Chapter 492

After the two sides tore their faces, this identity and this name were just window paper that had been poked through. "Understood, we will wipe away the traces. We originally thought that Fu Songhua pleading guilty in Lingxu City would be more convincing, but if you can't take him back, just kill him directly!"

This tone made Zhongsunmou very unhappy, but he frowned and actually endured it.

"That Special Envoy found the residence of the one surnamed Mai, and perhaps knows other clues."

"This person must die!" The person in the mirror said decisively.

When He Lingchuan appeared outside the county office, the official who had been stretching his neck and staring at the street corner rushed in and shouted, "The Special Envoy is here!"

Everyone had long returned to the county office, but he was the first to leave and the last to arrive, with more than half an hour in between.

Even General Lu had arrived and was preparing to watch.

Zhongsunmou saw that he had actually come alone and stood up abruptly. "Where is the culprit!"

He also sent people to chase, but they lost him. He didn't know what method the one surnamed He used to counter-track, even shielding the scent.

"Placed in a safe place." He Lingchuan walked in with his hands behind his back. "Just now he was almost killed by the Inspection Envoy in the side room, so I don't think the county jail is safe either."

Zhongsunmou sneered. "What are you thinking? Those water snakes were for you."

The Baishajuan county magistrate also said dryly, "Special Envoy, aren't you going to reopen the case? How can you interrogate if the prisoner doesn't appear?"

After returning to the county office, he was still scolded by the Inspection Envoy.

This Lord He had been wandering outside for half an hour, and he had almost been scolded for half an hour, so County Magistrate Tian was not without resentment at this moment.

He Lingchuan said lightly, "Oh, I interrogated him outside; he said the county jail let people in to force him to collude."

County Magistrate Tian lost his voice. "Wh..."

Can you be so willful?

Zhongsunmou laughed sneeringly. "Does your private interrogation count?"

"Aren't you the same?" He Lingchuan glanced at him sideways. "Did you have a public trial when you interrogated Fu Songhua? Were there commoners watching? To take a step back, was County Magistrate Tian on the side?"

In terms of moving his lips, he had never lost.

"County Magistrate Tian, were you there at that time?"

County Magistrate Tian opened his mouth, failed to make a sound, and felt very resentful in his heart: You know there wasn't, so why ask!

"That means no." He Lingchuan said as a matter of course. "County Magistrate Tian, who was on duty in the county jail on the day Fu Songhua was arrested?"

Fu Songhua said he heard the sound of a large bunch of keys hitting each other.

Only the jailer on duty would make such a clanging sound. That guy had been bought off.

"Ah, I'll call someone to check, please wait."

Not long after, the result came out:

The jailer on duty in the death row cell that day was named Pi Linhai, and he was there from morning until evening, that is, during the time Fu Songhua was locked into the county jail, he was there.

But this person was not on duty today.

By this time, County Magistrate Tian already knew what to do. "Send someone to call Pi Linhai over."

Pi Linhai's home was not far from the county office, that is, a two-quarter-hour journey.

Soon, the official who was sent out returned empty-handed and reported, "Pi Linhai is not at home; his wife said he went out to buy wine half an hour ago and hasn't returned. We looked for him in the place where he usually buys wine, but he wasn't there."

He Lingchuan closed his eyes and said in a low voice, "I'm afraid we won't find him in the near future."

The other party was silencing him at lightning speed; he felt a slight chill in his heart.

His private interrogation of Fu Songhua was only half an hour, and the other party took advantage of this time to finish off Pi Linhai.

Being able to round up such an arrogant Inspection Envoy like Zhongsunmou to collude was a great energy.

Silencing him in time was a quick reaction.

These opponents could not be underestimated.

Zhongsunmou mocked him with his arms crossed. "You made us wait for half a day, only to catch such a useless clue?"

Although Fu Songhua was hijacked by this guy, the one surnamed He also had no way to point to the true mastermind.

He didn't even have a list of suspects.

From this point alone, his side was invincible!

Thinking of this, Zhongsunmou felt much lighter. But this He Xiao was entangled like a maggot on a tarsal bone, and would ruin things sooner or later; it was better to get rid of him quickly.

Most importantly, as long as He Xiao died, no one would pursue the so-called mastermind behind the scenes.

The original plan could be slightly revised and still proceed.

It was better to cut the Gordian knot and not drag it out! "What's the rush? I'm not fighting alone." He Lingchuan said slowly. "Clues will soon be delivered to my door."

"By the way, since the case is reopened, I want to see the evidence collected by Lord Zhongsun."

Zhongsunmou said quite simply, "Your authority is not enough." This guy wasn't even an official, only having a temporary virtual title of Special Envoy, and he dared to move his mind?

He Lingchuan was not surprised. "Then I just arrived, and I need a few days to collect evidence."

"You've been in Baishajuan for several days, sightseeing all along, and now you dare to waste my time again?"

"Oh?" He Lingchuan looked surprised. "So Lord Zhongsun is so concerned about me? Then I'll change the way of saying it: whether you agree or not, Fu Songhua will be placed with me. If you are shouting that you have no time, just go back to Lingxu City yourself."

Are you kidding? This guy dared to plot against Fu Songhua in front of him; if the prisoner went into the county jail, would he still have a way to live? How the mastermind behind the scenes sent people in to collude, he could very likely kill Fu Songhua in the same way.

