I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 89: Purple Air from the County Government

Since the fox spirit became Zhang Chen's skill, it has been invisible to outsiders and ordinary mortals can't see it at all. The fox spirit appeared in the field with a swagger, and the surrounding officers ignored it.

Because he was escorted by officers, Zhang Chen did not answer the fox spirit. Instead, he looked at the dejected fox spirit. It was obvious that the fox spirit had failed to persuade the nerd.

"I need money! I need silver." Zhang Chen muttered to himself in a low voice. The officers couldn't hear him, but he believed that the vixen would be able to hear him.

"You can speak louder now! I have cast an illusion, these people can't hear us talking." The vixen said beside Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen's eyes lit up when he heard this. He didn't expect the vixen to have such ability: "I need money! I need a lot of silver!"

"Silver is easy to talk about. Please wait here. The village chief's house has dozens of taels of silver hidden. I will get it for you."

Upon hearing this, the vixen disappeared from Zhang Chen's sight like a whirlwind without saying a word. In just over thirty breaths, Zhang Chen felt a heaviness in his sleeve, as if there was something extra.

Although the fox spirit's method of transportation cannot conceal matter now, the fox spirit is an eighth-level demon, and it is easy for her to cast illusions to deceive ordinary people.

"I'm sorry, I failed to persuade the scholar. Can you give him a chance to live?" The vixen put the silver in Zhang Chen's sleeve and apologized in a low voice.

Zhang Chen touched the silver in his sleeve, and suddenly felt that having the 'living skill of a fox spirit' was not just good, it was extremely good.

Zhang Chen did not answer the vixen, but put the vixen away. He looked at the leading constable, took out some silver from his sleeve, and stepped forward: "Sir, I have a little gift here. I hope you don't mind."

As he spoke, Zhang Chen stuffed all the silver directly into his pocket. After all, it wasn't his money, so he didn't feel bad about spending it.

Now that you have the skill of a fox spirit to survive, will you still be afraid of not having money in the future?
There are many wealthy families in the city, and those are their own granaries!

Upon hearing this, the constable clutched the silver in his hand in surprise. There must be at least twenty taels of silver. Why didn't he find it when he searched the boy before?
But there was no need to pursue this. Anyway, now that the money was in hand, the constable immediately smiled and his attitude changed drastically:

"My last name is Liu, you can call me Captain Liu!"

Captain Liu stuffed the silver in his hand into his sleeves, and then said to the officer beside him: "What are you standing there for? Why don't you quickly remove the shackles and shackles from this little brother?"

At this time, a constable hurried forward and removed the shackles from Zhang Chen.

Seeing that they were getting farther and farther away from the village, Zhang and the others gradually disappeared. Captain Liu touched the silver in his sleeve and looked at Zhang Chen:
"You are a sensible kid, so I'll give you a heads up! You are in big trouble this time! If you can come up with three hundred taels of silver, you may still have a chance to get the county magistrate to remove you. If you don't have three hundred taels of silver, if you have any last words, just let us know and we will tell you, otherwise you may not have a chance."

Zhang Chen's face turned pale when he heard this. He acted like a normal country boy and even stuttered when he spoke: "Captain Liu, why do you say that? I didn't do anything. Why would the master blame me? Isn't this a normal confrontation? How could this happen?"

"It was originally a trivial and normal confrontation. Even if Zhang Chen lost an ear, it wouldn't matter. He could just pay some money and be done with it. But your two houses were razed to the ground, and everything within a radius of 50 meters was destroyed. A large hole several meters deep appeared on the ground. What kind of power is this? Do you think you can get out if you can't figure it out?"

Zhang Chen pretended to be stunned when he heard this. He kept mobilizing the crystals in his body and drawing blood from his face, making his face look even paler. "What does this have to do with me? I was hunting in the mountains. I am innocent! If what the official said is true, then Zhang Chen actually survived the explosion. Even if there is a problem, it should be Zhang Chen! After all, there was a big hole in the ground. How could the poor scholar Zhang Chen still be alive? He just lost an ear?"

"You're right. That poor Zhang Chen went to the government office to sue you. He walked into a trap and was arrested and thrown into jail. Then Zhang Chen pointed you out. Do you understand what I mean?" Captain Liu said, "If such a big thing happens and it's not investigated, people will die! Many, many people will die! Even the county magistrate will be implicated. I heard that the Pingbian Palace has already started an investigation and is ready to find out the truth and the source of that power."

