si-mexico #141 - The mission of the investigation factory?
#141 - The mission of the investigation factory?
A court permit was essentially an official document issued by the imperial court, covering a wide range of affairs.
Within the Great Qian Dynasty, these permits were quite common.
However, this was the Western Desert.
It was not under the jurisdiction of the Great Qian Dynasty.
The appearance of a Great Qian Dynasty permit in a region outside of Great Qian's control was quite strange.
Gao Hongzhe was familiar with these official documents, and he added:
"This permit is from the Bureau of Investigation."
"The permit does not specify the business to be conducted."
"It seems that the Bureau of Investigation has some special secret mission in this Western Desert."
The Bureau of Investigation's permits covered a narrower range of affairs, generally for arresting suspects, executing capital criminals, gathering intelligence, and so on.
Liang Jin took another careful look at the date the permit was issued, which was about a month ago.
The more he looked at the date, the more familiar it seemed.
Finally, Liang Jin suddenly remembered:
"The date of this permit's issuance is exactly a few days after the imperial palace theft."
"Could there be some connection between the two?"
Liang Jin had a deep impression of the imperial palace theft.
His main body had even had to stand guard for an extra night because of this case.
Gao Hongzhe looked at Liang Jin strangely:
"How does Brother Meng know about the imperial palace theft?"
"Could it be that Brother Meng has channels to contact Great Qian?"
Now that Dingfeng City was far from the border of Great Qian, Gao Hongzhe's communication with Great Qian had been cut off.
Gao Hongzhe, who was loyal to Great Qian, had always wanted to restore communication with Great Qian but had never been able to do so.
Hearing Liang Jin's words at this time made Gao Hongzhe feel invigorated.
Liang Jin smiled:
"Qingyi Tower has many intelligence channels, so I have heard about some things in Great Qian."
"However, this information has been relayed many times, and currently there are no direct channels to contact Great Qian."
"Brother Gao, don't worry, if there is a way to restore communication in the future, I will definitely tell you as soon as possible."
Gao Hongzhe looked disappointed upon hearing this.
Afterwards, he focused his attention on this permit.
"As the prefect of Great Qian, if there are people from the Great Qian court performing official duties in the Western Desert, I will never sit idly by if I can provide assistance."
"County Secretary Sun, did that pickpocket say where this permit came from?"
Gao Hongzhe asked Sun Daming.
Sun Daming replied:
"Don't worry, sir, this humble officer used severe torture on that pickpocket, and he confessed quickly."
"This pickpocket wanders around the Western Desert, stealing people's belongings everywhere. A few days ago, when he passed through Lizibao at night and was looking for a place to stay, he heard the sounds of fighting and killing inside, so this pickpocket hid outside and didn't dare to go in."
"By the time it was dawn, there was no sound in Lizibao, and this pickpocket mustered up his courage to go inside, only to see corpses everywhere and many scattered weapons."
"The pickpocket then searched the corpses, finding a lot of silver, and finally found this permit in a package."
Liang Jin frowned slightly after hearing this.
He had been to Lizibao before.
Lizibao used to be the lair of the bandit gang led by Yidaoke, and Liang Jin had broken in and killed all the bandits inside.
Later, he heard that it had become a temporary resting place for people traveling in the desert.
It seemed likely that the people from the Bureau of Investigation had fought with others in Lizibao, and the Bureau of Investigation had most likely suffered a disastrous defeat, which led to the permit not being taken away.
Gao Hongzhe also pondered:
"West of Lizibao is a large desert, and it is difficult for unfamiliar outsiders to get out of it after entering."
"And going east from Lizibao, passing Fengku Rock, is Dingfeng City."
"If there are any survivors from the Bureau of Investigation, they will most likely come to Dingfeng City. If even that pickpocket has arrived, the survivors should probably have arrived as well."
"County Secretary Sun, please send more people to keep an eye on the foreigners in Dingfeng City these days."
Sun Daming accepted the order:
"Don't worry, sir, this humble officer will go and arrange it."
After speaking, Sun Daming left in a hurry.
Gao Hongzhe then looked at Liang Jin with a look of help.
After all, Liang Jin now had many information channels, which might be more well-informed than the Dingfeng City government.
And regarding this matter, I'm afraid news will spread in the martial arts world in the next few days.
Liang Jin said:
"Don't worry, I will also send people to inquire."
"Alright, I know you're anxious, I'll go and arrange it now."
Saying that, Liang Jin got up to bid farewell.
Gao Hongzhe escorted Liang Jin to the entrance of the government office.
After Liang Jin left the government office, he returned to his own residence.
The two best houses in the entire Dingfeng City, one is naturally the former Qin Mansion, which is now the government office.
The other is the former Zhang Mansion of Zhang Ba.
In order to show an image of integrity, Gao Hongzhe did not choose to move into a mansion even after confiscating the property of those evildoers, but rented an ordinary and simple small courtyard, only hiring an old woman to wash clothes and cook.
Liang Jin did not have so many concerns, he directly changed Zhang Mansion into Meng Mansion.
Although Qipo and Liu Yuan both chose to live in the same house as Liang Jin, Liang Jin also hired some maids and servants to take care of it.
As the saying goes, the poor study literature, the rich practice martial arts.
Learning martial arts requires a certain amount of family support, in addition to eating well, it also requires a lot of time to practice martial arts.
If a person works outside all day and has to deal with housework when he gets home, he is constantly busy.
