big week bad guy

Chapter 12 Extracting Fingerprints
In the Great Zhou Empire, when it comes to efficiency, if bad people claim to be second, no one would dare to be number one.

After Zhao Xun suggested using fingerprints to obtain evidence, Jia Xingwen and Zhao Xun went to He Yushi's mansion again that night.

This time they extracted fingerprints from dozens of utensils, and compared them with the fingerprints of the servants of the He Mansion and the dead censor He Yuanshan, and they came to an astonishing conclusion!
Not one extra fingerprint, but two!
Gang crime?

This made Zhao Xun unexpected, but at least it proved that Jia Xingwen's previous conclusion that the monster committed the crime was wrong.

Someone is deliberately creating an illusion of a monster, leading the investigators to make wrong judgments.

Although it was far from the truth, Zhao Xun was faintly excited. After all, this proved his guess was correct.

This is also a good start.

But it seemed that Jia Xingwen was not very happy.

The reasoning is actually very simple. If a monster commits the crime, the case will be closed soon. But if it is not a monster but a man-made illusion, it is not easy to find the real culprit.

For bad people, there are countless cases that have to be dealt with every day. If all cases are investigated thoroughly, there will be a big problem in the closing rate.

At that time, the dog emperor will blame him, even if he is bad handsome, he will not be able to bear it.

So it's not a big problem to be confused sometimes.

But Zhao Xun didn't think so.

First of all, Emperor Dog is very concerned about this case, which is why the bad guys will try it.

The majestic censor in Chang'an City was murdered in the mansion, and the dog emperor was dishonored.

Hastily explained in the way of monsters causing trouble, if the dog emperor is furious, the result will be very terrifying.

Other cases may be able to get away with it, but this case is absolutely impossible.

Secondly, since the murderer deliberately created the illusion of a monster, he must have an ulterior purpose.

As a member of the Great Zhou Empire, Zhao Xun instinctively wanted to investigate the case clearly. This has nothing to do with whether he needs to commit crimes or meritorious deeds, it is simply because he was educated when he was young.

"Brother Jia, if you think this case is difficult, you can ask Mr. Feng for instructions and ask him to send more staff."

In Zhao Xun's view, since the case is difficult, it is only natural to ask the leader for more resources.

But Jia Xingwen looked distressed, and sighed for a long time: "If I speak to Master Feng, I'm afraid I'll lose my promotion."

It turns out that the Yamen for bad people has strict hierarchy.

In addition to Feng Hao's position as the highest official of the bad handsome, there are four levels of purple robe, scarlet robe, green robe, and white robe.

Zipao is the highest rank other than bad handsome, and there are only three people in the entire bad handsome yamen.The scarlet robe is below the purple robe, and there are more than a dozen people in the bad man's yamen who are of this level.

And Qingpao is the same again. There are hundreds of people in this class in the entire Yamen of bad people.

As for the white robe...

It is similar to the temporary workers of later generations, which belong to the existence that is not included in the establishment.

Zhao Xun was Qingpao, and to his surprise, Jia Xingwen was also Qingpao.

This is strange, since Jia Xingwen has been in the bad man's office for more than ten years, and he is a real "old man".

There has been no promotion in the past ten years, and seeing the people who entered the yamen with him become scarlet robes or even purple robes, it is impossible to say that they have no thoughts in their hearts.

It's like Zhao Xun is a green robe as soon as he enters the villain's office, strictly speaking, he is on an equal footing with Jia Xingwen.

Jia Xingwen really has no other advantages other than seniority.

Therefore, Jia Xingwen urgently needs to win Feng Hao's appreciation through handling a case.

After all, in the yamen of bad people, the promotion, appointment and removal of personnel is just Feng Hao's words, even the dog emperor is too lazy to manage the appointment and dismissal of bad people's internal personnel.

Now Zhao Xun finally understood why Jia Xingwen didn't want to speak out.

"Brother Jia, I understand your feelings, but this matter must not be fooled by monsters. If you don't want to make a statement, we can investigate it ourselves."

Jia Xingwen was a little moved when he heard the words, at first he thought Zhao Xun was just a second-generation official who came to the government of bad people to be gilded.

He doesn't know how much he has seen this kind of dude, and he has long since given up any hope. He just hopes that Zhao Xun will not make trouble.

But I never thought that Zhao Xun would still be superior to others. It is an artificial illusion to prove that the monster is in trouble through fingerprint extraction.

Full of enthusiasm and ambition, this is very similar to Jia Xingwen when he was young.

Jia Xingwen recalled that when he first entered the bad man's office, he was as fearless as Zhao Xun, but after more than ten years, the edges and corners have long been smoothed by the years.

"Do you really want to check?"

Jia Xingwen still hesitated, Zhao Xun stepped forward and said, "Brother Jia, do you believe in justice?"

"Ok?"

Jia Xingwen was stunned on the spot, and his eyes became moist after a while.

"Forget it, since you want to investigate, we will investigate to the end."

Jia Xingwen clenched his fists tightly as if something had been awakened in his heart and said.

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Since we want to check to the end, it is natural to choose a good entry point.

According to the records in the archives library, the last public appearance of He Yuanshan and He Yushi was on August [-]th when he met Hu merchants in Xishi wine shop.

Zhao Xun felt that it was the most appropriate place to start.

Of course, the West Market is very prosperous, and the identities of bad people are very sensitive, so you can't go there with a big fanfare.

Jia Xingwen suggested Yirong.

This is exactly what Zhao Xun wanted.

As the saying goes, too many skills do not overwhelm one's body, and there is no harm in being able to learn a few more skills.

But later Zhao Xun discovered that the so-called disguise technique was not what he imagined, in fact, it was more about makeup.

But these are not important anymore, Zhao Xun can't wait to go to Xishi to find out.

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In Chang'an City of the Great Zhou Empire, there were two cities, the east and the west. The east market mainly sold luxury goods and served the dignitaries.

However, the positioning of West Market is more inclined to the grassroots, with three teachings and nine streams, and all kinds of mud and sand.

Zhao Xun and Jia Xingwen put on mustaches and blackened their cheeks with charcoal ash. They set off from the villain's office and headed straight for the West Market.

The streets are bustling with pedestrians.

It has to be said that Chang'an City is extremely prosperous, with a population of more than 200 million people.

This may not be a big deal in later generations, but in such an overhead feudal empire in another world, it can be said to be a great thing.

But Zhao Xun obviously didn't want to be distracted by these things, but followed Jia Xingwen all the way to Xishi.

The wine shop that He Yuanshan had been to was located in the third street of C word, next to the street entrance, very conspicuous.

When the two came to the entrance of the restaurant, they saw a line of words engraved on the plaque with Chinese characters and a script similar to Persian.

Iztak Tavern.

The name is very western.

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(End of this chapter)