in Jianghu call you by that."
Shen Lang frowned, muttering:
"This title is not very kind... It's clearly damaging my reputation! No, I have to think of a dignified nickname..."
Mu Qingxue smiled sweetly:
"Don't be naive. What do we people in Shenzhangtang want to have a good reputation in the black market? Even if you give yourself a dignified nickname, the title given to you on the black market has already been spread, and the people in the world have already preconceived it. How to call you, how to call you."
Shen Lang asked curiously:
"According to this, your title on the black market is not very good?"
Mu Qingxue smiled lightly and said:
"There are legends in the Jianghu that I wiped out 27 bandit villages in one night and beheaded thousands of people. I was so cruel and ruthless that it made people tremble. That's why I was given the title of 'Ruthless Iron Judge'. It's a little nicer than you. "
Knowing Mu Qingxue's title, Shen Lang was immediately happy, and he was no longer depressed by his nickname, and said with a smile:
"Cold-blooded human slaughter, ruthless iron sentence... Haha, one of us is cold-blooded and the other is ruthless, so we are really a perfect match."
Mu Qingxue also felt that this title was quite worthy, so she laughed out two small dimples.
Shen Lang asked again: "Speaking of which, have you beheaded thousands of people overnight?"
Mu Qingxue asked back, "What do you think?"
Shen Lang shook his head: "I don't believe it. I didn't see you killing people in the pirate's den on Shark King Island. Even the backbone and leader of the pirates, as long as they surrendered, you never killed prisoners. With your heart, I'm afraid I won't be able to do that tricky trick."
Mu Qingxue smiled sweetly:
"You know me. There were 27 bandit villages wiped out in one night, but the ones I killed on the spot were only about a hundred people. They were all old bandits who had accumulated blood and debts and stubbornly resisted to the end. Other bandits, It's just arresting, identifying crimes, and judging crimes according to the law."
After finishing speaking, she wrapped the woman in a quilt and sent her to the next room. When she came back, Shen Lang had already sealed and recited the mantra, and was ready.
"Help me wake him up." Shen Lang said.
As soon as Mu Qingxue pointed it out, the drowsy wild cultivator suddenly shuddered and came to his senses, but before he could make any reaction, a strange, high and low, erratic magic sound rang in his ears.
"The sea of suffering is boundless, turn back to the shore, put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha immediately; the sea of suffering is boundless, turn back to the shore, put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha immediately..."
Hearing the curse, Mu Qingxue couldn't help but frowned slightly, took two steps back, and looked at Shen Lang subtly.
The "Human-crossing Curse" is a magic spell of Venerable Liuli's lineage.
Mu Qingxue also saw Venerable Liuli perform it once.
When the Bodhisattva in white clothed in moonlight casts it, it is called a fairy sound, like the sound of heaven, and there are magical effects such as rain from the sky and golden lotus from the earth. I felt remorse in my heart.
And Shen Lang's "Curse of Crossing People"...
how to say?
That demonic singing voice only makes people feel sinister and gloomy, without the slightest majesty of the secret Buddhist mantra.
"In Shen Lang's heart, there really is a big demon hidden..."
Mu Qingxue sighed inwardly, and secretly made up her mind:
"If he really can't control himself in the future, he will fall into the devil's way and sink into the star abyss... I will have to risk my life to bring him back to the human world."
If he knew what Mu Qingxue was thinking, Shen Lang would definitely cry out for injustice.
He sang the "Human-Turning Curse" with an evil spirit, so what does it matter if he is demonic or not?
This is purely because he wants to get on the skin and imitate "Pudu Cihang"...
With Mu Qingxue's cultivation level, even Shen Lang's "Traveling Curse" is a bit difficult to handle, let alone that wild monk.
With the sound of the incantation, the wild cultivator immediately hugged his head in pain, feeling like a bunch of flies buzzing into his ear holes, and desperately trying to dig into his brain.
In fact, Shen Lang was also a little nervous at this time.
In case this wild monk is banned in Yuanshen like Liao Yuan and Liao Gonggong, then his "crossing mantra" will become a real "life-seeking Sanskrit", directly detonating the ban and killing that wild monk .
But if there is really a restriction in Yuanshen, normal torture will be useless.
No matter how severe the torture is, it is still impossible for the other party to reveal half a word of secrets. It is better to gamble with the more efficient "crossing people curse".
Fortunately, placing restrictions in Yuanshen is an extremely high-end Taoist technology, and it is not something that ordinary monks can play.
The boss behind this wild monk seems to have not mastered this technique. After holding his head in pain for a while, his eyes gradually became dazed, and even regret slowly surfaced.
Seeing that the spell took effect, Shen Lang said in a deep voice:
"Who are you?"
The voice also has the effect of "crossing people curse", vast and magnificent, just like the voice of Buddha from outside the sky.
Hearing the majestic and upright voice, Mu Qingxue breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly thought that although there was a sinister "demon" in Shen Lang's heart, there was also an upright "God".
As long as the "god" can keep suppressing the "demon", Shen Lang will not fall into the way of the devil.
The wild monk trembled slightly, and kowtowed respectfully to Shen Lang:
"Duan Hong, a casual practitioner in the mountains, pays homage to the Zen master."
"Duan Hong?"
Shen Lang nodded slightly, and continued to ask in that majestic tone that sounded like the voice of a Buddha from beyond the sky:
"What are you doing here?"
"Under the order of the Lord, guard the mine veins here and raise black gold sand."
Having said that, Duan Hong had a look of remorse on his face:
"Slave workers in mines are all lured and kidnapped refugees, beggars, and even sons of good families. The villain knows that the slave workers have no clothes, no food, and work all day long. Even torturing him to death...but being indifferent, and even acting as a minion...a villain who read sage books in vain when he was young, deserves ten thousand deaths, ten thousand deaths!"
As he spoke, his voice choked up, tears streamed down his face, and he kept hitting the floor with his forehead until it made a loud bang.
Shen Lang was worried that he would wake himself up and get rid of the effect of the crossing spell, so he quickly asked again in that loud voice:
"Your boss, but that Hu Yuanwai?"
Listening to Shen Lang's question, Duan Hong just stopped the impact, lifted his red, swollen and blue forehead, choked up and said:
"No. Although Mr. Hu is the owner of the mine, my master has someone else. After Mr. Hu contracted the mine, he discovered that there was actually a vein of gold under the shallow copper mine. He concealed the news and mined it privately, but he was worried that it would be exposed. , so I found a way to connect with my lord, offering Wu Jinsha and the population to my lord, in exchange for my lord's protection..."
Hearing this, Shen Lang's eyes narrowed:
"Worshiping the population?"
Duan Hong nodded:
"Refugees and beggars, dilapidated small households, lone foreigners, rebellious mine slaves who disobey discipline, bandits wandering in the mountains and forests, and even offended the Hu family but have no roots in local good families... There is no distinction between good and bad, good or bad. Bad, as long as you are strong and healthy, send them to my Patriarch. Send at least ten people every month..."
Shen Lang and Mu Qingxue looked at each other, knowing that they had caught the real master and caught a big fish.
But Shen Lang was not in a hurry to ask about the identity of the "Master".
Because this kind of question is a core secret, and even a "taboo" in people's hearts.
If this "taboo" is touched without completely disintegrating his defenses, then the spell may fail on the spot and make the opponent wake up.
If you continue to forcibly cast the spell, the opponent's mind will be on guard, and the effect will only be worse than the first time.
And now, Hong's address to the people behind the scenes is still the respectful title of "Master". Obviously, his defenses have not completely collapsed, and there is still reverence for his "Master" in his heart.
At the moment Shen Lang didn't ask about the identity of the "Master", but only asked in a deep voice:
"My lord, why do you need so many people?"
Duan Hong cried:
"I don't know either. I was originally from the capital city, and my family background was not bad, but my parents died early, and my family fortune gradually declined.
"I want to study and take scientific examinations to revive my family business, but I don't have the talent to study. I also want to practice martial arts and rely on martial arts to earn a future, but I can't bear the hardships of martial arts. I also want to practice Taoism, but my talents are limited, and I can't pass the test of God." Metropolitan Temple.
"In the end, I had to spend all my wealth and favors, found the master's way, asked the master for a Gu, and managed to get a few surgeries...
"There are many people like me, the master has many subordinates, and they can only help him with small errands and miscellaneous tasks. Like me, I can only guard the mine in this deep mountain and old forest... The real secret of the master is not mine. It can be known...
"But I know that those who sacrificed themselves to the lord will definitely end up miserable. Because the lord... he is good at raising Gu worms! What does he want so many people to do every month? It must be with the essence and blood of living people." God, I fed the Gu worms!"
