Chapter 22: The Contaminated Demon Suppression Division (5600 words 2 in 1)



Chapter 22: The Contaminated Demon Suppression Division (5600 words 2 in 1)

The night is bleak and the moon is cold and high in the sky.

A horse-drawn carriage slowly drove along the wooden tracks of the mine road and stopped in front of a magnificent and majestic official building with a symmetrical central axis.

"Fairy, we are here."

Gu Zhinan jumped off the carriage first and opened the curtain.

In a moment, a pair of black silk legs wearing emerald jade shoes appeared first, followed by a plump and graceful figure in white, revealing her true appearance.

"Are you sure it's here?"

Fairy Pei closed her phoenix eyes and slightly raised her beautiful snow-white face, as if she was sensing something.

"Yes, I followed the two demon-suppressing guards all the way and saw them enter this place with my own eyes. Let me tell you more."

Gu Zhinan pointed to the plaque and said, "It's written on the plaque, there's no mistake about it."

"The little girl's sister is not here, but she used to be here."

Pei Wanyu slowly opened her eyes, with a hint of loss in her eyes.

"How does the fairy know?"

"It told me."

Pei Wanyu raised the kite with a broken string in her hand.

It was the half-broken butterfly kite left by the little girl in the nursery rhyme.

"Can fairies talk to kites?"

Gu Zhinan was a little surprised.

In the game, the player triggers the "Scary Nursery Rhyme" Easter egg, and the kite left by the little girl is completely a dead object.

There is no text introduction, let alone interactive options.

"How do you think a weak spirit like her can resist the pull of the Yin-Yang River and stay in the Yang world?"

Pei Wanyu turned her eyes and glanced at the scholar.

Gu Zhinan thought about it for a moment and understood: "Yes, the little girl relied on her strong obsession to transform the kite that represented the bond between them as sisters into a spiritual object, and then she possessed the kite with her spirit!"

"You are not stupid. You are qualified to be my servant." Fairy Pei nodded slightly.

"Well, you should just call me Sword Slave."

Gu Zhinan shook his head speechlessly, then walked up the stairs and came to the gate.

He was just about to politely pat the tiger-head copper ring on the door, but then he changed his mind and realized that there were dead people inside, so there was no need to go through all this formality.

"Bang!"

Kick the door open.

What comes into view is the lifeless yet orderly scene of the public office duty!

A group of low-level demon-suppressing guards were rehearsing sword formations intensively on the training ground in the middle.

In the corridor next to it, several eunuchs who looked like clerks were moving between the halls, carrying thick official documents.

Even on the eaves, there were scouts in tight dark clothes, holding confidential documents in their hands, coming and going like the wind.

Looking closely, these people have stiff expressions on their faces and empty eyes, yet they are concentrating on their tasks.

There is an indescribable weirdness in the picture.

Gu Zhinan was standing at the door watching.

Suddenly, my arm was hit hard by something.

Looking down, I saw that it was a short scout with documents under his arm.

"Excuse me, sir, we are really too busy."

The scout quickly bowed and apologized.

"It's okay. We're all busy. It's better to be busy."

Death is the greatest thing, Gu Zhinan patted the scout on the shoulder and forgave him generously.

I was still somewhat shocked.

When he played "Fairy" in his previous life, he felt something was wrong.

Why can a prosperous dynasty with thousands of people coming to pay tribute to it encounter monsters on official roads and post stations? So, with a huge question in mind, he came to the Jinyang Demon Suppression Station, actively provided clues about the monsters, and tried to pull a bunch of NPCs over to help him kill monsters.

Unexpectedly.

Seeing him coming to report a case, the officials and clerks received him very friendly. After registering him, they politely told him to go back and wait for notification, and then -

That’s all.

Gu Zhinan was very angry at that time.

Isn't this just a pure way of fooling the people?

At this moment, he was completely relieved.

You guys are really just "sitting in your position and doing nothing".

"What are you standing there for? Is it interesting to look at dead people?"

The cold voice of the female boss came from behind.

"Oh, I'm just waiting for the fairy. This place is too dark. I'm really scared."

Gu Zhinan pretended to be afraid and hid behind Fairy Pei's beautiful buttocks.

Pei Wanyu's eyes widened as she looked towards the main hall to the north: "This little girl told me that her sister had been there before!"

After she finished speaking, her white robe moved without wind, and then turned into a sword light and flew away.

