Chapter 3: Ten Years
The Tianlong Emperor Capital is a remote street with shady trees and few pedestrians.
The sun had sunset, and a figure suddenly appeared from an unknown corner and turned into a small alley.
The figure seemed to be walking steadily, but in fact it was extremely fast, and it passed through several courtyards, as if it had disappeared into the sky.
Soon, a figure appeared in an underground palace and saluted somewhere: "Your Excellency, No. 9 returns!"
"Say!" came a voice that seemed to come from hell.
"When the subordinates arrived at the scene, the Laiyun Inn was being rebuilt, and the boss said that Li Wei gave him a large sum of money and asked him to put all the corpses in one place, saying that someone would deal with it soon. The subordinates carefully interrogated them, and the celestial phenomena that appeared at that time were so strange that they were almost unheard of, so that the South Vietnamese Salt Gang, which was used to attract the attention of Xing Tianwei, could not withstand the pressure and launched in advance, and finally the entire army was annihilated. And No. 66 is indeed dead, looking at his face, he committed suicide by taking poison, but he left with a smile. ”
"Oh, it seems that the information is wrong?" said His Holiness muttered.
"Your Excellency, your subordinates also think so. ”
"Then why do you think Li Wei left these corpses?"
"Qi Qi, his subordinates think that Li Wei's move is because he doesn't want Xingtiansi to be involved in this case and conflict with the customers of this single business. In addition, he didn't want to make a feud with my Qinghua Club because of this matter, so he left No. 66 for us to deal with on our own. ”
There was a brief silence in the palace.
"What about the corpses?"
"The subordinates have made them disappear completely on the spot. ”
"Hmm... Well done! Tell the customer the results and let him compensate according to the price. The Blue and White Society will no longer take over the assassination mission about Li Wei. In addition, send a compensation to the South Vietnamese Salt Gang, and make sure that they are satisfied. ”
"Yes, my subordinates understand. ”
"Let's go to the back hall and get the reward. ”
"Thank you, Your Excellency, your subordinates will do their best to smear the liver and brain of the Blue and White Society!"
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The distant mountains are dyed, the sunset is obliquely shining, and a team of chariots and horses are galloping from a distance in the afterglow of the setting sun.
"Brother Zhao Yu, in front of you is Kunshan, north of Tingchao City, which is already the sphere of influence of my Li family, and it will be there in half a day, and the brothers are going to get drunk!" Li Wei smiled heartily.
"Congratulations to Deputy Director Li! However, the brothers are here, I'm afraid they are going to return, and I'm worried that Director Guan may encounter some trouble. Zhao Yu said.
"It's... I'm so happy that I'm so happy, and you're going to go back at once, and I'm going to send the message in time, so that I can rest assured. ”
"Send you a thousand miles, there will be a farewell, Deputy Secretary Li, there will be a period later!"
"There will be a date later!"
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Bang!
Jade flakes splash everywhere!
"Stand down! Get out of here!" the golden-robed man roared, sweeping everything in front of him wildly.
The maiko and musicians were terrified and prostrate backwards.
"The Blue and White Society... Li Wei, Guan Zheng, Xing Tiansi... Wait and see... You won't have any good fruit to eat!"
The golden-robed man roared and lay on his back on the jade chair, and the palace gradually calmed down.
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Time flies, ten years in the blink of an eye.
Tingchao City, located in the southern corner of the Tianlong Empire, is surrounded by mountains on three sides, the south is near the sea, and a Chaojiang River passes through it in the middle.
Due to the unique geographical advantages, the four seasons here, the pleasant climate, and the abundant products make the life of the people much better than some other barren places in the empire.
It was also the main foreign seaport of the Empire, and was one of the main passages for the South Vietnamese Empire and the countries of the Thousand Islands on the sea to enter.
The city lord's mansion is on the edge of the Chaojiang River, and you can see the landscape from the high platform.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and it should be a good time to enjoy the moon and sing and dance.
At this moment, the mansion looked a little depressed, the city lord Huang Yu looked at the moon cake fat crab in front of him, but he had no appetite, and took out the small handkerchief he carried with him from time to time to wipe the sweat beads oozing from his fat face.
"Report, Mr. Li has arrived!"
"Please!" Huang Yu's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly stood up to greet him.
This Mr. Li is none other than Li Wei, and since he returned to Tingchao City, he has settled in Li's house.
The current head of the Li family is the second-generation eldest disciple Li Kunlun, who is Li Wei's eldest brother. Li Wei ranked fifth, but because he had served as the deputy director of the Xingtian Division, he was a five-rank official of the Heavenly Dragon Empire, and he had a unique position in the family, and he rarely participated in family affairs, so he was quite idle.
Because he likes to handle big and important cases, when Huang Yu asked Li Wei for help in solving some cases, he did not shirk, and soon became a guest and an important staff member of the City Lord's Mansion.
However, he is in a special situation, in terms of rank, he was one level higher than Huang Yu, although he was degraded and returned to his hometown, but in Huang Yu's eyes, he did not dare to slack off in the slightest.
"I don't know if Mr. Li can find out some eyebrows this time?" Seeing Li Wei sit down, Huang Yu asked hopefully.
"Both crime scenes have been inspected and some evidence has been obtained. But if you want to solve the case, I'm afraid it won't be a matter of a while. Rest assured, the whole city is under martial law, and every effort is being made to search for the escaped fugitives. As for the female corpse that appeared in the lower reaches of the Chaojiang River, she is also waiting for someone to claim it. ”
"Thank you Mr. Li for your help! Alas, this big festival, there are two big cases in one day, which makes the whole city panic, it's really not a good time!"
"Hehe, adults don't have to worry too much, we don't have to work too hard this time, the Chen family will do their best to help. Li Wei smiled.
