"I know something about this matter." The person who spoke was the eldest son He Lei, who was well-read and a well-known scholar. At the age of three, he had a ten-year-old son and an eight-year-old daughter.
As the old saying goes, an elder brother is like a father. When He Wangzu is not at home, Cheap Eldest Brother takes care of him for a long time.
"Since you abandoned civil service and turned to martial arts, several disappearances have occurred in the villages and towns below Jin City. Who doesn't know the virtues of our squires and village chiefs in Great Qing?
There were just a few untouchables on the left and right, and they all pretended that nothing happened. However, I never expected that on the second, third, and fourth days, people disappeared one after another. It was not until the lid could no longer be covered that I had no choice but to report it."
Great Qing Nation As far as this virtue is concerned, the behavior of deceiving superiors and hiding from subordinates is by no means a special case. Because there are basically no court officials in each township, but the responsibility is left to the local squires and village chiefs.
When common people have neighborhood conflicts, they usually seek mediation from respected squires instead of going to County Yamen. Only when major cases occur, they will go to County Yamen to report the case.
You must understand that the county magistrate is very busy and does not try cases every day. He only opens his office to try cases on March 6 or 9, and he has other work on weekdays.
"The county magistrate naturally did not dare to neglect and sent several detectives to investigate. As a result, just two days later, the local chief came to report and the people who went to the countryside to investigate the case were also missing.
Later, the disappearance case expanded to include counties, villages, and towns around Jin City, with people disappearing every night. In recent days, it has even spread to the city.
Now, a huge Li Family disappeared out of thin air, and Master Prefect should be unable to sit still. Others don't care, but if we don't give an explanation to the squires in this city as soon as possible, those Lineage will have to unite and take part in his book.
Suddenly, the triennial Imperial Review, big plan, I'm afraid I won't be able to get through it, and I will be demoted."
Jin City There have been many high-ranking officials in the imperial court, and now they have retired and returned to their hometown to take care of themselves.
Although they are no longer officials, their disciples and old officials are still there, so it is not difficult to write a note and hand it to the emperor.
Prefect's anxious attitude is understandable.
After all, those who can become Subordinate Fourth Rank officials are not fuel-efficient.
Once it is kicked down, the losses will be huge.
There is an old saying that says, if you clear Prefect in three years, you will get one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver.
If people are not greedy, they can still make money.
Not to mention anything else, just for the people under your command, the annual Bing Jing and Tan Jing, the three to forty thousand taels of silver collected is not too much, right?
Don't think that tens of thousands of taels of silver is not much. A young girl of this age can take away twenty taels of silver!
"Prefect plans to patrol?"
"Well, although dad is just a Principal Seventh Rank City Gate Official, he has three hundred people in charge. A team of ten patrols can be divided into thirty teams." He Lei nodded. Apart from that, what else can be done.
But if I think about it with my toes, I understand that the key patrol area must be the rich squire of Jin City.
Poor?
Haha, as long as there are not too many deaths and local people are resentful, generally speaking, there is no big problem.
"I'm full." Second Young Master He put down his chopsticks, turned around and left the dining room and walked towards his courtyard. He had no rest all night, and coupled with the torture of his talent [Whispers of Unknown Origin], he was really tired.
Returning to the room, two Paper Figure took the initiative to undress him, and then he lay down on the bed and fell asleep.
In the afternoon, He Wangzu returned after a long journey.
He called his wives, concubines, children, and children at home, and gave instructions with a serious face.
"If you have nothing to do recently, don't leave the house at will. The nursing staff should be more diligent and patrol in teams of five. Be vigilant and don't let thieves succeed."
"Yes!" The guards with swords bent down and clasped their fists, responding respectfully.
"Hey, where is Second Brother?"
"Master, Second Master is sleeping in the room."
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I wanted to get angry and curse, but who is in charge of this family?
When he thought of his son, who was as strong as a bear, Master He subconsciously swallowed back the curse words.
"Forget it, love is what it is."
If a thief is encountered, both parties may not know who Daomei is!
"By the way, if you have any doubts, just go out and tell the patrol team. The three hundred people under my command are divided into thirty teams to patrol around our mansion day and night."
"Okay, sir." The wife Wang Lan responded.
He Wangzu finished his explanation, stood up and left in a hurry.
There is no other way. If you work hard when fishing for profit and water, and your boss can slip away faster than anyone else, you will definitely not get any good results afterwards.
The sun sets and the sky becomes dark.
He Zhao in the room woke up from sleep on time.
"Comfortable!"
I stretched out and felt completely refreshed.
Of course, it may also be because of talent [Dark Moon Emissary++].
Two Paper Figure immediately came forward to help him change clothes and wash himself.
