Chapter 190

Li Rui finally determined.

It was the Immortal Su Xuan Qi.

Wang Zhao slept with the Red Dragon Horse every night, and by chance, the Immortal Su Xuan Qi connected with the Red Dragon Horse, which allowed him to understand horse language.

"Tao Shidi, good skill!"

Liu Liu Tiezhu gave Wang Zhao a thumbs up.

What's the use of high martial arts? Look at my Tao Shidi, he understands horse language; who else in the world understands it?

So never look down on any profession.

Look, raising horses can also have great achievements.

Or as the elders often say, there are 360 trades, and every trade has its master.

Yang Yong and Liang He discovered the abnormality here and all gathered around.

Upon hearing it, they all marveled.

Wang Zhao scratched his head embarrassedly.

Li Rui's gaze became even stranger.

Listen.

His disciple was probably crazy; every night, instead of sleeping in a proper bed, he ran to the horse stable to sleep.

Perhaps this was the reason that created the connection of qi with the Red Dragon Horse.

"Truly a fool."

Wang Zhao loved horses by nature; otherwise, just relying on Immortal Su Xuan Qi, it would be impossible to achieve.

But it was precisely this obsession that produced this incredible change.

He had heard of sword fools and saber fools, but this was the first time he had seen a horse fool.

Li Rui chuckled and patted Wang Zhao's shoulder:

"You will definitely become a Great Imperial Ma Shi in the future."

As the saying goes, interest is the greatest motivation.

Wang Zhao loved horses, had perseverance, and could now communicate with horses; these points alone were enough for him to become an excellent horse master.

If his martial path could improve in the future, becoming a Great Imperial Ma Shi would also be a certainty.

Wang Zhao nodded seriously:

"Master, I will definitely not let you down."

Looking at these three teenagers before him, Li Rui felt comforted.

Everyone walked their own path, which was very good; if they all became martial arts embryos, that would be boring.

Li Rui waved his hand:

"From now on, Big Red is your horse."

Hearing this.

Wang Zhao's eyes widened: "Master..."

Seeing Wang Zhao almost crying with emotion, Li Rui scolded with a smile: "If you can become a Great Imperial Ma Shi, your usefulness to me is greater than a horse, and you sleep with it anyway, so I can't separate you two."

"..."

"..."

Liang He and Liu Liu Tiezhu were speechless for a moment.

Although it sounded a bit wrong, it seemed they couldn't say where it was wrong.

Wang Zhao did sleep with the Red Dragon Horse.

That was a fact.

After a while, Wang Zhao also figured it out in his heart and nodded fiercely: "I will definitely not live up to Master's expectations."

"That's right."

Li Rui laughed loudly.

It was just a horse; there was nothing to be reluctant about, and besides, it wasn't given to someone else, but to his own disciple.

Others were "person and sword as one," but Wang Zhao had now become the unique "person and horse as one."

The Red Dragon Horse itself had the strength of half a Seventh-Rank; with Wang Zhao controlling it, it could be used as a Seventh-Rank martial artist.

In Wang Zhao's hands, it was much more useful than just being a mount.

And if Wang Zhao's horse-mastering skills became great in the future, Li Rui could also gain insights from the Immortal Su Xuan Qi in his body.

A win-win situation, why not do it?

"Lord Chai, you've come from afar, it's been hard, it's been hard."

By the side of the official road.

Welcoming Spring Pavilion.

Cao Wei was bowing to a middle-aged Confucian scholar wearing a cyan official robe with a white pheasant patch.

Welcoming Spring Pavilion, also known as the Official Reception Pavilion, was a place specifically set up to welcome distinguished guests.

Cao Wei had come ten miles ahead to welcome him at the pavilion, which showed enough respect and also showed the other party's weight.

One could tell from the middle-aged scholar's official robe that he was a Fifth-Rank civil official.

