Sun Xianzong was also in Qin Shaoyou's mission room. He was here to submit a crackdown action plan.
The document Qin Shaoyou is holding in his hand at this moment is the plan he wrote.
Seeing Zhu Xiucai's angry face, Sun Xianzong was also puzzled.
"Xiucai, didn't you go to Luo Bingzhen today to find out the reason why Qiurong was detained in the world? Why are you still angry? Could it be that no clues were found?"
They had asked Qiurong to find out the situation before, and found out that she was from Luo Bingzhen in Mianyuan County.
Although Qiurong's three souls and seven souls are incomplete, she remembers her name and place of origin very clearly.
Zhu Xiucai hummed: "If no clues were found, I would be disappointed at most, but I would not be so angry."
He did not give in, and immediately reported the situation he found to Qin Shaoyou:
"Sir, according to our investigation, Qiurong was originally a maid from a wealthy family in Luobing Town. Because of her beauty, she has been coveted by the master of this family.
It's funny that that old man is old enough to be Qiu Rong's grandfather, but he is old at heart.
It's just that he has always been a thief but not courageous, because his wife comes from a powerful family in the next county, has a hot temper and is jealous, so he has never dared to mess around at home, and at most he secretly raises a mistress outside.
But hasn’t there been a drought in Mianyuan County in the past two months? The matron of that family, because her family in the neighboring county had not been affected by the disaster, wanted to go back to her parents’ home to ask for help and ask them to help transport some water.
To meet the water needs at home.
As a result, when the old man saw his wife leaving, he thought it was an opportunity, and immediately ran to find Qiu Rong. He first made a sweet promise, but when Qiu Rong refused, he tried to force her.
Unexpectedly, his wife's spies were already all over his house, and they immediately chased his wife back, who had not yet left, and caught him trying to take off Qiu Rong's clothes."
When Sun Xianzong heard this, he couldn't help but interrupt and asked: "That shameless old guy should be punished, right?"
"It would have been better if I had been punished. That shameless old man said back that Qiu Rong saw his mistress leaving and wanted to seduce him.
His wife knew he was lying, but she didn't expose him. Instead, she had Qiu Rong beaten up.
If it hadn't been for a drought and there was no water in the river, they would have dragged Qiu Rong to the pig cage for dipping!
Even so, they had no intention of letting Qiurong go. Originally, they wanted to torture Qiurong for a few more days, so they threw Qiurong into the countryside and let her be eaten by wild beasts and monsters.
As a result, they heard someone in the town talking about the Dragon King's marriage. When they saw that the birthday and horoscope they requested were consistent with Qiurong, they immediately changed their minds and dedicated Qiurong to the 'Dragon King', hoping to use this to get married to the 'Dragon King'.
The gods will get on the line and bless your family to prosper..."
When Sun Xianzong heard this, he cursed: "Use other people's lives in exchange for your own prosperity... These two parents-in-law are really nothing!"
Zhu Xiucai said: "Look, after hearing this news, are you also furious? Let me tell you, it's not over yet. In addition to dedicating Qiurong to the 'Dragon King', that wealthy family also took advantage of the drought to embezzle a lot of money."
Farms, forcing people to sell their children and daughters into their homes as slaves.”
The laws of the Great Xia Dynasty did not allow keeping slaves, but there were policies from above and countermeasures from below. The most important thing for the powerful and wealthy families in these places was the intelligence to take advantage of loopholes.
They exchanged the slave contract for an adoption contract, and in the name of adopting an adopted son and adopted daughter, they actually bought and sold slaves.
And whenever a disaster occurs, the powerful and wealthy families in these places take the opportunity to expand their wealth.
There is never a shortage of people to do things like taking advantage of the situation.
After Zhu Xiucai reported the situation he had found, he solemnly handed over his hand and asked for orders:
"According to the "Laws of Daxia", those who embezzle other people's property and force them into slavery will be punished by a hundred wars and exiled for three thousand miles!
What's more, this family's crimes don't end there. They also trade with evil spirits, perform obscene sacrifices, and sacrifice living people. They even almost caused a catastrophe, and actually created a drought demon...
These are all serious crimes of decapitation!
Sir, I suggest a thorough investigation of this family, to bring justice to Qiurong, and to those who were robbed, deprived of their fields, and forced to sell their sons and daughters into slavery."
Sun Xianzong also cupped his hands and said, "Sir, I think so too. We must set an example and deal with him severely!"
Qin Shaoyou nodded.
Reality
He would do this even if Zhu Xiucai and Sun Xianzong did not ask for his orders.
