Chapter 159 The Prison

I frowned and thought for a long time, "Feng Ruoxing, has Zhao Ci's intelligence come back?"

Feng Ruoxing walked over from the other room, "It's here, I'm looking at it. Old Liu also found clues in the Huangquan Secret Archives."

Zhao Ci's intelligence said that he had investigated the Wei family's past. Going back three generations, no special figures had emerged from the Wei family. The incident of Old Man Wei beating his daughter-in-law to death with a stick was also true.

According to village rumors, Wei Qiang, that is, Wei Junyong's father, brought back a woman who was very beautiful, so beautiful that she didn't seem like a human, but like a celestial being.

That's about it for the legends about the Wei family.

"Not like a human, like a celestial being?" I couldn't help but narrow my eyes: "That's a bit interesting."

Ordinary people's eyes can't see through immortals and ghosts, but people always have some reaction to extraordinary things. They feel something is wrong, but they can't say it, so they can only use metaphors.

It seems that Wei Qiang's woman has quite a background.

Feng Ruoxing added, "By the way, Zhao Ci also found out one thing, that after Wei Qiang brought the woman back, someone surnamed Wang came to ask for her. The two sides even fought over it once, and Wei Qiang broke one of their legs with a shovel. The family didn't call the police either."

"Wei Qiang later explained to the villagers that the person whose leg he broke was a relative of his wife's family, and his wife eloped with him, which caused such a thing."

"Now that the deed is done, his wife's family didn't pursue it deeply, and the matter was dropped."

"That's it!" I nodded and said, "Wei Junyong said that someone had looked for his family. Wei Qiang went up the mountain to resolve the matter, which is why his life or death is unknown."

"Is there any information about the Wang family?"

Feng Ruoxing said, "Zhao Ci also verified the Wang family's side. The Wang family is now a businessman, but their ancestors for three generations were all prison guards. His family was a prison guard before the founding of the country. It was not until more than ten years ago that they switched to business."

"By the way, the current head of the Wang family resigned and went into business fifteen years ago. Before he resigned, he had a position in the prison."

"Zhao Ci asked people about the Wang family. It is said that the older generation of the Wang family were very capable and highly respected in the prison. As for what kind of ability, it was not explained in detail."

I nodded and said, "What about Old Liu's clues?"

Feng Ruoxing said, "Old Liu said that he found something about the Heavenly Prison guards in the Huangquan Secret Archives. According to the records in the Huangquan Secret Archives, there has always been a saying in the Heavenly Prison: 'Yanluo (the King of Hell) suppresses the underworld, and the Kings Wei guard the Heavenly Prison.'"

"The Kings Wei refer to two people, one surnamed Wang and one surnamed Wei. These two people are hereditary officials. No matter how many children there are in the family, one person must enter the Heavenly Prison to inherit the duties of their fathers. The Wei and Wang families take turns, and one of them must be in the Heavenly Prison at all times."

"Moreover, the Wei and Wang families do not participate in guarding prisoners or anything like that. Most of the time, they just stay in the prison."

"There is a legend that the Wei and Wang families are fellow apprentices, and they each use half a water-fire stick."

I raised my eyebrows when I heard this, "You mean, the Stick Immortal actually came from prison guards?"

The water-fire stick is a criminal restraint used by ancient yamen runners. Red and white each occupy half, taking the meaning of water and fire not being compatible, and is used to deter prisoners.

If the water-fire stick is split in half, it is about the same length as the stick in the Stick Immortal's hand.

Feng Ruoxing shook his head and said, "At least that's how it looks from the current situation."

I tapped my head and said, "Senior Sister, how did the Wang family's ancestor get to Shili Mountain in the first place?"

Wang Butcher said, "According to the family, a distant relative invited him to kill a demon. After he and that relative went out, he went to the Bai family grandmaster."

I lit a cigarette and said, "Let's sort things out."

"If we assume that there is a large prison in Shili Mountain, then everything makes sense."

"The Wang and Wei families have actually been guarding the prison in the mountain. The prison guard lineage is best at guarding prisons, and their existence is to prevent the prison's wronged souls from rioting."

"You must know that prisons are one of the places with the heaviest yin and resentment in the world. Prisons without guards will inevitably breed evil spirits. The role of the prison guard lineage of the public sect sorcerers is to guard the prison."

"Among the prison guard lineages, the Heavenly Prison guards are the most respected, because the Heavenly Prison is the most difficult place to guard. Historically, those who enter the Heavenly Prison are not necessarily guilty. Many loyal ministers and famous generals died in the Heavenly Prison, and the resentment there is enough to soar to the sky."

I looked at Wang Butcher and said, "The Wei and Wang families, as descendants of the Heavenly Prison guards, cannot be completely considered people of the art. Because the prison guard lineage never walks the martial world. That's why people have overlooked this key figure."

"That's right!" Wang Butcher nodded, "The Wang family's ancestor never pursued clues in the direction of the employer."

I continued, "The Wei family members frequently enter and leave Shili Mountain. This shows that their duties have not been completed, and the prison in the mountain must still be there. However, that prison should be missing a very important character."

I paused at this point, "Tu Men (Butcher) was invited into the mountain to serve as this character."