F * ck … the moment he saw the dog shop owner, this was the only word left in Xu Qi 'an's mind. After a long time, he was at a loss, anger, and a little fear.
He was at a loss because he didn't understand how things turned out this way, he was angry because he felt his intelligence was insulted, and he was afraid that if the other party had any ulterior motives, he might have fallen into their trap.
"This person is called Liang Youping, different from Zhou Min, he is a native of Yunzhou. I heard from Yang Chuannan that this person used his connections to get in touch with the Qi party, "Li Miaozhen said.
"He has the same experience as Zhou Min …" Inspector Zhang thought for a moment, then questioned: "Why didn't you and Yang Chuannan contact me earlier and be honest with each other?"
Li Miaozhen straightened her back, her sitting posture didn't change from the beginning, she only turned her wheat-colored oval face and lightly said:
"In the year of Jingcha, the Imperial Court's power struggle is fierce, who knows if Wei Qingyi is planning to use this opportunity to pull out the Qi party's officials?"
"I represent the Heavenly Mu Shou, of course I will fulfill my duty, comfort the people, punish corrupt officials, only then will I live up to His Majesty's trust, Duke Wei's trust," Inspector Zhang said in a deep voice.
Li Miaozhen curled her lips, her face full of disdain.
Damn Yuanjing Emperor … Xu Qi 'an could guess what Number Two was thinking.
He tiredly exhaled, knocked on the table, attracted the attention of the other three, and said in a low voice: "I know this person!"
The three were shocked.
Xu Qi 'an stared at the portrait, asked: "Is he a cripple?"
"Yes, Liang Youping once fell off a cliff while suppressing bandits and broke his leg," Li Miaozhen answered.
… That guy's words can't be trusted, I was even touched at that time. Xu Qi 'an had the urge to curse again.
At the same time, he realized that his mental state was really bad, because he didn't think to use the Qi Observation Technique to see if that person was telling the truth.
Usually, he wouldn't make such a big mistake.
"What's going on?" Inspector Zhang couldn't help but ask.
Xu Qi 'an waved his hand and pinched the space between his eyebrows. "Inspector, my mind is in a mess right now. Hmm, let me go somewhere. I'll explain it to you later. "
As he spoke, he looked at Jiang Lvzhong. "Jiang Jinluo, will you accompany me?"
Jiang Lvzhong looked at Inspector Zhang and shook his head. "Duke Wei's order is to follow and protect Inspector Zhang at all times."
"Alright, that makes sense. If we come back and find out that the inspector's head has been taken away by someone and kicked around like a ball, that would be easy …" Xu Qi 'an said,
"Then get two silver gongs to accompany me and lend me thirty Stalwart Tiger Guards."
He didn't want to admit that he was a little scared. Everything was for the sake of safety.
"I'll go with you!" Li Miaozhen was very enthusiastic.
Xu Qi'an immediately corrected himself, "Jiang Jinluo, I want three silver gongs."
Li Miaozhen was speechless.
This little gong didn't trust her. Li Miaozhen revealed her womanly side and glared at him fiercely.
After a while, Xu Qi'an led three silver gongs, thirty Stalwart Tiger Guards, as well as Li Miaozhen and Susu out of the relay station on horseback and rushed to the black market on Huangbo Street.
Due to the impulsive experience of a large group not long ago, the patrolling soldiers didn't stop them when they saw the night watchman's uniform. Instead, they consciously made way for them.
The inspector team from the capital had the right to act at their discretion.
After leaving the inner city, they soon arrived at Huangbo Street. A group of brightly armored Stalwart Tiger Guards rushed into the black market, causing the passersby to be vigilant and hostile. They all retreated.
Xu Qi'an led the team to Shop No. 15. He was shocked to find that the door was tightly shut. The doors and windows were dark and there were no lights on inside.
His heart sank. He waved his hand to have the Stalwart Tiger Guards surround the shop, intending to force their way in.
"Wait!" Li Miaozhen shouted.
She took out a brocade pouch from her waist pouch and opened it. Wisps of green smoke floated out and entered the shop through the cracks in the door and windows.
"Perfect spy," Xu Qi'an praised.
