On the official road leading to Qinghe Town from Ping'an County.
There are two horses riding side by side.
"Xiao An, you will be sixteen in a few days, right?"
Ping'an County Detective Qin Li pulled the reins and sat firmly on the horse. He chuckled and looked at Gu An, who was also wearing a police uniform next to him.
"Well, seven more days."
"How's your practice going?"
"Eighth level of body tempering, exchange half of it with blood."
"Yes, your father has a soul in heaven and will be happy."
Qin Li looked up and sighed.
After hearing this, Gu An's eyes gradually became blurred.
Gu An's father, Gu Qing, was also a police officer. He unfortunately passed away while on a mission last month.
This incident was undoubtedly a major blow to Gu An, who lost his mother when he was young. He collapsed in the mourning hall due to physical and mental exhaustion.
When he woke up again, he was the current Gu An, and Gu An inherited Gu Qing's position as an agent.
"You can try for this year's Evil Suppression Division assessment." Qin Li remembered that every time he went on a mission, Gu Qing would show off in front of them, saying that he had such a son.
"Your father's greatest wish in his life is this."
This is a world filled with monsters and monsters, and accordingly there are warriors.
In the beginning, the martial arts training methods were in the hands of major sects and families, and they ruled by territorial divisions.
Others can only come into contact with cultivation by joining a sect or entering a noble family.
The important thing is that not everyone can enter it.
It depends on the qualifications.
Some civilians who have been dismissed due to poor qualifications will be able to protect themselves to a certain extent after learning the exercises, even if they cannot practice to a very high level.
As a result, he was killed by some weak demons because he was unable to access the exercises.
This situation did not change until a hundred years ago.
Xiao Yuhan, the original leader of the Qianyuan Sect, cared about the people of the world. After breaking through to the realm of Martial Saint, he overpowered the other major sects and established the Daqian Dynasty.
The Gongwu Academy was opened to serve the people of the world.
Establish the Evil Suppression Department to suppress the evil spirits and weirdness in the world.
And the basic training methods are made public, and the era of martial arts training for all people has arrived.
Therefore, people all over the world support Xiao Yuhan, and some even build bronze statues of Xiao Yuhan at home and worship him day and night.
Although there were several rebellions led by certain sect families after the founding of Daqian, they were all suppressed without exception.
"Uncle, don't worry, the situation in Qinghe Town is over, and I will prepare to complete the blood transfusion when we return."
"Haha, I don't have to worry about what you do!"
The weather in early summer is always unpredictable. As the two of them spoke, the sun was shining brightly just now, and dark clouds were rolling in the next moment.
Pattering~~
It started to rain.
"It's not raining heavily."
Qin Li murmured: "Let's continue on our way."
The words just fell.
Rumble~~
Thunder roared.
Two breaths of time.
Wow~~~
The rain is getting heavier.
Qin Li scratched his head in embarrassment and said with a silly smile: "It's such a bad weather. There is a ruined temple not far ahead. Let's go and take shelter from the rain."
"Um."
Inside the temple.
"I originally thought I could run back and forth in one day, but looking at the current situation, the rain will last for a while, and it probably won't stop."
Qin Li looked at the pouring rain outside and sighed quietly.
"Uncle."
"Huh? What's wrong?"
"What was originally worshiped in this temple?"
Gu An has been looking at the environment inside the temple since he entered it.
The dilapidated temple gate, the broken bronze statue with only half of its body left, and the spiders that have been living on the beams all prove that this place has been abandoned for a long time.
According to Gu An's understanding, in the strange world of monsters and monsters, there should be immortals and gods.
But within a month after Gu An came to this world, all he heard were legends about Emperor Xiao Yuhan of Daqian or some famous figures in the current court.
No one has ever talked about immortal gods, but if there are no immortal gods, then what is worshiped in this temple?
"You said this, this place turned out to be a mountain temple." Qin Li looked up at the half-remaining bronze statue behind him, with a look of reminiscence: "When His Majesty had not unified the world, we people, we met a little bit. The more powerful monsters will die.
Therefore, the people of Ping'an County point to the mountain god to stay alive and worship him, hoping to scare away the demons."
That being said, there are still gods.
Then why did it become abandoned later?
"Has the mountain god ever helped the people?"
"No."
"..."
Seemingly seeing Gu An's surprise, Qin Li sighed: "Well, you have to have hope, right?
