Eternal Sword

Chapter 242 The Truth
Chen Tang rode on the Thunder Leopard and walked a few steps forward. When he came to the open space, he said, "Everyone, stop first."

After saying this, the four yamen runners attacked more fiercely, with every knife aimed at the vital points of the tall monk!
Seeing that Chen Tang was very young, they didn't take his words seriously.

The tall monk was in a panic and faced danger all around.

"Humph!"

Chen Tang snorted coldly, jumped off his horse and rushed into the battlefield.

"Are you looking for death?"

A yamen runner couldn't help but sneer when he saw Chen Tang breaking in in this way without even showing his weapon.

In an instant, four steel knives and a water-ground Zen staff all hit Chen Tang!
"Ouch, not good!"

The tall monk cried out in surprise when he saw this, and tried to stop, but it was too late.

Before he could react, he saw Chen Tang reaching out his hand. His palm shook, and the water-ground Zen staff weighing more than ten pounds in his hand was snatched away by Chen Tang!

the other side.

I saw four steel knives about to chop Chen Tang.

The three yamen runners only felt a flash before their eyes.

Immediately afterwards, the three yamen runners felt a sharp pain in their wrists!
Before they could react, the three men's steel knives had already fallen into Chen Tang's hands.

During the whole process, the three yamen runners didn't see anything clearly.

The bearded constable saw it clearly.

Chen Tang stretched out his left hand and grabbed his wrist, as if he wanted to snatch the blade with his bare hands.

The bearded captain did not dare to be careless and waited with full concentration. He quickly withdrew his hand and changed his tactics. He swung the knife in front of him, and the blade rotated, trying to force Chen Tang to retreat.

The next moment, the bearded constable felt a numbness in his elbow and pain in his wrist.

The sword is already in Chen Tang's hand!

In the blink of an eye, Chen Tang entered the arena, using both hands to perform the Dragon Catching Hand and snatched five weapons in a row!
"what!"

The bearded captain exclaimed and took a few steps back.

This young man is a master!

Not only is the opponent's grappling skills exquisite, but he also dares to charge into the battlefield with his flesh and blood. This courage and boldness is enough to impress people.

Who is this young man?
He looks like he is less than 20 years old, yet he has such skills!

Could he be the son of some aristocratic family?
The other three yamen runners frowned and looked at Chen Tang with doubt and surprise.

The tall monk was stunned for a moment, then he reacted first. He clasped his hands together towards Chen Tang, bowed slightly, and said, "Thank you for your help, benefactor."

Chen Tang then threw the weapon on the ground and said, "Tell me what happened."

"My name is Li Jin, and I am the chief constable of Yunduan County. Young man, you are very skilled. I admire you."

The bearded captain changed the subject and said, "However, this is a government matter. I advise you not to meddle in other people's business, lest you get into trouble!"

Chen Tang did not answer, but took out the imperial gold medal from his arms and asked calmly, "Do you recognize it?"

"This is……"

Li Jin leaned forward to take a look and couldn't help but gasp.

Of course, he had never seen such an imperial gold medal.

But he recognized the four big words "As if I were here in person"!
"Greetings, my lord."

Li Jin's expression straightened and he bowed respectfully towards Chen Tang.

The other three yamen runners realized that Chen Tang might be of great importance, so they quickly followed Li Jin's example and bowed to Chen Tang.

Chen Tang said: "Tell me this time, from beginning to end, don't miss any details, and don't lie to me!"

"As ordered."

Li Jin agreed and recounted the entire incident in detail.

The cause of this incident was indeed the flood in Qingzhou.

Yunduan County is located in Qingzhou. The terrain is relatively high and it was less affected by the flood. However, due to the continuous heavy rain, there was some water accumulation in the city.

However, the dozen or so counties and villages around Yunduan County suffered heavy casualties and considerable losses.

In addition, many farmlands were flooded, and many refugees nearby were heading towards Yunduan County, hoping to avoid the upcoming floods and to get a bite to eat. On the mountain near Yunduan County, there was an Changqing Temple that was not affected by the floods.

After the abbot of Changqing Temple heard about this, he used the money from incense offerings in the temple to buy some rice in Yunduan County, and cooked it into a watery porridge outside the city to provide relief to the victims outside the city.

It was fine the first few days.

But then, something went wrong.

Some of the victims began to be poisoned!
The scope is getting bigger and bigger!

Not long after, corpses were scattered all over the ground outside the city. At a glance, it was clear that at least tens of thousands of victims had died of poisoning!

The abbot of Changqing Temple immediately became the target of attack.

The government of Yunduan County sent troops to arrest the monks of Changqing Temple.

However, a few escaped in the chaos.

This great monk with the Buddhist name "Keren" is one of them.

Afterwards, Monk Keren was wanted by the government.

Li Jin and his companions followed the traces and came here, finally surrounding Monk Keren.

After listening to this, Chen Tang frowned slightly.

He didn't go to the scene, but just by listening to it once, he could see that the case was full of loopholes.

In Yunduan County, there are many constables, as well as the county lieutenant and the county magistrate. How could they not see the problem?
With so many people dead, the Qinglong Division must have been alarmed.

Based on the experience of the Azure Dragon Guards, could it be that...

Thinking of this, Chen Tang narrowed his eyes.

After entering Beijing, he learned some secrets.

Among them, there is information about Qinglongsi.

According to Yuan Qingshan's investigation, almost all of the Qinglong Guards from the rank of captain and above in the Qinglong Division have joined the Xuantian Sect.

After the death of the late emperor, the Qinglong Division was out of his control and was now under the control of Sect Leader Xuantian!

One of the reasons why Yuan Qingshan created the Qilin Division was that he wanted to eliminate the Xuantian Sect members in the Four Symbols Division!

Among them, Qinglong Division was the most seriously infiltrated by Xuantian Sect.

However, before Yuan Qingshan could take action against Qinglongsi, a solar eclipse occurred.

Next came divine punishment.

Chen Tang asked: "If the monks of Changqing Temple wanted to kill the refugees outside the city, why did they go into the city to exchange food and cook it into porridge to help the refugees?"

Li Jin pondered for a moment and said, "Perhaps these monks have evil intentions and are using this method to gain the trust of the refugees outside the city, so they poisoned them to death in one fell swoop!"

"why?"

Chen Tang asked, "Why did the monks of Changqing Temple do this?"

"This……"

Li Jin hesitated for a moment and said, "According to Master Ye, the solar eclipse occurred and evil spirits descended. The monks in Changqing Temple were possessed by evil spirits and became demons."

"we do not have!"

Monk Ke Ren quickly said, "The abbot and the master have absolutely no intention of harming anyone!"

"Tens of thousands of people died outside the city. It was like hell. We saw it with our own eyes. How could it be false?" sneered another bailiff.

Chen Tang seemed to be thinking about something.

This case is not complicated.

He believed that with the ability of the Yunduan County Chief of Police, he would definitely be able to spot the problem.

If the truth cannot be uncovered in such a simple case, there is only one possibility.

There is an invisible big hand covering up the truth!
The government of Yunduan County dared not contend with the power of this huge hand, and might even become accomplices to it.

Xuantian Sect!
"Since you don't dare to provoke me, let me try!"

Chen Tang held the Wan Gu on his waist and looked towards the direction of Yunduan County.

(End of this chapter)