Back in Qinyuan, Chai Yan called Ge Hong and the others to the main hall of Xianghuayuan to discuss matters.
Chai Yan handed a dossier to Cheng Jiu and asked, "You must have read this person's dossier, right?"
Cheng Jiu immediately opened it and looked at it, then raised his head and said, "Sir, we have all seen it. Is he the person we want to arrest tomorrow?"
Chai Yan nodded and said, "That's right."
As soon as he finished speaking, Guan Maochun approached Cheng Jiu and stretched his neck to read the words on the file.
"Cai Baozhong..." After Guan Maochun read out the name above, he immediately said: "Oh, it's this gambler. I remember him. He seemed to have sold his old house for gambling money.
He even divorced his wife!"
Cheng Jiu handed the file to Guan Maochun smoothly, and Guan Maochun immediately picked it up and started reading again.
Cheng Jiu asked: "Sir, should we go to his residence first to look for clues as before, and then start the arrest?"
"Yes, we will start from this step on the fugitives in the file..." Chai Yan said.
Cheng Jiuwu and others nodded after hearing this.
Chai Yan continued: "If we can't find clues, then we will find another way. In short, we will adapt to changes! Do you understand?"
"Understood!" Everyone in the hall responded in unison.
The name of the man recorded in the file is Cai Baozhong, who is 38 years old. He once served as a secretary in the Wude Department, and was later demoted to a lieutenant due to dereliction of duty. He has a hot temper and a gambling habit.
Records say that when Cai Baozhong was serving as a sexton, he sold his ancestral home in order to repay his debt. His wife and daughter left him after their persuasion failed and returned to his parents' family in the countryside outside the city. Cai Baozhong did not stay and wrote:
Cai Baozhong signed a letter of divorce and severed contact with the mother and daughter. In the end, Cai Baozhong lost all the money he got from selling his ancestral home, and he has been living in a decadent and miserable life ever since.
After roughly explaining the action plan for tomorrow, Chai Yan sat back in his seat and asked everyone: "Is everything okay while I'm not at home today?"
Ge Hong replied: "Sir, everything is fine and there is nothing abnormal."
"Well..." Chai Yan nodded lightly and said, "I've said everything that needs to be said. If you have nothing else to do, you can go back and rest. We'll set off on time tomorrow morning!"
The five people immediately stood up and said together: "Yes, sir!"
As soon as everyone left, Shangguan Peining's voice appeared.
"Chai Yan, please come in. I have something to tell you." Shangguan Peining's tone was serious.
Chai Yan then asked: "What's going on? Can't you tell me directly?"
Shangguan Peining said solemnly: "It's about the three Pitz people. I have thought about it carefully just now, and I must explain it to you in person."
Chai Yan was startled for a moment, thought quickly, and replied: "Okay, wait until I go inside first..."
After saying that, Chai Yan called Xiao Kui and told her: "I will go back to the room and take a nap. Don't call me before dinner."
Xiaokui thought Chai Yan was tired after running all day, so she immediately responded: "I understand, young master, you can sleep peacefully, I will not let anyone disturb you."
Chai Yan smiled slightly and walked towards the room.
After returning to the room, Chai Yan bolted the door, took off his shirt and lay on the bed. After closing his eyes, he secretly said: "Escape!"
After a white light passed, Chai Yan came to the mind space.
When Chai Yan opened his eyes, he realized that he was not standing where he was when he came in before, but at the entrance of the farmyard.
"Hey, today is really strange. Why did you bring me here?" Chai Yan said to himself with a smile.
As soon as he finished speaking, Shangguan Peining's voice came from the yard: "Come in..."
When Chai Yan heard the sound, he pushed open the courtyard door and stepped into the small courtyard.
In the courtyard, Shangguan Peining was sitting at a small square table, without a smile on her face, exuding an air of arrogance in her coldness.
