Holy Bone

Chapter 846
As the watchman knocked on the bamboo clapper for the first watch, the curfew was entered, and the Jiangzhou mansion was lit with lights, and the streets were empty.

Taoist temple of the five internal organs.

"Daoist Jin'an, Daoist Chen, it's me, open the door." Jin'an opened the door, Fatty Li thanked him, went straight to the back kitchen water tank to find water, cursing that the weather is so damn hot, even a dog They will be scalded on the road.

Jin An and the old Taoist looked at Fatty Li speechlessly, and he even scolded himself when he became so ruthless.

Thanks to Fatty Li's status as a criminal investigation department, he can move around at night.

"Fatty Li, old man, I have already left some food for you, and it is still warming up in the stove. You can serve it yourself. Old man, I will continue to draw talismans. Recently, there are more and more pilgrims in the temple, and the Tao talismans are getting less and less enough. It's gone." The old Taoist went back to the wing room and continued to write and draw talismans vigorously.

"Okay, Daoist Chen, everything is better than home. Life is contentment if you can have a hot meal and hot dishes when you go home every day." Fatty Li was moved, and then went to find something to eat.

Afterwards, Fatty Li took the pork rice with dried plums and vegetables, and squatted outside the kitchen to pick it up with relish. In summer, only the hot wind blows, which doesn't relieve the heat at all, and he is sweating profusely after eating.

But this still couldn't stop him from having a good appetite and eating voraciously.

Choking on the way, Jin An handed over a bowl of water, and asked curiously, "Fatty Li, you always leave early and come back late recently. Is there a case? Is it related to Shi Baocheng's case?"

Fatty Li drank a bowl of water like a cow, before he had the time to speak: "There is indeed a case, but it has nothing to do with Shi Baocheng. It's because Fucheng is a bit unsettled recently...Recently, there have been cases of missing persons in Fucheng one after another."

Jin An frowned: "The missing ones are all children?"

Fatty Li shook his head: "Daoist Jin'an thought of the Zhenhai Stone case, right? The one who disappeared these days is not a child, but a daughter of a wealthy businessman and gentry. A rich lady was kidnapped..."

"Those wealthy and wealthy gentry are all prominent figures in the Jiangzhou government. This incident caused the government to burn out, so even our brothers from the criminal investigation department participated in the investigation. These days, I always leave early and return late to investigate this difficult matter. case."

"One is to secretly find out how many people have been kidnapped, and how many people are afraid that the kidnappers will tear up their tickets and conceal the report. Now we have identified seven kidnapping cases, and each family received a thousand gold ransom from the kidnappers. The city is too big. And that’s not all the statistics.”

"The second is to investigate the whole city secretly. So many people have been kidnapped, it is impossible to take them all out of the city. As long as the meat tickets are still in the city, they will definitely be kept under guard. The food, clothing, housing and transportation of so many people is not a trivial matter, and we must not hide it...But The strange thing is here, the brothers have been investigating for several days, but they have no clue, so many people have been kidnapped, it seems that they have disappeared out of thin air, and there is not even a single hair clue."

Jin An showed a strange look on his face: "All the kidnapped are rich ladies?"

Fatty Li nodded: "Maybe it is because such a target is easy to target and easy to control, so this group of kidnappers only pick rich ladies as their targets."

"But it's not all Miss Qianjin... I received another case of missing persons today. The person who reported the case was the shopkeeper of a Yuelai Inn. He said that a clerk of his shop had been missing for two days. The clerk was entrusted to him by a distant relative. Yes, he had no relatives or affiliations in Fucheng, and he had no other place to go. He suddenly disappeared. The shopkeeper of Yuelai Inn searched for two days but couldn't find anyone. He just reported the case to the yamen this evening. He is also the only male in the disappearance case in the past few days, his identity is ordinary, and the shopkeeper has not received the ransom letter from the kidnappers. The Yali has temporarily handled this disappearance case separately, and has not merged it with the cases of several wealthy businessmen into one case."

