"We heard that you were promoted to the Patrol Demon Guard recently, but we didn't believe it. Looking at your outfit, it's true. You have to call me Master Jiang from now on!"
He had come to see Yan Xiaowu several times before, and he was familiar with these black-robed constables.
For a knife-wielding man who was a refugee not long ago, he didn't die in the knife-wielding and was promoted to the Patrol Demon Guard in a short time. In their system, it is still a legend of some size.
"Since you know that Master Jiang is here, why don't you serve him well? Call Yan Xiaowu out quickly."
Jiang Zhou was not afraid of these rough skins and shook his head.
"Yes! Call Master Jiang right away!"
A constable ran in with a smile.
There is also a contempt chain between the six departments of Daji.
The literati and scholars of the Ceremonial Department are arrogant and look down on all illiterate people who don't read and have no culture, including the immortal masters of the Heavenly Supervision Department.
Although the immortal masters of the Jiantian Division are not illiterate, in their eyes, they are just vagrants with no achievements and no skills, social hooligans and parasites.
The Jiantian Division also looks down on the rough warriors of the worldly Division, the Sujing Division, and the Judicial Division.
Because the Sujing Division deals with demons, it looks down on the Judicial Division, who are helpless when encountering demons.
Only the Dangkou Division may have military power in hand, and even the holy land of the immortal gate is faintly intimidated by it. Its status is very delicate and sensitive, and it is relatively reserved and does not pay much attention to others.
Among them, there is also a most mysterious Fengbu Division, which is not included in this contempt chain, because it is an existence that everyone stays away from, and even the literati masters of the Ceremonial Division avoid it as much as possible.
Therefore, although the black-robed constables and the patrolling demons are equal in level, in fact, when standing in front of the patrolling demon guards, they always feel inferior.
It was quite gratifying that Jiang Zhou had ascended to a "high position" and did not distance himself from them, but was still joking and close to them as usual.
"Brother Jiang! Are you coming to have tea with me?"
Soon, Yan Xiaowu ran out with his short legs, showing his signature white teeth.
"Tea is always available, but I want to ask you for a favor first."
Jiang Zhou handed over the scroll with a smile.
"Can you help me check this person?"
Yan Xiaowu took it, unfolded it and took a look, and without asking anything, he called a tall constable behind him and said, "Old Ling, did you hear me? Help me."
"Okay, how dare I not do my best for Master Jiang's business?"
The tall man took the scroll with a smile and ran in.
The Ministry of Justice supervises the prisons of the world, arrests criminals and thieves, and is also in charge of household registration in various places.
If you want to find someone in Wujun, no one is more suitable than them.
"What's going on? Can you tell me?"
Yan Xiaowu knew the rules and didn't force it.
Jiang Zhou knew Yan Xiaowu, who was very well-informed. He seemed to know everything about all kinds of people. He seemed to have great powers.
Perhaps he could help him, which was why he came.
So he told him everything.
"So it's this case..."
After listening, Yan Xiaowu touched his small bag and suddenly said, "There's a high probability that nothing will be found."
Not long after, the tall constable came back.
None of Jiang Zhou and Yan Xiaowu expected it.
The person in the scroll was found, but the woman had died a few years ago.
Yan Xiaowu said, "Brother Jiang, are you sure there's nothing wrong with the portrait?"
Jiang Zhou shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be."
Yan Xiaowu touched his chin, "Could it be a resurrection?"
This kind of thing is incredible to ordinary people, but for them, although it can't be said to be common, it is not unheard of.
He thought for a moment and said to the tall constable: "Well, Lao Ling, please help me and go to this woman's house and ask her. If possible, it's best to persuade the family to open the coffin for an autopsy."
"Okay, no problem, I'll go now."
The tall man agreed straightforwardly.
"Brother Jiang, it's useless to guess now. Just let Lao Ling do it. It's a hassle to open the coffin for an autopsy."
Yan Xiaowu smiled at Jiang Zhou and said, "Let's go to Yanbo Tower for a drink first."
He didn't allow Jiang Zhou to refuse and dragged him away.
Jiang Zhou had no choice. He had to wait for Lao Ling to find out the results of his investigation, so he had to accompany him to make trouble.
It's not easy to open the coffin for an autopsy, especially for a person who was buried a few years ago.
If something goes wrong, the family of the deceased will make a fuss, which will be a big trouble.
This is also the reason why Yan Xiaowu directly asked Lao Ling to do it.
Lao Ling is already an old official in the Ministry of Justice and knows everything about this kind of thing.
Soon, Jiang Zhou and Yan Xiaowu were already sitting on the top floor of Yanbo Tower.
