Lu You jumped down from his mount, fell straight to the city lord's side, stared at the city lord's eyes tightly, and asked, "Lord City Lord, I was entrusted by the Ten Thousand Demon Imperial Court to thoroughly investigate the case of the conflict between the government and the Shi family, and I also asked the city lord to tell me the details. ”

The city lord is just a shapeshifting realm monster, standing up and looking at his back a little hunched, full of silver hair, beard and eyebrows are gray, obviously not young.

In fact, in the court of the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom, except for the generals of the unified army, who are served by high-grade demons, the rest of the administrative officials are mainly in the transformation realm, even if they are the prime ministers above the court, they will not exceed the seventh grade.

The city lord sat down slowly, spread his hands helplessly, and said: "It is ashamed to trust His Majesty the Eastern Emperor, but the Shi family is powerful, and the demon slaves in the mansion are not of low grade, and the mansion is really powerless." ”

"The Shi family who is in charge of the Privy Council of the Ten Thousand Demon Court in Caiyun City?" Lu You frowned, if it was the Shi family, it would not be surprising that such a thing happened.

Relying on the fact that there are people in the court, the Shi family does not take anyone in their eyes, and they are used to being dominant in Yuegang City.

"Exactly."

Lu You and Xie Gou glanced at each other, and knew in their hearts that I was afraid that the Ten Thousand Demon Court asked the Daolang Pavilion to investigate the conflict half a month ago.

According to rumors, half a month ago, the city lord's mansion was ambushed and besieged by the Shi family's demon slaves in the east of Yuegang City, and more than half of them were killed and wounded, but why the Shi family clashed with the city lord's mansion so fiercely, Lu You didn't know.

"Why did the Shi family clash with the City Lord's Mansion?" Lu You asked casually.

The city lord got up and looked around, returned to his seat, and said in a low voice: "Half a month ago, an errand reported to the mansion that there might be a spirit stone mine found in Fushan. The government immediately led the servants and craftsmen to the scene to investigate and protect, and as a result, the Shi family also sent a large number of demon slaves to appear in Fushan, not to say that they discovered the spirit stone mine first. ”

Lu You frowned slightly, "And then the fight started?" ”

The aura of the Great Wilderness Demon Realm is getting thinner and thinner, and it is becoming more and more difficult for monsters to cultivate advanced and high-grade products, but fortunately, the spirit stone mine buried deep in the ground can not only be used as currency, but also help monsters cultivate.

Therefore, His Majesty the Eastern Emperor of the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom in order to promote the enthusiasm of the people to seek minerals, the imperial court issued relevant decrees more than a thousand years ago, any demon or family to explore the spirit stone mine, report to the imperial court to obtain the mining certificate can be mined by themselves, only need to pay the relevant mining tax on time.

Once this decree was promulgated, a mining fever was set off in the Ten Thousand Demon Country, and the figure of prospecting monsters could be seen everywhere in the territory of the Ten Thousand Demon Country when it was hottest, but the spirit stone mine was difficult to find, and the vast majority of the demons were just a waste of time, until hundreds of years ago, this prospecting fever gradually subsided.

The city lord nodded, and said: "The demon slave of the Shi family came up and took action, and surrounded the government officials to fight, among them, there are many seven-grade realm monsters, and the government officials are naturally not opponents, and the result is that the city lord's office officials have lost more than half." ”

"So that spirit stone mine, was it discovered first by the City Lord's Mansion, or was it discovered first by the Shi family?" Lu You followed up and asked, since this spirit stone mine is the source of the conflict, then who discovered it is very important.

Disputes between the powerful and wealthy families and the City Lord's Mansion due to interests have happened from time to time in the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom, especially the Shi family, a family that holds important positions in Caiyun City, has no scruples.

"Naturally, it's the City Lord's Mansion." The city lord said urgently.

"Is there any evidence? Can the city lord report to the court? Lu You arched his hand towards the sky to show his awe for the imperial court and His Majesty the Eastern Emperor.

"Of course, it hasn't been reported yet, and the government originally thought that it would be reported after it was confirmed. He would have thought that such a thing would happen. The city lord sighed.

Lu You was unmoved, folded his arms, and continued to ask: "Which officer found it, what is the evidence?" ”

"The errand officer who discovered the spirit stone mine didn't come yesterday, and he didn't see him at home, and the government is worried that he may have been killed." The city lord replied with a sad face.