Fatty Li is probably really hungry. He has been running around handling cases all day, and he doesn't even have time to eat. With just a few words, he has already finished a big bowl of rice with dried plums and vegetables.

Jin An thought for a moment, then said, "Fatty Li, write me the addresses of the missing families."

"What does Daoist Jin'an have in mind?" Fatty Li's eyes lit up, knowing that Jin'an is capable and has repeatedly solved strange cases in Jiangzhou Prefecture, maybe there is a way.

Jin An shook his head: "I don't have a clue yet, I think the soul is out of my body, and see if I can help the Yamen."

After hearing this, Fatty Li sighed in his heart: "It seems that the Zhenhai stone case really touched Taoist Jin'an a lot. Even after so many days, the poor experience of those children still cannot be forgotten by Taoist Jin'an."

"Daoist Jin'an can't let go of those abducted children in the Zhenhaishi case?" Fatty Li didn't wait for Jin'an's explanation, and ran to the old Taoist's wing to borrow a blank yellow talisman and a brush, and wrote down several addresses.

After Jin An read the addresses on the talisman paper one by one, he asked Fatty Li to write the address of Yuelai Inn. Li Fatzi thought that Taoist Master Jin'an was more thoughtful and thoughtful, and then lowered his head and wrote the address of Yuelai Inn.

"Then I, Mr. Li, don't bother Daoist Jin'an, you are out of your body." Fatty Li wanted to leave.

Unexpectedly, Jin An said: "It's okay, I'm already on the way to the mansion of Zhang Zaogui, one of the wealthy businessmen."

Ah this?

Fatty Li showed a surprised expression.

"After stepping into the third realm, you can split your soul. If you have enough soul, you can even travel around the world at the same time, experiencing spring, summer, autumn and winter in one day." Jin An explained with a smile.

"Isn't this similar to fighting left and right in the arena, multitasking?" Fatty Li envied.

At this time, the voice of the old Taoist came from the old Taoist's wing room: "Fatty Li, you have to think of the little brother's skills so simply that you are not familiar with the little brother. The little brother said that he has already left his body and is on the way to Zhang's mansion. It may not be just one primordial spirit coming out of the body, it is possible that he recited ten or eight primordial spirits at the same time, and rushed to several houses at the same time."

The old Taoist drew the yellow talisman in his hand without raising his head.

Fatty Li was amazed when he heard it, and enviously said that it is no wonder that the third realm is always praised as a land god. It is not an exaggeration to say that Daoist Jin'an's magical channel method is a land god.

He also envied that if there was a third-level strongman in their criminal investigation department, or if he himself was a third-level strongman, there would be no major unsolved cases in the world that their criminal investigation department could not solve.

It's a pity that the criminal investigation department is the weakest one among the three major law enforcement departments in Kangding country.

Just as Fatty Li was boasting to Jin An, Jin An suddenly frowned.

"Fatty Li, is there a Taoist priest staying at Yuelai Inn recently?" Jin An suddenly asked a question that made people puzzled.

Fatty Li shook his head blankly, saying that this matter is not clear for the time being, the innkeeper only went to the Yamen to report the case of missing persons, and did not specifically mention the information of the inn tenants.Or the innkeeper mentioned this, but I was not there at the time, so I didn't know more details.If Daoist Jin'an needs this information, I will go to the Yamen's case file or go to the Yuelai Inn to investigate in person at dawn tomorrow.

After finishing speaking, Fatty Li asked in a low voice what was wrong, why did Taoist priest Jin'an suddenly find out about the Taoist tenant of Yuelai Inn?

Jin'an didn't hide it: "My divine sense has detected the spiritual residue after the Dao Talisman was cast in Yuelai Inn. The spirituality has dissipated very weakly, and it may have been two days ago."

Jin An didn't say a word, if he hadn't stepped into the third realm and his spiritual awareness had been greatly improved, he would not have noticed this subtle anomaly.

