I rely on my body to push the weird world

Chapter 31 Wuling City

Wuling City!
West gate.

Li Ji lifted the curtain and looked.

There are black city walls and a wide city gate. People are coming and going in front of the city gate. Not far away there is a wide river with dense ships.

Before entering the city, you can hear the sounds of people hawking various foods. The surrounding area is bustling and lively.

"My dear warrior, we have arrived at Wuling City. We will stop at Chen's Shop. Where are you going?"

The caravan leader asked.

Li Ji walked out of the carriage slowly. He had black hair draped over his shoulders and wore a long robe that had been washed so much that it looked bleached. He had a slender figure, a bronze knife slung around his waist, and a black cloth package on his back. In the package was a bronze token with the word "Bu" on it.

"I want to go to the government office. How do I get there?"

Li Ji asked.

After leaving Qingshan, he walked along the official road for a day and met this caravan that was being attacked by bandits and struggling to survive. He inadvertently learned that they were heading to Wuling County, so he rescued them and was able to hitchhike to Wuling County.

This is why the caravan leader is so polite.

"yamen?"

The caravan leader was slightly stunned, and then said, "A constable I know who guards the city seems to be changing his job and returning to the government office. You can go with him."

"Where is that person?"

"Brave man, please follow me!"

The caravan leader immediately led Li Ji towards the constables who were taking over their shifts at the city gate.

A young constable with a standard long sword on his waist had just completed the handover and was about to leave from the city gate post.

The caravan leader immediately led Li Ji to the scene quickly and explained the situation in detail to the young detective.

The young constable showed a look of surprise, nodded slightly, and agreed immediately.

"By the way, I wonder what you are going to do at the government office?"

Along the way, the young detective asked.

"Just a message for someone."

Li Ji said.

"With a message?"

The young detective was even more surprised: "Who in the yamen are you delivering this letter to? Maybe I can introduce him to someone."

"I want to find a captain named Lu Donglai."

Li Ji expressed his gratitude.

"Lu Donglai? I know him."

The young constable still had a strange look in his eyes. He said nothing more and walked forward.

There was no conversation along the way and the atmosphere was a bit cold.

Fortunately, it didn't take long before they finally arrived at the place.

In front of me was a majestic and grand county government office. Three shifts of yamen runners were coming and going, some with solemn expressions, some with anxious looks, and each had a different look on their face.

The young constable took Li Ji into the county government office, walked through the court corridor, and came directly to a fairly spacious prison courtyard.

The organizational structure of the county government was generally divided into six departments: Li, Hu, Li, Bing, Xing, and Gong. The Xing Department was where the three shifts of government officials worked.

The young detective knocked on a door and suddenly shouted, "Dad, are you there? Someone's looking for you."

Li Ji, who was following behind him, suddenly twitched his mouth.

Good guy!
Is this how you play, kid?

No wonder he looked so strange along the way, it turns out that the Lu Donglai we were looking for was actually this guy's biological father? !
"Brother... Brother, who are you?"

Li Ji couldn't help but ask.

"My name is Lu Dingtian!"

The young detective turned around and smiled.

"It turns out it's Brother Lu in person, nice to meet you, nice to meet you."

Li Ji bowed.

Lu Dingtian smiled without commenting, finding it quite interesting.

"How many times have I told you not to call me dad in the government office? Call me Captain Lu!"

Suddenly, a serious voice was heard.

A burly middle-aged man in a white shirt pushed open the door and walked out.

"Dad, someone is looking for you, do you know him?"

Lu Dingtian walked over quickly with a miserly look on his face.

Lu Donglai was a little annoyed, but he just sighed and didn't bother about the name. He looked up at Li Ji and said in surprise: "I wonder who you are..." "My name is Li Ji, nice to meet Captain Lu!"

Li Ji immediately bowed.

"Li Ji?" Lu Donglai looked at Li Ji's unfamiliar appearance and became more and more puzzled: "I wonder what you want to see me about?"

He had just heard his eldest son's words and thought it was someone he knew, but it turned out to be a complete stranger.

"I came from Qinghe County to bring a last message to Lu Donglai and Captain Lu on behalf of Yan Xiaoqi."

Li Ji said seriously: "Before Yan Xiaoqi died, he said: Third Uncle, I, Yan Xiaoqi, have never brought shame to you."

silence.

silence.

silence.

Both Lu Donglai and his son stood there in a daze as if they had been struck by lightning, obviously touched to their hearts by this thunderous news.

"My cousin...is he dead?"

Lu Dingtian was a little stunned and a little dazed, but more of it was an unbelievable feeling of unreality.

"Good work!"

Although Lu Donglai's eyes were filled with tears, he immediately expressed his gratitude to Li Ji, and then asked, "I wonder how Xiao Qi died?"

Lu Dingtian also looked up with tearful eyes.

"There were demons and ghosts haunting Qinghe County, so I followed Brother Yan and others to escape. But Brother Yan was seriously injured and died on the way."

Li Ji tried his best to speak with some emotion.

silence.

There was silence in the torture chamber for a long time.

Lu Donglai sighed faintly: "Alas, I told him years ago to come to Wuling County, but he insisted that it was hard to leave his hometown..."

Li Ji didn't say anything, just listened silently.

a long time.

Lu Donglai and his son seemed to have just realized the presence of outsiders. They calmed themselves down and forced themselves to smile, dispelling the sad atmosphere.

"Thank you for your help. If you need anything in Wuling County, please feel free to come to me."

Lu Donglai said sincerely.

Lu Dingtian nodded in agreement.

Li Ji was silent for a while, then he took out the bronze token from the package and said, "This is Brother Yan's relic, please keep it for me, Captain Lu."

"you……"

Lu Donglai was a little surprised and did not take over.

He didn't believe Li Ji who could take out the bronze token, and didn't understand the meaning of the token.

Although constables have no rank and are just clerks, their position is hereditary; compared with the common people who live in fear of their future, their position is much better.

Especially in this strange world full of demons, monsters and cholera, how many people have nowhere to turn to, and how many people are jealous and envious.

"When I came here, I heard that Wuling County had newly built a demon suppression department, which was dedicated to slaying demons and eliminating evil spirits. I would like to ask Captain Lu to introduce me to it!"

Li Ji bowed.

"Although the Demon Suppression Division was established not long ago, it has recruited a lot of people. However, those who are not good at martial arts have no future in it. Not only are they just pathfinders, but they are also at risk of death at any time. Moreover, once you join the Demon Suppression Division, you will be a member of the Demon Suppression Division for the rest of your life. Even if you die, you will be a ghost of the Demon Suppression Division. Even so, do you still want to join?"

Lu Donglai warned seriously.

"willing!"

Li Ji nodded.

For others, joining the Demon Suppression Division might have too many disadvantages, but for him, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

Hearing this, Lu Donglai looked at the bronze knife on Li Ji's waist and asked, "I wonder how good your martial arts are?"

"Dad, his martial arts skills are very powerful. The owner of Chen's Shop, who I know, said that they encountered bandits on the official road a few days ago. There were at least thirty or fifty of them, and he killed them all at will."

Lu Dingtian immediately whispered in his father's ear.

"Thirty to fifty people?"

Lu Donglai was shocked.

Lu Dingtian didn't say much, just nodded silently.

"If you are very good at martial arts, you can at least be a captain of the Demon Suppression Bureau. However, seeing is believing. Can you show me some of your skills so that I can broaden my horizons?"

Lu Donglai looked at Li Ji with sharp eyes.

(End of this chapter)