On the streets of Rongye County in the middle of the night, a figure was running hurriedly.
He turned his head and looked back from time to time, as if he was afraid that someone was following behind him.
Bang!!
Suddenly a muffled sound came from far away.
The figure trembled and hurriedly rolled to the left, hiding behind a huge garbage truck.
The stinking garbage water soaked his trouser legs under his feet, but he did not dare to move.
At this moment, he recalled in his mind what the teacher said to him before.
"Don't continue the investigation. If you continue like this, something will happen."
"But teacher, isn't the purpose of our course just to get to the bottom of things? Why do you want to give up when we are so close to solving the mystery at this time?" the young scribe asked in confusion.
"Some things are destined not to be known..." The teacher hesitated but hesitated.
"But today's imperial court is so powerful, is there any force that dares to jump out and pretend to be a ghost?" the scribe said seriously.
"Wuye...you..."
"Teacher, there's no need to say more. I'm just investigating and translating the literature, and everything will be fine. Don't worry.
Besides, my Xiong family is a wealthy local family, and my eldest brother and second brother both hold important positions, who dares to jump out and make irresponsible remarks?"
The memory stops abruptly here.
The figure leaned against the cold and rough wall, tears streaming down silently.
Suddenly a figure walked up to him.
The man was wearing an official uniform, with an official sword hanging on his waist, and a waist badge with the word "general" engraved on it.
"My dear nephew, I have told you before, stop checking...Why don't you listen?"
The person coming was none other than Zhang Xingyue, the chief arrest officer of Rongye County.
He gently pulled out his official sword.
"Hand over all your notes, destroy them, and stay at home honestly from now on, and don't touch these things anymore. Wouldn't it be great to get married, have children, and live and work in peace and contentment?"
"Zhang...Uncle Zhang..." Xiong Wuye, who was leaning on the garbage truck, raised his head.
"Don't lie to me... Can I go back now?"
His face was filled with tears and runny nose. But there was still a trace of hope in his eyes, hoping that the other party would deny him.
"You...had known why you would have done this today..." Zhang Xingyue shook his head. "Hand over all your notes and don't check them anymore. If this continues, what will happen to your family? Your parents, brother, they will all be implicated by you.
"Quickly take out all the hidden notes and destroy them. Everything will be fine after that." Zhang Xingyue comforted her.
"Okay, I'll listen to your uncle Zhang. My notes are here..." Xiong Wuye was about to say.
Suddenly, a figure rushed out from the side and stood in front of him.
"Stop talking and run away!!"
is teacher!!
Xiong Wuye was shocked and recognized the voice.
"teacher!?"
"Run away! He wants to silence him!!"
In an instant, Zhang Xingyue drew his sword and slashed forward, and the two of them fought fiercely.
Zhang Xingyue is obviously much stronger. As the chief arrester of the entire Rongye County, his strength has been proven in battles one after another.
"You can't escape this matter. Anyone who dares to investigate will die!" Zhang Xingyue looked sinister, and the sword light continued to accelerate.
puff!
In an instant, he slashed the teacher's chest with a knife.
Blood spattered and turned into dots of red plums on the wall.
"Let's go!!" The teacher turned around and yelled.
Xiong Wuye's vision blurred with tears, and he turned around and ran away.
For some special reason, he had practiced some body skills, and now he ran away with all his strength, and soon disappeared into the night.
Not long after, a shrill scream came from behind.
He heard it, it was the teacher's last voice.
The teacher Du Tao has no children and almost treats him as his own son, but now... now...!!
Xiong Wuye recalled Zhang Xingyue's words in his mind.
'Whoever dares to investigate will die!'
The teacher’s persuasion still echoes in my heart.
He was so confused that he didn't know where to go or where to be safe. He only knew how to escape from the city and rush into the dark woods.
The originally dangerous night forest now seemed like the safest place of protection.
'Perhaps, I shouldn't have investigated those statues in the first place...I shouldn't have inquired about that information...'
'If I hadn't studied the true purpose of the statue through foreign ancient books... maybe everything... nothing would have happened.'
He simply could not have imagined that something abnormal would happen to the statue the moment it was fully assembled.
Also, it was obvious that he was assembling it in the secret room of his room, how did the people outside know about it?
He didn't know...why all this turned out like this...
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Zhang Rongfang carried the mysterious woman out of the tomb and broke her wrist in a nearby woodland.
Then he found a tree hole and threw the woman in, leaving only her head exposed.
He unfolded the cloth and read it again.
Well, I'm sure I really can't understand it.
'It seems we can only wait until this woman wakes up.'
He rested quietly, meditated, and waited.
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About half an hour later, the woman slowly opened her eyes.
The strange thing is that she didn't panic or struggle. She just tried her hands and found that the pain was unbearable. She knew that her hands were broken, so she didn't move.
"Who are you?" She looked at Zhang Rongfang, whose face was covered, and asked in a deep voice.
"people."
Zhang Rongfang said.
"Okay, I'm stupid. You won't answer my real name even if you think about it." The woman said calmly, "My name is Dai Huanxi, and I am responsible for guarding this tomb of the Tantric Cult to see if there are any remnants of the Tantric Cult."
