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"What does this pattern mean?"

Li Lianpeng couldn't help but asked curiously.

The pattern should be imprinted on the skin. In the middle of the circular pattern, there is an inverted triangle, surrounded by a circle of words.

It's just that those words are not any that Li Lianpeng saw when he came to this world.

"Lingbao Seal!"

Suddenly, a famous scholar on the side exclaimed.

"Lingbao Seal? What is that?"

Li Lianpeng looked at the scholar with a surprised look on his face and asked:

"Brother, can you elaborate?"

The man glanced at Li Lianpeng, nodded, and then said:
"When we mention this Lingbao Seal, we can naturally trace it back to the previous dynasty, that is, the Daqian Dynasty. At that time, people's common currency was called Lingbaotong. Ten Lingbaotong could be exchanged for one tael of silver."

"Later, when Da Qian was overthrown and the New Dynasty was established, Ling Baotong was changed to Xuan Bian Tong. After I established Daxi, Xuan Bian Tong was abolished and changed to reign name money."

Li Lianpeng frowned when he heard this, "You mean, this is a copper coin from hundreds of years ago that was heated and burned into her palm?"

Before the scholar could answer, Li Lianhua explained: "This Lingbaotong was only used as a kind of currency in the past. When the Great Qian Dynasty was overthrown, some survivors were still unwilling to accept it, so they took the pattern of Lingbaotong as a currency." Those people who believed in the sect’s totem and were determined to restore Daqian established the Lingbao sect.”

"For hundreds of years, this Lingbao sect has acted in extreme ways, and has done things that are puzzling and cunning. The government of the current dynasty has repeatedly suppressed them, and they always reappear in various places, making them extremely difficult to deal with."

Li Lianhua looked grave and said, "It seems that this matter was probably done by that lunatic from the Lingbao Sect again."

"What do these people want to do?"

"Looking at the way this woman died, she must have been performing a sacrifice."

"Sacrifice?"

Li Lianhua nodded, "Sacrifice."

"The people of the Lingbao Sect firmly believe that as long as one day they open the gate of hell and release the guardian beast in Abi Hell, they can overthrow Daxi and restore the former Daqian to the country."

Li Lianpeng smacked her lips, "Is there something wrong with these people's minds?"

"I don't know." Li Lianhua shook his head, "But if it's the Lingbao Sect, then this case will be troublesome."

"Their traces are hard to find, and what they do is without any rules. Even the sacrifices are full of disorder and chaos, making it unclear what their next step will be."

Li Lianpeng had never heard of such evil rumors, and felt a little troublesome for a while.

Not long after, the official in charge of Slender West Lake heard the news and came over.

The visitors were a government agent and six government servants wearing uniform soap clothes, a total of seven people.

The leader, a middle-aged man, solemnly raised his hands to the scholars around him and said:

"Gentlemen, a murder has occurred here. For the sake of the safety of the gentlemen, please leave here quickly and leave the matter to my Yamen. Within seven days, I will definitely give you an explanation."

Scholars have a special status. These people in front of them may become superior officers of these servants in the future. It is absolutely correct to be respectful at this time.

Literary men generally have a good reputation. After the middle-aged man said these words, even if some people wanted to stay and watch the fun, they had no choice but to turn around and leave with regret.

The appearance of the Lingbao Sect indicates that Yangzhou City will be purged again in the coming days. Their identities are sensitive and if they stay here for a moment longer, they may get into trouble.

So, not long after, the literati who were watching on the scene left one after another.

Only two corpses and Li Lianpeng were left at the scene.

"I've seen Mr. Li."

The middle-aged man at the head bowed his hands towards Li Lianpeng and said, "I wonder what the young master discovered?"

Li Lianpeng happened to have met this person once, so it was not surprising that he knew her.

This person is a great catcher from the government, his surname is Zhang and his given name is Yue Peng.

Zhang Yuepeng often jointly handles cases with people from the Supervision Department. It was this person who came forward to investigate the Cui family's old residence together with the Supervision Department of Baichuan Academy.

Li Lianpeng said: "Zhang Shenquan, have you ever heard of the Lingbao sect? I suspect these two women are from the Lingbao sect."

"Lingbao Sect?" Zhang Yuepeng was stunned when he heard this, and immediately turned ugly, "Young Master is talking about the Lingbao who kills people without any calculation and is bent on regaining his fortune?"

Li Lianpeng nodded and said, "Exactly. It seems that Zhang Shenquan also has broad knowledge."

