Fan Qingzhou took the bamboo scroll and quickly checked its contents.
He has an almost photographic memory. There are thousands of files in the Ye Yu Mansion, but he can remember them all. He can tell which files they are at a glance:
"This is a case file that was handed over to Ye Yufu just the day before yesterday. The reason is that the surrounding counties and counties have seen a sharp increase in missing children in the past three months. Some local government officials tried to investigate and discovered a situation beyond their capabilities."
"How is the progress?" Zhao Huaizhong asked.
"There are no clear clues yet. In the past few days, nearly half of the people in the mansion have followed Baiyao to track down the Yinnu Cult.
They are operating within the territory of the Wei Dynasty and require the cooperation of multiple lines of manpower."
Fan Qingzhou: "But we just had a team of people go out of the city this morning to thoroughly investigate the situation on the case file."
"Please inform me of the progress of this matter in a timely manner."
"No." Fan Qingzhou bowed.
Zhao Huaizhong changed the topic: "Baiyao and others are tracking the Yinnu Cult, how is the situation?"
"Wei Chen came over and was about to talk about this matter.
News came back from Baiyao that the Yinnu Cult had abandoned its business that they had been doing for many years and moved to avoid disaster. The entire sect evacuated overnight and fled deep into the mountains, leaving their traces unknown."
Fan Qingzhou continued: "Baiyao sent a letter and came back to inquire. Should he continue to track and dig out the Yinnu Sect members, or should he withdraw to Xianyang?"
Zhao Huaizhong: "Since the mansion is short of manpower, let's bring people back. The Yinnu Cult... we'll talk about it later when we have a chance."
Fan Qingzhou bowed again and walked briskly.
If Zhao Huaizhong doesn't let go of this matter, Baiyao and his party will have to keep running around.
It was rare for Zhao Huaizhong to have insight into people's hearts. He agreed to transfer the person back before he even opened his mouth.
Fan Qingzhou was in a happy mood and followed Zhao Huaizhong's instructions when he went out, asking his subordinates to pay attention to the missing children in surrounding counties and make every effort to investigate thoroughly.
A few days passed by in a blink of an eye.
That morning, Zhao Huaizhong rushed to Ye Yu Mansion, and Fan Qingzhou came over with a serious face to report: "There is a new discovery about the missing children..."
Half an hour later, groups of soldiers galloped out of Ye Yu's Mansion. They were all wearing black armor, with swords in their hands, and radiating cold light. There were more than a hundred of them.
This group of Ye Yufu elites crossed the long street and headed straight for the south city gate.
If someone who is familiar with the rules of Ye Yu Mansion sees it, they will know that something big has happened.
Ye Yu Mansion rarely dispatches a team of hundreds of people.
And in the team composed of over a hundred elites, Zhao Huaizhong was also there.
He wanted to follow him to see the scene, but also to familiarize himself with the procedures of Ye Yu Mansion.
In the team, not only Fan Qingzhou personally accompanied him, but for safety reasons, Mu Qingkong, one of the eight generals of Zhonglang, was also pulled out.
The group of people left the city in the south and rushed to a county near Xianyang.
The others rode tall horses, and Zhao Huaizhong was in the center of the team, making a luxurious chariot, equivalent to Da Qin's Rolls-Royce.
In front of the double-shaft chariot were four huge black horses, running as if riding on the wind, fast and steady.
Wu Jia drove the car himself, while Fan Qingzhou and Jiang Si sat in the car with Zhao Huaizhong.
"Does this kind of horse exist in the other six countries?"
Zhao Huaizhong looked at the horses pulling the cart.
He had long discovered that the beasts in this world were different from what he thought, as if alien creatures had landed on the earth.
The four giant horses running in front were stronger than oxen and faster than leopards.
As they ran, the breath exhaled from their noses turned into two black air pillars, lingering beside them. From a distance, they looked like evil things running out of hell, extremely powerful and arrogant.
The other warriors in the team also rode the same horses, but with slightly lower bloodlines.
Only Mu Qingkong chose a coquettish bay-red horse, carefreely guarding it around the frame.
"Most of these horses are completely black and rarely have mottled colors, so they are called night beasts. Some people also call them phoenix eggs. This is related to the legend of our Da Qin Dynasty. It is said that in ancient times, there was a kind of phoenix bird that flew out of hell and was killed by immortals.
He was injured by the demon chasing him, his blood dripped into the world, and he was eaten by horses.
From then on, this kind of horse could travel thousands of miles a day and run without getting tired.
There are also some from the other six countries, but they are not as strong as the night beasts of our Great Qin."
