Chapter 75 74. Pregnancy and Child's Corpse

A sixth-rank official.

His rank was already very high in the entire Dasheng Dynasty. The highest rank of a county magistrate was no more than seventh rank. In other words, with the identity of the Exorcism Courtyard, local county magistrates had to bow before him.

Especially a powerful government agency like the Arctic Exorcism Institute.

In charge of all evil happenings in the Dasheng Dynasty, the Beiji Exorcism House can get involved in anything that is determined to be related to evil.

It is no exaggeration to say that he is extremely powerful.

But at the same time, the Arctic Exorcism Institute's demon-hunting operations have resulted in extremely high casualties.

Any monster that can ignore the Yang Fire of the State and cannot be dealt with by the local government and sects must be very powerful. Fighting against these monsters is actually like dealing with the line between life and death most of the time.

Qin Hongsheng's unsuppressable tragic aura was forcibly exuded in one battle after another.

After greeting Xu Qing, Luo Yangao and Qin Hongsheng turned their attention to the corpse on the ground.

"Xiaoxue, what's going on?" Luo Yangao asked directly.

"Captain, your Excellency." Mo Qingxue clasped his fists and said in a deep voice, "This man is hiding an evil spirit, and he is from Ghost Island."

"Ghost Island?" Luo Yangao and Qin Hongsheng frowned at the same time.

"If he is a cultivator from Ghost Island, it is not surprising that he has evil spirits and ghosts on his body, but why would he appear here? And why can he appear here?" Luo Yangao said in a serious tone.

"This is exactly what we are wondering about." Mo Qingxue pondered for a moment and said, "We have a guess. Could this person actually be related to the Lord of Hongze Lake?"

"Oh?" Qin Hongsheng turned his eyes and raised his voice slightly, "Tell me about it."

"Sir, there was a black snake demon causing chaos in Huai'an County half a month ago."

"I know this. This is the first chess piece that the Lake Lord exposed." Qin Hongsheng nodded slightly and said, "But at that time, the Huai'an County government and the Exorcism Institute just regarded it as an ordinary evil incident."

"Later, it was Taoist Master Xu Qing who caught the Lake Lord in Ningyang Town, which made us pay attention to it. This large-scale inspection on both sides of the Huai River also started from this."

Mo Qingxue looked at Xu Qing in surprise. She didn't expect that the major investigation on both sides of the Huai River was related to Xu Qing.

This major inspection cleared out many evil spirits hiding in the city.

To say something impolite.

Now everyone on both sides of the Huai River, from the county magistrate to the common people, owes Xu Qing a favor.

If he had not discovered this problem in advance, when the demon disaster broke out on a large scale, who knows how many people would have died.

"Don't look at me, just continue." Xu Qing said indifferently.

Mo Qingxue's face darkened and she continued:
"In past evil incidents, we have dealt with many water-born monsters that escaped from Hongze Lake, but we have never found that the Lake Lord has the ability to allow so many monsters to hide in the city."

Ordinary constables do not have access to so much information, but in addition to being a constable, Mo Qingxue is also a child of a prominent family.

Moreover, they are a powerful bureaucratic family and one of the local tyrants in Huai'an County.

Because she knew a lot, when she discovered that the man found by Chitose Crowme was from Onigashima, as well as the situation of this Onigashima man, all the clues were connected together in her mind at once.

"Captain, Sir, look." Mo Qingxue pointed at the tied-up body on the ground, "The bones of this man's limbs have been cut open and inserted into bamboo tubes, and the bamboo tubes are the tools he uses to raise monsters."

"In addition, when we fought him for the first time, he spat out a ball of black mud from his mouth. According to Taoist Master Xu Qing, this ball of black mud was actually a snake demon."

"This method of hiding a demon in a person's body, captain of the police, sir, doesn't it look familiar to you?"

Of course Luo Yangao and Qin Hongsheng felt that he looked familiar.

The evil spirits hiding in the city on both sides of the Huai River all use this method. They hide in the bodies of mortals and borrow the vitality of mortals to avoid the detection of the magic mirror.

