The Painted Skin Ghost inquired about Zhang Shilang's official style, connections, etc. in such detail, just so that he could finally devour Zhang Shilang's flesh and blood, peel off his human skin and put it on himself.
Although Zhang Shilang has returned to his hometown after serving as an official, his disciples are all over the world, and his network of contacts and energy are still very large.
And it's not like Shilang Zhang doesn't have a chance to make a comeback.
Even if he wants to rise again, whether it is official position or position, he will take a further step.
If Shilang Zhang was really impersonated by a demon from the Black Lotus Sect, and then returned to the court and stepped into the upper echelons, then I really don’t know how much trouble would be caused!
Maybe, this shaky dynasty, which has made people's livelihood miserable due to corrupt officials, demons and bandits, and natural and man-made disasters, is really about to bid farewell to the stage of history.
But for ordinary people, life will only be harder and more miserable!
However, Zhang Shilang's behavior is also a bit strange. After always answering a few relevant words, he will change the topic to one side and say something irrelevant. I wonder if it is a common problem among the elderly or for some reason.
After Zhu Xiucai noticed the Painted Skin Ghost's intentions, he had an impulse in his heart and wanted to go down and kill the Painted Skin Ghost right now and nip the Black Lotus Sect's conspiracy in the cradle.
After all, he also went to school and read books by sages.
The passion and desire in his heart to "establish a heart for the world, establish a destiny for the people, carry on the unique knowledge for the saints, and create peace for all generations", although due to his past experiences, as well as reading too many pornographic books and shopping too much to catch cats, The alley has been consumed a lot, but it is not completely gone.
Qin Shaoyou was keenly aware of Zhu Xiucai's abnormality and reached out to hold his shoulders.
"Don't alert the enemy."
Zhu Xiucai nodded slightly and suppressed his inner impulse.
He also knew that now was not a good time to take action.
Anyway, Mr. Zhang will be safe until he finishes boasting about his awesomeness, so there is no need to worry about this for a while.
Seeing Zhu Xiucai regaining his composure, Qin Shaoyou was relieved.
But there is one thing that makes Qin Shaoyou feel confused.
Since the Black Lotus Sect was targeting Shilang Zhang, why didn't they do it earlier?
If they had taken action earlier, I am afraid that Mr. Zhang would have turned into a painted ghost by now.
Could it be that the Black Lotus Sect is afraid that if they act too early, they will be unable to hide something and expose their plan in advance?
After all, if Zhang Shilang's direct grandson is lost, even if he can be found quickly, the local government will be like a formidable enemy and try their best to investigate the case.
In this way, the case would not be delayed until two months before asking the Luocheng Town Demon Division for help.
However, does this also mean that there is a mole hidden among the officials and night watchmen in Mianyuan County?
The more Qin Shaoyou thought about it, the more he felt it was possible.
I just don’t know who the mole could be?
In the study, Zhang Shilang chatted with Zhang Benwu dressed as Painted Skin Ghost for a while, then got up and left.
When leaving, he also told Painted Skin Ghost to have a good rest and not to ruin his body by studying too much.
After leaving the door, he specifically ordered the guards outside to protect the young master, and also asked people to enter the house to watch Zhang Benwu rest.
After Zhang Shilang left, Qin Shaoyou and others, led by Zhu Xiucai, bypassed the guard posts and patrols, climbed over the wall and were discharged from the hospital, joining Monk Ma and others.
Monk Ma waited anxiously outside.
Although they had met Zhu Xiucai once before, he came and went in a hurry, leaving them no time to ask.
Seeing Qin Shaoyou and others coming back at this moment, Monk Ma couldn't wait to ask: "How is it? Did Zhang Benwu release the paper man? What on earth is he?"
Zhu Xiucai replied: "Zhang Benwu is disguised as a painted-skinned ghost. When we went there, we happened to see his painted-skinned scene. Good guy, I almost vomited out all the cakes I ate yesterday!"
"Let's go, let's go to the next spot quickly. If you have anything to say, let's talk on the way."
Qin Shaoyou left a few people to continue to watch outside the Zhang Mansion, and then named the strong man who had been following the butcher in the afternoon, and asked him to lead the way in the dark to a strange yard that was said to be filled with wild dogs and water tanks.
