Chapter 896

A dark and windy night for murder!

Chen Guanlou had been tossing and turning with a girl from the brothel for half the night and couldn't sleep. He felt unsettled, a bit chaotic, and a bit panicked. Intuition told him something big was going to happen. He wanted to watch the show but also wanted to stay far away, fearing he might accidentally hurt himself.

Thinking and thinking, in the middle of the night, he kicked the girl away, put on his clothes, and ran off.

The girl:...

If it weren't for the fact that he had paid her handsomely, she would have cursed him for three days and three nights.

He ran in one breath to the outskirts of the city, heading straight for the back mountain of Wu Xiang Temple.

There was no basis for it, just inference and intuition. Those corpses appearing in densely populated areas of the city were likely related to the monk Liaochen.

Wei Wubing was old and insidious; he definitely wouldn't do such a thing. Only the monk Liaochen still retained a trace of Buddha-nature.

Before he even got close to the back mountain, he heard movement from afar.

He hurriedly found a place to hide, not daring to get any closer. Even when watching a show, one had to be mindful of one's own safety; one couldn't just rush forward blindly.

"You bird of a monk, what are you, daring to manage me?"

Zhou Mobai was dressed in black, acting as crazed as an evil cultivator. His eyes were bloodshot, but his face was deathly pale, like an evil ghost crawling out of hell.

"Amitabha!" The monk Liaochen chanted a Buddha name, "Donor Zhou is acting perversely, treating human life like grass, not walking the righteous path, and ruining your own nature. My Buddha is compassionate; as a disciple of the Buddha, if I didn't know, that would be one thing. Since I know, how could I not intervene?"

Hahaha...

Zhou Mobai burst into loud laughter, as if he had heard the most ridiculous joke in the world.

"A load of nonsense! Others might not know your background, but I do. You fancy yourself a man of justice, but do you dare tell the world how many people you killed when you were young? Who exactly was the Green-Eyed Demon that everyone in the Jianghu wanted to kill back then? Do you want me to publicize it for you? You hid in a temple as a fake monk to avoid your enemies; do you really think you are compassionate? If you are compassionate, why don't you die to atone for your sins and comfort the innocent people you killed back then?"

"Amitabha! This poor monk has been accompanied by green lamps and ancient Buddhas, chanting scriptures every day, precisely to atone for the sins committed back then."

Liaochen didn't deny Zhou Mobai's accusations at all and admitted them frankly.

Chen Guanlou was shocked!

He never expected that Liaochen's past would be so unbearable. A demon, having entered a temple, transformed into an enlightened high monk, washed his past clean, and even became an imperial advisor.

It was simply the biggest joke in the world!

Not knowing which sentence touched a nerve in Zhou Mobai, he was furious and retorted sharply, "Bullshit! It's all bullshit! Chanting a few scriptures is called atonement, and you can just wipe away everything you did in the past? You think quite highly of yourself. If you really want to atone, you should die for it.

You bird of a monk, do you remember the pregnant woman you disemboweled, the infant you pulled from her womb—how did it taste, was it delicious? When you wake from your dreams, do you miss the taste of that premature infant? You dug out hearts and livers, cooked and fried them; those flavors must have been repeating in your mind all these years.

When you see those devout men and women, does it stir up the malice in your heart; do you ever get a craving, wishing you could kill a few to taste them? Hahaha... you, a man-eating demon, a great demon who hasn't changed his man-eating habits, talking to me about compassion, talking to me about sin, talking to me about atonement—this is clearly the funniest joke in the world!"

Chen Guanlou:...

His perception was refreshed once again.

Sure enough, it wasn't that his bottom line was too high, but that the world's bottom line was too low.

Demon, demon—he thought it meant killing people everywhere!

He never expected that he actually ate people!

He almost couldn't hold back the urge to vomit.

Looking at the kind-faced Liaochen, he was actually the most unbearable of the three Grandmasters.

The imperial family even took in such a demon; no wonder everyone said the imperial palace was the dirtiest and most unbearable place in the world, hiding filth and evil, rarely seen in the world.

So, was it true, as Zhou Mobai said, that Liaochen continued to eat human flesh after becoming a monk?

"This poor monk never denies the sins committed in the past! This poor monk will not argue either. Because my Buddha knows whether my heart is sincere or not, and whether I have truly repented all these years. Whether you slander me or libel me, it cannot change the sins you have committed! Zhou Mobai, your path has gone astray; a perfectly good person, how could you walk on a crooked and evil path!"

"What qualification do you have to say I'm on a crooked path? Compared to you, who eats human flesh, what does it matter if I drink some blood? Wei Wubing, how long are you going to hide? Are you not tired of watching the show?"

Chen Guanlou's heart tightened!

Wei Wubing was there too; he wouldn't be discovered, would he?

Just as he was nervously considering his escape route, Wei Wubing, along with Xiao Jincheng and several blurry-faced Embroidered Uniform Guards, appeared.

"Zhou Mobai, you kidnapped dozens of young boys and girls overnight, sucking blood and practicing evil arts, making the whole capital panic; why don't you hurry up and surrender!"

As soon as Wei Wubing arrived, he convicted the man surnamed Zhou.

Zhou Mobai burst into loud laughter, pointing at the group of Embroidered Uniform Guards, "Old Wei, Eunuch Wei, you brought a few Embroidered Uniform Guards to capture me. What's this, do you really think I'm a sick cat? Who are you looking down on? Hahahaha... you don't go capture the bird of a monk; he eats human flesh and you don't care, yet you come to manage me sucking human blood.

Wei Wubing, don't forget, we are the real brothers; we've known each other since we were young. This bird of a monk joined halfway, and he's a demon; his foundation was black from the start, don't even think about washing it white. If you still consider me a brother, let's join forces and kill the bird of a monk, how about that? At worst, I'll be at your beck and call from now on."

Before Wei Wubing could state his position, the monk Liaochen spoke first, "Amitabha, this poor monk can be left to your disposal. But the prerequisite must be that Donor Zhou is captured and brought to justice; he must not be allowed to continue harming others. I ask Eunuch Wei to fulfill this!"

"You bird of a monk, you think you can convince Wei Wubing by saying that. I tell you, dream on! You are a demon; killing you is the real service to the people." Zhou Mobai clamored crazily, his expression so manic that it looked like he had sucked too much blood and turned into a half-human, half-ghost!

He clamored at the man surnamed Wei again, "Wei Wubing, what do you say? Let's lay it all out clearly today; are you standing with him, or with me? Are you killing him or capturing me?"

Wei Wubing had a cold face, dignified without being angry, "Zhou Mobai, do you know why I came tonight? Because I am acting under imperial orders. I won't hide it from you either; these people behind me, except for Magistrate Xiao, the others all belong to the City Gate Army. The mobilization of the City Gate Army means imperial authority is granted, with the power to execute first and report later! Zhou Mobai, the City Gate Army is here; why haven't you surrendered yet?"

The roar pierced through the mountain forest, pierced through the dark night.

Chen Guanlou felt as if his ears had been bombed; he had been stimulated one after another tonight.

Those blurry-faced people behind Xiao Jincheng were actually the City Gate Army! The legendary City Gate Army that had already been disbanded!

No wonder those people's temperament was so different from the Embroidered Uniform Guards; each one of them exuded an aura of death, and when their swords were drawn, people would surely die!