Knife splashing

Chapter 236: The Dark Hand Appears

Chapter 236: The Dark Hand Appears (Additional Update for Alliance Leader Bobby1994)

"You're talking nonsense!"

Wu Dehai was anxious when he heard this. Seeing the suspicious look of the judge Zhou Kai, he quickly bowed and said, "Your Excellency, my son Wu Shiqing is a kind person. Everyone in Zigui County knows that. Now he is harmed by evil spirits and is seriously ill in bed. How could he do such a thing?"

"This person is clearly slandering, slandering!"

"You are talking nonsense!"

The lecturer named Yuan Feng was also desperate at this moment. He knelt down and bowed to the hall and said angrily: "Your Excellency, I am addicted to gambling. I borrowed money from the Chaoshan Association and was forced to commit suicide by a group of scoundrels who came to my house all day long. I almost hanged myself."

"I didn't want my family's shame to be exposed, and I couldn't raise money to pay off my debts, so I went to Wu Dehai to plead for mercy. Who knew that he would use this as a threat and asked me to monitor the movements of the academy..."

When these words were spoken, everyone in the academy was in an uproar.

"Yuan Feng, you will die a miserable death!"

"You are unworthy of being a disciple of the saint!"

"Wu Dehai, you are indeed a sinister villain!"

For a moment, everyone in the academy cursed angrily.

Snapped!
Judge Zhou Kai slammed the gavel and said gloomily, "Don't make any noise. Just continue talking."

At this moment, he was also very angry and wanted to drag all these good-for-nothings out and give them a beating.

However, he keenly sensed something was wrong.

The lecturer named Yuan Feng knew that he could not escape this time, so he no longer tried to hide the truth and told the whole story:
"My Lord, I have no hope of becoming a famous scholar. In my spare time from teaching, I became interested in some mysterious matters. One day, I accidentally found a fragment of an ancient Chu book in the library, which recorded the method of refining red pills."

"Because I was threatened by Wu Dehai, I usually took good care of Wu Dehai's son Wu Shiqing. This boy also likes Xuanmen techniques, but he likes Buddhist principles more and often communicates with me."

"I showed him the method of refining the Red Pill after I got it. It was with his help that I was able to refine the medicine."

Li Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, "How did he help you?"

Yuan Feng's face turned slightly red, and he gritted his teeth and said, "This elixir is made by water, without the need for fire. It requires red lead, autumn stone, cinnabar, etc. I am poor, how can I get them all?"

"Especially, it also requires 'human milk'. Wu Shiqing was also interested in it, so he helped me collect these things. The two of us worked together to refine the pills, and after several attempts, we obtained more than a thousand pills in total."

"After tasting the elixir, I found it to be mysterious, so we both took it secretly, and our studies improved greatly."

"Later, Wu Shiqing got into trouble, and my brother secretly gambled and owed a lot of debts. I didn't want to bother with it, but I couldn't stand my parents' pleading, so I sold this pill privately to everyone in the academy to raise money..."

After hearing this story, everyone in the academy was furious. Even Wu Dehai was stunned. He obviously didn't expect that his son was involved.

Li Yan said in a deep voice: "Do you still have the 'Red Pill'?"

"Yes! Yes!"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Feng quickly took out a small white porcelain bottle from his arms.

The white porcelain vase is very delicate, and there is a painting of "Guiguzi Descending the Mountain" on it, which looks quite ancient.

When Wu Dehai saw this, he felt a tightness in his chest. "Isn't this my collection? You bastard, you stole it!"

Li Yan ignored him, took the white porcelain bottle, pulled out the cork, and poured out a red pill the size of a soybean.

He pinched the Yang Jue and smelled it, then nodded immediately:
"That's right, the evil spirit comes from this thing!"

For a moment, everyone in the hall was silent.

The students in the academy looked at each other with pale faces.

They didn't expect that the "magic pill" they secretly took was eaten by everyone and had evil spirits...

County Magistrate Wu was so angry that he was shaking all over.

He was not a fool. Although he seemed to act recklessly in Zigui County, he was actually walking on that line. This allowed him to make money without causing the court to investigate.

Unexpectedly, my son gave me a big...

Zhou Kai, the judge in the court, also had an unhappy expression on his face.

All he could see were superficial phenomena, such as corruption, bribery, and seizure of people's land. Such things happened everywhere in China.

Compared with the current chaos in the southwest, it is nothing.

But I didn't expect that there were so many dirty things happening in secret.

Moreover, he had a feeling that he had just lifted a black lid, and there was no telling how much mess was underneath.

Li Yan and Shalifi looked at everyone coldly.

This is why they look down on the government.

