A group of cavalry appeared outside Wujiabao, led by Zhu Xiucai.
The warriors guarding the wall tower quickly went to notify Qin Shaoyou after seeing them from a distance.
By the time Qin Shaoyou arrived, this group of cavalry had already arrived at the foot of Wujiabao.
In addition to Zhu Xiucai and the few warriors he took away, there was also an acquaintance of Qin Shaoyou in the team - Mr. Xu Qi.
Xue Qingshan sent his cronies, General Banner, and seemed to take this case very seriously.
Looking at the people brought by Mr. Xu, they are all new people who have been added to the Demon Division of Luocheng Town in recent months.
Qin Shaoyou instantly understood what his brother-in-law was thinking.
"It seems that my brother-in-law is also worried. I am afraid that some of the old people in the Yaosi Division in Luocheng Town have been bribed by the Wu family. When they come here, they will take the opportunity to cause trouble, hinder the investigation, and even destroy evidence..."
Outside Wubao, Zhu Xiucai saw Qin Shaoyou and shouted loudly: "Sir, we are back!"
"Open the door."
Qin Shaoyou came back from his thoughts, turned to give instructions to Monk Ma, and then walked down the wall tower to greet Mr. Xu Qi, Zhu Xiucai and others.
The gate of Wu Fort soon opened, and the cavalry teams entered the fort one after another.
Qin Shaoyou first said "Thank you" to Zhu Xiucai and several warriors, and then bowed his hands to Mr. Xu Qi and saluted.
General Xu Qi was very happy when he saw Qin Shaoyou. He grabbed him and said, "Master Xue asked me to give you a message - you have done a great job and you are truly a blessed general!"
After conveying the message, Mr. Xu asked his men to go over to Zhu Xiucai, Monk Ma and others, and asked Dr. Zhu Youyi, the Demon Suppressor who came with the team, to check on the sleeping caravan members and find a way to wake them up.
.
Mr. Xu himself pulled Qin Shaoyou to continue talking.
"Master Xue has just taken over the Demon Division of Luocheng Town, and he needs to make some achievements to prove himself, and also to silence the villain. You brought him such a big case, and he was very happy and praised you again and again. This time we
We have to follow the clues and find out all the night watchmen and officials who have anything to do with the Wu family and eradicate them!"
Qin Shaoyou understood immediately.
Brother-in-law is trying to use the Wu family's case to establish his authority!
In addition to the night watchmen who were bribed by the Wu family, he might also take the opportunity to capture a group of people who disobeyed him.
Qin Shaoyou has no interest in getting involved in this kind of power struggle in the officialdom.
Mr. Xu also noticed it, so after a brief chat to let Qin Shaoyou know the general situation, he ended the topic.
The two arrived at the handover scene.
General Xu Qi asked as usual: "Are all the people and property of the Wu family here? You didn't practice favoritism and let the Wu family people go to enrich your own pockets and embezzle the Wu family's property, right?"
"No, we are not that kind of people!"
Qin Shaoyou looked upright.
Mr. Xu nodded and didn't ask any more questions. He just casually looked at the few warriors under Qin Shaoyou's hands.
The warriors smiled back one after another, but their smiles were a bit stiff.
One of the warriors was a little nervous. After being looked at by Mr. Xu, he subconsciously covered his waist with his hands, as if he wanted to cover up something.
What he never expected was that as soon as he put his hand on the belt, he would press out the thing hidden inside, and it would fall to the ground with a clang.
On a piece of gold cake, the golden light shines brightly under the sunlight.
Realizing that he was in trouble, the powerful man suddenly broke into a cold sweat and hurriedly leaned over to pick up the fallen gold cake.
As a result, before he could pick up the gold cake, two more silver cakes fell out of his arms.
Lux froze immediately and did not dare to move any more.
The atmosphere immediately solidified, and everyone was a little embarrassed.
It was Qin Shaoyou who reacted first, glared at the strongman, and pretended to be fine and said:
"What are you still waiting for? Pick up the money quickly! You finally saved a little money, but you have to show it off, right?"
"Yes Yes."
Although he was scolded, the strongman breathed a sigh of relief and quickly picked up the gold and silver cakes on the ground and stuffed them into his arms.
The colleague next to him also breathed a sigh of relief and whispered: "What did you do, so careless?"
Lux replied in a lower voice: "I don't want to either. The gold and silver given by the Lord are so much that I can't even carry them in my sleeve pockets or in my arms. After being glanced at by Mr. Xu, I suddenly felt nervous..."
Qin Shaoyou turned around and explained to Mr. Xu Qi with an unchanging expression: "This warrior has worked for the Demon Suppression Division for many years. It is normal to have some savings, right?"
"Yes, it's normal." Mr. Xu laughed dryly.
In his heart, he was complaining: Damn it, do you think I don’t know where all this gold and silver comes from? How could he, a strong man, save so much just relying on his salary!
