Hearing Xu Zun's words, Zhao Yu and Tao Lang were dumbfounded.
"Are you crazy?" Tao Lang stared at Xu Zun and said in disbelief, "Without Suanyi Ghost, there will be no chance!
"Xu Zun, don't you still believe in my identity?" Tao Lang gestured to his sleeve, "I have the token of the inner guard in my pocket. Yan Sen and I are both ordered to act by the Queen Mother.
"If you still don't believe it, then go to Yunlong Mountain and take a look. In the mountains twenty miles northwest, you can ask General Jing Hui personally..."
"Counter Tao," Xu Zun waved his hand and said, "Don't get me wrong, I completely believe in your identity and everything you say. Because except for the reasons you said, I can't think of anyone else who can
do this kind of thing.
"However, there is one thing you may not be clear about," Xu Zun said, "I also came to Yonghui to investigate the case on the orders of the Queen Mother!
"Moreover, your secret order is in front, and my Yiyi is behind."
Xu Zun's words were very simple, but in Tao Lang's heart, they were like a bolt from the blue.
"You...what do you mean?" Tao Lang asked in surprise, "I have told you the truth, do you think...you still want to disobey the Queen Mother's will?
"Xu Zun, the head on your neck no longer belongs to you. If you can no longer make the right choice, your family and subordinates will all be buried with you!"
Tao Lang's words were so weighty that Zhao Yu trembled. He quickly ran closer and groped inside Tao Lang's sleeves.
After a while of groping, he finally found the inner guard token.
"Master Xu," Zhao Yu held up the token and said to Xu Zun, "he didn't lie! Sir, you have to think twice..."
"Zhao Yu," Xu Zun said solemnly, "are you going to disobey me now? Didn't I make it clear? Burn the Suanyi ghost, and burn this place too!"
"Sir...you..." Zhao Yu knew very well Xu Zun's nature and was not completely sure. Xu Zun never took risks.
So, he immediately took out his fire sickle and prepared for action.
"Stop!" Tao Lang's eyes were bleeding and he shouted anxiously, "You are really a bunch of lunatics. You know who you are against, but you still want to..."
"Counter Tao," Xu Zun said seriously, "Wan Qifeng gave me a piece of advice before he died: smart people don't live long, especially those who think they are smart.
"This sentence is so right!"
"You..." Tao Lang looked at Xu Zun suspiciously, seeming to understand something, but not quite understanding.
"I, Xu Zun, as a prisoner in Tangzhou, and under the decree of the Queen Mother, came to Yonghui to investigate the case of evil ghosts eating people!" Xu Zun stood tall and said solemnly, "This is my mission in Yonghui, and it is also my mission to find out the truth of the case.
Xu’s responsibilities.
"Now, my mission has been completed! The truth about the evil ghost cannibalism case has been revealed. You are the mastermind of the case, and you planned all of this.
"So, I can go back and resume my life!"
"What!!? You...you..." Tao Lang was shocked, with a look of disbelief on his face.
"What are you still doing?" Xu Zun turned to Zhao Yu, "Do it! I will be responsible for all the consequences and it has nothing to do with you."
"Yes...yes..." Zhao Yu no longer hesitated and immediately went behind Suanyi Ghost's props and started to light the fire.
"Xu Zun..." Seeing the fire, Tao Lang was filled with despair. He stared at Xu Zun and said fiercely, "You know what the Holy Queen Mother is going to do. Even if you kill me, the Queen Mother will not spare you!"
"What you delayed was my Daxuan's national policy! You will become a sinner!!"
"Don't worry," Xu Zun said nonchalantly, "I'm here to investigate the case, and I won't kill innocent people indiscriminately. You are the mastermind of the evil ghost cannibalism case, so I will naturally let you live to face trial."
"you……"
While speaking, Zhao Yu had already ignited the Suanyi ghost prop. Since the prop was also coated with white phosphorus, the fire quickly grew in size, with thick smoke billowing out and a crackling sound, as if it was about to explode.
"Sir..." Zhao Yu ran out of the fire and shouted to Xu Zun, "Let's leave quickly! This thing burns very fast..."
So, Xu Zun and Zhao Yu pulled Tao Lang out of the secret room and returned to Tao Lang's bedroom.
"No...no..."
At this moment, Tao Lang collapsed and collapsed helplessly on the ground, unable to believe that the grand plan he had designed for two years was so easily burned down.
"Zhao Yu," Xu Zun ordered, "take Sheriff Tao down and send our people to guard him so that nothing happens to him.
"And...the words inside just now..."