"Oh, my schedule is completely reversed."
"Ugh--"
After the words fell, eighty-nine Han Country Cavalry Grievous Soul came out of his throat.
"Keep an eye on the whole house for me. If there is a thief or something else that invades, report it to me immediately."
Everyone Grievous Soul nodded in unison, and then dragged a long tail of smoke through the roof walls and dispersed in all directions.
Head after head, wandering around the huge mansion, monitoring all abnormalities.
It's a good thing that ordinary people can't see them, otherwise they would be scared to death.
"Qi Refiner: Flying Scenery Realm (8%) can only increase by 0.1% every night. Compared with riding the light, it has decreased by ten times. Alas, hard work is not as fast as taking the shortcut of Incense and Fire Prayer Power."
After a month of seclusion, <Qi Assimilation Method>'s cultivation has not fallen behind, but the progress is slightly unsatisfactory.
In fact, his Qi refining speed is much faster than that of normal people.
But there is no harm without comparison. I have enjoyed the incense, which progresses like a rocket. The daily 0.1% percentage progress bar feels a bit slow.
"City God is too strong, I am no match for the time being."
If Li Feng hadn't suddenly acted like Fahai, he would have rolled up his sleeves and rushed into City God Temple to snatch the incense.
Gao Dapeng/Gao Damo?
Don't make trouble, after thirty years, Incense and Fire Prayer Power, which can be saved for ten years, will probably be very poor at this time.
"Continue to fool Great Lord Howling Abyss, sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers?"
When two strong forces fight, one of them will die.
It won't be anyone else who dies, it can only be a person of low strength like him.
"If it really doesn't work, I'll give it a try Admission Ticket"
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly realized that a Grievous Soul had lost contact.
"?!"
He Zhao quickly got out of bed and rushed towards the place where contact was lost.
There is indeed something strange about the disappearance case!
If you want the city's one tyrant Li Family, a family of one hundred and twenty-three, to disappear without a trace, it is impossible to do without human power. Even if you are carrying a hundred dead pigs, you have to leave some traces and make some noise, right?
Thinking about it, there are only weird things.
'If you offend me, you Daomei.'
Not long ago, a team of five guards with swords were patrolling the eldest young master's yard.
Eighty-nine Grievous Soul, one of them followed them, keeping vigilance at all times.
"What do you think the nursing homes at the Li Family do for food? There are more than a hundred people, so let someone take care of them. Logically speaking, that shouldn't be the case. I can understand those who are left alone and let thieves take them away, but we can't leave everyone alone, right?"
"Hey, maybe I used sweat-inducing medicine or smoke or something like that. All things are done by those who are careful. If you think about it more, if you have calculations in your mind but not in your heart, who can avoid being tricked?"
Maybe they were a little bored while patrolling, so they started chatting.
"I agree. Isn't it easy to take advantage of loopholes? Our Great Qing Nation and Qing Code say: Non-officials are not allowed to hold weapons. Otherwise, if you see anyone, kill them. But what are we carrying on our waists?"
The young nurse walking at the back smiled and patted the scabbard.
"Chiliu--"
When they reached the corner, a black shadow suddenly swept down from the sky above the corridor. The young nurse walking at the back could not even call for help and disappeared immediately.
The remaining four people turned the corner, and the old man leading the way stopped suddenly.
"Old Liu, what's wrong?"
"Something's wrong!"
The three of them looked confused. The journey was uneventful. What was wrong?
The old man surnamed Liu frowned and recalled carefully in his mind. His experience told him that there must be something wrong.
"Sounds. Footsteps! Yes, there is one missing person's footsteps!"
Everyone hurriedly turned around, and the young nurse responsible for the relocation disappeared at some point.
"Blow the whistle."
Hearing this, one of them quickly picked up the whistle hanging on his neck and prepared to blow it to alert his companions patrolling the house.
"Pfft--"
However, a shocking scene appeared.
Old Liu looked ferocious as he struggled to pull out the steel knife from his waist and wiped out the guard who picked up the whistle.
"Plop!"
The corpse had a look of confusion on its face and fell to the ground.
"Old Liu you."
In the panic of the remaining two people, the steel knife shone coldly under the light of the lantern.
"Poof!" "Poof!"
The sound of the blade cutting into flesh was heard, and there were two more dead bodies.
Immediately afterwards, the old man surnamed Liu raised the knife and slashed his own neck.
"Pfft--"
A lot of blood spurted out, and he followed his companions on the road to hell.
The process sounds long, but in fact it only takes two or three seconds.
Grievous Soul, who had witnessed everything, subconsciously wanted to return to the courtyard where He Zhao was to report.