"Excuse me, sir, do you have any case of demons to report?" A demon-suppressing guard came forward with a pale face and a sweet smile.

"You'll die! Get out!"

Gu Zhinan tightened the book basket on his back and quickly caught up with the female boss.

In the council chamber.

A bloated middle-aged man wearing a brocaded official uniform knelt on the ground, trembling, his lips quivering as he said:

"Fairy, please spare my life! The fact that you can come here means that you already know something! I have saved some money over the years, and I am willing to give it all to you!"

"I will take your money, but I don't want your life"

Pei Wanyu raised her eyebrows: "It depends on your performance."

"I will try my best! If the fairy has any instructions, just tell me!" The fat and round captain of the Demon Suppression Division kowtowed like crazy with tears on his face.

Gu Zhinan also felt a little emotional.

In the early stages of the game, a sixth-grade lower-level monster like the one in front of you is already considered an elite monster. Facing the true ultimate boss, he doesn't even have the courage to resist.

Pei Jianxian sheathed his sword and glanced at the scholar beside him: "You come to judge."

"Okay."

Gu Zhinan had been holding back a lot of questions for a long time, and asked coldly, "What's your name?"

"My name is Wang Yue. I am a fifth-rank demon-suppressing captain of the imperial court, and also the highest-ranking officer of this garrison!" The fat captain was trembling all over, but he spoke without any hesitation.

Gu Zhinan asked again: "Do you know about the Qingtian County Magistrate Chen Wendao's use of Shadow Gu to control the tiger monster in Black Tiger Mountain, kidnapping and trafficking civilians, and privately mining spiritual mines?"

"My lord, I know it and have always known it." Captain Wang nodded continuously.

Gu Zhinan's face darkened and he shouted coldly, "As the imperial court's demon-suppressing lieutenant, you are responsible for the safety of the people. When you encounter such a thing, you don't take action to kill the evil, but instead collude with it! You really deserve to die!"

"There's nothing I can do about it, sir!"

Captain Wang said with a sad face: "Everyone knows that the Qingtian County Magistrate is just a pawn. Behind him stands the County Governor, and behind the County Governor stands another..."

When he said this, his expression suddenly changed.

No more talking.

"No problem, tell me."

Gu Zhinan said coldly: "You have also been poisoned by the Word Spirit Gu, right? It just so happens that my fairy is specialized in destroying this kind of insidious evil Gu."

Pei Jianxian, who was resting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes and became fully alert.

"This... the small one doesn't exist."

Captain Wang whispered, "Perhaps it's because I don't know much, I'm not bewitched."

"So, who is the mastermind behind Jinyang County Magistrate Chen Zhiyuan?" Gu Zhinan asked again.

"It's the Governor of Yuezhou, Zhang Ningfu!"

"Where is Governor Zhang's superior?"

"That... I really don't know." Captain Wang looked confused, and it didn't seem like he was lying.

"You old man, you are not telling the truth." Gu Zhinan sneered, "The Demon Suppression Division is directly under the imperial power and is managed internally. How can a local governor suppress you? In other words, even if you are incompetent, can't you report it to your superiors?"

"Superior?"

Captain Wang smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, are you referring to the Southwest Demon Suppression Division's Chief Guard?"

"Yes." Gu Zhinan suddenly remembered that he still had a main mission [Investigate the Southwest Guard], and quickly asked: "Is there an accident there too?"

"I can only say that the situation of the head guard may be worse than mine, even worse."

Captain Wang gritted his teeth and said, "Forget it, I'll be frank! There are no more capable demon-suppressing guards in the surrounding states and counties! In less than three years, the entire southwest will be controlled by a certain big shot and become a den of demons and devils!"

Every word is thought-provoking.

Gu Zhinan and the female swordsman in white beside him looked at each other with solemn expressions.

"With such a big change, why didn't the central government of the court notice anything?" Gu Zhinan frowned.

"What if I notice it?"

Captain Wang said with a bitter face: "In the past six months, I have increasingly felt that the big man above the Inspector Zhang has great means! Maybe even the powerful Imperial Master can't do anything to him! Otherwise, the court would have sent the demon-suppressing army from the northern border to the southwest! What do you think, sir?"

"Is it possible that the great man you are talking about is the same as the Imperial Master?"

Gu Zhinan held his chin with his hand, and suddenly thought of the Great Xia State Master in the game, who had a dark and hypocritical face but the players could do nothing about him.

