Night fell in the Imperial City.
The 'demons and ghosts' in the shadows all ran out. They were having fun in the night and wreaking havoc in the Imperial City.
The patrolling soldiers in the Imperial City received an urgent report and walked towards a civilian house by the Imperial City.
The patrolling commander pushed open the door and saw a hair-raising scene.
In front of him, there was a bloody red scene. A skinned corpse was hanging under the beam of the house, facing the door, as if it was going to surprise the person who opened the door.
The soldiers who were led by the commander instantly tensed up, and a chill came from nowhere.
The commander forced himself to remain calm. He did not say anything on the surface, but his heart was high. His eagle eyes carefully scanned the entire civilian house.
Seeing that there were no murderers hiding, the commander waved his hand and signaled for everyone to follow.
The group walked into the house and looked around. There was nothing special except for the corpse under the beam.
"Find out who he is and who he has made enemies with recently.”
The commander ordered.
One of the soldiers responded.
Not long after, the soldier who was inspecting the corpse rushed over and said in a trembling voice," Commander, this, this, this corpse has teeth marks on it. The teeth marks are deep and sharp. It doesn't look like it was done by a human. It looks more like it was done by some wild beast. The human skin on this corpse was peeled off along the teeth marks.”
Hmm?
The commander was stunned and suddenly thought of a possibility.
Before he could react, another soldier outside reported urgently.
"Commander! A corpse without a heart was found in a mansion two miles away. The heart of the corpse was hollow. From the traces around it, it seemed that a long claw had passed through it and taken the heart away.”
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Two words appeared in the commander's mind:
Demons!
Its claws dug out hearts, and its sharp teeth peeled off human skin.
It was done by demons!
But this was the Imperial City!
The Imperial City was heavily guarded. The soldiers 'blood and killing intent naturally repelled evil. The city gates were also guarded by the four great guards. How could the demons possibly pass through this line of defense and enter the city?
Unless the demons did not enter through the defense line, but walked in openly!？
Didn't that mean that there were spies among the people who entered the city and helped them enter?
The commander's expression sank completely.
"Immediately report to His Highness that traces of suspected demons have been found in the Imperial City!”
"Yes, sir!"
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Lin Yuan Palace.
After Zhang Mozhi followed Su Yuan, he was sent to the Criminal Division to find something for him to do. He had been informed of his connections. He was doing quite well and became a representative of the Ninth Prince's faction, even though he was the only one in the Ninth Prince's faction now.
Zhang Mozhi, who had gained some fame in the Criminal Division, struck while the iron was hot and seized the opportunity to rise to the top. He had not come to visit Su Yuan for a few days, so Su Yuan was happy to be free.
However, Su Yuan's idle days were broken not long after. The urgent report from the Imperial City's garrison made him frown.
"A demon that eats human hearts and a demon that specializes in skinning humans?”
The guards of the Imperial City said," That's right!"
"We investigated the whole night and found seven skinned bodies. The other five had no hearts. They found out that a total of twelve people had been killed.”
What he meant was that there might be more that could not be found.
"How can we be sure that it's a yaomo?"
"Your Highness, these corpses all have one thing in common, and that is that they don't look like traces left behind by humans! Every corpse was either marked with the teeth of a beast or the marks of a claw.”
"Moreover, we've investigated and found that none of them had any grudges with anyone when they were alive, and there was no loss of property after their death. It doesn't seem like someone did it.”
"What did the four guardians say?"
"The four guardians said that they did not sense any demonic qi breaking into the city, and the patrol teams under them did not sense anything unusual.”
The guard said," So, Lord Guardian guessed that the demons couldn't have entered the city by force at night. The only possibility is that the demons mixed in with the ordinary people during the day and were protected by someone to enter the city.”
Su Yuan's eyes deepened,"Did you find any traces of demons?"”
"Last night, the incidents happened in the residential area on the east side of the city. The East Gate Guardian and his commander are investigating that area.”
The general continued," The Yang energy is strong during the day, and the demons are almost motionless. Their ability to hide is also strong. The Lord Guardian thought that we would only be able to harvest them at night.”
"Continue investigating."
Su Yuan waved his hand, indicating for the general to retreat.
Beside him, the maid Hong Xiu said worriedly," Your Highness, the fiendish demons have already entered the Imperial City. Could it be that something has happened to the four defense lines?”
Demons were a type of strange creature that existed in this world. They were crafty and bloodthirsty, had strange abilities, and had low thinking abilities. They were difficult to communicate with and would kill anyone they saw. They also had a bloodthirsty hobby, such as skinning and eating hearts. They were demonic creatures that had once threatened the lives of ordinary people. In places where demons roamed, there were often massacres of villages, towns, and even cities.
After the establishment of Great Xia, the Founding Emperor drove most of the demons out of the borders of Great Xia. He also carried out a major internal clean-up, killing most of the demons and reducing the threat to the minimum. After that, he sent a large number of troops to set up defense lines at the borders of the four directions to prevent the foreign races from attacking and also to isolate the demons.
After the establishment of Great Xia for nearly a thousand years, there were very few cases of demons harming people. Most of them happened in remote places.
This was the first time that a demon from the Imperial City had appeared!
No wonder Hong Xiu was worried.
Su Yuan said," If there was a problem with the four defense lines, there would have been an urgent report to the Imperial City.”
"Right now, the demons of the Imperial City are just some evil people who have deliberately come to stir up trouble.”
After saying that, Su Yuan instructed,"Prepare the carriage. I want to leave the palace."”
Demons were rare creatures.
Coincidentally, it was boring in the palace, so Su Yuan wanted to go and take a look.
"No, Your Highness, you have a body of ten thousand gold. How can you?"
"Go ahead."
"Yes, sir."
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