This kind of thing is the most difficult to deal with when it involves some high-ranking officials in the imperial court, and it is also the last thing Jingyesi wants to do.
Although these ordinary people are incomparable to practitioners when it comes to strength, the entire order of the Daqian court was constructed by them, so the two sides only cooperated with each other in name, and in fact there was no difference between them. point.
At this time, the son of the prefect and the grandson of the Vice Minister disappeared, which was indeed a big deal for Jingyesi of Heyang Prefecture.
Moreover, the governor Xie Anzhi did not dare to suppress this kind of thing. Instead, he would first suppress Jingyesi of Heyang Prefecture and ask them to find the person as soon as possible. Thinking of this, everyone present felt a little headache.
It's okay if you find it, but it's troublesome if you can't find it.
Cui Zijie waved his hand and said: "I believe you all understand the seriousness of this matter.
Therefore, during this period of time, everyone is doing their best to investigate the matter. Otherwise, if the delay is too long and the magistrate reports it, we and others will inevitably be criticized by the governor.
In short, if you want to see the person alive, if you want to see the corpse if you are dead, the results will be available as soon as possible, and I will also follow everyone to investigate."
Everyone present discussed it and concluded that five night patrols from the eight counties of Heyang Prefecture would participate in the investigation, including Song Chengxun and Atulu.
After finalizing the decision, Cui Zijie immediately led a large number of people to the magistrate's mansion.
Shen Changxu, the prefect of Heyang Prefecture, is in his early forties, in the prime of life, has a square and handsome face, and is very good-looking.
Gu Cheng also discovered that the officials in Daqian seemed to be very good-looking, and there were very few of them who were fat-headed and looked like corrupt officials.
"Commander, you are finally here. The house has been completely turned upside down in the past few days."
Shen Changxu pointed to the crying female family members in the back house with a sad look on their face.
Normally, it is not surprising for an official of his level to have several concubines, but Shen Changxu only has one main wife and one son.
It's not because he's not lewd, but because his wife's background is older than his.
Cui Zijie said: "Master Shen, don't be anxious. Since everyone has been missing for a few days, why did you come to Jingyesi first?"
Shen Changxu sighed: "Before, I just thought that the person was simply lost. With the ability of the Heyang Mansion's police officers, we should be able to find the person easily.
As a result, after three days of searching, my child seemed to have evaporated and disappeared out of thin air. Only then did I feel that something was wrong, so I came to Jingyesi for help."
Cui Zijie nodded and said: "Then please Sir Shen, please introduce to us some details of the disappearance of your young master."
Shen Changxu waved and called up a man in his thirties with a scar on his face and a cold expression.
"This is the chief catcher of our Heyang Prefecture, Zhou Zongnan, who is known as the 'Devilly Handy Hunter' in the world.
He has always been responsible for this matter, and he knows more than me."
Zhou Zongnan is not a practitioner, but he should have practiced martial arts, but he has not practiced internal skills, so his cultivation level should be regarded as the peak of external training.
Hearing this, Zhou Zongnan said in a deep voice: "Three days ago, the young master went out to play with five servants. After a day of playing, he went to a restaurant for dinner. Before the meal, he went to the hut, but he disappeared in the hut.
Neither the servants nor the people in the restaurant noticed that the young master had left the hut."
Cui Zijie asked seriously: "Have you ever investigated whether there is any problem with the people in the restaurant?"
Zhou Zongnan said: "Before you guys come, I have already used every method I can think of.
There is no problem with the restaurant, there is no problem with the servants, even some of the prefect’s political opponents..."
"Ahem! This goes without saying." Shen Changxu quickly interrupted the other party.
Zhou Zongnan continued: "After the young master disappeared, I have investigated all the possible directions of investigation. I even investigated everything from the young master entering the hut to the discovery of something wrong, passing by the restaurant and everyone who was in the restaurant at the time, and even dug up The latrines of the restaurant and even the entire underground were found, but no clues were found.
A living person will not disappear into a closed place out of thin air. It is impossible to escape to the ground, and no one can see it flying into the sky. This kind of thing is beyond the ability of ordinary people like us to solve, so I suggest that you come to see you."
Cui Zijie thought for a while and said: "If that's the case, then we should go to the restaurant where the person disappeared.
The others will act on their own. If they want to investigate, they will go investigate. If they don’t, they will go to the restaurant with me to check it out."
Most of the people went to the restaurant, but Gu Cheng did not go.
With Cui Zijie taking the lead, if he can see it, the other party can also see it. If he can't see it, the experienced Cui Zijie should also be able to see it.
So there was no point in going by himself. Gu Cheng stayed in the government office, walked to Zhou Zongnan and said, "Captain Zhou, want to talk carefully?"
The people in Jingyesi had actually looked down upon Zhou Zongnan, the chief arrester of the Heyang Prefecture.
They are practitioners, while Zhou Zongnan is just a martial artist who knows some boxing and kicking skills. The two parties are essentially two different things.
So after listening to Zhou Zongnan report the situation, no one cared about him anymore.
But Gu Cheng felt that in some aspects, Zhou Zongnan was actually stronger than Jingyesi.
