Chapter 121 Su Ran

Two Qingluan Guards slowly pushed open the gate of Tianle Palace.

The first thing that came into view was the straight passage with red carpet, the sparkling pools on both sides, and the huge screen with the painting of "Heavenly Master Ascending to the Immortal".

At this time, the sound array in the hall had stopped, so the sound coming from behind the screen was very clear.

It was a sound that the Qingluan Guards were very familiar with. They often heard it when interrogating prisoners, and it was not uncommon. The key is that when they heard this sound, it was often accompanied by the screams, wails and pleas for mercy of the prisoners. But today was different. There were no screams and wails, only the suppressed moans of the woman, and some joy was mixed in the pain.

Qi Xuansu was silent for a moment, and was the first to step forward, and the others followed behind him. When everyone walked around the screen, they were immediately shocked by the scene in front of them.

A woman was naked and hung up, her face was flushed and even a little blue, but from the expression, she was happy, as if she was about to reach the peak of bliss.

This was very similar to Hua Qi's death, except that she had not been disemboweled.

There was another man, also naked, holding a whip with thorns and barbs, and was whipping the beautiful body in front of him.

This man was Liu Futong, the chief Taoist priest of "Tianle Taoyuan".

Su Ran turned around, and at the same time did not forget to cover Liu Hu's eyes with his hands.

The faces of the Taoist priests who followed Su Ran were embarrassed, and there was also a bit of indescribable gloating.

The other Qingluan guards looked at each other. They were all officials, and at least a trial centurion. Of course, they had seen it before. If it was just a love affair between a man and a woman, they would not be surprised at all. But they did not expect that the chief Taoist priest was worthy of being the chief Taoist priest. The variety of tricks was beyond their imagination. This scene was really something they had never seen before.

The eighth Tianyang was born in a good family. He had heard about this kind of thing, but it was the first time he saw it with his own eyes.

The Qingluan guards who had seen it before were like this, not to mention Qi Xuansu.

Qi Xuansu was also shocked by the scene in front of him, and didn't know what to say for a while.

At this time, Liu Futong was immersed in the "game" and was unaware of the arrival of the group.

Finally, Qi Xuansu broke the silence: "Master Liu!"

Liu Futong stopped his movements and turned around suddenly.

When he saw the group, he seemed to be poured with a basin of cold water, and he wilted all of a sudden. The most intuitive manifestation was his crotch, which returned to its original state at a speed visible to the naked eye, and was even a few points smaller than usual.

Su Ran, who had his back to Liu Futong, said lightly: "I think Master Liu will give us an explanation."

Liu Futong's face was pale, his lips trembled, and he couldn't speak.

Putting aside many situations that cannot be put on the surface, the moral standards of Taoism are extremely high, such as abolishing the slave and human trafficking system, abolishing the system of one wife and multiple concubines, abolishing torture such as lingchi, not allowing the establishment of brothels and other places of pleasure in Yujing, etc., striving to maximize the morality within the permitted scope, so that people in Taoism are proud of Yujing and despise the Imperial Capital, privately calling the latter a barbaric place.

In this context, some things can be said but not done, and some things can be done but not said.

Some things are not weighed, and they are not as heavy as four taels. When they are weighed, they are as heavy as ten thousand jin.

When a third-rank Youyi Taoist abused his servants, he was immediately ordered to resign from all his positions and demoted to a fourth-rank Taoist priest after being exposed.

What Liu Futong did today, whether Yue Lian was willing or forced, was enough to make him fall into eternal damnation. At least it would be difficult for him to keep his position as the chief Taoist priest of "Tianle Taoyuan".

Qi Xuansu picked up the scattered clothes on the ground and threw them to Liu Futong.

The eighth day Yang also winked, and two people came forward and put down the woman who was about to suffocate to death.

It was not until this time that Su Ran turned around and looked at Liu Futong, who was dressing in a mess, with a calm face.

For a Taoist priest working in Huashengtang, the so-called male and female bodies are actually nothing special. After death, they are all a piece of rotten meat. Even because of the business, whether they still have normal male and female sexual interests is very debatable. This is quite similar to the Buddhist view of bones.

The reason why Su Ran turned around was just a symbolic avoidance of suspicion between men and women, not a shy woman.

After Liu Futong put on his middle clothes, Su Ran glanced at Yue Lian, who was covered with bruises, and slowly said: "Master Liu, you took away scar removal medicine worth up to 9,000 Taiping coins from Huashengtang. It turned out to be for this kind of thing."

Liu Futong was speechless.

If the injury is caused by work, Huashengtang will provide free medical treatment.

