Chai Jiangcui just got an important piece of information from Jiujiu. Wu Dewei will only deal with definite extraordinary events, but for some ambiguous cases, he will not allocate manpower to deal with them, but will let the government's police officers solve them on their own first.
Chai Jiang Cuixin's current goal is these ambiguous extraordinary events.
Yingya County Government Office
Lao Li, the gatekeeper who was waiting outside, had been lucky enough to see Chai Jiangcui, so he naturally knew that Chai Jiangcui was the daughter of the county governor.
Lao Li was a little surprised by Chai Jiangcui's sudden arrival. He quickly came up to meet him, bowed and said:
"I wonder why Miss Chai came to the government office? Do you need me to inform the county governor?"
Chai Jiangcui shook his head and said casually:
"I just came here to take a look at Yingya County's old files, so I don't have to bother my father."
After hearing Chai Jiangcui's request, Lao Li seemed a little embarrassed. After hesitating for a while, he said bravely:
"This... I'm afraid it's a bit against the rules. If it's not a big deal, why don't you ask the Sheriff for permission first?"
Files are not things that ordinary people can read at will. Without the order of the superior, he, a gatekeeper, has no right to bring people in.
"Okay, then go in and talk to my father."
Seeing this, Chai Jiangcui also knew that she had taken it for granted, so she waved her hand and asked him to hurry in and pass the message.
After waiting boredly for a few minutes, Lao Li finally trotted back.
However, what surprised Chai Jiangcui was that her father did not follow her out, but asked Lao Li to lead her into the government archives with a piece of permission document.
Following Lao Li into the file library, Chai Jiangcui started to read through it bit by bit without saying a word.
As a county town, Yingya City not only has a large population in the city, but also has more than a dozen villages and towns under its jurisdiction.
When there are more people, there are naturally more things to do. The nearly 100-square-meter file library is filled with stacks and stacks of files. Some of them are even covered with thick dust. It is difficult to read the writing on them without looking carefully.
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Most of these files carry the lives of Yingya County one after another, which are sad and heavy.
However, these old files have nothing to do with Chai Jiangcui.
She came here mainly to look for some strange cases that had just appeared recently, so she looked through the latest files and didn't even take a look at those from a month ago.
Half an hour later, Chai Jiangcui successfully screened out three cases from dozens of cases that seemed to have something to do with the extraordinary.
The first incident took place in Wangjia Village near Yingya City. More than half a month ago, villager Wang Dagui's father passed away. On the night after the burial, the grave was dug up for no apparent reason, and the body inside disappeared.
The whole village of Wangjia Village went out to search, but failed to recover the body. The government sent people to search with hounds, but to no avail.
The second case occurred in Yingya City. A wealthy businessman surnamed Lu who lived in the east of the city reported that since three months ago, two taels of silver had been missing from the cabinet in his home where his family wealth was stored.
At first, the wealthy businessman thought it had been stolen by his servants. After scolding him to no avail, he changed the lock on the treasure chest and moved the chest to his room, guarding it day and night.
But even so, he still lost two taels of silver from his treasure chest every day, which made the wealthy businessman very distressed.
The government office also sent police officers to look at it, but they couldn't find any clues. In the end, because there weren't many missing properties, they just kept dragging it.
The third case is a missing persons case. In the past month, more than ten families in Yingya City have reported missing children. However, the murderer is very cunning and is still at large.
It was still early today, so Chai Jiangcui planned to go to Wangjiacun, the place where the first case occurred, to take a look.
After bidding farewell to Lao Li, Chai Jiangcui asked Zi Huan to go back first and rode alone to Wangjiacun.
I don't know if this world is due to the existence of spiritual energy. Chai Jiangcui always feels that the horses here are much bigger than those in the previous life, and they run very fast, but they are a little bumpy.
Wangjiacun is more than sixty miles away from Yingya City. After Chai Jiangcui left the city, along the official road, it only took half an hour to see the smoke curling ahead.
Although Wangjia Village has a population of only a few hundred people, it is much wealthier than other villages because it is adjacent to the county town. The village is mostly filled with large brick houses, with wide streets for transportation, and chickens and dogs chatting among each other.
In order to facilitate the work, Chai Jiangcui specially picked up a set of the smallest headhunting uniform and changed into it when leaving the government office.
With her hair simply tied into a ponytail and the Water Moon Sword on her waist, the fairy girl instantly transformed into a heroic female head catcher.
Passing by the big banyan tree at the entrance of the village, Chai Jiangcui saw an old man clearing snow. She got off her horse, bowed slightly to the old man, and asked:
"Old man, do you know where Wang Dagui's home is?"
When the old man sweeping the snow saw Chai Jiangcui wearing a headhunter's uniform, he didn't dare to show any signs of neglect. He put down the broom in his hand and said in a hoarse voice:
"Are you a police officer from the county? Wang Dagui's home is in the second house in the east of the village. If you walk along this road, you will see two haystacks, and there is a house next to it."
As the old man spoke, he raised his hand and pointed a path to Chai Jiangcui.
"Thank you!"
Chai Jiangcui cupped his hands to thank him, held the horse's rope, and walked in the direction pointed by the old man. The country roads were not as smooth and spacious as the official roads, so Chai Jiangcui had to dismount his horse and walk.
With the accurate address, Chai Jiangcui quickly found Wang Dagui's home. It had yellow walls and black tiles, and there was nothing surprising about it.
He stretched out his hand and knocked lightly on the courtyard door. After a long sound, the courtyard door opened, and a dark-skinned, thin man appeared in front of Chai Jiangcui.
The man was obviously startled when he saw Chai Jiangcui's delicate face, but soon he recognized the clothes on Chai Jiangcui's body and said respectfully:
"I wonder why this messenger came to me?"
Chai Jiangcui showed the badge on his waist and asked in a deep voice:
"Are you Wang Dagui?"
The skinny man nodded, "The common man is Wang Dagui."
Seeing the real owner, Chai Jiangcui's serious expression softened slightly, and he spoke frankly:
"I am the chief Chai from Yingya City. I am here mainly to investigate the case of the disappearance of your father's body. If you have any clues, you might as well tell me."
When Wang Dagui heard that Chai Jiangcui was here to investigate the disappearance of his father's body, he couldn't help but have a look of surprise on his face.
He was just a commoner with no power. After reporting to the government, he received no attention at all from the government. The government only sent two government officials to search for him with hounds in a symbolic manner. After that, there was no movement for nearly ten days.
He originally thought that the government was unreliable, but he never thought that a police officer would come from the county to help him find his father's body.
Although Wang Dagui looks simple and honest, he is not stupid either. He hurriedly stepped aside to get out of the way and said flatteringly:
"Sir, please come in quickly. I will tell you what I know."
After welcoming Chai Jiangcui into the living room, Wang Dagui pulled his mother-in-law and asked her to quickly prepare tea for Chai Baotou.
On a slightly shabby Eight Immortals table, Chai Jiangcui and Wang Dagui sat opposite each other.
Wang Dagui rubbed his hands nervously and said slowly:
"To be honest with you, I don't know much about the younger ones. We all went out in the village that day and only found a few strange things..."