Chapter 386: Constable Zuo Qian! The Dream Returns! Summoning Souls and Luring Ghosts! The Northern Emperor’s Command Talisman!
“Daoist Master Yanchu, what... what is going on here?” The village chief of Guanyu Village asked in a trembling voice.
Why was there a woman’s corpse at the bottom of the river!?
Li Yanchu said calmly, “It’s murder. Someone dumped her body in the river. This must be reported to the magistrate’s office.”
A human death was no small matter, it had to be handled through official channels.
The villagers looked horrified, whispering among themselves. The body looked lifelike, and to think she had been lying under the swift waters of the Wei River, the very thought made their skin crawl. It was too strange and sinister.
Li Yanchu took a yellow talisman from his robes and pressed it onto the woman’s forehead. It was an Exorcising Talisman, written in cinnabar mixed with rooster’s blood, capable of driving away malevolent spirits and suppressing wicked energy.
It was the same kind of talisman he’d once given to Head Constable Wang, and its effects were excellent. So effective, in fact, that Yang Feng of the Bare Body Sect couldn’t even get close to him for a while.
Before long, a squad of constables from the yamen arrived. Their leader wasn’t Head Constable Wang this time, but a young constable with sharp eyes, dark skin, and a long dao saber hanging at his waist.
“Daoist Master Yanchu!” The young man cupped his hands respectfully. “Greetings.”
“You are?” Li Yanchu asked.
He knew nearly all of the constables serving in Wei City’s yamen, but this young man was unfamiliar.
“I’m Zuo Qian, newly assigned to the Wei City magistrate’s office,” the constable replied.