Tian Sheng Monster Hunting

Chapter 36
There was an uproar in the yard.

Wen Ming's voice came from outside the door, "Teacher Duan, something happened!"

Duan Yuzhi quickly opened the door, the sky was dimly lit, a dozen people rushed into the yard, the leader was Hu Luan, who was dressed neatly, his old Taoist priest hadn't left yet, and hurriedly followed while putting on his shoes He ran in, followed by a group of guards from the county government.

"Lord Duan, it's late to save you, is your Highness alright?"

Hu Luan expressed concern in every sentence, but his tone revealed an indifference that had nothing to do with him.

Duan Yuzhi glanced at him and didn't reply, Sheng Yang had already come out from the door wrapped in fox fur.

"what happened?"

"Your Highness," Wen Ming was the first to rush out and had already asked the guards, "Something happened to Guan Yao's room."

Guan Yao's room is on the south side of the courtyard. The door hangs crookedly on the door frame. The charm on it has fallen to the ground. When he enters the room, there is already a corpse lying straight inside.

It was yesterday's mouse demon, staring at a pair of eyes full of disbelief.There were many signs of struggle in the room. The rope binding the mouse demon was scattered on the ground, and his hair was scattered. There were some small scratches on his face, and his clothes were torn. It seems that he struggled hard before he died. What caught people's attention was the three parallel openings on his chest, and the blood oozing from his flesh had solidified.

Too familiar wound!
Duan Yuzhi and Sheng Yang looked at each other in surprise, and he stepped forward to remove the mouse demon's clothes. There were three cat scratch marks on the corpse, with medium and deep force, similar to the wound left by Chiyu killing Cen'er. All were horribly black.

In a daze, he covered the exposed skin of the rat demon with his clothes, and said, "It's a cat demon...a preliminary judgment, maybe poisoned..."

"Cat demon!"

"There is a cat demon in this room..."

Yesterday, my sister bravely fought Taifu Duan in order to save her younger brother. Her righteous and awe-inspiring appearance made Wen Ming reluctant to think about it.

"It's that witch from yesterday!" The Taoist exclaimed.

At this time, Catwoman has disappeared without a trace. It is hard not to think that she killed someone and ran away.

Sheng Yang looked at Duan Yuzhi with some concern. He was still squatting next to the corpse, his eyes darkened, and he looked at the wound carefully at a loss, as if he wanted to find some different evidence.

He also said yesterday that he let go of these two monsters. They should have been young children at that time. When he was soft-hearted, he probably wanted to give them their lives to live a good life.

The world has been turned upside down, and there is no end for them. They were forced to go astray at this time.Especially that banshee Chi Yun, who just showed her friendship with the rat demon in front of him yesterday, turned out to be the number one suspect in killing him today. The change was too great to accept.

"I didn't expect that demon girl to have such a purpose!" Hu Luan suddenly realized, "Your Highness, this witch is really scheming, we were all deceived by her yesterday! According to the official, she just wants to kill people and silence her. See Taifu Duan is not easy to do here, he deliberately wins our trust, so that he can have the opportunity to be alone with this mouse monster, kill him quickly!"

"Princess Shengyang and Master Duan are so easy to deceive! I told you that she is not a good person." The Taoist came out in a hurry, "She used to seduce the husband of another family. I saw it with my own eyes. I burnt it." Her hair, that's to prevent her from doing such nasty things again!"

Duan Yuzhi listened to these words, he was indeed confused by their sibling friendship yesterday, and now he doesn't know who is real and who is fake.

After a moment of silence, he recalled the testimony of Chi Yun yesterday, and said, "I heard that you have a group of well-known gangsters here?"

"This..." Hu Luan said with a guilty conscience, "there are... but they are all small people who don't matter, they are as big as this mouse monster, and they just do some sneaky things. The officials have sent someone to clean them up a few days ago. gone."

"Oh?"

So just right...he cleaned it up?

"Master Hu."

"Your Highness, please order."

"I haven't had time to tell you in the future that the rat monster confessed yesterday, saying that he indeed stole the food. They stole the food and hid it somewhere in the city, but you haven't found it yet."

"This...how is this possible, it's just nonsense!" Hu Luan was full of panic, "Your Highness, how is this possible! After the granary was stolen, I took all the subordinates and the people to search the whole city, every corner, Every household has been searched, but not a single grain of rice has been found! This... I'm afraid it's a false accusation! I'm afraid they have sold the grain long ago! The lower officials have opposed them before, but it was all for the sake of the people An Ning, I didn't expect him to hate me so much, and even before he died, he still didn't let go of the official, and deliberately said that to spread rumors about me!"

"God, Mr. Hu, it is said that a person's words are good even when he is about to die, but this monster actually did evil things to frame people before his death... I don't think the evildoer can stay!"

Taoist Wangyou huddled in front of Hu Luan, his eyebrows were like a mouse, he looked more like a mouse than a mouse monster at the moment, and he didn't forget to flatter Hu Luan.

