Bad people's office.
Zhao Xun secretly recorded something while flipping through the files he had compiled recently about the northern barbarians living in Chang'an City.
He has a habit of trying his best to reduce the omission of information.
The document database is a good large database, but because of this, there is a lot of information in the large database, and it is inevitable that things will be missed.
It would be a shame if critical information was missed due to human error.
"Brother Mingyun, you should also take a rest. There are not thousands but hundreds of northern barbarians in Chang'an City. You will be exhausted from reading the files one by one like this."
"Yes, Ming Yun is not in a hurry at this moment."
Jia Xingwen and Wangcai felt very distressed when they saw that Zhao Xun was not thinking about food and tea, but was focusing on handling the case.
"I'm not in the way. It's just idle time anyway, so just spend more time on it..."
Zhao Xun disagreed with the two people's remarks.
Now the northern barbarians and monsters have bypassed the Shuozhou defense zone and moved south in large numbers. Their purpose is obvious, which is to besiege Chang'an City.
Although they do not have a large army to attack the border yet, Zhao Xun knows that it is only a matter of time before the army reaches the city.
"Oh, you have such a bad temper. That's all, let's go eat first."
Seeing that he could not persuade Zhao Xun, Jia Xingwen took Wangcai out.
"Brother Mingyun, if you are hungry, just squeak and we will bring you food immediately."
Prosperous wealth comes along while walking.
Um?
Why does Zhao Xun feel like something is weird? It seems...
"No need to send food, I will eat it myself."
Zhao Xun smiled bitterly.
He felt that something was wrong, and it turned out that the problem lay here.
He's not in jail, so why would he ask someone to deliver food?
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Zhao Xun read the file so seriously that he felt numb after a long time.
But when he saw a file, his attention instantly focused.
Because the people on this file suddenly disappeared.
"Jie Ligu..."
This name is very difficult to pronounce. Zhao Xun tried to read it several times before he could barely pronounce it clearly.
"This person was still living in Xingshanfang a day ago, why has he disappeared today?"
These northern barbarians living in Chang'an City are the key targets of government surveillance, and their every move is under strict control by the government. Nowadays, Chang'an City has implemented very strict wartime martial law. Let alone a living person, even a mosquito cannot fly out easily.
So Zhao Xun naturally didn't think that Jie Ligu had escaped from Chang'an. In his opinion, Jie Ligu must be hiding in a corner of Chang'an City, so much so that the government officials, officers and soldiers in the Xingshanfang area recorded a disappearance in the file after losing sight of him.
Zhao Xun's intuition was very accurate. He felt that there was something wrong with this Jie Ligu.
A normal person, even a northern barbarian, would not do such an abnormal behavior at such a juncture.
Therefore, this Jie Ligu must have a guilty conscience and hide himself at such a moment.
"Xingshanfang..."
Zhao Xun knew that Xingshanfang was under the jurisdiction of Wannian County. Therefore, most of the records in this file were recorded by Wannian County Yamen officials.
In order to determine the truth as soon as possible, Zhao Xun decided to rush to Wannian County Government immediately.
Zhao Xun rushed out of the office cubicle in a hurry. Wangcai and Jia Xingwen were enjoying takeout. Seeing Zhao Xun was about to go out, Wangcai quickly greeted him: "Oh, brother Mingyun, where are you going in such a hurry? Anyway, Let’s go after dinner.”
Zhao Xun waved his hand and walked quickly: "If you don't want to eat, you eat first."
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Zhao Xun is a complete workaholic. No one can stop Zhao Xun when he is stuck in work mode.
Kou Lian, the magistrate of Wannian County, saw Zhao Xun coming and quickly led a group of government officials to greet him.
"Oh, what kind of wind brought Mr. Zhao here."
Nowadays, Zhao Xun is a popular young man in Chang'an City, and he is also a figure in the emperor's heart. Countless people want to climb up to this giant Buddha but have no chance. Magistrate Kou never thought that Zhao Xun would take the initiative to come to his door.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him.
In officialdom, having a backer is very important.
People with a backer and people without a backer climb up at completely different speeds.
If Magistrate Kou can get Zhao Xun's support, his career will be smooth in the future.
Therefore, he was extremely flattering to Zhao Xun, and even knelt down and kowtowed.
Zhao Xun was already used to this kind of official scene. He chuckled and said, "Of course I am here to investigate the case."
Magistrate Kou was shocked by Zhao Xun's words.
