After half an hour passed, the people who went to carry the body of Supreme Taoist still did not come back. Han Pingzhi, who had been sitting on the main seat as steady as a rock, began to feel a little anxious. He was not worried that what Yi Ming said was a lie, on the contrary. What worried him the most was his former colleagues.
Although Yang Shijun and the few white-clothed guards he brought have been closely guarded and have not left the house, Han Pingzhi, who has been away from the white-clothed guard organization for a long time, is not sure if they have other ways to communicate with the outsiders. The White Guard organization has obtained contact with others. If there is a set of contact information that he does not know, then the trusted officials he sent may be in danger by now.
After all, judging from the way the White Guards work, while destroying the body of the Supreme Taoist, they will definitely not let anyone live.
He was so anxious that he could no longer sit still, so he stood up and paced back and forth in the room. His panic was also noticed by others.
As time went by, Yang Shijun, who was originally on pins and needles, became calmer and calmer because he found that the atmosphere in the room was gradually wrong. While Han Pingzhi looked ugly, the others looked solemn. Without saying a word, only Zhou Ming Still talking and laughing calmly, as if he was using cynicism to cover up his inner panic.
Seeing that the people sent on errands were still not coming back, Yang Shijun's mood did not change at all. Instead, he hoped that those people would never come back. It would be best to disappear with the body of the Supreme Taoist. In this case, he could save his life in a desperate situation. , as for whether he can kill Zhou Ming, it doesn't matter. After all, the green hills are still there, so he doesn't have to worry about running out of firewood.
As long as one of his own people is still there, it will be easy to find an opportunity to retaliate against Zhou Ming in the future.
Like Han Pingzhi, the father-in-laws who came from the palace were very anxious when they saw that this matter had not been resolved for a long time. After all, as slaves in the palace, their duty was to serve the emperor personally. If they were out of the palace for too long, It would be disrespectful to say so, not to mention that the emperor was still waiting for news about them in the palace. If the emperor got impatient, even if they finally brought back good news, they would definitely be punished.
Zhou Yiming sat on a chair, drinking tea leisurely while secretly observing everyone's performance. Seeing that some of these people were anxious and some were secretly proud, he couldn't help but smile in his heart.
Mr. Han is a figure who has been in the officialdom for many years, but he is so unsure at critical moments. It seems that even if we have a good relationship in the future, we cannot expect him to do big things.
Just when Han Pingzhi and the father-in-law were waiting anxiously, a messenger from the Yamen of the General Affairs Office hurriedly came in and reported: "Reporting to Mr. Han, the person sent to carry the body has returned and is at the door of the Yamen."
When everyone heard the news, they all stood up.
Han Pingzhi immediately ordered: "Let them in quickly, I have something important to ask them."
"Yes." The messenger hurriedly retreated.
After a while, several government officials who had just been sent out were brought in by the police.
Before they were sent out just now, they all looked high-spirited and energetic, but only about half an hour later, when they returned to the Yamen again, they seemed to be completely different people.
Each of them had an expression of pain on their face, and some even showed the urge to vomit after returning to the Yamen. This shows how much torture they had suffered when carrying the body of the Supreme Taoist.
"Have the bodies been brought back?" Han Pingzhi didn't care about their safety at all and immediately asked the question he was most concerned about.
Several government officials nodded at the same time, and one of the leaders cupped his fists and said feebly: "Reporting to Mr. Han, our brothers have finally lived up to your trust. After all the hard work, we finally brought that body back. "
Yang Shijun, who was standing aside and watching the progress of the situation, originally saw these government officials looking depressed and thought that their mission had failed. He was secretly happy, thinking that he was saved this time.
When he heard that they had brought the body back, Yang Shijun was like a thunderbolt. He stood stunned on the spot. After being stunned for a moment, he sat slumped on the chair. He couldn't say a word for a long time, and he didn't even move his eyes. .
If it were an ordinary person who had suffered such a blow, he might have been frightened to death, because once these people brought back the body of the Supreme Taoist, they would have sentenced Yang Shijun to death in disguise.
When the four white-clothed guards saw Yang Shijun like this, not only did they not show any sympathy or concern, but they were secretly happy in their hearts. They all felt that Yang Shijun deserved it and no one else was to blame.
After several government officials who had finished their errands reported their business, they immediately walked up to Yi Ming, knelt down without warning, and kowtowed several times to Yi Ming.
