big week bad guy

Chapter 248 Zhao Xun's Intuition (4000 words in two chapters)

Bad people Yamen.

Zhao Xun was flipping through the files about the northern barbarians living in Chang'an City that he had sorted out in recent days, while secretly recording something.

He has a habit of trying his best to minimize the omission of information.

The document library is a very good large database, but because of this, there is a lot of information in the large database, and it is inevitable that there will be omissions.

It would be a pity if critical information was missed due to human error.

"Brother Mingyun, you should also take a rest. There are hundreds if not thousands of northern barbarians in Chang'an City. You will be exhausted after reading the files one by one."

"Yes, Ming Yun is not in a hurry at this moment."

Seeing that Zhao Xun didn't think about eating and drinking, and was only concentrating on investigating the case, both Jia Xingwen and Wangcai felt very distressed.

"I'm not in the way. I'm idle anyway. Just spend more time on it."

Zhao Xun disagreed with the two's remarks.

Now the northern barbarians and monsters have bypassed the Shuozhou defense area and marched southward. The purpose is obvious, that is, to besiege Chang'an City.

Although they don't have a large army to press down on the border right now, Zhao Xun knows that it is only a matter of time before the troops arrive at the city.

"Oh, you have such a temper. Forget it, let's go eat first."

Seeing that he couldn't persuade Zhao Xun, Jia Xingwen dragged Wangcai out.

"Brother Mingyun, if you're hungry, just squeak, and we'll bring you food right away."

Wang Cai walked side by side.

Ok?
Why does Zhao Xun feel that something is weird? It seems to be
"No need to send food, I will eat it myself."

Zhao Xun smiled wryly.

He felt that something was wrong, and it turned out that the problem was here.

He's not in jail, why did he ask someone to deliver food.

Zhao Xun read the dossier so seriously that he felt a little numb after a long time.

But when he saw a dossier, his attention instantly became concentrated.

Because the person on this file suddenly disappeared.

"Jieligu"

This name is very awkward, Zhao Xun tried to read it several times before he could barely read it clearly.

"This person lived in Xingshanfang a day ago, why did he disappear today?"

These northern barbarians living in Chang'an City are the key surveillance targets of the government, and their every move is under the strict control of the government.But now Chang'an City has implemented a very strict wartime martial law, let alone a living person, even a mosquito cannot easily fly out.

So Zhao Xun naturally didn't think that Jie Ligu had escaped from Chang'an.In his opinion, Jie Ligu must have been hidden in a corner of Chang'an City, so that the officials and soldiers in the Xingshanfang area recorded a disappearance in the file after they couldn't see him.

Zhao Xun's intuition is very accurate, he thinks there is something wrong with this Jieligu.

A normal person, even a northern barbarian, would not make such an abnormal move at this juncture.

So this Jieligu must have a guilty conscience, and that's why he hid himself at such a time.

"Xingshanfang"

Zhao Xun knew that Xingshanfang was under the jurisdiction of Wannian County.Therefore, most of the records in this file were recorded by the Wannian County Yamen.

In order to try to ascertain the truth as soon as possible, Zhao Xun decided to rush to the Wannian County Government immediately.

Zhao Xun hurriedly rushed out of the cubicle of the government office. Wangcai and Jia Xingwen were eating takeout with gusto. Seeing that Zhao Xun was about to go out, Wangcai hurriedly greeted him, "Oh, brother Mingyun, where are you going in such a hurry? Anyway Go after dinner."

Zhao Xun waved his hands and walked quickly: "I don't want to eat, you eat first."

Zhao Xun is a workaholic through and through, no one can stop Zhao Xun who has fallen into work mode.

When Kou Lian, the county magistrate of Wannian County, saw Zhao Xun coming, he quickly led a group of yamen servants to greet him.

"Oh, what kind of wind brought Mr. Zhao here."

Now Zhao Xun is a popular young man in Chang'an City, and Jane is in the heart of the emperor. Countless people would have no chance to climb this giant Buddha. County magistrate Kou never thought that Zhao Xun would take the initiative to send it to his door.

This is simply a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him to climb.

In officialdom, backing is very important.

People with a backing and those without a backing have completely different climbing speeds.

If County Magistrate Kou can get the support of Zhao Xun, his official career will be smooth in the future.

So he was extremely flattering to Zhao Xun, so he almost knelt down and kowtowed.

Zhao Xun was no stranger to this kind of official scene, he said with a smile: "Of course the official is here to investigate the case."

