Taming the Demon: A Guide to Raising a Great Sage

Chapter 38 038, replay

When Xiao Zhao sneaked out of the Zhao Mansion with a fine pen in his mouth, and hurried back to his own house along the secluded alleys.

Shen Lang was in the fine brush space, caressing Xiaogu's bright and clean jade-like skull, and praised its "Yinfeng Burial" in a timely manner, with beautiful hair, and made great contributions to killing Zhao Mengshan, which can be regarded as Its predecessor avenged its death.

The fingertips of Xiaogu's index finger are touching each other, and the two slender and small white bones' soles are also arranged in a horoscope, showing an unbelievably shy look.

The little fish was swimming around in the clay basin next to it, and couldn't help sending out heartfelt shocks:

[What about me?I have made great achievements too! 】

Shen Lang did not hesitate to praise:

"Of course, Xiaoyu did it beautifully. The timing of the ignition was just right, so that Zhao Mengshan didn't have time to make any effective response...Come on, let's have one!"

After speaking, he grabbed the little fish and wanted to kiss it.

[Bah, bah, bah... Yu is not a goblin who seduces the servant master!Yu is a decent little demon who does things according to his ability! 】

Xiaoyu shook her head repeatedly, spit out water arrows, and slapped Shen Lang's face with her tail, resolutely not allowing him to kiss her.

After complimenting the two little demons, Shen Lang carried the golden silk soft armor again, came under the little moon in the "Monster Taming Tactic", and asked:
"What is this soft armor? Can you identify it?"

When he was asking questions, he also noticed that there was a small light spot in the little moon. If you look closely, the shape of that small light spot looks like a miniature kitten's paw.

Just as he was wondering what the "mini kitten's claw" was, the small silvery white moon burst into a cool moonlight, landed on the soft gold silk armor, and swept across the soft armor like scanning light.

Then there was an additional message in Shen Lang's mind:
The soft armor of shark silk is woven with the "shark silk" woven by the legendary "sharkman", which will not drown in water and will not burn in case of fire.It can effectively resist flintlock rifle shooting from twenty steps away.

"Don't drown in water, don't burn in case of fire? Can you block a flintlock rifle twenty steps away? Isn't it more difficult to break through cold weapons like swords, swords, bows and crossbows? It's also a precious armor. However, this armor alone, Shouldn’t it be enough for Zhao Mengshan to survive the explosion?”

In the secret room, facing a large barrel of gunpowder explosion at close range, even if you are wearing a full set of plate armor, you will be blown to pieces.

A piece of soft armor that can only withstand flintlock rifle bullets twenty paces away is about the same as a modern body armor. How could it be able to withstand it?
"So, did Zhao Mengshan have any other means of protection?"

After pondering for a while, Shen Lang put aside his doubts first, and pointed to the little moon to see what the "miniature cat's claw" in the little moon is.

As the small spot of light in the shape of "mysterious kitten's claw" melted into his fingertips, a stream of information flooded into his mind.

After being dizzy for a while, Shen Lang came back to his senses, browsed briefly, and suddenly laughed:
"It turns out that it's not a miniature kitten's claw, but a tiger's claw..."

That's right, that miniature kitten's claw is the "Tiger Claw Technique" cheat book that Little Moon scanned and stored in the Monster Taming Tactic, and like "Ten Steps, One Kill", after being interpreted and corrected by the Monster Taming Tactic, it becomes natural and consistent Lang's physical characteristics seemed to be tailor-made for him.

"Is it only possible to practice the fourth-rank true energy at the highest level? That's right, Zhao Mengshan's rubbish aptitude that can't pile up internal energy even if he piles up resources, and giving him a fourth-rank cultivation method seems to be purely food expenses, and it is unnecessary... …If I were Duke Ying, and I had such a useless brother-in-law, it would be great to just send him a fifth-grade exercise.”

at the same time.

The entire Zhao Mansion was in chaos.

There are family servants and loyal servants crying, panicking like the doomsday, and there are also precarious maids and maids who hide their faces and cry, seemingly sad but happy.

The witty servants took advantage of the chaos, quickly grabbed the money with their hands and feet, and then fled overnight. Of course, there were also loyal dogs who rushed out of Zhao's mansion and rushed to the yamen to report the crime.

There was even a loyal steward of the Zhao family, who dispatched capable servants to leave the house on horseback, and had to ride out of the city overnight to report to Yingzhou.

Although the gate of the city was closed after dark, with the prestige of the Zhao Mansion, Mending dared not not open the gate.

And just when Zhao's mansion was in chaos, people in the mansion had their own plans and countermeasures.

Xiao Zhao had already climbed over the wall and returned to his house with some fine pens in his mouth. After entering the bedroom, he put the pen holder on the table, and tapped the pen holder lightly with his little claws to send out a signal.