But Mr. Xu did not expose Qin Shaoyou.
On the one hand, it is because of the relationship between Qin Shaoyou and Xue Qingshan.
On the other hand, it is an unwritten rule to pocket some money and goods from seizures.
Although the Daxia Law expressly prohibits it, in fact, as long as you don't go too far, you just turn a blind eye and pretend you haven't seen it.
Not to mention Qin Shaoyou and others, even he, Mr. Xu Qi, had to go through the process before escorting the Wu family's belongings back to Luocheng.
The warriors under Qin Shaoyou have done this kind of thing before, but this time they got a lot of money, which made them feel nervous.
Seeing that the people he had brought with him were almost ready to be handed over to Qin Shaoyou and the others, Mr. Xu Qi waved his hand to drive them away.
"Okay, you can leave quickly and leave the rest to us. If you don't leave, I'm afraid you won't be able to reach your destination before dark."
He was in such a hurry to drive people away because he was afraid that the unlucky warrior would continue to stay here and cause other troubles, making it impossible for everyone to step down.
Qin Shaoyou didn't want what he wanted, so he cupped his hands and said: "Then let's go. The things here will be done by Mr. Xu Qi."
Mr. Xu returned the favor with a cupped hand: "It's not hard work, it's all what you should do. I wish you a safe journey and solve the case soon. I'll treat you to a drink when we return to Luocheng."
This time he took advantage of Qin Shaoyou's favor and could get a lot of credit and oil. In addition, he also wanted to build a relationship with Qin Shaoyou, so he took the initiative to show his goodwill.
"Then thank you Mr. Xu Qi first."
Naturally, Qin Shaoyou would not refuse the other party's kindness, so he agreed, then got on his horse, led Zhu Xiucai, Monk Ma and others out of Wujiabao, and galloped towards Mianyuan County.
They went smoothly along the way and encountered no further accidents.
When we arrived at Mianyuan County, it was still bright and the gate of the county was still open.
Compared with Luocheng, the city walls and gates in Mianyuan County are much smaller, but there are quite a lot of dogs in and outside the city.
A group of soldiers stood guard at the city gate, checking the identities and luggage of people entering and leaving the city gate.
Seeing the arrival of Qin Shaoyou and others, this group of soldiers immediately became vigilant, because they were all very tall and equipped with weapons.
A strong man who looked like a leader, holding a knife with one hand, shouted: "Stop and dismount! Who are you? What are you doing in Mianyuan County?"
"We are patrolmen from Luocheng and were ordered to come to Mianyuan County on official business."
Qin Shaoyou took out a Luocheng police officer's waistband and related official documents from his luggage, and asked Zhu Xiucai to show them to him.
The identity of the police officer is their disguise this time.
Not only does he have the right to investigate the case, but he also won't make the monsters who steal children too alert.
After all, it is difficult for ordinary policemen to deal with monsters.
The soldier leader checked the badge. Although he could not understand the words on the official document, he carefully compared it with the official seal.
After confirming that they were correct, he returned these things to Zhu Xiucai, and while signaling to his men to let them go, he asked: "Business? Are you here to investigate the case of missing children?"
"How did you know?" Qin Shaoyou put away his badge and official documents and asked casually.
The leader of the soldiers smiled.
"Do you still need to ask? In the past two months in Mianyuan County, apart from the cases of missing children, what other cases are worthy of being investigated by the police from Fucheng?
But let me tell you, even if you come here to investigate, you won't be able to find any clues.
Because this case is not man-made at all, but the work of demons, so the Demon Suppression Department should send someone here!"
"The Demon Suppression Department has been dealing with the demons of the Black Lotus Sect recently, and they can't spare any manpower for a while." Qin Shaoyou said half-seriously, and then asked: "Have any children disappeared in the past two days?"
"Why not? Just last night, Zhang Shilang's grandson disappeared.
The county magistrate was called to Shilang Zhang's house late at night and was scolded profusely.
The county police officers and night watchmen searched all night long, causing a great uproar throughout the city, but in the end, nothing was found."
"Shilang Zhang's grandson is also missing?"
Qin Shaoyou couldn't help but frown, this was not good news.
When Qin Shaoyou and others were preparing to enter the city, a strong man could not restrain his curiosity and asked the soldiers at the city gate: "Brother, why are there so many dogs in your Mianyuan County?"
"These are all wild dogs." The city gate soldier replied, "In the past few months, many wild dogs have come to our Mianyuan County, and even ran into residents' homes. They couldn't be driven away. Some people simply caught these dogs.
Dogs, if you kill them and eat them, they are said to be very delicious."
"Wild dog?"
Qin Shaoyou raised his eyebrows slightly and cast a scrutinizing gaze at the dogs wandering around.
"Huh?"
After seeing it, he was a little surprised.
He actually saw despair and pain in the eyes of these wild dogs.