Kou county magistrate was shocked by Zhao Xun's words.

Investigate?

What case are you investigating?

What else can I investigate?

Recently, the city of Chang'an has been going on and on, but it's all caused by monsters and northern barbarians.

It was rumored that many northern barbarians had infiltrated Chang'an City as traitors, trying to open the gates of Chang'an City for the northern barbarian troops going south to enter the city.

His Majesty the Emperor was furious, and ordered the bad guys to take charge of the investigation, and the major yamen in the capital cooperated with the bad guys in the investigation.

And the general manager of the investigation is none other than the very popular Zhao Xun and Zhao Mingyun.

"There is a northern barbarian named Jieligu in Xingshanfang in the jurisdiction of Wannian County. I see that his file records are up to yesterday, and there is no record after that. The above records say that he disappeared."

Zhao Xun explained the purpose of his visit neatly, and then sternly said: "How can such a good person disappear? According to my opinion, this Jie Ligu is probably hiding."

"Ah this, this."

For a moment Kou county magistrate was in a panic.

He originally wanted to flatter Zhao Xun, but who knew that Zhao Xun took the initiative to attack him.

At this time, he was unprepared.

"Master Zhao doesn't know something, and the officials don't know much about these specific situations. Come here, quickly bring the person in charge of Xingshanfang's search to me."

Kou county magistrate secretly groaned in his heart.

It is true that he is the top leader of Wannian County, but it is impossible to know everything in his chest.

If that's the case, sooner or later he will die of exhaustion.

The highest state of being an official is to release all the power, and to be able to take it back when the key is needed.

Kou county magistrate has been doing this.

He has accumulated official authority for a long time, and immediately after giving the order, a yamen servant went to call for him.

After about a cup of tea, a short-bodied policeman in black official uniform staggered in.

As soon as he entered the yamen lobby, he kowtowed to Kou county magistrate: "I have seen the elder."

County magistrate Kou gave the blind guy a hard look: "I haven't seen Mr. Zhao yet."

Only then did the policeman realize that he had made a mistake, and quickly turned to Zhao Xun and kowtowed: "I have seen Mr. Zhao."

"Master Zhao wants to ask you some questions, you must answer them truthfully, and don't hide anything, otherwise, don't blame me for not being affectionate."

There was something in Kou County Magistrate's words, as if he was warning the arrester.

All this was naturally seen by Zhao Xun, he knew that Kou County Magistrate was warning the arrester.

Playing the unspoken rules of officialdom in front of Zhao Xun, winking?
It's a little too immature.

But Zhao Xun didn't intend to expose it now, he wanted to see what the arrester had to say.

"Master Zhao, this Jie Ligu has been living in Xingshanfang, and there is nothing strange in his daily life. He just goes to the market to buy vegetables and then goes home."

The catcher quickly swallowed his saliva, and then continued: "A few days ago, the imperial court ordered a search of the northern barbarians living in Chang'an City, and the villain and his colleagues conducted a comprehensive search of the area in charge. Later, it was found that this person disappeared suddenly. Then I reported to the county magistrate."

"Tsk tsk."

Zhao Xun glanced at the county magistrate, who was quite playful, and then said, "You mean that Wannian County did not strictly control the northern barbarians living in Chang'an before the imperial court ordered it?"

Although the Great Zhou was open, the control over the Hu people, especially the northern barbarians, was quite strict.

Hu people who came to settle down in Chang'an had to be on the couch, and they had to go to the county government office on the first and fifteenth day of every month.

If you don't tap the socket once, the staff will be responsible for forty.If you fail to do so twice, you will be directly expelled from Chang'an City.

Therefore, according to the rules, the government servants of Wannian County are responsible for regularly verifying the identity of the northern barbarians living in their jurisdiction to ensure that they have no problems.

"Little man, villain doesn't mean that."

This catcher was as quick as an ant on a hot pot, not to mention how uncomfortable it was.

"The villain is talking, the villain is talking"

The yamen servant subconsciously looked at Kou County magistrate again, this time Kou County magistrate reprimanded without hesitation: "Master Zhao asked you something, you just tell Master Zhao that's right, what do you think of this county?"

The policeman was so frightened that he turned to Zhao Xun and said, "My lord, the villain does check their identities on a regular basis. But this Jieligu really didn't show any abnormalities. He always gets his appointments on schedule, so The villain doesn't have a deep impression of this person."

"Well, if that's the case."

