Chapter 81: Rainstorm

August 27th.

Li Fei did not go to the Martial Arts Hall for training early this morning, but stayed at home waiting to see Li Tianyu off.

After the family finished breakfast, they put Li Tianyu's luggage into the trunk of the car, and then Li Lei drove the three of them to the long-distance bus station.

Trains and railways were also products of the Mingxin Reform. In seventeen years, many railways had been built all over the Great Lan Dynasty, and now every province had at least one railway that could go directly to the capital.

There was no direct railway from Xingcheng to Datong Prefecture capital, so one had to take a long-distance bus to the city closest to the prefecture capital, and then take a train to reach Datong Prefecture capital.

After arriving at the long-distance bus station, Li Fei helped carry Li Tianyu's luggage into the station.

"Alright, the bus is coming soon, you guys go back."

Li Tianyu waved at the three of them and said with a smile.

Zhang Yuqing's eyes were a little red, and she hugged her daughter reluctantly.

Li Lei and Li Fei's emotions were much more restrained, just watching Li Tianyu quietly.

Finally, the family watched Li Tianyu get on the bus, and then watched the bus slowly drive away.

"Let's go."

Li Lei called out.

In the car, Li Fei suddenly asked:

"Li Shu, that person who killed the main judge of the Judicial Academy before, hasn't he been caught yet?"

Li Lei shook his head: "No, there isn't a single clue."

Li Fei: "If he can't be caught, will you be punished by your superiors?"

Li Lei smiled: "The Inspection Court receives hundreds of homicide cases every year, and less than one-tenth of them are solved. If you can't catch them, you can't catch them. At most, you'll just get scolded a couple of times."

Li Fei suddenly realized.

He had originally been worried that Li Lei would be targeted by Wu Yihua because of the Green-Faced Ghost incident, but now hearing Li Lei say this, he realized that he had subconsciously substituted the concepts from his previous life.

In this era where one couldn't check surveillance, couldn't check fingerprints, and couldn't check DNA, a low case-solving rate was the norm.

"Then if this person continues to commit crimes, and you still can't catch him, is it also fine?"

Li Fei asked.

Li Lei restrained his smile: "If the matter blows up, we will apply for the intervention of the Stop-Gong Academy, and even ask the mages of the Justice Academy to help solve the case. If even then we can't catch him, it won't be the responsibility of a squad leader like me alone; everyone will have to take the blame."

"The mages of the Justice Academy can also solve cases?"

Li Fei asked with a curious tone.

"The Justice Academy has some techniques specifically used for tracking and searching."

"With these techniques, once they take action, they must be able to solve the case, right?"

"That's not necessarily true either. These techniques all have limitations. You weren't interested in these things before, why are you suddenly curious today?"

"Haha, I read a detective novel recently, so I became curious about real case-solving, and wanted to hear you talk about it, Li Shu."

"Alright."

Li Lei immediately became spirited.

When Li Fei and Li Tianyu were young, he liked to tell them stories about solving cases. Later, as they grew up, they gradually lost interest in his stories, which made Li Lei a little disappointed.

Now that Li Fei was suddenly interested in solving cases, he was naturally happy to tell Li Fei about it properly.

So along the way, Li Lei told Li Fei about many of the Inspection Court's methods for solving cases, as well as how the Stop-Gong Academy and the Justice Academy intervened and took action.

In the end, Li Lei was still talking with unfinished interest, and Li Fei was listening with great satisfaction.

If it weren't for having an uncle who was a high-level official in the Inspection Court, Li Fei really wouldn't know where to learn about these inside stories.

Night fell.

Green-Faced Ghost walked into the Green Origin Fist Stronghold.

At this time, gusts of wind were blowing, and the sound of muffled thunder could be heard in the sky; it looked like it was about to rain heavily.

Li Fei looked up at the sky and walked forward.

Soon, he was led outside a private room.

Four or five strong men were guarding outside. Seeing Li Fei appear, they all assumed an obvious defensive posture.

"Please."

The person leading the way opened the door of the private room for Li Fei.

