Xu Zhiqiong recalled the two ghost-like men wearing masks.
Although their methods are a little shabby, they are very powerful. If they don't focus on their eyes, it seems that no one can see them.
Is this the skill of an eighth-grade judge?
What about those people with horns?
"Are people with horns monsters?"
Taoist Master: "They are not monsters, they are ordinary people. They are not horns, they are sins."
"Crime?"
"Everyone has sin on their head, including the lantern man."
Xu Zhiqiong stared at the lantern holder for a long time. The lantern holder was wearing a black gauze hat, so he could not see his sins.
"Focusing on both eyes is the ninth-level skill of our Taoism - Eyes of Sinful Karma. This lantern-carrying man is the eighth-level killer. His level is higher than yours, so he needs more strength!"
Under the guidance of the Taoist Priest, Xu Zhiqiong continued to focus his thoughts and finally saw the sins of the Lantern Man.
Through the black gauze hat, Qing Denglang also has a horn on his head, which seems to be slightly shorter than the two servants.
The Taoist priest whispered: "It's not yet cooked."
"What do you mean undercooked?"
"When it reaches two inches, the sin karma is ripe and ready to be picked."
"Can you eat it when it's ripe? Does the judge eat the horns? Is it the same as golden beans?"
"I told you, it's not a horn, it's a sin. You can't eat the sin, but you can exchange it for merit."
"Sin exchange for meritorious deeds?"
The Taoist priest was not in the mood to explain to him and whispered: "The trouble is coming."
The two maids were brought to Qing Denglang.
The trouble is really coming, and with a little more interrogation, Xu Zhiqiong will be involved in the matter.
This is how to do?
It's too late now even if you want to kill someone and silence them.
Qing Denglang pointed at Mrs. Zhang's body and asked the maid: "Did the two of them kill this woman?"
The maid's face turned pale and she nodded.
"Are they two enemies of this woman?"
The two shook their heads.
"What is the relationship between these two people and this woman?"
One maid shook her head and the other nodded. They were frightened and couldn't understand Qing Denglang's question for a while. They didn't know what the so-called "connection" meant.
"I asked them what their relationship was!" Qing Denglang raised his voice, and the two women trembled in fright. Xu Zhiqiong saw a white light appear behind the two maids, linger for a moment, and then disappear.
It was the Taoist Priest. He circled the two maids twice at a very fast speed, and then ran to somewhere unknown.
What did he do in the past?
There were more and more people watching the excitement around, the uproar was getting louder and louder, and the two women trembled like chaff in a sieve for a long time. No matter what Qing Denglang asked, they couldn't say a word.
Qing Deng Lang frowned, turned around and said to his subordinates: "Lantern Holder, hold the lantern!"
As soon as the words "hold the lamp" were heard, the onlookers quickly dispersed. The knowledgeable people immediately hid in the distance, while the remaining unsophisticated people stayed close and stared.
If Xu Zhiqiong wasn't possessed by a mouse, he would probably be like these inexperienced people, stretching his neck to watch the fun.
A white lantern man took out a small wooden box, which Xu Zhiqiong had seen once.
Bai Denglang knocked on the switch and opened the wooden box. A bright light flashed and everyone covered their eyes.
Twelve white lanterns with a diameter of two feet flew out of the box and were suspended in the air more than two meters high. There were six in a row, divided into two rows on the left and right, creating a corridor more than ten meters long and three meters wide.
The reason why it is called a corridor is because there is an invisible wall below the two rows of lanterns. People watching nearby are directly hit by the wall and fly to the distance. Some people are even hit and their heads are bleeding.
No wonder some people would immediately run away when they heard the word "hold the lamp". It turned out that the wooden box in Bai Denglang's hand had such a terrifying mechanism.
These two invisible walls are called the Biao Chi Iron Wall. Outside the iron wall, if anyone approaches within five feet, they will be knocked away by the energy of the iron wall.
The corridor sandwiched between these two invisible walls is called the Lantern Holder's Hall. As the name suggests, this is where the Lantern Holder interrogates prisoners on the spot.
Can these two maids escape?
Can.
The Deng Deng Court Hall is just a corridor, only a dozen meters long, with the left and right sides sealed and the front and back open.
They can rush up to Qing Deng Lang, knock down Qing Deng Lang, and then rush out of the court.
If you don't dare to rush towards the Green Lantern Lang, you can also turn around and run away. There are two White Lantern Langs waiting at the end of the corridor. If they defeat the White Lantern Lang, they can also rush out of the court.
But they didn't dare to escape or even move.
From the moment the Green Lantern Lang shouted "hold the lamp", they had already stepped into the gate of hell. The Green Lantern Lang could take their lives at any time without having to bear any responsibility for it.
The two maids stood in the middle of the lamp-holding court, their faces drained of color.
The green lantern man raised the green lantern in his hand and shined it on their faces: "I ask you two questions, and you two must answer honestly. If you dare to tell a lie and use a lamp as a torture instrument, I will make you alive."
It’s better to die!”
In Daxuan, you don’t have to kneel in court, even if you are a suspect, you can stand for trial.
But the two maids were so frightened that their muscles and bones were numb. They knelt on the ground with a thud and kowtowed as if they were pounding garlic. Qing Denglang asked, "What are your names?"
"My name is Qinghe!"
"My name is Yan Cui!"
Qing Denglang asked again: "Who is the dead woman among you?"
"She is our wife, the wife of Mr. Zhang, the head of the Criminal Department."
"Who are these two men?"
"They are servants in our house. The one who lost his head is called Wang Liu, and the other one is called Lu San."
Lu San?
Qing Denglang lowered his head and looked at the corpse. This Lu San was a servant with ninth-level cultivation.
Qing Denglang asked: "Is it an ordinary servant, or a guard invited by your master?"
