Chapter 585: Chapter 185: Trace of the Witch Immortal! Signs of Turbulent Times Beginning to Emerge! (Request for Subscription for the 10,000-Word Mega Chapter)_1
Great Zhou Dynasty.
Central Prefecture.
Neihai County.
This was already the second time Fan Wu and his companions had come to this place.
Now, the entire Neihai County was in a state of panic. The number of soldiers guarding the county town had increased significantly compared to before.
After all, such a county town was not too far from the Great Zhou Imperial City.
And the events that had unfolded in the Imperial City had occurred several days ago.
Even if the news traveled slowly, the people inside Neihai County were all aware of it.
How could they not be tense?
It should be known...
Not long ago, they had rooted out a group of Blood Gu Sect disciples from the depths of the mountains behind Neihai County! Those Sect disciples were cruel and used witchcraft to bewitch the common people, forcing them to consume the flesh and blood of their own kind; their evil deeds were too numerous to record!
Fortunately, a Taoist Priest rose to the cause, and with his power alone, he eliminated all the Sect disciples of the Blood Gu hidden in the mountains.
But this didn’t mean that all the Blood Gu Sect disciples in the county were gone.
What if some were overlooked?
What if there was a lapse?
Guarding against them was essential!
Neihai County was just a minor county adjacent to the Imperial City, perhaps prosperous due to its proximity to the Imperial City, but no matter how prosperous, it couldn’t conceal that it was still a small county.
Even the Imperial City itself felt like it had taken a blow to its vital energy from such a disturbance.
If Neihai County was to experience the same situation...
Goodness!
By then, the entire Neihai County might be reduced to ruins.
Within the entire county town, there were only a few officials from the Imperial Astronomical Bureau.
Were they supposed to fight the Blood Gu Sect disciples with their lives?
"Search thoroughly! Make sure you search carefully!" a Neihai County government official arrest officer, with a greasy big belly, one hand pressing on the hilt of the long sword hanging from his waist, shouted, "Any suspect who has even the smallest connection to the Blood Gu Sect must not be overlooked!"
"Even if there’s only the slightest clue, control the person in advance, and don’t let them escape. If someone manages to escape, I will hold you responsible first!"
He commanded a group of fierce-looking constables, who, under such an order, barged into the homes of the common people, forcibly searching for so-called evidence.
"Constable Sir! We found evidence, we found evidence!" Just then, two constables scurried over excitedly.
One of them was holding a wooden box.
The wooden box was open.
The other one had drawn a knife and pressed it against the neck of a terrified commoner, directly escorting the man to the arrest officer’s presence.
The constable holding the wooden box, with a flattering smile on his face, said to the arrest officer, "Constable Sir, please look at this. This was found in that fellow’s house. Upon one glance, I knew this must be related to the Blood Gu Sect."
"I am wronged! I am wronged!" the commoner with a knife to his neck, too scared to move significantly, pleaded.
Fearing that before the constable could act, his own neck might accidentally meet the sharp blade.
In haste, the commoner explained, "These are merely a few caterpillar fungus, how can they be connected to the Blood Gu Sect?"
"Shut up!" the knife-holding constable barked, "Just because you say there’s no relation means there’s no relation?"
"Exactly, anyone can say anything, and the Blood Gu Sect people are no exception," the greasy-bellied arrest officer from Neihai County narrowed his eyes and said, "If you really are a disciple of the Blood Gu Sect and you say you’re not, should I just release you? Wouldn’t I be the one to lose my head?"
"And this caterpillar fungus of yours?" the arrest officer snorted, "I say it’s a dead Gu worm! Tie him up for me. We’ll catch a hundred people today and throw them all into the jail!"
"Yes, Constable Sir!!"
"I am wronged! I am wronged!" No matter how the commoner cried out his innocence, it was in vain; nothing could stop the actions of the constables. Helpless, with a knife to his neck, he dared not struggle.
Until his hands were tied up, the commoner with a sorrowful face cried out, "I am truly wronged, I really have nothing to do with the Blood Gu Sect, I have no relation to them at all!"
"No relation? No relation, yet you speak the words ’Blood Gu Sect’ so fluently?" the arrest officer scorned, "Wait until we throw you into the jail; let the brothers in there take good care of you, you’ll probably admit your identity then."
"You! You’re unreasonable!" Terrified by the arrest officer’s words, the commoner’s face turned deathly pale.
He shouted vehemently, "I think you dogs in office can’t find any clues, so you’re just randomly arresting people in the county town, and even attempting to extract confessions through torture!"
"How dare you!" the arrest officer fumed, "Publicly insulting an Imperial Court arrest officer, you don’t seem to be a submissive citizen! I say you are a disciple of the Blood Gu Sect!"
In his anger, he kicked out, delivering a blow to the abdomen of the commoner right before him.
Such an action frightened the constable who had his knife at the commoner’s neck, prompting him to quickly put away the blade.
Lest there be an unfortunate slip...
And the neck is accidentally severed.
"Give me twenty strokes here on the spot, then throw him into the jail!" After tripping the commoner with a kick, the arrest officer of Neihai County seemed not to be satisfied yet.
