Chapter 1151: Perfect crime, Wu Sheng's residence (Requesting monthly tickets at the beginning of the month)

"Why seek me?"

"Brother Ling is a dignified Purple-Gold Embroidered Uniform Guard. There are only twenty or so Purple-Gold Embroidered Uniform Guards in all of Great Shun. Combined, they don't even have as many as the Mirage Dragon Martial Saints. The high officials of the Three Judicial Departments have to offer you incense three times a day. If I let someone else go, I wouldn't be at ease, ruining the country's major affairs."

"The Purple-Gold Embroidered Uniform Guard is good at solving cases!"

"Right, good at solving cases. Haven't eaten pork, haven't seen a pig run? Only know how to solve cases, don't know how to forge? From copper badge to silver badge to gold badge to purple-gold, how much suffering must one endure to become a corner? How many cases has Brother Ling handled? Not ten thousand, then at least a thousand, right? Let alone the files you've read. It's a perfect crime. Let's synthesize them, mix them up."

"There is no perfect crime in the world."

"Yes, yes, not perfect, but making it seven or eight out of ten, misleading a Wu Sheng without being discovered, is easy, right?"

"..."

The forest was deep, humid, and sultry. A sharp-headed viper blended with the environment, shrinking into a plate of 'mosquito coil'. As Liang Qu approached, it fiercely probed out.

The poisonous fangs bit hard into the flesh, injecting poison with all its might.

*Sizzle. *

Poison flowed.

Liang Qu's ankle itched. He grabbed the viper, threw it ten miles away with a flick of his wrist, wiped the poison off the surface of his skin, and sat on a mossy stone.

"How about it? I've told you the whole plan. It just lacks a professional to go to Qinzhou with me. You come with me, and it will just complete the last link of the evidence chain to submit to the Imperial Court."

"Qinzhou has a Wu Sheng sitting in town, right?"

"We'll sneak into the village, no movement."

Ling Xuan frowned and pondered.

On the Southern Frontier trip, Liang Qu's strength was obvious to all, unique in the world.

The sick tiger still had injuries in the past, with Qi leaking out. Liang Qu's rise was too short, and his golden body was flawless.

Below the Wu Sheng, I'm afraid no one can restrain him. He is in a very strange 'invincible' stage. With his own strength, he forced the Southern Frontier back. If he leads the infiltration, there is indeed a chance of success.

"The plan is good, but a clever woman can't cook without rice. To make the Nanhai King believe, at least leave enough Southern Frontier clues, then relate it to Yuan Yuwen. The clues need to have enough directionality..."

"I'm getting the clues."

"Can you get them?" Ling Xuan was surprised. "I've read the files on Yuan Yuwen's case. It was also handled by a Purple-Gold. Every stronghold in the Southern Frontier has its own unique Gu insects and signs. At that time, the one who poisoned Yuan Yuwen was the Saintess of the Green Pattern Valley, who didn't marry out and was in the middle-rear position..."

Nine Tribes of the Southern Frontier.

Centered on Great Shun, they are divided into front, middle, and rear parts.

Dian, Ling, and Tong are the front; Meng, Gu, and Jian are the middle; Shui, Wu, and Lin are the rear.

Green Pattern Valley is in the waist of the Southern Frontier, not close to the front line. One round trip takes several days.

"Don't worry about how I get them. After it's done, we'll split the credit fifty-fifty. Are you going or not!"

Ling Xuan secretly weighed it.

Birds chirped endlessly in the forest.

A long time passed.

"Going."

"The young and old of the Imperial Capital are straightforward!"

"I'm from Guanzhong."

"Hey, all the same, all the same. East, west, north, south are one family."

Midnight, everything was silent.

Tree shadows shone on the stone slabs through the window, borrowing the moonlight.

Its joints moved. A-Wei climbed off the bed, landed on the bookshelf, and looked through the books one by one.

Fortunately.

It was born in Southern Zhili and couldn't understand Southern Frontier dialect. It had to let Li Xianghan use the Gu insect communication technique to understand, but the text in the books was the same in both Southern Frontier and Great Shun. Usually, the old Tridacna and Long Eying had taught it.

"Collection of Southern Frontier Gu Objects," "Black Tooth Witch Language and Hundred Herbs Examination," "Essentials of Insect Sound Identification," "Forest Stream Monthly Order," "Records of Frontier Stronghold Past Events," "Great Shun Scenery Record," "Beauty Care," "Medicine Body Canon," "Steel Refinement Method," "Love Record"...

Eh.

A-Wei pulled out "Love Record."

"Younger sister's cultivation talent is not very ideal..."