Yan Xiaowu was enjoying a glass of wine, listening to the ups and downs of the storyteller below.
Jiang Zhou was also drinking one glass after another with the exquisite dishes.
Before he knew it, his face had flushed and he was a little drunk.
He shook his head and said, "The cost of this Yanbo Tower is worth a lot of money in the whole Wu County. You come here every day. The salary and benefits of your Tixingsi are very high."
Yan Xiaowu rolled his eyes: "Old Jiang, you are good in every way, but this is boring. You want to get to the bottom of everything. Think about it, how many times have you tried to test me in this month?"
Jiang Zhou drank the wine in the glass: "I have drunk the wine and listened to the book. Now you can tell me why you came here?"
Yan Xiaowu ate meat and drank wine while answering the question: "I said, did you offend someone in the Sujingsi?"
Before Jiang Zhou answered, he continued: "We took over this case at first, and then we suspected that it was done by demons, so we transferred it to your Sujingsi."
"We have been helping to investigate this case during this period, but the demon is very cunning and has left no trace."
"The people of the Sujing Division suspect that it is likely to be a demon above the eighth level, and like the ghost that slaughtered Shanyin at the beginning, it has some means to change its appearance, otherwise it would not be possible to hide so thoroughly."
"A demon above the eighth level, even if you few demon-suppressing lieutenants encounter it, it is likely to be dead. Let you come?"
Yan Xiaowu looked him up and down and shook his head and said, "Do you want you to die?"
Jiang Zhou just smiled and said, "You think too much. Killing demons is the responsibility of everyone in the Sujing Division. What's the difference between you and me?"
Although he drank a little too much, he was not drunk.
There are some things that Yan Xiaowu said without scruples, but he couldn't.
Otherwise, if the charge of slandering his superiors spread, it would be enough to bring him big trouble.
Yan Xiaowu also understood and shook his head: "If you ask me, with your ability, it would be great if you could come to my Judicial Department? With brothers here, who dares to cause trouble for you?"
Jiang Zhou didn't say anything after hearing this.
Yan Xiaowu had said this many times, and wanted to get him to the Judicial Department.
To be honest, if there were no ghost and god atlas, Jiang Zhou would definitely go.
But the fact is, there is probably no other place in the world that is more suitable for him than the Sujing Department.
Yan Xiaowu looked at his expression and knew that he had said it in vain again this time.
Not annoyed, shook his head and said: "I knew you would do this. To tell you the truth, the owner behind this Yanbo Tower is surnamed Chen, the father of the Miss Chen. I just want to take you here to get acquainted with the family first, maybe it will be useful."
"Oh?" Jiang Zhou looked at him with suspicion.
Yan Xiaowu had already raised his cup and drank, closing his eyes directly, his face full of intoxication:
"This Yanbo Tower is indeed the leading wine house in Wu County. This wine is good, not worse than the fine wine in Yujing, and it has more of the unique mellowness of Nanzhou. It tastes like cotton and wadding when you drink it..."
"Tsk tsk, it's beautiful!"
He shook his head a little dissatisfied: "I have listened to this story more than ten times, and you don't change it. Aren't you tired of it?"
Jiang Zhou glanced at the storyteller on the stage below.
At this time, the story was still about "The Goddess of Yanshan caused the Yunmeng flood, and the Hidden Immortal of Wu County cast five-color smoke and haze."
These days, the name of "Hidden Immortal of Wu County" has become more and more famous.
Not only did the people of Wu County compete to recite it, but it was said that the reputation had spread throughout Nanzhou and even to the states of Daji.
Even Jiang Zhou was a little jealous of "his" name, but he couldn't stand up and say loudly "I am the Hidden Immortal of Wu County!"
He didn't think about whether he was shameless or thick-skinned, just for the sake of his life.
Not only the common people, Wujun has seen many strange people dressed differently from ordinary people recently, especially monks and Taoist priests.
According to the rumors in the office, they are all people from the immortal sect who are looking for hidden immortals.
Although Jiang Zhou doubted whether Yan Xiaowu's motive was as he said, or whether he just wanted to listen to the story.
But knowing that this was the family property of Miss Chen, he began to look carefully.
"Sneer~"
Suddenly, a few sneers were heard, mixed in with many cheers.
Jiang Zhou saw that not far from their table, there were several tables, all of which were occupied by young scholars in snow-white Confucian robes.
At the middle table, there were several older scholars.
These sneers came from the mouths of several young students next to the table of older scholars.
"These fools only know how to praise the hidden immortals of Wu County. How could they know that Wu County is now peaceful and Daji can be prosperous today, all because of the Holy Emperor's reign and the hard work of our Confucian scholars?"