Chapter 20: Coming Home
"Your Excellency."
There were still more than 20 meters away, Bai Yu began to smile and bow his hands, and when he got closer, he bowed deeply, and the etiquette was dead.
Linfu County Ling, who was seeing off several adults, frowned, this was too much, and he began to salute from such a distance, making him feel that he had met an opponent.
The reactions of several adults were different, the right attendant of the criminal department bowed slightly, the middle-aged man with a single eye mask looked indifferent, the young Jinyi Wei Qianhu chuckled, and Zheng Yan'er turned her face directly, obviously not waiting to see him.
"This morning, the officers and soldiers in charge of guarding the post station came to tell the subordinate that they can go home, I don't know how the case of a few adults is investigated, I met a few adults at this ferry, and the subordinate came to ask, if there is still a place where the subordinate needs to cooperate with the investigation, although a few adults open their mouths, the subordinate will fully cooperate."
As a subordinate official, Bai Yu is not good at asking Shangguan directly, "How is the investigation of the case", so he excused himself "I am willing to cooperate with the investigation", and speaking is also an art.
The right attendant of the Criminal Department smiled coldly, "I have gained nothing, I have walked around the mountains a few times, and I haven't even found the slightest clue, and I don't know if this case is too difficult, or the person handling the case is incompetent." β
Obviously, this was not for Bai Yu to hear, but to taunt the demon division by answering Bai Yu's question.
Of course, Bai Yu would not be stupid and changed the topic directly, "Xia Guan is responsible for escorting those exiles, and I don't know how to deal with those exiles. β
The young Jinyi Wei Qianhu suddenly said, "Ten years have passed, the fortifications of the Northern Wilderness have been perfected, and this group of prisoners does not need to be exiled to the Northern Wilderness, according to the above, this group of prisoners is still imprisoned in Linfu County for the time being, and after a while, they will be sent to build the imperial tomb." β
It is better to build the imperial tomb than to exile in the Northern Wilderness, Bai Yu is happy for Lin Ping'an, you must know that Daqian does not have the vice of martyrdom, and when the imperial tomb is built, His Majesty the Emperor will be happy, maybe he will pardon them.
The right attendant of the Criminal Department said, "There are still many empty cabins on this side of the official ship, you can come here and take a boat with a tailwind." β
Bai Yu bowed his hand, "Thank you for your kindness, the lower official took sixteen officials and brought them out, and he wanted to bring them back safely, so the lower official should go with them." β
"It's commendable that you have this sense of responsibility."
The right attendant of the Criminal Department approving, waved his big hand, "What's so difficult about this, let them come over together." β
"Thank you, sir."
Bai Yu looked happy, but there was actually nothing to be happy about...... The official ship is faster and more comfortable, he actually doesn't want to go with these big people, but he has to accept the favor given by the adults.
He hurried back to the civilian ship, asked the sixteen officials to transfer to the official ship, and told them not to make a loud noise, and the officials were eager to go home, and they were happy to be able to get on the faster official ship.
In order not to make trouble, Bai Yu let them live in two cabins, one room for eight people, and of course he himself was a separate room.
After arranging the officials, Bai Yu came to the deck to watch the scenery, and saw that several adults were still there, but they were just quietly blowing the wind from each side, maybe the cabin was too stuffy and he didn't want to stay in the cabin.
Crash! ......
A large area of river water rushed towards the official boats, wrapped around the official boats, and flew quickly, surpassing the civilian boats.
Bai Yu wants to ask but is not easy to ask, this may be a matter of common sense, if he asks, he will expose his ignorance and be easy to expose.
The middle-aged man with a single eye patch tilted his head slightly at Zheng Yan'er.
Zheng Yan'er's eyes followed the direction of her father's head, and saw the young Jinyi Wei Qianhu standing by the boat, wearing a bullfighting suit and an embroidered spring knife at his waist, and under the blowing of the river breeze, he looked more and more upright.
The middle-aged man with a one-eyed mask chuckled, "You are not young anymore, how about this Jiang Yuan, after a few days of contact, he is thoughtful, he looks good, and his family background is not bad, his father is a commander, and he is very respected by His Majesty." β
Zheng Yan'er didn't squirm like ordinary women, there was not much reaction on Qingli's face, and she said generously, "I'll take a look, and I don't know people's intentions." β
The middle-aged man with a single eye patch was a little surprised, he had introduced many handsome talents to his daughter in the past, and his daughter refused very simply, but this time he did not refuse directly, so it seems that he has a good impression of this Jiang Yuan.
Bai Yu looked at the scenery for a while and went back to the cabin, a few adults stood there blowing the wind, he used to say hello may disturb people, and if he didn't say hello, he would be rude, so he simply avoided it.
