Chapter 304: The Ascetic Priest: The soft and cute cat, the demon’s beloved (14)
Chapter 304: The Ascetic Priest: The soft and cute cat, the demon’s beloved (14)
half a month later.
Shangguan Ning came to the cell with a face of surprise, "Cangcang, I have a way to take you out."
Cangcang's injuries are almost healed. There are scars all over his body covered by clothes. Because of the precious medicine used on his face, he looks slightly better, but there are a few intact skins.
His eyes lit up and he gestured, "Really?"
Shangguan Ning was also very excited. She had finally waited for such an opportunity.
"It's true. Didn't you say that you are good at tracking? Recently, an evil monster appeared in Fengming Lake in the suburbs. We can catch it together."
Cangcang frowned.
He had also heard of the monster in Fengming Lake in the suburbs.
But that was ten years ago. I heard that there was a water monster there, which killed many people ten years ago. However, before the demon exterminators of the Demon Suppression Department could catch it, it disappeared without a trace. It hasn't appeared again in years.
Now it appears again.
That monster was strong ten years ago, and it can only be stronger now.
Aang Cang gestured, "Is it just the two of us?"
Shangguan Ning: "It's just the two of us."
Cangcang was a little worried, but seeing Shangguan Ning's confident look, he didn't say anything else.
Fengming Lake in the suburbs is the territory of a rich man.
Recently, the rich man took his beautiful concubine to play nearby. The beautiful concubine was kidnapped by a water monster. The rich man was furious and sent someone to report to the Demon Suppression Department. However, the person she sent was kidnapped by Shangguan Ning's people.
This means that now only Shangguan Ning has received the news in advance, and the people in the Demon Suppression Department don't know about the reappearance of the water monster.
She had to get rid of the water monster in the lake before the Demon Suppression Division knew about it and made a great contribution, so that she could leave the Demon Suppression Tower.
If the Demon Suppression Division knew the news first, he would not have taken her there.
In other words, even if you take her there, the final credit belongs to the Demon Suppression Department, so what does she have to do with it?
Shangguan Ning: "But before that, I need the permission of the high priest to take you out. If I take you out without permission and are discovered, we will all be punished."
Aang Cang was a little hopeless, but still nodded.
Shangguan Ning asked the leader for instructions several times. One day when Mu Qing came to the Demon Suppression Company to handle official business, Shangguan Ning finally met her.
"The High Priest."
Mu Qing sat behind the desk without raising his head, "Let's get down to business."
Shangguan Ning knelt on one knee and endured the sigh.
Although she was not favored, she was still a princess, but she did not take herself seriously at all.
"Cangcang, the snake demon on the second floor of the Demon Suppression Tower, has been punished enough. He is good at tracking. Can the high priest release him? He can also help eliminate the demon masters."
"Ask him to help the exorcists catch demons?" Mu Qing looked up at her with a look of arrogance, "Is that what you mean?"
"……Yes."
"You are just a tower guard, not even a demon slayer, but you beg for mercy for him. What are you trying to do?"
Shangguan Ning smiled awkwardly, "I just think he's a little pitiful."
"The princess is really kind-hearted."
Mu Qing's voice seemed a little gentler.
Shangguan Ning may have felt that something was going on, and there was an expectant expression on her face.
But the next second Mu Qing disappointed her expectations.
"No."
The smile on Shangguan Ning's lips froze slightly, "Why?"
"There is no reason why, because I am the high priest of the Monster Suppression Department, and all the monsters in the Monster Suppression Tower are under my control. If I don't want to let them go, I don't have to let them go. Is there a problem?"
Shangguan Ning pursed her lips slightly and was speechless.
Mu Zhong lowered his head and dealt with his official duties, "Imperial Princess, you should be your tower keeper, and don't think about things you shouldn't think about. The empress asked you to come here to practice, presumably because she wants you to settle down. Don't let her down. "
Shangguan Ning:......
This may sound like nothing wrong with it, but it also seems to have a subtext.
