The sun sets at You hour.
There is a strong wind in the capital tonight, and the wind is biting, bringing with it the chilling feeling of winter.
The weather had just been sunny for a few days, but then suddenly cooled down again. People in the capital were wondering if another heavy snowfall was coming?
"It's too cold."
"It's too cold."
"My feet are so cold that I can't feel anything anymore. I feel like my old cold legs are about to relapse again. I need to lend you my little brother a stove to roast my old cold legs."
The old Taoist priest and the old dog ran tremblingly into the hall of the Criminal Investigation Department and stood in front of the stove to warm themselves.
The old Taoist priest felt that his body temperature was warming up too slowly. Standing in front of the stove, he lifted up the skirt of his Taoist robe and let the temperature of the stove reach his knees as quickly as possible to prevent the recurrence of the old cold legs.
Woof.
Although the old dog was wearing a thick cotton-padded jacket, he was still very cold and had to stay close to the stove to keep warm.
There were more than one person and one dog keeping warm in the hall. The Peacock Buddha Mother, whose cultivation had been sealed, had long since given up all her reserve and aloofness and stood in front of the stove in the hall to keep warm. The Peacock Buddha Mother had been standing for a long time, walking around a few times from time to time.
Go to the case table and watch Jin An review the case files. The colorful peacocks are accompanied by martial arts immortals, and the painting style is quite fairy-like.
"Today Taoist Master Thousand Eyes was still talking about you, Peacock Buddha Mother, in the Five Zang Taoist Temple. He said that since my little brother moved to the Criminal Investigation Department, I haven't seen you Peacock Buddha Mother for half a month. I asked when you will come back.
A trip to the Five Zang Taoist Temple?”
The old Taoist priest stopped talking when he said this: "But as an old Taoist, I feel that Qianyan Taoist misses you little brother when you go back. Without you, little brother, you will be with a sheep like a tiger, and you will be worried all day long."
The old Taoist priest has long known that Jin An, who is reviewing the national case files in the hall, is the clone of the holy fetus of lead and mercury. The old Taoist priest also knows that Jin'an's body and the clone share the same mind and soul. What he said to the holy fetus of lead and mercury will be felt by Jin An, who is practicing in seclusion.
Yes, so when he talked to the lead-mercury Holy Child, his expression was as usual, without any grudges.
Jin An, the holy child of lead and mercury, who had been reviewing the case files for a day, looked away from the case files in his hand and was about to speak. At this moment, Fatty Li suddenly ran into the hall with an ugly face, as if he wanted to see Jin An for something urgent.
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"Taoist Priest Jin'an, Shi Youde is missing!"
"Shi Youde didn't come on duty today. When I went to his house to look for someone, I learned that Shi Youde didn't come home all night last night. His family always thought that the Criminal Investigation Department was busy with official duties and was still in the Criminal Investigation Department! Until I found him.
When he got home, his family discovered that Shi Youde was missing!"
The matter was urgent, so Fatty Li did not greet the old Taoist priest. He nodded slightly as a greeting.
Um?
Jin An raised his eyebrows.
Fatty Li continued anxiously: "I didn't want to disturb you, Taoist Master Jin An, so I directly found the Thousand-Eyed Taoist Statue in Wu Zang Taoist Temple and asked him to help the Criminal Investigation Department find someone. As a result, even the Thousand-Eyed Taoist Statue was
Can't find it, Shi Youde seems to have suddenly disappeared from the world, and there are no clues."
Snap.
Jin An pressed his fingers together and put down the case file in his hand.
Jin An looked serious: "Who was Shi Youde's colleague who last met yesterday?"
Fatty Li: "It's Lao Qian, Liu Bing, and Zhong Hui."
"I have looked for the three of them. The last time they met Shi Youde was after they came out of the Juyuan Tavern last night. They separated at the door and went home."
"Old Qian, Liu Bing, and Zhong Hui all got home safely. Only Shi Youde didn't come home all night, and he didn't come to the Criminal Investigation Department to report today."
Jin An believed that Fatty Li was meticulous in his work. Fatty Li said that he had not found anyone, so he must have tried his best.
Jin An frowned and thought for a while, and asked calmly: "Have you visited the people on the road from Juyuan Tavern to Shi Youde's home? Can you determine the scope of Shi Youde's disappearance?"
Fatty Li nodded: "I have arranged for several brothers on night watch to investigate, but the results will not be available so soon."
Jin An's eyes were stern: "It is impossible for a person to be able to see people alive and dead, and to disappear out of thin air. Even the Thousand-Eyed Taoist Master's Thousand-mile Vision cannot find a person. Fatty Li, take the old dog to find someone."
, it has the best nose for finding people.”
"In addition, please pass on my order to conduct an internal self-inspection within the Criminal Investigation Department to see if Shi Youde's sudden disappearance is an exception and if there are anyone else missing. If a person can be made to disappear out of thin air, perhaps the truth behind this
It’s not that simple.”