There is nothing wrong with having a government, and there is even more nothing wrong with having laws.

But human greed is endless. Ordinary people can only see the surface. People in the underworld are well-informed and know how dirty these seemingly righteous officials and gentry are in private.

Taoist Feng in the City God Temple felt his scalp tingling.

I had thought that I had an expert to support me, but I didn't expect that instead of getting anything done, I ended up causing such trouble.

Everyone knows it's a cesspool.

What are you stirring it for?!

Zhou Kai, the judge in the court, took a deep breath.

"Come here, capture them all!"

He knew that there were some things he could no longer ignore.

The bailiffs outside the door looked at each other, hesitant.

"Be bold!"

When the judge Zhou Kai saw this, he was immediately furious. "You are eating the rice grains of Daxuan, not his Wu family's running dogs!"

When Wu Dehai heard this, his face turned pale, he threw away his black hat, and glared at the yamen runners, "What are you still standing there for? Come and lock me up!"

The bailiffs had no choice but to step forward and arrest the man.

Wu Dehai took a quick glance and saw Zhou Kai's sinister eyes, and couldn't help but groan inwardly.

At this moment, Li Yan's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and his feet suddenly burst out with hidden strength. He leaped out of the county government hall with a whoosh, and then swung his hand back.

"what are you doing?!"

The soldiers immediately roared and surrounded him with guns.

Wow!
Before he could finish his words, something fell from the sky with flapping wings. It was a gray carrier pigeon with its chest pierced by a flying knife and it soon died.

Li Yan glanced at him calmly and said, "He's in the backyard, why don't you catch him!"

These veterans were very experienced and they knew that someone had tipped off. Two of them immediately rushed into the backyard.

Soon, a man with a full beard was dragged out.

Li Yan then picked up the carrier pigeon, took off the bamboo tube secret letter on his feet, took a look at it, walked to the hall, handed it to the judge Zhou Kai, and sneered: "Sir Zhou, they really don't eat the rice grains of Daxuan."

"Sir, spare your life!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a bailiff fell to his knees.

"idiot!"

The yamen runner next to him kicked him away, drew out his sword, and shouted angrily: "Brothers, it's happened, follow me and rush out!"

For a moment, the hall was in chaos.

The students in the academy had not expected this to happen. They were terrified and dodged everywhere.

Wu Dehai widened his eyes in disbelief.

But the judge Zhou Kai was a courageous man. He drew out his sword with a clang and shouted angrily, "How unreasonable! No one can escape today!"

"kill!"

The soldiers guarding the door were all veterans who had fought many battles. They reacted extremely quickly and immediately raised their spears and formed a formation to block the attack.

These yamen runners were originally scoundrels in the city. After joining Wu Dehai, they became domineering and spent their days in debauchery. They had no time to practice martial arts.

If you meet someone from the military, you are no match for him.

They rushed out in a disorderly manner, but were blocked by the army formation. Some of them were stabbed through before they could even swing their swords.

Some of them, even if they hit people, could not break the iron armor defense.

"Catch that bastard!"

The leading bailiff turned his head and looked at Zhou Kai in the hall.

They knew that only by catching this threat from the judge would they have a chance to escape today. However, after running two steps, everything in front of them was blurred.

Bang bang bang!
The sounds of fists and kicks were heard. Li Yan stood in the hall with an expressionless face, while several yamen runners flew out screaming and were knocked unconscious by the soldiers.

A small rebellion was suppressed in the blink of an eye.

"What...what's going on?"

Wu Dehai was so scared that he was shaking all over. He knew he was in big trouble.

"idiot!"

Judge Zhou Kai glanced coldly and said, "The Chaoshan Society has long been controlled by others. You are just a puppet put in the open by others!"

After that, he gave the order in a deep voice:

"Chen San, take my order and immediately go to the garrison to mobilize troops, take over the defense of Guizhou City, and do your best to capture the Chaoshan Society rebels!"

"Yes, my lord!"

A soldier took the warrant, rushed out of the county government office with the two men, and rode away on horseback.

The judge Zhou Kai bowed to Li Yan and said, "Young Master Li, I'm afraid the other party may be able to cast a spell, so I need your help."

Li Yan nodded, "Of course."

Judge Zhou Kai had murderous intent in his eyes, and said to the remaining soldiers in a deep voice: "Cut the tendons of these people's hands and feet, tie them up in the county government office to prevent them from escaping, and follow me to Wu's mansion!"

"Yes, my lord!"

The soldiers were nimble and quick, and in a moment the hall was filled with blood and screams, and the scholars turned pale with fright.

After doing all this, the judge Zhou Kai left the county government office with the soldiers, and Li Yan and Sha Lifei followed.

