It was already dark. In the wild, most of the birds and animals have long been settled in their nests, and only nocturnal creatures are left to start their "night life". In the civilized settlements that lack lighting equipment, everyone also follows the life of sunrise and sunset, and goes to bed early to rest.

But in this world, there are cities that never sleep, and there are quite a few, and Biyan City is one of those cities.

The whole of Biyan City is a circular cross frame structure, and the cross street not only divides the residential area of the entire Biyan City, but also serves as the most prosperous commercial street in the whole city, which is always full of people. During the day, trucks and shops are boiling with each other, showing the city's prosperity to outsiders. And at night, as soon as the magic crystal street lamps of the whole street are lit, the vendors on both sides shout, the smell of wine and barbecue begins to fill the whole street, and more rude bargaining sounds come and go, so the whole street has changed from a fair lady in the day to a hot girl at night.

There is no curfew in the city, and there is no requirement to enter and exit the city gates for a limited time, so the square gates are open to visitors all day long. This was one of the precedents of the Rhine Empire, setting a precedent for a new mode of urban management, and thus contributing to the development of the city, and whenever one thinks of it, one cannot help but look at the Earldom, located in the very center of the city, at the crossroads.

The residence of Count Cassise.

Different from the bustling night scene outside, the atmosphere in the study room in the Earl's Court at this moment is obviously very unfriendly, or a little, tense.

The lord of the city, Count Cassise, sat at his desk, and a young lieutenant with glasses and a military uniform, who looked shrewd, stood beside him.

An old man dressed in crimson brocade sat at the guest table to the left of Count Cassise, sipping a cup of tea in his hand. The other two were burly soldiers in red uniforms, one sitting patiently, the other a little irritable.

At this moment, they were all quietly listening to the report of a young man in the center of the study.

"To sum up, we traced them to the vicinity of the town of Shire and lost their tracks. "The young man in the center was wearing a silver-gray security uniform, short black hair, and a face that looked no more than twenty or thirty years old. He straightened up when he finished his debriefing.

Count Cassise sighed and said to the young man, "Mo, you have worked hard, sit down first." ”

He didn't give a military salute to Count Cassise, "Thank you, sir." With that, he sat down at the Airbus table next to the old man in the crimson brocade robe.

The slightly irritated soldier said in a rough voice, "Why, your police station has been investigating for almost a week, and no one has been found yet?

The soldier next to him immediately stopped him, "Don't be rude! Luo Wei!" Then he immediately said to Mo, "I'm sorry, Brother Mo, my brother is a little reckless, your security station has been working hard for a week, and I am here to apologize for you." ”

Mo hurriedly persuaded, "General Luo Gu, this time it is indeed me who is not doing things well, and General Luo Wei should be blamed." ”

"Boy, don't think that if you say something nice for me, I'll change your opinion of me. Luo Wei's voice was still so rude, "He actually killed someone in our territory, and now he is still at large, where will the face of our city be put when he says this?"

"Lowe!" Rogu raised his voice.

The old man, who had been silent, grabbed the teacup with one hand and put it on the table, "According to the intelligence, after the prisoner committed the murder in the prison, he left the city along the west gate, and the area from the prison to the west gate seems to be in charge of General Luo Wei, right?"

Lowe immediately stood up and glared at the old man, "What! Gavalen! Do you suspect it's me!"

Gavaren smirked, "I don't suspect it is General Lowe, after all, your loyalty to our Biyan City is known to everyone. It's just that the prisoner escaped from the area you were responsible for, but you accused Little Brother Mo of being ineffective, isn't it a bit unreasonable. ”

Seeing that his brother was about to run away, Rogu put a hand on his shoulder, stopped him, and said to Gavren in a deep voice, "Although Lowe has some responsibility, he was not there that day after all. And," his eyes sharpened, "the prison is your place to be in charge, Warden Gavaren." ”

Luo Wei also suddenly thought of something at this time, "That's right, the main reason is that you suddenly invited all of us to your birthday party that day, which caused the criminals to take advantage of the situation, and you never invited us on your birthday before." No! You haven't had a birthday party before! Did you deliberately take us all away that day?"

