Under Qin Shaoyou's arrangement, a simple altar was set up in the Demon Suppression Department.
At the same time, a group of editors and editors dressed in brocade clothes appeared outside Haizhou City.
The leader was a fair-faced eunuch with a feminine temperament.
The newly appointed governor of the editing factory, Wei Bao, likes to adopt a godson because he is infertile because he has no sex.
This eunuch was one of Wei Bao's godsons. His name was Xu Chun. He was cunning and ruthless, and his spiritual practice was not shallow. Together with Wei Bao's other godsons, he was called the Thirteen Taibao.
After Wei Bao moved into the editing factory, Xu Chun also followed him to the editing factory.
Originally, Wei Bao wanted his godson to cause a bloody storm in the editorial office, so as to help him eliminate dissidents and consolidate power.
However, Emperor Jianwu's order to recall Qin Shaoyou was urgent. Wei Bao did not dare to neglect, let alone make any mistakes, so he sent Xu Chun, a close confidant, to lead the team to prevent any mistakes.
Glancing at the crowded Haizhou City, Xu Chun asked, "Are you sure Qin Shaoyou is in Haizhou City?"
"Sure."
A stall behind him heard the inquiry and hurriedly rode forward and bowed to answer.
"Going back to my father-in-law, according to reports from our informants in Haizhou, Qin Shaoyou and his party arrived in this city a few days ago and stayed in the city's Demon Town. In the past few days, they have been going out to the market every day. Shop for exotic goods.”
Xu Chun snorted coldly: "This Qin Shaoyou went out on an errand under orders. He didn't want to finish the errand quickly, but he was living happily in this place. Is this how the people from the Demon Suppression Department investigated? When I returned to the capital, I I have to report him to Long Live Lord!"
The stall owner was a little worried: "Eunuch, this boy named Qin has been a popular person in front of Long Live Master recently... It may not be easy to file a lawsuit against him."
Xu Chun sneered and said: "So what about celebrities? I have been serving Long Live Lord for more than ten years, and I have seen many people who became very popular in front of Long Live Lord. But in the end, these celebrities either stumbled into jail or died. In the heart of Long Live Lord, we old people who have served us for a long time and are loyal are the real ones."
After hearing Xu Chun's words, Stall and Fanzi didn't understand. It was a hint that they should stand in line and follow the right person.
These stall owners and fans quickly swore to the sky and the earth that they would follow Xu Chun and do a good job.
However, Xu Chun kept a straight face, making it impossible to tell whether he was satisfied or dissatisfied. He just raised his hand and whipped the horse on the butt, and rode it straight towards the city gate without any intention of slowing down. No.
Seeing this, the stall owner hurriedly called for his subordinate Fanzi to follow him.
They were galloping on horseback, but the people lining up outside the city gate waiting to enter the city were frightened and they hurriedly fled away.
When a guard guarding the city gate saw this, he originally wanted to stop the group of editors and sounded the gong, but he was grabbed by the chief.
The chief dragged him and hid near the city gate. After the people from the editing factory flew past, he scolded:
"What are you doing? Don't you want to die? Didn't you see the brocade robes these people are wearing? They are the editors of the editing factory! In places like the capital, they all walk sideways. How many lives do you have, how dare you stop them? ?”
After a pause, he asked curiously: "If the boss of the editing factory is not harming the dignitaries in the capital, what is he doing here in Haizhou City?"
The city gate guard who was pulled by him spat as he looked at the fans of the editing factory who were going away: "All the fans in the editing factory are crabs? Do they like to walk sideways? They are so arrogant, so they are not afraid of provoking anyone. Those who cannot be messed with will be punished with a beating?"
The chief rapped him on the head and reprimanded: "Keep your voice down, if these idiots hear it, we will all suffer. The editor is your majesty's confidant and the sword in your majesty's hand. Who dares to deal with them?"
However, what the city gate guards didn't know was that this group of editors were really punished not long after they entered the city.
After Xu Chun and others entered the city, they still did not dismount and walk, and continued to rush towards the Demon Suppression Division.
Pedestrians on the streets along the way were frightened by them and fled in panic.
But just when they were about to arrive at the Demon Suppression Division, they were stopped by a man whose whole body was covered in robes.
"Get away!"
This group of people in the editorial office are used to being arrogant, especially along the way. When local officials saw them, they all looked cautious, which only fueled their arrogance.
At this moment, when they saw someone dared to stop them in Haizhou City, they were immediately furious.
Especially the stall owners and fans were eager to show off in front of Xu Chun. While shouting loudly, they not only did not rein in their horses, but also accelerated their speed and rushed towards the man, trying to trample him under the horse.
Facing the editor who was coming at a fast pace, the man didn't dodge and bumped into him directly.
