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Luo Xiling proudly took out the jade pendant token: "This one of mine is different from the ones sent to the group. It was given to me by Master himself. In addition to representing my identity, it can also be used to contact Master in an emergency."
Under the envious gazes of the four new disciples, she raised her head proudly and tightly grasped the jade pendant.
"What do you want to see me for?" Immortal Xu's voice rang out from nowhere.
"Master, it's like this, we..."
Luo Xiling explained the whole cause and effect, and then she and the other five people stared at the jade pendant, waiting for the answer.
"It's your first experience, so you have to decide everything yourself."
The flickering light of the jade pendant dimmed and disappeared. The six people were stunned until a cold wind swept through and they shivered and woke up.
"It's over, what should I do now?" She looked sad.
The girl hugged her shoulders and comforted her: "It's okay, Senior Sister, Brother Ye will definitely find a way."
"That's not it. Master doesn't care about me and I'm so embarrassed!"
The girl, feeling that she had wasted her feelings, let go of his hand with a wooden face and almost couldn't help complaining out loud. No wonder Brother Zhao always made fun of the senior sister for being a fool!
Ye Ming sighed: "Xu Xianren is unwilling to give me a hint, so I'm sorry."
"Why?" A young disciple asked in confusion, "At most we just don't care."
"not like this.
Well... there is one item in the deduction items, which says that if dereliction of duty causes casualties to mortals, serious points will be deducted.
Now we know for sure that there is an evil spirit in Jinshui Town. If this is our responsibility, we will take responsibility if it harms people in the future.
If the evildoers are desperate and kill people indiscriminately, we will be blamed. "
"What should I do?!"
They were all anxious, after all, deducting points meant a loss.
Ye Ming pondered for a moment and said, "First, question all the victims on the list."
The five people who understood the importance of the matter were no longer careless. They turned into senior micro-expression experts and concentrated on observing the details of the expressions of the people who were responding.
It seems that one can get a glimpse of unknown secrets from it.
Unfortunately, they were unable to obtain any useful information until they visited all the houses.
In response to Ye Ming's question "What time did your daughter disappear?", except for the middle-aged woman who lost her daughter right under their noses, their answers were surprisingly consistent - Chou time.
That is the time period from one to three in the morning.
The specific identity information of the missing persons is also similar.
Sixteen years old, tall, beautiful, lively, etc.
When I walked out of the last house, it was already dark.
Ye Ming stood by the road and hesitated for a while, then decided to stay in Jinshui Town for one night and search around tomorrow to try to find clues.
If he still found nothing tomorrow, he planned to return to the mountain gate.
Because the total score of the experience is affected by the time it takes to complete the task.
If you waste too much time on this, your evaluation will be poor and your rewards may be severely reduced.
Although the mission reward has nothing to do with Ye Ming - Xuxianren had explained this in advance - Luo Xiling and the other four are his subordinates, and he does not want their interests to be harmed.
The six of them didn't delay any longer and headed for the inn.
Because they were thrown into jail during the previous investigation, their room was not checked out, so they didn't need to book a new one this time. They could just pay the room fee and go back to their room to rest.
the next day.
The sky was just beginning to turn light when the six people who were sleeping were awakened by the chaotic footsteps downstairs.
"boom--"
Ye Ming's door was kicked open, and the county magistrate and the captain of police walked in one after another, followed by constables who filed in behind them.
"How dare you, a bastard, impersonate an official of the imperial court! Surrender now!"
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The town’s government prison.
It was a fairly spacious cell, with three stone walls, a wooden fence, and a floor covered with straw. There were no candles lit, only a few bowl-sized windows that let in moonlight.
Luo Xiling squatted in the corner, her chin supported by her hands, her face dull.
Ye Ming leaned against the wall he leaned against last time, glanced at her, and felt that the scene in front of him was somewhat familiar.
The four people who were locked up next door felt the same as him: "Brother Ye, why do I always feel like this scene has happened before?"
The one who answered was not Ye Ming, but Luo Xiling.
She stood up suddenly and slapped the wall: "Nonsense! I was locked up yesterday and locked up again today, how could I forget?!
And that idiotic county magistrate, if we were monsters, would we give up the resistance?!
NS! "
He was obviously furious and even started cursing at the girl without caring about her manners.
