After leaving the Yamen of Dali Temple, Lin Jicai raised his hands to Qi Zheng and thanked him.
"Thank you, Mr. Qi, for your help. If I didn't have an excuse, I don't know how long Lin would have been questioned at the Dali Temple Yamen."
Lin Ji thought that Qi Zheng's appearance was to drag him out of trouble, probably because he had received orders from above.
Otherwise, Lin Ji is the commander-in-chief of the general government office, and Sun Heya is the town official of Jingzhou. The two have no direct subordinate relationship, and it would not be Sun Heya's turn to give orders to Lin Ji.
Therefore, Lin Ji only regarded it as an excuse.
But who would have thought that Qi Zheng shook his head and said: "Master Lin, something really happened."
"Something really happened?" Lin Ji was stunned.
"There are only two commanders in charge of the Jingzhou government office, and they have all been sent out. In addition, there are only a few Youxing officers who can be mobilized, but the Youxing officers may not be effective in this case." Qi Zheng spoke quickly.
He said quickly, "Master Sun went to the general office to ask for help, and Master Fang appointed you to investigate the case."
Upon hearing this, Lin Ji didn't dare to delay anymore.
I followed Qi Zheng all the way to the Jingzhou government office and met Sun Heya.
"If I didn't have anyone available, I wouldn't trouble Brother Lin anyway." Sun Heya apologized to Lin Ji as soon as they met.
"Master Sun, don't worry." Lin Ji waved his hand and asked, "What happened in Pingchuan County?"
"It's unclear. If we hadn't just received the summons from the arrester there, we wouldn't have known that something had happened in Pingchuan County. But the arrester only said that the criminal had a high level of cultivation, but didn't mention anything else. We had to go there in person.
One trip.”
"Without further ado, I'll go now."
"Trouble."
"Business matters."
After leaving the government office, Lin Ji didn't hesitate for a moment and went straight out of the city.
He once helped people explore the underbelly of the capital, so he was very familiar with the roads around the capital. Pingchuan County is less than a hundred miles north of the capital, so it's not too far away.
"Even Sun Heya doesn't know anything. How could something like this happen so close to the capital?"
Lin Ji felt a little unsure.
Under the emperor's feet, a county demon hunter was killed and his head was seriously injured.
This is an answer I haven’t seen for many years.
"Even Yaoxie should know that offending Jian Tiansi like this will not end well."
"Who dares to be so unscrupulous..."
...
Beijing, Dali Temple Yamen.
The three clerks placed the recorded case files in front of the three adults.
Cui Yan took out his seal and was about to put it on when Yang Ziyu suddenly raised his hand and grabbed Cui Yan's wrist.
"Master Yang?"
"Master Cui, think twice." Yang Ziyu looked solemn.
Cui Yan sighed softly: "Cui didn't know that this case is troublesome and involves a lot. But this is a case ordered by His Majesty, and this case file was recorded in front of you and me. Every word is true. So and so.
, how do you prevaricate?"
"this..."
Cui Yan continued: "You and I are jointly trying the case, and this case file must have the seals of you and me before it can be handed over. There is one missing piece. Your Majesty will ask for the crime. Who do you think is deceiving the emperor?"
Yang Ziyu had no choice but to look at Wang Ji.
He originally thought that Wang Ji would hesitate and work with him to find a solution.
But who would have thought that Wang Ji was more cheerful than Cui Yan and directly stamped three-thirds of the case files with his seal.
"There's nothing wrong with this case file."
Cui Yan smiled and also left his stamp on the case file.
Yang Ziyu had no choice but to do it.
"Three adults, the Compilation Department will also pay attention to this matter." Yin Hu suddenly said from the side.
Cui Yan waved his hand.
"Cui will personally hand over the case file, and no one can interfere in this matter."
Yin Hu's complexion changed slightly and he wanted to say more.
But Cui Yan said coldly: "Allowing you to sit in is already giving Lan Zeying face, so don't push the envelope. It won't take half an hour for the Dali Temple Yamen to arrive at the palace. Cui will enter the palace right now."
After a pause, Cui Yan continued: "I would like to see who can stop me this time."
Hearing this, Yin Hu quickly walked out of the lobby without saying a word or even being polite.
Cui Yan smiled disdainfully, picked up three of the case files, went out and got on his sedan chair, and headed straight to the palace.
In the lobby, only Yang Ziyu and Wang Ji were left.
"Brother Wang, this is going to cause trouble."
"The trouble won't go anywhere." Wang Ji stood up, "In the final analysis, whether to investigate or not is not a matter of your Majesty's words."
...
After Lin Ji left the city, he figured out the direction and started on his way.
For him now, a hundred-mile journey, even just for a leisurely walk, only takes about an hour.
When he walked into Pingchuan County, it was just noon.
Walking in the streets of Pingchuan County, Lin Ji felt extremely strange.
Because it's so peaceful here, it doesn't look like anything happened.
Both sides of the street are full of vendors doing business to make a living, and there are also many women carrying vegetable baskets out to buy vegetables.
There was a group of gentlemen on the street corner shouting and drinking around the chessboard.
From time to time, children would laugh and run away from the side.
No matter how you look at it, it is peaceful and peaceful.
But at this moment, Lin Ji felt a little panic and eagerness in his heart.
"Six Senses Returning to Origin Art?" Lin Ji frowned slightly. Ever since he broke through to the sixth realm, he had not felt the panic and irritability before the danger for a long time.
Even when he fought Wu Ma that day, Lin Ji never felt threatened at all. Even if he was cut by Wu Ma's poisonous dagger, his mood never wavered.
There is something strange about Pingchuan County.
Thinking of this, Lin Ji took two quick steps and soon arrived at the gate of the county government office.
There are no government officials guarding the gate.
Lin Ji probed out his consciousness again, and found that there was no one alive in the county government office.
"Something's wrong."
After muttering a few words, Lin Ji was not in a hurry to go in, but casually stopped a pedestrian passing by.
"Fellow, does this Pingchuan County government office usually have no government servants to guard the door?"
What Lin Ji didn't expect was that the man he stopped said nothing, broke away from his hand impatiently, and then walked away quickly.
It seems that he is tabooing something.
"this..."
Lin Ji looked at the man's leaving figure and then looked around.
There were many people around him who were paying attention to him consciously or unconsciously. Even if they were not looking directly at him, with Lin Ji's consciousness, how could he not notice it.
"That's all, let's go to the county government office and see for ourselves."
Lin Ji turned around and walked into the gate of the county government office.
The moment he closed the door, the feeling of being noticed was still there.
"There is something paying attention to me, but I don't seem to know that I have noticed it."
Lin Ji walked quietly towards the depths of the county government office.
After taking just two steps, he suddenly stopped.
At this moment, it was in the flower bed on his right.
A rotting corpse attracted many flies, but there was no corpse odor.
Lin Ji quickly came to the body.
The corpse was highly decomposed and its appearance was obscured.
The only thing he wore was the official uniform of a head catcher.