Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 426
After receiving the news from Emperor Changle, Xu Zhiqiong turned around and went to Zhonglangyuan.

He explored Gao Shengchang's criminal karma and released his soul.

"Gao Zhifu, let's meet again. I have finished the polite words before. Let me ask you one thing first. Why did you kill me?"

Gao Shengchang looked at Xu Zhiqiong expressionlessly, as if he hadn't heard his words.

"Okay! Tough! Old Chang, hit me!"

Chang De got the order, rolled up his sleeves, and began to torture.

She is very good at torture. An ordinary person can't last a meal in her hands, and her bones are hard, and they can last half an hour at most.

But this time Lao Chang missed, she fought for a whole hour, Gao Shengchang still looked at Xu Zhiqiong blankly.

This obviously has nothing to do with hard bones, this is a plant soul.

Xu Zhiqiong has seen this situation before. Gao Shengchang lost his mind, had no memory, and lost all emotions of a soul.

This is very similar to Zhou Kairong's servant, Fan Baocai, who was affected by the Gu technique and had an incomplete soul.

It doesn't matter if you are demented, there is also a mirror stage.

Xu Zhiqiong has never been a pusher, but he has been a critic, and there is still a mirror table in Zhonglang's courtyard.

Gao Shengchang's criminal karma soon appeared on the stage.

The first one is to give and receive in private, this guy is indeed not less greedy, judging from the picture alone, the silver received should be more than one hundred thousand taels, jewelry, land deeds, house deeds, silk, porcelain, calligraphy and paintings are countless.

These misdeeds caused him to grow more than five inches of criminal karma, but due to the limitation of the picture, Xu Zhiqiong couldn't tell who gave him the bribe.

Of course, these are not the main points. Gao Shengchang's main crime comes from his handling of the disaster.

Xu Zhiqiong once heard Emperor Changle say that in the process of dealing with various disasters, concealment and non-reporting are not uncommon, but this time the number of people affected by the disaster is tens of thousands, and Gao Shengchang will trap the more than [-] people who were most seriously affected alive. Death, this kind of crime is really rare, and the crime of more than one foot long has been born since then.

Other crimes come from his wrongful convictions and some absurd actions when he was in power. As an evil official, this guy has done all kinds of bad things, but Xu Zhiqiong didn't find what he wanted most.

Why does he want to kill me?
Who is Gao Fu and that mysterious Mohist master?

How on earth did he know the whereabouts of the [-] million Kuyin?

Don't these things involve crimes?
Ku Yin's clues may not be considered a crime, he wanted to kill me, so such a big thing is not a crime?
I am such a good person, it is not a crime for him to kill me!
Where else can I check?
Use a small black room to infer?

Peel off a piece of skin from the face, maybe you can find out some clues.

When Xu Zhiqiong returned to the mortal world, he really peeled off a piece of his face from the head. After checking in the small black room for more than half an hour, after exhaustion, he still couldn't see the picture.

There are too few clues, Xu Zhiqiong can neither think of the scene at that time nor the parties involved, and can't find a breakthrough to display the power of imagery.

Is this thread broken?
There is another sinful karma, which is known as Ji Gufeng.

As the No. [-] person in Fuzhou, he should know some inside information.

Could this guy's soul also become a plant soul?

After releasing Ji Gufeng from his horns, Xu Zhiqiong let out a sigh of relief.

Ji Gufeng could move, and immediately knelt down in front of Xu Zhiqiong, pleading repeatedly: "You are Master Xu, right? I've been convicted of a lowly job, and the lowly job is to follow orders..."

"Hold on!" Xu Zhiqiong didn't want to listen to his nonsense, he just followed orders, and he was taught by a master from top to bottom.

This guy didn't know he was dead yet, so Xu Zhiqiong decided to lie to him first.

"I interrogated Gao Shengchang at that time. He said that Fuzhou is actually in charge of you, and all decisions are made by you. Even sending troops to attack Luohuai County was also your idea. Is this serious?"

Ji Gufeng kowtowed repeatedly and said: "Master Hou, don't listen to this thief's nonsense, Gao Shengchang covered the sky with one hand in Fuzhou, he said the same in everything, and he never had the guts to ask half a word in a lowly position."

"But you have the guts to use your sword!"

"This is Gao Shengchang's order, and I have to do it as a last resort!"

"Nonsense! If Gao Shengchang orders you to send troops to attack the capital, will you obey his orders?"

"I don't dare to be humble, absolutely dare not!" Ji Gufeng kowtowed desperately, "The humble official obeyed him because of other reasons. The humble official was poor since he was a child, and he did some things that should not be done when he was a Tongzhi in Fuzhou Gao Shengchang took some money that shouldn't be taken, and Gao Shengchang took it upon himself, and since then I dare not disobey him in the slightest."

