Chapter 855 Coincidentally
Things like evil spirits are generally generated naturally, and they are things of resentment and evil energy. They are extremely filthy and are rejected by the world.
It is said that there is actually some causal relationship between the appearance of monks and evil spirits. According to the legend, it was precisely because of the evil spirits that caused chaos everywhere that the ancestors of the human race began to specialize in the basic cultivation methods obtained from strange places, and then gradually improved and became stronger. The original purpose was to resist the evil spirits.
Now this responsibility is still on the shoulders of the monks, but any monk who walks the right path will definitely take action to destroy it if he sees or hears its traces nearby.
It's just that the Xuanqing Guard was established in the old Jing Dynasty, and took away all the affairs of Xiujie related to evil spirits, and took the initiative to put the important task of maintaining peace in the world on his shoulders. On the one hand, this is also the courage of the old Jing Dynasty, and on the other hand, it is also declaring ownership to the world.
Is it possible that the word "earth" in the world is supported by the people on the ground, so dealing with evil spirits is a great contribution to Jing Jiu Dynasty.
However, although the focus of Xuan Qingwei's duties is to guard against and eliminate evil spirits, his understanding of evil spirits has always remained superficial.
At most, it is to figure out the occurrence of evil spirits and some superficial habits, and there is nothing deeper. Those who really understand Xie Chong are those evil cultivators who often deal with Xie Chong and regard Xie Chong as "part of their cultivation strength".
The reason why all the cultivators of the evil sect shouted and beaten was largely because of their close relationship with Xie Chong, interdependence, and even enslaving Xie Chong, raising Xie Chong like a vicious dog.
When Shen Hao was still a small banner officer, he had seen the case of Xie Chong being controlled by an evil cultivator, and he even killed one of them with his own hands. So this time the two cases in Hegeng and Zhuxi made him think of the word "manipulation" naturally. Only in this way can he explain the many strange points in these two cases that do not conform to the habits of evil spirits.
"But what's the reason? What is the evil cultivator who is manipulating this evil cultivator behind his back? Is it just to kill people? It's not the usual dark style of the evil cultivator to provoke the Xuanqing Guard of Fengri City like this!" Shen Hao just walked from the river Coming out of the makeshift mortuary in Zhuangzi, he muttered softly.
The problem that Shen Hao discovered was that the people from the Thousand Households Office had a similar judgment before, but like Shen Hao, they couldn't find out the reason behind the evil cultivator's actions.
Of course, the purpose is first of all to see "provocation", and it may also be to put pressure on Xuan Qingwei. If this is the case, then the cause is probably inseparable from Shen Hao's plan to kill evil that was recently launched in the Jingxi boundary. At the same time, it also means that if the evil plan is not recycled or compromised, the tragedies in Zhuxi and Hegeng will definitely continue to happen, and even become more intensive.
This got involved with Shen Hao. However, Shen Hao could only sneer, in his heart he had no intention of compromising with the evil cultivator at all, the braver wins when encountering a narrow road, the more he flinches, the more miserable his death will be.
What's more, the action of punishing evil is an important demonstration of his political achievements planned for himself. If he gives up halfway or puts on a show, wouldn't he hang himself on the wall, unable to get up or down?
"Remember, send news to Mr. Kuang, and say that the evil cultivator is definitely behind the evil cultivator's manipulation of the current case, so the current pursuit target can not only be limited to the evil itself, but also investigate the living people inside and outside the city. My judgment is that the evil cultivator who secretly manipulated and committed these two cases must still be around Fengri City, and it is unlikely that he is in the city, so we can mainly check in various villages around the city."
It is not suitable for Shen Hao to intervene in specific investigation matters, but since Kuang Shengyuan asked him to help, he still has to say what he should say. According to his opinion, the evil cultivator behind Xie Chong probably did not run away after the Zhuxi Zhuangzi tragedy happened because of "provocation", and must be hiding somewhere around Fengri City to wait for an opportunity.
The inside of Fengri City is heavily guarded, and it is easy to be exposed when entering and exiting. The scattered farms outside the city are the best hiding places, and it is also convenient to find suitable places to continue committing crimes.
In fact, it is much easier to check in Zhuangzi than in the city. The city is densely populated with people from all over the world with mixed identities and great mobility, making it very difficult to investigate. On the Zhuangzi, however, it is the opposite. Whenever a new face appears, it will be noticed by the Zhuangzi. Even if it does not stop in the Zhuangzi, it can be used as a clue to derive and trace.
When it comes to arresting people, Xuan Qingwei is much more confident than pursuing Xie Chong.
Leaving the river ridge, Shen Hao rode his horse and galloped towards Zhuxi Zhuangzi, which was eighty miles away. He hoped to run back and forth before dark, at least to touch the corpses and every household in these two villages. To find any clues, you must at least know what to do.
There is another point that Shen Hao didn't express, that is, he found that the corpses in Hegeng's mortuary were exactly the same as the corpses of those colleagues who died when he narrowly escaped death. They all had no pain in their expressions and kept the same as before, but The heart was dug out. This is the reaction paralysis caused by illusion. Although Shen Hao's cultivation base was low back then, he was much stronger than ordinary people, and he still couldn't avoid the intrusion of this illusion, let alone these ordinary farmers in the farm?
Shen Hao had a premonition that most of the evil cultivators who provoked wantonly outside Fengri City this time were the one who almost took his life back then, even if they were not, there was definitely a connection between the two.
Out of the river ridge, the fast horse went west along the official road, galloped for more than forty miles, and then got off the official road and onto the small road. This side is commonly known as "Zhuangzi Road". At the end of the day, you can pass a horse-drawn cart and an ox cart, but you don't dare to run too fast on this kind of road alone for fear of spraining your horse.
"Your Excellency, there is a horse station for resting after passing the mountain col in front. Can you stop for a rest and drink some water?"
Seeing that it was already past noon, the guard reminded Shen Hao that there was a water source and a shed at the horse station in front of him, so he could take a rest and order cold water and pancakes to satisfy his hunger.
Shen Hao nodded, he doesn't need to eat, but the guards who have been running around for a long time must eat, and there is no need to rush the time.
So the guards sent two cavalry to prepare first, and Shen Hao and the six cavalry around him followed behind.
However, the closer to that mountain depression, Shen Hao suddenly felt an inexplicable irritability, as if he didn't want to stay in that mountain depression, and he couldn't explain why.
When we arrived at the col, there was a small horse stand on the side, some water tanks for the horses to drink, a small stream passing by the side, and a simple grass shed. The two guards who arrived first had already poured water, lit a fire in the fire pit next to it, and started baking pancakes.
Shen Hao got off the horse, frowned, looked around and said: "Hurry up, leave after eating."