Everyone knelt in the rain with sad expressions.
The whole family was executed, and nine clans were implicated.
If these words were spoken by the county magistrate, they would probably laugh out loud. Even if a small local official is superior to me, he is still far from being able to decide the life and death of a clan at will. It's really a big deal. Fight to the death.
Who in this world is not a good man?
But if these words were spoken by someone from Xuntian Mansion, the nature would be completely different!
The Xantian Mansion was a department specially set up by the Emperor of Great Xia himself for the sake of stability in the border areas. It was like the Jinyi Guards in ancient times, and the recruitment conditions were extremely strict.
Only geniuses who can practice are eligible to take the assessment, and they may not necessarily pass.
It can be said that everyone in Xantian Mansion is a leader in the world of cultivation, a dragon or a phoenix among people.
Even those sects that sit high on the top of the mountain and overlook the mortal world do not dare to make trouble in front of Xantian Mansion.
Because no matter how high the mountain is, it is still a mountain in Daxia.
Xuntian Mansion means patrolling the world on behalf of the emperor, and represents the emperor's will. If you want to do something to them, it is as easy as squeezing an ant to death!
"There is no way."
"If you want to survive, you have to catch that man."
"It's best to catch him day and night, risking your life, until you bring him to me and find what the governor wants. Then your lives can be saved."
"Wang Pingzhi, I give you ten days."
"After ten days, if the things are still not recovered, all of you present, including your relatives, friends, neighbors, and even the earthworms hidden in the fields will be found by the Xuntian Mansion and chopped into pieces bit by bit. Turn into minced meat.”
"I'll remember it later!"
A group of officials from Qingquan County, headed by Wang Pingzhi, kowtowed many times to express their gratitude to the Lord from the Xantian Mansion for not killing him for the time being.
Chen Ji sipped his tea and looked at the scene in front of him, very satisfied.
Just when he was about to get up and leave, preparing to search the next location, a young girl walked out of the yard.
She also wore a dark red official robe with clouds embroidered on it. She had plain eyebrows and a kind and beautiful appearance.
Her arrival seemed to add a bit of warmth to this cold rainy night.
"Old man, please go back and rest first."
The girl had a gentle voice, holding a thick coat and gently covering it on Wang Pingzhi's back.
"You... who are you?" The old man raised his head in embarrassment and looked at the beautiful face in front of him, feeling a little lost for a moment.
"Junior sister, you are here too!"
The young man sipping tea above saw the visitor, his eyes lit up, and he quickly walked over with an umbrella.
"Don't call me junior sister."
"In the name of the Governor of Xantian Mansion, you are tyrannical here and oppressing the people. Chen Ji, you are not ashamed!"
The girl frowned slightly and hid to the side in disgust, not wanting to stand under the same umbrella as the former.
Fortunately, two guards with swords quickly ran over behind her and silently held up paper umbrellas.
"I'm just scaring them."
Chen Ji's face froze, he laughed twice, changed the subject and asked:
"Junior Sister Ye Yu, why are you here?"
"What, I can't come?"
The girl snorted coldly and turned her head, inadvertently revealing her snow-white swan neck, which made everyone drool.
"You usually don't take me with you when you go on missions. If I hadn't caught up by chance this time, I would have been kept in the dark again."
"I've seen Xiushan on the map and I've wanted to go there for a long time. The task of catching the murderer this time is just for me."
"That's not okay!"
"Junior sister, don't forget, you are only serving as a casualty in Xantian Mansion."
"Besides, the Governor has warned you more than once not to let you come into contact with danger, let alone get close to Xiushan. You'd better go back as soon as possible!"
Chen Ji said with a serious expression and could not refuse.
The girl's identity is extremely special in Xuntian Mansion. The Governor never lets her get involved in any tasks, and strictly restricts her whereabouts. It is like raising a canary, taking care of her with every possible care.
He only heard that Ye Yu's identity seemed to be related to a certain nobleman in the palace.
She came here just to avoid the limelight for two years, so she must not allow any mistakes!
"What if I have to go?"
Ye Yu turned around, his beautiful little face full of awe, and patted the small green sword on his waist.
