People living near Fili City are ordinary people, and occasionally there are wealthy families who have just made their fortune and have not yet had time to move out. This small courtyard is crowded with a bunch of messy houses, and in the courtyard, the neighbors are close to each other.
, the alley in front of the door is narrow enough for only one person to pass.
Zhan Duanhe's lieutenants had already surrounded the place. He was carried over by Mr. Sun. As soon as he landed, he immediately spoke about the search process and asked for credit: "My subordinates led the people to screen out the entire fence in the shortest time.
The most suspicious places in the city are houses where the owner has not been seen all year round, or the owner has little contact with the surrounding neighbors."
"After finding these places, my subordinates personally led the team to search one by one, and finally found this place."
"My subordinates have already taken the portrait of the commander and asked the neighbors. It is true that the guy comes every day, mostly after dark, and occasionally appears during the day. He deliberately appears to be very withdrawn and not willing to talk to others."
"Sir, please take a look." Zhan Duanhe pushed open the wooden door of the only house in the yard. In the middle of the house, an earthen bed had been opened, revealing the passage below.
A secret room was dug under the Tukang, which was sealed by a formation, but was also cracked by Zhan Duanhe. There was a large amount of property hidden in the secret room, as well as a small shrine. In the shrine was the totem wood carving of the god.
"It is indeed here." Mr. Sun stepped into the secret room. There were remains of the formation structure at the entrance. Some formation wedges carved from spiritual jade were still embedded in the soil. The connecting formation lines crackled and flashed with spiritual light, as if they were short-circuited.
Wires. After entering the entrance, there are boxes lined up against the wall, which are open. Four boxes are filled with spiritual jades, and the other boxes contain elixirs, precious medicines, magic talismans, or magic weapons.
The levels are not very high, but will not be lower than level four.
Mr. Sun analyzed in his mind that this commanding official felt a bit like a "split personality". He had four identities, so he arranged four "addresses" respectively. Chaotiansi's identity was the most superficial, so the address in the Yamen
The most people know about it.
What is "placed" here is his identity as a demon sect, which is hidden deepest but arranged with the most care. These belongings are only piled near the entrance and exit. Most of the secret room is empty and clean, specially designated for worshiping the god.
The shrine was obviously wiped frequently. The precious wood glowed with a thick dark red color and was spotless. There were two knee prints on the futon under the shrine. The incense burner in the shrine also had three incense sticks with only bamboo sticks left.
.The incense ashes in the furnace will be almost half gone.
Lord Sun stood in front of the shrine and said calmly: "Everyone, get out." Zhan Duanhe responded and led his men to bow their heads and quickly left the secret room. Lord Sun stretched out his hand towards the totem wood from a distance, and a wave of energy came from
Jiang Shen's divine power shrouded the wood through his palms.
The wood was unremarkable, empty in the middle, just an ordinary piece of wood. There was no response to the provocation from another god.
Mr. Sun tried it a few more times and checked it repeatedly with the "Thousand Door Eyes". Finally he could only sigh and accept the result: "It's too late, let her run away!"
Although the God Lord is still sleeping, his influence is permeating outside. Lord Sun has been able to "snatch the snake" in the God's Stronghold. The Golden Wind God will fall, and the huge totem in the God's Stronghold has seen his own strength. The God Lord is extremely powerful.
It may shrink completely and cut off all connections between itself and the outside world.
If she can't come out, Master Sun really has no effective way to find her.
"There must be other divine villages all over Qingma County. I wonder if it's still too late to find them now..." If he can't eradicate the roots this time, the divine master will definitely come back once he leaves.
After many twists and turns, they finally found this place, but in vain. Master Sun was in a very low mood. He walked out of the secret room, and Zhan Duanhe hurriedly greeted him: "Sir, do you have any other instructions?" Sun Changming shook his head slightly and looked.
After taking one look at this small courtyard, I was ready to leave.
This time, the success cannot be accomplished in one battle, and a big responsibility lies with Zhan Duanhe. The Chaotian Division in Qingma County was completely infiltrated, and the information provided misled Liu Zhi and Mr. Sun. Moreover, after arriving in Qingma County, Mr. Sun could only go alone.
After fighting hard, we finally found the real key figure of the Demon Cult here, but he died long ago! It was also extremely bad luck.
Lord Sun glanced at Zhan Duanhe, who was waiting attentively and full of anxiety. How could he have done it in the first place? After walking out of the secret room and seeing Zhan Duanhe here, Lord Sun had already formed a general idea about the next action.
Plan: Lure the snake out of its hole.
He pretended to be moved by Zhan Duanhe, and protected him in front of Lord Liu Zhi, allowing him to continue to take charge of the local Chaotian Division, and at the same time rectify the local government. It is estimated that the deity will be lured out in half a year at most. He can then go to Qingma County in advance
Arrangements will be made so that when the time comes, even the gods will be able to break through the river and catch them all in one fell swoop!