On the way, they also encountered paper figures released by Painted Skin Ghost.
These paper figures were floating around on the street late at night, and they looked very breathtaking.
Fortunately, Su Tingyu's nose was sharp enough. He could smell their demonic scent before the paper figures came close, and he called everyone to hide in time, so he was not discovered by these paper figures.
After a stick of incense, the strongman leading the way stopped.
He looked at the buildings on the left and right and determined the location: "Sir, this is the yard behind the wall in front."
Qin Shaoyou nodded and observed with the help of moonlight that he found that it was actually a City God's Temple.
However, this City God's Temple must have been abandoned for some time. Even the plaque of the temple has fallen off and is leaning against the gate, covered with dust and spider silk.
There were overgrown weeds all around, as if no one had been near it for a long time.
The demons of the Black Lotus Sect always like to do things in the temple, under the eyes of the gods, but the gods don't respond at all to this, which is somewhat ironic.
No wonder these temples are in ruins.
Qin Shaoyou did not lead the team to approach the City God's Temple in a hurry. He turned around and whispered to Su Tingyu: "Priest Xiao Su, take a quick smell to see if there is any evil smell around the City God's Temple."
"Do you really think of me as a dog?"
Su Tingyu glared at him angrily, but still carefully smelled the demonic smell nearby.
After a moment, she leaned down and drew a frame and an arrow on the ground.
"This frame is the City God's Temple, and the arrow is where we are."
Then, she drew several more dots inside and outside the frame.
"These points are where I smelled the demonic smell. Of course, I can't rule out that someone else concealed the demonic smell."
"It's already great."
Qin Shaoyou not only praised with his mouth, but also praised in his heart: He has learned to be smart.
The strongman who followed the butcher and found him here in the afternoon looked very ugly.
He did not find these sentinel points, so he realized that when he came to investigate in the afternoon, he might have been exposed.
The paper man went to the inn at night to kill people and set fire, most likely not only to seize the dog, but also because he was afraid that they would find out something and kill people to silence them.
If they were not dead, the Black Lotus Sect would definitely have other more vicious tricks!
Fortunately, they are all 'dead'.
On the way here, Zhu Xiucai asked about the strongman's situation in detail. Now when he saw the simple map drawn by Su Tingyu, he immediately made a rough guess about the layout of sentry posts inside and outside the City God's Temple.
After getting Qin Shaoyou's permission, he took the lead to sneak into the darkness, and after sneaking around the City God's Temple, he found a safe investigation route.
It was still the previous arrangement. Qin Shaoyou, Zhu Xiucai and the two Taoist priests sneaked in to investigate, while Monk Ma and the powerful men stayed outside to respond.
Under the leadership of Zhu Xiucai, Qin Shaoyou and the others quickly climbed up the wall of the City God's Temple without alerting the nearby Black Lotus Sect sentinel at all.
Lying on the wall, they saw large iron cages in the yard, filled with dogs.
In addition, there is a large water tank in the yard. The mouth of the tank is covered with a dark red wooden cover, making it difficult for people to see what is inside.
At this time, a man walked out of the main hall of the City God's Temple and went to urinate.
When the dogs in the iron cage saw him, they huddled together with frightened expressions on their faces.
Only a big yellow dog, although it was also afraid of him, mustered up the courage to lie on the iron cage and uttered human words at him:
"Please...be kind...let me go...sister, she hurts..."
Not only did the man speak intermittently, but the volume was also very low, making it difficult for people outside the City God's Temple to hear him.
Next to the big yellow dog, there was a black dog lying on the ground, already dying and about to die.
The people in the yard were not surprised at all that dogs could speak human language.
He sneered and said: "Don't worry, as long as you survive tonight and the dog skin grows on your body, you won't be in pain. We will let you go home and reunite you with your family."
After urinating, he put the gun into his pants, walked to a nearby water tank, and opened the dark red wooden lid on it.
"If you don't survive tonight, it doesn't matter. Just like them, you will be purified into Black Lotus Buddha Soldiers and do your part to create the Black Lotus Buddha Kingdom."
The water tank was densely packed with corpses!
There are men and women, old and young.
The pale corpse was soaked in scarlet blood, and looked particularly eerie and strange under the cold moonlight.
Are these grandsons refining corpse puppets?
Where did they get so many corpses? !
