“Is that so?”
“The remnants of the Fan Tian Cult actually wiped out a family?”
Although Bi Cang was in Fengdu City, he had been to Tongcheng before.
He knew the Liang family was a prominent clan.
County Magistrate Gong said tearfully, “The Fan Tian Cult remnants killed all dozens of lives in the Liang family.”
“The people of Tongcheng all know about this.”
“Although the murderers were the remnants of the Fan Tian Cult.”
“But in my opinion, the killer is Yuan Zun.”
“If he had tracked down the whereabouts of the Fan Tian Cult remnants.”
“And found a way to kill him, how could the Liang family have suffered such a catastrophe?”
His eyes glinted with ferocity, filled with righteous indignation, he accused Yuan Zun of his crimes.
Yuan Zun snorted, “County Magistrate Gong, you keep saying you wanted to find a way to hunt down the Fan Tian Cult remnants. Pray tell, what do you mean by ‘find a way’?”
“When I took office, the Fan Tian Cult remnants could still break through and escape. How can I find him?”
“How can I kill him?”
“As the county magistrate, why don’t you find a way to find him and kill him?”
“Did I ever restrain your words or actions?”
“When you haven’t done well yourself, how can you criticize others?”
County Magistrate Gong was speechless, retorted.
Indeed.
Yuan Zun had never restrained him after taking office.
And he also had great power.
Gong Yi sneered and smoothed things over for the county magistrate, “Is Lord Yuan shirking responsibility?”
Yuan Zun quickly replied, “This subordinate would not dare!”
Gong Yi continued to press, “Then how do you explain allowing the Fan Tian Cult remnants to commit atrocities?”
“Can this be considered dereliction of duty on your part?”
Bi Cang’s eyes became much more serious.
If Yuan Zun could not come up with a reasonable explanation.
Then even he could not protect Yuan Zun.
“Who says I am derelict in my duty? The Fan Tian Cult remnants have already been killed.” Yuan Zun felt a surge of anger. The other party was repeatedly targeting him, clearly intent on his death.
Fortunately.
He had the physical body of Yue Shan, a remnant of the Fan Tian Cult.
Thinking of this, he waved his right hand.
Yue Shan’s charred corpse appeared before everyone’s eyes.
Gong Yi sneered when he saw this, “Yuan Zun, Yuan Zun, you’re not going to say that he is the remnant of the Fan Tian Cult, are you? This is truly a case of no evidence to corroborate it.”
“This is not a case of no evidence, this is deceiving the emperor.” County Magistrate Gong’s eyes held a playful glint, choosing to strike the first blow.
He hadn’t expected Yuan Zun to be so foolish.
He actually brought a corpse to impersonate the remnant of the Fan Tian Cult.
Know that the punishment for dereliction of duty is not severe.
But deceiving the emperor is a capital offense.
Bi Cang and Gong Yi were both imperial envoys.
They were investigating the case of the missing death-exempt imperial token on behalf of Emperor Fengdu.
Deceiving them with falsified evidence was equivalent to deceiving the emperor.
In County Magistrate Gong’s view.
Yuan Zun was clearly seeking his own destruction.
Yuan Zun looked at the expressionless Bi Cang and politely asked, “My Lord, do you know how to identify the identity of a member of the Fan Tian Cult?”
Bi Cang replied, “The Fan Tian Cult practices evil arts. All disciples of the Fan Tian Cult have black bones, which is very easy to identify.”
“Since that is the case, please help identify this corpse, my lord, and clear my name.” Yuan Zun bowed.
Seeing Yuan Zun so calm.
Gong Yi and County Magistrate Gong suddenly had a bad premonition.
Could it be that this corpse really belonged to a remnant of the Fan Tian Cult?
If that were the case.
It would be very difficult to bring down Yuan Zun.
Bi Cang said, “Dissect the body and examine the bones!”
“Yes!”
Immediately, a subordinate stepped forward and dissected Yue Shan’s corpse in full view of everyone.
The moment the corpse was dissected.
A foul stench spread out.
