Chapter 49: Tranquility

On the way back to the county office, Shen Huan didn't even say a word, the whole person was very quiet and terrifying, the quieter the person, the more violent his heart often became, which couldn't help but make Ye Feixue's heart feel a little worried......

Back in the city, the streets are still full of people, people are still gathered around various acrobatic troupes and food stalls, welcoming the upcoming Shangyuan Festival, and only a small number of people who have already received the news are discussing the slaughter of Dafeng Village...... Although there is no saint on the high platform of Manichaeism today, there are more people than yesterday! As soon as they saw them, the tragic scene just now jumped into everyone's minds at once.

"These bastards are still here! Brothers, follow me and arrest those demons! ”

After the initial fear, Xing Zhutou's heart has been filled with hatred, as a county catcher, everyone's net worth and life can be said to be tied to him, but he is powerless to protect the safety of his hometown fathers! This is not a dereliction of duty, this is incompetence!

Not only him, but even the fast catchers also have the same idea, especially the fast catcher from Dafeng Village, who hates him so much that he hacks them to death on the street! Every year during the Chinese New Year is the busiest time in the yamen, from the first day of the new year to yesterday, he has been following his brothers to maintain order in the city, I wanted to take advantage of these two days of rest to go home to accompany his family, but I didn't expect that when I saw my family again, they had become a cold corpse......

Hatred often makes people lose their minds, and they don't even need Xing Zhutou's instructions at all, and that catcher has already drawn his weapon! The red eyes were like a vengeful wolf staring at the Manichaean group! However, at the moment when he was about to pounce, he was stunned by Tie Wushuang's palm!

"What are you doing!" Xing Zhutou was stunned and questioned Tie Wushuang loudly.

"I just want him alive......"

"What do you mean?" Xing Zhutou, they didn't understand what Tie Wushuang meant at all......

At this moment, I only heard Shen Huan pointing to the group of people in front of him and asking, "Xing Zhutou, how many people do you think there are under the high platform in front?"

"About a thousand." Xing Zhutou glanced at it and made a rough estimate.

"I know that you are all saddened by the death of the villagers of Dafeng Village, but even if you already know that this tragedy was committed by a Manichaean demon? We can't do anything about them! We lack evidence, and we can't report it to the court with just a ghost drawing, saying that they robbed the tribute and killed the villagers of Dafeng Village! The second is the scene in front of our eyes, more than a thousand people! They were all seduced by Manichaeism and gathered here, and we now have no idea to what extent the Manichaean influence has penetrated, and how many of these more than 1,000 people have developed into their followers? If most of these people are, then do you know what the consequences will be if you just rushed forward like this......"

When Shen Huan said this, Xing Zhutou completely reacted, indeed as Shen Huan said, if they rushed forward like this, then there would definitely be a fierce conflict, or even a bloody battle on the street! If these people are all cult demons, it's fine, but if there are still a lot of ordinary people in them, then these people are very likely to help them rebel against the government under the bewitchment of those demons! And then it will not be a vicious battle, but the entire Jiangyin City will fall into a riot!

"So what do we do now?" Xing Zhutou forced himself to calm down and asked Shen Huan.

Shen Huan analyzed the situation in front of him and said, "As usual, you patrol the city, and you are not allowed to have any conflicts with the Manichaeans!" As for Lao Ji (the catcher who was knocked out by Tie Wushuang), you have to take good care of him, he is emotionally unstable now, we can't let him run around, we can't let him make some senseless sacrifices, in short, the most important thing for us now is to stay calm! I need to go back and think about this case......"

Back at the county office, after some analysis, Shen Huan was able to determine that the robbery of the tribute should be a bloody case committed by Manichaeism! According to Wang Yuntian, among the people who pursued and killed them was a man in black wearing a Rakshasa mask, and the Rakshasa mask in his hand and the ghost face painting on the wall of Dafeng Village were unique features of Manichaeism! This cannot be a coincidence at all! According to Wang Yuntian, Shen Huan judged that this black-clothed killer was very likely to be a member of the Manichaean Sect, or even a certain high-ranking person! With the martial arts of Wang Yuntian's four people all injured by him like this, Lei Yunting almost lost his life before this, so it can be seen that this killer is definitely not an ordinary Manichaean killer, it is very likely that he is a hall master or one of the four protectors!

Moreover, according to Wang Yuntian, since they were wanted by the imperial court, no matter where they hid, there would be killers following them, and they couldn't hide! In this Song Dynasty, where there is no surveillance, this is simply impossible! In order to achieve such an effect, there must be an organization with eyes and hands to provide information to these killers who want to take bounties! And after what he learned from Tie Wushuang, Manichaeism's power in the rivers and lakes is intertwined, and almost everywhere has their eyes, which is also very consistent with the characteristics of Manichaeism being the mastermind behind the scenes!

However, what Shen Huan couldn't understand was why the Manichaeans robbed the tribute? And deliberately blame Wang Yuntian for them? Why would they do it? Obviously, with the strength of the Manichaean organization, there is no shortage of money at all! So robbing tribute for the sake of money can be completely ruled out! They can't afford to attract the attention of the court for such a small amount of money!

