After Jiang Wang and the other two left the Arrest Department, Dan Cha walked out again with his hands behind his back.
"Boss." His trusted subordinate whispered beside him, "Are we just going to let these kids from the Dao College be so arrogant?"
"Isn't it because you're incompetent? You're taking your time investigating cases, and there's no result! Otherwise, how would they have the leeway to interfere? "
Usually, only cases that the Arrest Department couldn't handle would appear on the Dao Merit Roll. This was to avoid confusion of authority.
"These Dao College disciples have been spoiled since childhood. What do they know about investigating cases?" The subordinate said disdainfully, "Let them work for nothing!"
Dan Cha didn't express his opinion. He only called the cultivator with arched eyebrows over and scolded him again. Then, he carefully asked about the details of Jiang Wang's questioning of him before waving his hand and letting him leave.
"It's always been our Arrest Department that's arrogant. Since when have we been stepped on by others? Maplewood City's Dao College has become worse ever since Dong A, that stinking rock, came. " Dan Cha said coldly, "Bureau Chief Ji is going to patrol the county recently. When he comes to Maplewood City, who do we have to be afraid of?"
After all, his status wasn't high enough. He didn't know that Ji Xuan had already been here and had been humiliated by Song Hengjiang.
"That's right!" The subordinate agreed.
Dan Cha snorted coldly again. "The Zhao Family moved to our city not long ago. They're so rich, and their background isn't necessarily clean. They've been well-behaved these past few years and have been filial. It's fine if we turn a blind eye. Now that the Zhao kid is so arrogant, we'll investigate his family background. We can't investigate just by looking! "
Although the Arrest Department was only responsible for Transcendent cases, who had the final say about Transcendent cases?
Because of the overlapping jurisdiction, the Arrest Department would cooperate with the City Lord where he was strong. Where the City Lord was weak, the Arrest Department would act independently.
In Qinghe County, because of Bureau Chief Ji Xuan's strength, the Arrest Department had some autonomy in all the major cities in the county. Everyone was well-fed and strong.
"Yes, sir!" The subordinate couldn't help but laugh sinisterly. He began to calculate how much he could benefit from this.
…
Arched eyebrows' evaluation of the mission was in accordance with the procedures. There was no selfishness, and there was no conspiracy.
At least, that was the result of Jiang Wang's investigation.
At that time, the reason for that mission was that a family of townspeople of Du Town had been killed.
Judging from the traces left behind at the scene, the culprit's cultivation was no higher than a ninth-grade Meridian Wandering cultivator. Arched Eyebrows rated this mission as Rank 8 because he considered the uncertainty of Heterodox's whereabouts, as well as the various events that had happened in Maplewood City some time ago, which had increased the risk.
On the other hand, Maplewood City's Dao College had two eighth-rank Heavenly Cycle realm cultivators and three ninth-rank Liberating Pulse realm cultivators. With such a lineup, they were almost guaranteed to complete a mission of this level.
But in the end, it resulted in the most severe loss of Maplewood City's Dao Academy disciples since the battle at Little Forest Town. A total of four academy disciples had been sacrificed. One had to know that in the past, Maplewood City's Dao Academy only took in about ten disciples every year.
Every Dao Academy disciple was the foundation of a nation. This was also the reason why Maplewood City's Dao Academy placed so much importance on this matter and sent out Jiang Wang and the others to investigate after the Criminal Division's investigation yielded no results.
After leaving the Criminal Division, Jiang Wang's third stop was the Zhang clan's territory.
This was the result of their discussion. Their train of thought was very clear.
From Fang Heling to the Criminal Division, the next one was Zhang Xizhi. He was also the captain in charge of that mission.
Although he was already dead, his information was still alive.
Among his family and friends, there was still a Zhang Xizhi living in his memory.
The Criminal Division was located to the north of the City Lord's Mansion. It wasn't too far from the City Lord's Mansion and was close to Greenwood Avenue.
In terms of geographical location, it was relatively convenient to leave the Fang clan's territory and go to the Zhang clan's territory first before going to the Criminal Division.
However, Jiang Wang's group still chose to take a detour. This was because the actual order was more important than the geographical order.
The Zhang clan was now the head of the three major clans, but when they walked into their territory, they didn't sense any arrogance. On the contrary, the Zhang clan members they met along the way were very polite. After learning that they were Dao College disciples, someone took the initiative to lead the way.
