Chapter 197.

The government office?

What’s wrong with the government office, I dared to kill people at the entrance of the Ministry of Justice office, is it hard to kill you, a mere seventh grade experience.

Xu Qi’an pressed his hand, and the sharp black and gold long knife instantly slashed the back of this experienced lord’s neck, the latter clearly feeling the pain coming from his back, as well as his own warm blood flowing out.

Still really dare to kill me …. The House experienced a tightening of the heart and looked to the other watchmen in panic, banking on them to stop this lawless companion.

But the attitude of Song Tingfeng and the others made the government experienced a sinking in his heart, calm, indifferent, and standing by with folded arms. He had heard of the bad reputation of the night watchman, who was particularly arrogant, but to say that the night watchman dared to kill an imperial official in the courthouse, he did not believe it.

Song Tingfeng met the other party’s eyes and narrowed his eyes with a smile, “Experiencing Lord, you’re encroaching on the legacy of a court official, even if I don’t kill you at this moment, if I turn around and put you in jail, I’ll still have a way to screw you over.”

Tang Yinluo added, “That’s what our night watchmen are used to, and when the time comes, the questioning won’t be as simple as legacy.”

“Your humble servant…knows that I am wrong.” The Prefect experienced gulping, his face pale as he resigned himself to his fate.

Only then did Xu Qi’an put away his knife and kicked a foot of the government experience, “Go, call out to the hall all those who have received silver, this official will ask for punishment one by one.”

The House experience covered the back of his bloodied neck and stumbled away.

Until his back was out of sight, Xu Qi’an withdrew her gaze and continued to examine the relics.

“Are you afraid that relics with clues will be misappropriated, leading to a failure to investigate the case?” Tang Yinluo worded.

“If Zhou Min really left clues in his relics, then it’s unlikely that he would have chosen those expensive objects that would easily give rise to greed.” Xu Qi’an said, glancing up at him:

“I just want to get back what belongs to Cho Min and transfer it to his family when the case is over.”

“Your character is worthy of my admiration.” Tang Yinluo sighed in admiration, and added after that, “Though you are very horny.”

No, it’s basic morality …. The guy who doesn’t even let go of dead people’s money is the one who is rotten and trash. Xu Qi’an spat in his heart.

Besides, can you call what men do horny? It’s clearly My Fair Lady.

Xu Qi’an remembered the paragraph he had read before: although I drink and smoke and tattoo and go to nightclubs, I know I am a good girl.

Even though I whore for nothing plus for nothing, I know I’m a good man…

In about ten minutes, an official wearing a green robe embroidered with white pheasants walked into the storehouse, followed by a government official who had simply bandaged his neck wound, and an official also wearing a green robe embroidered with herons.

In the officialdom, just by looking at the official uniform, one could know how many ranks the other party was, and thus guess the identity, for example, this green-robed official embroidered with white pheasants was of the sixth rank, and only the governor in the government office was of the sixth rank.

The saying that you can only recognize the clothes but not the person was originally passed down from the official world.

The governor with a round face and middle-aged blonde hair warmly greeted him, and when he arrived near Xu Qi’an and the others, he painfully said:

“This official is ashamed that I have not been strict in the control of my subordinates, and that I have allowed them to do such disgraceful things.”

He self-examined and pulled out a bulging, heavy little parcel, “Here is one hundred and fifty taels, the relics of Zhou’s experience, which this official has recovered for him.”

This kind of small things do not need to cast a lookout technique, a state government can do this degree of concession, in fact, all look at the governor’s part, Xu Qi’an precisely expected this, only emboldened.

If the governor didn’t buy it, he would just go to Inspector Zhang and complain, of course this kind of thing was unlikely, he believed that the governor of a state had the intelligence to do so.

So Xu Qi’an reached out to take it, weighed it a few times, and didn’t stalk it.

“Lord Zhifu, help prepare the carriage, this official wants to bring the relics of Zhou’s experience back to the post.” Xu Qi’an said.

The governor first glanced at the silver gong embroidered on his chest, and when he saw that this one was silent, he knew in his heart that the presence was dominated by this gong who spoke to him.

“Definitely.”

Xu Qi’an left two of his Huben guards to cooperate with the magistrates of the government office in transporting Zhou Min’s relics back to the post while they rode out of the city. Accompanying them was one of the government office’s fast-ban constables.

Also called Racer.

Zhou Min’s body was buried in a mass grave thirty miles outside of the city; mass graves in this era were more like the cemeteries of the previous world, with one grave after another.

Those buried in mass graves are the dead of poor families, and those who are better off will ask a feng shui master to select a grave site.

“My lords, the grave of Zhou Experience is right there.” Quick Finger pointed to a willow tree, under which there was a small grave bag.

Several Huben guards took off the shovel hanging on the horse hook, you a shovel I shovel dug open the grave, soil debris flying, with a “thud” a muffled sound, the shovel hit the coffin.

The Huben guards wiped off the dirt outside the coffin and clang …. Prying open the thin coffin, an unpleasant stench gushed out.

The crowd took a few steps back in unison, martial artists had a keen sense of smell and were even more unable to tolerate this stench.

Xu Qi’an took out a porcelain vase and distributed the small pills inside to all of them to take, these were the pills given by the Sitarist Warlock to prevent epidemics and kill poisons.

Then he covered his mouth and nose and walked over to the coffin.

The body of a man dressed in white lay still, his iron face tilted to the sky.

His skin was greenish-black, covered in varying shades of necrotic spots, and several holes rotted out of his face, maggots writhing in his ***.