Having said that, he started hitting the floor again and again, muttering, "I'm not human, I'm a minion, I'm devoid of conscience..."
Good at raising Gu insects, feeding Gu with people...
Then feeding monsters with humans is also a routine operation!
Shen Lang knew that all the clues had been connected together. Duan Hong's "Master" was, in all likelihood, the owner of the four-armed demon owl!
Looking at each other with Mu Qingxue, seeing Duan Hong desperately bumping his head to repent again, Shen Lang hastily read a few more words "the sea of suffering is boundless and the end is the shore", deepening the degree of brainwashing, lest Duan Hongzhen wake himself up, and then asked:
"Cheng Xin and Guan Yue from the Chasing Wind Sect were also given to your Patriarch?"
Duan Hong murmured:
"Yeah, Cheng Xin and Guan Yue from the Wind Chaser School have been in the mine for three months. Before that, they have been working in the periphery and have never been in the mine. I don't know how miserable the miners are. I think the miners just don't have enough to eat. , not warmly dressed, often beaten...
"They came to work in the mine on the second day of junior high school. They got out of the mine out of curiosity, wandered around and accidentally saw the tiankeng where hundreds of corpses were piled up... The young people have not lost their conscience, and they don't know the heights of the heavens and the earth. They came out to question and threatened to report to the authorities. Why? He refused to listen to persuasion, and even resorted to martial arts...
"Their martial arts are really good. They are quick in body and ruthless in their kicks. They are worthy of being disciples of the Wind Chaser Sect who have received the true instruction. Sixth-rank against sixth-rank, two against four, they can still gain the upper hand. It's a pity...
"It's a pity that I was obsessed with ghosts at that time. I actually attacked them, restrained and weakened them with magic, made them invincible and captured, and then handed them over to the disciples sent by the Lord to pick people up..."
Speaking of this, Duan Hong cried bitterly again, hitting the floor with a loud bang, and hitting his forehead until his head was bleeding:
"I'm not a human, I'm a beast! Two young men with unshakable conscience and valiant spirit were killed by me just like that, I'm not human..."
It's not human.
Shen Lang looked at Duan Hong expressionlessly, knowing that his repentance was not from the heart at all, but that he had been hit by the magic effect of the "Turning People Curse".
When the spell failed, he turned back into the greedy villain who worked for tigers.
Not bothering to stop Duan Hong from harming himself, Shen Lang said lightly:
"Shen Wu, the head disciple of the Chasing Wind Sect, has an affair with you?"
Duan Hong shook his head:
"Although Hu Yuanwai is on the master, he still thinks that the force he controls is not strong enough. The Chasing Wind Sect is the largest faction in Wuyang Mansion. The selection criteria are strict, and there are many masters in the faction. Hu Yuanwai has been trying to get involved. Chaser.
"The year before last, after learning that Shen Wu, the head disciple of the Chasing Wind Sect, had traveled down the mountain and found out his whereabouts, Yuan Wai deliberately arranged a "hero saving the beauty" drama. He wanted to marry his daughter to Shen Wu and control Shen Wu through his daughter. , and then slowly infiltrated and controlled the Wind Chaser faction, unfortunately Shen Wu is a wooden man..."
Shen Lang was startled, and wondered:
"The fact that Shen Wu rescued member Hu's daughter from the flower pickers the year before last was actually arranged by Yuanwai Hu?"
Duan Hong murmured:
"There are so many expert guards outside Hu Yuanwai's mine. How can there be no masters around my daughter when she travels? How can a mere flower picker who was defeated by Shen Wu's three moves and two moves have the ability to get involved with Hu Yuanwai's daughter?"
Shen Lang shook his head, feeling:
"Member Hu has a lot of ambition outside, and he actually wants to take a long-term view and control the Wind Chaser faction through Shen Wu... Fortunately, Shen Wu is a wooden man, otherwise, wouldn't he be able to succeed?"
After a pause, I finally asked the core question:
"Who is your lord?"
At this point in the interrogation, all the clues have been matched.
Duan Hong's master is the real culprit who used humans to feed demons.Although Hu Yuanwai is not the man's direct subordinate, he is also protected by him and is an accomplice to his confession.
Although Duan Hong was still addressing him habitually as "Master", there was no reverence in his tone, and it sounded like he was gnashing his teeth with hatred. Shen Lang felt that the time had come for him to ask.
In addition, Shen Lang really did not expect that Cheng Xin and Guan Yue were actually the same as his reasoning, but after seeing something beyond their bottom line with their own eyes, their conscience found out, which resulted in bad luck.
This made Shen Lang both gratified and regretful.What is gratifying, of course, is not that my own reasoning is accurate, but that Cheng Xin and Guan Yue have not lost their conscience, and they have never made a mistake after all.Unfortunately, the two were killed.
It can only be said that Cheng Xin and Guan Yue have not been a teacher for a long time after all, and their experience is too shallow.He is also too confident in his martial arts.
If it were Shen Lang, after discovering the tiankeng, he would just treat it as if he hadn't seen it, and would never say anything. He would only quietly collect evidence, and then wait for the opportunity to slip away. After that, he would not report to the Tongshan County official—Tongshan The county government is no longer trustworthy.
If you are more cautious, you can't even trust the senior brother Shen Wu who introduced him to work in the mine, so you can't go back to the mountain gate to report to the head of Zhou. .
Unfortunately, Cheng Xin and Guan Yue were not as cautious as Shen Lang, and innocently ruined their lives.
When Shen Lang was feeling secretly, he heard Duan Hong say:
"My master... is the master of the 'Yujing Temple', the real Guo Kaiguo."
Guo Kai?
Real Guo?
Shen Lang looked at Mu Qingxue in surprise, and sent a voice transmission:
"Is there another real Guo in the world?"
Mu Qingxue said via voice transmission:
"Many Taoist temple masters, even old Taoist priests who don't know Taoism, are called 'true people', but this is just a title, and it is not the same thing as a 'big real person' who is a first-grade Taoist."
After a pause, she said solemnly:
"However, I know that Guo Kai of Yujing Temple is quite a warlock favored by the emperor. The Yujing Temple was also given to him by the emperor, and he was given the title of 'Yujing Pufa Master' and enjoys the third-rank treatment. Its cultivation is said to have the third grade of Taoism.
"However, although Guo Kai's status is high and his cultivation level is strong, he acts very low-key. He never meddles in political affairs, and never does anything to bully others. He only wholeheartedly pleases the emperor. But he never thought that he secretly has another face!"
Shen Lang frowned: "It's actually the emperor's man again! What Guo Kai did was ordered by the emperor?"
Mu Qingxue pursed her lips and said lightly:
"The current emperor, indeed..."
She wanted to say "it's not a thing", but she finally endured it and said lightly:
"Guo Kai used humans to feed Gu, but he used humans to feed demons. Regardless of whether the emperor ordered it or not, it is a capital crime that is devoid of conscience and cannot be pardoned. Now that the real culprit behind the scenes has been found out, Guo Kai can be directly arrested." gone."
Shen Lang said: "When will Hu Yuanwai be arrested?"
Mu Qingxue said: "What do you think?"
Knowing that Mu Qingxue was testing him, Shen Lang put his finger on his chin, pondered for a while, and said slowly:
"The Hu family can't be moved for the time being. The Hu family is in the county town, and there are many people around. Moreover, he opened a gold mine privately, enslaved the miners, and paid at least ten people to Guo Kai every month...
"He has never been exposed for doing such evil deeds. Apart from being protected by Guo Kai, he must also have an affair with the Tongshan County Government.
"If we arrest the Hu family in Tongshan County and delay our efforts, Guo Kai might know the news in advance, destroy the evidence in time, and even escape into the palace to seek the emperor's protection, so..."
He suddenly pointed out that a "soul scaring spell" stunned Duan Hong, and then continued:
"We must rush back to the capital before the news leaks out, inform Lord Yan, and arrest Guo Kai before the emperor intervenes!"
Mu Qingxue smiled slightly:
"Yes, as it should."
After a pause, he asked again:
"The mine here, how do you think it should be dealt with?"
Shen Lang said decisively:
"First arrest all the guards and supervisors, and rescue all the miners. I will stay and organize the miners together with Shen Wu to watch over the supervisors and guards. We will not allow any miners to leave for the time being, so as not to leak the news."
