A flash of suspicion flashed in Ruan Xiangxiang's eyes: "Don't you know who the person you asked me to inquire about is?"
Immediately afterwards, she remembered that Qin Shaoyou could release illusions, and she suddenly woke up.
"You are not a master! You are that brat from the Demon Suppression Department, and you want to trick me!"
Ruan Xiangxiang laughed loudly, her laughter was sharp and crazy: "Although I don't know what happened on the night of the third day of March, but judging from your reaction, it seems that you attach great importance to what happened that night? In that case, then I can't tell you who the master asked me to ask. I want you to never get the answer, and you will regret and be upset every time you think about it, hahahaha..."
Ruan Xiangxiang's harsh words did not scare Qin Shaoyou.
If her cultivation was still there, and with the help of Bone Pipa, Qin Shaoyu would not be able to find out the answer.
But now, the bone pipa has been turned into a dish, and Ruan Xiangxiang's cultivation and evil skills have been completely destroyed by Xu Ba'an and others.
In her current state, she is not even as good as an ordinary person, so how can she be worthy of Qin Shaoyou's [Smart Tongue] and Illusion Ghost Beads?
Following Qin Shaoyou's eloquent deception, Ruan Xiangxiang was quickly convinced and no longer suspected that the 'monk' in front of him was a fake master.
On the contrary, she completed the self-guided strategy under Qin Shaoyou's [skillful tongue], thinking that the 'master' was testing her by asking this question.
"Master must want to know whether I will keep every instruction in mind."
Ruan Xiangxiang thought this, and the suspicion in her heart was completely eliminated. She finally told who the person she had inquired about according to the monk's instructions before the third day of March: "The censor, Liu Shuyuan."
"Tour censor?" Qin Shaoyou raised his eyebrows slightly.
He knew that the imperial censor was an official who patrolled hunting on behalf of the emperor. Although his rank was not high, he was only a seventh-rank official, the same as his general banner, but his status and authority were great. He could evaluate officials at all levels in prefectures and counties, especially impeachments. Be professional, make decisions on big things, and make decisions on small things.
From Qin Shaoyou's point of view, the patrol censor is a bit like the leader of the central inspection team, except that he has greater authority and wider control.
What surprised Qin Shaoyou was that what was a demon monk doing asking about the whereabouts of the censor?
Could it be that on the night of the third day of March, the one whom the demon monk ordered the demons to ambush and kill was the patrol censor named Liu Shuyuan?
But what grudges could there be between him and Liu Shuyuan?
Or is this demonic monk attacking and killing Liu Shuyuan on behalf of the mysterious nobleman behind him?
But why did the mysterious nobleman do this? Did Liu Shuyuan discover the crime he had committed during his inspection? He was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so he hired a demon monk to kill him and silence him?
If this is really the case, what crime did that noble man commit that made him take the risk and kill the censor to silence him?
Is it corruption? To gain power? Or rebellion?
Or maybe... he colluded with a cult demon and did something that was against the harmony of heaven and earth?
For a moment, Qin Shaoyou's heart was full of doubts.
He asked Ruan Xiangxiang in a different way.
Unfortunately, Ruan Xiangxiang didn't know why the demon monk wanted to inquire about Liu Shuyuan's whereabouts.
She always only dared to obey the orders given by the demon monk and did not dare to ask why.
After thinking about it, Qin Shaoyou asked in a different way: "What happened to Liu Shuyuan after the third day of March?"
"I don't know about that." Ruan Xiangxiang shook her head, "You told me not to ask about Liu Shuyuan's whereabouts anymore. I am strictly following your instructions."
Qin Shaoyou frowned slightly and secretly complained: "You are too obedient."
He asked: "After the third day of March, the officials from the state capital who came to see you didn't mention Liu Shuyuan in front of you?"
"No." Ruan Xiangxiang shook her head again, then chuckled and said: "My charm is not something you can boast about. No man would be willing to take the initiative to mention other men in front of me."
