Daily life of slaying demons in the government

Chapter 369 So that’s it
Wen Qing and others were asked to take the collected bodies back first. Yang Qian stayed alone in the mansion. He wanted to continue what the imperial guards had not completed before, and check Zheng Yue's villa here to see if there were any clues.

After clearing the bodies, the courtyard still looked messy, but not the mess from fighting, but the mess from looting.

Someone has searched this place.

But the main purpose should be to loot property, because no one was interested in the documents and letters among the scattered things in both the study and the secret room.

Some of these letters should have been collected by the Imperial City Guards who came here before and placed in a large cloth bag. Some were still scattered in various rooms, with the most in a secret room underground.

Yang Qian used his divine sense to carefully search the entire mansion, and after making sure that nothing was missed, he went to a pavilion in the backyard to look through the letters one by one.

Many of them are letters from Zheng Yue to his family. The information in them is quite mixed, mostly about family matters, but some key words are indeed mentioned, such as: cultivation, immortality, Dharma, family, etc.

After Yang Qian quickly collected these family letters, he summarized them in one sentence: Zheng Yue had gone through a similar psychological journey as Xiao Cangyu, and wanted to bring this "opportunity" to his family and create an unprecedented "eternal family."

The idea is good, but the reality is cruel. In Shuangqing Prefecture, instead of thinking about how to survive, he is thinking about how to bring his means back home and even deal with a "family of immortality". If someone with this mentality doesn't "disappear", who will "disappear"?
The key point still lies in the origin of Zheng Yue's methods.

As far as Yang Qian knew, the only way to bring an ordinary person who couldn't practice cultivation into the circle of cultivators was through evil means.

Therefore, there is a high probability that Zheng Yue will take the evil path of cultivation.

Finally, in an empty envelope, Yang Qian found a bronze plate with a few bamboos cast on it.

"Yuzhulin's waist badge?"

In addition, the letter mentioned that "a new house has been purchased, which is convenient for cultivation and can also recruit some people to serve."

Why is buying a new house more convenient for spiritual practice? Simply put, it means it is closer to the place where you study?

Combining the two, Yang Qian concluded that Zheng Yue should have followed Yuzhulin's path, became corrupted by it, and became a member of the Wanli Bamboo Sea.

As for why Zheng Yue suddenly disappeared again, Yang Qian did not find any clues. But he guessed that it was related to Zheng Yue's own thoughts.

For example, Zheng Yue wanted to pass the method of immortality back to his family. The idea of ​​establishing an "immortality family" was actually enough to lead to his own death.

Evil methods are taboo outside Shuangqing Prefecture. Even though the Immortal Alliance’s suppression is not as severe nowadays, they all hide in dark corners and dare not show their heads easily.

Zheng Yue's idea is likely to expose the Wanli Bamboo Sea to the sight of the Immortal Alliance.

The imperial envoy Zheng Yue brought disaster upon himself.

After putting the letters into the storage bag, Yang Qian left the mansion and entered Bianxia City. When he was at the city gate, he saw Wen Qing who had been waiting for him for a long time.

"Master Wen, you don't have to be so polite."

"My Lord, it is my duty. Since you are not familiar with this place, I will lead the way for you."

Yang Qian shook his head and said, "No need, Lord Wen, just do as you please. Tell me how to get to the restaurant, and Yang Qian will know what to do."

Wen Qing was not angry. After pointing Yang Qian in a direction, he said that he had prepared some wine for Yang Qian at the government office and invited Yang Qian to come over later.

Drinking? Yang Qian didn't know if he would be in the mood for it later.

Walking on the streets of Bianxia, ​​it doesn't look dilapidated, but it is deserted everywhere. Even after entering the city gate, there are few carriages on the central street, and at least 30% of the shops on both sides are closed. The restaurant that Wen Qing mentioned is at the intersection of the central street, which is also the center of Bianxia City.

But it is only two stories high and the sign is very old, it has nothing to do with luxury.

Standing at the door of the restaurant, you can see that it is empty and there are hardly any tables of customers.

After finding a seat and sitting down, Yang Qian casually ordered a few dishes and a pot of wine.

However, the person who served Yang Qian the food and wine was not the waiter from before, but an "old acquaintance".

"Master Yang, I hope you are doing well since we last met in Linshui City."

"Hu Ming? I didn't expect you to be here. By the way, your aura-hiding skills are really amazing. Would you like to sell them to me?"

"Master Yang, you are joking. How can you sell the means to make a living? Of course, if Master Yang is willing to exchange the means you use to suppress your breath, it is not impossible. How do you think?"

Containing breath? Yang Qian smiled but did not answer. He knew in his heart that Hu Ming regarded his chaotic breath as a kind of magic.

"More than 20 of my people died here. Did you know about this?" Yang Qianzha was certain that Hu Ming must know something when he saw him. He might even be waiting for him in Bianxia in advance. Otherwise, it couldn't be a coincidence, right?
"I didn't know it beforehand. But I knew it afterwards. I also guessed that you would come, so I waited for you here. But you were slower than I expected."

Yang Qian didn't bother to figure out whether the other party was really unaware of the incident. Instead, he asked, "Do you know who did it?"

Hu Ming smiled but didn't say anything. How could this person look like a cultivator who had reached the Out-of-Body Realm? No one would disbelieve that he was a profiteer in the market.

Yang Qian also understood, and asked while eating: "What's the price this time?"

Unexpectedly, Hu Ming smiled and did not give a direct answer this time. Instead, he asked, "After Lord Yang destroyed Baiguling and the Thirty-three Caves, did he find a stone tablet with the ancient Chinese characters for "Heavenly Man" engraved on it among his gains?"

Yang Qian naturally remembered that he had obtained two such stone tablets when he destroyed Baigu Ridge and Thirty-three Caves. At that time, because the patterns on these stone tablets were the same as the strange array patterns in the tomb of the Sky-lifting Demon Master that he had visited before, he judged that they should be used to open other tombs of the Sky-lifting Demon Master, or similar secret places of the same period, and they might even be related to the secret realm.

However, after Yang Qian arrived in the city, he was busy with many things and had no time to study the two stone tablets.

Now that Hu Ming had brought it up, Yang Qian immediately understood what the other party was planning. They were targeting those stone tablets.

"Hu Ming, you know everything. Yes, I did confiscate two of the stone tablets you mentioned, but I am not going to hand them over."

"Hey, Lord Yang, do you know the origin of that stone tablet?"

Yang Qian shook his head.

"Master Yang has participated in the competition in Fengbo City before, so he must know about the secret realm. The two stone tablets in your hand are the support, or key, to enter a secret realm.

If Lord Yang is willing to produce a stone tablet this time, I will tell you everything I know."

Without thinking, Yang Qian took out a stone tablet and placed it on the table. He had extra of this thing, and Baiguling and Thirty-three Caves had it, so Yuzhulin and Qibao Mountain must have it too. He would just go get it later.

Hu Ming happily accepted the stone tablet, and then said: "The one who killed Lord Yang's men is a weapon cultivator named Lin Jiajun. He is very famous in Shuangqing Prefecture, and his main job is to help people kill people."

(End of this chapter)