I became a saint in the world of Liao Zhai, and flirted with monster girls

On the left and right sides of the outermost doorposts, a couplet is engraved: "To deceive others is to deceive Heaven, so do not deceive yourself; to betray the people is to betray the country, how can you bear to betray them?"

In front of the county government office stands a screen facing the sea. The six-foot-high screen is carefully inlaid with giant clam mother-of-pearl from the South China Sea and is shining brightly.

A large plaque with the words "A Bright Mirror Hangs High" hangs high outside the government office. When the sunlight at noon penetrates the golden plaque, it will leave the shadow of the Xiezhi beast on the blue brick ground, adding a solemn and dignified atmosphere to the entire county office.

In the middle of the lobby, a large plaque with golden characters "Beiguo County Main Hall" hangs high, and below the plaque is the warm room where the magistrate tries cases.

A three-foot-long ritual table was placed on a wooden platform in the warm room, with the four treasures of the study and the command quiver neatly arranged on the table.

Behind the table is a throne chair, with a command arrow stand on the left and a black folding fan on the right.

At this moment, it was already the afternoon, and the evening court session officially began.

"Ascension"

Only two of the three gates are open. Today's evening court session involves a case involving a demon, so it is not appropriate to hear it in public.

Magistrate Ximen was seen wearing his official uniform, sitting under the plaque inscribed with the words "A Bright Mirror Hangs High". On either side stood six yamen runners holding water and fire sticks, looking very majestic.

Zhou Kao, Zhang Mingdao and others were listening on the side. In addition, the victim, Mr. Li, was also present.

"Bang!" The gavel slammed down, and Ximen County Magistrate shouted loudly: "Bring the prisoner!"

"mighty"

The yamen runners shouted in unison, and the water and fire sticks hit the ground rhythmically, making bursts of heart-pounding sounds.

This hall is like an invisible prison, designed to intimidate the criminals below. This step is called "judgment of the prison."

A skinny old man with an iron chain on his scapula and steel needles piercing his body like a hedgehog was carried up by the yamen runners.

He could no longer walk, with steel nails driven into his ankles and boy's urine poured into his mouth. He seemed to be breathing in more than out, and he could hardly open his eyes. He collapsed in the courtroom, looking very pitiful.

However, no one present felt any sympathy, because the siege an hour ago had allowed everyone to witness the vicious methods and cruel mind of this murderer.

If they had not taken advantage of the timing, location, and people when planning their plan, and had not caught the enemy off guard, the county yamen runners would have been wiped out if they had rushed in without any preparation.

Even with such thorough preparations, several constables were slightly injured and one was seriously injured.

At this moment, Zhang Long was holding a long knife and standing upright next to the county magistrate, always on guard, worried that the other party would suddenly attack and hurt someone.

Zhou Kao seemed quite relaxed. He thought, it's already like this, what else could happen?

At worst, I can fight him with the knife in my hand.

Moreover, Zhou Kao firmly believed that this court belonged to the imperial court and must have a strong suppressive power against ghosts and spirits.

At this point, the trial officially began. Magistrate Ximen slammed the gavel again and shouted, "Who is here?"

The people in the hall did not react at all. This arrogant attitude immediately made Ximen County Magistrate furious.

"How dare you, sir." In the eyes of Dan Yangzi, a man of evil ways, the identity of an official had no deterrent power.

Although he looked horribly miserable, with his essence and blood depleted and his physical body almost destroyed, his greatest injuries were not caused by the beating, but by the few mouthfuls of essence and blood he voluntarily vomited out, as well as the powerful evil-breaking and purifying effect of the black dog blood.

In his mind, the people around him were like monkeys and insects. If they were not restricted by many means and suppressed by the destiny of the Dayu court, he could kill half of the people here with all his strength.

Magistrate Ximen performed a monologue, his heart seething with rage. He was watched by the yamen runners below, as well as Zhou Kao in the side hall, Zhang Mingdao of the Zhang family, the richest family in Beiguo County, and the victim, Master Li.