With a "boom", the war horse was knocked directly to the ground, but this man was fine. Only his robe was torn, revealing his true appearance hidden under the robe.
But it's not a human being, but a half-human, half-turtle monster.
Relying on its strong turtle shell, this turtle monster didn't even pay attention to the galloping war horse.
When Xu Chun saw this, he raised his eyebrows. Just as he was waiting for the order to surround and kill this turtle demon who didn't know the heights of the sky, a large group of people suddenly surrounded him.
With the Turtle Demon's lesson learned, everyone in the editorial office took a closer look and found that the people surrounding them were also not humans, but a group of shrimp, crab, generals and sharks.
It is not uncommon for monsters to exist in the city, but this group of sea monsters is obviously coming with bad intentions, and judging from their strength, they are not weak at all!
Seeing this, everyone in the editing factory hurriedly surrounded Xu Chun and yelled: "What are you going to do? We are from the editing factory, do you want to rebel?"
The turtle demon looked at them for a few times, with disdain on his face, and said in a cold voice: "Master Qin has an order. No one can approach the Demon Suppression Department at this moment without his permission! No matter who you are or what you have to do, wait for this period of time Come back later.”
When Xu Chun heard Qin Shaoyou's name, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "This Master Qin you are talking about, is he Qin Shaoyou from the Demon Suppression Department and Qin Qianhu? We are here to look for him. What is he doing? Why do you want to come? Road closure?"
"What are you people from the editing factory doing here looking for my lord? Could it be that you want to seek revenge?"
Before the turtle demon opened his mouth, a strange voice came from behind the shrimp soldiers and crab generals.
Immediately afterwards, Zhu Xiucai walked out from the pile of seafood while holding the knife. He squinted his eyes and scanned Xu Chun and others, as if looking for the place to cut the knife.
"Zhu Baihu."
Xu Chun had obviously done his homework along the way and recognized Zhu Xiucai. He quickly took out his identity certificate and gave it to Zhu Xiucai for inspection. At the same time, he said: "We are here to summon Qin Qianhu according to the order of Lord Long Live." Returning to Beijing..."
Zhu Xiucai had known their purpose for a long time, but he still pretended to be surprised.
"My lord came to Jiangnan on an order to carry out an investigation. We haven't found any clues yet, so why are we being recalled to Beijing? What about this case? Are we still investigating?"
Xu Chun observed his expression carefully, but did not see any flaws.
It seemed that Zhu Xiucai was more cunning than him.
Xu Chun replied: "Something happened in Beijing. Don't worry about the case you are currently investigating. We will arrange for others to continue the investigation. Where is Qin Qianhu? Where are they? Come back to Beijing with us quickly. Long live the wait. I will take him back as I have other urgent errands to arrange."
"My master is currently in the Demon Suppression Department, conferring the title of Dragon King of the South China Sea on behalf of heaven and earth..."
Before Zhu Xiucai finished speaking, he was interrupted by Xu Chun who looked shocked.
"To confer the title of Dragon King of the South Sea? Is this... Qin Qianhu conferring the title of god?"
"That's right." Zhu Xiucai nodded, "You are from the editing factory, haven't you heard that my lord has the ability to become a god?"
"I've heard about it, but I haven't seen it with my own eyes..." Xu Chun said this, he became energetic and asked quickly: "Zhu Baihu, can we go and watch?"
Zhu Xiucai said in his heart that this ceremony of conferring gods was originally held for you, but he pretended to be embarrassed. After hesitating for a moment, he said:
"You are the imperial envoys who came under the decree of Lord Long Live. Naturally, you can go to the Demon Suppression Department to observe the Dragon King of South China Sea's ceremony of conferring gods. However, you must keep quiet and do not make any noise during the process of conferring gods. Otherwise, the Dragon King of Hainan will be ruined. For the important matter of becoming a god, we adults can let you go, but the Dragon King of the South China Sea will not let you go either."
"I understand, I understand." Xu Chun nodded repeatedly, hurriedly dismounted, left Fan Zi here, and walked into Haizhou Demon Suppression Division with only two stalls.
As for the man whose horse was knocked down and who fell off his horse and was injured, he didn't even look at it.
In the courtyard of the Demon Suppression Division, Qin Shaoyou kept turning on [Listening] and listening to what was going on outside.
Knowing that people from the editorial office were coming, he held the essay written by Zhu Xiucai in his hand and recited loudly:
"Today there is Ao Chou, the dragon of the South China Sea. He is dedicated to good deeds, upholds the right path, protects the health of living beings, and has the appearance of a dragon god... He invites heaven and earth to perform a special performance and confer Ao Chou as the Dragon King of the South China Sea!"
Ao Chou glanced at Qin Shaoyou, and then at Xu Chun and the others who had just ran in. His eyes flickered, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
