Eternal Sword

Chapter 81 Arousing suspicion

County government office.

Han Lang had just returned home and ordered the chief constables to go to Changze County for investigation. Before he could even sit down, someone came to visit him.

"Master Han."

The person who came was Xu Tong, a Taoist priest from Xuantian Temple.

Han Lang did not dare to be negligent and quickly stood up to greet him.

Han Lang asked, "How come Immortal Xu Tong has time to come to my place?"

Xu Tong glanced at the several yamen runners around him who were obeying his orders, and smiled without saying anything.

Han Lang understood and waved his hand to let the guards disperse.

Xu Tongdao said: "I came here to ask Lord Han for a favor."

"Oh?"

Han Lang asked, "Master, please feel free to speak. I wonder if there is anything I can do for you."

Xu Tongdao: "Please, Lord Han, help me get this person, the one who was just selected in the parade today, Chen Tang from Changze County."

It's him!

Han Lang asked: "Does the Immortal want him to live or die?"

Xu Tong said calmly, "Put him in jail first. As for whether he will be released or not, Lord Han, just wait for my news."

Han Lang pondered and said, "If he was in white, it would be fine, but now he is a ninth-rank warrior appointed by the court. If you want to cause trouble for him, you have to think of a good reason."

Xu Tong asked: "Is there any difficulty?"

Changze County, Chen Tang...

Han Lang suddenly remembered the news he had just received and his heart moved.

Got it!

Han Lang's eyes flashed with coldness, and he said, "At the dinner tonight, I will arrest him in public and give the Immortal an answer."

Xu Tong smiled and cupped his hands, saying, "Then I will see what Master Han is capable of."

"Easy to say, easy to say."

Han Lang responded with a smile.

Let the alchemist in Xuantian Temple owe you a favor; it will definitely be of great use in the future.

Moreover, this Xu Tong is the most popular alchemist in Xuantian Temple in the past year. He is also the personal Taoist boy of the master of Xuantian Temple. It is said that he has mastered the true skills of Xuanmen alchemy.

After sending Xu Tong away, Han Lang called over a personal guard and said, "Go to Wu'an Marquis's Mansion to find the Third Master Huo and tell him that he must be present at the dinner tonight. I'll give him a surprise!"

"As ordered!"

The bailiff was ordered to leave.

"hehe."

Han Lang chuckled and said to himself, "If you mess with the Huo family and Xuantian Temple in Wu'an County, it will be useless even if you get close to the Li family. This is perfect, let's go with the flow and do them a favor."

……

Li Mansion, evening.

Li Boxiong, Li Zhongmou and Li Junqing gathered in the study and exchanged information with each other.

The three siblings looked up from time to time at the fifty-year-old man sitting in the main seat.

The county magistrate Li Yan was also the father of the three.

Although he is just over fifty, his long hair is already gray and he looks like a man in his sixties.

The three siblings knew that this was due to their father's illness over the past few years.

Fortunately, I took the top-quality ginseng brought back by Li Junqing a few days ago, and my complexion seems to have improved a lot during this period.

Li Yan asked slowly: "What do you think about the matter in Changze County?"

Li Boxiong said: "According to the information we have collected, it looks like a fight between two gangs, but there is something strange about it."

Li Zhongmou pondered and said, "Normally speaking, with the strength of the Evil Wolf Gang, there should be no reason for them to fight the Black Water Gang. And how could the fight between the two gangs have injured so many people in the county government? The county magistrate and a captain are still missing." Li Junqing said, "There is still too little information. It would be better to interrogate with someone who was present."

"Most of the people who were present at the time have been captured by the Qinglong Division."

Li Yan said: "This matter has caused quite a stir. The Qinglong Division has already intervened."

Li Boxiong suddenly said, "The two major gangs had a gunfight at the county government office, resulting in hundreds of casualties, including injuries to government officials. This caused such a big impact, and the Black Water Gang is not immune from responsibility."

"If we report this to the court, they won't just sit there and do nothing, right? If we can take this opportunity to eliminate the Black Water Gang in Wu'an County, it will also be considered as cutting off an arm of the Huo family."

