Taming the Demon: A Guide to Raising a Great Sage

Chapter 55 055, Mu Qingxue's mission

Yingzhou Fucheng is the first city to open the sea in Dachu, and it is also the leading sea trade port on the southern coast of Dachu.

Compared with small places like Changsheng County, Yingzhou Fucheng is simply another world.

Beyond the city walls of Changsheng County is the countryside.

And beyond the outline of Fucheng City, there are still cities.

The streets and alleys extend in all directions, the buildings stand like a forest, the flow of people is shoulder to shoulder, and the flow of cars and horses is endless.

It is said that there is no curfew in Fucheng, and the busiest places inside and outside the city can be noisy all night long.

The tallest building in Changsheng County has only three floors.

But in Fucheng, just outside the city, Shen Lang saw more than one five-story, or even six or seven-story all-wooden building.There are taller buildings in the city.

The pedestrians on the street come and go, and their races are also varied.

In addition to the Eastern natives from all over the world, there are Westerners with high noses and deep eyes, Nanyang people with slightly flat facial features and dark skin, Izumo people with short heads and slender bodies, and all kinds of strange people who can't tell their way out. kind.

A group of people rode slowly on the bustling streets, and Shen Lang took the opportunity to see a lot of new things - if it was just the bustling, it would not be a big deal to Shen Lang, a traveler who is used to seeing the bustling cities.

With the productivity of this era, no city is more prosperous than mediocre.Yingzhou Fucheng is already the most prosperous city in the south of Great Chu, but inside and outside the city, the permanent population is only over 200 million, which is nothing compared to China in the 21st century.

But it is different from those stereotyped, square high-rise buildings in modern cities on the earth.

There are antique and fragrant Dongtu buildings all over the street with different shapes, and there are also many exotic buildings with styles that are completely different from Dongtu and have unique characteristics.

There are also many strange and interesting things in the dazzling array of small commodities in the shops and stalls.

Pedestrians wear more styles and styles of clothing than pedestrians on Earth Street——

There are classic ladies with small umbrellas, long skirts with long sleeves, long hair, and tassels on their chests, shopping around surrounded by servants and maids. Female.

There are gentle and elegant scholars wearing square scarves, holding folding fans, green shirts and long gowns, and there are also playboys who wear Western-style double-breasted lace shirts and loose trousers, laughing loudly and ostentatiously...

Shen Lang's first impression of Yingzhou Fucheng was that it was a prosperous and prosperous city.

But he also knows that where there is light, there must be shadow, and the more prosperous the city, the darker it is hidden.

The reason why Mu Qingxue traveled thousands of miles from the capital to Yingzhou Mansion was precisely because under the appearance of prosperity and prosperity, this place was also a city full of filth and demons.

In places where the sun does not shine, countless evils are quietly breeding at every moment.

When it was dark, the group finally entered the inner city, Mu Qingxue disbanded the team, and all the arresters returned home, while Shen Lang followed Mu Qingxue and lived in a compound arranged for her by the government office.

Of course not living with Mu Qingxue.

The courtyard is very big, with three entrances and three exits, it is enough to arrange a small private courtyard for Shen Lang.

After settling down, Mu Qingxue told Shen Lang not to run around, or even go out for a stroll without her permission, and then went to rest by herself.

Shen Lang also hurriedly made up his homework, entered the fine brush space and clicked on the little moon of the monster taming formula three times, pushing the progress of the first level of the monster taming formula to 93 points.

After that, it was the daily practice, and it was not until midnight that he washed and rested.

For the next two days, Mu Qingxue was nowhere to be seen, and she didn't know where she was busy. She neither took Shen Lang to the Yamen to report, nor took him out for shopping, nor did she come to teach him how to practice martial arts.

If it wasn't for the three meals a day delivered by a special person, Shen Lang couldn't help wondering if Mu Qingxue had forgotten him again.

In fact, he really wanted to go out for a stroll and get acquainted with the environment of Fucheng.

But Mu Qingxue said something first, since Shen Lang intends to accept her investment, he will naturally not disobey the order of the rich little rich woman who is the funder, so he has honestly stayed in the small courtyard for the past two days, concentrating on cultivation.

It was not until the third night that Mu Qingxue came to the small courtyard where Shen Lang lived with a slightly tired face.

"How is your martial arts practice?"

"Uh, it's only been two days since I came to Fucheng...the progress in martial arts is limited."

"...I was impatient."

"What does Mr. Mu mean by this? Could it be that there is something that can be of use to me?"

