"On August 2, the third year of Minghua, seven three-year-old boys and five girls were lost in the southeast of the imperial city; On August 2, the third year of Minghua, five boys and six girls were lost in the southeast of the imperial city...... On August 14, the third year of Minghua, four boys and three girls were lost in the southwest of the imperial city. ”

Shen Lang pondered for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, this is ......"

The empress did not answer, but took out another letter and asked the palace maid to hand it to him.

Shen Lang looked at it, and a different color flashed in his eyes, this turned out to be Liao Guangzheng's excerpt, and he was also talking about the case of a child who went missing.

He read it word by word, his face gradually gloomy, and his eyes flickered with coldness.

"Is there any evidence that the demon clan did it?" Shen Lang said slowly.

Her Majesty the Empress took a deep look at him and said, "There is a residual demonic aura at the scene, and there is eighty percent certainty that it was done by the demon clan, but it cannot be proved that it is the Southern Demon Kingdom Mission." ”

Shen Lang's eyes lowered, and he looked at the text on the fold again.

“…… Since the Southern Demon Kingdom mission entered Beijing in August, the children in our Imperial City have begun to disappear inexplicably, and there have been one hundred and thirty-two people so far......"

Shen Lang got up, bowed deeply to Her Majesty the Empress, stopped talking, turned around and walked towards the door of the imperial study.

"What are you going to do?"

Hearing the empress's voice, Shen Lang paused slightly, and said: "The Southern Demon Kingdom mission came to the imperial city because of me, then this matter started because of me, and I will go to give an explanation to the people of the imperial city." ”

The empress's face changed slightly: "Don't mess around, this matter is very important, and you need to think about it in the long run!" ”

She originally wanted to use this to knock Shen Lang and make him not too eye-catching. You must know that the more Shen Lang shows his talent at this stage, the more the Southern Demon Kingdom will not let go of attacking Shen Lang with the matter of "slaughtering the civilians of the demon clan".

Even if Shen Lang can't really be defeated with this matter, it will inevitably damage his reputation in the long run.

This trick is okay with the cultivation system on the side, but Confucianism and Taoism are humanitarian, and it is the way of all peoples, once the literary name is damaged and named "indiscriminately killed", even if it sinks into the Temple of Literature in the future, it will be difficult to promote high-level Confucian cultivation.

The most negative move of the Southern Demon Kingdom is here, aren't you Shen Lang a Confucian Taoist, then I will cut off your path to promotion!

Shen Lang pondered slightly for a moment, then suddenly turned around and saluted the empress again, and said, "Shen Lang has something to ask for, and I ask Your Majesty to agree." ”

At noon the next day, a piece of news swept through the imperial city at a terrifying speed.

Yesterday night, Chen Yu and other talented people in the capital, and Guo Quanwu and other officials and eunuchs gathered at the most prestigious red-sleeved recruitment party in the capital.

It is said that Shen Lang and Chen Yu have already had a conflict, before Chen Yu changed Shen Lang's "Luo Shen Fu", and then there was a dispute between the two sides at the Dragon Palace Poetry Conference, so when I heard that Chen Yu went to the red sleeve move, Shen Lang also immediately set off to go, and then the two sides fought on the grounds of Mengxiao girl.

It is said that all kinds of visions appeared that night, and more than half of the cabinet of the red-sleeved moves was blown down.

A group of imperial city Tianjiao, from Confucian cultivators to martial artists, from Daomen to ghost cultivators, but all the monks who appeared in the red-sleeved move, regardless of whether they had anything to do with Chen Yu or not, were all suppressed by Shen Lang.

If it weren't for the persuasion of Miss Mengxiao, Chen Yu would have almost been abolished on the spot.

In the end, Shen Lang hugged the Mengxiao girl who had not yet been combed out of the door of the red sleeve move, and when he left, he left the poem "Look up to the sky and laugh and go out, how can I be a Penghao person" on the red sleeve door.

This sentence alone reveals its wild nature.