Zhao Xun turned to County Magistrate Kou again, and said with a slight smile, "Wannian County is indeed not responsible. But this well-behaved living person has disappeared, and if it spreads, it will not be good for County Magistrate Kou. What do you think?" , Master Kou?"

"This"

Kou County magistrate forcefully forced a smile and said: "Master Zhao is very true. If Mr. Zhao needs the cooperation of the lower officials, please ask them. The lower officials must do their best to cooperate."

"it is good!"

This is what Zhao Xun wanted.

"I'm going to take people to Xingshanfang now. I need to check Najieligu's original residence first. You bring some yamen servants who are familiar with this area."

Xingshanfang is not like the gathering area of ​​the princes and nobles in the north of the city, it is generally populated by ordinary people.

Under the leadership of the policeman, Zhao Xun and his party came to a shanty town.

From a distance, it looks like a slum.

County Magistrate Kou even covered his nose subconsciously, because he felt that the place was too stinky.

Pampered and pampered all day long, County Magistrate Kou spent an hour a day just on incense.

But now, he had to come to this stinky ditch-like place.

But Kou county magistrate didn't dare to complain at all.

The reason is the same, he came with Zhao Xun.

Zhao Mingyun is a big shot that he can't afford to offend no matter what, so no matter how painful he is, he still has to follow Zhao Xun while holding his nose.

"Why does County Magistrate Kou feel uncomfortable?"

Seeing Kou County Magistrate's state, Zhao Xun laughed half-jokingly.

"No, no. Please, Mr. Zhao."

Kou county magistrate complained in his heart, so he could only let go of the fingers pinched on his nose, and held his breath to prevent the smell from pouring into his ears and nose.

He complained in his heart, why this place is so smelly, these untouchables really don't even want their face.

A group of people walked straight in, and this shanty town was like a maze, with twists and turns.

If it weren't for the guides who were familiar with the terrain of the place, they would really be lost if they rushed in rashly.

"Master Zhao, Lord Magistrate, the house where Jieligu lives is not far ahead."

"Ah."

Zhao Xun was not too excited about this, but Kou County Magistrate was ecstatic.

He had come to his mind, and if he went on like this, he really didn't know if he would suddenly be fainted by the smoke.

"Two adults, be careful."

While the policeman led the way ahead, he also had to push aside obstacles such as weeds to prevent the two nobles from tripping over.

Finally, the group came to a dilapidated small yard.

The catcher quickly kicked open the gate, then nodded and bowed to welcome Zhao Xun and others into the courtyard.

There was a strong earthy smell in the yard, which made the unprepared Kou county magistrate almost vomit.

Fortunately, the fear of Zhao Xun prevented him from making such a disrespectful move to reduce points.

"Lord be careful."

The arrester saw Zhao Xun walking in the first place, and quickly followed up to help Zhao Xun find the way.

In case a few gangsters came out suddenly and hurt Zhao Xun, even if he lost his life, it would not be worth it.

"Don't be so surprised."

Zhao Xun only felt it was funny.

After all, he is also a sixth-grade practitioner, and there should be no one in Chang'an City who can easily hurt him.

On the contrary, the county magistrates and yamen servants are a bunch of draggers, and the most important thing is to protect themselves from Zhao Xun's distraction.

Walking from the courtyard into the back room, Zhao Xun immediately noticed something strange.

Nothing but the smell.

The strong monster breath made him immediately vigilant.

In the past, Zhao Xun always laughed at Jia Xingwen. The first thing he did when he went to a strange place was to smell the smell everywhere.

Because in his opinion, this is the habit of wild beasts, relying on smell to distinguish friend from foe, and relying on smell to divide territory.

Moreover, when Jia Xingwen went to a place, he would basically say that the place had a demonic aura.

This is simply too outrageous.

But now it's Zhao Xun's turn to realize the importance of smell.

He could clearly feel the strangeness of this room.

The evil spirit emanating from every corner made Zhao Xun very uncomfortable.

"There is a demon here."

Zhao Xun still said the famous quote of Jia Xingwen.

"Order this yard to be sealed off, and bring all the people who have been in contact with Jie Ligu to the county government office, and I will question them one by one."

"what!"

Kou county magistrate was so frightened that he fell to the ground.

He really didn't expect Zhao Xun to actually find traces of monsters here.

Could it be that Jieligu was really a spy sent by the northern barbarians to Chang'an?

As the county magistrate of Wannian County, he didn't even know about it. It seems that this matter is inseparable and he is destined to take responsibility.

County Magistrate Kou felt dizzy for a while, but he passed out.

(End of this chapter)