Baling Zhao Mansion.
Since the second master of the Zhao family passed the Jinshi examination in the fifth year of Zhenguan and was recommended and conferred an official position, the family business has become more and more prosperous.
From being an inconspicuous member of the Zhao family in one county, the Zhao family has gradually become a big businessman spanning five counties and is somewhat famous in Yuezhou.
Especially in my hometown of Baling, I can do whatever I want.
I heard that even the county magistrate has to discuss some matters with Mr. Zhao at certain times.
As long as it is the Zhao family, no one dares to offend even a servant if they go out.
Logically speaking, if he has a background in the imperial court and his family has plenty of money, he would not be so powerful.
But the Zhao family is different.
The people of Baling all know that the eldest son of the Zhao family has been a towering figure since he was a child. He is quite talented in training. He is valued by the Immortal family. He has been worshiped in Panlong Mountain and has become a direct disciple of Lord Qingyun. His strength is unpredictable.
This is where the Zhao family's confidence lies.
The Zhao family manor, which covers an area of 1,000 acres, is extremely luxurious, with rockery pavilions and carved beams and painted buildings everywhere. In the northwest corner, from the painted boat in the middle of the lake, the sound of orchestral music can be heard, and maids come forward one after another to bring wine and food...
On the bow of the boat, two people, one dressed in green and the other dressed in white, sat opposite each other and drank, which was very pleasant.
"Chang Immortal, please, although this Qingxi Yuquan tastes a little bland, it has a unique flavor. Is it possible to drink it?"
The young man in white is Zhao Yuantong, the second young master of the Zhao family. At this time, he is urging people to drink wine with a face full of enthusiasm. He dismisses the beautiful maid beside him, picks up the wine pot himself, and fills up the green wine syrup. The fragrance on the boat is fragrant. Just smelling the smell makes people feel happy. The gluttons are on the rise.
It’s no wonder that Zhao Yuantong is so proud. He specially asked Qingxi Yuquan to come from Yuezhou City and spent a lot of money to find it. I heard that this wine comes from the south, and the stock is very small, so most people can't drink it at all.
The young man in green clothes stroked his long beard, picked up the wine glass and drank in one gulp, squinting his eyes with satisfaction and sighing.
"The poverty on the mountain is nothing compared to the prosperity of the world. Alas... Yuantong, you don't need to call me Immortal Chief, just call me Senior Brother. My brother is now accepted by Master as his direct disciple. His status is far above me, and his strength is I have also reached the level of Gang Refining, and my achievements in the future are limitless. I am really envious of my brother. I can help you a little, but it means nothing."
"Senior brother treats me like this. If I achieve something in the future, I will never forget it for the rest of my life." Zhao Yuantong's eyes were full of gratitude. After saying this, he became a little depressed: "I heard from my brother that I have no bones and cannot practice as an immortal. Family Dafa, he didn’t even bother to teach me some basic foundation skills. He just told me to have more children and spread the branches and leaves of the Zhao family. It was really frustrating. If it weren’t for my senior brother’s support, I would have practiced until I was innate at most in my life. There is no way out anymore.”
These days, those who have no money want to get rich, and those who have money want to be officials.
When you become an official, you have more to think about.
In a world with gods, demons and ghosts, who doesn’t want to be powerful and powerful, and who doesn’t want to live forever.
Although the second son of the Zhao family has no training skills, he still has some ideas in his heart.
Senior Brother Biphosphorus came to the Zhao family to deliver a message. He tried his best to keep this person here and tried every means to please him, just to get some useful information out of his hands.
Even if he can't cultivate immortality, he is still a disciple of the Immortal family. He can benefit himself and the Zhao family by passing on some side spells.
This may be the original intention of Zhao Yuanzhen, the eldest young master of the Zhao family and now the direct disciple of Lord Qingyun.
In order to avoid suspicion, he did not teach his relatives magic skills, lest anyone criticize him for being arrogant and favored... However, if the brothers and sisters in the sect took the initiative to pass down some heretical skills, then there would be no problem.
