Jingzhou Prefectural Government Office.
After Lin Ji left, Lei Bao was silent in the study for a long time, and finally got up.
All the way to the back hall of the government office, I found Sun Heya.
"Master Sun." Lei Bao bowed and saluted.
"Why are you here?" Sun Heya was a little surprised.
"It's a matter at the Duke's residence."
Sun Heya suddenly frowned and said sternly: "Didn't I tell you not to investigate this matter again?"
"It's Lin Ji." Lei Bao said with a wry smile, "Lin Ji and Miss Lu know each other. He went to the Lu Mansion last night, and then came to me early in the morning with the token of the Duke of Zhen."
After hearing this explanation, Sun Heya was silent for a long time.
He suddenly stood up and walked to the small courtyard outside the hall, and Lei Bao followed quickly.
"This matter is quite complicated, and I don't even dare to speculate on the hidden secrets."
Thunder Leopard raised his head.
"grown ups..."
"Lei Bao, do you know why I called you back when you and your men were looking for someone outside the city?"
Lei Bao lowered his head again. He had been living in the capital for many years. He didn't know how to do anything but be cautious and protect himself wisely.
Just follow the orders from above and don't care about anything else.
Even if you have some guesses in your mind, you still have to pretend to be confused while still understanding.
"I don't know."
"It's an order from the general office. Mr. Zheng came to deliver the message in person." Sun Heya squinted his eyes slightly and looked up at the sky.
"You should understand what I said, right?"
Lei Bao didn't speak, but of course he understood.
The general office of Supervisor Tiansi is in charge of everything in the nine states of the world.
The fifth-rank Youxing officer, the fourth-rank commander and even the third-rank town official and second-rank Youtian official above the chief arrester are all managed by the general office.
That's where Gao Qunshu, the head of the Supervisory Office, lives, and Zheng Lixin is the deputy to Gao Qunshu, the general office clerk.
He is a third-grade civil servant, but even You Tianguan does not dare to neglect him.
Because every word and deed of Mr. Zheng Lixinzheng represents the most powerful person in Jian Tiansi.
Thinking of this, Lei Bao lowered his head even further.
Sun Heya suddenly laughed.
"That's not enough."
"Think about it, if it involves relatives of the emperor and the country, if this matter is not reported to His Majesty, this order will not be issued casually."
"Your Excellency, please assume that I have never been here. I will resign." Lei Bao didn't dare to think about it further.
"Hahaha, are you scared?"
Lei Bao bowed and saluted.
The smile on Sun Heya's face also disappeared.
"Actually... I'm quite scared too. The water in the capital is too deep, so deep that even I have to be careful."
"If you don't enter the seventh realm, you won't be able to jump out of this huge chessboard."
Looking at Lei Bao's back that seemed to be running away, Sun Heya shook his head slightly, but what he was thinking about was himself.
"I have been stuck at the peak of the Riyo Realm for ten years. When will I be able to enter the Tao?"
"What exactly is the Tao?"
The sixth realm is a daily tour, and the seventh realm is to enter the Tao.
Like a natural moat.
...
Two days later.
In a dense forest a hundred miles away from the capital.
Lin Ji stood in front of the last extremely gloomy place within a hundred miles.
Nothing was found.
"It's already over. No matter how far it goes, it's too late. This is the only way this can be done."
There are more than a dozen extremely gloomy places within a hundred miles. If they weren't not far apart, Lin Ji wouldn't be able to check them out so quickly.
It was clear that there was no gain, but Lin Ji didn't know why, and felt vaguely happy in his heart.
Leaving the area around the extremely dark place, there are streams in the forest only a few miles away.
Lin Ji found a big rock and sat down, looking at the endless dense forest around him, and let out a long sigh.
"That's all, I've tried my best. Let's go back and recover."
After resting for a moment, Lin Ji stood up from the stone.
Perhaps because he was standing high, he could immediately see a mountain peak in the distance that reached into the sky.
It was an isolated peak. Lin Ji estimated that it was at least a hundred miles away from him.
But at such a distance, Lin Ji could vaguely see the majestic scene of mountain peaks connecting heaven and earth.
"That's... Panlong Mountain."
Lin Ji thought for a moment and had the answer in his mind.
It is the ancestral land of the royal family. It is said that before the Qin family rose to power, the Qin family lived and practiced on Panlong Mountain.
Thinking of this, Lin Ji was suddenly stunned.
He quickly took out the map and compared it one by one according to his memory.
After confirming again and again that he had explored all the extremely dark places within a hundred miles, Lin Ji put away the map and took a deep breath.
"No way..."
Jian Tiansi's mountain and river geography map is extremely detailed, just like the stream at Lin Ji's feet, which is only two or three meters wide, has been recorded on the map.
But on such a detailed map, there is only one place that is not marked.
"Royal Tombs."
Royal matters have always been taboo, so it is normal that they are not marked on the map.
But within a hundred miles, apart from the royal tombs, there would be no other underworld.
"Either Lu Qin was kidnapped hundreds of miles away, or... she will only be in the royal mausoleum."
"But how could that villain be so bold as to do this? The royal tomb must be guarded, so how did he do it?"
"Or am I wrong? Lu Qin was indeed taken to a farther place? Or was he directly killed and dumped in the wilderness?"
Lin Ji subconsciously felt that it was impossible to go further, and a hundred miles was already the limit.
If he was simply killed, Lin Ji thought it would be acceptable.
But if you still want to be transformed into a transfiguration woman, the distance of a hundred miles is already far enough.
No matter how far away it is, Bianpo will not be able to return to the capital, even a hundred miles away is an exaggeration.
"I have a headache. Let's go back first."
Lin Ji has tried his best on this matter, and no matter what happens next, he will not be able to interfere with it.
...
Late at night, Lin Ji returned to the capital.
He came directly to the Lu Mansion, handed over the jade token, and soon met Lu Guangmu.
The two sat down in the lobby.
Lu Guangmu directly asked the servants to leave, and then asked: "How?"
"I checked the extremely dark places with a radius of a hundred miles and found nothing." Lin Ji shook his head and looked around subconsciously.
Lu Zhaoer was missing.
"That girl went to the Supervisory Office on errands." Lu Guangmu saw Lin Ji's thoughts and explained casually.
Then, he held his jade token, his expression a little uncertain.
"You've worked hard these past two days, just think of this as a bad luck for the Zheng family and let it go." Lu Guangmu said in a deep voice.
Lin Ji hesitated for a moment, and finally began to speak: "There is another extremely dark place, but I didn't check it."
"Oh?" Lu Guangmu raised his head, waiting for Lin Ji's explanation.
"Royal Tombs."
Hearing these four words, Lu Guang stared blankly.
"How can it be?!"
"I'm just guessing. After all, I've searched all over the dark places and found no trace. Only the royal mausoleum is a possibility." Lin Ji said truthfully.
"Of course, it's possible that Mrs. Lu has been killed...but the people behind the scenes tried their best to get people out of the city just to kill people, so why bother."
Hearing this, Lu Guangmu was silent for a long time.
He stood up suddenly and strode outside.
"Lin Ji, this matter has nothing to do with you, and you have never investigated it. Just go back and stay. Thank you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Guangmu's figure quickly disappeared.