"You should know that no matter who possesses this power, the world will change dramatically." Captain Liu said in a cautious voice.

Zhang Chen's heart sank when he heard this. Sure enough, the worst situation had happened. No matter in which era, once gunpowder appeared, it would definitely be an earth-shaking event.

He probably understood the meaning of Captain Liu's words. If it were in the 21st century, and there was a sudden explosion of unknown origin, or even an energy explosion that was beyond everyone's comprehension, the government would do its best to investigate and block all the information that could be blocked.

How can the government sleep well if they don't investigate thoroughly?
There is no doubt that the gunpowder ignited by Zhang Chen was among them. For people of this era, it was equivalent to directly throwing a nuclear weapon in World War II. Who would dare to feel at ease if that kind of terrifying deterrent power was not investigated clearly?
"Not only the government offices, but also the Pingbian Palace, the spies of the foreign races at the border, and even the Imperial Procuratorate will secretly send experts to investigate. In the future, the North will be in complete chaos, with spies from all sides appearing. As you and Zhang Chen are the parties involved, do you think you can get away with it without a thorough investigation?"

Zhang Chen was immediately anxious when he heard this: "How am I the person involved? What does it have to do with me? I was hunting in the mountains at the time, and Zhang Chen was at home. He is the person involved! He was the one who caused the trouble, and since he couldn't get away with it, he wanted to frame me. I am really going to die of injustice."

"The scholar Zhang Chen is of course the biggest suspect. After all, he was at the scene of the explosion. He was the first eyewitness and a party involved. But your two families are neighbors. Now he is accusing you and insists that you wanted to kill him. The explosion is related to you. What do you think we should do? Of course we would rather kill someone by mistake than let him go." Captain Liu's voice was full of sympathy. He looked at Zhang Chen with a pair of eyes, and always felt that this guy was an unlucky guy.

He also believed that this matter had nothing to do with Zhang Chen. After all, Zhang Chen was strolling in the mountains at the time and had no idea what happened in the village. The scholar Zhang Chen was at the scene of the crime. Even a fool could tell who was the most suspicious. But the key now was that the scholar Zhang Chen had opened his mouth and was refusing to let go. He had no choice but to do this.

"How could I have that ability? Maybe a thunderbolt fell from the sky and blew up the house?" Zhang Chen kept protesting his innocence.

"It's impossible for a thunder explosion to create a hole in the ground! The inspectors have checked it and it's not the power of thunder." Captain Liu said.

The power of thunder is very strong. It can split animals and trees, but it cannot split the earth! Zhang Chen also knew that this explanation was not convincing. In later generations, there were frequent lightning strikes, but he had never seen one that split the ground into a big pit!
What split the earth into a hole was not lightning, but a missile!
"But I didn't do that. If I had that kind of power, I would have become a guest of honor among dukes and marquises long ago. Why would I have to go into the mountains to hunt so hard?" Zhang Chen kept crying out that he was wronged.

"Of course I know it wasn't you! Not only do I know, everyone knows it wasn't you, otherwise it would be those guys from the Procuratorate who came to arrest you, not us ordinary detectives. But now the master needs to find a scapegoat and give an explanation to the palace and the Procuratorate. The weight of the scholar alone seems a little light, and the weight of a poor scholar alone seems not enough. If you are included, it can be ok, so you understand what I mean, right?" Captain Liu said with a smile.

Zhang Chen was speechless after hearing this, and he suddenly remembered a saying from his previous life: Sometimes the person who wronged you knows how wronged you are better than you yourself.

There is no doubt that Zhang Chen has encountered it now.

But he was not in a hurry, after all, he still had the skill of faking death to escape. The group came to the county town along the way. This was the first time that the former and current Zhang Chen came to the county town.

But the county town was a bit disappointing. There was a city in the distance. The city wall was very high, about five meters. Soldiers holding spears and wearing ordinary clothes stood at the gate of the city, checking passers-by.

Zhang Chen's eyes fell on the soldiers, and he thought to himself, "We have all been deceived by movies and TV shows. How can the soldiers guarding the city gate wear armor? I'm afraid only the elite soldiers in the army have the opportunity to wear armor, right?"

