Red Heart Patrols the Sky

Chapter 2541 - 116: Bones as Pens (Part 3)

Late Mulberry Town is under the jurisdiction of Mou City, and Mou City is part of Xinlan County.The entire Late Mulberry Town was massacred, which was immediately reported to the Xinlan County Governor Mansion. The holder of the Xinlan County Governor’s seal could entirely sense

the disappearance of a large part of human presence.

However, on the day of the incident, the Xinlan County Governor was out in the distant suburbs on a hunt with his newly taken concubine, and his mind was not on the governor’s seal, so he was completely oblivious.

Of course, no matter how negligent he might be, the Xinlan County Governor could never overlook the change in his seal. The only explanation is that his connection with the seal was tampered with in advance—

This is the typical style of Zhang Linchuan. No matter how exaggerated or crazy he appeared, at his core, his actions were meticulously calculated and calm.

Behind the massacre of a whole town’s population and the open provocation of Wei Country was his calm arrangement of every step, leaving himself relatively sufficient time to escape.

To tamper with the Xinlan County Governor is no easy task. Confusing the perception of the governor’s seal cannot remain hidden for long.

Thus, the evil deed Zhang Linchuan committed required extremely precise timing. It was by no means a spur-of-the-moment act of anger.

Jiang Wang pondered slightly, "Is it convenient for me to go in and have a look?"

Tan Wenqi did not hesitate, directly ordering his soldiers to unlock the blockade, allowing passage.

Wei Country is not a Military Court Empire, but it has a highly militarized style. The court doesn’t follow the traditions of other countries influenced by Confucianism, where they often cover for their superiors. They courageously face their own mistakes—whether to correct them or not is another matter.

Thus, Tan Wenqi would frankly tell Jiang Wang, a person from Qi Country, that Wei Country’s military had not captured the culprit at all, and that while Zhang Linchuan was massacring the population, their governor was leisurely hunting with his concubine.

Their internal pain, incompetence, anger, and seriousness, they reveal all.

Jiang Wang, coming to Wei Country for the first time, was already deeply impressed.

With the military formation’s blockade unlocked, Jiang Wang stepped into Late Mulberry Town, immediately assaulted by the intense smell of blood. It almost overwhelmed his sense of smell.

It was so heavy, so clear, and yet so cruel.

A whole town, tens of thousands of people.

Written on paper, heard in the ears, they are just numbers.

Smelled through the nose, seen with the eyes, they are fragments of interrupted... ordinary lives.

The saying goes, "Lose in the east, gain in the west," Late Mulberry truly is a beautiful name. The evening sun setting between mulberry and elm trees gives this name its meaning. It is also the beautiful scene people should be witnessing now.

But those who bestowed this beautiful meaning are no longer here...

"All the bodies remain here, and all the departed souls are gone; they should have been drawn into the World Without Life." Tan Wenqi walked beside Jiang Wang, trying his best, with a soldier’s self-discipline, to speak without emotion: "We initially suspect that Zhang Linchuan is using this atrocity for cultivation, killing to attain enlightenment. Meaning, such things may very likely happen again."

Jiang Wang did not speak.

Before such a horrific sight, words seem too pale.

Qianyang Red Pupil silently surveyed every minute detail.

The populace of Late Mulberry Town died within a very short time. Everyone’s expression before death was extremely painful.

Many people vomited massive amounts of blood before dying, with thick blood stains trickling from their eyes, ears, and noses, which is why the overwhelming stench remained despite the lack of sharp injuries.

Jiang Wang could roughly imagine the scene when Zhang Linchuan completed the final steps, extracting the souls of everyone in Late Mulberry Town from their bodies. Ordinary people cannot withstand such pain, bleeding from their orifices, their guts rupturing, and many even opting for suicide...

Before this, Zhang Linchuan perhaps stayed in this small town for several days.

He may have become familiar with many. He observed everything nonchalantly, recuperating in the warm hospitality of the townsfolk, preparing for action... Then, at a predetermined time, he executed the final step with precision.

"Who is this?"

Jiang Wang saw a person with disheveled hair hanging from a flagpole in the central street of the town.

Tan Wenqi didn’t even glance at the person, merely saying, "The Xinlan County Prefectural Governor."

No matter the reasons, regardless of how formidable the enemy was, according to Wei Country’s law, being in office without taking responsibility, delaying the best time for pursuit, the head of this Xinlan County Governor could not be preserved.

Jiang Wang didn’t look at him again, only asking Tan Wenqi, "In such a large Late Mulberry Town, did Zhang Linchuan really leave no traces at all?"

Tan Wenqi said, "Our Department of Penalty uncovered twenty-seven leads pointing somewhere, yet they all turned out to be misleading."

The bloody battle at the Underground Palace in Yan Yun Mountain, the massacre in Late Mulberry Town in Wei Country...

All of Zhang Linchuan’s actions seem like those of an evil monster, cornered into desperation and starting to rage.

Yet within these specific and minute details, one can clearly see, he is frighteningly calm!

Jiang Wang asked again, "With so much blood debt here, the blood not yet cold, the resentment not yet blown away by the wind! Has a diviner been consulted?"

Tan Wenqi didn’t hide anything: "The Great General specifically ordered the Longhutai’s master to divine. Lord Dongfang said, Zhang Linchuan not only possesses the Bone Holy Body that makes divination difficult, but he also has some Divine Skill that obstructs Cause and Effect, stepping outside the Red Dust, beyond connection. Combining the two, not even with his senior’s cultivation could divination land on him!"