Chapter 296: People in the Jianghu are not bound
"The Taoist priest is a Taoist. I heard that Taoist priests need to cultivate their minds. There is also a saying that gentlemen are kind and benevolent, so they stay away from the kitchen." Luo Seng held a young apprentice in one hand and said to him, "When I interrogate them, there is no guarantee that there won't be some things that people can't bear to see. Not to mention affecting the Taoist priest's mood, even if they see it, they can't eat, which is not a good thing, so it's better to stay away from them."
"That's true. But there are thousands of paths to seek the truth, and this is one of them, but it's not the one we're taking."
Lin Jue said to Luo Gong.
Naturally, he is not afraid of watching this kind of things, but this kind of things can be watched or not.
"Since Lord Luo said so, it's just right, we have something else to do." Lin Jue said, "It's quite convenient for that demon to use this cloth bag to capture women and extract their blood and essence, and then dump their bodies in the wilderness, so Lord Luo can interrogate these two people here, and we will go to his residence to see if there are other women he has abducted and imprisoned."
"Alright."
Luo Gong nodded: "Where is that Tianshi Fan?"
"Fan Daoyou is an expert in this field, so there is no need to worry." Lin Jue said, "Since the person has been caught, we can just do our own things."
"Ah."
Mr. Luo told them the location and then watched them leave calmly.
After they left, he looked towards the two people in the corner of the room.
……
It was already morning.
There were already many onlookers standing outside the yamen.
Followed by his old servant, Master Fan walked through the crowd and arrived at the gate of the yamen. He couldn't help but turn around and look around.
According to the original arrangement, he, Fellow Daoist Lin and Mr. Luo were supposed to come together to check the woman's body. Later, Fellow Daoist Lin did not come, and Mr. Luo wanted to come with him. As a result, for some reason, he was the only one here at this time.
What will he look at?
However, the news has already spread, so I naturally have to come. Doing so may not only cause the people in the capital to be suspicious and uneasy, but it will also damage the reputation of myself and Fellow Daoist Lin.
Similarly, since you are here, you can’t help but take a look.
Master Fan was also confused in his heart, but his face was calm. He even smiled faintly and chatted with the people around him.
"Meet Master Fan!"
"No need to be polite."
"Can Master Fan find the monster?"
"Don't worry, we will find it."
Master Fan remained calm, and even his tone did not become heavier, as if he was absolutely sure of it, and as if it was just a trivial matter to him.
In fact, he knew that at this moment and place, the evil person or monster might be hiding in the crowd, looking at him worriedly. How worried and nervous that person was, and whether he could reveal any flaws, was actually closely related to the confidence he showed at the moment.
The middle-aged Taoist smiled slightly, revealing his immortal demeanor, making people believe that nothing in this world could stump him.
"I only need to take one look at those women to know where the murderer is. From now on, such things will never happen again in this capital."
This sentence expresses trust in Lin Jue and Luo Gong.
Today's play was originally supposed to be performed by three people, but the other two leading actors were absent one by one. He didn't know the situation and had no choice but to continue performing alone.
Fortunately, this is his specialty.
So, under the guidance of the soldiers, he walked into the morgue, remained calm, and examined the female corpses one by one. During this time, he sometimes nodded, sometimes frowned, and sometimes showed a look of understanding. Then, his eyes lit up and he murmured.
No one knew what this Heavenly Master was chanting, only a look of awe was on his face.
Not long after, Master Fan came out of the morgue and left calmly with the old servant.
The remaining few soldiers were surrounded by the people and asked about what had happened inside. Many people listened to their story. Even though it was confused and vague, and nothing like the storytellers in the teahouse, they still felt as if they had seen gods performing magic with their own eyes. They felt relieved and their curiosity was satisfied.
……
Lin Jue and his junior sister arrived at the residence of the tall and thin Taoist priest.