"I haven't really thought about this."

Captain Wang looked embarrassed: "Master Imperial Master, the Buddha's teachings are profound and compassionate. How could he..."

"Okay, let's get back to the point."

Gu Zhinan asked, "Why did your guard station become like this? Did you kill all those colleagues outside?"

"I"

Captain Wang, who had been answering questions fluently throughout the whole process, suddenly lowered his head and stopped talking.

choke.

A frost sword was placed at his neck.

Under the stern encouragement of the female sword fairy, Captain Wang decided to continue to confess: "To be honest with you two, I originally wanted to be a good official who slayed demons and benefited the people. Half a year ago, Qingtian County in Jinyang County was repeatedly hit by demon disasters. My guard station was short of manpower, so I had to go to the Southwest Guard Station to request support."

"I never thought that I would see that horrible scene."

"How terrible is it?" Gu Zhinan knew that this was the point.

Captain Wang shook his head and said, "Do you think my guard post is full of yin energy?"

"Nonsense, you're all dead, how can it not be heavy?" Gu Zhinan said unhappily.

"Let me put it this way, the yin energy of the Southwest General Guard is a hundred times heavier than mine." Captain Wang sighed lightly.

Gu Zhinan said in a deep voice: "You mean that all the officers of the General Guard were killed and then implanted with the Corpse Control Gu?"

"No, none of the officers of the Chief Guard died. Instead, their minds were controlled by something called Shadow Gu."

Captain Wang said, "After I discovered that something was wrong with them, I immediately rode my horse and fled from the main guard. I didn't run far before I was stopped by Chen Zhiyuan, the governor of Jinyang County, and the governor Zhang."

"Then what?"

"Then, they gave me the thing called 'Shadow Gu' and taught me how to use it. They also taught me earnestly that an official should be humble and modest. "

At this point, Captain Wang covered his face with his hands and said pitifully, "My lord! Fairy! At that time, the Southwest Guard was under control. What could I, a small captain of the branch guard, do? I had the will but not the strength!"

"Okay, if you're afraid of death, then be afraid of death. It's not shameful. Don't pretend."

Gu Zhinan kicked the man and continued to ask, "They asked you to use the Shadow Gu to control your subordinates and help Chen Wendao, Chen Zhiyuan, uncle and nephew, and the big shots above to make money, right?"

"Yes! I can't hide it from you, sir!"

Captain Wang said with a shrewd look on his face, "Sir, have you seen the spiritual ore outside? I'll keep half of it, and the rest will all have to be transported to County Magistrate Chen!"

"wrong."

Fairy Pei, who had been silent the whole time, said, "You also said that those two dog officials taught you to use Shadow Gu to control your subordinates, so why did you use Corpse Control Gu?"

"this"

Seeing that he could no longer avoid this question, Captain Wang hesitated for a moment and gritted his teeth and said, "Well, I will continue to confess! I followed the method taught by County Magistrate Chen and Governor Zhang, and quickly used Shadow Gu to control all my colleagues."

"But gradually I discovered that the Shadow Gu could only confuse and pollute their minds, and their instincts as human beings were still there!"

"They will still be lazy when they are working! They still need sleep and food! The worst thing is that they still have to be paid on time! Otherwise, their minds will become extremely unstable and out of control!"

"So, I had an idea and killed them all, and replaced them with the corpse-controlling Gu from Miaojiang! Although the corpse-controlling Gu can only make them repeat the simplest things, it is enough! In this way, they can do their work with peace of mind, and I can also sit back and relax, without having to worry about any abnormal changes!"

Captain Wang seemed to be immersed in it, and a look of pride appeared on his face.

"hiss--"

Gu Zhinan took a deep breath.

What the hell.

The capitalists all cried after hearing this! "Let me ask you another question."

After a moment, Gu Zhinan squatted down and looked at the other person closely: "Do you know me?"

"No, I don't know you, sir."

"Then do you know Mr. Gu Si?"

"Oh, speaking of this guy, it's really funny."

Captain Wang sneered, "A while ago, the governor of Chen County urgently found me and asked me to be more restrained recently. He said that the emperor had issued an edict to invite the Gu family, a family that protects the country, to come out, and the Gu family sent the fourth son of the Gu family to the south to investigate."

"It is said that this boy is both talented in literature and martial arts, and he is very handsome. I thought there would be a big fuss, but I never thought that he would be taken down in a short time by the bigwigs above."

