As the watchman rang the first bamboo stick and entered the curfew, thousands of lights were lit in Jiangzhou Prefecture and the streets were empty.
Taoist temple of the five internal organs.
"Taoist Jin An, Taoist Chen, it's me, open the door." Jin An opened the door, and Fatty Li thanked him and went straight to the kitchen water tank to find some water, cursing that the weather was so damn hot, even a dog You will be burned while walking on the road.
Jin An and the old Taoist priest looked at Fatty Li speechlessly. This man was so cruel that he even scolded himself.
Thanks to Fatty Li's status as a Criminal Inspector, he could move around at night.
"Fat Li, Taoist, I have left some food for you, and it is still heating in the pot on the stove. Go and serve it yourself. Taoist, I will continue to draw the talismans. Recently, there have been more and more pilgrims in the temple, and there are not enough Taoist talismans. Already." The old Taoist priest returned to the wing and continued to write and draw talismans.
"Okay, Taoist Chen, all the good things are not as good as home. Only when you can have a hot meal and hot dishes when you go home every day can you be satisfied with life." Fatty Li was moved, and then went to look for something to eat.
Later, Fatty Li squatted outside the kitchen and cooked the rice with dried plums, vegetables and pork with relish. In the summer, only the hot air blew, which did not relieve the heat at all. He was sweating profusely from eating.
But this still didn't stop him from having a good appetite and wolfing down the food.
Choking in the middle of the process, Jin An handed over a bowl of water and asked curiously: "Fat Li, recently you always go out early and come back late to get involved in a case? Is it related to Shi Baocheng's case?"
Fatty Li drank a bowl of water like a cow before he had time to speak: There is indeed a case, but it has nothing to do with Shi Baocheng. It is because Fucheng has been a little uneasy recently... There have been a series of missing persons cases in Fucheng recently. "
Jin An raised his eyebrows: "Are all the missing children?"
Fatty Li shook his head: "Taoist Jin'an, have you thought of the Zhenhai Stone Case? It's not the children who have disappeared these days, but the daughters of wealthy businessmen and gentry. Every household has received a letter from Le Su who was kidnapped. On average, every day One or two rich ladies were kidnapped..."
"Those wealthy businessmen and gentry are all well-known figures in Jiangzhou Prefecture. This matter has caused a lot of trouble in the government office, so even our brothers from the Criminal Investigation Department have participated in the investigation. In the past few days, I have always gone to bed early and come back just to investigate this case. Family son.
"The first is to secretly find out how many people have been kidnapped, and how many people are afraid of being kidnapped and hiding their reports. Now we have identified seven families with kidnapping rates, and each family received thousands of gold from the kidnappers. Fucheng Tai Big, that’s not all the statistics are."
The second is to secretly investigate the whole city. With so many people kidnapped, it is impossible to take them all out of the city. As long as the meat tickets are still in the city, people will be kept under guard. The food, clothing, housing and transportation of so many people is not a trivial matter, and they cannot be concealed... But the matter The strange thing is that the brothers have been investigating for several days, but they have no clue. So many people have been kidnapped, as if they have disappeared out of thin air, and not even a hair can be found. "
Jin An had a strange expression on his face: "Are all those kidnapped young ladies from rich families?"
Fatty Li nodded: "Maybe they think such a target is easy to attack and easy to control, so these kidnappers only pick rich girls to attack."
"But they are not all rich ladies... Today we received another missing person case. The person who reported the case was the waiter of a Yuelai Inn. He said that one of his store clerks had been missing for two days. The store clerk was a distant relative of his. entrusted to him.
In the city, he had no relatives, no relatives, and no other place to go. He suddenly disappeared. The owner of the Yuelai Inn searched for two days but couldn't find anyone. He just reported the case to the Yamen this evening. He is also the only male missing in the past few days. His identity is ordinary. The owner has not received a kidnapping and ransom letter. The Yali temporarily separated the disappearance case and did not combine it with the cases of several wealthy businessmen. "
Fatty Li must have been really hungry. He had been running around handling cases all day, and he didn't even have time to eat. In just a few words, he had already finished a large bowl of rice with dried plums, vegetables and pork.