The tall and thin Taoist pretended to be a doctor in the city, and he looked so good that the yard was filled with medicinal herbs drying in the sun, and the house was filled with the smell of medicinal herbs.
Lin Juexian ignored these things and walked towards each room one by one. If the door was not locked, he would kick it open and observe the person entering. If it was locked, he would wave his sleeves to break the door open and observe the person entering.
The fox followed him, looked at him with tilted head, a thoughtful look in his eyes, then turned his head and looked around the yard.
"here!"
The fox turned and ran to the woodshed.
"Oh!"
Lin Jue followed closely behind it, waving his sleeves to break open the wooden door.
The fox poked its head out to take a look, and waited until the dust settled before going straight in. When Lin Jue followed it in, he saw it standing in the middle of the empty room, looking up at him, then lowering its head.
"In the cave!"
"In the cave? In the cellar?"
Lin Jue followed its gaze and looked at the floor.
It is worthy of being called a burrowing fox!
Although he had Wood Release, he did not rashly use this method to enter. Instead, he groped for a while and soon found the entrance to the cellar. After lifting a layer of floor, a hole suddenly appeared in the middle of the house, and an old and rotten wooden ladder extended downwards, leading into the darkness.
A long sword appeared out of thin air in his hand.
"I advise you to frown."
As the voice was heard, a slight sobbing sound immediately came from below, and it was obvious that it was a woman's voice.
Lin Jue clamped the sword under his ribs, rubbed his hands together, chanted a spell in a low voice, then raised his hands to his mouth and blew downwards.
A group of fireflies came from nowhere, much brighter than ordinary fireflies, and were immediately blown out from his cupped hands, forming countless points of light, like a brilliant galaxy, flowing towards the dark cellar below.
This is the magic trick of the seventh senior brother, turning rotten grass into fireflies.
Under the illumination of countless fireflies, there was nothing unusual. If someone took action or cast a spell, it would inevitably disturb the fireflies. He would be able to detect it in the moving starlight.
Only then did Lin Jue walk in with his sword in hand.
But there were no traps or ambushes inside, only two women. One was lying on the ground, already a dried corpse, and the other was sitting against the wall, sobbing. Many fireflies were dancing around them.
The cellar was not ventilated and smelled terrible.
Lin Jue waved a breeze to dispel the stench.
There were only these two women in the cellar.
One of them was already dead, and the other was sitting by the wall with lifeless eyes. He had been crying because of the Taoist's words "I advise you to frown", but now that his magic power had worn off, he had regained his half-smile. "Alas..."
Lin Jue sighed and led them out.
The junior sister stayed outside and looked at all the medicinal herbs in the yard.
"Brother, have you found someone?"
"There are two." Lin Jue said, "and one is still alive."
"Oh……"
The junior sister was silent for a while, then said: "I looked at the herbs he dried, most of them are common herbs, but there are also some rare herbs mixed in, natural treasures, probably collected to refine the anti-aging pill. I didn't find anything else good."
"it is good."
"Do you want to report it to the official?"
"It's natural."
"Then I'll go."
The junior sister went to report to the authorities, while Lin Jue waited here.
Only after the officials arrived did the two of them take the herbs and leave.
……
There were wailing and screaming in the yard. It was said that even passers-by on the street outside could hear it and were terrified.
When Lin Jue returned here, Wan Xinrong and Master Fan had also returned.
"Master Lin, I stayed outside the morgue of the government office for a day and a night. There was no movement. No one came to destroy the body, and no one came to check. It was not until today when Master Fan came to check the body that I came back with Master Fan." Wan Xinrong said.
"That shows they are very smart." Lin Jue said, "It doesn't matter. We have already caught the Taoist priest who harmed people and beheaded him outside the city."
"Wan Mou heard what Mr. Luo said."
As Wan Xinrong said this, he suddenly stood up, and with a plop, he knelt on the ground facing Lin Jue.
