Heavenly Official Sends Evil

Chapter 949 Infinite Limits
Wu Xian stared at the statue in deep thought.

"Many scenes in this blessed land are related to the past."

"Call it an illusion, call it a ghost realm... Is the place we are in now a return to the past, or a fabricated scene?"

"From dawn till dusk, dancing with the wind and against the current..."

"If we consider the dance we just did as a forward dance, then the reverse should be a backward dance. In other words, if we want to leave here, we just need to dance one more dance."

Li Weigong, with his sharp eyes, pointed to the inscription on the front of the statue and said, "Look, there's a character here that's been carved incorrectly."

He was referring to the character "吴" in "无穷吴限".

Wu Xian casually replied, "Perhaps the craftsmen were careless at the time."

Although he said that, he didn't really mean it. His eyes were fixed on that word, and a storm was raging in his mind.

"This character 'Wu' clearly refers to me!"

"If this scene is just a ghostly illusion, then the appearance of the character 'Wu' is normal. But if this character 'Wu' was really carved when the county government was first established, wouldn't that mean that from the very beginning, someone knew that I would appear in this scene?"

"The annual fortune and misfortune of the Grand Duke Jupiter can predict the good and bad fortune of the past and future. This deity has the power over time, so it is reasonable for him to see the future."

"But if that's the case, why did Shen Longhu and the other seven seniors lose? Was the purpose of me and those elders coming here really just to save the seven failed companions?"

"What exactly is this Tai Sui deity thinking?"

Wu Xian did not tell the elders his thoughts. Just as Shen Longhu had warned in the water dungeon, the 'Heavenly Demon God of Calamity' was watching everyone. No matter what he said or did, it would not attract the Heavenly Demon God's interference.

However, if we step outside the gambling game and involve the chess players, it might involve violations of the rules, which is something that's hard to talk about openly.

"Violation of regulations..."

"What exactly did Shen Longhu mean by telling me not to break the rules?"

Wu Xian stood there for a moment, then finally remembered his business. He led the elderly people, who were like a tour group, to continue exploring the courtyard.

They searched the Second Hall and the six ministries of Personnel, Revenue, Rites, Works, Justice, and War again, and this time they quickly discovered many differences.

When I was looking for them, all six rooms were very clean, with only a few miscellaneous items in each room, as if they were set up deliberately for tourism.

But this time, it had a lot more of a lived-in feel.

There was an unfinished roast chicken on the table, the trash can was filled with clean bones and fruit peels, the Xuan paper used for calligraphy practice on the desk was stained with ink on both sides, weeds grew in the cracks of the floor tiles, and there was dried phlegm on the wall...

This is what a normal place should be, a place where people have worked and lived.

There were no evil spirits found here. After searching around, they found a lot of small items such as whetstones and talismans. The biggest finds were the official documents and reports on the county magistrate's desk and a token.

The report contained the following:

"Several days after the four families were wiped out, it seems that the water prison in Xuanling County has been reopened. Officials have been sent to investigate many times, but they have all disappeared without a trace. The Eight-Faced Divine Constable personally went to investigate and only found five wooden keys. Last night, a thief sneaked into the county government office, stole one of the keys and left. An eyewitness said: 'It is suspected that it was done by Su Xianqing.' The person was riding in a black-clothed carriage, as if he wanted to escape from Xuanling. It is imperative to send officials to apprehend him as soon as possible!"

Wu Xian's eyes lit up; the report contained exactly the information he wanted.

"The person hiding in the black carriage is Su Xianqing!"

"Moreover, Su Xianqing has the key to the water dungeon that I need!" "There are only five wooden keys in total: one on each side of the first-floor corridor, one in the Ye family, one in my parents-in-law's house, and the last key is with Su Xianqing."

"In other words, there is a limit to the number of times you can reset the time through the water dungeon. After obtaining Su Xianqing's key, this will be the last time you can reset it. The next playthrough in the blessed land will be the decisive moment, so we absolutely cannot make a mistake!"

"The Eight-Faced Divine Constable must be that Eight-Faced Constable. It seems that the constable had a great reputation in life, and only became such a troublesome evil spirit after death."

Wu Xian licked his lips. Furthermore, the timing of this announcement was after the four major families were wiped out, but Su Xianqing was still alive. In addition, the Su Xianqing in the coffin in the Su family was a dummy. This Su Xianqing was very likely the real culprit who caused the annihilation of the four major families!

Although there's not much evidence yet, there are very few suspects...

Then Wu Xian looked at the token.

After picking up the token, a message appeared on the certificate:
Search warrant: Whoever carries this warrant may thoroughly search the entire territory of Xuanling. No official, military, civilian, private residence, vehicle, or horse may obstruct the search...

The token's instructions state that it can be used to inspect carriages and horses. In other words, with this token, you can go to the market on the right side of the second floor and lift the black cloth covering the carriages!

Wu Xian breathed a sigh of relief. With this token, he could smoothly start the next cycle of the blessed land, which could be considered as completing a phase of his mission.

But the crucial "county magistrate's seal" has not yet been found.

"Ah! Ah!"

Just then, Wu Xian suddenly heard a scream.

As he walked out of the second hall, he saw a person running out of the door in a panic.

The man was dressed in dark blue clothes, was in his forties or fifties, had a goatee, wore a cloth hat, and walked with a limp, stumbling every few steps.

The old people quickly moved away, fearing that the man was an evil spirit in disguise. The man walked straight towards Wu Xian, shouting in terror:

"Su, Su Zuotang, something terrible has happened... something has happened at the master's house!"

Wu Xian avoided the man, his eyes darting around uncertainly.

First of all, the fact that this person refers to himself as Su Zuotang indicates that, in his view, he is not his true self, but rather the identity corresponding to this outfit.

Secondly, the fact that this person ran in from outside the main gate indicates that the area outside the main gate was not the familiar county government hall, but another place that could be explored, and the county magistrate's seal might be outside.

Finally, judging from the man's attire, he seemed to be the county magistrate's advisor. He said that something had happened in the master's house. Could it be the incident in question?
In the notes of the courtesan Suo Dabao, there was a passage that read:

On the night of Su Qi's death, Magistrate Meng Longtu and his entire family were hanged, their corpses hanging like a forest!

The storyteller in the restaurant also told this story:
On the day the imprisoned girl's spirit returned, Magistrate Meng Longtu and his clerk returned home together and found that his entire family had hanged themselves. When the clerk helped him up, he was horrified to discover that the clerk was also hanging from the ceiling, and the person who had helped him up was crying out that he was innocent...

"If we really went back to that night, then this clerk should be dead by now. So, is he alive or dead?"

Wu Xian squinted and asked, "You said something happened to Lord Meng's family? Could it be that Su Qi's spirit returned tonight and is causing the ghostly disturbance?"

The advisor raised his head, looking at Wu Xian in shock:

"It's the seventh day after Su Qi's death. Yes, today is the day that woman's soul returns. It must be because she possessed the master that he became like that!"

(End of this chapter)