Daxuanti criminal officer

Chapter 158 Xu Zun's Anger
"My lord, look..."

In a secret residence in Qinglan Temple, Zhao Yu was showing Xu Zun something.

This secret residence is the place where Daoist Qinglan lives. Although the room is in a mess, one can still feel the ancient and mysterious atmosphere.

In particular, a secret room was found behind the bed in the room. There are still many valuable items such as cultural relics, calligraphy and paintings that cannot be taken away in the secret room.

In addition, there is a passage in the secret room for escape, so it can be seen that Taoist Qing Lan has been fully prepared.

At this moment, what Zhao Yu showed Xu Zun seemed to be an unfinished letter. The content of the letter should be that Daoist Qinglan asked for help from a person called Zunshi, and wanted to ask this "Zunshi" to send Chongtian The Taoist disciples received it.

The letter also mentioned many times that Qinglan's audience Taoist disciples were men, which had a huge impact on their Qingxiu.

Through this letter, Xu Zun became more certain of his guess. Behind Daoist Qing Lan, there must be a bigger manipulator!
This so-called envoy should be the messenger who contacts the big boss and Daoist Qing Lan.

Xu Zun estimated that after the Chongtianguan incident, Daoist Qinglan accepted the arrangement of his superiors and had no choice but to take in Luo Yu and others.

But first, it was too awkward to raise a bunch of men, and second, he was worried that they would cause trouble for him, so he asked his superiors to take Luo Yu and others away as soon as possible.

However, before the letter was delivered, the secret of Qinglan Temple was exposed by Xu Zun. During the panicked evacuation, Taoist Qinglan even forgot the existence of the letter and did not take it away and destroy it.

"This letter," Zhao Yu introduced, "I found it from the crack of the table in the secret room. I guess the old nun must regret it now!"

"You found it yourself?" Xu Zun confirmed, "Don't others know?"

"After the secret room was discovered, I knew that the things inside were not trivial," Zhao Yu said, "so I didn't let anyone else in!"

"Well, well done!" Xu Zun secretly appreciated that this Zhao Yu was really safe in handling things.

"My lord," Zhao Yu analyzed, "I checked the handwriting, and this letter is most likely written by Daoist Qing Lan, and this person called the envoy must be very important!
"If we can know his identity, then it is possible to find the whereabouts of Daoist Qinglan and Changpinghou!"

"Hmm..." Xu Zun said thoughtfully, "To make Taoist Master Qinglan and Marquis Changping wholeheartedly work for him, surely this leader of the Taoist sect must not be an idler!"

"Yes!" Zhao Yu nodded, "Let's think about it together! If the head of the Taoist sect is a member of the court or a prince with a higher status than Chang Ping Hou, then this matter will be even more difficult to investigate!
"And... we are also in danger!"

Xu Zun looked at the letter carefully, but because he was deep in thought, he didn't answer Zhao Yu's words.

"My lord," Zhao Yu asked Xu Zun again a moment later, "I heard that there is an awesome person coming to Dali Temple?"

"Oh?" Xu Zun looked at Zhao Yu and asked, "How do you know?"

Since Zhao Yu has been busy investigating the case, he did not meet with Chen Taiji and Li Jinlou.

"I just heard from the officials of the county yamen. They said," Zhao Yu said, "when the high official of Dali Temple came, he went directly to the Marquis of Changping and took over there with his people!"

"Is there such a thing?" Xu Zun stared, a haze flashed in his heart.

"The inspector of Dali Temple," Zhao Yu said, "to put it bluntly, he is here to make money!"

When Zhao Yu said this, Xu Zun seemed to understand something.

That Li Jinlou raised his eyebrows and raised his eyes as soon as they met. It turned out that he was trying to give these Tangzhou officials a bad impression so that everyone could give him gifts.

Otherwise, he only needs to talk nonsense to Dali Temple when reporting, and it will be enough for these people to eat a pot.

"Is he really so bold?" Xu Zun asked, "The Holy Majesty has not issued an order to cut down the nobles, but he is the inspector of Dali Temple, how dare he take things from the Marquis of Changping?"

"Well, we have never come into contact with such a big official," Zhao Yu said, "but I feel that this kid is not very authentic.

"If it's really for handling the case, you should come to Qinglan Temple first, right? Besides, why use his people to replace all the people in the county government?"

Ok……

Xu Zun thought about it secretly, and also felt that this Li Jinlou's intentions were not right, and he was afraid that this guy would still be harmful to him.

Thinking of this, Xu Zun took away the unfinished letter from Daoist Qinglan, and ordered Zhao Yu to continue searching the secret room to see if there were any other gains...

……

the next day.

Shangyuan County Yamen, inside Tai Min's residence.

"Master Xu, don't be offended. As small officials like us, we have seen this kind of thing too much!" Tai Min, with a bandage on his shoulder, said to Xu Zun, "The inspector of Dali Temple went to the place to inspect, without any What kind of inspector is it when the oil and water come back?
"The bigger the case, the more trouble there is, it's normal!"

"It's nothing more than making money," Xu Zun said with a frown, "but that guy sealed up the entire Changping Marquis Mansion and transferred a large amount of assets to his residence. Isn't that attitude making money?"

"Hehehe..." Tai Min laughed, "Master Xu, he came here by order, although he hasn't lost his title yet, even if Marquis Changping returns, can those properties still belong to him?
"Also, this inspector returned with a full load. He only needs to divide it among his superiors after returning home, and then present the best things to the Holy One. Then tell me, who is he afraid of accusing him of being greedy for ink?"

"Oh..." Xu Zun nodded and said, "To be honest, I'm not particularly angry about corruption. What I'm angry about is that the case is so serious and it's about a cult conspiracy, but he, an official, doesn't care about it, but he doesn't care about it. Only thinking about Marquis Changping's property, this kind of person... is really a court official!"

"Master Xu," Tai Min persuaded, "don't get angry, let me tell you, fortunately there is such a Changping Marquis Mansion! If this guy earns enough, he will be happy, and he won't treat us when he goes back to report. unfavorable.

"But if he doesn't get a big benefit, then as long as he goes back and accuses us of a crime of negligence, then our future in this life may be ruined by him!
"It's better to offend a gentleman than to offend a villain," Tai Min said, "I think he knows your father is the former minister of Dali Temple, but he is still so arrogant to you, so...you should also be careful!"

"Understood!" Xu Zun clasped his hands together, "Thank you, Lord Tai, for reminding me!"

The two were polite for a while, and then Xu Zun left Tai Min's residence.

However, as soon as he exited, he heard someone calling his name loudly in the hall of the county office:

"Master Xu, Master Xu Zun... are you there? Where is Master Xu? Hurry up, something serious happened, I want to see him..."

Xu Zun recognized that it was Hong Gu who called him, so he quickly walked into the lobby.

"Aunt Hong? What's the matter?"

Seeing Honggu's panicked look, Xu Zun faintly realized that something had happened.

"My lord, go and have a look!" Hong Gu said impatiently, "Something happened to the North Prison! That new inspector from Dali Temple suddenly went to the North Prison to interrogate those girls...

"I didn't expect that he... he was not only interrogating, but also... and..."

"what!!?"

Xu Zun immediately understood what it meant, and immediately rushed to the North Prison with Hong Gu...

(End of this chapter)