"In other words, the city lord has no way to prove it now, it is the spirit stone mine discovered by the city lord's mansion first."

Lu You stood up and walked out, since the cause of the conflict is known, then continue to investigate, the city lord's mansion has no way to prove it, so go and ask the Shi family.

"By the way, if the city lord remembers anything, please let me know in time." Lu You turned around and said.

……

The west duty room of the Daolang Pavilion.

"You went out for a run and got such a result? The public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother says that the mother is reasonable? After listening to Lu You's report, Weng Lie said angrily, "Such a result, I can think of it while sitting here!" ”

"Weng Chuyi, it's not without gains, at least we know that the Shi family and the City Lord's Mansion are in conflict because of the spirit stone mine." Xie Gou salivated, poured a cup of tea for Weng Lie, and said.

Coming out of the City Lord's Mansion, Lu You took Hou Feibai and Xie Gou to the Shi family again, and was naturally told that it was the spirit stone mine discovered by the Shi family first.

Weng Lie pushed away the tea sent by Xie Hook, glared at him, patted the table and asked, "What about the messenger who discovered the spirit stone mine?" And what about the deacon of the Shi family who discovered the spirit stone mine? Why didn't you bring it back for questioning? ”

"This, the errand disappeared yesterday, and the deacon of the Shi family also happened to be out of the house for the time being." Lu You scratched his head and let him fight, the fact that he was good at detecting cases was not his forte, he could only say that his level was average.

"Hmph, Luyou, you have to use your brains more!" Weng Lie shook his head, and asked Hou Feibai again, "What do you think?" ”

Hou Feibai went out this time to listen, and he was familiar with the process of doing things in Daolang, and now Weng Lie asked, he thought about it and replied: "I thought that the Ten Thousand Demon Court entrusted the Daolang Pavilion to find out the truth, and the real purpose was probably to find out whether it was the Shi family or the spirit stone mine found in the City Lord's Mansion, and even if the Shi family found it first, the court also wanted to take the spirit stone mine." ”

Weng Lie nodded slightly, after all, the income from owning a mine and the small mining tax ratio are completely incomparable.

"Is that so?" Xie Gou asked in surprise, "I thought that the Ten Thousand Demon Court just wanted to know why the Shi family and the City Lord's Mansion were in conflict." ”

Weng Lie was so angry that he simply ignored Xie Gou and motioned for Hou Feibai to continue.

Hou Feibai wrote down the word messenger on the piece of paper and said, "The first thing to find out at present is how the messenger who discovered the spirit stone mine in the City Lord's Mansion disappeared and whether it is related to the Shi family. ”

As he spoke, he continued to write down the two words of the Shi family on the paper, drew a few circles on these two words, and said, "If it is related, we have to find out how the Shi family got the news of the spirit stone mine." ”

"Well, what Feibai said makes sense." Weng Lie said with relief, "You will continue to investigate along this line of thought, Luyou, you will ask Feibai more about his thoughts when you investigate the case." ”

After saying that, Weng Lie got up and left.

"What's next?" Lu You scratched his head and looked at Hou Feibai, since Weng Chuyi said to ask Brother Hou what he thought, Lu You naturally would not be polite.

Hou Feibai is not a professional detective, nor has he studied any criminal investigation, he is only trying to learn experience from those film and television works in the human world.

"Let's start with the monsters around the errand officer, find out what hobbies he has on weekdays, and by the way, ask who he was yesterday, when and where he saw the errand officer, and see if you can find any clues."

Lu You thinks so.

It didn't take long for them to find out the situation of the missing errand officer: the rat wolf demon, who lived alone, cultivated in the eight-rank spiritual realm, was fond of games, and did not return home after being on duty the night before.

In the northwest urban area of Yuegang City, there are goulan tile houses, gambling houses, wine shops, brothels and prostitutes all over the streets and alleys, which can be said to be the leisure and entertainment center area of Yuegang City.

Hou Feibai and Xie Gou changed into civilian clothes and walked in an alley that was not spacious, and there were some people doing secret business on both sides, but it was still daylight, and there were no monsters coming and going.

Go further and turn a corner, it is Changle Lane, which is famous for gambling houses, and on the streets of Changle Lane, there are monsters coming and going from various gambling houses from time to time.

