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Chapter 368 No one died
Gao Wanli returned with a group of her subordinates.

Lang Xiaoba blocked them at the door again.

Although you are the deputy chief judge, is it necessary for you to bring so many "servants" into the yamen?
Gao Wanli's good mood in the morning was almost ruined by this lackey.

Mr. Lu secretly advised Gao Wanli: "Miss, let him be arrogant for a while longer. They'll have their day!"

Gao Wanli realized that this was correct, so she only brought Mr. Lu and Mr. Jiang inside.

Gao Wanli's duty room was far from Xu Yuan's.

She first went to her duty room and had Mr. Jiang write a memorial, fiercely attacking Xu Yuan for "neglecting his duties" and "lacking ability," which led to frequent tragedies outside Champa and heavy casualties among the people.

She doesn't write it herself because her handwriting is too ugly to show.

Then, carrying this report, she and two of her men passed by Xu Yuan's duty room again and again.

As soon as things came to a head, they immediately sent someone to deliver the memorial.

On the first visit, I saw a Mountain Moving Captain from the South City Patrol Office rush in to report before going inside.

Gao Wanli couldn't help but laugh.

After that, the other three people on duty also arrived one after another.

Gao Wanli thought Xu Yuan must be extremely frustrated and probably jumping up and down cursing.

So she stood outside the door, tilting her head and listening intently.

But the duty room was quiet.

Gao Wanli wondered: How can he remain calm?

After a while, the door opened, and Xu Yuan came out, followed by Jia Yi and Mao Dabing.

The three ignored Gao Wanli, who was acting suspiciously nearby, and walked out together.

Gao Wanli's eyes darted around, and she couldn't help but sneer: Pretending to be calm? Trying to suppress such a big case?

You are dreaming!
Gao Wanli immediately led her people to follow.

Once outside the government office, Xu Yuan and his two companions mounted their horses, and Gao Wanli immediately chased after them, asking, "Where are you going?"

Xu Yuan coldly replied, "Do I need to report to you what I do?"

Gao Wanli's eyes darted around: "I am also a member of the Champa government, so I should know if anything happens."

"Since you admit to being a member of the Champa government, then I will give Lord Gao a task: to guard the government office!"

After saying that, Xu Yuan spurred the horse's flanks, and the three of them sped away.

Gao Wanli smiled smugly: "If they don't dare let me go with them, there must be something wrong."

With a wave of her hand, Mr. Lu and Mr. Jiang immediately followed her, chasing after Xu Yuan.

The three of them acted furtively, deliberately keeping a great distance and blending in with the passersby on the street.

They saw Xu Yuan meet up with Fu Jingyu and Di Youzhi at the south gate and leave the city together, so they leisurely followed.

Gao Wanli knew that Xu Yuan's first destination would definitely be Dongzha Village, so of course she wasn't afraid of losing him.

She estimated her speed and arrived at the village a quarter of an hour later than Xu Yuan.

Looking out from the village, Gao Wanli suddenly frowned.

There was no smell of blood.

Moreover, in the farmland surrounding the village, the villagers are diligently tending to their crops.

A group of children, carrying windmills, ran past the old well at the entrance of the village, laughing and playing.

They showed no signs of having just experienced the horrific tragedy of "evil spirits eating people".

Gao Wanli's first reaction was: "Could it be that we've been under an illusion?"

Mr. Lu shook his head: "No."

Gao Wanli and her two companions entered the village and encountered several villagers on the way. Upon seeing their official robes, the villagers hurriedly made way for them, fearing that they might offend the adults.

"Three more esteemed guests have arrived."

Gao Wanli flicked her whip, wrapped it around one of the men's necks, and pulled him to the front of the horse. She asked in a deep voice, "Did anything happen in the village last night?" The man, unable to breathe with the whip around his neck, turned red in the face.

Gao Wanli flicked her wrist and released the whip: "Speak quickly! If you dare to conceal even the slightest thing, I will have your head chopped off!"

The villager was so frightened that he knelt down on the ground: "Last night...last night an evil spirit entered the village..."

"Then why is the village still peaceful and harmonious?"

"I...I don't know. Everyone says that the evil spirit wanted to devour Cao Da's family, but it was burned to ashes by divine fire from the sky..."

"Nonsense!" Gao Wanli lashed out with her riding whip.

The poor villager screamed in agony as he was beaten, and bloody welts immediately appeared on his body.

"I'm not lying. Those gentlemen who came earlier are all with Cao Da..."

Gao Wanli shouted, "Lead the way."

The villagers, filled with anger but unable to speak out, led the three to their destination with immense resentment before running away as fast as they could.

Xu Yuan was leading his men, pretending to examine the ashes left behind by the evil spirit.

Seeing Gao Wanli arrive, he showed some surprise: "Lord Gao... this is disobeying orders!"

Gao Wanli didn't care about anything else and dismounted, rushing over in a few strides.

Most people would get there in three steps, but she had short legs and it took her five.

The ashes on the ground are not easily noticeable to the average person, but she had been in the Exorcism Division for several years, so she could easily distinguish the ashes left by evil spirits from those left after burning plants.

Gao Wanli rushed into the house again, and all five members of Cao Da's family were there.

Gao Wanli frowned and came out to ask, "No one has died in the village?"

“Not a single one died.” Xu Yuan said with relief, “I don’t know where these righteous people came from, but they vanquished this evil spirit and saved the entire village. Otherwise, everyone in my Champa government would have been punished by our superiors.”

"Really, none of them died?"

Xu Yuan: "If Lord Gao doesn't believe me, he can take the household register and check it from house to house."

Di Youzhi snorted coldly and said sarcastically, "Why do I feel... that no one died, Lord Gao is quite disappointed?"

Gao Wanli glared at Di Youzhi with a sinister look.

How could someone as thick-skinned as Di Youzhi be intimidated by her? He glared back without showing the slightest weakness.

Gao Wanli examined the ashes again, her brows furrowing a few times.

Xu Yuan said, "Dongzha Village wasn't the only one attacked by evil spirits last night..."

Gao Wanli suddenly raised her head.

Dongzha Village was lucky; they were saved by a passing repairman in the middle of the night. However, if the people in the other villages all died, Xu Yuan would still be held responsible.

The folded book in his arms was stiff, but it would soon come in handy!

But Xu Yuan continued, "When I received the news this morning, I was truly shocked. So many villages outside Champa experienced strange incidents all on the same night!"
Thankfully, God protected them, and no one died…

"What did you say?!" Gao Wanli exclaimed in disbelief, "Not a single person died?"

"Yes!" Xu Yuan, looking terrified after surviving the ordeal, said with relief, "Every evil spirit that attacked the village was annihilated by righteous warriors in the shadows!"

Gao Wanli stood there blankly, unable to come to her senses for a long time.

Seven villages, scattered around Champa!

How could it be such a coincidence that every village was saved by a "righteous man" at night?

Gao Wanli couldn't help but curse inwardly: Xu Gou's luck is really that good?!

Suddenly, another possibility occurred to her: could the so-called righteous men be the same person...? What kind of strength would that require?!
When she thought about strength, Gao Wanli couldn't help but think of Xu Yuan!

Throughout Champa, his skill level was the highest.

Even a fifth-rate person can absolutely do this.

(End of this chapter)