If the injury is not caused by work, Huashengtang will charge a certain fee. It does not seek profit, but mainly maintains costs so as not to cause deficits. At the same time, preferential exemptions will be made according to the Taoist rank. The first-rank Tianzhen Taoist can completely waive all fees, and the second-rank Taiyi Taoist only charges 30% of the fee symbolically.

In addition to the fixed exemptions for rank, there are other exemptions. The more life-threatening the injury is, the greater the exemption will be, and there will be no exemption for beauty and beauty.

Liu Futong is now only a fourth-rank priest, and scar removal is classified as beauty and beauty. The exemption is better than nothing, and the required peace money is not a small amount. Strictly speaking, the branch of Huashengtang is only controlled by the third-rank Youyi Taoist who has not been here for many years. Su Ran is at the same level as Liu Futong, so Liu Futong must come in person. It is impossible for Liu Futong to write a note and let Huashengtang obey orders.

In other words, Liu Futong's taking medicine from Huashengtang was recorded by the branch of Huashengtang.

Su Ran continued: "It seems that Chief Liu has nothing to say, so I will assume that Chief Liu has acquiesced in this matter. One more thing, are you the murderer who committed the serial murder case?"

Liu Futong's expression suddenly changed: "What do you mean by this?"

Su Ran took out the note with "Yue Lian" written on it and said calmly: "This was found on Hua Qi's body. It says the killer's next target. This is exactly why we came here. And as soon as we came in, we saw Chief Liu abusing Yue Lian, Chief Liu should give him a lesson."

"Unjustly accused! This is a false accusation!" Liu Futong's face was no longer pale, but out of habit, his voice was still loud, making the hall buzz.

On the eighth day, Yang Yang said, "It's not that we deliberately doubted Chief Liu, but that Chief Liu repeatedly obstructed the handling of the case, which forced us to doubt him."

Liu Futong habitually turned his head to look at Tianyang on the eighth day, but as soon as his eyes met, he was immediately discouraged.

It's not that the eighth day of cultivation is so high, but that he is alone at this time, and no one close to him is with him, so he is no match for so many people.

Liu Futong could only turn his gaze to Qi Xuansu: "Master Wei, you promised to solve the case. You should know that I was wronged, otherwise I would not give you that plaque."

Qi Xuansu did not confirm Su Ran and Ba Tianyang's statement, beat up the drowned dog, and did not defend Liu Futong. He just said: "We'd better listen to what Chief Liu has to say, and then we can make a conclusion."

On the eighth day, Yang Cong noticed something unusual in Qi Xuansu's attitude and nodded: "That's fine."

Su Ran saw that Qi Xuansu and Ba Tianyang quickly unified their opinions, but did not insist on it and said: "Then please ask Chief Liu for advice."

Liu Futong took a deep breath: "Yue Lian and I... have an improper relationship, I admit that. But to say that I wanted to kill Yue Lian, and I killed those dozen people, is true. Unjustly accused.”

"Where is the injustice?" Qi Xuansu asked.

Liu Futong was worthy of being an old man who had been in officialdom for many years. He had calmed down: "The murderer left a note saying that the next target is Yue Lian, so you will most likely come to look for Yue Lian. If I am the murderer, I should play a trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain. When you come to find Yue Lian, take the opportunity to kill others instead of being blocked here. It can be seen that the murderer deliberately led you here. "

"Furthermore, what good will it do me to commit a murder? When the superiors hold me accountable, the first unlucky person will be me, the Taoist priest in charge. At the least, I will lose my position, and at the worst, I will have to go to Fengxian Hall. How can I The reason for digging a hole and jumping into it yourself? This is the second injustice.”

Su Ran said calmly: "Maybe Mr. Liu is doing the opposite and wants to make a fool of himself under the light."

Liu Futong looked at Su Ran sharply: "Master Su, we are both disciples of the Taoist sect, so why bother?"

"What does it mean to fry?" Su Ran's tone turned cold, "If you keep yourself clean and don't do such scandalous things, who can fry you!"

Liu Futong did not dare to look at Su Ran anymore and said in a low voice: "What I tell is the truth. If you don't believe it, then leave it to the judges. Master Wei, you have to defend me too!"

Having said this, he looked at Qi Xuansu again.

Qi Xuansu didn't look at him at all, but turned to look at Su Ran: "Mr. Su, what Chief Liu said is not unreasonable. There are a lot of strange things here. I'm afraid the murderer is someone else. We'd better keep Chief Liu under surveillance first and make a long-term plan. "

Su Ran slowly looked at Qi Xuansu: "Then follow what Master Wei said."