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

Chapter 85 Xu Ruhu

Duan Rong rushed into the backyard in a hurry, took a quick look, and walked straight to Xiao Yu's side beside the mourning hall. He briefly recounted what had happened in front of the Yuanshun Escort Agency.

After hearing this, Xiao Yu's beautiful eyes flashed with a cold light, and she said, "Xiao Qi, bring me my Qingling Knife!"

Zhu Xiaoqi always obeyed Xiao Yu's words. When he heard Xiao Yu speaking, he immediately turned around and went to the inner room and took Xiao Yu's knife.

Xiao Yu was dressed in mourning clothes, holding a knife in his hand, and strode across the courtyard and blocked the entrance of the courtyard.

Duan Rong also stood beside Xiao Yu, holding an oxtail knife in his hand, blocking the other side of the courtyard gate.

The two of them were actually ready for battle!
Perhaps it was the sound of playing musical instruments and singing that attracted the attention of the detectives. Not long after Duan Rong arrived, three detectives came over.

As soon as the three of them arrived at the gate of the courtyard, they saw Xiao Yu and Duan Rong blocking the way with knives. Then, looking at the white mourning banner hanging above the gate, they naturally knew that the family was holding a funeral.

Among the three constables, the older, dark-skinned, middle-aged man immediately looked serious. He stepped forward and said, "I have official business to attend to. Please help me, Master!"

Seeing Xiao Yu and Duan Rong holding knives and looking unfriendly, it was clear that they were ready for a fight!
After all, this dark and fat middle-aged man has some experience. As the saying goes, the army that mourns will win, so why should he get into trouble?

Even if he wins the fight, would he dare to tear down someone else's mourning hall?

"You can search! Go to the coffin first, kneel down and burn incense!" Xiao Yu said coldly.

Kneeling is the etiquette of the younger generation, and Duan Rong only performed a bow and burned incense.

The fat middle-aged constable looked embarrassed. "This..."

Xiao Yu saw his hesitation and said, "The dead are the greatest! Since you have offended her, it won't be considered a humiliation if you kowtow to her."

Duan Rong looked at Xiao Yu's expression and instantly understood her intentions. She was trying to defend her dead sister!

The fat black constable's face froze, but he finally relaxed and said, "Then... let's do as the girl says!"

Xiao Yu and Duan Rong then stepped aside to allow the three detectives to enter the yard.

Three constables in official uniforms all knelt down holding incense sticks!
Then the fat black constable walked around the coffin respectfully. In addition to looking at the remains, he also checked the mourning hall and the coffin to see if there was any place where someone could be hidden.

After the ceremony, he looked at Xiao Yu!

Xiao Yu's expression eased a little at this time, and he nodded, agreeing to their search.

The three detectives then checked every room, opened boxes, cupboards and kitchen cabinets, and left no place where people could hide. Then they hurried away in full view of everyone!

Xiao Yu watched the detectives leave, then turned to look at Duan Rong, holding his knife and clasping his fists, he said, "Brother Duan, you are so helpful! Xiao Yu will remember this favor."

Just before Duan Rong came, Xiao Yu was chatting with Zhu Xiaoqi about family matters during the time she was away. She mentioned this apprentice escort several times. According to Zhu Xiaoqi, she had a good impression of Duan Rong.

He saved Xiao Baiqiao's life, and Baiqiao seemed to have some affection for him.

Duan Rong said: "It's just a verbal message. There's no such thing as a favor. Miss Yu, don't worry about it!"

Xiao Yu stared at Duan Rong with her beautiful eyes and said, "If it weren't for this message, and if I had responded hastily, if these lackeys really offended my sister's spirit, I, as her elder sister, would probably never feel at peace for the rest of my life!"

Duan Rong's heart was slightly moved when he heard this, and he said, "It is her blessing to have a sister like you."

Seeing Duan Rong's sad face and the sincerity in his words, Xiao Yu couldn't help but think in her heart: Bai Jiao has lived in seclusion for a long time, but she still knows people.

The two were chatting when another relative came over to pay his respects. Xiao Yu said goodbye to Duan Rong and returned to the coffin to greet them.

Duan Rong sighed and walked out of Xiao Zongting's courtyard.

At this time, the sounds of searches were heard everywhere, and there were also noises in many places...

Duan Rong guessed that his cramped dormitory would probably not be spared, but there was nothing to worry about in the dormitory, just some sundries.

Duan Rong walked back to the dormitory yard and saw the dormitory manager being escorted by the police, opening the dormitory doors one by one. Duan Rong's dormitory door had already been opened, and the wooden basin he used to wash his face was turned upside down on the ground at the door...