"To put it simply, I am the guardian of the government. You'd better let me go immediately, otherwise..."
"I know. What is Tantra?" Zhang Rongfang asked.
The woman suddenly reacted. The other party didn't even ask her who she was, and just took action. It was obvious that she didn't care about her origins at all.
"...Today, officially, those who can be registered by Jixianyuan are Mingjiao. Those who are not registered are all Tantric sects."
"What are those fragments of statues and metal parts?" Zhang Rongfang asked again.
Dai Huanxi was stunned for a moment.
"I don't know what the fragments of the statues are, but there are many broken remains of esoteric religious artifacts in the tomb. Are those you are talking about?"
"How can I find the secret sect?" Zhang Rongfang changed the question.
"have no idea."
"Why did the imperial court want to strangle the Tantric Cult?"
"I don't know. I'm just a pawn. I don't know anything about this if you ask me." Dai Huanxi said calmly.
"Then let me ask you a final question." Zhang Rongfang said calmly. "Who is your superior?"
"Wait! What do you want to do??" Dai Huanxi was obviously nervous. "I'll tell you everything I know."
Her tone quickened and she said quickly: "I am just following orders and am affiliated with the Lingting Xuehong Pavilion Supervision Department! I am responsible for supervising esoteric affairs in various places."
"What is this piece of cloth?" Zhang Rongfang tapped the cloth on the ground with his foot.
"You don't know?" Dai Huanxi asked doubtfully, "This should be a prayer used by the Tantric Cult in conjunction with the gods. It is said that using this prayer can obtain the protection of the Tantric Cult gods.
It may also be an esoteric scripture, a treasure scroll that records secret knowledge. Anyway, I don’t know. I joined the Supervision Department not long ago.”
"Is there any more?" Zhang Rongfang asked.
"Wait, don't kill me! I'm from the Supervision Department. If I die, the higher ups will definitely send someone down to investigate! Maybe experts from Xuehong Pavilion will come by then!" Dai Huanxi said hurriedly, his face turning pale.
Zhang Rongfang was too lazy to talk nonsense and stepped forward.
There was a crisp click, Dai Huanxi's head tilted, his neck bones were broken, and he could only see the air coming out but not the air coming in.
Withdrawing his legs, he lowered himself and searched the other person's body, took out the silver coins from his wallet, and then turned around and left without touching anything else.
Now that the remaining pieces of the statue have been found, he has to go back and assemble them quickly to see what's going on with this thing?
What secrets are hidden?
On the way back, he thought about it and went to check on the two tomb robbers from before.
The two of them were still unconscious, but Zhang Rongfang took care of them one by one and put an end to the problem.
Now that I saw his face, I was determined not to let him get out alive.
When I returned to Tanyang with the fragments, it was already early the next morning.
Zhang Rongfang did not hesitate, quickly went home and dug out the statue he had installed earlier.
Click.
Install the last three remaining pieces one by one.
Every fracture of the statue is carefully glued with rice paste.
Standing in the room, Zhang Rongfang looked carefully at the statue.
This thing looks like a metal creation, no different from other statues, just an ordinary handicraft.
Round light, five-colored clouds, wishful thinking, golden beads, and a kind smile.
These are the common features of many Taoist statues.
Zhang Rongfang took the washed yellow cloth and placed it in front of the statue. He suspected that the statue and the yellow cloth were used in combination.
But now, he can try the property bar to see if there are any prompts.
I checked the doors and windows of the house again and closed them all.
He then returned to the statue.
The property bar prompt has appeared.
'Intuition warning: This is a Taoist statue that was once broken. Maybe you can try to worship it... But instinctively, you can feel that there seems to be a deep danger hidden inside it.'
"Huh??!" Zhang Rongfang's heart moved.
Before, it was just a suggestion to worship, but now after it is fully assembled, a dangerous warning appears.
This made him suppress the thought of starting directly.
"Maybe I can find someone to give it a try."
What kind of dangers will such a completely unknown thing encounter? There is absolutely no way to prevent it.
So the best way is to find another tester and let him try it on your behalf.
Zhang Rongfang himself has special powers, so even if he doesn't get anything, it won't be a pity.
But if you encounter extremely troublesome dangers, the gains outweigh the losses.
He stared at the statue and thought of countermeasures.
Time passed slowly, and two days passed in the blink of an eye.
For the past two days, as usual, he trained Wanyan Lu to lose weight every day. Then he practiced martial arts, went to work, and went home to study the statues.
Morning of the third day.
In a deserted forest outside the city.
Zhang Rongfang picked up the statue and placed it on a flat open space.
Then he turned around and looked at a thin man who was trembling with fear but with a deep greed on his face.
"Are you sure that as long as I follow your instructions, you will give me fifty taels of silver??"
This man is a bastard villain who sold his wife and daughter for gambling.
He was selected by Zhang Rongfang and used as an experimenter to try out the idol.
For money, this guy will do anything!
"Of course." Zhang Rongfang took out a fifty-tael banknote from his arms.
"The money is here, as long as you finish it, I will give it to you."