From the sixth day on, Xu Zhen started his elusive lone ranger mode again.
First, he used the disguise technique in "The Way of Demons" to simply change his makeup, then sneaked into Cui Xiaotian's casino and started to inquire about various information.
He soon discovered that Cui Xiaotian's power had far exceeded his imagination. The so-called forty-two gambling houses did not refer to Yanping County, but to the entire Songzhou!
You know, it is not easy to open a casino in the Daxuan Dynasty. You must have a strong backstage and great power.
Since Wansheng gambling houses can bloom all over Songzhou, it means that Cui Xiaotian's power has spread throughout the state. No wonder even Wei Yulang wants to give him face.
This gambling house in Yanping County is where Cui Xiaotian made his fortune, and it can be regarded as the flagship store of Wansheng Gambling House.
Now, Cui Xiaotian is still focusing on expanding business in other places, so he handed over the management of this flagship gambling house to his eldest son Cui Meng.
Cui Xiaotian had four sons in total, all born to different wives.
Although the other three sons have grown up, they are all prodigal sons who enjoy themselves and have fun. Only the eldest son Cui Meng has inherited his dark mantle and is a character with no mercy and an extremely dark heart.
The Erxin who collected debts from Xu Zhen was Cui Meng's subordinate.
In Yanping County, there are countless people like Xu Zhen who are enduring violent debt collection, oppression and exploitation by Wansheng Casino. Almost every day, human tragedies occur, with families being destroyed and people being killed.
The reason why Xu Zhen has not yet lost his family is that he still has a nice house and his status as a policeman can make him a lot of money.
Once these two things are lost, it is inevitable that the family will be destroyed.
In fact, "The Way of Demons" also records many gambling techniques. Yixu is really smart, so he can naturally try it. But now is obviously not the time, he has more important things to do.
After inquiring about the Wansheng Gambling House, he quickly went to the Ziyang Palace in the suburbs and had a cordial chat with the Taoist priests inside for a long time...
Then, Xu Zhen returned to Workshop Street and began to inquire about the news based on his own ideas...
In the evening, he first went to the scene of the kidnapping and corpse dumping of the Ghost Faced Killer case to find inspiration, and then returned to Wansheng Casino, where he continued to talk to people, follow up investigations, and capture news...
Because he had been inquiring for too long, he didn't even go home. At dawn the next day, he went straight to the home of Shen Mingchen, Mr. Shen's boss, with his questions...
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The seventh day.
The hour has passed, and Cheng Xiao is reporting the situation to Song Zhili in the inner hall.
"There is still no news," Cheng Xiao said worriedly. "There is almost no movement at all in the Jianghu. The monk and his accomplices should have acted independently without asking for help from the locals."
"Alas..." Song Zhili's eyes were dark and his fatigue was evident. He had hardly slept in seven days. When he heard Cheng Xiao's report, he could only sigh.
"Master Song, um..." Cheng Xiao frowned and said, "I'm afraid you still have to go to Cui Xiaotian and Li Sixiong in person!"
"Ah?" Song Zhili's eyes widened, but they were full of rust, "They... they..."
"Cui Xiaotian is currently in Yanping, but when I reported my name, he didn't see me at all, and his men kicked me away!" Cheng Xiao said, "I didn't even dare to go to Li Sixiong's place because there were recent rumors in the world that Li Sixiong was terminally ill.
Well, it’s not the right time to go here…”
Bang!
Unexpectedly, as soon as Cheng Xiao finished speaking, Song Zhili smashed the teapot into pieces.
"It's really bullying people, it's bullying people too much!" He was so angry that his chest heaved violently, "As the head of a county, I have to see the faces of these ruffians everywhere. Where is the face, where is the majesty of the government!!? Cough!
Cough...cough cough cough cough..."
Because he was so excited, Song Zhili was so angry that he kept coughing.
"My lord, please calm down, my lord, please calm down!" Cheng Xiao said, "We are still searching from house to house. Don't be too anxious. Let's think of a solution..."
"A way? Ahem... Is there any other way?" Who knows, after Song Zhili finished shouting, he suddenly remembered Xu Zhen and asked hurriedly, "By the way, why didn't I see Xu Zhen? Where is he?"
