The captain suddenly saw behind the county magistrate, one of his former subordinates appeared behind the magistrate.

It's just that the subordinate who appeared was surrounded by black aura, and he didn't look like a living person at all.

He opened his arms and hugged the county magistrate.

Seeing that the county magistrate was about to be saved by him, the captain pounced forward.

At the same time, the knife in his hand was instantly unsheathed.

He grabbed the county magistrate with one hand and pulled the magistrate behind him.

The other hand slashed directly with a knife.

"puff!"

The knife in his hand cut directly into the body of his subordinate.

However, only blood flowed out, but there was no scream.

At the same time, the strange energy on his body began to flow towards him along the knife.

The captain suddenly pulled the knife back, and then the energy in his body surged.

Under the impact of the energy, the strange energy on the blade was directly dissipated.

And when he went to look for it again, his men mysteriously disappeared again.

The captain looked back at the county magistrate, who was lying on the ground with a pale face, and asked quickly: "Sir, are you okay?"

When the county magistrate heard what the captain said, it took him a long time to come to his senses: "Is that your subordinate just now?"

The captain nodded solemnly and said: "My lord, you are right, that one was my subordinate just now. And it was the subordinate I just left here. I don't know what happened here.

But for the sake of your safety, we should go back to the city first and wait until the Confucian scholars from Yunshan Academy arrive before making any plans."

The county magistrate nodded repeatedly and said: "Okay, let's go back."

After a pause, the county magistrate said: "Close all city gates immediately."

The captain nodded and said "here".

About an hour later, a Confucian scholar named Wen appeared in the county government office.

Immediately the county magistrate and the school captain told the Confucian scholars what happened at the gate of the city.

After listening to the words of the school captain and the county magistrate, the Confucian scholars also felt that this matter was very strange.

"Today we did take action against the ghost realm. However, we have eliminated all the evil spirits in the ghost realm. We have determined that there will be nothing left."

After the Confucian scholar finished speaking, the county magistrate asked the Confucian scholar: "Are you sure that you have eliminated all the evil spirits and that nothing has slipped through the net?"

The Confucian scholar hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded: "There is no fish that has slipped through the net."

The county magistrate became even more panicked when he heard that no fish had slipped through the net.

If there is no problem in that ghost domain, it means that a new ghost domain has appeared at the door of his county.

And it's still a ghost land that he hasn't discovered yet.

This would be really troublesome.

"Sir, don't panic. My other two senior students will come over later. By then, the three of us will search with great righteousness and we should be able to find out what is going on." The Confucian scholar said to the county magistrate.

After hearing this, the county magistrate could only do this.

After another half hour, two other Confucian scholars arrived.

After listening to what the Confucian scholar named Wen said, the other two Confucian scholars also frowned.

They have really never heard of such a thing.

However, after the three people joined forces to explore the area near the city gate with awe-inspiring righteousness, they did find a trace of strange aura remaining.

However, the missing nine people were not found.

After repeated detections, the three people were able to confirm that the nine missing people were no longer here.

"We will report this matter to the academy immediately. At that time, the academy will send more powerful masters to investigate. Don't worry, sir."

After receiving such a promise, the county magistrate could finally relax a little.

But what the county magistrate didn't know was that the same thing happened not only in their county.

Except for the four northern states and Liangzhou.

In other states, similar situations have occurred in all ghost realms cracked by Confucianism.

And in just one night, hundreds of people disappeared inexplicably throughout the Wu Dynasty.

And this number is still rising.

In Jingzhou, even King Jing's cavalry is missing a few.

After King Jing knew about this, he came directly with his guards to look for it.

But after searching for it, I couldn't find it.

King Jing's dignified second-grade martial artist found nothing.

This made Prince Jing realize the seriousness of the matter immediately.

At the same time, King Jing brought over Kong Jijiu, who was still assisting him in garrisoning in Jingzhou.

After Kong Jijiu heard what Prince Jing said, his face became serious.

Kong Jijiu, led by two Yunshan Academy Confucian scholars, personally came to the area where the Jingzhou Ghost Domain is located.

The ghost land in Jingzhou appears in a dilapidated restaurant.

There was a fire in this restaurant back then, and more than fifty diners and people inside the restaurant were all burned to death in the restaurant.

Although later Taoist monks surpassed and purified this place.

But still no one dared to take over.

As a result, this bustling restaurant was completely idle.

But this time, the ghost domain actually landed here, turning this place into a veritable ghost building.

The matter of ghost realm is definitely not difficult for Kong Jijiu.

But because the location of the Ghost Tower belongs to Prince Jing's side.

Therefore, Kong Jijiu had a tacit understanding and did not care about this matter.

Whether it was the Changsheng Taoism before or the Confucianism now.

Kong Jijiu had no intention of intervening.

If Prince Jing hadn't come to him this time, Kong Jijiu still wouldn't have cared about this matter.

Kong Jijiu carefully looked at every room in the restaurant and said to Prince Jing: "I'm sure the ghost area here has been cleared up, and there is no suspected weirdness here."

Prince Jing said: "The two of them told me that when they were dealing with the evil spirit, part of it escaped."

Ning Chen looked at the two Confucian scholars and asked them, "Is that so? How much evil spirit was running away at that time?"

Facing the two Confucian scholars Kong Jijiu, they did not dare to lie at all.

Of course, they did not dare to lie in front of Prince Jing.

Kong Jijiu could tell at a glance whether they were lying or not.

They simply did not dare to face Prince Jing.

This is a second-rate person in this world. Lying in front of him will only happen if you are tired of living a crooked life.

Immediately, the two Confucian scholars told Kong Jijiu what had happened in detail.

After listening to the descriptions of the two people, Kong Jijiu frowned and muttered: "This is wrong."

After hearing what Kong Jijiu said was wrong, King Jing quickly asked: "What do you think is wrong?"

Kong Jijiu said: "This is completely inconsistent with the situation in the ghost realm recorded in Confucian classics."

King Jing was not too interested in what Kong Jijiu said was wrong.

Prince Jing followed the martial arts system, and although he did not believe in these classics and historical books, he did not believe them.

But I'm not entirely convinced.

"The ghost realm of the Wu Dynasty is completely different from that of the Japanese and Yue Dynasties. What's so surprising about such changes?" Prince Jing responded lightly.

Kong Jijiu said: "Although this is true, the fact that the same thing has changed for two different cultivation systems is already very unusual."

Prince Jing frowned.

Kong Jijiu's words indeed made Prince Jing feel a little inappropriate.

Ghost Realm may still be able to explain the changes in Dao Sect reluctantly.

But this explanation for the changes in Confucianism in Guiyu is too far-fetched.

After all, during the Yue Dynasty, Taoism was the main force dealing with the ghost realm.
To be continued...