Kill me a few more times and I'll be invincible

In this incident, the person the officials were trying to please was not even an immortal cultivator, but just a local family that had a cultivator, the Lou family.

"Has Father Qian been imprisoned for 15 years?" Qiao Mu suddenly remembered that Father Qian had mentioned that he had a son who was a policeman.

"Qian Qian was only 20 years old when he was imprisoned?"

"That's right." Chen Yingxue nodded, her eyes slightly gloomy, with a sense of sadness that something would harm its own kind.

She is a few years younger than Qian Qian, and they have worked together for many years, so they know each other quite well.

Regarding Qian's father, although she had never heard it mentioned by Qian Qian, but now that she has read the file and made a special investigation, coupled with her daily experience of getting along with him, she can make a guess.

"When Qian Qian was young, he was a policeman with no eyes for sand."

"But since his father was arrested and imprisoned, he used his connections to ask the Lou family, and the answer he got was... One thousand taels of silver can redeem him."

"Captain Qiao, you also know that the monthly salary of Captor Qiao is five taels of silver. If you want to make up this amount, you will have to go without food for sixteen or seventeen years."

(PS: The purchasing power of one tael of silver fluctuated greatly in different ancient dynasties, wars and peace periods, ranging from hundreds to thousands. This book takes one tael of silver = 1,000 yuan.)

Qiao Mu didn't ask stupid questions like "Has he collected all the money?"

Judging from the results, obviously not.

The salary you get in a month and how much money you can save in a month are obviously two different things.

Chen Yingxue narrowed her narrow red phoenix eyes, and her eyes were quite touched:

"Captain Qiao, you have an amazing background. Even though you are in jail, you can live a happy life."

"You may not know what life is like for ordinary prisoners in prison...but Mr. Qian understands it very well."

"In the past fifteen years, how much money he has spent on managing jailers and officials to make his father feel better...I can't guess this, but it must be no less."

Qiao Mu narrowed his eyes.

When he was talking to the prisoners in the cell before, others said that life was rare in the past seventy years. It was a great blessing for the old man to live to die in his sixties in prison.

Now it seems that this blessing is not due to old money being lucky enough.

But it was someone who managed the relationship behind the scenes that allowed Lao Qian to live for so long in a place like prison.

Qiao Mu pondered for a moment and then asked: "The salary of the head catcher is not enough, but what if it goes further?"

"I heard Qian Qian say that he had become an eighth-level warrior when he was 28 years old. He himself trained as an outsider's golden bell, so he would probably be stronger than an ordinary eighth-level internal warrior."

"According to Dayan law, officials do not have to pay taxes on their salaries, but police officers who are minor officials do."

"If you are an eighth-grade powerful martial artist, you can think about it as an eighth-grade martial official without real power, receive an eighth-grade salary, and be exempted from taxes. How can you not save the one thousand taels?"

Chen Yingxue sighed slightly.

"That's the key."

"Even if the Great Yan Law stipulates this, when it comes to practice, it often has to explain one's origins."

Origin matters.

Qiao Mu was able to enter Heyang Fucheng as a head catcher only because of the recommendation of Shen Qinghe, a seventh-grade official. Otherwise, he would be a gangster and would be treated as a refugee.

And Qian Qian's background... is even worse than that of Qiao Mu, a gangster.

Because he, a public arrester, has a father who is a snitch!

What's worse than having a father who is a snitch is... the person the snitch offended was the Lou family who had a cultivator! The Lou family wants to please even the prison officials!

Therefore.

Qian Qian will never be a military official in his life, neither an eighth-grade official nor a ninth-grade official, and the same goes for the position of chief catcher of Fucheng...

Chen Yingxue continued:

"Qian Qian developed his inner energy at the age of twenty-three, was promoted to the eighth level at the age of twenty-eight, and his energy and blood dropped to the ninth level at the age of thirty-two. And this year, at the age of thirty-five, his energy and blood have declined again. In addition, in his early years, Due to the accumulated hidden injuries, he is actually no longer as good as an ordinary ninth grade person."

"In his early years, he dared to fight hard and was not afraid of getting hurt. He made quite a name for himself in Heyang Fucheng. However, due to his limited background... being a public head catcher is already the limit."

This is the resume of an ordinary police officer in Heyang Fucheng.

Qian Qian's martial arts qualifications are actually a bit stronger than those of ordinary policemen. He can reach the eighth level at the age of twenty-eight...but in front of immortal cultivators, he is still not worth mentioning.

The Immortal Mingyue didn't even know the existence of Qian Qian and his son, and Qian Qian had already lost half his life for this.

"Qian Qian was absent from work a few days ago because of a stomachache. At this time, he probably doesn't know that his father in prison has passed away..."

While talking, Chen Yingxue's phoenix eyes were always staring at Qiao Mu. She was observing Qiao Mu's reaction to Qian Qian's life experience.

"So this case that may involve people from the Immortal Sect, it's better not to let Qian Qian get involved. His father has passed away, but he still has a young daughter at home."

"I think Capt. Qiao is also a sweetheart. Let's just forget about the matter between you and Qian Qian, right?"

After hearing what she said, Qiao Mu understood.

She said so much because she was afraid that Qian Qian would offend Qiao Mu, a big shot with an astonishing background, and cause big trouble. Second, the case was very deep and she wanted to take Qian Qian out.

"That's it." Qiao Mu suddenly realized:

"Since the chief catcher has thought so much, he must have already figured out the next step?"

"good."

Mr. Chen took out a small cloth bag from the cabinet, which contained a few short yellow-black cat hairs.

She was careful that day and did not give all the cat hair found in the prison to the Immortal Mingyue, but kept some in private.

