Chapter 236: The Black Hand First Appears (Added chapter for Alliance Leader bobby1994)

"You are talking nonsense!"

Wu Dehai was anxious when he heard this. Seeing Assistant Prefect Zhou Kai's suspicious gaze, he hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "My lord, please be clear. My son Wu Shiqing is kind-hearted, everyone in Zigui County knows it. Now he is still harmed by evil spirits and is lying in bed with a serious illness. How could he do such a thing?"

"This person is clearly slandering, slandering!"

"You are the one talking nonsense!"

That lecturer named Yuan Feng was also desperate this time, no longer hiding it. He knelt on the ground and cupped his hands toward the hall, saying angrily: "My lord, please be clear. My elder brother was addicted to gambling and borrowed silver from the Chaoshan Society, and was forced by a group of rogues to come to the door all day, almost hanging himself."

"The student didn't want to expose family ugliness and couldn't raise silver to pay the debt, so I begged Wu Dehai for mercy. Who knew that the other party would use this to threaten me, asking me to monitor the movements of the academy..."

As soon as these words came out, the academy crowd was in an uproar.

"Yuan Feng, you will not die well!"

"Unworthy of being a disciple of the sage!"

"Wu Dehai, you are really a sinister villain!"

For a time, the academy crowd cursed angrily.

Slap!

Assistant Prefect Zhou Kai slammed the gavel, his face gloomy, "Don't make noise, you continue."

At this moment, he was also full of fire, wishing he could drag all these useless things out and beat them with boards.

However, he keenly sensed a trace of something wrong.

That lecturer named Yuan Feng knew that he was doomed this time, so he no longer covered it up and told the story one by one:

"Reporting to my lord, the student had no hope of fame. In his spare time from teaching, he became interested in some Mystic Sect secrets. One day in the library, he accidentally discovered an ancient Chu remnant, which recorded the method of refining the Red Pill."

"Because I was threatened by Wu Dehai, I took care of Wu Dehai's son Wu Shiqing on weekdays. This child was also interested in Mystic Sect arts, but liked Buddhist principles more and often communicated with me."

"I got this pill refining method and showed it to him. It was the other party who helped, and we refined this medicine."

Li Yan narrowed his eyes, "How did he help you?"

Yuan Feng's face turned red, and he gritted his teeth: "This pill uses the water refining method, no need to start a fire. It needs to use 'red lead', 'autumn stone', 'cinnabar'... and other things. The student is poor, how could I gather them?"

"Especially, it also needs to use 'human milk'. Wu Shiqing was also interested, so he helped me gather these things. We refined the pill together, several times in total, and got more than a thousand pills."

"After tasting the pill, I found it mysterious, so both of us secretly took it, and our studies improved greatly."

"Later, Wu Shiqing had an accident. My elder brother secretly gambled and owed a debt again. I didn't want to pay attention to it, but I couldn't stand the bitter pleading of my parents, so I privately sold this pill to the academy crowd to raise money..."

Listening to this account, the academy crowd was furious, and even Wu Dehai was dumbfounded, clearly not expecting his son to be involved.

Li Yan said in a deep voice: "Is there any more 'Red Pill'?"

"Yes! Yes!"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Feng hurriedly took out a small white porcelain bottle from his bosom.

The white porcelain bottle was very exquisite, and "Ghost Valley Master Descending the Mountain" was painted on it, looking quite ancient.

Wu Dehai saw it and felt a tightness in his chest, "Isn't this my collection? Evil son, actually stole this thing out!"

Li Yan didn't pay attention, took the white porcelain bottle, pulled out the cork, and poured out a red pill the size of a soybean.

He pinched the Yang formula and smelled it, then nodded:

"That's right, the demonic energy comes from this item!"

For a time, everyone in the hall was silent.

The academy students looked at each other, their faces pale.

They didn't expect that the "Immortal Pill" they secretly took was being eaten by everyone, and it also possessed demonic energy...

Wu County Magistrate was also trembling with anger.

He was not a fool. Although he acted recklessly in Zigui County, he actually stepped on that line, which could gather wealth without bringing things to the point of attracting imperial court investigation.

Didn't expect that his son would give him such a big one...

Assistant Prefect Zhou Kai on the hall also had an ugly face.

What he could see were just some appearances, nothing more than corruption and bribery, forcibly occupying people's fields. Such things existed everywhere in the Divine Land.

Compared with the current chaos in the Southwest, it was simply not worth mentioning.

Didn't expect that there were so many filth things secretly.

And he had a feeling that he was afraid he had just lifted a black lid, and didn't know how many messy things were underneath.

Li Yan and Sha Lifei looked coldly at the crowd.

This was the reason why they looked down on the government.

There was nothing wrong with having a government, and there was nothing wrong with having laws.

But human greed is endless. Ordinary common people can only see the surface, while people in the martial world are well-informed and know how filthy these hypocritical officials and gentry are in private.

Daoist Feng of the City God Temple only felt his scalp tingling.