Investigation?
What case to investigate?
What other cases can be investigated?
There has been a lot of trouble in Chang'an City recently, but it's all caused by monsters and northern barbarians.
It was rumored that many northern barbarians had sneaked into Chang'an City and acted as traitors, trying to open the gates of Chang'an City to allow the northern barbarian troops moving south to enter the city.
His Majesty the Emperor was furious and ordered the bad guys to take charge of the investigation. All major government offices in the capital cooperated with the bad guys to investigate the case.
The general manager of the investigation was none other than the extremely popular Zhao Xun and Zhao Mingyun.
"There is a northern barbarian named Jie Ligu in Xingshanfang within the jurisdiction of Wannian County. I looked at his file records as of yesterday, and there is no record after that. The record above is that he disappeared."
Zhao Xun explained the purpose of his visit succinctly, and then said sternly: "How can a good person disappear? According to my opinion, this Jie Ligu is probably hiding."
"Ah this, this..."
Magistrate Kou was panicked for a while.
He originally wanted to flatter Zhao Xun, but who knew that Zhao Xun actually took the initiative to attack.
He was unprepared at this time.
"Master Zhao doesn't know something, and I don't know much about these specific situations. Come on, please quickly bring the person in charge of the Xingshanfang search to me."
Magistrate Kou secretly complained in his heart.
It is true that he is the top leader in Wannian County, but it is impossible for him to know everything.
If that were the case, he would have to die from exhaustion sooner or later.
The highest state of being an official is to release all the power and be able to take it back when it is critical.
This is what Magistrate Kou has always done.
His official prestige had been accumulated for a long time, and immediately after the order, a government official went to call for someone.
After about a cup of tea, a short-set policeman in official uniform stumbled in.
As soon as he entered the Yamen lobby, he kowtowed to the magistrate Kou and said, "I have seen the great master."
Magistrate Kou glared at this short-sighted guy: "I haven't met Mr. Zhao yet."
Only then did the detective realize that he had made a mistake. He quickly turned to Zhao Xun and kowtowed: "I have met Mr. Zhao."
"Master Zhao has some questions to ask you. You must answer them truthfully and don't hide anything. Otherwise, don't blame me for not caring about my feelings."
There was something in Magistrate Kou's words, as if he was warning the policeman.
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All this was naturally seen by Zhao Xun, who knew that Magistrate Kou was warning the policeman.
Playing with the hidden rules of officialdom and winking in front of Zhao Xun?
It's a little too immature.
However, Zhao Xun had no intention of exposing it now. He wanted to see what the policeman had to say.
"Master Zhao, this Jie Ligu has been living in Xingshanfang. There is nothing weird about him every day. He just goes to the market to buy groceries and then goes home."
The detective swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then continued: "A few days ago, the imperial court ordered a search for the northern barbarians living in Chang'an City, so the villain and his colleagues conducted a comprehensive search of the area. Later, it was discovered that this person suddenly disappeared. Then I reported it to the county magistrate."
"Tsk tsk..."
Zhao Xun glanced at the Chaokou County Magistrate with amusement, and then said: "You mean that Wannian County did not strictly control the northern barbarians living in Chang'an before the imperial court issued the order?"
Although the Great Zhou Dynasty was open, its control over the Hu people, especially the northern barbarians, was quite strict.
The Hu people who came to settle in Chang'an must be registered, and they must go to the county government office on the first and fifteenth day of every month to have their number counted.
If Mao is not clicked once, the rod will punish you forty times. If Mao is not clicked twice, you will be directly expelled from Chang'an City.
Therefore, according to the rules, the officials of Wannian County have the responsibility to regularly verify the identities of the northern barbarians living in their jurisdiction to ensure that there are no problems with them.
"Little man, little man didn't mean that..."
This guy was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, not to mention how uncomfortable he was.
"The villain means, the villain means..."
The yamen officer subconsciously looked at Magistrate Kou again. This time Magistrate Kou scolded him without hesitation: "When Mr. Zhao asks you, just tell Mr. Zhao what you want to see in this county."
The policeman was so frightened that he turned to Zhao Xun and said, "Your Majesty, the villain did verify their identities regularly. But this Jie Ligu did not show any abnormality. He always clicked on the numbers regularly, so I don’t have a deep impression of this person.”
"Well, if that's the case..."
