Taiping Inn

It was getting dark, and a large number of supervisors and officers surrounded the house and were filled with water. Countless lanterns and torches illuminated the entire house as bright as day.

At this time, the well in the backyard of the house had been opened.

Big cities like Dijing have systematic drainage systems, also known as culverts and culverts, and are underground in the main streets.

Every distance, there are seepage wells that are connected to it. After the sewage is poured into the seepage well, it flows through the undercut ditches to the water gate and river channels. This dark ditch has been old and has accumulated a lot of filth, but it is inconvenient to clear it because it is built underground. Whenever it encounters silt, dirty water flows everywhere and smells stinking. Later, a convention was formed. After the Spring Equinox every year, the five cities and military personnel dredged ditches, river trenches and ponds, and the servants of residents in each street and the "dig husband" who were hired to lift the trenches, dig the silt in the seepage wells, and clear underground ditches. .

This well connected to the culvert, so Shen Shuangmei had to use gunpowder to explode the narrow wellhead. After dissipating the air and ventilating it, she sent someone to check it.

At this time, Lu Yanbing and Shen Shuangmei stood beside the wellhead, looking at the dozens of corpses visited side by side not far away, each of whom remained silent.

These corpses were all taken out of the well or from the burrow. Some had been dead for a long time and had begun to become corrupted. Some had died soon after they died and were soaked out of recognition. This has just been cleared, and the deeper part of the culvert is unreasonable, and these are all intact or barely complete. Those that have been scattered or have been washed to other places with the culvert, so they cannot be counted.

However, to the two of them, these corpses were not mainly elderly, weak, women and children. There were also many middle-aged men. Judging from their bones, they had some cultivation and were killed and sunk into the well.

Shen Shuang's eyebrows were a little scared. If Li Xuan hadn't spoken, wouldn't she have to make up for the footsteps of these people?

At this moment, another female corpse was salvaged, and her original appearance could no longer be seen, but the jade bracelet on her wrist made Shen Shuang's eyebrows and eyelids jump slightly.

Lu Yanbing noticed Shen Shuangmei's abnormality and asked, "Is this the lady of the Yao family?"

Shen Shuang frowned and stared at her for a long time, and finally shook her head and said, "No, no, this bracelet is not from Miss Yao."

Lu Yanbing said, "It's amazing. Logically speaking, Miss Yao's family has disappeared shortly after she disappeared. Even if she was killed by this group of evil men, she was still in the well and would not sink into the underwater burrow below. How could she not find it? ? ”

Shen Shuangmei said, "Can the Miss Yao Family not betrayed by them, but was sent out of the capital by them?"

"This possibility is not ruled out." Lu Yanbing nodded, "If they hadn't dared to attack a third-rank official's daughter, they would not have been exposed. They took such a big risk and should not have been as simple as collecting the soul. ”

At this moment, two people came together, one from Ziyanshan and the other from Shangguan Wan.

The two came together, and Lu Yanbing immediately understood that the senior brother should have communicated with the Confucian school and the two sides reached a consensus.

Shangguan Guan and the two nodded, and then said, "Mr. Qingping has already informed the Confucian school of thought, and it is related to people among the demonic Taoism. The Confucian school of thought should work together to thoroughly investigate the matter."

Lu Yanbing immediately understood that this was the two companies' determination of this matter. A man in the devil’s way!

Among the Confucian hermits, the Ziyanshan people were proficient in various methods of partial sects, so the Confucian sect sent him over. The Ziyanshan people just glanced at the corpses and sighed in their hearts.

He looked young, but he was actually an old man, and he had no idea how cruel the world was. But some things are different from seeing them with your own eyes. How many victims died outside the imperial capital? It was just a number to the officials, but these dead bodies were really in front of them. At the foot of the emperor, the place of good fortune is the face of the dynasty. Such a thing has happened. It is a slap in the face of the court, and you cannot pretend not to see it no matter what.

The people of Ziyanshan ordered to the person who followed him, "Please report to the court, and then let the five cities military personnel gather the missing people reported in recent months, and let the victims come to recognize the body and confirm it. identity."

The man was the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, so he hurriedly responded.

Although people in Ziyanshan have no official position or position, they have a respectable status among the Confucian sects. This prefect is also a Confucian student, so they are naturally respectful.

On the other hand, Lu Yanbing has already introduced Shen Shuangmei to Shangguan Wan to meet him.

During this period, Lu Yanbing was quite close to Shangguan Wan, because the two were somewhat similar and their experiences were somewhat similar. Although Lu Yanbing was not from the Qingping Club in the Inn, Li Xuan treated Lu Yanbing differently from others. Shangguan Wan So he had a close relationship with Lu Yanbing.

Lu Yanbing didn't care much about Shen Shuangmei at first, but after the two solved the case together, they changed a lot, thinking that Shen Shuangmei was capable and a friend.

Sometimes, it is not necessary to look at the level of cultivation when getting along. For example, Mrs. Lu has a mediocre cultivation level, but she can manage Taiping Money House in an orderly manner. Even Li Xuandu has to treat him with courtesy and respectfully call him "Senior Sister Lu".

After the three girls greeted him slightly politely, Shangguan Wan, led by Shen Shuangmei, went to the side room where the portrait of the Five Demons Sect Master was enshrined, and then carefully checked it.

