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Chapter 176 Burning the Sheep Demon
Qingzhou City.

A crossroads.

A group of detectives were gathered here, stomping their feet and chatting around the brazier.

"Three days later, it will be New Year's Eve."

"Brothers, have you prepared all the New Year's goods?"

Captain Yan asked the detectives.

Upon hearing this, the detectives all smiled slightly.

These days, the Yang family has been giving out money everywhere. The officials eat meat, and the little ones like them also get a sip of soup.

At least I have some money in my pocket for the New Year.

Seeing this, Captain Yan pointed at the brazier and said:

"Warm your hands up, then check if the knife is frozen and whether you can still pull it out."

"After a while, when the order from the Tongzhi comes, we should take action."

Upon hearing this, the detectives hurriedly reached out to the brazier to warm themselves.

A curfew has been imposed in Qingzhou City tonight.

The streets are now empty, with not a single person in sight.

The crossroads that everyone stretched out led to two places.

One is the Yang family.

The other is the branch of Taiping Dao in Qingzhou City.

The detectives from the government office and the county office had already dispersed to various intersections in the city and were ready to go.

Once the order is given, they will go straight to the Taiping Dao branch and arrest Taiping Dao members.

The higher-ups finally reached an agreement with the Yang family to deal with the Taiping Dao together.

The team of detectives led by Captain Yan are all the elites among the detectives.

They guard this intersection, not only can they support their brothers who are carrying out arrest missions at any time, but they can also support and protect the Yang family at any time to avoid accidents.

Captain Yan looked around and whispered:
"Remember, be quicker later."

"If anyone dares to resist, show no mercy and kill them."

"The Yang family secretly told me that if anyone kills a member of the Taiping Dao, the Yang family will give them a reward of five taels of silver."

"Don't think the money is too little. The Yang family said there's no upper limit!"

"There are at least a few hundred Taiping Daoists in this city, and some of the unruly followers of the Taiping Dao number at least several thousand."

"How much money you can make depends on how quick your hands are."

When the detectives heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other.

The annual salary of a constable was only a dozen taels of silver, not much.

Some bold constables could make tens or even hundreds of taels of silver a year by leveraging the little power in their hands, which was already considered outstanding.

Nowadays, killing a member of the Taiping Dao sect would earn five taels of silver, which was not a small amount of money for those at the lowest level of the yamen.

but……

They are constables after all, but listening to what Captain Yan said, it sounded as if they were killers.

A human life is only worth five taels of silver?
The detectives were all silent.

They work for the government, eat the emperor's food, and work for the maintenance of local security.

But now, they are asked to work for the Yang family and receive rewards from the Yang family, but they are actually doing murderous things.

This made them feel very unhappy.

Especially these constables, who had often been bullied by the evil servants of the Yang family.

Even if they were out on a case and finally caught a criminal, but found out that he was related to the Yang family, they would have no choice but to swallow their anger and let the criminal go.

Those of them who were detectives knew best about the dirty deeds done by the Yang family in Qingzhou City.

Now that the Yang family needs them, they directly use money to get them to sign a petition, and now they want them to kill people.

What is this?

As for the Taiping Dao, the detectives actually admired them very much.

The Taiping Dao distributed grain to the poor and used talismans and water to treat the sick. It was also the only force that dared to openly confront the Yang family.

Normally, when detectives encounter the Taipingdao during their investigations, they will be polite to them.

But tonight, the two sides are bound to fall out.

Seeing that no one was talking, Captain Yan's face turned cold.

"What's wrong? Everyone is mute!"

"Do you think this silver is dirty?"

"I'm telling you, there's no such thing as dirty money in this world. If you don't make this money, there are plenty of others who will!"

"You bastards, you guys usually take bribes, why are you pretending to be so noble in front of me?"

Captain Yan's scolding made the detectives hang their heads even lower.

After a moment, Captain Yan's tone softened:

"Alright, alright, cheer up."

"We are just small people and have no say in anything."

"We will do whatever the higher-ups order us to do."

"Those who want to make money will work harder, and those who don't want to make money will step back. I won't make things difficult for anyone."

These words finally made some of the detectives feel a lot more comfortable.

But some constables looked conflicted.

They finally mustered up the courage and spoke:

“But what about the epidemic?”

"Now only the Taiping Dao can cure the epidemic, and I still have my family..."

"We don't want to die!"

Everyone was silent again.

The plague has been raging these days, and many people in the city have fallen ill.

If this continues, who knows how many people will die.

The emergence of Taiping Dao finally gave everyone hope.

But is this hope going to be extinguished alive?

Captain Yan said angrily:
"What's wrong with getting the disease? It won't kill you right away. Maybe you can recover over time."

"But if you offend the Yang family, aren't you worried that you won't see the sun tomorrow?"

The detectives looked indignant.

Although Captain Yan's words were harsh, they were the truth.

Now, everyone in the government office is from the Yang family, right?

Many people went to the government office to file complaints against the Yang family, but none of them had a good ending.

At this time.

Suddenly, I heard a noise in the distance.

