A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 378 Bones
Jiang Zhe's face turned dark, he didn't expect that the skinny old man in front of him was actually a follower of the Filthy Blood Cult. And judging from the color of the blood threads wriggling around his body, which was so rich and deep red, he was probably at a very high level in the Filthy Blood Cult.
Duan Rong looked at Yang Zhen and said, "Lock him up with iron chains and put him in the dungeon."

When Xu Dongyang saw that he was exposed, his spirit collapsed and he collapsed there like mud.

When he was caught by the cavalry outside the city, he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart, because he was hiding well, and even though this big case was exposed, he would not necessarily be suspected.

But he didn't expect that the guy in front of him named Duan Rong seemed to have him in his grasp.

If he were exposed at this time, his death would be inevitable.

Yang Zhen found an iron chain, tied Xu Dongyang tightly, and then pushed him towards the dungeon.

After Yang Zhen left, Duan Rong looked at Jiang Zhe and said, "Brother, since your injuries are no longer serious, you should be in charge of the investigation."

Duan Rong naturally noticed the slight displeasure that flashed across Jiang Zhe's face just now.

Jiang Zhe thought of what happened to Xu Dongyang just now, and said with a smile: "Junior Brother Duan, I think we should go together. After all, I am new here, and I don't know much about many situations in Xiangu County. When handling a case, it is inevitable that there will be some arbitrary judgments."

Duan Rong's heart moved slightly. Jiang Zhe's words were already a review of his previous judgment of Xu Dongyang. This person was not the kind of arrogant person.

Duan Rong said: "Okay then. I will help you as your assistant!"

Jiang Zhe patted Duan Rong on the shoulder and said, "Junior Brother Duan, you just said that we should start from the county government, right?"

Duan Rong nodded and said, "That's right. Hit the snake at its weakest point. The county government is the place where all the filth and evil are hidden the deepest!"

"Okay! Then let's start from the county government office." Jiang Zhe said, and went to the county government office with Duan Rong and Yuan Ye.

Bai Yuan and Lu Jin were still healing their wounds by the big pit on the street, while Shen Mizhi and Liu Shushan were just waiting there.

Ximen Kankan followed the crowd and went to the county government office to watch the excitement.

The entire county government office was surrounded by heavily armored cavalry.

All the people in the county government, including clerks, constables, bailiffs, maids, and servants, were taken to the open space in front of the lobby door. A group of people were crowded there, and under the light of the fire, all that could be seen was a sea of black heads.

Jiang Zhe, Duan Rong and Yuan Ye walked in from the gate of the county government office.

Jiang Zhe looked at the crowd and said, "Junior Brother Duan, how should we check so many people? Junior Brother Duan, what do you think?"

Duan Rong smiled slightly, and suddenly started walking along the dark crowd.

He walked to a place, paused, pointed at a person in the crowd, and said, "You, come out!"

The man was stunned for a moment, then slowly walked out of the crowd and stood aside.

The person who came out was none other than the clerk who greeted Wei Ziyang.

Duan Rong took a few more steps and pointed out another person. This person was Ding Xingxing, the chief constable of the county government, and also the confidant that Sun Qian brought from the provincial capital.

Previously, Sun Qian asked Ding Xingxing to investigate the social relationship between Duan Rong and Xiao Yu. He had seen Duan Rong's portrait, and he recognized Duan Rong at a glance.

But he really didn't expect that Sun Qian, Xu Dian, Bai Rong and others all died at the hands of this person. According to the information he investigated, this person was only at the Great Perfection of Inner Breath Realm three years ago. How could it be possible that he had such terrifying strength in just three years?
Then, Duan Rong pointed out two more people.

At this time, there were already four people standing outside the crowd.

Duan Rong has been monitoring the county government office every day these days, and he suspects these four people.

Jiang Zhe and Yuan Ye looked at the four people standing outside the crowd with strange eyes. They didn't understand why Duan Rong called out these four people as soon as he came up.

Duan Rong stood there, looking at the four people, and said coldly: "I advise you to confess! You can suffer less!"

The four of them all bowed their heads in silence, and Ding Xingxing even had a layer of cold sweat on his forehead. But at this time, the clerk raised his head, looked at Duan Rong, and said, "I wonder what the master wants us to confess?"

Duan Rong sneered. Among the four people, the one he was most sure of was the clerk. He didn't expect that this person was still pretending until now.

"Do you really think that I don't know what you are?"

As soon as Duan Rong finished speaking, there was a flash of cold light, and he had drawn the Minghong sword from his waist and slashed at the clerk's neck.

A cold light flashed! In such a hurry, the clerk had no time to react.

I saw the blood threads all over his body suddenly burst out, wriggled and gathered together, rushing towards the blade.

The gathered blood threads all dissipated as soon as they came into contact with the blade, and the blade cut the clerk's neck, breaking half of his neck!
Duan Rong's blade just touched the clerk's neck, then suddenly turned away, and with a flash of light and shadow, he slashed towards Ding Xingxing who was beside the clerk.

