Chapter 401: Ending, the Sun Shines Brightly After the Storm

"The black sun hanging high in the sky is the incarnation of the fate of destruction. Even in the darkest corner in the distance, you can feel this unparalleled heat."

"When it falls from the sky to the earth, all sins and all evil will be reduced to ashes under the heat."

"When the explosion dissipated, Qi Tao's lower body had turned into fly ash, and the evil fire continued to burn his body, but he still tried his best to crawl outside with his bloody hands, and kept saying "I don't want to die".

"After climbing about four or five meters, he stopped moving."

"Not moving?"

Qingcha's hand suddenly stopped, and Qian Renxue raised her head: "The soul king who used the fifth soul skill?"

Looking through the personnel list and report in hand, Gu You replied: "Yes, the cause of death found afterwards was incomplete protective measures."

"The evil fire itself has a very strong corrosive ability. With Ma Hongjun completely embracing the evil attributes and transforming into a fallen one, the corrosive ability has been taken to the next level."

"From the moment Qi Tao decided to resist Ma Hongjun's attack, defeat was just a matter of time."

After thinking for a while, Gu You added: "Of course, the most direct cause of death is the simple Noble Phantasm."

"I see."

Qian Renxue understood, filled the tea and pushed it to Gu You.

Such a habitual action caused She Long's blood pressure to soar.

Young Master, do you still remember that you are the heir to Wuhun Palace?

It's a pity that no one in the room can read minds, and no one paid much attention to She Long's thoughts. It felt like what Gu was talking about was like storytelling. Qian Renxue asked curiously: "Were you there at the time?"

"No." Gu You shook his head, spread his fingers, then touched the pads of his thumb and index finger, and said, "According to Sister Nightingale's words, add a little artistic modification to it."

"?"

Qian Renxue turned her head around and saw no one. Qian Renxue was confused: "She didn't come back?"

"Well, I asked her, as the special commissioner of the Wuhun Palace, to direct the local Wuhun Palace to assist in the reconstruction of Haibin City."

………

"A sneeze—"

The Wuhun Palace staff member who was looking at the information explaining the progress of reconstruction looked up: "Miss Nightingale?"

"It's okay, maybe I caught a cold."

Touching her nose, she hid her cold face under the black robe, with a golden badge on her chest. Nightingale felt a chill on her back, and she felt inexplicably that she had been framed by Gu You again.

She has no evidence, but she has experience.

Looking at the sky, the soul master from the Seaside City Spirit Hall agreed: "The storm has just passed and the temperature is still relatively low. You may catch a cold."

"Lord Nightingale, please take care of yourself."

‘No, what I said nonsense is all Gu You’s fault. ’

Faced with the subordinates who cared about her, Nightingale, who had been deceived by Gu You and missed her vacation, could not tell the truth.

Out of the corner of his eye, he happened to catch a glimpse of a Wuhun Palace deacon who was drinking water and resting, and said to him: "You, find a few smart people to go to the city lord's mansion and help them remove all valuable things."

The deacon of Wuhun Palace looked back and found that the person who gave the order was Lord Nightingale. He immediately stood up and replied: "Yes!"

"Okay, go on."

After experiencing the fun of catching a young man while traveling in ancient times, Nightingale asked the staff to continue, thinking to herself: ‘Huh~, this is great. ’

"oh oh."

'Did anyone mess with her? ’

The staff was confused and had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue: "Finally, there is the Coast City Auction House. The losses have not yet been fully calculated. The visual loss is as high as two million gold soul coins, and it continues to rise."

"We have escorted all the auction house staff who have nothing to do with the Qi family back home safely. Those who are closely related to the Qi family are currently detained in Wuhun Palace. We will release them after confirming that they have nothing to do with the Fallen."

When it comes to the Fallen, the staff's expressions become ten times more serious.

It's related to Wuhun Palace's own job, and letting them dance around under their noses for more than ten years is the biggest shame in history. After finally catching the person, the Seaside City Soul Hall planned to go all out and vowed to use all means to bring everyone related to the Fallen to justice.

"very good."

Seeing that they were very motivated, Nightingale was reluctant to pour cold water on them, so she could only warn them: "Remember to cross-check against the list of personnel given by Qi Xiaofeng and Crohn. Each person has three rounds. All must pass before they can be released."

"yes!"

"Where is the Qi family's secret room?"

The staff replied: "A total of more than 2 billion 13.81 million gold soul coins were found, as well as a large number of calligraphy and painting gems and other accessories. Since the value of calligraphy and painting gems is difficult to estimate, we sent people to the Tiandou City Auction House We hired the most experienced appraiser to determine the value.”

