Daxuanti criminal officer

Chapter 168 The Evil Ghost Eats People
Under the nameless mountain.

Xu Zun and the others were burying the pot to make a meal, resting on the spot, and preparing for the next trip.

In order not to cause trouble, they did not enter Xinye County, but headed west from Zhaoye Temple all the way towards Yonghui.

Everyone was eating by the fire, but Xu Zun called Liu Dong to a distant pine forest to talk.

"Yes, my lord," Liu Dong said, "Don't worry, that's her real grandma, who takes care of her much better than me!"

"Well, then I can rest assured!" Xu Zun nodded.

It turned out that when he returned to Xinye County this time, Liu Dong entrusted Xiwa to his mother to take care of him.

After all, the journey to Yonghui this time is far away and full of dangers, and it is not convenient to bring a six-year-old girl.

Of course, Xu Zun would not treat Liu Dong badly, and also gave his old mother a silver tael.

Not to mention, Xiao Xiwa is smart and sensible, Xu Zun likes this little girl very much, but he has no time to take care of her, so he can only keep her in Xinye.

"My lord," Liu Dong said again, "I also inquired about what you asked me to inquire about. The matter about Zhaoye Temple is indeed very strange."

"Oh?" Xu Zun asked, "What's going on?"

"I'm asking the villagers at the bottom of the mountain," Liu Dong said, "the Zhaoye Temple is the place to pass when going down the mountain.

"According to the villagers, it's been freezing cold recently, they really rarely see nuns going down the mountain, and they don't even know that Zhaoye Temple has been evacuated!

"In the past, they often saw nuns going down the mountain to purchase, but in the past ten days, they have not seen any of them."

ten days...

Xu Zun thought to himself, it seems that the people from Zhaoye Temple went to Loukong, and it had nothing to do with him knowing Shen Qian's secret.

Perhaps it was because Shen Qian had already sensed the possibility of being exposed after becoming a monk in Zhaoye Temple, so she withdrew early?
In this way, there seems to be a big problem with Zhaoye Temple!
"Liu Dong," Xu Zun urged, "no matter what I ask you to do from now on, don't let those eight guards know."

"I understand," Liu Dong nodded, "Don't worry, I understand this!"

"And..." Xu Zun took out an ingot of gold and handed it to Liu Dong, "This is your salary!"

"Ah?" Seeing the heavy gold, Liu Dong waved his hands again and again, "You can't, you can't, my lord, there are too many, too many! You have already given my mother a lot, how can this be?"

"Take it, you work for me, Xu Zun, and I will not treat you badly!" Xu Zun handed the gold to Liu Dong, "From now on, as long as I, Xu Zun, are here, I will protect your glory and wealth!"

"Thank you, my lord," Liu Dong hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, weeping bitterly, "My lord's great kindness and virtue, Liu Dong will never forget it! Thinking of me as a mere thief, to be lucky enough to follow my lord's righteous way is really a matter of eight lifetimes. What a blessing!

"Don't worry, my lord. From now on, Liu Dong will follow him to the death, and he will never hesitate to die..."

After chatting with Liu Dong, the two returned to the team.

However, Xu Zun did not eat in front of the fire, but entered into the compartment with a bowl of steaming noodles.

At this moment, Ku Niang is also eating outside, and Timur Ani is the only one in the carriage.

"What's the matter? Don't you have any appetite?" Xu Zun handed the noodles to Ani, "Do you want some?"

"Xu Zun," Ani said, staring into Xu Zun's eyes, "you finally want to talk to me?"

"What else are you talking about?" Seeing that she didn't intend to eat, Xu Zun picked up his chopsticks and muttered.

"Unexpectedly, you are really capable," Annie said coldly, "You can actually bring me out? Aren't you afraid that they will sue you for protecting the rebellious party?"

"I feel..." Xu Zun said without raising his eyelids, "Your martial arts are not weak, right? Shouldn't you be inferior to Huo Anu and Zhao Yu!
"That day... the reason why you were captured alive by us was because you were also suppressed by Ku Niang, right?"

"Why are you asking this?" Ani asked, "I haven't asked you yet, what is the background of that woman? Why didn't she say a word?"

"Okay," Xu Zun finally took a look at A Ni, and said with a smile, "Then tell me about your Taoist affairs first?"

