Taming the Demon: A Guide to Raising a Great Sage

Chapter 51 051, the determination of revenge
The Grand Master of Yingming County in Changsheng County did not rush to greet Mrs. Zhao when he received the news that Mrs. Zhao had returned to her hometown for the funeral.

The county lord is a civil servant who has passed the examinations, and he is not on the same path as the hereditary nobles.

The county magistrate of Ying State, who has been sitting in Yingzhou for more than a hundred years in Shizhen, cannot be offended. If Duke Ying came in person, the county magistrate would have no choice but to greet him personally with a smile on his face, but a concubine of the Duke's mansion is like a wife. Why let him go to meet the curry favor?
Even if you don't dare to offend, you can't be too humble!
So the county magistrate pretended nothing happened and ignored Mrs. Zhao's arrival.

Mrs. Zhao didn't make any fuss. After entering the city, she returned to the Zhao Mansion in a low-key way.

After returning to the Zhao Mansion, seeing the two tall doorway trees behind the screen wall at the main entrance, Mrs. Zhao couldn't help being touched by the scene again and shed tears.

She remembered that when she was a child, the two trees were not so tall, and she and her younger brother often climbed up and down the two trees, scaring the adults in the family to yell, but she and her younger brother laughed happily.

The memories of her childhood are still so vivid, but her younger brother who used to play happily with her is now separated from her and turned into a cold corpse.

Grief grows like weeds, hatred stirs like wildfire.

While weeping, Mrs. Zhao gritted her teeth and whispered:

"No matter who you are, no matter who is behind you...killed my younger brother, I will give you everything I have, and I will capture you alive and crush you to death inch by inch!"

Outside the car window, a tall, straight-backed, ordinary-looking rider whispered:
"Madam, don't worry, as long as the scene is well preserved, we will definitely be able to find useful clues with our means."

then……

Practice Hall.

Seeing that the "crime scene" had been cleaned up and even the holes in the floor had been repaired, Mrs. Zhao's heart sank for a moment.

Her face was pale, her fists clenched tightly, her beautiful eyes glaring, her lips trembling and screaming:

"Who is it? Who told you to clean up this place?"

A manager of the Zhao family tremblingly said:
"Yes, it's the county lord... His lord the county lord said that the case is closed, and the murderer is a member of the Blood Shadow Sect... Even Mr. Zhang of the Duke's Mansion acquiesced in the county lord's conclusion... So, there is no need to save the scene, the county I respectfully ordered us to contain the young master's body and tidy up the scene..."

"..."

Mrs. Zhao was already trembling with anger, and her head was dizzy.

How could the murderer be a member of the Blood Shadow Cult?

"Shit county magistrate, he is just a foolish mediocre official!"

In disregard of decency, Mrs. Zhao twisted her face and screamed:

"You bastards, how dare you sabotage the scene of the crime and ruin my event! Here you go, drag them down and beat them hard!"

Among the eight riders who followed her to Changsheng County, six burly men rushed out immediately, dragged several stewards and servants out of the hall, picked up their whips and whipped them.Soon, there were bursts of screams, wailing, and begging for mercy from outside the hall.

Madam Zhao's eyes were red, and she turned her head to look at the ordinary-looking knight beside her:

"In this situation, is it still possible to find clues to the murderer?"

The knight was silent for a while, and whispered:
"Not much hope.

"If it is the day of death, within half an hour after death, we can still read certain memory fragments through the blood of the corpse, and hope to see the crime process directly, and even the murderer's appearance.

"But now, too much time has passed, the memory fragments in the corpse's blood have long since dissipated, and even the scene has been completely destroyed. Even if we have the most professional assassins and the best trace masters, we still can't find any clues."

With a glimmer of hope, Madam Zhao hissed and said:
"The murderer took away the crocodile soft armor I begged for my younger brother. Isn't your Western witchcraft weird and unpredictable? Can't you borrow things to find people?"

The knight said in a deep voice:

"The murderer was very professional and must have known what to do with the loot.

"In addition to the fact that so much time has passed, the hidden connection between objects and people, which is the so-called 'cause and effect' in your Dongtu, has become very weak, almost severed.