The middle-aged scholar also returned the salute: "Lord Cao, it's been... five years since we last met in the capital; I've missed you very much."

Cao Wei laughed: "Let's not get drunk tonight."

This official surnamed Chai was Chai Jingong, a Physician of the Qingli Division of the Ministry of Justice in Yunzhou.

When he was an Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of War, Chai Chai Jingong came to the capital to report on his duties, and the two had met once.

The Ministry of Justice was one of the Six Ministries, in charge of case trials and the implementation of criminal law.

Together with the Supreme Court and the Censorate, they were known as the Three Judicial Offices.

The so-called "Three Hall Joint Trial" referred to these three departments.

It was just that the three had different divisions of labor; the Censorate's duty was to supervise officials and also supervise the Ministry of Justice's trial of cases, not directly participating in the trial.

As for the Supreme Court, although they also participated in trials, they focused more on reviewing cases after the Ministry of Justice's trial.

The Ministry of Justice had stationed agencies in every prefecture of the Yu Kingdom, which were the Qingli Divisions.

The head of the Qingli Division was called Physician.

Chai Chai Jingong waved his hand: "Brother Cao, it's still too early for that; you also know that His Majesty attaches great importance to the Gao Zhen case, and Minister Gao has ordered us to solve the case as soon as possible. I'm just here as an advance party; I heard that in a few days, a Great Alchemist from the Imperial Observatory will also come."

Cao Wei heard this.

"Imperial Observatory?"

Chai Chai Jingong nodded: "Indeed, I heard that the alchemists of the Imperial Observatory have the ability to observe qi, which might be helpful for solving the case."

Cao Wei's heart sank.

As he had expected, Gao Zhen's death had a huge impact.

Generally speaking, the Imperial Observatory only listened to the Emperor's orders; if the Imperial Observatory was coming, it meant His Majesty the Emperor had already noticed this matter.

In the Yu Kingdom, things the Emperor cared about were heaven-sized matters. It was no longer just about the Gao family.

Chai Chai Jingong sighed: "Brother Cao, let's discuss the case first and solve it as soon as possible, otherwise it will be difficult to explain."

Cao Wei nodded.

The person was already dead, so he would definitely be held accountable.

A few days ago, he heard from a friend in Annan Town that Regional Commander Xue was furious when he heard about this, cursing "trash" a dozen times.

Who was the trash?

Wasn't it him, perhaps plus Jiangjiang Linxian?

The person died in his jurisdiction, so he had to solve the case as soon as possible to make up for his mistakes.

After saying this.

Neither of them had the mood to drink anymore; Cao Wei simply mounted his horse and followed Chai Chai Jingong straight to the Anning Guard.

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"This is..."

"People from the Ministry of Justice?"

Some knowledgeable generals recognized at a glance that the few riders following Cao Wei were from the Ministry of Justice's Qingli Division.

Ge Hong, Li Rui, and the others also saw this scene.

Ge Hong was surprised: "It seems that the one surnamed Gao really met with an accident, otherwise it wouldn't have alarmed the people from the Ministry of Justice."

Everyone else nodded in unison.

There was no need to think.

Looking at the patch, one could tell that the Physician of the Ministry of Justice's Qingli Division had come, a Fifth-Rank high official, equal in rank to Cao Wei; coming to the Anning Guard could only be for Gao Zhen's matter.

Wei Ming narrowed his eyes:

"It's Lord Chai from the Ministry of Justice's Clear-Stream Division; I've seen him before when I was in Yunzhou. I heard he is resourceful and decisive, and many cold cases that had been suppressed for decades were solved by him."

Ge Hong and Tan Hu were surprised:

"That capable?"

Wei Ming nodded.

The Yu Kingdom had been able to rule for a thousand years; its methods of selecting and using people naturally had its own uniqueness.

This Lord Chai could become the supervisor of criminal law in one region sent by the Ministry of Justice, naturally having his own formidable methods.

