Chapter 497: Treasure Flower and Bobby Laien

Do you want to hear what you're saying?

After hearing Li Ang's answer, the female police officer's expression now could no longer be described as complex.

A person whose remarks were considered radical even among the rebels had just interrogated a high-level rebel, and the questions he asked seemed very fatal, forcing the other party to hit the wall and commit suicide.

And after interrogating the rebel, while warning her to be careful of the Laien family's dog jumping over the wall, he told her with a face full of calm that he was going to the Laien family to recognize relatives in a while...

Not... which side are you on?

The female police officer, who was completely confused by Li Ang's operation, although she had ten thousand questions in her heart, looking at his tired expression, still didn't have the heart to disturb him, but sat to the other side with the unconscious female prisoner.

Because the whole car was "chartered," there was no need to slow down and stop frequently to take care of passengers getting on and off. Plus, in order to arrive at the station early to get rid of these few extremely troublesome passengers, the speed of the steam carriage was raised to the maximum.

With the addition of the above reasons, this carriage arrived at Red Cedar Avenue, where the Laien family was located, in less than half the usual time, and then hurriedly sent away these few "plagues."

And Li Ang, who had taken a nap on the car, had his physical strength slightly restored, his face looked much better. After getting off the car and being blown by the cold wind, no abnormality could be seen anymore.

Ignoring the female police officer's look of wanting to speak but stopping, after taking the sheep's head and broom, Li Ang identified the environment around Red Cedar Avenue, and then walked toward the two giant trees nearly a hundred meters high at the end of Red Cedar Avenue.

Yes, Red Cedar Avenue is just like its name; it really planted two incomparably huge red cedar trees.

This kind of giant tree, with a reddish-brown outer skin, capable of exceeding a hundred meters at its highest, and an average chest diameter reaching eight meters, shouldn't appear in an industrial city like the capital, and shouldn't appear on Red Cedar Avenue, where every inch of land is worth an inch of gold.

But for some groups, these don't constitute problems at all, and even the more difficult and unreasonable things are, the more they can highlight their high and mighty and different nature.

These two red cedar trees at the end of Red Cedar Avenue were forcibly transplanted from hundreds of miles away by the royal family, and finally given as gifts to the two most noble families in the kingdom, planted at the gates of their private manors.

According to the royal family's original statement, they hoped to use this tree species, which can live for up to a thousand years, to imply that the two most loyal supporters of the royal family could be passed down from generation to generation with the country.

It's a pity that the royal family, who spent great effort to send these two giant trees, really had a bit of self-indulgence.

Not many years after the Treasure Flower family received the cedar trees, they forcibly launched a violent coup, attempting to push the royal family down completely, and finally suffered betrayal, with the whole clan being executed. The execution platform was set up under the cedar tree given to their home.

And the other family, although they didn't launch a coup, changed from the Lionheart family that was determined to forge ahead and open up territory to the Laien family, known as one of the three major tumors of the kingdom, becoming a huge dark sore growing on the heart of the entire kingdom...

Honestly, these two trees are so unlucky; there must be a reason.

Relying on the Cleanup Bureau's ID, after successfully entering this private road that wasn't open to the public, Li Ang didn't appreciate the villas and gardens of various sizes on both sides, but walked past building after building of magnificent architecture, heading straight for his target.

"Eh? You went the wrong way!"

Seeing that after Li Ang walked to the end of Red Cedar Avenue, he didn't move toward the Laien manor on the left, but turned to the right, the female police officer, who was following behind with the female prisoner, hurriedly reminded him:

"Not that side! That side is the Treasure Flower family manor! The Laien family is at the other end!"

"I know."

Walking all the way to the right along the road, walking to the gate of the Treasure Flower manor, which, although completely abandoned, still vaguely showed a bit of style among the broken walls and ruins overgrown with weeds.

Li Ang first checked this piece of land that had once been set as an execution platform and was almost soaked in blood, and then cautiously approached the giant tree that looked a bit withered, touching the cracked dark brown bark.

No movement.

It seems that this tree, which witnessed the end of the Treasure Flower family and contributed quite a bit of wood for the execution platform that killed them, didn't produce anomalies because of this, and still remained just an ordinary cedar tree.

After withdrawing his hand with regret and a bit of relief, Li Ang, who confirmed that this tree didn't produce anomalies, returned the same way and walked toward the Laien manor on the other side. You are really... is it that whenever you meet two opposite options, you have to step on both sides?

After chasing for a long time with a female prisoner who was heavier than herself, and just catching her breath, she had to walk back again. The female police officer, who was exhausted, couldn't help but secretly glare at Li Ang from behind, suspecting that this guy's brain had a bit of a problem, just like he suspected her in the past.

And this suspicion reached its peak when Li Ang knocked on the gate of the Laien family and stated his purpose to the butler responsible for welcoming guests.

Not... you really are here to recognize relatives, right?!

After calming down on the carriage for the whole way, the female police officer thought Li Ang was just too tired and was annoyed by her questioning, so he just brushed her off.

But after following Li Ang into the Laien manor and entering the three-story small building where the Laien family kept their genealogy under the guidance of two attendants, seeing him actually flipping through the genealogy that was allowed to be checked, the female police officer, who had a stomach full of questions, finally couldn't help but lean over and whisper:

"Li Ang, I've read your file. Your parents are ordinary people from Laien County and have nothing to do with this Laien family!"

"I know."

After responding without raising his head, looking at the two large cabinets of books placed in front of him, Li Ang, who had a headache, decisively ordered this free labor.

"You put the person down first, come and help me flip through the Laien family genealogy."

"Ah?"

"What 'ah'? Forgot that you've already been requisitioned by me?"

"..."

After remembering her current "status," the female police officer, who had something to ask of him, had to honestly obey.

After refusing the two attendants who wanted to provide help and tying the female prisoner into a zongzi under their strange gazes, the female police officer seemed to have thought of something, hurriedly rushed back, leaned into Li Ang's ear, and whispered excitedly:

"I know! You are preparing to check the Laien family's genealogy first, specifically looking for those suspicious guys whose life trajectories aren't very normal or who suddenly became rich, and then focus on digging out the crimes they committed?"

"..."

Don't say, I really mean that...

However, what I'm looking for isn't crimes, but traces of suspected profit-making through anomalous objects. Those people whose "history of getting rich" is obviously not quite right, and who have had contact with the sheep heart, naturally have a higher possibility. But there's no need to tell her these things.

After looking at the female police officer with quite some surprise, Li Ang nodded silently, half-true and half-false:

"More or less."

"I knew it!"

After confirming her guess, the female police officer clenched her fist excitedly, then aimed at the distant attendant with a guilty conscience, and asked in a low voice:

"Then how can I help you?"

"For you... then this one!"

After thinking for a moment, Li Ang flipped through the bookshelf and took out a name list that wasn't too thick and handed it over.

"You are a police officer anyway, you should be quite good at checking this."

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 498 =====