Mu Qingxue smiled and asked:
"It was you who discovered this case, and you were the one who pursued it all the way. For this reason, you didn't even bother to wait for me to leave the customs. You first went to Liuli Temple, then to Wuyang Mansion, to Xiaoyue Mountain and Pingpo Township, and then rushed to my place without stopping. Coming to Tongshan County, and going deep into the deep mountains and old forests overnight... after such a hard work, I finally solved the case and found the real culprit, but you don’t deserve the credit for arresting the real culprit?"
Shen Lang shook his head:
"I pursued this case not for credit. I just wanted to seek justice for the victims who were devoured by the demon lord, and to bring the monster who fed the demon and the ogres to justice.
"If it wasn't for you and Lord Yan, of course I would go and catch the real culprit myself. No matter how strong Guo Kai is, I would try it. But since you are here and Lord Yan is here, why should I be brave? Do what I can Just fine."
Mu Qingxue smiled sweetly:
"Actually, with your talent, if you serve the emperor, you will be a prince in the future. After entering the Shenchuangtang, let alone get promoted and get rich, you will offend the emperor from time to time and arouse the emperor's hatred. Have you ever regretted it?"
Shen Lang chuckled, feeling:
"I feel that there is a couplet missing at the entrance of the Shenchui Hall."
Mu Qingxue was slightly taken aback, she didn't know why he avoided her question, but she still asked:
"What couplet is missing?"
Shen Lang stared at Mu Qingxue, and said word by word:
"Please go elsewhere for promotion and fortune. If you are greedy for life and afraid of death, don't enter the door."
Only then did Mu Qingxue understand that Shen Lang was not avoiding her question, but gave a perfect answer.
She silently recited the couplets spoken by Shen Lang, filled with emotion in her heart.
If you want to join the God Catching Hall, you must have a reliable recommendation from a senior headhunter.
But if he wants to leave the God's Catch Hall and switch to others, he can leave as he wants, and he will never suffer any difficulties.
In the former Great Chu, there was also a situation where the emperor was wise, the officials were clean and honest, and the court was prosperous.
At that time, Yan Tianying had not presided over the Shenchuitang, and the headhunters at that time could still receive strong support from the imperial court. They had sufficient funds, abundant resources, and no shortage of manpower. Even every prefecture had a Shenchuitang. subordinate institutions.
But times have changed.
The world is becoming more and more prosperous, and the material is becoming more and more abundant, but people's hearts have not become noble because of the richness and wealth, but gradually lost and sunk in the midst of pomp and extravagance.
In today's Great Chu, the emperor is fatuous, the nobles are greedy and violent, the civil officials are corrupt, the generals are arrogant, and the gentry are extravagant.
As for the Shenchuitang, before Yan Tianying took over ten years ago, it had not received much support from the imperial court for many years, and its funds, resources, and manpower had shrunk on a large scale. .
Before Yan Tianying took over, the imperial court had discussed several times, and wanted to completely abolish the Shenzhutang, a department founded by the Great Chu Taizu, or completely abolish its functions of supervision, arresting officials, and nobles, and turn it into a The knife is always facing the people, the real "court eagle dog" - Lian Yunxiao once said that the court launched this proposal again at the court meeting years ago.
Ten years ago, due to the fact that there were still a few honest and upright veterans in the court at that time, they used the excuse of "the creation of the Taizu and the law of the ancestors" as an excuse to forcefully block it, and the emperor had just succeeded to the throne not long ago. It was very frightening that God Catching Hall survived.
After Yan Tianying took over, relying on his reputation and strength as "the leader of the heroes", as well as the increasingly scarce support of ministers of integrity, the court proposal came to an end without a problem.
But even though after Yan Tianying took over, the Shenhuntang once again shocked the world, but before the general situation, under the suppression of many parties, even with Yan Tianying's ability, he even invited Wanfa Zhenren, such as "guests and consultants" However, it will be difficult for the God Catching Hall to restore its former grandeur.
This is the trend of the world.
If the status quo of the fatuous Chu emperor, nobles, corrupt officials, corrupt civil servants, arrogant generals, and extravagant gentry is not completely changed, this general situation will not change.
And this kind of overall sluggish atmosphere, even in the royal family of Great Chu, would not be able to change another emperor.
Therefore, under the unanimous hostility of the royal family, high-ranking officials, and noble families in the Shenzhangtang, which one of the headhunters who are still sticking to their posts is not thinking of "promote and get rich, please go to other places" What about the determination to "greed life and fear death, don't enter the gate"?
Like Yan Kai of "Chasing Soul Ghost" and Wu Lie of "Mie Men Slaughter Coffin", as third-rank warriors, no matter whose sect they serve, they can enjoy endless prosperity and wealth.
Even Bailong and Qiankun, the real people of the royal family with unfathomable backgrounds, would not refuse the third-rank warriors to serve.
But they just like to stay in the God Catch Hall, doing stinky, hard and disgusting head catchers.
They didn't go for Yan Tianying.
They are just for the justice and chivalry in their hearts.
There are more than 5 million people in the vast East, how can it be impossible to lack real knights, right?
Of course, there are also some people who, in this chivalry, have some personal hobbies mixed in.
For example, Wu Lie, who has the coolest nickname "Mie Men Tu Coffin" - "Tu Coffin" is a homophonic stalk, which means that he is cruel to corrupt officials. If you are already dead, the coffin will be dug up for you, and the ashes will be poisonous for you.
However, Wu Lie does have a serious mental illness, is cruel and bloodthirsty, and loves to kill, but he also has his own insistence that he will never kill innocent people indiscriminately, so he has no choice but to stay in the Shenhunting Hall and kill bad people.
Another example is Shen Lang...
Mu Qingxue knew very well that Shen Lang's joining the God Catch Hall had a lot to do with her, Mu Qingxue.
Otherwise, with Shen Lang's lawlessness, recklessness and wildness, he would rather be a ranger than join the God of Catching Hall.
Thinking of Shen Lang's original intention of joining the Shenchuitang, which was started by himself, and doing better and better, Mu Qingxue couldn't help feeling a little bit of pride, achievement, and...sweetness.
She took a step forward, held Shen Lang's palm with both hands, and said with a smile:
"If you keep thinking like this, I really don't have to worry, you will be tempted by the little spider and fall into the devil."
Shen Lang chuckled:
"You don't have to worry about it. I have always been the light of righteousness."
"Hehe, ruthless, lawless, the light of the righteous way of lynching and punishing crimes?"
"When did I lynch..."
"Changsheng County, Zhao Family."
"..."
"When you left Yingzhou, you killed more than 100 people who were chasing you. Among them, the younger sister of Izumo Haikou Ghost Wang Dong, and the widow of Jin Nanfei of the South China Sea Sword Sect, they all have revenge against you and seek revenge from you That's what it should be. But what about Mr. Ying's side wife, Mrs. Zhao?"
"..."
"I happened to be still in Yingzhou at that time, so I investigated by the way, and then I found out about the assassination case of Zhao's younger brother Zhao Mengshan. Although Changsheng County has already concluded that Zhao Mengshan was killed by the blood shadow sect assassin, he also sent the official document of the case to Yingzhou. The state government respects the desk, but you and I both know that Mrs. Zhao is in collusion with the Blood Shadow Sect, how could the Blood Shadow Sect assassinate her only younger brother? Let me make a digression: Duke Ying made the collusion with the Blood Shadow Sect, One push, two, five, six all were pushed on Zhao's head, insisting that he was only guilty of negligence. The emperor sent Zhang Gonggong to protect him, and I can't deal with Ying Guogong with this crime."
"Well……"
"Later, I went to Changsheng County and found out that Zhao Mengshan had committed many heinous crimes in Changsheng County. Because he was the brother-in-law of Duke Ying, and because of the power of Duke Ying, I was in Changsheng before. When the county suppressed and killed the minions of the Blood Shadow Cult, no one dared to report to me."
"They...they have families, they are humble and weak, and they all have difficulties... You see, even you can't defeat Ying Guogong. If they report, so what if you kill Zhao Mengshan? Wait for you to leave In Yingzhou, Mrs. Zhao can easily crush all the informants to death without the help of Duke Ying."
"That's right, they all have difficulties, and I can understand. Only you, newcomer, unencumbered, hot-blooded young man, after hearing about Zhao Mengshan's bad deeds, you bought swords, guns, and even stole gunpowder - I first I still can't figure out, where did you get the gunpowder, and how did you bring it into Zhao's mansion. But when I was in the Black Lotus Devil's Nest, I knew that you had a magic weapon for storage, and before breaking through, I also knew that Xiao Zhao was a monster... Immediately It all figured out."
