Xia Jian naturally understood that these people who ran businesses and inns would do anything for their own performance.
"Waiter, let me ask you. If it's really as you said, and the demon fox is so powerful, wouldn't everyone in the capital be dead?”
The waiter said,"How can that be? There are demon foxes in the world, so naturally there are ways to deal with them." Outside the city, there was a mountain called Crouching Bull Mountain. There was a Taoist temple on the top of the mountain. The Taoist temple was filled with Taoist priests who subdued demons and devils!”
Taoist priest? Xia Jian's interest was piqued when he heard this.
He came here to find a Taoist priest to report to Emperor Chenghua. He did not know where there were any Taoist priests near the capital.
"Then why don't you go find the Taoist priest of Crouching Bull Mountain to get rid of the demon? By the way, do you know how to get to Crouching Bull Mountain?”Xia Jian asked.
"This…" The waiter began to stutter and not speak again. It was obvious that he wanted to ask for benefits.
Xia Jian gave a look to the eunuch beside him. The eunuch understood and took out ten taels of silver from his bosom and placed them on the table.
The waiter who received ten taels of silver was instantly overjoyed. His monthly salary was only one tael of silver.
Ten taels of silver was enough for him to spend for half a year.
"Master, you don't know this, but how can we invite the Taoist priests of the Crouching Bull Mountain? Moreover, this matter didn't affect us, so why should we waste our energy to find them at the Crouching Bull Mountain?”the waiter said.
This was like each family sweeping the snow in front of their own door, not caring about the frost on the roof of others! He agreed with what the waiter said.
"Waiter, do you know how to get to Crouching Bull Mountain?”Xia Jian asked.
The waiter looked at Xia Jian and said," Master, the Crouching Bull Mountain is easy to get to. Go out from the west side of the city and walk along the road. You'll come across two mountains that look like cow horns. That's the Crouching Bull Mountain."”
"However, Master, don't blame me for being nosy. Ordinary people can't find the Taoist temple in Crouching Bull Mountain. "If you're looking for a Taoist priest, why don't you wait until tomorrow? There's a Taoist priest who claims to be from Mount Longhu at the Zhao Manor in the east of the city. He's going to perform a ritual for the undead in the Zhao Manor.”
A ritual? Taoist priest?
Xia Jian was holding a teacup in his hand, as if he was thinking about something.
At this moment, there was a commotion outside. Many people ran towards the east of the city with torches in their hands.
Xia Jian asked a servant to go and ask, and the servant came back to tell him that something had happened in the east of the city.
"Let's go and take a look."
Xia Jian walked out of the house and heard the waiter from the inn come out and shout,""Master, aren't you going to eat?"
He took out fifty taels of Snowflake Silver from his bosom and threw them back without even turning his head.
"Leave me a room. I'll stay at your place tonight. Just send the food directly to my room.”After saying that, Xia Jian left the inn with the two of them.
Arriving at the east side of the city, he found that there were many officials here, and there was no lack of lively crowds.
At night, the sky was very dark. Every officer and bailiff basically held a torch in their hands, so the east side of the city was still very bright.
"Brother, may I ask what happened here?" Xia Jian asked a passerby.”
The person who was asked by Xia Jian replied," What else could it be? The entire Sun family, five people, all died an unnatural death. They were discovered and reported to the authorities.”
"It is said that the eldest son of the Sun family, Sun Yulong, saw a white-clothed woman wearing a veil wandering on the street last night.”
"This woman in white is the fox demon. Anyone who sees her will die!”
Xia Jian shook his head. He didn't believe this.
He looked at the crime scene. At this time, the soldiers had already surrounded the scene. The coroner seemed to be examining the body inside.
At this moment, a group of people suddenly arrived. They were all dressed in Taoist robes, especially the one in the middle.
However, Xia Jian felt that no matter how he looked at it, this Taoist priest looked like a hooligan from the streets!
The soldiers surrounded the scene and did not allow the people to enter to avoid damaging the scene.
Even Xia Jian was stopped at the periphery and could not enter.
However, when the group of Taoist priests arrived, the soldiers immediately made way for them to enter the scene.
Xia Jian also took advantage of this time to sneak in with his two followers.
The Taoist priests seemed to be performing a ritual for the dead. Most of the people's attention was attracted by the magical performance of the Taoist priests.
Xia Jian looked at them and scoffed. Could this group of so-called Taoist priests be from a circus?
No matter what the circus priest did, Xia Jian secretly went to the five bodies to check and found something interesting.
These corpses did not turn stiff after death and retained their warmth. Xia Jian grabbed the arm of one of the corpses and felt it carefully. He could still feel the pulse, but it was very slow, like the breathing of a turtle.
Aren't these people still alive? Then how did the coroner perform the autopsy?
At this moment, the coroner who was watching the circus Taoist priest's performance turned around and saw Xia Jian and the other two.
"Where did this yellow-haired brat come from? Get lost!”
Because Xia Jian came out in casual clothes, he looked a little like a young master from a rich family.
However, were there not many wealthy families in the capital? Who would care about a rich family like yours? Even if your father was a fifth rank official, it would be useless. In the capital, officials below the fifth rank, including the fifth rank, were everywhere.
Hence, the coroner brought his men and chased Xia Jian and the other two out as if they were chasing away flies.
Xia Jian couldn't stand this kind of insulting banishment. Without saying anything, he slapped him.
Due to his great strength, the coroner immediately fell on his face, and several of his teeth were knocked out.
The coroner staggered to his feet and cursed,""Brat, you're courting death. Men, strip this guy!”
A few soldiers obeyed the coroner and went forward to capture Xia Jian. However, these soldiers were no match for Xia Jian.
Even the Brocade Guards in the palace couldn't defeat Xia Jian, let alone these soldiers who were usually idle and didn't do anything serious.
With just a few moves, he snatched the weapons in their hands and beat them up with brute force.
The commotion here quickly attracted the attention of the people. More soldiers began to gather here, confronting Xia Jian and the other two. It seemed that they were about to start fighting if there was any disagreement.
The arrogant coroner was slapped by Xia Jian again. He was sent flying, and his face was swollen like a ball.
"Go on, you guys go on. If you don't go on, believe it or not, I'll get my brother-in-law to lock all of you up in prison.”The coroner kicked one of the soldiers.
When the group of soldiers heard the coroner mention his brother-in-law, they could only brace themselves and step forward. They wanted to take Xia Jian down with their numbers.
"Stop!"
At this moment, a loud voice sounded.
"The Left Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Jiang Junliang, greets Eunuch Xia.”
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