The first thing Gu Cheng did when he went to Nie Yang Mansion was to find Cui Zijie to see what was going on with Cui Zijie.
As soon as he stepped into the realm of Nie Yang Mansion, Gu Cheng frowned.
Nie Yang Mansion was really too small, at least incomparable to Heyang Mansion, and as soon as he entered the city, Gu Cheng discovered that there were too many people in the world.
The large number of people in the Jianghu is not a problem, even in Lin'an Prefecture, but there should be more Xuanjia Guards on the streets who are responsible for patrolling. It is simply impossible to manage these Jianghu people by ordinary police officers.
But until Gu Cheng walked to Jingyesi in Nie Yang Mansion, he didn't see a single Xuanjia Guard. If Cui Zijie was here, he would definitely not allow this to happen.
When they arrived at the door of Jingyesi in Nie Yang Mansion, Gu Cheng and others did not wear Jingyesi's black armor. He motioned to Chen Danggui and asked him to go over and ask.
Chen Danggui has a handsome and sunny appearance, and always has a gentle smile on his face. Although he is more ruthless than Kou Andu, his face is still very deceptive.
Gu Cheng didn't want to reveal his identity so soon, but planned to find out about the situation from Cui Zijie before taking office, just like Yu Yuanhai did at the beginning.
Chen Danggui walked forward and asked with a gentle smile on his face: "I am a businessman from out of town. I would like to see Mr. Cui Zijie, the commander-in-chief of the local Jingyesi Division. Could you please let me know?"
The Xuanjia guard guarding the door said impatiently: "Cui Zijie? What else can you do if he is dead? This happened two months ago. You are also a businessman after all. Why are you so slow to hear the news?"
Chen Danggui's expression remained unchanged as he said, "Then who will be in charge of Jingyesi of Nie Yang Mansion now? Where is Mr. Cui Zijie?"
Seeing that Xuan Jiawei was a little impatient, Chen Danggui quickly stuffed a banknote into his hand.
The Xuan Jiawei glanced at the amount of the banknote and then said with a smile: "Now that the new commander has not arrived, the Nie Yang Mansion will naturally be managed by the deputy commander.
As for Cui Zijie, it seems to be in a large house he bought in the east of the city.
I see you are quite sensible. I'll teach you a lesson. Stop trying to fawn over Cui Zijie. This man is already useless. Not to mention Nie Yang Mansion, even Jing Yesi can't stay here.
The Vice-Commander is not here now, he should be drinking with people in a restaurant in the city. If you want to go, then go look for him quickly and try your luck."
After listening, Chen Danggui returned immediately. Gu Cheng, who was standing on the street corner, had already heard their conversation, and his face was already gloomy.
Cui Zijie's situation is worse than he imagined.
Although Cui Zijie was severely injured and his martial arts skills were disabled, he was not dead after all, and the superiors did not deprive him of his position as commander-in-chief. He is still the commander-in-chief of Nieyang Mansion.
As a result, he is not in Nie Yang's mansion now, which is equivalent to being kicked out directly. One can only imagine what kind of treatment he is receiving now.
The group of people went straight to the east of the city, and after making some inquiries, they found Cui Zijie's house.
After knocking on the door, the people inside said angrily: "Are you done? The commander-in-chief is like this now, what else do you want?"
The door suddenly opened, and what appeared in front of Gu Cheng was a tall and rugged barbarian face. It turned out to be Atulu, the night watchman Cui Zijie had brought with him before.
"Gu...Master Gu! Why is it you!"
Atulu, who was not very good at speaking Zhongyuan, stuttered even more at this time, but his face was full of joy.
At this time, another person came out of the house, it was Song Chengxun, the "Ghost Face".
Cui Zijie took the two of them with him when he was in Heyang Mansion. At this time, Cui Zijie was in trouble, and these two were the only ones left by his side.
After seeing Gu Cheng, Song Chengxun's always gloomy face also had a hint of joy, but he was still surprised and said: "Master Gu, why are you here?"
Gu Cheng said: "I am the one sent from above, the new commander-in-chief of Nie Yang Mansion. We will talk about the rest later. Take me to see Mr. Cui first."
Song Chengxun nodded, and he and Atulu quickly brought Gu Cheng into the house. At this time, Cui Zijie was lying weakly on the bed, his face was pale, and he had lost a lot of weight.
"Master Cui, what happened? Who did it?"
Cui Zijie did not answer Gu Cheng immediately. After learning that he was actually the new commander-in-chief of Nieyang Mansion, Cui Zijie smiled bitterly and said, "Many people from Jingyesi are responsible for what you did after you went to Nanyi County."
The news came back. To be honest, I really didn't expect you to be so beautiful.
You have laid a solid foundation in Nanyi County. You must have strength and qualifications. Whether you stay in Nanyi County or directly return to the capital with these achievements, you have a bright future. Why do you need to go back to Nieyang Mansion to come here?
What about wading in muddy water?"
Atulu and Song Chengxun were only surprised when they saw Gu Chenglai. It was naturally better for a former colleague to become the new commander than a stranger.
However, Cui Zijie has been with Jingyesi all his life. Although he is only a commander, he is still very aware of some of the twists and turns in Jingyesi.
With Gu Cheng's strength, status and achievements, no matter where he went, he would never be able to return to Donglin County, and to come to Nieyang Mansion by such a coincidence, this must be his own choice.
