In the ruins under the Fuso Ghost Tree, there are not only the ruins of the collapsed underground palace, but also some corpses that were not devoured and fused by the Corpse King for various reasons.
Zuo Qianhu held the knife and walked slowly among the ruins. While studying the materials used to build the underground palace and the construction style of the underground palace, he carefully looked at the corpses mixed in the ruins.
He looked very carefully, because these might bring clues to the investigation of the case.
Liao Tixue, Master Zhang, Master Suquan and others followed closely behind him. They were also carefully checking the situation in the ruins of the underground palace, and observed the Fuso ghost tree at close range.
The Fuso Ghost Tree was also staring at everyone eagerly.
This can be seen from the angry faces on its trunk, branches and leaves.
However, after suffering a loss, the Fuso Ghost Tree became obviously more cautious and no longer easily released the energy of death and corpse energy.
But Qin Shaoyou noticed that Fusang Ghost Tree was very unhappy with him.
Whenever he raised his head to observe the ghost tree, the ghost faces on the tree would all grin at him.
But it was just a grin and no more actions.
Just like those guard dogs barking through the door, they are fierce and timid.
Not only was Qin Shaoyou not frightened by these grimaces, but he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
There are so many ghosts, if they were made into rice with human heads, claypot rice, fried ghosts...it wouldn't be too delicious!
Qin Shaoyou suppressed the urge in his heart to shout "Fire the fire and set up the pot".
At the same time, he was curious about why there were ghosts hidden in the branches and leaves when the branches were on the Fuso Ghost Tree, but they disappeared after being chopped off.
He lowered his head and glanced at the piece of fuso ghost wood in his hand.
Although the branches were lush and leafy, and exuded bursts of deathly aura, he did not sense the presence of ghosts in the branches.
Presumably it is related to the ability of the Fuso Ghost Tree to detain ghosts, so that the ghosts will not be chopped off along with the branches.
What a pity. If these branches could be chopped off along with some ghosts, wouldn't it be possible to collect more ingredients?
Qin Shaoyou raised his head and looked at the towering fusang ghost tree and the densely packed ghost faces on the tree, and his heart was filled with regret.
Snake General Ling, who was put into Qin Shaoyou's arms again, flashed red again at this moment, as if to agree: It really smells good, I want to eat it.
I don't know if I felt the desire of Qin Shaoyou and Snake General Ling, but the branches and leaves of the Fusang ghost tree began to tremble in the wind, and the ghostly faces on the trunk and leaves all disappeared.
At the same time, Zuo Qianhu and Liao Tixue made a discovery.
They first found several headless corpses wearing official robes, and then found and dug out several heads among a pile of rubble.
It was the same imperial officials that Qin Shaoyou and the others met in the underground palace.
"Liao Tixue, come and see, is this person Xu Tixue?"
Zuo Qianhu dug out a head from the rubble, held it in his hand and looked at it, then turned to greet the Yizhou academic officer who was studying the headless body next to him.
When Zuo Qianhu was in charge of the Yizhou Demon Division, Xu Tixue had been dismissed from office. Although the two had met several times, they were not familiar with each other.
But Liao Tixue was different. He and Xu Tixue had been friends for many years. After Xu Tixue was dismissed and returned to his hometown, he often visited Xu Tixue. Liao Tixue should be able to identify whether the body was Xu Tixue himself.
After some identification, Liao Tixue frowned and his face was filled with sadness.
"This is really Brother Shilin. Although he is a Confucian scholar, he is proficient in swordsmanship. His hands have calluses from years of practicing swordsmanship. In addition, his left eyebrow bone has been injured. These conditions are reflected on the corpse..."
At the same time, Zuo Qianhu dug out the body of General Ma Shen from the ruins.
Back then, he went to the frontier to investigate a case. Not only did he have contact with General Ma, but he also fought side by side with foreigners. He was considered a life-or-death acquaintance.
After some identification, he also confirmed that the body was that of General Ma Shen.
