Upon hearing that he needed to report to Emperor Taishan, Shi Zhongkui immediately pretended to be afraid of trouble and said, "Can't I borrow the place of the Gyeonggi City God?"

"this,,,."

Riyushin's face was full of hesitation, but his heart was already filled with joy.

With Shi Zhongkui's words, the importance the Zhou court attached to the Gyeonggi City God would inevitably rise several levels.

If he can be canonized again by the current Emperor of Zhou Dynasty, the entire City God system will benefit.

Not only is the incense more popular, but in addition to some specific memorial services hosted by the Ministry of Rites every year, other activities will most likely be held in the City God's Temple.

So Riyushen just thought about it for a few seconds and then said, "If you can write a letter yourself, I believe that the Lord City God will give you this honor."

When Liu Changji and others heard this, they felt a little numb.

Seeing Shi Zhongkui's evasion, he even said what virtues and abilities he had, and how he could get the city god to give him face with just a letter.

At this point in the secret passage, there is really no need to act.

But Shi Zhongkui really didn't want anything to happen to Ma Daopo, so he didn't even think about interrogating ghosts overnight.

"Why don't you wait and take Taoist Nama to the underworld first? If there are any results, just give me a letter."

"Yes, sir."

Riyou Shen and others secretly breathed a sigh of relief. With Shi Zhongkui's words, they could secretly use some means on the Huangquan Road to solve the problem of Ma Daopo for some underworld gangsters.

Immediately, Shi Zhongkui and others saw Ma Dao Po's soul which had been tied up tightly with a soul seduction chain by Yin Chai.

"Sir, the criminal has been captured. We will retire first and return to the underworld to resume our duties."

"Um".

After Shi Zhongkui finished speaking, the soldiers and generals of the Yin Division saluted him together, and suddenly they all disappeared.

After a while, Shi Zhongkui coughed, smiled and said to Liu Changji, who had come back to his senses, "Although Taoist Ma has already surrendered, we still go in to search.

In order to avoid missing evidence or clues about accomplices."

Liu Changji hurriedly nodded in agreement and shouted to the Xiu Yiwei, "Let me go in and search carefully. If I can find other accomplices, it will be a great achievement."

"Yes", the people in Xiuyiwei became bolder this time.

Under the leadership of a Qianhu, they rushed straight into Ma Daopo's small temple.

The first thing that caught his eye was the motionless body of Ma Daopo, and soon he found the packed baggage, gold and silver and other belongings.

"Sir, if I had waited a moment and a half later, this demon might have escaped."

Shi Zhongkui nodded, "Don't worry about the property for now. Since Ma Daopo was in a hurry to leave, she probably didn't have time to burn the letters, gifts and gift lists from past favors.

I don't care about the people who were defrauded of their money by her, I only care about why she wanted to harm the Ningguo Mansion this time.

Also, the technique of five ghosts and nightmares must require some kind of medium to perform, which means that there is a high probability that there are his internal agents or helpers in the Ningguo Mansion."

Jia Zhen, Jia Zheng, Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu were suddenly shocked.

Jia Zhen stepped forward quickly and said, "Brother, is there really a ghost in my house?"

Shi Zhongkui did not answer in a hurry, but looked at the embroidered guard and asked, "Have you ever found special objects such as villains, paper talismans, birth dates, etc. in Ningguo Mansion?"

"That's not right," Shi Zhongkui shook his head and said, "there must be birth dates, otherwise if Taoist Ma can cast spells without birth dates.

Just now, God General Liujia had to take action himself to subdue her."

"Your Excellency," Huang Ruisong, a fellow commander, stood up and reported, "Five paper drawings of little ghosts with birth dates and eight characters written on them were indeed found in Ning Mansion, and they were under the bed of the master bedroom in Dengxian Pavilion.

Previously, Taoist priests Chang Lingzi and Chang Zhenzi also said that if someone hadn't slept on the big bed in Dengxian Pavilion, and the person who cast the spell was not very skilled, those five little ghosts would definitely go looking for Uncle Zhen."

Jia Zhen was so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat. If Mrs. You hadn't suddenly brought her two daughters from home to avoid trouble and was arranged to live in Dengxian Pavilion by herself, she would have been the one who got caught.

So Jia Zhen was afraid, and then angry.

Without thinking, I ran into the small temple and started rummaging through boxes and cabinets in search of possible clues.

In Xiuyiwei's small school, Lux originally wanted to stop him, but before he could speak, he was stopped by a Baihu who led the team.

Seeing Baihu nuzzling in the direction of Shi Zhongkui, everyone quickly reacted.

The miraculous abilities Shi Zhongkui showed just now have made him transcend the rules of officialdom to a certain extent.

At least Xiuyiwei would never dare to mess with him.

Besides, the saint's family is prosperous, and even the embroidered clothing guard has to be humble and avoid him repeatedly when facing him.

Jia Lian saw that the Xiuyi Guards people didn't care about Jia Zhen at all, so he stepped forward to help look for clues.

