Hidden moth

Chapter 239: In the Jianghu, the Sword is Sheathed

He Kao had just explained the clan law and order, the first of which was "Do not violate the rules and regulations, but report it to the relevant authorities first", so Chang Anju was still very cautious and explained the whole story to He Kao.

Chang Anju tracked Zhong Jinghui to the city of Suratthani and reported the case with the information he had, but the local police did not care at all.

Zhong Jinghui is from the East, and the alleged crime occurred in neighboring Waddy State, seemingly unrelated to the police in Sawa. Furthermore, many areas in southern Sawa have a high degree of autonomy, leaving even the central government with little control.

It would have been fine if the police had not cared, but someone also tipped off Zhong Jinghui, and some policemen, perhaps receiving some bribes, actually turned around and wanted to arrest Chang Anju. It was unknown what crime they had charged him with.

Besides the police pretending to arrest him, a local gang also wanted to kill him after receiving a reward. Fortunately, Chang Anju had a good cultivation and kung fu, so he escaped in time.

Zhong Jinghui thought the storm had passed, so she relaxed her vigilance and drove out alone, giving Chang Anju the opportunity... From beginning to end, He Kao never asked Chang Anju what happened to Zhong Jinghui, and Chang Anju didn't say anything.

Hearing this, He Kao couldn't help but remind him, "There's more than one patriarchal decree. Did you know there's a comment after 'Don't violate the rules, report it to the officials first'?"

Chang Anju: "Ah? How could I possibly know? What is it?"

He Kao: "Si, the thieves are one and the same, and they harm the good, so we should cite the third command - do not leave any evil behind, and make sure to cut it off when necessary!"

This comment was what Gu Chun had just told He Kao during the day. The first three articles of the patriarchal order had been passed down for thousands of years, and successive generations of ancestors had also summarized many specific situations, mainly based on the experience of ancient society.

For example, Chang Anju stayed in a hotel in Sawa and ordered a health massage, assuming it was a regular one. Even if it was not regular in Dongguo, it was regular in Sawa... but he ended up being scammed.

The girl came into the house and wanted to use the bathroom, then several burly men broke in and insisted that he had done something bad. It was definitely not just prostitution, and the specific charges could be imagined... Unless he paid a certain amount of money to settle the matter privately, he would be brought to justice.

Chang Anju, believing he had done nothing illegal, called the police. When the local Sawa police arrived, they discovered they were in cahoots with the men. They threatened Chang Anju to pay a fee to settle the matter privately, or they would arrest him and convict him of a crime.

Note that the police in this scene are real police, not fake ones! If Chang Anju insists on not paying, or if the amount he offers doesn't satisfy the other party, he will really be taken back.

If you were taken away from a place like that, you wouldn't know where you would be held or what would happen to you.

Ordinary people might be powerless to resist, but sorcerers have another option: "Don't leave any trace of evil behind, and make a decisive move when necessary." The clan law hall allows and even encourages disciples to take action, with the primary target being the evil official representing the officials, but they try not to leave any trace behind.

If taking action on the spot would expose your identity and cause trouble, you can try to escape first and then wait for an opportunity to take action.

This is an unspoken rule in ancient times, which may not apply in modern society. However, there are still many places in the world where order may be as chaotic as in ancient Chinese society, or even chaotic.

Order is backed by legal violence. Most ordinary people do not possess public power and have almost no ability to resist criminal forces. They can only hope for the protection of order.

Order is the last layer of protection for ordinary people. Even in modern civilized society, when many people are illegally harmed, calling the police is almost the last and only way.

But order is not a person; it requires specific people to represent and enforce it. If the people who enforce order are "corrupt and evil, harming the good," ordinary people will be left at their mercy.

There is an old saying in the East: "A county magistrate destroys a family, and a provincial governor wipes out an entire clan." Those who control order and violence are enough to destroy the families of innocent people.

Sorcerers possess a certain level of cultivation, naturally possessing the ability to disrupt order. Their behavior needs to be restrained, but that doesn't mean this ability doesn't exist. The Sorcerer's attitude towards this is to act when necessary, but to avoid leaving any trace of trouble.

The reason why this point is particularly emphasized is related to the experiences of many sorcerers in ancient times. Disciples of sorcery more or less need to travel the world to hone their skills and increase their knowledge.

In the context of ancient clan society, they are often typical refugees, social destabilizers, and natural suspects in various vicious cases.

If an unsolved case occurs in a certain place, due to the backward criminal investigation technology, the first reaction of many local officials is to arrest the refugees nearby and beat them with sticks.

At that time, there was no concept of presumption of innocence or civilized law enforcement. It was not uncommon for people to confess under torture because they could not bear the punishment. This was a natural risk that sorcerers, especially low-level sorcerers, had to face when traveling the world.

What to do when encountering such a situation? The only thing to do is to take action.

In extreme cases, they might be defeated, or they might choose to endure temporarily, wait for an opportunity to escape, and then look for an opportunity to deal with those who framed them...

