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Chapter 272 Fragrant Jade Cream

Zhang Laoya came back with a bruised face and nose.

When he walked into the South City Patrol Room, he lowered his head and covered his face with his sleeves.

Coincidentally, Qin Ze was still on duty at the door.

Wu Xiu had very good eyesight and could see at a glance how embarrassed Zhang Lao Ya was.

"Hey——" Lao Qin just laughed and was about to start mocking, but was forced back by Zhang Laoya's fierce look.

Lao Qin immediately turned his head and pretended not to see Zhang Lao Ya.

Although Lao Qin is a big mouth, he still has some ideas in his mind. Some people can be teased casually, but some people cannot be joked with.

Just a moment after Zhang Laoya went in, Zhou Leizi came back.

Old Qin opened his mouth and said, "Oh, Captain Zhou, the one who used to dig for food in shit, is back?"

Zhou Leizi exchanged insults with him for several rounds and was eventually defeated.

It’s not that Zhou Leizi is not good at talking, but the things he did when he took leave this time really made it impossible for him to gain the upper hand.

Zhang Laoya came back and went to see Xu Yuan. Without saying anything, he stretched out his hand and said, "Quick, lend me the medicine pill."

Alchemy practitioners usually have a special medicinal pill.

It contains various elixirs with a wide range of uses: healing, detoxification, interruption, strengthening "non-yin" and so on.

Generally, the medicinal pills sold to others only have a single effect.

Xu Yuan looked at him slowly, gloatingly.

Zhang Laoya urged: "Hurry up—it hurts!"

As he spoke, the wound on his face was touched and the corners of his eyes twitched.

"Ha!" Xu Yuan finally couldn't hold back his laughter.

But he still lent him his medicine pill.

The medicinal pill was very effective. After Zhang Laoya rolled it on his face a few times, his nosebleed stopped and the swelling disappeared.

"Alas..." Zhang Laoya sighed, "You've really screwed me over, and now you want me to go find them again..."

"You're still blaming me for this?" Xu Yuan: "Alright, tell me, do they have any clues?"

"That night when they arrived at the warehouse of the Canal Yamen, they found no other traces, but there was a woman's scent in the warehouse."

Xu Yuan frowned. This clue was too broad.

Fortunately, Zhang Laoya continued, "They are very sure that this fragrance comes from a kind of makeup powder from the most famous 'Chunzhiji' in Zhengzhou, called 'Xiangyuzhi'. A box costs ten taels of silver..."

Zhang Lao Ya took out a box and let Xu Yuan smell it before saying, "There's only one shop in town that sells Chun Zhi Ji products: Rong Lian Hao in the north of the city."

"Have you told them?"

"Of course, they will investigate secretly. It's more convenient for them to investigate this matter than for us."

Xu Yuan nodded, looked at Zhang Laoya again, and couldn't help asking, "Why did you get beaten this time?"

I didn't get beaten last time.

Zhang Laoya snorted, turned around and left without bothering to answer.

I ran away quickly last time, but I didn’t run away this time because what I wanted to say was complicated.

If the three nightmare tapirs hadn't known how troublesome this matter was and needed Zhang Lao Ya to pass on the message, they would have beaten him so hard that he couldn't get out of bed and thrown him directly into the carriage and taken him back.

Xu Yuan couldn't put all his hopes on the three nightmare tapirs. When he was thinking about what to do next, a loud noise suddenly came from outside.

Lao Qin shouted in a loud voice: "What are you doing here? Do you really think our Extermination Department is easy to bully..."

Immediately afterwards, Miao Yu's voice was even louder than his: "Is Xu Yuan here?"

Throughout his life, Master Miao had never lost a single "competition," including one involving his voice. Xu Yuan hurried out, but Old Qin blocked the doorway with his arm across his chest, refusing to let Miao Yu in.

Xu Yuan waved his hand at him and said, "Master Miao is in charge of law. Stand down!"

Miao Yu only brought two followers with him. He walked in quickly and grabbed Xu Yuan decisively: "Let's go in and talk."

His two followers stood outside the door, guarding it closely.

Miao Yu waited until Xu Yuan closed the door, then said solemnly, "Wu Qingzhao is dead! He went out with a procurator this morning, supposedly to have found some clues to a burglary case, but for some reason he suddenly returned home.

Both of them died at home!"

Wu Qingzhao inexplicably came back home on duty, ignored everyone at home who spoke to him, and went to bed immediately - his family felt something was wrong.

After a while, I went in to check and found that the person was dead.

Xu Yuan frowned: "What clues were found and why were they silenced?"

Miao Yu shook his head: "The clue that the inspector found was just that a gambler in a gambling house in South City suddenly became generous.

The inspector suspected that he was involved in stealing the money of those wealthy businessmen.

But after I arrested him and interrogated him, I found out that he had, along with a few others, dug up the tomb of a concubine from the Jiaozhi Dynasty, dating back to an unknown era, outside the city a few days ago. He had nothing to do with the strange robbery case."

The Shanhe Division thought that the wealthy businessman theft case and the Canal Yamen warehouse case were committed by the same person.

Xu Yuan asked again: "How did Wu Qingzhao die? Has an autopsy been performed?"

The Shanhesi also has coroners who practice the "resting method".

"I've checked it." Miao Yu's expression grew more serious. "The way they died, I'm afraid no one in the entire Champa could tell except me."

Xu Yuan became anxious and said, "Why don't you just say it directly? Why are you still bragging at this time?"
"The scalp was cut open, the skull was opened, and everything in the brain was read! This is the [Head-Retention Method]!"

Xu Yuan frowned and subconsciously thought of the "Diaotouling" in Guiwu Mountain.

In fact, there has always been a saying about the origin of the seven major sects. Most of the methods of cultivation were originally... inherited from strange masters!

Miao Yu continued, "This sect's cultivation methods are sinister and difficult to guard against, but they also come with many inconveniences.

For example, when looking at someone's brain, you cannot be distracted. Once you are disturbed, you will confuse the memory of the brain in your hand with your own memory, and then you will no longer be able to tell them apart, and eventually you will go crazy.

So they often have a helper with them.”

Xu Yuan nodded: "To dare to attack the inspector of the Mountain and River Division, he must be from a powerful background."

Miao Yu gritted his teeth and finally said, "This case is getting more and more suspicious! I just went to the Canal Office again to check the files to see what was lost in the warehouse, but I couldn't find any record!"

Xu Yuan secretly thought that Miao Yu finally reacted.

But Xu Yuan didn't plan to tell Miao Yu everything for the time being.

“Why is there no record?”

"Someone is using the Shanhe Division's warehouses and ships to smuggle goods!" Miao Yu angrily slammed his fist on the table. "How audacious!"

Xu Yuan remained calm and asked, "Have you asked the Canal Office?"

"I asked, but they just claimed the files were lost and refused to tell me the truth! I'm afraid they also profited from this shady business!"

When Miao Yu came out of the Canal Yamen, he felt as if his hands and feet were tied and he couldn't move in Champa.

He didn't know if he had any capable subordinates, so he gritted his teeth and went straight to Xu Yuan to discuss the matter.

However, Xu Yuan didn't dare to tell him everything about the cocoon food - how could he explain that he knew all this?
Xu Yuan discussed it perfunctorily for a few words and sent Lord Miao, who was full of questions, away.

When I came back, I realized a problem: What was the purpose of the person who secretly stole the cocoon food?
Wen Bin wanted to expose the truth and make a big case to make a name for himself.

But could it be that the person in the dark is just after the cocoon food itself?

(End of this chapter)