Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 172: The Terror of Gou Chen Si (4200 votes plus)
Seeing Diwuwei and Nangong coming in with a young man and woman in plain clothes, all the officials from the Gouchen Division stopped talking and looked over with unfriendly expressions.

The worst of the big guys in this room were extremely nervous. When they all looked at him in unison, one could imagine the oppressive feeling they felt.

Ren Yuan and his senior sister almost couldn't help but use their flying swords to resist. Fortunately, the Fifth Dimension blocked them and said with a smile: "Everyone, hold back and don't scare the little kid."

"Nangong, is this the Donghun Hou who was released by the two of them?" asked a blue-haired female military officer.

"I've said it so many times. This is the only way they can save the villagers from the grave robbers." Nangong said unhappily, "You should go catch the grave robbers instead of taking it out on these two young men."

"Haha, it's impossible to catch her, isn't it?" All the military officers were quite afraid of this woman, so they smiled awkwardly and looked away. But someone still asked Ren Yuan:

"Boy, you didn't expect the consequences to be so serious, did you?"

"That's not something I should consider." Ren Yuan replied calmly, "I can only consider people I know. As for people I don't know, I'm sorry, I'm just a country boy and I don't have much experience."

"Haha, this kid is quite interesting." The military officers laughed, and their hostility towards him lessened a little.

The Fifth Dimension then brought the two of them to the first row on the right and greeted the Guard Master and Deputy Guard Master sitting in the front row.

The leader of Lingguang Guard was a middle-aged man with a serious expression, a neat short beard, and meticulous appearance.

The two deputy guard masters were also very friendly, but they were mainly friendly to the Fifth Dimension. The looks they gave Ren Yuan and the other two were equally unfriendly.

Nangong said softly to the two of them, "Don't take it personally. It's normal for people to be emotional after something like this happens. At first, the intelligence we sent back said that it was you two who released Donghun Hou. Later, the story was changed, but everyone knows what happened."

"Don't worry, Sister Nan. We would react the same way if we were in a different place." Ren Yuan said softly.

"Yes." Nangong nodded slightly, and then introduced in a low voice: "Today, except for Meng Zhangwei, all other officials above the rank of the Three Guards Chief in Beijing are here. You can imagine how big this matter is."

"That is to say, except for the three of us, everyone else in this room has great supernatural powers?" A Yao suddenly said in shock.

"Yes, because the owner of the building has a very bad memory, General Chen ordered me to accompany him every time he holds a meeting." Nangong nodded.

"Eleven great magical powers." Ren Yuan was also secretly shocked, and completely gave up the idea of fighting to the death. "The Gou Chen Division is so terrifying."

"That's less than half." Nangong chuckled and said, "There are a total of 24 great masters on duty, of which six of Meng Zhangwei are on duty in the palace, and the remaining seven are on business trips outside and have not returned yet."

Ren Yuan knew that the so-called official business was to find Donghun Hou...

He now finally had a clear understanding of the strength of the imperial court, and also realized that he had been a frog in a well.

No wonder the government is not afraid of the people rebelling. As long as they monopolize the external elixir, what can the people use to rebel?

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At this time, a white figure walked out from behind the screen with sea water, river cliffs, and the red sun shining on the Qilin, and the noise in the hall stopped abruptly.

"Greetings, Marshal Zhai!" A group of military officers from the Gou Chen Division bowed and saluted.

Chen Qingzhi, who was elegant and handsome, sat down in the commander's seat and said in a gentle voice, "No need to be polite, everyone."

"Thank you, Commander Zhai." The military officers sat upright on the mats.

"Everyone should know what happened last night, so I won't go into details." Chen Qingzhi said in a deep voice: "I will just tell you the result - the emperor is very angry and has given you three days to capture Donghun Hou and Pan Yunu who sneaked into the capital to cause chaos!"

"Three days?" The guards and the tower masters looked embarrassed. "Isn't that too short?"