Shangguan Ning behaved in front of everyone with no desires and desires, and was indifferent to the world.
Little did they know that she was the one with the deepest secrets and the most desires among the princesses.
Could it be that what she did... was discovered by the Queen Mother?
That's why she was suddenly asked to come to the Demon Suppression Tower.
Although she was plotted by those imperial sisters, how could the mother-in-law not see it?
The more Shangguan Ning thought about it, the more frightened she became, with a hint of fear in her eyes, "...Yes."
Returning to the Demon Suppression Tower, Shangguan Ning felt a little calmer. No matter what, the credit for getting rid of the water monster must be hers.
She walked straight to Sogura's cell.
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"Boss Sangsang! There's news!"
The backyard of the priest's house.
The civet cat got the important news and quickly informed Sang Sangben.
Sangsang held back her excitement, "Is there any news about the snake demon?"
"Seems to be……"
Civet cat: "There is a water monster in Fengming Lake in the suburbs. It did something evil yesterday. It is said that the monster has been cultivated for hundreds of years. It seems to be a water snake, but I am not sure. Although I am not sure, I think it is necessary to tell the boss."
Sangsang nodded solemnly, "Indeed, even if there is only a slight chance, we must hold on tightly."
He patted the tanuki on the shoulder, "Thank you."
Seeing him turn around, the civet cat quickly asked: "Boss, where are you going?"
"With just the few of us, it's definitely impossible to get the inner elixir of the snake demon."
Sang Sang knew her strength well, "I'm going to find Mu Qing and ask her to accompany me. She's amazing."
Speaking of Mu Qing, Sang Sang had a lot of praises.
"Not only is she powerful, she also has many powerful subordinates who are all professional demon slayers. If we go together, we will definitely be able to get the inner elixir."
The civet cat swallowed and said, "The Mu Qing the boss mentioned is the high priest?"
Sangsang nodded.
The civet cat waved his hand, "Then we won't go. I believe the boss can do it alone!"
Sangsang:......
Sang Sang came to the study and found Mu Qing, "Mu Qing, let's catch the snake demon! Get its inner elixir and you can cure your demon poison..."
Jingxiu was reporting official business nearby. When she heard this, she asked, "What snake demon?"
Sangsang: "It's the water monster in Fengming Lake in the suburbs. I heard it was a snake demon. I also heard that it killed a woman yesterday. The Monster Suppression Department should be the first to receive the news, don't you know? "
The fair-skinned boy tilted his head slightly, with a puzzled look on his face.
Jingxiu's face darkened.
She really didn't know.
She looked at Mu Qing.
Mu Qing lowered her eyebrows and took the ink stick, grinding it slowly without any surprise.
Jingxiu said in a low voice: "High Priest, the Demon Suppression Department has not received this news."
Sangsang blinked, not understanding what happened.
After Jingxiu finished speaking, she left. Sang Sang only heard her voice coming from outside the door, saying that she was going to the Demon Suppression Department.
"Let's go." Mu Qing flicked his spotless wide sleeves and pulled Sangsang to stand up.
Sangsang's eyes were dark and bright, "Where are you going?"
Mu Qing said casually, "Didn't you say you were going to catch the water monster?"
"It's just the two of us." Sangsang frowned, "If it's really a hundred-year-old snake demon, it will be very dangerous."
Mu Qing smiled, with a trace of disdain flashing in his eyes, "It's just a snake demon."
Sangsang thought for a while, tilted his head and smiled, "Let's go then."
If Jingxiu were here, they would definitely not be allowed to go hunting for monsters just by the two of them.
But Sang Sang believed in Mu Qing unconditionally.
The carriage drove toward the outskirts and stopped at Fengming Lake.
Mu Qing and Sang Sang got off the carriage one after another.
After word spread that there was a water monster in the lake yesterday, no one came to the area anymore, and it seemed very desolate and dead.
There was a heavy dusk covering the lake, and the sky was a little gloomy. When I got close to the lake, I felt a bit cold.
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