Jin An thought for a moment and said, "Fat Li, please write me the addresses of the missing families."
"What's the secret of Taoist Priest Jin An?" Fatty Li's eyes lit up. He knew that Jin An was very capable and had repeatedly solved strange cases in Jiangzhou Prefecture. Maybe he could really find a solution.
Jin An shook his head: "I don't have a clue yet. I want my soul to leave my body and see if I can help the Yamen."
After hearing this, Fatty Li sighed in his heart: "It seems that the Zhenhai Stone Case really affected Taoist Jin'an greatly. Even after so many days, Taoist Jin'an still cannot forget the pitiful experience of those children.
"Taoist Master Jin'an, can't you let go of the kidnapped children in the Zhenhai Stone Case?" Fatty Li ran to the old Taoist priest's wing to borrow a blank yellow talisman and a pen and wrote several addresses without waiting for Jin'an to explain.
After Jin An read the addresses on the talisman paper one by one, he asked Fatty Li to write down the address of Yuelai Inn. Fatty Li said to himself that Taoist Jin An was thoughtful and considerate, and then he lowered his head and wrote the address of Yuelai Inn.
"Then I, Mr. Li, will not disturb Taoist Priest Jin'an while your soul is out of body." Fatty Li wanted to leave.
Unexpectedly, Jin An said: "It's okay, I'm already on my way to the mansion of one of the wealthy businessmen, Zhang Zaogui."
Ah this?
Fatty Li showed a surprised expression.
"After entering the third realm, you can separate your mind from the soul. If you have enough soul, you can even travel all over the world at the same time and experience spring, summer, autumn and winter in one day." Jin An explained with a smile.
"Isn't this just like the fight between left and right in the world of martial arts, multitasking?" Fatty Li envied.
At this time, the voice of the old Taoist priest came from the old Taoist priest's wing: "Fat Li, you have to think of little brother's ability so simply because you are not familiar with little brother. Little brother said that he had left his body and was on his way to Zhang Mansion. It's not necessarily just one soul that left the body, it's possible that he read out ten or eight souls at the same time and rushed to several houses at the same time."
The old Taoist priest drew the yellow talisman in his hand without raising his head.
Fatty Li was amazed when he heard this, and Xian Mu said that it was no wonder that the third realm was always praised as a terrestrial god. It was no exaggeration to say that Taoist Master Jin'an was a terrestrial god with his magical method.
He also envied that if there was a third-level strongman in their Criminal Investigation Department, or he himself was a third-level strongman, there would be no major unsolved cases in the world that their Criminal Investigation Department could not solve.
It's a pity that the Criminal Investigation Department is the weakest among the three major law enforcement agencies in Yu Dingguo. The benefits are not available, but no one can escape the dirty work.
Just as Fatty Li was boasting about Jin An, Jin An suddenly frowned.
"Fat Li, have any Taoist priests stayed at Yuelai Inn recently?" Jin An suddenly asked something that made people confused.
Fatty Li shook his head blankly and said that the matter was unclear at the moment. The innkeeper only went to the Yamen to report a missing person case and did not mention the specific information about the inn tenants. Perhaps the innkeeper mentioned this, but I was not present at the time and did not learn more details. If Master Jin'an needs this information, I will go check the Yamen case files or go to the Yuelai Inn to investigate in person at dawn tomorrow
After finishing speaking, Fatty Li asked in a low voice what happened. Why did Taoist Priest Jin'an suddenly find out about the Taoist tenant of Yuelai Inn?
Jin An did not hide anything: "My spiritual sense detected the spiritual residue after the Taoist talisman was cast at the Yuelai Inn. The spiritual energy has dissipated very weakly. It may have been two days ago."
Jin An still didn't say a word. If he hadn't entered the third realm, and his spiritual awareness had been greatly improved, he wouldn't have been able to notice this subtle abnormality in the world.