Li Zhongmou shook his head and said, "It's not that simple. The Blackwater Gang is already a powerful force and has interests with all parties. Unless they have committed a heinous crime, we can't touch them."

Li Yan thought about it, and finally said: "Let's wait for the news from Qinglongsi. Since they choose to intervene in this matter, let them take care of it."

"Today's dinner?"

"Let's continue the dinner. By the way, I heard from you that a young man with good skills came to Changze County. It's a good opportunity to meet him tonight."

……

Qinglong Division.

At this moment, a middle-aged man in a green robe who looked like a scholar was sitting in the main seat in the Qinglongsi Hall, looking at the information on the table that was collected and sent over by the four captains during interrogation.

The Qinglong Division is one of the most powerful institutions in the country of Qian. It is usually dormant, but once it starts operating, it immediately demonstrates its terrifying efficiency and ability.

Pieces of information and intelligence continued to gather and appear on the table.

Tan Wujiu, the captain of the Qinglong Division in Wu'an County, was a fourth-rank official.

He had to sort out the clues from these seemingly disorganized information clues.

"Sir, I have already interrogated the people here. They were all interrogated individually, and there is some overlap in the information we obtained."

The person who spoke was Captain Lu, one of the four captains.

Seeing that Tan Wujiu did not interrupt, he continued, "According to the survivors of the Black Water Gang and the Evil Wolf Gang, there was indeed a master that night who showed up and shot and killed two eighth-rank deacons of the Black Water Gang. Afterwards, a gunfight broke out between the two sides and the situation got out of control."

Another guard, Xie Xing, said solemnly, "I checked the scene. Qingyun Tower has been reduced to ashes. I can't see the two feather arrows. But my preliminary judgment is that the bow used to kill two eighth-grade soldiers instantly should be two or three stones."

"This kind of bow is not available among the common people and is hard to find."

The third guard, Qin Xiaomei, was a woman. She said, "After my interrogation, the Black Water Gang said that the man was from the Evil Wolf Gang, but no one in the Evil Wolf Gang recognized him. Moreover, more than one person saw with their own eyes that this man killed the Evil Wolf Gang leader Gou Ying with his own hands!"

"Changze County Constable Yan Ji has close ties with the Evil Wolf Gang. He also said he had never seen this person before and that he must be from the Black Water Gang."

"Another captain, Meng Liangyu, also said that this man was from the Black Water Gang."

Tan Wujiu turned his gaze and looked at the fourth Weiwei Cai Yin.

Cai Yin spread his hands and shook his head, saying, "We didn't find Magistrate Sun and Cui Zhao. They seemed to have disappeared without a trace, and we didn't even see their bodies. I searched the nearby mountains and forests, but found nothing."

Tan Wujiu gently rubbed his temples with his index fingers and said, "The information that can be confirmed is that a masked master with a strength of around rank eight provoked a fight between the two gangs that night."

"Or rather, his ultimate goal...

After a pause, Tan Wujiu murmured, "If it's not the two major gangs, it could be the missing head constable and county magistrate."

It is understandable that this person, who committed such a serious crime, would be afraid of being wanted while wearing a mask.

But there is another possibility: he was afraid of being recognized.

After a moment's silence, Tan Wujiu suddenly said, "Find me all the people that this head constable and the county magistrate have killed directly or indirectly over the years. Also list all the murders that have occurred in Changze County in the past few years."

The four captains commanded their Qinglong Guards and quickly sorted out a lot of information.

Tan Wujiu looked at each person on the list.

"Cui Yong died more than two months ago."

"Cui Yong, Cui Zhao, County Magistrate Sun..."

Tan Wujiu looked at it several times, and his gaze finally fell back on Chen Daan and Chen Tang.

"Well, Chen Daan, Chen Tang..."

Over the past year, Cui Zhao and County Magistrate Sun have killed many people, but this family is the only one that has produced a ninth-rank warrior.

Tan Wujiu knocked on the table and asked slowly, "Has anyone checked this Chen Tang?"

(End of this chapter)