Chapter 16: Meritorious Service Persons in Prison
Zhang Xiaojing's breathing suddenly stagnated, and the foot that stepped on the young man's chest also left. Jingzhao Mansion Luo joined the army and the order of the county Cheng was to ensure that the demon leader survived. This white-bearded man with a white head may be an important witness in a case, or an important secret is involved.
The demon leader can also realize his own importance, so he pointed the tip of the knife at his neck, which is difficult to do.
When he hijacked Zoroastrian Sabao, his face was still fierce and hideous, but at this moment there was a kind of quiet peace, like a water lily floating quietly on the surface of a lake, and his voice was numb and illusory, as if he had entered some kind of profound realm.
"My master is the reincarnation of the nine-petal holy lotus conceived in the lotus pond in Liquan County, descending to the world to relieve the suffering of the common people, he had a proverb before he died: 'Return to Taiji to give birth to all things, and the sunrise lotus pond turns to the world', do you know what this means?"
Zhang Xiaojing and Li Siye looked ignorant, and they couldn't understand the contrast between the sudden appearance of this demon.
Li Siye asked in a low voice, "Who is his master?" What's going on? ”
Zhang Xiaojing suddenly realized, and snorted contemptuously: "I have heard a little, a few days ago, Liu Zhicheng, a demon in Liquan County, gathered a crowd to make trouble with witchcraft, and coerced the people to attack Xianyang. These three people are the remnants of the demons. ”
The demon leader's mood changed abruptly again, and he was churning in the clouds like a roller coaster, and he shouted hysterically: "That's not witchcraft, it's a miracle from heaven!" ”
He held the knife and raised his hands to the sky, and the gods in his mouth muttered: "The Heavenly Lotus was born, and if you want to exterminate the living beings, only by practicing the immortal method passed down by my master can you liberate the transcendent life!" ”
Li Siye figured it out, isn't this a cult? Similar to the White Lotus Sect and the like, they usually have a certain ambition. But this Liu Zhicheng did not make a big fuss, and only affected the scope of one county, and was exterminated by the government.
Zhang Xiaojing frowned and said coldly: "There is nothing to talk about with this kind of person who is bewitched. ”
The doubts in his heart were even deeper, when the government encountered this kind of demagogic demon, it was usually the right to correct the law on the spot, and there was basically no need for interrogation. Why did Luo Senjun of Jingzhao Mansion want him to save this person's life, and what was the use of him wanting such a living demon?
Zhang Xiaojing has a strong curiosity to find the source of the matter, and the county lieutenants, county magistrates, and officials of Jingzhao Mansion outside all know this secret well, and he doesn't want to be used in a daze.
He hesitated for a moment, but soon had a plan, he grabbed the arm of the young man lying on the ground, and said coldly, "Don't you know immortal arts?" Either you put down your sword and surrender, or I will break your son's arm first, and I'll see how you save him!" ”
"I'll count to three!"
"Three!" Zhang Xiaojing shook his cheeks expressionlessly, and with a force on his arm, the young man's arm clicked, and with the sound of screams, the front of the young man's arm slowly bulged with a large blue bag, and the blood quickly gathered.
Li Siye's eyelids jumped, what a violent law enforcement.
"Let him go!" The demon leader's voice was particularly hoarse, and he pressed the blade close to his neck: "Don't move him, otherwise Lao Tzu will commit suicide, your superiors need me!" These officials of your Chang'an need me! If I die, you'll both be out of luck! ”
Click! Zhang Xiaojing broke the young man's other arm, and there was a fierce scream, and the red face of the young man who fell to the ground was sweating like pulp, and he almost passed out.
Li Siye could see that Zhang Xiaojing wanted to use this method to force out the secrets of the demon's body, and wanted to know why the officials of Jingzhao Mansion indicated that they wanted to protect this person's life, and his curiosity was too heavy.
The demon didn't have the courage to commit suicide, the short knife in his hand fell to the ground, the pupils of his eyes dilated, and his legs slowly softened against the stone wall.
Sabao found the opportunity to escape, hurriedly broke away from the demon's control, and limped out of the stone hall.
The demon slowly sat down on the ground against the stone wall, his dull eyes regained a little vitality, but it was a ghost-like angry look: "I, Liu Gengsan, swear to the sky, you two will definitely follow me to the funeral." ”
"Really?" Zhang Xiaojing stood in front of him, looking down at him condescendingly with cold one-eyed, the flesh on his cheeks twitched and said, "If I were going to die this life, I would have died dozens of times a long time ago, and the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood may not be able to scare me."
