Chapter 36: The injustice has its perpetrators, and the debt has its creditors

Li Zhou didn't notice that the expressions of Governor Jiang and Ma Daolu immediately changed from nervous to: Oh, so that's it.

She was immersed in her own emotions, frowning slightly, her face heavy: "So, the dog barbarians might target me, set a trap, assassinate me, or even use other more drastic means."

For example, making it into a puppet or something, Li Zhou thought vigilantly.

The demon hunter, who had just not seen Li Zhou's famous scene of suppressing the evil spirit, nodded and said, "I'm afraid that's what they're planning."

Ma Yong and Governor Jiang looked at Li Zhou and thought to themselves at the same time, "Given your fierceness, what are you so nervous about?"

Confused and about to ask questions, they were shocked and suddenly understood the meaning of Sect Master Duotian's intention.

Since the Dog-barbarian people wanted to set up a trap against the masters of the Great Zhou, she might as well take advantage of the situation, show weakness to the enemy, lure the Dog-barbarian masters over, and then catch them all in one fell swoop.

Master, that's brilliant.

Ma Dao Lu, who was always able to understand his superiors' intentions, looked at Governor Jiang and nodded slightly.

Ma Daolu said in agreement, "What should we do? Fellow Daoist Xue, why don't you stay at the Monster Hunting Division for the next few days to avoid being ambushed by the Dog Barbarians."

Li Zhou shook his head: "I can't hide forever. Besides, the princess is about to get married, and the dog barbarians are harboring evil intentions. If we don't defeat them once and for all, won't the princess be in danger?"

Finally you found an excuse.

As this matter concerned his own daughter, Governor Jiang quickly said, "Then according to your opinion, what should we do?"

Li Zhou flipped through the Flying Star Feng Shui in his mind and said, "Outside Sizhou City, in the southwest, the six white dry gold and the seven red Dui gold meet, which is the mutual generation of gold and gold, and is the "cross sword evil", which means fighting, looting, and fighting with swords. *"

Governor Jiang was horrified: "Isn't the southwest the direction where the Inu-barbarians are? They really have rebellious intentions."

Li Zhou said resolutely: "So I decided to build Duotian Sect on the only way to Quanyi. I will intervene and resolve the 'Crossing Sword Evil'."

Governor Jiang bowed in admiration: "The lord is very righteous and is alone in protecting the country. I am not as good as him."

"In order to intimidate the dog barbarians, I have to use a secret method. Since they like to use human skin to make drums, I will make their souls into soul flags and place them high in the sect."

Faced with such a brutal enemy, we are outnumbered and powerless, so naturally we have to use the tiger's skin as a banner and scare the enemy away with fear.

Li Zhou just felt so weak and helpless.

Governor Jiang and Ma Daolu, who had been agreeing for a long time, were thinking in their hearts, Oh, they're waiting here.

You want to provoke the dog barbarians in their faces, right?

While others were busy destroying the bodies, the sect leader not only killed people but also destroyed their hearts.

The dog-barbarian people would not be able to endure such a great humiliation and would definitely do everything they could to save the soul flag.

Does this count as besieging the soul and attacking the reinforcements?

He truly deserves to be the leader of the Duotian Sect, with an extremely evil nature from his name to his supernatural powers.

The two couldn't help but feel fortunate that the sect leader was on the side of the Great Zhou.

Governor Jiang's attitude became more respectful. He cupped his hands and said, "I will follow the orders of the patriarch."

Li Zhou's idea was recognized and he nodded with satisfaction: "Good."

…

Li Zhou was a man of his words. That night, under the leadership of Ma Yong, he came to the dungeon of the Demon Hunting Bureau.

The jailer used a formation to trap the souls of the Dog-barbarian people, preventing them from being reborn.

Originally, he had also released the ghosts in the human-skin drum, intending to turn a blind eye and let these ghosts take revenge for their grievances and vengeances.

Who would have thought that these ghosts made into leather drums, even with the resentment of not being able to rest in peace after death, could not be as vicious as these dog-barbarians.

When a wicked person dies suddenly and becomes an evil ghost, if there is no underworld to take charge, he will bully other ghosts.

The jailer had no choice but to separate the two. After the case was settled, he would send the ghost in the human-skin drum to reincarnation.

When Li Zhou walked into the dungeon, the jailer was chatting with the ghosts.