"hey-hey……"
"You asked Xiao Zhao to sneak into the military camp in the city with the magic weapon stored and stole the gunpowder. Since gunpowder is a consumable, it is easy to conceal it. After the county soldiers found out that the gunpowder was stolen, they did not dare to say anything, so they reported it under the pretext of training." Consumption. You waited for several days, until the time is right, or until you have practiced a sword technique? Is it the lore you boasted? Then you sneaked into the Zhao Mansion and carried out the assassination..."
"Cough! That..."
"Because Zhao Mengshan hates ghosts in Changsheng County, even the foolish official in Changsheng County wanted him to die. So after his death, everyone was overjoyed, and no one seriously investigated the case. The conclusion of the assassination. The county lord even couldn't wait to send someone to clean up the scene..."
"Haha, Changsheng Xianzun is a good official. Although he is wise and protects himself and dare not fight against the powerful, at least he still has a conscience in his heart. I respect him."
"Then, why didn't you report it to me at the beginning? You have to lynch and punish the crime yourself? You dare to lynch and punish the crime, even if you ask me to report it, you are not afraid of Duke Ying's revenge, right?"
"I don't know how to contact you... well, I just can't help it."
"Is it really unbearable? If you really can't help it, why did you wait for several days after stealing the gunpowder? So you didn't report to me, there must be another reason. I guess you at that time, I'm afraid Deep down in my heart, I also feel that I dare not provoke Duke Ying, right? I even suspect that I will protect Duke Ying, right?"
"Hahaha, what you said, I trust you very much..."
"You kid is very suspicious. Although you are full of passion, wild, and lawless, when it comes to acting, you are cautious like a young man. And you and I have known each other not long ago. With your suspicious and cautious, even if you trust me , this trust may not go very deep. So, you doubt me, so you don't want to find me. "
"You think too much, I really don't know how to contact you..."
"Okay, let's not mention the past. And today, I didn't want to investigate your concealment. I just wanted to tell you... Zhao Mengshan deserves to die. You stabbed him to death with a sword, and it was cheaper for him. If it falls into my hands, I will try every means to push the Ministry of Criminal Justice to sentence him to Ling Chi."
Mu Qingxue stared into Shen Lang's eyes, and said seriously:
"Believe me, although I can't take Duke Ying down, I can still do it for Ling Chi, the younger brother of a side wife who has proven his crimes and is inhumane.
"Although lynching is a pleasure to punish a crime, it is clear that the lawful punishment will sometimes make those who die a few times feel too cheap, die more painfully, and even regret coming to this world."
Shen Lang chuckled, raised his hand to caress her cheek:
"As expected of a ruthless sentence, I like this idea very much."
Mu Qingxue pressed the back of Shen Lang's hand and smiled sweetly:
"The cold-blooded human slaughter is not bad. It's just that it is too violent occasionally, which makes some human scum."
"You are right. I will try my best to follow your ideas in the future."
"Well. I said so much without knowing it. I wasn't so talkative before..."
"Will you talk more when you're with me?"
"A net waste of time."
"It's not a waste of time. When we are together, we are not talking about practice, or cases, or the current situation. There is nothing romantic about it."
"But you don't look like a person who understands romance."
"That's because I haven't exerted my strength yet..."
"Oh? Do you understand? Well, yes, Miss Yu was robbed in the street back then, and they wanted to arrest you as the king of the village..."
"Cough cough!" Shen Lang coughed twice: "Then what, it's almost midnight, do you have to rush back to the capital?"
Seeing him change the subject, the corners of Mu Qingxue's lips curled up slightly, revealing a playful smile, and said:
"Because it's midnight, so there's no need to be in a hurry. Hu Yuanwai didn't expect that someone would sneak into the mine in the dark at night and take down the mine that was closely guarded by Dharma practitioners and warriors. Hu Yuanwai couldn't think of it, and Guo Kai naturally couldn't think of it either."
Shen Lang said: "But it's better to go back to Beijing as soon as possible, report the matter to Lord Yan, and take Guo Kai down. It's better to avoid long nights and dreams."
Mu Qingxue put on a pretty face, showing that cold and majestic look:
"Are you impatient for me to go?"
Shen Lang is also serious:
"Of course not. I wish I could stick with you all day long, but I have a duty, so I dare not take it lightly."
"He can talk, no wonder he can coax Chen Yuniang into turning to the light."
"Master Mu, act now!"
"Humph!"
Mu Qingxue snorted softly, and suddenly took a step forward, voluntarily hugging Shen Lang:
"Then I'll go."
Shen Lang also spread his arms and hugged her gently:
"Take care. Guo Kai has a third-grade Taoism cultivation base, you don't want to catch him alone."
Mu Qingxue smiled and said:
"I'm not afraid of him. But you are right, I will ask Lord Yan to help me march."
Shen Lang said again:
"Since Guo Kai is the emperor's favored minister, I'm afraid he has some special means to win the emperor's favor. It's best to kill him directly, otherwise, the emperor might just take away Sha Wanli and send him to the death camp as a punishment. As an excuse, an imperial decree took Guo Kai away.
"After all, he is a third-rank Dharma cultivator. The emperor has enough reasons to protect his life. I'm afraid that the court officials will not object. It is difficult to punish him."
Mu Qingxue was silent for a while, then nodded:
"Okay, I will kill Guo Kai directly."
After finishing speaking, she let go of Shen Lang, and took two steps back. A golden solution with shimmering purple light oozes from the Wujin wristband, quickly covering her whole body, and turning into layers of thin gold foils, which are quickly unfolded, connected, and inflated. In the meantime, he put on that majestic and heavy golden armor again.
With a swish from behind her, she spread out a pair of golden wings, and the feathers flapped lightly, drawing elegant and gorgeous fringed light marks.
Afterwards, she grabbed Duan Hong from the air, held Duan Hong in her palm, lifted the back of his neck, covered his body with stellar energy, and just carried him and flew out of the window, soaring into the sky, it turned into a golden shooting star in a blink of an eye, heading towards the sky. Fly away in the direction of the capital.
After watching Mu Qingxue leave.
Shen Lang released Xiaoyu and Xiaoya, and said with a smile:
"If you come out to move around, I won't do anything. Help me knock down all the people who don't wear shackles on their feet. Remember, don't kill people."
"Obey, master silver!"
The little rabbit stood up, saluted decently with its small front paws, and jumped out of the window.
The little fish was also wrapped in a water polo, spit out a few bubbles, and said:
"Look at me!"
The body of the fish transformed into a dragon claw and flew out of the window.
Shen Lang sent a telepathic message again, telling the little bone guarding Taniguchi to call him Shangshenwu, and to attack from Taniguchi.
Xiao Zhao continued to stay at Taniguchi to prevent anyone from absconding in the chaos.
After finishing the arrangements, Shen Lang moved a chair, sat in front of the window, and admired the night sky and the galaxy.
[Seek a monthly pass~! 】
(End of this chapter)
After a while.
Shen Lang and Mu Qingxue came to the three-story wooden building again.
The overseers and guards in the mine have been dealt with, and the miners have also been rescued and are resting in the mine.
After the two of Shen Lang came out of the well, they went straight to the small wooden building, and wanted to capture the Taoist monk first.
Shen Lang swept his mental strength into the small building, and let out a low laugh:
"That guy is really capable of tossing around, and he is still exercising. He really is a wild monk. It's so late, he doesn't even meditate..."
Mu Qingxue looked at him sideways, with doubts in her eyes:
"do excercise?"
Shen Lang is serious:
"A certain sport for adults requires the cooperation of a man and a woman. Proper exercise is good for physical and mental health, while excessive indulging will lose energy and blood and will. "
Mu Qingxue suddenly understood, and gave him an annoyed look:
"I'll guard the door, you go in and arrest people."
Shen Lang smiled and nodded:
"it is good."
Leaping into the courtyard, in the gatehouse on the first floor of the small building, before the two sixth-rank warriors guarding the door could react, they were pointed and fell to the ground by two fingers in the air.
With Shen Lang's current cultivation base, he doesn't need to cast spells to deal with warriors below the fifth rank, and he can be dismissed with a snap of his fingers.
Even if it is a fifth-rank martial artist, unless it is a genius with extraordinary talent, it will only be one or two palm-to-hand kung fu.
After finishing off the two sixth-rank warriors, Shen Lang jumped again, directly to the window on the third floor, scanned and locked the position of the Daoist cultivator with mental power, and pointed out through the window paper.
Deterrence Curse.
The wild cultivator who was exercising on the couch was shaken all over and jumped forward, causing the female training partner under him to groan in pain, and was about to scold him coquettishly, when Shen Lang pushed open the window, came in through the window, and popped out another strand of finger The wind hit the sleeping point of the woman, causing her to fall into a deep sleep.