Senior Brother Biphosphorus smiled, drank another glass of wine, looked slightly tipsy, and said with a smile: "Actually, it's nothing? This Xuan Yin evil sounds like it's magical, but in fact, it's just miscellaneous evil spirits. I want to gather them in the future." There is basically no hope for evil spirits to become Gang. Besides, this is a heretic method of refining evil spirits. The method of sacrificial refining is slightly sinister. Once exposed, it is easy for the righteous sects to come to kill you. Before you have completely mastered it, you still need to be cautious. .”
"Senior Brother, don't worry. Don't worry, Foolish Brother. Now that I have only sacrificed six yin-year and yin-moon women, my evil spirit has already been completed. Its power is so powerful that it can be compared to the strong hands of the innate true energy. In this Baling County, even if Even if Chen Zian, the county lieutenant, does it himself, he may not necessarily be able to get benefits. When the evil spirit of Xuanyin is fully realized, my Zhao family in Baling County will basically be the same, not to mention covering the sky with one hand, haha..."
When it comes to Xuanyin evil spirit, Zhao Yuantong is very proud.
What my brother said is actually absolutely correct.
Not to mention practicing immortal magic, even if he was practicing martial arts, he didn't achieve much results.
With the wealth of the Zhao family, countless treasures of heaven and earth can be taken for free, and they have practiced magical and secret skills. Until now, at the age of twenty-three, they have only practiced to the point where they have reached the level of Jin Yi and the marrow refining.
It can be regarded as entering the innate threshold.
The real combat power is completely useless.
At this age and at this level of strength, if someone came from a humble family or a commoner family, then he would be worthy of boasting, and he would be an unparalleled genius.
But, he is different.
In such an environment full of spiritual energy, and with such abundant resources, it is a bit unreasonable to practice and practice, but only to achieve this level of progress, it is difficult to make progress.
Therefore, Second Young Master Zhao wanted to find another way day and night to make himself stronger.
It was a rare encounter with Senior Brother Bi Phosphorus, and he passed down the Xuan Yin Sha sacrifice and training method, but he didn't know how to cherish it.
At that moment, regardless of the other party's warning, in the shortest time, they killed six Xuanyin virgins in Baling County one after another. Afterwards, they sacrificed all the essence, blood and soul of the other party into a Xuansha and integrated it into their blood.
This evil spirit is getting stronger and stronger. Now, even though he is a small success, with his strength at the marrow refining level, he is already confident that he can fight Chen Zian, the county lieutenant in the late Xiantian stage, across several levels. If you think about it, you can understand that for his strength The increase is huge.
Just as he was enjoying himself, a flying bird sent a message to board the ship. A servant in gray clothes hurried over, leaned into Zhao Yuantong's ear, and reported softly.
"What, that kid hasn't been killed yet, and he said he was Zhou Laohu. He's just a rat, a loser. He can't handle even the smallest thing."
Upon hearing the news, Zhao Yuantong felt that the food was no longer fragrant and the wine was no longer mellow.
After thinking about it, he apologized to Senior Brother Biphosphorus, "Senior Brother, please drink slowly. I will come back as soon as I go."
"Go ahead. Although we at Panlong Mountain are not afraid of challenges from all directions, we should be careful if we can avoid conflict with the imperial court. It would be troublesome if those killers from Tiance Mansion were to target us."
"My little brother understands."
Zhao Yuantong responded obediently, got off the boat, prepared his horse and left the house, his eyes became fierce: "Have you found the other three women born in the lunar year and lunar month?"
"Going back to the second young master, we have found two of them, the granddaughter of Zhang Yuanfang in the south of the city, and the two daughters of the Wu family in Buzhuang in the west. There is also another one who is sending people to nearby villages to search..."
A red-faced man behind him with a judge pen hanging on his shoulder replied solemnly.
"It's not urgent. What about the little detective? Are you really saying that the Zhao family is a serial murderer? Where did he get the news?"
"My subordinates haven't inquired clearly yet, but according to what Capt. Zhou said that day, the little catcher, with divine help, suddenly targeted the Zhao family and directly found the location of the Zhao family. If there was no arrest warrant, he would have been killed that day. He will cause trouble and he won't be able to get off the stage... My subordinates suspect that there may be someone behind the scenes of Agent Zhang."
