Tianguanzhi

"What about others?"

Cui Richang is over forty years old and wears a lake-colored floral mandarin jacket. He is bloated, with two lumps of flesh drooping from his cheeks. Although his eyes are small, they are not angry or intimidating.

"The young master said he won't come back to eat tonight. He will spend the night at Xianchun Tower."

The servant didn't even dare to raise his head.

"This unfilial son really pisses me off." He covered his chest and smiled bitterly at the man who was looking at the peony painting with his back: "This kid is used to being crazy, and I can't cure him now. I don't know how to teach my son. Call me My nephew is laughing."

The man turned around and saw that he looked to be in his early twenties, with thin eyebrows and broad eyes, a hanging nose, and a glowing white complexion. He wore an army green carbon fiber battle suit that fit closely with his smooth muscle lines, short boots and breeches, and he stood with a high-spirited posture.

"The mad are aggressive, the greedy are indifferent. Cousin Shouqi is sincere and sincere, and Mulian envies him from the bottom of his heart. Since he won't come back tonight, let's eat."

"Okay, okay, nephew, please take a seat."

Cui Richang is the elder, but he allows this young man to take the first place. Even just now, this young man was just admiring famous paintings. Cui Richang, who weighs more than 240 kilograms and usually gets out of breath even if he walks a few steps, is actually standing in the hall with this man, which is incredible.

The man took a look at the widened and thickened pear wood chair that Cui Richang usually sat on, and declined: "Mu Lian is a junior, so I should invite my uncle."

"Ah, okay, okay."

Cui Sibu sat down with difficulty and said to the man: "Jiangning's dishes are simple and simple, and they may not be suitable for my nephew. However, in the coastal city, there are some fish that are acceptable. My nephew might as well try it."

"Uncle, you are too polite. Everything in the army is simple. It is already very difficult to have a bite of fresh fish."

A man who looked like a housekeeper trotted into the door. Cui Mulian frowned and said nothing.

"Um, sir, Admiral Chang Lun is here. He has prepared a banquet and wants to invite Young Master Mulian to his residence."

Cui Richang searched with his eyes: "How about that?"

The man ignored him at all, took a mouthful of yellow croaker meat, waved his hand and said: "A wine banquet is not as good as a family banquet, so I just refuse."

The housekeeper hesitated and said: "The Governor seems to have important military affairs..."

"Military affairs must be discussed in the military camp. I don't have a military tent in Jiangning. If there are military affairs, ask Admiral Chang to come to Cui Mansion to discuss them himself. Just reply like this, don't change a word."

Cui Richang sensed the man's displeasure and urged, "Hurry up and go."

The man winked at his subordinates, and a short-haired man wearing breeches and short boots stepped forward and stood guard in front of the hall door.

"Uncle, let me toast you."

The man didn't take it seriously and poured a glass of warm rice wine to toast Cui Richang.

Cui Richang's face was bright, and he toasted happily in return.

About twenty minutes later, half of Cui's family banquet had been served. More than a dozen dishes were placed on the table, most of which had been touched with chopsticks. Chang Lun, wearing a black official cloak, rushed in angrily. Wherever he passes, no one dares to stop him.

Chang Lun was not stopped until he was in front of the hall door.

"Although Battalion Commander Cui is from a well-known family, he is only a military attache of the third rank, and I am a military attaché of the second rank! You must know that the system in the military is strict. I have already told you that there are urgent military affairs. Instead of coming, Battalion Commander Cui actually asked me, my superior, to come to see you. , what’s the point of this?!”

When Cui Richang saw Chang Lun in the courtyard, he stood up hurriedly. Unexpectedly, he bumped into Chang Lun's eyes that were about to spit fire, and he was in a dilemma.

The man had no intention of standing up, and he didn't even look outside.

