Zhou Qinghan didn't relax after hearing this. He wanted to persuade her again, "Why not report this to the City God of Qianyun Prefecture?"
Fang Jian pondered for a moment after hearing this and said, "The City God is in charge of millions of lives in the entire prefecture. It's not right to disturb him casually. It's better to investigate thoroughly first."
Zhou Qinghan was helpless. If it was any other land god, he would have just run away and would not accompany him into danger. But Fang Jian had saved his life, and if he hesitated any longer, it would seem a bit ungrateful.
So he did not hesitate any longer and stood up and said, "Well, since the land god has said so, if I, Zhou Qinghan, continue to refuse, I would be unworthy of being a cultivator."
"Okay." Fang Jian stood up, patted his shoulder, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I know my limits and will never take any risks."
Zhou Qinghan nodded, and the two of them left the temple, each using their own magic to leave the Qingping Mountain Land Temple.
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At the same time, at the Yangxia County Government Office, the village elders from Taohua Village reported the news of Sun Qi's death.
After the village chief of Taohua Village discussed with the village elders, they felt that it was most likely a monster in the mountains, so two village elders brought several villagers to the county town to report to the county magistrate.
The village elders naturally wanted to ask the county magistrate to send someone to deal with it. At this time, there were harmful monsters around the village, which was very scary.
But after the village elders and others reported it, Gou De'an did not react immediately. Instead, he said calmly, "Nonsense! Under my rule, the government is stable and the people are harmonious. How could there be any demons causing trouble?"
Upon hearing this, the two village elders kowtowed hurriedly and said, "Your Excellency, Sun Qi died in a horrible manner. His flesh and blood had dried up, and he was just skin and bones. He must have been sucked dry by a demon."
Gou De'an ignored him and slammed the gavel, saying, "Nonsense! Did you kill Sun Qi and then lie and say it was a demon?"
The village elders and villagers were trembling with fear and quickly waved their hands, saying, "Your Excellency, please judge for sure! This is absolutely not happening. This is absolutely not happening."
At this time, a villager said, "If the county magistrate does not believe it, he can send the yamen runners and the coroner to examine the body. They will know the answer after one look."
Gou De'an glanced at the villager who had spoken, then said calmly, "Oh, that's feasible. However, the coroner is not in the county government office right now. Let's go there in a few days. You must preserve Sun Qi's body."
"This, this, this... County Magistrate, how did you preserve this corpse?" The village elders said in amazement.
"This county is not responsible for this matter. You can handle it yourselves. Court is adjourned." Gou De'an slammed the gavel, then stood up and left the yamen.
The lawyer glanced at the kneeling village elders and villagers of Taohua Village, then left, leaving only two village elders and several villagers kneeling there at a loss.
Gou De'an came to the residence arranged for Yintushan King in the backyard of the yamen. After asking for an audience with Yintushan King and getting permission, he stepped into the courtyard.
"Is it someone from that village who came to report the incident?" King Yintushan was sitting in the yard drinking tea and asked Gou De'an when he saw him walk in.
Gou De'an immediately said respectfully, "The Mountain King has great magical powers and can predict things like a god."
The Yintu Mountain King had no interest in Gou De'an's flattery and simply said, "Let's deal with it the same way as today."
Gou De'an's face changed slightly when he heard this. He stood there and thought for a moment before finally saying, "Mountain King, could you kill fewer people? I'm afraid of attracting the attention of the capital."
King Yintushan glanced at Gou De'an calmly, then said, "Don't worry, I know what's going on and I won't put you in any difficult position."
Upon hearing this, Gou De'an immediately bowed and said, "Yes, I thank you, Mountain King." After that, he asked, "Mountain King, what about the land god..."
"The land god worked in vain last night. He didn't even find any trace of General Mandrill. There was one fish that slipped through the net, but it doesn't matter. Now I think he has died of the poison." King Yintushan knew best how powerful the Yin Fu Corpse Poison on his subordinate 'General Mandrill' was. Not to mention a cultivator in the Refining Profound Realm, even a cultivator in the Refining God Realm would not be able to withstand the Yin Fu Corpse Poison.
Unless he has spiritual ginseng that is over a hundred years old to remove poison, but a hundred-year-old spiritual ginseng is so precious, how could a cultivator in the Refining Profound Realm have it?
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