My Endless Life.

Chapter 216 Rat Demon
Magistrate Qian was a seventh-rank official. Even if he had made a mistake, it was not the Six Gates’ turn to intervene.

The imperial court has its own means to deal with County Magistrate Qian.

Even if County Magistrate Qian is in collusion with gangsters, the Six Gates cannot take immediate action.

It must first be reported to the Ministry of Personnel, and only after the Ministry of Personnel makes a decision can the case be transferred to the Ministry of Justice or the Six Gates.

But at this moment, how could Li Qi have the time to report it?
If it was really as the rules stipulated, that the investigation application was submitted first and then the decision was made by the higher-ups, then County Magistrate Qian would probably have escaped long ago!
In order to prevent County Magistrate Qian from escaping, Li Qi ignored Jiang Ming's dissuasion and directly led his men to surround the County Magistrate's Mansion.

All the staff of the Six Gates were mobilized. Except for a few who stayed inside the gate for guarding, there were nearly forty constables in total who surrounded the county magistrate's mansion.

"Sir, they have surrounded us all, but..."

Jiang Ming was still a little nervous.

If he fails to handle the situation properly by bypassing the upper echelons and directly targeting local officials, then it may not only be Jiang Ming who will be in trouble, but the entire Six Gates may be implicated.

But Li Qi is a patrol envoy, and if the county magistrate is really a pig monster, Jiang Ming is also worried that he will be swallowed by the pig monster one day...

When Jiang Ming thought of this, he became extremely conflicted.

"Don't hesitate. I will take the responsibility. You just need to take action."

Li Qi said in a serious tone.

No matter what, he is a touring envoy and a fifth-rank official recorded in the court!
If he were to preside over this encirclement and suppression, although it would be somewhat inconsistent with the rules, it would not be a particularly big problem.

The worst outcome would be that Li Qi would be pushed out as a scapegoat and fired, and this was exactly what Li Qi cared about the least.

Even his identity is fake, why does he care about these?

After making sure that everyone was ready, Li Qi took a deep breath and said to the people behind him:
"Go up and knock on the door!"

Although he guessed that the county magistrate might be the pig demon, it was just Li Qi's guess. Before there was any solid evidence, he still had to follow the proper etiquette.

After all, if we really make a mistake, it would give others the opportunity to attack the Six Gates for no reason. This kind of thing cannot be done lightly.

The constable behind him walked up to the tightly closed vermilion door, picked up the door knocker and smashed it down hard.

dong dong dong-

In the silent night, the knock on the door was very loud, and I believe it could be heard even in the deepest part of the government office.

It stands to reason that even in the dead of night, there would be gatekeepers on duty in such government offices, and they should be able to open the door in no time after hearing the sound.

But in reality, after Li Qi knocked on the door and waited for a while, the door was still closed and no one came out to open it.

"Sir... this..."

The constable who knocked on the door turned around and looked at Li Qi.

Li Qi narrowed his eyes slightly and moved his ears slightly to listen to the sounds inside.

However, nothing was heard.

The silence in the government office made Li Qi feel uneasy. He did not care about etiquette and said directly to Jiang Ming:

“Kick the door!”

"what?"

"kick!!"

Li Qi repeated it again, this time with a slightly stronger tone.

In desperation, Jiang Ming could only take a deep breath, prepare himself mentally, gather his energy and refresh himself, then he walked forward and kicked the vermilion door hard!

boom! !

A kick from a seventh-rank warrior is powerful enough to break a solid stone pier, let alone a wooden gate.

Jiang Ming's kick directly smashed the gate of the county magistrate's mansion into pieces. The double doors turned into several complete pieces and scattered all over the ground.

Even so, the county magistrate's mansion was still eerily quiet.

Not only did no guards come out to inquire what was going on, but not even the sound of insects or birds could be heard.

This kind of silence actually brought an inexplicable sense of weirdness.

Li Qi looked around, his nose twitched slightly, his eyes suddenly moved, and he raised his head to look above the main hall in front of him.

Jiang Ming and others noticed Li Qi's actions and also looked up.

Click click click——

When Jiang Ming looked up, he heard the strange sound coming from far away, like something stepping on bricks and tiles.

Looking upwards, he saw a hand reaching out from behind the eaves and grabbing the top beam. Then... a gigantic humanoid rat suddenly poked its head out from behind it!

"Hiss! Another monster!?"

When Liu Zhi saw the rat poison, he took a deep breath.

That huge humanoid rat, at first glance, was a monster transformed from a human being, just like Feng the Butcher and He Ru!
And looking at that image, why does it look a little familiar...?
Liu Zhi was thinking when everyone heard the mouse's voice:

"Oh... So... Squeak... So it's Master Li and Master Jiang, squeak... It's so late at night, why don't you two stay in the government office to rest, but break into the county magistrate's mansion? Squeak, squeak, squeak..."

The mouse squeaked and spoke human words.

Upon hearing his voice, Jiang Ming immediately reacted and pointed at him and said:

“You…you are Liu Zhi!?”

"Of course I'm Liu Zhi. What's the matter? Lord Jiang, don't you recognize me? Squeak, squeak, squeak..."

The rat demon squeaked as he spoke, but Jiang Ming felt a chill in his spine.

When I met Liu Zhi yesterday, he still looked like a normal human being. How come he has become like this in less than a day?!