"Don't forget, I am at an advanced level of perception, half a level higher than you. If I leave tonight, senior brother, you can't keep me."
The Qi Condensation Realm is the second realm on the path of cultivation after Bone Condensation.
It is also subdivided into three small realms: lower, middle and upper. Each time a realm is crossed, the amount of heaven and earth energy that the monk can mobilize will be increased, and the strength will naturally become stronger.
However, after hearing this, Chen Ji said with a calm expression:
"Junior sister is of noble birth, and her talent for cultivation is naturally beyond the reach of me and other poor families."
"But in this Qi Condensation Realm, the gap between small realms may not be as big as you think. At least the ring knife in my hand, Chen, will not be weaker than anyone else. I have also killed Ning Qi by leapfrogging. An angry gangster."
"If you really want to try it, then please."
As he spoke, Chen Ji looked calm and made a gesture of invitation.
Cultivation of the lower three realms: fixing the bones, condensing the Qi, and forming the elixir.
For geniuses like them in the cultivation world, as long as they don't cross a big realm, there is no absolute victory or defeat.
As the saying goes, a genius who cannot leapfrog challenges is not called a genius.
The bone-fixing realm can be divided into copper bones, iron bones, silver bones, and gold bones. The Qi-condensing realm naturally has more detailed divisions. After all, most practitioners in the world are in this realm. According to the different Taoist methods, the amount of stored Qi will be different. The numbers are different, and the combat power will naturally be stretched.
The girl in front of her has a very high talent, but she has never put much thought into her cultivation, let alone any actual combat experience.
His methods were all tempered between life and death. It seemed that he was at the lower level of Qi Condensation and was a head shorter than the girl. In fact, if he really took action, even ten Ye Yu would not be his opponent.
Ye Yu also knew this. He looked at Chen Ji and remained silent for a long time without speaking.
"If Junior Sister doesn't take action, just go back obediently."
Chen Ji said nonchalantly, waved his hand and left, leading his men to continue the search.
Unexpectedly, the girl suddenly walked up to him quickly and said seriously:
"I know it was you who did the gold and silver business."
"I know exactly how many benefits you have secretly received from those people and how many conveniences you have provided behind the back of the Governor, and I have all the evidence."
Ye Yuxiao held a tips bag in his hand, slipped it around in front of Chen Ji's eyes, and said:
"I advise you to help me hide my whereabouts and give me the right to investigate this case. Otherwise, I can't guarantee where this thing will appear tomorrow."
Chen Ji looked ugly and stretched out his hand to grab the brocade bag, but the girl dodged it.
He didn't know how the latter got the information and obtained the evidence. He thought that he had done everything very carefully and there could be no omissions.
"Okay, I promise you."
"But you have to promise me that after this incident, the things inside must be destroyed!"
"Don't worry, I have integrity, unlike corrupt officials like you."
Ye Yu's beautiful face was calm, and his tone was slightly sarcastic.
What she couldn't stand the most was people like Chen Ji who bullied the weak just because he had some power.
If you have the time, why not practice hard and repay your filial piety to your family and country?
Chen Ji looked gloomy as he watched the girl leave with a group of Xuntian Mansion's men.
So in front of him, only the bunch of Qingquan County officials were left.
"What are you looking at, old guy!"
Suddenly, Chen Ji kicked Wang Pingzhi in front of him to the ground. The thick cotton-padded jacket was soaked with mud and water. The old man covered his waist and knelt down tremblingly. He was too hurt to speak.
"This little girl, one corrupt official after another, makes me seem to have committed some heinous crime. There are only a few officials in the world who are not corrupt!"
Chen Ji cursed and looked at every Qingquan County official present, and they all lowered their heads humbly.
He didn't even have to investigate.
Just because Jiang Chuan could live here safely and soundly for so long, with more than a dozen large and small gambling houses and brothels and taverns opened, Chen Ji knew that there was no good official in Qingquan County.
At least not the old guy he kicked over!
"It's all gone, go and do whatever you need to do!"
Chen Ji waved his hand impatiently and dispersed everyone in the room.
Then, he looked at the direction Ye Yu left, stared in silence for a long time, and then smiled lightly.
"Junior sister."
"Live well."