Seeing Chai Yan come in, Shangguan Peining raised her right hand and brushed it gently on the small square table. The next moment, exquisite pastries and hot tea appeared on the table.
"Come and sit." Shangguan Peining motioned.
Chai Yan was a little surprised. He walked towards the small square table and joked: "Huh? What's wrong? This is so formal all of a sudden. I'm not used to it!"
Shangguan Peining didn't speak or change his expression. He just waited quietly for Chai Yan to come and sit down.
When Chai Yan walked to the table and sat down, Shangguan Peining said very seriously: "Chai Yan, I want to discuss something with you!"
"What's the matter? Tell me..." Chai Yan's face became much more serious when he saw this.
Shangguan Peining stared into Chai Yan's eyes and said solemnly: "I very... no, it should be very... I very much need the blood of those three Pitz citizens!"
Chai Yan's face didn't change much when he heard this, because he had some premonition before coming in.
Chai Yan frowned and said in a deep voice: "You must not forget what you promised me before, right? Now that you suddenly ask for human blood, you have to give me a reasonable explanation, right?"
Shangguan Peining said solemnly: "Yes, I promised you not to use human blood before... But now, I and Tongtian Baoshu have encountered a huge bottleneck, and the blood of those beasts
I can no longer help me and Baoshu, otherwise I
I will not make this request to you... Therefore, I hope you can agree and let me use some human blood, so that I and the Tongtian Baoshu can break through the bottleneck as soon as possible! At that time, whether it is for you
, it is still very beneficial to me!"
After listening, Chai Yan fell into silence and touched his chin with one hand, obviously considering Shangguan Peining's words.
Shangguan Peining was also very quiet, looking at Chai Yan's face patiently, waiting for his reply.
Chai Yan suddenly said: "Shangguan Peining, since you are in such urgent need of human blood to break through the bottleneck, why don't you take it first? I don't know how much blood the three of them have, and I won't be able to find out if you use some...
....”
"I have made a contract with you. If you do that, you will be counterattacked by the inner demons!" Shangguan Peining unconsciously tilted her head to one side when she said this.
"So you are afraid of inner demons..." Chai Yan understood immediately and nodded sharply.
Shangguan Peining suddenly became angry and denied: "Who said that? I just think this matter is important and I must make it clear to you face to face!"
Chai Yan laughed when he heard this, then put down the hand touching his chin and agreed: "Well, since you are so upright, I have no reason to object, you can use it!"
"You...you agreed?"
Shangguan Peining was immediately surprised. She originally thought Chai Yan would object, but she didn't expect him to agree so readily.
"I don't like those Pitzers anyway. If you can use their blood, just take it."
After Chai Yan shrugged and finished speaking, he picked up the tea bowl on the table.
"Hey, it's actually hot..." Chai Yan felt the heat on the tea set with a surprised look on his face, shook his head and said, "I just thought the heat was just an illusion..."
Shangguan Peining was relieved at this time and felt happy, so she thanked her seriously: "Chai Yan, thank you!"
Chai Yan took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Thank you for what! We are one and the same. If you are good, I will be good, and if you are not good, I will also be bad. Isn't this the truth?"
"That's right!" Shangguan Peining nodded and said with a solemn expression: "Chai Yan, do you still remember the last time? It was the time when I went into seclusion to practice and got into trouble..."
"Remember, what happened?" Chai Yan asked.
Shangguan Peining frowned and said: "The reason why I am like that is because I lacked the assistance of human blood during the retreat. If there had been human blood at that time, I would never have been so embarrassed!"
"Oh, so that's it!" Chai Yan suddenly realized.
Immediately afterwards, Chai Yan asked: "Is the blood of these three people enough? If not, let's get a few more Pitzers?"
Chai Yan didn't want the situation like last time to happen again. If he happened to run into trouble, wouldn't his life be at risk?
Shangguan Peining immediately nodded and accepted it happily: "The more, the merrier!"