"I understand, I understand!" At this point, Zhao Yu could only nod his head and nodded, "We are just here to check for the Yonghui evil ghost. We don't know anything else. We don't know anything about it.
"But..." Zhao Yu pointed at Tao Lang and whispered, "What should we do if he talks nonsense?"
"Does it have something to do with us?" Xu Zun said nonchalantly, "He can say whatever he likes. Then we will see whose clan the Queen Mother will kill..."
Xu Zun deliberately spoke harshly, which meant to remind Tao Lang not to talk nonsense to others, otherwise you may be the one who dies the worst!
Tao Lang shivered when he heard this, but still glared at Xu Zun viciously. Does that mean who of us will die first?
After Zhao Yu took the people down, thick smoke came from the entrance of the secret room, and it was obvious that a fire had been ignited inside.
Xu Zun came to the door, quickly found the switch, and closed the stone door at the secret passage.
The bedroom has returned to purity, but the corpses on the floor still bear witness to the bloodshed and cruelty of this evil murder case.
In fact, as early as when he was at the dock wine shop, Xu Zun had already thought that this matter might be caused by the imperial court, and even thought of the supreme ruler of Daxuan.
However, when Tao Lang told the truth, Xu Zun couldn't understand why the Queen Mother sent herself to Yonghui to investigate the case when she had already planned everything.
Isn't this a contradiction?
Is it possible that either Tao Lang or the Yizhi he received is fake?
After careful analysis, this possibility was quickly ruled out.
Without the Queen Mother's will, how could Tao Lang play such a big game of chess?
Also, the imperial edict he received could not be false. Given Cai Kun's courage, he would not dare to falsely convey the imperial edict.
so……
The Queen Mother must have had deep meaning in sending herself to Yonghui at such a critical moment.
Thinking back, back in Shangyuan City, the governor Li Yan didn't get any news, but the Queen Mother suddenly sent her two secret edicts in a row, and directly stated that there was an evil ghost murder incident in Yonghui.
Now it seems that there was actually a reason why the Queen Mother got the news so early.
Xu Zun also knew that there was another important factor behind the evil ghost case, and that was the iron coffin incident!
It was exactly two years ago that Tao Lang started planning the Yonghui Evil Ghost Case, and at that time, the Iron Coffin Incident had just occurred.
According to the information he currently has, Imperial Master Qiu Dingtian defected to Xiazhou and was shot to death by the Ruan clan of Xiazhou. His body was then put into an iron coffin and transported back to the Holy Capital.
Unexpectedly, the iron coffin was robbed in Xinye County, and Qiu Dingtian's body disappeared.
Therefore, the Queen Mother had reason to suspect that the Ruan family of Xiazhou had done something wrong. Maybe Qiu Dingtian was not dead at all!
If this is the case, then the Xiazhou Ruan family may secretly join forces with Qiu Dingtian.
You must know that Qiu Dingtian has been Daxuan's national advisor all his life, and he knows the court and society of Daxuan Dynasty very well. Once he joins forces with Xiazhou, he will become a fatal worry to Daxuan.
Therefore, the Queen Mother had no choice but to formulate such a strategy, hoping to use the evil ghost of Yonghui to send troops to Yonghui to give the Ruan family of Xiazhou a warning in advance.
For this reason, she did not hesitate to level the entire Yonghui and rebuild the city, just to show her determination to the Ruan family in Xiazhou!
But... Xu Zun also knows that the iron coffin case has not been investigated, and no one knows whether Qiu Dingtian is dead or alive?
Therefore, the Queen Mother herself knew that this huge strategy was radical and risky.
If things are not what he imagined, it will be tantamount to a complete break with Xiazhou, which will add instability factors.
What's more, if someone deliberately snatches Qiu Dingtian's body and deliberately sows a relationship between Daxuan and Xiazhou, wouldn't it mean that he fell into a treacherous plot?
So, when it was about to be implemented, the Queen Mother was still in a dilemma.
So... seeing that she was investigating the Iron Coffin case and had made a certain breakthrough, the Queen Mother changed her mind and asked Cai Kun to issue a secret order to come to Yonghui to investigate the case of evil ghosts eating people.
perhaps……
Xu Zun guessed in his heart that the Queen Mother was making a gamble with herself, right?
If Xu Zun can't find out the whole story after he comes to Yonghui, then let Tao Lang continue as usual and maintain the previous plan.
But if Xu Zun really figures out the evil ghost case and can stop Tao Lang's plan in time, then...will everything be different?
Of course, there is no real evidence, so Xu Zun’s decision to set fire to the Suanyi ghost was not a big gamble.
