The inn where Changsun and others stayed was called "Zhegui Inn". Judging from the freshness of the gold characters on the plaque, it was probably specially changed for this New Era Cup.
However, the noisy scene in the inn showed that this trick was effective.
Changsun and others were about to reach the two rooms on the third floor. Most of the people they passed by on the way up were young talents. It seemed that even if they were not finalists, they were at least contestants who had participated in the siege and defense of the city.
But compared to the young talents staying in the Chamberlain District and Gangneung District, the players here seem a bit shabby.
After all, the restaurants in the Chamber of Commerce and Jiangling District are either dedicated to hosting the proud men of the siege and defense teams, or they are reserved by some sects.
The cheers and crowds before going out are indeed beyond the comparison of these powerless players.
The talent and strength of Zhangsun and others can be considered top-notch in the entire New Era Cup, but they are not interested in ostentation.
Several people arrived at the room in a low-key manner, and Changsun, as the paid landlord, naturally occupied the only bed in the room.
Pingchuan didn't know whether it was because he didn't want to take off his bamboo hat or because he knew he was in vain. Seeing this, he consciously sat down at the table and prepared to meditate all night.
Wu Qing looked at the two people who had a tacit understanding. There was no flaw, and there was no chance for him to peek into their true appearance.
After trying to no avail, Wu Qing had no choice but to sit by the window and drink tea alone.
In the dead of night, Wu Qing listened to the two people's gradually longer breathing, but he was so disturbed by everything that happened today that he couldn't sleep.
Although Wu Qing has a rare talent in the world, everything he learned today had a big impact on him.
In fact, this cannot be blamed on Wu Qing's weak endurance. After all, during his training career, he was the one who was well protected by his master most of the time.
The simple cultivation environment made him never think about the complexity of the world outside his master's door, let alone the dark side of human nature's intrigues.
Even in his understanding, when he turns his talent into strength, he will be greeted by cheers and applause from the entire continent, and he deserves to be the pride of the continent.
But Wu Qing never thought that at the moment when he received the cheers and applause, his fate would also be linked to this continent.
Carrying the continent forward will be a heavy responsibility that he must shoulder in this life.
But at this time, he only realized all this later.
Wu Qing was upset and looked at Changsun who was sleeping soundly on the bed, thinking that all this was caused by this guy.
But it was difficult for him to feel hatred towards his eldest grandson at the first time, because in his heart he understood that all this was the growth he had to go through to become a strong man, but he still didn't know how to face it calmly.
Just when Wu Qing was looking at Changsun upset on the bed, he suddenly found Changsun sitting up straight in the dim candlelight.
Wu Qing was stunned, and before he could open his mouth to ask, he noticed something unusual.
"Having blood..."
Pingchuan at the table woke up almost at the same time as Changsun.
The three of them exchanged glances and understood each other's meaning without any unnecessary communication.
The eldest grandson climbed out of the window, and the remaining two people rushed out of the door.
Pingchuan had the same goal as Changsun, heading towards a certain room downstairs, while Wu Qing rushed to the counter on the first floor to inform the store.
The first person to arrive in the room was Pingchuan.
Pingchuan pushed the door outside the room and found that the door was locked. Without thinking much, he directly chose to break in.
Pingchuan rushed into the room and first chose to take a defensive posture.
Seeing that there was no danger, he lowered his guard and looked around the room.
I saw that the furnishings in the room were neat and intact, and there were no signs of fighting, but there was a lot of blood in the room.
Pingchuan looked inward following the blood energy and saw a man leaning on the table. There was a pool of blood under him, where the blood energy came from.
At this moment, Changsun also rushed to the room.
Pingchuan glanced at his eldest grandson who had arrived late, and asked with some confusion: "Why did you get here?"
Changsun first glanced at the corpse on the table, his pupils shrank undetectably, and said: "The windows are all locked from the inside..."
Pingchuan said "Oh" and didn't understand why Changsun didn't break the window like him.
But what Pingchuan didn't expect was that after Changsun said this, he turned around and looked at the door that was damaged by Pingchuan, and said, "We are in trouble..."
After a while, Wu Qing arrived with the store owner.
At the same time, due to this movement, the surrounding tenants gathered around.
"Dead people!"
"Who is so brave and dares to kill people in the imperial capital!"
The surrounding tenants were talking a lot. At this time, the store owner was also frightened by the scene in front of him, and he was suddenly at a loss.
After a while, the focus of everyone's discussion gradually shifted to the eldest grandson and others.
"Who are these young people?"
"Yes, how could they arrive at the scene before us?"
"Shh, keep your voice down. Maybe they are the murderers..."
Gradually, the people around them looked at Changsun and the three of them with wary eyes.
Just when the scene was about to become chaotic, the county patrol officers finally arrived and cordoned off the scene.
With the arrival of the county government, Changsun's inspection site was also interrupted.
At the same time, the three of them, as the first to arrive at the scene, were also controlled as suspects.
However, the county police officers only conducted routine interrogations on the three people and did not embarrass them.
After all, such a murder case was beyond the capabilities of the county government and had to be handled by Dali Temple. They were just going through the motions.
Not long after, the officials from Dali Temple finally arrived.
This cannot be blamed on the officials of Dali Temple for being negligent. It is actually because of the recent influx of foreign people in the imperial capital, and these people are mixed, which has caused a recent surge in the crime rate in the imperial capital, and various district and county offices are experiencing shortages of manpower. The government officials of Dali Temple also had to join the team to maintain daily security in the imperial capital.