At this time, everyone's eyes lit up, and they all looked at Gavaren.

Gai Valen's hand shook, he almost didn't crush the teacup in his hand, and said angrily to Luo Wei, "Nonsense! We've only known each other for a long time, it's been less than three years! Sixty birthdays, how can I spend the same birthday as usual! I'm kind enough to be treated as a donkey's liver and lungs by you!"

"Nonsense! When you received the gift money that day, your face was almost smiling!" Luo Wei also had a big face and a thick neck, and he relied on roaring when he spoke, and his face was red and his ears were red.

Seeing that the atmosphere of the meeting had become weird, Cassse hurriedly spoke up, "Don't argue, you are all my capable subordinates, and you are the cornerstone of my development in Biyan City, I don't want to start internal strife and disintegrate before outsiders attack us." ”

Hearing Count Cassise's words, several people fell silent.

"The priority is not who should be held responsible, but how to make amends. After all, it's about the face of our Biyan City. ”

Several people nodded silently.

Seeing this, Cassise continued: "Then let's go back to our duties and wait for the results of further investigation by the sheriff's office. ”

Several men stood up and saluted Count Cassise, and then walked out of the room in turn. Mo was the last to leave the room, and just as his front foot crossed the threshold, Cassie's voice came from behind him, "Mo, you wait a minute. ”

He turned, "Is there anything else you want to command, Lord Earl?"

"Don't worry, you sit first. Cassise stretched out his hand and motioned for Mo to sit down first, then waved his hand in Mo's puzzled eyes and asked the adjutant next to him to close the door.

The lieutenant closed the door and returned to Cassie's side, "My lord, they're all gone. ”

At this time, Mo suddenly understood that the earl had something to tell him about this matter that he couldn't let the other three people know.

"I know you're a little confused right now, but I want to ask you first, what did you investigate in this prison murder case?"

Mo was a little confused, "My lord, didn't I just say everything in the investigation?"

Cassise smiled, "I'm not asking you to tell the murderer about the process of murder again, I'm asking you how you feel that this incident is different from what you have experienced before." ”

Mo thought about it seriously, "If you want to say something different, there really is." He raised his head, "I mentioned before that the murderer should be a Qingyu level and above, such a person is not too many places within a hundred miles of our city and nearby, as long as you investigate the file, you can find that all the people in the file are not suspected of committing crimes, so I conclude that it should be an outsider who committed the crime." This has never been encountered before. ”

"Therefore, I am going to investigate the guards of the Blue Feather class and above in the mobile caravan. ”

Cassise sighed, "You still haven't answered my question directly, I'm asking your intuition, not your results." ”

Mo became a little nervous, "My intuition?"

Cassise decided not to dwell on it anymore and instead asked another question, "Do you remember the case of the lost instrument that happened when you were in the spirit season?"

Mo nodded, "I still remember that incident was very serious. An armed gang has infiltrated our city, attacked the scientific office, and robbed our most valuable magic photochemical mass spectrometer. He seemed to think of something, and suddenly looked up, "My lord, do you think these two cases were done by a group of people!"

Cassse shook his head, "No! I don't think, I'm sure. ”

"My lord, you think there are ghosts among us. Mo asked tentatively

Cassise shook his head anyway, "It's not you, it's them. He left his seat, walked over to Mo, stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, "Ever since your father sent you to me, I have never doubted your ability and character. Not to mention that you don't have to do that. ”

Then, he turned his back to Mo, "And you didn't rely on relationships to get to this point, but on your own strength to become the chief sheriff of Biyan City." ”

Mo's head was lowered, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Other people don't know about this, they always think that you relied on me to get into your current position, so I hope that this time you can show them your strength and get their approval. ”

At this time, Mo suddenly stood up and hit his chest with his right hand, "I will definitely not live up to your high expectations!"

