Datang: God-level son-in-law, salted fish will become stronger

"My son-in-law." Li Junxian stepped forward and cupped his hands.

Qin Mu looked at him and said helplessly, "General Li, I'm afraid this year will be difficult."

"Yes." Li Junxian sighed, "Your Majesty is furious in the palace."

"On New Year's Eve, Cicai Qianniuwei was intercepted and killed. This is not a trivial matter. His Majesty ordered the Ministry of Punishments to thoroughly investigate this matter. Within two days, the investigation must reveal the truth."

1Chapter 16: The situation is confusing

"Huh?" Wang Xuance looked at the corpse on the ground, groaned, then bent down, and lifted off the Qianniuwei's chest armor, a blood hole suddenly appeared on the Qianniuwei's chest.

Wang Xuance stretched out his hand towards the soldier's chest, then he frowned and turned his head and said, "Master, this man's heart was taken out."

"The heart was removed?" Li Junxian exclaimed, and immediately said: "Quickly, turn the corpse over and see if the hearts of the rest are still there."

After the words fell, the Qianniuwei led by Li Junxian began to attack.

After a while, the corpses were neatly placed on the ground, and unexpectedly, all the hearts of the fifteen Thousand Bull Guardsmen were removed.

"Damn it." Li Junxian clenched his fists tightly, his eyes were scarlet, "Who on earth has such a deep hatred for me, Qian Niuwei, that he cut off his head and even his heart."

Qin Mu narrowed his eyes slightly, and said in a deep voice: "General Li, don't be impatient, as long as he is human, he will leave traces. We will definitely find out the mastermind behind the scenes and bury them with our brothers."

Li Junxian nodded, "If I catch the mastermind behind the scenes, I will definitely tear him to pieces."

Looking at the fifteen corpses on the ground, everyone remained silent, and the situation became more and more confusing.

Just when everyone was puzzled, Qin Mu's mind became clearer.

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

Generally, such evil things either involve cult sacrifices or alchemy.

Otherwise, no one would be free to engage in such things.

After a while, Li Junxian pondered and said: "Come here, bring the bodies of these brothers back to the Ministry of Punishment, and ask you to do an autopsy. We must find clues from them."

Immediately afterwards, he looked at Qin Mu, bowed his head and said, "My lord, I'm afraid the food for tonight will be gone, and the crown prince's safety will be entrusted to you. The last general has to rush to the Ministry of Punishment, so I will take my leave."

Qin Mu cupped his hands and responded: "General Li has worked hard, if you need help, come to me anytime."

"Thank you son-in-law." Li Junxian responded and led Qianniuwei away.

"Young master, what should we do?" Wang Xuance turned to look at Qin Mu.

A team of Qianniu Guards died in front of Mangya College. Whether it was a coincidence or aimed at Qin Mu, Wang Xuance could not swallow this tone no matter what.

"Back to the academy, let's take a long-term plan."

After saying that, Qin Mu turned around and walked out towards Mangya College.

When a few people returned to the main hall, the New Year's Eve banquet had already ended, and after such a incident, everyone had already lost the mood to drink.

However, only Cheng Chumo and others knew about this, and they did not inform the students of Manya College.

The students have been sent back to the dormitory by them to rest.

"Brother Mu, what happened? A group of Qianniuwei brothers were intercepted and killed?"

Cheng Chumo saw Qin Mu coming in, and hurried forward.

He is a general of Qianniu Zhong, and he has a unique feeling for Qianniuwei, and he is most anxious at this time.

"It's not just being intercepted." Wang Xuance said angrily, "These killers are extremely cruel. Fifteen brothers had their heads cut off and their hearts taken out. It's too horrible to look at."

"Bastard!" Cheng Chumo roared angrily, "Who the hell dared to attack Qianniuwei so viciously, if I caught him, I would have to flay him alive."

Qin Mu murmured, "I'll talk about this later. Now that the enemy is clear and we are dark, Mangya Academy is not safe. Let's send the prince back to the palace first, and then make plans."