Just after Jin An finished speaking, he hummed again?
Fatty Li asked nervously, what else did he find?
Jin An's eyes flickered, as if he was thinking, and then told Fatty Li not to sleep, and went to find out about Chacha Yuelai Inn immediately. If a Taoist priest really stayed, ask the innkeeper where did the Taoist priest go?
Although Fatty Li is usually a little out of tune, when he heard something related to the case, he immediately ran out of the Taoist temple without saying a word.

Fatty Li first ran to the government office to investigate the case files, then greeted the head catcher and several government servants who were on duty tonight, ran all the way to the Yuelai Inn, and knocked on the door of the inn.

After the innkeeper opened the door and saw so many yamen officials blocking the door, the candle in his hand shook with fright, a few drops of hot candle oil dripped onto the back of his hand, the pain made him gasp, and he immediately woke up.

"Several officials, but did you find my distant relative?" The innkeeper couldn't wait to ask.

"No one has been found yet."

Fatty Li didn't wait for the innkeeper to show a disappointed expression, and said straight to the point: "I ask you, the innkeeper, has any Taoist stayed in your inn recently?"

The innkeeper looked dazed, and after repeated urging, he said with trepidation that the last time a Taoist priest stayed was several years ago.

Fatty Li frowned, just wondering if Taoist Jin'an had misread it?But at this moment, he was so blessed that he blurted out: "Have any suspicious or strange people stayed in your inn recently? For example, why are there so many donkey dung piles in one of the courtyards?"

Fatty Li had a shocked expression in his eyes just after he finished speaking. He understood that Jin'an's primordial spirit was always following him to protect him, so he immediately raised his head and chest, and became more confident.

Is this the solidity of relying on the masters of the third realm!
Fatty Li's eyes lit up with excitement!

After Fatty Li asked this question, the innkeeper immediately led the way: "In the past few days, there are really strange tenants staying here, but it's not one person, but several people!"

The innkeeper led the way and talked about the strange things these days.

"But you are a step late. Those camel drivers just checked out today and left with a bunch of big and small donkeys. There are so many donkeys eating and drinking in the yard, and the shop assistants haven't shoveled them all afternoon. For this reason, I am here. They also charged a little extra for cleaning before check out."

When a group of people came to the courtyard, it was indeed as the innkeeper said, the place was empty, and there were only a few piles of donkey manure in the empty courtyard, which was particularly eye-catching.

Fatty Li: "Did they say where they were going when they checked out?"

The innkeeper asked three questions.

Fatty Li asked the innkeeper if he still remembered the faces of those people, and could he draw a few of them?
When he got the portrait, Fatty Li turned his head to look at the Fuya catcher with a solemn expression: "So many people and so many donkeys, if they really leave the city, there will be a lot of movement, and it is impossible to hide their whereabouts."

"Captain, take these portraits and let the brothers run hard to the nearest city gates and docks, and ask the city gate guards and brothers patrolling the docks if they have seen a group of donkeys during the day. Team out of town."

"As for me, I will use my identity as the criminal investigation department to go to Fucheng to find Mr. Fuyin. I hope that Mr. Fuyin can mobilize more people to block the east and south districts of the city, and all land, waterways, and docks entering and leaving the city. If these People haven't left the city yet, and they will definitely not be able to hide their whereabouts with the team of donkeys, and search the east and south of the city on a large scale, and they will definitely be found."

Seeing that Fatty Li was so serious, the government clerk showed a hesitant expression: "Will this make too much noise and disturb the people?"

"The whereabouts of those packers can only be regarded as suspicious at present. Just send a few brothers and some village warriors to investigate. It doesn't need to be so laborious, right? We should spend more manpower on investigating serial kidnapping cases."

"No! I, Mr. Li, is investigating this serial kidnapping case tonight!" Fatty Li looked serious.

This time, the head catcher took this matter seriously: "What clue did Mr. Li get?"

