Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 673 Huang Le Makes a Meritorious Deed
"Clap clap clap..."

One blow after another of the stern-beating rods came crashing down, and the woman screamed a few times before falling silent.

But the beating did not stop; it continued until the woman was broken and shattered.

The bloody and mangled scene had terrified everyone on the ground.

Huang Le, who was also being held down on the ground, felt nauseous at the sight and nearly vomited several times.

He couldn't help but pray, "Please don't interrogate me, please don't interrogate me..."

However, things don't always go as planned, just as Huang Le was secretly praying in his heart.

The magistrate, suspended in mid-air, had already fixed his gaze on Huang Le. Even though Huang Le had his head down, he could feel the burning gaze coming from behind him.

"grown ups!"

Just then, Qi Tongwei arrived in a hurry with several people, followed by a disheveled man.

The man was brought in bound hand and foot by two constables.

Qi Tongwei cupped his hands and said, "Reporting to my lord, this man is the murderer who killed five people at Widow Zhang's house tonight. He has been apprehended and brought to justice."

The magistrate shifted his gaze away from Huang Le, which immediately relieved Huang Le.

"Bold!!"

The magistrate raised his hand, and strands of golden light fell, transforming into iron chains that bound the man's body.
"You thief, how dare you kill indiscriminately! Do you know your crime?!"

The magistrate's voice was like a thunderclap, shaking everyone's minds.

However, the man bound by chains had red eyes and a fierce look on his face as he raised his head, staring directly at the magistrate: "You corrupt official!! You have bewitched people and made them evil. You deserve to die a horrible death. I only regret that I am not strong enough, otherwise you would definitely be among those I kill tonight!!"

Surprisingly, the man showed no fear in the face of the magistrate's righteous and imposing presence; instead, he was filled with resentment.

"presumptuous!!"

Seeing this, Qi Tongwei was furious and pointed at the man, shouting, "You killed someone, and you still dare to be so arrogant!"

To everyone's surprise, the man looked Qi Tongwei up and down with disdain, then let out a series of cold laughs and said, "You idiot, the people I killed were no longer human, just walking corpses whose humanity had been corrupted."

After saying that, the man turned around and looked at the people kneeling on the ground, shouting, "You all need to think carefully about when you started to become like this. Wasn't it after this corrupt official came? Every night when you lie in bed, have you ever asked yourselves when this daily evil began? Were you like this before?!"

Everyone was taken aback, their eyes flickered for a moment, and they seemed to remember something.

“This guy is different from the others.” Dai Long looked at the man, while others were too frightened to speak after being reprimanded by the magistrate.

But this guy seemed completely unaffected.

Jin Chanzi looked closely and said, "Isn't this the murderer from Widow Zhang's house tonight? I even gave him directions tonight."

After saying that, Jin Chanzi's eyes lit up: "Oh, right, this person is a deserter who escaped from outside."

"A deserter? A deserter who can remain unyielding under the pressure of righteous energy? If he has such ability, how could he be caught?" Old Demon Qinghai asked with a strange expression.

"How would I know? I can't just ask him directly, can I?" Jin Chanzi waved his hand. "However, this person might just be the key to breaking this deadlock."

"presumptuous!!"

The magistrate's face darkened, and he raised his gavel: "You murdered five people in the night, and you still dare to openly defy the law in the courtroom!"

He was about to smash the gavel down when he said that.

"No, we must save this person!"

At this moment, Jin Chanzi, who had been hiding to the side, rushed out and shouted, "Wait!!"

A single word, "Wait a minute," drew everyone's attention to the golden toad.

"stop!!"

Qi Tongwei immediately reached out to stop him, but Jin Chanzi shouted, "My lord, I have something to say."

Seeing the golden toad suddenly appear, the magistrate hesitated for a moment before putting down his gavel: "Who are you, and what do you have to say? If what you say makes sense, fine, but if it doesn't, be careful I'll charge you with disrupting the court."

Jin Chanzi looked up at Qi Tongwei and waved his hand away from the hand blocking his way: "Your Excellency, I come from Longhu Mountain. I was furious to see this man kill several people and remain stubborn. So I wanted to ask him a good question and persuade him to realize his crimes and confess his sins as soon as possible."

"Hmm!" Upon hearing Jin Chanzi's words, the magistrate's expression softened slightly, and he nodded: "So you are a Taoist priest from Longhu Mountain. Then please ask, Taoist priest."

"Amitabha Buddha, well said, well said!"

Jin Chanzi placed one hand on his chest, then turned around: "You killed so many people in one night. Do you admit to it or not?"

The man snorted coldly, looking at the fair-faced, powdered-haired Taoist priest in front of him. He recognized him at a glance; it was the same man who had given him directions. He had thought the priest was a normal person, but it turned out he had also been brainwashed by the county magistrate. He cursed, "Fuck your grandma's legs."

“You acknowledge my grandmother’s legs, that’s acknowledging them. Now that you’ve acknowledged them, let me ask you: why did you kill Widow Zhang? Was it because she was promiscuous and dissolute?”

"You fart!"

The man glared fiercely at Jin Chanzi with red eyes. If he hadn't been chained up, he probably would have rushed up and fought Jin Chanzi to the death.

"What? Is she some kind of respectable woman? If she is, why are there so many men in her room?!"

Jin Chanzi continued to press for answers.

This struck the man like a knife to the heart, and he broke down in tears, sobbing uncontrollably: "She wasn't like this before, she wasn't like this at all. We grew up together, how could I not know what kind of person she was? She was so kind and innocent, she would never do such a thing..."

