Chapter 9 The Knife Holder
This is a square paved with large rocks.
The rock was very rough, with a hint of dark red on it, as if it had been stained with blood for a long time.
The Sword Prison is located under this square.
The person the witch asked him to inquire about was imprisoned there.
However, he had been here several times and still didn't know which direction the entrance to the Sword Prison faced.
Of course, he didn't want to ask.
Jiang Zhou and hundreds of knife-wielding men, also wearing coarse black cloth, lined up neatly in several rows.
In each row there was a demon patrol guard holding a booklet in his hand, pointing at the heads one by one.
Soon, a demon patrol guard said loudly, "Everyone is here. Now let's read out the tasks. Those whose names are called, please come forward and receive the demon-slaying sword."
"A malaria demon is wreaking havoc in Guowang Village. All 132 households in the village have been infected with malaria. The eleventh and thirteenth ... a total of ten people are armed with knives, following the patrolling demon guard Chen Dali, to go to Guowang Village to kill the malaria demon..."
"There is an evil spirit in Liujiazhuang that has misled people. It has gathered people to build an evil temple, kidnapped and secretly sold boys and girls for offerings, and secretly accepted incense and blood for food. The third and sixth characters of the Jia character are the fourth and first characters... A total of twenty people are armed with knives, and ten patrolling demon guards are following the demon-slaying captain Miao Renfeng to go to Liujiazhuang to destroy the evil temple..."
"In Tongjifang in the city, a wealthy merchant's daughter married six husbands in a row. All six husbands died, and their bodies were cut open and skinned. The death was extremely tragic. It was suspected to be the work of a demon, but there was no evidence. Two people, Yizi 20 and Yizi 56, took up knives and went to the Ministry of Justice to report and assist in the investigation ..."
The people holding the knife have no names. Even if they had ones originally, they are gone here. Their names are just their numbers.
The knife-wielding men who were called walked forward one by one and came to the center of the square, in front of a huge rock that looked like a small hill.
The rock was dark red in color, wrapped with huge iron chains, and covered with blood-red machetes.
The demon-slaying sword is forged with the essence and blood of demons and evil spirits, and is specifically designed to slay demons and ghosts.
Even an ordinary person can kill a high-level demon with a demon-slaying sword in hand.
Ten men holding knives can cut down three grades of foes.
A hundred men holding knives can cut down three of the enemies.
Of course, this is on the premise that it can be cut.
As for the top three grades, they cannot be dealt with by just the Demon-Slaying Sword.
The Sujing Division can make all the demons and ghosts in the world tremble in fear, and the demon-slaying sword is an extremely important factor.
However, this demon-slaying sword is filled with blood and evil. If an ordinary person with a weak body is contaminated by it, he will become seriously ill and die suddenly within three or two days.
It is said that this huge rock was used to suppress the blood evil spirits of many demon-slaying swords. The bricks and stones on the ground were also corroded by the blood evil spirits, which gave them a dark red color.
This shows how terrifying this blood evil is.
Su Jingsi has a kind of evil-relieving pill, which is used to suppress the blood evil for the person holding the knife.
This is also the reason why there are often many vacancies in the surgeon's numbers, as a large number of people die every day.
It is extremely difficult to refine the Demon-Slaying Sword. Even though Wujun is the capital , and the Wujun Sujingsi is in charge of the Sujingsi branches all over Nanzhou, there are less than a thousand of them.
Everyone must accept the mission and register before they can receive the Demon-Slaying Sword.
Su Jingsi was not afraid that the man holding the sword would take the demon-slaying sword and run away.
There is some kind of restriction on the knife, and Su Jingsi can take it back at any time.
Moreover, the laws of the Daji Dynasty were harsh, and there were demons and monsters everywhere outside the city. Where could he run to?
Furthermore, ordinary people who have touched the Demon-Slaying Sword must take evil-releasing pills every day, otherwise their special skills will not last long.
It is better to live a miserable life than to die a good death. No one is stupid.
Jiang Zhou once heard a knife-wielding man who lived with him say: Once you pick up a knife, you can't put it down.
Soon, most of the hundreds of knife-wielding men were assigned tasks, and only then did Jiang Zhou hear his number.
