Life Hunter

Luo Jing whispered: "Light the incense, bow three times, insert the incense, and step back to the blood-gold thread. If you are not a believer, you are not allowed to kneel on the futon. After passing the blood-gold thread, you are not allowed to speak."

Li Qingxian nodded, glanced at the long blood-gold thread not far from the confession, took nine one-foot incense sticks from Han Anbo, lit it in the nine-crane cloud pattern copper stove, shook it to extinguish the fire, and walked towards the nearest confession .

Han Anbo, Yu Ping and Hong Cheng hurriedly followed, holding their breaths and lowering their heads in silence.

After passing the long blood-gold line, Li Qingxian's heartbeat quickened. He walked to the black futon, held incense in both hands, bent down and bowed three times.

He stood up, walked around the futon, put the incense in the stove, then bent down slightly and slowly backed away.

After exiting the Blood Gold Line, the four of them breathed a sigh of relief.

"Follow me to the clerical department. People in the household department are talkative, so you can speak in my room."

After Luo Jing finished blessing, he led the four people across Hubu Street again, returned to the south courtyard from the side door, and walked all the way.

Occasionally, when they encounter high-ranking officials, a few people stop and wait for the high-ranking officials to leave before continuing on.

We walked through the corridor and through the door, crossed the bridge, and walked for a long time before we entered the courtyard with a black wooden red sign that read "Department of Internal Affairs". Tile office room.

"Duan Heng, go get some tea. Sit down, please." Luo Jing moved a chair and placed it in front of the desk, then sat on the chair behind the desk.

Hong Cheng, who was observing secretly, felt his heart skip a beat. There was no reason for an eighth-grade official to personally move a chair for a tenth-grade official.

Li Qingxian stood and looked around the room. The desk was facing the door. The room on the left was filled with bookshelves and papers.

There are four narrow wooden tables on the other side, with the Four Treasures of the Study placed on them and layers of official documents stacked on them.

Li Qingxian thought in his mind that it was colder than expected, and Ding Ke was ranked fourth. Sure enough, as Pang Mingjing had guessed before, Luo Jing had no real power.

Li Qingxian didn't care and sat down with a smile.

Han Anbo and Yu Ping stood beside Li Qingxian, supporting Ye Dao.

Hong Cheng was holding the handle of the knife and standing at the door, with the toes of his left foot facing the door.

"If you have anything to do, tell me." Luo Jing put his arms on the table.

Li Qingxian looked at Luo Jing. His nose was rounded and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised. His face was a bit fierce to begin with, but sitting behind the desk made him even more powerful.

"No hurry, let's drink tea first."

Luo Jing smiled and said, "Okay."

"I'm still idle. Tell me about the recent important events in the court? You should be better informed than me." Li Qingxian said lazily.

Luo Jing thought for a while and said: "The biggest thing at the moment is that the emperor is preparing to resurrect some old ministers, which is very involved. There is a lot of discussion between the government and the public. Many people suspect that it is a big reshuffle."

"It's not that serious, right?" Li Qingxian asked.

"It's not that serious. His Majesty Jiazi ascended the throne, and his reign was Taining, which is almost sixteen years ago. Some people and some places should take action," Luo Jing said.

"I see," Li Qingxian vaguely guessed, but didn't know the key. "What about the demon problem? Today, the people from the Financial Department even wanted us to patrol the streets and go out to exterminate demons."

Luo Jingdao: "I haven't heard anything, but it is a common practice for night guards to go out to exterminate demons. When the demon infestation was serious back then, each department of the night guards had a 'demon extermination team'. You are still young and don't know, Tian Kangnian is There is no night guard, but there is a dragon guard. There is not only the demon elimination department, but also the demon suppression, exorcism, puppet slaying and other departments. It was only later that major forces entered the dynasty that these organizations were broken up, and most of them joined Night Guard.”

"I know about this. I heard people chatting a few days ago. I heard that the elders want to streamline the night guards and give up their original duties of supervising the officials and only be responsible for targeting the monks. Have you heard the news?"

"The general trend is the general trend." Luo Jing said.

"That's it." Li Qingxian said.

"Here comes the hot water." At this time, Duan Heng walked in with a steaming kettle, then made tea, poured water, and divided cups.

A rugged man who does things meticulously and quickly.

"This is our Nanxing sect's specialty wingless tea, please try it," Luo Jing said.

