The government officials set up a tent and brought stools for the magistrate to interrogate.
Inspector Tian and Zhang Tuiguan led more than 400 government officials and Minzhuang to dig tunnels. The four people were divided into four groups and excavated at the same time.
"You said my son came to your village for a beauty pageant?"
Tian Zongren was sitting on the Grand Master's chair, holding a tea cup in his hand, with a sinister look in his eyes.
Zhang Baichu was standing next to him, waving a folding fan to enjoy the cool air. Although it was already early autumn, it was still a little hot at noon.
"yes."
Village Chief Jiang bent down and answered carefully.
Under the official authority of Magistrate Tian, beads of sweat broke out on his forehead.
"That's nonsense!"
Tian Zongren snorted coldly, "What kind of good-looking woman can there be in a small village in a remote mountainous area? My son will run three hundred miles from Liping to this place where birds don't shit?"
"Trickster!"
Zhang Baichu put away the folding fan and slapped it on his palm, "How dare you slander my young master? Come here and give me a thirty-year cane!"
"Here!"
Three or four government officials who looked like wolves and tigers jumped out immediately and held down Village Chief Jiang, about to execute him.
"It's unjust, the prefect..."
Village Chief Jiang hurriedly apologized, "Young man is also a well-educated person, how dare you talk nonsense?"
Zhang Baichu snorted coldly: "A scholar still dares to speak nonsense and slander my young master? Then you will be punished with a higher degree of punishment. Give me a beating!"
"Wait a minute."
Zhu Renxia, who was among the crowd, couldn't help but stand up and salute: "I have met the prefect."
"I dare to ask, Lord Magistrate, what are you doing here, three hundred miles away, in such a remote place? As a father, you should know better than us."
Tian Zongren has three sons, the second one is good at literature and the third one is good at martial arts. Only the eldest son Tian Gui is an ignorant and ignorant playboy.
Tian Zongren knows his son's virtue better than anyone else.
It sounds better to call it "beauty pageant", but to be more precise, it should be called "robbing women of the people."
"Jiangjiacun is a must-pass through place in Guizhou and Guangxi, and my son is passing by."
Tian Zongren took a sip of tea and motioned for Village Chief Jiang to be released, "For the sake of your age, I will forgive your nonsense this time. Don't let it happen again!"
"Thank you, Mr. Prefect!"
Village Chief Jiang quickly kowtowed and thanked him, thankful to have saved his life.
He is an old man in his sixties, and even if he survives being hit by thirty slabs, he will probably become disabled.
Zhu Renxia stepped forward to help Village Chief Jiang and comforted him: "Old Master, please step back and let me handle it."
At this moment, Officer Zhang came to report: "Sir, the tunnel has been dug, and Inspector Tian has led people in to search for the young master."
"Um."
Magistrate Tian nodded expressionlessly, guessing that his son was probably in trouble.
Inspector Tian led more than thirty people, holding torches, and carefully entered the temple along the tunnel.
Walking and shouting.
"Master, where are you?"
"Is there anyone there? Make a noise!"
"Eldest Young Master, are you still alive? I'm here to save you!"
Zhu Changan also wanted to see the fate of this playboy, so instead of stopping the official from rescuing the man, he directly reached into the box and took away the aluminum pot lid.
Suddenly, the invisible space suddenly became as bright as day, and bright sunlight shone on the heads of Inspector Tian and others.
More than thirty sneaky officials carrying torches were suddenly exposed in full view of the public.
The hundreds of people surrounding the "castle" were also confused. They didn't know why this huge building was missing.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
"Why did this temple suddenly disappear?"
"Damn it, it's really like hell!"
After the temple disappeared without any reason, the scene inside was revealed to everyone without any obstruction.
Dozens of poplar trees that had started to lose their leaves due to lack of sunlight, patches of dry and cracked fields, and corpses scattered everywhere.
More than 20 people, including Tian Gui, plus a white horse, were all found dead on the spot.
They did not starve to death, nor did they die of thirst, but died of suffocation due to lack of oxygen.
More than twenty corpses emitted a stench, and they all looked like they had been dead for a long time.
Tian Zongren, who came after hearing the news, had no expression on his face, covered his face with his sleeves and said, "Collect the body for the eldest son, and bury the others on the spot."
Several officials immediately rode to Yinma Town to buy coffins. Three hundred people, led by Zhang Tuiguan, dug a hole to bury the body.
"Sir, are you done just taking the young master's body back like this?" Zhang Baichu asked Tian Zongren quietly.
"If we don't end it like this, what else can we do?"
Tian Zongren was depressed and felt sorry for his son. He quietly wiped away his tears and said, "The strange temple descended from the sky and trapped Agui to death, and then suddenly disappeared mysteriously. How can it be beyond human power? It must be God's message that I should take good care of my son, so that Tian's family will not be reincarnated again." Make the same mistakes as during the Yongle period."
"Besides, Agui's behavior is very disorderly and he often does illegal things. If the people in charge of the investigation find out about this, they will definitely use this strange temple to make a big fuss and write a letter of impeachment against me. Get Agui back to Liping as soon as possible. Just bury it and forget about it...Oh, what an unworthy child!"
Zhang Baichu held his fan and said, "Sir, Mr. Agui asked me about something before leaving Liping. The student thought it might be related to this strange temple."
"What's the matter?"
"The young master asked the students whether there are people with advanced Taoist skills in Guizhou. He said that there is a demon in Jinping County who can use sorcery."
Tian Zongren took a breath of air: "Is there such a thing?"
Zhang Baichu nodded: "The student also recommended to him a Taoist priest named Yun Zhongzi from Mount Fanjing."
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"The students thought that the eldest young master was just playful, but they didn't take it seriously."
Zhang Baichu shook his head and blamed himself, "I didn't expect that in just a few days, the eldest son would suffer such a bad luck. The student can't help you!"
"You, you, what's the use of saying this now?"
Tian Zongren was depressed and angry. He pointed at Zhang Baichu bitterly and said, "Hurry up and find a way to find this monster."
Zhang Baichu pointed at Zhu Renxia in the crowd with his fan, "The student suspects that this person is the monster that the eldest son said."
"he?"
Tian Zongren looked at Zhu Renxia who was not far away with a sinister gaze.
I saw that this man was about twenty-three or four years old. Although he had sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, he had a handsome face and a fierce look in his eyes. But he has a slim figure and looks like he hasn't had enough to eat for a long time. He doesn't look like a strange person with magic powers.
"This man looks ordinary. Why do you suspect that he is the demon that Agui mentioned? Maybe this demon is hiding in the dark."
Zhang Baichu clasped his fists and said: "This young man's accent is not local, but more like that of Guilin, so the students suspected that there is something wrong with him. Even if he is not the monster that Mr. Agui said, it must be related."
"Then arrest him and torture him!"
Tian Zongren snorted coldly, with murderous intent in his eyes.
"Here!"
Zhang Baichu agreed, immediately called the head catcher Yan Ming over, pointed at Zhu Renxia in the crowd, and gave instructions.
"Go and capture the young man in blue clothes. I want to interrogate him on behalf of the prefect!"