Jin An just said yes and said yes again?
Fatty Li asked nervously what else he had discovered?
Jin An's eyes flashed, as if he was thinking deeply, and then asked Fatty Li not to sleep yet, and immediately go to check on Yuelai Inn. If a Taoist priest really stayed at the inn, ask the innkeeper where the Taoist priest went?
Although Fatty Li was usually a bit unconventional, when he heard something related to the case, he immediately ran out of Wu Zang Taoist Temple without saying a word.
Fatty Li first ran to the government office to investigate the case file, then called the head catcher and several government officials who were on duty tonight, ran all the way to Yuelai Inn, and knocked on the door of the inn.
When the innkeeper opened the door, he saw so many government officials blocking the door. He was frightened by the candle in his hand. A few drops of hot candle oil dripped onto the back of his hand. The pain made him gasp, and he immediately woke up.
"How many officials have found my distant relative?" the innkeeper couldn't wait to ask.
"No one has been found yet."
Fatty Li didn't wait for the innkeeper to show his disappointed look, and said straight to the point: "I want to ask you, the innkeeper, what's wrong with your inn?"
Have you stayed at Taoist House recently?"
The innkeeper looked confused. After repeated questioning, he was afraid that the last time a Taoist priest stayed at the hotel was several years ago.
Fatty Li frowned, thinking that Taoist Jin An had made a mistake? But at this moment, he was so blessed that he blurted out: "Have you had any suspicious or strange people staying in your inn recently, such as in one of the private courtyards?" What's with all the donkey dung piles?"
Fatty Li had just finished speaking with a look of shock in his eyes. He understood that Jin An's soul was always following him to protect his safety. He immediately raised his head and raised his chest, feeling more confident.
Is this the steadiness of having a third-level master on your back?
Fatty Li was so excited that his eyes gleamed!
After Fatty Li asked this question, the innkeeper immediately led the way: "There have been strange guests checking in in recent days, but it's not just one person, but several people!"
The innkeeper led the way and talked about the strange things that happened these days.
"But you are a little late. The camel drivers just checked out today and left with a bunch of donkeys. There are so many donkeys eating and drinking in the yard, and the store clerk has not shoveled them all all afternoon. For this reason, I am here They also charged extra for cleaning before check-out."
The group of people arrived at the Independent Courtyard. Indeed, as the innkeeper said, the place was deserted. In the empty yard, there were only a few piles of donkey dung that were particularly eye-catching.
Fatty Li: "Did they say where they were going when they checked out?"
The innkeeper didn't know anything about it.
Fatty Li asked the innkeeper if he still remembered the faces of those people and could he draw a few of them?
After getting the portrait, Fatty Li turned to look at the government official with a solemn expression: "With so many people and so many donkeys, if they really leave the city, there will be a lot of noise, and it is impossible to hide their whereabouts."
"Captain, take these portraits with you and ask the brothers to make a hard trip to the city gates and piers closest to here. Ask the soldiers at the city gates and the brothers patrolling the piers if they have seen a group of donkeys during the day. The team leaves the city."
"And I, using my identity as Criminal Inspector, personally went to Fucheng to find Mr. Fu Yin, hoping that Mr. Fu Yin could mobilize more manpower to blockade the east and south districts of the city, as well as all land routes, waterways, and docks in and out of the city. If these They haven't left the city yet, so they and their donkey team will definitely not be able to hide their whereabouts. If we conduct a large-scale search in the east and south of the city, we will definitely find them."
Seeing Fatty Li being so serious, the head of the government office showed hesitation: "Would this make too much noise and disturb the people too much?"
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"Those porters can only be considered suspicious at the moment. Just send a few brothers and some local warriors to investigate. There is no need to mobilize so many people, right? We should spend more manpower on investigating serial kidnapping cases."
"No! I, Mr. Li, are investigating this serial kidnapping case tonight!" Fatty Li looked serious.
The head catcher took the matter seriously this time: "What clues did Mr. Li get?"
