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The next morning, Zhang Zonghan woke up and was pleasantly surprised to find the long-unseen clear sky and white clouds reappearing outside the door, with the terrifying purple ghostly presence now confined only to the surroundings of the palace.
"Zuo Ci and Yu Ji are indeed extraordinary heroes. With their help, the people of the world will definitely be saved!"
After saying that, he walked out onto the street. As soon as he stepped out, a crowd of people surrounded him, all asking about Zuo Ci and Yu Ji.
Zhang Zonghan finally managed to break free from the crowd. As he walked up to Magistrate Liu's courtyard, he was astonished to find bloodstains all over the entrance. A sense of foreboding washed over him, and he hurried into the courtyard, only to fall to the ground in shock at the sight before him.
Many servants' bodies lay incomplete in the courtyard, almost every corner covered in blood, with many dismembered limbs scattered everywhere.
Even Cishi Liu's wife was not spared, her body cut in half lying on the ground.
Cishi Liu was kneeling beside his wife, crying loudly and pounding the ground with his right hand. Zhang Zonghan quickly walked over and placed his right hand on Cishi Liu's shoulder, comforting him.
"Master Liu, once a person dies, they cannot come back to life. Please accept my condolences and adapt to the changes."
Cishi Liu cried while lifting his head and pointing at his wife, saying:
"Last night, as we were falling asleep, those monsters came to attack. We were almost successful in escaping, but I accidentally tripped. My wife pushed me into the dark room and faced the monsters herself... I heard my wife's screams from behind the door, but I was too scared to even move. I'm really... I'm really useless!"
At this point, Cishi Liu cried even harder.
Zhang Zonghan also sighed, not knowing what to do.
Cishi Liu grabbed Master Zhang's shoulder and said urgently:
"Master Zhang, you've read books about the demon race, so you know what they are, right?"
Master Zhang had no choice but to tell Cishi Liu about what Yu Ji had told him last night.
Cishi Liu After listening, his whole body trembled, his lips quivered, and he clenched his fists in excitement.
"Damn you, Dong Zhuo, you are so vicious! I, Liu, will never coexist with you!"
After speaking, he stood up and rushed into the room. Soon he came out of the room with a large seal and a sword in his hand.
"Could it be that Master Liu wants to raise an army to eliminate Dong Zhuo?"
Master Zhang exclaimed in shock.
"That's right, Dong the Traitor! Since you want to exterminate humanity, you are my enemy, Liu. Today, I must have Dong the Traitor torn to shreds to relieve the hatred in my heart!"
After saying that, he walked towards the main gate, and Zhang Zonghan hurried to stop him.
"Master Liu! Absolutely not! Although Dong Zhuo and his followers deserve to be killed, think about it, if they can achieve this level, how can we ordinary people oppose them? Your departure will only be a meaningless sacrifice! Please reconsider, Master Liu!"
At this moment, Liu Cishi couldn't listen at all, and Zuo Ci walked over while pulling and tugging.
"Master Zhang, Master Liu?"
Master Zhang saw Zuo Ci and quickly said:
"His wife was killed, and he is deeply saddened. He is thinking of leading troops to seek revenge on Dong Zhuo and his men."
Zuo Ci listened and couldn't help but smile.
"No need for that, we have our own plan to get rid of Dong Zhuo."
Cishi Liu After listening, stopped and said:
"Really?"
"Yes, this still requires cooperation from Master Liu."
Cishi Liu, upon hearing this, was overjoyed and quickly bowed to Zuo Ci.
"Last night, I was saved by two heroes and I still don't know how to repay them. Now, if I can help the two of them to eliminate Dong Zhuo, I, Liu, will not hesitate!"
After Yu Ji arrived, everyone went into the study, closed the door, and discussed the plan to eliminate Dong Zhuo.
After returning to the yamen, Zhang Zonghan immediately ordered all the constables to carry the coffins containing the bodies and the Ghost Corpse to Vermilion Bird Gate. According to the plan, Cishi Liu would be waiting at the gate to receive them. As they were carrying the coffins out of the spirit hall, they noticed that the purple mist that had surrounded the palace had disappeared.
At this point, Zhang Zonghan still didn't know the significance of Dong Zhuo's actions, so he continued according to the plan and headed towards Vermilion Bird Gate. Upon arriving, he was surprised to find Dong Zhuo and his group already standing outside the gate, facing off against Cishi Liu and the common people.
"Master Liu, is there something wrong? Why did Master Zhang have the servants bring so many coffins over?"
" Master Dong, you are unaware that last night, several bodies in the city were attacked by a ghostly presence and turned into Ghost Corpses, which then attacked the people. Many have already perished."
Master Dong has been constantly surrounded by a purple ghostly presence during this time in Luoyang City... "
" Ghostly presence? Have I been surrounded by a ghostly presence during my time in Luoyang?"
"Cishi Liu hadn't finished speaking when he was interrupted by Dong Zhuo, whose words left Cishi Liu speechless.
'Isn't this an obvious matter? These days, Luoyang City has been...' "
"Then Cishi Liu, do you see it now?"
Dong Zhuo turned to the side and pointed to the palace with his right hand.
"No, I didn't..." Cishi Liu was stunned for a long time before finally speaking.
"Well, how can you prove that a few days ago I emitted a ghostly presence surrounding Luoyang City?"
"Ah, this..."
Master Liu was suddenly at a loss, how could he prove that there was indeed a ghostly presence surrounding Luoyang City? Master Liu looked to Zhang Zonghan for help, but Zhang Zonghan was also helpless at this moment. He had not seen any information on how to prove the existence of ghostly presence.
