Chapter 1086 Collusion between officials and monsters?
Hearing Qin Shaoyou ask about this matter, Liu Chang did not dare to neglect and quickly replied:
"Returning to your Excellency, there were indeed several vicious cases of attacking and killing people in Jinyan Lake. However, all those cases have been solved. The demons involved in the case have also been punished. The documents that closed the case have long been
Submitted to the state."
From Liu Chang's answer, Qin Qiaoer was keenly aware of something.
She immediately asked: "The attack and murder of Juren was not carried out by the same group of demons?"
"Forehead……"
Liu Chang seemed to be stunned by the question and stayed for a moment before answering awkwardly.
"I don't know about this humble position. Jinyan Lake is not our jurisdiction. In the few cases that occurred, although we participated in the investigation, we only did some peripheral assistance work. The main person who handled these cases was
It’s the Demon Suppression Department of Shi Nanfu who knows the details.”
Shi Nanfu is the city to the southeast of Jinyan Lake.
The county under the jurisdiction of Liu Chang is also under the jurisdiction of Shi Nan Prefecture and is one of the six counties of Shi Nan Prefecture.
If the Jinyan Lake case was handled by the night watchman of Shi Nan Mansion, there would really be no need and not much notification would be made to the lower departments.
Qin Shaoyou did not embarrass Liu Chang, but instead asked: "Then do you know why the demons in Jinyan Lake focus on scholars and harm them?"
Liu Chang shook his head again: "I don't know what a humble position is."
After a pause, he added: "Actually, the monsters in Jinyan Lake not only harmed scholars, but also ordinary people. It was just that the master of Juren was killed, and the influence was relatively large. The common people spread the word, and it became Jinyan Lake.
The evil spirit only harms scholars."
"Is that so?" Qin Shaoyou stared into his eyes and asked in a deep voice.
Liu Chang was frightened by Qin Shaoyou's eyes, and felt that although the other party's eyes were not sharp, they were hiding mysteries, as if they were trying to see through his own heart.
Why does this man have such a terrifying look in his eyes at such a young age?
After trying to calm down, Liu Chang cautiously answered: "It should be like this... I don't know much about these cases. I only heard them from people in Shi Nan Mansion."
Qin Shaoyou nodded, seeming to believe what he said, and did not continue to ask questions. Instead, he discussed with Qin Qiaoer in a low voice, and then decisively ordered: "Let's go to Jinyan Lake to have a look."
"Ah? Sir, are you going to Jinyan Lake? It's dozens of miles away from Jinyan Lake, and it's night time... How about we go tomorrow?"
After hearing Qin Shaoyou's order, Liu Chang was stunned for a moment, and then quickly persuaded him, as if he was thinking about Qin Shaoyou, Qin Qiaoer and the others.
Qin Shaoyou glanced at Liu Chang with a smile but not a smile, and said: "Mr. Liu, there is no need to worry. For us, traveling dozens of miles at night is no different than during the day."
The dark night prevented Liu Chang from seeing Qin Shaoyou's expression.
"Then I will lead the way for you gentlemen." Liu Chang said and was about to return to his horse.
But as soon as he took two steps, he was stopped by a burst of blood energy.
Immediately afterwards, he heard Qin Shaoyou's words coming from behind him.
"Don't bother Mr. Liu. We still know the way to Jinyan Lake. Just stay here and do your job well. If there is anything that needs your help, we will send someone to let you know."
"Yes." Liu Chang quickly accepted the order.
Before, he was a little disdainful of Qin Shaoyou, thinking that this young boy relied on his father's influence to become an official of hundreds of households.
But at this moment, after feeling Qin Shaoyou's blood, he knew that the other party was really capable.
With Liu Chang's strength, it's hard to tell what Qin Shaoyou's level is, otherwise he would not stop being contemptuous, but would be paralyzed to the ground with fear.
After Qin Shaoyou gave the order to set off, Zhu Xiucai immediately took out "Shang Shu" from his arms, and with the help of the power left by Qin Gong and his wife in the book, he released the mantra: "The silver saddle shines on the white horse, rustling like a shooting star."
Under the influence of the power of mantra, Qin Shaoyou and the others rode their war horses and galloped towards Jinyan Lake in the southeast at the speed of chasing stars and chasing the moon.
Liu Chang stood where he was and held his hands to see him off.
Waiting until Qin Shaoyou and others disappeared, he slowly turned over, mounted his horse, and galloped towards the county seat.
After walking for about three or four miles, Liu Chang turned back and looked in the direction where Qin Shaoyou and the others left.
After confirming that the person had left without a trace, he took out a paper crane talisman from his arms, activated it and released it.
The paper crane flapped its wings under the bloody moonlight and quickly disappeared into the night.
Watching the paper crane fly away, Liu Chang breathed a sigh of relief before continuing to drive his horse back to the county town.
What he didn't expect was that not long after he left, a figure appeared at the place where he had just released the paper crane talisman.
But it was Zhu Xiucai.
He squinted his eyes, looked at the direction Liu Chang was leaving, and snorted in a low voice: "Your Excellency, you are indeed right. This guy named Liu is really weird!"
Immediately afterwards, Zhu Xiucai took out two talismans from his arms and stuck them on his legs. At the same time, he uttered the true words to himself: "Walk through the mountains and rivers while shrinking!"
Then he took off his feet and quickly disappeared at a ghostly speed, catching up with Qin Shaoyou and his group who had deliberately slowed down to wait for him.
Seeing Zhu Xiucai come back, Qin Qiaoer couldn't wait to ask before Qin Shaoyou opened his mouth: "How is it? Is there something wrong with Mr. Liu Qi?"
"It's definitely weird."
Zhu Xiucai, who returned, quickly reported what he had just seen, and then asked seriously: "Sir, do you want me to take a few people back to capture him?"
Qin Shaoyou shook his head: "Don't worry yet, this General Liu Qi is just a minion. The key is to see who he sends the message to."
Qin Qiaoer nodded in agreement: "It's easy to capture him, but there's no guarantee that he won't be alerted."
Zhu Xiucai hurriedly said: "According to your previous instructions, when Liu Chang released the paper crane talisman, I released the paper man you gave me and followed him secretly."
"well done."
After Qin Shaoyou nodded and praised, he issued a new order.
"You send a message to the people left behind, asking them to keep an eye on Liu Chang and others, and don't let these people run away. But you must also be careful not to be discovered, so as to alert the snake."
"Yes." Zhu Xiucai accepted the order and immediately took out the paper crane talisman and sent a message to his companions who were staying in the county.
After Qin Shaoyou made arrangements, he turned to ask Qin Qiaoer.
"Sister, what do you think about this matter?"
"There is something weird in the Demon Suppression Department here. There may be something fishy about the cases they solved before. As for Liu Chang, maybe he really doesn't know much, but he doesn't tell the whole truth either."
Qin Qiaoer gave her own opinion.
After a pause, she looked at the dark night in the distance, and added in a deep voice: "I can't tell, it's another collusion between officials and monsters!"