Suzhou City is like a hangover lady who has not woken up, the morning fog is diffused on the wide streets, mixed with the steaming heat of the breakfast stalls, misty, and the big restaurants on both sides of the street are naturally not open.

Qinlou Chu Pavilion and Goolan Washe, after playing for a night, there is still a warm fragrance of fat powder, and by the window of the terrace on the second floor, there are occasionally one or two in the dust, looking at the fog in front of them with dull eyes, as if looking at the second half of their lives.

On the edge of the breakfast stall in front of the government office, people in all kinds of official uniforms were around, even if their home conditions were good and the bells were ringing, but these officials were used to gathering in front of these stalls before the order, and eating whatever they wanted.

In fact, this is also a kind of officialdom ecology, in order to contact feelings and cultivate colleagues, you must know that there is never friendship in the official face, and the private is the social occasion of the officials.

Li Mi followed Jian Dingyong and Song Zhiwei, and soon came to the front of the government, Song Zhiwei is the official of the four governments, although he is the fourth in line, but because he is in charge of the criminal name and audits the money and grain, he should be the second-in-command of the government in real power.

In view of this, these officials were naturally polite to him.

Jian Dingyong is the magistrate of Wu County, and the county lord of Changzhou County, he often comes to the government to walk around, and everyone is also familiar with him, only Li Mi, Tsing Yi soap shoes, and he does not dare to carry a water and fire stick, but he has the old knife on his waist, and he puts it in the group of officials, like a stain on his new clothes.

These officials didn't know Li Mi, and they thought that Li Mi was Jian Dingyong's follower, so naturally they wouldn't treat him any specially, and all their thoughts were actually on Song Zhiwei.

Song Zhiwei is not good at interacting too much with Li Mi in front of people, Li Mi is also knowledgeable, and after greeting in front of the mansion, everyone walked into the mansion with Song Zhiwei.

As mentioned earlier, Suzhou Mansion is an important town in the south of the Yangtze River, with frequent business exchanges, and weaving and other industries, among all places, it should be one of the most complicated places for government affairs, although the officials are busy, but there is also a lot of oil and water, and the government is more magnificent than other places.

Li Mi is also accustomed to seeing the metropolis of later generations, but the Jiangnan ink style with white walls and tiles still makes people feel as if they are in the painting.

The officials rushed in, each ordered, and then went to their respective offices to sign and detain the office, and the government also had rules, every once in a while, all the officials would be summoned to report to the court, just like the regular meeting of later generations, and what they did during this time must be reported to their superiors.

Fortunately, it was not today, so the officials dispersed, and Song Zhiwei led Jian Dingyong and Li Mi to the flower hall of the third hall, quietly waiting for the prefect's reception.

On such an occasion, Li Mi could only stand behind Jian Dingyong, watching the two adults drinking tea, and after half an hour, the prefect walked out.

This prefect Chen Heguang is also in his forties and fifties, with a white face, thin and thin, with a white beard, and his official uniform can't hold up, but his waist is very straight.

Li Mi looked at Chen Heguang's gait and seemed to see something, so he couldn't help but look at it twice, looking a little rude.

Maybe when Jian Dingyong came to the mansion on weekdays, he brought his master and others, followed by a catcher, and it was not a strange thing to listen to it, Chen Heguang didn't notice Li Mi, as if he was a transparent person.

Li Mi didn't have any idea about this, just stood honestly, watched Song Zhiwei and Jian Dingyong stand up and salute, and exchanged pleasantries with Chen Heguang, the prefect of Suzhou, before explaining his intentions.

Chen Heguang looked listless, as if he would never get enough sleep, giving people a weak posture, but he could hear the words of Song Zhiwei and Jian Dingyong, and his eyes were also bursting with light.

However, this light soon dimmed, and he turned his head to look at Li Mi, a little surprised, because Song Zhiwei only mentioned Li Mi, and did not hide Li Mi's credit, so Chen Heguang was even more surprised.

"You've only been catching for three days?"

Li Mi could hear Chen Heguang's disbelief, thought about it, and replied: "Adult Mingjian, although the villain is only three days old, he often helps the poor master to do some errands on weekdays..."

Catchers were originally hired by the yamen, and there was no formal establishment, and some catchers or officials would hire some people to help them complete their work tasks.

If Li Mi said that he had been arrested for almost three days, he would solve a big case, and he would be involved in the meticulous work of the Japanese cowards, which would definitely make people question, although he successfully attracted attention, but his credibility would also be greatly reduced, so he had to make some small articles in this regard.

Sure enough, Chen Heguang heard this, and then nodded and said, "That's it, Yuan is also a familiar hand." ”

"Yes, the villain is just running errands, everything is controlled by the county master and Song Jiaogan, otherwise this case would not be so easy to end..."

Chen Heguang couldn't help but nod when he heard Li Mi say this, showing appreciation, and said to Jian Dingyong.

"This young man is not bad, Jian Dingyong, you can be regarded as picking it up."

Jian Dingyong was praised by the prefect like this, and his face was bright, but he said: "Young people are too angry, but adults can't boast about it." ”

Chen Heguang also smiled slightly, waved his hand, and took a sip of tea before getting to the point.

