Chapter 446

"The murderer who killed Tang Anzhi!"

He paused mid-sentence, Lü Tu gave a meaningful look at Wei Yuan, making Wei Yuan's hairs stand on end, his face full of terror, as if he had thought of something horrible, and said:

"Naturally, it's the mysterious person who attacked you all earlier. Do you know why that mysterious person killed Tang Anzhi?"

"Ah, it's him?"

Wei Yuan let out a startled cry, feeling surprised yet not the slightest bit unexpected.

If Tang Anzhi hadn't had a substitute straw doll earlier, he would have already died at Wang Ping'an's hands; now that Tang Anzhi died by Wang Ping'an's hand, it's more reasonable than dying at Lü Tu's hand.

Wei Yuan couldn't help but ask curiously: "Lü Qianhu, from what you're saying, you seem to know why the mysterious person would harm Tang the Imperial Attendant?"

Actually.

Not long ago, Wang Ping'an suddenly appeared, seized him, which he could understand; Wang Ping'an was doing it to save Hu Jiushisan, the fox from Nine-headed Mountain, whom he had used as a tool to claim credit for killing the good, hoping to use this matter to ingratiate himself with Wang Ruhai.

Who doesn't know that the Nine-headed Mountain Fox Clan has wide connections; among the notable people nearby, whether human, monster, or even ghost, they all more or less know the Nine-headed Mountain Fox Clan.

Many of them maintain deep ties with the Nine-headed Mountain Fox Clan; when they see someone intending to persecute the clan, doing them a favor is quite common.

Just that.

He couldn't understand why Wang Ping'an suddenly harbored murderous intent toward Tang Anzhi.

He initially guessed it might be because Tang Anzhi entered the ghost wall to seize the Mountain God Token.

But this thought hadn't lingered three seconds in his mind before he dispelled it himself.

Tang Anzhi entered the ghost wall, snatched the Mountain God Token from the hands of the Du father and son, not for himself, but for Zhang Deben, the new Lion Ridge Mountain God.

Wang Ping'an didn't seem like someone who wanted to monopolize the Mountain God Token; otherwise he wouldn't have secretly taken it from the Du father and son and used the ghost wall to confuse them.

He made them walk in circles in the Zhang family's backyard, letting the Du father and son be discovered by them.

After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't figure out why Wang Ping'an wanted to kill Tang Anzhi; he hadn't lacked guesses, possibly because Tang Anzhi had proposed killing the good to claim merit.

But this idea likewise didn't stay three seconds in his mind before he again dispelled it himself.

Wang Ping'an probably isn't the sort of old-school righteous person who shares no common ground with evil.

From his willingness to act for Hu Jiushisan, seizing him to rescue Hu Jiushisan, it shows that even if he didn't know Hu Jiushisan, he must know the Nine-headed Mountain Fox Clan behind him.

How could an old-school righteous person who shares no common ground with evil possibly deal with monsters, let alone save a monster's life?

As for the matter of Wang Ping'an being associated with the Nine-headed Mountain Fox Clan, that's something he doesn't even need to think about; he knows the clan quite well.

Among them there are no shortage of formidable fox experts, yet he had never heard of any fox expert renowned for controlling paper people.

Such ability... it's not that the Nine-headed Mountain Fox Clan couldn't learn it, but rather they are unwilling to learn.

Such unorthodox side paths, unless one truly has no other way and cannot access other cultivation methods, no one would willingly choose to cultivate such a technique.

He was very curious why Wang Ping'an alone harbored murderous intent toward Tang Anzhi; hearing Lü Tu's implication, he seemed to know a thing or two.

Lü Tu said: "Magistrate Wei, do you know that person is the Underworld's emissary in the mortal realm?"

"The Underworld's emissary in the mortal realm?"

Wei Yuan frowned slightly, pondered for a long time, then recalled seeing in some miscellaneous book an introduction about the Underworld's emissary in the mortal realm, and asked doubtfully:

"I never expected that evil cultivator to actually be the Underworld's emissary in the mortal realm, but what does his being the Underworld's emissary have to do with killing Tang the Imperial Attendant?"

Lü Tu didn't rush to answer, but with a teasing look said: "Magistrate Wei, you are the magistrate of Qingyang County, the parent-official of all the people of Qingyang County, and Lion Ridge also falls under your jurisdiction. Do you know how the previous Mountain God of Lion Ridge died?"

"Wasn't the previous Mountain God of Lion Ridge brutally killed by some monster that came out of nowhere?"

Wei Yuan asked, puzzled.

This novel you have reached

The tragic death of the previous Mountain God of Lion Ridge happened over a hundred years ago; at that time he had not yet come to take office in Qingyang County, and after he took office, not only had no one told him about this matter, but even ruffians from near Lion Ridge ran to the county office begging for help, asking him to send people to deal with the monsters on Lion Ridge.

Ridiculous, expecting him to act without any benefit... cough, cough, although he is the parent-official of Qingyang County, he differs from most officials in that he treats many things impartially, including the monsters within Qingyang County's borders.

The monster that occupies Lion Ridge did indeed brutally kill the previous Mountain God of Lion Ridge, but it has never brought disaster to the nearby residents.

The previous Mountain God of Lion Ridge never gave him any benefit... cough, cough, theoretically the Lion Ridge Mountain God falls under the Underworld's jurisdiction and has nothing to do with human officials like him.

Let alone that he hasn't received any signal from the Underworld; even if the Underworld wanted to avenge the tragic death of the Lion Ridge Mountain God, they would seek out the Qingyang County Immortal Official, not him, the Qingyang County parent-official.

Naturally he has no need to avenge the tragic death of the previous Lion Ridge Mountain God, nor need to pay much attention to the Mountain God's affairs, unless the Lion Ridge Mountain God could bring him some benefit... cough, cough, the Lion Ridge Mountain God could possibly turn into an evil god and bring disaster to the nearby residents.

As the parent-official of Qingyang County, he would only send people to deal with an evil god on Lion Ridge.

"That monster which brutally killed the Lion Ridge Mountain God and occupies Lion Ridge, according to the information I've received, is merely a tiger that somehow obtained a fortuitous encounter, after years of cultivation evolved into a monster; it has some ability, but not enough to brutally kill a Mountain God, even if the Lion Ridge Mountain God is a minor deity!"

Lü Tu sneered: "Back then he could brutally kill the Lion Ridge Mountain God only because that Mountain God had already been ambushed and severely injured beforehand by none other than the former Immortal Official of Qingyang County, Tang Anzhi!"

He actually knows quite well about the monster that occupies Lion Ridge; monsters of this sort, if they dare to brutally kill a Mountain God, once they refine the Mountain God Token they are likely to become evil gods, but as long as they haven't yet erred, even if he clearly knows the other side is heinous, he cannot act against them.

So.

All he can do is send people to gather news about Hu Hui; once Hu Hui shows signs of becoming an evil god, even if the Qingyang County Immortal Official ignores it, he will also send people to eliminate this hazard, lest it bring disaster to the entire vicinity of Lion Ridge.

Let alone that he knows this monster that occupies Lion Ridge well; even if he didn't know it well, the fact that over a hundred years on the ground he has never managed to refine the Mountain God Token shows his cultivation is ordinary, so how could he possibly have the ability to bring disaster to the Lion Ridge Mountain God?

(End of chapter)