Even those who had seen great storms felt their stomachs churn as if they were turning inside out, feeling almost nauseous.
“Something is wrong!” Gong Yi stared at the corpse whose chest had been opened, his brow furrowed. “This person was poisoned, and the poison has long corroded his internal organs.”
“Even if his bones are black, it doesn’t prove that he is a remnant of the Fan Tian Cult, does it?”
“This claim is too weak.”
Bi Cang did not speak.
But he agreed with Gong Yi’s statement.
Even if the corpse’s skeleton was black, he had been poisoned.
It did not prove that he was a remnant of the Fan Tian Cult.
Yuan Zun was not flustered and calmly asked, “May I ask Lord Gong, in Tongcheng today, besides yourself and Lord Bi Cang, who else could kill a strong cultivator in the Transformation Realm?”
Gong Yi thought for a moment and said, “Perhaps only that green-eyed zombie.”
“It’s hard to say.”
“The strength of the green-eyed zombie and a cultivator in the Transformation Realm are comparable. If they were to fight fiercely, the outcome would be uncertain.”
Yuan Zun grinned and said, “Lord Gong speaks wisely, the outcome is indeed hard to say.” With that, he waved his right hand, and the dismembered corpse of the green-eyed zombie appeared before everyone’s eyes.
Unlike Yue Shan.
The zombie’s body had long since dried up.
Although there was blood and flesh, the quantity was very low.
Even after being burned before, it only destroyed the green-eyed zombie’s clothes.
Therefore.
There was no need to identify the identity of the green-eyed zombie.
Bi Cang sat up in his armchair, his eyes full of shock, “Lord Yuan, what is going on?”
Gong Yi and County Magistrate Gong were stunned.
Previously, they had planned to use the matters of the Fan Tian Cult remnant and the green-eyed zombie to target Yuan Zun and bring him down.
But…
They never dreamed that.
Yuan Zun would reveal the corpses of both the green-eyed zombie and the Fan Tian Cult remnant at the same time.
This damned plot.
The reversal was too fast.
It caught them off guard.
Yuan Zun respectfully said, “Reporting to the imperial envoys, this subordinate has been investigating the Fan Tian Cult remnants and the green-eyed zombie cases, but has been unable to find an opportunity to act.”
“Yesterday, when the Fan Tian Cult remnant slaughtered the Liang family, this subordinate found information about the Fan Tian Cult remnant.”
“So I went out of the city alone and led the Fan Tian Cult remnant to the mass grave thirty li west of the city.”
“This green-eyed zombie lives there.”
“This subordinate knew I was no match for them, so I incited them to fight each other.”
“Successfully making them both suffer heavy losses.”
“I then reaped the benefits.”
“If my lords do not believe me, you can compare the claw marks on the Fan Tian Cult remnant’s body.”
“It was left by this green-eyed zombie.”
“And this green-eyed zombie was split in two by the desperate efforts of the Fan Tian Cult remnant.” With that, he took out the two-handed sword that Chen Nan had given him last night.
Seeing the nearly two-meter-long sword, Bi Cang could no longer suppress his shock, “This sword is actually Xie Yue?”
Gong Yi gasped and exclaimed, “What? This is actually Xie Yue, one of the one hundred and eight famous swords of the Underworld?”
Bi Cang tremblingly took the two-handed sword, his eyes full of fervor, “It is it, it is the famous sword Xie Yue. I never imagined that such a famous sword would reappear in the world.”
With that, he seemed to have thought of something and laughed heartily, “If I remember correctly, Xie Yue should be in the hands of Yue Shan, the Third Hall Master of the Fan Tian Cult.”
“Barring any accidents, the rotten corpse before us is Yue Shan.”
“Congratulations, Lord Yuan, on this remarkable achievement. An immediate promotion and a higher rank are in store!”
Upon hearing this.
Gong Yi immediately had a bad premonition.
Even Bi Cang said this, what would Yuan Zun’s future achievements be?
Would he forget that he had targeted him today?
Would he trouble himself in the future?