"This government has also handled a lot of cases, this Xiao Li's method of catching the head should work, Dong Ming, this matter will be handed over to you."

Dong Ming is Song Zhiwei's cousin, he is Chen Heguang's confidant, and the general judge and Tongzhi are together, and they have the meaning of fighting in Suzhou, so the relationship between Chen Heguang and this magistrate is also very close.

After Chen Heguang's acceptance, Song Zhiwei also made up his mind, but his face was still respectful, and he arched his hand to Chen Heguang and said: "Don't worry, my lord, it will definitely look good!" ”

Chen Heguang also nodded with satisfaction: "You are my arm, you do things, and the government can rest assured." ”

Although Chen Heguang seems to be mediocre, his eyes occasionally flash with majesty, like a sleeping tiger, he should be a black-bellied person, and Li Mi didn't dare to hold it up, just accompanied by him.

Song Zhi smiled and said goodbye to Chen Heguang: "Since that's the case, I'll go down to do things first, but I don't dare to let these robbers make trouble again." ”

Chen Heguang waved his hand and said to him: "Don't worry, since you are here, you will have breakfast with Master Jian with me, and Hengzhi has not yet gone to the office." ”

Where did Song Zhiwei dare to refuse, Jian Dingyong was also happy, Chen Heguang saw this, his eyes swept away, and he said to Li Mi: "Xiao Li Zhutou also came to sit together, and I talked about this map analysis method, if it can be summarized, the tolerance of the entire state capital will benefit in the future, and this government will also give you a great credit." ”

This is the second time he has called Li Mi Xiao Li's head, if Jian Dingyong is sensible, he should know what to do when he goes back.

Li Mi was naturally happy in his heart, after all, he was appreciated by the prefect, which was equivalent to the governor of later generations, and he was not even a county government clerk, so the meaning could be imagined.

However, Li Mi is not a person who gets carried away, although he solved Zhang's case, caught the female widow Kaoru Asakusa, and pulled out the conspiracy plan of the widow, but it is not enough to eat at the same table with the prefect, this Chen Heguang does not seem to be a friendly person, this time he invited him to eat together, so appreciative, what thoughts behind it are still unknown.

Li Mi is not a person who is good at socializing, so this meal can't taste anything, but Song Zhiwei took him to the Sifu Yamen and asked people to get the city defense map, and Li Mi entered an excited state of work.

There are more than 40 volumes of this city defense map, which occupies almost half of the floor of the room, but fortunately, Li Mi mixed with Qingqueer and others earlier, and he is no stranger to Suzhou City, otherwise he is really a little incomprehensible.

Song Zhiwei called all the officials of the Torture Hall over, and all of them were handed over to Li Mi to make overall planning, and Li Mi separated the scribes from all sides, with a clear organization and clear division of labor, each performing its own duties, counting the murder case, connecting the crime scene, planning the route, and so on.

These tasks seem very simple, but they are really very difficult to do, and the statistics are okay, and there are enough manpower, which is not a problem, but the calculation part can only be completed by Li Mi himself.

Everyone finally saw the true effect of the map analysis method, and Song Zhiwei was even more convinced, Li Mi was not open-mouthed, including many officials, and they were all shocked by Li Mi's little catch, but they didn't expect the case to be able to do this!

In ancient times, the subjective component of investigating and judging cases was relatively large, and there was no scientific and technical nature to speak of, and many times it was necessary to rely on the experience and intuition of the case-handling personnel.

In ancient times, confession was king, and the main object of study was people, either suspects, victims, or witnesses, etc.

But Li Secret is a detective in later generations, he pays attention to evidence in everything, and starts from the objective level, so he is not so dependent on people.

This undoubtedly opened the door to a new world for the detectives of the Torture Hall, and he finally realized that no matter in ancient times or in later generations, technical talents are popular wherever they go!

The so-called practice brings true knowledge, these detectives turned over the past cases, marked them on the map, and analyzed them with Li Mi's method, and they were objectively confirmed, and they couldn't help but be happy, just like children who discovered the mystery of a new toy!

The skills and experience of this method need to be practiced and accumulated, but the important thing is that such a new concept, the shock brought by Li Mi is also at this level.

The detectives seemed to have found a treasure, and surrounded Li Mi to ask this and that, at first they were just discussing the map analysis method, and then all kinds of criminal investigation questions were raised, which became a lively discussion, Song Zhiwei saw this, and couldn't help but say to Jian Dingyong: "Lord Jian, this Li Mi is good, you can bring him to the torture hall more in the future." ”

Jian Dingyong also smiled, and said to Song Zhiwei: "It is really a blessing for Li Mi to be promoted by Lord Jian." ”

Song Zhiwei looked at Jian Dingyong, and he was also a little admired in his heart, after all, not everyone has such a bearing.

Li Mi may not be able to hear the meaning of Chen Heguang's words, but he Song Zhiwei is very clear, what Li Mi brings is not just a method, but a criminal investigation technique that can benefit countless tolerances!

With such a talent, how can he be allowed to stay in the county office, become vulgar, and rot in the position of catching fast!