Huang Yu perked up when he heard this, and asked, "Why?"
"Because they sent this fugitive to prison. ”
"What did the gentleman find?"
"This person's name is Wu Ping, fourteen years old, there is a sister named Wu Yan, beautiful as a flower, last year was favored by Chen Hu, the youngest son of Chen Gangba, the head of the Chen family, forced to marry into the family, died soon after, the cause of death is unknown. In order to avenge his sister, Wu Ping repeatedly attempted to assassinate Chen Hu, and then robbed the Chen family's shop, was caught red-handed and sent to prison. ”
"I see. ”
"Therefore, as long as the adults disclose this information to the Chen family, the Chen family will definitely fully cooperate with the arrest, and with their power, they naturally don't need to contribute from the City Lord's Mansion. ”
"Haha, thank you Mr. Li for your advice, I'll call someone to deliver the message immediately. Come, eat crabs, eat crabs, in the current season, this female crab is the most delicious, the fat and meat are beautiful, and the mouth is full of juice..."Huang Yu was overjoyed and hurriedly greeted Li Wei.
Li Weiwan smiled, and naturally ate unceremoniously.
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For hundreds of years, the various forces in Tingchao City fought and merged with each other, and there were four major families that gradually stood out, namely the Li family in the north, the Lin family in the west, the Cai family in the east, and the Chen family in the south.
Among them, the southern area is the most fertile and wide, and the Chen family's head Chen Gangba's cultivation has reached the eighth realm Xuangong realm, which is proud of the others, so the power of the Chen family can be said to be second to none.
The other families naturally avoided the Chen family's sphere of influence and expanded on the outskirts of Tingchao City.
There is a huge building complex in the north of Tingchao City, which is where the Li family is located.
In one of the secluded courtyards, Li Wei's third lady was staring at the steaming clay pot, silently distracted.
"Mother, I'm back!" a clear voice, audible as a teenage boy.
The third lady smiled, her face showed a strong maternal love, and she said softly: "Yun'er is back!"
"What's it? It smells so good? I smell it from afar. Li Yun hurriedly ran to his mother to see what was going on.
"This is a mystic medicine prepared by your father, specially for you to nourish. ”
"Hmph, I don't eat it, it's useless to eat it anyway. ”
A trace of gloom flashed across the third lady's face, and she remembered that terrible night in her mind, Li Yun was congenitally deficient due to premature birth, and his body was thin and weak, and he was a head shorter than his peers.
"Yun'er, good, it's always useful to eat. Tell my mother, what did you learn at the Suzaku Camp today?"
"It's not that set of 'Xuanbeast Fist', I have long been familiar with it, but I only stayed in the early stage of the first Xuanyi Realm, and only this set of boxing can be learned, and the others can't be learned. ”
"Don't be discouraged, when the realm breaks through, your father has a lot of occult skills to teach you. The third lady comforted.
"Alas, it's useless, it's a waste to drink as much as you want, it's better to give your mother and kiss you to make up for your body. Li Yun sighed lightly.
The Vermilion Bird Camp is a martial arts training camp specially set up by the Li family, and the Xuanbeast Fist is the introductory boxing method of the Li family's Xuanshu, which is suitable for the practice of martial arts children in the first Xuanyi realm, and has the effect of assisting in tempering skin and flesh.
Martial artists begin to comprehend Xuanqi, and after entering the Xuanyi Realm, the focus is to temper the skin and flesh of the whole body, making it strong and elastic, and the power bursts out to break stones and destroy wood, as if putting on a protective armor on the body.
Li Yun began to practice mystical arts at the age of six, and it was extremely smooth at the beginning, and he entered the Xuanyi realm in less than a month, and was shocked by the Li family as a genius and cultivated as a focus.
Unexpectedly, in the next four years, no matter how hard he tried, he had been lying still in the early stage of the Xuanyi Realm, watching his peers surpass him one by one, and even the little boy who cultivated slower than him unceremoniously surpassed him, and finally confirmed the title of 'waste material'.
Therefore, his current mood is as depressed as he is, and he is even a little self-defeating.
"Who says it's useless?"
A figure flashed in the courtyard, it was Li Wei, and said loudly: "It is impossible to expel all the food you eat, and it can always be used by the body." I don't believe they'll disappear into thin air!"
"Father is back!"
Li Yunhuan screamed and ran out to greet him, and said, "Quick, father, is there any new case?" Tell me and let me help you solve it." ”
"Hehe, if you want me to talk about a new case, you drink the medicine first. ”
"It's... Well, I'll admit you're right, and well, you're going to have to drink it anyway. Li Yun grinned and picked up the medicine bowl and drank it all.
The two of them put on a posture to talk about the case, and the third lady smiled and made tea on the side, this scene has become the norm in this room.
When he was a child, Li Yun listened to his father's lectures on the case with relish, kept asking this and that, and let out one or two exclamations from time to time, which made Li Wei very embarrassed, and his psychological satisfaction was particularly strong.
However, in recent years, Li Wei has gradually found that his years of experience in handling cases are no longer useful in front of Li Yun, and he often has to add a lot of his own imagination, but these imaginations are often found fault by Li Yun, and sometimes it is really embarrassing.
In the past few years, there have been several important cases entrusted by the City Lord's Mansion, but they couldn't be solved by themselves, but Li Yun discovered the key to solving the case, and finally succeeded in solving them, making himself particularly face-saving in front of Huang Yu.
When he came back from Huang Yu, the first thought in his heart was to talk to his son first and see if he could gain anything.
Soon, he told the story of the two big cases received by the City Lord's Mansion today, staring at Xiao Li Yun, hoping that he could say something useful.
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