At the time, Shangyuan County Ya.

Taemin set aside a room for Xu Zun to use for him to handle the case.

At this moment, at the beginning of the lanterns, Xu Zun and others gathered around the table, each holding a large bowl, discussing the case while eating noodles.

"So many, Lord Xu," Zhao Yuzhi frowned as he looked at the file sent to him, "When will this be checked?" ”

"Give you five days," Xu Zun said, pointing to the file, "investigate all these people clearly, and ask as carefully as possible." ”

"These people ......," Huo Anu picked up the file and said, "There are the 17 girls who disappeared mysteriously, and the deceased of the monk's clothes case, my lord, which case are you going to investigate?" ”

"Don't understand this? The two cases are investigated together," Xu Zun said, "Perhaps, the two cases will be connected." ”

"Good!" Huo Anu said with a firm look in his eyes, "Don't worry, we will definitely complete the task!" ”

"Oh, have you looked into the case?" Zhao Yu grinned and said, "Do you know that many of the 17 missing girls live outside the city, how much time does it take to come and go?"

"Also, the deceased in the monk's clothes case were all Hualou women, many of them had no relatives and no reason, and the Hualou was yellow, how to find it?"

"Don't worry," Xu Zun said, "I have already applied to the Taemin County Guard, and tomorrow I will deploy you ten capable catchers." ”

"Oh, that's pretty much it!" Zhao Yu finally put his mind at ease and immediately took a big mouthful of noodles.

"This is the first major case I really handled after I took office in Tangzhou," Xu Zun Zhengse said, "You must be up to the spirit of twelve, and you must not let go of any detail!" ”

"Yes!" Fire Anu responded.

"Woo......" Zhao Yu's mouth was full of noodles, and he agreed to whine.

At this time, Ju Ran came in from outside, followed by an officer in battle armor, who was the military cavalry captain Yuan Xingtai.

Yuan Xingtai's body is slightly obese, and his rich beard looks fierce and mighty.

"Lord Xu," Ju Ran hurriedly greeted, "Captain Yuan is here!" ”

Xu Zun hurriedly got up to greet him, the official positions in the army are generally higher than those of the magistrates, and the captain of Shangyuan City is at the same level as the county guard, so he is higher than Xu Zun.

"Captain Yuan, why are you here? Have you eaten it? Let's have a bite to eat? Xu Zun greeted warmly.

"I've eaten, I've eaten, thank you Xu Tixing for your kindness." Although Yuan Xingtai looked majestic, he was very polite and said, "I came this time to report to you on the entrustment of Captain Shen Xinglian.

"You asked Captain Shen to check last night's patrol record, and Captain Shen has already finished checking it.

"Yesterday evening, in the eastern, southern, and central patrol areas of the city, the soldiers inspected a total of 11 carriages and found nothing suspicious."

"Hey," Xu Zun hurriedly said politely, "How can this kind of thing bother the captain to come in person?" It's really tormenting Xu. ”

"It's all for official business, we all hope that Shangyuan City can settle down quickly!" Yuan Xingtai said, "Xu Tixing, if you really talk about it, I have to thank you well, if you hadn't found the daughter of the Hou Mansion, I'm afraid that those of us who were soldiers would still be searching day and night, haha......"

This Yuan Xingtai is older than Xu Zun in terms of official position and age, but he has a "you", which makes Xu Zun a little uncomfortable.

"Captain Yuan is too polite, too polite......" Xu Zun hurriedly gave up his seat and let the family sit on the main seat.

"Well......" After sitting down, Yuan Xingtai explained, "Yesterday evening, the city was not disarmed. In the past few days, because we are looking for the daughter of the Hou Mansion, we have searched more strictly, so many people are troublesome, so they reduce the carriage.

"That's why only eleven wagons passed through an area that was so large that night."

"Captain Yuan, hmm......" Xu Zun hesitated for a few seconds and asked, "You just said that the soldiers inspected a total of eleven carriages. Well, there is no checked carriage, is there one? ”

"Hehehe......" Yuan Xingtai stroked his beard and smiled, "Xu Tixing is really clear, since this is the case, Yuan Mou will not hide it with you!"

"That's right," he approached Xu Zun and said euphemistically, "The people living in the area of Dongshi are either rich or noble, and their vehicles all have permits. So...... There are still a lot of vehicles that night, and they won't be checked! ”

"Oh...... Captain Yuan is not strange," Xu Zun explained, "The murderer kidnapped Ran Lin's wife, and there must be a suitable means of transportation, so ......"

"I see what you mean." Yuan Xingtai said, "Captain Shen has already told me! Well, in order to ensure the safety of the residents, we will re-interrogate all the soldiers who patrolled last night and count all the vehicles that were missed last night. ”

"Oh, that's so thankful!" Xu Zun made a gesture.

"Also," Yuan Xingtai added, "I agree with you, no matter how many powerful people live there, we should also search the area around Dongshi again to make sure there are no problems there, right?" ”

Hearing this, Xu Zun couldn't help but be polite.

Next, the two continued to talk.

Yuan Xingtai said that Shen Xinglian was busy persuading Ran Lin, because Ran Lin thought that his wife had been killed, and he didn't want his wife's body to be desecrated in the county office, so he wanted to come to the county office several times to collect the body.

Thanks to Shen Xinglian's best efforts to stop it, this prevented Ran Lin from getting into trouble.

Therefore, Shen Xinglian had no choice but to entrust Yuan Xingtai to explain the situation to Xu Zun and discuss the handling of the case.

After the explanation, Yuan Xingtai said goodbye, and out of courtesy, Xu Zun sent him to the door of the county office.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Yuan Xingtai was sent away, two servants of the Hou Mansion suddenly came to the door.

These two people, Xu Zun, knew that they were Lu Mingyue's two guards.

The two brought Xu Zun a stack of food boxes, saying that they were instructed by Miss Lu to send snacks and pastries to Xu Zun and others for supper.

At the same time, he also handed Xu Zun a letter.

This little girl......

Looking at the boxes of exquisite pastries and delicacies, Xu Zun felt a warmth in his heart, it was really pleasant to recognize such an understanding godsister.

After the food box was carried into the house, Xu Zun opened the letter, but saw that it was a short sentence written by Lu Mingyue herself:

"Don't forget to keep the promise at night......"

……

In the middle of the night, Xu Zun yawned, first glanced at the corpse in the courtyard, and then at the door of the county office.

In accordance with the agreement, he had evacuated the guards at the yamen, and at the same time took his own guards and other officials. Leaving him alone, as well as the two cold female corpses.

It feels ......

It's so sour!

Although Xu Zun didn't quite understand why this high-level servant was so mysterious, he could already guess something in general.

Sure enough, the watchman on the street struck the gong three times, and a woman wearing a Taoist robe appeared at the entrance of the county office!

The woman appeared quietly, if Xu Zun hadn't been paying attention to the door, she would have been frightened.

Xu Zun hurriedly got up to greet him and saluted this person.

But seeing that this is a young female Taoist aunt, she is about sixty years old, but her hair is all black, and she looks energetic, even amazing!

"Everything?" The female Taoist aunt didn't say much, and asked directly.

"Ready!" Xu Zun pointed to the courtyard, but he didn't know what to say.

The female Taoist aunt has an extraordinary temperament, revealing a noble majesty.

Xu Zun secretly pondered, it seems that he guessed well, this female Taoist aunt is the master of the Qinglan Temple, that is, the mother of Changping Hou and Lu Mingyue's grandmother......