Why are you still so proud?
Qin Shaoyou was speechless and asked some more things related to the demon monk.
Unfortunately, Ruan Xiangxiang didn't know much. She just told Qin Shaoyou that it was the demon monk who always contacted her, and she didn't know how to contact the demon monk.
When inquiring about the whereabouts of Liu Shuyuan, the imperial censor, the demon monk gave her a paper crane talisman, but it turned into ashes after using it.
In addition, she didn't know who the demon monk had under his command, because apart from the demon monk, she had never seen any other companions.
After some questions and answers, Ruan Xiangxiang's condition became worse and worse.
When it came to the next few questions, she was a little inconsistent in her preface and follow-up, and her mental state was obviously not right.
Qin Shaoyou noticed this, stopped questioning and prepared for execution.
After thinking about it, he used the magic ghost bead to let Ruan Xiangxiang see his appearance and skin in the illusion, returning to the appearance of his youth.
It can be regarded as the fulfillment of one of her wishes before her death.
"Haha, I'm young again, I'm young again..."
Ruan Xiangxiang looked at her beautiful self in the bronze mirror, and her whole body was shaking with excitement.
She wanted to reach out and touch her face, but unfortunately her hands were still tied by chains and couldn't move at all.
"If there is an afterlife...no, you don't have an afterlife."
Qin Shaoyou originally wanted to say that if there was an afterlife, he hoped that Ruan Xiangxiang could live a plain but happy life. But when he said the words, he remembered that Ruan Xiangxiang was sentenced not only to the death penalty, but also to the punishment of 'burning the corpse to extinguish the soul'. He could only swallow the rest of the words. After sighing, he pulled out his saber and raised the knife with his hand. He beheaded Ruan Xiangxiang's head cleanly.
Not much blood flowed out of Ruan Xiangxiang's broken neck.
Because her body has now reached a state of extreme aging, and there is no blood or body fluid in her body.
At the same time, Ruan Xiangxiang's head was rolling around after landing on the ground, while still shouting: "Haha, I'm beautiful again, I'm young again..."
Seeing this scene, Qin Shaoyou couldn't help but muttered: "No wonder the corpse must be burned to destroy the soul."
He raised his feet, avoiding Ruan Xiangxiang's head that rolled past his feet, walked to the door of the execution room, and knocked three times.
The door of the torture room was quickly opened, and the cell leader walked in. He was not surprised at all when he saw Ruan Xiangxiang's body was missing, and her head was rolling around in the cell.
He looked as if he was not surprised.
He said hello to Qin Shaoyou, then turned around and shouted: "Master Qin has completed the execution, and now it's our work. Come in."
A group of jailers carrying various materials immediately followed the prison leader and entered the execution room.
Some people used pine, cypress and jujube wood to build a firewood pile in the execution room.
Several others used a special supernatural item to seal Ruan Xiangxiang's soul inside the body so that it could not be leaked.
After the firewood pile was set up, several jailers placed Ruan Xiangxiang's head and body on top and lit it on fire.
The cell leader took out a supernatural object to increase the intensity of the fire, causing the flames to instantly grow larger and the temperature to rise suddenly, like a ferocious beast from the depths of hell, devouring Ruan Xiangxiang's body.
With the help of supernatural objects, the fire burned loudly and fiercely, completely burning Ruan Xiangxiang's body and soul.
Qin Shaoyou didn't leave. He stood next to the fire, watching the flames engulfing Ruan Xiangxiang's body, coiling Bodhi beads and reciting the salvation scriptures softly.
He learned this scripture from Monk Ma, but he didn't know if it would be helpful to Ruan Xiangxiang, who was dying of body and soul.
When the fire went out, Ruan Xiangxiang's body was burned to ashes, and the soul sealed in the body was also burned away.
Qin Shaoyou stepped forward to check.
This was a routine thing, but he didn't expect that when he saw it, he looked surprised and couldn't help but say "Eh".
There was something in the ashes.
