Volume 3: Evil Ghosts Eat People Chapter 186: Purple Mountain Alliance (Part 2)
The so-called "the righteous path is in harmony with heaven" is the highest realm in the mysterious way, and "eternal happiness" is the auspicious words used by the people to address the Queen Mother.
Empress Dowager Lin held great power and was a devout believer in Taoism. Naturally, she was unwilling to be just a mediocre empress dowager, so she gave herself the supreme title, called the Holy Empress Dowager.
Seeing Ma Xin kneeling down and kowtowing, everyone present no longer doubted that the imperial edict was false. Xu Zun was indeed the imperial envoy sent by the empress dowager.
The elders of Zishan, the martial artists of the Tan Gang, and the high-ranking figures under Li Ronger all bowed and saluted towards Xu Zun.
However, the low-level disciples among the three gangs were very embarrassed, especially the disciples of the Tan Gang. When they saw the acting gang leader kneeling, some of them knelt down as well, but most of them just stood there and saluted, and some even didn't know what to do.
These people in the underworld seldom have dealings , and even if they know the etiquette, they find it difficult to kneel down and kowtow.
However, Xu Zun didn't care about these. He had already achieved his goal of making a show of force and showing his power.
“Hahaha…hahaha…it turns out that it really is the Imperial Envoy who has come to visit!” At this time, the Second Elder Zhuang Jingcheng stepped forward to smooth things over, “Since they are acting in accordance with the imperial decree, then our Zishan Sect naturally cannot say anything. Just accept the defeat!”
While speaking, he deliberately glanced at Jiao Chengtong. It was obvious that this sentence was meant for Jiao Chengtong to hear. The meaning was that your disciple was killed, so what could you do?
"From now on," Zhuang Jingcheng said with a folded hand, "our sect will discipline its disciples properly, and no illegal activities will occur again! Right, acting sect leader?"
Zhuang Jingcheng did not call Jiao Chengtong the Great Elder, but called him Acting Sect Leader. It was obvious that he was holding a grudge and was dissatisfied with Jiao Chengtong.
"Yes," another elder in the back sighed, "Sacrificing a few of our disciples to preserve the Purple Mountain Sect is not bad, hehe..."
This beating and ridicule made Jiao Chengtong even more ashamed. He gripped the hilt of the sword in anger, but could not lash out.
Compared to Xu Zun, the attack from his own people was even more difficult for him to accept.
Now, all his favorite disciples were dealt with by Xu Zun, and apart from the title of a great elder, he no longer had any other influence in Zishan Sect.
He knew that he would not be able to stay in the position of acting leader for long.
Seeing Jiao Chengtong's face turn from green to purple, Xu Zun had no choice but to give him a way out:
"Master," Xu Zun said, "I came to Yonghui this time mainly to investigate the evil ghost murder case.
"I thought there was only one 猄鬼, but I didn't expect two more to appear and kill your leader and the leader of the Tan Gang.
"So, at today's meeting, I have only one request. I hope everyone can cooperate with me in the investigation and find out the truth about the evil ghosts eating people!"
oh?
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Except for Li Ronger, no one knew the purpose of Xu Zun's Zishan meeting before.
Now hearing Xu Zun mention it, everyone was a little surprised.
"So..." Ma Xin was the first to wonder, "The evil ghost...is not...is not..."
Ma Xin's meaning was very clear. He thought that the evil ghost was related to Xu Zun, and was used by Xu Zun specifically to wipe out the Yonghui gang.
But unexpectedly, Xu Zun also came to investigate the murder by evil spirits.
"Master Xu," Zhuang Jingcheng obviously stole the show. Seeing that Jiao Chengtong didn't say anything, he asked directly, "I wonder how Master Xu is going to investigate?"
"Investigate the scene, examine the body, and question witnesses." Xu Zun answered without hesitation.
"Oh? In this way, we can find out the truth?" Zhuang Jingcheng frowned, "But... that was a ghost, not something done by human power, right?"
"That's why the Queen Mother sent me to investigate," Xu Zun said casually.