He motioned Cui Richang to sit down with his eyes, and then spoke slowly: "I am the battalion commander of the third grade, and you are the second grade, Commander. So I should go to see you, but I am from the Zhenwu Army, and I am the commander of the battalion. It belongs to the White Deer Army, and the Jiangning Navy is only the land and water defense force of the home star prefecture and county, and is not among the three divine machines. According to the empire's rules, no matter how high the official position is, the assisting defense troops of the prefectures and counties belong to the three divine machines in wartime. Military deployment. What’s more, I am a viscount personally conferred by the emperor, and the governor is only a baron. How can there be any reason for the viscount to meet the baron? "

Chang Lun was speechless for a moment, his black beard trembling from time to time.

"Haha, since we're here, let's have a casual meal together. The Governor said there are urgent military matters, so we have to keep the story short."

The soldiers outside the door then stepped aside.

Chang Lun was about to walk away, but after much deliberation, he gritted his teeth and walked into the hall and said straight to the point: "My sailors have been drifting at sea for two weeks, and there is no trace of the Tianbing Sixth Form at all. , supplies are currently insufficient, and some soldiers have not slept for two days and two nights, can you please allow some time?"

"This is impossible. The military order was jointly signed by the Governor's Office of Nanzhili and the White Deer Army. I am only following the order. The order states that all islands near Jiangning will be searched within twenty days. No one can change it."

"Then I want to change my thinking. This group of thieves have not entered the water and rice for many days, and they may have slipped into Jiangning long ago. I will send some sailors back to Jiangning City to set up sentries and take a rest. If I can catch even one and a half deserters, this will Naturally, there will be clues about the stolen divine machine, is this okay?"

The man still shook his head.

Chang Lun suppressed his anger: "Cui Mulian, don't bully others too much."

Cui Mulian put down his chopsticks: "I really don't understand. According to the military register, Jiangning should have 21,452 sailors and more than 300 large and small warships. Within 20 days, all ships within 1,000 nautical miles of Jiangning will be searched. There should be more than enough for all the islands, but why can’t they survive under the rule of the permanent governor?”

Chang Lun was obviously anxious. He slammed the table: "You are also a member of the military. Why do you need to pretend to be stupid with me? Can the military register be taken seriously?!"

"Cough cough cough~" Cui Richang's face didn't look good, and he choked on a mouthful of wine and coughed.

"Constant Governor, I pretend that Mulian didn't hear what you said just now. As for your request, I am sorry that Mulian cannot agree to it. If the Jiangning sailors cannot complete the task as scheduled in twenty days, I can only report it to the superior truthfully and not send it."

Chang Lun's beard grew wild, but he had no choice but to sneer twice and leave angrily.

Cui Mulian didn't take it seriously and smiled at Cui Richang: "Before I came to Jiangning, I heard people say that this naval admiral was cruel and beat and punished soldiers at every turn. Once, he beat a new recruit to death. A lawsuit was filed. Nanzhili. It’s better to meet him than to be famous. This guy’s temper is indeed very bad.”

Cui Richang said softly: "My nephew, I heard that this desertion case is taken very seriously by Nanzhili. Although the governor has a bad temper, what he just said is not unreasonable. If you agree to take advantage of the situation, you can also ease the relationship between us. Why not Why?"

The man was unmoved: "Uncle, I don't know. The Cui family is responsible for the big commotion in this desertion case. It is not wrong to say that it is a public case, but in fact, half of it is a private case of our Cui family. Those few cases It's best not to fall into the hands of Jiangning's Yamen as a deserter."

"Is there another hidden reason behind this matter?"

"Uncle, there is no need to ask. In short, the Six Types of Heavenly Weapons must be recovered. This is of great importance. I still know how many soldiers and ships Chang Lun has. As long as they are willing to work hard, they can conduct a twenty-day search." A thousand nautical miles can still be done, but now we are dividing our troops to search for people, but it gives the thieves an opportunity to take advantage of."

Cui Richang nodded in agreement and stopped asking.

After the banquet was over, Cui Mulian returned to the room, rinsed his mouth and face, wiped his hands with a new towel, took a look at the elegant bedroom, sighed, and no longer concealed the look of disgust on his face.

"You're such a bad person, do you deserve the surname Cui?"