The noise was so loud that everyone squatting by the brazier stood up and looked over in confusion.

Captain Yan was also surprised:
"what happened?"

"Isn't it curfew? Why are so many people still making noise?"

"Could it be... the arrest operation has begun? But why haven't I received any news?!"

Just when the detectives were still confused, they heard the noise in the distance suddenly change.

The noise turned into a chorus of shouts.

"Kill the sheep demon!!!"

"Plague!"

"Kill the sheep demon!!!"

"Plague!"

……

The shouting continued and continued.

Hearing such shouts, the detectives were all horrified. The Taipingdao in the city had been shouting this a lot recently.

Captain Yan also said angrily:

"Damn it! Could it be that the news leaked out, and those Taiping Dao thieves took action in advance?"

"But...that's not right!"

"How many people would it take to shout so loudly?"

"Just the Taipingdao gang in the city, how could there be so many people?"

While everyone was still surprised, the shouting was getting closer and closer.

People even felt that even the tiles near the street were rustling.

The shout was too loud and too deafening!
It would take at least tens of thousands of people cheering to achieve this effect.

At this time.

I saw the constable running towards me in panic from a distance.

Seeing this, Captain Yan could not help but curse:

"Didn't I tell you to guard the other side of the street? Why did you come running over here?"

These detectives were already out of breath from running.

They said in panic:

"Captain, something bad has happened!"

"The city gates have been opened. The main force of the Taiping Dao and the victims outside have all entered the city!"

Hearing this, Captain Yan was so shocked that his mouth opened wide:

"what?!"

The other detectives were also extremely surprised.

However, they had no time to be surprised.

Countless figures appeared on the street.

The leaders were the Taiping Dao people. They wore yellow scarves, held weapons in one hand and torches in the other.

Following behind them are countless victims.

They walked towards this side while shouting in unison.

There are just too many people!

There were so many that even the spacious streets were packed.

Seeing this scene, the detectives asked nervously:

"Captain, what should we do now?"

Captain Yan glanced behind him and saw the direction of the Yang family.

He gritted his teeth and drew out the sword from his waist:

"Our superiors told us to stay here, so we must hold our ground!"

"If these scoundrels dare to mess around, don't be polite to me!"

When the detectives heard this, they could only draw their swords and look nervously at the approaching crowd.

With so many people coming, the detectives felt as if the earth was shaking.

"Kill the sheep demon!!!"

"Plague!"

"Kill the sheep demon!!!"

"Plague!"

……

Their shouts made the detectives' eardrums buzz.

As the crowd got closer, the pressure on the detectives increased.

As they looked around, it seemed as if the entire street was packed with people, shoulder to shoulder, so numerous that they were impossible to count.

It can be said that he was sweating like rain and his sleeves were full of energy.

Captain Yan mustered up his courage, stepped forward, pointed at the crowd, and said angrily:

"Everyone, stop here!"

"Whoever dares——"

He didn't finish his sentence.

"call!"

All I heard was a strong wind.

The next moment, a long spear was firmly stuck in front of him.

The spear tip was deeply embedded in the ground, just an inch away from his feet.

Captain Yan couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and a layer of cold sweat instantly broke out on his back.

"This is at least... a sixth-grade strength!"

As a warrior, and an early seventh-grade warrior at that, he could naturally see the weight of the shot.

It was also because the other party did not kill him.

Otherwise, he would have been injured if not killed.

When Captain Yan raised his head.

A heroic girl in the crowd said in a cold voice:

"If you don't want to die, get out!"

"The Taiping Dao killed the sheep demon and quelled the plague."

"Get out of the way early so you can get the talisman water to heal your illness later."

"If you don't get out, leave your life behind!"

This girl seems to have a very high status in Taiping Dao.

She led a group of Yellow Turbans without even stopping, and walked straight towards the group of constables.

Looking at the group of Yellow Turbans, each of them had a calm and composed aura, and they were obviously warriors.

This forced Captain Yan and his fellow detectives to retreat continuously.

"Captain, what should we do now?"

Someone couldn't help but ask.

Captain Yan couldn't help but show a look of surprise on his face.

He said angrily:
"What else can be done?"

"There are so many people on the other side, if everyone spits, we will be drowned!"

"Especially since the main force of the Taiping Dao has arrived, we can't defeat those warriors."

"Of course he ran away!"

After saying this, Captain Yan turned around and ran away without hesitation.

He took money from the Yang family and only worked for them.

But now this matter is obviously no longer something that a small constable like him can handle, and a large army must be dispatched.

If you still insist on being stubborn at this time, you might even lose your life.

When the detectives saw Captain Yan running away, they felt relieved and turned around and ran away without hesitation.

They can also walk away from this conflict without any burden.

The Taipingdao and the victims continued to move forward, with no obstructions along the way.

The Yang family's mansion soon appeared in front of them.

Lu Qiannan held a spear and looked at the magnificent and luxurious mansion in front of him.

She raised her hand and ordered:

"Surround the Yang family!"

"And bring over all the firewood!"

"Tonight, we are going to burn these sheep monsters to death!"

(End of this chapter)