"This county town is old, run-down and small. It's not a county town at all. It's just like an old rural town." When Zhang Chen passed by the city gate, the soldier guarding the gate let the constable pass directly upon seeing him. After Zhang Chen walked into the city, he looked at the restaurants on both sides and couldn't help revealing a look of disappointment on his face.

The height of the restaurant is only three meters, and they are very old and dilapidated. Most of them are only one story high.

People on the street come and go, busy shuttling between the streets and alleys, constantly busy back and forth. Each of them is wearing tattered clothes, skinny with pale faces, and their eyes are numb and without any interest in life.

"Numb!" Looking at the people coming and going on the street, a thought flashed through Zhang Chen's mind.

There seems to be no other word to describe it except numbness. The people in the entire county are lifeless and lack the vitality that people should have.

There were not many street vendors, and they set up their stalls sparsely, and were driven away by soldiers in the city from time to time.

"Are there urban management officers in this world?" Zhang Chen looked at the soldiers who overturned the stalls and couldn't help but look surprised.

“Although it’s called a county town, it’s more or less the same as a town in the south. It can’t compare to those small town scenic spots in later generations.” Zhang Chen said to himself.

The last bit of curiosity in his heart about the ancient county town was now gone, and he no longer had any curiosity at all.

As they were talking, they went straight to the government office. The so-called government office was just a courtyard with some layout, and it was not as majestic as it looked on TV.

However, the moment Zhang Chen saw the county government office, his pupils couldn't help but shrink, and a golden light automatically flowed out from his eyes.

Under his Dharma eyes, the originally unremarkable county government office was now shrouded in a layer of purple light. The purple light was very overbearing. Even the golden light in Zhang Chen's pupils, after reflecting the purple light, seemed to be affected by the purple light. There was even a hint of purple on the golden light, as if it was about to be swallowed up by the purple light.

It feels like two dyes, the other person is purple, and I am golden.

But when the dyes of both sides came into contact, his golden color was actually neutralized by the purple and was about to turn into purple, which immediately startled him and he quickly turned off the golden light.

Then he saw golden light flowing in his body, dissolving the purple light that came through his pupils, and Zhang Chen felt relieved.

When he tried to sense the other skills, he found that they were all heavy and obscure, and extremely difficult to mobilize. On the contrary, the dragon energy was unusually active at this moment, as if there was a feeling of a dragon returning to the sea.

"What is that purple aura that envelops the county government? Could it be the destiny of the human dynasty? In the past, there was a concept of destiny in human dynasties! If we say that the greatest destiny in the world is the destiny, it must be the destiny of the dynasty. Otherwise, how could the dynasty slay the dragon?" A thought flashed through Zhang Chen's mind.

Fortunately, the beast taming technique can still be used, and the blood control technique can also be used as usual, which makes Zhang Chen gradually relax.

No matter how bad the situation is, the worst that can happen is that I can just fake my own death!
Moreover, he could feel that the fox spirit was protected by his own dragon energy and could still be summoned.

"Fortunately! I still have skills to use!" Zhang Chen secretly relaxed.

At least he could fake his own death and use the vixen to fight back at crucial moments.

"Go and report to the master quickly. The suspect Zhang Chen has been arrested. Please give the order, master." Captain Liu called out to the officer at the door, and then said to the officer next to him: "Lock it up."

At this time, the officer took out chains and locked Zhang Chen's hands and feet, then said to Zhang Chen: "What to do next depends on the decision of the county magistrate. I just hope you can get out of here as soon as possible, and the county magistrate can clear your name and send you home to reunite with your family as soon as possible, otherwise..."

Captain Liu did not elaborate on what he said, but Zhang Chen could tell that it was definitely not a nice thing to say.

"This world is really full of crooked officials!" Zhang Chen said silently.

So dark!

A group of people stood in the yard and waited for a while. Then an officer said, "The master has ordered that he be brought to the hall for questioning."

Upon hearing this, Captain Liu nodded and took Zhang Chen towards the lobby.

"Mighty~"

There was a mighty call, and from a distance someone could be heard shouting, "Where is the prisoner Zhang Chen?"

(End of this chapter)