"Hu Jun may be colluding with Guidao. This is a serious matter. I need to report it to the Exorcist's House immediately." Qin Hongsheng said sternly, "I will also take this body away."

"Your Excellency will handle this matter as you wish." Luo Yangao would not stop him. Qin Hongsheng was a man of swift action. After learning of this speculation, he did not exchange pleasantries with the others and left quickly with the body.

"This Lake Lord is really doing everything he can to get to the river." Luo Yangao sighed.

Huai'an County is just downstream of Hongze Lake. Once the lake king flees into the river, this place will be the first to be hit. Anyone who knows a little bit of the news will be worried.

"Captain, how much more do you think Mr. Hu has planned in secret?" Mo Qingxue asked, sounding a little worried.

Originally, the rumor that the Lake King had fled to the river was raised every year in Huai'an County and spread by people, but year after year, the old dragon still lay dormant in Hongze Lake.

But based on the current situation, the old dragon will not be able to maintain the current state of superficial peace for too long.

"Who knows." Luo Yangao shook his head: "Most of the chess pieces he deployed on both sides of the Huai River have been pulled out. This step to disperse the power of the court has been pushed back before it was even taken."

"Besides the imperial court, there is also Yuanfu Temple."

"If it doesn't have the means to contain Yuanfu Temple, even if it gambles everything and flees across the river, the end result won't be very good."

"I can't imagine what method that old dragon will use to deal with Yuan Fu Temple."

When they said this, Luo Yangao, Mo Qingxue and Dasha all looked at Xu Qing, the direct disciple of the Yuanfu Temple's master.

Xu Qing shook his head: "I don't know either."

It was normal not to get an answer from Xu Qing, and Luo and Mo didn't care too much about it.

"I still have some official business to take care of, Taoist Xu Qing, see you next time." Luo Yangao clasped his fists and said goodbye.

"See you next time." Xu Qing responded with a Taoist bow.

"We also need to continue patrolling, Taoist Master Xu Qing."

Mo Qingxue took out the Thousand-Year-Old Crow's Eye and prepared to say goodbye with Dasha.

However, Xu Qing stopped her and asked about Liu Sanniang's situation. He had received help from Cao Erlang's great energy, so in return for his kindness, he naturally hoped that Cao Erlang's lover Liu Sanniang would be safe.

"Hmm." Mo Qingxue hesitated and finally lowered her voice and said, "Liu Sanniang was pregnant before."

"Pregnant? Cao Erlang's child?" Xu Qing's eyes narrowed.

"It should be." Mo Qingxue continued, "But the child was accidentally miscarried at that time, and died in the womb. The reason why the black snake demon came to Liu Sanniang that time was to find out where she buried the child's body."

"Why does the Black Snake Demon want the remains of Liu Sanniang's child?" Xu Qing raised his eyebrows, and suddenly thought of a possibility, "The Black Snake Demon is in cahoots with the villains who murdered the Cao family, and the Lord of the Lake may be behind them."

"Are they trying to use the Cao family's bloodline to deal with the Cao family?"

There are many kinds of magic in this world, and it is not uncommon to use blood ties to deal with people.

Mo Qingxue hesitated for a moment and nodded, "It's very likely, but we're not sure what the Lake Lord wants to do or what he wants to achieve."

"Besides, this is also a confidential matter in the government office. Without the nod from the county magistrate, I can't tell you too much."

Xu Qing did not ask further questions: "I understand, thank you for letting me know."

"It's nothing." Mo Qingxue waved her hand, "You've helped us twice."

Xu Qing watched Mo Qingxue and Dasha leave, his eyes flashing with strangeness. What is the identity of the Cao family, and why is Hu Jun targeting this family so much?
As I was deep in thought, I suddenly heard a familiar voice in my ear.

"San'er, why are you here?"

Xu Qing looked up and saw the eldest and second eldest brothers who were getting ready to go home.

"I came out to look for you." Xu Qing changed his expression and said gloatingly, "Mother saw that you guys didn't come back, so she sent me to look for you."

(End of this chapter)