The government officials who came from Dali Temple were a team of five.
In the history of the Tang Dynasty, Dali Temple actually had no government officials.
It was not until the Taiyuan period, when Emperor Shirong was on the throne, that the power of Dali Temple reached an unprecedented height, and at that time it even overpowered the Shangshu Ling.
It was from then on that Dali Temple had government officials. In this way, Dali Temple not only had the power to judge and trial cases, but also had the force to enforce the law.
This further established Dali Temple's status as a giant in the court.
At first, the yamen of Dali Temple were the same as the county yamen. They were divided into three classes: the arrest class, the inspection class, and the miscellaneous class.
The arrest squad is dedicated to law enforcement, patrolling, etc.
Chaban is unique to Dali Temple and is responsible for going out to investigate cases, investigating crime scenes, and collecting evidence. It is generally composed of experienced government officials with experience in handling cases.
The miscellaneous class is responsible for various daily chores in the office, ranging from cleaning to document writing.
But as time went by, each minister of Dali Temple also discovered that there were many inconveniences in assigning work in separate shifts.
For example, although the police officers on the arrest squad have the best physical strength and the most powerful force, they are all inexperienced and simple-minded young people, and they often turn a blind eye when investigating cases.
The officers of the Chaban were uneven in their use of force. In addition, the cases investigated by Dali Temple were often serious murder cases, and the criminals were all extremely vicious. Without certain force equipment, unnecessary casualties would easily occur.
Therefore, in order to handle cases more efficiently, Dali Temple often dispatches them in teams. In a team, the inspection team is often the leader and is equipped with an arresting team and a miscellaneous team.
In this way, experienced inspection teams, arresting teams and miscellaneous teams not only make case handling more efficient, but also solve the problem of some arresting teams not being able to investigate cases and miscellaneous teams only doing trivial matters.
The five-person team that Changsun saw at this time was composed like this.
Only two arrest squads were seen immediately taking control of the scene and taking charge of security; the chief inspector led a miscellaneous squad to investigate the scene, and the last miscellaneous squad was responsible for communicating with the county government chief about the case.
Changsun could not help but nod after seeing this. Such cooperation indeed made the investigation more efficient.
The supervisory team showed due professionalism.
I saw that he first walked carefully to the body, without turning over the body, but leaned down and took a look at the wound on his neck, which was a flat and slender knife wound.
Then he carefully dipped his index finger into the pool of blood on the table. He rubbed his index finger and thumb to feel the viscosity of the blood, trying to find some clues.
After doing this, he looked at the messy tabletop, which had an overturned teapot and soaked talisman paper.
However, he only paused for a moment and then began to explore other locations in the room.
After checking for a week, the boss finally squatted in front of the table and looked at a puddle of burnt black paper ashes on the ground. He carefully picked up a piece, squinted and looked at the light carefully.
At this time, the miscellaneous team member had also finished communicating with the county government. He quickly came to the head clerk and did not dare to disturb him when he saw that he was checking carefully.
Sensing the movement, the foreman carefully handed the paper ashes in his hand to the assistant beside him and said: "Take all the paper ashes back."
Just as he was about to stand up, he remembered something again, and then told him: "Take it back intact. If it breaks, I will rub you into dust."
The small body of the miscellaneous worker next to him trembled, and he hurriedly assured the boss that he would definitely ensure the integrity of these paper ashes.
The foreman didn't pay attention, turned to look at another miscellaneous worker, and asked: "How is it? Did you find anything useful from these idiots?"
The chief servant's words were full of contempt for the county government. The miscellaneous class did not dare to talk to him for a while. He didn't understand why his chief servant would humiliate the county government in this way.
The status of Dali Temple's yamen servants is higher than that of county yamen servants. This is known to everyone in the imperial capital, but usually everyone still does their superficial work well, after all, they are all colleagues.
The boss was a little impatient and urged: "Speak quickly!"
Only then did the miscellaneous class dare to talk.
"The deceased's name was Lu Tiancheng. He just checked into this inn yesterday. According to the owner's recollection, he came to the inn alone and had no companions. He didn't see anyone visiting in the past two days..."
"that's it?"
The headman frowned, thinking that they were all just a bunch of idiots.
"Oh, and also, this afternoon he specifically told the waiter not to disturb him, saying he was practicing to prepare for the competition..."
"Practice to prepare for the competition? Is he?"
The foreman looked at the miscellaneous class with some surprise.
The miscellaneous class nodded and said: "That's right, boss, he is a New Era Cup contestant, and Lu Tiancheng ranks 50th on the city defense list..."
The miscellaneous class looked embarrassed. The death of a contestant at this juncture was a big deal.
The boss was suddenly upset and cursed: "Why does it sound so familiar to me? This unlucky guy is actually a 'genius player'."
The miscellaneous class nodded. Even people like the boss, who never cared about current affairs, had heard of Lu Tiancheng's name. One can imagine the sensation the New Era Cup is making in the imperial capital.
When the news of "Lu Tiancheng's mysterious death" spreads tomorrow, what kind of chaos will it cause in the imperial capital.
The miscellaneous class cannot imagine...
"Damn it, who found the body first?"
The boss asked angrily.
The miscellaneous class came to their senses and hurriedly pointed to the three Changsuns not far away.
The foreman turned around and followed the hand of the miscellaneous worker, and saw a man wearing a hat, a man wearing a mask, and a man with his back to others.
"Pretending to be a ghost, it's not a good thing at first glance. Take them all back for interrogation!"
Some people died, but not completely...