Therefore, when the empress heard the ministers crying and complained early today, she was furious, and Qingyun Mansion's performance of filial piety for Shen Lang was beaten back on the spot, and she ordered Shen Lang to be deprived of his talent and fame, and he was directly beaten into a white body.

The people in the market shook their heads and sighed when they heard this, Her Majesty the Empress cherished her talents, and even had a stiff relationship with the courtiers for Shen Lang, but this Shen Lang didn't know self-love, and at this time, he even offended the powerful people of the Manchu Dynasty for a little battle of will.

I really deserved to end up today!

On the second day after Shen Lang was demoted to a white body, the delegation of the Southern Demon Kingdom entered the palace again to meet and asked the empress to hand over Shen Lang to the Southern Demon Kingdom.

This time, perhaps the empress was furious, and she actually agreed to this request. But he also clearly informed that Shen Lang did not have any appointment from the imperial court now, only the civil position was still there, so it was not under the jurisdiction of the court. If it is an important person from the Southern Demon Kingdom, then he will arrest it himself. In addition, because Shen Lang is not under the jurisdiction of the Dongyun Kingdom now, the matter between Shen Lang and the Southern Demon Kingdom in the future is only a personal grudge, and the Dongyun Dynasty will no longer interfere, and the Southern Demon Kingdom must not provoke again.

Hearing this, the Southern Demon Kingdom delegation was naturally full of promises, and there was no reason not to agree. As long as there is no intervention from the Dongyun Kingdom court, it is just a small seven-grade bachelor realm, and it is not easy to capture.

Shinonome Province, Embassy of the Ministry of Rites.

"Shen Lang, that dog thief, this time he is dead!" A snake man in animal skin said with a sinister smile.

Beside him is an old man of the fox clan, different from the people of the dog clan, he is wearing human costumes, and his temperament is similar to that of the human race, if it were not for the obvious fox ears, I am afraid that it is difficult for ordinary people to think that this old man is actually a demon clan.

The old man of the fox clan said slowly: "That Shen Lang is also a genius, but unfortunately it is the heart of a young man after all, and a little battle of will will make the court shake. Even if the female emperor wanted to protect him, she couldn't stop the impeachment of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military now. Saying that, he sighed again, "Such a heavenly pride, how good it would be if you were born in my demon clan!" ”

Standing beside the old man of the fox clan was a fox girl with a charming appearance, she had white hair, a pretty face, and a holy and cold appearance, but there was a charm in her temperament.

The white-haired fox girl said: "However, that Shen Lang's combat power is extraordinary, and it can already be seen when he killed the soldiers and civilians of my twelve walled cities. And the night before, he suppressed countless Tianjiao in the imperial city with the strength of one person, and the combat power of our mission ......"

The snake clan man smiled and said, "Miss Bai, don't worry, although my mission's bright face combat strength can also take him down, it will always take some effort." However, the people who came this time were not only on the surface. ”

A strange look flashed in the white-haired fox girl's beautiful eyes, and she said, "Which master of my holy clan is lurking in the mission?" ”

"Mo Qu's brother, Mo Maniac."

Hearing this name, the white-haired fox girl was silent for a while, and only after a long time did she sigh softly: "Shen Lang is dead." ”

At the east gate of the Imperial City of Dongyun Kingdom, people entering and leaving the Imperial City lined up and were inspected one by one.

In the past half month, the number of missing children in the Imperial City has increased day by day, and everyone in the entire Imperial City who has children in the family is in danger.

Jing Zhaoyin searched the capital for half a month, but there were no clues.

However, there are vague rumors that the missing children were captured and eaten by the demon mission. And along with it, there is also the legend of Shen Lang's destruction of the twelve walled cities, it is said that it was because he saw that in those walled cities, the human race was dried as the rations of the demon race, which aroused Shen Lang's righteous indignation and angered the killer.

Of course, it is also said that Shen Lang is already a murderous man, this is just the tip of the iceberg that he has exposed, and it has nothing to do with whether the demon clan eats people or not.

But it's all legends, and no one can come up with any basis for it.

The procession to protect the city was noisy, but several carriages followed the team quietly, slowly leaving the city gate with the crowd.