The cat hair and the white tiger hair are indeed very different, and they can be distinguished at a glance.

Qiao Mu glanced at Chen Yingxue in surprise, then nodded confidently:

"Since there are two kinds of physical evidence, then I can go to the door and go straight to Xuantian Temple in the north of the city!"

He has already seen that Mr. Chen, the head catcher, is also a person who can't get his eyes dirty. Wasn't she taking Qian Qian out just to investigate the case to the end?

Knowing that this case may involve someone from the Immortal Sect, you still dare to investigate?

She doesn't have a second life.

After traveling so far, this is the first time he has met a person like Chen Yingxue, and he can't help but be a little surprised.

But as soon as he said these words, Chen Yingxue showed surprise.

"Captain Qiao, we are public agents." She said in surprise:

"When a public police officer acts, he must abide by the laws of Great Yan!"

"The residence of Xuantian Sect is not under the control of Dayan, how can we break into it without permission?"

"So next we should naturally report the case to the government for a decision."

Qiao Mu was startled and asked in a deep voice:

"What do you mean, report it to the government office and let Master Lou make a judgment?"

"Not bad." Chen Yingxue nodded firmly, not feeling anything wrong.

Hearing such an answer, Qiao Mu could only remain silent.

Recalling the previous experience in Yancheng, the people of Yancheng also trusted the famous Lord of Yancheng...

This Magistrate Lou is also named Lou!

at the same time.

In a house somewhere in the city, Emperor Yonghe had his hands behind his back and was listening to the report from the Chu guards behind him.

After the incident at the teahouse, Emperor Yonghe looked at Qiao Mu differently and ordered Chu Xing to let Feiyu Weiduo keep an eye on Qiao Mu's every move.

This includes tonight's murder case.

Qiao Mu arrived a step too late and did not catch Ming Yue Shangxian on the spot.

But Chu Xing, as a high-quality martial artist, was different. He witnessed the whole process, including the whole process of Mingyue Zonghu's murder.

"Your Majesty, the spiritual beast raised by the saint of Xuantian Sect committed murder and committed murder..."

After Guard Chu finished his report, he didn't hear Emperor Yonghe's response for a long time.

After waiting for a long time, he heard the tired voice of Emperor Yonghe:

"I...get it."

Chapter 75 Entering Xuantian Temple (3k

The night is already deep.

Chen Yingxue was still writing furiously in the yamen, and the only sound in the room was the rustle of writing.

She didn't know how long it took before she stopped writing and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Did you finish writing?"

Qiao Mu, who had been closing his eyes to meditate, opened his eyes at this moment.

As a subordinate, he had no intention of helping Mr. Chen to write documents, and had been fishing on the side until now.

"It's finished." Mr. Chen nodded and glanced at the deep night outside the window:

"Wait until daybreak and then hand it over to Shangfeng."

"This case is very deep and involves people from the Immortal Sect. It will take at least a few days for the government office to make a decision. By then..."

"That's it." Qiao Mu interrupted her.

"...What?" Mr. Chen was slightly surprised.

"Let's stop this matter. It's time to give up." Qiao Mu said expressionlessly:

"I just thought about it for half the night and finally figured it out."

"This case is very deep. If we continue to investigate, there will be no good results. You are too reckless to report it to the police."

Chen Yingxue opened her eyes slightly.

"You? You say I'm reckless?" She suddenly panicked, her chest rising and falling.

It was like when a teammate who was a primary school student scolded you for being a primary school student during the game, but you couldn't type as fast as he did and couldn't criticize you. It made her feel unspeakably aggrieved.

"Don't look at me. I'm not young anymore. When I get older, I always think more carefully about my actions." At this time, Qiao Mu finally remembered that he was actually a 44-year-old middle-aged man, so he said in an old tone:

"When I was young, I was just like you. I couldn't get sand in my eyes. But now that I'm older, I naturally understand the principle of being like light and dust."

"With light and dust, are you the only one?" Mr. Chen looked at him inexplicably.

How does this arrester, who was imprisoned for his words and slandered the emperor just after he took office, have anything to do with the words "harmony with light and dust"?

"It was one thing for me to discuss government affairs before, but it is another thing to stand up and arrest people from the Immortal Sect now," Qiao Mu explained.

These words made Mr. Chen startled. After thinking about it, he blurted out:

"You dared to speak before just because you have an amazing background. Even if you are imprisoned for speaking, you can be taken out of the cell."

"Now that you meet someone from the Immortal Sect you feel you can't afford to offend, you shrink back?"

As soon as these words came out, they seemed to hit Qiao Mu's pain point, and his face suddenly darkened:

"Young man, this is called hiding your strength and biding your time, this is called looking at the overall situation."

"You are so short-sighted and only know how to act recklessly. No wonder you are just the chief catcher of a city."

Chen Yingxue was slightly stunned:

"Didn't you contradict Ming Yue Immortal before?"

Qiao Mu said without thinking: "Confronting Ming Yue Immortal and directly visiting Xuantian Temple to arrest the suspect are two different things."

"You act so recklessly, do you think you can get justice for those who died tragically? You are just asking for your own death!"

Hearing such words, Chen Yingxue could only remain silent.

After getting along with each other for the past few days, she originally thought that the newly arrived head catcher was actually a person who was cold on the outside and hot on the inside. He looked wild on the outside, but in fact he was proud, not afraid of the immortal sect, and dared to challenge Mingyue Shangxian.

This is why she deliberately removed Qian Qian but discussed the case with Qiao Mu.

I originally thought that I was a member of the same group, but I didn't expect that I would bow to the Immortal Sect after all.

In fact, this is human nature. Rather, it is reasonable to bow your head.