Mysteries of the Great Zhou Dynasty

Chapter 95 Yin Tian
Yan Mingzhang was in excruciating pain. His fists were bulging with veins. He pounded the bed frame several times, and blood seeped from his hands. He wanted to slap himself a few times. He hated himself so much!

Su Zhan quickly grabbed Yan Mingzhang's hand to stop him from hurting himself: "Changfeng, Moyun, what are you standing there for? Changfeng, stop your master! Moyun has already gone to find Doctor Yan! ... Chengxuan, we humans are so insignificant. This is all your fault... I know that from childhood to adulthood, you have always held yourself to the highest standards and strived for perfection in everything. But life can't be perfect, and no one can truly be without flaws. You've already done very well. Let go of yourself! Life is unpredictable. Get some sleep. I'll watch over things here for you."

Yan Mingzhang shook his head in disagreement, but his disagreement was useless. A silver needle was suddenly inserted into an acupoint, and Yan Mingzhang immediately lost consciousness.

It turned out that Doctor Yan hadn't left at all; he was staying in the guest room, which was why he was able to arrive in time. Doctor Yan stroked his small mustache angrily and shouted at Changfeng and Moyun, "The wolf poison in Rong'er's body is too potent; she won't wake up anytime soon. If she doesn't wake up, you adults stay here, you adults stay here, you two stay here—what are you all doing standing here? Don't you need to rest? Don't you want your injuries to heal? Or do you think this old man's medical skills are inadequate? Do you think our pharmacy apprentices aren't taking good care of you? You adults have been here for so long, didn't you know to call me sooner? Quickly take your adults to rest; I'll prescribe a calming pill later and let him sleep for three days!"

Doctor Yan turned around and saw Su Zhan standing to the side, and was furious: "And you, why are you here instead of resting? I'll put extra bitter herbs in your medicine later, it'll make you all suffer! Humph! You're all so disobedient! Go, go, all of you, get out of here!"

Doctor Yan chased everyone away.

But after everyone left, Doctor Yan lost all his strength and slumped into his chair.

Doctor Yan looked at the little girl lying on the bed and sighed, his previous imposing manner completely gone. In truth, he wasn't sure if Rong Wanyin would wake up, given the deep wound on her back: "Rong girl, be strong and wake up soon!"

Doctor Yan's voice was filled with deep exhaustion. Now it was all up to Rong Wanyin. He had done everything he could, and perhaps only a miracle could save Rong's girl...

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after one day……

In the dark interrogation room of the county government dungeon, Yan Mingzhang sat behind the interrogation table with a serious expression, holding a calligraphy brush in his hand.

Abao stood behind him, his fists clenched tightly, his eyes red-rimmed.

"Sir, everyone's in jail. Who should we interrogate first?" Changfeng asked, then lowered his voice, "Sir, if you're feeling unwell, why don't you rest for another day?"

Yan Mingzhang shook his head slightly, slowly stood up, and walked towards the cell. With a stern face, he put one hand behind his back and rubbed the jade flute with the other: "My patience is limited. Confess and you will be treated leniently, resist and you will be punished severely... Do you see those instruments of torture over there? I have never seen anyone survive three instruments of torture. Perhaps you can give me a surprise?"

Yan Mingzhang, usually tall and imposing, now wore a black robe with gold trim, exuding a unique air of authority. However, Yan Mingzhang was in a bad mood and somewhat distracted, making the interrogation difficult. These people insisted they knew nothing about the corpses in the cave, claiming they were simply villagers from Niujia Village. As for the human-skin boots and drums, they remained silent. Their identities and origins were all guesswork. Due to leprosy, the government office had no specific household registration records for Niujia Village, and the interrogation reached a dead end. Unable to contain his anger, Yan Mingzhang roared at the kneeling prisoners, "You beasts in human form, you have harmed so many innocent people, and now you deny it with a clear conscience! Where is your conscience?!"

Su Zhan couldn't stand it anymore and quickly pulled Yan Mingzhang aside, lowering his voice: "Cheng Xuan, I know you've put a lot of effort into this case. The previous files were almost completely blank. Even though we knew it was them, so many years have passed, and we haven't been able to find any witnesses or physical evidence. This case is impossible to investigate. Plus, Miss Rong is still not in a conscious state. I know you must be extremely anxious, but you're making no progress on the case at all!"

Yan Mingzhang closed his eyes, took a few deep breaths to calm himself down, and nodded, which was considered as acknowledging Su Zhan's words.

Su Zhan quickly waved his hand and said to the jailer, "Take them all back, take them all back, and we'll interrogate them later!"

At this moment, Mo Yun rushed in, whispered a few words to Yan Mingzhang, and Yan Mingzhang's expression instantly changed, as if facing a formidable enemy. Yan Mingzhang quickly stood up.

Su Zhan looked bewildered, but didn't stop walking, catching up with Yan Mingzhang: "Mo Yun, what did you say to him? What about Cheng Xuan? Could it be Miss Rong?"

Mo Yun shook his head with an unfriendly expression: "Three people came and went to Miss Rong's room. I sent Changfeng to stop them, but I'm afraid he won't be able to stop them for long. One of the three is Miss Ruoping, whom we met in the hot spring village. She looks much better than last time we met her, and seems much more normal. I don't recognize the other two. One is a young man, who is quite young, but has a full head of white hair. The man is also holding a girl who looks about seventeen or eighteen years old. Although the girl is beautiful, she is like a dead person, not speaking or looking at anyone!"

Su Zhan understood. Mo Yun had returned late and hadn't seen Yin Tian, ​​so he didn't recognize him. The other one was probably the doll made by Yin Tian!
As they spoke, they arrived at Rong Wanyin's room, where Changfeng stopped Yin Tian and the other two.

Yin Tian didn't even glance at Changfeng, as if Changfeng didn't exist. His eyes were fixed on Rong Wanyin, his tone flat and unreadable, neither happy nor sad, and his face devoid of any smile: "Little girl, you're too impatient. So eager to become my puppet? Your death is alright, your face isn't damaged... but your body is a different story. So many tears, it'll be hard to repair!"

Changfeng angrily drew his longsword and held it in front of Yin Tian: "If you take another step forward, don't blame the sword for being merciless!"

Yin Tian didn't care at all. Instead, he carefully placed the beautiful doll in his arms onto a chair and said to it in a coquettish tone, "Sister, wait here for a moment. Soon I'll let this girl keep you company. This girl will be very beautiful as a doll! But this fool is blocking the way. If we wait any longer, the corpse won't be fresh, and the doll won't be pretty anymore. What should we do? Should we just kill him? It's too dirty, too dirty. I don't want to dirty my hands. A cute girl is much better..."

Yin Tian glanced at Chang Feng as if he were looking at a piece of rotten flesh, showing no emotion and only disgust.

"Go away!"