Although I was angry, fortunately I didn't completely lose my mind.
After cursing, she asked angrily: "Brother Ye, what should we do now?
It seems that the captain no longer believes us."
Ye Ming raised his hand and pressed it lightly a few times, signaling her to calm down, and then he sorted out his thoughts.
Is there something wrong with the county magistrate?
If that was the case, it would have been completely unnecessary for him to wait until the next day to bring people to arrest him. He could have just made trouble while he was having dinner in the restaurant.
But if he didn’t say it…how could he be sure that he was not an official appointed by the court?
Immortal Xu said that there are no "immortal cultivators" in the mortal world, and the communication method is the same as that of the dynasties in the feudal period of Blue Star, that is, letters sent by horse and carriage, or by carrier pigeons.
In this case, even if the county magistrate learned that an official from the imperial court had arrived in Jinshui Town and sent someone to verify with his superiors as soon as possible, two days would definitely not be enough for the round trip.
Without any evidence, he brazenly attacked his superior. Is he so reckless?
You have to know that if there is a misunderstanding and the wrong person is arrested, you will be beheaded.
After pondering for a while without any result, Ye Ming sighed: "The training is indeed not easy, and we should not underestimate the local natives and just make up an excuse of the secret department to prevaricate."
"You can't blame Brother Ye." Luo Xiling leaned against the wall with her hands supporting her chin, "It's just that the county magistrate is too stupid.
A smarter person would never arrest us rashly, but would first make sure we are fakes."
As she spoke, she couldn't help cursing again: "That damn county magistrate is not only stupid, but also lecherous!
When I visited the victim's family yesterday, I heard many people complain that the county magistrate had a mistress outside! "
"Senior sister, this is not called keeping a mistress, it's called..."
"Shut up!"
"Oh."
The speaker may not have intended it, but the listener may have taken it to heart. Ye Ming frowned, recalling that several companies he had consulted yesterday had similar complaints.
He didn't care then.
After all, in feudal dynasties where information was transmitted extremely slowly, there were many corrupt officials who relied on the fact that the emperor was far away and exploited the local people.
Thinking about it carefully at this moment, it does feel weird.
Yesterday at the restaurant, Ye Ming met the madam when he went to the toilet and chatted with her for a while about the county magistrate.
According to the madam, the county magistrate was a relatively upright official - he paid every time he went to the restaurant.
And the county magistrate actually seldom went to restaurants.
She recalled that the last time she came here was more than half a year ago.
If it weren't for the banquet for Ye Ming and others, this time would probably be extended.
Would a greedy and lustful man not go to the most prosperous and picturesque place in the area with the most beautiful girls for nearly a year?
If he is truly upright, would he have a lover outside?
Ye Ming clenched and unclenched his right fist. Something was wrong, it didn't feel right, and something crucial was missing.
After thinking hard for a while, he still felt that something was missing, so he asked Luo Xiling: "Do you know who the county magistrate is supporting?"
"Hmm..." She pointed her index finger at her chin, "Someone told me... Oh, I remember now, it was the owner of the jewelry store."
Ye Ming was stunned, and subconsciously asked: "Who are you talking about?"
"The owner of the jewelry store, you've met her. She even helps us tie our hair."
Straightening up with excitement, he asked excitedly, "Are you sure?"
"Well, anyway, that person told me that he was walking at night a year ago and happened to see the county magistrate sneaking into a jewelry store."
A flash of lightning flashed through Ye Ming's mind: "So that's how it is, no wonder, no wonder, then it's not surprising!"
Luo Xiling looked at him suspiciously: "What are you mumbling about?"
"Our information was leaked to the county magistrate by the boss lady."
Hearing him say this, the five of them were a little surprised.
"That's impossible. Although we talked about our training that day, we only spoke briefly and didn't reveal any important information. We were also far away from her and kept our voices low. The most she heard was that we came to Jinshui Town for a mission.
There is no reason to know the rest.”
"Ruo Guo, she is not a human being?"
"what?"
Ye Ming laughed: "It's not strange that the monster has a more sensitive hearing, right?"
"The boss lady is a monster?!" Luo Xiling jumped up, "Then what are you waiting for? Go kill her!"
What restricted their movements was not the cell but the unknown identity of the demon.