Fatty Li: "Taoist Master Jin'an told me."
Several people looked at each other
The headman was surprised and asked: "But the 'Vicious Woman Who Eats Her Son' case and the 'Gai Cha's Framing Case' have been solved one after another. That is the young Taoist Master Jin'an of Wu Zang Taoist Temple who lives in the south of the city?"
Jin'an's reputation can be said to be very famous among the major yamen in Fucheng, including the government yamen. He has eliminated the more and more outrageous cases among the people. The two bizarre cases he solved have made them arrest heads. All the government officials were so impressed that they fell to the ground. So as soon as they heard that it was related to Jin'an, the arresters and government officials present immediately became interested and hurriedly divided their work and left.
This busy schedule wasted a lot of time. It was almost dawn when the yamen from all over the country summoned people and filed out of the yamen to secretly investigate the packers and donkey teams.
When Fatty Li rushed to the Taoist temple excitedly and called people to find him, he found him, but found that the Taoist temple door was closed. Jin An and the old Taoist priest were not in the Taoist temple. There was a note left on the Taoist temple door.
There are only two short words on the note--
pier.
"Taoist Master Jin'an is really a god. He is a god who predicts events. He is better informed than me. He knew beforehand that the gang was hiding near the dock and planned to use a sea ship to quickly leave Jiangzhou Prefecture!" Fatty Li said to him. The note on the door is astonishing, frequently attracting passers-by to turn their heads curiously.
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pier.
It was just dawn in the morning, and as soon as the morning bell rang to open the traffic, the inn near the dock was already busy. Groups of caravans began to arrange manpower to load goods, so as to catch the first ship out to sea. For these businessmen, every inch of time is worth an inch of gold, and every one of them competes against time.
In these caravans there were merchants selling goods such as grain merchants and tea merchants, as well as merchants selling horses, cattle, sheep and other livestock.
Among them were a few people driving a team of donkeys, mixed in with the caravan, and moving forward with the flow of people.
"Hall Master, we left too hastily this time... We have spent so much effort to kidnap so many people, and we haven't even gotten a ransom yet." The people driving the donkey team looked at him in confusion. The old man taking the lead.
The old man glared at one person in the team with a gloomy look. That person had a bad temper and often beat donkeys with a whip. He was the youngest person in the team: "It's not Chai Laosan who caused trouble! I have to touch the guy in the inn." Errand boy, if it weren't for the innkeeper reporting to the official, we wouldn't have left in such a hurry!"
The man called Chai Laosan kept his head down and said nothing, but he hit the donkeys harder with the whip in his hand, venting his dissatisfaction on the donkeys, who screamed in pain.
"Master... do we really need to be so strict? The shopkeeper may not be able to suspect us. Those government servants are ordinary people. How could they have thought that the inn's errand boy was turned into an inconspicuous beast by us using the animal-making charm? ."
"There are crouching dragons and hidden tigers in Fucheng, you know nothing!" the old man glared.
"Anyway, the target we are looking for has been caught. As for the ransom, it is all personal belongings. We can continue doing business in another place. The most important thing is to be careful."
Hearing that Zhi was about to leave the city, someone in the team became friendly towards a few donkeys: "I have never played with these well-educated, sensible, lazy in marriage, and coquettishly charming rich ladies in my life. Their The skin is better than what is used to paint a boat. The hooked flowers are still fresh and fresh, and several of them are Xie Zi'er of Huanghua's eldest daughter! Master, after leaving the city, can you give these rich ladies to everyone to play with? Anyway, we are leaving. We won’t be able to get the ransom after Fucheng, so why not make up for our losses!”
This statement immediately aroused the unanimous agreement of several others.
"I wonder what the difference is between the cries of these wealthy ladies in bed and those vulgar girls in brothels? Hey..." Looking at the back of the squirming female donkey, each one felt itchy like thousands of ants. Climbing, arousing the heat in the abdomen.
Old man: "You haven't boarded the ship and left the city yet, please keep a low profile!"