Looking at the signboards of the gambling houses on both sides of the long alleyway, Xie Gou kicked the stones on the side of the road in frustration, and said, "It's been a day and two nights for so long, and there are still so many gambling houses, where can I find him." ”

Hou Feibai comforted Xie Gou and said: "In this case, you can try your luck one by one, maybe if you are lucky, he is winning money in a certain gambling house." ”

"That's all there is to it." Xie Gou said helplessly, and then came to his senses, "I'll go to the gambling house to try my luck, what about you?" ”

"Did you see that?" Hou Feibai pointed to a shop sign not far ahead, "Little wine shop, where can I inquire about it, and you come to me when you come back." ”

"What's there to ask, why didn't I go to the liquor store?" Xie Gou asked proudly, "Could it be that you want to be lazy and go to the wine shop to drink?" I'm telling you, the dogs don't drink that kind of wine shop! ”

"You see, I don't even know what to ask." Hou Feibai shook his head and said, "Then I'll go to the gambling house, and you can go to the wine shop." ”

Xie Gou was right when he thought about it, he didn't know what to inquire about when he went to the wine shop, shook his head and walked towards the first gambling house at the mouth of the alley.

In Hou Feibai's impression, the wine shop is a place of miscellaneous mouths, where the demons of the three religions and the nine streams gather, and after drinking a little wine, they all begin to brag about their own experiences, which is the most suitable place to inquire about the news.

It's just that this time he seems to have miscalculated.

This small wine shop is really worthy of its name, the door face looks very ordinary, a few male banshes yawn against the door frame, and the signboard is written crookedly, just like what the child writes.

Walking in, the space inside is cramped, and there are only four tables, but there is a monster drinking at one table.

Hearing the sound of pushing the door, a banshee raised her head from the front desk, her waterfall-like black hair slid over the side of her face and the back of her head, her slightly thin face had a pair of eyes that seemed to be disdainful of anything, and the most important thing was that her clothes were relatively open, and she could see some scenery, and even Hou Feibai inevitably took a few more looks.

Seeing Hou Feibai's dress and appearance, she lowered her head again and said indifferently: "There is only one kind of soju in this store, and there are only three shreds of cold salad for the side dishes. ”

Hou Feibai was stunned, with this service attitude and dishes, it is no wonder that the wine shop has no business.

But it was all here, and he decided to wait and see.

Hou Feibai walked in and found a table and sat down, "A pot of soju and a plate of cold salad." ”

The banshee raised her head again and looked at Hou Feibai in surprise, a well-dressed male banshee, would drink in such a small broken shop?

However, money doesn't make bastards.

She said with a blank face, "Okay, wait a minute. ”

Not long after, a male banshee with several scars on his face came over, put a pot of wine and a plate of cold salad on Hou Feibai's table, and glared at Hou Feibai fiercely before leaving.

Hou Feibai was puzzled, isn't this little wine shop a great Longtan tiger's den? The front desk is so bullish, even the one who serves the plate is so bullish?

Poured himself a glass of wine, took a sip, Hou Feibai regretted it, this is too far from the monkey wine brewed by the monkey demons in Taiping Mountain, no wonder Xie Gou said that the wine dogs here don't drink it.

Hou Feibai was complaining, the door of the wine shop was pushed open again, and a young demon rushed in, ran straight to the front desk, bowed down and said, "Brother! Brother save me! ”

Brother? It's a banshee there?! Hou Feibai was puzzled.

"Bang dang!"

The door panel of the liquor store was kicked off, and several monsters with their open clothes and exposed breasts walked in.

The first monster walked straight to the front desk, stroked his beard, and said coldly: "Liu Leprosy, hand him over." ”

The banshee at the front desk lowered her head and said, "He is my brother, my father said before leaving, let me take these brothers to live, please raise your hand and let him go." ”

Fei Ye laughed and said, "Let him go?" Ye Xinmei, do you know what he did? ”

The banshee at the front desk, Ye Xinmei raised her head, and said with a firm look in her eyes: "He is my brother, and this month's monthly money will rise by two percent." ”

"Up two percent? Ye Xinmei, do you still have money? Fei Ye sneered, "You know, he broke the Shi family's plan the night before!" ”

"Still, it's not like there's no room for it." As he spoke, Fei Ye stared at her slightly open chest, his eyes burning, "Ye never pushes into a desperate situation, you also know, Ye has been in love with you for a long time, if you are willing, I will settle this matter." ”