Unfortunately, a black shadow emerged from Old Liu's body, passing Grievous Soul with a whooshing sound. It continued unabated and rushed towards the courtyard where He Lei lived.
After a dozen breaths, a figure fell into the corridor.
"Bang!"
The visitor was none other than Second Young Master He, who had lost contact with Grievous Soul and came over immediately.
He glanced at the bodies on the ground and saw that all the fatal injuries were throat cuts.
At the same time, I roughly simulated the scene in my mind.
One person suddenly drew a knife to kill, and the other two were shocked. Before the two of them could recover, they stabbed their lives twice in succession. Finally, the murderer committed suicide.
He looked at Gu Yuan who was maintaining a suicidal posture, his brows furrowed tightly.
The other party's face was ferocious, and bursts of cold air gushed out from the corpse, making people shudder involuntarily. What gushed out from the wound on the neck was not red blood, but a black liquid with a smell.
"Beep--"
The man surnamed He pulled a whistle from the neck of the dead body, put it in his mouth and blew it.
The people patrolling the house heard it and responded immediately.
In front of the courtyard of Madam and Young Master, they were immediately surrounded by guards. The main courtyard gates and important roads were guarded by people. The remaining ones rushed to the whistle with all their strength.
After reminding his family, He Zhao spat out.
Nine hundred Grievous Soul were densely packed, quite like a hundred ghosts walking at night.
"Look for it!"
The crowd Grievous Soul dispersed in a rush, pouring out overwhelmingly, searching the surroundings with wide eyes, unwilling to let go of any abnormality, and spread towards the outside of the corridor.
Of course, it's just a game.
But there are things that a real man does and things he doesn't do. If he is really cold-blooded, how could he be willing to meddle in so many other things among the first few Simulation Scenarios?
"Tai Sui is making trouble!"
"Huh?"
He turned to look at Cheap Eldest Brother's yard, where he lost contact because there were several Grievous Soul.
"Run--"
He Lei Hearing the whistle, he hurriedly put on his clothes, opened the door and walked out.
"Ping'er?!"
As soon as he took one step forward, he saw a black shadow holding his ten-year-old son under his arm. He was moving around in the air, making swallowing gestures, as if he was fighting something invisible.
He Mansion The eldest young master stood in front of the door with an anxious look on his face.
"Boom--"
The courtyard door shattered, and a tall and burly figure smashed two mahogany doors and rushed in.
"How brave!"
He Zhao looked at the strange black shadow, holding his eldest nephew in his arms, fighting with Grievous Soul, and shouted angrily.
The uncle and nephew haven't seen each other for a month, but when they first met, it was because of some strange tricks. Fire Qi kept rising.
[Spirit Realm Messenger], Start!
I want to see what you are.
[Six Desires Demon: Neither strange nor evil, Servant of the Lord of All Evils.]
A lonely message pops up from the upper left corner of the line of sight.
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No matter, let's do it first!
"Run--"
A light blue Spirit Body emerged from the top of the head and hit Six Desires Demon's body at lightning speed.
<Spirit Silence Technique>!
The next second, waves of disgusting, twisted, and crazy howls resounded through his head.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"
It's as if countless people are beating an invisible drum, shaking people's internal organs and making their souls want to split.
[You are subject to Spiritual Attack.]
[Start judging!]
"???"
[Judgment failed]
[Rule-based attacks cannot Immunity]
"Hmph!"
A huge tearing force crushed the soul to pieces.
[Personality canceling]
[Personality remaining: 1]
[You are exempt from this attack]
Before he could take a breath, Spirit Body, known as Indestructible, had cracks like spider webs on its surface.
"Crack, click, click!"
Spirit Body shattered into fragments and scattered in all directions.
[Talent--One life is activated, you are exempted from death.]
Dead Silent Body, standing in front of the broken door, opened his eyes again.
What a weird Six Desires Demon. I just cast <Spirit Silence Technique> once and almost ended the game.
"Boom--"
A large amount of evil energy poured out from He Zhao's mouth and nose, condensing three malevolent Dharma images behind him.
Vengeful Corpse, Foolish Soul, evil spirits, the three Dharma signs Advent, the courtyard suddenly became Yin Qi dense.
"Drink--"
"Kakakaka!!"
The energy in the body surged, and half of the Flying Scenery Realm's energy was consumed in an instant.
Then I saw that his height increased from two meters to four meters.
The muscles all over his body were knotted, and he exuded a ferocious aura from the inside out.
Great Divine Power--<Heaven and Earth Manifestation>!
"Buzz!"
A touch of gold quickly rendered the entire body, making it golden, like a golden Giant.
City God Secret Method--<Sixteen-Foot Golden Body>!