The garden that had stopped after the rain was filled with the fresh smell of vegetation and soil.
The inspection censor who reappeared in front of Jiang Tian, no, it should be the city censor Guo Chongtao who hung up the Feiyu bag, as if he was a different person. He, who was once described as handsome, lost a lot of weight in a short period of time, and his face and eye sockets were sunken.
But the eyes that were faintly filled with bloodshot eyes seemed to be getting more energetic and excited; like a contained flame, slowly burning with itself as firewood. Seeing this, Jiang Tian couldn't help but ask:
"Guo Xiantai is still fine. Are there any problems this time?"
"No, I have almost finished all the questions I should have asked before; even if there is any remaining information, it is not something I can interfere with."
Guo Chongtao said straight to the point:
"I came here this time hoping that Jiang Sheng could help me."
"Is this an order from the palace or a request from the Xiantai?"
Jiang Tian couldn't help but be surprised and asked again:
"No, it's just my personal intention, and it's also a request from my position."
Guo Chongtao shook his head meaningfully:
"After all, who in the palace today can directly force and give you orders?"
"This is strange. I am just an insignificant person. How can I be responsible for such a solemn task?"
Jiang Tian said quietly with some curiosity:
"Is it a small person who led people to kill people in the apprentice's workshop and left corpses everywhere, with at least a hundred lives on his hands? Or a small person who protected at least two prominent families?"
Guo Chongtao smiled slightly:
"Jiang Sheng also concealed himself too much, not to mention the quatrains in which he lamented to himself before his execution, which had already spread throughout Beijing and beyond. Many people were speculating that Zhang Jian and Du Gen, who were shouting in the street that the great government should be returned, And who are they?"
"Xantai is joking, what does this have to do with me?"
Jiang Tian shook his head gently and refused to answer his question at all:
"Whatever, I heard that Jiang Sheng has always been interested in inquiring about some sensitive old events?"
Guo Chongtao also laughed:
"It just so happens that our palace is conducting daily inspections inside and outside the capital, and we have made inquiries and inquires about the expediency of documents and documents in various places below the Jingzhao Prefecture. Besides, is it possible that Jiang Sheng has no regard for those people in Youtufang who are deliberately plotting great things? , do you really have no idea?”
"Therefore, I sincerely invite Jiang Shengxiang to lend a hand. After all, there are some things that even the local owner cannot interfere with due to his status; but for the palace, it is legitimate and there is little interference."
"What do I need to pay? There are no free benefits or relationships in this world!"
At this moment, a prompt suddenly flashed in Jiang Tian's field of vision: "Side mission two: "Late Redemption"/"Sunken Light", the first clues (10%)"
"It's just a nominal title and a temporary identity that is used daily to prepare for detailed inquiries;"
Guo Chongtao nodded slightly and said:
"At the moment, I am leading someone to follow up on a case, and there happens to be a corresponding expedient. I will send the follow-up documents for detailed reference."
But just as he said goodbye and walked out to get on the carriage, Guo Chongtao remembered the previous visit and consultation with his teacher Zhou Bangyan;
"From this point of view, this guy is a killer who is born to be indifferent to outsiders, but also rational and cold-blooded. It's a pity that he was born in this peaceful age, so he has nowhere to stand up for himself."
"If he had been born a hundred and eighty years earlier, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been a prominent figure in the great overseas expeditions. Even if he had been born twenty or thirty years earlier, he would have been able to find a place to be useful in the chaos of the Southwest Domain."
"Therefore, if he can find a reason now and let go of his hands and feet, he will naturally indulge himself. But you have not been able to find enough evidence. This is the most troublesome."
"In the past, based on this suspicion, the palace would have had the means to slowly concoct the root of such trouble; but now the implications are too great. Therefore, you should make your morals and conditions clear, and be moved by the benefits!"
"The least effective way is to arrange for someone to be dispatched nearby, and try to restrain this murderer in front of you for observation. In this way, no matter how many secret connections he has, there will naturally be a moment when clues are revealed."
Just as the carriage drove back to the door of Guo Chongtao's residence, he suddenly saw the man coming forward impatiently, and whispered to him with a solemn face:
"The Lingwei Mansion from Sou Mountain in Beiyuan came to report that the suspected ferocious beast has been found!"
Soon after, Guo Chongtao and his party, who changed their mounts, drove straight out of Fanglin Gate in the northwest of Chang'an; then passed through the outer edge of the West Inner Garden, and finally arrived at the forbidden garden with lush vegetation and dense jungle even in early spring.
He continued to move forward along the dirt road that had been trampled many times and marked by horseshoe ruts; after encountering several light and dark checkpoints that popped up to ask questions; he suddenly heard faint cheers coming from the withered forest in front of him. .
Later, under the witness of the Beiyuan Chief Supervisor, the Prime Minister of Feilong Sixth Stable, the envoy of Yumafang, the supervisor and other relevant people who came over; with the coming of something bloody and stench, , a wolf corpse as big as a calf was carried out by the soldiers of the Lingwei Mansion.
There was also a Sengyu Bishen who was so thick that his neck could barely be seen. He was holding his bloody injured arm in one hand while gasping and shouting:
"When I found this beast, I found several layers of human and animal bones in a very secret cave nearby. I don't know how many victims there were..."
However, compared to other people who were smiling or relieved, Guo Chongtao, who was the last to arrive, could not help but frown. Because he didn't think that the Lingwei Mansion hunted this big calf-like wolf; it was the culprit who could easily tear apart the half-fire, fully armored Jinwu disciples.
What's more, such a beast is used to eating people. Then why give up the settlements of many exiles and black households scattered in Beiyuan and go all the way to the densely populated Baqiao area to commit evil?
However, in the face of cheering scenes, he still resisted the urge to stand up in public and sing the opposite. Because, in order to hunt down this threat that may be lurking in Beiyuan, these relevant subordinates have been working hard for a long time under pressure from all parties.
Therefore, they urgently need an explanation that can be justified to all parties. Guo Chongtao, who had already divorced himself from this situation, could not afford to jump out to mess with them and become a target of public criticism. We can only go back and verify it ourselves secretly.
On his way back, which was full of thoughts, Murong Wu, a Taiwanese prison official who was involved in the aftermath of the aftermath in Youtufang, suddenly sent a message in a hurry; he couldn't help but let out a hey, and felt a sudden wake-up call. The hairs on my back stood up.
Because, when the corpses of the victims were being examined, the scene of broken corpses suspected to be from the previous Baqiao massacre was discovered. This result was like a shining slap, hitting the Lingwei Mansion in the face who had just found the "culprit".
However, what made Guo Chongtao even more frightened and inexplicable was the suspected existence of such a bloodthirsty and cruel person. How did he cross the huge urban area from Beiyuan outside Chang'an City, cross the double protection of the outer wall and the square wall, and run to Youtufang in the south of the city?