In that case, such people simply don't have the extra time and energy to practice martial arts.
Therefore, Liang Jin felt it was very necessary to hire servants to handle chores, so that he, Qi Po, Liu Yuan, and others could have enough time to practice martial arts.
As soon as Liang Jin rode his horse back home, he asked the butler:
"Have those youngsters from Qi Po returned yet?"
The butler hurriedly replied:
"Reporting to Master, they have returned."
Liang Jin then asked:
"Are they all still alive?"
The butler smiled and said:
"Some have minor cuts and bruises, but they're all full of energy."
Liang Jin nodded in satisfaction.
In the past two days, he had sent Qi Po to hunt down a person—the bandit leader Fei Long.
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This Fei Long was originally from Dingfeng City. After the arrival of the Great Wanderer, he was so frightened that he led his brothers out of Dingfeng City.
Liang Jin originally planned to deal with this group of bandits after he returned to Dingfeng City.
But who would have thought that Fei Long was so cunning that he simply refused to return to Dingfeng City. Even if Liang Jin sent someone to lure him back, he wouldn't fall for it.
So Liang Jin was too lazy to wait and directly arranged for Qi Po to hunt him down, which could be considered an important training exercise.
Fei Long was a seventh-rank martial artist, and he was also fierce and cunning, with rich combat experience, especially his good Qinggong.
Qi Po and the others were only eighth-rank martial artists. If it were a one-on-one fight, none of them would be Fei Long's opponent.
Since one couldn't beat him, Liang Jin would let all seven of them go together.
These days, Qi Po had been training for so long and killed so many people. Their killing intent was already sufficient, and it was time to face a truly fierce and powerful enemy.
In particular, Liang Jin had also taught Qi Po some military formations from the Imperial Guards, which could greatly enhance Qi Po's power and achieve an effect greater than one plus one equals two.
This time, when Qi Po went to kill Fei Long, Liang Jin's psychological expectation allowed for a maximum loss of one or two people.
Although Liang Jin had invested a lot in them, he also understood very well that since they were fighting and killing in the Jianghu, they would have to face the situation of losing manpower sooner or later.
Those who often stand by the river are bound to get their shoes wet.
But he didn't expect them to all come back alive, which proved that they had perfectly passed Liang Jin's test.
"By the way, go to Qingyi Tower and have Luo Feng pay attention to the recent newcomers in Dingfeng City."
"At the same time, let him inquire in the Jianghu to see if there is anything special happening near Dingfeng City recently."
Liang Jin instructed.
After the butler received the order, he immediately went to do it.
When Liang Jin returned to the living room, he saw Qi Po rushing up to greet him:
"Boss, we're back successfully!"
"Boss, you don't know, this time we fought so happily, we've never been so happy before!"
"That Fei Long is really powerful, his whole person seems to be able to fly, especially his two scimitars are airtight, and there are even hidden mechanisms in them, which are simply extremely insidious."
"Boss, this battle was really too dangerous, we almost lost someone, thanks to the things you taught us on weekdays, Boss, that saved our lives."
"Boss, I feel that after this battle, I have learned too many things and seen a higher realm!"
……
Qi Po and the others kept chattering non-stop.
They were so busy talking that no one even poured a cup of tea for Liang Jin.
So Liang Jin could only pour himself a cup, listening to Qi Po's descriptions.
Even Liu Yuan, who was practicing martial arts in the courtyard, was attracted over.
Since Liu Yuan became a martial artist, she has been practicing martial arts every day without interruption.
What is surprising is that her martial arts talent is even higher than Qi Po's.
Although she learned martial arts after Qi Po, her cultivation has now completely caught up with Qi Po, reaching the late stage of the eighth rank.
What she lacks is only actual combat experience and killing intent.
Liang Jin was getting bored of listening.
Suddenly, a servant ran in to report:
"Master, Mama Zhao, the madam of the brothel in the city, is seeking an audience."
As soon as these words came out, Qi Po and Liu Yuan looked at Liang Jin strangely.
They had never seen Liang Jin be close to women, but now someone from the brothel came to his door, could it be…
He finally couldn't hold back and went to the brothel to have fun?
Liang Jin was also a little surprised, he said:
"Bring her in."
Now there are only madams in the brothels in Dingfeng City, and there are no bosses anymore.
Liang Jin had already killed several brothel bosses.
Places with huge profits such as brothels and casinos are the places that those villains like to occupy most.
Therefore, Liang Jin has always kept the brothels and casinos in Dingfeng City, but kept them in a state of being ownerless, just to use them as bait to fish and attract those bad people to come.
These days, waves of villains who wanted to occupy the brothels and casinos were killed by Liang Jin.
I can't remember how many were killed.
Now, no one dares to think about the brothel and casino business in Dingfeng City anymore.
So this also led to the fact that the madam has always been in charge of the brothel, and the money earned by the brothel during this period has fallen into the madam's pocket.
Soon.
A middle-aged fat woman with heavy makeup walked in.
The woman's clothes were bright and gorgeous, and she was shaking a delicate embroidered fan in her hand.
It was Mama Zhao, the madam of the brothel.
As soon as Mama Zhao saw Liang Jin, she cried out "Aiyo!" and began to complain:
"Master Meng, you must stand up for this humble servant and the girls!"
"Today, an evil monk came, using your name to eat and drink for free, and also injured several girls and guests."
"You have to take care of this!"