Afterwards, Shen Lang stepped forward, lifted the wild cultivator who was stunned by the "soul deterrent curse" to a blank mind, and slipped off the couch, covered the sleeping woman with a quilt, and then found a robe from the hanger beside the bed, Wrapped that wild monk, and then sent a voice transmission to Mu Qingxue:
"Come in, you've got it."
When Mu Qingxue received the summons, she replied in surprise:
"So fast?"
Shen Lang chuckled lightly:
"I'm now a rank-five cultivator anyway. Isn't it easy to deal with a wild cultivator who can't even control his primordial power?"
"It's only the fifth rank, don't be proud."
"But my fifth grade of martial arts has also reached the realm of Dacheng, and I have already sensed the inspiration of heaven and earth, and I can condense the seeds of true energy at any time, 100% successful."
"..."
Mu Qingxue didn't transmit the sound any more, she jumped in from the window, glanced at Shen Lang, and said lightly:
"Standing in front of you is a second-rank Stellar Qi Realm martial artist who is under the age of 22."
Shen Lang was stunned, and solemnly cupped his hands:
"Disrespect, disrespect!"
Mu Qingxue snorted and laughed out loud:
"Okay, stop playing tricks. Get ready for the interrogation."
Shen Lang nodded and pointed at the woman:
"I want to use spells to interrogate this monk. Please help send this woman to the next room, so as not to cause accidental injury."
Mu Qingxue teased and said:
"The 'Cold-Blooded Rentu' who has always been cruel and ruthless, how did he become so pitiful today?"
Shen Lang was taken aback:
"Cold-blooded slaughter?"
Mu Qingxue said in surprise:
"You don't know? This is your title in the black market, and it has been spread. Many people in Jianghu call you by that."
Shen Lang frowned, muttering:
"This title is not very kind... It's clearly damaging my reputation! No, I have to think of a dignified nickname..."
Mu Qingxue smiled sweetly:
"Don't be naive. What do we people in Shenzhangtang want to have a good reputation in the black market? Even if you give yourself a dignified nickname, the title given to you on the black market has already been spread, and the people in the world have already preconceived it. How to call you, how to call you."
Shen Lang asked curiously:
"According to this, your title on the black market is not very good?"
Mu Qingxue smiled lightly and said:
"There are legends in the Jianghu that I wiped out 27 bandit villages in one night and beheaded thousands of people. I was so cruel and ruthless that it made people tremble. That's why I was given the title of 'Ruthless Iron Judge'. It's a little nicer than you. "
Knowing Mu Qingxue's title, Shen Lang was immediately happy, and he was no longer depressed by his nickname, and said with a smile:
"Cold-blooded human slaughter, ruthless iron sentence... Haha, one of us is cold-blooded and the other is ruthless, so we are really a perfect match."
Mu Qingxue also felt that this title was quite worthy, so she laughed out two small dimples.
Shen Lang asked again: "Speaking of which, have you beheaded thousands of people overnight?"
Mu Qingxue asked back, "What do you think?"
Shen Lang shook his head: "I don't believe it. I didn't see you killing people in the pirate's den on Shark King Island. Even the backbone and leader of the pirates, as long as they surrendered, you never killed prisoners. With your heart, I'm afraid I won't be able to do that tricky trick."
Mu Qingxue smiled sweetly:
"You know me. There were 27 bandit villages wiped out in one night, but the ones I killed on the spot were only about a hundred people. They were all old bandits who had accumulated blood and debts and stubbornly resisted to the end. Other bandits, It's just arresting, identifying crimes, and judging crimes according to the law."
After finishing speaking, she wrapped the woman in a quilt and sent her to the next room. When she came back, Shen Lang had already sealed and recited the mantra, and was ready.
"Help me wake him up." Shen Lang said.
As soon as Mu Qingxue pointed it out, the drowsy wild cultivator suddenly shuddered and came to his senses, but before he could make any reaction, a strange, high and low, erratic magic sound rang in his ears.
"The sea of suffering is boundless, turn back to the shore, put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha immediately; the sea of suffering is boundless, turn back to the shore, put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha immediately..."
Hearing the curse, Mu Qingxue couldn't help but frowned slightly, took two steps back, and looked at Shen Lang subtly.
The "Human-crossing Curse" is a magic spell of Venerable Liuli's lineage.
Mu Qingxue also saw Venerable Liuli perform it once.
When the Bodhisattva in white clothed in moonlight casts it, it is called a fairy sound, like the sound of heaven, and there are magical effects such as rain from the sky and golden lotus from the earth. I felt remorse in my heart.
And Shen Lang's "Curse of Crossing People"...
how to say?
That demonic singing voice only makes people feel sinister and gloomy, without the slightest majesty of the secret Buddhist mantra.
"In Shen Lang's heart, there really is a big demon hidden..."
Mu Qingxue sighed inwardly, and secretly made up her mind:
"If he really can't control himself in the future, he will fall into the devil's way and sink into the star abyss... I will have to risk my life to bring him back to the human world."
If he knew what Mu Qingxue was thinking, Shen Lang would definitely cry out for injustice.
He sang the "Human-Turning Curse" with an evil spirit, so what does it matter if he is demonic or not?
This is purely because he wants to get on the skin and imitate "Pudu Cihang"...
With Mu Qingxue's cultivation level, even Shen Lang's "Traveling Curse" is a bit difficult to handle, let alone that wild monk.
With the sound of the incantation, the wild cultivator immediately hugged his head in pain, feeling like a bunch of flies buzzing into his ear holes, and desperately trying to dig into his brain.
In fact, Shen Lang was also a little nervous at this time.
In case this wild monk is banned in Yuanshen like Liao Yuan and Liao Gonggong, then his "crossing mantra" will become a real "life-seeking Sanskrit", directly detonating the ban and killing that wild monk .
But if there is really a restriction in Yuanshen, normal torture will be useless.
No matter how severe the torture is, it is still impossible for the other party to reveal half a word of secrets. It is better to gamble with the more efficient "crossing people curse".
Fortunately, placing restrictions in Yuanshen is an extremely high-end Taoist technology, and it is not something that ordinary monks can play.
The boss behind this wild monk seems to have not mastered this technique. After holding his head in pain for a while, his eyes gradually became dazed, and even regret slowly surfaced.
Seeing that the spell took effect, Shen Lang said in a deep voice:
"Who are you?"
The voice also has the effect of "crossing people curse", vast and magnificent, just like the voice of Buddha from outside the sky.
Hearing the majestic and upright voice, Mu Qingxue breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly thought that although there was a sinister "demon" in Shen Lang's heart, there was also an upright "God".
As long as the "god" can keep suppressing the "demon", Shen Lang will not fall into the way of the devil.
The wild monk trembled slightly, and kowtowed respectfully to Shen Lang:
"Duan Hong, a casual practitioner in the mountains, pays homage to the Zen master."
"Duan Hong?"
Shen Lang nodded slightly, and continued to ask in that majestic tone that sounded like the voice of a Buddha from beyond the sky:
"What are you doing here?"
"Under the order of the Lord, guard the mine veins here and raise black gold sand."
Having said that, Duan Hong had a look of remorse on his face:
"Slave workers in mines are all lured and kidnapped refugees, beggars, and even sons of good families. The villain knows that the slave workers have no clothes, no food, and work all day long. Even torturing him to death...but being indifferent, and even acting as a minion...a villain who read sage books in vain when he was young, deserves ten thousand deaths, ten thousand deaths!"
As he spoke, his voice choked up, tears streamed down his face, and he kept hitting the floor with his forehead until it made a loud bang.
Shen Lang was worried that he would wake himself up and get rid of the effect of the crossing spell, so he quickly asked again in that loud voice:
"Your boss, but that Hu Yuanwai?"
Listening to Shen Lang's question, Duan Hong just stopped the impact, lifted his red, swollen and blue forehead, choked up and said:
"No. Although Mr. Hu is the owner of the mine, my master has someone else. After Mr. Hu contracted the mine, he discovered that there was actually a vein of gold under the shallow copper mine. He concealed the news and mined it privately, but he was worried that it would be exposed. , so I found a way to connect with my lord, offering Wu Jinsha and the population to my lord, in exchange for my lord's protection..."
Hearing this, Shen Lang's eyes narrowed:
"Worshiping the population?"
