A tragedy occurred at the Tsing Lung Casino near Tuen Mun Ward. More than thirty young and strong men were killed in the casino.
The deceased were all ruffians from around Nantou City.
Since Zhou Tiesheng was on vacation, Hou Yao had no choice but to go and lead people to investigate the scene by himself.
After careful inspection, it was discovered that most of the bodies had been fatally stabbed.
Only a very few people had two stab wounds on their bodies, and the person who was stabbed the most had only three stab wounds.
It can be seen that the murderer's cruelty is simply shocking.
And there were no traces of escape around, which shows that the murderer must not be one person, but a group of people.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to kill so many people in a short period of time, without even a chance to escape.
This group of people have sharp swordsmanship, agility, crisp strikes, and deadly swordsmanship.
It was obviously the result of long-term training, judging from the corpses lying on the ground at the scene.
These thirty people were actually divided into three large pieces, and then divided into three small pieces, and finally were defeated one by one.
This shows that these murderers are not only highly skilled in martial arts, but also proficient in combined attack formations, otherwise it would be impossible to achieve such a clean and neat attack.
After inspecting the scene, Hou Yao took a deep breath.
Finally, he came to the conclusion that there was actually a terrifying organization hidden in Baoan County that had been training killing techniques and battle formations for a long time.
Such a terrifying organization cannot be dealt with by just a few government officials.
So Hou Yaodang ordered everyone to withdraw from the Yamen.
The only way to deal with such a terrifying organization is the army, and it must be a large number of troops.
Use absolute numerical superiority to suppress and win. After all, the number of elites is usually not too large.
However, the tree wanted to be quiet but the wind didn't stop. Two similar murders occurred two days in a row.
They were also located in casinos and brothels near Tuen Mun, and the total number of victims exceeded 50.
Hou Yao finally couldn't sit back and watch the case of so many people's lives. No matter how dangerous it was, he couldn't let the situation escalate any further.
There is a Tuen Mun Guard near Tuen Mun. Although the Tuen Mun Guard basically exists in name only, there are still a few old soldiers guarding it.
For such a well-trained organization, the first thing to suspect is the soldiers of the Tuen Mun Guards. People may be hiding among them.
Hou Yao took the police officers from the Yamen to investigate around the Tuenmen Guards, but found no suspicious people or things.
The second object of suspicion is the salt field on the outlying island. Because it is on the island, the salt field on the outlying island is not very noticeable on weekdays.
In fact, it is the largest in scale and output among the six major salt farms in Baoan County.
Hou Yao and a large number of agents wanted to land on the island for inspection, but they were blocked by a large number of saltmen as soon as they got off the boat.
"I am Hou Yao, the magistrate of Bao'an County. Since many vicious murders have occurred around the outlying islands, in order to hunt down the murderers, I want to go to the island to search.
If you continue to obstruct my investigation, I will arrest you all."
The saltmen looked at each other in confusion, but no one moved out of the way, and Hou Yao couldn't help but feel embarrassed.
After killing Li Jingshan, his reputation in Bao'an County has reached its peak. Basically, he says what he says and no one dares to disobey him.
But the people on this outlying island seemed to have never heard of his name, and they still stood in front of him.
When the police officers saw Hou Yao being ignored like this, they became angry and pushed harder with their hands.
The saltmen were also pushed out of the real fire, and the two sides became tense, as if a war was about to break out.
Hou Yao was anxious in his eyes. If there was a conflict, it would be terrible.
But retreating like this will undoubtedly increase the salt farm's arrogance and deal a major blow to its own prestige.
He regretted that he had led the team out. Now he was in a dilemma.
Just as Hou Yao was hesitating whether to retreat or not, the saltmen suddenly separated and a figure came from behind the crowd.
Judging from the appearance of this man, he looks very similar to the legendary salt farm manager Ji Chunan.
Hou Yao greeted hurriedly:
"The person here is a plan manager? I am leading people to investigate the case, and you are maliciously obstructing it, but you want to rebel?"
Ji Chunan smiled contemptuously, and then said angrily:
"Oh, Mr. Hou is really a powerful official. I have long heard that Mr. Hou is very powerful. When I saw him today, he turned out to be a young hero.
Let me tell you now, the case will not be investigated. I killed all those people.
There will be more people dying in the future, and your yamen don’t need to take care of these."
Hou Yao suddenly felt angry and angry, and roared:
"You are so arrogant. More than 50 people died, and you killed them whenever you asked. How dare you say it so arrogantly and openly?
Do you really think this county is just a show-off? If you are not brought to justice today, how can I explain to the folks in this county?"
Ji Chunan sneered and glanced sideways, then raised his hand and threw something:
"This is the explanation you want. It's best to open your eyes and see clearly."
Chen Junnan reached out to catch what Ji Chunan threw over and saw that it was a gold medal.
Hou Yao took the gold medal and took a look. He saw four large gilt characters on the front, "On behalf of the Emperor Mu Shou", and seven small characters on the back, "Ji Chun'an, Ambassador of Outlying Islands".
This gold medal is very similar to the imperial gold medal specially made by the Daxia court and can only be awarded by the emperor himself.