"Yes, General Chen, it is still unclear whether Xiao Baojuan is in Beijing. Even if he is in Beijing, how can we find him if he hides for the next three days?"

"He has already issued a declaration of war to the emperor, and he must be in the capital now!" Chen Qingzhi said decisively: "No matter whether he will cause trouble in the next three days, we must dig deep to find him!"

"Yes!" All the generals responded in unison without another word.

Chen Qingzhi then turned his gaze to Diwu Wei and asked, "Did you bring the person?" "Yes." Diwu Wei replied, and hurriedly said to Ren Yuan and A Yao, "Why don't you pay your respects to General Chen?"

Senior Sister Ren Yuanhe hurried into the hall and bowed to greet him.

"Well, you are indeed young heroes." Chen Qingzhi looked at Ren Yuan and A Yao, nodded approvingly, and said in a gentle tone: "What you did in Fangxianxiang is impeccable in my opinion."

He raised his voice slightly and said to the generals: "We cannot use saints and gods to demand others. Just put yourself in their shoes. If they have done the best they can, we should not force them to do anything."

"Yes, we will keep Marshal Chen's teachings in mind." The generals responded respectfully.

"Okay." Chen Qingzhi nodded and said to Ren Yuan and A Yao, "To be honest, you two are the only ones who have seen the appearance of Donghun Hou after his corpse transformed. Please introduce him to everyone."

"Yes." Ren Yuan nodded and said in a deep voice: "In fact, our contact with Donghun Hou was not long. From the time he unlocked the seal to the time Mr. Chen who was chasing Ming Gui disappeared, it was only a dozen breaths of time."

"He was wearing a golden jade robe, but he had no head..."

"Because Mr. Chen had hurt him, he only chased after Mr. Chen and beat him up."

"Mr. Chen has all five senses opened, but in front of him, he is like a baby, defenseless."

"Donghun Hou seems to have intelligence, but not too much. Of course, this was just the situation at the time..."

Ren Yuan then described the situation of Donghun Hou in detail, omitting the part about the Emperor's Sword.

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After listening to Ren Yuan's story, Chen Qingzhi asked everyone, "What do you think?"

The Zhiming Guard Leader who was sitting in the first position on the left said, "After listening to what I heard, I feel that what happened last night is unlikely to be planned by Donghun Hou."

"Yes." Everyone nodded and said, "Xiao Baojuan was known for his stupidity and incompetence when he was alive. It doesn't make sense that his brain would work better after his death."

"He has been confused for a long time, how can he still have a brain?" Someone chuckled.

"No time for jokes, but this is indeed not like the stubborn style of a zombie." Lingguang Guard Leader said in a deep voice.

"Is there another master behind this? That would be troublesome." Everyone frowned.

"What's more troublesome is that due to the special nature of the Corpse King, we can't predict his next move." The last supervisor sighed.

"We, the Guards, have been searching for them since last night, but we still haven't found any trace of them."

"If you can't tell fortunes, just use your eyes to see and your brain to think." Chen Qianzhi said in a deep voice: "The capital is our home ground. With so many eyes and so many brains, there's no reason why we can't beat them."

After that, he ordered: "Huangfu, you must not miss any clues - as long as they are in the capital, there will be traces, find them as soon as possible!"

The chief of the military guards, Huangfu Pingzhang, quickly responded, "As you command."

He then instructed a middle-aged man who looked like a scholar, "Gongsun, go to the Jiage Library and look up the records from that year to find out the names of those who might have taken revenge on Donghun Hou and Pan Yunu."

"Yes, sir." Gongsun Lu, the chief clerk of the Chief Clerk's Office, responded softly.

"Dingnan, Polu, you should also send people out to investigate and collect as many clues as possible before making a decision." Chen Qianzhi gave another order.

Lingguang Guard Leader Xue Dingnan and Zhiming Guard Leader Tan Tai Po Lu also responded in a deep voice.

"Go ahead." Chen Qingzhi waved his hand and said, "Hurry up and find a clue."

"Yes, sir!" the generals responded in unison.

(End of this chapter)