He originally thought that an expert had come to support, but didn't expect that the matter hadn't been handled, but first caused such trouble.

Everyone knows it's a cesspit.

Why are you stirring it?!

Assistant Prefect Zhou Kai on the hall took a deep breath,

"Someone, take them all down!"

He knew that some things couldn't be played dumb anymore.

The yamen runners outside the door looked at each other, hesitating.

"Bold!"

Assistant Prefect Zhou Kai was angry as soon as he saw it, "You are eating the rice of the Great Xuan, not the running dogs of the Wu family!"

Wu Dehai was anxious when he heard this, his face pale, and he threw his black gauze hat, glared at those yamen runners and said: "Still stunned, hurry up and lock me!"

The yamen runners had no choice but to step forward to arrest people.

Wu Dehai glanced secretly, seeing Zhou Kai's gloomy eyes, and couldn't help but feel bitter in his heart.

Just then, Li Yan's eyes flashed with brilliance, and dark energy exploded under his feet. He leaped out of the county Yamen hall with a swoosh, and then threw his hand back.

"What are you doing?!"

Those soldiers roared angrily, surrounded him with spears.

Clatter!

Before the words fell, an object fell from the sky flapping its wings. It was a gray carrier pigeon, its chest pierced by a flying knife, and it soon lost its breath.

Li Yan glanced indifferently, "The person is in the backyard, why don't you go catch him!"

These veteran soldiers were experienced, how could they not know that someone was reporting the news, and two of them rushed into the backyard immediately.

Soon, a man with a full beard was dragged out.

Li Yan picked up the carrier pigeon, tore off the secret letter from the bamboo tube on its leg and glanced at it, walked to the hall, handed it to Assistant Prefect Zhou Kai, and sneered: "Assistant Prefect Zhou, people really don't eat the rice of the Great Xuan."

"My lord, spare my life!"

As soon as the words fell, a yamen runner knelt on the ground with a thud.

"Stupid!"

The yamen runner on the side kicked him away, drew his saber with a clatter, and roared: "Brothers, the matter is exposed, follow me and rush out!"

For a time, the hall was in a mess.

The academy students didn't expect this, scared out of their wits, hiding everywhere.

Wu Dehai widened his eyes, unbelievable.

It was Assistant Prefect Zhou Kai, who was courageous, drew his sword with a clatter, and roared: "Unreasonable, don't even think about leaving today!"

"Kill!"

The soldiers guarding the door were all veteran soldiers, reacting extremely quickly, immediately holding spears and forming a formation to block.

These yamen runners were originally rogues in the city, and after relying on Wu Dehai, they acted recklessly, eating, drinking, and having fun every day. Where did they have time to practice martial arts?

Running into military people, how could they be opponents?

They rushed out in a mess, directly blocked by the military formation. Some sabers hadn't been swung before they were stabbed through.

Some, even if they hit someone, couldn't break the iron armor defense.

"Catch that dog official!"

The leading yamen runner looked at Zhou Kai on the hall.

They knew that only by catching this Assistant Prefect and threatening him would they have a chance to escape today. However, after running two steps, his eyes blurred.

Bang bang bang!

The sound of fists and feet rang out. Li Yan stood in the hall with an expressionless face, while several yamen runners flew out screaming, directly knocked unconscious by those soldiers.

A small rebellion was suppressed in the blink of an eye.

"This... what's going on?"

Wu Dehai was trembling with fear, knowing that the trouble was big.

"Stupid!"

Assistant Prefect Zhou Kai glanced coldly, "That Chaoshan Society was controlled by others long ago. You are just a puppet placed on the bright side by others!"

After saying that, he ordered in a deep voice:

"Chen San, take my hand order, immediately go to the Battalion to mobilize troops, take over the defense of Guizhou City, and capture the rebels of the Chaoshan Society with all your strength!"

"Yes, my lord!"

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A soldier took the hand order, led two people and rushed out of the county Yamen, and immediately rode away.

Assistant Prefect Zhou Kai cupped his hands at Li Yan again, "Li Shaoxia, the other party might perform evil arts, so I still need to ask for your help."

Li Yan nodded, "That is natural."

Assistant Prefect Zhou Kai had murderous intent in his eyes, and said in a deep voice to the remaining soldiers: "Cut all the tendons of these people, tie them up in the county Yamen to prevent them from escaping, and follow me to the Wu mansion!"

"Yes, my lord!"

The soldiers were quick and skillful. For a time, blood splashed in the hall, and screams were constant, scaring the scholars until their faces were pale.

After doing this, Assistant Prefect Zhou Kai left the county Yamen with the soldiers, and Li Yan and Sha Lifei followed by his side.

As for County Magistrate Wu Dehai, he was disheveled, dragged by the collar by a soldier.

In the county Yamen hall, the academy students were still terrified.

One person swallowed his saliva, "This... why did they leave? Aren't we infected with demonic energy, how should it be solved?"

"Stupid!"