The demon Liu Gengsan smiled compassionately: "Don't you two understand the meaning of those two proverbs I just said?" We, the big officials of Chang'an City, know it! Even Yang Juma knows. ”
Zhang Xiaojing raised his foot and stepped on Liu Gengsan's shoulder, snorted and asked, "I want to know, what use do you have to the officials of Jingzhao Mansion?" ”
The door of the main hall of Zoroastery suddenly opened from behind, and the light of the scorching sun shone in from the outside, and the main hall instantly became bright, and even the two burning braziers on both sides of the hall appeared to have no brilliance.
The county lieutenant Zhang Hong, the county Cheng, the officials of Youyi Mansion and the Jingzhao Mansion Luo Senjun entered from the gate, and the soldiers of the street patrol envoys entered one after another, surrounding the entire hall.
Luo Senjun stroked his palms and smiled: "Yes, County Lieutenant Zhang, what is the name of this bad handsome man under you, he is a capable person, and he will be rewarded heavily when he goes back." ”
Zhang Xiaojing pursed his lips helplessly, and took his foot off Liu Gengsan's shoulder, he wanted to extract the reason from this demon's mouth, but now it seems impossible.
He turned slowly, his body slightly slumped, and the only left eye on his side looked at the officers who had come in with a wary gaze.
Zhang Honghe Xiancheng's face was full of anger, Zhang Xiaojing was too presumptuous, and he actually looked at them with such eyes.
Luo joined the army but seemed to be unconscious, as if the higher the status, the higher the mind, the self-cultivation also improved step by step.
Zhang Xiaojing and Li Siye turned to face the officials, leaned over and gave a cross-handed salute: "Ladies and gentlemen, one of the demons is dead, one is seriously injured, and one is safe and sound, and the subordinates can give an account to the kings." ”
Zhang Hong waved his hand: "You two go down first, there's nothing to do with you here." ”
His attitude was very anxious, as if he wanted to drive the two out of this place of right and wrong as soon as possible.
Zhang Xiaojing and Li Siye nodded and saluted again, and walked out of the stone hall one after the other, and the hoarse laughter of the demon Liu Gengsan suddenly sounded behind them: "Return to Taiji and give birth to Wanhua, and the sunrise lotus pond turns into a world, these two sentences, you must not forget." ”
Li Siye's shoulders trembled for no reason, and he felt like he had been slapped by someone, and he just wanted to bow his head and walk away.
Luo Senjun turned around suddenly, abandoned his mind and self-cultivation, and shouted: "Take down the two of them for me!" ”
The soldiers in the armor of fine scales blocked the door of the main hall side by side, and they stepped forward half a step forward, holding the horizontal knife hanging from their waists in their right hands, and the blade was a foot out, and the silver light leaked to the ground.
Zhang Xiaojing narrowed his eyes, the killing intent in his eyes was fleeting, and he lowered his head and untied the stick on his waist. Li Siye clenched the obstacle knife in his hand, hesitating whether he could join forces with Zhang Xiaojing, but who knew that the other party had thrown the stick to his feet.
"Take it!"
He was stunned for a moment, and threw the barrier knife away from his hand.
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With a bang, the wooden door of the prison was chained, and the soap-clad jailer left with the jailer. Li Siye hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed the two wooden pillars, trying to see if he could poke his head out and observe the scene here.
"Don't look at it." Zhang Xiaojing sat cross-legged on the straw, with a relaxed attitude: "This is not the Wannian County Prison, but the prison of Jingzhao Mansion." ”
"Jingzhao Mansion Prison!" Li Siye turned around abruptly and asked in surprise, "What crime did we commit to being imprisoned in Jingzhao Mansion?" ”
The corners of Zhang Xiaojing's mouth curled, and he said self-deprecatingly: "It's not that we have committed any crime, but that we know too much." ”
"You know that." Li Siye finally couldn't help but complain: "If it weren't for your violent law enforcement and torture on the spot to extract confessions, which made that demon Liu Gengsan hate us, how could we be dragged into the water?" ”
"What is violent law enforcement?" Zhang Xiaojing stared at one eye in surprise, he had never heard of such a new term, and said coldly: "As a thief arrester, you can't use violence to counter violence, how to deter thieves who do evil." ”
Li Siye was dumbfounded, thinking that what he said was very reasonable, after all, in this era when power is greater than law, most officials are this virtue, and Zhang Xiaojing is already the kind of top-notch in the team of officials and errands.
"The bottom of Chang'an City is mixed with dragons and snakes, and the evil in people's hearts has no bottom line, you never know what kind of things those crazy criminals can do. As a thief hunter, only by treating himself as a fierce god and as the king of Yama can he suppress most of the murderers. ”