Everyone present was stunned, not understanding what was going on.
Zhou Yiming hurriedly leaned over to help everyone up, and at the same time said with a puzzled face: "Brothers, why is this?"
The one with the ugliest expression among these people said: "Master Zhou, we will never forget your great kindness.
If you hadn't reminded us how dangerous things were before leaving and asked us to make some temporary protective preparations, otherwise, we brothers might have been told to be there. "
Another person also quickly picked up the conversation and said: "To be honest with you all, before we went there, we really didn't imagine that the scene there would be so shocking.
If you are timid, you will be frightened to death if not smoked to death. "
Zhou Yiming quickly asked: "Did you see it?"
Those government officials explained the whole process of going on errands.
It turned out that these government officials did not take Zhou Ming's reminder seriously when they left the main government office. They even felt that Zhou Ming's words were alarmist, and the purpose was to exaggerate their own achievements and make the court pay more attention to them.
But when they followed Yi Ming's instructions and arrived at the grove, they were completely dumbfounded, because before they entered the grove, they already smelled an unpleasant smell.
This smell is not a bad smell, nor is it a rotten smell. It is an unpleasant smell that is rare in the world. As long as the nose smells the slightest smell, it will make people sick.
The errand officials stood in front of the woods and did not dare to go in because of the huge nausea that made them vomit. It was not until they vomited all the food they had eaten last night that they stopped vomiting and walked into the woods with difficulty.
The scene in the grove was even more shocking. Although it was already bright, the woods were still very dark. There were freshly dead animals everywhere on the ground. Their death conditions were very horrifying. They were all bleeding from their orifices and turning black all over. It looks like he was poisoned and died.
Seeing this miserable scene, all the government officials were frightened. Some of them were timid and even wanted to escape directly.
Only then did they realize that what Zhou Ming reminded them was true. They quickly used some protective equipment and did not dare to come into contact with anything in the woods.
After searching carefully in the woods, they finally found the body of Supreme Taoist. At this time, Supreme Taoist's body had turned completely black, all the clothes on his body were rotten, and his limbs were completely shriveled, just like a mummy. The only things that are slightly better preserved are the head and the face.
Because the scene was so horrific, these government officials did not dare to look any further. They immediately prepared to use tree branches and wood to move the Supreme Taoist's body to a special carrying tool, and then carry it back.
But what they never expected was that the branches and wood they used would begin to rot rapidly from the end as soon as they came into contact with the Supreme Taoist's body, and soon turned into a pile of broken wood.
Seeing this scene, these people were all shocked, and some were even scared out of their wits, because they knew in their hearts that if Yi Ming had not specifically reminded them before coming, they would have already lifted the Supreme Taoist with their hands. By that time, it wasn't the wood and branches that were rotting, but their hands and arms.
Everyone who saved a life was extremely grateful to Zhou Ming, and even regarded him as their reborn parent.
Seeing that the wood in the woods was useless, these government officials had no choice but to use their own knives to move the Supreme Taoist's body bit by bit.
After moving the Supreme Taoist's body to the special transport tool, these people threw away all their knives. Although the knives appeared to be unchanged on the surface, they all knew in their hearts that the knives were already poisonous.
After completing all this work, they covered the entire corpse with the cover prepared in advance, firstly to avoid seeing the horrific scene, and secondly, to prevent the corpse from continuing to emit poison.
On the way back, they were all cautious for fear of an accident. Whenever they encountered a crowded place, they would walk around. After all, if an accident occurred in a crowded place, too many lives would be lost and injured. Not only will there be no merit, but there will also be no escape from the blame.
After hearing all this, everyone present sighed, and they admired Zhou Ming even more from the bottom of their hearts, because from the scenes described by the yamen servants, they could imagine how much Zhou Ming encountered when fighting against the Supreme Taoist. The biggest danger, if it weren't for his wit and good luck, he might be the one lying in the woods.
Hearing that the government officials had completed their tasks brilliantly, Zhou Yiming suddenly put his heart in his stomach. He glanced at Yang Shijun, who was stunned, and felt extremely comfortable. All he had to do next was to wait patiently.
Han Pingzhi was impatient. After listening to the stories of the officials, he hurriedly said: "Quickly, bring up the body of Supreme Taoist. I want to verify the identity myself."
Before he finished speaking, the government servants who had just finished their errands all looked embarrassed and waved their hands at Han Pingzhi.
