Catching Monsters

Chapter 199 Borrowing corpses to lay eggs
Jiang Yun watched Qin Shujian walk into the hall in a casual manner and was stunned. Why did he look like he was here to become his disciple?
In the main hall of Sanqing Temple, Qin Shujian and Wen Chen knelt on the cushions.

Jiang Yun also looked serious, and said to the two in a deep voice: "Qin Shujian, Wenchen, what we worship in Sanqing Temple is the orthodox Sanqing."

"The Three Pure Ones are respectively."

"Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun."

"Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun."

"Taiqing Daode Tianzun."

"To join my sect, one must possess virtues such as honesty, filial piety, and respect for teachers and elders."

"You must not have bad qualities such as disloyalty, unfilial piety, and injustice. You must believe in the Tao, not treat the pursuit of Tao as a game, and not covet empty reputation."

Offerings had already been placed in front of the Three Pure Ones altar. Jiang Yun then took out two incense sticks and handed them to the two of them: "Burning incense for the Three Pure Ones."

Qin Shujian and Wen Chen each held the incense in their hands, walked to the altar, knelt respectfully, and burned incense.

During this period, Jiang Yun was still a little nervous. He didn't know whether the people in this world could worship the Three Pure Ones.

Will the Three Pure Ones accept their incense?

Fortunately, both incense sticks were lit successfully.

Jiang Yun breathed a sigh of relief, then he took out two petitions and wrote on them: Jiang Yun, a disciple of Sanqing Temple, today accepts Qin Shujian and Wen Chen as his disciples, and submits this petition to the Sanqing Patriarch.

After writing, the petition was burned in front of the statue of the Three Pure Ones.

Then, he gave them a Taoist name. Looking at the two of them, Jiang Yun pondered for a while before saying, "From today on, Qin Shujian's Taoist name will be Shouzheng."

"Wenchen's Dao name is Wenzheng."

Qin Shujian didn't really care about the name of the Taoist name. He originally joined the Sanqing Temple not to really practice and become a Taoist priest.

On the contrary, Wen Chen nodded seriously and said, "Thank you, Master."

"This is the Qingxin Jue I wrote last night. You two should memorize it during this period of time, and then sit in meditation and recite it to practice."

Jiang Yun took out two Qingxin Jue and handed them to the two. After the two put them away, Qin Shujian stood up, stretched, and said, "Master, is the apprenticeship ceremony over? Then I'll go out first."

After leaving the hall, Qin Shujian finally smiled. He looked at the servants and said, "You all saw it. I have officially joined the Taoist sect. My father can no longer say that I am not doing my job and only know how to have fun every day..."

"Let's go to Chunxianglou. Miss Zhao is still waiting for me."

Jiang Yun didn't mind watching Qin Shujian leave. Everyone has different personalities. If he tried to stop him and forced him to stay in the temple, Qin Shujian would not be able to calm down.

However, Jiang Yun looked at Wen Chen beside him and said slowly: "From today on, you will stay in Sanqing Temple and practice quietly. In addition, you must not learn from your senior brother."

"Your family background is far inferior to his. If you want to achieve something, you have to work twice as hard. Do you understand?"

Wen Chen nodded seriously: "Disciple understands."

Seeing Wen Chen's well-behaved and sensible appearance, Jiang Yun breathed a sigh of relief. After all, one of the two disciples he accepted was reliable.

At this moment, Qi Da walked quickly into the Sanqing Temple: "Master Baihu."

"In Sanqing Temple, you have to call me Taoist Priest." Jiang Yun reminded him when he saw him appear.

"Okay, Master Baihu."

"A murder occurred in the south of the city, and Captain Yang was handed over to us." Qi Da said in a deep voice.

Homicide?

An ordinary murder case would not be handled by the Eastern Pacification Office. There must be something strange about it.

Jiang Yun instructed Wen Chen to practice in the temple honestly. He also changed into the official uniform of a captain of the Jinyiwei and rushed to the south of the city with Qi Da.

On the way, Jiang Yun also learned from Qi Da that the murder took place in a teahouse in the inner city, and it was far from an ordinary murder case.

"This teahouse invites some storytellers to come up every day to tell some strange stories, but today, it is said that there is a new storyteller in this teahouse."

"After the storyteller finished his tale, everyone in the teahouse lost their souls..."

Hearing this, Jiang Yun frowned slightly and looked at Qi Da in surprise. Outside the teahouse, Jiang Yun's men had blocked it off, not allowing ordinary people to enter and leave at will.

"Captain Jiang."

When they saw Jiang Yun appear, his men all greeted him quickly.

There were dozens of corpses in the teahouse.

"These bodies have not been moved yet." Qi Da followed beside him and said in a deep voice: "Many of these dead people were of high status."

"If this case is not solved soon, Captain Yang will be under a lot of pressure."

There were not so many entertainment options in this era, especially for the rich and powerful people in the inner city.

Sitting in a teahouse during the day, eating melon seeds, listening to storytellers tell stories, drinking some tea, and then going to brothels in the evening to hang out for a while, is considered a typical day.

In the inner city, those who can come here to drink tea without making a living must be of good status.

Jiang Yun glanced at the corpse, then walked forward to take a closer look and frowned.

There was an imperceptible, needle-like hole between the eyebrows of these corpses.

"Are there any witnesses at the scene?" Jiang Yun looked at the scene.

Qi Da shook his head and said, "No, everyone at the scene is dead, and the storyteller has also disappeared. Currently, Dong Qiaofeng is leading people to search for the storyteller nearby."

Jiang Yun touched his chin in confusion, then looked around and said in a deep voice: "Go find a coroner to perform an autopsy."

"Huh." Qi Da was stunned.

Jiang Yun stared at the corpses and asked, "Didn't General Qi feel that there was still a faint demonic aura left in these corpses?"

"I'll send someone to do it right away." Upon hearing this, Qi Da turned around quickly.

Soon a coroner was called in, and Jiang Yun pointed to the body of a man who was about 40 years old and said, "This is the body."

"Yes." The coroner bowed respectfully to Jiang Yun, then opened a toolbox filled with various sharp knives.

"Open the chest." Jiang Yun said, staring at the chest of the corpse.

Soon, the coroner used a knife to cut open the skin of the chest, but just as he opened the chest.

Suddenly, a black shadow jumped out of the chest and pounced towards the coroner's face.

Jiang Yun had been prepared for this, and had his hand on the Embroidered Spring Knife the whole time. The moment the black shadow appeared, he chopped it down with the knife.

With a "puff", the spider that was cut in half fell to the ground, twitching with green blood flowing out.

The coroner was so frightened by what he had just seen that his legs went weak and he collapsed to the ground.

Jiang Yun looked into the chest of the corpse and found that it was filled with spider eggs. Each egg emitted a faint demonic aura.

"Borrow corpses to lay eggs."

Jiang Yun narrowed his eyes and his expression became a little colder.

Qi Da, who was standing by, looked around and asked in a deep voice, "Sir, these corpses, could they all be..."

"Yeah." Jiang Yun nodded: "All these corpses exude a faint evil aura."

"Gather all the corpses together immediately, and I will burn them with the Samadhi Fire."

"Otherwise, once these spiders hatch from their eggs and flee in all directions, it won't be easy to find them one by one."

"Yes!"

Soon, the Jinyiwei who were waiting outside the house were called in and piled the corpses into a small hill in the middle of the teahouse.

But before the burning, Qi Da seemed to have thought of something and whispered: "Sir, there are many people of high status among these corpses. If we burn them all at once..."

"Burn it first." Jiang Yun said with a frown.

(End of this chapter)