What’s more, the whereabouts of Mr. Li’s grandson is still unknown.

"Bang!" Magistrate Ximen slammed the gavel again and ordered, "Execute."

The three wooden punishments were carried out one after another. When the "shackles, shackles, and throwing" were performed, all kinds of teeth-grinding sounds echoed in the lobby, making people feel terrified.

Many prisoners cannot even withstand the first hurdle and will confess obediently.

"I'm asking you, where are your accomplices in the bloody murder you committed in Beiguo County a few days ago? Where is the Li family child?"

However, what was irritating was that the skinny old man showed no reaction to the punishment, as if the punishment did not hurt him at all.

But this demon seemed to be dying, and whether to punish him or not, and how severe the punishment should be, became a difficult problem facing everyone.

Things came to a standstill.

Master Li standing by clenched his fists, his eyes red. He gave hope and then shattered it, which was really worrying.

Ximen County Magistrate was also worried. Things had come to this point, and there was no one to share his worries.

Zhang Mingdao looked at Zhou Kao and said, "Brother Zhou, do you have any good ideas?"

In the eyes of his classmates, Zhou Kao is a man with a heart of a tiger but a keen nose for roses. He has learned a lot and has made great contributions to many disciplines such as Legalism, diplomacy, and military strategy. He also acts in an unconventional way. Perhaps he can break the current deadlock.

When Master Li heard what Zhang Mingdao said, he looked at Zhou Kao with hope, his eyes full of pleading.

Under the gaze of everyone, Zhou Kao felt a little tricky, but saving people was the most important thing, and this monster also had information he wanted to know.

"Let me try. Mr. Zhou is the best at reasoning."

So Zhou Kao was invited to the main hall.

Dan Yangzi, who had no reaction before, suddenly opened his blood-stained eyes, with a fierce light flashing in his eyes, as if he wanted to choose someone to devour.

"There's a response, there's a response." Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and exclaimed that Mr. Zhou was indeed extraordinary. He broke the deadlock just by appearing on the stage.

Little did he know that Danyangzi's heart was filled with grief and indignation. In his opinion, he was exposed because he had provoked this scholar.

Danyangzi opened his bloody mouth and laughed like an owl: "Hehehe scholar, do you want to know where the child is? Do you think I will tell you... Hehe... Hehahahahaha"

Although he is already a prisoner, he is still extremely rampant.

He believed that these sour scholars were all hypocrites, and now in order to save the child, they would definitely pretend to reason with him. He wanted to see how these scholars would be humiliated by him!

Zhou Kao thought to himself: You old man are so ignorant, why are you forcing me?

He shouted in his heart: Confucius, help me.

Zhou Kao held the tiger-patterned gold-swallowing sword in his left hand, raised his right hand high, and gathered strength - "Snap!"

He slapped him hard in the face, not caring at all about the other person's dying look, and his movements were clean and neat.

The skinny old man was whipped into the air, and the chains connecting his body made a rattling sound.

Not only was Dan Yangzi stunned, but everyone else present was also stunned.

Everyone was thinking: Brother, aren’t you here to reason?

Why did you hit someone directly? The blood was splattered on your shirt!

Danyangzi came back to his senses, and flew into a rage, baring his yellow teeth: "How dare you, you want to know, right? Kneel down and kowtow a hundred times, and then call me Master three times..."

"Snap!" There was another crisp sound, and the iron chain shook violently again.

The constables who were pulling the chains felt that they could hardly hold on anymore, and they were amazed in their hearts: This Zhou Xiucai has such great strength!

Danyangzi was even more furious.

Are you still hitting me?

Chapter 10: The truth is told with a slap

Zhou Kao held the sword tightly in his left hand.

The right hand kept rising high and then falling.

"You don't want to know that kid..."

Snapped!

"Wait until tomorrow"

Snapped!