"Regardless of whether it is a coincidence, or someone really instigated it. If you dare not deal with our Zhao family head-on, then you are asking for death. This time, I will take it personally, peel off his skin carefully, and see what the person behind him will do. It won’t jump out.”
A hint of ferocity flashed in Zhao Yuantong's eyes, and there was a faint green light on his body.
Behind them were two men, one with a red face and one with a black face, who quickly moved away from each other, looking at the green light with fear.
As people close to him, they had seen with their own eyes that an innate warrior was turned into dirty blood when swept away by this evil light. This evil light produced by the immortal family's secrets was simply not something that ordinary warriors could withstand.
"Have you found out? Where is that person now?"
While rushing along the road, someone came forward with a strange look on his face: "The policeman actually brought a few people into Jiangyue Tower, and they were drinking and dining on the second floor..."
A few people soon arrived opposite Jiang Yue Tower and found a winery to sit down, staring at the opposite side with slightly cold eyes.
"It's just a policeman. Why don't the second young master do it himself? We can take it easily and won't alert the county captain, let alone the Tiance Mansion."
The red-faced man took out the judge's pen, his eyes filled with evil intent, and he grinned with bared teeth.
"Red Wolf, Black Tiger, you two have not exposed your identity to the public, and others don't know that you are worshipers of the Zhao family. It's okay for you to do it. If you can capture them alive, then capture them alive. If not, kill them on the spot."
"yes."
The two responded and were about to leave.
"Come back...Senior Brother Biphosphorus said it well, you still have to be more cautious about some things. You two just pretend to be an ordinary river and lake fight. There is no need to capture him alive. During the fight, just pretend to be an accident and kill the quickie. .”
"The young master is smart."
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"Crystal elbow, glazed tofu, three-color steamed fish..."
Zhang Kun's eating was fake and fishing was real, but he didn't intend to treat his stomach badly.
His five hundred taels of silver came easily, and he was not stingy at this time. He ordered a dozen dishes, a jar of good wine, and started eating.
I thought to myself that if nothing unexpected happened, the news about him leading people to search would probably have spread.
Not to mention whether there is a mole secretly.
As soon as they entered the restaurant for dinner, several people discussed loudly, and told them all about the purpose of their trip, as well as the news about the murder of six women who were suspected of being someone from the Zhao family.
There are many diners in the restaurant, but everyone may not believe it.
However, among the ten, there are always five or six who are doubtful and look over with slightly wary eyes.
Zhang Kun also found that some people quickly checked out and left while eating.
I don’t know if he chose to go and report in order to please the Zhao family.
In his mental telepathy.
As the goal of his trip was "exposed", countless pairs of eyes were staring at him from all directions.
Some regret it, some hate it, some ridicule it, some are watching it... Of course, there are also those who stay away in fear.
After all, Zhang Kun's identity is that of the suspected murderer of the eucalyptus collector, and this suspicion has not been cleared yet.
No one has forgotten the incident of burning and slaying demons that day.
Although I don't know why Zhang Kun escaped from the disaster, and after the conflict with the head catcher, he was still able to act as a good catcher and did not prevent them from making wild guesses.
"Come here, try this vinegar fish, it looks very appetizing."
Zhang Kun pretended not to care at all about the scheming glances, and just asked Wei Lian and Shitou Wangsan to move quickly.
As soon as he finished speaking, he noticed that the three detectives were all sitting there with their heads down and trembling, like frightened chickens, their bodies stiff and unable to move.
I heard a chuckle next to my ears, "Is this specially prepared for me? You are really thoughtful, little detective. It's not in vain for my aunt to give you a demon-seeking talisman..."
A small hand as tender as a spring onion held a piece of fish meat, sucked it into his mouth, and let out a soft sigh of satisfaction.
Zhang Kun sluggishly sluggishly turned around and saw a beautiful young lady wearing a light purple Taoist robe. She didn't know when she was sitting next to him.
His mouth kept moving, his fingers moved quickly, and in the blink of an eye, half of the large dishes were eaten.
"It's delicious, it's so delicious, but I'm so greedy for my aunt. Damn senior sister, if you don't fight monsters, you just keep staring at me... I know it's so painful."
As he talked, he shed tears and cried while eating.