*Slap! *

After looking for half a day, A-Wei realized it wasn't what it wanted. It closed the book and continued to search down.

Finally, on the third bookshelf, it found a book "Collection of Love Gu."

Opening it, it browsed the table of contents and found a column.

Love Gu branch—Desire Gu!

A-Wei's eyes widened. It studied the Gu insect's function seriously, secretly memorizing the appearance characteristics of several suitable Gu insects in its heart, and then stuffed the book back onto the bookshelf.

The remaining three days.

Following the master's mission.

It pretended to be on good terms with the Saintess Li Xianghan, eating Great Elixirs in large gulps, drinking precious liquids in large gulps, and secretly and quietly inquiring about the location of the insect room of the previous Saintess, Li Xianghan's grandmother.

Li Xianghan became increasingly happy, the blue-armored centipede's physical contact with her becoming more and more frequent.

"My grandmother's insect room? Why are you asking about this?"

A-Wei turned around, opening and closing its mouthparts.

Li Xianghan was ecstatic in her heart. The blue-armored centipede actually realized her hatred for her grandmother and wanted to stand up for her!

What kind of performance is this? Twenty days, the person and the insect had developed into friends!

Only friends would stand up for friends.

Refining it into a natal Gu is just around the corner.

She truly had a talent for seeking Gu and refining Gu.

"Fine, I'll take you to see it, but just look, don't mess around."

A-Wei turned in circles.

Li Xianghan took the opportunity to spread her hands, letting the centipede crawl onto her shoulder.

Who would have thought that A-Wei wouldn't be the same as before? It turned into a streak of golden light, wrapped around Li Xianghan's waist, head and tail connected, joints closed, actually turning into a belt!

Li Xianghan's eyes widened, unable to put it down: "You have such a skill?"

Azure in the middle, golden on both sides, the centipede head at the belt buckle position was ferocious and domineering.

Perfect, too perfect.

Only a Gu insect that had grown into a perfect physique by the Southern Frontier Gu God could do this seamlessly, like a handicraft made by a Great Shun master craftsman!

She couldn't help but pace on the spot, walking and turning in front of the bronze mirror, until A-Wei tightened and urged her, Li Xianghan then walked out of the insect room comfortingly.

"Southern Frontier practitioners have inheritances. From a young age, they will have their own insect jars. More jars become an insect nest, more become an insect room, and even more become an insect palace. The old immortal's is an insect palace, specifically cultivating Gu insects with different functions and roles. Great Shun has a saying: 'A gentleman is not different by nature, but is good at using things.'

Great Shun practitioners practice various techniques—vision, eye power, all kinds of strange gates. We integrate these techniques into Gu insects, fast and strong. As long as you pinch the Gu insect, you can use it, saving years of hard cultivation. Specializing in cultivation methods is much more brilliant than Great Shun."

"Moreover, for the same family bloodline, Gu insects can be interchanged with slight modifications. Although the old thing is shameless, the Gu insects she raised are indeed good. In the past, she poisoned a Great Shun genius, and the Tusi rewarded her with several rare items. I often borrow them to breed my own Gu insects... but don't worry, none are as powerful as you."

Li Xianghan communicated along the way with the Gu insect method, walking for half a day, almost crossing several mountains, and arrived at a large stronghold, passing through unimpeded in front of the sentries to the deepest part.

"Saintess."

"I want to borrow Grandmother's Gu insects for breeding. Move aside."

"Yes!"

The guards bowed and retreated.

Li Xianghan stretched out her index finger, tapped on the sharp thorn protruding from the insect palace door, and pricked out blood.

The door covered in thorns swung open.

A unique and pleasant plant fragrance permeated, refreshing the heart.

A-Wei's eyes flashed, flying into the insect palace, its whole body's muscles and bones feeling comfortable.

Soft dark purple fungus carpet covered the floor. The Gu insects were all different. A few moved freely, while most rested in insect jars. Golden-mouthed insects, fat white grubs, and large insects with black pig hair on their backs.

"Squeak!"

Seeing a strange large insect, the Gu insects in the insect palace felt threatened and warned one after another.

"What are you doing, what are you doing? Are you going to rebel?" Li Xianghan put her hands on her hips, pointing at the leading large insects.

The insect chirping stopped immediately.

A-Wei stretched its wings, landed on the fungus carpet, walked past domineeringly, observed the dazzling array of insect jars, and successfully found two curled-up yellow insects in the corner!

How to secretly take them out?

*Pfft! *

A wooden spear pierced into the Red River, skewering a spotted tiger mandarin fish, crystal clear.

