In the Demon Suppression Division, there are two commanders who are responsible for assisting Lu Bing in his work.
One of the commanders, Tongzhi, like Lu Bing, was leading a team to inspect demons around Gyeonggi.
The commander who stayed behind, Tongzhi, was a confidant of Emperor Jianwu who had been placed in the Demon Suppression Division. He was the one who issued the "no-foot order" to Qin Shaoyou.
Upon hearing Qin Qiaoer's inquiry, the Qianhu officer who came to deliver the message first looked around, then entered the mission room, closed the door, and whispered: "First of all, I also heard this news from others."
Qin Qiaoer rolled her eyes at her senior brother and said angrily, "Say it quickly."
Official Qianhu was not polite to them. He pulled up a chair and sat down. Then he told the news he had learned:
"It is said that the editorial office suffered a loss and was so angry that they went to the palace to complain.
When the emperor heard about this, he was very angry. He called Master Tongzhi into the palace and gave him a lesson so that he could restrain his subordinates.
The emperor also said that the Demon Suppression Department and the Editorial Office are brother yamen of the same origin. They should live in harmony. What is the etiquette of fighting and killing?
When Mr. Tongzhi came back, he originally wanted to punish you, but he was persuaded by the ministers and the governor, saying that although you were wrong for beating up the people in the editing factory, it boosted the morale of our demon-suppressing department. If I punish you, I am afraid that it will make everyone feel cold, so I changed it to asking you to stay in the Demon Suppression Department and stop running around..."
After hearing what happened, Qin Shaoyou couldn't help but sneer in his heart.
Emperor Jianwu also had the nerve to let the Demon Suppression Department and the Editing Factory live in harmony?
The conflict between the two yamen was deliberately provoked by him.
If one day, the Demon Suppression Department and the Editing Factory really become brothers and go hand in hand, I'm afraid he will have trouble sleeping and eating immediately.
As for now, Emperor Jianwu asked the Demon Suppression Division to restrain his subordinates, not because he did not want the two yamen to conflict, but because he was afraid that an accident would occur due to the conflict, which would ruin his major affairs.
For Emperor Jianwu, copying and correcting books was the most important thing at present.
The people from the editorial office immediately went to the palace to complain. They were not afraid of embarrassment, but they were probably afraid that Qin Shaoyou would continue to cause trouble for them and affect the copying and editing of books.
But from this point, it can be determined that even if the people in the editing factory are a little suspicious of Qin Shaoyou, they are not too suspicious.
Otherwise, it would not be as simple as filing a petition and letting him think about his mistakes behind closed doors.
It's just that the people in the editing factory never thought that the things they did would indirectly help Qin Shaoyou.
Qin Shaoyou, who was secretly happy, pretended to be unwilling, which made Qianhu officials comfort him for a while.
Not only that, after the Qianhu official left, the other Qianhu and Baihu officials who stayed behind heard about the incident and rushed over to comfort him, complaining about him.
After all, Qin Shaoyou really made the Demon Suppression Department look good this time.
After dealing with these people, Qin Shaoyou asked Qin Qiaoer to go to the Jiangnan Guild Hall to find the fourth sister and fourth brother-in-law, and ask them to help find the ingredients needed to cook Fahai Braised Suzhen.
After Qin Qiaoer left, he went to the death row at the headquarters of the Demon Suppression Division and checked out the new dishes imprisoned there...ah, they were prisoners.
Qin Shaoyou is now in charge of the Thousand Penalties, and the death row is under his management. So after he went there, the night watchmen guarding the death row paid great attention to the arrival of his new boss, accompanied him throughout the inspection, and made a series of reports and introductions.
In the process, Qin Shaoyou learned that the people in the death row were all demons and evil people who caused trouble for one party, and they were all serious criminals who could be sentenced to death.
Looking at the ferocious-looking demons and villains, Qin Shaoyou's throat moved slightly and he swallowed hard.