The man, his eyes red, raised his head and stared at the county magistrate standing in the light: "It's all your doing, isn't it? It's all your fault. You're the one who ruined this village."

The magistrate was being pointed at by the man, but he still had a smile on his face. Just as he was about to raise his gavel to kill the man, Jin Chanzi suddenly asked, "Outrageous! What evidence do you have that your wife has become a harlot? How can you blame the magistrate? This is utter nonsense!"

"I have evidence!!"

Upon hearing this, the magistrate's smile instantly froze.

“I have something in my arms that can prove what I said.” Upon hearing this, Jin Chanzi reached out to take it.

As soon as he made his move, the magistrate instinctively wanted to raise the gavel.

Unexpectedly, Jin Chanzi suddenly turned around and stared at the magistrate's Dharma body suspended in mid-air: "Sir, you're not going to kill me to silence me, are you?"

These words made the magistrate's face darken: "Nonsense, I don't believe he can produce any evidence."

"That's good."

Jin Chanzi reached inside the man's clothes and found something—a bronze mirror.

It looked ordinary, with a crack in the mirror; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it scrap metal.

To Jin Chanzi's surprise, the mirror was stamped with eight large, scarlet characters: "By the Mandate of Heaven, May You Live Long and Prosper." This sight made Jin Chanzi's eyes light up.

"Just point the mirror at this corrupt official, and he'll be exposed!"

"I see!"

Jin Chanzi suddenly realized what was happening. Just as he was about to raise the mirror, everything went dark, and the gavel came crashing down on him.

"Watch out behind you, you old man!!"

Huang Le shouted.

But Jin Chanzi seemed to have anticipated this, and calmly took out the Sanqing Bell and waved it.

The bell rang repeatedly.

Suddenly, the surrounding space and time seemed to disconnect briefly, and an immense surge of luck emerged from Jin Chanzi.

Just as the gavel was about to fall and hit the ground, Jin Chanzi had already pulled the man and Huang Le away, more than ten meters away.

Jin Chanzi shoved the two of them aside: "What, sir, are you going to kill them to silence them!"

The magistrate remained silent, but raised the gavel again.

Upon seeing this, Jin Chanzi immediately raised the mirror in his hand and pointed it at the county magistrate.

Unexpectedly, when the mirror was pointed at the magistrate, there was no reaction at all, which startled Jin Chanzi, who turned to look at the man.

Seeing this, the man smiled wryly and said, "This mirror is broken; it doesn't work when it's not working."

Upon hearing the man's words, Jin Chanzi's face immediately darkened: "If it didn't work, you should have said so earlier."

"Hahahaha, what kind of bullshit mirror is this? You two, one a murderer and the other a disruptor of court proceedings, both deserve to die!"

Upon seeing this, the magistrate burst into laughter and then raised his gavel to smash it down again.

"You corrupt official, what are you pretending to be, acting all high and mighty?!"

Seeing this, Jin Chanzi didn't care about anything else, casually shoved the mirror in his hand into Huang Le's arms, and pushed Huang Le away.

Huang Le was pushed to the ground and rolled around, staring blankly at Jin Chanzi's back as he raised the [Sanqing Bell].

He glanced down at the cracked bronze mirror in his hand, and on a sudden impulse, he picked it up and ran into a corner.

"Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding..."

As the bells rang, a blinding light suddenly burst forth from the Three Pure Ones Bell.

Suddenly, mountains, rivers, sun, and moon appeared in the void, freezing the gavel in mid-air.

Dai Long then made his move, and one after another, Five Thunderbolts flew out from his sleeves, turning into lightning and striking the gavel.

With the two working together, the gavel was instantly split open.

However, upon seeing this, the magistrate did not get angry but laughed instead: "Qi Tongwei, what are you all standing there for? Seize this group of thieves!"

Qi Tongwei and his companions turned around, drew their swords from their waists, and instantly the power of the strange tale was activated.

"Take it!"

As soon as Qi Tongwei finished speaking, the long sword in his hand immediately transformed into an invisible net, enveloping the heads of the group.

The expressions on Jin Chanzi and the others changed drastically. They had been careless and had overlooked the inherent power of the rules emanating from these constables.

Just then, the Azure Skeleton Demon jumped out from behind the other wall, crushed a pale white skull with his withered claws, and instantly phosphorescent flames condensed into a giant white skeletal python, which coiled around the magistrate's avatar.

Unexpectedly, before the giant skeletal python could even get close, it was shattered by the righteous energy emanating from the four characters "光明正大" (upright and just) behind the magistrate.

The old demon Qinghai let out a muffled groan and collapsed to the ground.

"How dare these mere evil spirits offend my righteousness!"

The magistrate grinned maliciously, his eyes flashing with murderous intent, and was about to raise his gavel again.

Unexpectedly, a beam of intense light shone directly on his face. Under the intense light, the magistrate's righteous body, formed from his righteous energy, rapidly melted away like a wax figure, revealing rotten, purplish-black flesh inside, emitting a nauseating stench.

Even the four characters behind him, "正大光明" (upright and honorable), became crooked and twisted, instantly transforming into four other characters, "无恶不作" (committing all kinds of evil deeds).

Everyone was startled by this sudden turn of events and looked in the direction of the bright light.

Huang Le was holding a mirror, aiming it at the magistrate's statue.

The broken mirror had miraculously been restored to its original state.

Upon seeing that it was Huang Le, Jin Chanzi and the others were also very surprised. Dai Long slapped his forehead and exclaimed, "That's right, I remember now, this kid's profession is spirit attaching, he can repair bronze mirrors!!"

(End of this chapter)