"Now if you want to borrow something to find someone, you have to have a ninth-level legendary wizard, or you Dazheng of the first rank of Dongtu Taoism. And the only ninth-level legend in our church has long since died in the holy war many years ago." middle.

"Or, do you know a certain first-rank Daoist?"

The corners of Mrs. Zhao's eyes twitched, her fingers flexed and stretched involuntarily, as if she wanted to tear something, her voice was as low as the winter wind:

"If I know some first-rank Dazheng, why should I ask you? Not to mention me, even Ying Guogong, it is impossible to know a first-rank Dazheng!"

The knight shook his head regretfully:

"Then there is really no other way."

"Isn't my brother's body still there? Can't we find clues from the body?"

"As I said before, the blood is useless. Brother Ling's body can only tell us that the murderer is very professional and his sword skills are very good. Apart from this, there will be no clues."

"But you promised me that you would help me find the murderer! I have fulfilled my promise and helped you get rid of Mu Qingxue's pursuit, and even helped you find the safest hiding place in Yingzhou. You must also Fulfill your promise to me!"

"..."

After a while of silence, the knight said slowly:
"There is one last solution. Open an altar to offer sacrifices to our lord, and pray for my lord's enlightenment. But the price is not small..."

Mrs. Zhao did not hesitate:
"I said, as long as I can find out who killed my brother, I'm willing to pay any price!"

The knight nodded:
"Okay. We can help you with the main material of the sacrifice, but you need to prepare the other materials yourself."

"What materials should I prepare?"

"A crown, a swift sword, a breastplate, and a rose must all be made of pure gold, and I will give you a drawing of the pattern. In addition, ten pearls with a diameter of not less than one inch are required, and fifty pearls of twelve pure rubies, and a liter of flawless crystal sand."

"No problem, I will prepare the materials as soon as possible."

"Give me an exact time."

"Five days... no, three days! Up to three days, I will be able to prepare all the materials you requested!"

"Okay. I will start preparing for the sacrificial ceremony now. Once the materials are ready, I will offer sacrifices to my lord immediately. During the sacrifice, you need to use your brother's body as a medium. I must remind you that after the sacrifice is completed, you The body of my brother will become a ghoul who is ignorant and only knows cannibalism and bloodthirsty, you have to be mentally prepared."

"My younger brother is dead. No matter what happens, as long as he can avenge his death, if he knows, he will definitely be willing."

"There is an additional condition: after completing the sacrifice, you must believe in the Lord and spread the glory of the Lord as much as possible. Don't worry, just start with the people around you and spread it secretly."

"A word is settled!"

……

early morning.

The cat was squatting under the eaves, washing its face with its paws. Suddenly, it turned its head and found a snow-white bunny the size of a fist, squatting under the eaves, washing its face with a pair of small front paws.

【what!Rabbit, why do you wash your face with your paws?Are you copying me? 】

Rabbit Ji carefully cleaned his long ears with his paws, glanced at the cat with his ruby ​​eyes, and replied slowly:
[Rare is more strange, our rabbits wash their faces like this, right? 】

【how can that be?Obviously I am the one who loves cleanliness the most...]

[Sorry, you are not the only little elf who loves to be clean at home.Xiaogu is still taking a bath, do you wash it? 】

【…】

Just when the cat was wondering whether to practice cat boxing for the rabbit while Shen Lang was not here, to teach it who is the boss here, it suddenly smelled a familiar smell.

Recalling the source of this familiar breath, the cat's temperament changed suddenly, from a smart little fairy to a naive little milk cat who washed his face.

At the same time it reminds Rabbit and Fish:
[Be careful, a very powerful woman is coming, don't let her see your flaws! 】

Tuji didn't answer. He hopped to the corner of the eaves, picked up a vegetable leaf, and gnawed it quietly and elegantly, looking no different from ordinary little rabbits.

The fish also sank to the bottom of the pond, swimming slowly and pretending to be looking for food.

At the same time, there was a knock on the courtyard door, and Mu Qingxue's voice came from outside:
"Shen Lang, it's me, Mu Qingxue, open the door quickly!"

[Ask for a ticket~! 】

(End of this chapter)