The lantern holders were busy thanking Lin Tianzheng.
The onmyojis were busy praying for rain to extinguish the fire.
Wu Xu pointed at the corpses on the ground and said, "Pack up your things."
Xu Zhiqiong blinked: "What to pack?"
Wu Xu frowned and said, "What do you mean to clean up?"
Did he ask me to tidy up my horns?
The corpses on the ground, except for four fourth-grade ones, are a group of eunuchs, and their horns are not short.
But what's the use of collecting these horns? I didn't kill these people.
Wu Xu whispered to Xu Zhiqiong: "The deaths of these people are somewhat related to you. Please clean up for them."
How much does Wu Xu know about the profession of judge? Why does he seem to know more than me?
He said to clean it up, so just clean it up.
Xu Zhiqiong took off the horns one by one. Most of the eunuchs' horns were more than two inches. Xu Zhiqiong didn't bother to take the ones that were less than two inches.
Among the four fourth-grade cultivators, the shortest is six inches and the longest is eight inches and a half.
If I didn't kill him, can it be counted?
It would be great if I could really count,
Thirty-four eunuchs' horns, each more than two inches long, can be exchanged for more than 700 meritorious deeds in total. These alone can fill up all the meritorious deeds required for the eighth rank, with more than a hundred left.
The four fourth-grade cultivators combined are worth more than 300 points of merit. If this is all mine, plus what I earned before, I am afraid that the seventh-grade cultivator will be skipped by more than half.
If you think too much, if you didn’t kill yourself, you definitely can’t count.
When I went to the Yama Hall to exchange the voucher, the first sentence was clearly written: Ma Shangfeng, the ninth-grade judge, personally killed the criminals.
If you didn't kill the criminal with your own hands, why would you get a reward? How could such a thing be so cheap?
Forget it, give it to Xia Hu, maybe it will be useful to her, just treat it as a favor.
After packing up, Wu Xu took Xu Zhiqiong to a deserted place and asked in a low voice: "Is Liang Yuming dead?"
Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said: "No, he was sent to the Yamen by Jiang Shaoshi."
"Trash!" Wu Xu said angrily, "But I didn't tell you to kill him when you get the chance! If something happens, I'll just take care of it!"
Xu Zhiqiong was also very angry: "I risked my life, but you still call me useless? Dean Lin and Jiang Shaoshi both stopped me from killing, and Yuchi Lan, you don't know how strong she is, holding her down in her arms
It almost suffocated me to death!
And Yu Shan from Wuwei Camp, you don’t know how useless that person is, you don’t even dare to hit him..."
Xu Zhiqiong kept pouring out his bitterness, but Wu Xu said angrily: "But you feel aggrieved. I can fight six or four ranks by myself, but who can take pity on me?"
Xu Zhiqiong lowered his eyes and said, "So, what grade are you in?"
Wu Xu lowered his eyes and looked at Xu Zhiqiong: "So, what kind of sect are you?"
Xu Zhiqiong lowered his head and said, "Pretend I didn't ask."
Wu Xu smiled: "You collected a lot, right?"
"Collect, collect what?" Xu Zhiqiong began to be naive.
"Heads, I'll give you merit for mine!" There is nothing wrong with what Wu Xu said. Killing the enemy meritorious service, and counting merit for each head, is reasonable and reasonable.
It's just that this meritorious service has a different meaning.
Xu Zhiqiong smiled naively: "It's all about doing one's duty. Tell me, what are your merits? Qianhu, you've seen it, you've seen it."
Wu Xu sneered, then sighed: "Liang Yuming is not easy to deal with."
Xu Zhiqiong said: "According to the law, I'll kill him."
"It's not that easy. The laws of Daxuan are for the royal family to enjoy, not for the royal family to suffer. We have to find a way to deal with him."
Xu Zhiqiong's eyes lit up: "How to deal with it?"
Wu Xu thought for a moment and said: "Two ways. First, you go to the prison tonight, kill him, and then resign yourself to fate."
Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said: "This plan is inappropriate."
Wu Xu said: "The second way is, I will go to the prison tonight, kill him, and then let fate happen."
Xu Zhiqiong nodded naively and said: "This is a very good plan."
"Bah! Face!"
The two seemed to be joking, but in fact they had already made up their minds that Liang Yuming would die in prison tonight.
A fierce battle with Liang Yuming, Prince Huai's son, was finally won.
In this battle, two hundred captive women were rescued, five foreign fourth-level cultivators were killed, forty-five servants, one onmyoji, and seven were captured, including Liang Yuming.
