Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 304 The Two Hundred People Who Disappeared Mysteriously
"Hit it with your hands, or take it, you choose."

"Don't, don't," Liang Yuyao said with a blushing face, "Don't worry, let me ask you, how do you know that the Blood Sect will not appear in Lin Cong County?"

Xu Zhiqiong said: "Your aunt also said that this place is only a hundred miles away from the capital, if you are from the Blood Sect, would you dare to fight an army here?

If we win the battle, the Blood Sect will have nowhere to escape. The surrounding counties have already stepped up their vigilance, and the Blood Sect will be wiped out.

Even if we lose the battle, we are still close to the capital and can call in reinforcements at any time. Sooner or later, the Blood Sorcerer Sect will be defeated. "

Liang Yuyao thought for a long time, then shook her head and said, "Then why does aunt come to Lincong County?"

Xu Zhiqiong smiled: "The establishment of the Suppressing Evil Army is not just for fighting and hunting down blood evil cultivators. In the final analysis, it is the task of all states and counties.

If all states and counties go all out to search and arrest, the Blood Evil Sect will soon be cornered, and they will naturally have to fight us to the death.
If the states and counties are lax and negligent, even if we go all the way to the southern border, we will return in vain. "

The role of the Nie Suppression Army is equivalent to an inspection team, intimidating all states and counties, and taking the orders of the imperial court seriously. Xu Zhiqiong used this method frequently in his previous life.

"What you said makes sense," Liang Yuyao nodded, "In this case, there is no Blood Evil Sect in Pingman County."

"That's why," Xu Zhiqiong patted his knees and said, "Hurry up and lie down."

Liang Yuyao covered Fat Tao and said, "Don't hit there, it's embarrassing, you should change the place."

Change place?

You are a golden branch and a jade leaf, and it is not suitable to fight anywhere.

"It doesn't matter if you don't fight. You have to promise me one thing. I won't be in the barracks tomorrow night. You have to find a way to cover it up for me."

Liang Yuyao shook her head again and again: "What are you talking about? How can I cover it up for you? You don't see what kind of temper Auntie is? It's better to let you beat me twice, so that I won't have to suffer another army stick."

Xu Zhiqiong snorted and said, "Since you say that, come here!"

"Wait first!" Liang Yuyao frowned, "What do you want to do when you leave the barracks? Do you want to meet some bitch again? Tsing Yi Pavilion is full of women, so such a good place can't keep you?"

Xu Zhiqiong frowned and said, "You, like the Second Elder, only judge me at the worst. I'm doing serious things."

"Isn't it true that you are looking for a woman?"

"Not a woman, but a man."

"What kind of business is that!"

Xu Zhiqiong coaxed for a while, Liang Yuyao reluctantly agreed: "Well, I'll just help you, but we have to keep our word, you must come back before dawn!"

……

The next day, when the army came to Pingman County, it was a different scene.

In the streets and alleys, the walls are covered with notices, all of which are wanted documents ordered by the court to arrest blood suspects.

Xu Zhiqiong read several notices and asked, "These are all thieves, are they related to the Blood Sect?"

Xiao Zhenggong, the county magistrate, said: "This group of thieves have been looting houses recently, and they are very rampant. They must be raising money for the Blood Sect to prepare for the war!"

Liang Xianchun nodded and said: "Xiao Zhixian is right!"

Xu Zhiqiong pointed to a notice and asked, "This person is a martial arts performer, and he is also wanted?"

Xiao Zhenggong calmly smiled and said: "The harvesters are all performers. They usually pretend to be warriors, but secretly use the cut monsters to earn rewards. This kind of thing is not uncommon in this county!"

Liang Xianchun nodded again and again, "What Xiao Zhixian said is very reasonable."

What Xiao Zhenggong prepared was not just these few notices: "General, let's go to the post to rest for a while, and then we will interrogate the key criminals together with the humble officers in the afternoon."

Liang Xianchun said in surprise, "Have you caught the prisoner?"

