Becoming a God by Searching Mountains and Subduing Demons

Chapter 128 Strange Death
"Sir, please come with me."

The broken-armed flag said in a deep voice: "The head of the Wentang Administration Department of Taohua County is Chu Yuliang. The Chu Mansion is just in front. Now all the Wentang departments are doing business in his mansion."

"Why don't you come to the court?"

Jiang Yue asked with narrowed eyes.

"It is said that people from the underworld do not like to go to government offices frequently, so the head of the government office set up his office in his own house, and only then will these people from the underworld be willing to go out."

The broken-armed flag answered.

After hearing what the broken-armed little flag said, Jiang Yue already had some bad thoughts in his mind. He guessed that the chief of the political department of Taohua County was not a serious person.

Tread-tap-

Amid the sounds of horse hooves, Jiang Yue and his companions galloped to the gate of Chu's mansion, only to find that the gate was also closed, with many starving refugees lying at the door.

Jiang Yue looked inside the Chu Mansion through his sky-patterning perspective and discovered that there was no living creature inside. Servants and maids were lying in the courtyard, dead. As for the situation inside the house, Jiang Yue couldn't see it, but all the servants and maids were dead. There was no response from the Chu Mansion yet, so it was estimated that everyone inside was dead as well.

"Everyone is dead. Come in!"

Jiang Yue jumped on his horse and stepped on the gate of Chu Mansion.

boom--

The door exploded immediately, and wood chips flew everywhere.

The little flags were stunned, but they quickly followed Jiang Yue and went into the Chu Mansion together.

After entering the Chu Mansion, everyone discovered that the mansion was littered with corpses, and the expressions of the small flags gradually became serious.

The corpses here had a very strange death situation.

There were no visible injuries on the outside of the body, and the death was very peaceful, as if the activity from the previous second was still going on, but was just paused in time.

"Sir! There are more corpses in the main hall. Most of the officials in the Wentang died here!"

Suddenly a small flag cried out in surprise and hurriedly reported to Jiang Yue.

Jiang Yue walked quickly to the main hall of Chu Mansion, only to see Chu Yuliang sitting in the main seat, talking about something in a very emotional voice, with the wine glass in his hand pushed out, but his life cup was forever frozen at this moment.

The two rows below were civil officials and many martial artists. They died in the same way as Chu Yuliang, with their movements and expressions from the last moment of their lives still preserved, as if they had been taken away in an instant.

"What a strange way to die."

Jiang Yue stroked his chin and did not touch the corpses.

To be honest, the deaths of these corpses were a little too strange. Their expressions and movements were all frozen in the moment before death, as if these people died in an instant and felt no pain or awareness at all.

What kind of method is this?

"Poison? It doesn't look like it. If it was a toxin, it would probably leave obvious marks on the body. If it's not poison, then what is it?"

Jiang Yue thought hard for a long time but couldn't figure it out.

"Decree, keep the photo."

He could only take out the decree and record the situation here and pass it to Pei Hu: "Sir, all the officials in the Wentang of Taohua County died in strange circumstances. This is what happened on the scene."

After the photo was taken, Jiang Yue collected the decree, called a small flag, and ordered: "You take people to seal the Chu Mansion, investigate the identities of these martial artists in the Chu Mansion, and what they are studying today."

"Yes, my lord!"

Xiaoqi bowed and accepted the order.

Jiang Yue stared at the corpse in a daze, thinking in his mind what method could have caused such a death. All the officials in the civil service hall of a county died silently. This method was too horrible, and he must investigate it thoroughly.

After taking a final look at the corpse, Jiang Yue and the other flags walked out of the Chu Mansion.

"Sir, Mr. Jiang."

Tao Qian suddenly said, "Master Jiang, I seem to have seen the appearance of that corpse."

He had been waiting outside the door and was not taken into the Chu Mansion. However, he saw the deaths of several servants behind the door. Combined with the sad expressions of Jiang Yue and others, he almost guessed that the mansion was probably full of such corpses.

"have you seen?"

Jiang Yue asked: "Tell me in detail."

"Please listen, sir."

Tao Qian said respectfully, "Sir, I have been floating on the water since I was young. When I was young, I fished in Taohuawu. When I grew up, I went to fish in Huichun River. Fishing in this section of the river in Jiuxian is actually very dangerous because of the pirates."

"It was probably last year. I saw a fight between bandits in Qingyu Village. They worshipped a black turtle that they could ride on and gallop through the water. The turtle opened its mouth and green smoke came out from the enemy's head. The turtle sucked the smoke and the man died just like the servant I just saw."

Jiang Yue was even more surprised when he heard this.

This statement sounds extremely soul-sucking, so mysterious that it is hard to believe.

However, everyone in the Chu Mansion died in this way. It really looked like their souls were absorbed and they died instantly.

"Old turtle spirit, could it be the black master that Lu Yang mentioned?"

Jiang Yue pondered and said, "If I kill the old black turtle that can absorb people's souls, I can probably get a lot of time and a lot of blood and flesh essence."

"I see."

Jiang Yue nodded to Tao Qian and continued, "Bring your men to seal off the Chu Mansion and do not allow outsiders to enter. Call a coroner and take Tao Qian back to the martial arts hall. Prepare the skills of refining, nurturing and killing for him, as well as the official seal and uniform. Get everything ready."