"You... do you know what you look like now?!" Jiang Ming asked harshly as he looked at Liu Zhi licking his paws.

Liu Zhi smiled slyly and said:

"Of course... of course I know! Squeak, squeak, squeak... I am the Rat Fairy! The Fairy of all rats!"

He raised his head and roared, his tone filled with a hint of madness.

Then there were continuous squeaking sounds, and mice one after another poured out from the fields, corners, and dark places like bamboo shoots after a spring rain. Countless mice gathered towards Li Qi!

"Hahaha, I'm an immortal! I'm an immortal! I'm an immortal!!!"

Liu Zhi, who summoned all the mice, laughed wildly.

He seemed to think of himself as a real god, a fairy who could control mice.

Although I don't know where this idea of ​​his came from, it doesn't matter.

More and more rats gathered, and in just a few moments, they formed a terrifying tide of rats and rushed towards Li Qi.

Jiang Ming and other detectives looked at the swarm of rats and got goosebumps all over their bodies. Jiang Ming even said to Li Qi:

"My Lord! Run away! If we are overwhelmed by the rats, there is no way we can survive!"

"You guys get out! I'll get rid of him!"

Li Qi asked Jiang Ming and the others to go first, and he jumped onto the house.

Rats can dig holes but cannot climb up to the roof, so it is much safer to live on the top floor of the house than on the bottom floor.

Li Qi went up to face the rat demon. Jiang Ming was stunned for a moment on the ground, then gritted his teeth and said to the others:
"Go find rat poison and kerosene! Drive these rats away! I'll go help the adults!"

As he spoke, he also leaped up and stood on top of the house, facing Liu Zhi side by side with Li Qi.

Li Qi was very pleased that Jiang Ming chose to help.

Although this lazy captain was a little confused about major issues, he still had some loyalty and righteousness at times, or was a little clever.

Regardless of whether Jiang Ming is worried that no one will take the blame after Li Qi's death, or he really wants to help Li Qi, since he has made his choice, Li Qi will help him in the future.

But now, let's get rid of this rat demon in front of us first.

“Squeak, squeak, squeak… How dare you come up here? What if you are a warrior or a high-ranking official? You are no match for an immortal! You will become my sacrifice for my immortality!”

Liu Zhi let out a long roar toward the sky, and his body, which was slightly smaller than when he was in human form, burst out at an extremely fast speed and ran towards Li Qi and Jiang Ming.

Jiang Ming only felt a flash before his eyes, and Liu Zhi had already attacked him!

What a great speed!

Liu Zhi had never practiced martial arts, so naturally he didn't know any internal energy or lightness skills. But even so, after turning into a monster, he was able to burst out with such speed...

To be honest, Jiang Ming was actually a little envious for a moment.

I practiced martial arts for more than ten years before I barely reached the seventh level.

But the Master Liu in front of him was just inexplicably transformed into a monster, and he had a combat power close to that of the seventh rank!

If this method of increasing one's strength had no side effects...

While Jiang Ming was dodging Liu Zhi's attack, he also had several different thoughts in his mind.

After Liu Zhi missed his target, he became a little angry. He continued to attack and kept muttering:

"Hide!? Why should I hide? I'm going to die in the end anyway! So why should I hide?!"

"Liu Zhi! Are you crazy?!"

Listening to Liu Zhi's illogical words, Jiang Ming shouted angrily and drew out his long knife to collide with Liu Zhi's sharp nails.

Liu Zhi laughed slyly a few times and squeaked:
"Crazy? This is not crazy! This is called enlightenment! I have become an immortal! How can I be called crazy?!"

"Damn it, that's crazy!"

Jiang Ming couldn't help cursing and started fighting with Liu Zhi.

But after fighting for a while, he felt something was wrong... He always felt... something was missing?
Thinking of this, Jiang Ming turned his head slightly and saw Li Qi, who had come up first, was now stroking the stubble on his chin, looking thoughtful.

Jiang Ming almost couldn't catch his breath when he saw this.

Sir! Sir Li! What are you doing? Come up and help me!
He was working hard to fight monsters, but his boss was slacking off on the side... Well, Li Qi was his boss, so it was fine for him to slack off.

But if Jiang Ming remembered correctly, it was Li Qi himself who first decided to deal with the rat demon, right? !

Why doesn't he take action now?

"Where are you looking?"

Jiang Ming's distraction gave Liu Zhi an opportunity.

Jiang Ming thought to himself that something was wrong and leaned back subconsciously, and the black nails passed by his eyes.

Just a little more and his eyes would be dug out by Liu Zhi!

Although he dodged Liu Zhi's eye-gouging attack, Liu Zhi suddenly grinned, and his other hand shot out from below at a very tricky angle, heading straight for Jiang Ming!

"!!!"

Jiang Ming had just dodged Liu Zhi's attack and his body had not yet regained its balance when a new attack was about to come. Jiang Ming no longer had the chance to dodge!

Just as the other party's claws with sharp black nails were about to scratch his belly, suddenly, the mouse's arm stopped in mid-air, motionless!
The sharp fingertip was only a millimeter away from Jiang Ming's abdomen, but Liu Zhi's arm could no longer move forward even a bit.

Jiang Ming looked down and discovered after careful examination that there were actually long thin silk threads wrapped around the mouse's arms.

It was that thread that restrained the rat demon's movements!

(End of this chapter)