As Zhu Xiucai said, making deals with evil spirits is a serious crime. Even if this family did not know that the 'Dragon King' was the Corpse King in disguise before, they should also know that sacrificing a living person is definitely not a serious deity.
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Worshiping evil gods and wild gods and performing obscene sacrifices are also serious crimes!
If the night watchman knew about it but didn't report it, and if the Demon Suppressor knew about it but didn't investigate, he would be implicated and severely punished.
Now that he has just arrived in Mianyuan County, he really wants to set an example, kill chickens to scare monkeys, and establish a prestige!
So after thinking about it for a while, Qin Shaoyou decided:
"Since these crimes were discovered by you, Xiucai, the task of investigating and punishing this wealthy family will also be left to you. Remember, you are here to investigate the case, not to avenge Qiu Rong!"
Zhu Xiucai understood what Qin Shaoyou meant, nodded and said: "Don't worry, sir, I will definitely deal with it in accordance with the law!"
If the crimes committed by this family are dealt with in accordance with the law, they will not be able to escape the death penalty.
The Lord said that he would not avenge Qiu Rong, but as long as this wealthy family is dealt with in accordance with the law, Qiu Rong's revenge will be avenged, right?
After Qin Shaoyou sent away Sun Xianzong and Zhu Xiucai, he sent someone to call Qiurong who was cleaning the Demon Suppression Department, and asked her straightforwardly:
"Are you detained in the human world because you feel that you have been wronged and did not deserve to die, and you want to seek revenge from your former master?"
What Qin Shaoyou didn't expect was that after Qiurong tilted her head and thought for a while, she shook her head repeatedly.
Isn't it because of this that he is detained in the human world? Qin Shaoyou frowned slightly.
It seems that we have to continue to find the reason...
"Okay, you can continue to work."
Qin Shaoyou sighed and sent Qiurong away. After rubbing his temples, he continued to read the document.
It was night in a blink of an eye.
Zhu Xiucai was still collecting evidence from Luo Bingzhen, and Cui Youwei came back first with his people.
When Qin Shaoyou saw him, he asked, "Did the sacrificed brother get sent home? Was it smooth on the road?"
Cui Yougui said: "Everything goes well. With my escort, no blind bandits dare to disturb our brothers' return home."
Qin Shaoyou asked a few more questions about the situation and found that although Senior Brother Cui seemed to be the same as before, he had actually grown a lot.
When I asked, it turned out to be the case. This time, Senior Brother Cui saw a white-haired person sending a black-haired person. He not only saw the grief of his relatives, but also saw some dirty things in trying to seize family property. It can be regarded as completing a spiritual practice in the world, and the harvest can be said to be great.
Quite a few.
After asking about the situation at home of the sacrificed brother, Qin Shaoyou turned the topic to Qiurong.
Cui Youguo joked: "I saw it when I came back just now, and I was still wondering why others hide the beauty in the golden house, but you hide the ghost in the broken drum."
Qin Shaoyou rolled his eyes at him and said angrily: "Stop talking nonsense and tell me quickly why Qiurong's soul remains in the world?"
Cui Youyou stopped joking and replied: "If it has nothing to do with the Corpse King and the master who harmed her, then it should have something to do with her lost soul. When I entered the Demon Suppression Division just now, I released
I used the Soul Retrieval Curse to find her lost soul, but I still found no results..."
"Why is this?"
"Two possibilities. Either her soul was imprisoned by the Fuso Ghost Tree, or she was trapped by someone."
Qin Shaoyou touched his chin and thought for a while, then asked: "Which one is the most likely?"
"I can't say, but if I can go to the underground cave again and cast a spell to search for souls in front of the ghost tree, I will definitely gain something.
If the soul is in the Fuso Ghost Tree, it will definitely respond to my search. If there is no response, it means that her lost soul is elsewhere."
"Go to the underground cave again?"
Qin Shaoyou also wants to go to the underground cave again to see if he can find an opportunity to get some fusang ghost wood to cook.
However, the underground cave has now been fully taken over by the State Demon Division, and they cannot enter easily.
"Why don't we send a report to Zuo Qianhu and see if he can let us go into the underground cave again?"
Qin Shaoyou thought about it in his heart.
At this moment, a sharp arrow suddenly sounded, accompanied by the dazzling fire produced by the explosion, making the sky instantly bright as if it were daytime.
The expressions of Qin Shaoyou and Cui Yougui changed simultaneously.
Is this a night watchman who fired a cloud-piercing arrow to ask for help?!