Facing Tao Lang who was tied up with five flowers, Xu Zun began to ask questions.
At this moment, the others had already exited the bedroom, and apart from the corpse, they were the only two people left in the bedroom.
Just in case, Xu Zun deliberately stayed away from Tao Lang and stayed close to the door.
After all, too many accidents had happened before, and Xu Zun became more and more unable to trust his judgment on the strength of martial arts practitioners.
Although Tao Lang was double-tied with chains and ropes, he could no longer rest assured.
"Who am I? Haha..." Tao Lang smiled bitterly, "I am a tribute student in the first year of Taikang. I was later recommended to Tangzhou as an official. I served as a martial artist and magistrate of Jinxuan County. Later, I was recommended by the governor Li Yan.
In the three years since Yu Taikang, Yonghui has been appointed as the county governor."
"Oh..." Xu Zun thought for a moment and asked, "Then who is your superior?"
"I have already said that I am the governor of Yonghui County, and my superior is naturally Li Yan, the governor of Tangzhou." Tao Lang replied with his chest raised.
"I'm not asking about that," Xu Zun said, "I'm asking about your other superior, the one who asked you to commit the evil ghost murder case in Yonghui, and asked you to sow discord and cause gangs to fight, leading to chaos in Yonghui!"
"That's it," Tao Lang paused and said quietly, "Master Xu, couldn't I have done this alone?
"After I came to Yonghui, I saw that the dignified county was being bullied by those Jianghu sects, and I felt unhappy, so I secretly vowed to eradicate them all and restore my Daxuan law.
"Master Xu, am I wrong to do this?"
"You're not deaf, don't say you didn't hear what I just said," Xu Zun said, "Firstly, no matter how powerful you are, you can't convince Wan Qifeng; secondly, you don't need to pretend to be a ghost to sow discord!"
"Oh?" Tao Lang pretended to be surprised and asked, "Then according to Xu's opinion, why did I commit the evil ghost murder case?"
"Killing kills people," Xu Zun said. "Using evil spirits to kill people is naturally to disturb people's hearts. It doesn't matter if Yonghui is in chaos, but if people's people are confused, it will be a real disaster!"
"Hmm... It makes sense," Tao Lang nodded slightly and said, "Xu Tixing is thoughtful and extremely smart, but sometimes, being too smart may not be a good thing!
"You haven't told me yet, who is your real superior?" Xu Zun said, "It must be a big deal, right? Even Wan Qifeng has to obey orders?"
"What?" Tao Lang's eyes widened, "We've been talking for so long, haven't you guessed the truth yet?"
"..." Xu Zun frowned tightly, savoring the meaning in Tao Lang's eyes.
"To give you a hint," Tao Lang said, "Do you really think that we were manipulated and instigated by some evil force, so that we have spent many years planning today's action?"
"You..." After hearing these words, Xu Zun faintly confirmed an idea in his heart.
He had already guessed a certain truth before, but this truth... was really unacceptable!
"The chaos in Yonghui," Xu Zun asked, "What is the use of it? Is it related to the Ruan family in Xiazhou?"
"Master Xu..." Tao Lang shook his head in disappointment, pointed to the secret passage in the wall with his eyes and said, "Go in and have a look! The answer is inside!"
oh?
Xu Zun looked at the dark secret passage and felt that the situation was getting worse.
"Zhao Yu!"
Xu Zun shouted outside, and Zhao Yu immediately came in with a knife.
"Come!" Xu Zun ordered, "Take Governor Tao and let's go in and have a look together!"
"yes."
Zhao Yu didn't say much, but immediately mentioned Tao Lang and pushed him to the secret passage.
"There's no need to be so nervous," Tao Lang said, "You will take the initiative to let me go when you get in later!"
At Xu Zun's signal, the three people walked into the secret passage and walked deeper into the secret passage.
The secret passage is relatively simple, with dirt on both sides. It is clearly a dug earth passage.
However, after reaching the end of the secret passage, a hall suddenly opened up in front of us.
The air reeked of animal excrement and the smell of gunpowder, sulfur and saltpeter.
Among them, there are two grooves tied with iron chains, which are clearly the nests of the two leopards.
It seems that this is where they trained leopards and disguised them as evil spirits.
Going further, there is another wider hall.
Since there were torches on the wall, they could clearly see that there was a huge thing piled in the center of the hall!
But I saw that this behemoth had a dragon-like head, scales all over its body, and huge claws. It looked like a dragon, but it looked more like some kind of monster.
This thing is also made of a special kind of metal sheet, and the monster's belly is also equipped with various mechanisms...
Seeing this scene, Xu Zun clicked his tongue instantly, stared in disbelief and guessed:
"If I'm not wrong, this thing should be the legendary Suanni ghost in Yonghui, right?"
"Haha," Tao Lang said with a smile, "Master Xu has a good eye. Now that you have recognized it, you now know how much trouble you have caused, right?"
"What!?" Xu Zun hadn't spoken yet, but Zhao Yu stopped and shouted, raising his sword, "How dare you say such arrogant words as a prisoner? Believe it or not, I will kill you right now?"
Xu Zun raised his hand to stop Zhao Yu, and the expression on his face changed drastically.
"I understand," Xu Zun looked at Tao Lang and said seriously, "Master Tao, what I want to do now is to loosen your bonds, right?"
"What!?" Zhao Yu was dumbfounded and thought he heard wrongly.
"Haha, you know what's going on!" Tao Lang said with a proud smile, "It's okay not to loosen the ties. It won't be too late for me to tell you the truth, but... are you sure, you really want to know the truth?"
Xu Zun slowly walked up to Tao Lang and said something shocking:
"You...are from the Queen Mother!!?"
"Ah?" Zhao Yu was speechless and confused on the spot.
"Hahaha..." Tao Lang said with a smile, "Mr. Xu, it's tacitly understood, so let's stop talking! If you're lucky, only you will die, don't hurt your subordinates!"
"What...what..." Zhao Yu finally felt something was wrong, and there was fear in his eyes.
"It doesn't matter," Xu Zun patted Zhao Yu on the shoulder, "This is also an internal guard. He will live and die with me and is trustworthy. So, let us die clearly!"
"Don't... don't..." Zhao Yu was even more confused, "I... I don't know anything? Otherwise, you two have a good chat and I go out to get some fresh air first? It's a bit suffocating here, haha
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"General Jinghui of Hanzhou's 20,000 cavalry are waiting at Yunlong Mountain!" Tao Lang said excitedly, "As soon as the Suanyi ghost comes out, 20,000 cavalry will step into Yonghui City!
"You..." Tao Lang glared at Xu Zun and said, "Now you know whose way you are blocking, right?"
When Lang Lang...
Zhao Yu was so frightened that he couldn't even hold the knife steady and dropped it to the ground.
"No way!?" Zhao Yu's eyes almost fell to the ground and he asked excitedly, "Are you kidding? Why do the cavalry want to enter Yonghui City? What does this Suan Ni ghost have to do with? Besides... this Suan
Aren’t the wild ghosts also fake?”
"Master Xu," Tao Lang glared at Xu Zun and said angrily, "now you know who my superior is, right?