"Is it for you to talk here?" Sheng Yang said impatiently to the Taoist priest, "Get lost."

The Taoist was startled, and retreated wisely.

The imperial authority was so strict that Hu Luan was a little scared for a while.

"There is no food in the surrounding towns, but Master Hu is talking about who they can sell to?"

"This... this..." He hesitated again and again, but still bit the bullet and said, "I guess... I'm afraid it was sold to the Beili Country long ago..."

"I don't believe it!"

Sheng Yang flicked his sleeves, "Lord Hu should know better than this palace that there is a Tianmen Pass between Beiguan and Beili Kingdom. It specializes in foreign trade, and anyone who has a customs clearance transaction must pass through this customs..."

With an angry smile in her eyes, "Such a large amount of grain has been sold without any movement. Mr. Hu is trying to say that Tianmenguan is useless, and you, the county magistrate of Beiguan, are useless at all!"

"Your Highness!" Hu Luan knelt down in response, "Your Highness, it's my negligence. I really don't know how they transported the food..."

"Then why do you insist that you sold it to Beili!"

Duan Yuzhi got up and questioned, just now he lost his mind for a moment, Sheng Yang's false testimony contained a lot of words.

"Big...adult..."

This Hu Luan has acted strangely since the first time we met, he said he was flattering, but the flattery was very perfunctory, he said he was afraid, but he never made any sophistry, and he answered all the crimes he was given unequivocally, clearly without any ambiguity. He didn't care about punishing and judging him, he just wanted to send them away as soon as possible.

At this moment, his eyes turned and his tone hesitated, clearly looking for an excuse.

"Your Highness, my lord... until now, the officials dare not hide anything... the officials concluded that the stolen food was sold to Beili, because something happened at Tianmen Pass!"

"What's the matter?"

"A traitor came out of Tianmen Gate! This person is A Xing, the deputy general of Tianmen Gate. In the three days after the granary was stolen, the lower officials were too busy with food. This Ah Xing is the master, and the officials only found out later... this Ah Xing is a traitor, and indeed let dozens of convoys leave Tiansheng and go to Beili..."

"Dozens of teams?" Wen Ming was startled when he heard this bold one.

"Master Hu dares to say that he has no knowledge?" Duan Yuzhi asked.

"The officer really doesn't know!"

"Hmph, on weekdays, at the commercial gates with foreign countries, one or two vehicles must have a customs clearance certificate. Without your customs clearance certificate, who would dare to let the vehicles out of the customs privately, let alone more than ten vehicles! A general guarding the customs, with such a big power?"

"This..." Hu Luan turned his eyes to think again, and after thinking about it, he said, "I really dare not say it... Hey! But there is nothing I can do if I don't say it..."

"Your Highness, Grand Tutor," he timidly bowed, "It's the lower official who made a mistake, this Ah Xing...is the lower official's cousin from afar...it's the lower official who is not strict in discipline...he usually acts as a domineering , also used his authority to smuggle goods to sell abroad...so he was on duty that day, and no one dared to control the smuggled goods..."

"Nonsense! Hu Luan, you are so confused, how can you be the magistrate of Beiguan County!"

"Your Highness! I know I'm wrong! It's all my fault that I'm so ungrateful that I let him harm me and the people of Beiguan! Please forgive me, Your Highness! Please forgive me, Your Highness!"

"According to this palace, you are the one who uses your position and power to sell goods for personal gain on weekdays, right..."

Sheng Yang seemed to see through him and sneered.

"This this……"

Hu Luan had nothing to refute, or he didn't want to refute.

"Your Highness," Duan Yuzhi said, "the thief who stole the food is dead, and the food can't be recovered. The case is almost clear. We should go back to Beijing as soon as possible, report to the Holy Majesty, hold the relevant personnel accountable, and adjust the food from other places. The sooner the better, the better." Alright, so I can give an explanation to the people of Beiguan."

Sheng Yang nodded dignifiedly, "Since that's the case, it's the only way. Wen Ming, I ordered you to leave for Beijing this afternoon."

"Yes."

She glared at Hu Luan and left the room without looking back.

It seemed that Princess Shengyang really did what she said. Hu Luan wiped off his sweat and stood at the gate of the Beiguan County Yamen, watching them pass by him one by one, packing their luggage, and the group was ready to go.

He bowed to Sheng Yang, Sheng Yang got into the car without even looking at him, and Duan Yuzhi followed closely with a dark face.

"Master Taifu, you are negligent, you left in such a hurry, you didn't even take a bite of your meal..."

He was even angrier when he mentioned the meal, Duan Yuzhi glared at him fiercely, his mouth was covered with bluffing eyes, "Magistrate Hu, I and Duan are not worthy of your meal!"

Seeing the group of people going further and further away, Hu Luan completely forgot the punishment he was about to receive. The pleasant breeze blew away the sweat on his face, he breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled from the bottom of his heart. Finally sent away this line of plague gods...

(End of this chapter)