The coroner wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Taoist Zhang, who looked at him with a bit of contempt: "Tsk tsk, I thought you were a chatterbox who was annoying."
"I didn't expect you to be such a wicked person. As soon as my brother left, you forced my sister-in-law to hang herself."
When the others heard this, they all looked at him strangely, their eyes full of inquiry.
The coroner was extremely panicked, but he pretended to be calm on the surface.
"You, you...what are you talking about?"
Taoist Zhang sneered and said meaningfully, "I have no interest in solving the case. You'd better not provoke me. You don't think that no one knows about what happened back then, do you?"
He took a leisurely step and said nonchalantly: "God has his own way, and no one can escape it!"
The prefect gave his men a look and said casually, "Please follow me, everyone. I have some unsolved cases to investigate. I don't mind if you come along."
Taoist Zhang wanted to refuse, but when he saw the chilling look in Yang Er's eyes, he swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue and said reluctantly, "You can go, but you have to eat and drink the best."
"I want to eat delicious food, sir, can you agree?"
"...Of course, Taoist priest, please rest assured. It's just that people in the Xuanmen sect can eat meat. Aren't they generally vegetarians?"
The prefect asked as a matter of course, and was given a cold look.
Taoist Zhang was so angry that he said angrily, "I am from the Xuanmen sect, not one of those bald donkeys. Why can't I eat meat?"
"Well, what the Taoist priest said is right. I will have someone arrange it at noon and I guarantee that the Taoist priest will be satisfied."
"Hmph, that's more like it."
Yang Er followed beside him, secretly testing this person's ability. The Third Young Master said that if you can use it, don't be stingy and use it. If you have the ability, it would be a pity to lock him up.
After half a day of hard work, Taoist Zhang didn't even have a sip of water. His lips were chapped from exhaustion. He just sat down to rest for a while when he saw someone coming again.
He shouted loudly: "Sir, there has been an accident on the mountain in Wangjia Village. More than ten corpses have been found. Their flesh has been eaten away and their identities are unrecognizable..."
Taoist Zhang wanted to ignore the gazes that were all directed at him, as if he hadn't seen them. They really thought he was a softie. When they were in the capital, even His Majesty didn't dare to order him around like this.
He refused with a cold face: "Don't look at me, I haven't even had a sip of water. If you want to tire me to death, just say so. There's no need to bully me like this."
The prefect smiled flatteringly: "Master, you are joking. This official absolutely does not mean that. I am just curious about something. If I can do good deeds to accumulate merits."
"Is the Taoist's magic power really that great? If he dies after a hundred years, he will surely enjoy endless wealth and glory in his next life."
Taoist Priest Zhang: "...Accumulating merit may seem easy, but there are many mysteries involved. Forget it, I'll just go and take a look."
"Yes, the Taoist priest is indeed kind and compassionate."
Half an hour later
Looking at the bloody corpses, Taoist Zhang frowned slightly. The black mist was obviously wrong. These were not people who died of natural causes, but people from the Xuanmen who had taken action.
The prefect saw that he was frowning and felt a little uneasy: "What's wrong, Taoist priest?"
"...It was done by someone from the evil sect. They share the same roots as the Xuanmen sect. The only difference is that one is trying to eliminate evil spirits for advancement, while the other is actively using evil spirits to harm people."
He felt a little uneasy. If he could calculate that the child of destiny was here, there was no reason why those evil ways couldn't calculate it. If they really knew, the Third Young Master would be in trouble.
The Son of Destiny is blessed by Heaven. Although he is the nemesis of evil, his great fortune is also coveted by evil, so there is no guarantee that no one will deliberately approach him.
Once the child of destiny is bewitched, it is not that difficult to take away his luck. Oh, chaos, the world is going to be completely messed up.
He said in a deep voice: "Brother Yang, take me back. I have something important to tell you. As for these bones, burn them and bury them in peace."
After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave.
Yang Er raised his eyebrows and followed. Looking at the serious-looking people on the road, he felt a little uneasy.
After the two returned to the Marquis' Mansion, Taoist Zhang went straight to Jiang Sheng's yard. Looking at the man who was still fishing by the lotus pond, his forehead was throbbing.
With a sullen face, he said, "Third Young Master, please come with me. I have something to remind you of, and it's very important!"
Jiang Sheng looked up and saw that he looked very unhappy. He asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Taoist priest, you went out to have fun, why do you look like this when you come back?"
Taoist Zhang had a stern face and reached out to pull the person away. "Go to the study. I really have something important to tell you. Third Young Master, you won't be wrong if you listen to me. I won't harm you."
“…?”
Confused, they entered the study room and sat face to face, with Yang Er standing quietly by the side without moving.
"Third Young Master, do you know why I'm here?"
Jiang Sheng shook his head and looked at him steadily: "Master, are you willing to tell me now? I am all ears."
Taoist Zhang sighed and said, "Yes, I originally thought it was not the right time, but I saw something today that shows that danger is not far away. If I don't warn you, it will be even more troublesome if something goes wrong."
"Have you ever heard of the Son of Fortune, Third Young Master?"
"Yeah, I've heard of it."
"Oh, where did you hear that? I didn't expect that even a military commander would hear about this. I thought it was only a rumor among the Xuanmen."
Jiang Sheng said calmly, "It's clearly written in the storybook that every male protagonist is a child of destiny, possessing opportunities that ordinary people rarely have."
Taoist Zhang had a wooden face: "..."
"I'm telling the truth. I'm not kidding, Third Young Master. Everything in the storybook is fake. This child of destiny usually only appears once every few hundred or thousand years. He is someone who is protected by the way of heaven."
"You will also have some adventures. The purple energy on this child of luck is the favorite of the evil cultivators of Xuanmen and Buddhism. It can accelerate the improvement of one's own Taoism."
"Generally speaking, the appearance of such people also indicates chaos in the world..."
Jiang Sheng listened to his babble, raised an eyebrow, pointed at himself, and asked tentatively: "So, is the child of destiny that the Taoist priest mentioned me?"
Taoist Zhang paused and nodded.
"Originally, I didn't want to talk about this. After all, the powerful people in the Xuanmen have an agreement with the evil ways not to come out into the world and not to get involved in the struggle for imperial power. But now it seems that I can't escape it."
"Those dozen or so corpses on the mountain, I discovered they were the work of evil people, which means they came to Beihuang City."
The smile on Jiang Sheng's face disappeared and his hands clenched unconsciously.
"So, what the Taoist priest means is that I am now like the relic in the storybook. Everyone wants to take a bite of me, right?"
"That's not the case. If I harm you, the Heaven will retaliate. But that doesn't mean I can't get close to you. If I win your trust, I'll naturally get more purple energy."
Taoist Zhang saw that his eyes were getting more and more hostile, so he waved his hands and explained: "I am different. Third Young Master, please don't look at me like that. I am here to protect you."
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