"I don't remember at all." Yang Zhen replied calmly.
After passing the soul test, he felt at ease and no longer had as much scruples about answering such questions as before.
"It's okay if you don't remember." Mammy sighed: "Sit closer and I will tell you about yesterday's experience. Just listen to the story."
"Early yesterday morning, I came to this county to watch and found Junior Brother Yu..."
When grandma saw Junior Brother Yu, she got straight to the point and asked Jushan if any demon wolves had hurt anyone recently. Junior Brother Yu replied that it was true. A few days ago, someone reported the presence of wolves in Jushan and a woman was killed. Junior Brother Yu handled this matter personally. After he arrived, he killed the entire wolf pack and also found some remains with only scattered bones, some broken women's clothes and a flying sword...
"Then who reported it?" Yang Zhen interrupted and asked.
"He is a mortal hunter." Mammy knew that the child was attentive and explained: "This hunter was seen from across a mountain. According to him, he vaguely saw a pack of wolves biting a woman, and then his sight was If you block it, he won’t know.”
"Junior Brother Yu said that he searched around and found nothing that could prove the identity of the remains. He collected the remains and cremated her when he came back."
"Why not... keep it for a few more days?" Yang Zhen suppressed her inner emotions and asked tremblingly.
"This is the custom in the temple. Those whose identities are completely unrecognizable are treated this way. However, they still used magic to extract a drop of blood essence from the wreckage."
"They made an analysis at that time, and there were three ways to confirm the woman's identity. The first way was to send the blood essence to the sect, where there are the blood essence records of all the monks in Xu Kingdom, and they should be able to compare the results. The second way is to send the blood essence to the sect. The second way is to use the sword left behind to see if there are any clues. The third way is to ask around for any missing monks..."
"These three methods. The first one is the most reliable, but it is time-consuming and labor-intensive. There are no less than 500,000 monks in the entire Xu Kingdom. If you want to compare the results, it will take ten and a half months. Furthermore, the sect is not far away from here. Far from it. In fact, until yesterday, the blood essence was still in the temple and had not yet been sent out. They planned to save a batch of supplies before sending them to the sect..."
"The second method was to send people to the county's markets to inquire. No merchants sold flying swords of that type. This road was temporarily closed..."
"They didn't do the third one because they thought it was too intrusive. Every year, monks are killed by monsters. There are not just one or two people whose identities can't be found like this. If there is no one to supervise, no one will go and inquire. of."
Yang Zhen suddenly realized that by cheating on Junior Brother Yu's pills and spiritual honey, she was probably not just venting her anger, but also punishing them for their previous laziness and inaction.
Grandma continued:
"After I arrived at the county temple yesterday, I first ordered them to send the blood essence to the sect. I also sent a message to the junior sister who is responsible for managing the blood essence in the sect, asking her to pay attention to this matter..."
"I also looked at that sword, but the name of the merchant marked on it was familiar to me. This merchant did not have a branch in the county, but there was one in Yunzhou. I then sent this information to a businessman in Yunzhou. Junior brother, ask him to help investigate."
"The last step is to ask them to send letters to the county government and the county offices below, asking these places to issue notices and collect clues..."
"I thought it would only take a few days, but I didn't expect that last night, these three clues had news feedback..."
"The junior brother in Yunzhou quickly found out the origin of the sword. This sword was purchased by a mortal named Yang Yin in Yunzhou fifteen years ago. It sold for eighty spirit stones. It is a first-class high-grade flying sword. .”
"Mortals don't have essence and blood records like monks. I thought it would be difficult to find this person's identity in the vast sea of people, but I still wanted to give it a try and sent the news to the county through the county watch to see if there was any No one knows this person.”
"But I didn't expect that Yang Yin's reputation in the county was not small, and someone soon sorted out his situation..."
…
According to Mammy's story, Yang Yinai was from Zhujia, Juxi County, Jujiang County. This man was a talented man and had a reputation for talent at a young age. Five years ago, he took part in the Yunzhou Provincial Examination and won the second place in the examination. This was very rare for a place like Shuyang where the literary style was not strong. Yang Yin also suddenly became a A rising star in the literary world of Suyang County.
However, this new star fell quickly. Three years ago, Yang went to the capital to take part in the imperial examination. As a result, he was inexplicably involved in an imperial examination fraud case and was imprisoned.
Later, his wife rushed to the capital in person to clear the way for him to be redeemed, but his fame was deprived of him.
So after returning home, the talented man was probably too angry, became depressed and became ill, and died soon after.
"Yang Yin's wife's surname is Jin, and she is a monk. They also have a son who is just ten years old. Because he is not old enough, his name has not been registered." Mammy looked at Yang Zhen's clear eyes and said slowly .
"According to the rules, after the county found out these information, it reported them to the county. At this time, my junior sister in the sect also informed the county of the comparison results. The source of the blood essence was from a certain source. A female cultivator named Jin Qingchen. Now comparing the two, the county official quickly determined the identity of the fallen female cultivator..."
"Jin Qingchen is also a native of Zhu's hometown in Juxi County. He is thirty years old this year and is a fourth-line spiritual monk. His current level of cultivation is unknown. He entered Junguan Academy at the age of twelve and became a casual cultivator two years later because he failed to pass the sect's entrance examination. . At the age of sixteen, she married fellow scholar Yang Mengji and gave birth to a son at the age of twenty. She was hired by the Zhu family two years ago and became a monk with a foreign surname in the family..."
"Finally, news came from Juoxi County. Someone reported that a female cultivator of the Zhu family was missing a few days ago. At that time, the Zhu family sent half of the family's monks to search for this person, but nothing was found."
"The sum of these three aspects of news is the content of yesterday's paper crane."
At this point, Mammy stopped narrating, obviously to give Yang Zhen time to digest what she just said.
Yang Zhen was also filled with emotions. Based on what Grandma said, the identity of his body is certain. Then Yang Yin and Jin Qingchen should be the biological parents of this body. It's a pity that these two people had a bad fate and died young. I don't know if there is any hidden secret.
Things that he couldn't find out after all his efforts were easily accomplished by the Zhao family. This also allowed him to see the heritage and strength of a big family.
There is also the effort that grandma made in this matter. Whether it was ordering the county guard to send away the essence and blood on the same day, or entrusting the senior brothers in the state to find clues, or the result of the essence and blood comparison that originally took ten and a half days to come out, the results were available on the same day. These are all due to grandma's favor and her influence.
Think again about the respectful attitude of the Jun Guan monk towards his mother. This nun from the Zhao family is really not that simple.
What shocked him even more was the sect's control over Xu Guo. The essence and blood of hundreds of thousands of monks are under control, and sales records from more than ten years ago can also be found, and they are still under real names!
In a country like this, perhaps only by joining a sect can you get ahead. But the prerequisite for all this is to have spiritual roots. Can he be so lucky?
…
Just as Yang Zhen was thinking wildly, her mother's voice sounded again:
"Today I will take you and the monks from Junguan to the Zhu family. Firstly, to confirm your identity. Since Jin has lived in the Zhu family for two years, no one knows you. Secondly, I want to ask the Zhu family, Jin Why did you run away?"
"Wherever you go, if you don't need to speak, don't say anything, and don't let the Zhu family find out that you have lost your memory."
"Remember!"