Pawn Crossing the River

Heavenly beings travel against the wind, and it doesn't take long to go from "Ghost Pass" to Difei Mountain, and they only need to pass by Xijing Prefecture on the way.

However, Qi Xuansu and Yao Pei are only in the carefree stage and have not yet entered the infinite stage, so it is difficult for them to fly long distances and for a long time. They still need to take a short rest in the middle to take a breath.

So the two landed outside a county town under the jurisdiction of Xijing Prefecture, planning to rest for a few hours.

Xijing Prefecture and Fucheng are not the same thing. Fucheng is just a city. However, Xijing Prefecture has eighteen counties under its jurisdiction. Each county has jurisdiction over several towns and villages. It covers a vast area. The two of them have to pass through Xijing Prefecture to get there. Difei Mountain does not necessarily pass through the city where Wuxu Palace is located.

As soon as the two of them arrived at the city gate, they saw a group of Qingluan guards who seemed to be waiting for someone.

Qingluan Guard was greatly surprised after seeing the two of them.

One of the leaders of the Qingluan Guard Baihu took the initiative to greet him and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that just after reporting in the morning, the Master arrived in the afternoon, and two people came at once. It was really fast!"

Because both of them were still wearing Taoist formal attire and had the "Primordial Sutra Sutra" hanging around their waists, anyone could tell that they were Taoist priests of the fourth grade offering wine.

Qi Xuansu frowned and said, "We were just passing by here to go to Difeishan Wanshou Chongyang Palace. What happened?"

Qingluan Guard Baihu's smile suddenly froze when he heard this, and said to himself: "I wonder why these Taoist masters have changed their temper. Not only did they come quickly, but two of them came at once. It turned out that they happened to be passing by."

However, when faced with a question from a Taoist priest who offered sacrifices to wine, he had no choice but to answer. While Qingluan Guard Bai Hu was slandering, he still answered honestly: "Reporting to Master, a strange case occurred in this county. Someone sneaked in at night. We, the Qingluan Guard's Hundred Household Office, hung a human head on the flagpole in the school grounds. We cut off the flagpole and took out the head. We found that the head turned out to be the head of a local Taoist temple, and it was related to the Taoist sect. We reported it according to the rules, and the superiors said that a mage would be sent to deal with the matter, so we mistakenly identified the two mages as the ones who came to deal with the matter. "

Yao Pei suddenly said: "Since it concerns people from the Taoist sect, there is no reason for us to sit back and ignore it. Please take us to see the corpse."

Qingluan Guard Baihu said in surprise: "Yes."

Under the guidance of Baihu, Qi Xuansu and Yao Pei came to the morgue. At this time, four corpses were parked here. Except for one corpse whose head had been separated, the other three corpses were still intact.

Qi Xuansu asked: "Why are there four people?"

Baihu replied: "In addition to the leader of the local Taoist temple, three other Taoist temple members were also killed in their sleep, but their heads were not cut off."

Qi Xuansu asked again: "How can you be sure that these four people were killed at night?"

Baihu hesitated for a moment and said: "To be honest with Master, on the night Guanzhu Wu was killed, we drank together. Early the next morning, Guanzhu Wu's head was found hanging on the flagpole of the school ground. Naturally, he was killed at night."

While the two were talking, Yao Pei had already arrived in front of the corpse. His eyes turned snow-white at some point, and his eyes were as if they were real, as if they were trying to penetrate the texture and reach inside.

After a while, Yao Pei's eyes returned to normal and he said: "This Master Wu had his heart pulse broken by a secret force from the air. The method was very clever. If it was just an ordinary person doing an autopsy, unless the chest cavity was directly opened and the heart was taken out for examination, it would be very difficult. Hard to find.”

Qi Xuansu asked directly: "Is it a secret association that committed the crime?"

Yao Pei shook his head and said: "I'm not sure, but just from the perspective of killing methods, it's not like the style of Lingshan Witch Cult and Zhiming Cult. Ziguang Society likes people to die quietly, but they will never kill people and then kill them." The head was hung on the flagpole to provoke the Taoists."

Qi Xuansu asked: "Could it be that Ziguang Society killed someone, and then Lingshan Witch Cult hung the head on the flagpole?"

Yao Pei did not speak, but looked at Qi Xuansu with a look similar to when he heard "Jianxiu Mountain Lord Heren".

Qi Xuansu coughed lightly: "Just kidding."

Yao Pei ignored him and continued: "No matter what his background is, the murderer cannot be compared with Zhang Wuhen, nor is he far inferior to Mr. Yin. With the strength of you and me, it shouldn't be a problem."

Qi Xuansu said dumbly: "How many people in the world can compare with these two?"

While they were talking, another Qingluan Guard came to report that someone was drinking and causing trouble in the Taiping Inn in the city. The ordinary government officials had no choice but to ask Qingluan Guard to suppress them.

Qi Xuansu said: "If you kill someone, instead of running away, you want to see who he is. Please ask hundreds of households to lead the way."

Upon hearing this, all the Qingluan Guards became emboldened and ordered their hands to lead Qi Xuansu and Yao Pei to the Taiping Inn.

When the group arrived outside Taiping Inn, they saw that the innkeeper and shopkeeper had escaped and were standing on the street outside the door, not daring to go in. After seeing Qi Xuansu and Yao Pei, they all showed joy. After all, Taiping Inn is a Taoist property, and meeting the two Taoist masters was like meeting one of their own family members.

The shopkeeper came up to us and said, "The mage has finally arrived. Please ask the mage to provide justice for us."