Li Miaozhen replied with a reserved "Mm."
Taoism was really interesting. One Qi turned into Three Pure Ones. The cultivation paths of the three sects were completely different. The Earth Sect cultivated merit, Tenzō cultivated emotions, and Renzong did the opposite. They cultivated a beautiful Taoist nun into a seductive fox … As Xu Qi'an criticized in his heart, he suddenly thought of something.
The Heaven and Earth Sects were like fire and water. Could it be because of their opposite cultivation paths?
The Earth Sect cultivated merit and didn't get involved with either side. Therefore, they had a good relationship with both sects. They didn't have any enmity with each other and could even exchange a few words when they met.
Otherwise, Li Miaozhen, a Tenzō Shōnin, wouldn't have joined the Heaven & Earth Society.
Luo Yuheng, a Taoist Master, wouldn't have given pills to the Jinlian Taoist priest.
Indeed, the way of the king is to get what he wants from both sides. Just like how I'm sandwiched between Lin 'an and Huaiqing, I can please both sides and flirt with both.
Bang!
Perfect.
At this moment, a few wisps of green smoke floated back. They whispered in Li Miaozhen's ear for a while and then went back into the brocade pouch.
"There's no one in the shop, and there's no ambush," Li Miaozhen said.
Xu Qi'an immediately waved his hand and broke in with the three Silver Gongs. They searched upstairs and downstairs. All the furnishings in the shop were intact.
There were even twenty taels of silver in the locked drawer. Xu Qi'an chose to confiscate them and put them in his wallet.
… There were no signs of fighting or looting … The owner of the shop seemed to have left temporarily … Xu Qi'an's search was fruitless. He led his men out of the shop and walked toward the owner who had come out to watch the show.
This shop also sold "dog meat".
"Come here. I have something to ask you."
The owner of shop No. 16 obediently walked over and said, "My Lord."
"Where did the owner of shop No. 15 go?"
"He hasn't opened for business for a few days. The girls in his shop all came to my shop to make a living." The owner of shop No. 16 answered every question, but didn't say anything unnecessary.
"When did he close?" Xu Qi'an asked again.
"Three days ago."
Three days ago … That's right after I left? Xu Qi'an's eyes flashed and he continued to ask, "Is the owner of shop No. 15 the one with the lame leg?"
"Yes, but he's not the original owner."
… He's not the original owner. A guess in Xu Qi'an's heart was confirmed. "What about the original owner? When did the lame new owner take over the shop? "
"Shop No. 15 changed owners about ten days ago. I don't know where the original owner went."
Xu Qi 'an then asked the owners of the surrounding shops, and the answers he got were similar. The owners of the surrounding shops were also surprised by the sudden change of owner of shop No. 15.
However, the people in the black market were cold, so no one took it to heart.
On the way back, the horse moved slowly. Xu Qi'an didn't know how many times he pinched the space between his eyebrows.
Li Miaozhen tilted her head and looked at him. Her voice was full of the magnetism of a mature woman. "You seem to be exhausted."
"I'll let you know that I'm not a pervert …" Xu Qi'an said, "General Li seems to have misunderstood me. He thinks that I'm a lecher. Otherwise, why did he send Miss Susu to confuse me?"
"Isn't that so?"
In the face of Xu Qi'an's behavior, Li Miaozhen chose to be tough.
"I'm breaking through to the Spiritual Refinement Realm. I haven't slept for a long time." Xu Qi'an explained.
He didn't specifically disclose how many days it would be.
Breaking through to the Spiritual Refinement Realm? Li Miaozhen slightly opened her beautiful eyes and looked at him.
At this time, she found that she had misunderstood. Seeing Xu Qi'an with thick dark circles, anyone would subconsciously think that he was indulging in sex.
She didn't think of breaking through to the Spiritual Refinement Realm first, and then heard Number One in the Heaven & Earth Society say that Xu Qi'an was a pervert who was addicted to the Musical House and a lecher.
"Even if this is the change brought by breaking through to the Spiritual Refinement Realm, it can't change the fact that you're a pervert … You will never know how much I know you …" Li Miaozhen secretly said.
But she was a little curious. How long did this guy endure?