Zhang Yuepeng quickly stepped forward and inspected the two corpses. The expression on his face became more and more gloomy.
"It's really a spiritual treasure. These evil obstacles have actually appeared in my Yangzhou City!"

"This is troublesome..."

His face was extremely ugly, as if a relative had died.

This made Li Lianpeng confused.

According to Li Lianhua, this person from the Lingbao Sect behaves strangely and cannot be traced, but they rarely show up anymore. How did Yue Peng know about this?

Could it be that like Li Lianhua, he often traveled around the world in the past?

As if aware of Li Lianpeng's gaze, Zhang Yuepeng said: "Young Master Li doesn't know something. When I was serving in the county a few years ago, there was a crime case involving Lingbao Tianzun. At that time, a person from a village was raped. They were tied together, poured with fire oil, and burned alive on the threshing floor..."

"Not only that, those people actually tortured and killed the parents of the officials in the place, and wrote a text in front of his house, clarifying the identity of their Lingbao sect... To this day, it is still an unsolved case that cannot be solved."

Li Lianhua answered: "I have heard about this matter. I have also been to the burned village."

Zhang Yuepeng looked at Li Lianhua. He knew who the person in front of him was. Most of the information about Yangzhou City was in the hands of this person.

In addition, this person is also the recognized martial arts leader, the master of the Lotus Building, and the swordsman Li Lianhua.

"I wonder if Mr. Li used those clues to find the hiding place of the Lingbao Sect?"

Li Lianhua sighed: "I found it after looking for it, but unfortunately, they escaped in the end."

Back then, Li Lianhua, as a traveling doctor, traveled around the world, looking for clues about the Golden Yuan Alliance, trying to find the body of his senior brother, and saw many shocking and bizarre things in the world.

For example, the village extermination case in Mao'erzhuang caused a sensation for a while. Later, several parties came forward, but it still remained unsolved.

At that time, Li Lianhua wanted to find out the perpetrator and why he committed the murder, or in a cruel way.

After he used his keen insight to find the murderer's hiding place, he discovered that all the other party's people had left, leaving only an empty and dilapidated yard.

"These people usually plan carefully before committing a crime. Once the case is over, the person will disappear without a trace and there is no way to trace it." Zhang Yuepeng said solemnly.

Li Lianhua rarely feels inadequate when it comes to solving crimes. Anyone who commits murder will at least have a clear motive.

But the people of Lingbao Sect are not like this.

Their motive seems to be simply for a slogan and to work hard for liberation.

They are willing to pay their precious lives for it.

After Li Lianhua and Zhang Yuepeng conducted cross-analysis based on the known facts, they quickly came to a conclusion.

This Lingbao sect person will kill someone again soon!
After some deliberation, Zhang Yuepeng sent someone to seal off the area, preventing outsiders from entering or exiting.

……

"I didn't expect you to be so lucky. Even if you come to the lake for a date, you will encounter a murder!"

Li Lianpeng complimented casually, glanced at the woman standing behind Li Lianhua, and said to Li Lianhua:
"Seize this opportunity well and catch up with this Miss Zhu. If you have a loved one to accompany you, as an elder brother, I will be considered to have accomplished my merits and be able to explain to my parents."

"..."

After being silent for a long time, Li Lianhua said helplessly: "Brother, I really don't plan to find a good match. I'm fine alone..." "What a fart!"

Li Lianpeng immediately said: "You have been wandering around the world alone and have been free and unrestrained for so many years. It's time to consider marrying a wife and having children. Otherwise, your parents will not be able to control you in heaven, and I will not agree to it."

As he said that, he rolled up his sleeves.

Seeing this, Li Lianhua had no choice but to soften her voice and said, "Brother, can you wait for me to think about it for a month?"

"Fifteen days."

"it is good……"

The two communicated secretly without alerting Zhu Shuyao who was traveling with them.

Zhu Shuyao was thinking about things. The tragic deaths of those women made her sincerely sad, and the appearance of the Lingbao Sect also made her a little uneasy.

Recently, she always felt like someone was staring at her from behind. She thought it might be an illusion before, but now it seems that that feeling like a sharp edge on her back is no accident.

Maybe, she was also targeted by the Lingbao sect!

"Don't worry, there are lotus flowers here. I wish you will be fine, girl."

Li Lianpeng's voice sounded, Zhu Shuyao was in a trance for a while, and then her face turned slightly red.

Li Lianhua looked into the distance and said softly:
"I'll wait for them to show up again."

……

This wait is another seven days.

