Pawn Crossing the River

Two Qingluan Guard masters slowly pushed open the door of Tianle Palace.

The first thing that catches the eye is the straight passage covered with red carpet, the sparkling pools on both sides, and the huge screen with the "Picture of the Celestial Master Ascending Immortality" painted on it.

At this time, the sound recording array in the hall had stopped, so the sound coming from behind the screen was very clear.

It was a sound that the Qingluan guards were very familiar with. They often heard it when interrogating prisoners, so it was not unusual. The key is that when they hear this sound, it is often accompanied by the prisoners' screams, wailing and begging for mercy. But today was different, there were no screams or wails, only the suppressed moans of the woman, with some kind of joy mixed in the pain.

Qi Xuansu was silent for a moment and was the first to step forward, with the others following behind him. When everyone walked around the screen, they were immediately shocked by the scene in front of them.

A woman was naked and hung up. Her face was red from suppressing the pain, and even a little blue, but from the look of her expression, she was happy, as if she was about to reach the peak of bliss.

This is very similar to Hua Qi's death, except that she has not been disemboweled.

There was another man, also naked, holding a leather whip with thorns and barbs, and was beating the beautiful body in front of him.

This person is Liu Futong, the Taoist priest in charge of "Tianle Taoyuan".

Su Ran turned around, not forgetting to cover Liu Hu's eyes with his hands.

The Taoist priests who came with Su Ran looked embarrassed and a little bit unspeakably gloating.

The rest of the Qingluan Guards looked at each other in confusion. They all had official status, and at least they were members of a probationary household. Of course, they had seen each other before. If it was just love between a man and a woman, they wouldn't make a fuss at all. It's just that they didn't expect that the Taoist priest in charge was indeed the Taoist priest in charge. The variety of tricks was beyond their imagination. They had never seen this scene before.

The eighth day Yang was from a good family and had heard about such things, but this was the first time he had seen it with his own eyes.

This is true for the Qingluan Guards I have seen before, let alone Qi Xuansu.

Qi Xuansu was also shocked by the scene in front of him, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

At this time, Liu Futong was immersed in the "game" and was unaware of the arrival of the group of people.

Finally, Qi Xuansu broke the silence: "Master Liu!"

Liu Futong stopped moving and turned around suddenly.

When he saw a group of people, his whole body seemed to have been poured cold water on his head, and he suddenly became weak. The most intuitive manifestation was that his crotch returned to its original shape at a speed visible to the naked eye, and was even smaller than usual. a bit.

Su Ran, who had his back to Liu Futong, said calmly: "I think Chief Liu will give us an explanation."

Liu Futong's face was pale, his lips were trembling, and he was speechless.

Putting aside many situations that cannot be put on the surface, the moral standards of Taoism are extremely high, such as the abolition of the system of slaves and human trafficking, the abolition of the system of polygamy, the abolition of Lingchi Lianzu and other torture, and the prohibition of Yujing opened palaces and other romantic places, etc., striving to allow the maximum morality within the scope, so that people in the Taoist sect were proud of Yujing and despised the imperial capital, privately calling the latter a barbaric place.

In this context, there are some things that can be said but not done, and some things that can be said but not done.

Some things are not as heavy as four or two if they are not put on the scale. But if they are put on the scale, they are extremely important.

When it was exposed that a third-grade Youyi Taoist priest abused his servants, he was immediately ordered to resign from all positions and was demoted to a fourth-grade Taoist priest.

What Liu Futong did today, whether Yue Lian volunteered or was forced, was enough to make him irrecoverable. At the very least, it would be difficult to keep his position as the Taoist priest in charge of "Tianle Taoyuan".

Qi Xuansu picked up the scattered clothes on the ground and threw them to Liu Futong.

Tian Yang also winked on the eighth day, and two people immediately stepped forward and released the woman who was about to suffocate to death.

It was only then that Su Ran turned around and looked at Liu Futong, who was dressed in a panic, with a calm expression.

For a Taoist priest who works at Huashengtang, the so-called male and female bodies are actually nothing unusual. After death, they are just pieces of rotten flesh. Even because of business, it is very worthwhile whether they still have normal male and female sexual interests. After discussion, this is quite similar to the Buddhist view of white bones.

The reason why Su Ran turned around was just a symbolic way of avoiding suspicion between men and women, not because of shyness.

After Liu Futong put on his middle coat, Su Ran looked at Yue Lian who was covered in bruises and said slowly: "Mr. Liu, you took away scar removal medicine worth up to 9,000 Taiping coins from Huashengtang. It turned out that it was for this kind of medicine." matter."

Liu Futong was speechless.

If you are injured on the job, Huashengtang will provide free medical treatment.