Xiao Zhenggong nodded and said: "This person wandered around the village, abducted good women, was caught by the county on the spot, tortured for several days, but he still refused to confess!"

Liang Xianchun sighed: "The thieves are rampant, we don't need to rest, and we will join the magistrate in the trial."

After eating two steamed buns with a bowl of soup, everyone went to the Yamen to try the case.

When the prisoner was brought up, he couldn't see the human form anymore, and he didn't confess after being beaten like this. Could it be that the blood cultivator's bones are hard enough?

Think more.

This man is a man with teeth.

Most of the blood cultivators are Ren Yazi, but not all Ren Yazi are blood cultivators.

He recruited anyone who could, but he had nothing to do with the Blood Evil Sect.

Xiao Zhixian didn't believe it, and Liang Xianchun didn't believe it either. After exhausting all kinds of torture for a whole afternoon, they still couldn't ask what they wanted to ask.

Xu Zhiqiong didn't have the slightest sympathy for Ren Yazi, so naturally he wouldn't help him get rid of the crime.

In the evening, Liang Xianchun summoned the battalion officials again to discuss matters. There must be a meeting every night, which is obviously Liang Xianchun's habit.

Seeing that Xu Zhiqiong's seat was empty, Liang Xianchun frowned and asked, "Where did Captain Xu go?"

The sergeant replied: "I have been to the Tsingyi camp since then, and none of the sergeants in the camp said they didn't know."

Liang Xianchun said angrily: "Leaving the camp without permission, you should be punished as running away!"

Lin Tianzheng was shocked and didn't know how to excuse Xu Zhiqiong.

Liang Yuyao got up and said: "General, Captain Xu and I found some suspicious people in the county town during the day. I asked Captain Xu to go and investigate them. Before dawn, Captain Xu will rush back to the camp."

"You ordered him to investigate?" Liang Xianchun was furious, "Why did he obey your orders? What qualifications do you have to give orders?"

Liang Yuyao was silent for a moment, then suddenly raised her head and said: "I am the princess, and he is the courtier of the emperor, so he will naturally obey my orders."

"Presumptuous!" Liang Xianchun yelled, "In the military camp, there are no princesses. Just like him, you are a battalion officer in the military."

Liang Yuyao replied calmly: "Yuyao is responsible for this matter alone. I will endure the military stick and the leather whip, but Captain Xu should not be implicated.

Captain Xu also has his own difficulties. After all, after leaving the barracks, he is still a courtier and I am still a princess. "

While speaking, Liang Yuyao kept looking directly at Liang Xianchun.

In terms of scheming, Liang Yuyao cannot be compared with Xu Zhiqiong.

But in terms of domineering, Liang Yuyao is no less inferior than anyone else after fighting against the crown prince in the palace for these years.

Liang Xianchun is also a princess, so are you afraid that she will fail?

She is indeed a princess, but after joining the Canglong Palace, Liang Xianchun has lost all the privileges of a princess.

She also didn't understand the real situation in the palace, she still thought that Liang Yuyao was the emperor's favorite princess, and seeing Liang Yuyao getting tough, Liang Xianchun was really not easy to get angry.

Liang Xianchun softened his tone: "I want to stay in Pingman County for a few more days. Xiaozhi County has found many clues here, and we need to review them one by one."

After everyone dispersed, Liang Xianchun called Liang Yuyao to stop him and said, "If Xu Zhiqiong didn't return to the camp before dawn and was dealt with according to the military law, Yuyao, I want to care about my brother and sister, and I don't care about you today. This matter will not be an example!"

Liang Yuyao bowed out and left very calmly.

But when she got back to the tent, Liang Yuyao couldn't calm down anymore.

Can this thief come back before dawn?
If he doesn't keep his word, I can't save him either!
……

Xu Zhiqiong went to Lincong County, and went directly to the Lincong County Government Office.