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"Jin Taizhu, a first-level heavenly official, a native of Gufu County, Dujuan, practiced Mana consciousness, had thirty-two standard ECGs, and was good at torture and large-scale ECG investigation fields. The cause of death was brain overload."

Ji Xiang circled around Kim Tae Soo's body several times.

"Although there were extensive burns, they were not fatal. Judging from the bruises on his wrists and heart, a fierce physical fight broke out between the two parties. The photos taken by the patrol showed traces of scratches on Kim Tae-soo's clothes, which also proves this. .”

"The autopsy report concluded that Kim Tae-soo may have encountered a killer who also practiced Mana consciousness, but his ECG level was much higher than his. However, this speculation is unreasonable. If the killer had an ECG that far exceeded Kim Tae-soo, it would still be possible. Proficient in Mana Consciousness. There is no need for him to use dangerous methods like homemade bombs. A powerful rifle only has twenty heart charges. With a high level of Mana Consciousness, Mr. Xiong has no chance of survival."

"Furthermore, judging from the location where the conflict broke out, Kim Tae-soo actively tracked the opponent and launched an attack. If the opponent was also a master of mana consciousness, Kim Tae-soo could not easily target the opponent. According to the data, Kim Tae-soo's melee combat level is at Level I Tianguan The result is quite average. He should have chosen to fight hand-to-hand because he believed that he was almost certain to win. So did he encounter an accident...or was there a third person at the scene?"

Jixiang shaved Kim Tae-soo's body bald and marked the forehead of the body with a pen.

The sharp skull drill pierced the skull. Jixiang held the file with one hand and removed Kim Tae-soo's bone flap, revealing a complete and exposed brain. He put an electric patch on his temple, then picked up a probe with a blue light at the tip and penetrated the dead brain.

"Optic nerve, normal."

"Trigeminal nerve, normal."

"Olfaction nerve, normal."

"Abducent nerve..."

"Facial nerve..."

"Vagus...huh?"

Ji Xiang's facial features showed a look of confusion and terror. He immediately pulled off the electric patch on his temple, quickly ran to the workbench next to him, found a white box marked with concentric circles and three sickles, and shivered. He opened it, took out a black syringe as thick as a baby's arm, and then thrust it into his temple!

Ji Xiang's crystal blue skin was visibly stained with a layer of black mist, spreading from his right cheek like ink dripping into a glass of blue juice.

Finally, a whole tube of injections was injected into it. Before it was finished, Jixiang took out another black syringe until all the syringes in the box were polished. Jixiang's whole body was as black as ink, and his original facial features It was completely blurred, and the whole person was like a swollen inkwell.

Ji Xiang held onto the wall with one hand, his chest rising and falling violently. For a long time, nothing happened, and he gradually calmed down.

Jixiang, who was completely black, breathed a sigh of relief and returned to Jin Taizhu's body, his expression suddenly became fanatical!

There was a knocking sound outside the door.

"Teacher Jixiang, are you okay? I just heard something moving inside?"

This person is Chang Lun's confidant Ma Bian, who is here to assist Jixiang in investigating the explosion case, and he also has the intention of monitoring.

"I'm fine. By the way, I will rewrite an autopsy report and give it to those idiots at Jiangning Hospital later. Kim Tae-soo did not die from cardiac overload, but from unknown cosmic spiritual intrusion. Ask them to take the corpse Handle according to the regulations of the Biological Control Division."

Although there won't be any difference, the spirituality in him has long since dissipated.

Jixiang adjusted his collar. He realized that the person in front of the door had not left yet, and frowned: "Do you have anything else to do?"

"Well, it's like this. You asked Longpihui to check the whereabouts of all the employees on the Lidu Grand Stage that night. After we interrogated the manager, we found several suspicious targets. One of the waiters resigned the next day, saying He went back to the countryside, and his whereabouts are unknown now. He is the most suspicious. There are also two security guards whose whereabouts are unknown that night and did not return to Lido the next day. A dancer did not return home all night after the explosion, and she had an accident in Xiongye To keep you company that night, do you want to arrest them all for interrogation?”

"No, there is no need for that. Tell Mr. Chang Lun that I will find the murderer soon."