"In any case, we must not stand idly by."

.....

Chang'an City.

Royal Palace.

Ganlu Temple.

Sitting in front of the desk, Li Erduan looked gloomy, and the good New Year's Eve turned out like this.

"Shiyuan, do you have any idea?"

Li Er looked at the man in black armor in the hall and said.

His surname is Liu, his first name is Renyuan, and his style name is Shiyuan. He was Li Er's personal bodyguard before.

Now it is the shadow army under Li Er's command, the dark controller.

As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Er was naturally not as simple as it appeared on the surface.

Before the critical moment, this hidden guard will not be dispatched at will.

This time, Qianniuwei was intercepted and killed in Chang'an City, which has endangered the safety of Chang'an, so Li Ercai couldn't wait to activate the secret.

Liu Renyuan replied: "Go back to Your Majesty, not yet, but the general has cast the net down."

"I believe it won't be long before the fish will take the bait. If someone comes to the palace during this time, your majesty needs to cooperate."

Li Er nodded, "I see, this matter is indeed not as simple as it appears on the surface, I don't know if it has anything to do with that bastard Qin Mu."

"I always feel uneasy in my heart. This interception is really too weird."

Thinking in his heart, Li Er picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip.

On New Year's Eve, he was furious in the Hall of Liangyi, both true and false. Li Erneng became the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, so he naturally had his brains. His anger was real, and his anger was for outsiders to see.

The more this kind of moment, the more you must keep a calm head.

......

Five days after Qianniuwei was intercepted, homicides occurred one after another in Chang'an City and its surrounding areas.

The dead were of different ages, including the elderly, women, and children...

But their deaths were surprisingly consistent.

The head was cut off, the heart was taken out, the method was extremely bad and cruel.

It goes without saying that the perpetrator is exactly the same as the one who intercepted and killed Qianniuwei.

But the perpetrator's technique was extremely clever, and no clues were left at the scene.

In addition, the targets of the murders are different, and the time and place of the murders are irregular.

The Ministry of Criminal Justice still has no clue about this.

At this point, a dark cloud gradually shrouded the sky over Chang'an City, and everyone was in danger.

At this time, quite a few people have already dismissed this matter from the murder case, and they are more willing to believe that this is a mysterious incident, and the perpetrators are not human beings.

The common people are more willing to believe that this is the work of ghosts and gods, after all, how can human beings do such cruel and bizarre things.

For their own safety, people have invited people to do it at home.

For a time, Taoist priests and eminent monks emerged in endlessly in Chang'an City.

Quite a few swindlers began to come out to bluff and deceive, defrauding money, sex, and things...

If things go on like this, the city of Chang'an will become a miasma, and the common people will suffer a lot.

Even the Taoist priests who hunted demons appeared in the imperial palace, opened altars to subdue demons and eliminate demons.

According to what the Taoist master of catching monsters said, it is because there are demon stars descending from the Tang Dynasty this year, and fortune and misfortune depend on each other.

First it was for the benefit of the Tang Dynasty, but now it is causing disasters for the Tang Dynasty. The current plan is to find the demon star as soon as possible and kill him, so as to restore the stability of the Tang Dynasty.

This incident swept across the Tang Dynasty like a hurricane.

For a while, Qin Mu was once again pushed to the forefront.

After all, the person who has benefited Datang a lot this year is none other than Qin Mu.

Although the common people don't want to believe it, if the murder case is not solved and the murderer is not caught, the impact on Qin Mu will be greater and greater.

After all, three people become tigers, and those with a heart maliciously spread rumors.

It won't be long before Qin Mu will be submerged in this wave of demon stars.

1Chapter 17: Opening the Altar, Eliminating Demons in the Palace

Chang'an City.

Royal Palace.

In front of Liangyi Hall.

The old mountain and forest Taoist invited by the Ministry of Rites is opening an altar in front of the hall to exorcise evil spirits.

Li Er and all civil and military officials watched in front of the hall.