"Ho, spotted tiger mandarin fish! Good meat quality. We'll have a treat today. Eying, steam this one, and after steaming, pour chili oil on it. The mouth has been too bland lately."

Ling Xuan looked at the spotted tiger mandarin fish and knife pomfret on the cutting board, all southern specialty treasure fish.

"Lord Liang is indeed a good fisherman."

"I'm a fisherman by origin. It's rare to have a meal; can't use ordinary fish to entertain, right?" Liang Qu sat cross-legged.

"I thought it would just be the two of us on this trip." Ling Xuan glanced at Long Eying.

"Three people are more convenient."

Ling Xuan was helpless, not knowing what Liang Qu was thinking. Sneaking in, surely the fewer people the better. Even if Long Eying is a Heaven-Man, is she useful in front of a Wu Sheng?

Liang Qu had no choice.

He is a dead man.

This trip will take at least five or six days. If something happens in the underworld, leaving for half a day, if no one uses the Blood Fiend divine ability to manipulate his body, wouldn't he be finished? Ling Xuan might be scared into illness on the spot.

Long Eying broke the lemongrass and put it into the pot.

"How much longer do we have to wait for the evidence you mentioned?"

Ling Xuan looked around. They had been out for two days, occupying this place on the way, saying they were waiting for 'evidence'.

"Just today!"

*Sizzle. *

Hot oil splashed, crackling.

Ling Xuan wiped the branches into chopsticks. As they looked up, Liang Qu, who had just spoken, disappeared without a trace.

Mysterious.

"Fine, I'll eat the treasure fish myself."

Half a mile away.

The forest was dense, blocking the sunlight. A giant python was coiled in the grass nest, suddenly stepped on by someone, and raised its head to bite back.

A-Wei opened its mouthparts, agitated its abdomen, and spat out a dark yellow Gu insect.

"Well done, well done!"

Dragging the giant python by the ankle, Liang Qu was overjoyed.

The Love Gu personally refined by the previous Saintess who poisoned Yuan Yuwen!

The most critical link.

A-Wei circled, its small joints raised, saluting at ninety degrees.

Liang Qu naturally understood his beloved general's needs and communicated with the Ze Ding.

"Can consume 453,000... initiate evolution!"

Ho.

The progress was gratifying.

When he harvested the blood coral, he had uniformly checked the water beast's needs. That time A-Wei wanted 750,000. Now it had dropped sharply to 450,000. A gap of 300,000—in a year, he had only provided a few tens of thousands.

The Southern Frontier Saintess is quite willing to spend.

"A-Wei, you have the first merit in this battle. When I have a surplus, I'll give you 100,000 essence first!"

A-Wei held its head high and chest out.

"Keep up the good work. Alright, hurry back. Being out for too long is easy to be discovered."

The distance was far. Flying from the middle to here, A-Wei flew for two and a half days. One round trip is five days. Although it sought the excuse of finding an old lover, it couldn't be too exaggerated.

*Whoosh! *

The golden light disappeared.

Ling Xuan picked up the delicious fish belly meat. Just as they stuffed it into their mouth, Liang Qu reappeared opposite.

"Looks like the evidence is obtained?"

"Here!"

Ling Xuan grabbed the dark yellow Gu insect, observed and compared it repeatedly, their pupils dilated: "Where did you get this?"

"Eh eh eh, a hero doesn't ask where they come from. Asking too much is impolite. Anyway, the thing is here. Can it be done or not?"

"Yes!"

Ling Xuan was incomparably certain.

As an Embroidered Uniform Guard, the first priority is that their knowledge base is wide enough. They couldn't believe that Liang Qu could actually pull out a Gu insect refined by the Green Pattern Valley, and the refiner's strength was extraordinary. It looked a bit like... the handiwork of the Saintess who poisoned Yuan Yuwen that they saw in the file back then?

This kind of Love Gu itself is nothing special. Southern Frontier people even use it as an aphrodisiac to boost male vigor. The difference is that after use, it can make the other party act according to the Gu insect owner's will to a certain extent!

Incredible.

How did he get it?

Breaking through the heavy barriers of the Green Pattern Valley, one of the nine great tribes, and accurately stealing the Desire Gu from the Love Gu—is the Saintess your mistress?

Swallowing the fish meat in their mouth.

"No time to lose, let's go quickly."

"No rush, eat after going."

"Eat after going!"

Green Pattern Valley, Li Xianghan propped her chin, looking forward with hope, feeling anxious and lost in her heart.

Was the twenty-day relationship too short? Being out for five days, did it forget?

Will it come back?

*Whoosh. *

A golden light streaked across and landed on the windowsill.

In an instant, Li Xianghan's heart was filled with huge surprise!