In just a moment, there was a flash of light and shadow, and Duan Rong's blade had swept across the four people in front of him!
I saw that half of the clerk's neck was broken, but there were dense blood threads wriggling in the wound. The wound recovered as before in a few breaths at a speed visible to the naked eye.

But the clerk's face was pale and his eyes were filled with fear!

Among the other three, two of them, like the clerk, also had blood veins wriggling all over their bodies.

But there was also one person who collapsed to the ground, holding his neck, blood constantly oozing out from between his fingers. His eyes were filled with fear and his body kept twitching.

This person is actually Ding Xingxing!
Duan Rong was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Ding Xingxing had followed Sun Qian from the provincial capital and was not even a member of the Filthy Blood Cult.

Duan Rong squatted beside Ding Xingxing and said, "Sorry, buddy, I made a mistake! However, according to the secular laws of Taiyi Sect, you are Sun Qian's confidant. When this case is concluded, even if you are not a member of the Filthy Blood Sect, you will be among those who will be beheaded."

Ding Xingxing's lips were trembling, and no one knew what he was saying, but his pupils had already begun to dilate, and he soon died.

Duan Rong closed Ding Xingxing's eyes with his hands and stood up.

Jiang Zhe said: "Junior Brother Duan, the key is to wipe out the remaining evildoers. Killing a few people by mistake is nothing. What's more, this person was originally on the list of those to be killed."

Duan Rong did not say anything. At this time, Yang Zhen had already locked Xu Dongyang in the dungeon and walked in from outside.

As soon as Yang Zhen came in, he saw Ding Xingxing lying on the ground covered in blood, with half of his neck broken.

Yang Zhen frowned slightly. Since Ding Xingxing became the head of the police, he has been quite caring towards him.

Jiang Zhe's face suddenly darkened, and he said coldly: "Commander Yuan, take these three people to the lobby. I want to interrogate them personally."

"Yes!"

Yuanye then brought people and escorted the three clerks, who were covered in blood, into the hall.

Jiang Zhe stood in the middle of the lobby, looking at the three people who were taken in with a murderous look on his face.

"If you want any more accomplices, tell me now!" Jiang Zhe said, raising his hand and looking at his palm, saying, "Because I will break your bones and cramp your tendons!"

Blood was wriggling around the three people, but no one spoke. Jiang Zhe didn't seem surprised. It was human nature not to cry until you see the coffin. He walked slowly to a person and suddenly slapped him in the dantian.

This palm seemed ordinary, but the wriggling blood threads began to dissipate and disappear about an inch away from Jiang Zhe's palm.

Jiang Zhe's palm gently slapped the man's dantian. The man clearly felt that his dantian was turned into rotten meat in an instant.

The blood vessels all over his body suddenly began to gather and intertwine towards his dantian, repairing his wounds.

But Jiang Zhe suddenly grabbed his arm and twisted it several times like a twist.

The blood on his arm squirmed and burst out, but once it encountered the vital energy surging around Jiang Zhe, it instantly turned into ashes.

Then Jiang Zhe suddenly turned sideways, twisted his arm with one hand, and inserted the other hand into his back. After a while of stirring, he actually pulled his entire spine out from his back.

On the bloody bones, dense blood threads were wriggling...

Then, Jiang Zhe threw the man to the ground. The man kept twitching on the ground, and the blood threads were tangled and intertwined, but his injuries were too serious and the Filthy Blood Divine Art could no longer heal him.

Jiang Zhe took out a handkerchief, wiped the blood off his hands, threw it away, looked at the other two, and said, "If you want to be like him, you don't have to say anything!"

The man next to the clerk's knees weakened and he collapsed to the ground, saying, "I'll tell you, I'll tell you..."

Soon, Yuan Ye came out, looked at the crowd, and said coldly: "Who is Feng Xintian? Who is Jia Feng? Come out!"

As soon as Yuanye finished speaking, two figures suddenly jumped out from the crowd and tried to rush out of the county government gate!

But the physiques of these two people are not very advanced, and it is obvious that they have not practiced light skills!
Ximen Kankan had already dodged and slashed the air with his sword. With two strikes, he chopped both men back.

The two men vomited blood in mid-air, and the blood mist was obviously mixed with fragments of internal organs.

When they landed on the ground, blood was already bursting out of their bodies, and they were escorted into the lobby by several armored soldiers.

Then, the creepy screams were heard again in the lobby!
The wilderness is out again!

The crowd was filled with silence!
Yuan Ye said: "Who is Zhu Baogui? Come out!"

"Ah!" Zhu Baogui raised his head with fear in his eyes.

He immediately walked out of the crowd, prostrated himself on the ground, and shouted, "Sir, I am innocent!"

As Zhu Baogui shouted, he suddenly caught sight of Yang Zhen standing next to the crowd.

Zhu Baogui immediately crawled to Yang Zhen's feet and begged, "Yang Zhen, save me! I'm not a bloody monster!"