Duan Hong nodded:
"Refugees and beggars, dilapidated small households, lone foreigners, rebellious mine slaves who disobey discipline, bandits wandering in the mountains and forests, and even offended the Hu family but have no roots in local good families... There is no distinction between good and bad, good or bad. Bad, as long as you are strong and healthy, send them to my Patriarch. Send at least ten people every month..."
Shen Lang and Mu Qingxue looked at each other, knowing that they had caught the real master and caught a big fish.
But Shen Lang was not in a hurry to ask about the identity of the "Master".
Because this kind of question is a core secret, and even a "taboo" in people's hearts.
If this "taboo" is touched without completely disintegrating his defenses, then the spell may fail on the spot and make the opponent wake up.
If you continue to forcibly cast the spell, the opponent's mind will be on guard, and the effect will only be worse than the first time.
And now, Hong's address to the people behind the scenes is still the respectful title of "Master". Obviously, his defenses have not completely collapsed, and there is still reverence for his "Master" in his heart.
At the moment Shen Lang didn't ask about the identity of the "Master", but only asked in a deep voice:
"My lord, why do you need so many people?"
Duan Hong cried:
"I don't know either. I was originally from the capital city, and my family background was not bad, but my parents died early, and my family fortune gradually declined.
"I want to study and take scientific examinations to revive my family business, but I don't have the talent to study. I also want to practice martial arts and rely on martial arts to earn a future, but I can't bear the hardships of martial arts. I also want to practice Taoism, but my talents are limited, and I can't pass the test of God." Metropolitan Temple.
"In the end, I had to spend all my wealth and favors, found the master's way, asked the master for a Gu, and managed to get a few surgeries...
"There are many people like me, the master has many subordinates, and they can only help him with small errands and miscellaneous tasks. Like me, I can only guard the mine in this deep mountain and old forest... The real secret of the master is not mine. It can be known...
"But I know that those who sacrificed themselves to the lord will definitely end up miserable. Because the lord... he is good at raising Gu worms! What does he want so many people to do every month? It must be with the essence and blood of living people." God, I fed the Gu worms!"
Having said that, he started hitting the floor again and again, muttering, "I'm not human, I'm a minion, I'm devoid of conscience..."
Good at raising Gu insects, feeding Gu with people...
Then feeding monsters with humans is also a routine operation!
Shen Lang knew that all the clues had been connected together. Duan Hong's "Master" was, in all likelihood, the owner of the four-armed demon owl!
Looking at each other with Mu Qingxue, seeing Duan Hong desperately bumping his head to repent again, Shen Lang hastily read a few more words "the sea of suffering is boundless and the end is the shore", deepening the degree of brainwashing, lest Duan Hongzhen wake himself up, and then asked:
"Cheng Xin and Guan Yue from the Chasing Wind Sect were also given to your Patriarch?"
Duan Hong murmured:
"Yeah, Cheng Xin and Guan Yue from the Wind Chaser School have been in the mine for three months. Before that, they have been working in the periphery and have never been in the mine. I don't know how miserable the miners are. I think the miners just don't have enough to eat. , not warmly dressed, often beaten...
"They came to work in the mine on the second day of junior high school. They got out of the mine out of curiosity, wandered around and accidentally saw the tiankeng where hundreds of corpses were piled up... The young people have not lost their conscience, and they don't know the heights of the heavens and the earth. They came out to question and threatened to report to the authorities. Why? He refused to listen to persuasion, and even resorted to martial arts...
"Their martial arts are really good. They are quick in body and ruthless in their kicks. They are worthy of being disciples of the Wind Chaser Sect who have received the true instruction. Sixth-rank against sixth-rank, two against four, they can still gain the upper hand. It's a pity...
"It's a pity that I was obsessed with ghosts at that time. I actually attacked them, restrained and weakened them with magic, made them invincible and captured, and then handed them over to the disciples sent by the Lord to pick people up..."
Speaking of this, Duan Hong cried bitterly again, hitting the floor with a loud bang, and hitting his forehead until his head was bleeding:
"I'm not a human, I'm a beast! Two young men with unshakable conscience and valiant spirit were killed by me just like that, I'm not human..."
It's not human.
Shen Lang looked at Duan Hong expressionlessly, knowing that his repentance was not from the heart at all, but that he had been hit by the magic effect of the "Turning People Curse".
When the spell failed, he turned back into the greedy villain who worked for tigers.
Not bothering to stop Duan Hong from harming himself, Shen Lang said lightly:
"Shen Wu, the head disciple of the Chasing Wind Sect, has an affair with you?"
Duan Hong shook his head:
"Although Hu Yuanwai is on the master, he still thinks that the force he controls is not strong enough. The Chasing Wind Sect is the largest faction in Wuyang Mansion. The selection criteria are strict, and there are many masters in the faction. Hu Yuanwai has been trying to get involved. Chaser.
"The year before last, after learning that Shen Wu, the head disciple of the Chasing Wind Sect, had traveled down the mountain and found out his whereabouts, Yuan Wai deliberately arranged a "hero saving the beauty" drama. He wanted to marry his daughter to Shen Wu and control Shen Wu through his daughter. , and then slowly infiltrated and controlled the Wind Chaser faction, unfortunately Shen Wu is a wooden man..."
Shen Lang was startled, and wondered:
"The fact that Shen Wu rescued member Hu's daughter from the flower pickers the year before last was actually arranged by Yuanwai Hu?"
Duan Hong murmured:
"There are so many expert guards outside Hu Yuanwai's mine. How can there be no masters around my daughter when she travels? How can a mere flower picker who was defeated by Shen Wu's three moves and two moves have the ability to get involved with Hu Yuanwai's daughter?"
Shen Lang shook his head, feeling:
"Member Hu has a lot of ambition outside, and he actually wants to take a long-term view and control the Wind Chaser faction through Shen Wu... Fortunately, Shen Wu is a wooden man, otherwise, wouldn't he be able to succeed?"
After a pause, I finally asked the core question:
"Who is your lord?"
At this point in the interrogation, all the clues have been matched.
Duan Hong's master is the real culprit who used humans to feed demons.Although Hu Yuanwai is not the man's direct subordinate, he is also protected by him and is an accomplice to his confession.
Although Duan Hong was still addressing him habitually as "Master", there was no reverence in his tone, and it sounded like he was gnashing his teeth with hatred. Shen Lang felt that the time had come for him to ask.
In addition, Shen Lang really did not expect that Cheng Xin and Guan Yue were actually the same as his reasoning, but after seeing something beyond their bottom line with their own eyes, their conscience found out, which resulted in bad luck.
This made Shen Lang both gratified and regretful.What is gratifying, of course, is not that my own reasoning is accurate, but that Cheng Xin and Guan Yue have not lost their conscience, and they have never made a mistake after all.Unfortunately, the two were killed.
It can only be said that Cheng Xin and Guan Yue have not been a teacher for a long time after all, and their experience is too shallow.He is also too confident in his martial arts.
If it were Shen Lang, after discovering the tiankeng, he would just treat it as if he hadn't seen it, and would never say anything. He would only quietly collect evidence, and then wait for the opportunity to slip away. After that, he would not report to the Tongshan County official—Tongshan The county government is no longer trustworthy.
If you are more cautious, you can't even trust the senior brother Shen Wu who introduced him to work in the mine, so you can't go back to the mountain gate to report to the head of Zhou. .
Unfortunately, Cheng Xin and Guan Yue were not as cautious as Shen Lang, and innocently ruined their lives.
When Shen Lang was feeling secretly, he heard Duan Hong say:
"My master... is the master of the 'Yujing Temple', the real Guo Kaiguo."
Guo Kai?
Real Guo?
Shen Lang looked at Mu Qingxue in surprise, and sent a voice transmission:
"Is there another real Guo in the world?"
Mu Qingxue said via voice transmission:
"Many Taoist temple masters, even old Taoist priests who don't know Taoism, are called 'true people', but this is just a title, and it is not the same thing as a 'big real person' who is a first-grade Taoist."
After a pause, she said solemnly:
"However, I know that Guo Kai of Yujing Temple is quite a warlock favored by the emperor. The Yujing Temple was also given to him by the emperor, and he was given the title of 'Yujing Pufa Master' and enjoys the third-rank treatment. Its cultivation is said to have the third grade of Taoism.
"However, although Guo Kai's status is high and his cultivation level is strong, he acts very low-key. He never meddles in political affairs, and never does anything to bully others. He only wholeheartedly pleases the emperor. But he never thought that he secretly has another face!"
Shen Lang frowned: "It's actually the emperor's man again! What Guo Kai did was ordered by the emperor?"
Mu Qingxue pursed her lips and said lightly:
"The current emperor, indeed..."