Li Miaozhen didn't know much about the Warrior System. After all, she had only gone down the mountain for a few years and hadn't met a Warrior who happened to be breaking through to the Spiritual Refinement Realm.
As experienced as Yang Chuannan, he could tell at a glance that Xu Qi'an was breaking through to the Spiritual Refinement Realm. This was the insight of a person who had been through it.
"If I remember correctly, the limit of breaking through to the Spiritual Refinement Realm is ten days, right?"
"General Li, you don't know much about the Warrior System."
"Why should I know?"
"You don't seem to think highly of the Warrior."
Li Miaozhen replied quite humorously, "I'm not alone."
Xu Qi'an: "…"
He couldn't help but think of the proud Warlock in White and the Confucian scholar. They also looked down on the Warrior. The chain of contempt in this world was: No one was willing to submit to anyone, but everyone looked down on the Warrior.
In the past, Xu Qi'an only knew that the most disgusting discrimination in the world was the "anti-pornography campaign." But now, there was another one, and it was called: Warrior.
Other than the Warlock and the Warrior System, every major system had existences that surpassed the Spiritual Refinement Realm, or had existences that surpassed the Spiritual Refinement Realm. But the Warlock System was far more useful than the Warrior System, and the Warlock System was more easily respected.
He didn't know when the Warrior System would produce a Martial God.
"How infuriating," Xu Qi'an said.
…
When they returned to the station, Inspector Zhang and Jiang Lvzhong were no longer in the hall. A Stalwart Tiger Guard was left behind to wait for them. He told Xu Qi'an and Li Miaozhen that the Inspector Zhang was waiting in his room.
After knocking on Inspector Zhang's door, Xu Qi'an and Li Miaozhen entered the room.
"The person that General Li drew was the shop owner of the black market who was in charge of Zhou Min's evidence. I deciphered the secret code that Zhou Min left behind and found my way there. That's how I got the account book. "
Xu Qi'an told Inspector Zhang and Jiang Lvzhong what had happened.
After listening, Inspector Zhang's expression turned solemn. "Could it be that the original shop owner was the real person who was in charge of the account book?"
Xu Qi'an nodded. "Most likely so. And if I'm not mistaken, he's probably been silenced. The shop owner that I met later on was Liang Youping in disguise. "
Jiang Lvzhong stroked the stubbly stubble on his chin. His tone was puzzled. "Then how did they find the black market?"
"Do you still remember what I said when I analyzed the case?" Xu Qi'an pinched the space between his brows. "We found the black market's No.15 shop through Yang Yingying's clue. But this clue wasn't given to us, it was given to Qing Province's Minister Yang.
"In other words, the clue that Zhou Min originally left for us was deciphered by someone in advance."
There were plenty of smart people in the world.
Li Miaozhen shook her head. "Don't you think it's strange? Since they found the account book, they could have just destroyed it. Why did they leave it behind and wait for you to find it before handing it over to you?"
Jiang Lvzhong was shocked. "The account book was swapped. Did we get a fake one?"
"No!" Inspector Zhang shook his head. "If the account book is fake, we'll be able to see the flaw very quickly when we go to the Commander's Office to check the account tomorrow. Then, what's the point of them giving us the fake account book? "
Jiang Lvzhong's frown deepened. "But it's even more ridiculous to give us the real account book. They killed the real dog butcher shop owner and returned the account book to us untouched?"
"Indeed. Whether the account book is real or fake, it's illogical." Xu Qi'an pinched the space between his brows and paced in the room.
"Let us review this case properly.
"Zhou Min found out that Yang Chuannan was secretly supporting the mountain bandits and wrote a secret letter to the yamen. When the Qi Gang learned about it, they immediately launched an attack on the night watchman yamen. They created a corruption case in an attempt to force Duke Wei to compromise.
"Then, by chance, I found out that the Qi Gang colluded with the Witchcraft Cult and secretly supported the mountain bandits. Only then did the imperial court realize the seriousness of the matter and sent me … "
Inspector Zhang coughed loudly.
Xu Qi'an corrected himself and said, "They sent the Inspector to Yun Province to investigate the case."
