Daily life of slaying demons in the government

Chapter 243: The Thunderous Measures of the Patrol Division
Jizhou City has four gates in total. Because the city is the core of the prefecture, the gates are closed earlier than other cities. However, in special cases, there will be a hanging basket at the gate to send carriages and horses up the wall to skip the curfew.

Not only did the city gates close early, but the streets were also cleared early at night.

If you dare to hang around the streets after the time limit, you will be caught by the night patrol officers and beaten. At the very least, you will lose money to avoid disaster, and at the worst, you will be sent to prison for ten days or half a month.

The originally quiet street was suddenly filled with footsteps. They were not the sounds of ordinary people walking, but rather the sounds of warriors or those who were deliberately making their footsteps light.

The two patrolling yamen runners froze as soon as they appeared, standing on the side of the road without even daring to raise their heads.

After the people had passed, the two bailiffs spoke in a low voice, still feeling lingering fear.

"Those who just passed by were from the Patrol Division, right? I remember there was a gold ring on the chest of their robes."

"Yes! They are from the Patrol Case Division. I know the leader, his name is Zhao Chen. He was the one who took away Chen Yao, the personal attendant of Lord Bai, from the government office before!"

Now the reputation of the Patrol Case Division in Jizhou Prefecture is not as good as before. Although there are only a few people, apart from the chief officer Yang Qian who has the reputation of "the courage to kill the evil cultivator with a knife", there is also Zhao Chen who rushed into the government office, took away Bai Yuan's entourage, and later forced Bai Yuan to be thrown into the military prison.

Therefore, many people now remember Yang Qian and Zhao Chen clearly.

"Huh! I was wondering why that man looked so scary! Turns out he is Zhao Chen! Oh my! What are you doing with so many people in the middle of the night? Didn't the Patrol Office say they didn't have many people left?"

"Are you blind? The people behind Zhao Chen are not from the Patrol Office, they are the Palace Lord's personal guards! And there are also those Imperial City Guards who arrived in our Palace City a while ago!"

"Oh, now that you mentioned it I just remembered! This is a big deal!"

"I think so too! But this matter has nothing to do with us. Let's continue patrolling the streets and find a place to sit down later."

"Come sit down? Why don't you finish your work early and go back to sleep?"

"Sleep! I'm afraid it's not going to be peaceful tonight. What if the officials want to look for someone and you and I are not on the street? Tell me, do you still want to eat this meal?"

"Okay! Let's go, damn it, if we can't keep up with the meat, we'll be in trouble all the time!"

The two low-level yamen runners turned into the night again, mumbling to each other. They looked glamorous outside, but they knew in their hearts that they were just one of the many small shrimps in the city, and they would go wherever the wind was stronger. It made no difference to them whether it was the east wind or the west wind.

For Zhao Chen, he didn't need to worry about the two night patrol officers he met on the road. He didn't need to worry about leaking any information because he was not the only one on the move tonight. Instead, it was the remaining five people in the patrol department who would lead the way.

The reasons were easy to find. With Chen Yao and Huang Yuan in the patrol case department, there was no need to pressure them. Just a mention and they would find the corresponding things according to the names, form a confession, and use it directly after signing. Some of them could even find indirect evidence in the case file library, which was enough to arrest the person for further investigation even if it was not an ironclad case.

Zhao Chen was accompanied by two of the palace lord’s personal guards and two guards from the imperial city.

They stopped outside a house. When they looked up, they saw the name "Zhou Mansion" on the house. A colleague of the police station, the head of the Dizi Banner, Zhou Yiming's house.

boom!
The unwelcome guest came to the door without any intention of greeting the host. He just kicked the door with a few bangs, and it flew out, crashing into the courtyard inside and knocking over a small flower pot.

The doorman came out of the small room next door in a hurry. Just as he was about to shout a few times, he was slapped by Zhao Chen in the face and fainted. He didn't know how many teeth were knocked out.

The men were so rude along the way, and they didn't hide their steps. They went straight to the backyard, found the room and kicked it open. There were screams from both men and women inside.

After lighting the candle, I saw a man sitting up on the bed with a horrifying look on his face, one hand on the hilt of a knife beside the bed. A sharp sword was already on his neck. It was the inner guards of the imperial city who came with Zhao Chen and took control of the situation first.

"Mr. Zhou, you are suspected of accepting money from the owner of the fresh fish shop in the South Market for murder, and deliberately letting the main culprit go. He is still at large. Now, according to the great law of the country, I ask you to come back with me to the Patrol Case Division for investigation. If you resist, you will be regarded as treason and can be executed on the spot!"

"Zhao Chen? You, are you crazy? Does Lord Yang know that you are messing around? You..."

"Master Zhou, if you have anything to say, please go back to the Patrol Office. I have a lot of people to arrest tonight, so I don't have time to stay here for too long."

After saying that, Zhao Chen waved his hand, and two people came up to tie Zhou Yiming up. They used the cow tendon rope prepared for warriors, sealed his mouth with iron walnuts, and covered his eyes with a hood.

After all the treatment, Zhou Yiming was taken away with only his underwear on, whimpering in fear and anger, leaving the Zhou family woman lying on the bed in a mess and fear.

When the black hood on Zhou Yiming's head was taken off, he found himself in a dungeon. Judging from its specifications, it was undoubtedly the dungeon of the Patrol Case Division.

Because there is no dungeon in the government office. And only the patrol department has a dungeon here. Ordinary prisons are not all underground, which is too expensive.

But Zhou Yiming still couldn't speak or move, because he still had the iron walnut stuffed in his mouth, his hands were still tied, and tied to a stone pillar, even his feet, his whole body was stuck straight on it, and he couldn't even lower his head because there was an iron chain around his neck.

What is this for? When did I offend Yang Qian? Even if Yang Qian wanted to play chess with Prince Yue, he wouldn't start with a "little person" like him, right? Bai Yuan was so bullied that he gave up his official position and didn't want to be trapped in the military office. Yang Qian had already won a game, so was it necessary to pursue him so relentlessly?

Zhou Yiming's mind was in a mess. From his position, he could see very little. Whether it was the Palace Master's side or Prince Yue's side, he couldn't know much.

To put it bluntly, Zhou Yiming was just a cannon fodder who thought he was on the side of Yue Wang. Liu Chuan regarded him as an enemy, while Yue Wang did not regard him as his own.

Soon Zhou Yiming's confusion gradually turned into fear. Because he arrived first, he saw with his own eyes that the empty dungeon began to fill up bit by bit. Most of them were familiar faces to him.

Even the colleagues who had attended the welcome dinner with Zhou Yiming to welcome Yang Qian were almost all there.

Is Liu Chuan planning to clean up the officialdom of Jizhou Prefecture? ! How dare he? !
That night, when the people in Jizhou Prefecture were still soundly asleep, the high-walled courtyards of every household in the city were hit by a sweeping hurricane.

All the bigwigs who used to show off their power or act arrogantly in the capital city were taken to jail. There were more than a hundred of them!
As a result, when they went on duty the next day, nearly half of the officials above the rank of Langguan in the government offices and the police station were missing!
(End of this chapter)