The maid said: "I also do things like looking after the house and the courtyard, fetching water, pulling carts and sweeping the yard. I also do these kinds of tasks."
"Head boy?" Qing Denglang suspected that the two maids were lying.
In Daxuan Capital City, there are not too few people with cultivation skills, but they are still only one in a hundred.
Although the ninth grade is the lowest level of cultivation, it is more than enough to serve as a guard for wealthy people, and it will not be reduced to a handyman.
Qing Denglang then asked: "Why did these two people want to kill your wife?"
A maidservant said: "My wife had nothing to do tonight and wanted to walk by the river. When we were walking in the alley, we met a flower cake seller and asked them to buy some to eat. My wife thought they were too expensive.
, kicked them twice, and the two people defended themselves for a while, which angered the madam, and beat them again. Thinking that the madam had struck too hard, the two men suddenly went crazy and beat the madam to death."
Xu Zhiqiong was stunned when he heard this, and rubbed his ears with his paws.
What does this say?
Where did the flower cake seller come from?
Why didn't she say anything about the dog?
Why has this maid lost her mind and gone crazy?
Xu Zhiqiong was confused when he heard this, but the other maid nodded frequently and tried her best to prove that what she said was true.
Qing Denglang frowned. He didn't know about the dog. There was nothing wrong with what the woman said. However, in this era, it was only natural for a master to beat his servant. It was rare for a servant to kill his master for such a trivial matter.
Could this matter be related to the recent monster that eats people?
The monster specifically targeted young women. Although Mrs. Zhang was completely unrecognizable, judging from her figure and clothing, she seemed to be young.
Qing Denglang asked again: "How long have these two servants been in your house?"
The maid thought about it and said, "It must be almost two months ago. I remember they came in the twelfth lunar month."
"Twelfth lunar month?"
Qing Denglang thought for a moment and then ordered: "Turn off the lantern!"
Bai Denglang opened the wooden box again, and the twelve lanterns returned to the wooden box one after another.
Qing Deng Lang ordered the two maidservants and the bodies of the three people to be brought back to the Deng Zhan Yamen. The Deng Leng Lang left, and the onlookers dispersed one after another.
A mouse squatted by the river, quietly watching the people walking around. On their heads, as long as they were not wearing hats, whether long or short, you could see a black horn.
Everyone is gone, but the rat is still there.
The mouse combed the hair on its cheeks with its paws.
The two maids never mentioned the dog!
If there is no problem with the dog, it means there is no problem with me!
The mouse half sat up and squatted by the river, cheeping and laughing.
After laughing for a while, a burst of energy came over. Driven by the energy, the mouse ran back to Xu Zhiqiong's yard, and its soul returned from the mouse's body to Xu Zhiqiong's body.
Xu Zhiqiong sat on the ground and looked at the mouse. The mouse blinked, turned around, and walked away with its tail swung.
Xu Zhiqiong blinked his eyes, adjusted his sitting posture, and thought about what happened tonight.
It is very difficult to think clearly about every detail. First, you need to think clearly about a few key points.
First of all, why do people have horns on their heads?
The Taoist priest said it was sinful karma.
You have to use the eye of sin to see.
This is also the skill of the ninth-grade judge.
While thinking about it, the Taoist priest appeared beside him and sighed: "There were too many troubles, and we finally took care of them."
The Taoist priest took care of the trouble, but the two maids were the trouble.
How did he control the two maids?
Why are those two maids allowed to talk nonsense in front of Qing Denglang?
Why did those two maids completely forget about the dog and Xu Zhiqiong, and why did they mention something about selling flower cakes?
When they go to Zhangdeng Yamen, will they think about the dog again?
The Taoist priest burped, interrupting Xu Zhiqiong's train of thought.
He had just gone to Tong Qingqiu's yard and drank a large can of broth. That can of broth was also a source of trouble and was a very important piece of physical evidence.
The Taoist priest drank the large can of soup to help Xu Zhiqiong eliminate physical evidence, and it was definitely not because he wanted to eat meat.
Wiping the grease stains on his lips, he said to Xu Zhiqiong: "Now it's time to receive the meritorious service."
"What kind of merit do you receive?"
"The merit of killing a vicious dog."
Xu Zhiqiong said in surprise: "Didn't you receive it before? You gave me a golden bean."
"That's a way to help you become a high-ranking person. Killing traitors and traitors will bring you merit. In my Taoist sect, improving your cultivation depends entirely on merit."
Relying on meritorious service to improve your cultivation is the so-called meritorious service system, which Xu Zhiqiong learned in the academy.
There are two types of cultivation, one is called the practice system and the other is called the merit system.
White Tiger Killing Dao belongs to the cultivation system, which relies on talent and practice to improve the level.
However, Suzaku Shengdao belongs to the merit system and requires completing specific tasks to improve the level.
Regardless of the merit system, at least I know how to get promoted, even though the difficulty of those tasks is crushing.
The Taoist priest looked at Xu Zhiqiong: "Just remember, nine liters and eight are smooth sailing, eight liters and seven are more difficult than climbing to the sky, seven liters and six are even more difficult, six liters and five peaks are turning around, and the fifth grade is upward, let's see what chance brings.
, now come with me to take away your sinful karma.”
What five, six, seven or eight? That’s too fast!
Whose crime will be taken away? Didn’t the other two judges take away all the crime?
The Taoist priest went to the stove, opened the lid of the pot, and ate most of the dog meat. The dog's head was still there. The Taoist priest held up the dog's head. Xu Zhiqiong looked at it intently for a while, and saw a horn more than three inches long on it.
This dog has a long karma!
"Take it off."
Xu Zhiqiong was stunned: "How to get it?"
"How else can you take it? Your sinful karma is placed in front of you, but you can't take it yourself?"