Li Fei walked in. Besides Zhang Mingze, there was also a man holding a sword standing in the corner.

Li Fei's attention was attracted by this person at the first glance, and he looked him up and down.

When Hao Yi was teaching him saber techniques, he had once told him:

"A month for the staff, a year for the saber, ten years for the sword, a hundred years for the spear."

The staff and the saber were the two easiest weapons to get started with, and the others like axes and hammers were also easy to get started with.

But it was different for the sword and the spear. These two weapons were very difficult, and many people might still be laymen even after practicing for more than ten years.

"In the Jianghu, those who dare to use a sword are either idiots or masters."

This was Hao Yi's warning to Li Fei.

The Tiger Saber Gang's secretary couldn't possibly bring an idiot with him, so this swordsman in the corner must be a master!

"Using a sword, a master, a person from the Tiger Saber Gang, it should be Zong Guang."

A name flashed through Li Fei's mind.

Then he looked at Zhang Mingze: "The secretary has brought many people today. Is this planning to rob the robber?"

"Hahaha."

Zhang Mingze laughed out loud and gestured for Li Fei to come over and sit:

"You are overthinking, sir. This is the Green Origin Fist Stronghold; who would dare to mess around here?"

"Is there anything the Tiger Saber Gang doesn't dare to do?"

Li Fei said while walking over and sitting on the sofa opposite Zhang Mingze.

"There are too many."

Zhang Mingze shook his head, "There is still work to be done today, so I brought a few more people. You don't need to worry."

"Where is the stuff I wanted?"

Li Fei asked.

Zhang Mingze picked up a small suitcase from the side, placed it on the coffee table between the two, opened the suitcase, and then turned it around to show Li Fei the contents:

"The protective clothing you wanted, Level 3."

Inside the suitcase was a dark green leather garment with pale white patterns on it, looking as if it were made of some kind of python skin.

Li Fei pulled a dagger from his waist without hesitation, took the protective clothing out of the suitcase, and cut it hard with the dagger.

This was a common method for testing protective clothing, directly piercing and cutting with a dagger, and judging the level of the protective clothing based on the tactile feedback, the deformation of the clothing, the marks left behind, and other factors.

Li Fei had done detailed homework beforehand, so his testing method was very professional at this time.

One minute later, he finished the test, put the protective clothing back into the suitcase, closed the suitcase, and held it in his hand:

"Transaction complete."

After saying that, he stood up and was about to leave.

"Wait a moment, sir."

Zhang Mingze hurriedly called him back.

"Anything else?"

Li Fei turned to look at him.

Zhang Mingze's posture relaxed a bit compared to before, and he smiled: "This cooperation was very pleasant for everyone. We can talk about the next cooperation."

Li Fei sat back down: "How do you want to cooperate?"

"Kill another corrupt official, how about that?"

Zhang Mingze looked at Li Fei with a smile on his face.

Li Fei looked at him with cold eyes: "A subordinate official just died, and if we kill another official, the Stop-Gong Academy and the Justice Academy might both intervene. I refuse!"

Hearing Li Fei's refusal, Zhang Mingze relaxed a bit instead. He nodded:

"Fine, then there's no rush. We have other things we can cooperate on later."

"As long as you can afford the price."

Li Fei pointed to the suitcase, then stood up and walked toward the door.

Zhang Mingze stood up to symbolically see Li Fei off.

"By the way."

When Li Fei reached the door, he suddenly stopped and turned to look at Zhang Mingze:

"There is one thing I have always wanted, I just don't know if your Tiger Saber Gang can afford it?"

"Oh?"

A smile of having everything under control appeared on Zhang Mingze's face.

He wasn't afraid of Li Fei asking for a sky-high price. Only if he had a request could he better control Li Fei:

"What is it?"

*Shua—*

The next second, a brilliant saber light lit up in the private room:

"Your life!"

*Boom!!! *

Muffled thunder exploded over Xingcheng, and hundreds of millions of raindrops fell along with it.

A rainstorm engulfed the city.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 82 =====