Day and night tour

Chapter 210 Willow Temple

Zhou Xuan gave the order and grabbed the breakfast shop owner.

He could have just had a dream, but the constant entry into space-time gaps in the silver shop not long ago had already made him mentally exhausted, and he still hadn't recovered until now, so he really didn't have the energy to take action.

Fortunately, the night watchmen who followed, Qingfeng and Li Chengfeng, were both good at burning incense.
Qing Feng received the order and threw out the City God's ink line, and the breakfast shop owner instinctively grabbed the kitchen knife on the table.

At this moment, Zhou Xuan felt relieved. The other party was an "amateur".
The masters who have incense have their own methods, and I have never seen anyone touch a kitchen knife.

"fall!"

Qingfeng's ink line extended for several meters in length, like a very thin worm, going in and out of the breakfast shop owner's body dozens of times.

The ink thread had already bound the boss's body. The thread was inside his body, entangled with all his bones.

Qingfeng was seen holding the thread end with his right hand and pulling it hard. The ink thread tightened and a "clacking" sound of bones breaking came from the breakfast shop owner's body.

The breakfast shop owner curled up on the ground, howling loudly.

The noise made by Qingfeng's action scared the customers in the breakfast shop, and they all ran away, which was a disguised way of clearing the place.

Zhou Xuan asked the night watchman to plug the door panels of the shop one by one, then pulled a chair, sat in front of the breakfast shop owner, and asked, "What's your name?"

"me……"

"Qingfeng, increase the strength." Seeing that the boss was hesitating, Zhou Xuan hooked his finger.

The green wind swayed the ink thread, and a thread end stretched out from behind the breakfast shop owner.

This thread turned into nine, and the nine thread ends were like steel whips, leaving bloody marks on the boss's back.

It was not only physical pain, Zhou Xuan saw another "boss" coming out of the boss's body.

The two "bosses" partially overlapped, and Zhou Xuan was a little dazed for a moment, wondering if his eyes were broken and he saw "double images" when he looked at things.

But the next moment he realized that the so-called "ghost image" was actually the boss's soul.

"This ink line is so powerful that it draws out the soul." Zhou Xuan exclaimed.

Li Chengfeng introduced: "The City God's ink line not only hits the flesh and blood, but also the soul, so the evil spirits and old zombies are very afraid of them."

Zhou Xuan nodded and said to the boss who looked painful: "What's the name of speaking?"

"Yu Zhongguang."

"Fat Yu, is that you?"

"No... uh..." Yu Zhongguang looked at Qingfeng's ferocious expression and dared not deny it anymore, so he said, "It was me."

"Why are you called Fat Yu? You are quite thin."

“I used to be fat.”

"It seems that not many people on this street know who Fatty Yu is?"

"When I moved to this street, I was already very thin. Only a few of my friends privately called me Fat Yu, but the nickname didn't spread."

Zhou Xuan figured out the tone and fluency of Yu Zhongguang's answers and felt that he answered calmly and with a steady tone, and did not seem to be lying.

This basically verified his identity, so he could get down to business. He asked directly, "Do you know the young boss of Ming Kee Silver Shop?"

"Why did you ask about him?"

Yu Zhongguang was confused by Zhou Xuan's question.

At this moment, Zhou Xuan felt that Yu Zhongguang was carrying other things on his shoulders.

Yu Zhongguang had just deceived Zhou Xuan and his group. He must have mistakenly thought that his "other affairs" had been exposed, so he wanted to resist.

He never expected that Zhou Xuan actually came to him because of the "Ming Ji Silver Shop" matter, and for a moment he showed an expression of surprise and confusion.

Zhou Xuan did not force Yu Zhongguang to ask what he was doing. His primary goal was to ask Yu Zhongguang and the young owner of Mingji Silver Shop which church they worshipped in.

There are a lot of churches in Mingjiang Prefecture, both big and small, some openly visible and some privately converted. There are quite a lot of them. After checking them one by one, the City God really does not have enough staff.

"Just say what you're told to say. Why are you wasting time? What's your name, young boss?"