Leave professional matters to professionals. Nightingale agreed with this approach and said, "Okay, let me know when the appraiser arrives, and I will personally accompany the appraiser."

The staff member bowed and said, "Okay, Lord Nightingale."

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Nightingale tilted her head slightly: "Why don't you do it?"

Faced with Nightingale's questioning, the staff rarely showed hesitation.

He first looked left and right, and after confirming that no one was paying attention, he dared to speak cautiously: "Lord Nightingale, do we want to investigate and track another group of degenerates who appeared that night?"

The Fallen destroyed the Phoenix people, and the food-type soul master who claimed to be the Fallen's brother turned against the cook. After killing Qi Tao, the son of the city lord who was confirmed to be the Fallen, the whereabouts of the two of them were unknown.

According to the regulations on the management of Wuhun Palace, Haibin City Wuhun Palace should respond immediately.

At that time, they received instructions from Nightingale and captured Crone. They immediately sent the frightened and malnourished female victim back to Seaside City. They learned that a new group of fallen people appeared in Seaside City.

But the most urgent task was to investigate the collusion between the Qi family and the fallen Crone. In addition, Lord Nightingale asked to assist in the reconstruction of Seaside City. They really couldn't spare any extra manpower to track down the two.

It took a few days, and the reconstruction of Seaside City was finally on track. They also had time to track down the remaining Phoenix Destroyers and the betrayers.

"Fallen? Who said they are fallen?"

"That. It's mainly them, no, the evil aura of the Phoenix Destroyers is too much"

Before the staff finished speaking, Nightingale raised his hand under the black robe to signal him not to say anything more.

Found that there were several eyes on him, and the staff quickly covered his mouth.

"Did they kill anyone except Qi Tao?"

"No."

"Did they try to hurt anyone except Qi Tao?"

".No."

"Did you find any characteristics on them that match the wanted order?"

".No."

"Since none of them do, why should we track them down?"

"And look."

Nightingale raised her hand and pointed, and the staff looked in the direction of her finger. They saw a huge stone pillar standing next to the sparkling beach, and it was unknown when.

Four craftsmen holding hammers and chisels chiseled the stone pillar left and right at different positions. The staff of the Spirit Hall squinted their eyes, as if they could vaguely see a pair of wings formed by flames.

"Over there are stone statues of the Phoenix Destroyer and the Chef who betrayed him."

"Seaside City thanks them for saving the city from the real Fallen, and spontaneously requested a memorial to remember their righteous deeds."

Nightingale said earnestly: "Look, the city has made its choice."

"Remember, whether or not someone is Fallen has nothing to do with the evil aura on their body. Even if the spirit has evil power, as long as the spirit master himself has a kind heart and strives to do the right thing, he is not a Fallen."

"Yes! I have learned from you, Lord Nightingale!"

"Put her in charge?" Qian Renxue frowned slightly, "What about other nobles in the city besides the Qi family?"

"Who is the current city lord?"

Generally speaking, the Spirit Hall has no right or obligation to participate in the internal affairs of the two empires. As long as it has nothing to do with spirit masters or Fallen, they can do whatever they want.

It is true that the Qi family has a one-handed control over the Seaside City, but they cannot take care of every aspect of the Seaside City.

Where they cannot take care of, it will be the turn of other nobles to step in.

In addition, even if the Qi family can really do it, the Tiandou royal family will use their fists to tell them that they really can't.

According to tradition, when the uncrowned king Qi family falls, Haibin City should be handed over to the second noble in the city to take over until the Tiandou royal family arranges a new city lord.

Now Gu You directly lets the Wuhun Hall intervene, which may cause greater dissatisfaction among the nobles.

The adjective is greater because the nobles are already very dissatisfied.

As of today, the title of the investigation results announced by the royal family for this incident is: "The Qi family has long exploited the local people, causing strong dissatisfaction among the people."

In response, Xue Qinghe, the temporary supreme leader and official spokesperson of the royal family, said: "The cause of the incident is entirely because the Qi family exploited the people. You just don't exploit the people."

But Xue Qinghe's understated words can't dispel the concerns of the nobles at all.

Exploiting the people is the instinct of the nobles. Even if the head of the family who should theoretically rule the family does not want to do so, other people in the family will directly or indirectly cause the exploitation incident.

Even if they didn't send anyone to investigate, Qian Renxue knew that they would do everything they could to find out what happened in Haibin City that night.