Gu Cheng shook his head and said: "Master Cui, you risked great injustice to send me out of Donglin County. I will always remember this kindness.
I don't like monks, but I do believe in cause and effect.
If it weren't for Mr. Cui who asked me to go to Nanyi County in the first place, I wouldn't have the status and strength I have now. This is the cause, so naturally I have to repay the consequences now."
Although Cui Zijie felt sorry for Gu Cheng, he would be lying if he said he wasn't touched when he heard what Gu Cheng said.
No wonder he took a big risk to send Gu Cheng out of Donglin County. Gu Cheng is still the same Gu Cheng. His strength, status and temperament have changed, but his person has not changed.
In the past, he could kill Governor Hong in a rage for Xiao Yi, but now he can give up his career and come to Nieyang Mansion to seek justice for Cui Zijie in order to repay Cui Zijie's karma.
"Master Cui, tell me now, who is so arrogant that he dares to attack the local commander in Nieyang Mansion?"
Cui Zijie smiled bitterly and said: "To be honest, I don't know. I went to track down a leftist murderer at night. That person was not very strong, and his frontal combat power was only level seven, but he ran very fast.
In the end, who would have thought that I was accidentally ambushed and attacked by a master. I fought for my life with my blood and essence, and then I escaped back."
Artulu said angrily from the side: "I think it was Ye Zhengyang who leaked your whereabouts and location, and then Yuan Chen sent those gang of thieves to sneak attack you!"
Cui Zijie frowned and said, "Don't talk nonsense! What did I teach you before? You have to pay attention to evidence when doing things. Won't making random guesses without evidence just make people talk?"
In fact, Cui Zijie said this for Gu Cheng's benefit. Gu Cheng had not yet taken office, and he did not want to provoke some powerful enemies and cause trouble for Gu Cheng just by relying on speculation.
At this time, Gu Cheng waved his hand and said, "Master Cui, now that you have reached this point, what can't you say?"
As he spoke, Gu Cheng looked at Atulu and said, "Tell me, who is Ye Zhengyang and what's going on with the Yuan Chen sect?"
Atulu's Central Plains dialect was not very good, and at this time he was somewhat unable to speak. Song Chengxun said from the side: "Let me speak.
This matter begins when we first arrived at Nieyang Mansion.
Ye Zhengyang is the deputy commander of the Nie Yang Mansion. The previous commander-in-chief retired in old age. He has a cultivation level at the peak of the seventh grade, and also practiced the secret arts of the left path. His overall strength can almost reach the sixth grade. He should have taken over the leadership.
Leader.
But because Xie Anzhi transferred us to Nieyang Mansion and occupied Ye Zhengyang's position, he was very dissatisfied with us and led the entire Jingyesi Division of Nieyang Mansion to exclude us.
He has been in Jingyesi of Nie Yang Mansion for more than ten years and has deep roots here. However, your Excellency only brought two of us to take office. We couldn't fight each other for a while, and the situation was very embarrassing.
However, with your help, we have gained a firm foothold in Nieyang Mansion.
Before anything really happened, we were investigating the disappearance of Nie Yang Mansion.
There are too many missing people here in Nieyang Mansion. Crazy beggars and some poor people on the streets often disappear. There are even some decent people who disappear mysteriously as long as they go to remote places. The number is almost the same as in other state capitals.
More than ten times more.
Ye Zhengyang and others are used to slacking off and do not want to investigate this matter. Instead, they stopped me and others, but your Excellency insisted on investigating.
After our investigation, we found that these missing people were actually captured by some notorious local monks, who used secret methods to extract their souls and refine them into soul crystals, and then handed them over to a person suspected to be the Yuan Chen sect of the Nie Yang Mansion.
people.
These leftist monks with different origins use the same soul-drawing secret method, so you suspect that they are not only dealing with the Yuanchen Sect, but even their actions are directed by the Yuanchen Sect.
We caught a guy before, but the guy seemed to be afraid and let him commit suicide without noticing.
Later, just as we were preparing to arrest the second person, something happened to him.
Atulu and I were supposed to go that time, but Ye Zhengyang used excuses to stay behind, so only the adults went alone.
Therefore, Ye Zhengyang is the only one who knows the whereabouts of the master. If he had not informed the other party in advance, the other party would not be able to escape no matter how fast he used the secret method of escaping.
Moreover, although there are many sects, large and small, in the entire Nieyang Mansion, there are only a few that can seriously injure the Lord, and Yuan Chen Sect is one of them.
Ye Zhengyang is very close to these Jianghu people, and naturally has contact with the Yuanchen sect. Therefore, I have long suspected that it was Ye Zhengyang's thief who joined forces with the Yuanchen sect to leak the information about the Lord, and then let the Yuanchen sect launch a sneak attack.
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Cui Zijie sighed: "Of course I have doubts, but doubts are just doubts. What can you do to Ye Zhengyang without evidence? The other party is the deputy commander, and we have also been evil to the governor. Without evidence, we can't do anything to him.
Besides, there is also the Yuanchen Sect, a major sect in Nieyang Mansion, which has a strong foundation and a great reputation in the entire Donglin County. The Governor will not touch them without sufficient evidence."
At this time, a smile appeared on Gu Cheng's lips: "Master Cui, I have learned one thing in more than a year in Nanyi County, that is, sometimes you don't need evidence to do things."