"His name is Ming Shutang."

"On the afternoon of September 9, you and Ming Shutang went to a church to worship. What was the name of that church and where was it located?"

"what?!"

Yu Zhongguang showed a confused expression again. This time, the confusion was even stronger than the last time, as if his whole body was numb.

He originally thought that Zhou Xuan's question about "Ming Shu Tang" was nothing more than asking about today's "family annihilation case".

This matter had nothing to do with him, so he just had to answer seriously. However, he never expected that Zhou Xuan would directly ask about the "church name" and knew Ming Shutang's whereabouts very well, even the date and time...

"What's the church called?"

Zhou Xuan asked again.

"I...I can't tell...if I tell...I'll die."

"It's still not strong enough." Zhou Xuan hooked his little finger, signaling Qingfeng to continue the torture.

But this time, Yu Zhongguang seemed to be much more tight-lipped. No matter how Qingfeng put pressure on him, he refused to say the name of the church.

It was as if this name was some kind of big taboo.

At this time,
The talisman for clearing injustice on Zhou Xuan’s chest vibrated. Was he “obsessed” with the idea of ​​clearing injustice?
He glanced around and saw a figure standing outside the window behind the breakfast shop.

"You guys continue the interrogation. I'm going to go smoke a cigarette. I'm so tired."

Zhou Xuan walked towards the back door, opened it, and saw "Obsession" clearly.

Zhinian's clothes were ragged and there were many patches of color on his face.

Zhou Xuan is now experienced in clearing grievances and knows that the more blocks of color there are, the more thoughts that make up his "obsession".

"This church hasn't been found yet, but I've encountered Obsession first, which is a good thing."

Clearing the wrongs represents the number of times one can "return to the palace". Zhou Xuan currently has one more chance to clear the wrongs. If the scholar of pain dies, he will be able to clear Lin Xia's wrongs and accumulate one more chance.
Now I have encountered a new obsession. If I want to clear my name, I can at least add one more time.

"That means there are three times to return to the palace."

Zhou Xuan nodded to "obsession" and expressed his willingness to clear his name.

He took out the talisman for clearing injustices with one hand. Four words were already written on the talisman - human food, clearing injustices.

The code name for this obsession is "human cannibalism".

According to the process of clearing a grievance, Zhou Xuan would be led by his obsession to the place where the injustice occurred.

"Human Food" walked towards the south,

Zhou Xuan followed behind and walked two or three hundred meters until he arrived at the entrance of a small stone temple.

This stone temple was built like a dry toilet, with three simple walls, a stone statue, and a small table. On the table was an incense burner covered with verdigris and three burnt incense sticks.

"This stone statue is quite elegant."

Zhou Xuan looked at the stone statue. It was a statue of a scholar, holding a book in his hands and wearing scholar's clothes.

at this time,

"Human Food" had already walked behind the stone statue and pointed.

Zhou Xuan squeezed into the narrow temple, turned his head and saw that Zhinian was pointing at a copper ring behind the stone statue.

He grabbed the copper ring and pulled it back, and suddenly the sound of springs turning was heard in the stone temple.

The stone statue of the scholar slid toward the front of the temple gate, revealing an iron cover one meter square on the ground.

Zhou Xuan immediately bent down and pulled up the iron cover. There was a hole under the cover, and the firelight, which was quite bright, reflected from the hole, making his face red.

There was a pit under the temple. After he jumped into the pit, he saw a stone chamber under the ground.

The strong smell of blood made Zhou Xuan stagger.

“This smell is too strong.”

Zhou Xuan covered his mouth and nose with one hand and took out the talisman for cleansing injustice with the other hand.

The Wrong-Clearing Scroll was controlled by his perception and hung in the air. He then took out a fountain pen and wrote a line of words on the scroll together with Human Food:

——The cellar of Liushen Temple in Mingjiang Mansion, September 9nd.

"This stone temple is called Willow Temple?"

A flash of white light passed by, and Zhou Xuan saw, through the Wrath-Clearing Scroll, the tragedy that took place in the cellar of the stone temple on September 9.