One of them said hesitantly, “My parents died, so I came to live with my uncle. After arriving in Sizhou, I couldn’t adapt to the climate there, and I got sick and died. But my uncle sold my body to these barbarians for three strings of cash. The three hundred taels of silver my parents left me were all given to my uncle… Just for three strings of cash, my body was skinned by these barbarians, and my soul was driven as a demon. If I have a chance to be reborn, I will fall into the animal realm… Woo woo woo…”

The jailer was shocked when he heard this. Just as he was about to comfort her, he suddenly remembered something: "Among the people arrested yesterday, someone seemed to have mentioned something like three strings of cash for a corpse..."

He was about to stand up and check the interrogation records when he ran into Ma Daolu and Li Zhou and his party. He hurriedly crossed his arms and saluted: "Master Daolu."

Ma Yong waved his hand and said, "Go ahead and do your thing. Let's go check on those dog barbarians."

The jailer sang a "yes" and walked towards the distant prison with his hands down.

The people in the prison heard the noise and looked over curiously. When they saw Li Zhou's profile, they were delighted and shouted quickly, "Master Immortal, Master Immortal! Do you still remember me? I am Zhu Fu, and I promised to paint your portrait."

Ma Yong frowned unhappily. When his subordinates saw his expression, they immediately tried to shut Zhu Fu up.

Li Zhou had already looked in the direction of the voice and saw two familiar faces, the brothers Zhu Fu and Zhu Gui.

"It's you."

Li Zhou walked up to the two of them, and the demon hunter who was about to step forward to shut them up was waved away by Ma Yong.

Li Zhou looked at the two brothers in shackles and asked puzzledly: "What have you done wrong?"

Zhu Fu glanced at Ma Yong and the demon hunters behind him, then lowered his head in fear.

Zhu Guize made up his mind and shouted directly: "Please ask the Immortal Master to make the decision for us."

He knelt down in front of Li Zhou and cried, "We brothers are also victims. We have nothing to do with the evil spirits. The demon hunters arrested us here without any reason..."

"...Master, please understand. We are the same..."

Behind Li Zhou, many voices crying out for justice were heard one after another. She looked around and found that Mr. Zhu, Mrs. Zhu, a group of men and women, maids and servants were all in prison.

The Zhu Mansion was unexpectedly captured by the Demon Hunting Bureau in one go.

What was supposed to be a happy day turned into a time for property to be raided.

Ma Yong said nothing. Shi Yishan whispered, "We'll release them after we find out the truth..."

After being glanced at by Ma Yong, he quickly shut his mouth.

"Pooh." It was another familiar voice. Li Zhou looked up and saw that it was the red-clothed master's wife who had fought with her.

The master's wife's legs were still broken with bones sticking out, and they lay limply on the ground. She met Li Zhou's gaze and sneered, "You have cultivated so much, but you are a lackey of the imperial court. I am afraid of you, but I also look down on you!"

Li Zhou had been scolded by her twice, so he asked back, "You use the essence and blood of living people to feed the evil spirit, and you don't repent?"

The mistress looked at the Zhu family members wearing shackles around her and said to Li Zhou, "I only need to use a little of their essence and blood to help them exorcise the evil spirits, but if the Demon Hunting Bureau is replaced, it will be a disaster that will ruin the family. You might as well ask them, if they have to choose, which one they will choose?"

Li Zhou's eyes swept across the faces of the Zhu family members. The Zhu family members lowered their heads and dared not look at her.

The silent response already told her the answer.

This is why Yujiao still does this even though it knows there is a price to pay for worshipping the God of Joy.

The red-dressed mistress received recognition from everyone, and she straightened her back and looked very confident.

At this point, Ma Yong spoke up, "You offer sacrifices to the God of Joy, and exchange one infant spirit for three wishes. How is this different from those dog barbarians? Do you want to know how the Zhu family became so rich?"

The master's wife was shocked because she had not expected that he could know the details of worshiping the God of Joy.

Ma Yong pointed to the ghost who had just cried about being sold by her uncle: "She is only seventeen, but she has to be whipped every day, controlled by evil people, and do evil things she doesn't want to do. Do you think that the sacrificed infant spirits can live well in the presence of the God of Joy?"

His stern eyes fell on the Zhu family, and he asked, "You all enjoy the huge wealth obtained by exchanging innocent infant spirits. When you wake up in the middle of the night, do you feel a little uneasy and guilty?"

The master's wife and everyone in the Zhu family were all pale and speechless after being asked this question.

At this moment, Lu Yao took out the bag containing the centipede monster and said in a deep voice: "One of your masks fell into the hands of this group of centipede monsters. They used this mask to deceive people everywhere. Just a few days ago, they almost sacrificed the soul of a little girl who was stranded with her mother to the God of Joy. If Senior Xue had not arrived in time, the girl's mother would have watched her child die and could not rest in peace."

