As soon as Fang Yun gave the order, the Judicial Division and the state government immediately took action.
Normally, only High Scholar officials would be mobilized for this kind of case. However, this time, a Legalism Scholar and three Military High Scholars were mobilized. There were also more than ten Xiucai and Tong Scholars. This team was comparable to an army of thousands.
Early the next morning, the results of the investigation of Bailiff Sun's family extermination were put on Fang Yun's desk.
After Fang Yun arrived at the study, he quickly read through the document and understood the situation.
This was a case of revenge by the spirit beast traffickers.
The wealthiest group of the human race were scholars. As long as they were Tong Scholars, they would not starve to death. They could find a living even with their eyes closed.
As long as they were Xiucai, they would have the opportunity to accumulate a lot of wealth and become a wealthy family.
If they were High Scholars and managed well, they would have a lot of wealth and become a well-known person in the county. Before they died, they would seal their talent into a literary treasure and their wealth would be enough for their descendants to enjoy.
As for those who became Grand Scholars or higher, even if they did not manage their family business, they would have an endless amount of money to spend.
Those scholars who were not High Scholars would rarely commit crimes for money. As for those who were High Scholars, they would not commit crimes for money.
However, it was different for ordinary people without a civil position. There were plenty of people who would take risks for money.
There were many profiteering industries in the human race. Capturing spirit beasts was one of them. A spirit beast was worth at least a thousand taels of silver. It was equivalent to a normal family's income for a few decades.
The record for the highest price of a spirit beast was set by a spirit tiger. It was sold for a high price of 150,000 taels of silver. It was almost comparable to a Grand Scholar's literary treasure.
Spirit beasts were between wild beasts and demons. They had high intelligence. For example, Fang Yun's Nu Nu and Li Fanming's rabbit were both spirit beasts.
Spirit beasts were very rare. More than 90% of the people would not even see one in their lifetime.
Hundreds of years ago, Half-saint Zhang Zhongjing had done research and discovered that spirit beasts could purify the demonic aura that was harmful to the human race and convert it into Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi. Furthermore, spirit beasts could absorb Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi, increasing the density of Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi around their nests.
The Five Demon Mountain was connected to the Demon Realm, and the aura of the Demon Realm was constantly permeating. Scholars with higher positions were not affected, but people with lower positions or ordinary people would go crazy if they were exposed to the aura of the Demon Realm for a long time.
Every few years, the Saints would inevitably resolve the Demon Realm aura near the Five Demon Mountain. However, at other times, there would still be Demon Realm aura around the Five Demon Mountain. The human race could not resolve these small amounts of Demon Realm aura and could only rely on spiritual beasts.
The Notre-Dame had issued a decree a long time ago that forbade the capture of spirit beasts in the wild, but did not forbid the trade of spirit beasts, mainly because most of the holy families kept spirit beasts.
Even the Notre-Dame's decree could not stop those who wanted to absorb more Heaven Earth Yuan Qi. As a result, there were spirit beast traffickers who specialized in capturing spirit beasts and selling them.
Later on, the human race discovered that not only was the meat of spirit beasts delicious, but it could also prolong one's lifespan and strengthen one's physique after eating it. In addition, the fur of spirit beasts was extremely beautiful, so more and more people started hunting spirit beasts.
Spirit beasts were originally rare, and after a few hundred years of hunting, spirit beasts in many places were on the verge of extinction.
The Five Demon Mountain was blessed by the heavens and had a unique environment. There were many spirit beasts, and they were not on the verge of extinction. As a result, the Five Demon Mountain in the Saint Origin World became a hunting ground for spirit beast traffickers.
More than eighty years ago, the Medical Hall had done research and issued a warning to the countries near the Five Demon Mountain. As the number of spirit beasts continued to decrease, the aura of the Demon Realm increased. The humans near the Five Demon Mountain would be affected, and even their future generations would be affected.
As a last resort, the countries of the human race increased the punishment for hunting spirit beasts, and the highest punishment was the death penalty.
However, because the spirit beast traffickers had been affected by the aura of the Demon Realm for a long time, and the price of spirit beasts was too high. As long as they caught a dozen spirit beasts, they would be rich for the rest of their lives. Many spirit beast traffickers ignored the ban and continued to hunt spirit beasts. Often, even if they earned enough money for a lifetime, it was difficult for them to stop.
In order to catch those spirit beast traffickers, the yamen near the Five Demon Mountain had special constables in charge.
Righteous Virtue County was within the Demon Mountain range, and there were far more spirit beast traffickers there.
Constable Sun, who had been silenced, was a member of the group that caught the spirit beast traffickers.
In order to catch the spirit beast traffickers, Constable Sun had disguised himself as a spirit beast trafficker and infiltrated the inner circle of the spirit beast traffickers, continuously sending back information. The day before yesterday, Constable Sun had met a distant relative in a remote town. That distant relative had greeted him, but he had not replied, saying that the other party had mistaken him for someone else and had left in a hurry. However, he had been seen by other spirit beast traffickers, and his identity had been exposed.
That night, Constable Sun's corpse had been dismembered by the spirit beast traffickers, and the fourteen members of the Sun family had also been tragically killed.
The Legalist scholar who had gone to investigate was very capable. He had connected all the details and reached the correct conclusion.
Unfortunately, those spirit beast traffickers had fled into the mountains that night, so they must have already escaped from Righteous Virtue County. They might have even escaped from Jingguo and entered the Kingdom of Qi or Gyeongo. Even the Legalist scholar could not track them down. At the very least, only the Legalist scholar could find the traces of those people. However, they might not be able to catch them. After all, spirit beast traffickers were very experienced in escaping.
Not long after, Dong Wencong entered the governor's manor and came to Fang Yun's study.
The two did not exchange pleasantries, and Dong Wencong went straight to the point. "Lord Governor, have you finished reading the Judicial Division's documents?"
Fang Yun nodded lightly.
Dong Wencong probed, "You have to make preparations for the Ten Frigid Ancient Land, so leave this matter to me. This matter involves a lot of things, and it might take a long time to resolve. "
Fang Yun smiled calmly. "Wencong, your nose is sharper than a dog's. You know better than anyone what I care about and what I don't care about. I want to resolve this matter as soon as possible. "
Dong Wencong smiled. "You're a righteous person. You'll definitely find a way to get to the bottom of this matter and comfort the souls of the fifteen members of the Sun family in heaven."
"Then why have you come here?" Fang Yun asked.
Dong Wencong paused for a few breaths as if he was thinking about how to phrase it. Then, he said, "Spirit beast trafficking is already a huge business among the human race. The annual transactions are roughly estimated to be no less than ten million taels of silver. There are many prominent and even wealthy families involved. Of course, they won't personally capture them, but they'll be responsible for selling the stolen goods. All cases involving spirit beast traffickers, unless the government has ironclad evidence, they'll fall into a passive position if there's a problem anywhere. "
"I know this." Fang Yun dao.
Dong Wencong continued, "Spirit beast traffickers have been corroded by the aura of the demonic realm for many years, and have already become deranged and inhumane. However, they're not stupid, so they have all kinds of methods to escape capture and capture. They're familiar with the Moyao Mountain, and they use money to bribe people from all over. They can even obtain the protection of some large families. To capture an experienced spirit beast trafficker, it might take hundreds of constables to cast a wide net, and several years to complete. This means that if you want to capture all of the spirit beast traffickers in the Moyao Mountain in Xiang Province, not only will all of the constables in Xiang Province not be enough, even all of Jingguo won't be enough. "
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