In the cellar,
An unconscious beggar was thrown into the cellar, and then another man jumped into the cellar with a hatchet in his hand.

Zhou Xuan could see clearly that this person was none other than the breakfast shop owner Yu Zhongguang.

Yu Zhongguang walked up to the beggar, squatted down, lifted the beggar's left hand, and then swung the axe heavily.

After the blood was spilled, the beggar just groaned and did not fully wake up.

Yu Zhongguang used the beggar's severed left hand as a pen and the blood flowing from the severed hand as ink to paint a bloody pattern on the beggar's body.

The pattern is of a scholar with a snake coiled on his long gown.

After drawing the bloody picture, Yu Zhongguang threw away the severed hand, lit a stick of incense, and chanted a spell.

"Bai Liuxian, the law is boundless, eats human bodies, and the five internal organs are fresh..."

As the spell was chanted, the snake belly on the scholar's long gown continued to bulge. The originally thick snake belly became extremely thin due to the increasingly exaggerated bulge, like a layer of translucent membrane. Zhou Xuan could see hundreds of small snakes swimming in the belly through this membrane.

The bulge continued, but the snake's belly had limited resilience. Finally, the snake's belly could no longer hold on and finally burst. Hundreds of small snakes in the belly rushed out.

The scholar and the snake were originally just a blood painting by Yu Zhongguang, just a pattern.

But these little snakes that crawled out of the snake's belly have now become real snakes, crawling into the beggar's body...

Hundreds of small snakes ate the beggar's body until it was full of holes. The holes continued to expand as the snakes devoured and bit him. In the end, the beggar was eaten until only his bones were left.

Those little snakes, because they had eaten human flesh, grew bigger and wrapped themselves around the beggar's skeleton one after another.

At this time, Yu Zhongguang's voice of chanting the mantra had become extremely excited.

"Bai Liuxian, the law is boundless, the living body is alive, the five internal organs are fresh..."

Following these spells, the snakes that had eaten the flesh turned into white smoke one after another and disappeared into the stone chamber.

"The believer Yu Zhongguang respectfully bids farewell to the Great White Snake Immortal."

Yu Zhongguang knelt down in the direction of the beggar's skeleton.

……

Zhou Xuan shattered the gap in time and space and returned to reality.

"I suspected that Yu Zhongguang was responsible for other things, but I didn't expect him to be responsible for such a big thing."

"This so-called Bai Liuxian was the one who saved the hungry Snake Tumor at the Weird Biological Research Institute."

At this point, Zhou Xuan could already sort out the whole story.

The first time "hunger" appeared in Mingjiang Prefecture, it appeared in the form of a "human stomach".

At that time, Li Chengfeng went to Zhou Xuan's store and brought "Hunger" back to the Weird Biological Research Institute to study it using blood and human brain.

In the middle of the research, a woman with a snake tumor on her back mysteriously entered the research institute through a puddle of water and attacked and killed researcher Wang Yiwen.

The snake tumor woman then tried to destroy the blood well human brain, but the blood well human brain fiercely defended itself and made a sharp whistle, driving the snake tumor woman crazy.

The woman was the foot of the "snake tumor". The "foot" went crazy and the snake tumor could not control it, so it separated from the woman and possessed Wang Yiwen. It cut the already crazy woman into pieces and left with "hunger". Since the "snake tumor" and "hunger" left the institute, "cannibalism" occurred every day in Mingjiang Mansion.

"Now it's clear. If hunger is the offspring of a god, then the snake tumor is an evil god. It's not called a snake tumor. According to the temple name that appears on the Xiyuan Sutra, it's called the Willow God."

Among the wild fairies and monsters, most snake fairies have the surname Liu, also known as the Liu Clan.

Yu Zhongguang was a believer in the Willow God and called him "White Willow Immortal". He would often capture beggars to serve as blood food for the Willow God.

Willow God was the second evil god Zhou Xuan saw in Mingjiang Prefecture.

The first evil god is called "God of Life".

The incense of the God of Life was extremely weak, which even made Zhou Xuan think at one point - Evil God, is this it?