Wei Ming recalled the rumors he had heard in Yunzhou before:

"I heard that this Lord Chai's qi form is a pig, and his sense of smell is extremely sensitive, able to perceive smells that ordinary people cannot."

"Pig form?"

Hearing this.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

The world is truly full of wonders; there are actually people who gather qi into a pig.

Wei Ming also laughed happily: "The pig form is not high-ranked, but its advancement speed is extremely fast. This Lord Chai has some ability; he lived to the Sixth-Rank Dragon Gate, and then relied on the pig form to practice his methods of solving cases, which was valued by the big shots of the Ministry of Justice."

Li Rui found it novel.

Sure enough, there are no useless qi forms in this world, only useless people.

Look at Lord Chai; didn't he become a Fifth-Rank official?

The official positions of Yu Kingdom's military officers generally correspond to their cultivation base; for example, Cao Wei is Fifth-Rank, so his official position is also Fifth-Rank.

But civil officials don't have such strict requirements.

Although the higher the official position, the stronger the cultivation base must be, it's not like one must reach a certain realm to be an official.

That's why this Lord Chai could become a Fifth-Rank Ministry of Justice Physician with a Sixth-Rank cultivation base.

"Pig form..."

Li Rui's heart stirred.

General's Mansion, main hall.

"Brother Cao, are you saying that after Gao Zhen left the military camp, no one has seen his tracks again?"

Chai Chai Jingong listened to Cao Wei's account of the whole case, his eyes narrowing slightly.

"Yes."

Cao Wei nodded.

Chai Chai Jingong discovered a suspicious point: "Since Gao Zhen said he was going out to patrol, and it was in broad daylight, I observed many merchant caravans coming and going along the way; it shouldn't be that no one discovered him."

"Unless... he intentionally wanted to hide."

Cao Wei sighed: "Brother Chai, you don't know; I feel the same way, so I sent people to investigate, but there were no clues, and I can't guess why Gao Zhen would hide his tracks and leave the city alone."

Chai Chai Jingong leaned back, his eyes narrowing slightly, his nose twitching rhythmically.

Those who knew him all knew that this was his habitual action when analyzing a case.

Several subordinates of the Ministry of Justice's Yunzhou Clear-Stream Division waited quietly; they had long been accustomed to it.

"There's no need to hide official business from you, Lord Cao, so it's most likely a private matter. Gao Zhen hasn't been in Qinghe for long, so it should be a private matter he brought from Lu Yang."

Cao Wei's eyes lit up.

This Chai Chai Jingong really had some ability.

Just after hearing the case, he could quickly organize and analyze this information, which was quite remarkable.

"It seems his reputation as a god-like detective isn't just relying on a pig nose."

When he was in the capital, he had already heard of Chai Chai Jingong's reputation as a god-like detective.

If he didn't have this ability, how could a Third-Rank Metropolitan Graduate and Sixth-Rank martial artist become a Fifth-Rank Ministry of Justice Physician?

He himself had broken through his cultivation base and luckily befriended a noble from the Fifth Prince's faction, which was how he was promoted to a Fifth-Rank Assistant Regional Commander.

"Then how does Lord Chai plan to solve the case?"

Every profession has its own specialty.

Since the people from the Ministry of Justice were here, he would naturally cooperate well.

On the matter of solving the case, his goal was consistent with Chai Chai Jingong's.

Chai Chai Jingong sighed: "I can only analyze the files first; I also ask Lord Cao to bring all of Gao Zhen's files, as well as all records since Gao Zhen came to the Anning Guard."

Although he had some guesses, guessing was useless; what His Majesty the Emperor wanted was evidence.

Could it be that when closing the case, the file submitted should write "your humble servant guesses"?

So he must start with the most basic file analysis; don't look at the vast sea of files, the information is fragmented and has no pattern.

But often the truth is hidden in these chaotic pieces of information.

"Investigate!"

(End of chapter)