Volume 2 A Light in the Night Chapter 58 Colleagues
When he came to the captain's lobby, Zhao Ning found that there were already two people sitting inside, and he knew each other, and they were the other two general flags.
After Zhao Ning greeted Du Wei Shi Xuan, who was sitting on the main seat, the latter said to everyone: "The situation is urgent, since everyone has arrived, let's talk about business directly." β
Speaking of this, he motioned to one of the general banners, "What is the specific situation, Wu Zongqi, you can introduce it." β
Wu Zongqi's name is Wu Shaochen, from the Jiangmen Wu family, Wu Jun's brother, born to the concubine of Wu Su, the head of the Wu family, two years older than Zhao Ning, two years earlier.
Among the officials present, Zhao Ning was the youngest. Shi Xuan is close to the age of confusion, and has the cultivation of the Yuan Shen Realm.
Wu Shaochen glanced at Zhao Ning, "Last night, at the third watch, there was a murder near the Feixue Building in Pingkangfang, killing and injuring nearly ten people, all of whom were cultivators, not to mention, there were also unregistered masters of the Yuan Shen Realm!"
"I happened to be on duty last night, and when I heard the movement, I immediately led people out, and finally arrived at the place of the incident in front of Jingzhao Mansion, and held this case in the hands of the Governor's Mansion, and the relevant witnesses were also brought back by me!
"After overnight interrogation, there is now a rough result, this murder case is a gang fight in the market, that is to say, in Yanping City, under the jurisdiction of our Duwei Mansion, there are hidden Jianghu forces with masters of the Yuan Shen Realm!"
Speaking of this, Wu Shaochen stopped, and it seemed that everything he could say had already been said.
The masters of the Yuan Shen Realm are all prominent existences, once there is one that is not registered, the government will definitely go all out to investigate, at the beginning in Daizhou City, Fan Zhongming did not dare to let the cultivators of the Beihu Yuan Shen Realm make a move, and deal with Zhao Ning in the city, not to mention that this is the capital city, at the feet of the Son of Heaven!
Not to mention, the other party is still fighting with the National People's Congress in the downtown area, creating a huge case of more than a dozen deaths and injuries.
Zhao Ning knew in his heart that this was the dereliction of duty of the Governor's Mansion, no wonder Shi Xuan's face was gloomy, it was estimated that he was sitting on pins and needles now, if this case was not solved as soon as possible, once it reached the heavens, it would be light to dismiss the official and take away his post.
With the experience of his previous life, Zhao Ning was not surprised that there was an unknown master of the Yuan Shen Realm in Yanping City, but the three words "Flying Snow Building" attracted a lot of attention from him.
In the previous life, during the battle of Yanping City, although the emperor had already taken people to take the first step and went to Xindu, Yanping City, as the century-old Beijing division of the Great Qi, the Wang Division still arranged the defense line with it as the core, hoping to resist and kill the Beihu army more.
The result backfired, when the Beihu army approached the city and began to storm the city day and night, Wang Shi only held on for less than ten days!
The biggest reason here is that when the defenders were already very tired after fighting for many days, on the night of the ninth day, a large number of elite cultivators were killed from the city, attacking the city defenders from behind, and the Beihu army attacked the city!
When a serious army is defending the city, the first target that needs to be paid attention to is not the enemy army attacking from outside the city, but the wealthy families in the city, etc., to prevent them from joining the enemy army outside the city, so the defense army in the war is actually very strict in guarding the city.
But even in this case, the Beihu cultivators who had been hidden in Yanping City for a long time still broke through the defense line and successfully received the army outside the city.
One can imagine how powerful this force is, and how hidden it is to ambush in advance.
Zhao Ning participated in that battle, so he knew that the Beihu cultivators were roughly dispatched from those places.
Afterwards, they broke through and retreated, and when they arrived at a safe place, when they reflected on and summarized the war with the army of Wang Shi, they gathered the news of many Wang Shi soldiers, and several places where the Beihu cultivators came up were accurately marked.
The Flying Snow Tower is among them.
Zhao Ning knows a lot of things about the Beihu in Yanping City, but it is not a simple matter to make good use of this information.
For example, those Beihu practitioners came to prominence three years later, and who knows what the situation is now?
Moreover, at that time, the Beihu cultivators were concentrated in the assault, and there were only a few main emerging locations, even if Zhao Ning used his family strength to launch a surprise attack on these locations now, he was afraid that the harvest would be limited.
Even today, there are Beihu masters in these places, but if they dare to stay in Yanping City at this time, haven't they thought of a way out?
If they have a tunnel, once the raid starts, they will quickly leave through the tunnel, and then merge into the flow of people on the street, with the appearance and characteristics of the Beihu people and the Beidi Qi people, it is impossible to distinguish at all, and if it is slightly disguised, even Xiao Yan can escape without a trace.
Such a rough action would only startle the snake, and it would not be able to achieve the goal that Zhao Ning wanted at all.
He has his own plans.
In the process of excavating Beihu Xizuo, the opponents he has to deal with and solve are not only Beihu Xiaozuo.
However, now that he heard that near the Feixue Tower, there was a master of the Yuan God Realm who had committed a murder, which still gave Zhao Ning some touch, perhaps, it was best for his actions to start with the cause of this murder.
"For our Governor's Mansion, this big case is a sword on the head, once we can't solve the case quickly and catch the murderer of the Yuan Shen Realm who escaped and disappeared, we will all be heavily blamed by the imperial court!
"But this case is also an opportunity for our Duwei Mansion, not to mention that we have fought with Jingzhao Mansion over the years, and the civil and military disputes in the court have been on the same footing, if we can crack this case, we can overpower Jingzhao Mansion, crack down on the arrogance of those big turbans, and make great contributions to the gate!