Duan Rong walked over, bent down to pick up the wooden basin, and entered the cramped dormitory. He saw that the bedding on the bed was rolled to one side, revealing the straw mat underneath. The door of the closet in the corner was open, with clothes scattered all over the floor. The sachet that Xiao Baiqiao had given him was also thrown in the corner.

Duan Rong's eyes moved, he walked over, picked up the sachet, dusted it off, and put it into the inner pocket of his lapel.

He tidied up his dormitory briefly, locked the door and left.

When he left, the detectives were still rummaging around in a dormitory...

At the martial arts arena in the middle courtyard of Yuanshun Escort Agency, Fan Yuanhai looked at Jie Daohan coldly and said, "The governance of your county is really unique! You are a captain in charge of criminal cases, but you don't even have the power to issue a warrant for arrest? Isn't this like breaking a dog's teeth and letting it bite people?"

Fan Yuanhai's words were a bit hurtful, and no matter how thick-skinned Jie Daohan was, he still felt a little embarrassed.

But when he was searching, he had to have Fan Yuanhai following behind him, holding the Taiyi Order to endorse him, so he had to swallow these unpleasant words.

"I am helpless now that the county magistrate is not here!" Xie Daohan sighed.

His words were full of innuendos, blaming Shen Yanliu for taking too much power!
Fan Yuanhai could naturally understand the meaning behind Jie Daohan's words. He snorted coldly and turned away. He didn't want to stay with this coward in front of him any longer.

The case of Xu Ruhu had dragged on for more than a month, causing a stir even among the sect's top brass. However, at dawn two hours before he arrived in Xiangu County, Xu Ruhu was kidnapped from the dungeon!

What's more, Shen Yanliu is not here, and there is only a cowardly captain who can't even issue an arrest warrant making trouble here. How can he not be angry?
This case caused quite a dispute between the two elders in Taiyi Sect!
This has led to the subsequent execution of this case being unable to be finalized.

Xu Ruhu was originally an outer disciple of Taiyi Sect. The reason he was wanted was because he raped and murdered his fellow disciples!

In fact, there is another hidden story here.

The fellow disciple who was raped and killed by Xu Ruhu was a core disciple of Taiyi Sect.

The so-called core disciples are the next generation successors to the great elders!
However, although this woman was gifted with extraordinary talents, she was lustful by nature and quite fond of sexual pleasures. When Xu Ruhu was young, he was handsome and had been accustomed to sexual affairs.

For some unknown reason, the two of them got together.

And the so-called rape and murder is actually not accurate!
It was Xu Ruhu who mixed aphrodisiac with poison and poisoned her to death!

The woman was killed and Xu Ruhu escaped. The great elder of one of the Taiyi Sect's branches believed that Xu Ruhu must have stolen the spiritual arts from the woman, which was why he killed her and escaped.

However, the elder of the lineage that nominated this girl as the heir firmly denied it, saying that when they investigated the crime scene, they found the secret book of the soul technique in the secret compartment of this girl's room and it was not lost. Xu Ruhu had another reason for killing people!

The two of them had different opinions and could not reach an agreement.

However, Xu Ruhu was surprisingly capable, as he had managed to escape from the Taiyi Sect's numerous traps for many years!

Unexpectedly, more than a month ago, he was suddenly brought to justice in the remote area of Xiangu County!
The news spread back to the sect, and the dispute from that year broke out again!

The Xiangu County Court initially sent a letter to the sect by carrier pigeon. The sect's reply to the Xiangu County was that they would send someone to bring the beast back to the sect for interrogation.

But when Fan Yuanhai received the order and set out to Xiangu County, the order given to him by the sect was to verify his identity and kill him on the spot!

This shows how fierce the struggle among the sect’s top leaders was regarding this matter!
In fact, Fan Yuanhai could probably guess why the great elder of the lineage who chose this girl as the heir had such an attitude.

Such an incident was a scandal in itself, and it showed that he was blind and negligent in choosing this girl as his heir!

If another major case of theft of spiritual arts is uncovered, he will not be allowed to speak before the Council of Elders meetings in the future!

Therefore, identifying the person and killing him on the spot is the only way to settle the matter peacefully!
Moreover, even if Xu Ruhu had not stolen the soul technique, if he was taken back to the sect for interrogation, it would still cause a big uproar and make people in the sect remember the scandal of that year again.

It would be better to let him die in this remote Xiangu County...

However, what price the great elder paid to make his mortal enemy in the Council of Elders finally agree to his plan to kill Xu Ruhu on the spot is not something that a small outer disciple like Fan Yuanhai can know.

(End of this chapter)