Chapter 82

Dongfang Yan rummaged through the room for paper, then took out his personal seal and stamped the "Censorate Envoy" seal on it.

Given his current situation, it was naturally not suitable to expose his true identity. But in order to urge local officials to attach importance to this case, a warning must be given.

The Qi Kingdom has a Censorate, which specializes in supervising the government affairs of all officials. There are often Censorate Envoys who secretly visit officials in various places.

Therefore, with this seal, even if it is just a blank piece of paper, it is enough to make the local Prefect sweat and not dare not strictly supervise the case.

Sure enough, when they found a passerby and sent the blank letter to the Prefect's mansion, in less than half an hour, the Prefect himself brought soldiers to rush over.

Only at this moment, Lin Qingyue and Dongfang Yan had already left. Sister Chun and a group of evil people were all knocked unconscious on the ground, and after being captured by the soldiers, they were still confused and at a loss.

The soldiers searched out more than a dozen children in the mansion, ranging from two or three years old to seven or eight years old, both boys and girls.

In the backyard of the house, they also dug up many corpses that had just been buried not long ago.

The Prefect's face at that time was indescribable: worry, fear, and finally turned into anger, shouting loudly: "Investigate! Investigate strictly for this official, and we must ferret out all the masterminds!"

After dealing with these things, it was already afternoon, and only then did Dongfang Yan think of Xie Shouzheng.

"It's this time, why hasn't Xiao Hui come back yet?"

In order to facilitate the meeting, they left marks along the road after entering the city, and if Xie Shouzheng saw them, he would also give a mark.

But when they went back to find the previous marks, they didn't see any other signs next to them.

That means Xie Shouzheng didn't come to Fengxian Prefecture at all!

Just when the two were strange, they suddenly saw Damao and Ermao chatting and laughing, walking towards them.

"Damao, Ermao!" Dongfang Yan walked up and stopped the two people.

But the mole brothers who were catching the fox demon with them last night were now squinting and leaning forward to sniff around.

"Who are you? How do you know our brothers' names?"

"That's right, who are you?"

Dongfang Yan frowned slightly and asked: "Do you two remember where you went last night?"

Damao said: "Last night, a newly dead soul in Bangchui Street lost its memory and was wandering outside, scaring many children to cry, so we brothers took a whip and whipped him back to the Yinjian."

Ermao waved the whip in his hand: "That's right, whipped back to the Yinjian!"

Lin Qingyue asked: "Didn't anything happen in Fengnian County?"

Damao grinned foolishly: "What could happen in Fengnian County? Isn't it very peaceful?"

Ermao followed with a silly laugh: "That's right, very peaceful!"

Dongfang Yan and Lin Qingyue looked at each other and turned to leave.

Damao was still squinting his small eyes and looking: "Hey, where are the people? Why did they just leave?"

Ermao: "That's right, where are the people?"

Damao: "By the way, who exactly are they? Why do they smell like a strange aura?"

Ermao: "That's right, very strange!"

Xie Shouzheng had a dream, in which he turned back into the little wolf cub running wild in the mountains and forests when he was still in the deep mountains and old forests.

At that time, the years were quiet and carefree. When he was hungry, he would return to the wolf pack and nestle under the mother wolf's belly to suck a few mouthfuls of milk.

When he grew sharp fangs, the mother wolf would bring delicious meat bones.

He would gnaw on them, his face covered in meat foam, and as he gnawed, he grew up. When he wanted to continue gnawing on his parents, he was ruthlessly driven out of the group by the mother wolf.

This is the instinct of animals. In order to avoid inbreeding and resource competition, adult wolves must leave the group, find their own territory, and establish their own group.

Along with him, other brothers and sisters were also driven out of the wolf pack.

But he was born an alien, and whenever the full moon hung high, he always liked to sit alone on the top of the mountains, looking at the night sky and concentrating. The moonlight reflected in his eyes, flashing with a confusion different from the group.

That day, dark clouds pressed down, and thunder split the sky, crashing into his brain. Like Pangu splitting chaos, the ignorance of the past suddenly dissipated.

For the first time, he identified the direction of the falling rain, for the first time he understood the sobbing of the wind across the wilderness, and even the fragrance of the grass under his claws seemed to have a different aura.

And the howling of the wolf pack in the distance actually made him feel a bit strange.

He was still a wolf, but he was already completely different.

From that day on, he followed his inner instinct, greedily absorbing the essence of the sun and moon, and slowly gained extraordinary abilities.

Sometimes he was diligent, practicing day after day. Sometimes he was lazy, sleeping in his own cave for several years at a time.

Until one day, the sound of iron hooves kicking the earth startled his good dream.

When he walked out of the cave, before he could see the scene in front of him, he was shot through the shoulder blade by a sharp sword.

He fell to the ground with a howl, looking in horror at the two-legged beasts holding bows and arrows, surrounding him.

"Heh, the fur of this wolf is really beautiful, it can be made into a cloak."

"It's baring its teeth, the teeth are also as beautiful as jade, knocking them down can make a good wolf tooth pendant."

At that moment, he realized the power of humans, even if he had practiced for many years and opened his wisdom, he could still be killed in seconds in front of them at any time!

Just when he thought he was bound to die, a childish voice sounded in his ear: "Don't kill it, I'll pay to buy it!"

The hunters took the money and left happily.

The child rode his horse closer, and someone beside him hurriedly advised: "Crown Prince, wolves are fierce, don't get close!"

Suddenly, a small figure jumped off the horse's back and landed steadily in front of the injured gray wolf.

"Your Highness, be careful!"

Before the attendant's exclamation was finished, he had already squatted down, his palm covering the furry fur of the wolf's head: "Would you like to be my pet? If you are willing, blink your eyes. If you are not willing, I can also let you return to the forest."

That was his first meeting with Dongfang Yan, the figure of the young man squatting in the twilight, thin and small, but with a kingly nobility. His fingertips boldly brushed over the wolf's ears, and the light in his eyes was brighter than the setting sun in the sky.

He was originally afraid of human blood, but the moment he bumped into the child, an inexplicable warmth rose in his heart.

After hesitating for a moment, his amber eyes blinked gently, staring steadily at the little child, and from that moment on, he entered his heart...

Xie Shouzheng opened his amber eyes, and what he saw was the endless night and the twinkling stars in the sky. For a moment, he thought he was still in a dream, back on the grassland of that year.

But suddenly he found something wrong, the starlight above his head was cut into fragmented squares by the ink-colored iron cage.

After being surprised, he hurriedly wanted to stand up, but his head hit the top of the cage, and only then did he realize that he was actually in a small iron cage.

Suddenly he saw his furry paws again, and the pain from his tail being folded at the back of his butt.

He was horrified and widened his eyes, hurriedly touching his head and face, and was shocked to find that he had turned back into a wolf body.

He remembered that it was less than two or three years after he was brought back to the Eastern Palace by the Crown Prince that he transformed into a human, and then as a servant of the Crown Prince, he followed the Crown Prince to listen to lectures in the school and accepted the baptism of civilized etiquette.

A few years later, the Crown Prince established the Xuanjing Division and let him be an official of one side.

In order to appear mature and steady, he specifically grew a beard, making himself look like he was in his 30s. Since then, he has been busy every day, living like a cow or horse, but no longer like a wolf.

If it weren't for Lin Qingyue pointing out his identity at a glance, he would have almost forgotten that he was a wolf.

But now... why did he inexplicably reveal his original form?