"Me?" Cheng Xiao shook his head, "I don't know? I didn't go to the police station."
"Let's go!" Song Zhili opened the door suddenly and strode out, "Come with me to see what he is doing now? It's already the seventh day but..."
When they arrived at the arresting room, Song Zhili was furious again, but saw that several of the arresting officers in the arresting room were dozing off. Only Shen Yu was not dozing off, but was also walking around anxiously.
"Where's Xu Zhen?"
Song Zhili's loud shout woke up the napping police officers and made them kneel down in fright.
"Your Excellency, County Magistrate, Chief Cheng," Shen Yu hurriedly came up to meet him and said anxiously, "We are also looking for him! Senior Brother Xu...he is missing!"
"What!?" Song Zhili was stunned for a moment, then looked at Cheng Xiao.
Cheng Xiao quickly shrugged and said it had nothing to do with him.
"I didn't see anyone yesterday," Shen Yu said. "I waited all night last night... Oh no... He didn't go home last night, and he didn't come to the Yamen now. I'm really worried about him. It can't be...
Have you met those stragglers traveling eastward?"
When Song Zhili heard the word Dongyou Sanren, his face darkened slightly, and then he quickly shouted: "Fu Bin, where is Xiao Linzi?"
"exist!"
Among the crowd, two young detectives suddenly stood out.
"Didn't I ask you to keep an eye on him?" Song Zhili shouted, "Where is the man?"
"This... this..." Fu Bin and Xiao Linzi looked at each other, sweating.
It seems that in order to avoid being fooled again, Song Zhili sent these two people to keep an eye on Xu Zhen early. Unfortunately, they were not entrusted to anyone. How could these two people keep an eye on Xu Zhen?
"Trash, trash!" Song Zhili scolded fiercely, "What are you still doing here? Hurry up and find Xu Zhen!"
"Yes!" Several detectives hurriedly stumbled out, preparing to find Xu Zhen.
However, as soon as they ran to the door, they met the old catcher Shen Mingchen.
"Hey? What's going on?" Shen Mingchen wondered, "What are they doing?"
"Dad?" Shen Yu hurriedly greeted him, "Why are you here?"
"Hey? That's really interesting," Shen Mingchen said, "Didn't Xu Zhen invite me here? What on earth do you want from me?"
Upon hearing the word "Xu Zhen", several policemen quickly braked.
"Xu Zhen?" Shen Yu asked hurriedly, "He...when will he invite you over?"
"It's early in the morning?" Shen Mingchen said, "He went to our house to find me and asked me to come to the Yamen at this time. He said he had something to discuss with me. Where is he...?"
At this time, Shen Mingchen saw Song Zhili and hurriedly said hello.
However, before Song Zhili could return the gift, a jailer from the South Prison Prison suddenly ran over and said to Song Zhili: "Sir Song, you are here. Xu Zhen called you and asked you to come to the prison!"
"What?" Song Zhili wondered, "Prison?"
…
In the dark cell, Xu Zhen stood closely in front of Qi Yunzheng, who was entangled with iron ropes.
The great monk was naturally not frightened, and still stared at Xu Zhen without blinking with his murderous eyes.
"Qi Yunzheng," Xu Zhen looked at the monk for a long time before speaking out, "It's been seven days, aren't you ready to talk? If Mr. Song's child dies, I'm afraid it won't be good for you, right?"
"Say?" Qi Yunzheng narrowed his eyes, "What do you want me to say?"
"Yes," Xu Zhen took a step back and said quietly, "After we understood your purpose, everything you did seemed to become reasonable!
"Therefore," Xu Zhen raised the corner of his mouth, "we all ignored something that is actually very unreasonable."
"Oh?" Qi Yunzheng asked, "Where?"
Uh-huh...
Xu Zhen unfolded the three blood confessions, pointed at them and said: "Magistrate Tong's confession has the most words, but it is much more neatly written than the other two, but there are still some alterations on it.
"What does this mean?" He asked himself. "It means that Magistrate Tong's confession was copied by you, but it was still wrong. There must be something missing, something important!"
Hearing Xu Zhen's words, Qi Yunzheng's eyes suddenly changed, obviously he was right by Xu Zhen's words.
"That unreasonable thing that we ignored," Xu Zhen said again, "is yours - surrender!!!"