"Ah?" Zhuang Jingcheng was surprised. "Could it be that... Lord Xu can also catch ghosts?"
"Haha, we won't know whether it will work or not until we give it a try!" Xu Zun took the opportunity to threaten, "It seems to me that these evil spirits will not stop, and the remaining three will appear too!"
ah……
After hearing this, everyone felt fooled. Everyone felt uneasy and the atmosphere was depressing.
"Everyone," Li Ronger finally spoke at this time, "If it weren't for the protection of Lord Xu, I'm afraid I, Li Ronger, would have been poisoned by the evil spirit.
"The six ghosts are coming with great ferocity. If we don't get rid of them, we will never have peace !"
"Okay!" Zhuang Jingcheng said, "In that case, please let Master Xu start. We from the Zishan Sect will cooperate!"
"Zhuang Jingcheng!" Unexpectedly, Jiao Chengtong suddenly shouted, "Shouldn't you respect your status? Have you forgotten that I am the acting head of Zishan Sect? It seems that you can't make the decision here?"
"Oh?" Zhuang Jingcheng pretended to be surprised, "Why, does the Great Elder have any objections?"
"Didn't you hear how he was going to investigate?" Jiao Chengtong reminded, "The secret room where Sect Leader Wanqi practices is a forbidden area of our sect. Do you really want to let an outsider in?
"Also, if the head of my Zishan sect is murdered and handed over to a government official to handle the case, and the news gets out, how can we still have the face to survive in the martial arts world?"
"Great Elder," Zhuang Jingcheng was well prepared and responded immediately, "If the headmaster was framed, then it is naturally our own business, but now it is the evil spirits that are causing trouble!
"Can you guarantee that the ghost won't come back to kill you? Can you guarantee that you won't be the next one to turn into bones?"
"This..." Jiao Chengtong was speechless.
"Yes!" The other elders also stood beside Zhuang Jingcheng. "It's already this time, why bother about face? Life is more important!"
"That's right. The court finally sent professionals to deal with it, but they still can't invite them!"
"You... you guys..." Jiao Chengtong was so angry that he trembled all over when he saw that he was isolated.
"Master Xu," at this time, Ma Xin stood up again and said politely, "No matter what others say, our Tan Gang welcomes your investigation. We don't have any forbidden areas, and we won't care about our reputation. We just hope that you can find out the cause of death of our Huashi Gang leader as soon as possible and get rid of those evil ghosts!"
Ma Xin's statement was obviously an attempt to add insult to injury and to destroy Jiao Chengtong completely.
"Okay." Xu Zun was not polite and said to Ma Xin in public, "I will go to the Tan Gang to investigate later. Alas, what a pity..."
Xu Zun improvised and acted cool on the spot, saying in all seriousness: "I went to visit your gang the day before yesterday. Actually, I felt the ghost spirit was rising in the south, and I was worried that your gang was in trouble, so I went to check it out.
"Unfortunately, I was a step too late, and the ghost energy had already dissipated. Sigh... If I had gone a little earlier, maybe I could have saved Gang Leader Hua!
"Xu also didn't expect these evil ghosts to come so fiercely!"
"Oh... I see," Xu Zun dared to say, and Ma Xin really believed it, nodding and saying, "No wonder you behaved so strangely!"
The reason why Xu Zun made up such a story was naturally to dispel Ma Xin's doubts and stop him from thinking that the gang leader's death had anything to do with him.
In this way, the Zishan Sect will no longer have any reason not to cooperate with him.
"Fortunately..." At this time, Li Rong'er didn't know whether she was possessed by a spirit of drama or really believed it, and immediately said with fear, "Fortunately, Lord Xu went to the Sanhe Gang without stopping, otherwise, I might not be able to come today..."
"Okay, okay, okay..." Jiao Chengtong said tremblingly, "Since you all say so, then we can forget about the sect rules!"
After saying that, he slumped down in his chair, pointed inside and said, "Master Xu, check however you want! I want to see how capable you are..."