"I'm about to tell you," Annie said solemnly, "Although I choose to follow you, don't try to get any information from me, I won't tell you anything!"

"Okay," Xu Zun agreed casually, "Then you don't need to ask me those useless questions anymore! As I said, I keep you just to warm the bed!"

"You..." Ani blushed, "Are you serious?"

"I, Xu Zun, keep my promise," Xu Zun said, "You can leave at any time if you don't like it, and I will never stop you."

"You..." Ani was overwhelmed by Xu Zun, and said, "I seem to have been fooled by you. It was your conspiracy that you brought me out of the South Prison!"

A Ni was right, the reason why Xu Zun ate A Ni to death was because he brought A Ni out of the South Prison.

In this way, even if A Ni can escape back, it will be difficult to prove her innocence.

People in Taoism will definitely think that Ani has been bought by Xu Zun.

"Since you understand everything," Xu Zun said lightly, "then just accept me completely, physically and mentally!

"When I wipe out Xuanmen, you can be an upright person!"

"Impossible!" Annie resolutely refused.

"Look, in your situation, you can either show your ambition with death, or follow me completely," Xu Zun persuaded, "The only thing you can't do is to be hesitant like now, so that neither side will be good, especially for a stunning woman like you !"

"You...you won't understand..." Ani lowered her head silently, showing worry.

"Don't worry, I'm not a good person, oh no, I'm a good person!" Xu Zun corrected, "I'll give you some time to think it through, but... this noodle is delicious, are you sure you don't want to have a bite?"

……

Half a month ago, Yonghui County, Sanhekou Wharf.

In the deep winter, it rained abnormally here, and the rain was mixed with bean-sized ice particles.

The road surface is extremely slippery, and there should be few pedestrians on the street.

However, on the Sanhekou Wharf, many onlookers gathered.

Because, in a restaurant by the pier, a bizarre murder happened.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way... the Lord Sheriff is here, get out of the way..."

Following a few shouts, I saw a man in a red official uniform entering the wine shop surrounded by officials from the county government.

This man's name is Tao Lang, and he is the governor of Yonghui County.

Unexpectedly, the rain was so heavy. After entering the restaurant, Tao Lang shook off the rainwater on his body and complained to his subordinates:
"Knowing it's raining, but not bringing an umbrella, a bunch of idiots..."

"Master Tao, here we are!" At this moment, a young official stepped forward to greet him, pointed to the depths of the wine shop and said, "You...be careful..."

"This..." While speaking, Tao Lang had already noticed the blood on the ground and asked, "Do you know who died?"

"Listen to the guys," the young official replied, "it was Yan Senyan, shopkeeper of the big warehouse, who died!"

"What!!?" Tao Lang was startled, and immediately stopped in his tracks, "Why is it him?"

"And..." the young official reported, "The folks said that shopkeeper Yan was dragged into the wine cellar by the ghost and eaten!"

"What?" Tao Lang was even more surprised, "Ghost? Eat it? Nonsense! Where did the ghost come from?"

Saying this, Tao Lang walked into the counter, and saw a long bloodstain on the ground leading to the wine cellar...

"This……"

Tao Lang boldly walked into the wine cellar, but saw a few police officers waiting beside a bloody corpse in the wine cellar.

Tao Lang leaned over to take a look, and suddenly felt his stomach was overwhelmed, and he couldn't help but want to vomit.

But seeing that the head of the corpse had been eaten by something, it was beyond recognition!The body of the deceased was also covered with deep claw marks and bite marks, it was simply horrible...

"This..." Tao Lang covered his mouth and nose and took a closer look, and found that the clothes on this person were indeed shopkeeper Yan from the big warehouse.

And this miserable appearance was indeed caused by being bitten by some ferocious beast!
"what!!?"

"what……"

And at this moment, exclamations suddenly came from outside the wine cellar, as if something terrible had happened.

Tao Lang turned his head, but saw a huge and ugly green monster rushing in from the counter and pounced on him!
The monster seemed to have just come out of the water, with disgusting mucus flowing from its wet body, sharp claws on its hands, and terrifying fangs on its face, it turned out to be the legendary ghost!

"Ah!!? Ah..."

Seeing the monster rushing towards him, Tao Lang was frightened out of his wits. He was quickly thrown down by the monster, and then felt his cheek was pierced and torn by the icy fangs...

(End of this chapter)