Jingyesi is good at suppressing demons and ghosts, not criminal investigation and solving cases. If it was the former, that would be better.
If there is any hidden secret in this matter, Jingyesi may not be stronger than Zhou Zongnan.
Gu Cheng is cautious and observant, but when it comes to his level of criminal investigation, he is at the level of someone who has watched hundreds of episodes of Conan, and is better than those reckless men in Jingyesi who use knives when encountering problems. Some, but certainly not as good as professionals like Zhou Zongnan.
Zhou Zongnan was a little surprised when he saw Gu Cheng acting like this.
It seems that he exists between ordinary people and practitioners. He knows some things about the other person and also knows the gap between himself and the other party. It is normal for him to be despised by the practitioners.
So after explaining the situation, he didn't want to say anything more and just left it all to the other party.
He didn't expect that this young man from Jingyesi would take the initiative to come over and talk to him.
Zhou Zongnan cupped his hands and said, "If you have any questions, just ask me. I will definitely tell you everything I know."
Gu Cheng waved his hand and said, "I, Gu Cheng, am the night patrol officer of Luo County.
You don’t need to be so polite, Capt. Zhou. Capt. Zhou has been investigating this matter for several days. Even though there are no results, he still knows more than us. I just want to communicate with you, Capt. Zhou.”
Zhou Zongnan was immediately startled when he heard that Gu Cheng was the night patrolman of Luo County.
He knew the hierarchy in Jingyesi. Before, he thought that this young man was just an ordinary black armor guard, but he didn't expect that the young man was actually a night watchman.
After calming down, Zhou Zongnan said: "Actually, I have said everything I should have said just now. I have tried various methods here, but I still haven't found out how the young master disappeared, so I thought of some Power beyond our imagination.”
Gu Cheng knocked on the table and said in a deep voice: "Whether it is the power of ordinary people or the power of practitioners, it will at least leave some clues, but I feel that there seems to be something missing in the case of Mr. Shen's disappearance. "
Zhou Zongnan said in a deep voice: "Reasons and motives."
As a veteran head catcher, Zhou Zongnan has been solving cases for more than ten years, and has gained a reputation as a tough catcher. Gu Cheng did not need to say these things, he had already thought of them.
"I have already investigated this aspect in detail before. Whether it is for the purpose of robbing wealth, the political opponents of the prefect, or the enemies of the young master himself, or even human traffickers, etc., I have thought of it all, but if I investigate in this direction, Still found nothing.”
Gu Cheng shook his head and said: "Since Mr. Zhou, you feel that extraordinary power was involved in Mr. Shen's disappearance, you shouldn't look at it with normal eyes.
I am a practitioner, and I am not as good as Zhou Captou in criminal investigation and case-solving, but my perspective on the problem is different from Zhou Captou.
The reason and motive for Mr. Shen’s disappearance may have nothing to do with him himself.”
With that said, Gu Cheng told Zhou Zongnan about the starving ghost case in Luo County.
After listening, Zhou Zongnan pondered for a moment and said: "Although I have never thought about this before, I have doubted whether there are bandits and traffickers who focus on robbing people, so I also sent people to check the recent situation. People who have been missing for a while.”
"How is the result?"
Zhou Zongnan said with a bitter smile: "Nothing was found. In a large state like Heyang Prefecture with a population of hundreds of thousands in the surrounding counties, people are missing almost every day.
No clues about the young master were found, but several murder and kidnapping cases were solved.
We have also compared whether any of the missing people have any intersection with the young master, but we have not found any similarities."
Gu Cheng chuckled and said, "At times like this, I, Jing Yesi, need my help. I'd like to ask Mr. Zhou to find out the detailed information of these people and don't let go of any detail. By the way, that includes Mr. Shen's."
After Zhou Zongnan found all these, Gu Cheng threw them directly to Xiao Yi and said: "Xiao Yi, check if there is anything in these people's information that can be related to the power of the practitioners, including their residence. Feng Shui and so on.”
It's not that Gu Cheng wants to be a hands-off shopkeeper. Although they are both practitioners, Gu Cheng can kill people. Xiao Yi, who comes from an orthodox Taoist sect, is good at studying these things.
Cui Zijie and others also came back during this period, but they returned in vain. There was nothing wrong in the restaurant.
In desperation, Cui Zijie had no choice but to let everyone split up and look for suspicious points to investigate.
It wasn't until late at night that Xiao Yi came to see Gu Cheng.
"Brother Gu, I seem to have found some similarities in these missing people, but I'm not sure if that's right."
"Where?"
Xiao Yi said in a deep voice: "In the past three months, a total of 107 people have disappeared in Heyang Mansion, which is 30% more than in previous years.
And among these people, sixty-seven of them were born in Yin, some were in Yin moon, some were in Yin sun, and some were in Yin hour.
Especially Mr. Shen of the prefect's family, he was born in the lunar month, lunar month, lunar month and lunar month. This birth date is most likely to attract evil spirits.
But he comes from a family of officials, surrounded by civil servants and military generals, and has a strong yang energy, which is why he has not encountered any evil things while he has grown up."