I have just been promoted to Qianhu, and I was shocked to hear that this is a Liaozhai!

Chapter 38 It’s over, cause and effect

Zuo Dao looked at the corpse of the lizard spirit in front of him and asked people to collect dry firewood and burn the corpse completely.

As for the guards guarding the city lord's mansion, they were registered one by one and were temporarily detained in an abandoned military camp, guarded by Jin Yiwei.

After the affairs here were over, Zuo Dao sent people to completely seal off the city lord's mansion.

All the officials in the city, big and small, were startled by this movement.

Many officials sent servants to watch from a distance.

But they could only see a group of Jinyi guards moving out the treasures of the City Lord's Mansion.

This was the first time they had seen the Jin Yiwei from Youzhou be so fierce.

It seems to be back when Jin Yiwei first entered Youzhou.

When Jin Yiwei first entered Youzhou, he was as arrogant and domineering as he is today, and acted without any taboos.

However, after the inexplicable deaths of the two Qianhu, the Jin Yiwei of Youzhou have been acting cautiously.

Never before has it been so bold.

It seems that something terrible is going to happen in Linya City today.

A group of officials were extremely worried.

……

the other side.

After Zuo Dao returned to the Jinyiwei Yamen, he walked directly into the imperial prison here.

At the very end of the prison is an independent cell.

Pushing open the cell door, I saw Fan Quan, who was bandaged, being tied firmly to the cross stake.

Fan Quan's hair was disheveled, his head was bowed, his right hand was broken at the wrist, and there was blood overflowing from the bandage.

Zhao Hu stood in the corner. When he saw Zuo Dao approaching, he quickly saluted and said, "Sir, this old guy's injury has been bandaged and he won't die for the time being."

"What do you want to ask, sir? Let me pry all the lowly questions out of your mouth."

Zuo Dao heard this and said, "Wake him up."

Zhao Hu responded.

Then he walked to one side, took out a gourd and scooped out a ladle of water, and poured it directly into Fan Quan's face.

After a sudden rush of cold water, Fan Quan shivered immediately and slowly opened his eyes.

Feeling the pain from his wrist, Fan Quan couldn't help but scream in pain.

He forced himself to look up at Zuo Dao, gritted his teeth and said, "You and I are equals with the surname Zuo. Why don't you give me some dignity?"

He originally wanted the matter to be exposed, so he drew his sword and killed himself in the city lord's palace.

But he never thought that the person in front of him was Qian Hu of Jin Yiwei, and he was also a strong man at the peak of his innate nature.

If he were allowed to successfully draw his sword and kill himself, where would Zuo Dao's face be put?

When Zhao Hu heard this, he immediately said angrily: "Old man, you abandoned tens of thousands of people, but in the end you still want to have dignity?"

Fan Quan glanced at Zhao Hu and said to Zuo Dao: "You shouldn't humiliate me like this. He is trying hundreds of households, so what qualifications do he have to speak in front of me."

Zuo Dao waved his hand slightly and asked Zhao Hu to leave the cell.

Then he sat in front of Fan Quan and asked: "Since City Lord Fan has entered this place, let me tell you everything you know, and maybe I will give you a good time."

Fan Quan laughed in a low voice: "To say it or not to say it is a dead word."

He looked up at Zuo Dao and said with a ferocious expression: "Although Fan is a scholar, he is also proud. Mr. Zuo might as well try to pry open Fan's mouth."

Hearing this, Zuo Dao smiled and said, "Master Fan is quite proud, but I don't know if your heirs can withstand the punishment of my Jin Yiwei."

When Fan Quan heard this, his expression suddenly changed, and then he smiled and said: "Master Zuo, don't try to deceive me. I have already sent them out of the city." Zuo Dao heard this and said with a smile: "Oh, really?"

Immediately, he shouted towards the door: "Go and invite Master Fan's wife so that Master Fan can take a good look at her."

When Zhao Hu outside the door heard the words, he immediately responded and then left the place directly.

Fan Quan's face twitched and his eyes stared at Zuo Dao.

After a moment.

The door of the cell opened, and Zhao Hu casually threw the body of a woman with a knife in her abdomen on the ground.

Then he said: "Sir, when we were arresting her, this woman resisted arrest and accidentally killed her."

Hearing this, Zuo Dao waved his hand and said, "It's okay, you can go out now!"

Zhao Hu slightly arched his hands, then walked out of the cell and closed the door.

Fan Quan looked down at the corpse on the ground and said with trembling lips: "Madam, madam..."

Zuo Dao said: "You colluded with the demon clan, and the whole clan should have been in Lingchi. If you don't want yourself and your family to suffer, you should honestly tell everything."

Fan Quan took a deep breath and said: "Fan knows that the death penalty is inevitable, but can you please let me go? He is only six years old and is still young. He does not know and has not participated in this matter."

Zuo Dao shook his head and said: "No, Master Fan should know the laws of Wei better than me."

Fan Quan cursed angrily: "He is only six years old. If he kills a child, aren't you afraid of being punished by God?"

Zuo Dao sneered: "Among the tens of thousands of people abandoned by you, you are not afraid of how many six-year-old children there are, so what is Zuo afraid of?"

"If you don't say anything anymore, then don't blame Zuo for being ruthless. Let you see with your own eyes the Lingchi methods of my Jin Yiwei."

Fan Quan glanced at Zuo Dao blankly, and then sighed.

Then he said: "What does Mr. Zuo want to know?"

Zuo Dao said: "Tell me everything about Guobei County, including the demon envoy in your mansion and the things in the sky above Guobei County."

"Also, this secret letter."

With that said, Zuo Dao took out the secret letter from his arms and held it in front of Fan Quan so that he could see it clearly.

After Fan Quan saw the secret letter, he smiled bitterly and said, "That's it. No wonder the Jin Yiwei acted so decisively this time."

The next second, he said fiercely: "You actually left the secret message, you idiot, you are a big idiot."

Zuo Dao said dissatisfied: "Master Fan."

Fan Quan took a deep breath and said: "Since you want to know, I will tell you, but don't be frightened."

Zuo Dao said: "Master Fan, there is no need to worry about Zuo."

Fan Quan was silent for a moment, and then continued: "Do you think I don't want those tens of thousands of people to live? It's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't."

"If I don't abandon those tens of thousands of people and abandon Guobei County, then my next target will be Linya City."

"Zuo Dao, please listen clearly. What I have abandoned is not the tens of thousands of people, but the entire Guobei County."

"The population of Guobei County is less than one-tenth of Linyacheng's territory. As long as their blood sacrifice leads to the White Tiger Taoism, I, Linyacheng, can rest easy."

Hearing this, Zuo Dao frowned and said, "So you cooperated with the big demon in the Black Mountain to make a blood sacrifice to Guobei County to attract the White Tiger Taoist Seed."

Fan Quan murmured to himself: "I also tried to look for the White Tiger Tao Seed, but I couldn't find it at all."

He raised his head and looked at Zuo Dao blankly, "You saved Guobei County this time, but who can save me, Linya City, in the future?"

"Wait until the old Black Mountain demon breaks free from his shackles, comes with a wave of Black Mountain beasts, and sacrifices himself to Linya City to bring the White Tiger Tao Seed into the world."

"Tell me, who can save me in Linya City?"

(End of this chapter)