My Endless Life.

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Li Qiaoqiang took Li Qi to finish breakfast, and then everyone followed Jiang Ming to revisit the Feisha Gang's territory.

About seven or eight hours have passed from yesterday to now.

Because there were constables coming in and out of the Feisha Gang’s base, there were also many curious passers-by gathering outside the Feisha Gang.

They pointed at the Feisha Gang and seemed to be gloating during their conversation. Some of them even looked pleased, as if the Feisha Gang had a huge grudge against them.

Noticing the expressions of these people, after entering the Feisha Gang's base, Li Qiao couldn't help but ask Jiang Ming:
"Why do I feel like these people seem to hate the Feisha Gang?"

Jiang Ming explained:
"This area is under the jurisdiction of the Feisha Gang. Usually, the Feisha Gang will ask these people to pay for setting up stalls, saying that they will protect them after receiving the money."

"So are they protected?"

“Haha, Miss Li, if they had protected them, these people wouldn’t be in this state.”

Jiang Ming smiled helplessly.

Li Qi explained:

"Most gangs are like this, extorting money in the name of 'protection', and few actually protect the vendors."

"The government doesn't care?"

Li Qiao looked at Jiang Ming sideways.

Jiang Ming whispered: "The Feisha Gang is a regular gang with records in the county government, so..."

Li Qi continued: "To put it simply, the Feisha Gang is the black glove of the county government."

After hearing what Li Qi said, Jiang Ming remained silent, which was considered as his agreement.

Li Qiao sneered: "So that's how it is. The officials and the bandits are colluding with each other. I understand now."

"..."

This time, Jiang Ming and Li Qi were both silent.

Li Qi looked at his sister in this life, wanting to say something but stopping himself, and finally he just shut up and said nothing.

The Feisha Gang is like this, but the Qiqiao Villa... is not as "simple" as Li Qiao imagined.

In addition to the six major sects in the world today, other sects, including the first-rate ones, have more or less backers behind them.

Some are local government officials, and some are the six major sects themselves.

The same is true for Qiqiao Villa and Xuanjianmen.

While they were allying with each other, they also had connections in the court, but they were not obvious.

Just as people from the martial arts world don't like the court, the civil and military officials in the court don't like people from the martial arts world either.

But for the sake of profit, they have to contact each other.

So it became that they disliked each other openly, but secretly had an affair with each other.

The world of martial arts is a place of great interests.

Li Qiao couldn't understand it, but Li Qi, who had experienced four lifetimes, could see it clearly.

Without further discussion, everyone came to the place where the body was placed yesterday.

As soon as they arrived here, Li Qi and Li Qiao frowned almost at the same time.

The expressions of the two were very obvious. Not only did Bai Yuzhu, who was always paying attention to Li Qi, see the changes in their expressions, but Jiang Ming also noticed this.

He immediately asked:
"Have you two young men discovered anything?"

"It stinks a little."

Li Qi said with a frown.

Li Qiao nodded: "It does smell a bit... although the smell is very light..."

“Is it the stench of a corpse?”

Bai Yuzhu asked from the side.

A lot of people died here yesterday, and it's summer, so it's normal for the stench of corpses to remain after a night.

Li Qiao shook her head: "Not really, it's hard to tell..."

"It smells like pig."

Li Qi explained: "It's like the smell in the pigsty of a pig-raising family in the village, but it's very faint. If my sister and I weren't here, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to smell it."

Li Qiao is the eldest daughter. Although she and Li Qi are known as the "Two Heroes of the Li Family" in the underworld, they have never been to any place that is too dirty or messy.

Li Qi has been to all places in his past lives and has some impression of this taste.

"Why does this place smell like pigs?"

Jiang Ming was very confused.

Although pork was not a rare meat in that era, it was generally only found in rural areas or in the homes of butchers in the city.

Linbian Town is not a big city, and the meat supply in the city usually comes from external trade or from surrounding livestock farms.

There is basically no such thing in the city. The meat from the few butchers there is processed at home and does not have a strong smell.

So it is quite strange that there is pig smell here.

Li Qi's nose twitched slightly, tracking the source of the smell.

He and Li Qiao walked deeper into the Feisha Gang, and finally stopped in front of the meeting hall that had been bombed into ruins.

“The flavor is lost here.”

Li Qi stared at the ruins in front of him and whispered.

The strong smell of pigs was masked by the smell of remaining wood chips here, and it was almost impossible to find the source.

Li Qi looked around and confirmed that he could not find any other clues before turning to Jiang Ming and asking:
"Captain Jiang, are you sure the constable on duty didn't hear any noise last night?"

"That's exactly what they answered. If you have any questions, Young Master Li, I'll call them over right now."

"Thank you for your help, Captain Jiang." Li Qi nodded to Jiang Ming.

He was now very curious about this matter. Judging from the remaining smell, someone with pig odor on his body must have come here last night.

Because there was a bat demon in front, the first thing Li Qi thought of was that a pig demon broke in last night and swept away all the corpses in the Feisha Gang’s base!

If Li Qi's guess is correct, it means there is still a monster hiding in the city.