Why did He Kao say all this? Because Chang Anju was obviously worried about one thing, that is, he was afraid that if he behaved out of line, he might not pass the examination of the Shumen, so he explained the cause and effect of the matter.

He Kao told him not to worry, at least his pursuit of Zhong Jinghui did not violate any rules of the sect.

As for Zhong Jinghui's accomplices, He Kao reminded Chang Anju to be thorough in his investigation and not to kill innocent people. Those associated with Zhong Jinghui might not be guilty of heinous crimes; they could simply be innocent servants. Chang Anju nodded repeatedly. According to his understanding, Zhong Jinghui's group had fled to Surat Thani and established a foreign trade company with dozens of employees.

But the list that Chang Anju has identified only five people besides Zhong Jinghui. They are all the backbone of the original fraud ring and have been responsible for more than one death.

He Kao finally asked, "What are you going to do? Who are you going to deal with?"

Chang Anju replied, "I have no intention of engaging in a fight with the police here. I have business in China and cannot stay here for long. I am satisfied with taking care of Zhong Jinghui. If possible, I will take care of those five people."

Chang Anju only targeted Zhong Jinghui because he knew her. They were from the same hometown, and his brother was also brought to Wadi by Zhong Jinghui. The other five people were also the murderers of his brother.

He Kao then asked Chang Anju if he had detailed information about the five people, including their criminal records and personal audio and video materials.

Chang Anju had followed him here from the Wadi Kingdom, and he had recorded a lot of information using various methods. Mobile phones were a great tool, and nowadays they were almost like a server, capable of storing so much information.

Those five guys are all from Dongguo. They were born in Dongguo and hold Dongguo passports and ID cards, but now they have spent money to obtain a Sawa identity. They have changed their names and are usually very vigilant.

Something happened to Zhong Jinghui and she seems to be missing at the moment. They probably hid themselves and it is difficult to find her for the time being.

He Kao got the materials, browsed through them, and said, "How about this, you prepare the materials to be submitted to the Shumen Information Office first, and you don't need to look for these people for the time being.

We'll meet again tomorrow night at the same time and place. I'll help you look over the materials first, and then tell you where the five people are hiding."

Chang Anju was extremely surprised and expressed his gratitude repeatedly... The meal was finally over, and it was almost twelve o'clock, so He Kao said goodbye and left.

Chang Anju is a standard wild sorcerer. He doesn't know what abilities the high-level sorcerers of various sects have, otherwise he would be even more shocked.

Suthani is a land of vast disparity between the rich and the poor, and its population exceeds one million. Simply obtaining detailed information and finding five individuals deliberately hiding in such a place would be practically impossible for an ordinary high-level warlock!

But He Kao is different. He is a fourth-level scholar of the Yin E Sect and has the ability to separate his consciousness from his body. As long as he has enough detailed information within the range of his spiritual consciousness, he can track the target.

After this period of training and tempering, He Kao's spiritual sense had reached a maximum range of 1.5 kilometers in open areas. Finding those five people in a place like Suthani would require considerable effort, but it wasn't impossible.

As long as those people have not fled to other places and are still hiding in this city, he can still find them out with some time.

The next evening, still in the same private room at the Donghua Hotel, Chang Anju once again met the enigmatic Junior Brother Huo Qing. Just like his first encounters with Ye Liangchen and Lan Jiuwan, He Kao kept his identity secret, calling himself Huo Qing.

In fact, this is not a Buddhist name, it is just a code name, but it seems to sound more high-end when called this way.

He Kao read the report written by Chang Anju, which was a bit like a personal file record, detailing his experiences from childhood to the present, as well as the process of becoming a disciple and practicing magic.

Even the fact that he traveled thousands of miles to hunt down Zhong Jinghui and her accomplices was truthfully reported in the materials.

At the end of the material, he wrote that while chasing Zhong Jinghui, he met a passing sorcerer, who introduced him to the situation of the sorcery sect and told him the contact information of the information office of the clan hall.

However, Chang Anju did not introduce He Kao's identity, because he really did not know it, and he did not even mention the code name Huo Qing. According to He Kao's instructions, he did not mention the fact that He Kao provided him with the hiding place of the five people.

He Kao couldn't help but want to laugh when looking at the materials, and helped him delete a lot of content, because those were private details that did not need to be introduced, no one else would provide them, and the Zongfa Hall would not make any requirements for them.

After reading the materials, He Kao provided the hiding places of the five people, including a diagram.

They didn't drink much at the meal today, and it ended much earlier than yesterday. Chang Anju rode off on a motorcycle under the cover of night, searching for his target in this somewhat chaotic city.

The five people hid in three locations. With the diagram provided by He Kao, Chang Anju was not difficult to find them.

His mobility was really strong. He would try to sneak in without alerting anyone else. When he attacked, he would deliver a fatal blow, and then he would quickly withdraw without getting entangled with others. He was not slow at all.

By dawn, Chang Anju had finished his work and left the city on a motorcycle. He was going to another city to change his mode of transportation and return to the East Country.

He Kao, who secretly witnessed the whole process, also left quietly.

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(End of this chapter)