Chapter 239 The man behind the scenes
The prefect looked grim and his brows were tightly knitted.

The cheeks are bulging, as if there is air in the body but it is difficult to exhale.

He stared at the corpse on the ground dully, and suddenly bowed to Li Daoxuan and said, "Sir, may I ask, have you ever heard of a method to bring the dead back to life?"

"Resurrection of the dead?" Li Daoxuan shook his head after hearing this, looked at the prefect and said, "There is no such magic in the world. Dead is dead. Even if you use Qi Tian's method to bring people back to life, it's just forcing them to stay in the world."

"I see." After hearing this, the prefect bowed and saluted, "I was offended just now, young master. I hope you can forgive me."

"It's okay. I know how you feel." Li Daoxuan replied with a smile. He understood what the prefect had just done. In addition, the prefect had an embarrassed look on his face when he looked at the female corpse, so he knew what was going on without much thought.

This prefect must have had sex with the female corpse and only just realized it now.

I don’t know which magician can use such magical techniques to trick people.

But this prefect was also lustful and could seduce even a woman. It seemed that in his hallucination, this woman must be a beauty as beautiful as a fairy, otherwise he should not be able to smell such a rotten smell.

There are only two methods in this mysterious magic: one is external objects, and the other is formation.

The so-called external objects are to deceive people's eyes by using other things. For example, wandering artists often perform acrobatics with objects, and people are blocked from seeing things by them, so they feel that it is extremely magical.

There are also those who use drugs and magic to make people have hallucinations after being drugged.

Then there are those who use all sorts of things to deceive people's eyes in every possible way. These methods can create hallucinations in people, and they are called side doors in the Taoism.

Another type is the formation, which is to use objects to form an array to create an illusion within the large array.

This kind of method is an orthodox Taoist magic. It can be used to repel thousands of troops or to prevent people from escaping from the formation. This kind of method is the right way.

The side door and the orthodox method are both a kind of magic. The prefect can spend a night with a corpse without being exposed. I think that man's magic must be very advanced. He can even make a woman who has been dead for many days come alive.

Thinking of this, Li Daoxuan looked at the prefect again. At this moment, he was more curious, so he asked, "Did the lord be tricked by others and mistake this dead body for a living person?"

"Yes, I am possessed by a ghost." Upon hearing this, the prefect was silent for a moment and then showed helplessness.

He bowed to Li Daoxuan again and apologized: "If I hadn't heard the words of the evil Taoist, I would not have been rude to the young master. It's all because of the evil Taoist who bewitched me and seduced me with the beauty, so I did such a wrong thing." After saying this, he glanced secretly at Madam Yao, who was silent beside him, with an embarrassed look on his face, and felt even more uneasy.

"Don't be upset, sir." Li Daoxuan found it funny to see the prefect admitting his mistake.

If he didn't have bad character, how could he be deceived by others for no apparent reason?
It was obvious that he was greedy for money and lustful, and was bewitched by the beauty. He relied on the fact that he was the prefect of Yangzhou to break the law and tried to frame him.

Now he is acting like an innocent person, which is really funny.

Maybe he was used to abusing his power in daily life, which was why he did such a thing just because of a night of passion.

Among the officials of the Qing Dynasty, probably eight out of ten were his running dogs.

"It's really ridiculous." Li Daoxuan sighed in his heart.

If Madam Yao had not come to rescue him today, he would have had to resort to some tricks to escape. As for who exactly wanted to frame him and kill him in Yangzhou, Li Daoxuan was also confused.

I have just come down from the mountain and have not offended too many people.

If there is any involvement, probably only the father and son of the Wang family have a chance.

Could it be that the person who came up with this plan was the Wang father and son?
Puzzled, Li Daoxuan asked the prefect again: "I wonder if you can tell me one thing, who is the person who discussed with you to put me to death? If I am not mistaken, I admit the crime of murder, and I am afraid I will be executed at noon today."

"Alas, it's my fault." The prefect smiled bitterly and bowed to apologize, but still did not respond to Li Daoxuan's question.

He looked at Madam Yao again, stretched out his hand and waved to the official behind him, who nodded in response and ran into the house. Not long after, he came out with something in his hand.

"This is my apology gift to you, young master. I hope you can accept it." The prefect walked forward holding the thing, bowed and handed it to Li Daoxuan.

Li Daoxuan stretched out his hand to open it and saw a pile of silver inside.

Apart from anything else, the silver looked snow-white, so it must be official silver. Based on his eyesight, this silver could be worth about five hundred taels.

Enough for an ordinary family to save for decades.

Covering the silver, Li Daoxuan pushed the prefect. In the other's astonished eyes, he smiled calmly and said, "Your Excellency, there is no need to be so. I am not a greedy person. If you feel that I have been wronged, just tell me the truth and clear my name."

"Don't you want this silver?" The prefect looked at Li Daoxuan in disbelief, as if he didn't believe that there could be someone in this world who didn't like silver.

Who doesn't like money? Besides, five hundred taels is not a small amount.

The prefect had to grit his teeth and feel some pain when he took it out, but to his surprise, the boy in front of him refused without any mercy.

Mrs. Yao, who was standing by, said nothing but just watched the two of them with great interest. This scene made the prefect shudder with fear.

Although giving money is a common knowledge, it is rare for it to be exposed in public, not to mention being rejected in person, which would be really embarrassing.

If there weren't only a few people left in the yamen, the prefect would have felt like committing suicide.

Hesitantly taking the silver back, the prefect could only turn around with a gloomy face, let the official hold the silver, then looked at Li Daoxuan helplessly and said: "Since you don't want my apology gift, then let me treat you well. The Cuihong Tower in Yangzhou City is very good, are you willing to take a look?"

"Sir, let's talk about business first." Li Daoxuan interrupted the prefect and told him not to talk about other topics.

Madam Yao, who was standing by, also noticed something and said softly, "Your Excellency, please tell me that this Cuihonglou is not a place for my nephew to go. It's getting late now and it's time for lunch."

"What can I say about this?" the prefect sighed.

He sat dejectedly on the chair, looking at Li Daoxuan helplessly: "If I tell you, my life will be in danger."

"Your life is in danger? Did that person force you? You are the prefect of Yangzhou Prefecture." Li Daoxuan frowned and asked after hearing this.

The thief was very brave to be able to coerce the Yangzhou prefect. He became more and more curious about who dared to do such a thing.

"This wizard is extremely powerful. I dare not say anything. I hope you will understand and spare my life." The prefect begged for mercy, tears streaming down his fat face. He looked extremely scared, and it seemed that the thief was frightened.

I don’t know what the thief said to him to cause such a move.

Li Daoxuan thought about it and took out a talisman from his waist.

He threw it towards the corpse on the ground, made some hand gestures and chanted a command: "Ji Ji Ru Lv Ling."

The corpse spontaneously combusted when it came into contact with the talisman, and the fire was fierce.

But it was also strange that although the fire was big, it did not affect anything nearby.

Whether it is tables, chairs or wooden frames, everything is in peace.

When the fire died down, there was only a pool of black ash on the ground.

Li Daoxuan retracted his finger gestures, looked at the stunned prefect sitting on the table and said with a smile: "I wonder if my ability will satiate your lordship?"

(End of this chapter)