This is a living "monster" with great research value. Li Qi will never let it go!
Seeing that Li Qi wanted to question the on-duty personnel, Jiang Ming immediately asked someone to call the two on-duty police chiefs over.

Li Qiao looked solemn and said to Li Qi:
"Archie, we shouldn't continue to get involved in this matter."

"I know, I was just asking."

"After asking, no matter what the result is, we must leave immediately!"

Li Qiao said seriously.

She didn't know what happened in the city, nor did she care whether there were any monsters. She only cared about the safety of Li Qi and Bai Yuzhu.

Seeing that something big was about to happen in the city, there was no need for them to stay here any longer since they had nothing to do with the matter.

Leaving early can save you a lot of trouble.

"I know, sister."

With a slight nod, Li Qi agreed on the surface.

But in my heart, I was thinking how to convince Li Qiao and the others to go back first.

Although Li Qi's suggestion magic can be used in the form of "talismans" in this world, it does not have much effect on warriors.

When a warrior reaches the innate realm, his mental strength will also be enhanced simultaneously, and suggestion will have little effect on them.

So if you want to persuade them to go back, you have to rely on Li Qi's eloquence.

While Li Qi was thinking, he heard Jiang Ming suddenly shout:
"What?! Dead? It's only been a short time, how could he die?!"

"?"

Hearing Jiang Ming's shout, Li Qi frowned again and approached Jiang Ming and asked:

"What happened? Who died?"

"The two detectives who were on duty yesterday were just found dead on the way back to the county government office... This..."

Jiang Ming looked solemn.

The constable who was on duty yesterday was just an ordinary constable in the county government. Although he had some martial arts skills, they were not up to par and were not even ninth rank.

Since they were not constables in charge of the Six Gates, Jiang Ming let them go back and rest after they helped.

Who could have thought that less than half an hour had passed and the two constables were killed.

This thief acted too quickly!

"Where are the bodies of the two detectives?"

Li Qi asked again.

Jiang Ming seemed to suddenly remember something and immediately asked his subordinates, "Yes, the body, bring the body here!"

"The body..." The subordinate constable of the Six Gates hesitated for a moment and said to Jiang Ming: "...Boss, the body was taken away by the county government. They said they wanted to let the coroner examine it..."

"How could you let them take the body away!?"

Jiang Ming was so angry that he questioned his subordinates.

The subordinate said with a bitter face: "The person in charge said that the order was personally issued by the county magistrate, and there is nothing we can do."

The county magistrate of Linjiang City was a seventh-rank official according to the official rank system of the Great Qi Dynasty.

As for Jiang Ming's official position, although theoretically, all copper detectives are of the seventh rank, the copper detectives in the provincial capital and the capital cannot be lumped together with the local copper detectives.

In name, Jiang Ming is indeed at the same level as the local county magistrate, but in reality, Jiang Ming is under the jurisdiction of the local county magistrate and cannot interfere in what the county magistrate has to do.

After all, the Six Gates are mainly responsible for the people of the martial arts world, and the ordinary affairs of the city are still mainly under the jurisdiction of the county magistrate.

Therefore, when his subordinates were faced with orders from the county magistrate, they had no choice but to obey.

Not to mention him, even Jiang Ming could not forcibly leave the body without a particularly formal reason.

The muscles on Jiang Ming's face twitched and his expression was extremely ugly.

Li Qi sighed and glanced at Jiang Ming:
"You are a really confused police officer."

The body was lost under the supervision of the county constables. Regardless of whether they did it or not, before the result of the incident comes out, the constables must be kept under custody, or at least monitored to a certain extent.

In the end, Jiang Ming did nothing, but instead let the county magistrate intervene.

After hearing what Li Qi said, Jiang Ming's face turned red and blue.

Li Qi was right, he was indeed a confused captain, or more precisely, a salary-seeker.

Originally, he chose to work as a Bronze Constable in a place like Linjiang City because there were no underworld forces here, the functions of the Six Gates were not very important, and he could just sit back and relax and get paid every day.

But who could have thought that if something happened it would turn out to be such a big thing!

He has no experience in dealing with these things, and he feels that he is already very good to have achieved what he has now!
Now, the bodies of the Feisha Gang members are missing, and the constable on duty is also dead.

Their bodies were also taken away by the county magistrate's men, and the letter he sent to the state capital would take two days to arrive there even if he rode at full speed.

Taking into account the processing time in the provincial capital and the time for traveling back and forth, it would take at least five days for the assistance from the provincial capital to arrive at Linbian City!
Five days!!
The body of the detective is rotten! How can we investigate this?
Jiang Ming's face was uncertain. Li Qiao saw this and stood in front of Li Qi and said to Jiang Ming:

"Okay, since we can't find the body, this matter has nothing to do with us. Captain Jiang, we still have things to do, so we won't bother you anymore. Goodbye!"

After saying that, Li Qiao pulled Li Qi out.

During this time, Jiang Ming did not stop them, and Li Qi did not struggle. He let Li Qiao drag him away, and the Li group left the Feisha Gang’s base smoothly.

At this point, the matter has come to a temporary end.

At least that's the case for Li Qiao.

(End of this chapter)