People are in the division of eliminating demons, and martial arts have evolved by themselves

Chapter 38 The fog is heavy
The next morning.

Zhou You sat cross-legged on the roof of the inn, waiting for the moment of dawn.

At this time, the sky was not yet bright, and the streets of Linjiang City had already begun to become busy.

The noodle stall specializing in breakfast has long been filled with dark-skinned dock workers. After dawn, a large number of merchant ships will berth into the dock, and it will be time for them to show their talents.

Vegetable farmers outside the city started to go to the vegetable market with fresh vegetables.

Zhou You even saw a big butcher passing by with a big fat pig on his back, shirtless.

The watchman also finished his night's work and was ready to go home to rest with a tired face.

Many maids and women are also holding vegetable baskets one by one, expressing their expressions in a hurry.

Traveling around on the roof of the inn, watching all this silently.

The world is in a panic, but it's just a few taels of broken silver, but this few taels of silver can relieve the melancholy of the world.

When the first ray of golden light fell, Zhou You took a Red Fire Pill at the same time, his body temperature began to rise, and white smoke rose.

After 36 days, Zhou You breathed out a scorching breath.

A day of practice is considered complete.

Zhou You returned to the room, first changed into clean clothes, took the Demon Slayer Knife, and left the inn, walking straight towards the government office.

The government office in Linjiang City is much more dignified than the county government office in Songbai County.

The courtyard with high walls, blue bricks and black tiles, and red lacquered wooden pillars are full of style.

Two mighty and majestic stone lions stand on the left and right sides, looking more majestic.

Travel around and move forward.

"Who is it? What's the matter?" The yamen servant on duty stopped Zhou You.

"Exorcist, Zhou You." Zhou You took out the token.

The yamen servant was startled, and saluted respectfully, "I've seen you, my lord."

The signboard of the Exorcist is easy to walk in every inch of Qingzhou.

The three words Demon Slayer also represent one word, ruthless!

"I want to see Song Zhifu." Zhou You said lightly.

The yamen servant nodded repeatedly.

He first brought Zhou You to a reception room, and then hurried out.

Soon, a man with elegant demeanor in a red official uniform walked in.

"I'm the magistrate of Linjiang City, Song Jue."

Zhou You also clasped his hands and said, "Master Exterminator, Zhou You."

In fact, according to the rules, prefects are at the same level as high-level demon slayers.

When Zhou You saw Song Jue, he wanted to salute.

However, demon slayers never take official rules seriously.

And these old fritters in the officialdom will not offend the demon extermination just for the sake of face.

Gradually, it became a demon slayer performing tasks outside, and he would not salute anyone of any rank, at most he would say hello.

"I don't know why Brother Zhou is here?" Song Jue frowned.

He remembered that not long ago, a demon slayer came to deal with the disappearance case in the past few years, and after meeting twice, there was no news.

What does it mean that another demon slayer suddenly appeared?
"My master's name is Xu Ling. He came to Jiangcheng to handle the case of missing persons a few days ago. Then he disappeared."

Zhou You said lightly.

"What? Master Xu is missing?!" Song Jue was extremely surprised when he heard the news.

Although Xu Ling didn't meet him often, he had a calm and capable demeanor, and he didn't talk much, but he always hit the nail on the head, which left a deep impression on him.

Unexpectedly, for this disappearance case, he would involve himself in it.

"I lost contact with you for 20 days." Zhou You nodded slightly.

"I see." Song Jue understood that Xu Ling's disciple had come to find his master.

"If you need my help, brother Zhou, just start."

Zhou You said: "My master disappeared after investigating the case of the missing girl in Linjiang City, so I want to start looking for it from this clue."

"I understand." Song Jue pondered, and then called a burly man.

"This is Lu Ming, the head catcher of our government office, and this is Zhou You, the department's exterminator."

Song Jue introduced them.

Zhou You and headhunter Lu Ming nodded.

"Brother Zhou, this Lu Ming has been in charge of the case of the missing girl. You can ask him if you have any questions."

"Lu Ming, you also need to fully cooperate with Brother Zhou."

Song Jue slipped away after a few simple confessions.

As the magistrate, he has to deal with many official duties every day, and he can't spend it here exclusively.

What's more, there is a specialization in the art industry, and he is not good at this aspect. Staying here seems to be in the way, so it is better to leave.

"What is the relationship between Master Xu and Brother Zhou?" Lu Ming suddenly asked.

"He is my master." Zhou You said with a smile.

"No wonder, I think the two of you look alike." Lu Ming suddenly realized, and then he was also a little surprised, where did Xu Ling go?

"My master is missing. After that, I need a lot of cooperation from Lu Butou." Zhou You said in a deep voice.

Lu Ming froze in place when he heard the news.

Next, Lu Ming first took Zhou You to the archives room, and retrieved all the files of the missing girls over the years.

"In the beginning, we treated these cases as ordinary missing persons cases. Because Linjiang City has a population of over one million, it is not uncommon for one or two cases of disappearance to occur, let alone a girl."

Lu Ming spoke softly.

In the dirty and smelly business of human trafficking, children are undoubtedly the most valuable, and girls are the second.

Their end is usually to be sold to a remote mountain village as a wife or a brothel.

"But later, this thing became more and more wrong. A few cases a year are reasonable, but dozens of missing persons cases a year are too weird, and they are all young women in their prime."

"I thought it was some Yaman organization that came to Linjiang City to commit crimes, so I tried hard to destroy it."

"But these cases are done too cleanly."

"More than 100 disappearance cases have no witnesses, and none of the missing women has reappeared"

"In desperation, I had no choice but to report to the Exorcist."

Having said this, Lu Ming sighed deeply.

Zhou You's brows were also tightly wrinkled.

This Lu Ming can be a head arrester in the government office, so he is not an ordinary person, even he is helpless, I am afraid that he will not find any clues.

I have all my skills in slaying demons and demons, so my ability to investigate cases is naturally not as good as that of Lu Ming.

No wonder Xu Ling wrote on the envelope that there was a thick fog and a pool of deep water.

"It seems that I have to think about other methods." Zhou You murmured in his heart.

Xu Ling's disappearance must have something to do with this disappearance case.

It is very likely that he suddenly disappeared because he investigated something core.

Next, Zhou You decided to shift his focus to Xu Ling's whereabouts.

The answer he got was also extremely disappointing.

"Master Xu spent a day reading all the files and then left."

"As you know, the demon slayer's whereabouts are erratic, it's really hard to be sure." Lu Ming smiled wryly.

(End of this chapter)