She wanted to say "it's not a thing", but she finally endured it and said lightly:
"Guo Kai used humans to feed Gu, but he used humans to feed demons. Regardless of whether the emperor ordered it or not, it is a capital crime that is devoid of conscience and cannot be pardoned. Now that the real culprit behind the scenes has been found out, Guo Kai can be directly arrested." gone."
Shen Lang said: "When will Hu Yuanwai be arrested?"
Mu Qingxue said: "What do you think?"
Knowing that Mu Qingxue was testing him, Shen Lang put his finger on his chin, pondered for a while, and said slowly:
"The Hu family can't be moved for the time being. The Hu family is in the county town, and there are many people around. Moreover, he opened a gold mine privately, enslaved the miners, and paid at least ten people to Guo Kai every month...
"He has never been exposed for doing such evil deeds. Apart from being protected by Guo Kai, he must also have an affair with the Tongshan County Government.
"If we arrest the Hu family in Tongshan County and delay our efforts, Guo Kai might know the news in advance, destroy the evidence in time, and even escape into the palace to seek the emperor's protection, so..."
He suddenly pointed out that a "soul scaring spell" stunned Duan Hong, and then continued:
"We must rush back to the capital before the news leaks out, inform Lord Yan, and arrest Guo Kai before the emperor intervenes!"
Mu Qingxue smiled slightly:
"Yes, as it should."
After a pause, he asked again:
"The mine here, how do you think it should be dealt with?"
Shen Lang said decisively:
"First arrest all the guards and supervisors, and rescue all the miners. I will stay and organize the miners together with Shen Wu to watch over the supervisors and guards. We will not allow any miners to leave for the time being, so as not to leak the news."
Mu Qingxue smiled and asked:
"It was you who discovered this case, and you were the one who pursued it all the way. For this reason, you didn't even bother to wait for me to leave the customs. You first went to Liuli Temple, then to Wuyang Mansion, to Xiaoyue Mountain and Pingpo Township, and then rushed to my place without stopping. Coming to Tongshan County, and going deep into the deep mountains and old forests overnight... after such a hard work, I finally solved the case and found the real culprit, but you don’t deserve the credit for arresting the real culprit?"
Shen Lang shook his head:
"I pursued this case not for credit. I just wanted to seek justice for the victims who were devoured by the demon lord, and to bring the monster who fed the demon and the ogres to justice.
"If it wasn't for you and Lord Yan, of course I would go and catch the real culprit myself. No matter how strong Guo Kai is, I would try it. But since you are here and Lord Yan is here, why should I be brave? Do what I can Just fine."
Mu Qingxue smiled sweetly:
"Actually, with your talent, if you serve the emperor, you will be a prince in the future. After entering the Shenchuangtang, let alone get promoted and get rich, you will offend the emperor from time to time and arouse the emperor's hatred. Have you ever regretted it?"
Shen Lang chuckled, feeling:
"I feel that there is a couplet missing at the entrance of the Shenchui Hall."
Mu Qingxue was slightly taken aback, she didn't know why he avoided her question, but she still asked:
"What couplet is missing?"
Shen Lang stared at Mu Qingxue, and said word by word:
"Please go elsewhere for promotion and fortune. If you are greedy for life and afraid of death, don't enter the door."
Only then did Mu Qingxue understand that Shen Lang was not avoiding her question, but gave a perfect answer.
She silently recited the couplets spoken by Shen Lang, filled with emotion in her heart.
If you want to join the God Catching Hall, you must have a reliable recommendation from a senior headhunter.
But if he wants to leave the God's Catch Hall and switch to others, he can leave as he wants, and he will never suffer any difficulties.
In the former Great Chu, there was also a situation where the emperor was wise, the officials were clean and honest, and the court was prosperous.
At that time, Yan Tianying had not presided over the Shenchuitang, and the headhunters at that time could still receive strong support from the imperial court. They had sufficient funds, abundant resources, and no shortage of manpower. Even every prefecture had a Shenchuitang. subordinate institutions.
But times have changed.
The world is becoming more and more prosperous, and the material is becoming more and more abundant, but people's hearts have not become noble because of the richness and wealth, but gradually lost and sunk in the midst of pomp and extravagance.
In today's Great Chu, the emperor is fatuous, the nobles are greedy and violent, the civil officials are corrupt, the generals are arrogant, and the gentry are extravagant.
As for the Shenchuitang, before Yan Tianying took over ten years ago, it had not received much support from the imperial court for many years, and its funds, resources, and manpower had shrunk on a large scale. .
Before Yan Tianying took over, the imperial court had discussed several times, and wanted to completely abolish the Shenzhutang, a department founded by the Great Chu Taizu, or completely abolish its functions of supervision, arresting officials, and nobles, and turn it into a The knife is always facing the people, the real "court eagle dog" - Lian Yunxiao once said that the court launched this proposal again at the court meeting years ago.
Ten years ago, due to the fact that there were still a few honest and upright veterans in the court at that time, they used the excuse of "the creation of the Taizu and the law of the ancestors" as an excuse to forcefully block it, and the emperor had just succeeded to the throne not long ago. It was very frightening that God Catching Hall survived.
After Yan Tianying took over, relying on his reputation and strength as "the leader of the heroes", as well as the increasingly scarce support of ministers of integrity, the court proposal came to an end without a problem.
But even though after Yan Tianying took over, the Shenhuntang once again shocked the world, but before the general situation, under the suppression of many parties, even with Yan Tianying's ability, he even invited Wanfa Zhenren, such as "guests and consultants" However, it will be difficult for the God Catching Hall to restore its former grandeur.
This is the trend of the world.
If the status quo of the fatuous Chu emperor, nobles, corrupt officials, corrupt civil servants, arrogant generals, and extravagant gentry is not completely changed, this general situation will not change.
And this kind of overall sluggish atmosphere, even in the royal family of Great Chu, would not be able to change another emperor.
Therefore, under the unanimous hostility of the royal family, high-ranking officials, and noble families in the Shenzhangtang, which one of the headhunters who are still sticking to their posts is not thinking of "promote and get rich, please go to other places" What about the determination to "greed life and fear death, don't enter the gate"?
Like Yan Kai of "Chasing Soul Ghost" and Wu Lie of "Mie Men Slaughter Coffin", as third-rank warriors, no matter whose sect they serve, they can enjoy endless prosperity and wealth.
Even Bailong and Qiankun, the real people of the royal family with unfathomable backgrounds, would not refuse the third-rank warriors to serve.
But they just like to stay in the God Catch Hall, doing stinky, hard and disgusting head catchers.
They didn't go for Yan Tianying.
They are just for the justice and chivalry in their hearts.
There are more than 5 million people in the vast East, how can it be impossible to lack real knights, right?
Of course, there are also some people who, in this chivalry, have some personal hobbies mixed in.
For example, Wu Lie, who has the coolest nickname "Mie Men Tu Coffin" - "Tu Coffin" is a homophonic stalk, which means that he is cruel to corrupt officials. If you are already dead, the coffin will be dug up for you, and the ashes will be poisonous for you.
However, Wu Lie does have a serious mental illness, is cruel and bloodthirsty, and loves to kill, but he also has his own insistence that he will never kill innocent people indiscriminately, so he has no choice but to stay in the Shenhunting Hall and kill bad people.
Another example is Shen Lang...
Mu Qingxue knew very well that Shen Lang's joining the God Catch Hall had a lot to do with her, Mu Qingxue.
Otherwise, with Shen Lang's lawlessness, recklessness and wildness, he would rather be a ranger than join the God of Catching Hall.
Thinking of Shen Lang's original intention of joining the Shenchuitang, which was started by himself, and doing better and better, Mu Qingxue couldn't help feeling a little bit of pride, achievement, and...sweetness.
She took a step forward, held Shen Lang's palm with both hands, and said with a smile:
"If you keep thinking like this, I really don't have to worry, you will be tempted by the little spider and fall into the devil."
Shen Lang chuckled:
"You don't have to worry about it. I have always been the light of righteousness."
"Hehe, ruthless, lawless, the light of the righteous way of lynching and punishing crimes?"
"When did I lynch..."
"Changsheng County, Zhao Family."
"..."
"When you left Yingzhou, you killed more than 100 people who were chasing you. Among them, the younger sister of Izumo Haikou Ghost Wang Dong, and the widow of Jin Nanfei of the South China Sea Sword Sect, they all have revenge against you and seek revenge from you That's what it should be. But what about Mr. Ying's side wife, Mrs. Zhao?"
"..."