Fan Qingzhou was very knowledgeable and casually gave Zhao Huaizhong various explanations:
"Some people also say that the night beast has the blood of ancient unicorns, and there are many legends about it."
Nonsense about infertile eggs. It is impossible for biological genes of different ethnic groups to be fused together. This is something that all modern primary school students know... Damn it, not necessarily. This is a world that cannot be explained by science. I am a little hasty in my conclusion.
Maybe horses and phoenixes are really related here.
The above are Zhao Huaizhong’s psychological activities.
He then stopped speaking and silently sensed the breath in his body.
He does not need to practice deliberately, but the strength in his body is always growing naturally with his breathing.
A few days later, Zhao Huaizhong could clearly sense that the power in his body had reached the sixth level of the Immortal Platform and the Moon, and it was steadily increasing and gradually filling up.
It won't be long before he will reach the peak of the Moon Realm.
The night beast ran with no martial ethics and did not rest at all. It kept running at a fast pace and reached its destination in less than an hour.
The riverside outside a village was under martial law at this time.
A few days ago, Zhao Huaizhong saw the woman who was beaten in the street in Xianyang City, lying on the side of the river, sobbing and crying.
On the river bank, lying on the left and right, were the bodies of two dead children, about three or four years old, with dark complexions.
The child corpses were all wearing red coats in the middle of summer, and they had an indescribable evil aura.
It has been several hours since they were fished ashore, but water has been dripping from their bodies.
The woman was stopped by the soldiers, not far from the girl lying among the two corpses, crying so hard that she almost fainted.
The surrounding area of 100 meters was sealed off by the people of Ye Yu Mansion, and because of the evil sect of child corpses, the atmosphere nearby was cold and cold. There were no people watching the excitement, only the chilly atmosphere created by the gathering of soldiers from the Great Qin Dynasty.
After Zhao Huaizhong arrived, he got out of the car and walked to the child's body.
Fan Qingzhou and others beside him were also looking at the child's corpse.
"The child's body was found in the morning, in the river nearby."
Fan Qingzhou personally gave an on-site report to Zhao Huaizhong.
"What was the condition like when it was discovered?"
"It was first discovered by nearby people. At that time, the corpse slowly floated up from the bottom of the river and traveled against the river. It was said that it moved very fast. The villagers who discovered it were so frightened that they went insane. The corpse of the child floated up from the bottom of the river and traveled against the current.
It's a sign that something big is about to happen." Fan Qingzhou said.
Zhao Huaizhong sighed softly: "This is just a dirty trick commonly used by cults.
First, they use methods that ordinary people don’t understand to fool and scare people, and then they deceive people to get what they need.”
Fan Qingzhou nodded: "My subordinates feel the same way. Using child corpses to generate violence and setting up traps in remote places such as counties and counties can often deceive entire villages into bankruptcy.
This is very similar to the method of eclipse teaching."
"The Cult of Food?"
"Yes, although the Eclipse Sect is not among the three sects and nine sects, it is still a major evil sect with a long history."
Fan Qingzhou pointed at the two child corpses: "If this subordinate is not mistaken, there must be something missing in these two child corpses, and the bodies are incomplete." After saying this, he waved his hand, and someone came forward to check.
Because we had to wait for Zhao Huaizhong and others to come to the scene, the child's body had not been moved since it was fished out.
At this time, a man came forward, and he made a discovery in a moment.
When Wu Zuo opened the dead child's eyelids, he saw that the eye sockets were hollow, and the pupils had disappeared, leaving only two black holes. However, there was nothing unusual about the appearance, and the eye sockets were not collapsed at all.
Zhao Huai felt his heart tense and turned to look at the woman.
"It shouldn't be wrong, it's the method of the Eclipse Sect."
Fan Qingzhou looked gloomy: "Seeing my team from Ye Yu Mansion appear, I'm afraid the monsters from the Eclipse Sect will never show up again. Weichen will have people take over this place and hunt down the people from the Eclipse Sect with all their strength."
"It doesn't take so much trouble, we can find them out now."
Zhao Huaizhong sniffed and pointed to the other side of the river: "There is a strange smell on these two child corpses, which should be caused by someone's hands and feet.
The same smell can be found on the other side of the river."
Fan Qingzhou and Mu Qingkong looked at each other and saw the surprise in the other's eyes.
What kind of nose is this? The other side of the river is more than a hundred meters away, and there are weeds all over the place. Can you smell something wafting over?
The two of them had thoughts flashing in their minds, but they had expressions of conviction on their faces, and they immediately sent people to search across the river.
"Let's follow up and have a look." Zhao Huaizhong said firmly.