Demon detective

Chapter 72
When the time came to Sichu, the two county magistrates took Mr. Shen to catch the head to identify the monk.

Xu Zhen didn't follow, but called the housekeeper Lao Wang, and asked in detail about the details of the kidnapping of Mr. and Mrs. Song.

"The problem lies in that restaurant!" Steward Wang said excitedly, "I have already told my lord that I will send Cheng Butou and the others to arrest the owner and the staff for interrogation. ..."

It turned out that Mrs. Song and her party had left her sister's house in Daguan City three days ago and returned to Yanping County.

As before, they chose to set off early in the morning, so that after a day's journey, they could return to the county office before the sun went down.

At noon that day, they passed by a small town called Shouliushu, so they found a restaurant in the small town and ordered a few bowls of noodles and some side dishes.

But when they were full, they all felt inexplicably dizzy just after they left the town, and then they all fell unconscious!

When they woke up again, they found that they were tied up in an abandoned temple, unable to move, their mouths were blocked, and they could hardly speak.

According to the housekeeper, there was a stone platform in the center of the ruined temple, and the men and women were tied up on both sides of the stone platform, so they didn't know who was missing?
They struggled there for two days and two nights, and finally a strong servant broke free from the rope and rescued them all.

In the end, after checking the number of people, they realized that the young master and young lady were missing. Mrs. Song was frightened on the spot, ignoring the cold, hunger and thirst, and hurriedly asked everyone to look around.

Everyone soon discovered that their carriage, luggage, and belongings were all there, but there were three extra pieces of parchment with blood written on them!
Although what was written on the parchment was not a blackmail letter, Butler Wang still realized that the young master and young lady might have been kidnapped.

So, he took the blood book and hurried back to the county government to report, while Mrs. Song continued to search the surrounding area with other servants.

At the end of the search, they did not find the whereabouts of the young master and young lady, and Mrs. Song had no choice but to give up searching and return in vain...

"There is no doubt," Wang Butler said, "they must have poisoned the noodle soup, because all of us ate the noodles there, but only Mrs. Song and the others ate the dishes."

It's useless.

Xu Zhen said in his heart that it must have nothing to do with the restaurant, because it is impossible for them to know which restaurant Mrs. Song and her party are going to eat.

What if they carry dry food with them and don't eat in the town at all?

Therefore, the kidnappers must have followed them a long time ago, seeing them eating in a restaurant, and then secretly drugged them.

"Butler Wang," Xu Zhen asked, "How many people are there in Mrs. Song's party?"

"Nine people," the butler replied, "Mrs. Song, Young Master, Miss, two maids, a coachman, and then me and two servants."

"How many carriages, how many horses?" Xu Zhen asked again.

"A carriage, four horses," the butler replied, "the carriage has two horses, the coachman and I are sitting together, there are female relatives and Mr. Song in the carriage, and the two servants each ride one horse."

Oh……

Xu Zhen secretly analyzed that it is estimated that the number of kidnappers will not be too many, and perhaps two people can complete it.

The vehicle that transported the nine unconscious people to the ruined temple should be Mrs. Song's own carriage and horses.

"Then..." Xu Zhen said, "The ruined temple is not too far from the place where you were unconscious, right?"

"Yes," Steward Wang nodded, "it's less than a mile away from the main road. It's a wild forest with no one at all."

"The last thing," Xu Zhen said, "who is the servant who broke the rope?"

"Little Tiger." The butler replied.

"Okay," Xu Zhen signaled, "I have no problem."

"Huh?" Steward Wang wondered, "This is the end? You...don't you send someone to arrest the person from the restaurant?"

"I'm just in charge of the investigation," Xu Zhen said, "but I don't have the right to order..."

"No, you have the right!"

Unexpectedly, Song Zhili's voice came from outside the door, and when he looked back, he saw that the two county magistrates and Mr. Shen had already returned.

Xu Zhen hurriedly stepped forward to say hello.

"Xu Zhen," Chen Houlu said, "Old Shen has already confirmed that the head arrester is Qi Erlang Qi Yunzheng! The whole case is exactly what we thought."

"Oh..." Xu Zhen understood.

"Xu Zhen," Song Zhili came to Xu Zhen and said, "Cheng Butou may not be competent in his current state, I have decided, I will leave this case to you to handle with full authority! You are gentle and tolerant, but I'll leave it all to you..."

When speaking, Song Zhili almost cried out, which was touching.

"This..." Xu Zhen quickly weighed the pros and cons in his mind, and then said, "Master Song, I will do my best!"

"Okay," Song Zhili said excitedly, "As long as you can help me rescue Youwen Yourong, in the future, you can do whatever you want me, Song Zhili..."

"My lord speaks seriously, speaks seriously..." Xu Zhen hastened to be polite again, but felt inexplicably ironic in his heart, because he thought of the Sanren Dongyou who came to assassinate him again.

Next, several people sat down in the inner hall again and began to discuss countermeasures.

The world is mysterious.

For some reason, even though he hated Xu Zhen deeply before, after Xu Zhen joined, Song Zhili felt an unprecedented sense of security.

Sure enough, Xu Zhen thought carefully and had clear logic. He quickly simplified the complicated events and divided them into several tasks, so that everyone could take their own responsibilities.

First of all, the most important point is to try our best to find the whereabouts of the young master and young lady. We must send people to secretly search and inquire from many sources, and we must not relax for a moment.

Secondly, Song Zhili must stabilize Sima Xin and Cai Jin, continue to deal with Qiu Batian's case, and close the case as soon as possible.The matter of the ghost-faced killer must not be let to these two people, otherwise, once they intervene, the plan will definitely be disrupted, and the harm will outweigh the benefits.

Then, Chen Houlu was responsible for keeping the secrets secret. From now on, he called all the people in the county government and asked them not to mention anything about the ghost-faced killer and kept it absolutely secret.

And the last item is to concentrate on finding the monk's accomplices and investigating the truth of the ghost-mask murder case...

In this way, the entire yamen was finally mobilized. First, Chen Houlu held a confidential meeting for all staff.

Then Song Zhili announced in public that Xu Zhen would temporarily replace Cheng Xiao in taking over the arrest house, with full authority to direct the case, requiring everyone to obey Xu Zhen's command, and those who violated it would be severely punished.

Once the news was announced, all the arresters were dumbfounded, only the tiger girl Shen Yu applauded excitedly.

After the meeting was over, all the officers returned to the arresting room to gather, and Xu Zhen began to assign tasks.

Song Zhili was worried that the police would not buy Xu Zhen's account, so he followed him to listen.

In this way, the police officers who dared to be negligent all stood at attention and happily accepted various tasks.

Xu Zhen was also well prepared, and the tasks were assigned in an orderly and clear manner. He had to convince the arresters, and Song Zhili nodded repeatedly when he heard it.

After the distribution was completed, the arresters immediately got busy.

Xu Zhen only kept two people by his side, one is the tiger girl Shen Yu, and the other is the small catcher Fu Bin.

Shen Yu is a proper person of his own, although Fu Bin is not, but he can make up for some of Hu Niu's shortcomings.

After the police officers adjourned, Xu Zhengang wanted to take Shen Yu and Fu Bin to adjust the file, but was suddenly pulled aside by the old police officer.

broken!

Seeing the gloomy and majestic face of Old Boss Shen, Xu Zhen seemed to have a premonition that what he was going to talk to him next might have nothing to do with the case...

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(End of this chapter)