Jiang Wang's group split into three groups. They went to Zhang Xizhi's home, Zhang Xizhi's best friend's home, and the clan leader's home.
Jiang Wang went to the clan leader's home.
He would definitely get the most clues if he went to Zhang Xizhi's home, and Zhao Rucheng was the person who wouldn't lose these clues.
In terms of seniority, the Zhang clan's clan leader should be Zhang Linchuan's grandfather, but he wasn't from the same lineage as Zhang Linchuan.
Of course, with Zhang Linchuan's current strength, he naturally belonged to the main lineage. In fact, if it wasn't for the fact that his ambition wasn't here, the position of the next clan leader would have been his.
As a rising star of the Maplewood City Dao College, the Zhang clan's clan leader specially took the time to help him sort out the relevant information about Zhang Xizhi to support his mission.
The two of them chatted for a while but didn't gain much. Jiang Wang was about to leave when he suddenly heard a voice from outside. "Young Master Linchuan is back!"
Zhang Linchuan walked into the courtyard and bowed to the Zhang clan's clan leader. "Linchuan is here to greet Grandpa."
His etiquette was thorough.
The Zhang clan's clan leader sat upright and raised his hand with a kind smile. "Your cultivation has been hard. It's not easy for you to come back. You don't have to come to see me every time."
"It's my duty." Zhang Linchuan smiled and greeted Jiang Wang. "Junior Brother Jiang, are you here as a guest?"
Jiang Wang wasn't arrogant. He had already stood to the side and said with a wry smile, "Didn't I get assigned a mission? I don't know if it's Vice Academy Head Song's or Academy Head Dong's idea. "
He couldn't ask Dong A about this, and Dong A wouldn't pay attention to him. Dong A was the dean of the Dao College, not someone's nanny.
"Oh?" Zhang Linchuan was interested. "What's the difference?"
The difference was huge! If it was Dong A, then it meant that she valued him. If it was Song Qifang, then she might be looking for trouble.
"It's nothing." Jiang Wang couldn't say much about the conflict with Song Qifang. He said, "I came empty-handed today, so it's inconvenient for me to disturb you. After this mission, I'll find Senior Brother Zhang for a drink next time. "
"Okay." Zhang Linchuan smiled and said goodbye to the old clan leader. "Grandpa, I'll go home first."
The old man said with a smile, "Go, go. Your mother will blame me if she waits for too long."
When adults didn't say when the next time would be, it was usually the same as never.
…
Zhang Linchuan came out of the clan leader's courtyard and walked back to his home. Along the way, he met clansmen who greeted him and nodded in response. However, the handkerchief covering his mouth never moved away. The clansmen didn't mind. They all knew that he was a clean freak.
Zhang Linchuan's home wasn't too big, but it had four courtyards, so it was definitely not shabby. His father was a steward in the clan. He didn't have many things to do, but he had a lot of money.
With Zhang Linchuan's current strength and future prospects, no one in the clan would mistreat his family.
Before he walked into the courtyard, a servant came out to greet him.
"Young Master, you're back. Will you eat now? Master and Madam are waiting for you! "
As early as when he stepped into the clan land, his home should have been prepared.
Zhang Linchuan nodded and walked to the warm room where he ate.
As expected, his parents were sitting at the head of the table, waiting for him.
Zhang Linchuan's father was old-fashioned. He was happy to see his son, but he didn't show it on his face. He just said lightly, "Sit down."
But his mother smiled at him and moved a plate of bass to his seat. "Linchuan, have a taste."
Zhang Linchuan walked to his seat and glanced at the stool. He couldn't help but wipe the oil stains on it with a handkerchief. It should have been accidentally dripped when the food was served. Then he rolled the handkerchief up and put it aside.
Soon he heard his father's angry voice. "What's wrong with you? I said that when Linchuan came back for dinner today, you should ask the servants to clean up well. Even a stool can't be clean! "
His mother's voice was still aggrieved. "I cleaned up inside and out several times …"
"It's okay, it's okay." Zhang Linchuan smiled to smooth things over. "Let's eat."
The family of three sat together to eat. The whole round table was divided into three equal parts, and each of them occupied a corner.
They treated each other with respect.
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