"That big tea tree with wingless birds nesting under its roots?"

"right."

Li Qingxian took a sip and tasted it. Nothing came out, and he said: "Good tea, indeed better than ordinary tea."

Luo Jing smiled and lowered his head to drink.

After drinking the cup of tea, Li Qingxian said: "Let's talk about business."

Luo Jing nodded.

Li Qingxian sat up straight and said, "Master Luo, if someone enters the household department, breaks the rules and blasphemes the gods, what should we do?"

"The lightest punishment is confiscation of money, and the worst punishment is imprisonment in the prison for interrogation."

Li Qingxian pointed at Hong Cheng and said, "Master Luo, do you think there is anything about me, the vice-captain, that is not disciplined enough?"

"You really want to hurt me!" Hong Cheng exclaimed, stepping out of the threshold and looking at Li Qingxian angrily.

Li Qingxian smiled and said: "You misunderstood. It's not me who wants to harm you, but the Ministry of Revenue who wants to act according to the rules. Don't you think so, Mr. Luo?"

Luo Jing pondered for a moment, then suddenly looked at Hong Cheng, his pupils shrank and turned red, the small red dots swayed rapidly from side to side, and returned to normal in the blink of an eye.

A strange cool breeze blew.

Hong Cheng's whole body was numb. He obviously wanted to escape, but for some reason, his legs were weak.

He bent his neck with all his strength and saw a few more red dots on his shadow, like nails, nailing the shadow.

"You..." Hong Cheng looked at Luo Jing in horror.

Luo Jing stood up and said as he walked: "Thank you for reminding me, otherwise I would have been deceived by this blasphemous guy. Let me ask you, why didn't you burn incense when you entered the temple?"

Hong Cheng said hurriedly: "I came here with Captain Li. He has already offered incense for me."

"Qingxian, will you offer incense for him?"

Li Qingxian said in surprise: "Brother Han bought the incense and I put it on it. What does it have to do with you, Hong Cheng?"

"You framed me!" Hong Cheng shouted angrily.

Li Qingxian sighed and said, "I made a mistake and made a loud noise. It's an additional crime."

Luo Jing smiled, clapped his hands lightly, and said, "Come here, arrest this blasphemer, throw him into the divine prison, and interrogate him immediately!"

Hong Cheng's expression changed drastically. As a night guard, he knew best what the so-called interrogation in the Divine Prison was, using evil magic to invade the mind and drive people crazy. At that time, even if Wei Yong and the people behind him come to rescue him, all he saves is a madman.

"You..." he had to lower his voice, "You can't do this to me. Lord Wei Yong knows that and won't let you go!"

At this time, Duan Heng came over expressionlessly and asked: "Interrogate immediately?"

"Interrogate immediately." Luo Jing said.

"Come here!" Duan Heng gave the order, and a group of people rushed in.

"You can't... wu wu..." Before Hong Cheng finished speaking, a disciple of the tenth-grade evil sect flicked his right hand, and long blood-colored needles flew out like eyes, piercing his upper and lower lips, and stringing them together. Together, blood flowed along the long needle, intertwined into a blood network, and blocked his mouth.

"Wait a minute." Li Qingxian said.

Everyone looked at Li Qingxian together. Hong Cheng's eyes burst into indescribable light and he nodded vigorously, as if to express his gratitude.

Li Qingxian stood up and asked as he walked: "Brother Jing, do we still have to pay the incense money and tea money today?"

A look of embarrassment appeared on Luo Jing's face, and he said: "According to the rules, you still have to pay."

“Isn’t it okay if I’m already in the market?”

"You need to be at least ninth grade to not have to pay at all." Luo Jing said.

Li Qingxian nodded and said, "Duan Heng, go through this man's leather bag and give it all to Brother Jing."

Hong Cheng looked at Li Qingxian in disbelief.

Duan Heng took off Hong Cheng's leather bag, took out the broken silver and copper coins, and weighed them.

Luo Jing said: "That's enough."

Li Qingxian walked up to Hong Cheng and said with a smile: "If you want to fight with me openly, I will ask you to get out of the patrol room at most, but you should never bully Brother Han."

Hong Cheng struggled hard, whimpering softly, and burst into tears.

"In my eyes, Li Qingxian, there is no sand in my eyes!" Li Qingxian finished speaking and turned back to his seat.

"Woooooooo..."

Duan Heng and others dragged Hong Cheng away.