Chapter 320: Chapter 145 Yu Youhan: I Want to Play Ink Treasure Too! (6K)_2
This matter involves nearly ten thousand lives in the city, and as the County Magistrate, he is inevitably responsible. He will surely be beheaded.
He cannot stay in Nantu State anymore, so he must first flee to the desolate mountains, hide for a few months, and wait for the storm to pass before finding an opportunity to leave Great Yuan...
Jiao Rui was determined and was about to get up when suddenly a cold light flashed before his eyes, and a Stray Blade was pinned in front of him, its sharpness painfully piercing his skin.
Li Yuan squatted down, his eyes filled with thick Evil Qi, his voice low:
"Are you the County Magistrate?"
"..."
A quarter of an hour later.
Jiao Rui was covered in blood, all his joints dislocated, unrecognizable, with tears and mucus smeared on his face, hoarsely said:
"Mr. General, I’ve told everything I should have said. This was all done by the Gu God Sect; I was merely the scapegoat."
"Indeed, I had contact with the Gu God Sect, but it was limited to financial dealings. My entire family is in the city; how would I dare commit such a massacre?"
Li Yuan said solemnly: "Then do you know where the Gu God Sect is stationed?"
Jiao Rui shook his head: "The Gu God Sect is always elusive; no one knows where they hide... I only know that Gu God Sect is divided into four districts, and the one planning this is the East District Grand Elder Jiang Qiyuan, a Third-Level Gu Dao Grandmaster..."
Saying this, his throat moved, and he urgently said: "Mr. General, right now we should escape quickly. If we wait for Jiang Qiyuan to bring his people back to kill us, we’ll all be following him to the grave..."
"He won’t be coming back."
A clear male voice came from the air.
The void cracked open, and two figures appeared out of nowhere.
"Mr. Chen!"
Li Yuan was about to step forward when he noticed the woman in white beside him, hurriedly kneeling on one knee, "Your humble servant Li Yuan, pays respect to Her Majesty the Consort!"
Only then did he realize the person before him was the Imperial Concubine who wields power that stands in opposition to the Empress!
According to palace rules, the Imperial Consort should not leave the Imperial Palace easily, but for Consort Yu, those rules were meaningless... as her word is the rule!
"Imperial Consort?"
Jiao Rui looked bewildered, suspecting he had heard wrong.
Yu Youhan stood with her hands behind her back, silent.
Li Yuan knelt on the ground, his head bowed low, not daring to rise for a long time.
"Empress..."
Seeing Chen Mo’s distressed expression, Yu Youhan remained expressionless and said lightly, "Rise."
"Thank you, Empress."
Only then did Li Yuan stand up.
"Mr. Chen, you said Jiang Qiyuan won’t be coming back earlier..."
Chen Mo nodded and said: "The Gu God Sect’s Southern District base has been destroyed, all cult members have been slaughtered, including Jiang Qiyuan and a group of elders, all of them have perished."
As soon as these words came out, the scene fell into dead silence.
Except for Ji Hongxiu pouting, everyone else’s faces were filled with shock!
In just a quarter of an hour, the mountain gate was destroyed, thousands were slain, including a Third-Level Grandmaster!
Such methods are indeed terrifying!
Jiao Rui’s scalp felt numb; at this moment, he finally confirmed that the woman before him was none other than the "Great Yuan’s Turmoil" Consort Yu!
Only she has the power to obliterate the Gu God Sect with a mere wave of her hand!
Chen Mo looked at the miserable-looking Jiao Rui and frowned: "General Li, why did you make the County Magistrate look like this?"
Li Yuan replied: "He has ties with the Gu God Sect and was not being honest, so I used some methods."
The Sky Scale Guard is responsible for monitoring all officials; this matter is deeply involved, and using force is considered standard practice. More severe methods she did not even employ yet...
"No matter what, he is still a Seventh-Level Fate Officer of the court; how can private punishment be abused? If this gets out, others would think my Sky Scale Guard merely forces confessions with brutality." Chen Mo said sternly.
Li Yuan nodded obediently, "The official’s teachings are right; I know my mistake."
Relieved by Li Yuan’s words, Jiao Rui showed a hint of a smile: "You are wise, Mr. Chen. I’ve confessed everything I can, and indeed, this matter has nothing to do with me..."
Before he could finish, Chen Mo turned his head to Yu Youhan, "Empress, should we perform a soul search directly?"
Jiao Rui: ?
Yu Youhan nodded: "It is possible, but his Divine Soul is too weak; if I act, it will certainly lead to soul annihilation."
"Is that so..."
Chen Mo rubbed his chin with his fingers.
Gu God Sect’s roots spread throughout Nantu State, involving many officials. Jiao Rui is just a breakthrough point and should be taken back to Tiandu City for accountability. If he is killed, it would indeed be troublesome...
"Haha, this intricate task is best left to me."
Ji Hongxiu put down the wine gourd and shook her head: "With Yu Youhan’s brutish methods, she’d mess up his brain for sure."
Yu Youhan glanced at her coldly, "Haven’t you had enough of being slapped?"
"..."
Ji Hongxiu’s chest heaved, almost drawing her sword in anger.
Chen Mo hurriedly said: "Let’s focus on the important matter; I’m counting on the Daoist Venerable."
Ji Hongxiu snorted coldly, no longer paying attention to Yu Youhan, and pointed her finger at Jiao Rui from a distance, a white light entering his Spirit Platform.
Daoist Venerable?
Looking at the stunning red-robed Daoist nun, the last thought crossed Jiao Rui’s mind: This is indeed a high-level game...
Immediately, his eyes flipped white, and his consciousness fell into chaos.
A moment later, Ji Hongxiu cut off the white light and raised her hand, summoning an object from the residential quarters behind the government office, suspending it before Chen Mo.
It was a wooden box two feet square, Chen Mo reached out to take it, opened the lid, and inside were densely packed letters, account books, and Spirit Jade for communication.
He glanced through them roughly, finding that besides the Gu God Sect, it also implicated a large number of Nantu State officials, even including the Prefectural Governor! Whether by coercion or temptation, almost all had ties to the Gu God Sect!
Chen Mo now truly understood why the Empress hated the sects so deeply.