At this point, her voice became higher and she said angrily: "You are prejudiced against the Monster Hunting Bureau, we have no right to control you, but Senior Xue has a pure and innocent heart, and you cannot slander him!"

Li Zhou looked at Lu Yao in surprise. She didn't expect that this demon hunter would respect her so much that he even made her feel embarrassed.

Shi Yishan also looked at Lu Yao in surprise. He didn't expect that this colleague was so skilled in flattery. The heartfelt tone and tearful expression gave him goose bumps.

Lu Yao felt his gaze, and the tears in her eyes rolled down vividly. Her lips trembled slightly, and her anger seemed particularly sincere.

Ma Yong looked at Lu Yao with approval. This girl always stood up at the most critical moments and knew exactly what he needed most.

It seems that it is necessary to focus on training her.

After making a secret decision, Ma Yong moved Lu Yao's position. He said to Li Zhou, "These people deserved their punishment. Fellow Daoist Xue does not need to take their excuses to heart."

"Why don't you go to Zhu's Lane and see if the Zhu Mansion has been looted?"

The master's wife crawled in front of Li Zhou, holding the prison bars with her bloodstained hands. Perhaps she realized that Li Zhou was the superior between them, so she changed her tone and said sadly, "Sir Xue, Mr. Xue, the Demon Hunting Division directly raided the Zhu Mansion. Which Great Zhou law did they base this on? These people seem to be righteous on the surface, but in fact, they are not trying to embezzle the Zhu Mansion's property? Sir, the Zhu Mansion is not guilty of such a crime."

This time, it was Ma Yong and the other demon hunters' turn to be speechless.

Li Zhou glanced at everyone's expressions thoughtfully. She was smart and understood immediately that what her master's wife said was right. The Demon Hunting Bureau was using the Zhu Mansion as an extra source of income to make money.

After a short silence, Shi Yishan couldn't help but say, "You just took the money from the Zhu family and prayed for them. Why do you have to act like a righteous person?"

Facing Shi Yishan, the master's wife put on an expression that showed disdain for the court's lackeys, sneering, "Haven't you heard that when someone entrusts you with a task, you should be loyal to them? Can't the Demon Hunting Division find someone who can write a letter of loyalty?"

Shi Yishan was stunned for a while, then said angrily: "You are quite principled."

Ma Yong sighed silently, glanced at him and said, "You'd better say less."

Lu Yao quietly wiped her tears and looked up at Li Zhou.

Li Qingtian looked at the prisoners in the prison who were waiting for her to make the decision, as well as the demon hunters who seemed a little aggrieved and nervous.

Both sides asked her to judge what was right and wrong. Although the husband said he was right and the wife said she was right, it was not difficult for her, who was too smart.

The first step in refining the soul flag was to summon the soul.

Since they have to confess anyway, why not just confess the infant spirits that were sacrificed to the God of Joy first and let the victims decide.

It just so happens that the mask of the God of Joy has not been completely digested yet.

Li Zhou opened his mouth and searched in the huge mouth of the abyss for a while, and turned out a pile of masks of the God of Joy that were fused together and screaming non-stop.

I don’t know which piece belongs to the Zhu family and which piece belongs to the centipede monster and Master Nie’s wife.

Forget it, forget it, we can recruit them together.

It should not be stained by gastric juice or something, Li Zhou thought embarrassedly as he felt the dry mask, fortunately he did not disgust others.

She didn't notice that when she opened the huge mouth of the abyss, the surroundings had fallen into a suspicious silence. Everyone shut their mouths and watched her search in silence.

When they saw her take out the mask of the God of Joy from the boundless abyss, everyone's face twisted for a moment.

After Li Zhou took out the mask of the God of Joy, he looked at the steps of the necromancy and suddenly thought, since the suspect is already here, why bother with so much trouble?

To save trouble, Li Zhou took off the Luan Dao hanging on his waist, silently chanted a spell to change his appearance, and in a blink of an eye, a two-foot-long scimitar appeared in his hand.

She placed the Luan Dao on the mask of the God of Joy and said calmly, "Return the infant spirits you have taken."

She paused and continued, "I think you don't want to experience the torture methods of the Duotian Sect."

Although he spoke very convincingly, Li Zhou had not yet figured out how to torture and extract a confession.

She suddenly realized that her imagination was too limited, and she could only think of some common methods like throwing it into a frying pan, cutting it into臊子, etc.

Just as Li Zhou was racking his brains to think of what kind of torture he could use against the mask of the God of Joy, the five masks that had merged together could no longer wait and started to chase each other and spit out all the infant spirits they had eaten.