Hearing that a lieutenant in the Suppression Army had left and returned, Zheng Quanming, the county magistrate, rushed to greet him warmly: "Master Colonel, this county follows the instruction of General Suppression, and posted notices in the city to arrest suspects. Twenty-three people have been arrested so far. , is being strictly interrogated..."

Zheng Quanming is thirty-nine years old this year. He was admitted as a Jinshi in Chunwei last year. He is not young, but his official career is not long. He has just been a county magistrate for less than a year.

From him, you can see how a good person who wants to do business is forced to become a bad person who does not do business.

Xu Zhiqiong said: "Magistrate Zheng County, Xu has seen everything you have done. Checking the files and looking for clues is the right way to catch the bloody villains."

Zheng Quanming's cheek twitched, since the Suppressing Army came to Lincong County, this was the first time someone gave him affirmation.

"Lieutenant Xu, if the county's guess is correct, it should be Xu Qianhu from the Imperial City Division, right?"

Xu Zhiqiong nodded.

Zheng Quanming took a deep breath and said, "To see a true hero in the world, even if Mr. Zheng was wrongly killed by the bureaucrats, he would never complain."

This sentence has two meanings:
On the surface, Xu Zhiqiong is a great hero, and I, Zheng Quanming, admire you very much.

The deep meaning is, Xu Zhiqiong is a great hero, I, Zheng Quanming, will be wronged to death, can you help me?
Xu Zhiqiong naturally understood Zheng Quanming's deep meaning: "Magistrate Zheng, you used the right method, but I don't know how much effort you put in?"

Zheng Quanming understood what Xu Zhiqiong meant, and quickly handed over the clues he found in the files these days to Xu Zhiqiong.

He really worked hard and counted the missing persons in Lincong County in the past five years.

Over the past five years, more than [-] people have disappeared in Lincong County.

Lincong County has a population of more than [-], and [-] people go missing every year. This number is normal, and it is only the number of missing persons reported to the authorities.

But something happened last summer, Liu Jiangpu, the former magistrate of the county, was promoted.

He worked as a county magistrate in Lincong County for two years, and more than [-] people disappeared during the two years, which is quite normal.

But before leaving, in order to ensure his political achievements, he canceled a case of more than [-] people missing.

Can such a big case be dismissed?

Liu Jiangpu didn't use any special methods. He just persuaded the family members to withdraw the case. If they agreed to withdraw the case, they would be exempted from the tax for one year.

After only half a month of persuasion, Liu Jiangpu successfully dismissed the case. It stands to reason that the file should be destroyed.

However, a director in the county was too careful, fearing that he would be implicated in the future investigation, so he quietly left a file.

This chief bookkeeper is Zheng Quanming's classmate. This time, the chief bookkeeper handed over the dossier to Zheng Quanming in the investigation of the Blood Sinister.

But this dossier caught Xu Zhiqiong's attention.

It was written in the file that more than two hundred people were recruited by a wealthy foreign businessman to work, and they never returned. This reminded Xu Zhiqiong of one thing.

At the beginning, the penance workshop recruited laborers in the north of the city, and when they arrived at the practice palace of Ponuyuan, they were turned into blood trees.

Is this also related to the blood tree?
When Xu Zhiqiong first cast a Gu, he had never found a blood tree in Lincong County. Could it be that there were unexpected gains during this trip?
Xu Zhiqiong then looked down the file. After the incident, the wealthy businessman disappeared, but among those who were tricked into working, there was one survivor.

The master said: "This man is crazy. He said that everyone who went out to work was eaten by a mountain."

Eaten by the mountain?
Xu Zhiqiong was startled: "Where is that lunatic?"

"Dead. After coming back, I went crazy for two months and threw myself into the river to die."

Xu Zhiqiong said, "Did he say where that mountain is?"

"Say it, or else he is a lunatic, there is no mountain at all in that place!"

no mountains?
Are there no mountains in the first place, or do mountains come and go?
Xu Zhiqiong said, "Take me there to have a look."

(End of this chapter)