Chapter 226 Fraud [Seeking monthly ticket! ]

Seeing that the flying head was about to escape, Hong Xi chased after it again, threw a flying punch, and the dragon and tiger images behind him rose up and slammed into the head with a loud bang. There was a faint cracking sound.

But even with the attack from a strong man in the sixth realm, he still couldn't stop the flying head.

Seeing that thing escaping from the window and disappearing into the distant night sky, Hong Xi angrily shouted, "Humph!"

When he turned around, the guards who had rushed over from the corridor had surrounded the room, including the corpse of Captain Chen in the middle. Everyone in the corridor could see the scene when the door was opened earlier. Someone immediately shouted and rushed out to chase the flying head, but the thing came and went without a trace. Even a strong man like Hong Xi couldn't catch up, let alone this group of guards who were not as skilled as him?
Liang Yue looked at the group of people rushing out of the window, and suddenly seemed to think of something. He suddenly moved, came to the window, and jumped down.

There was also a gravel ground below, with messy footprints on it, many of which were left by the guards. Liang Yue looked down carefully for a few times, his eyes thoughtful.

When he looked up again, several guards had chased him down, threatening him with blades: "Don't leave!"

"I'm not leaving." Liang Yue smiled and followed them back upstairs.

Hong Xi, Zhang Danian, Liang Yue, who were present just now, and Cao Yi who just left were all taken back. It seemed that they were suspected that they might also be related to the death of Captain Chen.

The person giving the orders was Captain Chen's deputy, the second-in-command of the Imperial Guards of the Quarry, a slightly fat middle-aged guard. He looked a little nervous, with beads of sweat on his forehead. He looked at the people in front of him and said, "Take them all to the prison and wait for the superiors to come tomorrow to try them again."

It seems that he doesn't intend to investigate the case himself and take on this responsibility.

But Liang Yue said, "Sir, the most valuable time to solve a murder case is the time just after it happened. There are the most clues. Are you just going to wait in vain?"

"Shut up!" the guard shouted angrily, "How can prisoners like you have the right to talk here?"

"You are the one who should shut up!" Cao Yi suddenly shouted, showing his identity badge, "The Black Knife Commander of the Horse Drinking Station is here. Since the captain is dead, I will take over the case temporarily. Before the Imperial Guards arrive tomorrow, I will be in charge of the investigation. Do you have any objections?"

"Drinking Horse Supervisor?" When the imperial guards around heard this title, they were immediately trembling with fear.

You know, the Drinking Horse Supervisor represents the emperor’s eyes and ears!

What they saw was what the emperor would see. The Imperial Guards were harboring filth and abusing their power to amass wealth, but they didn't expect that a man from the Horse Drinking Supervisor would sneak in.

If Captain Chen were here, maybe he could get things done, but at worst there would be someone to take the blame.

But now Captain Chen has become a dead ghost at the right time. If we investigate further, we will know that they all got a lot of money from this.

Cao Yi looked around and threatened again: "If you follow orders, everything here can be blamed on Captain Chen, and no accomplices will be held accountable. If you hinder the investigation, you will be punished for multiple crimes."

"I am willing to cooperate!" Led by the guard officer, all the imperial guards immediately obeyed.

Cao Yi's Black Knife Commander of the Drinking Horse Supervisor was not higher in rank than the guard officer, but he succeeded in taking power by combining kindness with force.

"Sir, what should we do now?" The guard officer changed his expression and came over with a flattering smile.

"Let me think about it." Cao Yi motioned him to wait, then looked at Liang Yue and asked very naturally, "What do you think?"

The imperial guards around were speechless.

Is that what you call consideration?
Using other people's brains to think about your own problems? If you say this to the teacher in the examination room, you will be arrested immediately.

Liang Yue also expected that he would ask him a question, so he raised his hand and said, "Sir, can we talk for a moment?"

"No!" The guard frowned and said, "When the master asks you a question, you should answer honestly. I'll lend you this and that."

"Get lost." Cao Yi glared at him unhappily.

"Okay." The guard immediately turned around and walked away.

……

Cao Yi took Liang Yue to a nearby cubicle and asked, "Do you have any clues about this case?"

"A little bit." Liang Yue smiled and said, "But if you want me to help you solve the case, you have to tell me the truth."

"What do you want to know?" Cao Yi asked. Liang Yue asked directly: "Who are you looking for here?"

Cao Yi looked at him deeply and said, "I came to look for my adoptive father's adopted son many years ago. He should be in this quarry, but he suddenly disappeared. My adoptive father was worried that he had met with an accident, so he sent me to look for him. The only person who knows his whereabouts is Captain Chen."

"Then you just met Captain Chen?" Liang Yue's eyes flickered.

If that is the case, then Cao Yi was looking for Cao Tong, but the connection between them should not be close.

It is very likely that the person in charge of the Drinking Horse Supervisor was worried that Prince Dinggou would attack Cao Tong, so he sent Cao Yi to find him and confirm his safety.

"I saw him, but he didn't cooperate." Cao Yi frowned and said, "No matter what I said to him, he just pretended to be stupid and told me to come back tomorrow."

"Is that so..." Liang Yue guessed, "You have never seen Captain Chen before, right?"

"Of course." Cao Yi nodded.

"Since you are so honest with me, I will not hide it from you." Liang Yue said, "You'd better send someone to seal off the entire quarry and not allow anyone to enter or leave. Then have someone confirm whether the deceased is Captain Chen."

After saying that, he turned around and wanted to leave.

Cao Yi asked again: "Then what is your purpose in coming here?"

"Didn't I say that?" Liang Yue smiled, "It's about the same as yours."

Cao Yi seemed to have guessed something, paused, and then said: "Then let's compete to see who finds the person they are looking for first."

In the evening, Liang Yue and Zhang Danian returned safely to the barracks where a group of people were staying.

On the way, he asked again, "What are the backgrounds of Boss Ma and Boss Xue? Do you know?"

"I don't really know much about this. I only know that they are Captain Chen's confidants. Before Boss Hong came, they were the two with the largest territory here, so they were also the main force against Boss Hong." Zhang Danian sighed, "I think it would be better to let them continue to be in charge, at least the amount they have to pay is not so much. Since Boss Hong took charge of our area, the amount we have to pay has doubled compared to before, which is really tiring."

……

Early the next morning.

The news of last night's incident spread quickly. The news of Captain Chen's murder spread throughout the quarry, and everyone was immediately in a panic.

Captain Chen has been in charge of the quarry for many years. Although he is only a captain, he has the power of a local emperor. He would not trade for a general. Even if he had the opportunity to be promoted, he would refuse to leave.

The prisoners here are also accustomed to treating Captain Chen as the local king of the mountain.

I didn't expect him to die so suddenly.

Although the Imperial Guards had sent a large number of troops to seal off the quarry overnight and not allow anyone to enter or leave, the Ministry of Justice still sent in several new prisoners.

Among them was a young man with an elegant appearance, with his eyes closed, who was led to Liang Yue's team.

"Brother Zhang, let me introduce you to my good brother... Luda." Liang Yue said, pointing at him.

This young man is the descendant of the Bai Shi lineage of Xuanmen, Mo Qiuren.

Zhang Danian came up and asked enthusiastically, "Why did Brother Lu come in?"

"I read people's palms on the street." Mo Qiuren replied.

"Ah?" Zhang Danian was surprised, "Is palm reading illegal now?"

"No." Mo Qiuren shook his head and said, "I was charged with fraud because I can't actually see..."

(End of this chapter)