Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?-Chapter 54 - I Have a Clue_1

Chapter 54: Chapter 54 I Have a Clue_1

Chapter 54: Chapter 54 I Have a Clue_1

On their return journey, they still made use of the small sailing boat for transportation.

That night, Li Chengji was cheerfully eating meat and drinking wine with his oldest son at the bow of the boat, while Li Xuan sprawled out in an expansive pose on the deck, lying as limp as a salted fish.

After spending two days and a night as a bath servant, he was already so exhausted he didn’t even have the strength to sit up.

At this time, Li Chengji kept his promise and introduced the origins of the Black Dragon: “The Dragon King has her own title, bestowed by the Great Ancestor ‘Immortal Master Shuide’. There are temples erected around Poyang Lake in her honour, and the government holds sacrifices for her yearly, as the leader of all dragons.”

According to the current custom where the longer the title, the higher the respect, the status of this Sinful Dragon was indeed above all other Dragon Kings of the Yangtze River, even above all other river and water deities.

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“Helping establish the nation? This is a title that only contributors to the founding of the country have.”

For example, their ancestor Li Lexing’s title was ‘Assisting the Country, Guarding Justice, Civil Official, Earl Chengyi’— Li Lexing’s military name was renowned from north to south, but he was also a famous Daru in Jiangnan, ranked among civil officials.

Li Xuan couldn’t help but ask curiously, “Did she assist the Great Ancestor during the Poyang Lake water battle?”

“She is actually the original Dragon King of Poyang Lake.”

Li Yan directly revealed, “Three hundred years ago, the Great Ancestor and Prince Han, Chen Liang, fought a great battle near Kanglang Mountain. The Great Ancestor faced defeat in the first three rounds and was almost killed. Until the 22nd of July, when a sudden storm from the northeast came, helping the Great Ancestor achieve a huge victory. Not only were many generals of the Han dynasty killed, but also Chen Liang’s two most relied on older brothers were lost in this battle. It is said that the Great Ancestor then entreated the Dragon King of Panyang Lake to change the wind direction, and ultimately turned defeat into victory.”

Li Chengji stroked his long beard, his face was complex, “But the Dragon King also interfered in the struggles of the mortal lords, caused Han dynasty’s dragon qi to backlash her, and was defiled by an endless sinful force. In the end, she had no choice but to seal herself here, waiting for the sinful force to dissolve.”

“But why would she do that?” Li Xuan blinked, “She had a lovely position as the Dragon King of a nearly ten thousand li lake, so why risk the backlash of dragon qi to help the Great Ancestor?”

“She is a Dragon King with great ambitions.” Li Chengji sighed, “Legend has it that the Great Ancestor promised two things at her temple: one, to treat the common people kindly with light taxes; and two, to drive out the Tatarka and the northern demonic dragons, and restore Huaxia. Afterward, the Great Ancestor did it. He drove out the North Mongols from the Central Plains a few years later. Speaking of love for the people, no Emperor in history could surpass him. Among the lords at that time, only the Great Ancestor could govern the people with benevolence and allow them to recuperate.”

As they were moving downstream, their return to Nanjing from Poyang Lake was nearly a third faster than the journey they’d previously made.

By early morning, the small sailboat was already docked at the pier in Nanjing City.

Li Xuan did not follow Li Chengji back to the Earl’s mansion, he hastily rode to Zhuque Hall in Liudao Division, barely making it on time.

However, when Li Xuan arrived and went to sign in at Jiang Hanyun’s office, he found that his superior Ma Chenggong, and another Six Paths Bureau Colonel Si Qianhui, and several backbone members of Mingyou City were all gathered there with worried expressions.

And behind the desk at the head position, Jiang Hanyun was furious, rebuking Ma Chenggong and others as if they were school children.

“What’s going on?” Li Xuan asked Yue Qianqian who was waiting outside the door, “The atmosphere doesn’t look good. Why is the female demon head losing her temper again?”