At that time, Zhou Xuan killed the "God of Life" and was being tracked by a "dog shadow" on his way home with Lu Mingkun.

After Zhou Xuan killed the "Dog Shadow", he accidentally heard the dog owner speak through the link between the dog shadow and the dog owner.

There were two dog owners, and Zhou Xuan heard the voices were a man and a woman.

"It's dead, but luckily it's the weakest evil god we have."

The words of the two dog owners revealed a piece of information - these two people have more than one evil god in their hands.

"Liu Shen, should he also be the evil god in their hands?"

"If so...the two dog owners are the kidnappers."

After Zhou Xuan killed the "God of Life", the dog owner did not give up. At the Blood Well Gathering, the Well Lamp used the "Star-Covering Curse" to gather together the perception of all the Blood Well psychics in the gathering, trying to track down who killed the "God of Life".

The dog owner and Jingdeng are in cahoots.

"Jing Deng is the kidnapper's man, the two dog owners are also the kidnapper's men, the kidnapper has an evil god in his hands, and even has the offspring of a god. Does the kidnapper have such a big influence in Mingjiang Prefecture?"

From a rational point of view, Zhou Xuan found it hard to believe that a group of rats in the gutter could have such great power.

Even if their business of human cargo is big, they can't make the foundation of the hall so strong. It is absolutely impossible to do it just by relying on food.

Zhou Xuan knew very well that in Jingguo's journey of worshipping the gods, there were many things that could be accomplished with money, but there were some things that were simply impossible to accomplish with money alone. It would take a very long time, and thirty years would not be enough.

"Let's go back and discuss it with Lao Li."

Zhou Xuan thought of this and turned around to ask "Ren Shi": "What is your obsession, is it to kill Yu Zhongguang or Willow God?"

The mouth that was obsessed with "human cannibalism" moved and silently said the three words "Yu Zhongguang".

"Human food" refers to the food that was captured by Yu Zhongguang and stored in the cellar as a sacrifice to the God of Willow. They were all beggars wandering the streets. They had no dignity or courage when they were alive.
Even if they became obsessed with seeking revenge, they did not dare to look for the Willow God who devoured their bodies. They only dared to seek revenge on Yu Zhongguang. Alas, this was the current living condition of the common people at the bottom of Mingjiang Prefecture and even the entire Jing Kingdom.

"It's hard to live in this world."

"Don't worry, no matter if it's Yu Zhongguang or Liu Shen, none of them can escape."

Zhou Xuan left the cellar and returned to the breakfast shop.

In the shop, Qingfeng was still torturing Yu Zhongguang. When he saw Zhou Xuan coming, he said with a little apology: "This man refuses to tell the name of the church."

"Then there's no need to wait for him to speak."

Zhou Xuan raised his hand and the bone tooth in his sleeve flew out and pierced Yu Zhongguang's forehead.

The talisman for cleansing injustices on his chest began to vibrate again, and the obsession with him, "human food", turned into points of bright light and penetrated into Zhou Xuan's mind.

These glowing lights are the beggars’ memories of their previous lives and are of no use to Zhou Xuan at the moment.

Obsessed with "human cannibalism", the injustice is over...

"Young sir, why did you kill him?" Li Chengfeng asked Zhou Xuan.

Not only was Li Chengfeng puzzled, but everyone around him was also dumbfounded. They didn't understand what Zhou Xuan was doing. If they tried harder, they could get the name of the church out of Yu Zhongguang's mouth. It was just a little bit short...

"Then interrogate Yu Zhongguang. That's going in the wrong direction, trying to catch fish in a tree. Even if you beat him to death, he won't be able to find out the name of the church."

Zhou Xuan called back Gu Ya and said, "Besides, even if he really said the name of the church, I guarantee that someone would hit him to death when he said the first word."

Everyone was even more confused. The night watchman, the second in command of the City God, the scholar of gods... they were all masters of incense in Mingjiang Mansion. Who was so capable that he could kill Zhongguang in front of them?

"This is not a problem that can be solved by incense. This person is a follower of the evil god, and the evil god has placed a link in his body."

