Chapter 152: Traitors (one more chapter at five points)
While talking, the two of them arrived at the government office.
Fang Zhongzheng and Wei Qianjun have been waiting for a long time.
Several people came to a secret room.
In three days, Fang Zhongzheng seemed to have aged by more than ten years. His face could not hide his tiredness and he had two big dark circles under his eyes. It was obvious that he had slept very little these days.
My hair, which used to be meticulous, is now messy.
In the past few days, Fang Zhongzheng had almost no rest and had too many things to deal with.
On the contrary, Wei Qianjun, who was seriously injured before, is now full of energy and energy.
"After three days, the number of casualties was calculated. The number of dead was 236,000, and the number of injured civilians was as high as hundreds of thousands... The losses were heavy." Fang Zhongzheng let out a breath.
These two hundred and thirty-six thousand are still numbers that can be recovered in time from traveling around, otherwise I am afraid it will continue to increase.
Tianshui City has a population of over 5 million, and a death rate of over 200,000 sounds acceptable.
But when seeing the mountains of corpses, I'm afraid no one would have that thought.
Not to mention the hundreds of thousands of injured people and countless destroyed houses...
"The responsibility this time lies with me. If I hadn't gone to the Golden Knife Gate to track down the resentful corpse, this kind of thing wouldn't have happened." Zhou You said in a heavy tone.
In retrospect, I realized that the resentful corpse should have specifically led him to the Golden Knife Gate.
And before he went there that night, he slaughtered all the Golden Sword Gate.
With the death of Dong Yi, only Zhou You is the only one left in Tianshui City who is strong in the Qi Realm.
"Lord Zhou, there is no need to blame yourself. Who would have thought of such a thing as Bai Ling Mansion's raid on Tianshui City."
"Besides, in this world, you can only be a thief for a thousand days, so how can you prevent a thief for a thousand days? Is it possible that you can sit in Tianshui City forever and not deal with other tasks?"
"It's been calculated this time... If you were elsewhere in Tianshui Mansion... I'm afraid the death toll would be more than 200,000."
Fang Zhongzheng advised.
In fact, everyone knows this truth.
The disadvantages of the Demon Slayer were infinitely magnified by the Bai Ling Mansion.
After all, in addition to Tianshui City, Tianshui Prefecture has hundreds of counties and countless villages. Once a blood-grudge-level demon appears in these places, you can only rely on Zhou You to deal with it.
As long as Bai Ling Mansion intends to attack, there is no way to prevent it.
Speaking of this, Zhou You muttered: "On the way here, I discussed with Taoist Wu Liang that this time the Bai Ling Mansion attacked Tianshui City, it is very likely to complete some kind of blood sacrifice."
Fang Zhongzheng and Wei Qianjun looked at the fat Taoist priest.
After these few days, they all knew that this fat man with a playful smile was an extremely rare spiritual cultivator.
"Guess, it's just a guess at the moment." Taoist Wu Liang sneered.
"There are many types of blood sacrifices. Why did the Bai Ling Mansion start the blood sacrifice this time?" Wei Qianjun pondered.
For demons and monsters, humans have been used as blood sacrifices since ancient times.
For example, if a big demon needs to break through the realm, he may use blood sacrifice, or worship evil gods, or breed some evil spirits...
"It's hard to say..." Taoist priest Wu Liang did not give a clear answer. The information currently available is still too little.
"The information we know so far is that there are two blood-grudge-level spooks in Bai Ling's mansion."
"One of them wiped out the whole Golden Knife Sect, then had a big fight with me, got injured and ran away."
"The second one is to stop Mr. Wei's weirdness on the road."
Go around and sort out your thoughts.
"The weird one I met looked like a child. Without the Xuanwu Cavalry, I would have had no chance of winning alone." Wei Qianjun added.
"They seem to know our information very well... they know my existence, and they also know which way Master Wei will choose to support Tianshui City." Zhou You's tone became extremely serious.
"What do you mean, Master Zhou... There might be something treacherous about the Bai Ling Mansion lurking in the city?" Fang Zhongzheng frowned.
"It doesn't have to be weird, it could also be a human being." Zhou You said softly.
Demonic forces have many methods, and they usually use some deceptive methods to attract people with evil intentions and use them for their own purposes.
According to legend, evil cultivators were born from these traitors of the human race who learned the cultivation method from the demonic forces.
In short, the Demon Slayer Division will never tolerate these traitors who join the forces of demons for their own desires. If they find one, they will confiscate their homes and wipe out their families, implicating the nine clans!
"This is difficult to handle... Now that Tianshui City has just returned to some peace, if there is another large-scale search, people may be uneasy." Fang Zhongzheng expressed his worries.
"Wu Liang and I will investigate this matter secretly and we can minimize the impact." Zhou You said calmly.
Wu Liang was stunned for a moment and said in astonishment: "Boy, when did I promise you?"
Fang Zhongzheng quickly took out a banknote and handed it to Wu Liang: "This is the reward of three thousand taels that Yan Captou promised before his death. Please ask the Taoist leader to check it."
Wu Liang smiled instantly and put away the banknote in the blink of an eye. He was so fast that he couldn't even see clearly when he was walking around.
"I know this mission is quite arduous. Our government office is willing to provide another five thousand taels of silver to ask the Taoist priest for help. How about it?" Fang Zhong said sincerely.
Fatty Wu Liang thought about it in his mind.
The water is very deep this time, and the Bai Ling Mansion is involved after all, but with this guy Zhou You standing in front of us, I can at most make a splash, and run away when the situation is bad, so five thousand taels is acceptable.
"Since the prefect has said so, let alone our duty to slay demons, we will definitely not stand idly by!" Wu Liang's expression was extremely solemn, and his tone was even more solemn.
It's not surprising that Zhou You is so weird, this damn fat guy is so virtuous, as long as he gives you money, he can talk about anything.
Next, several people discussed the details.
The prefect is responsible for the reconstruction of Tianshui City and strives to restore normal operation as soon as possible.
Wei Qianjun's Xuanwu Army is responsible for maintaining public security and preventing people with ulterior motives from fishing in troubled waters.
Zhou You and Taoist priest Wu Liang were responsible for secretly investigating in the city to see if anyone from Bai Ling Mansion was lurking.
There were still some things to deal with when traveling around the Demon Slayer's station, so he returned to the Chu Mansion alone.
As soon as they entered the hall, they saw Zhao Changkong and several demon slayers.
Zhao Changkong had returned a day ago, and Lu Yu was still on mission and had not returned.
"Xiao Liu didn't make it through, and he is dead." A trace of sadness flashed in Zhao Changkong's eyes.
That night, in addition to Xu Yu, there were seven demon slayers stationed at the station who fought hard and strangely.
Three people died on the spot, and one was seriously injured, which was the Xiaoliu mentioned by Zhao Changkong.
Zhou You sighed softly: "Let's send him on his last journey."
backyard.
Xiao Liu's body was placed on the piled wood.
He was seriously injured, his internal organs were almost shattered, and in the end he couldn't survive.
Everyone who is still in Chu Mansion has arrived.
Demon slayers experience life, separation, and death every day. If they see it too much, they will naturally become numb.
But that doesn't mean their hearts are cold.
When watching my former companions turn into ashes in the flames.