"Just because of greed for money?" Xu Zhiqiong didn't believe it. The crimes of self-promotion, conspiracy, and genocide were just for this reason, so Ji Gufeng wouldn't take such a big risk.

Ji Gufeng bowed his head and said: "It's really just a little money, there is nothing wrong with being humble."

Xu Zhiqiong waved his hand and said, "Call me!"

Shicai fought for an hour without any results, Chang Decai was simmering with anger, but this time he shot ruthlessly, Ji Gufeng gave up his resistance in less than a cup of tea.

"Master Hou, please forgive me. I'll just say it. The whole family of the humble class has been poisoned by Gao Shengchang's poison. If they disobey a little, their lives will be in jeopardy."

"Gu poison?" Xu Zhiqiong was taken aback, "Gao Shengchang knows Gu art?"

"Gao Shengchang doesn't know Gu skills, but there is a master who uses Gu by his side. This guy always covers his face with black veils. I have never seen him, and I don't know his name. Once Gao Shengchang came to my house for a banquet. This man accompanied Gao Shengchang. Colleagues, after eating a meal, my whole family has been poisoned by Gu poison,
At first I refused to submit to Gao Shengchang, and wanted to tell the court about it. Gao Shengchang was annoyed because of this. That night, the whole family had a poison attack, and there were thousands of worms crawling in their stomachs. A concubine, a maidservant, and a servant in a humble family died immediately. Gao Shengchang threatened, If there is any failure, it will be my wife and children's turn.
I was really scared, and I thought that I would save my life, and there would always be hope in the future, until I made a big mistake, and now I regret it! "

After saying that, Ji Gufeng burst into tears.

Xu Zhiqiong believed what Ji Gufeng said was true.

Judging from Gao Shengchang's state, his soul should have been eaten away by Gu, turning him into a plant soul.

Why didn't Ji Gufeng's soul get eaten away?
One possibility is that Ji Gufeng's death was so sudden that the person who mastered the Gu technique hadn't had time to do it.

Another possibility is that Ji Gufeng itself is not of much value, and the other party does not want to take risks on him.

Who is this person who can use Gu?

Xu Zhiqiong asked, "Have you heard of Xiao Situ?"

Ji Gufeng lowered his head and said, "I seem to have heard Gao Zhifu mention it."

Xu Zhiqiong asked again: "Have you heard of Sui Sima?"

"I've never heard of this," Ji Gufeng shook his head, "I heard that the magistrate mentioned Da Sima!"

really!Gao Shengchang is a member of Nufu Sect!
Xu Zhiqiong asked: "Do you know Nufu Cult?"

Ji Gufeng lowered his head and said: "The Nufu Cult knows that Gao Shengchang is the inner altar master of the Nufu Cult in Fuzhou."

altar master?

The magistrate personally acts as the altar master?

Xu Zhiqiong asked again: "How do you know that he is the master of the altar? How do you know the inner way and the outer way? You also joined the nufu sect?"

Ji Gufeng lowered his head and said, "Well, how do you say this..."

Xu Zhiqiong shouted: "Old Chang, call me!"

Just as Chang De was about to make a move, Ji Gufeng hurriedly said: "Master Hou, calm down, I have entered the way of wrathful husbands, I dare not hide it, I am reluctant to kill my wife and children, and I have no great merit. I have entered five ways."

"What is Wudao?"

Xu Zhiqiong had a hunch that this wave was going to reap a big one!
"The Nufu Dao has five gates, which are called Nuxin, Nuwei, Numing, Nuen, and Nugen. Which one you can enter depends on your talent and fate."

Five gates?

Xu Zhiqiong thought about the information he had obtained in the past.

Qiongqi, Taotie, Wuwu and Chaos must correspond to four of these five Taoism, and there is another Taoism, which should be the original Taoism of Nufu Tao, which is the Nufu Tao created by Nu Zu.

Nuxin, Nuwei, Numing, Nuen, Nugen, how should this correspond to the four evils?

Xu Zhiqiong then asked: "If you want to enter the product, you have to kill your wife and children?"

Ji Gufeng said: "It is necessary to kill a close relative, and it may not be a wife or child, but if you can't kill a close relative, there are special cases for making great contributions to the Taoist sect."

"What counts as a great achievement?"

"It's hard to say, it's up to the altar master to decide. I have been in Nufu's teaching for three years, and I often heard Gao Shengchang say that I should record great merits, but I have never seen him really record great merits for anyone."

