Versatile Mage: I Awakened Nine Stars

Chapter 324 Pasture and Milk

Xu Shen's action did not wait until the next morning.

After Jiang Huli used medicine to make Zu Jiming and Mu Tingying fall asleep, he took advantage of the night and went straight to Li Jingming's house.

Although he is an important figure, Li Jingming's home is very simple.

Xu Shen and Zhao Manyan also investigated this person's financial situation and found him to be unexpectedly clean. He was not an old actor like Director Hou in the capital.

In fact, looking at his resume and political measures, although there is no great innovation, he can be considered diligent and capable, and is by no means a mediocre official who just sits there and does nothing.

However, it is obviously extremely inconsistent that such a good official, who can be said to be incorruptible and dedicated to serving the people, repeatedly suppresses the reporting of cases of demons killing infants and uses clumsy excuses such as human traffickers to cover it up.

Xu Shen chose to use him as a breakthrough point out of helplessness after careful consideration. Although going directly to his door might alert the enemy, the Red Ling Monster near the sea had almost been killed by them.

If this is really a man-made disaster behind this, then the culprit will soon be traced back to them because of the demise of the Chiling demon clan, and then they will take countermeasures. By then, it will be extremely difficult to find any traces.

It was already early morning, and Xu Shen pulled Jiang Fox through the window into the living room.

"You are here."

The voice was steady and low, startling Xu Shen.

Turning around, Li Jingming sat on the sofa and looked at them quietly.

Having been in a high position for a long time, this middle-aged man in his early 50s looks particularly imposing.

"You knew we were coming?"

"Young people are clumsy in their work, and the traces you left behind are too obvious."

Jiang Shaoxu was a little embarrassed. She thought her mental magic, which was like a cheating device, was flawless.

Xu Shen's eyes narrowed slightly: "So, the results of our investigation were revealed to us by you on purpose?"

Li Jingming nodded: "In a sense, yes."

Xu Shen and Jiang Shaoxu couldn't help but look at each other.

Sure enough, in China, all the municipal officials who can climb to this level are easy to deal with.

Although they had already overestimated the deputy director, they unexpectedly underestimated him.

"In other words, everything we investigated is fake?"

Li Jingming smiled and shook his head, saying, "If I tell you it's true, I guess you won't believe it."

He took out a letter from the drawer of the coffee table and said, "Everything I want to say is in it."

Xu Shen carefully used his spiritual sense to control the letter to float into his hands.

Li Jingming laughed: "I am just an ordinary person without any weapons. You don't need to be so vigilant."

Xu Shen turned a deaf ear to his words and carefully examined the letter, making sure that there was no dangerous aura before opening it cautiously.

Jiang Fox stood on tiptoe and leaned his little head over Xu Shen's shoulder.

There are not many words in the letter.

The beginning is "Li Jingming's last work".

These words made Xu Shen unable to help but look at the calm middle-aged man sitting on the sofa.

The pot-bellied Li Jingming was well-dressed. He smiled in a very friendly way, which fits Xu Shen's stereotype of some people in high positions.

Jiang Shaoxu poked Xu Shen's elbow, signaling him to hold the letter higher. Li Jingming's handwriting was very beautiful, and his cursive writing was quite good.

"I often couldn't sleep all night because of the dilemma, but I refused to die cowardly. I let my conscience torture me and finally made it to today. I couldn't see the treacherous situation from above, and I thought countless times about what human nature is... animal nature? Is it really right to sacrifice the small self for the greater self?

I am to blame for the deaths of hundreds of young children, but is this the smallest sacrifice, the inevitable price to pay, or is it just self-consolation that makes me unable to atone for my sins and keep me awake day and night?

Asuka City is not the first, nor the last.

Young man, stay dormant. When you are strong enough, if you are willing, you can go to the Lin Clan in the East China Sea and ask for the answer for me."

This is the end of the letter.

"The Lin family of Donghai?" Xu Shen looked at Li Jingming in confusion: "Lin Junxian, the Lin?"

However, Li Jingming had no response at this time. His bloated body fell down limply, with his head resting on his crotch, looking extremely embarrassed.

he died.

Jiang Shaoxu had a complicated look on her face. Somehow, she felt that the person who had just died was a little pitiful.

She wanted to straighten him up, at least to make his posture look less ugly, but Xu Shen stopped her.

"Don't move. There shouldn't be any trace of our presence in this room."

"Okay," Jiang Shaoxu said with a sigh, "Captain, is the Lin family he wrote in the letter true?"

"How would I know?" Xu Shen shrugged, took out some electronic equipment, and placed some inconspicuous corners of the room.

"What is this?"

"Some of the gadgets Lingling gave me might be useful."

As Xu Shen spoke, he cleaned up all traces of the two people's presence and left with Jiang Shaoxu.

The next morning, news about the demon killing babies and Li Jingming committing suicide out of fear of punishment spread widely.

Walking on the street, you can occasionally see parents who have lost their children crying bitterly.

As for the voices cursing Li Jingming, they were endless.

Xu Shen leaned on the sofa, concentrating on reading the news.

After a while, a message alert sounded.

Xu Shen couldn't wait to accept the video call invitation, and Lingling's cute face, which was still a little childish, appeared on the phone interface.

There were bloodshot eyes, obviously she hadn't slept all night.

"Any clues?"

Lingling nodded and said, "I have traced back the areas where the Red Ling Demon has been active over the past fifty years. Since thirty years ago, where the Red Ling Demon has appeared on a large scale, cases of missing children have often occurred. Based on the relevant information I have consulted, it can be basically confirmed that the earliest large-scale case of missing children occurred in the Tiandu Country, and it still exists today."

Xu Shen nodded thoughtfully: "The Sky Poison Country has a dense population, chaotic management, and a long coastline. If we want to use the Red Ling Monster to kill children, it is an ideal place. But with this information alone, we still can't get the real purpose of the real culprit behind the scenes, nor can we identify the real culprit behind the scenes. Lingling, do you have any other gains?"

Lingling's pretty face was serious: "If the city is compared to a pasture, the red ling monster is compared to a cow, and the young children are compared to fodder, then dense population, chaotic management, and being close to the sea are the necessary conditions for a high-quality pasture. Obviously, Feiniao City only has two advantages, dense population and being close to the sea, which does not meet the requirements of being the best pasture. I have investigated the national missing population cases, and it can be basically concluded that Feiniao City is the first pasture in Shenzhou to raise red ling monsters. Therefore, I have a bold guess that the reason why the red ling monster appeared in Shenzhou is because the ranchers who failed in the overseas competition had to settle for the second best and choose a worse pasture."

pasture?!!

Xu Shen's pupils shrank slightly, and he suddenly felt a chill rushing to the top of his head.

If the Red Lingyao is a cow and the young child is fodder, then what exactly is the "milk" they want? !

(End of this chapter)