At around nine o'clock, the sky was slightly bright, and Lin Ji had a rare good sleep.
After being in seclusion for a long time, he was called to Liangcheng as soon as he came out of seclusion. He had not had a good rest for a long time.
The body is not tired, but the mind is always spinning.
The use of the Lightning Sword Technique last night consumed a lot of energy, but after returning home, I slept surprisingly soundly.
Walking out of the room and into the main hall, in the garden outside the hall, the housekeeper Lao Li was directing several maids to take care of the flowers and plants.
Generally speaking, this work should be done by experienced gardeners.
But the previous owner of this house was a wonderful man. Except for the housekeeper who was in charge of the affairs of the house, the rest of the servants were all beautiful girls.
"The arrogant and extravagant people have taken full advantage of them. Even if they get killed, they still have enough to live on." Lin Ji couldn't help but sigh.
Seeing that Lin Ji had gotten up, the housekeeper Lao Li quickly put down his work and came over to greet him.
"Master, I didn't expect you to wake up so early and haven't prepared breakfast yet..."
"Then go quickly." Lin Ji dismissed Lao Li and yawned again.
Not long after, Lin Ji heard from Lao Li that breakfast had been prepared.
When we arrived at the restaurant, there was a pot of seafood porridge placed in the middle of the table. It was steaming hot and fragrant.
Next to a large pot of porridge, there are four cold dishes and four hot dishes, all presented on exquisite small plates, including meat and vegetables.
Lin Ji suddenly felt that the authentic and exquisite donkey meat roasting that he was so proud of was really a ghost.
"Is this what you usually eat for breakfast at home?" Lin Ji looked at Lao Li.
"If you think it's not enough, we still have some in the kitchen." Lao Li said quickly.
Lin Ji was silent for a moment, and asked rather shamelessly: "This meal brings a lot of money, do I have to pay for it?"
Although he was in Qingyang County, he also saved a lot of money because of Song Da's filial piety.
But his poor family background, which took him several years to save more than a thousand taels of silver, might not last long at this level of consumption.
Lao Li lowered his head and said: "To tell you what, sir, your predecessor died suddenly... The family didn't take anything with them when they left. People from the Yamen took them away, so the house still has more than 20,000 taels of silver in reserve, which is enough."
It’s been going on for several years.”
Having said this, Lao Li carefully looked at Lin Ji.
"If you have anything to say, just say it." Lin Ji said while drinking porridge.
"yes."
Lao Li nodded quickly and asked: "I dare to ask, the last chief arrester didn't die at the hands of a ghost outside the city, right?"
"Well, you guessed it right." Lin Ji said with a smile, "It's normal for the family's money not to be withdrawn. His family members are probably all in Yunzhou now."
Yunzhou is the far north of Kyushu, bordering the snowy region to the north.
When the imperial court distributes prisoners' family members, they like to send them to Yunzhou.
Anyway, Lin Ji had heard someone say that the potatoes grown there were pretty good.
After hearing Lin Ji's response, Lao Li did not dare to ask any more questions, lowered his head and left.
After having breakfast, and with the maid serving him, he changed out of his original cotton robe and put on a robe made of silk and satin. Lin Ji left home and came to Liangcheng Yamen.
Although it was only his first day on the job, it was obvious that Lin Ji's appearance had been spread out. After all, he was the ruthless person who had tormented Wu Fei to death. It was difficult to hide such news.
After entering the government office and passing through two or three inner gates, Lin Ji was stopped by someone.
This man was about in his early thirties, with a bookish air about him, and always had a smile on his face.
"My Lord, Chief Inspector, Shimoda Wenliang, is the deputy clerk of the newly appointed Chief Inspector."
After greeting each other, Tian Wenliang took Lin Ji to the chief arrester's office.
This is a side hall in the Yamen, a small hall for receiving guests, and a study room, nothing more.
Lin Ji looked around for a moment and looked around in the study.
Before he could sit down behind the desk, Tian Wenliang suddenly said: "Mr. Lin, the chief arrester is in charge of all affairs in the state. The promotion of monster arresters in various places, the arrest evaluation and difficult cases all need to be handled by you.
, please move to... the file library."
"Dossier library?" Lin Ji was stunned.
The record of a major case is only a few pieces of paper, and the collection of three years of cases in Qingyang County is only the thickness of a book.
Does this still require a warehouse?
But when Lin Ji followed Tian Wenliang to the archives library, he fell silent.
This is a rather large room with thirty-six bookshelves filled with countless files.
"Each bookshelf corresponds to a county under the jurisdiction of Liangzhou, and the deepest bookshelf contains the files of Liangcheng."
Tian Wenliang explained unhurriedly: "Mr. Lin, as the chief arrester, you should be aware of the situation below, right?"
"Well...it should be so." Lin Ji nodded subconsciously.
Tian Wenliang smiled.
"Then please read through all these files first, otherwise when the people below come to do things in the future, you will not know everything about them... This will not only bring shame to you."
Upon hearing this, Lin Ji looked at Tian Wenliang.
"Do I want to read all these files? Many of them are not recent, right? Do I also want to read old cases?"
"It's worth seeing." Tian Wenliang nodded.
Lin Ji narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Tian Wenliang.
He figured something was wrong.
"The previous Chief Constable also read all these files?"
"I've seen it." Tian Wenliang.
Lin Ji casually pulled out a file that was backlogged under the bookshelf.
I opened it and took a look twice.
"This is the file of Emperor Mian, not long after he ascended the throne! How many years have passed?"
"Decades before and after, tell me how the former chief detective managed to read all these files?"
"Your predecessor has been in office for nearly ten years, so he naturally has time..." Tian Wenliang lowered his head and said.
Hearing this, Lin Ji yawned.
"Tian Wenliang, how long have you been working as the Chief Constable's clerk?"
"It's been seven or eight years."
"Then you must have followed the previous Chief Constable and become very familiar with these files, right?"
Without waiting for Tian Wenliang's reply, Lin Ji sneered: "In three days, streamline all these files for me. As the chief arrester, I have done everything. What do you want your subordinates to do?"
"Three days?" Tian Wenliang suddenly raised his head and looked directly at Lin Ji for the first time.
"If you can't do it, get out. I don't mind changing to another clerk. I'll leave first. You can just stay in this file vault."
Completely ignoring Tian Wenliang's ugly expression, Lin Ji turned around and left.
But after taking two steps, he stopped again, turned around and patted Tian Wenliang on the shoulder.
"Don't be a gunman for others. I know that my airborne arrest will make many people unhappy, but for you to come to me for trouble, don't you think you don't take me, Lin, seriously?"
After the words fell, Lin Ji laughed and left the file library.
Returning to the side hall, not long after entering the study, one of my servants came to report.
"Master Lin, Mr. Sun is here."
Lin Ji suddenly remembered Sun Hai, whom he had met last night.