If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 226 Parade on horseback
Yingxiang Mansion, the backyard of the government office.

In the courtyard of Xiao Qin, the thirteenth concubine of Magistrate Wen.

The housekeeper stood seven or eight steps away from the master bedroom window, stretched his neck, and called softly: "Master, Master"

Prefect Wen also went to the Lao Mansion last night to celebrate the birthday of the immortal Lao. He was busy until late at night, and after returning, he and Xiao Qinshi were busy until the early morning.

It was only the Chen hour, around seven in the morning, not too early, so Governor Wen was sleeping soundly.

But the butler still refused to give up. Seeing that Prefect Wen did not respond, he could only raise his voice slightly and continue shouting.

Finally, Xiao Qin was woken up first, and she slapped Prefect Wen a few times in annoyance.

"Why are you yelling so early in the morning?" The prefect did not hide his anger.

The housekeeper ignored his bad temper and shouted in panic, "Something terrible has happened! The immortal Chi Lingzi who celebrated the birthday of Lao Shenxian last night is dead!
Killed by Yu Fengxian.

Yu Fengxian is about to come to the yamen to find you with the deer monster's corpse!
It won’t be long before the entire Yingxiang Mansion will be in an uproar.”

"What?" The prefect woke up in shock. He didn't even bother to put on his clothes and ran out barefoot, staring and shouting, "What deer monster? Who did Yu Fengxian kill again?"

The housekeeper said quickly: "Yu Fengxian killed Immortal Master Chi Lingzi, but Immortal Master Chi Lingzi was not a human, but a deer demon who had cultivated into a spirit!

The deer demon fell from the sky and landed in Luojia Village, fifteen miles away from the South City Gate.

"Master Chi Lingzi turned out to be a demon, and he's dead." Prefect Wen looked dazed, "But even if he's a demon, he's still a demon fairy. Why would Fairy Yu Feng kill him?
Even if the Pure Yang Sword Qi is powerful, Chi Lingzi is not a wooden stake. How can he just stand there and let her chop him?"

The butler took two steps closer and whispered, "Master, whether it's a goblin or not is none of your business.

As for how Yu Fengxian killed the deer monster, you can find out later.

The key point now is that Yu Fengxian intends to use the same old trick again and drag the goblin's corpse to report to the authorities."

As if worried that his master wouldn't understand, he added, "Just like the assassination in Baxia Hutong, Tianmen Town, and the beheading of the god at the Yamen Gate that day."

Prefect Wen understood and became excited. "Why did Yu Fengxian come to me instead of looking for Zhu Yitao?"

The housekeeper was speechless and reminded: "Master, this case did not happen in Tianmen Town, but in our Yingxiang Mansion. I should have come to you!"

Prefect Wen was anxious, "Yu Fengxian wants to harm me, how can I get involved in such a big trouble?"

The housekeeper smiled and said, "Don't panic, Master. Yu Fengxian is only planning to report to the government office, but she has not yet arrived."

Prefect Wen also laughed, "What a clever old servant! Fortunately, you are here, so I don't have to repeat Zhu Yitai's mistakes.

Hurry up and inform Sun Tongzhi and Li Tongpan.

Let them come to the government office to take charge of the overall situation. I have important matters to attend to and must leave immediately for Luodu on official business."

The housekeeper reminded him, "Master, don't use the same old trick again! You are the master of a mansion, you can't leave your post without permission.

Last time when the god was slain in Tianmen Town, you heard the news and ran to Luodu in advance, but were scolded by the king for being irresponsible.

It’s only been a few days and you’re running away again.”

Prefect Wen sneered and said, "Your Majesty scolding me for being irresponsible is just like me scolding Zhu Yitao for being irresponsible.

They all want to shirk responsibility.

They all blamed their subordinates for throwing the hot potato of Ge Qing to them.

If the Li family was truly responsible, they wouldn't have to rush to cut ties with Yu Fengxian."

This made the butler unable to continue.

He could only give direct advice, saying: "Master, instead of running away, it is better to take the initiative.

In recent years, the countries in the Xisha region have been repeatedly plagued by demons, and our Great Shu has also established the "Suppressing Demons Department" to investigate demons and evil spirits.

The Demon Suppression Division is very mysterious. I have only heard about it from the master. Outsiders don't know about the 'Demon Suppression Division'.

But I guess they must be responsible for this matter, why don't you go find them?"

Prefect Wen shook his head and said, "The 'Demon Suppression Department' is just a verbal government office. It doesn't exist at all."