Qi Xuansu looked up to the second floor and asked, "What is going on?"

The shopkeeper said with a bitter face: "Master Mingjian, it's a group of gangsters who made an appointment to discuss things in our inn, but for some reason, they started fighting after they disagreed with each other, and they all have good cultivation. There's nothing we can do about them. , can only escape."

While talking, Yao Pei had already stepped into the first floor.

Seeing this, Qi Xuansu also walked in.

Seeing the support of two Taoist masters, Baihu and the shopkeeper became emboldened and followed closely behind.

As soon as Yao Pei climbed up the stairs to the second floor, he saw a figure flying towards him.

She had no expression on her face. She just waved her sleeves and used her true energy to hold the flying person lightly. Then she waved her sleeves and threw the person aside.

Qi Xuansu was following Yao Pei, but he could see clearly.

At this time, there was only one person sitting upstairs. He was tall, with sharp eyebrows and tiger eyes. He was dressed in coarse clothes. He was very simple, but there were many wine jars on the table in front of him.

There was a circle of people around him, holding weapons and watching eagerly. However, there was a gap in the circle, and one person was obviously missing. It was expected that he was the person flying towards Yao Pei.

Then I heard the big man smile boldly and say: "You guys, you stinky fish and rotten shrimps, dare to bring bad luck on me."

However, the big man's eyes fell on Yao Pei. His throw just now contained hidden power. The slightest touch would turn it into a rolling gourd. This woman behaved carelessly and seemed weak, but she It is an understatement to resolve the dark energy, but it is actually a powerful enemy.

After Yao Pei stood still, he said with an expressionless face: "Anyone who gathers people to cause trouble and destroys property in the name of Taoist sect should be punished with three months of hard labor and ordered to compensate for all losses. If he refuses to plead guilty and openly resists, he will be punished for contempt of Taoist sect." ”

Only then did the few people standing realize the existence of Yao Pei belatedly. Looking back, they saw the "Chu Zhen Sutra Urn" hanging on the waists of Yao Pei and Qi Xuansu. Their faces turned pale and they lost their voices: "Tao Dao." Door"

Before they finished speaking, several people no longer surrounded the big man, but retreated to the window seat. Someone said without hesitation: "It's trouble, it's trouble, the Taoist dog has been provoked."

Qi Xuansu frowned slightly. He was from the Wanxiang Taoist Palace. Regardless of whether he was dissatisfied with the Taoist sect or not, he would never deny his identity as a member of the Taoist sect. So this "Taoist dog" statement made him very uncomfortable.

Yao Pei was indifferent to this and looked at the big man: "You were the one who killed the leader of the local Taoist temple?"

"Are you talking about the bird thief Wu Yonggui?" The big man was not afraid at all. "This man not only made money wantonly, but also used the name of house magic to trick female pilgrims into doing evil things. As far as I know, more than one woman came before When I came to offer incense, I was put under house arrest in a Taoist temple and became his concubine. He also ordered these women to dress up like women's crowns to hide their presence. I went to the Taoist temple last night and happened to see this old boy messing around again. It was still a drama of one dragon and two phoenixes, so I just kept going, cut off this man's head, and hung it on the flagpole of Qingluan Guard School Ground. Who made Qingluan Guards blind? ?”

"So that's it." Yao Pei nodded, "This person does have a way to die, but he should not die at your hands, but should be punished by the Taoist sect."

The big man sneered and said: "Your Taoist sect doesn't do anything, and I eliminate harm for the people. Is it still wrong?"

Qi Xuansu felt cold in his heart, but said nothing.

This reminded him of Wan Xiuwu and Yue Liuli. It was also because of the Taoist sect's inaction. It was also because he bypassed the Taoist sect and did it himself, but it was no different from this big man. From this point of view, he really had no position to accuse these people. How about a big man?

You can't have double standards as a person.

But what Yao Pei said is not wrong. The Taoist sect will never allow this kind of thing to happen. If everyone is going to do justice for heaven, then where will the Taoist sect be?

Yao Pei did not answer the big man's question, but looked at the other group: "Who are you?"

The group looked at each other and didn't answer.

Yao Pei didn't care and looked at the big man again: "Doing justice for heaven and being a chivalrous and righteous person are the content in the storybook, but I didn't expect to see it with my own eyes. To be fair, I don't care about the so-called right or wrong, kindness Evil, I only care about order."

"Even if there is internal fighting within the Taoist sect, they are all secretive. They are afraid of leaving any evidence, and they never dare to openly violate the rules. After the incident, they would rather risk destroying the evidence than to prove the crime. If you secretly kill someone and then run away, I don't have to pursue it to the end, but if you still provoke someone after killing someone, whether you want to warn others or make it known to the world, you are damaging the authority of the Taoist sect. If the Taoist sect is indifferent, others will follow suit. If there are many people in the world who are afraid of power and have no morals, then the order that the Taoist sect has worked hard to establish will be damaged."

"The so-called justice is too subjective. Your justice is not my justice. Even if there are immortals and Buddhas all over the sky, can the justice of the Buddha represent the justice of the Taoist ancestors? Then who is qualified to judge whether it is justice or not? So the law does not protect Justice cannot even maintain fairness, it only maintains order.”

"Maybe you are right, but you have damaged the authority of Taoist sect and destroyed the order of Taoist sect. I must get rid of you and maintain the order of Taoist sect. Unless you can be like the ancient immortal, relying on Buddhism and leaving Taoist sect helpless. "

Qi Xuansu had an inexplicable feeling that although Yao Pei was speaking to the big man, he was actually speaking to him.