Thinking of this, Shen Huan's attention turned to the tribute itself, he was wondering if there was anything special about this batch of tribute, but now it seems that this batch of tribute may be really special! Otherwise Manichaeism could not have been willing to take such a risk! It is impossible for the imperial court not to let people know what is in these tributes until now!

The case has run back to square one, and solving the mystery of the tribute is equivalent to cracking the Manichaean conspiracy! Shen Huan could sense that Manichaeism must be plotting something at this time, and once they succeeded, I am afraid it would be earth-shattering! Besides, Shen Huan thought of that beautiful woman, she tried her best to let herself go with her, why is this? What do you have to do with their conspiracy? There are also Li Cheng and Ye Feixue, are they also for the same purpose? Are they in league with Manichaeism?

Thinking of this, Shen Huan couldn't help but feel a little headache again, not caring about what secrets he had, Shen Huan decided to figure out what was so special in this batch of tributes first! Since the court is reluctant to talk about it, then it can only inquire from the people who pay tribute! This batch of tribute was paid by Hangzhou Zhizhou, and now that the tribute has been robbed, Hangzhou Zhizhou must be very anxious, and it should not be difficult to inquire about the news of the tribute from his mouth!

This matter was quickly arranged, but just as Shen Huan sent someone to Hangzhou, he was stopped by Tie Wushuang, "Brother, my brother knows that you have decided to participate in this matter, and my brother can't stop you, but my brother still has something to say to you!" You've seen the methods of the Manichaean demons, and they're all ruthless beasts! You sent people to Hangzhou so rashly, I was afraid that people would be poisoned by these people as soon as they left the city! So leave this matter to me! Within two days, I guarantee that you will receive a receipt from Hangzhou Zhizhou! ”

Tie Wushuang's words made Shen Huan slightly stunned, originally he thought that Tie Wushuang was here to stop him, but he didn't expect Tie Wushuang to take the initiative to help him! After careful inquiry, I understood the reason! There are two reasons why Tie Wushuang helped him, the first is that Tie Wushuang was moved by Shen Huan's integrity, and the second is that after he carefully thought about the current situation, Tie Wushuang realized that he was thinking too naïve! Although he didn't want Shen Huan, a weak scholar, to get involved in such a bloody whirlpool, now Shen Huan had been approached by a Manichaean killer! It's too late to hide now! Whether Shen Huan is happy or not, he has already been caught up in this storm! Even if Shen Huan agreed to take the whole village to Yangzhou, could they still hide there for the rest of their lives? Rather than this, it is better to let Shen Huan unite with himself, Tie Wushuang believes that with Shen Huan's wisdom and the power of the Love Alliance, he will definitely be able to successfully crush the Manichaean conspiracy! And in addition to these two points, Tie Wushuang also knew that if he couldn't solve the robbery of this tribute, then Wang Yuntian and the others would inevitably be used as scapegoats and sent to the capital to be punished! What's more, the enemy in front of me is dark and I am clear, and the situation is very passive, so it is better to attack decisively than this! Anyway, he has been fighting Manichaeism for so many years, so he might as well do it again this time!

After listening to Tie Wushuang's explanation, Shen Huan looked at him with some surprise, although Tie Wushuang looked like a reckless Zhang Fei, his mind was also extremely delicate! Analyze the situation in front of you very thoroughly! However, after thinking about it carefully, Shen Huan was also relieved, Tie Wushuang was the leader of the Love and Righteousness Alliance, holding the largest gangster gang in the world, and the various people he made friends with were very messy, if he really had no scheming, then he would probably have been played to death a long time ago......

Leaving this matter to Tie Wushuang will undoubtedly get twice the result with half the effort! By the way, Shen Huan also asked him to inquire about the information of Chen Shijie and Kaifeng's grandmother-in-law, although he had already sent someone to investigate, but it was too slow! With the intelligence network of the Righteous Alliance, it is much faster to do these things than the government!

At night, Shen Huan couldn't sleep when he was lying on the bed, his eyes were bloodshot, he was already very tired, but as soon as he closed his eyes, the scenes during the day reproduced over and over again in his mind like a movie...... After tossing and turning, Shen Huan decided to go for a walk in the yard......

It seemed that his own movement was too loud, which alarmed Ye Feixue, and it didn't take long for him to come out of the room and sit next to Shen Huan......

Looking at the bright moonlight, Shen Huan's heart was still difficult to calm down, and it was a long time before he said to Ye Feixue: "Brother Ye......"

"Just call me Flying Snow."

Shen Huan was slightly stunned, "Feixue, can you dance the sword again for me......"

"Good ......"

Ye Feixue did not refuse, and a soft sword dance bloomed under the moon...... Watching Ye Feixue dancing with his sword, he didn't know why Shen Huan's heart gradually calmed down at this moment...... It seems that all the troubles are gone, not because the sword dance is special, but because when he is with Ye Feixue, Shen Huan has a feeling of relaxation, this feeling is very special and familiar, at this moment, Shen Huan even felt that he and Ye Feixue had already known each other in which place and time......

Now...... In the gloomy cave, the man in black was still sitting, and his gaze was still as evil......

Listening to the latest news, a cruel smile appeared on the face of the man in black, "It's not easy! I can bear it! Looks like it needs another fire......"