In addition, Qingdeng Lang Wang Zhennan, Sun Weiguang, Shi Weiming and others led the crowd to Yinggeyuan, Wangyu Tower, Zuixin Pavilion, Yu'an Pavilion, Li San Tea House, Dehua Class and other places to arrest relevant accomplices.
Except for a fourth-grade Golden Silkworm who escaped, all the thieves were caught in one fell swoop. This battle can be called a complete victory.
The physical evidence at the scene had been packed away, and Wu Xu led the crowd back to the Yamen. On the way, they discussed the countermeasures, which are as follows:
Liang Yuming, in the jail of Zhang Deng Yamen, had an argument with the Green Lantern Man over trivial matters, and was accidentally beaten to death by the Green Lantern Man. The Green Lantern Man then committed suicide out of fear of his crime.
The man who killed the prince was Xiao Songting.
What a reasonable story!
What a reasonable ending!
Xu Zhiqiong prepared the guy and asked Wu Xu: "Go to the prison first, or kill the ghost first?"
Wu Xu thought for a moment: "Kill the ghost first."
The two of them arrived under the window of Yi Hongdeng's small house and quietly looked at the situation in the window.
The red-lighted cottage is naturally not a narrow single room. It has a front hall and a bedroom. It is not luxurious, but it is by no means shabby.
At this moment, Yi Xulu and Xiao Songting were having a drink, completely unaware that Wu Xu and Xu Zhiqiong were outside the window.
With a smile on his face, Yi Xulu poured Xiao Songting a glass of wine.
Xiao Songting looked sad, picked up the cup and drank it all in one gulp.
Judging from his expression, it seemed that he was also aware of his situation, and this meal was considered to be his life-long drink.
Xu Zhiqiong waited for He Wu Xu's order, and then took the opportunity to reap a wave of meritorious deeds.
Seeing that the two of them were getting drunk, Wu Xu signaled Xu Zhiqiong to start later and allow them to drink two more drinks.
Xu Zhiqiong wanted to take the opportunity to see Xiao Songting's crime. It didn't matter. He found that Xiao Songting had no horns on his head!
There are only two possibilities for not having horns. One is that this person has a special status and Xu Zhiqiong cannot see him.
Second, this person is not a human being at all.
Xu Zhiqiong stood up suddenly, jumped into the window, and stood in front of the two of them.
Yi Xulu poured a glass of wine for Xiao Songting, and Xiao Songting drank it all.
They didn't seem to see Xu Zhiqiong, they kept repeating the actions just now.
Why can't they see Xu Zhiqiong...
Xu Zhiqiong stepped forward and pushed the two of them, and the two who were still pushing cups and changing cups immediately collapsed to the ground.
Even while lying on the ground, the two of them were still pushing cups and changing cups.
They are not humans, they are two moving puppets!
Wu Xu was stunned and suddenly shouted: "Go find Qu Jinshan!"
Yin and Yang cultivators each have their own strengths. Tong Qingqiu is good at medicine, and Qu Jinshan is good at making flesh and blood puppets.
The two in front of me are both flesh and blood puppets! Extremely realistic flesh and blood puppets.
The reason why Yi Xulu still has horns on his head is because this flesh and blood puppet is made from his corpse!
Yi Xulou is dead!
Unexpectedly, the red lantern man in charge of the yamen, a sixth-grade killer Taoist cultivator, died in the hands of Xiao Songting.
Xiao Songting actually knows Yin Yang magic!
Being able to kill Yi Xulu and make such a realistic puppet proves that his cultivation level is not low!
Xu Zhiqiong was about to go find Qu Jinshan, but before he had taken two steps, he was stunned again.
"No! Go to jail!"
Xiao Songting may not have left the Yamen yet!
The two of them ran all the way to the prison. When they entered the cell, they saw Liang Yuming sitting in the corner of the cell, looking depressed.
Xu Zhiqiong walked into the cell and pushed Liang Yuming.
Liang Yuming's body went limp and fell to the ground, exactly like the two puppets before.
Liang Yuming was dropped!
Wu Xu shouted: "Has anyone been here before?"
One of the jailers said: "Shi Xiao Baihu came here to search the prisoners, but the villain did not dare to stop him."
Wu Xu said angrily: "He took the prisoner out, and you still dare not stop him?"
The jailer shook his head repeatedly: "Xiao Baihu didn't take the prisoner out. The villain saw it clearly. Xiao Baihu went in and asked a few words before he came out!"