He bolted the door so that no one would disturb him, and switched back and forth between the two character cards.
γCharacter Card 1γ
[Name: Bai Yu]
γRace: Tigerγ
[Identity: 1st Order Tiger (with 30% Tiger Body Strength)]
[Skill: Avatar (temporarily transformed into a tiger); Tiger Roar (Temporarily increases the caster's physical strength by 20% while stunting enemies)]
[Item: None]
γCharacter Card 2γ
[Name: Bai Yu (He Zhiyu, character Zhongjing)]
[Race: Human]
[Identity: Jingzhao Prefecture Qifeng County Inspection (from Jiupin)]
[Skill: Roll Call (Anyone named by you will fall into a state of stiffness)]
[Item: None]
On the way to exile, he was thinking about how to save his life, and when he arrived in Linfu County, he had to deal with the investigation, and he never studied it clearly.
"First of all, the first point is the number of character cards, to obtain the identity of this world, you can get character cards, is there a limit to the number?"
"If there is no limit, it will be too perverted, I can keep getting character cards, get countless attribute bonuses and countless skills, and soon I will be invincible in the world."
"So I guess there should be a limit on the number, but I don't know how many the upper limit is."
"It's best for me not to get the identity casually in the future, if I reach the upper limit, I won't be able to get the character card I want."
"Second, can the character card be upgraded?"
"If I can't level up, I want to become stronger, so I can only get a high-status character card, such as the emperor character card...... However, how can it be possible to obtain the emperor character card without strong strength, which falls into an endless loop, which is obviously unreasonable. β
"I guess the character card should be upgradeable, but I don't know how to level up, which is my most urgent thing at the moment."
"The third point is the attribute parameters and the use of skills of character cards."
"I have to find a chance to fight, actual combat is the best test, only in this way, can I master the attribute parameters of the character card and the proficiency of several skills."
This golden finger has no instructions, nor does it teach him how to use it, he can only speculate on his own, and the conclusions he has reached now are these three points.
......
After finishing the meal at noon, Zheng Yan'er walked into the cabin where the middle-aged man with a one-eyed mask lived, and happily took out a small porcelain bottle and handed it over, "Father, look at this." β
"What is this?"
The middle-aged man with a one-eyed patch uncorked the bottle and looked at it, and saw that there was some ash inside, but he didn't recognize it for a while, raised his hand to lift the blindfold, and looked at it with a delusional eye, "This is the ash of the tribute paper?" β
Zheng Yan'er sneered, "I found it in the house where the patrol station lived." β
The man in the one-eyed patch wondered, "How can he have a tribute paper?" Why didn't you take it out at the time? β
"At that time, I thought it was just ordinary paper ashes, and I didn't pay much attention to it, so I put it in a bottle at random and put it first, and then I found the cat's footprints on the windowsill, thinking it was the footprints of the tiger demon, so I hurried back to the prison to interrogate him."
Zheng Yan'er said, "After lunch just now, when I went back to the cabin to rest, I remembered this bottle, and I was going to throw it away, but after looking at it, I found that this paper ash was wrong, and then I remembered that it was the ash of tribute paper." β
The middle-aged man with a one-eyed mask pondered for a moment, "This can only show that he took the tribute privately, and it doesn't mean that he has anything to do with this case." β
Zheng Yan'er said proudly, "Taking the tribute privately is enough for him to drink a pot!" β
The middle-aged man with a one-eyed patch glanced at his daughter a little helplessly, "The duty of our demon eradication division is to investigate bizarre and strange events, not to punish anyone...... You don't have to deal with personal emotions. β
Zheng Yan'er snorted coldly, "I won't necessarily expose him, but this handle is in my hands, and I can clean him up at any time." β
The middle-aged man with a one-eyed patch shook his head and smiled, not saying anything more.
He pondered for a moment and remembered a question, "Why did he burn tribute paper in the house?" β
Zheng Yan'er's beautiful eyes lit up, "That's right, if you take the tribute paper privately, you can only treasure it or sell it on the underground black market for money, why does this guy want to burn it, is he afraid of being found out?" But judging from the ashes, he only burned one, and the others were not, so it doesn't make sense. β
The middle-aged man with a one-eyed mask thought for a while and said, "After returning to Jingzhao Mansion, you can check where the tribute paper was lost and see if there are any clues." β
He glanced at the jar in the corner, "I can't see anything of these bones with my delusional eyes, but I'll find some high-ranking people to take a look." β
"Yes, Father!"
There is a chance to find that guy's handle, Zheng Yan'er is very happy, "Although that guy always looks like a dog, I always feel that he is mysterious, and he must have done a lot of bad things behind his back." β
The middle-aged man with a single eye patch didn't say anything more, he only handled the case rationally and never had personal emotions.