After leaving the slum, Muchuan went directly to the county government office without stopping.
Even if he came to investigate a case, Muchuan would still have to say hello to the local officials, which would make things easier.
The ancients really valued people's clothing.
Even the people in the yamen didn't dare to show any slightness after seeing Muchuan's gorgeous clothes.
Muchuan was invited into the yamen without even revealing his identity, and the county magistrate came out to receive him in person.
"Sir, you are not a local, right?"
The county master asked with a smile.
Muchuan didn't talk nonsense, he took out the jade token and threw it to the county master.
The county master took the jade plaque and almost fainted from fright after just one glance.
An imperial envoy! He even has a life and death token given by the emperor himself!
In charge of this order, Muchuan can kill first and then punish any official lower than the second rank.
The county master was frightened half to death. He was just a seventh-grade sesame official. He was not even an ant in front of the imperial envoy.
The county magistrate did not dare to neglect and quickly knelt down towards Muchuan.
"I'm going to bow to you, your Majesty the Imperial Envoy!"
Seeing his official master saluting like this, the officials in the yamen were also shocked and hurriedly knelt down.
Not everyone has heard of the word imperial envoy.
After all, for most people, the imperial envoy is as out of reach as the emperor.
Muchuan waved his hand and motioned for everyone to get up.
"May I ask your surname, the county magistrate?"
The county magistrate was startled. He did not expect Muchuan to be so polite, so he quickly and respectfully replied: "Sir, I will waive my surname of Ma when I am lowering my official rank."
"I wonder if a junior official would be honored to know your lord's surname?"
Magistrate Ma asked cautiously.
For such a super high-ranking official and a lowly minion like him, even asking for his last name may offend him.
Muchuan smiled faintly and said, "I'm here, Muchuan."
Muchuan was not a person who valued etiquette. He did not want to continue talking about these things with Magistrate Ma, so he asked about the case.
Magistrate Ma did not dare to hide anything, so he answered whatever Muchuan asked.
Unsurprisingly, Magistrate Ma knew very few details. After all, it would be almost impossible for a fat-bellied magistrate to go to the murder scene to conduct a detailed investigation.
As a result, Magistrate Ma summoned the headman in charge of the scene.
The head catcher did know a lot, and he also gave answers to Muchuan's questions.
Muchuan was a little surprised.
The police officers searched Li Chengqian's mansion but could not find any hidden tunnels.
Could it be that Di Renjie's inference was wrong?
Faced with Magistrate Ma's invitation to meet Feng Xichen, Muchuan refused directly. He was going to the crime scene to take a look now.
Li Chengqian's mansion is located in the inner mountains on the edge of the city. It is the most luxurious residence in the entire Nanping City.
After all, Li Chengqian is still a former prince. Even if he is demoted to a commoner, he cannot really be treated like an ordinary person.
The foot of the inner mountain is directly guarded by heavy troops and no one is allowed to approach.
Even the county magistrate must declare if he wants to get close.
The reason is very simple. The people stationed here are not officers and soldiers from Nanping, but a troop transferred from Chang'an.
This force was nominally used to prevent Li Chengqian from rebelling, but in fact, its role was to protect Li Chengqian's safety.
After all, Li Shimin has always been worried about his eldest son.
However, someone killed Li Chengqian under the eyes of this army, which made this army extremely angry and almost bloodbathed the entire Nanping.
This time Muchuan and his party approached the inner mountain and were indeed stopped by soldiers.
"Stop! What are you doing?"
Several soldiers gathered around Muchuan and looked at Muchuan carefully.
They are all people who have seen the world, and they will not slack off in the slightest because of Muchuan's clothes.
In fact, it was precisely because Muchuan was different from ordinary people that he attracted the attention of the soldiers.
Muchuan didn't say anything, just took out the jade token.
In this case, even if you have a tongue full of flowers and a beak three feet long, it will not be as useful as this Kodama tablet.
Sure enough, after seeing the jade plaque, the soldier's complexion suddenly changed, and his attitude towards Muchuan also turned 180 degrees.
"Sir, please wait a moment, I will inform the general right now!"
After a while, a strong-backed general hurried over.
As soon as he came over, he saluted towards Muchuan.
"I asked who it was, but I didn't expect it to be Brother Mu!"
It was a coincidence that this person was no stranger to Muchuan. He was none other than Niu Bi, a fierce general in Cheng Yaojin's tent.
Muchuan also smiled and replied: "I didn't expect that it was Brother Niu who was stationed here. If I had known this, I should have brought some gifts."
"Hey, why are we brothers so polite?"
Niu Bi laughed, changed the topic, and suddenly became serious, "Brother Mu, these brats under me said that you have a very powerful jade plaque, can you show it to me?"
Muchuan knew that the other party wanted to test his identity.
After all, in this situation, no one can be completely trusted.
So Muchuan handed the jade plaque to Niu Bi.
Niu Bi was extremely surprised after seeing it.
He knew that Muchuan was capable, but he did not expect that Muchuan would win the emperor's trust and was even appointed as an imperial envoy to take charge of this case.
Niu Bi returned the jade token to Muchuan and said with excitement: "Brother Mu, if you investigate the case thoroughly, I think the case will be solved in a few days."
"You don't know something. This case is so weird that it makes me so worried!"
Muchuan smiled and said: "Brother Niu, let's talk while walking. I want to go to the scene early to see it."
"Okay, okay!"
So, under the leadership of Niu Bi, Muchuan and his party walked towards the mansion on the top of the mountain.
Along the way, Niu Bi told Muchuan many weird things about this case.
The most bizarre thing is naturally that all the people in the mansion disappeared overnight.
You know, there is only one road out of the inner mountain, and it is guarded by Niu Bi troops. Even if a dog runs out, Niu Bi will find it immediately, not to mention the whole house.
As for the possibility of a secret passage in the mansion, Niu Bi immediately sent troops to search for it after being notified. Not to mention the secret passage, he couldn't even find a secret room.
One of the most widely circulated theories nowadays is that it is haunted and all the people in the mansion have been devoured by evil spirits.
As for why Li Chengqian's body was not eaten, the common theory is that Li Chengqian was the son of a real dragon. Even though he was deposed, he could not be eaten by an imp.
After Muchuan listened, he felt dumbfounded.
The superstitious thoughts of the ancients are indeed quite funny sometimes. If this rumor is slightly processed, it can even be circulated as a popular story.