Shangguan Wan looked at the portrait of the Five Demon Sect Leader and pondered silently.

Lu Yanbing whispered: "During the change of the Great Zhenren Mansion, the 'Blood God Lord' escaped from the Demon-Suppressing Well and was killed by his senior brother. It is said that the Five Demon Master is a person who is not inferior to the Blood God Lord, so he is also called the Cloud Demon Lord. ”

Shangguan Wan whispered: "The master of the family has also mentioned this person. Although he is not a real person in the immortal realm, his methods are definitely not comparable to those of ordinary heavenly beings and humans. This is still the leader of the Five Demon Sect in the previous generation. As the saying goes, the young master wins out of his own. Yu Lan, no one knows whether the Five Demon Master is one step further than the Five Demon Master at that time. "

Shen Shuangmei asked, "So can you find the trace of this Five Demon Sect Master?"

Shangguan Guan’s face was solemn, and he shook his head and said, “It’s very difficult.”

Lu Yanbing asked, "Is the interrogation resulted?"

Shen Shuangmei replied: "Some people can't stand the torture and confess a secret room. There are various instruments and various hemostatic and paralyzing drugs. This is where they committed the crime. Many souls in the secret room were found. The gourd."

Speaking of this, Shen Shuang paused slightly, with a disgusting expression on her face, and she slowly said, "There is also a big pot, inside... inside..."

Before Shen Shuangmei finished speaking, Shangguan Wan and Lu Yanbing understood. Shangguan Wan interrupted and said, "That's not to eat people, it should be a combination of medicine. People in the Demonic Dao like this kind of method, such as the famous Zihe Car. Even if you take the placenta of a pregnant woman and put it in the world, everyone will be punished."

Lu Yanbing and Shen Shuangmei were silent for a moment.

No wonder neither the right path nor the evil path can tolerate people in the demon path. The Guzaoge Sect is already a person with no lower limit in both the right path and the evil path. However, it also took advantage of the general trend of the golden tent army to go south, rather than killing people by itself. The difference between the two is big.

But the devil is like the evil of human nature. No matter how you kill it, it can always be reborn again with the spring breeze, and it will never be killed or eliminated. If you don’t pay attention, you will be revived. If you don’t stop it, you will sweep the world.

This is also the reason why the Confucian and Taoist schools can quickly reach a consensus on this matter. People in the Demonic Taoism are difficult to control. Neither the Taoist school nor the Confucian school can indulge their growth.

At this moment, the people from the Qingluan Guard General's Office also arrived.

This case not only alarmed Li Xuandu and the Confucian Sect, but in less than half an hour, Emperor Tianbao, who had just returned to the palace, and the Empress Dowager Xie Zhi, who had been in the deep palace, were also alarmed.

If it is a peaceful and prosperous era, such a major case will be enough to shock the government and the public. Even if it is a chaotic era, it will be a major case.

Since Ding Ce's death, there have been no leader in the Qingluan Guard Governor's Office, but Li Yuanying has temporarily controlled the Qingluan Guard Governor's Office. That day, Li Yuanying was scolded by Li Xuandu, so there was no movement. He did not show up again until today.

When Li Yuanying came to the side room, Shangguan Wan and Shen Shuangmei did not speak. The former was unwilling to speak, while the latter did not know Li Yuanying. Only Lu Yanbing would change his face. When he saw this third senior brother, he seemed to have forgotten the unpleasant experience that day, and smiled and said, "I didn't expect that the third senior brother would come here in person."

Li Yuanying nodded slightly and asked directly: "What is this group of people? Since ancient times, they have been shameful. Most of the people who acted were traversing and committing crimes, and rarely occupied one place for a long time, let alone the imperial capital."

Lu Yanbing briefly explained the case.

Li Yuanying's face was a little solemn. When he came in, he had already greeted the people of Ziyanshan and looked at the corpses. At this moment, the wellhead has been expanded several times, and more and more corpses are being taken out, and those servants who are used to seeing dead bodies cannot bear it.

Li Yuanying is not a daughter who cannot leave the door. She has also seen starving scenes everywhere, but such miserable scenes are rare. You should know that most of these corpses have their noses, lips and tongues cut off, ear tips, eyes, hands and ten finger tips, and ten toes tips of their feet. He also cut open his chest and abdomen and took out his heart, liver and lungs, which was ten times more terrifying than those who starved to death.

After the two talked for a few moments, Li Yuanying hurriedly left.

The three of them left the side room and saw the people of Ziyanshan playing with a few small gourds used to recharge their souls, thinking about something.

Shangguan Wan came to the Ziyanshan people and asked, "Did you discover it sir?"

The Ziyan Mountain man whispered: "The same 'picking and life' has different techniques. I have seen this technique many years ago."

Shangguan Wan said, "I would like to ask for advice from sir."

The man from Ziyanshan put down the gourd and said, "The Master Shangguan should know that this gourd style comes from the gods of the Five Mountains of Yunxiao, but each generation of the Gods of Yunxiao have different techniques, which is related to the inheritance of the martial arts of the Five Mountains of Yunxiao. . And the technique we see now comes from the God of the Five Mountains of Yunxiao during the Great Jin Dynasty. It appears occasionally and disappears quickly for the past hundred years. It is like... a person will continue to fall asleep after getting up at night."