Bring some shock to the world of cultivating immortals

"Am I really scary?"

Squatting in a corner aside, Jeanne was very disappointed.

"Fortunately."

Zhou Li patted her shoulder and comforted her: "Aside from being tall like a giant, looking like a dead person, and dressing like someone who has killed people, you are quite...anthropomorphic."

"I'm really curious as to how I didn't have the urge to commit suicide under your comfort."

Tang Wan on the side said expressionlessly.

"Master Bai, don't panic."

Li Kuan on the side quickly stepped forward to help Bai Hong up, suppressing a smile, and said seriously: "These are my friends. They don't know that Lord Bai is here, and they have offended me a lot. I hope Lord Bai will forgive me."

At this time, Bai Hong stood up reluctantly with the help of Li Kuan. He raised his head and looked at the two-meter-high knight zombie in front of him with some horror. His legs felt a little weak for a while.

After all, in the Ming Dynasty, zombies were much more threatening than monsters.After all, monsters also want to live a normal life, but the normal life of zombies is to divide and eat humans to provide the nutrients for a normal life.

Therefore, in Bai Hong's eyes, he was like a rat in the sewer who suddenly met a handsome orange cat. Even if he was not bitten to death, he would be frightened to death by the other's appetite.

But fortunately, Bai Hong was more or less an official of the imperial court, and unlike Li Kuan, who was a botched county magistrate, Bai Hong had a sixth-grade military attache position, and he often practiced Dragon Tiger Qi, so he was not frightened.He held Li Kuan's arm tightly, lowered his voice, and growled in a low voice:

"Li Kuan, are you crazy?! This is a zombie! Hiding a zombie privately is a capital crime in Ming Dynasty!"

"Master Bai is worrying too much."

Frowning, Li Kuan took a step back and whispered, "This is not a secret."

"He walked in openly."

"Old Li, you!"

Bai Hong was furious for a moment, but he looked at the very lost zombie squatting in the corner and couldn't find a way to deal with it for a while. He could only suppress his worries and said with force: "Old Li, I won't bother you for now. Yes, you... protect yourself."

"Do not worry."

Li Kuan smiled and said, "I haven't heard of any cases of zombies hurting people in Beiliang in the past six years. Don't worry, Mr. Bai."

"Best."

Bai Hong swallowed, glanced at Joan of Arc in the corner, then flicked his long sleeves and left the back hall of the county government office.

"Humph."

After Bai Hong walked away, Li Kuan invited Zhou Li and others to sit down.After several people sat down, Li Kuan poured tea again and placed it in front of them. He shook his head and removed Bai Hong's teacup.

"The visitor is not good?"

Zhou Li picked up the teacup and asked casually.

"Seeing that I am usually not motivated, I want to take over the affairs of Hongwei Building."

Li Kuan didn't seem to take this matter to heart. He drank tea and said calmly: "He can't afford to offend Mrs. Golden Snake, nor can he afford to offend the people of Dali Temple. I don't want to ask his father, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, for help. That’s why the idea was set on me.”

"oh oh."

Zhou Li nodded. As an ordinary citizen, he has always viewed this kind of twists and turns in officialdom with a humble civilian mentality, so he could only ask weakly:
"Break your legs and throw them into a pit?"

"There's no need to be so extreme." Li Kuan put down his tea cup and politely tried to dissuade him.

"correct."

Li Kuan looked at Joan of Arc, who was sitting upright on a chair, like a hill, and asked hesitantly: "Mr. Zhou, who is this friend?"

"Corpse of foreign friends."

Zhou Li was also calm and said bluntly: "The foreign zombie from France came to Beiliang for exchange and study. He reported it to the old scholar."

"Oh, that's fine then."

As soon as he heard the old scholar, Li Kuan was completely relieved. Then he picked up the teacup and asked, "Is Mr. Zhou here for something?"

"Ugh?"

Zhou Li was stunned for a moment, "Aren't you looking for me?"

Li Kuan and Zhou Li stared at each other. After a moment, Qian Hu raised his hand and said weakly:

"Master Li, I see that you have been having a headache recently about creating the city, and I can't help you. So I thought that Mr. Zhou was thinking very fast, so I wanted to trouble him to help you."

"Ah...ah."

Only then did Li Kuan come to his senses and understand what happened.He looked at Zhou Li, thought for a moment, then sighed and said helplessly: "Mr. Zhou, it's a long story."

Seeing the fierce murderous look in Zhou Li's eyes, Li Kuan immediately stopped talking and said bluntly: "I'll make a long story short, the people from Dali Temple can't be found."

Well, a few short words are more shocking than "three thousand words explaining why Beiliang is about to commit treason."

"what?"

Zhou Li and Tang Wan were both stunned, but because Joan of Arc didn't know what Dali Temple was, she still maintained the state of "listening but not understanding".

"People from Dali Temple are missing?"

Zhou Li had a look of confusion on his face. He knew that the people from Dali Temple were coming. After all, the incident about Zhang Suohao and the Dead Man's Sword had alarmed the capital. Dali Temple must keep statistics and archives of what happened in Beiliang. This is what it should be.

But how could the people from Dali Temple disappear?

As one of the Three Law Departments of the Ming Dynasty, Dali Temple has the function of "quelling chaos and filing and closing cases". It can be said that being able to enter the bluestone gate of Dali Temple is equivalent to becoming a part of the Ming Dynasty Law and becoming a top priority for anyone. Hovering trial seal.

Compared with the Jinyiwei who have the authority to act expeditiously to a certain extent, the officials of Dali Temple can "cover the sky with one hand" in a high-sounding manner.Although the Shangguan [Zhengqing] of Dali Temple is only of the third rank, even if the prime minister is subordinate to one person and has more than ten thousand people, when he sees the current Zhengqing of Dali Temple, he must respectfully bow down to the official position and not even half a degree. Complain.

But now, the manpower sent by Dali Temple, the "face of the Emperor", has disappeared in Beiliang.You know, even the case of Zhang Suohao is just a "lower class" case in Dali Temple.But the collective disappearance of the Dali eunuchs was a [A-medium] case at worst.

For example, when a person was found guilty of theft and was about to be sentenced to less than three years, in order to reverse the case, he specifically listed the reasons why he could not commit theft.

He was selling ice.

Okay, less than three years is the death penalty, are you happy?

"Yes, people from Dali Temple are missing."

With a long sigh, the unhappy Li Kuan said helplessly:
"A few days ago, a judge and a chief liar from Dali Temple came to Beiliang and began to investigate the case about Zhang Suohao and the Dead Man's Knife. But just three days ago, these two people suddenly disappeared in the city. I sent people We searched privately, but found nothing. The two of them seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, without any trace."

"There is nothing worse than this." (End of chapter)