Zhou Xuan had dealt with the evil god before and had some understanding of him.

The biggest difference between evil gods and righteous gods is the source of their offerings.

The righteous gods have the power of the people's wishes, and they have a large number of believers, so the incense will naturally be prosperous.

But evil gods are not in the open and have very few believers. In order to gain support from them, they will squeeze the power of incense and vows from every believer.

Placing extremely strong links on believers is a means of exploitation.

The strength of the link was high, just like the link that the ancient tattoo tribe had placed on Zhou Xuan's body. His every word and action was watched by the other party.

Moreover, once the evil god discovers that his believers have betrayed him, he can also use some means to kill the believers as soon as possible.

The believers worshiped the evil god and handed over their names, hair, and bones from certain parts of their bodies, which corresponded to the roll call, hair swallowing, and bone offering of the "human sacrifice" ritual.
After performing these rituals, the lives of believers are no longer their own, but meat on someone else's chopping board.

"When we were interrogating just now, an evil god was watching our words and actions."

Zhou Xuan's decisiveness today has left a deep impression on Qingfeng and the night watchman.

The City God had been investigating the case for such a long time without any progress. Zhou Xuan only spent an entire night to make great progress.

The clues to the church were found from the silver shop, and Fatty Yu was identified from a painting.
This has made the City Gods extremely trusting of Zhou Xuan. As for Li Chengfeng, he and Zhou Xuan already know each other well.

Therefore, after Zhou Xuan proposed the concept of "evil gods", the reaction of the city gods was not "there is no trace of evil gods in Mingjiang Prefecture", but they asked Zhou Xuan - "Who is this evil god?"

"It's Liu Shen. Have you heard of this name?"

"No."

Everyone shook their heads.
Zhou Xuanchong said to Li Chengfeng: "Your student Wang Yiwen was killed by Willow God."

"Is that the snake tumor?!"

"Yes, that's him." Zhou Xuan said, "Liu Shen and Hungry are together. They should be in the church where Zhongguang and Mingshutang worship. I'll find a way to find this church."

What Zhou Xuan thought of was Huangmen.

There was no telling how many Huangmen disciples there were in the entire Mingjiang Prefecture. They were scattered throughout the cracked bricks in the alleys and among the crevices of the houses. Now that we already knew that the believers called the Willow God "White Willow Immortal", it wouldn't be difficult to find them.

It is impossible that Yu Zhongguang is the only believer of Liu Shen.
Those believers always mention the name "Bai Liuxian" in their daily lives.

As long as it is mentioned, the Huangmen disciples throughout Mingjiang Prefecture will definitely be able to find the church where the God of Willow is.

"That's all for today. Once I get some information, I'll notify you to capture Willow God."

Zhou Xuan waved his hand, signaling everyone to go home and rest.

Qingfeng and others, after receiving instructions, had to leave first.

Li Chengfeng was about to leave, but Zhou Xuan stopped him: "Old Li, I'm too exhausted. Drive my car and take me home."

"Eh."

Li Chengfeng agreed, and the two got in the car. He took out a domino from his pocket and handed it to Zhou Xuan: "The painter gave it to you. The previous domino was crushed, and he was afraid that you couldn't find him."

Zhou Xuan took the dominoes and said to Li Chengfeng, "I'll tell you something about the Taoists. When the Taoists descend to the world, they don't do so with seven or eight incense sticks. They descend without incense or fire.

After they descend, they will randomly select a hall's incense offering and then climb the levels at a very fast speed.

Among the Taoists, talents are divided into three levels: the upper-ranking officer can ascend to immortality in seven days, the middle-ranking officer can ascend to immortality in thirty days, and the lower-ranking officer can ascend to immortality in three months.

The Taoists need to accumulate incense, and they mainly rely on eating mortals to accumulate it, so you, the Bone Elders, want to prevent the Taoists from extinguishing the Heavenly Fire, and it is best to pay attention to those who feed on humans. "

"Young sir, how do you know so much?" Li Chengfeng remembered Zhou Xuan's words carefully and sighed.

“It’s all inspiration.”