Xu Zhiqiong checked in the cell and found traces of mercury under the puppet.
"The Yin-Yang Array was set up here," Xu Zhiqiong pointed to Mercury, "Xiao Songting entered the cell, used the Yin-Yang Array to send Liang Yuming away, and left a Yin-Yang puppet here. His technique was too fast, and the jailer saw
Not coming out."
Wu Xu broke the cell fence with one punch!
"Close the door, search for me, dig three feet into the ground, and find him for me!"
The yamen searched up and down until dawn, but no trace of Xiao Songting was found.
Wu Xu was sitting in Mingdeng Pavilion, his face was gray.
Xu Zhiqiong sat aside silently, bowing his head and saying nothing.
In this case, only a fight can resolve the depression in the heart.
"If you could find a way to kill Liang Yuming, how could there be such chaos!"
"I have thought of all the ways I can think of. Your Jiang Shaoshi refused to let me go. If you had fed her, how could she stop me?"
"You are young and strong, why don't you feed her?"
"Does that mean you can feed me if you want?"
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After the fight, Wu Xu's mood still didn't improve, so Xu Zhiqiong quickly cooked a jar of wine for Qianhu.
Wu Xu drank two cups, rubbed his forehead and sighed: "It was my fault in planning, but I shouldn't have let you wait outside the silk shop and kill eleven brothers! But I failed to kill the leader of the thieves!"
"It's not Qianhu's fault." Xu Zhiqiong poured another glass for Wu Xu.
This is really not Wu Xu's fault. There are six fourth-grade people in the silk and satin shop. If fifty lantern-carrying men rush in at one go, no one else needs to worry about it. As long as the fourth-grade Suzaku spits out a breath of fire, in that small place, what will happen?
How many of these fifty lantern men can survive?
Wu Xu risked his life and fought six fourth-grade men alone, minimizing the damage in the battle. How could you blame him?
The enemy army was so powerful that they were almost wiped out. Wu Xu did this, and no one has the right to blame him!
"It's still my fault!" Wu Xu drank another drink, "I already knew that Xiao Songting was a spy, but I didn't expect that his cultivation level was so high. In order to prevent Liang Yuming from noticing, I never touched him. I should have killed him a long time ago.
he!"
"It's not Qianhu's fault." Xu Zhiqiong poured another glass of wine.
On the surface, Xiao Songting had a seventh-level cultivation of killing, but he was actually a yin-yang cultivator. Qu Jinshan deduced from the flesh and blood puppet that Xiao Songting's yin-yang cultivation had reached the fifth level.
The fifth level of yin and yang plus the seventh level of killing means, this is the best among people.
This kind of person works as a spy for Liang Yuming? Who can think of it?
Wu Xu clenched his fists and said: "You shouldn't, you shouldn't, you shouldn't let Yi Xulou take care of Xiao Songting. Yi Hongdeng is old. He resigned from me a few years ago and planned to return to his hometown to live a quiet life. I didn't agree.
There is no one under me who can replace him, I should not have handed over Xiao Songting to him, I was the one who harmed him, I was the one who harmed Lao Hongdeng!"
Wu Xu gritted his teeth, feeling annoyed.
It's not his fault either.
What else could he do?
In the entire Lantern Yamen, except for Wu Xu, Yi Xulu has the highest cultivation level. Who would have thought that even Yi Xulu is not Xiao Songting's opponent? Besides Yi Xulu, who else can he entrust to?
Wu Xu banged the table, his eyes turned red.
Xu Zhiqiong consoled him: "Qianhu, we have all the witnesses and physical evidence. We can't help but that bastard Liang Yuming refuses to admit his account and waits until he chops off someone else's head before he comes to pay homage to his dead brother."
"Human and physical evidence?" Wu Xu shook his head, "That thing is useless."
"How can you say it's useless? Qianhu, even if we can't kill Liang Yuming in the end, we have solved a major case and made great contributions to the court!"
"For the imperial court?" Wu Xu smiled bitterly, "Yes, I have made great achievements, I'm afraid I will be promoted."
What kind of expression is this? Isn't promotion a good thing?
Why is he almost crying?
"Qianhu, if anything happens, let's take care of it together!"
"You carry it? What are you carrying?" Wu Xu shook his head and said, "You can't carry it. This matter cannot involve you. You go home. I will grant you three days' leave. You are not allowed to go back to the Yamen for these three days."