Zhao Xun turned to Magistrate Kou again, smiled slightly and said: "The responsibility does not lie with Wannian County. But such a good person has disappeared. If word spreads, it will be bad for Magistrate Kou's official reputation. What do you think? , Lord Kou?”
"this..."
Magistrate Kou forced himself to smile and said: "Master Zhao is absolutely right. If Master Zhao needs your subordinates to cooperate, just ask. I will try my best to cooperate."
"good!"
This is what Zhao Xun wants.
"I will take people to Xingshanfang now to check the original residence of Jie Ligu. You can bring some government servants who are familiar with this area."
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Xingshanfang is not like the gathering areas of princes and nobles in the north of the city. Common people generally live here.
Under the leadership of the police, Zhao Xun and his party came to a shantytown area.
From a distance, it looks like a slum.
Magistrate Kou even subconsciously covered his nose because he thought the place smelled too bad.
Pampered all day long, Magistrate Kou spent an hour a day just on incense.
But now, he had to come to this place that was like a stinking ditch.
But Magistrate Kou did not dare to complain at all.
The reason is the same, he came with Zhao Xun.
Zhao Mingyun is a big shot that he can't afford to offend now, so no matter how painful he is, he has to follow Zhao Xun while pinching his nose.
"Why does Magistrate Kou feel uncomfortable?"
Seeing Magistrate Kou's state, Zhao Xun laughed half-jokingly.
"No, no. Please, Mr. Zhao."
Magistrate Kou complained in his heart, and could only remove the fingers pinched on his nose and hold his breath to prevent the stench from filling his ears and nose.
He complained in his heart, why is this place so smelly? These untouchables really don't even have the dignity to do so.
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The group of people walked straight in. The shantytown was like a maze, with twists and turns.
If they hadn't been led by an agent who was familiar with the terrain, they would have probably gotten lost if they rushed in hastily.
"Sir Zhao, Lord County Magistrate, the house where Jie Ligu lives is not far ahead."
"Um."
Zhao Xun was not too excited about this, but Magistrate Kou was ecstatic.
He had reached the point in his mind. If he continued like this, he really didn't know if he would suddenly faint from the smoke.
"Two adults, be careful."
While the policeman was leading the way, he also had to push aside obstacles such as weeds to prevent the two nobles from tripping.
Finally, the group of people came to a dilapidated small courtyard.
The catcher kicked open the door, then nodded and bowed to welcome Zhao Xun and others into the yard.
There was a strong earthy smell in the yard, which made the unprepared Magistrate Kou almost vomit.
Fortunately, his fear of Zhao Xun prevented him from doing such a disgraceful act.
"Be careful, sir."
When the police officer saw Zhao Xun walking ahead, he quickly followed up to help Zhao Xun explore the way.
If a few bad guys suddenly burst out and hurt Zhao Xun, it would not be worth it even if he loses his life.
"No need to be so surprised."
Zhao Xun only felt funny in his heart.
After all, he is also a sixth-grade cultivator. There should be no one in Chang'an City who can easily hurt him.
On the contrary, the county magistrate and government officials are all a bunch of dragsters. The most important thing is to protect themselves and not distract Zhao Xun.
Walking into the back room from the yard, Zhao Xun immediately noticed something strange.
It’s nothing but the smell.
The strong scent of monsters made him immediately alert.
In the past, Zhao Xun always laughed at Jia Xingwen. The first thing he did when he went to a strange place was to smell everywhere.
Because in his opinion, this is a habit only possessed by wild beasts, relying on smell to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy, and relying on smell to divide territory.
Moreover, when Jia Xingwen goes to a place, he will basically say that this place has evil spirit.
This is simply too outrageous.
But now it was Zhao Xun's turn to realize the importance of smell.
He could clearly feel the strangeness of this room.
The demonic aura emanating from every corner made Zhao Xun very uncomfortable.
"There is evil spirit here."
Zhao Xun still said Jia Xingwen’s famous saying.
"Order this courtyard to be cordoned off and bring everyone who has been in contact with Jie Ligu to the county government office. I will question them one by one."
"ah!"
Magistrate Kou was so frightened that he fell to the ground.
He really didn't expect that Zhao Xun would actually find traces of the monster here.
Could it be that this Jie Ligu was really a spy sent by the northern barbarians to Chang'an City?
As the magistrate of Wannian County, he had no knowledge of this matter. It seemed that he was closely involved in this matter and was destined to take responsibility.
Magistrate Kou felt dizzy and fainted.
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