Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 334 The Shadow of the Famous Tree of Man
A forty-year-old police captain strode into the teahouse.

Behind him, there were a dozen black-robed constables following.

Before he even saw the person coming, just hearing the voice, Lu Han shouted excitedly: "Captain Sun, help me, these thieves want to kill me...ah!"

At this time, Captain Sun also saw the wounded Lu Han and the thieves surrounding Lu Han.

Neither Qiu Dao, Shang Lu, nor Zhu Quan wore official robes, so Captain Sun was unable to recognize their identities.

Seeing him coming, the group of people did not stop and continued to beat Lu Han. Captain Sun was furious and shouted: "How dare you to hurt people in front of me!"

He raised his hand and waved, ordering: "Capture these thieves, don't let any of them escape!"

A dozen black-robed constables immediately drew their swords.

However, before they rushed towards Shang Lu and the others, Captain Sun suddenly saw Zhu Quan, and his expression changed drastically. He quickly changed his tone and shouted, "Wait! Stop! Stop right there! Don't move..."

In a hurry, he kicked down a constable who failed to react in time, and cursed: "Fuck you Zhou San, didn't you hear what I said? I told you to stop, don't move!"

The detectives were all stunned and looked at Captain Sun in surprise, not understanding what he meant.

After being kicked, Zhou San covered his buttocks and said, "Sun Tou, didn't you ask us to catch the thief?"

Captain Sun kicked Zhou San again and shouted angrily, "Shut up! Stop talking nonsense! Where did the thief come from?"

Then he put on a flattering smile and bent his body. The arrogant attitude just now disappeared. He wanted to walk up to Zhu Quan, but was stopped by a thief after taking only two steps.

Captain Sun did not dare to get angry. He bowed to Zhu Quan from a distance and said, "Oh, it turns out to be Lord Zhu. My subordinates are ignorant. If we have offended you, please forgive us."

The detectives behind him were surprised, and complained in their hearts: It was clearly you who asked us to arrest the man, and now we are the ones who are being ignorant... Damn it, we are the ones who get stabbed, and we are the ones who take the blame.

Zhu Quan frowned and asked, "Do you know me?"

Captain Sun said hurriedly, "I have previously escorted a prisoner to the thieves' office, and had the honor of meeting Lord Zhu."

Zhu Quan recalled it and it seemed to be true. He sneered and said, "You have a good memory."

"Yes, yes, I have a good memory." Captain Sun replied hastily, and then glanced at Lu Han and asked cautiously, "Master Zhu, what crime did Lu Han commit?"

Zhu Quan snorted coldly: "Why, you want to protect him? That's right, you are his backer, this place is under your protection."

When Captain Sun heard this, he immediately realized that something was wrong.

However, before he could find an excuse, Zhu Quan turned around, bowed to a young man next to him, and asked, "Sir, what should we do?"

"Big... lord?"

Captain Sun was stunned.

He knew that Zhu Quan was an assistant officer in the Thieves' Office. The fact that Zhu Quan directly addressed him as "Sir" without using his surname showed that this handsome young man was the chief officer of the Thieves' Office, and not an official from another government office.

But isn’t the chief officer of the Bandit Cao’s office Chen Li?
and many more!

Captain Sun suddenly remembered the news he had received not long ago, and blurted out: "Are you the new thief Cao Yuan? Are you the demon-suppressing county lieutenant?"

This time, Zhu Quan spoke for Shang Lu and said, "Yes, our lord is the famous Demon-Suppressing County Lieutenant! But now, he has been promoted to the position of Thief Cao of this county! From now on, you can call him, Demon-Suppressing Thief Cao!"

Shang Lu glanced at Zhu Quan without saying anything, but he was quite satisfied in his heart.

This kind of pretentious words only sound good when spoken by someone else. If you say it yourself, your prestige will plummet.

"Is he really the Demon-Suppressing County Lieutenant?"

Captain Sun felt his legs going weak.

Thanks to the storytellers, the reputation of the Demon-Suppressing County Lieutenant in Longyou County is no less than that in Luoshui County, and he has established a good character, so that Captain Sun's first reaction is that Lu Han not only committed a crime, but also committed a crime related to demons and sorcery! Otherwise, how could the Demon-Suppressing County Lieutenant... ah, no, it was the Demon-Suppressing Thief Cao who was alarmed?

Afterwards, he felt guilty because he had accepted a lot of gifts from Lu Han and had also helped Lu Han do some things that should not be made public.

If they investigate, he will definitely be the one to suffer the consequences!
At this moment, Captain Sun hated Lu Han to death.

Originally, he was very happy when he received Lu Han's request for help, because it meant that he could get another sum of hard work fee from Lu Han.

But I didn't expect that this was not a good thing at all.