"Well, there is one thing..."

"If you have anything to do, Mr. Mu, just ask me, I am obliged to do so."

Seeing his generous face, Mu Qingxue said slowly while stroking the cat:

"Originally, you should not have been assigned to do this matter anyway, but the matter came too urgently, and the time has not allowed for manpower to be transferred from other places, and the local Gongmen in Yingzhou Prefecture are either untrustworthy, or they are Gongmen. His identity has long been known, so it is difficult to be qualified for this mission..."

Shen Lang was confused and said blankly:

"So what exactly is Mu Daren talking about?"

Mu Qingxue pondered for a while, and then said:

"In the past few days, the blood shadow evildoer has suddenly disappeared without a trace, and it is hard to find a trace. The previous raids on the blood shadow sect's stronghold were also reported by the blood shadow evildoer in advance, and they fled calmly. From this, we can see that There must be someone in Yingzhou Prefecture who is tipping off the Blood Shadow Cult.

"As for being able to know my actions in advance and notify the Blood Shadow Cult in time, there are only a few factions in Daying Prefecture.

"Among them, the most suspicious one is the Fu Zun, and the other is the Duke Ying's Mansion.

"However, Lord Fuzun is a low-ranking official. He just came to Fucheng last year to take up his post. Even if he was corrupted by the Blood Shadow Sect in a short period of time, he can at most inform the Blood Shadow Sect, but it is not enough to provide him with a safe place to hide.

"Only the government of Yingguo, which has been in Yingzhou for more than a hundred years, has the ability to inform the Blood Shadow Sect and provide it with a hiding place that even I can't find."

Hearing the words, Shen Lang lifted his spirits:
"Your Majesty Mu wants to investigate the government of Yingguo?"

Mu Qingxue nodded slightly:
"Yingguo's mansion was originally among the targets of my investigation on this trip, second only to the Blood Shadow Sect. If Yingguo's mansion really colludes with the Blood Shadow Sect, then two cases will be combined into one.

"It's just that the Duke of Ying's mansion is a hereditary honor after all, and with the iron certificate of the alchemy bestowed by the Taizu, as long as he does not commit major treasonous cases, it will be difficult to lay hands on him.

"In addition, Shizhen Yingzhou has been in business for more than a hundred years, and its forces are deeply rooted. Among the Fucheng Gongmen, there are many eyes and ears of the Guogong Mansion. Even the Fucheng arresters and fast arresters who followed me in handling cases are all subsidized by the Guogong Mansion. Gracious...

"I'm an outsider, and it's really difficult to investigate this kind of sitting tiger. Even if I have the right to mobilize the tolerance and even the garrison, it is impossible to search the Duke's mansion without hard evidence."

Shen Lang asked:

"Master Mu, you want me to try to sneak into the Duke's Mansion and get evidence of the collusion between the Duke's Mansion and the Blood Shadow Cult?"

Mu Qingxue said at the beginning that people in Fucheng Gongmen are either untrustworthy, or their identities have long been known, so it is obviously impossible to do this kind of undercover lurking mission.

If reliable manpower is recruited from other places, it will be too late in terms of time.

In this way, Shen Lang is the only one left, an outsider who has not been well-known, and has not even reported to the government office. Is he suitable for this mission?

However, Mu Qingxue shook her head:

"Yingguo Duke's Mansion is not something that just anyone can get in.

"For a century-old noble like the Duke's Mansion, the employment is basically only from the family and children. Even if they recruit people from the outside, they will only recruit the natives of the city who live in Yingzhou, have a clean net worth, and have received favors from the Duke's Mansion. Your words are obviously not enough. qualifications."

Now Shen Lang scratched his head a little:

"What exactly does Namu want me to do?"

Mu Qingxue stared into Shen Lang's eyes:
"Remember what I said to you? Follow me, trouble and danger are inevitable. And what I want you to do for me this time is an extremely dangerous thing."

Shen Lang pondered and said:
"Can you know what it is?"

Mu Qingxue said in a deep voice:

"I want you to sneak into a group of pirates that are suspected to be directly controlled by the Duke's Mansion, and get the ironclad evidence that the Duke of Ying is keeping pirates. I can use this as a pretext to mobilize people from other places to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the Duke of Ying's Mansion. That's it. You can kill two birds with one stone, you can not only investigate the government of Yingguo, but also follow the clues to dig out traces of the Blood Shadow Sect."

[Ask for a ticket~! 】

(End of this chapter)