They were afraid that one day they would wake up and find themselves hanging on the glowing pole at the city gate.

If the nobles who already doubted their lives knew that the Spirit Hall was intervening in the management of the city's internal affairs.

Qian Renxue rubbed her eyebrows weakly, saying that she didn't really want to deal with tomorrow's official business.

"The acting mayor of Haibin City is named Fang Qi, a very good former sailor and restaurant chef. As for the other nobles, I basically killed them all."

Gu You's tone was as relaxed as flicking off an ant on the table, but it almost scared Qian Renxue to have a heart attack.

"You used my token to find a civilian as the acting city lord? And you killed all the other nobles?"

"More or less."

Gu You put down the list report he had been reading and said seriously: "Fang Qi is a civilian and also the former captain of the Black Flag in Seaside City. The route map of the Fiery Islands and the Sailor's Home used by the Qi family to control the sailors were originally his work."

"Seaside City is mainly composed of sailors, and this uprising and riot are also mainly based on sailors. Instead of using local nobles or airborne new city lords, it is better to directly let the sailors' leaders take office."

"In addition, I want to explain that I killed the new nobles in Seaside City, mainly because the evidence shows that they are basically involved in the illegal activities presided over by the Qi family."

"Those illegal activities have nothing to do with the Fallen, but according to the imperial law, the best one is the immediate execution of the death penalty."

"Instead of staying there to make trouble, it is better to clean it up directly."

"If the nobles make trouble, you can just drag it out. No matter what troubles you have now, all problems will be solved when the new issue of Tiandou Weekly is published in three days."

".Okay, what about Ma Hongjun?"

Since he had been killed, Qian Renxue could only admit it. She turned to ask Ma Hongjun about his situation: "Does he show any signs of corruption?"

"Don't worry, everything is normal. Besides, he agreed to join our plan, so I let him go home."

As Gu You expected, Ma Hongjun, who had strengthened his faith, was indeed not confused by the evil attribute.

Even after getting rid of Qi Tao, he rushed to the outside of the City Lord's Mansion while chewing sausages, wanting to help Fang Qi, who had just killed Qi Langhai, to kill Qi Xiaofeng together.

It was because of this that he was recognized by Haibin City.

Gu You smiled and said: "Haibin City has gained freedom, Wuhun Hall has dealt with the fallen, and we have got helpers. It's a win-win situation."

"No, plus the frustration of the noble forces, it's a win-win situation."

Regardless of whether it wins or not, Ma Hongjun has Gu You as a guarantee, and Qian Renxue is relieved. She looked at the list report that Gu You put aside and asked: "Do you have a favorite candidate?"

Picking up the list again, Gu You showed a malicious smile on his face.

"There are several."

". On the day the statue was completed, all of us were very happy, and we even invited the best calligrapher in the city to write their code names on the base."

"Yeah."

". How?"

After getting out of the whirlpool of memories, the man opened his eyes and scratched his head embarrassedly.

"Because I'm an ordinary person, I only know these things."

The rustling sound that lasted for nearly half an hour finally stopped. The man gently closed the notebook full of handwriting and said admiringly: "Please don't say that."

"In order to avenge the big brother who took care of you, you approached Qi Tao through various means and finally obtained important information. You are also the hero behind the scenes who saved Haibin City."

The man laughed: "Me? Forget it, the hero behind the scenes is not an ordinary hotel waiter like me."

"It's Yuan Yifan who is willing to risk unemployment to help me, who has no money, get into the fighting spirit field."

"It's the old city lord Fangfang who has always inspired me with food."

"It's Li Tian who encouraged me to keep going."

"It's Bai Lang and Hua Hongrui who helped me to develop tracking skills that are difficult for soul kings to detect when they are not serious."

"Those guys who are willing to fight with their lives are the heroes behind the scenes who saved Haibin City."

"Really."

Put down the notebook and stand up, pulling open the curtains. In an instant, the bright sunlight outside the window rushed into the room impatiently.

The sudden light illuminated the man's face, and he raised his hand to cover his eyes. Without the old beard, his eyebrows and eyes vaguely showed the appearance when he introduced the Sailor Club to Gu You.

Outside the window, the wide road, the bustling crowd, the bright smiles on the faces of pedestrians, the phoenix man wearing a helmet and flying high in the distance, and the chef statue holding sausages behind him, all of which proved the great changes in the seaside city.

"Mr. Lin Fan, please watch all this."

"Your story will soon be known to the world. Maybe you are an ordinary person in the last era and can't enter the new era with us."

"But I want to tell you, my friend. You are also a real hero."