"And if Your Majesty is satisfied with our errand, the benefits of everyone are indispensable!"
Du Wei Shi Xuan explained the situation, boosted morale, and then looked at the crowd: "What we need to do now is mainly divided into two directions, one is to return to Feixue Tower, further understand the case, find out the root cause of the outbreak of the fight, and then follow the vine, and the other is to search the market gangs in the city to see what clues can be found." β
Speaking of this, Shi Xuan's eyes swayed on Zhao Ning and Wu Shaochen, "Who will go to Feixue Tower, Zhao Zongqi ......"
"My lord, please go to Feixue Tower! I have already been there once, and I am familiar with the way, and I will definitely be able to gain something if I go again this time!" Wu Shaochen hurriedly spoke first.
A fool can also think clearly, it is easy to have further gains by going to the scene of the crime to investigate, after all, the human and physical evidence are concentrated there.
On the other hand, the fight took place in Pingkangfang, and Pingkangfang is a place for rich and noble people to play, there is a lot of oil and water, just a flying snow building, can make Wu Shaochen a lot of money.
Otherwise, the Governor's Mansion closed the street for ten days and a half under the pretext of investigating the case, or insisted on looking for clues in Feixue Building, and people would not be able to do business?
As for searching other market gangs and looking for traces of the masters of the Yuan Shen Realm from them, it is undoubtedly looking for a needle in a haystack, whether the other party knows it or not is one thing, and it may not be possible to cooperate to tell the truth.
Duwei Shi Xuan looked at Zhao Ning and asked very attentively to his feelings, "What does Mr. Zhao think?"
Wu Shaochen saw that before Shi Hu made a decision, he always asked Zhao Ning this first, and the newcomer who didn't know anything about this case couldn't help but feel resentful.
He glanced at Zhao Ning disappreciatively, full of the old man's sense of superiority to see the newcomer, and warned: "Mr. Zhao has just arrived, whether the official document will be written or not, this investigation is very deep, don't be strong." β
Zhao Ning glanced at Wu Shaochen, let out a sneer from his nose, and didn't give face at all, "Wu Zongqi has completed the case, and it's not too late to say big things." β
He looked at Shi Xuan, "My lord, according to what Wu Zongqi said, go down to the official to ask the gang in the market." β
Zhao Ning knew that going to Feixue Tower would not be rewarding, and he knew better where to go would be more conducive to carrying out his own planβnot only a murder plan.
Wu Shaochen was furious at first, and was about to open his mouth to scold Zhao Ning for not understanding the rules and not respecting the old man, when he heard Zhao Ning's last sentence, he was deeply stunned, his face changed for a while, and he didn't speak again.
Shi Xuan waited for a while, and saw that Wu Shaochen didn't mean to speak, so he made a decision, "Then it's decided, you guys will leave immediately." β
After speaking, he remembered that there was still a general flag sitting in the hall, so he said to the general banner who had never said a word: "Zhang Zongqi should also ask the market gangs." β
The man was not salty or indifferent.
The three general banners got up together and retired, and when they went out, Wu Shaochen sneered, squinted his eyes and said to Zhao Ning: "Although Zhao Zongqi is young, it is rare to have self-knowledge. Regardless of whether you say that you want to go to Feixue Tower, the lieutenant will agree, he can understand that he has no ability to handle cases, and it is wise not to come to block the official. β
Zhao Ning knew that the Wu family didn't have the courage to go to the civil official group because of the demotion of the knighthood, so he put all the fault on the Zhao family's head, so Wu Shaochen, the son of the Wu family, didn't deal with him, and he could think about it, but the other party kicked his nose in the face like this, which still made him very annoyed.
"If Wu Zongqi is knocked out of his big teeth in Feixue Building, remember to ask me for pills when he comes back, my guard dog is not long-eyed, and often knocks out his front teeth on the threshold, I am very experienced in treating this kind of injury. Zhao Ning said lightly.
"You...... How dare you call this official a dog?!"
Wu Shaochen pointed at Zhao Ning, so angry that he seemed to roll up his sleeves and make a move, and shouted, "You try to scold again?"
He is in the late stage of the Imperial Qi Realm, and he is very confident.
Zhao Ning glanced at him with disdain, "If you want the pill now, I can give you the share left for the guard dog today." β
said, pouting disdainfully, "If you only dare to bark and don't dare to really do it, then dodge aside! β
"You ......"
Seeing Zhao Ning walking away, Wu Shaochen's eyes were full of murderous aura, and he said viciously: "Zhao Ning, don't forget, you are just a mid-stage of the Imperial Qi Realm! Don't be careless, you will lose your life one day!"
Zhao Ning's figure had disappeared into the Moon Gate, and he didn't know if he heard the words behind him.
"What's the matter, has the lieutenant calculated you?"
As soon as Zhao Ning entered the door, Wei Wuxian craned his neck and asked.
"Didn't you say that he was hiding a needle in his pocket, how could he directly calculate me, but when arranging official affairs, he used his behavior of respecting me to provoke Wu Shaochen's resentment towards me. β
Zhao Ning sat down and told Wei Wuxian briefly about the murder, asking him to prepare to go out immediately.
The description of Shi Hui highlights that the other party ignores others to ask his opinion first, and deliberately does not speak when he has an argument with Wu Shaochen, leaving time for the two sides to quarrel.
"Why did Du Wei do this to you, have you thought about it?" Wei Wuxian's eyes flickered, gloomy.
Zhao Ning smiled lightly, "I am the only heir to the head of the Zhao family, the first lord of the Jiangmen, the first successful place in the autumn hunt, and the sixth grade personally awarded by His Majesty, to the Duwei Mansion, how can Shi Xun not be afraid? β