The Demon Cult has a deep foundation in Qingma County. If Zhan Duanhe and others do not move, the Divine Lord will most likely not give up here. If he goes to other counties to preach, everything will have to start from scratch.
Zhan Duanhe, who was accompanied by a smiling face, didn't know that Master Sun had already planned a "route" for him in the future. He indeed placed all his hopes on Master Sun. But he didn't understand that between Master Sun and him
Unlike the high-ranking Wu officials I have come into contact with before, Master Sun has an authority called "Judgement" in his domain!
Because of your incompetence in Zhan Duanhe, how many crimes has the Demon Cult committed in Qingma County? You Zhan Duanhe must bear at least 30% of the blame! It is true that the people who suffer are ordinary people, as long as there is a high-ranking and powerful person to say something
If so, you can avoid being held accountable if you just show off the river.
But Mr. Sun is not that kind of person in a superior position. Your responsibility must be borne by you. You can make up for your mistakes, but that requires corresponding "great merit".
Master Sun's next plan was to use the Zhanduan River as bait to fish out the god. It was not that Zhanduan River was making up for his mistakes, but that the Zhanduan River was being used as waste.
Master Sun was about to walk out without saying a word, but his heart suddenly moved. He took a casual glance at the courtyard just now... and felt something was wrong. He turned around and walked around the courtyard twice, but Zhan Duanhe didn't know where he was.
They led their subordinates to follow the adults like idiots. Their chaotic footsteps annoyed the adults: "Get out!"
"Yes." Zhan Duanhe quickly rolled away.
Mr. Sun, alone with his hands behind his back and a frown on his face, walked three times forward and three times backward in the one-foot-square yard. He searched all over the walls and corners of the yard when he suddenly raised his head.
Got it!
The yard is not clean. As a commander, I naturally won’t clean this place myself, let alone hire someone to clean it. So if the incense ashes in the shrine incense burner are full, where will they be dumped? Mr. Sun just fell in the air and has already seen it.
When I went to other houses around, there were incense ash scattered in the corners of the yards. But there was none in this yard.
With the commander's piety towards the god, the incense ashes will be cleaned up in time. No matter how cautious he is, it is unlikely that he will take the incense ashes with him and throw them away elsewhere. There is no need.
After Mr. Sun figured out this detail, he could conclude: "This is not the real lair of commanding people." Then the question came again: "What does he do here every day?"
Sun Changming looked at the surrounding fence city. The people were already boiling with resentment over Zhan Duanhe. He thought for a while and walked out of the yard: "Search this place and confiscate all the proceeds."
After saying that, he left first with his hands on his back. Zhan Duanhe hurriedly caught up with him: "Sir, the matter about the Demon Cult..." Master Sun sighed: "Declaring the Demon Cult a forbidden religion, no one is allowed to believe in it, spread it, or offer sacrifices.
.The imperial court will then rectify Qingma County and destroy everything related to the Demonic Cult!"
He glanced back at Zhan Duanhe, and then said: "This time things in Qingma County have caused such a big fuss, Mr. Zhan should think about how he wants to end it!" After saying this, Mr. Sun walked away.
Zhan Duanhe complained secretly in his heart, but since Lord Sun reminded him before leaving, Zhan Duanhe felt that there was not a ten thousandth chance.
He hurried back to the courtyard where he commanded the officials, gave a few simple orders rudely, and left the rest to his subordinates. He hurried back, opened the treasure house accumulated over the years, and began to select "
Gift".
His treasure house was much higher-end than the boxes he had in command. He sighed as he picked, "Oh, this is life money..."
"We can't just feed the person named Sun. We also have to prepare a portion for Liu Zhi and ask Sun Changming to hand it over."
"Bah! Why are you pretending to be noble? You are just like me. In the end, you talk with money."
…
As Master Sun and Zhan Duanhe left, the remaining captains searched the small courtyard, kicked over the shrines, smashed the totems, and then transported several boxes of treasures out, closing the door with a seal.
On the way to deliver the box back to the Yamen, they discussed several times whether they should share some of it privately, but these things were all exposed in front of Mr. Sun. They felt itchy but were afraid of the pain in their necks if they were beheaded, so they endured it.
Sent it back intact.
After the captains left, the city finally became quiet. Everyone took a rest, and the lights were extinguished one after another, leading to darkness.
Next door to the small courtyard where the director was directing the affairs, there lived an old couple. Hearing that there was no movement outside, the old man got up and opened the window, imitating a cat and meowing twice. They found that everyone was indeed gone, so the two got up.
I knelt down in the dark under a wall. There was an old New Year picture on the wall. When I uncovered the New Year picture, there was a small shrine inside, enshrining a wooden totem.