"I happened to be still in Yingzhou at that time, so I investigated by the way, and then I found out about the assassination case of Zhao's younger brother Zhao Mengshan. Although Changsheng County has already concluded that Zhao Mengshan was killed by the blood shadow sect assassin, he also sent the official document of the case to Yingzhou. The state government respects the desk, but you and I both know that Mrs. Zhao is in collusion with the Blood Shadow Sect, how could the Blood Shadow Sect assassinate her only younger brother? Let me make a digression: Duke Ying made the collusion with the Blood Shadow Sect, One push, two, five, six all were pushed on Zhao's head, insisting that he was only guilty of negligence. The emperor sent Zhang Gonggong to protect him, and I can't deal with Ying Guogong with this crime."
"Well……"
"Later, I went to Changsheng County and found out that Zhao Mengshan had committed many heinous crimes in Changsheng County. Because he was the brother-in-law of Duke Ying, and because of the power of Duke Ying, I was in Changsheng before. When the county suppressed and killed the minions of the Blood Shadow Cult, no one dared to report to me."
"They...they have families, they are humble and weak, and they all have difficulties... You see, even you can't defeat Ying Guogong. If they report, so what if you kill Zhao Mengshan? Wait for you to leave In Yingzhou, Mrs. Zhao can easily crush all the informants to death without the help of Duke Ying."
"That's right, they all have difficulties, and I can understand. Only you, newcomer, unencumbered, hot-blooded young man, after hearing about Zhao Mengshan's bad deeds, you bought swords, guns, and even stole gunpowder - I first I still can't figure out, where did you get the gunpowder, and how did you bring it into Zhao's mansion. But when I was in the Black Lotus Devil's Nest, I knew that you had a magic weapon for storage, and before breaking through, I also knew that Xiao Zhao was a monster... Immediately It all figured out."
"hey-hey……"
"You asked Xiao Zhao to sneak into the military camp in the city with the magic weapon stored and stole the gunpowder. Since gunpowder is a consumable, it is easy to conceal it. After the county soldiers found out that the gunpowder was stolen, they did not dare to say anything, so they reported it under the pretext of training." Consumption. You waited for several days, until the time is right, or until you have practiced a sword technique? Is it the lore you boasted? Then you sneaked into the Zhao Mansion and carried out the assassination..."
"Cough! That..."
"Because Zhao Mengshan hates ghosts in Changsheng County, even the foolish official in Changsheng County wanted him to die. So after his death, everyone was overjoyed, and no one seriously investigated the case. The conclusion of the assassination. The county lord even couldn't wait to send someone to clean up the scene..."
"Haha, Changsheng Xianzun is a good official. Although he is wise and protects himself and dare not fight against the powerful, at least he still has a conscience in his heart. I respect him."
"Then, why didn't you report it to me at the beginning? You have to lynch and punish the crime yourself? You dare to lynch and punish the crime, even if you ask me to report it, you are not afraid of Duke Ying's revenge, right?"
"I don't know how to contact you... well, I just can't help it."
"Is it really unbearable? If you really can't help it, why did you wait for several days after stealing the gunpowder? So you didn't report to me, there must be another reason. I guess you at that time, I'm afraid Deep down in my heart, I also feel that I dare not provoke Duke Ying, right? I even suspect that I will protect Duke Ying, right?"
"Hahaha, what you said, I trust you very much..."
"You kid is very suspicious. Although you are full of passion, wild, and lawless, when it comes to acting, you are cautious like a young man. And you and I have known each other not long ago. With your suspicious and cautious, even if you trust me , this trust may not go very deep. So, you doubt me, so you don't want to find me. "
"You think too much, I really don't know how to contact you..."
"Okay, let's not mention the past. And today, I didn't want to investigate your concealment. I just wanted to tell you... Zhao Mengshan deserves to die. You stabbed him to death with a sword, and it was cheaper for him. If it falls into my hands, I will try every means to push the Ministry of Criminal Justice to sentence him to Ling Chi."
Mu Qingxue stared into Shen Lang's eyes, and said seriously:
"Believe me, although I can't take Duke Ying down, I can still do it for Ling Chi, the younger brother of a side wife who has proven his crimes and is inhumane.
"Although lynching is a pleasure to punish a crime, it is clear that the lawful punishment will sometimes make those who die a few times feel too cheap, die more painfully, and even regret coming to this world."
Shen Lang chuckled, raised his hand to caress her cheek:
"As expected of a ruthless sentence, I like this idea very much."
Mu Qingxue pressed the back of Shen Lang's hand and smiled sweetly:
"The cold-blooded human slaughter is not bad. It's just that it is too violent occasionally, which makes some human scum."
"You are right. I will try my best to follow your ideas in the future."
"Well. I said so much without knowing it. I wasn't so talkative before..."
"Will you talk more when you're with me?"
"A net waste of time."
"It's not a waste of time. When we are together, we are not talking about practice, or cases, or the current situation. There is nothing romantic about it."
"But you don't look like a person who understands romance."
"That's because I haven't exerted my strength yet..."
"Oh? Do you understand? Well, yes, Miss Yu was robbed in the street back then, and they wanted to arrest you as the king of the village..."
"Cough cough!" Shen Lang coughed twice: "Then what, it's almost midnight, do you have to rush back to the capital?"
Seeing him change the subject, the corners of Mu Qingxue's lips curled up slightly, revealing a playful smile, and said:
"Because it's midnight, so there's no need to be in a hurry. Hu Yuanwai didn't expect that someone would sneak into the mine in the dark at night and take down the mine that was closely guarded by Dharma practitioners and warriors. Hu Yuanwai couldn't think of it, and Guo Kai naturally couldn't think of it either."
Shen Lang said: "But it's better to go back to Beijing as soon as possible, report the matter to Lord Yan, and take Guo Kai down. It's better to avoid long nights and dreams."
Mu Qingxue put on a pretty face, showing that cold and majestic look:
"Are you impatient for me to go?"
Shen Lang is also serious:
"Of course not. I wish I could stick with you all day long, but I have a duty, so I dare not take it lightly."
"He can talk, no wonder he can coax Chen Yuniang into turning to the light."
"Master Mu, act now!"
"Humph!"
Mu Qingxue snorted softly, and suddenly took a step forward, voluntarily hugging Shen Lang:
"Then I'll go."
Shen Lang also spread his arms and hugged her gently:
"Take care. Guo Kai has a third-grade Taoism cultivation base, you don't want to catch him alone."
Mu Qingxue smiled and said:
"I'm not afraid of him. But you are right, I will ask Lord Yan to help me march."
Shen Lang said again:
"Since Guo Kai is the emperor's favored minister, I'm afraid he has some special means to win the emperor's favor. It's best to kill him directly, otherwise, the emperor might just take away Sha Wanli and send him to the death camp as a punishment. As an excuse, an imperial decree took Guo Kai away.
"After all, he is a third-rank Dharma cultivator. The emperor has enough reasons to protect his life. I'm afraid that the court officials will not object. It is difficult to punish him."
Mu Qingxue was silent for a while, then nodded:
"Okay, I will kill Guo Kai directly."
After finishing speaking, she let go of Shen Lang, and took two steps back. A golden solution with shimmering purple light oozes from the Wujin wristband, quickly covering her whole body, and turning into layers of thin gold foils, which are quickly unfolded, connected, and inflated. In the meantime, he put on that majestic and heavy golden armor again.
With a swish from behind her, she spread out a pair of golden wings, and the feathers flapped lightly, drawing elegant and gorgeous fringed light marks.
Afterwards, she grabbed Duan Hong from the air, held Duan Hong in her palm, lifted the back of his neck, covered his body with stellar energy, and just carried him and flew out of the window, soaring into the sky, it turned into a golden shooting star in a blink of an eye, heading towards the sky. Fly away in the direction of the capital.
After watching Mu Qingxue leave.
Shen Lang released Xiaoyu and Xiaoya, and said with a smile:
"If you come out to move around, I won't do anything. Help me knock down all the people who don't wear shackles on their feet. Remember, don't kill people."
"Obey, master silver!"
The little rabbit stood up, saluted decently with its small front paws, and jumped out of the window.
The little fish was also wrapped in a water polo, spit out a few bubbles, and said:
"Look at me!"
The body of the fish transformed into a dragon claw and flew out of the window.
Shen Lang sent a telepathic message again, telling the little bone guarding Taniguchi to call him Shangshenwu, and to attack from Taniguchi.
Xiao Zhao continued to stay at Taniguchi to prevent anyone from absconding in the chaos.
After finishing the arrangements, Shen Lang moved a chair, sat in front of the window, and admired the night sky and the galaxy.
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(End of this chapter)
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