Shi Zhongkui originally thought of simply framing Lai Er, the manager of the Ning Mansion, and Lai Da, the manager of the Rongguo Mansion, for having colluded with Ma Daopo.

But if you think about it carefully, the level of this kind of false accusation is actually a bit low.

If you are a smart person, you can understand with a little thought that the Lai family will never kill their financial sponsor.

On the contrary, they hope that the two houses of Ning and Rong will become more prosperous and wealthy, so that while they can continue to suck blood in the two houses, they can work outside and do business more smoothly.

It would be better to find nothing, which would make Jia Zhen and the rest of the Jia family even more anxious and suspicious.

When people are anxious and life-threatening, they can easily be misled.

After searching for a long time, Xiu Yiwei moved more and more things to the open space in the courtyard of the small temple.

"Sir, all useful things are here."

Shi Zhongkui frowned and nodded, looked at his fellow commander Huang Ruisong and asked, "Sir Huang, in addition to paper figures, incense sticks, straw figures and other props used for evil arts.

You should pack up these sesame oils, prayer cards and other items sent by noble families and store them in the embroidery guard's warehouse.

However, in my opinion, these are just ordinary things, and each family has been deceived by this Taoist Ma. I will report this matter to Your Majesty truthfully and will not make it difficult for you."

"Yes", Huang Ruisong hurriedly agreed.

After hearing this, Jia Zheng couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

It is said that it will not make it difficult to be a embroidered clothes guard, but in fact, it is more about avoiding the trouble of being targeted by the embroidered clothes guards.

The old wives and wives at home, such as the old concubine of Nan'an County Prince, will definitely be grateful to him in their hearts.

Otherwise, if this matter spreads to the outside world, who knows how much trouble there will be.

It is not impossible to force several housewives to death.

As for anyone who has had an accident or died under mysterious circumstances and wants to take revenge or investigate, that has nothing to do with Shi Zhongkui.

There is no reason to stop others.

Huang Ruisong then held up several account books and said, "Sir, what do you think should be done with these confiscated account books?"

Shi Zhongkui waved his hand without even looking at it, "My mission is to track down the murderer behind the scenes. The rest is your business."

Liu Changji, Huang Ruisong and other Xiuyiwei senior officials secretly scolded Shi Zhongkui for being slippery.

Although this account book only records how much sesame oil, offerings and other money Ma Daopo received from which house on which day.

Who else spent money to buy peace charms and other items.

But if you think about it for a moment, you will know that there is definitely a clue that Ma Daopo received money to harm people for her employer.

Even in the entire account book, those property receipts and expenditures whose specific reasons are unclear may be evidence of murder.

The most troubling thing is that in recent years, many women and children of honorable families have died mysteriously or died young, and the time of several income and expenditures on the account books can be vaguely matched.

It can be said that Ma Daopo deserves to die, but if the account book is spread to the outside world, there will definitely be a big disturbance.

Maybe in a few days, news will come from the homes of nobles and officials that such and such a concubine or his wife died of a vicious disease, or even the brothers killed each other.

Thinking of this, Liu Changji trembled violently and ordered Huang Ruisong in a sharp voice, "Quickly take people to escort these account books into the palace and hand them over to His Majesty."

Huang Ruisong nodded hurriedly, saluted Shi Zhongkui, and hurriedly led people to the palace.

Shi Zhongkui didn't care about this matter and muttered to Jia Zhen, "Brother Zhen, although no clues related to the Ning Mansion have been found, I feel that we still need to investigate inside the Ning Mansion.

Whether it was to find out the loopholes in Ning Mansion's guards or to prevent the relationship between the mole and Ma Daopo, they always had face-to-face secret conversations.

After checking it out, you can finally feel more at ease."

Jia Zhen, who was still feeling happy in her heart, immediately felt that Shi Zhongkui's words were correct.

After hearing this, Jia Zheng nodded and said, "Bo Qian is right, such a big thing happened this time, even I want to order someone to rectify the Rongguo Mansion.

Otherwise, if something happens again, not only to harm my Jia family’s nephews, but also to make the old lady sad, it will also be caused by the unfilial piety of my descendants."

In ancient times, loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness were valued, and filial piety was ranked higher than benevolence and righteousness. You can imagine how serious the consequences would be if someone was labeled as unfilial.

Jia Zhen, Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu, who was silent, hurriedly bowed and saluted and agreed in unison.

Shi Zhongkui was secretly happy, and then he saw Jia Zheng looking at him and saying, "Bo Qian, Ning and Rong have been in office for hundreds of years, and the relationship between the two is complicated.

Uncle Wei thought that if I could use this incident and your power to order people to investigate, we could truly sort out the two mansions.

But if you do this, it will inevitably bring you a bad name."

After hearing this, Shi Zhongkui cursed in his heart. From now on, if anyone tries to step on the horse and says that Jia Zheng is a rotten scholar and an old master who doesn't know how to adapt, he will keep a big mouth and slap him.

This old guy may just not care about worldly affairs, but it does not mean that he is a fool, nor does it mean that he has no scheming intentions.
To be continued...