In addition, the bodies of several other imperial officials were also found one after another, and one by one they were confirmed to be their own.
Among them, several court officials, such as General Ma, are known to have died.
But there are also people like Xu Tixue who have not heard any news of death.
Zuo Qianhu placed General Ma's head on his body, and Hei said solemnly: "These court officials include civil servants and military generals, civil and academic officials, and even officials and censors from the six ministries...
Do the Corpse King and the Corpse Raising Demon Really really want to create a small court in the underworld in this underground cave?"
Liao Tixue looked solemn: "I'm more curious about why these court officials appear here.
When they were alive, they were all righteous people with a hatred of evil. It was obviously impossible for them to take the initiative to seek refuge with the Corpse King and the Corpse Raising Demon Dao. They were most likely kidnapped.
But no matter whether the person being kidnapped is a living person or a corpse, it is not something ordinary people can do!
And as far as I know, there are several officials here who are still in office... To kidnap the officials who are in office, you must not only have the strength, but also the relevant forces!"
Zuo Qianhu nodded in agreement: "Indeed. It is impossible for them to build such a large underground palace under the nose of our Demon Suppression Division without anyone protecting them... But who could it be? It is the local gentry and officials.
, or a higher-level dignitary?"
Liao Tixue remembered something, his expression changed slightly, and he said in a low voice: "Ye Shi Baihu reported before that the corpse king has always called himself Gu, and the zombie cultivator also called him His Highness, could it be...
"
When he said this, he remained silent.
Zuo Qianhu didn't respond either.
But both of them understood what the other meant, and pondered in their hearts: If it was really the king, which one would it be? Is it from the previous dynasty or from this dynasty? And why did he become a zombie?
Xue Qingshan didn't say a word either.
It's not his turn to speak about this kind of thing yet.
He just frowned and thought in his mind: "I'm afraid this case may be very involved!"
Just when everyone was speculating, Xu Fangjun's interrogation finally made a breakthrough.
It's a pity that soundproof supernatural objects were used at the interrogation site. Even if Qin Shaoyou had the talent of [Interrogation], he couldn't eavesdrop on what information came out of the interrogation. He just saw a night watchman in charge of the interrogation and hurried over.
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Zuo Qianhu also noticed this situation and asked urgently: "But what happened?"
The visitor nodded in response, but did not directly tell what they had interrogated. Instead, he asked Ye Zhiqiu to cast a soundproof and confidential spell, and then made a report in Zuo Qianhu's ear.
During this process, he also covered his mouth with his hand to prevent anyone from reading his lips.
Except for Zuo Qianhu, no one knew what the night watchman reported.
Everyone only saw that Zuo Qianhu's expression became more and more serious and serious.
After a while, the night watchman finished his report.
Zuo Qianhu signaled Ye Zhiqiu to lift the soundproofing and confidentiality spell, and without waiting for anyone to ask, he said, "This case will be thoroughly investigated by the State Demon Division.
Xue Baihu, Qin Zongqi, you two should stop interfering with this case. Now take your people, exit the underground cave, and go to Shuanggui Village to help maintain order. Don't let anyone get close to the Dragon King Temple.
Master Zhang and Master Suquan, thank you both for your help, but please forgive me for not being able to tell you the details of the case. At the same time, I also ask you to exit the underground cave together with Xue Baihu and Qin Zongqi."
Xue Qingshan and Qin Shaoyou agreed and looked at each other.
Although Zuo Qianhu didn't say it explicitly, his attitude already showed that this case was really unusual.
Maybe it really has something to do with the royal relatives.
So Zuo Qianhu's arrangement was for their own good and he didn't want to involve them.
only……
Qin Shaoyou looked at the ruins of the underground palace, then at the fusang ghost tree in his hand, and finally when he turned around, he glanced at the corpse king who had turned into a pile of rotten flesh.
With things like this, how can it be that if you don’t want to be implicated, you can avoid being implicated?