Zhang Zonghan desperately tried to recall the books he had read about the demon race in the past, but he couldn't remember anything useful.
Cishi Liu saw that Zhang Zonghan had no reaction, so he continued speaking to Dong Zhuo:
"The people can testify that they were indeed attacked by Ghost Corpse!"
"Oh? Is that so? Then let me ask these officials in the court, all you ministers, have you seen the ghostly presence surrounding Luoyang City these past few days?"
Dong Zhuo turned around and looked at the ministers standing behind him. The ministers glanced at each other and said nothing.
"Ministers, have you seen the ghostly presence surrounding Luoyang City that I have been emitting these days?"
"Dong Zhuo repeated with a smile, but this time there was a hint of anger in his tone.
"No, no..." said Situ Wang standing in the middle.
The other ministers were all amazed when Situ Wang said this, and they all stared in surprise.
"Well then, what about the other ministers? Do you have anything to say?"
Dong Zhuo asked again, and this time other ministers also quietly denied seeing any ghostly presence surrounding Luoyang City.
Dong Zhuo turned around satisfied and looked at the now shocked Cishi Liu with wide-open mouth.
"Alright, people of Luoyang City, have you seen the ghostly presence of our Ghost clan surrounding Luoyang City these days?"
Dong Zhuo looked around at everyone standing in front of him, including Cishi Liu and Zhang Zonghan.
Soon, many people turned and walked away without saying a word. Those who remained fell into silence, and then one person said:
"I, we actually didn't see any ghostly presence surrounding us... right?"
The peasant finished speaking and looked around nervously, constantly glancing at the other peasants standing beside him. The other peasants stared at him for a while, and slowly, more of them said they hadn't seen anything.
Zhang Zonghan and Cishi Liu never expected the peasants to say this! Clearly, many of the people standing here had relatives who were killed by Ghost Corpse!
Zhang Zonghan trembled all over as he walked up to the coffin, and opened the one containing the Ghost Corpse. As soon as he opened it, he was dumbfounded. According to the book, if one is invaded by the ghostly presence, even if they are far away from the area surrounded by the ghostly presence or even if the Ghost Corpse is killed, the Ghost Corpse would still be enveloped by the ghostly presence. However, what Zhang Zonghan saw was just an ordinary corpse. He opened all the coffins that had been brought over, and none of them were enveloped by the ghostly presence.
How could this be... Zhang Zonghan was so shocked that he couldn't speak. The books he had read about the demon race did not record how to prove that a body had been invaded by the ghostly presence and turned into a Ghost Corpse.
Cishi Liu rushed to Zhang Zonghan's side and looked at all the bodies placed in the coffins, then sat down on the ground.
Zhang Zonghan searched the crowd for the figures of Zuo Ci and Yu Ji, but did not see the two of them.
Dong Zhuo walked to the side of a coffin and glanced at it before smiling maliciously.
"What, do you think that digging up a few corpses from a graveyard can prove that I released a ghostly presence? Master Liu, you wouldn't be so childish, would you?"
Cishi Liu suddenly glared at Dong Zhuo after hearing this, quickly stood up and drew his sword from his waist. Before Zhang Zonghan could react, he heard Cishi Liu shout loudly:
"Despicable Dong the Traitor, you killed my wife, and I will take my revenge now!"
After speaking, he angrily raised his sword and swung it towards Dong Zhuo. Before the sword could reach Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo lifted the hook in his hand and swung it at Cishi Liu, effortlessly breaking the sword into two pieces. Then he proceeded to chop off Cishi Liu's head.
Cishi Liu The big open mouth of the head rolled on the ground for a few laps before stopping next to Zhang Zonghan, with empty eyes staring at Zhang Zonghan. Zhang Zonghan himself had not reacted yet, and the people standing next to him were all screaming and running away.
" Master Zhang, do you have anything to do with this?"
Dong Zhuo pretended to casually wipe the still bleeding hook in front of Zhang Zonghan.
Zhang Zonghan felt a wave of fear. He found himself unable to mention the strategies he had discussed with Cishi Liu, Zuo Ci, and Yu Ji. He could only stand still, not daring to lift his head to look at Dong Zhuo.
"Report, Master Dong, some talismans emitting white light have been spotted scattered on the walls in the vicinity of Luoyang City!" The pale-faced person walked over to speak to Dong Zhuo.
Zhang Zonghan realized that the protective talismans posted on the wall by Yu Ji and Zuo Ci were discovered last night.
"Is that so? Take me to see." Dong Zhuo turned around to follow the person with a pale face, but then stopped as if remembering something. With a tone full of sarcasm, he said:
" Master Zhang, it's really hard work to carry so many coffins over. I won't pursue this matter any further. Please, Master Zhang, go through the trouble of carrying these coffins back to where they came from!" With that, he left with a big laugh.
As soon as Dong Zhuo and his party had gone some distance, Zhang Zonghan fell on his knees by Cishi Liu's head, and without a word began to knock his head on the ground.
The courtiers who had been standing by rushed forward, some catching hold of Zhang Zonghan and trying to raise him to his feet, while others condoled with him, and Situ Wang explained with many apologies his own action in the matter.
"I, I really didn't mean to say that, but, but I have no choice! Master Dong he..."
" Master Dong... Master Dong, haha, hahahaha..."
Zhang Zonghan burst into laughter. He held Cishi Liu's body with one hand and cradled Cishi Liu's head with the other, paying no attention to the ministers standing beside him. He staggered to his feet and made his way towards the spirit hall. The other constables covered the coffin and followed along to the spirit hall.
The other ministers stood in stunned silence, watching the gradually receding figures of Zhang Zonghan and his entourage.
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