All the time.

In the bottom of Cheng Han's heart, there is always a deep worry.

When he was appointed as the inspector of Anhua City, he found that in the past six months, almost 800 civilians in the city had disappeared.

That's a staggering number.

And in Qinglin City.

The black cat led the meow army under his command to almost turn the entire city over, and also found that a large number of civilians were missing.

The same situation occurred in the third city of Tai'an Xiaoling Realm, Beiting City.

Afterward.

On the night of the Alien Language, Cheng Han personally sat in the Winter Garden and was attacked by a large number of flying monsters, that is, the "Sin Bat Snake".

He immediately realized that the enemy would most likely use the swarm of manta snakes to take advantage of the night to send the missing to a hidden area away from the city.

The results of the deduction confirmed this speculation.

The vision shows the manta snake grabbing some figures and flying into the darkness in the distance.

Cheng Han once speculated that the Mengsheng Society might be planning to hold a large-scale blood sacrifice to help Lady Snake wake up completely.

However.

Recently, a group of ghosts and black cats have been searching in the wilderness, but they have not found any clues.

It was as if they had completely disappeared from the Tai'an Small Spirit Realm.

From this, it can be seen that I am afraid that the enemy's plans are not trivial, which is why he behaves so cautiously.

At this moment.

Cheng Han stared at the black ripples in the halo screen, and for some reason thought of those missing.

He muttered in his heart: "Could this big fish be related to the missing person?" ”

Logically, it seems unlikely.

Because there is no place in the city where hundreds of people can be hidden without being discovered, the deduction shows that the manta snake did come from somewhere outside the city.

Cheng Han hesitated for a moment, and immediately made up his mind: "Anyway, if you try it, you won't lose a piece of meat, so let's do a deduction!" ”

His mind moved.

Hundreds of faint stars shot up and crashed straight into the halo.

They represent the relevance of the missing.

A group of Nethers and Black Cats have been quietly approaching the personal belongings left behind by many of the missing before they can catch these connections.

Since the aura of the item is not very strong, the correlation is relatively weak, so the stars look quite dim.

After an instant.

The halo swelled slightly.

The black ripples suddenly broke apart, and some fragments flashed through the frame.

This is clearly the connection of those who have disappeared, slightly breaking through the concealment of the hidden power, revealing a little hidden truth.

Cheng Han was pleasantly surprised: "The big fish and the missing person really have a relationship!" ”

His mind moved again.

Dozens of stars lit up and then sank into the center of the halo.

This is exactly the correlation left behind by the last kill of the bat snake group.

This time.

The picture has not changed in any way.

Cheng Han was a little confused: "Why don't manta snakes have anything to do with big fish?" ”

It stands to reason.

The group of manta snakes is responsible for transporting the missing people, and the missing people have a relationship with the big fish, and the manta snakes should also have a relationship with the big fish.

This is counterintuitive!

He suppressed his doubts and began to observe the shattered images in the halo.

After a while.

Cheng Han muttered in a very low voice: "A door? ”

He recalled some of his experiences as an inspector, and his eyes darkened: "If that's the case, it would be very interesting!" ”

*

Next.

The New Year's atmosphere in the council hall suddenly became intense.

Every door in the building is decorated with a beautiful celebration painting, and the core theme of the painting is related to the Banyan Tree.

Without exception.

The building's two metal gates, each four metres high, are topped with two intricately carved reliefs.

When Cheng Han came to "work" in the morning, he deliberately stood in front of the gate for a while, looking up at the giant painting with interest.

And His Excellency the Grand Consul, who was here, and the staff who were coming in and out, suddenly did not dare to come closer.

The gate that was originally flowing endlessly seemed to be "cleared".

No way.

The prestige of this Excellency is too great.

Even the two lieutenant consuls will unconsciously tremble their legs and stomachs when they see Your Excellency, let alone just ordinary staff?

Cheng Han noticed this scene out of the corner of his eye, and glanced at the female secretary.

Xie Yu immediately gestured to the staff and urged in a low voice: "Those who should go in go in, those who should go out go out, what are you all standing here like?" ”

A group of people didn't dare to disobey and hurriedly moved.

Interestingly, everyone unanimously chose to enter the hall with the right door frame and the left door frame to come out of the hall.

Within two meters of Cheng Han's side, no one dared to step into the thunder pool.

It's as if this is the terrible Longtan Tiger's Den.

This fact made the corners of his mouth twitch a little.

I don't eat people?

As for it?

Cheng Han shook his head slightly and continued to observe the relief painting.

The theme of the two paintings is also the banyan tree, which is very large and shows a lot of details.

Like what.

Each painting has hundreds of large and small leaves, and the outline of the city can be seen on each of the larger leaves.

This is obviously a small spiritual realm.

For example:

Some very thick banyan spirit branches are hung with slightly raised round cakes, and the surface is carved with strange patterns, which look like fruits.

Cheng Han looked at the female secretary and asked a strange question softly: "Will the banyan bear fruit?" ”

Xie Yu was stunned for a moment, and shook his head blankly: "I don't seem to have heard of it." ”

Another example.

At the very top of the banyan tree, there is an extraordinarily large round ball hanging above, and several slender lines are connected between the ball and the banyan.

Cheng Han looked at it fixedly for a few seconds.

Xie Yu followed his boss's gaze, saw the ball, and guessed: "This is probably a decoration painted by the painter." ”

Cheng Han bowed: "Maybe." ”

He knew too much secret knowledge that ordinary people didn't know, and he didn't think so in his heart.

