In the end, the police brought in a total of more than ten people who had come into contact with Jie Ligu.

This number of people was within Zhao Xun's expectation.

Because in his opinion, since Jie Ligu is a remnant of the Demon Sect and an informant and spy planted by the northern barbarians in Chang'an City, he will definitely keep a low profile as much as possible in his daily life and try his best to avoid contacting the neighbors.

not in contact.

After all, he is a barbarian from the North, and his accent cannot be changed in a short time.

If you say more, you will be wrong; if you say less, you will be wrong; if you say less, you will be wrong.

For Jie Ligu, the most important thing was to stay silent as much as possible and not attract anyone's attention.

Otherwise, it is likely to cause fire...

After questioning each of these dozen people, Zhao Xun once again confirmed his conjecture.

It seems that there are no clues to be drawn from these people.

Seeing that Zhao Xun was about to leave, Magistrate Kou, who had finally come to his senses, quickly came over with a smile on his face.

"Master Zhao, if you need to go down to the official position, just give me your orders. I will be willing to share Mr. Zhao's worries anytime and anywhere."

Zhao Xun turned his head and smiled noncommittally at the toady as a response.

After returning to the Bad People's Yamen, Wang Cai and Jia Xingwen immediately greeted them.

"Mingyun, you're back. You've been gone for most of the day, but you worried me to death."

Jia Xingwen pointed at the sun and said complainingly.

It was noon when Zhao Xun went out, and they were still eating. When Zhao Xun came back, it was already sunset.

"Yes, brother Mingyun, your status is different now. Although His Majesty has not appointed you, it is clear that you are the deputy bad handsome man of the bad man's yamen. So many people only follow your lead. If you disappear, whose orders will we listen to?

."

The two people talked to each other, but Zhao Xun did not complain, but smiled and said: "It's my fault this time, I went out too hastily. But do you know what I found?"

Zhao Xun is a god in solving cases, and Wangcai and Jia Xingwen know it better than anyone else.

And they also knew very well that Zhao Xun relied on intuition to solve the case.

Sometimes the intuition comes and cannot be stopped, so they did not stop Zhao Xun at noon.

Now that I think about it carefully, Zhao Xun must have made a major discovery.

"Mingyun, tell me quickly."

Jia Xingwen could not suppress his excitement and curiosity for a long time, and asked in Zhao Xun's ear.

"I found a remnant of the Demon Sect."

Zhao Xun doesn't hide it either. Wangcai and Jia Xingwen are both his good brothers and the people he trusts the most.

In front of the two of them, he would not hide anything.

"The remnants of the Demon Sect?"

Jia Xingwen frowned and said: "You mean, you found clues about people in the Demon Sect?"

"Yes, it should be a spy planted in the capital by the northern barbarians. This person's name is Jie Ligu, and he suddenly disappeared yesterday. I also saw the file records about him and that's why I suddenly rushed out."

Zhao Xun slowly explained: "This Jieligu lived in Xingshanfang. And Xingshanfang is within the jurisdiction of Wannian County. So of course I went to Wannian County and asked Wannian County

The county magistrate assists me in investigating the whereabouts of the missing Jie Ligu."

Zhao Xun paused for a moment, and then continued after the two of them digested it: "Then we went to the place where Jie Ligu lived before. Guess what, it was a shantytown where poor people gathered. The conditions inside

It was so bad that Magistrate Kou almost vomited it out. You didn't see his uncomfortable look. Of course, none of this is important. The important thing is that I smelled the evil spirit in the place where Jie Ligu lives."

When he said this, Zhao Xun instinctively looked at Jia Xingwen.

Jia Xingwen laughed loudly and said: "Okay, okay, Mingyun, you are now a disciple."

Zhao Xun was taken advantage of by Jia Xingwen, but he was not annoyed. He smiled and said: "Yes, so I immediately judged that there was something wrong with Jie Ligu. I ordered everyone who had been in contact with Jie Ligu to be brought to the Yamen for investigation.

Inquiry. But after some inquiries, no substantial clues were obtained."

Zhao Xun put his hands behind his back, as if he had everything under control.

"This further confirms my judgment. A person who has contact with so few people and does not talk about important things must be a strictly trained spy. This person must be a spy placed by the northern barbarians in Chang'an City

.”

Zhao Xun said it very seriously, but until now, he still didn't know where this detailed work was hidden.

