Chapter 239
239 A new official
the Emperor ends his western tour and will return to Shangjing soon.
‘Zombie poison was found in xiyi town in Shangjing city yesterday. A family of four was infected, and the adjudicator Army has dealt with it in time.’
Shangjing City Police station reminds you, if you find suspicious people, report them in time and you will be rewarded with up to 10000 gold coins.
The black rental carriage ran happily on the street. The pedestrians were in a hurry. The carriage, who was wearing a raincoat and hiding under the shed, wiped the rain from his face and continued to drive the carriage. The rain outside the window did not stop. The raindrops hit the window. The entire Shangjing was shrouded in a misty rain and fog. The sky was lead gray.
Xia ping ‘an sat in the carriage. He was not wearing the Ruyi mask on his face. Instead, he had already restored his original appearance.
He was wearing a long black robe. He was reading the newspaper he had received in the morning. His fingers were gently tapping on the window, and his mind was spinning.
Today was the next day, June 1st. The heavy rain today seemed to indicate the arrival of the rainy season in Shangjing.
After meeting with LAN Wuwei yesterday, Xia Pingan had directly thrown the key to the Zhou Gong building to Cao Cao. Early this morning, Xia Pingan was prepared to go to the Dong gang inspector Bureau to take up his post. The Zhou Gong building’s Affairs were completely handed over to Cao Cao.
Over the past few days, there had already been four to five incidents of ptomaine reported in the newspapers. However, other than the incident with the garrison troops, there were not many people who were poisoned in the other incidents. The smallest was one or two people, and the largest was seven to eight people. Moreover, these ptomaine had been quelled by the adjudicators before they had caused much of an impact.
But even so, the entire Shangjing city was still in a state of panic.
The people who had been poisoned by the corpse poison had already turned to ashes, but the members of the bloody demon church who had poisoned them had not been found. There were also no useful clues. It was no wonder that the people in Shangjing were so frightened.
To be honest, Xia ping ‘an sympathized with the adjudicator Army and Beitang Wangchuan. It was too easy to hide a few people in such a prosperous city like Shangjing. The current situation was that the enemy was in the dark while they were in the light. It would not be easy for the adjudicator Army to catch them.
Ordinary people had to face each other when using poison. However, for a Summoner who had mastered more powerful spells, as long as he had the zombie poison in his hands, it was too easy to harm others. He could do it without anyone knowing.
There was no common point or intersection between the 4 people being poisoned by zombie poison reported in the newspaper. Some were infected the moment they arrived home by a tracked train after work; some were infected the moment they came back from the vegetable market; some were also infected at home without going anywhere; some were infected only after having a meal in a roadside restaurant. How could they investigate?
To the Dazhou Kingdom and the judgement Army, finding the hidden members of the blood demon church was more difficult than killing the members of the blood demon church that had already appeared.
Perhaps this was also one of the reasons why Beitang Wangchuan promoted him. After all, he had a ” brilliant record ” before. Xia Pingan even suspected that Beitang Wangchuan might have guessed that he had successfully integrated the ” illusionary child ” realm Pearl, but what he didn’t expect was that he had not summoned the illusionary child, but the Child of Fortune.
The Emperor of the great Shang was Beitang zhaotian. He had been away from Shangjing when he was on a western tour. Everything in Shangjing was managed by Beitang Wangchuan. Xia Pingan was not sure if Beitang zhaotian’s return to Shangjing this time was because of the dangerous situation that Shangjing was facing. However, the newspaper in Shangjing placed the news of Beitang zhaotian’s return in the most eye-catching place. Undoubtedly, it had the effect of calming people and warning them.
By the time Xia Pingan finished reading the newspaper in the rental carriage, the carriage had already arrived at the Donggang District of Shangjing.
That’s right, the Donggang District was a District by the sea on the east side of Shangjing city. The docks were all here. Xia Pingan was not unfamiliar with the Donggang District. In fact, he could even be considered familiar with it.
Donggang District was very rich, but there were also many poor people. A huge number of people and goods came and went every day, and it was a mix of good and bad.
The entire Donggang District was shrouded in rain and fog.
The carriage arrived at Ocean Avenue in Donggang District and stopped outside the gate of an ancient three-story granite building.
Sir, we’ve arrived. the coachman got off the carriage and opened the door of the carriage with an umbrella.
thanks for your hard work, Yingluo. Xia Pingan also held up his black umbrella. When he got off the carriage, he gave the coachman an extra silver coin for the fare. Finally, with the coachman’s thanks, Xia Pingan directly walked towards the building on the roadside. After taking a look at the pure copper signboard hanging outside the building, the coachman hurriedly drove the carriage away.
Outside the iron gate of the building, there was a bronze plate hanging on the gate–adjudicator Army, Donggang supervision Department.
The raindrops made that signboard extremely bright while the cyan granite of the building turned darker.
The door here was open, and there was a courtyard behind the door. There was a spacious lawn and a fountain in the courtyard. Behind the fountain, there was a staircase leading to the building. Xia Pingan did not see anyone standing guard. In the guardhouse next to the door, there was a white-haired old man and a dog, who were drowsy in the guardhouse.