But things are getting better now, everyone can practice, and every county has its own yamen to suppress evil.
There is no need to rely on this illusory fairy god."
After saying that, silence returned in the temple.
Only the sound of rain outside the temple remained the same.
After a long time.
The rain gradually stopped.
"Let's go and get to Qinghe Town as soon as possible."
Qin Li wiped the dust off his butt, walked outside the temple and got on his horse.
Gu An looked back at the broken bronze statue, then left the temple and mounted his horse.
The horses' hooves carried the moist soil after the rain and galloped away.
An hour later, the low city wall with the three characters "Qinghe Town" engraved on it came into view.
The mayor, who had been waiting for a long time, came to greet him.
"Oh, you two adults are finally here."
"It rained suddenly on the road, which delayed the time."
Qin Li and Gu An dismounted, and soon someone came up to lead them to the stables.
"Let's go see the deceased first. After confirming that he committed suicide, he can be buried."
"Yes, sir, please come this way."
After a while of burning incense, Gu An and Qin Li followed the mayor to a small farmyard.
Open the courtyard and enter the house.
A corpse covered with white cloth on the ground came into Gu An's sight.
Yesterday, someone from Qinghe Town went to the county government office to report a crime, saying that a gambler in the town was overwhelmed and hanged himself in the house.
After a forensic examination in the town, it was determined to be suicide.
But after all, human life is at stake, and the most basic procedures must still be followed.
The county government then sent Qin Li and Gu An to verify the case. If it was determined to be suicide, the case could be closed and buried.
Qin Li walked to the side of the corpse in two steps, without caring about anything, he directly opened the white cloth, looked at the deceased with his hands, and pinched the mouth and tongue.
"The corpse's face was bruised, the hyoid bone was broken, and the limbs were cold... The lower body was **; all over the body, the bones were intact, and there were no other wounds. It was determined to be self-hanging, and the case can be closed."
After Qin Li checked, he stood up and faced the mayor and said.
"Thank you sir, I have already confirmed the matter, but I bothered you two to travel so far."
"It's okay, it's just routine."
While the two were talking, a voice suddenly came from outside.
"It's really unlucky that my ten taels of silver have gone like this!"
Gu Anxun asked.
A rough man with a long scar across his face was standing outside the courtyard gate with a displeased look on his face.
Hearing that the police had come to handle this case, many peaceful citizens in the town came over and wanted to hear what the county government police officers had to say.
"Who is that person?" Gu An asked softly.
"Tao San, all the places in these ten miles and eight towns belong to him." The mayor said, then looked at the corpse on the ground and lamented: "Li Xin also borrowed his money from his place."
"What state is he in?"
"Ah? The third level of body tempering, right?"
The mayor didn't know why Gu An asked such a question, but he still told the truth.
Gu An nodded and said no more words.
There are so many places that the third level of Body Tempering cannot take care of...
Qin Li took a step forward and said coldly: "The deceased has passed away, so let's build up some moral integrity."
Tao San's face turned cold: "You are just a little detective, you..."
Before he finished speaking, a middle-aged man wearing a black robe and holding a long sword in his hand stopped him.
"snort."
With a cold snort and a flick of his sleeves, Tao San turned and walked away.
The man in black robe cupped his hands towards Qin Li and Gu An, and chased after Tao San.
That person just now was not simple...
Gu An's keen intuition told him.
When the townspeople outside the door saw what was happening, they also left one after another.
The mayor glanced at the sky: "It's getting late, and it's not very safe in the wilderness at night. Why don't you two stay in the town for one night and leave tomorrow."
Qin Li looked at Gu An, who nodded.
"I'm bothering the mayor."
"Hey, it doesn't matter."
Later, the mayor called several young men in the town to carry Li Xin to a place not far from Qinghe Town and bury him safely.
…
Swish~~~
The weather was hot in summer, so the windows of the room where Gu An and Qin Li slept were kept open, allowing cool breeze to blow in from time to time to relieve the heat.
Huhu~wuwu~~
The wind is strong for some reason.
Along with the bone-chilling chill, it flowed into the house.
Tata~~
Inaudible footsteps suddenly sounded, which was extremely strange in this quiet night.
Passed by Gu An's bed and walked inside.
Gu An, who had not fallen asleep completely since a month ago, suddenly opened his eyes.
He quickly pulled out the long knife from under the pillow, turned over and chopped it off!