If the injury was not due to work, then Huashengtang would charge a certain fee and would not pursue profits, but mainly maintain costs so as not to cause a deficit. At the same time, discounts and exemptions will be provided according to the Taoist priest level. A first-grade innocent Taoist priest can completely waive all fees, while a second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest only charges a symbolic 30% of the fee.

In addition to the fixed reductions for levels, there are additional reductions. The more serious and life-threatening injuries are, the greater the reduction will be. However, there will be no reduction for beauty treatments.

Liu Futong is now only a Taoist priest of the fourth grade of wine sacrifice, and scar removal is classified as a beauty treatment. The reduction of the share is better than nothing, and the peace money required is not a small amount. Strictly speaking, the branch hall of Huasheng Hall is only controlled by the third-grade Youyi Taoist priest who has not been here for many years. Su Ran and Liu Fu are on the same level, so Liu Futong must come forward in person. There is no way that Liu Futong can just write a note to let Huasheng. Shengtang obeys orders.

In other words, Liu Futong's taking medicine from Huashengtang was recorded by the branch of Huashengtang.

Su Ran continued: "It seems that Chief Liu has nothing to say, so I will assume that Chief Liu has acquiesced in this matter. One more thing, are you the murderer who committed the serial murder case?"

Liu Futong's expression suddenly changed: "What do you mean by this?"

Su Ran took out the note with "Yue Lian" written on it and said calmly: "This was found on Hua Qi's body. It says the killer's next target. This is exactly why we came here. And as soon as we came in, we saw that Chief Liu was abusing Yue Lian, and Chief Liu should give him a lesson."

"Unjustly accused! This is a false accusation!" Liu Futong's face was no longer pale, but out of habit, his voice was still loud, making the hall buzz.

On the eighth day, Yang Yang said, "It's not that we deliberately doubted Chief Liu, but that Chief Liu repeatedly obstructed the handling of the case, which forced us to doubt him."

Liu Futong habitually turned his head to look at Tianyang on the eighth day, but as soon as his eyes met, he was immediately discouraged.

It's not that the eighth day of cultivation is so high, but that he is alone at this time, and no one close to him is with him, so he is no match for so many people.

Liu Futong could only turn his gaze to Qi Xuansu: "Master Wei, you promised to solve the case. You should know that I was wronged, otherwise I would not give you that plaque."

Qi Xuansu did not confirm Su Ran and Ba Tianyang's statement, beat up the drowned dog, and did not defend Liu Futong. He just said: "We'd better listen to what Chief Liu has to say, and then we can make a conclusion."

On the eighth day, Yang Cong noticed something unusual in Qi Xuansu's attitude and nodded: "That's fine."

Su Ran saw that Qi Xuansu and Ba Tianyang quickly unified their opinions, but did not insist on it and said: "Then please ask Chief Liu for advice."

Liu Futong took a deep breath: "I have an improper relationship with Yue Lian... I admit that. But to say that I wanted to kill Yue Lian, and I also killed those dozen or so people, is true. Unjustly accused.”

"Where is the injustice?" Qi Xuansu asked.

Liu Futong was worthy of being an old man who had been in officialdom for many years. He had calmed down: "The murderer left a note saying that the next target is Yue Lian, so you will most likely come to look for Yue Lian. If I am the murderer, I should play a trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain. When you come to find Yue Lian, take the opportunity to kill others instead of being blocked here. It can be seen that the murderer deliberately led you here. "

"Furthermore, what good will it do me to commit a murder? When the superiors hold me accountable, the first unlucky person will be me, the Taoist priest in charge. At least I will lose my position, and at worst I will have to go to Fengxian Hall. How can I The reason for digging a hole and jumping into it yourself? This is the second injustice.”

Su Ran said calmly: "Maybe Mr. Liu is doing the opposite and wants to make a fool of himself under the light."

Liu Futong looked at Su Ran sharply: "Master Su, we are both disciples of the Taoist sect, so why bother?"

"What does it mean to fry?" Su Ran's tone turned cold, "If you keep yourself clean and don't do such scandalous things, who can fry you!"

Liu Futong did not dare to look at Su Ran anymore and said in a low voice: "What I tell is the truth. If you don't believe it, then leave it to the judges. Master Wei, you have to defend me too!"

Having said this, he looked at Qi Xuansu again.

Qi Xuansu didn't look at him at all, but turned to look at Su Ran: "Mr. Su, what Chief Liu said is not unreasonable. There are a lot of strange things here. I'm afraid the murderer is someone else. We'd better keep Chief Liu under surveillance first and make a long-term plan. "

Su Ran slowly looked at Qi Xuansu: "Then follow what Master Wei said."