"The top priority is to find this person as soon as possible. This person's whereabouts are very important. Only after we find him can we use him as bait to dig out all the secrets that other northern barbarians have planted in Chang'an City."

Upon hearing this, Wangcai and Jia Xingwen completely understood Zhao Xun's thinking.

Jia Xingwen nodded and said: "Mingyun, just tell us how we should cooperate with you. Just mention it. As long as we can do it, we will try our best to cooperate."

"Now that things have happened, I understand that it is unreliable to rely on others. You can't rely on trash like Wannian County Government. You ordered the brothers in the bad people's government office to follow the records of the city where Jie Ligu often went.

Once I searched for it, I didn't believe that a living person could really disappear without a trace."

Zhao Xun absolutely does not believe that Jie Ligu has disappeared. Even a member of the Demon Sect cannot possibly master such terrifying and weird magic.

So Jie Ligu must still be in Chang'an City.

Moreover, Zhao Xun felt that Jie Ligu was probably not too far away from Xingshanfang, and was probably within Xingshanfang.

This trick is called darkness under the light, which means that the more dangerous a place is, the safer it is sometimes.

Because from a common sense analysis, most people think this plan is not tenable.

Of course, Zhao Xun was not sure that this was the case. He could only say that his intuition guided him to search from the inside out.

"Okay, no problem. I'll take care of it."

Jia Xingwen, who is also a Feipao bad guy, naturally takes on this responsibility.

As for making money, it's a bit urgent.

"Brother Mingyun, what about me? What should I do for you?"

"Wangcai, go and check for me the people who have recently bought a large amount of rice noodles and see if there is anyone here who behaves suspiciously."

As a talent trained by a top merchant family, Wangcai immediately understood Zhao Xun's intentions.

"Brother Mingyun, you want to see who is hoarding goods, right?"

Zhao Xun nodded happily and said, "Those who know me will be rich."

The ultimate goal of the northern barbarians sneaking into Chang'an City was to cooperate inside and outside to help the barbarian army marching south to capture this great city in the world.

Just spreading rumors is definitely not enough, so the most likely thing these guys will do is to hoard goods and raise the price of food in Chang'an City to create panic.

Once the panic spreads, if they continue to incite it, it is likely to happen

The human heart is always the most unpredictable.

Even Zhao Xun couldn't directly find out who was the undercover agent of the northern barbarians in the huge crowd.

But through arrangements from all parties and by casting a net for investigation, he gradually found some clues.

"Judging from the current situation, there are a total of three grain stores buying rice grains in large quantities. I ordered people to investigate their backgrounds and found that they basically all have northern backgrounds."

Wangcai said it very naturally, but in Zhao Xun's heart it was very different.

"Northern Background"

Zhao Xun thought carefully: "The north is very big and vast. Which place in the north do you mean specifically?"

"Shuozhou."

Wangcai said without hesitation.

"Shuozhou!"

When Zhao Xun heard these two words, he felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

"If I remember correctly, Shuozhou should be the defense zone of Jiedushi Wang Zhongyi, right?"

"good."

Wangcai nodded and said: "This Wang Zhongyi can be considered an old friend of ours. Shuozhou is indeed his defense area. I heard that this time the northern barbarians went south in large numbers and bypassed Shuozhou."

"Tsk, tsk."

Jia Xingwen, who had been silent all this time, couldn't help but speak up this time: "In this way, this matter is actually inseparable from Wang Zhongyi."

Zhao Xun quickly put an end to this unreliable inference: "Don't rush to judgment yet. You have forgotten the results of our investigation last time. What you see is not necessarily the truth, but may be the appearance, or even possible

It’s an illusion. From this point of view, we are actually very likely to be misled.”

After Zhao Xun mentioned this, the two of them remembered the past when they investigated the Wang Zhongyi case last time.

"That's true. The outcome of the Wang Zhongyi case was really unexpected at that time. Who would have thought that the powerful left prime minister would be the mastermind behind it."

Jia Xingwen sighed and said: "It can only be said that you know people but don't know their hearts. The left prime minister seems so loyal, but he didn't expect that he turned out to be a rebel."

Zhao Xun thought to himself that this is because you are short-sighted. Rebels pretend to be loyal ministers, and there are many cases where loyal ministers pretend to be traitors. It is nothing more than a way of playing.
To be continued...