The old couple kowtowed devoutly and murmured words asking the gods to forgive their sins.
Throughout Qingma County, especially in Moon City, there are so many followers of the Demon Sect. Even if they were discovered by those captains just now, they would not suspect anything. Mr. Sun took a look from the sky and saw incense ashes poured into the courtyards of every house.
No, I didn't say anything.
The old couple kowtowed and sighed: "Master Divine Attendant is really wise! Place this [True Spirit Totem] here with us, otherwise it will be searched by those eagles and dogs!"
If Zhan Duanhe were here, he would definitely recognize it. Not long ago, it was this old couple who pointed at the portrait of the commander, and identified him with unusual certainty: The owner of the yard next door is this person, and someone comes here every day.
Trips, mostly at night!
There must be a result in the investigation of the commanding officer, otherwise Chaotiansi will still insist on it. Moreover, the Lord God Attendant has come here too many times. The old couple knows very well that if they don’t tell, other neighbors will recruit them sooner or later.
Yes, it is better to speak first, and you can eliminate the suspicion on yourself to the greatest extent.
The Lord Divine Attendant possesses the only [True Spirit Totem] of a god in the world, and he is the person closest to the Divine Lord in the entire Qingma County! The two of them follow the Lord Divine Attendant, and they are more powerful than any county guard, witch or the like.
future.
The Lord God Attendant has always been resourceful and had long anticipated the possible outcome today. He would not regret his death, but the [True Spirit Totem] must not fall into the hands of the imperial eagle dog.
Therefore, the God Attendant arranged the small courtyard. It seemed that he entered the courtyard every day, but in fact, late at night, he would climb over the wall and come to his house to worship the [True Spirit Totem].
The two of them saw the God Attendant with their own eyes not long ago, praying to the God through the [True Spirit Totem], and the God made a promise through an oracle: a golden wind god will be sent to protect the law!
The old couple discussed: "According to the instructions of the God Attendant, if something happens to him, we must escort the [True Spirit Totem] to Beast Ear Mountain as quickly as possible."
"But in the past few days, we will be strictly checked when entering and exiting the city gates. Once discovered, we will be eternal sinners of the divine religion!"
The couple discussed and discussed, but there really was no good solution. Some simple methods were easy to see through, and they were from a humble background and had no power. Many heroes and monks often used methods that they were unable to use.
The old man suddenly showed a look of determination on his face: "I have a way." He took a knife and said: "Cut my stomach open, take out the internal organs, you hide the [True Spirit Totem] in it, and you push the cart early tomorrow morning
Send my body out of the city and say that I was frightened tonight and I will die!"
The old woman was shocked: "Honey, let's think of other ways."
The old man shook his head: "There is no other way. Don't worry, although I died, I died for the God. Even if I go to the underworld, I will be protected by the God, and I will enjoy endless glory and wealth in the next life!"
"No, no, I can't do it..." The old woman waved her hands and backed away. The old man grabbed her and said, "Can't you do it?"
"I can't do it..."
The old man pushed hard with his other hand and stabbed the knife into his wife's abdomen. The blade pulled down and the internal organs fell out.
The old woman held on to him tightly, her eyes filled with disbelief, her lips trembling but unable to speak.
The old man didn't have any fear or guilt at all, and said: "There has to be someone who can do it. Don't worry, we are extremely religious to the god, and the god will bless us. As I said just now, you won't have to worry about it if you go there.
You won’t suffer. God will bless you to join a good family in the next life and enjoy endless glory and wealth. You don’t have to suffer here with me.”
The old woman's eyes showed relief, and she said intermittently: "You did the right thing..." Then she exhaled with both hands and died. The old man quickly began to dispose of the body.
There was a little ant on the edge of the window watching all this. It happened too fast, and Mr. Sun never expected this result! Hearing the last words of the old woman, Mr. Sun secretly gritted his teeth: "The trick is harmful to people."
shallow!
The old man disposed of his wife's body, dug a hole in the house and buried the internal organs. Then he knelt down and kowtowed three times to the [True Spirit Totem]. He muttered something to the totem, wrapped it in oil paper and stuffed it into his wife's stomach.
But the [True Spirit Totem] was not big enough, and the belly cover seemed a bit empty. He pulled some straw and stuffed it in, wrapped a cloth strip around his wife's belly, put on another piece of clothing for her, and sat quietly.
Waiting for dawn.
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After daybreak, the old man rolled up his wife's body with hemp and pushed a broken cart all the way to the South City Gate. Beast's Ear Mountain is two hundred miles south of Moon City.
The guards at the city gate have been replaced by Zhan Duanhe's men.
In the middle of the night last night, Zhan Duanhe found a new source of money. He had already prepared to bribe Sun Changming and Liu Zhi, and he had earned back less than half of it.