Fatty Li received the order, took the dog leash from the old Taoist priest, and was about to take the dog out to find someone, but at this moment, Deputy Commander Sun also approached Jin An with a solemn expression.
"Lord Commander, someone in the Criminal Investigation Department is missing..."
Deputy Commander Sun was interrupted by Fatty Li, who asked anxiously: "Isn't Shi Youde?"
Deputy Commander Sun looked at Fatty Li with a surprised expression: "Shi Youde is also missing?"
Then he said: "It's not Shi Youde, it's Zhu Baihu."
The Zhu Baihu here, whose full name is Zhu Pannan, is the same old Zhu who accompanied Jin An to investigate the case of the theft of the Imperial Master's tomb last time and went to the Widow's Mansion together.
"What, Lao Zhu is missing too!" Fatty Li's expression changed.
According to Deputy Commander Sun, Zhu Pannan led a night patrol last night and went home directly after work during the day. He and Zhu Pannan are neighbors, and they originally made an appointment to come to the Criminal Investigation Department together tonight.
But he waited and waited for Zhu Pannan, unable to come. When he went to Zhu Pannan's house to look for him, he learned that Zhu Pannan had not returned home at all during the day.
Finally, Deputy Commander Sun came to the Criminal Investigation Department alone and found that Zhu Pannan was not there. He asked several colleagues who had good relations with Zhu Pannan and they all said that they had not seen Zhu Pannan for a day, and Zhu Pannan disappeared mysteriously. This
Zhu Pannan has been acting normal for a few days. He doesn't engage in prostitution or gambling, his family relationship is harmonious, and he doesn't seem like someone who would go missing if something bothers him.
call--
Jin An suddenly stood up, a gust of cold wind blew up from his Taoist robe, and the flames on several stoves in the hall shook violently, just like the trembling before a violent storm.
Jin An's tone was cold and his eyes were intimidatingly cold: "Fat Li, please let me know beforehand the internal self-examination of the Criminal Investigation Department. We will focus on investigating the brothers who went to the Imperial Master's Tomb and the Widow's Manor with me that day to confirm the truth.
Several people are missing. As for the disappearance of Shi Youde and Lao Zhu, I will personally investigate."
"Taoist Master Jin'an, do you suspect that someone is targeting those people that day?"
"Okay, I'll check it out right away."
Fatty Li put down the dog leash and hurried out of the hall.
"Deputy Commander Sun, please pass on the order and tell the brothers not to travel alone from today on. Also, please investigate whether the brothers have encountered anything strange recently. By the way, we will also go to Shi Youde and Zhu Pannan
Go home, bring a few belongings for the two of you, you may need these things to find someone later."
"Old Taoist priest, go to the Five Zang Taoist Temple and ask Qianyan Taoist Master to help you find Lao Zhu. See if you can find where Lao Zhu is."
Jin An calmly gave orders one by one.
Then he put on the dog leash, got on the Biyan carriage, and went to the Juyuan Tavern in person to look for Shi Youde, who was the first to go missing.
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Juyuan Tavern.
Jin An took Lao Qian, Liu Bing, and Zhong Hui, who had been drinking with Shi Youde last night, and went to the tavern owner to ask for details.
As you can imagine, no useful clues were found in the tavern.
The owner of the tavern was very impressed by the few people: "Is there anyone suspicious? I haven't found any, but the person from the Criminal Investigation Department you mentioned, Marquis Shenwu, took away another roast goose before leaving. He said he was bringing
Go home and share it with your wife and children."
"Because several adults from the Criminal Investigation Department don't like to eat mutton and are incompatible with the people around them, which is very impressive, so I remember it very clearly."
Jin An thanked the tavern owner and left a few copper coins as compensation for the food boxes.
After leaving the tavern, Jin An asked Lao Qian and the other three about the details of last night. How much wine did they drink last night? Was Shi Youde drunk?
The three people replied that they had fulfilled their duties and knew that the security tasks were heavy these days. They did not dare to drink too much that night, for fear that getting drunk would delay the business of the next day.
Next, Jin An took the three of them, followed Shi Youde's route home, searched along the way, and the old dog sniffed along the street to help find the person.
With Jin'an's current reputation, everyone in the capital knew it. When everyone saw Shenwu Hou leading a big yellow dog wearing a large cotton-padded jacket while patrolling the streets, they were all attracted by the human-like old dog, and looked at him in amazement.
Passers-by pointed at the old dog and discussed: "This Lord Shenwu has very curious tastes. He raises strange animals, but I have never seen the Five Zang Taoist Temple raising normal animals."
Fortunately, Fatty Li discovered Shi Youde's disappearance in time. The smell on the street had not completely dissipated, and the old dog stopped in front of the entrance of an alley.
Woof, woof.
The old dog barked several times in the alley.
To be continued...