Fatty Li: "Daoist Jin'an told me."

Several people looked at each other.

The head catcher was surprised and asked: "However, the 'poisonous woman biting the child case' and the 'covering the coffin to put blame on' have been solved one after another. The young Taoist Master Jin'an who lives in the south of the city?"

Jin'an's reputation, in several major yamen in Fucheng, including the government yamen, can be said to be very famous. Excluding those cases that became more and more outrageous among the people, the two bizarre cases he solved through the ages made them arrests, The yamen servants were all in admiration.So when they heard that it had something to do with Jin'an, the headhunters and yamen servants who were present immediately paid attention, divided the work in a hurry and left separately.

They were busy one after the other, and a lot of time wasted. When the yamen from all over the country gathered all the people and filed out of the yamen to secretly investigate the packers and donkey teams, it was almost dawn.

When Fatty Li ran to the Taoist temple excitedly, he called for someone to find him. He found it, but found that the gate of the Taoist temple was closed. Jin An and the old Taoist priest were not in the Taoist temple, and a note was left on the gate of the Taoist temple.

There are only two short words on the note——

pier.

"Daoist Jin'an is really a god-man. If there is a god, he is better informed than me. He knew that the group of people were hiding near the pier and planned to use a sea boat to quickly leave the boundary of Jiangzhou Prefecture!" Fatty Li faced The note on the door was shocking, and frequently attracted passers-by to turn their heads curiously.

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pier.

In the early morning, as soon as the morning bell rang and the ban on traffic was opened, the inns near the pier were already busy, and caravans began to arrange for manual loading of goods, so as to catch the first ship to go to sea.For these businessmen, an inch of time is an inch of gold, and they are racing against time.

These caravans include merchants who sell goods such as grain merchants and tea merchants, as well as merchants who sell livestock such as foals, cattle and sheep.

Among them were a few people brandishing whips, driving a caravan of donkeys, mixed with the caravan, and marching with the flow of people.

"Master, we left in a hurry this time... We have spent so much effort to kidnap so many people, and we haven't even gotten a single ransom." The people driving the donkey team looked at him in confusion. The old man who took the lead.

The old man glared at one of the team members. He had a bad temper and often beat donkeys with a whip. The youngest person in the team said, "It's not that Chai Laosan made a mistake! I have to go to the inn's errands!" Boy, if it wasn't for the innkeeper reporting to the officials, we wouldn't have left in such a hurry!"

The man called Chai Lao San kept his head down and didn't speak, but the whip in his hand hit the donkeys harder, venting all his dissatisfaction on these donkeys, and the donkeys kept barking in pain.

"Master... Do we really need to be so strict? The shopkeeper may not be able to suspect us if he reports to the officials. Those yamen servants are ordinary people. How could they think that the inn errand boy was turned into an inconspicuous animal by us using an animal talisman? .”

"Fucheng Crouching Dragon Hidden Tiger, you know nothing!" The old man stared.

"Anyway, the target we're looking for has been caught. As for the ransom, it's all outside the body. We can continue to do business in another place. The most important thing is to be careful."

Hearing that he was really about to leave Fucheng, someone in the team felt bad for the female donkeys: "I have never played with these well-educated, rich and delicate, delicate and elegant ladies in my life. , Goulan Hua Kui is still so beautiful, and several of them are young girls of Huang Hua! Hall Master, after we leave Fucheng, can we give these daughters to everyone for fun? Anyway, we won’t be able to get them after we leave Fucheng. It's time for the ransom, why don't we make up for our losses!"

This statement immediately aroused the unanimous approval of several others.

"I don't know the difference between the screams of these young ladies on the bed, and those vulgar and vulgar girls in brothels? Hehe..." Looking at the twisting back of the female donkey, each of them felt itchy like thousands of ants crawling , arouse the heat in the abdomen.

The old man: "I haven't boarded the boat yet to leave Fucheng, so fuck me and keep a low profile!"

(End of this chapter)