Seeing the gold medal is like seeing the emperor himself. Usually only important officials with emperor's orders will be awarded it temporarily, and they have to return it after the completion.
This gold medal seems to be specially made for Ji Chunan's use.
In fact, when Hou Yao won the gold medal, he basically confirmed Ji Chunan's identity. He must be a eunuch who helped the emperor.
But he didn't want to admit it so readily. Once he admitted his identity, he would have to kneel down.
So Hou Yao hesitated for a moment while holding the gold medal and said:
"Although your gold medal is very similar to the legendary imperial gold medal, it is also very different from the imperial gold medal.
I can’t be sure, so I can only report this matter to my superiors for verification. That’s it for today. We’ll wait until we find out whether the gold medal is genuine or not.”
After saying that, I wanted to turn around and leave.
Ji Chunan stopped him and said:
"Wait a minute, Master Hou, my master wants to see you, so please come with me first."
Hou Yao felt something was not good, so he turned around and ran away. Unexpectedly, all the saltmen suddenly retreated, revealing a group of murderous Feiyu guards.
All the detectives were shocked.
Even Chen Junnan and Wei Daxing also changed their colors one after another.
"Master Hou, I advise you to come with our family obediently. Otherwise, if you dare to escape today, there will no longer be a place for you in this world."
Seeing Feiyuwei appear, Hou Yao already knew the details of the Hainan Salt Farm.
I immediately wanted to slap myself in the face:
It makes you arrogant, and your grades are so low that you don’t even know who you are anymore? Why do you have to find out if you have nothing to do?
Now it's better, the bottom has been explored, and the big fish that couldn't be touched have been blown out.
Now he is not qualified to confront the imperial power head-on. If he flees overseas, nearly a year of hard work in Bao'an County will be in vain.
After weighing it in his mind, Hou Yao thought it would be better to go with Ji Chunan honestly.
Since the other party represents the imperial power, at least he will not kill him casually.
However, for safety reasons, it is better to take Chen Junnan and Wei Daxing with them.
"Okay, I can go with you, but I have to bring two guards."
Ji Chunan's eyes twitched, and he almost ordered the Feiyu Guards to hack this kid to death.
But thinking of Gao Xiaosong's explanation, I endured it again.
"Boy, seeing Feiyuwei dare to negotiate conditions with our family, you are really not afraid of death.
Okay, let's go, don't keep my adults waiting."
Hou Yao asked the government officials to wait where they were, and then led Chen Junnan and Wei Daxing to follow Ji Chunan and walked into the salt field.
Walking to the east end of the outlying island, there was a unique small building. Ji Chunan stood respectfully at the door of the small building and shouted in a sharp voice:
"Father-in-law, the younger one has brought someone here."
A lazy voice came from the building:
"Well, let Magistrate Hou come in."
Ji Chunan opened the door and made a gesture of invitation to Hou Yao. Chen Junnan wanted to open the way in front, but was blocked by Ji Chunan.
"Didn't you hear that my master's name is Houzhi County? You, a little guard, also want to see my master? You just don't know how to live or die."
Chen Junnan wanted to take action, but Hou Yao held him down and shouted loudly into the room:
"Sorry, your identity is unknown, so you want to see me in this way. Don't you think it's rude?"
There was silence in the building for a long time, and suddenly there was a burst of sharp laughter:
"Hou Zhixian is worthy of being the one who dares to break into King Xian's hotel. That's all. Those who don't know are not guilty. Chun'an, let them in."
Hou Yao and the others entered the lobby of the small building and saw an old man with a white face and no beard sitting at the head.
After careful identification, I discovered that it was actually the old man who came to Bao'an County with King Tan.
The old man had a beard on his face that day, but now I don't know if he has trimmed it off.
Hou Yao shouted in surprise:
"Aren't you the old man who went into the city with King Xun? Why are you here?"
Gao Xiaosong laughed:
"Hou Zhixian has such a good eye that he can recognize our family like this. His Royal Highness Prince Tan and His Royal Highness the Princess were here before, so it was inconvenient for me to talk to the adults.
Let’s get to know each other again today, the old slave Gao Xiaosong, who is now the Chief of Ceremony, Bing Bi, and the Commander of the Feiyu Guards.”
Hou Yao and the other three were all shocked. The Chief of Ceremonies held the pen and reviewed the memorials on behalf of the emperor. It could be said that he had full power over the government and the public.
He is also the commander of the Feiyu Guards. The Feiyu Guards have the power to supervise all officials, which is equivalent to having the power of life and death of the courtiers.
Compared with a prince with only a false name like King Tan, this is the real powerful man.
"It turns out that you are Eunuch Song, who is famous in both the government and the public. I have been admired by my subordinates for a long time."
Naturally, I have heard of Gao Xiaosong’s name and Hou Yao. For such a powerful man, it’s impossible not to know about it.
Gao Xiaosongpi smiled and said:
"Hou Zhi County, although this old slave is a servant, he is not that easy to fool when he is on errands with His Majesty.
Put away all your little cleverness, and now we ask you,
What methods did you use to prevent His Highness Prince Tan from pursuing you for the serious crime of breaking into the hotel at night?"
Hou Yao answered lightly:
"Going back to my father-in-law, I will give a share of all my property to His Highness King Xi."