After receiving Xiao Zhao's signal, Shen Lang came out of the space, wearing only a pair of shorts.

The clothes and shoes that he wore during the operation tonight had already been stained with the smell of gunpowder smoke, and he left them in some fine pen space. Not only did he not intend to wear them anymore, but he also wanted to find a time to go outside the city to destroy them completely after a while.

And as soon as he came out at this moment, he went straight to the tub and soaked up the medicinal bath—before he went out to do things in the evening, he had prepared the medicinal bath soup. Although the medicinal soup was cold at this time, the effect of the medicinal bath was still there. exist.

Not only that, but the strong and weird smell of medicinal soup can also completely wash away the residual gunpowder smell and the faint smell of blood on his skin, hair, and between his nails.

Shen Lang closed his eyes and held his breath, his whole head was soaked in the medicinal soup, not a single hair was exposed.

While feeling the slight strengthening of the body from the medicated bath, he reviewed tonight's actions.

The whole process of diving in and out was led by Xiao Zhao, and there was never any trace of human sneaking left.No matter how skilled a detective is, he can never find traces of the "killer" entering and exiting Zhao's mansion. It's perfect.

There were no witnesses at the scene of the decisive battle, perfect.

The broken sword was recovered, the left arm buried with two heavyweight lead bullets was severed and taken away, and even the chopping board fragments that blocked Zhao Mengshan's blow were mostly recovered. is perfect.

The gunpowder has been wiped out long ago, leaving no trace.

Besides, gunpowder can always be obtained by those who have the means, and they can even make it by themselves, so it is impossible to investigate the source.

And Shen Lang has never touched anything related to gunpowder these days.Except for the small amount of registered ammunition that came with the gun, he never even bought half a ounce of gunpowder or a penny of brimstone.

If the county soldiers in the barracks didn't want to go to jail, or even be angered by the Duke of Ying, they certainly wouldn't take the initiative to report the loss of two barrels of gunpowder. In other words, as early as the second day after the gunpowder disappeared, Shen Lang noticed that the county soldiers They pulled two small cannons out of the city. Presumably, they used "training consumption" as an excuse to prepare for the disappearance of gunpowder.

Shen Lang purchased a large amount of daily necessities in the past few days, which is barely a doubt.

After all, it is the midsummer of July, and there are no refrigerators in this world, and he is not the kind of rich family who can afford an ice cellar. It is unreasonable to buy so much rice, white noodles, fresh fish and meat, fruits and vegetables.

But based on this alone, it cannot be related to the murder of Young Master Zhao.

Who would have thought that he purchased so many supplies to run away?
People who are ready to run away at any time, shouldn't they convert all their belongings into gold and jewelry that are small and easy to carry?How can anyone run away with thousands of catties of rice noodles, hundreds of catties of fresh fish and fresh meat, several buckets of salted meat and salted eggs, and dozens of buckets of vegetables and fruits?
Can he take it alone?Is it possible to hire a convoy to help him run?

People who run away carry at most a small amount of dry food with them.

Therefore, it can only be said that he is out of his mind for buying a large amount of food and supplies in the summer, and he is not taking money as money.

As for the fact that he had inquired about Young Master Zhao...

I, Shen Lang, was recommended to be an official in the county government through a letter written by Mr. Mu of Shenzhutang.Do you want to know about God's Catching Hall?Mr. Mu personally recommended me in a letter, did he really just ask me to be a small yamen servant?

I have inquired about who and what is the purpose, is it something that ordinary people can ask?

The most important thing is that Young Master Zhao was stabbed to death by a sword, and that sword even pierced through his "tiger claw hand" that can cut copper and iron through hard work.

The reason why Shen Lang didn't damage the sword wounds on Zhao Mengshan's palm and throat was also misleading - anyone with a little knowledge of martial arts knows that swordsmanship is not so easy to practice.

When Zhu Hu and Lao Zhao were invited to have a drink before, Shen Lang pretended to be curious about the sword art with the excuse that he was practicing the sword formula that Mr. Mu had interpreted for him.

Therefore, he knew that there was not a single master of swordsmanship in Changsheng County.

As for Yingzhou Fucheng, where there are many swordsmanship masters, many seedlings who learn swords also start at an early age, and practice the basic skills for a few years first.

A swordsman who has become a monk halfway, unless he has the talent of a god, or even if he spends years of hard work, he can only practice second- and third-rate swordsmanship at best.

Shen Lang's "Ten Steps and One Kill" also has a set of orthodox training methods step by step. It is also to practice the basics of sword moves first, familiarize yourself with the usage and characteristics of the sword, and wait for the basic skills to be solid before you can advance to the actual combat ultimate move.