“You’re still too young.”

When he said this, his face was full of contempt.

"In other words, you don't know the inside story of how the Fourth Master Gu was set up?" Gu Zhinan asked.

"I don't know! I only know that I am responsible to County Magistrate Chen. I don't need to care about other subordinates!" Captain Wang shook his head.

“Bang!”

A slap came with a whooshing sound, causing the fat on the captain's face to tremble several times.

Gu Zhinan flexed his wrist and looked at the fairy in white: "Fairy, I have finished asking questions, it's your turn."

"You have asked Chen Wendao this question before."

Pei Wanyu stared at the scholar in front of her with her phoenix eyes: "Are you familiar with the young master of the Gu family? Or are you also a member of the Gu family?"

Damn, she's not stupid.

Gu Zhinan's heart skipped a beat and he was thinking about how to respond.

But the female boss waved her hand and said, "No need to talk about it. As I said before, your family background is not important. In front of me, you are just my servant."

"It's the sword slave! Fairy!"

Gu Zhinan said almost gritting his teeth.

"casual."

Fairy Pei raised her eyebrows slightly and took out the broken butterfly kite: "Do you recognize this?"

"This looks familiar!"

Captain Wang's eyes widened, and he could not help but move closer, examining it carefully and saying, "I remember now! A few days ago, County Magistrate Chen instigated the demons to kidnap several young girls from the neighboring Yongyuan County, and asked me to load them into a mine cart and secretly transport them to the county magistrate's residence!"

"Among them, there was a pair of sisters who left a deep impression on me! Unlike other children, they held the kite the whole time, comforting each other without crying or making a fuss!"

Gu Zhinan and Pei Wanyu looked at each other and asked in unison: "Where is the person?"

"Five days ago, I transported them to the governor's residence intact. If you two go look for them now, maybe you can still make it in time!"

Thinking of the fact that the County Magistrate Chen usually bossed him around, Captain Wang cleverly diverted the blame.

"Go to the county government!"

This time, it was Pei Jianxian who spoke first.

"good!"

Gu Zhinan nodded happily, then looked at Captain Wang who was kneeling on the ground begging for mercy: "Fairy, this man has killed countless people, his crimes are extremely heinous, we must not let him off easily."

"I know, but do you know?" Pei Wanyu nodded, and her phoenix eyes actually blinked hard at the scholar.

"Hmm?" Gu Zhinan didn't understand what he meant.

"You silly scholar, haven't you noticed the abnormality of this fat man?" Fairy Pei raised her eyebrows slightly, seeming displeased.

Gu Zhinan squatted down and carefully observed Captain Wang's pale, fat face, which was full of flesh but completely bloodless. Instantly, he understood something.

The human heart is truly terrifying.

"Captain Wang, why is your head so pointy? Have you ever thought about this?"

Gu Zhinan said in a faint voice.

"What does this mean?"

Captain Wang shook his head blankly.

"Have you noticed that your daily behavior is exactly the same as those of your colleagues outside? It's all the same and repetitive? The only difference is that you go to the county government regularly to report to Chen Zhiyuan."

Gu Zhinan shook his head.

After hearing what the other party said, Captain Wang's pupils shrank and he collapsed to the ground!

He desperately searched for recent memories in his mind, but was horrified to find that every day's memories, the scenes he experienced, and even every thing he did were exactly the same! "Yes, Captain, you should have come to your senses."

"You, who were infected by both the Shadow Gu and the Corpse Control Gu at the same time—"

"He's also a dead man."

laugh.

Master Gu's long sleeves fluttered as he thrust out a sword! The sword flashed -

Just then, a strange bloody insect with countless tentacles poked its head out from the top of Captain Wang's head which was slowly split into two. Then, with a "pop", it fell softly to the ground.

It crawled a few crooked steps, and then its body cracked and turned into a pool of blood.

"It's a very accurate cut."

Pei Jianxian, who never boasted about others in his life, glanced at the scholar standing beside him holding a sword. He seemed to have changed his temperament and couldn't help but said quietly: "You are born to be a sword cultivator."

"Thank you. Actually, it's my first time too."

Master Gu nodded slightly and then sheathed his sword.

Whoosh! The bronze mirror glowed with golden light!

"Complete exploration: [Golden Sun Town Demon Division Guard]."

"You get 250 experience points."

"The distance of the spiritual mirror's grade is increased to the next grade [800/1000]"

(End of this chapter)

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