Tao Qian's idea is just an opinion. Jiang Yue will definitely invite a coroner to perform an autopsy.

"Yes!" Tao Qian was favored by Jiang Yue, and the small flags naturally knew that all these things would be prepared the best for Tao Qian.

Tread-tap-

There were sounds of horse hooves. Soon the chief constable and the bailiffs arrived at the scene and surrounded the Chu residence. At the same time, a coroner from Taohua County was supported by someone and walked over.

"Sir, this is the Taohua County coroner, Wu Yun."

The old coroner bowed to Jiang Yue.

In front of him was the body of a servant that Jiang Yue had taken out. The body died inexplicably, without any injuries, as if its soul had been sucked away.

The old coroner bowed to the corpse, muttered something, and then began to examine the body.

"Does this coroner have any ability?"

Jiang Yue asked through voice transmission to the little flag with the broken arm.

"Sir, this man's family has been coroners for seven generations. He is old now. When he was young, he was a third-level warrior, but now his blood and qi are declining and he has fallen to the second level. Not to mention Taohua County, all the coroners in Yuqing County are his disciples. Usually, if something big happens in Yuqing County, this man will perform the autopsy."

The broken-armed flag explained to Jiang Yue, "Besides, a coroner is considered an official position. They enjoy the good fortune of the court and deal with corpses every day. They are not ordinary people."

"so."

Jiang Yue nodded slightly and looked up to the coroner Wu Yun.

I didn’t expect that the so-called coroner could actually enjoy the good fortune of the court.

After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, the old coroner came out, bowed to Jiang Yue, and said, "Sir, these people were all poisoned to death."

"Oh? Poisoned?"

Jiang Yue asked in confusion: "Does it have anything to do with demons? Could it be that demons devour souls?"

"It was initially determined to be man-made."

The old coroner explained, "Sir, I have seen this kind of toxin before, and I can be sure that it is man-made."

"Please speak."

Jiang Yue gestured with his hand.

"Sir, I have seen this kind of poison twelve years ago."

Wu Yun said in a deep voice: "At that time, it was the same as now, except that the victims were the chief constable's family. At that time, the Great Zhou was still prosperous, and the killing of the chief constable's family was no small matter. After I examined the body, I reported the matter to the prefectural capital. After the Shinto master in the prefectural capital investigated, he issued a wanted order."

"Jade-faced fox, Qing Jiu?"

The little flag with the broken arm obviously also remembered the rumors and cried out in horror.

"Yes."

Wu Yun nodded slightly: "Sir, it is this Jade-faced Fox Qing Jiu, a member of the Heavenly Fox lineage of the Beast God Cult. He is proficient in illusion and poison, his whereabouts are elusive, and he is very powerful. Given this situation, it can basically be concluded that it was done by the Heavenly Fox lineage. As for whether it was done by Qing Jiu, I don't know."

"It's the Beast God Cult again."

Jiang Yue took a deep breath, took out the mountain patrol token, recorded all of Wu Yun's speculations, and passed it to Pei Hu.

After doing all this, Jiang Yue ordered people to send the old coroner Wu Yun back, and he walked around the Chu Mansion again before leading people to leave the Chu Mansion.

Afterwards, Jiang Yue simply took his small flags and patrolled and inspected the nine counties of Yuqing one by one.

Jiang Yue was surprised to find that in the nine counties of Yuqing, except Yuqing County, there were a large number of martial artists in other counties, and there were large areas of bronze ruins in the lakes outside each county. These warriors were fighting with demons in the bronze ruins, as if they were snatching something.

Seeing Jiang Yue and other Mountain Patrol officers passing by, the martial artists were not only disrespectful, but also sneered with disdain, as if they were mocking the incompetence of the Sky Patrol officers.

Jiang Yue didn't care about them. He inspected the nine counties along the way and gained an understanding of the basic conditions of the nine counties.

"Let's go back to Yuqing County."

After Jiang Yue understood almost everything, he already had a plan in mind.
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Jiang Yue had a rare night's rest and regained his energy.

He hadn't slept for three days and three nights. After this good sleep, he felt refreshed.

Jiang Yue woke up early in the morning and looked through the files in the Yuqing County Court, looking for files about bronze relics.

Now that he has complete control over Yuqing County, he has gained a preliminary understanding of the basic situation of the nine counties, has come into contact with the government court, and has also gained understanding of the surrounding waters. There is only one thing left to do.

Find treasures, earn time, madly add points to improve your strength, and beat the monsters!
As for the treasures, naturally, they are the most numerous in the underwater ruins that were washed out. After all, the warriors and demons in the martial arts world are all fighting for the things in the bronze ruins.

"My Lord, what are you looking for?"

Yuan Qinghuan saw Jiang Yue frowning and couldn't help but ask softly.

"Nothing, just looking for something related to the bronze relics and finding out the source of those relics in the water."

Jiang Yue smiled and said, "After all, the people in our government office are so busy that they have no time to explore these so-called ruins and don't know much about them."

"I know this."

Yuan Qinghuan smiled and said, "Sir, these bronze relics are the remains of the water palace of the Dragon Goddess of Huichun River. After the evil dragon escaped, it caused a flood and blew up its own water palace to pieces. The wreckage was washed everywhere by the Huichun River."

"I see."

Jiang Yue suddenly realized.

(End of this chapter)