After eating for a while, when he saw no movement from the people around him, he turned to look at Zhang Kun and asked strangely: "Why don't you eat? I'm so sorry. That wine must not taste good, right?"
"I don't know either. How about giving it a try?"
Zhang Kun asked tentatively. He had already opened the mud seal and poured a bowl of wine for the young Taoist nun.
The wine was amber in color and had just been poured out. Taoist Sister Mingxin already seemed to be drunk. She impatiently picked up the wine bowl, drank it all in one gulp, put the bowl on the table, and said dissatisfied: "Look, look, I Just say you don’t want to drink. If you insist on persuading me to drink, it’s just this one bowl, and I won’t do it again.”
"We're all here, but how can we just eat food and not drink alcohol? Let's have one more bowl."
Zhang Kun rolled his eyes in his heart. Isn't this just a greedy cat who loves drinking? Did I persuade you to drink? I didn't even try to persuade you to eat, but you grabbed the drinks.
"Well, you are a polite person. Seeing how sincere you are in treating guests, I am not a person who brings trouble to the scenery. I will have another bowl, no more."
After finishing speaking, he drank a bowl of wine again.
The little Taoist nun's face turned red, her eyes were bent with laughter, and it was obvious that she was in a very good mood.
While eating the food, she blinked and glanced at Zhang Kun doubtfully: "Hey, did you really find the monster?"
Zhang Kun felt a chill in his heart.
I did meet a monster, but the little carp was still at home.
Before he could think of how to answer, the little Taoist nun said to herself: "It's the snake demon evil seal from Snake Pan Mountain. Did you find out about Snake Pan Mountain?"
She looked a little embarrassed, frowned slightly, and thought for a while, "For the sake of you inviting me to dinner and drinks, I'd better help you. It's not like causing trouble. If senior sister knows about it, she can't blame me."
After speaking, she stretched out two fingers and hooked them slightly.
Zhang Kun felt a slight heat on his shoulders and neck, and a black air left his body and was crushed into nothingness by those two fingers.
"That's good. You don't have to worry about someone slaying demons and killing them and finding you. Well, also, I'll give you a small bamboo. Take it with you when you have nothing to do. It can ward off evil spirits. Most monsters don't dare to attack you."
The little Taoist nun pulled a small purple bamboo from her waist and handed it over.
Zhang Kun was slightly startled and had no choice but to take it.
This small bamboo has no discernible material. It seems to be a plant, and it also seems to have inexplicable power flowing through it. The energy and blood in its body will circulate crazily as soon as the spirit touches it. The Jade Scriptures in the Yellow Courtyard, which had not been moved for a long time, automatically echoed in my mind. My spirit became clear, my Qi surged like beads, and my cultivation actually increased automatically.
Good guy.
What kind of baby is this?
Zhang Kun was slightly surprised, and felt more and more that this little Taoist nun was extraordinary.
The gifts given casually in return are so magical, so who is this?
Of course he knew about the black energy just now.
When he first arrived and merged with this body, in order to make his breath and body exactly the same as his original body, he even retained the black yin energy on his body. I was planning to go fishing again to see who the owner of this black energy was.
But he didn't expect that he was killed directly by this little Taoist nun before he could clear it up.
'Can't she see my strength? '
'By the way, my cultivation is basically based on martial arts and qi and blood. The qi and blood return to their original state, forcibly covering up the magic power of Tianxin Jue and Dunjia Tianshu. It is more likely that the jade book in the inner scene of the Huangting, after integrating this magic power, becomes vague and invisible, making it difficult to see clearly. Therefore, she doesn't know that I have the ability to directly clear this black energy. '
"Snake Panshan, what kind of force is that? Could it be the force behind the flower-picking serial murderer?" '
Zhang Kun's thoughts changed in his mind, but he didn't show it at all on the surface. He just smiled and said: "Thank you, fairy. Eat more. Come on, have another bowl."
Being able to appear beside him silently, even if Zhang Kun doesn't know much about this world, he can still understand that this little Taoist nun, despite her young age, is actually an incredible master.
Just how high it was, he didn't know yet.
Jiuxuan's inner eye quietly opened, only to see a piece of glazed and colorful divine light, as vast as a lake.