"Master Lin has done me a great favor. Although I don't have much ability, I am willing to listen to Master Lin's orders from now on! I will serve you like a dog and a horse!"
"That's too much! Please stand up quickly!"
Lin Jue quickly pulled him up.
The junior sister sat beside and watched silently, counting in her heart: there was Master Fan, Lord Pan, and this Taoist friend Wan. It had not been long since senior brother arrived in the capital, but he had gained more and more Taoist disciples.
After a while, Luo Gong came out, and it seemed that he had just taken a bath and changed his clothes.
"Mr. Luo asked?"
"nature."
Luo Seng still had a scruffy beard and a calm face. He said to them, "It's hard to say anything else. We can't get in touch with them. We only know that they killed women, took their blood and essence, and sent them to a place called Jingyun Temple fifty miles outside the city. They should have been refined into pills there."
"Jingyun Temple?"
Wan Xinrong spoke first, gritting his teeth.
His biggest regret was that he was not able to kill his enemy last night.
"Jingyun Temple?" Tianshi Fan was much more steady. "It is one of the largest Taoist temples around the capital, second only to Guanxing Palace and Yushan Baiqing Palace. Even your majesty's concubine has been there. The Ministry of Rites and Juxian Palace will probably not investigate easily, let alone take action against them."
"What abilities do those Taoists have?" asked Luo Gong.
"Jingyun Temple is neither a talisman school nor a spiritual school, but it seems to have something to do with both. I don't know how capable they are, but they shouldn't be very high." Tianshi Fan said, "But it is a Taoist temple that has been around for hundreds of years, so it has a lot of connections."
"The roots are numerous and tangled, so it's best to cut them off with a sharp knife!"
Luo Seng said calmly, and glanced at them again, especially Lin Jue and the little apprentice sister:
"But you are all from the Juxian Mansion in the capital. Taoist Lin will stay in the capital for a long time, and Taoist Liu also lives outside the capital. I'm afraid it's inconvenient for him to show up and take action. Otherwise, even if you are confident in your abilities and are not afraid of thousands of troops, you will not be able to stay in the capital. This kind of thing still needs to be done by me, the protector of the way."
"Mr. Luo, calm down." Master Fan said immediately.
"I am willing to go with Mr. Luo!" said Wan Xinrong.
"Luo is calm enough. He is just a man in the underworld. How can he be tied by the court and the law? If that were the case, Luo would still be a county lieutenant. Why would he still be in the underworld?"
"But you can take it step by step."
"This is also a road, but it's not the one Luo took."
"This……"
Master Fan stopped talking.
Lin Jueze and Luo Gong looked at each other calmly.
In fact, they all knew in their hearts that even if the tall and thin Taoist priest instigated by Jingyun Temple murdered women and collected their blood, they would still have to give the blood and essence to others after refining it into pills.
It's not even certain that Mr. Luo really didn't ask the questions from those two people.
It’s just that those people are so unusual…
Not to mention Lin Jue and Luo Gong, even Lord Yili or the True Lord of the North would probably not be able to kill them personally.
Luo Gong was right this morning -
Some things will have to wait until tomorrow.
But before the Ming Dynasty comes, this alchemist must be eliminated first.
Things like this should be dealt with quickly.
If the Juxian Mansion is unwilling, then don't ask the Juxian Mansion. If the imperial court does not allow it, then don't ask the imperial court. The imperial order cannot be disobeyed, then rush to act before the imperial order. How can people in the martial arts world and those outside the world be tied down by these rules and regulations?
In fact, what Master Fan said is right.
With Master Fan's ability and status, if he had evidence and took his time, he might be able to bring down Jingyun Temple bit by bit.
But as Luo Gong said -
That was also a road, but it was not the one he took.
His path is by the sword and on the horse.
Lin Jue’s path lies in magic.
I should borrow some chivalrous spirit from Mr. Luo so that I can also experience the free and easy life in the martial arts world.
(End of this chapter)