“Colonel was verbally reprimanded by the supervisor this morning,” Yue Qianqian whispered quietly, “We were told off for neglecting our main duties and focusing all of our efforts on the Jiangjun Mountain blood sacrifice case. As a result, the evil creatures are moving freely and causing trouble in Nanjing City, and we haven’t made any progress on the blood sacrifice case. Afterward, the supervisor also ordered the colonel to strengthen patrolling the city, and gave us a deadline of ten days to find some clues, otherwise, we’re to stop and not interfere with Huoya City’s investigation.”

Li Xuan was bewildered, “Just for this?”

Given how thick-skinned Jiang Hanyun is, he shouldn’t be this annoyed, isn’t there still ten days left?

“The key is that we were ridiculed by Lei Yun again.” Yue Qianqian sighed: “The Huoya City searched the countryside mansions, caught three evil cultivators from the Ghost Hand Sect, they might be related to the blood sacrifice at Jiangjun Mountain. It is said that there has been significant progress on that front, and the culprits of the two cover-up cases are also basically locked down.”

Li Xuan instantly understood, he knew that Jiang Hanyun and that Xiaowei Lei had a long-standing grudge.

With Jiang Hanyun’s competitiveness, how could he tolerate losing to his sworn enemy?

At this moment, he noticed that Yue Qianqian appeared hesitant, as if she wanted to say more but was holding back.

“Speak up, what else? Don’t stall.”

Yue Qianqian looked at him: “Peng Fulai and Zhang Yue didn’t show up for roll call today either.”

Upon hearing this, Li Xuan didn’t take it to heart, those two lazy bums have never been punctual for work, always maddening him.

But out of respect for their long-standing friendship, Li Xuan never scolded them explicitly. Recently he was planning to leverage the awe of ‘Blood Hand Butcher’ and teach these two a lesson.

However, in the next moment, Li Xuan’s calmness disappeared, as Yue Qianqian cautiously continued: “Furthermore, Zhang Yue’s attendant came to find you just now, he asked me to relay a message when I see you. He said that both Zhang Yue and Peng Fulai were detained at the Hongyue Lodge outside the city last night. They also sent a message, if you do not go before noon today, don’t blame them for stripping Zhang Yue and Peng Fulai naked and hanging them at the southern city gate, for everyone to admire their nude forms.”

“Is this true?”

Li Xuan’s voice heightened an octave, and he knew things were taking a bad turn as soon as he spoke.

Jiang Hanyun, who was reprimanding someone within his office, was indeed startled by his shout: “Li Xuan, what are you shouting about? Come in here.”

Helplessly, Li Xuan stepped inside. The moment he entered, Jiang Hanyun berated him: “I was told you have been relaxing at home these past two days? What a life you lead, while everyone else is busy with work, you’re enjoying yourself at home. I even sent someone to fetch you, but you had the nerve to reject, your audacity knows no bound. Not to mention your two subordinates, they even spent the night at the brothel—”

Li Xuan thought to himself, was I enjoying myself at home? I was clearly suffering.

As Jiang Hanyun was taking a breath, Li Xuan hurriedly clasped his hands: “Sir, I found a clue outside the city yesterday, and it could be the origin of those nine hundred children from Jiangjun Mountain.”

“A clue?” Jiang Hanyun’s eyes narrowed, momentarily ceasing her tongue-lashing, “Let’s hear it!”

“Those children might be from the nine ethnic groups of fishermen and peasants living outside the city. As far as I know, these people often let their own children be adopted by others, which is why the whereabouts of these children never show up in the records.”

Before Li Xuan finished speaking, the entire room erupted in a ‘whoosh’ of excitement. Nearly everyone stood up and their eyes filled with eager anticipation.

Li Xuan maintained his calm: “This is merely my conjecture, not yet confirmed.”

He had originally planned to collaborate with Peng Fulai and others to validate this before reporting to Jiang Hanyun. But it seemed that he couldn’t count on those two anymore.