The lecturer on the side scolded him, hating that iron wouldn't become steel, "The matter has become big, let's save our small lives first."

Afterwards, he cupped his hands, "Mountain Chief, what do you think we should do?"

The old man Song Mingchu, worthy of being the Mountain Chief of Danyang Academy, could still remain calm at this moment, saying in a deep voice: "It seems that this matter is far more complex than we thought. For now, we should try our best to remedy it."

"That Chaoshan Society has many people, I'm afraid they will make trouble in the city. You all go back immediately, organize family servants and guards, and try to control the situation before the Battalion troops arrive!"

"Also, take this old man's hand order, go to the Pai Sect's Boat Head Luo, tell them that the Chaoshan Society is about to collapse, and ask them to organize martial arts righteous people to make a move!"

"The rest of you, follow this old man and watch these rebels!"

A series of orders, the academy students also had a backbone, and acted one after another...

On the other side, Li Yan and the others were also walking quickly.

Wu County Magistrate's mansion was not far from the county Yamen.

Assistant Prefect Zhou Kai asked in a deep voice while walking: "Li Shaoxia, do you think that Wu Shiqing could be the mastermind?"

Li Yan said in a deep voice: "Even if not, it is of great importance!"

That's right, both of them suspected Wu Shiqing at the same time.

Perhaps because Li Yan cut off the report in time, the Chaoshan Society people hadn't discovered it yet, and the Wu mansion was still peaceful.

At the gate, the gatekeeper slave saw a team of people rushing over aggressively, and his own master was being escorted by soldiers, and was stunned.

In this Guizhou City, how could anyone dare to touch the master?

Before he could shout, a soldier leaped out and held a knife to his throat, "Dare to shout, I'll kill you!"

The slave was trembling with fear and didn't dare to speak.

Zhou Kai gave a wink, and another team of soldiers ran to the back door to prevent anyone from escaping.

As for the main gate, it was half-open. The fierce soldiers kicked the door open with a bang and rushed in with spears.

"All lie down!"

"Those who dare to resist, kill without mercy!"

The servants in the Wu mansion were all trembling and lying on the ground.

Several guards and thugs were from the Chaoshan Society. Just as they wanted to resist, they were stabbed through by the soldiers one by one.

Zhou Kai turned his head and said coldly: "Where is your son?"

Wu Dehai said tremblingly: "In... in the side room of the back garden."

His mind was already a blank.

"Hmph!"

Zhou Kai didn't pay attention and led the crowd to rush to the backyard.

Wu Dehai looted the land in Zigui County, and in a short time, he had become a wealthy man, and the mansion was naturally built very grandly, and it occupied a wide area.

The back garden was not only large, but there were actually two small courtyards inside.

Zhou Kai led the crowd to rush to one of the small courtyards, kicked the door open, and quickly controlled everyone.

Unexpectedly, Wu Shiqing didn't escape, but his face was pale, lying on the bed, his body twitching involuntarily, his eyes rolled back, and he was foaming at the mouth.

Zhou Kai frowned, "Li Shaoxia, it seems he is not the mastermind. What kind of evil sorcery did he get?"

Li Yan pinched the formula and took a deep breath, his face changed instantly.

He immediately stepped forward, lifted the quilt covering Wu Shiqing, and the pungent smell of blood rushed to his face instantly.

Only to see that Wu Shiqing's ribs had been torn open, and the liver inside was clearly visible, broken and fragmented, seemingly gnawed by something.

Li Yan frowned, "It's the same demonic energy as before. What kind of monster is making trouble?"

Just as he was puzzled, Assistant Prefect Zhou Kai on the side changed his face greatly, "Quick, quick, return to the county Yamen, protect those scholars!"

After saying that, he actually ran away with his legs.

Li Yan had never seen the other party so panicked, even if his black gauze hat fell off, he didn't care, and led the soldiers to rush to the county Yamen.

"Brother Yan, what's going on?"

A series of accidents made Sha Lifei full of confusion.

"You'll know when you see it, go!"

Li Yan narrowed his eyes and led Sha Lifei to follow closely.

Behind them, Wu Shiqing had already lost his breath.

"Ah, my son!"

Wu Dehai, who was ignored, only felt that his eyes were full of nightmares, holding his son's corpse and crying bitterly...

The crowd moved quickly and returned to the Yamen hall not long after.

However, the scene before them made everyone's hair stand on end.

Only to see that the yamen runners who were captured before, together with all the scholars and that academy Mountain Chief, had all been beheaded.

Not only that, everyone had been dissected and their livers taken away.

The entire county Yamen hall was full of blood, like hell.

Li Yan's face was gloomy, and he glanced at Assistant Prefect Zhou Kai beside him.

"Assistant Prefect Zhou, it seems you know about this matter. What kind of person did this?"

Zhou Kai's face was pale, and he said trembl

"The Great Song Ghost Sect?"

Li Yan frowned slightly, an inexplicable sense of unease rising in his heart...

(End of chapter)