Cassise turned around and straightened his collar, "Not to disappoint me, but not to disappoint your father." He patted Mo's arm, "The inner ghost must be someone who has been dormant in our city for many years and has a high status. ”

He sat back in his seat, "Without the help of the inner ghost, neither of these cases would have been possible with our precautions. I don't know if the luck this time is good or bad, the witness is gone, but the fox shows its tail, and the people who are most likely to help the criminals are the three of them, and you will investigate the three of them carefully and carefully for me when the time comes. ”

Mo nodded, of course he understood. General Rogu, who was in charge of patrolling the whole city, General Lowe, who was in charge of guarding the west gate where the steens had fled, and the warden of the prison, Gavalen, who was in charge of the place where the incident took place, the prison. The three of them must have internal ghosts, and there may even be more than one.

"Now that you understand, go down. Cassise finished speaking, rubbing his temples with his tired hands. "By the way, our prison death row prisoners have been dying painlessly since this year, right?"

Mo thought for a moment, "That's right, in response to the civilized prison construction action and environmental protection policy proposed by the superiors, all condemned prisoners are now poisoned, instead of the previous shooting." ”

"Then," Cassisse asked, "what happened to the bodies of those condemned prisoners?"

"In accordance with the relevant environmental protection strategy, cremation is allowed. ”

"Oh, crematorium," Cassese touched his chin, "I remember the crematorium was set up in the suburbs, right?"

"That's right, after all, this thing is not good to build in the city, although the construction area in the city is constantly expanding, it still can't meet the needs of Jianguang, not to mention that the thing has a bad impact in the city. ”

Getting the answer he wanted, Cassse waved his hand, "Okay, you're tired too, go rest." ”

Mo seemed to understand something, and saluted again, "Subordinates retire." With that, he left the room.

Cassise felt very tired, and as soon as Mo left, he lay directly on the desk, completely ignoring his image and being seen by the adjutant next to him.

"Carson, I'm so tired, so much so annoying, and I really regret taking this city from my dad now. ”

The adjutant named Carson looked at the childlike lord with a smile, "Don't say that, boss, now this city is shining in your hands." ”

"But I still miss the days when we were in the military department, most of the people in the military barracks are upright, but there are not so many fancy intestines now. ”

"Ah, boss, when I hear you say that, I want to go to the night market for a while, drink some fruit wine, and eat some roast sausages when I go back later. ”

"Then you'll take me with you, of course, I'll be in disguise. ”

In this way, the joke between the two dispelled a little of the gloom on Cassse's forehead, "But seriously, it feels like a lot of things have been going on lately, Carson, is there any good news lately?"

Carson flipped through the papers in his hand, "I do have one here." ”

"Oh, what is it?" Cassise raised an eyebrow slightly.

Carson pulled out a report card, "This is the first batch of materials sent to us by Silver Sky City to support the modernization of the Magic Guide, as well as their pioneer engineers. ”

"It's okay, to be honest, I've been envious of their city for a long time. Casseise sighed, "If we enter the Wizard Modernization, will the last hijacking case still happen?

Carson thought for a moment, "You're talking about the Shadow Instrument, I heard that it is an instrument that can record the dynamic changes of things, and the different Shadow Instruments can also communicate with each other. ”

"That's right," Cassise lay down again, "in that case, our people would be able to sit in one room and observe the public and important places of importance throughout the city through a large number of different Shadow Spheres. ”

"It's a great thing. Carson was amazed. "It should be expensive, right?"

"It's really expensive, but," Cassise sat up straight, revealing a serious expression, "The current Origin already has more and more powerful magic technology, and now, our own city construction, needs the support of external personnel." ”

Carson pushed his glasses, noncommittal.

"The current origin, I don't dare to imagine what it looks like, and it is estimated that only the imperial capital of the empire can be compared. At this point, Cassise felt his head hurt again, "We got out of there and got a wider world, but technology is still controlled by people, is this progress or regression?"

Cassise's gaze passed through the smooth transparent glass of the study, staring into the distance, as if seeking the light of the sky to guide him in the direction of origin, where what had become now?

Thinking of this, he withdrew his gaze, stood up and walked out of the study, "Okay, let's go, drink some wine with me." ”

The sound of his footsteps on the floor is crisp, but I don't know how heavy his heart is, just like the trend of fate, the development of history, no one knows what will happen next, but we do our best, just do it.

The stars in the sky seem to tell the truth.

The lights are out.