As for the county magistrate Wu Dehai, his hair was disheveled and he was dragged by a soldier by the collar.

Inside the county government hall, the scholars from the academy were all in shock.

One of them swallowed his saliva and said, "Why...why are they leaving? Aren't we infected with evil spirits? How can we get rid of it?"

"idiot!"

The speaker next to him cursed angrily, "If things get out of hand, we'll save our lives first."

Then, he bowed and said, "Shanzhang, what do you think we should do?"

The old man Song Mingshu, worthy of being the headmaster of Danyang Academy, was able to remain calm at this moment, and said in a deep voice: "It seems that this matter is far more complicated than we thought. Now we should try our best to remedy it."

"The Chaoshan Society has a large number of members, and I'm afraid they will cause chaos in the city. You should go back immediately and organize the servants to protect the house. Try to control the situation before the garrison troops arrive!"

"Also, take my warrant and go to the Paijiao Luo boat head and tell them that the Chaoshan Society is about to collapse. Ask them to organize the heroes to take action!"

"The rest of you, follow me and keep an eye on these traitors!"

After a series of orders, the students in the academy also had a backbone and acted according to the orders...

…………

On the other side, Li Yan and others were also walking quickly.

Magistrate Wu’s residence is not far from the county government office.

As they walked, the judge Zhou Kai asked in a deep voice, "Young Master Li, do you think Wu Shiqing is the mastermind behind this?"

Li Yan said in a deep voice: "Even if it's not, it's still of great importance!"

That’s right, they both suspected Wu Shiqing at the same time.

Perhaps it was because Li Yan cut off the message in time, the people from Chaoshan Society had not discovered it yet, and the Wu Mansion was still peaceful.

At the gate, the servant guarding the gate was stunned when he saw a group of people running towards him in a menacing manner and his master being escorted by soldiers.

How could anyone in Guizhou City dare to attack me?

Before he could shout, a sergeant jumped out and put a knife to his throat, "If you dare to shout, I'll kill you!"

The servant was so frightened that he trembled all over and dared not speak.

Zhou Kai gave a wink, and another team of soldiers immediately ran to the back door to prevent anyone from escaping.

As for the main door, it was ajar. The ferocious soldiers kicked it open with a bang and rushed in with guns.

"Everyone get down!"

"Anyone who dares to resist will be killed without mercy!"

The servants in the Wu Mansion all fell to the ground trembling.

Several of the security guards were from the Chaoshan Society. Just as they tried to resist, they were shot through by the soldiers one by one.

Zhou Kai turned his head and asked coldly: "Where is your son?"

Wu Dehai said in a trembling voice: "In... in the back garden wing."

His mind was blank at this moment.

"Humph!"

Zhou Kai ignored him and led his men to the backyard.

Wu Dehai acquired land in Zigui County and became wealthy in a short period of time. Naturally, he built a grand house which occupied a large area.

The back garden is not only large, but also has two small courtyards.

Zhou Kai led everyone to one of the courtyards, kicked the door open, and quickly controlled everyone.

Unexpectedly, Wu Shiqing did not run away. Instead, he lay on the bed with a pale face, his body twitching involuntarily, his eyes rolled back, and foam coming out of his mouth.

Zhou Kai frowned, "Young Master Li, it seems that he is not the mastermind. What kind of evil magic has befallen him?"

Li Yan pinched his fingers and took a deep breath, his expression suddenly changed slightly.

He immediately stepped forward and pulled away the quilt covering Wu Shiqing, and a pungent smell of blood immediately hit him in the face.

There was a cut on Wu Shiqing's ribs, and his liver was clearly visible. It was in pieces, as if it had been eaten by something.

Li Yan frowned, "It's the same evil spirit as before, what kind of monster is causing this trouble?"

While he was wondering, the judge Zhou Kai beside him suddenly changed his expression and said, "Quick, go back to the county government office and protect those scholars!"

After saying that, he ran out.

Li Yan had never seen the other party so panicked that even the black hat on his head fell off. He did not care about it and rushed to the county government office with his soldiers.

"Brother Yan, what's going on?"

A series of accidents made Sharifei confused.

"Just take a look and go!"

Li Yan narrowed his eyes and followed closely with Shalifi.

Behind him, Wu Shiqing was no longer alive.

"Ah, my son!"

No one paid any attention to Wu Dehai, who felt that everything before him was a nightmare, and he cried loudly while holding his son's body...

……

Everyone moved very quickly and soon returned to the yamen lobby.

However, the scene before them horrified everyone.

All the bailiffs who had been caught before, along with all the scholars and the headmaster of the academy, had their heads chopped off.

Not only that, all of them had their livers removed by caesarean section.