"What kind of Taoism is Gao Shengchang?"

"I heard him say it once, saying that he is angry and enlightened, and has a seventh-rank cultivation base."

Angry?
Qipin?

He is obviously a sixth-grade cultivator of the Mohist school.

From this point of view, he is a sixth-rank Mohist who has also cultivated seventh-rank Numing Dao.

It doesn't make sense, he and I fought to the death, and in the end I didn't see the means of Nu Mingdao.

Could it be that he is too confident and hides his clumsiness on purpose?
Life is gone, what clumsy is there to hide?

Xu Zhiqiong couldn't understand the reason, and asked again: "Do you know what skills Numing Dao has?"

Ji Gufeng recalled for a long time and said: "I only remember that Gao Shengchang used the technique once. At that time, two men came to him to seek revenge. These two men were brothers, and they practiced the Dao of Killing together. ,
Gao Shengchang was no match for them at first, and the people around him couldn't help them. Then, for some reason, the two brothers fought on their own. Gao Shengchang saved the day and captured both of them alive.
I thought it was strange at the time, how my brother would fight by himself, and later I heard Gao Zhifu mentioned it when he was drunk, and he used Taoist techniques at that time. "

Brothers turn against each other?
Evil thoughts?

Gao Shengchang is a practitioner of Qiongqi Dao?
Is the path of poverty and evil the so-called path of wrath?
Some things seem to make sense.

Qiongqidao's ninth-grade skill——evil thought is ineffective against me. I have already practiced it when I dealt with Zhang Jiugu.

Qiongqidao's eight-level skill is called Kuangyan, which makes unbelievable lies credible.

Recalling the conversation with Gao Shengchang, he also said that he would hand over Ku Yin's clues to the emperor and other far-fetched lies.

Is this a technique of madness?
Whether it was true or not, Xu Zhiqiong never believed it.

Qiongqidao's seventh-grade skill is called chaos, which can disturb the opponent's attention.

When fighting Gao Shengchang, Xu Zhiqiong's attention was always focused.

In other words, it's not that Gao Shengchang didn't use Qiongqidao's skills, but that Xu Zhiqiong was immune to some of Qiongqidao's skills.

Gao Shengchang has the sixth-grade cultivation base of the Mohist school, and Qiongqi's seventh-grade cultivation base. He had full confidence in killing Xu Zhiqiong, but he didn't expect that Qiongqi's skills would not work on Xu Zhiqiong at all. He suffered a dumb loss. !

An angry way, is a poor way.

What are the other ways?

Xu Zhiqiong asked: "Besides Numing Dao, which Taoism of Nufu have you seen?"

"I have also seen cultivators of the Way of Fury, they are very scary!"

The way of anger and power corresponds to the way of fierceness!

The names of Nuwei and Wuwu are also very similar.

"Have you seen any other Taoism?"

Ji Gufeng shook his head: "Only these two sects, I have never seen the others."

Fortunately, this Ji Gufeng didn't become a plant soul, and he got so much useful information from him.

In addition to the nufu religion, Xu Zhiqiong also focused on one person.

Emperor Chang Le just sent him the news that the master who assassinated Xu Zhiqiong with Gao Shengchang that day was none other than Ye Ansheng, the owner of the penance workshop.

What is the relationship between Ye Ansheng and Gao Shengchang?
Xu Zhiqiong asked Ji Gufeng: "Have you met Ye Ansheng?"

Ji Gufeng said: "Are you talking about the owner of the penance workshop?"

Xu Zhiqiong nodded.

Ji Gufeng said: "I met him once, he was also here when the embankment was being built last year."

"Does he recognize Gao Shengchang?"

Ji Gufeng pursed his lips and said, "I have made a poisonous oath on this matter, and I cannot mention it to outsiders. Gao Shengchang said that if I break the oath, I will definitely die a bad death."

Xu Zhiqiong said, "You don't have to worry about this."

Whether you live or die is not important to you anymore.

Ji Gufeng hesitated for a long time and said: "Since Lord Hou has asked, I dare not say that Fangzhu Ye knows our prefect, they are close friends, and they are not ordinary close friends..."

"Why is it called unusual?"

Ji Gufeng took a deep breath, and finally made up his mind: "Ye Ansheng is on the same path as us, and they are both members of the nufu sect."

Ye Ansheng was taught by Nufu!

Xu Zhiqiong asked again: "Which dish does Ye Ansheng belong to?"

"He is, yes, yes, yes..." Ji Gufeng's lips kept trembling, but he couldn't make a sound.

Something was wriggling in his soul.

(End of this chapter)