Seeing that the situation of the Demonic Cult is over, some officials, officers, soldiers, etc. who believe in the Demonic Cult in the city all know that if they do not "abandon the darkness and turn to the light" at this time, the court's decree will be followed, and a disaster will be imminent.
So these people immediately approached Zhan Duanhe. Zhan Duanhe simply decided on the price and how much he would pay for what grade. After paying the money, he went out. There was a pile of withered wooden totems in the yard. He spit on it and then poured urine on it. You
Even if you break away from the devil's sect and find your way back, you will be cleansed.
Time is running out, and the court's order might arrive at dawn. So don't bargain, hurry up and prepare the money. I don't have time to waste words with you.
After these people, the wealthy businessmen in the city also came over. These were a group of big fat sheep! So in the middle of the night, Zhan Duanhe was still not sure whether he could escape the crime, so he had already accepted a large sum of money and wanted to take these with him.
Let’s “abandon darkness and embrace light” together!
After daybreak, the defenders at each city gate were replaced by those who had paid money. Zhan Duanhe was heartbroken to give gifts to Master Sun. They also spent a lot of money to give gifts to Zhan Duanhe, and they were all trying to get back as soon as possible.
Even if Master Sun and Zhan Duanhe didn't give an order, they would "strictly investigate".
When it was the old man's turn, he cried miserably. Firstly, the soldiers felt that it was unlucky to have this happen so early in the morning. Secondly, they could see that the old man was very poor and could not squeeze out much money.
, and thirdly, he did feel some compassion and waved his hand to let him go.
The old man pushed the cart to the south. It would take him several days to walk the entire two hundred miles. He didn't have much money either. The Lord Attendant always said that we were brothers and sisters in the church, but in fact
I never give them a dime and I won't help them at all.
Not even as good as those superficial "family members" in the Great Luo Realm Sect.
The old man was so hungry that he was dizzy, and he relied on the power of "faith" to support him. If he was lucky, he could find some wild vegetables and fruits on the road, but if he was unlucky, he could only drink some cold water.
Lord Sun was secretly surprised, this guy's willpower is really strong.
About fifty or sixty miles out of the city, the old man couldn't push the cart anymore. There was his wife's body in the cart, and it would easily arouse suspicion if he didn't bury it so far away. The old man reluctantly dug a hole and buried his wife, and sprinkled the last
When he was eating a handful of dirt, he said farewell full of envy: "Okay, you go and enjoy the blessings first, I will continue to suffer here."
Then he carried the True Spirit Totem and continued on his way.
Master Sun had been staring at him with the spirit puppet. He was about fifty or sixty miles behind the old man. Through the spirit puppet, he saw that the hole dug by the old man was too shallow. The old woman's body might be dug out by wild beasts at night.
After eating, Mr. Sun felt pity and hesitated whether to handle it and bury it deeper when passing by.
When a person dies, everything in his life disappears.
He was thinking this way, and when he was about to reach the new grave, his spiritual sense suddenly moved slightly: someone was in front of the grave! But the old man was holding the [True Spirit Totem] on his way, and the spirit puppet could clearly see what was in front of the grave.
Who else could it be?
Mr. Sun quietly disappeared and approached the new grave.
There were three people standing in front of the newly piled earthen bag, a white-haired old man, and a young man and woman. All three of them had high levels of cultivation. Master Sun took a look and roughly judged that the old man was in the fifth realm, and the young man was in the fifth realm.
Both men and women are in the fourth realm.
The young woman was holding a thin wooden board in her hand, and she was holding the young man in her other arm. The two seemed to be a couple.
They were talking: "There's something buried down there."
"Dig it up and take a look."
"Be careful of ambush."
Sun Changming frowned secretly, but still did not appear. The young man was probably really worried about an ambush, so he asked everyone to retreat and released a wooden machine dog. The machine dog dug through the soil in twos and twos and dragged out the body.
The old man was dissatisfied and said: "The corpse of an ordinary person? Your sixth-level rare object cost us a total of 10,000 spiritual jade, and we found this clue?"
The woman snorted coldly: "You and I both understand that the wonders of the Great Luo Realm Gate cannot go wrong. This corpse must be an important clue to this adventure. What we need to do now is to observe and analyze this clue."
The young man squatted down and said: "It was just buried a while ago and the soil is very shallow - something is wrong. If ordinary people are trying to kill themselves for money, this old woman does not look like a rich person."
They analyzed each other's words and found out various doubts. Then they expanded the search area and found the flatbed truck abandoned by the old man not far away. Finally, the three of them chased after the old man's footprints.
Mr. Sun was filled with doubts: What are the origins of these three people? They have no trust in each other, but they can cooperate. What kind of Daluo Realm Gate did they mention, what kind of strange object... is it an ancient sect that has never been born?
Chapter completed!