But it’s a death warrant!
Captain Sun was eager to distance himself from Lu Han, but Shang Lu spoke up at this moment: "Catch him and interrogate him!"

"Yes."

He stopped Captain Sun from seeking to rob and immediately took action.

Captain Sun was horrified and wanted to escape.

His cultivation level was about the same as that of the thief in the thieves' office, but his mind was already in a mess. Besides the thief who blocked his way, there were two other thieves who had quietly sneaked up behind him when he was talking to Zhu Quan.

As soon as they took action, they captured Captain Sun in an instant.

As for the group of detectives brought by Captain Sun, since they knew the identities of the people in front of them, how could they dare to move?
Seeing Captain Sun being captured, instead of coming forward to help, they also threw their swords away with clangs, fearing that it would cause misunderstanding and result in accidental injury.

"Pick up the knife." Shang Lu's face darkened and he scolded, "As a constable, how can you look like if you throw away the knife?"

Upon hearing this, the detectives rushed to pick up the knives, and the scene became a chaotic mess.

After learning Shang Lu's identity, the people in the teahouse began to talk about it.

"So he is the Demon-Suppressing County Lieutenant. No wonder Liu Quan's ghost came to him to file a complaint and appeal for justice!"

"The Demon-Suppressing County Lieutenant said that Lu Han was using evil methods to harm people, so he must be right! I always thought that Lu Han was a kind and righteous man, but I didn't expect that he was just pretending!"

"Is there something wrong with the tea we drink?"

It is true that a person's reputation is like a tree's shadow. Before, the people in the teahouse still had doubts about Lü Han's practice of witchcraft and sorcery, but after knowing that Shang Lu was the county lieutenant who suppressed demons, their doubts disappeared in an instant, leaving only anger and worry.

At the same time, some people looked at Shang Lu and exclaimed: "This Demon-Suppressing County Lieutenant is very different from the image described by the storyteller... This face and temperament are simply like an immortal descending to earth!"

Although Shang Lu was thick-skinned, he couldn't help blushing when he heard the comments from people around him.

Fortunately, he adjusted his mindset quickly and asked the detectives from Longyou County to evacuate the tea drinkers here. After waiting for a while, the witch doctor and county lieutenant from Longyou County came over one after another.

The witch came because someone who had escaped from the teahouse before went to the witch temple to report that a life-seeking zombie had appeared in the city.

The appearance of the witch gave Lu Han hope of survival again.

In other words, Lu Han is simply desperate and trying every possible means to cure his illness.

"Witch, help me, save me... These people are colluding with evil spirits to kill me..." Lu Han struggled and shouted.

The thieves did not try to stop him, but just looked at him with teasing eyes, as if they were looking at a clown.

The witch doctor ignored Lu Han and looked at the witch academy jade token in Shang Lu's hand, grinning: "So it's you, Junior Brother. What happened here?"

"Hello, senior brother." Shang Lu put away the jade token of the Witch Academy, and after exchanging a few words with the witch, he told him the whole story.

When the witch heard that Lü Han had actually performed the art of warding off evil in the teahouse and even killed someone with poison, his face suddenly darkened. When he heard that a stray dog ​​had appeared at the mass grave, his expression became even uglier.

He blamed himself and said, "It's all my fault that I don't usually go to the tile market, so I didn't notice the thief's vicious behavior. As for the mass graves, I go there every year to set up an altar and perform rituals to help the dead souls to rest and suppress the growth of negative energy. There shouldn't be any wild dogs here. It must be this person's method of suppressing corpses and ghosts that attracted the wild dogs!"

When Lu Han heard this, his face turned green and he wanted to roar: You said that the magic I performed in the graveyard was to suppress corpses and ghosts, so how could it attract demons and monsters?

But just when he was about to speak, the witch turned his head and glared at him, stopping him from speaking.

Lu Han understood instantly that he had to take the blame.

Shang Lu saw all of this clearly.

But he was only a clerk in the Thief Cao Department, not a witch officer in the Discipline Department. He had no right to investigate or punish witches. He could only remind this senior brother to monitor Longyou County more closely in the future.

Of course, after coming down, he would definitely report what happened here to Jiang Cai, Lu Dao and other witch officials from the Discipline Department.

It is unclear what the witch doctor in Longyou County is thinking.

At least on the surface, he acted very positively: "Thank you for your reminder, Junior Brother. I will definitely increase my monitoring efforts in the future to prevent such incidents from happening again!"

As they were talking, Chen Xianwei from Longyou County also arrived.

This County Lieutenant Chen was summoned by Shang Lu.

"The case happened in your Longyou County, and the suspect is from your place, so I'll leave it to you to judge."

After revealing his identity and informing County Captain Chen of the whole story, Shang Lu handed over Lu Han and Captain Sun to County Captain Chen.

Also handed over were the confessions of the two people.