The judicial Army’s inspection department was an important place. It had a higher status than the Donggang police station, so it was impossible for them to be as relaxed as they seemed.
Xia Pingan glanced at the old man in the guardhouse and realized that the dog beside the old man was a real dog, not a summoned creature. The dog was lying on the ground, snoring. The old man’s aura was a little strange. It seemed to be in the Yi Yang realm, but it didn’t seem so. In front of the old man, there was a lamp on the table in the guardhouse. When he stepped through the door, the light of the lamp jumped.
The drowsy old man raised his head, and Xia Pingan realized that the old man was blind in one eye. The other eye was also more than a hundred and less black, which looked a little strange.
When the old man raised his head to look at her, Xia Pingan felt that the trajectory of the raindrops falling from the sky had begun to change, as if they had become a net. Under the light of the head, she could see that the granite ground under her feet was faintly fluctuating with rune sorcery.
Interesting!
The rune spell on the ground was a spell to draw the ground as a prison. It was about to be activated, and the raindrops on the head changed their trajectory. It should be using water to cast a net spell. The various Summoner’s summoning spells were not static. Some Summoner’s spells would change as the summoner’s ability and divine power improved, as well as their understanding and proficiency in using them increased, or as they blended and sensed with other spells.
For example, an ordinary Summoner would summon a net with divine power. However, some Summoners could give the net the power of water or fire elements when they summoned the net. In today’s heavy rain, with the addition of the rain and weather, the Water-type net would be more difficult to deal with and break free from than an ordinary net when the same divine power was exerted. It would have a stronger restraining ability against some creatures.
The old man in the guardhouse should be able to use water to cast the net summoning technique. Xia Pingan actually had such an ability.
Xia Pingan didn’t say anything. He just took out his inspector’s token and showed it to the old man.
In a split second, the raindrops in the sky returned to normal while the ground remained unchanged. The drowsy old man became spirited at once as he directly kicked the sleeping dog. Closely after that, a man and a dog ran out of the gate room. The dog ran very fast; however, the old man just limped, regardless of the raindrops falling on his body.
The dog wagged its tail while the old man gave Xia Pingan a humble and ingratiating smile, revealing a mouthful of smoky yellow teeth. Lord inspector, I didn’t expect you to take office today. Sorry for the delay, I’ll call them down to welcome you.
no need, I’ll go by myself. Oh right, what’s your name? you’re pretty alert, aren’t you? ” Xia Pingan looked at the old man and realized that other than being blind in one eye, the old man’s legs were artificial. No wonder he walked awkwardly.
Sir, you can call me Luo laoyao. I’m the doorkeeper of the Donggang inspector Bureau. I’m here to make a living!
alright, go do your thing. I’ll go up by myself. It’s the second floor, right? ”
yes, it’s on the second floor. You can enter the restaurant by pushing the door.
Xia ping ‘an walked toward the stairs behind the fountain. When he reached the top of the stairs, he turned around and saw that Luo Yao and his dog were still humbly standing in the rain to see him off. He waved his hand, and Luo Yao took his dog and went back to the doorknob to sleep.
When they arrived at the heavy copper-coated solid wooden door on the second floor, Xia Pingan kept his umbrella in his spatial equipment and pushed the door open.
It was a long corridor behind the door. The wooden floor was covered with a thick red carpet. There were various paintings and artworks on both sides of the walls. It looked very stylish here like a Museum.
In front of the aisle was a lobby. Behind the marble front desk sat a beautiful woman in her twenties with glasses. Looking at this woman, Xia Pingan felt that the world was too small because this woman was Wei Meiyu, the beautiful mathematician who went to Beijing’s dashang library.
Wei Meiyu was wearing a light green women’s top with a White Black shirt with lace on the inside. She wore a pair of gray pants and high heels, looking natural and pleasing to the eye.
Wei Meiyu was actually here, which was a little out of Xia Pingan’s expectations.
Xia Pingan’s footsteps weren’t heavy, and she was walking on the street stall, so she walked all the way to the front desk. Wei Meiyu, who had been writing something with her head lowered, only realized that someone had arrived.
Sir, Yingluo, it’s you, Yingluo. Why are you here, Yingluo? ” seeing Xia Pingan walk over, Wei Meiyu suddenly stood up from behind the table. Just as she was about to ask Xia Pingan what was the matter, she immediately recognized Xia Pingan.
How could Wei Meiyu forget Xia Pingan? the moment she saw Xia Pingan, Wei Meiyu was surprised and happy. Her mind was filled with imagination, and her cheeks instantly flushed red.
Before Xia ping ‘an could speak, another woman’s voice rang out from not far away. She said coldly, ” kid, you’re so bold. You’ve bullied people all the way to the Donggang inspector Bureau. I was just about to settle the score with you.
As soon as he finished speaking, Xia Pingan felt a fireball flying toward his head.
The temperature of the fireball wasn’t high, and it wasn’t big either. If it hit his head, it wouldn’t kill him, but the hair on his head would probably be burned out, and his head would be burned into a pig’s head.
What the hell was this?
Xia ping ‘an didn’t expect that someone would dare to throw a fireball at her head.