Yang Zhen showed an embarrassment on his face. He was of low status, so how could he be qualified to save people?
At this time, Duan Rong turned his head and looked over. Yang Zhen remembered that although Zhu Baogui usually did many unreliable things, he was always nice to him.

Yang Zhen looked at Duan Rong and said, "Duan Rong, he shouldn't be!"

Duan Rong frowned, and his spiritual consciousness was released, penetrating Zhu Baogui's body.

Suddenly, there was a flash of knife light, and the Minghong knife stabbed Zhu Baogui in the chest. The tip of the knife came out from the back and penetrated Zhu Baogui's body.

Jiang Zhe and Yuan Ye were both standing at the entrance of the lobby at this time, and they also saw the tip of the knife sticking out of Zhu Baogui's back, but there was no blood on Zhu Baogui's body!
Obviously he is not a member of the Filthy Blood Cult!
Jiang Zhe's face suddenly turned ugly. How dare that clerk lie to him?! Jiang Zhe turned around suddenly and strode into the hall!
Here, Duan Rong pulled out the Minghong Sword with his hand!

Then he supported Zhu Baogui and said expressionlessly: "It's not a serious injury. Just lie in bed for two or three months and it should be fine!"

Zhu Baogui bared his teeth. He could feel the pain when he breathed, but he also knew that it was not fatal. He looked at Duan Rong and said gratefully, "Thank you!"

Duan Rong looked at Yang Zhen and said, "Yang Zhen, use the golden wound medicine to treat his wound first."

Yang Zhen immediately took Zhu Baogui over, helped him to the side, and let him lie flat on the ground.

Duan Rong tried to kill Zhu Baogui out of Yang Zhen's consideration. At that moment, his knife almost passed by Zhu Baogui's heart.

If he was a member of the Filthy Blood Cult, blood would have burst out at that moment!
It was already dawn when Jiang Zhe, Duan Rong, Yuan Ye and others walked out of the county government gate with tired faces.

After a night, the remaining bloody cultists in the county government office were finally cleared out! There were actually more than twenty bloody cultists in this county government office!

Those maids and servants who took care of Sun Qian and his daily life were all...
Jiang Zhe glanced at Duan Rong and felt that what Duan Rong said was right. This county government office was indeed a place where filth and corruption were lurking.

As soon as they walked out of the county government office, Duan Rong saw Xiao Yu walking slowly towards them.

Duan Rong immediately went over to greet him.

Xiao Yu said that they sent Hu Huanhuan to Gu Suxiu last night. Maybe Hu Huanhuan caught a cold on the way, so as soon as they arrived at the clinic, she started to have a high fever!
Doctor Gu gave him acupuncture, and she and Xiao Qi boiled and fed Hu Huanhuan medicine. At dawn, the fever subsided. Only then did she come out of the clinic!

Duan Rong and Xiao Yu both had tired looks on their faces, and they looked at each other with distressed eyes.

At this moment, suddenly a team of cavalry, escorting several people dressed as scholars, arrived at the gate of the county government office.

One of the scholars, wearing a square scarf and with a slender figure, jumped off his horse and immediately clasped his fists, saying, "I am Wang Shuliang, the chief of the Yuanyang Censorate! The Yuanyang Prefecture has received a secret order from the sect, ordering the Yuanyang Censorate to send a chief to handle this case together with the inner sect disciple Jiang Zhe and the outer sect disciple Duan Rong."

Jiang Zhe's heart skipped a beat. The secret order came so quickly, which meant that the matter had already been revealed in the Council of Elders!

Jiang Zhe said: "Where is the secret order? Show it to me!"

"Here!" Wang Shuliang handed a secret order to Jiang Zhe.

Jiang Zhe saw the writing style and signature of the secret order, and knew it was written by the historian of the sect's internal history department. He closed the secret order and gave it back to Wang Shuliang, saying, "Master Wang, Duan Rong and I have already checked the county government office last night and found more than 20 remnants of the evil blood! From now on, when we investigate the case, you can follow us."

Wang Shuliang clasped his fists and said, “Yes!”

The clan's secret order listed the Censorate in the first place, meaning that the case should be led by the Censorate, and the other two should work together. But now from Jiang Zhe's tone, he was just asking him to be a follower.

However, Jiang Zhe is an inner sect disciple. Even the Palace Master has to be lower than him when he sees him. How dare he disobey?

Jiang Zhe was in a good mood when he saw Wang Shuliang agreed. He looked at Duan Rong who was standing with Xiao Yu and asked, "Junior Brother Duan, where do you think we should investigate next?"

Duan Rong's eyes moved, and he said, "Yuan Shun Escort Agency!"

After Duan Rong finished speaking, he gently pulled Xiao Yu's hand down and said, "You come too!"

Xiao Yu nodded. She knew that Duan Rong would investigate the Yuanshun Escort Agency and further inquire from the escort masters about her father.

At least her father is dead, but where is his body?

(End of this chapter)