And the time for laying the foundation of this set of orthodox training methods is also calculated in "years".

Everyone in the Changsheng County Yamen knows that ten days before Shen Lang, I was just an ordinary person with no kung fu. This matter was personally judged by Mu Qingxue, the third-rank god arrester of the God Catch Hall, witnessed by many arresters and county soldiers .

Master Mu helped me interpret the sword formulas I practiced. There is only one basic routine of sword moves in the Ninth Rank Realm, which is only for performance, not for killing the enemy.

Even if Master Zhao was a master of the seventh rank who was caught in a trap and suffered internal injuries, he would never be killed with a sword by a rookie who had only practiced the basic skills for a few days.

Therefore, unless Shen Lang reveals himself, or someone turns on the "God's Perspective" all the time, keeps an eye on Shen Lang all the time, and understands all his secrets such as his fine brush, lore sword, and goblins, otherwise, by conventional means, no matter what, it will be impossible. Impossible to find him.

Unless there are some special supernatural means...

"There are still Taoism and witchcraft in this world. Zhao Mengshan was injured in the explosion and survived. He even has the ability to fight back. It is impossible to do it with the crocodile soft armor alone. Maybe it is because of Taoism or witchcraft. Saved my life.

"Based on this calculation, the Duke of Ying's government should be able to get in-depth contact with Taoism and witchcraft, and my understanding of Taoism and witchcraft is still very shallow. It is really impossible to predict whether the Duke of Ying's government can come up with something that can An extraordinary method to detect the truth..."

Shen Lang pondered in his heart.

The crocodile soft armor is not enough to resist the explosion at close range. Zhao Mengshan must have some kind of Taoism and witchcraft means to survive.

And in the death battle afterwards, he didn't use similar means to save his life, as he had already been consumed in the explosion.

Although he was a little apprehensive about the Taoism and witchcraft detection methods that might exist in the Duke of Ying's Mansion, after some deep thinking, Shen Lang decided to stay calm and not run away for the time being.

Although he was ready to run and had enough supplies stored in the space for several months, after all, he had just arrived in this world not long ago, and he didn't even fully understand the human geography around Changsheng County, let alone other places.

Once you run away, you are not calling yourself.

With the power of the Duke of Ying's government, if a random document is sent out, the big Chu is so big that he has no place to stay——

He is just a black family traveler with no identity and no connections. In this "acquaintance society" of the imperial power era, he will be quite conspicuous no matter where he goes.

He was not familiar with geography, so even if he wanted to hide in deep mountains and old forests, or even go abroad, he might not be able to succeed.

"I still have a last resort to save my life. If I am really exposed, I will hide in some fine pen space at worst.

"Anyway, there are plenty of supplies in the space. I will bury my head in retreat with Xiaoyu, Xiaozhao, and Xiaogu for a few months. I don't believe that Yingguo is willing to squat me patiently for several months because of his perverted and murderous brother-in-law..."

With this in mind, Shen Lang no longer had any worries, got up and got out of the tub, washed himself with clean water, went to bed and fell asleep.

He originally thought that after the first murder, there would be various discomforts, and even tossing and turning, but the result was completely different from his original expectation.

After killing Zhao Mengshan, he didn't feel any discomfort, only heartfelt.

At this time, when I went to bed, there was no sign of rolling over, and I was already fast asleep next to the pillow.

In his sleep, he seemed to see those innocent girls who were massacred by Zhao Mengshan, especially the girl in the mass grave, the girl whom he personally autopsied, saluting and smiling at him.

I do not know how long a dream.

Suddenly, a hasty knock on the door woke him up.

Before he could open his eyes, he had a thought, and two flintlock pistols with open hammers appeared in his hands out of thin air.

At the same time, Xiao Gu also appeared in the room silently, walked to the shadow behind the door and stood still.

Be prepared, Shen Lang just listened carefully, but found that the voice coming from outside was Zhu Hu's shout:

"Brother Shen, get up quickly! A big case happened, and the magistrate was alarmed. He hurriedly got up and rushed to the scene of the crime. He also ordered all the police and yamen servants to be summoned! Don't sleep, brother Shen, come out quickly!"

Shen Lang sighed, and said in his heart that he knew it was impossible to be exposed so quickly.

Immediately put away the two guns, recalled Xiaogu some fine pens, yawned, and said vaguely to the outside:

"Brother, wait a moment, I'll get up now."

Putting on the uniform of the yamen servant, put on the thin-soled fast boots, and put on the standard waist knife, Shen Lang straightened the cap above his head, strode out of the room, passed through the small courtyard, opened the courtyard door, and saw Zhu Hu lighting a torch, Standing solemnly outside the door.

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