Qinzhou.

Houses collapsed, corpses exposed in the wilderness, covered in flies.

Southern Frontier practitioners cleaned the houses, directing the commoners to rebuild.

No time to think about other things.

"Vortex God Armor" light flowed. Ling Xuan, Liang Qu, and Long Eying, in this order, were sandwiched into a 'sandwich', bypassing the guards all the way, sneaking into the Qinzhou prison, carefully searching for entry and exit records, searching for clues.

This position was truly helpless. The coverage of "Vortex God Armor" was limited, so they could only stick together. Liang Qu couldn't let his wife and Ling Xuan stick together, so he could only act as the ham in the sandwich, sandwiched in the middle of two slices of bread, and had to closely follow Ling Xuan's movements in front.

"After death row prisoners are beheaded, they are usually exposed in the market for three days. But Qinzhou is too hot, let alone three days, half a day and it would stink. Plus the granddaughter incident, the Governor must have cut the Gordian knot, not wanting to disturb too many people. The corpses of those without families, the poor, or those who committed serious crimes were often discarded at the mass grave on the outskirts of the city... Let's go, go to the mass grave!"

Traveling all the way.

A full half day.

Under Ling Xuan's somewhat mysterious 'ritual', the three finally succeeded in finding the corpses of the bandits at the mass grave and dug them out from the soil.

Rotten, purulent yellow liquid flowed out, the stench hitting their faces.

"Ugh."

Her back was pressed against Long Eying's chest, and her lower abdomen twitched slightly. Liang Qu hurriedly turned around to hug her, stroking her back to comfort her.

Fortunately, he didn't turn into a human form, so he couldn't smell anything.

Ling Xuan put on gloves, face unchanged: "The matter was during the New Year last year. The liquefaction of ordinary people's bodies is between half a year and a year, and they become completely skeletonized in one to three years. However, Qinzhou is scorching hot, taking only two to four months. Martial artist bodies are even more robust, resisting corrosion better than ordinary people. This person had Hunting Tiger strength, just liquefied halfway, still considered complete."

"Driven by Desire Gu, traces should be left in the body, especially since this Gu must enter through the mouth..."

Mumbling, Liang Qu asked: "Can you handle it?"

"Yes."

Ling Xuan stopped talking nonsense, took the dark yellow Gu insect, and crushed it.

Southern Frontier Gu insects cannot be manipulated without bloodline, so they can only use more violent means to forcibly extract effective substances.

Ling Xuan began to 'transform' the body.

Half an hour later.

"Use your Blood Fiend divine ability on the body, let here, here, and here, let the Gu insect body fluid penetrate."

Following Ling Xuan's guidance, Liang Qu manipulated the Blood Fiend divine ability to join the transformation.

"Wrong, the color should be deeper. This blood vessel behind the heart needs to expand by another three points. Driven by Desire Gu, this part of the blood will flow violently, stretching the blood vessel."

"Alright, next one."

Dusk fell, and it was finally completed.

Long Eying froze all three corpses, let Liang Qu carry them on his back, and the "Vortex God Armor" became even more crowded.

"Done?" Liang Qu asked.

"No..." Ling Xuan shook their head. "After death row prisoners die, the coroner will perform an autopsy. The body's form and physical signs are all recorded in the file. We have to find the records."

"Then hurry up." Liang Qu urged.

"It wasn't in the prison just now, so this document should now mostly be in the file room inside the Qinzhou government office."

Inside the government office?

Liang Qu's expression changed: "You mean, where the Wu Sheng is?"

"Yes!"

A Southern Frontier Wu Sheng is stationed in Qinzhou. The foothold is most likely inside the government office!

A state government office is not necessarily the most luxurious place, but it must be the most suitable place for office work.

Qinzhou was taken down, naturally it wouldn't be left as a ruin. A Wu Sheng can easily destroy a city, but cannot easily build one. The function of the government office is very necessary.

Right now, the situation in the south is not stable. Hoping for the Southern Frontier to spend money and people to engage in construction is impossible. But people as productivity must be controlled in the form of a 'government office'.

Liang Qu hesitated.

"Can we ignore this thing? We already have the corpses. Is it enough to mislead the Nanhai King?"

Ling Xuan looked at Liang Qu: "If the Nanhai King publicly discusses his 'grievance' to the Southern Frontier, the Southern Frontier will surely find clues to refute it. We take the corpses, but the coroner's records remain. It will become an important clue for the Southern Frontier to confront us. Moreover, the Imperial Court will hold them accountable later, so this thing must be taken and submitted as evidence."

Damn!

Liang Qu gritted his teeth.

"I'll go steal it!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1152 =====