“……”Li Chengfeng.

"I have explained the Taoist's affairs clearly. You can just tell the painter. He can figure out how to prevent them. But the matter of 'hunger' is all related to the kidnapper."

The reason why I had to talk to Li Chengfeng in the car was mainly because the kidnappers' power had infiltrated too deeply into Mingjiang Prefecture.

Of the three leaders of the City God, two have already died, leaving only Qingfeng.

One of the five clergymen of the Bone Elders Society was also exposed.

If this is the case for the top leaders, one can imagine what the middle-level officials such as the City God and the Bone Elders are like.

Although the Night Watchman and Qingfeng have always had an excellent reputation, it is hard to say whether any of these seven people have been contacted by the kidnapper.

As for Li Chengfeng, Zhou Xuan trusted him completely. He told Li Chengfeng everything he knew about the kidnapper.

Old Li couldn't even drive steadily after hearing this and asked, "Is the kidnapper so powerful?"

“I was surprised, too.”

Zhou Xuan divided the Guaizi Hall into many levels according to the known system.

An ordinary kidnapper, a kidnapper master, Mo Tingsheng with a white paper fan, and the leader of the kidnapper hall.

Counting further up, there are the well lights, an unknown number of evil gods, the White Walker Foodie behind them, and the two mysterious dog owners, a man and a woman.

Zhou Xuan couldn't make a conclusion as to whether the dog owner's level was above food.

According to the normal order of the hall, the White Walker behind the scenes is the most respected.

Ghoul is the White Walker connected to the kidnappers' collective, and he should be the highest level.

"However, if they only rely on food, it would be difficult for them to form such a large scale."

Li Chengfeng also doubted it, and added: "A thirty-year-old White Walker is indeed very powerful, but I'm afraid he doesn't have the ability to control the evil god, right?"

"There are many strange things about the Kidnappers' Hall. For example, they have mastered the alien ghost language and spells of Zhaxing. How did Shi Weitian master them?" Zhou Xuan raised another doubt.

"It would be great if this gang of kidnappers disappeared completely." Li Chengfeng sighed.

What is a good day? A good day is a day without kidnappers.

"The kidnappers have been too rampant in the past thirty years. Is it really impossible for Old Gu to control them? The painters don't care? The musicians don't care? The Saint Son and Saint Daughter who are sleeping in your organization..."

When mentioning the Holy Son and Holy Daughter, Zhou Xuan was suddenly stunned by his own question.

The Son and Daughter, a man and a woman,
The two mysterious dog owners behind the kidnapper are also a man and a woman.

"The one behind the kidnapping is not you, Old Gu?" Zhou Xuan frowned.

Upon hearing this, Li Chengfeng waved his hands and said, "Don't say anything nonsense. The two of them were buried underground and sleeping for the purpose of offering sacrifice to the gods."

God Festival?
This was the second time Zhou Xuan heard this name - he passed through the blood well and returned to Mingjiang Prefecture three hundred years ago. The tattooed high priest Peng Sheng who burned eight incense sticks wanted to use the sacrifice to the gods to artificially create a god.

This is a serious "deification movement".

"The God Ceremony often occurs. Many top figures in the halls, after sensing the breath of the God, will hold a God Ceremony in an attempt to awaken the God and awaken the fire.
Our Bone Elders held a Heavenly God Ceremony ten years ago. After the Heavenly God Ceremony, the Saint Son and Saint Daughter followed their own prophecies after sensing the aura of the Heavenly God and asked the Bone Elders to bury them underground and put them to sleep. "

"It's time to wake up. The fire of the gods has been ignited."

Zhou Xuan said.

"Maybe he's about to wake up." Li Chengfeng changed the subject again: "The kidnappers have infiltrated our Gu Lao and Cheng Huang. We are all corrupt inside, so how can we spare the energy to control the kidnappers... The biggest enemy always comes from within."

"Go home and rest. When I wake up, I will go to Huangmen and find out the location of the church."

The car had already arrived at Dongshi Street. Zhou Xuan got out of the car and walked towards the house...

(End of this chapter)