Although Li Er did not agree with these old Taoists, there was no scientific theory in this period, and what could not be explained was naturally connected with ghosts and gods.

For a moment.

Qin Mu walked towards the Hall of Liangyi through the Chengtian Gate, and Changsun Wuji who was following him kept telling him, "Mu'er, you don't have to worry about the opening of the altar in the Hall of Liangyi today."

"Although there are villains outside the palace who have connected you with that illusory demon star, as long as the Ministry of Justice catches the murderer, the rumors will be self-defeating."

Changsun Wuji was worried about Qin Mu from the bottom of his heart. Recently, there were rumors outside the palace, and he was worried that it would affect Qin Mu's mentality.

Qin Mu said calmly and casually: "Uncle, don't worry, I don't take it to heart. There is no such thing as ghosts and gods in this world. They are just tricks played by scheming villains and cannot be put on the table."

Feudal superstitions are nothing more than the ruler's tricks to fool the people. As a good student, how could Qin Mu believe in ghosts and gods?

And when he came to the palace today, he just wanted to see how these Taoist priests exorcised demons and caught him, a demon star.

The most important thing is that the matter of the demon star is definitely not groundless.

This group of monsters must be related to the murders inside and outside Chang'an City.

Seeing Qin Mu's figure, a little Taoist boy in a Taoist robe ran to the head of the Exorcist, Liu Chuanfeng, and said in a low voice, "Master, Qin Mu, the son-in-law, is here."

Hearing this, Liu Chuanfeng's eyes were full of light, he was full of energy, picked up the mahogany sword beside him, and said in a deep voice: "Set up the formation, and start to eliminate demons now."

Immediately afterwards, Liu Chuanfeng walked to the imperial steps, saluted and said: "Your Majesty, there is a strong wind in the palace now, and the demons have come. I am going to open the altar to exorcise the demons. Your Majesty wants to see with your own eyes the demons that disturb the peace of my Tang Dynasty. What does it look like?"

Li Er, with a gloomy complexion, could not see any joy or anger, said in a deep voice, "Don't hesitate to cast spells, Daoist Liu, but I want to see what monsters are happening in Chang'an City."

"It's Your Majesty." Liu Chuanfeng stepped back, pointing his mahogany swordsmanship to the sky, "Open the altar to eliminate demons, set up an array..."

at the same time.

Changsun Wuji brought Qin Mu from afar.

Li Er and the civil and military officials all set their sights on the two of them.

It was no coincidence that Qin Mu appeared in the palace just after Liu Chuanfeng opened the altar to eliminate demons.

Although no one said anything, some officials had cast contemptuous glances at Qin Mu.

How much they wished that Qin Mu was that demon star, the one that should be beheaded for public display.

"Bold snake spirit, important place of the royal family, how can you be presumptuous here!"

Liu Chuanfeng let out a cry of surprise, swiped the mahogany sword in the air, and a yellow talisman was attached to the mahogany sword.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Chuanfeng used a carpenter to pick up a small handful of straw that was tied up on the ground, and swung his sword to chop it onto the oil lamp in the center of the demon formation.

The straw on the oil lamp was instantly swallowed by the flames, and a puff of thick smoke emerged.

"Bold and monstrous, I want to show my true colors, drive away!" Liu Chuanfeng threw a yellow talisman paper into the thick smoke.

At this moment, an amazing scene happened, the thick smoke gradually turned into a smoke snake, dancing and swaying above the straw.

"Hiss, this... What is this thing? Could it be that there are really monsters in the palace?"

"I think it's probably true. Otherwise, why have strange incidents occurred frequently in Chang'an City recently? If it wasn't for the work of demons, why hasn't the murderer been caught so long?"

"This Daoist Liu really has some skills. He beat the snake demon back to its original form in a short while. It seems that Chang'an City is about to return to calm."

Quite a number of officials who were already feudal and superstitious looked at Liu Chuanfeng's methods and were amazed and believed it to be true.

Li Er still had a sullen face, showing no signs of happiness or anger.