One after another, no matter what Danyangzi said about the weekly test, he would not listen to the end and would start smoking first.

Of course, he controlled the situation very well. Although blood was splattered everywhere, the force was dispersed, so the skinny old man could still speak.

But his mind seemed a little confused and his speech became hesitant.

Later on, small pearls dropped from it.

Cried?

What's going on? Why is the slap so severe?

The evil demon who had endured a set of punishments was actually beaten to tears.

Magistrate Ximen was enlightened, Zhang Mingdao laughed, Master Li was excited, and the yamen runners were very surprised.

This is how weekly exams are selected.

It is also his extraordinary talent.

Use violence to confuse their minds and use reason to open their hearts.

The truth kept entering Danyangzi's mind along with the slaps.

He did not uphold the correct Buddhist teachings, was suppressed by the fate of the country, and because his weak spirit had been treated with black dog blood to break evil and boy's urine to rinse his mouth, he had no power to resist and was constantly infected by Zhou Kao's teachings.

To some extent...

The method of using one's own virtue to guide others to recognize themselves, escape from suffering, and achieve liberation is called "salvation" by Buddhism.

Zhou Kao learned this as a wake-up call from "Lun Yu".

Although the method is somewhat...similar to the art of bewitching, it has a strong evil style.

If a great scholar could see this scene, he would also call it - evildoer!

But Zhou Kao considered himself a good man and a good scholar.

Sometimes people should not pay too much attention to the process. As long as the result is good, it will be used in the weekly test.

Of course, facing the puzzled expressions of others, I naturally had to come up with a passable explanation, so I reluctantly found a sentence.

"Thunder roars and winds rise, the last one to strike arrives first, separation and reunion go against each other, change is unpredictable."

Zhang Mingdao suddenly realized that this was the military situation.

Brother Zhou is very talented!

At this time, County Magistrate Ximen also interjected with interest.

"This is a strategy to attack the heart."

"At the end of the Qin Dynasty, the Marquis of Huaiyin confronted the Zhao army at Jingxingkou. With his determination to fight with his back to the water, he reversed the situation and defeated the enemy."

"Zhou Kao seemed silent, but in reality, he was pretending to be real and pretending to be fake. He made it impossible for the demon to see through his own bottom line. Then, with a determination to destroy both himself and the demon, he continued to exert pressure, and eventually the demon collapsed."

"Turning military tactics into interrogation techniques is truly worthy of being a talented person from Xiliu Academy."

That's it!

The confused yamen runners suddenly understood.

The person involved, Mr. Zhou...Yes, that's what I think.

Okay, time to get down to business.

There is no need to smoke anymore at this point, you will really die.

So he asked gently and warmly.

"Where is the young master of the Li family?"

"In...In the Moon/Yi-Shansi Lingqi (II) Erlu Yinsi"

"Don't worry, no one is forcing you to say it."

Zhou Kao acted kindly and amiably, which deeply moved Danyangzi, who was deeply possessed by the devil.

"He was taken away by a magician to practice the Immortal Rope. He will return to Beiguo tomorrow."

"The magician is your accomplice?"

"Yes, we agreed to meet at Wenhui Teahouse in Beiguodong City tomorrow."

Zhang Mingdao looked at the servants beside him and confirmed that it was his own property. It seemed that he would have to close for a day tomorrow.

"What are the characteristics of a magician? What are his strengths? What are his weaknesses? What is the Immortal Rope?"

"I don't know his name or Taoist name. He looks like a middle-aged man, but he's actually over a hundred years old. He often travels around the major counties as a magician. This old man was extremely arrogant in his early years of cultivation, so now..."

When talking about this point, he described it in great detail, especially the weaknesses, which shows that this monster named Danyangzi has been thinking about it a lot.

Zhou Kao and others knew what these evil demons usually did. It can be said that they would do anything to practice and survive. They really deserved to die.

And Zhang Long was already thinking about how to do it.