"I've inquired in the black market just now. The original owner of No. D15 was killed ten days ago. At this time, we're still at the border of Qing Province. General Li, when did Yang Chuannan receive the secret letter from the capital? "
"The letter was received about six days ago. It's from a good friend of Lord Yang," Li Miaozhen said.
"That's right. We're already taking the fastest route. Even if the Qi Gang is faster than us, they can't be more than ten days." Xu Qi'an nodded. "Whether they killed Zhou Min or the dog butcher shop owner, they should have nothing to do with the Qi Gang in the capital. Our real enemy is in Yun Province.
"If that's the case, there are only two possibilities for this case. One, it's all a ruse by Yang Chuannan. Two, there's a mastermind behind the scenes who's ready to push Yang Chuannan out as a scapegoat. When the secret letter was sent back to the capital, they started to lay out the plan. They killed Zhou Min, looked for the hidden evidence, and tried to make Yang Chuannan a scapegoat.
"If the account book is real, then the possibility of the first possibility is not high because it's equivalent to handing the butcher's knife to us.
"If the account book is fake, then it's even more meaningless. Yang Chuannan hasn't gotten rid of the suspicion, nor has he really been convicted. Liang Youping took the initiative to hand over the account book to us. Instead, it aroused suspicion and indirectly saved Yang Chuannan. "
Li Miaozhen keenly caught a logical loophole. "In other words, the account book must be real. According to your speculation, the account book is real. There's a mastermind behind the scenes who wants to push Yang Chuannan out as a scapegoat.
"Then, Liang Youping's action of killing the dog butcher shop owner and personally handing over the account book to you doesn't make sense."
Yes, under the premise that the account book is real, the mastermind only needs to wait for the Imperial Inspector to find it, and Yang Chuannan will not be able to explain himself.
Liang Youping's action is superfluous.
Imperial Inspector Zhang pondered and said, "Maybe there's a problem with the account book. The account book is real, but there's a problem with it. This problem will lead us to point the finger at the real mastermind. Therefore, they have to rack their brains to find it and destroy the flaws in it.
"Then, they pretend to be the dog butcher shop owner and wait for us to find them so that they can hand over the account book to us."
Jiang Lvzhong nodded at first, then shook his head. "How do they know there's a problem with the account book? Isn't this account book made by Zhou Min?"
Imperial Inspector Zhang smiled and said, "The reason why Zhou Min can find the evidence is because he's an experienced person in the Commander's Office. He's in charge of the warehouse, receiving and receiving, and all the military equipment has to go through his hands. And that Liang Youping, he's also an experienced person. "
Xu Qi'an suddenly said, "There's something I don't understand."
"Hmm?" Li Miaozhen looked over.
"Why is Liang Youping the one in charge of handing over the account book to us?" Xu Qi'an glanced at the three of them. "Don't you think it's strange? Liang Youping has already been exposed. Once we capture Yang Chuannan and interrogate him, to prove his innocence, he'll definitely defend himself and tell us everything he knows.
"Under such circumstances, as long as we compare it with Liang Youping's portrait … Oh, there's this meeting now."
Li Miaozhen frowned and said, "Because only Liang Youping can find the problem in the account book?"
Jiang Lvzhong glanced at her. "They have enough time to find the problem hidden in the account book. When the time comes, they can just change the disguise. There's no need for Liang Youping to stay there. If Ning Yan hadn't seen your portrait, he wouldn't have realized that the dog butcher shop owner is a fake.
"In other words, as long as that person isn't Liang Youping, we won't find out. It'll look like he's actively exposing the flaw. "
As for the disguise, with the eyesight of Xu Qi'an and the others, they can easily see through the disguise when they're in close contact.
…
Zhu Guangxiao woke up from his dream with a start. He felt his bladder swelling, so he got up at night to go to the toilet.
He walked out of the room and into the corridor. Suddenly, he saw a woman in a white dress sitting at the table in the hall.
She had a head of beautiful black hair. From this angle, Zhu Guangxiao could only see the side of the woman's face. It was just the side of her face, but it was already beautiful enough to make one's heart beat faster.
Su, Miss Susu … No, it's that female ghost!!
Zhu Guangxiao's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
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