"It doesn't exist?" The housekeeper was a little confused. "Didn't you say that we have the Demon Suppression Division in Dashu? How come it doesn't exist?"

Prefect Wen looked around and whispered to the housekeeper, "The demonic plague only appears in other vassal states. There is no demonic plague in our Great Shu. There may be small demons hunting in the wild, but there has never been a major demon massacring a city.

If we openly form the Demon Suppression Division, it might break some tacit understanding, but if we don't take any precautions, if a demon attacks Xishu one day, wouldn't the whole situation be ruined?"

The housekeeper became more and more confused, "Does the Demon Suppression Division exist?"

"The government office does not exist, but the 'demon exorcist' in the government office does."

Prefect Wen thought for a moment and said, "Go find Yan Feiying right away and tell him that the overall situation should still be the most important thing.

The demons will not come to Xishu, and Xishu should not overly stimulate them.

If we allow Yu Fengxian to bring Chi Lingzi's body to the government office, things will definitely get out of hand."

"Detective Yan is of noble status. Can you just let this old servant go to see him?" asked the butler.

Prefect Wen sighed, "Do you think I will go back to my room and continue sleeping? A demon fairy has died, and he is an old friend of Lao Shenxian. Is it enough to just stop Yu Fengxian?"

The butler nodded and said, "I understand. I will explain it to the Master of the Divine Detective."

When he turned around to leave, Prefect Wen called out again, "Wait a minute, you just said that the deer demon fell in Luojia Village? Luojia Village doesn't seem to be far from the prefectural city."

"Once you leave the South City Gate, it's at most fifteen miles," said the housekeeper.

Prefect Wen narrowed his eyes and said, "So the deer demon died a long time ago?"

Last night, he easily saw Chi Lingzi riding on clouds and mist, taking Yu Fengxian away, but they only walked fifteen miles outside the city before Chi Lingzi died.
"I don't know the exact time of death." said the butler.

"What is the reaction of the Lao government?" asked Prefect Wen.

The housekeeper hesitated and said, "I was in a hurry to come back and inform the master, and I didn't notice any actions in the Lao Mansion."

"Go ahead."

After sending the housekeeper away, Magistrate Wen pushed away Xiao Qin who was clinging to him like a vine, casually put on his clothes, and quickly walked to the South Courtyard.

There is a small pavilion next to the study in the South Courtyard, which houses four or five tablets and two ancestral paintings. In the painting on the left is a handsome middle-aged man in his forties, a Chinese.

The painting on the right shows a tall black man in his thirties, a Kunlun slave.

He first lit three incense sticks, then bowed three times to the Celestial Empire people, muttering something.

"Wow~~~"

The door of the small pavilion was tightly closed, but a breeze suddenly blew, causing the ancestral paintings to sway gently.

The ancestor painting being worshipped by Magistrate Wen was just shaking, but the black man in the other painting blinked and moved his mouth, and a voice came out: "Second Young Master, Ka Kui is on duty, what do you want to do with him?"

"Ah, Uncle Hei, you've appeared!" Prefect Wen was startled for a moment, then he quickly bowed three times to the portrait of the black man and said, "Uncle Hei, Yu Fengxian killed Chi Lingzi, do you and the ancestors know about this?"

"Is there anything in Yingxiang Mansion that can be hidden from the master?" Yagli said lightly.

Prefect Wen asked, "Is Immortal Master Chi Lingzi really a deer demon?"

"This matter has nothing to do with the Wen family or the Guan family, so don't get involved." Yagli warned.

Prefect Wen smiled bitterly and said, "Of course my nephew doesn't want to get involved, but the murder happened in Yingxiang Mansion, and Yu Fengxian will also report it to my nephew.

Even if I want to evade responsibility, I must first understand the ins and outs of the case and find out what the ancestor thinks. "

Ya Geli said: "After Chi Lingzi flew away from Lao Mansion on a cloud last night, Jia Kui immediately went back to the City God Temple to report the matter to the master.

The master told him not to worry about it and not to continue monitoring Yu Fengxian.

It was not until Chi Lingzi's body fell from the sky and hit the ground heavily that the master noticed something was wrong.

Then Yu Fengxian stayed beside the corpse and sat in the haystack all night.

Early this morning, an old farmer from a nearby village found the body of a deer monster while working in the fields. She told the farmer directly and frankly that the deer monster was Chi Lingzi.

