People are in the Department of Exorcism, and martial arts have evolved by themselves Chapter 154: Fighting the Grass to Frighten the Snake (Happy Winter Solstice, readers~)
Chapter 154: Fighting the Grass to Frighten the Snake (Happy Winter Solstice, readers~)
The next day.
All government officials were gathered together.
Everyone was wearing iron armor and fully armed, and their faces were a little confused.
What happened again?
"Lao Hu, you are the best informed here. Do you know what happened?"
"How do I know... There are obviously people from the Xuanwu Army in this city, and they want to gather us together. I'm afraid it's not a big deal..."
"Why is Tianshui City so busy lately..."
Some people sounded helpless.
"This is the way the world is..."
Several government officials were talking softly.
At this time, Fang Zhongzheng walked in wearing a red official uniform with a majestic expression.
More than a hundred government officials stopped talking in an instant and stood upright with serious expressions.
"There is a special task that you need to perform today, but the specific time has not been determined yet. Everyone will rest here, but you cannot leave the place!"
Fang Zhongzheng looked around and shouted in a deep voice.
"Yes!" Everyone answered in unison.
Fang Zhongzheng nodded with satisfaction, put his hands behind his back, and walked out of the compound with steps that he did not recognize his relatives.
Not long after I left, a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar came up to me.
His name is Ge Hao, and he is a chief bookkeeper. He is an official in charge of documents, books and seals in the government office, and he has considerable power.
"Master Fang, gather all the government officials together. Did something happen?"
Master Ge asked seemingly casually.
Fang Zhongzheng glanced at him sideways.
Chief Secretary Ge usually behaves in a low-key manner and is kind to others, so he is quite popular among the government officials.
"Just now Mr. Zhou from the Demon Slayer Department informed me that he found a traitor with demonic forces lurking in the northern district of the city. In order to cover up the situation, he could only call on people from the government office to encircle and suppress him."
Chief Ge was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't understand what Magistrate Fang meant, he frowned and said: Traitor?"
"Yes...it was the traitor who leaked information to the Bai Ling Mansion, which caused us to suffer such huge casualties in the past few days."
Speaking of this, Fang Zhongzheng's tone became more serious.
"In short, we will never tolerate such traitors! According to the laws of the Great Yin, all nine clans will be implicated and the whole family will be executed!"
Chief Ge also nodded heavily and agreed: "Your Excellency is right, this kind of traitor must be dealt with severely!"
The two chatted casually for a few more words and then left.
Next, Fang Zhongzheng also casually walked around the government office.
There were also three or four officials who intentionally or unintentionally inquired about information from him.
Regarding this, Fang Zhongzheng also knew everything and talked about it endlessly, looking very angry.
After walking around, Fang Zhongzheng returned to his room.
Sitting inside was a heroic young man.
Who else could it be if he wasn't traveling around?
"Master Zhou, how are you sure there are traitors in our government office?" Fang Zhongzheng asked with a puzzled look on his face.
Before dawn this morning, Zhou You quietly appeared in his room and was shocked.
However, he was shocked when he heard Zhou You's request. He did not expect to find the traitor and find him in the government office.
Yes, it was Zhou You's idea to temporarily gather all the government officials today to spread the news.
"No...not necessarily a traitor." Zhou You shook his head, "It could also be the person who leaked the information."
"After all, Bai Ling Mansion is hiding in the city. It is impossible to know this information for no reason. We can only find out through certain channels."
"The simplest and most direct way is to lurk in the government office. However, this is too dangerous. After all, the connection between our demon slayers and the government office is very close, and we might be discovered one day."
"Another situation is that someone in the government leaks information to the lurking traitor."
"This method is more subtle and difficult to detect."
Zhou You finished his analysis in one breath.
After Fang Zhongzheng listened, he nodded slightly.
"But how are you sure that this will stop the enemy?" Fang Zhongzheng was still a little confused.
"Because you mentioned the north of the city." Zhou You smiled slightly.
Last night he speculated that the traitors were lurking in the north and east of the city, but the difference between the two was that the east of the city was a business district, while the north of the city was a residential area for wealthy officials.
From a probability perspective, Zhou You feels that Chengbei District will be larger.
Now that there is no clue, he can only take a risky move and take a gamble.
If he had not made a mistake in his bet, the person who leaked the information from the government office would naturally have some turmoil in his heart when he found out that today's target was the north of the city.
When your mind is confused, you will do some extremely stupid things.
After Master Ge said goodbye to Magistrate Fang, he returned to the room where he worked and kept walking back and forth, seemingly very uneasy.
"Master, what's going on today?" A clerk asked curiously when he saw Master Ge like this.
"No...it's okay." Master Ge came back to his senses and realized that he had lost his composure. He waved his hand to indicate that he was okay and sat back in his seat.
But he kept drinking tea, even if there was only tea dregs left in the tea cup.
"Just now Mr. Zhou from the Demon Slayer Department informed me that he found a traitor with demonic forces lurking in the northern district of the city. In order to cover up the situation, he could only call on people from the government office to encircle and suppress him."
Today, Mr. Ge’s mind keeps echoing with Fang Zhongzheng’s words and two bloody idioms.
"The whole family will be executed, and the nine clans will be implicated!"
Master Ge's face became increasingly pale.
"No...no..." Master Ge murmured a few times and suddenly stood up.
He said to one of his confidants: "I have some things to deal with at home, and I am in a hurry to go back. If Mr. Fang comes to see me, just say that I have diarrhea in the toilet, and don't say anything else."
The confidant was also very sensible and did not ask why, but agreed immediately.
Master Ge then left in a hurry.
Being a guilty thief, he naturally would not choose to leave at the front door, but would sneak away through the back door.
Unfortunately, he didn't realize that there was a pair of eyes staring at him from behind.
"Hehe. You can't find anything without wearing iron shoes. It takes no effort to get here." Taoist Wu Liang's fat body also quietly emerged from the shadows.
After a while, Zhou You and Fang Zhongzheng also came over.
"I didn't expect it was Master Ge..." Fang Zhongzheng sighed.
Today, when Master Ge was the first to come forward to inquire about the news, he had a vague premonition in his heart.
Now, this premonition has come true.
"Master Fang, let me handle the rest." Zhou You said softly.
"It should be so." In the face of major issues of right and wrong, Fang Zhongzheng would naturally not protect his subordinates.
What's more, he doesn't have the ability to cover up.
After all, the knife that people carry around is not a vegetarian.
Zhou You gave Fatty Wu Liang a look, and the two followed Master Ge quietly.
It is not difficult for a warrior or a spiritual cultivator to track a scholar who has no strength to restrain a chicken.
Master Ge's expression was in a hurry and he didn't notice the two tails behind him.