Chapter 32 Breaking into the County Government Office
Zhou Chen sat in the carriage with his eyes closed to rest. Not long after, he heard the cries of people selling goods outside. He knew that they had arrived at the county town.

Sure enough, after a few minutes the carriage stopped. "Brother Zhou, please get off." After getting off, Zhou Chen followed the constable into the county government office and walked around many turns before arriving at a room.

After knocking on the door gently, he motioned Zhou Chen to come in. Zhou Chen pushed the door open without hesitation. After entering, he found that Zhao Kuo was lying on the bed with bandages wrapped around his legs.

"Brother Zhao, what's wrong with you?"
Zhao Kuo propped himself up with his hands and leaned against the bed, "It's okay, just some minor injuries."

"This is called a minor injury."

"Let's not talk about this. I asked you to come here this time because I need your help with something."
"Please tell me what's the matter," Zhao Kuo then told Zhou Chen about the recent missing persons case outside the city. At first they did not take it too seriously, thinking it was just a simple case of human trafficking. After all, this kind of thing happens from time to time. However, this time was different from the past, as the number of missing babies increased significantly.

Especially in the past two days, we receive several cases almost every day.

At first Zhou Chen thought it was done by a tree demon. Just when he wanted to express his thoughts, Zhao Kuo said, "After our investigation, it was most likely done by someone from the Badao Martial Arts School in the city."

"Brother Zhao, why are you so sure?"
Zhao Kuo looked at his legs and said, "Because my legs were injured while I was investigating a case, and the person who injured me used the sword technique from Badao Martial Arts School."

"But I don't know how to investigate cases. What can I do if I come here?"
"You don't have to investigate the case, you just need to cooperate with us to catch the man. Now that I'm injured, I will lose my combat effectiveness for a short period of time. If I meet a master at that time, I hope Brother Zhou can help me."

Anyway, I don't have to think about it myself, I just need to help catch people at the critical moment, so I agreed readily.

However, when it comes to this issue, although Zhao Kuo now has a suspect, the specific person has not been identified yet and cannot be arrested for the time being. During the day, Zhou Chen had nothing to do and chatted with Zhao Kuo all day.

During the period, Zhou Chen asked indirectly about the Demon Suppression Division. Although Zhao Kuo said he had never heard of it, Zhou Chen knew he was lying from the expression on his face, but he did not expose it.

The detectives who went out to investigate the case in the evening also came back. "We found out that the guy will attack a family in the city tonight."

"What? This time they actually dared to commit the crime directly in the city. They are getting bolder and bolder." Then he looked at Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen nodded and said, "Don't worry, he can't run away with me here."

Late at night, Zhou Chen followed the detectives and set up an ambush early. Zhao Kuo naturally could not come because of his injured legs.

Everyone waited in the cold night wind for two hours. Just when everyone was almost unable to bear the cold, Zhou Chen heard footsteps coming from the roof of a nearby house.

"Everyone get ready, he's coming."

After hearing Zhou Chen's words, the detectives grasped the hilts of their knives and were ready to fight at any time. Soon a man in night clothes appeared on the roof not far away.

Zhou Chen discovered that the guy's strength reached over 100, "No wonder Zhao Kuo was not his opponent."

Then he said to everyone, "He is the only one here. Don't move. I am going to take him down."

When the man in black approached, Zhou Chen suddenly jumped up and rushed towards him. The man in black found Zhou Chen rushing towards him and was shocked and wanted to run away, but his speed was far slower than Zhou Chen. In just a few breaths, Zhou Chen blocked him.

The detectives hiding in the dark were also shocked by Zhou Chen's speed. They did not expect Zhou Chen's speed to be so fast. "Boy, you don't want to live anymore, so you come here to ruin my good deeds." He said, pulling out the long knife behind him.

Zhou Chen, holding the Black Abyss in his hand, sneered, "If you surrender now, you will suffer less physical pain."

The man in black would not listen to him and killed him on the spot.

Zhou Chen shook his head slightly and Heiyuan immediately came out of his body. He swung a knife suddenly. The detectives only heard a bang, and then saw the man in black screaming and falling from the roof, while Zhou Chen put away the knife and jumped down from the roof.

As soon as the man in black fell down, the detectives surrounded him and removed the black cloth on his face.

"You are indeed from Badao Martial Arts School. Take him away to me," the man in black said to Zhou Chen with blood flowing from the corner of his mouth before leaving, "I didn't expect there would be a master like you in the county government. I was careless."

The constable behind him pushed him hard and said, "Stop talking nonsense and get going."

When Zhao Kuo learned that the man in black had been caught, he immediately went to the prison in a wheelchair, intending to interrogate him overnight.

Zhou Chen didn't care about these things. His responsibility was only to arrest people, and the interrogation had nothing to do with him.

The government office had sent someone to explain to Leng Yiyao today, telling him that Zhou Chen would not be returning for a few days as he would be assisting the government office in handling a case.

The next morning, Zhao Kuo came to Zhou Chen early and asked, "How are you, Brother Zhao?"
"That guy was very stubborn. I interrogated him for a whole night and used every trick I could think of, but he just wouldn't talk."

"Why should he speak? People like this should just be dragged out and chopped to pieces."

"No, first of all, the missing children haven't been found yet, he can't die yet. Second, Badao Martial Arts School plays an important role in Qinghua County, we can't kill him without sufficient evidence."

"What should we do now? We have arrested their people. Do you think the Badao Martial Arts School will come to the government office today to demand their release?"
Just as the two were talking, a constable ran over and said, "Boss, Li Xiong from Badao Martial Arts School is here."

Li Xiong is the son of Li Ba, the owner of Badao Martial Arts School. Although his strength is not very high, his status is second only to the owner Li Ba.

"He comes quite quickly. Come on, take me to see him." Zhou Chen then pushed Zhao Kuo to the gate of the yamen.

I saw a man and several others blocking the gate of the yamen. When the man named Li Xiong saw Zhao Kuo coming out, he spoke up, "I don't know what crime my junior brother has committed, Captain Zhao, do you want to arrest him?"
"Recently, there have been a large number of missing children cases in Qinghua County, and your junior brother was trying to sneak into people's homes to steal babies less than a month old last night, but we caught him on the spot."

Li Xiong yelled angrily, "Nonsense, my junior brother just went out to practice martial arts last night, how could he become a thief who stole children? Captain Zhao, please don't talk nonsense, do you really think that my Badao Martial Arts School is easy to mess with?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the disciples behind him grasped the handles of their swords. Zhou Chen took a look and found that their strength was around 20 to 30, while the constables on the yamen's side were much worse.

Zhao Kuo said angrily, "Li Xiong, what do you want to do? Are you planning to steal people?"
"I don't think I can rob, but I want to go see my junior brother first." As soon as he said this, Zhao Kuo refused, "No, how can we just go and see a serious criminal in the imperial court?"

"Hmph, what serious criminal of the imperial court? That's just your excuse. I want to ask you, besides the people from your county government, is there anyone else who saw my junior brother committing the crime last night?"

After saying that, he was about to force his way into the county government office. The constables immediately drew their swords to stop him. Zhao Kuo also knew the strength of those constables, and they would basically be completely defeated against these martial arts school disciples. “Li Xiong, you, the Badao Martial Arts School, are challenging the majesty of the empire. Are you sure you can shoulder this responsibility alone?”
As the young master of Badao Martial Arts School, Li Xiong was used to being arrogant and domineering. He no longer took the county government seriously. Hearing his words, Li Xiong was not afraid at all.

(End of this chapter)