That is to say, the night watchmen who accompanied him all knew about his reputation as the Tiger of the Demon Suppression Department. They knew that the people from the editing factory had beaten him up as soon as he reported to the capital. Otherwise, there would have been a misunderstanding, thinking that he was being evilly attacked by these demons. The disciples were frightened.
But they also couldn't understand why Qin Shaoyou swallowed when he saw these monsters and villains? These guys are not edible.
Just as they were curious, Qin Shaoyou suddenly raised his hand,
Pointing to a black fish demon in one of the cells, a chain engraved with runes penetrated its body and mouth, locking it tightly, and asked: "Is this black fish demon also a capital crime?"
This black fish demon is powerful at first glance, and it has no effect even when it is out of the water.
The night watchman who accompanied the inspection knew all about the monsters in the sky prison and immediately introduced:
"Yes. This black fish demon caused waves in the rivers, flooded several villages and towns, destroyed countless fertile fields, and caused a loss of life. When the local demon suppression department went to capture it, it also attacked and killed many brothers. .”
"That's it, open the cell door."
Qin Shaoyou turned around and ordered.
The night watchmen around him were stunned.
"Sir, what are you doing?"
"Since it is a capital crime, why is it locked in a cell? Open the cell door, and I will personally execute it and send it to hell."
Qin Shaoyou's [Human Arsenal] also contains a lot of soldiers and horse insects. Maybe if he kills this black fish demon, he can make a new dish like a beautiful frog fish head.
Anyway, we can't leave the Yamen of the Demon Suppression Department now, so why not open a few more new dishes, maybe some of them can be of great use.
The monsters and villains imprisoned in the death row at the headquarters of the Demon Suppression Division are not simple, and they are just good ingredients for making recipes.
However, the night watchman in the sky prison did not immediately follow Qin Shaoyou's instructions.
After they glanced at each other, they said cautiously: "Sir, we know you are not in a good mood today, but the execution of the demons and villains in our death row must go through a process, not just by killing them."
Qin Shaoyou was a little disappointed that he couldn't just kill the demons and villains in the death row.
But then I thought about it, it was right to follow the procedures, otherwise Tianlao would have been in chaos?
So he asked: "What kind of process needs to be followed? Does it need to be reported to the commander for approval?"
"It is not to report to the Commander-in-Chief, but to report to the palace. After receiving His Majesty's approval, the demons and villains will be taken to the Meridian Gate for execution."
"Execution at Meridian Gate?"
Qin Shaoyou thought he had heard wrongly. After asking carefully, he found out that the execution was really at the Meridian Gate.
This rule was set by Emperor Jianwu.
Although in folk dramas, there has always been a line about pushing out the Meridian Gate to behead.
But in reality, they did not really kill people outside the Meridian Gate. They just pushed the prisoners out from the Meridian Gate and took them to Caishikou and other places for questioning.
After all, the Meridian Gate is the entrance to the emperor's home. Who would be so careless about killing people at the door of their own home?
But now, these demons and villains in the death row of the Demon Suppression Department are really being tortured at the Meridian Gate, and it was requested by Emperor Jianwu, which makes Qin Shaoyou very puzzled.
There's something fishy about this...
Did Emperor Jianwu make this arrangement because he wanted to take advantage of the demons and villains who had been killed?
Do you want to absorb their evil spirit?
Or do you want their souls?
Or maybe there is some other intention?
Qin Shaoyou rolled his eyes and said, "Then please write a note and send it to the palace. Try to kill more demons and villains on death row, clear the place, and lighten your burden."
His actual idea was to use the opportunity of killing the demons and villains to observe and see what Emperor Jianwu wanted to do with this arrangement.
However, the night watchman in the death row shook his head again: "Sir, if you bring a child to the palace now, you will probably not approve it. Generally, the killing of demons and villains is fixed on the fifteenth and sixteenth days of each month. inside……"
On the 15th and 16th of every month? When the blood moon is full?
Qin Shaoyou's eyes narrowed.
Could it be that Emperor Jianwu was using these demons and villains to sacrifice and feed some crazy god imprisoned in the Blood Moon?
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He raised his eyebrows slightly, feeling like he had caught a clue.