Soon more villagers came after hearing the news, and she allowed them to take meat from the deer monster as long as the deer head was kept intact.

At this moment, they have almost completely divided up the deer demon's body."

Prefect Wen was surprised and asked, "Did the villagers eat the red spirit seeds directly?"

"You're not going to eat it, but take it home as an offering?"

After a pause, Yagli continued, "Yu Fengxian did cut some top-quality venison to offer to the master, the Emperor of Heaven, the Three Pure Ones, and the Buddha.
She even threatened to present the best deer antlers to Dongfang Shuo, the imperial envoy of the upper state, and the king of Shu.

Prefect Wen's expression was distorted. "She has spared no effort in order to survive."

"She is very smart." said Yagli.

Prefect Wen frowned and said, "Fairy Yu Feng sat beside the corpse for a whole night, but Fairy Lao Shen didn't show any reaction?

For Yu Fengxian, directly revealing the identity of the Red Spirit Deer Demon should be the best option when she is helpless.

Many people saw her and Chi Lingzi leave last night.

If two days pass, everyone in East Shu will know about it.

Even if she killed Chi Lingzi and ran away immediately, she could at most hide it from ordinary people. It was meaningless. It would be better to reveal her identity as a deer demon so that Chi Lingzi's friends would not dare to retaliate against her.

But for Lao Shenxian, the impact was not so good.

She waited by the body all night, and she was definitely waiting for more than just the villagers to come and help clean up the deer carcass.”

Yager said: "Like you, Lao Fu also just found out about Chi Lingzi."

Prefect Wen was surprised and asked, "Didn't the ancestor inform Immortal Lao?"

Yager said: "If the news of your association with evil spirits gets out, it will have a bad impact on the Immortal Lao, but will it have a good impact on the master?
This matter has nothing to do with us. Don't worry about it, and the master won't care either.

If Yu Fengxian comes to the government office to report the case, ask her to go find the Li family."

Prefect Wen was surprised and said, "The ancestor only helped to pass a message, and outsiders don't know about it, so how can it affect your reputation?"

In the past, Guan Laozu had always reminded the Wen family and the Guan family: Lao Shenxian is not an ordinary person, so you must be respectful to him.
The only thing missing is to say: whenever there is a chance, try your best to please the God of Lao.

How come Master Guan missed such a good opportunity now?

"Some things can be done, but things related to demons must not be done." The black man in the ancestor's painting stretched his neck, his head detached from the drawing paper, leaned over to the ear of Prefect Wen, and whispered: "The master warned us that after Yu Fengxian killed the god in Tianmen Town, the Heavenly Court Talisman Envoy came to Yingxiang Mansion and will not leave in a short time.

During this period, we must be careful in what we say and do and not make any mistakes.”

Prefect Wen looked solemn and nodded gently, "My nephew understands. Uncle Hei, you can go."

Prefect Wen's worries were in vain, as Xiaoyu never went to the prefectural government office.

When Yan Feiying received the news and was about to rush to Luojia Village outside the South City Gate, Xiaoyu had already ridden a tall horse and arrived at the East City Gate of Yingxiang Mansion.

She did not enter the city, but walked along the wide bluestone slab and went straight to Tianmen Town.

And she was not alone.

She was riding on a blue horse with a big red flower made of colorful satin hanging on the horse's head. She also had an autumn chrysanthemum pinned in her hair. In front of her was an ox cart with a huge deer head placed on it.

A young man was leading the cow in front.

An old man nearby was holding a gong, which he struck once, then he stretched his neck and sang loudly, "The righteous and loyal Yu Fengxian of Yuntian, I was delighted to meet the immortal yesterday."

Then he struck the gong again and shouted: "Who knew that the immortal was a demon? The man in the ninth heaven on the cloud turned into a demon."

“Dang!” He knocked again and shouted, “The deer monster grinned and opened its mouth to bite. Fortunately, I managed to intercept it with the cold sword.”

“Dang!” He knocked again and shouted, “Slaying demons and monsters with vigor, the sword points to the sky and Feather Phoenix Fairy!”

Yan Feiying's expression was distorted.

Looking at Yu Fengxian on the horse, she seemed a little embarrassed and helpless. There was a smile on her face, but it was not very natural.

However, when the people around her exclaimed loudly, "Yu Fengxian actually killed the demon fairy" and "Yu Shenxian is simply invincible, killing ghosts, gods and demons", she would still bow in greeting.

(End of this chapter)