"The Ministry of Justice has reported that a number of wealthy families in the city have lost their gold and silver treasures, and some of their family members have also gone missing, with their lives unknown. We suspect that demons did this, but we have no concrete evidence. We are forming a Ding shape, with one person holding a knife, and we will report to the Ministry of Justice to assist in the investigation."
Sure enough, he was pointed at.
When Jiang Zhou heard the content of the mission, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but was also a little disappointed.
The more knife-wielders are needed, the more dangerous the mission is and the more terrifying the monsters to be dealt with are.
Like the previous ghost, not only did the Wujun Sujingsi's demon patrol guards almost come out in full force, but they also used another big trump card of the Sujingsi, the hundred-man demon-locking formation.
Of course it was because the ghost had already reached the seventh level, and its illusion technique was powerful, making it difficult to capture.
At the same time, it was also because the ghost was too rampant that Wujun was furious and almost all of them came out.
He was the only one who was holding a knife for the first time and was only assisting other government offices, so it was highly likely that he would not encounter any monsters.
This is the task that the surgeon most wants to be assigned.
There was no way to avoid the knife, so Jiang Zhou was looking forward to encountering a monster.
The more demons he kills, the stronger and safer he becomes.
The more likely you are to escape from the identity of a knife-wielder, a person who has completely lost his freedom and is even in danger of losing his life.
He's not afraid that witch will come to cause trouble for him!
Jiang Zhou came to the dark red boulder and registered to receive a demon-slaying sword.
As the dragon grass entered his heart, his strength increased greatly, and he felt a slight heaviness in his hand.
Moreover, all evil spirits are easily scared away, and even the blood on the knife can hardly harm him.
There was no longer the pricking pain he felt when he killed the ghost before. Instead, there seemed to be a ball of warmth wrapped around his palm.
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This was the first time Jiang Zhou had stepped out of Sujingsi since entering Wujun.
To put it nicely, the man holding the knife was a government servant, but to put it bluntly, he was not much different from a prisoner or slave.
Because they carry demon-slaying swords and their bodies are stained with blood, if they run around randomly, they can easily cause disaster.
Therefore, even though he felt everything was new and novel, he did not dare to delay for even a moment.
Go straight to the Ministry of Justice.
Eight thousand years ago, the great Ji states were in power. The ancestor Emperor Ji established six departments to control the immortals, mortals, ghosts, gods, and demons in the world, and dominated the world.
The Tixingsi and Sujingsi were two of them.
The Sujing Division intimidates all demons and ghosts in the world.
The Ministry of Justice is responsible for supervising the prisons across the country and arresting criminals and thieves.
To put it simply, the two actually have similar functions, but the former is responsible for non-humans, while the latter is responsible for living people.
When Jiang Zhou arrived at the Ministry of Justice, he was about to report to the gatekeeper .
Then several black-robed constables walked out of the yamen. Among them, a young round-faced man saw Jiang Zhou, or to be more precise, he saw the ghost-head demon-slaying sword on his back.
He paused and frowned slightly.
He came forward and asked, "Are you the knife bearer sent by Su Jingsi?"
The tone was not very polite, but it was reasonable.
Although the black-robed constable was the lowest-ranking official in the Ministry of Justice, he was still an official.
At the same level as the Demon Patrol Guards of the Sujing Division.
As for the man holding the knife, he is not even a commoner, but a menial servant.
Jiang Zhou had been a refugee for more than a month, and during these seven days he had witnessed the cruelty of the Sujing Division, and had long since faced the reality.
His expression remained unchanged, and he clasped his fists and saluted in a proper manner, saying, "That's right."
"I applied for the Demon Patrol to assist in the investigation. What's the point of sending a knifeman?"
The round-faced constable muttered something in a low voice.
A colleague next to him teased, "Just be content. There have been many demonic disasters recently, and the Rensujing Division is doing very well. It's already a great honor for our boss to send someone here."
"That's right. Maybe they are afraid that you can't defeat the monster?"
"go!"
The round-faced detective spat in annoyance, then said to Jiang Zhou: "Forget it, I'm just going to check on the suspect's home. Now that I'm here, just follow me."
After saying this, he said goodbye to his colleagues, not even bothering to tell Jiang Zhou his name. He just walked away, swaying with his sword slung over his waist.
Jiang Zhou followed silently.