Of course, Shang Lu and his men kept a confession, and also left behind evidence such as the Taotie Talisman.

At first, when Captain Sun and Lu Han heard that they were going to be handed over to Longyou County for trial, they secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that they could find a way to use their connections to smooth things over.

However, they soon realized that they were too naive.

They were arrested by the thieves' office, and their confessions and physical evidence are still in the hands of the thieves' office. How dare the county magistrate and county lieutenant cover up for them?
In order to show their selflessness, they even brought them back to the yamen that night for a surprise interrogation - even though the thief Cao had already handed over the confession, they still carried out a new round of torture.

This time, not only evidence related to the Liuquan case was tortured out, but many other crimes were also tortured out.

On the morning of the next day, a verdict was passed on Lu Han and Captain Sun.

There was irrefutable evidence that Lu Han was using witchcraft to harm people, and according to the Law of the State of Ba, he was sentenced to immediate execution.

Also, because he had learned the art of witchcraft and sorcery, they were afraid that Lu Han would turn into an evil ghost after his death, so when he was executed, they invited a witch to take charge. As soon as Lu Han's head was chopped off, the witch would perform a ritual to disperse his soul and prevent him from being a threat forever.

Captain Sun not only accepted bribes from Lu Han and provided him with protection, but also did many other illegal activities.

For example, in order to solve a case, they tortured innocent people into confessing, or even accepted bribes from criminals and captured beggars to take the blame.

Captain Sun was unwilling to talk about these crimes at first, but he could not withstand the severe torture and the witch's secret magic, so he finally confessed all the crimes he had committed.

Similarly, Captain Sun was also sentenced to immediate execution.

So the next day, two heads were chopped off at Caishikou in Longyou County.

Shang Lu, Zhu Quan and others stood not far away and watched the whole process.

Liuquan is also here.

Although it was daytime, it possessed the body of a corpse and held up a black umbrella with a magic talisman on it, so it was not afraid of the sunlight.

Seeing Lu Han being executed, Liu Quan knelt down towards Shang Lu and kowtowed three times.

Shang Lu received three slaps on the head, then he helped Liu Quan up and said with a smile: "The next step is to send your body back to your hometown and send the money you earned to your wife and children."

Last night, the officials of Longyou County not only conducted a surprise interrogation of Lu Han, but also helped Liu Quan recover the money that was seized by Lu Han.

Because of Shang Lu, no one dared to take the money away, and it was delivered overnight.

In other words, a mummy cannot shed tears, otherwise Liu Quan would definitely be moved to tears of gratitude.

It was about to kneel and kowtow again, but Shang Lu stopped it this time: "Don't kneel, this matter is over, and we should leave too."

Liu Quan was unable to kneel, so he said, "Sir, from now on, I will be your ghost servant. I will go through fire and water, just as you say, and I will do it!"

Shang Lu laughed dumbly: "You just need to help me write the story, and it's not your turn to go through fire and water."

"Yes, I will do my best to write a good story for the master." Liu Quan responded and changed his address.

Shang Lu smiled and nodded, then led him and turned to walk towards the ferry outside the city.

Zhu Quan and others led their war horses and hurried to catch up.

After leaving the city, everyone came to the ferry. A boat captain recognized Shang Lu at a glance, hurriedly got off the boat, and dragged Shang Lu onto his boat.

After hearing about this, the other ship captains were very upset and hated themselves for reacting so slowly.

In the eyes of these ship captains, if their ships could have Shang Lu ride on them once, it would be like blessing them, and they would surely have smooth sailing and everything would go well in the future.

This also made Shang Lu laugh and cry.

Soon, the ship that Shang Lu and his crew were on sailed out of the port and headed towards Shuangjiang Town.

During the time on the boat, Shang Lu first told Liu Quan about his experiences during that time.

Then he told the stories of the Monkey King, Nezha and Erlang Zhenjun, and asked Liuquan to organize and write them down.

If these stories can really create new character cards, then the Eight Immortals' Minds, Zhong Kui catching ghosts, and some other mythological stories can all be arranged.

Even if they are summoned characters, their strength is not that strong, but it would be good if they could have some magical powers.

Maybe we can also make up some stories about the Gatling God, the depleted uranium bomb god, and the drone that can control the heavens and the earth?

Along the way, Shang Lu's thoughts flowed like a spring, and he told many messy stories.

He enjoyed his performance very much, but Liu Quan, the once popular storyteller, was completely confused by it.

They kept sighing and saying that Shang Lu had an amazing brain and could come up with so many incredible stories.

Shang Lu couldn't figure out whether he was praising himself or criticizing himself...

Fortunately, the journey was very smooth and we didn't encounter any problems.

The next morning, the ship arrived at Shuangjiang Town.

At night, Shang Lu, Zhu Quan and others arrived at Luoshui County under the cover of darkness.

(End of this chapter)