The body is slightly swollen, a swelling caused by the skin tissue being filled with rotting gas after death. At this point, the skin would rupture with a slight poke, and fishy blood spattered.

Xu Qi’an had learned this before, but it was the first time he had seen it.

…. My mom eh, the old man is going to crack. Xu Qi’an forced down the stomach acid that was churning and said in a deep voice, “Undo his clothes.”

The Huben Guard gave him a resigned look, “Yes…”

Half an hour later, Xu Qi’an finished looking at the body and tentatively concluded that it was indeed a non-external death. He didn’t find any fatal wounds on the body.

After reburying Zhou Min’s grave, the officials of the government office led them to wash themselves in a nearby stream, and then returned to Baidi City.

The cause of death is almost confirmed, it’s the work of the Witch God Cult …. Killing in a dream, the tactics of a fourth grade sorcerer …. So is it easy for him to kill us?

The only clue so far is half a jade pendant, but it’s simply just a jade pendant, there’s no way to find out without more information ….

Returning to the post at 2:30 p.m., Inspector Zhang with a group of brass and silver gongs was rummaging through Zhou Min’s relics, looking for clues.

“It’s been an hour of watching, have you guys found anything?” Inspector Zhang frowned.

The beatniks shook their heads.

“Zhou Min is not the secret agent of the night watchman, you night watchmen do not have a contact code?” Inspector Zhang sternly questioned.

“It doesn’t match at all.” A silver gong said in a muffled voice.

“Could it have been taken or destroyed by the killer long ago. All that’s left for us is some useless junk.” Another silver gong speculated.

“It’s been half a month, there are no clues, right? How else can it be solved, no one can solve it.” A gong muttered.

Rubbish… Zhang governor heart some annoyance, he is the imperial historian origin, do not understand the criminal case, can only rely on this group of night watchman, but the night watchman people fighting in the line, investigate the case is a little amateur.

“Let’s just have the warlock question Yang Chuannan directly.”

“Bad idea!” Inspector Zhang grunted, “Above the fourth rank, the warlock’s accusations will not be granted. This official knows that he, Yang Chuannan, colluded with the bandits, but what about the evidence? How can I punish him without evidence, how can I punish a second ranked commander?”

The night watchman sighed and shook his head.

“Alright, Mr. Governor, don’t give them a hard time, Zhou Min really didn’t use a code word.” Jiang Luzhong shook his head, feeling tricky.

It was thought that Zhou Min would use the unique code of the night watchman as a contact clue to guide them to the evidence, but after checking the relics, nothing was found.

“It’s also possible that it was destroyed by the murderer.” Inspector Zhang said helplessly.

“What then?” A silver gong asked.

“We’ll just have to count on Xu Ningyan.” Inspector Zhang said, “He was able to find a break in the tax and silver case in the dossier, and he was able to find out about the old case of County Lord Pingyang in the Sangpo case, so he may not be unable to find out about the headless case of Zhou Min this time.”

“But how do I find out?”

“How does this official know.” Inspector Zhang glared at the gong who had spoken.

At that moment, Xu Qi’an happened to walk in, followed by the accompanying night watchmen and Huben guards.

Inspector Zhang’s eyes lit up, “What are the results of the autopsy?”

“It’s the same as the government office’s autopsy grimoire, there won’t be anything more to be found in terms of the corpse.” Xu Qi’an replied.

The governor nodded with some disappointment and added, “I heard that you hurt the experience of the government office?”

“I have a sense of proportion and won’t kill anyone.” Xu Qi’an pointed at the relics, “Are there any clues?”

A crowd of beatniks shook their heads.

“Didn’t find the contact code, perhaps it was destroyed.” Jiang Ruizhong sighed, “Ning Yan, we can only rely on you.”

He whirled around the crowd and said in a deep voice, “All of you learn from him, see how he solves cases, who can learn a tenth or two, Laozi focuses on cultivation.”

These brass and silver gongs are under his command.

Jiang Lüzhong had always wanted Xu Qi’an very much, but Duke Wei would not give it to him, so he could only come up with this plan to let Xu Qi’an train the night watchmen under his command.

Xu Qi’an found a seat and sat down, not continuing to examine the relics, pondering for a moment, “The secret code of the night watchman’s court, is it confidential?”

Jiang Lunzhong said, “All of the silver gongs and above know about it, and the bronze gongs that have been in contact with the dark son also know about it.”

“That’s not enough secrecy.” Xu Qi’an poured himself a glass of water and said:

“It is highly likely that Zhou Min did not use the Yamen’s contact code.”

“What makes it so?” A silver gong asked.

Xu Qi’an analyzed, “If the secret code had a high level of secrecy, it would be impossible for the murderer to accurately find the clue and destroy it amongst the mass of relics. Then the secret code should have been found by us by now. But it hasn’t.

“If the level of secrecy isn’t high, Zhou Min, as a twenty year old secret agent, experienced and well thought out, how could he use such crude methods that are too easy to crack. So this matter is actually not complicated, there is only one promise, he used other ways to hide the evidence.”

The watchmen looked at each other wordlessly, all a little shocked.

“That’s right. At first glance there’s no clue, but in fact there’s only one possibility: Zhou Min used other methods to hide the evidence.”

The night watchmen gave a rousing high-five and just felt enlightened.

Inspector Zhang nodded slightly, then frowned, “But with that, we are at a loss as to how to find out the evidence he hid.”

Xu Qi’an said, “Then let’s analyze it from the beginning ….”