Within these seven days, the Supervision Department and Baichuan Academy mobilized together and searched Yangzhou City, but no trace of the Lingbao Sect was found.

They hide themselves very well. According to the rumors of the Lingbao Sect, these believers have very different identities. They may be traffickers and lackeys, they may be knights in the world, or they may be scholars who have nothing to do with it.

These people usually hide very well and are no different from normal people among the crowd.

It will only act when ordered to do so.

Eight days after the female body was found in Slender West Lake, the body of a young female was once again found in a ditch in Yangzhou City.

The palm of this female corpse also had a spiritual treasure seal. In addition, the identity of this female corpse was also recognized that day.

This person was a bride-to-be who suddenly disappeared on the eve of her wedding night.

Following this clue, Li Lianhua found the person the woman was in contact with and locked in on a guy.

That was a flower seller who was only 16 years old.

"Tell me, why do you want to kill someone?"

In a house near Lianhua Tower, Li Lianhua was sitting on a wooden chair, looking at the frightened young man in front of her, and asked slowly.

"I, I didn't kill anyone..."

"Don't make excuses. Someone saw you throwing the Miao family's daughter into the water."

"I, I didn't kill anyone..."

The young man was like a repeater, trembling all over and repeating this sentence in his mouth.

Li Lianhua asked for a long time, but when the other party didn't answer, she had to resort to some tricks.

He walked closer to the boy and placed his palms on his shoulders.

Suddenly, the boy's body shook, his eyes rolled, and he fainted.

Li Lianhua frowned and retracted her palm.

"There is actually a layer of mental control..."

This was something he didn't expect.

Mind control, to put it bluntly, is an extremely sophisticated form of hypnosis. Once affected by an external force, the user will trigger the layer of restrictions left in the mind and fall into a coma.

After Li Lianhua caught the other party in, he had been trying to influence him, hoping to use Yangzhou Slow to remove the restriction in his mind.

Unfortunately, it still failed.

"Have you recruited?"

Li Lianpeng's voice came from outside the door.

Li Lianhua turned around and shook her head, "I passed out."

Li Lianpeng frowned and said, "Isn't your Yangzhou slow enough?"

Li Lianhua took a deep breath and said, "The restriction left in this young man's mind is very strange, and Yangzhou Manan cannot suppress it."

"That would be difficult."

Li Lianpeng rubbed her chin and suggested: "Do you think there is nothing we can do about it, Monk Wu?"

"No more?"

"Yes, that old monk, I think he is quite capable, especially when it comes to chanting sutras. He makes people fall asleep while listening to them. He must be very involved in hypnosis."

"Brother, I'm afraid I'm joking..." Li Lianhua said with a helpless smile.

Li Lianpeng looked very serious, "I'm not joking with you."

"There are many magical scriptures in Buddhist scriptures that can inspire people's spirits or give them other feelings. You don't have much exposure to them and don't understand them well enough."

"This……"

Li Lianhua hesitated for a moment, "Then let me contact the monk?"

Li Lianpeng said: "As soon as possible, we will solve this Lingbao sect. There are other things to do."

"In addition, I also want to see the brainwashing methods of this Lingbao sect. It is so disgusting. The person behind it must be a master."

I have to say that this Lingbao Sect is really powerful. It has been around for hundreds of years and has not disappeared, which shows that its skills are not shallow.

If you can learn one and a half moves from those guys and use them on your opponents, it will definitely have miraculous effects.

For example, if you use it on Hongmen disciples, let people go undercover in Hongmen to obtain information. It doesn't take long before Hongmen can be used by him to do justice and kindness.

After hearing what Li Lianpeng said, Li Lianhua contacted Monk Wuliang who was far away at Pudu Temple in Qingyuan Mountain that day.

The two have been exchanging letters, especially after Li Lianhua's poison of Bicha was resolved.

The two men were very different in age, and they were both teachers and friends. Li Lianhua received a lot of help from Monk Wu, and Monk Wu was because he used to be a gangster, and he also saw the shadow of his past in Li Lianhua.

Therefore, I have always been close to Li Lianhua.

Li Lianpeng had a very good impression of this monk.

I think this monk can be a close friend.

The news about Monk Wu came very quickly. The news came out that day, and early the next morning, a letter came.

The name of a scripture was written on the letter, for Li Lianhua to find it in Yangzhou City, and then listen to it in front of the young man who was bewitched by the spirit.

If you recite it four or five times a day, the hypnosis exerted on your mind will be lifted.

(End of this chapter)