Madmen don't keep diaries

Chapter 220 219 Breakthrough in the Account Book

Back in the office, Hong Shenghuo sat down and rubbed his eyebrows to relieve his fatigue.

He analyzed calmly in his mind.

Konate Chen was indeed suspicious, but Hong Shenghuo knew in his heart that the reason he had a preconceived suspicion of the jurors sent by the Temple Church was because of Old William's suggestion.

He didn't want to be led by old William, so he had to find evidence to prove that his suspicions were true.

Just then, the clerk knocked on the door and came in.

The clerk closed the door, walked over, placed a report on the desk, and said, "Admiral, I think we've finally gotten to the point you asked me to find out yesterday."

Hong Shenghuo then remembered that he had mentioned this to the clerk yesterday and asked him to find out who came up with the idea of ​​setting up a jury for the Temple Church.

"explain."

Hong Shenghuo opened his eyes.

The clerk nodded. "It was the Church that first proposed a jury. Later, the Duke of Daguo suggested that the Temple be included, arguing that it was inappropriate for the Church to rashly interfere in the Water Control Bureau."

"The Church again..."

Hong Shenghuo narrowed his eyes slightly.

The clerk gestured to the report on the table. "This is the investigation report that the water patrol captain sent earlier. You were still in the interrogation room at the time, so I brought it here just now."

The Water Patrol Captain is a department within the Water Control Bureau that is specifically responsible for inspections, unannounced visits, patrols and other functions.

They are the ones who are secretly investigating Konate Chen.

"I understand." Hong Shenghuo nodded slightly and signaled the clerk to retreat.

Hong Shenghuo started to report only after he was the only one left in the office.

The report records in detail Konate Chen's movements in the past month, where he went, who he contacted, etc. This information was obtained by the water patrol captain through visits. It may not be complete, but what can be recorded on paper can be guaranteed to be accurate.

The parts that do not conform to the normal trajectory are specially underlined.

Hong Shenghuo took a quick glance, then suddenly frowned and looked through it carefully again.

The more he read, the tighter his brows furrowed. He then turned around, took out the investigation records of Old William's tailor shop from the drawer, and compared the two reports.

The tailor shop's account book records every transaction of the store, which is very easy to falsify. In other words, for businessmen, falsifying account books is nothing new, so Hong Shenghuo didn't spend much time on the account book from the beginning - after all, no matter how you look at it, what he wanted to investigate had nothing to do with falsifying accounts.

But after comparing the two reports, Hong Shenghuo found the problem.

The report on the investigation of Konate Chen showed that he had customized clothes and accessories at Old William's tailor shop more than once, but Konate Chen's name was not on the tailor shop's account books at all.

Hong Shenghuo listed all the clothes that Konate Chen had customized one by one, and then found these orders in the account book. He discovered that the notes at the end of these orders all contained the name of a woman named "Gu Zhili".

"Gu Zhili..."

Hong Shenghuo silently memorized the name and looked through the account book again.

He found that there were not only orders with this name but also many other orders.

What concerned him more was that, except for Konate Chen's order, other orders with the name "Gu Zhili" had one thing in common - they were all women's clothing.

Hong Shenghuo felt that he had found the most crucial breakthrough, so he immediately called someone in: "Have the patrol captain continue to investigate this person."

He handed over the note with the words "Gu Zhili" written on it.

Then he continued, "Go inform the temple and the church that I will continue to try the prisoners this afternoon. Tell them to come early."

……

After resting up enough at Mike's house, Feng Xiuhu sneaked back to the Empress's courtyard.

This time he learned his lesson and didn't use the power of shadow to hide his tracks. Feng Xiuhu realized there was no need to waste his magic power. He only needed to do what Mao Hetao did—turn up his collar, put on his hat, and cover his face with a piece of cloth. Ordinary people wouldn't be able to recognize him.

The only thing he had to pay attention to was to try to avoid crowded places.

Although this outfit made him look like a sneaky thief, at least no one came up to provoke him.

While no one was paying attention, Feng Xiuhu pushed the gate open a crack and slipped in.

When he turned around, he saw Lady Fengyu coming out of the house, and their eyes met.

Feng Xiuhu stood there - the queen was actually wearing a gorgeous cheongsam today, which was decorated with sequins and jewels, reflecting the light under the lamp.

Lady Fengyu was the first to attack: "Why didn't you come back last night?"

Feng Xiuhu replied without thinking: "Women should stay out of men's business."

The air was silent for two seconds.

Feng Xiuhu realized that his brain was twitching again, and hurriedly tried to make amends: "Where are you planning to go out wearing this at night?"

It’s over.

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Feng Xiuhu wanted to slap himself in the face.

Unexpectedly, a moment of panic flashed across the queen's eyes: "I, I..."

But as expected of the Empress, her reaction was quick. She instantly calmed her expression and her tone returned to its coldness: "I'm asking you."

Seeing that the Empress didn't seem angry, Feng Xiuhu's pounding heart gradually slowed down: "Someone wants to harm me, don't I have to find out?"

He walked over to the recliner and sat down, pretending to chat casually: "There are many things I can't find out, how about you ask Old Man Wan to help me?"

The Queen glanced at him calmly and said, "Why should I help you? The Church of Mist will benefit in the end. How dare you ask for help?"

She walked over and sat down at the stone table. "Besides, you're clearly a god now, so why are you still clinging to the power of the church? I understand you want to hide yourself under the cover of your church identity, but don't you know that the higher you climb, the easier it will be for people to discover your problems?"

Feng Xiuhu didn't listen carefully. His attention was drawn to the bottom of the stone table - the cheongsam was slit, and he found that the queen was actually wearing stockings.

Feng Xiuhu didn't say anything. The empress raised her eyes and discovered it.

Wow!

The heavy rain poured down on his head, just enough to cover the area around the lounge chair, and Feng Xiuhu was soaked through.

Feng Xiuhu brushed her hair back and pretended nothing had happened: "Do you know Wei Su'e?"

The Empress nodded slightly: "I have heard a little about her. She is Wei Xuanlang's sister."

It was just a casual question to change the subject, but Feng Xiuhu didn't expect that such a great lady as the Empress would actually know about Wei Su'e.

He quickly asked: "She is the one who wants to harm me. I still don't understand what this woman wants to do. If you know anything, tell me."

"Why should I tell you?"

The empress felt that this man had no dignity of a god at all, so she crossed her arms and legs in resistance.

Feng Xiuhu's gaze involuntarily moved downwards again.

The legs that had just been raised were put down again, and the queen was a little angry.

A whirlwind arose and blew Feng Xiuhu onto a tree and hung him there.

Feng Xiuhu said overhead, "The sooner I figure this out, the sooner I can go home. Otherwise, if I stay here every night, people will gossip about me."

PS: Who is Gu Zhili?

(End of this chapter)