Wan Hao Shen Banyan is the living place of the human race, and it is also a super divine object that shelters the human race, even if it is just a related portrait, which painter dares to scribble blindly?

There is a felony in the Law – blasphemy against the Banyan Tree.

The punishment is also extremely severe, and the "starting price" is 20 years of hard labor.

Cheng Han felt in his heart that the "fruit" or "ball" on the giant painting must symbolize some unknown existence.

He waved his hand: "Let's go!" ”

(This is not water, as you will see later)

After the two left, the traffic jam in the hall was alleviated by half.

And the incident of "His Excellency the Grand Consul watched the painting of the gate for one minute" then became the "hot list" of the entire council hall.

*

Stand to reason.

The archon's office has also been completely renewed.

And it's also a very luxurious new look.

The original gray carpet was replaced with a more festive red; Hundreds of ribbons are hung on the ceiling, and many colored lights are mixed with them; The original green vegetation was removed and replaced by dozens of potted green banyan trees.

Each green banyan plant is scattered with brittle green buds on its branches.

These green shoots herald a new beginning.

Or rather—the New Year.

As always.

Cheng Han Shi Ran entered the luxurious restaurant attached to the office, and the female secretary hurriedly beckoned the maid to bring a sumptuous breakfast.

This is one of the benefits of the archon.

3 meals for free!

The female secretary herself served as a maid and served her boss at dinner.

While Cheng Han enjoyed the food, he checked the news of the little girl by the way.

"The council hall of Qinglin City sent New Year's gifts in advance, one of which was a congratulatory gift for you, and the Qian family also got a congratulatory gift.

"Last night my dad happily drank several more glasses, and he said that it was the first time he had received a congratulatory gift from the council hall when he was so big......"

It's just an inconspicuous everyday thing.

It has a warm feeling when it reads.

Cheng Han was still hesitating how to deal with the "big fish", but at this moment he finally made up his mind: "The other party likes to hide his head and show his tail, then I will startle the snake."

"It's the New Year in three days, so let's just send Mr. Big Fish a New Year's gift on the first day of the new year."

The general policy has been decided, and the details need to be carefully considered.

That's exactly what he does.

Make sure that every detail is perfect.

This is the only way to increase the success rate.

*

Half an hour later.

Breakfast is over.

Cheng Han began to officially perform the duties of the archon, the daily affairs meeting.

The past few days.

The female secretary represented him in all of the events.

Today is the first time Cheng Han has attended a regular meeting.

As the archon, he naturally made his finale appearance.

The moment he stepped into the conference room.

"Wow!"

All the staff stood up in unison and shouted in unison: "Your Excellency, I greet you!" ”

Cheng Han's gaze swept over the trembling faces, and he bowed his head and said, "Sit down." ”

"Wow!"

The officials sat down honestly and behaved more well-behaved than elementary school students.

As a matter of fact.

The daily actions of some of these officials can be described as "domineering", but the prestige of the archons is too great, and all of them have their tails between them.

Cheng Han's gaze turned to the female secretary, and he said succinctly: "You preside, I will observe." ”

Xie Yu responded: "Okay." ”

Miss Stunner cleared her throat and said loudly, "The main topic of this regular meeting is how to prepare for the New Year's celebration......"

Cheng Han listened on the surface, but his mind turned elsewhere.

Because he received the investigation report of the black cat.

That's right!

This is indeed a report.

For a cat, this is really an amazing thing.

In the past.

The investigation information sent by the black cat is often a hammer in the east and a stick in the west, which seems to be fragmented and messy, and Cheng Han needs to sort it out by himself.

And just last month.

The black cat didn't know what was going on, and suddenly wrote an investigation report in earnest.

Not to mention, the format and content are clear-eyed, and the logic is quite good.

It's like this report.

"Ben Meow highly suspects that Liu Wei's father fell into the trap carefully arranged by the Mengsheng Society, and without the knowledge of others, the Liu family's residence became the secret base of the Mengsheng Society."

In the name of the opening chapter, the conclusion is given first.

Although the word "Ben Meow" in it is a bit of a gimmick, it is placed in the report.

According to various investigations, Liu Wei's father was a collector of antiques, especially antiquities with a history of more than 3,000 years.

Over the years, he spent no less than 400 gold coins on antiques and set up an antique showroom in the basement.

"This is highly consistent with the master's deduction, and the hidden power that interferes with the deduction should come from the showroom."

A long list is attached to the report.

This is exactly the list of antiques in the showroom, which includes the name of each antique, the approximate time of purchase, the purchase amount, and so on.

And in just one day, this information was sorted out, which shows how much effort the black cat has put in.

Cheng Han nodded secretly.

Not bad!

The logic is very tight!

Ben Meow believes that Mengsheng will use the hands of antique dealers to disguise a hidden object as an antique and sell it to Liu Wei's father.

"This meow will take the list of antiques as a clue to check the relevant people one by one until the suspicious person is found."

In all fairness, it's a pretty good line of thought.

Cheng Han immediately praised: "Sheriff, you did a great job!" ”

The soul link immediately came with a black cat response: "Meow! Meow meow! ”

The cry was full of joy.

Cheng Han disconnected the link, and his eyes became dark: "Antiques?" It seems that my judgment is correct, but I wonder if this is really a door. ”

(End of chapter)