"You!" Zhongsunmou's anger surged, and he poked him in the air for a long time, laughing out of extreme anger. "When the rabbit dies, the dog is cooked; you do things so absolutely, aren't you afraid that Fu Shanyue can't protect you? He is also not a good thing; if he sells you out, you will only have a dead end!"

He was scolding the Crown Prince of the Chiyan Kingdom; County Magistrate Tian watched his nose and his nose, not daring to make a sound.

"Don't bother." He Lingchuan received Fu Shanyue's letter and knew that the Chiyan Kingdom would support him, at least until this case was handled. "By the way, tell you, we gained a lot in Zitian Township and caught the few demon-hunting subordinates of Mr. Mai. The clues they provided are not few. In a few more days, I will be able to find the true mastermind, and by then..."

He chuckled twice, didn't wait for Zhongsunmou to respond, and turned to walk out.

After He Lingchuan left the county office, the fierce tiger followed from behind and admired, "Daring to challenge the Inspection Envoy of Lingxu City to his face and telling him to roll back; since the founding of Chiyan, you are probably the first."

"Who doesn't want to do that?" He Lingchuan smiled and touched the tiger's head. "Don't you want to?"

"I don't dare." Jiao Yu said honestly. "Defying for a moment is cool, but I'm afraid of settling accounts later."

It had a family and business in Chiyan and couldn't afford the blame of Lingxu City. Officials of all sizes in Chiyan were like this; what everyone feared most in doing things was nothing more than two words: consequences.

Could this person in front of him truly bear such consequences? "Aren't you worried about the thunderous wrath of Lingxu City?"

He Lingchuan laughed loudly. "I didn't lay a finger on him, just criticized him a few words, at most it counts as disrespectful speech; what crime can Lingxu City charge me with?"

Scolding people, to put it bluntly, was just a dispute of words.

Although he was at odds with Zhongsunmou, he never moved his hand to hit this person from beginning to end; it was defiance, not collision, so the nature wasn't that bad.

"What about Fu Songhua?"

"I left him to assist in the investigation, and it's also called making contributions to atone for crimes, and he will eventually be returned to Lingxu City." He Lingchuan glanced at him sideways. "I asked Fu Shanyue; strictly speaking, the Inspection Envoy of Lingxu City does not have the power to arrest officials of vassal demon countries on the spot, but it is a procedure for Lingxu City to notify the demon king, and the demon king then handles or defends. So even if I detain Fu Songhua, Zhongsunmou cannot immediately charge me."

He wasn't just acting recklessly.

"Besides, look at Zhongsunmou's performance today; does it look like there's nothing fishy?"

Jiao Yu licked its nose. "Doesn't look like it."

Fu Songhua suddenly changed his tune and retracted his confession; normal officials would ask about the reason, but Zhongsunmou wanted to press this charge on him. The reason for this was truly thought-provoking.

"Once the truth is found, if Zhongsunmou has no connection with the mastermind, then Lingxu City will at most blame me for disrespectful speech, and the Chiyan Emperor can help me block this small crime; if Zhongsunmou is proven to be colluding with the true mastermind, then my actions are reasonable and legal, and I also have merit. I don't lose in either aspect, so why should I be afraid of him?" The so-called consequences, he had long thought clearly.

"Uh." Jiao Yu thought for a while, it seemed to be the case.

How did the pros and cons get dismantled by him and become simple?

He Lingchuan seemed to see through what it was thinking and said lightly, "You are too fearful of Lingxu City, so much so that even a child like Zhongsunmou without military merit can show off his power in front of you, a middle-rank general."

Jiao Yu stretched its sharp claws, unconsciously scratching a few hook marks on the ground.

He Lingchuan didn't say a word wrong. This was the tyranny formed over the years; even a strong and proud demon like it subconsciously felt fear in the face of Lingxu City.

No wonder the Crown Prince wanted to borrow an outsider like him.

One man and one tiger walked more than a hundred feet to the east before it asked He Lingchuan, "Where are we going?"

"To find some new help." He Lingchuan smiled. "Being in an unfamiliar place, I'm a bit at a disadvantage."

The Baishajuan county magistrate looked like a local snake, but he couldn't be relied on.

Having just confronted Zhongsunmou, he was in a good mood and walked around the street for a few miles. The shop signs on the main street of Baishajuan were also big and bright, with various high-end stores standing in great numbers; some even piled solid ice behind the doors or turned on cold ice arrays to cool down for guests.

In midsummer July, these stores were cool, not to mention how comfortable they were.

Of course, the wool came from the sheep; the prices of goods in the store were a big chunk higher than in Zitian Township.

He Lingchuan stopped halfway to eat a large bowl of cold noodles, while the fierce tiger had no love for noodles and wanted a whole roast chicken as a snack, crunching away to satisfy its craving.

After walking for more than a quarter of an hour, He Lingchuan finally stopped in front of a large mansion and handed an invitation to the gatekeeper. "Please inform your master that the Crown Prince's Special Envoy is visiting."

This invitation was not written by him, but sent to him by the owner of this mansion earlier.

The four words "Crown Prince's Special Envoy" were very bluffing.

So in less than thirty breaths, He Lingchuan was standing in the main hall of this mansion.

(End of chapter)