Chapter 322: Chapter 61 Spring Arrives and I Shall Not Speak First (Part 1)
Datong Prefecture City hadn’t bustled like it did today in a long while.
The streets were clogged, and many people had co upon hearing the news:
“Let’s go, want to see the Exotic Beasts?”
“What beasts?”
“Monsters!”
“There are monsters? Let’s go, let’s go!”
“…”
In reality, many ordinary people didn’t even know what Exotic Beasts were, but this didn’t stop their eagerness to join in the excitent.
The convoy carrying the corpses of Exotic Beasts had initially driven deliberately slowly, but later on, even if they wanted to speed up, they couldn’t.
Crowds of onlookers filled both sides of the street.
A middle-aged man wearing a gray hat stood amidst the crowd, observing the details of the two Exotic Beasts’ corpses on the truck bed and sensing the remnant aura on them.
Monts later, he stepped out of the crowd, walked through several streets, and entered a small courtyard.
Walking into the house, the man with the gray hat picked up the phone on the table and dialed a number.
The call connected quickly:
“Hello?”
“I am ‘Grey Pigeon.'”
“Go ahead.”
“I have confird, the corpses are indeed those of the Thunder Light Snow Leopard Beast and the Demon Qilin Horned Tiger Beast raised by ‘Beast King’ Yu Longqing. According to my observations, the cuts on the bodies are very clean, suggesting they were made postmortem, and the fatal injuries must be internal. I noticed that most of the internal organs of the Demon Qilin Horned Tiger Beast are intact, but a large part of the Thunder Light Snow Leopard Beast’s innards are missing, which may have been the cause of its death. The Green-faced Ghost might possess so thod that can inflict great damage internally, sothing like Internal Explosion. That’s all from my observations.”
“Alright, I have recorded everything, thank you for your efforts.”
Hanging up the phone, the man with the gray hat quickly left the small courtyard.
He was a mber of ‘Wangyue Tower,’ an intelligence organization in Datong Prefecture, and his code na was ‘Grey Pigeon.’
Wangyue Tower was the most powerful intelligence organization in not just Datong Prefecture but the entire Feng Province, which is why its Feng Province’s Leaderboard was the most recognized.
The fact that the Green-faced Ghost had previously been rated ninth on Feng Province’s Leaderboard was Wangyue Tower’s doing.
Now that the battle in the wasteland had shocked the entire Datong Prefecture, it was natural for Wangyue Tower to obtain relevant intelligence as soon as possible and then update their leaderboard, maintaining their credibility and showcasing their intelligence-gathering capabilities.
So besides dispatching ‘Grey Pigeon’ to observe the corpses of the two Exotic Beasts on the streets, Wangyue Tower also sent people to contact ‘Shadow King’ and ‘Gun King’ in an attempt to find out more details about the battle in the wasteland.
On the streets, the convoy entered Datong District.
This was the ‘Central District’ of Datong Prefecture City, where the Inspection General Bureau, Inspection General Office, Zhi Ge General Hospital, Internal Affairs General Bureau, Governnt Affairs Building, and other administrative institutions were all located.
As one of the three great noble families, Zhang Mansion was also in Datong District.
Only families with a residence in this district could truly be considered part of Datong Prefecture’s upper class.
After the convoy entered Datong District, the streets widened significantly, and at last, it wasn’t as congested.
Suddenly, a team of uniford Inspectors ran toward the convoy.
Inside the leading luxury car, Shangguan Xiao instructed the driver to stop.
As this car stopped, the entire convoy gradually ca to a halt too.
Rolling down the window, Shangguan Xiao turned to look outside.
A man wearing the insignia of a Captain saluted Shangguan Xiao:
“Inspector Shangguan, I am Bi Zheng, Captain of the First Division of the Inspection General Bureau.”
As the Captain of the First Division of the Inspection General Bureau was also an Imperial Official, a 10-level officer, only one rank below Shangguan Xiao, she imdiately opened the car door, got out, and returned the salute:
“Captain Bi, what seems to be the matter?”
Zhang Zedong, who was also in the car, got out, looking slightly nervous as he watched Bi Zheng.
Today was a critical mont for the Zhang Family.
Whether it was to showcase their might or to borrow Tiger Power, the Zhang Family had made quite a show today!
Since the Family Head, Zhang Zongyang, had died, the Zhang Family had been suppressed by various forces for so long, and now, they had finally taken a breath of relief, seeing hope for a resurgence.
Thus, Zhang Zedong was very worried that sothing might go wrong at this ti.
“Could it be that the Du Family is making a move to suppress the Zhang Family at this ti?”
Many thoughts flashed through Zhang Zedong’s mind.
“Deputy Inspector Yan, Deputy Guardian Guan, and our Inspector General Du are just ahead, they will be here shortly,” said Bi Zheng.
Shangguan Xiao was taken aback, “Deputy Inspector Yan? The one from the provincial capital?”
“Correct.”
Bi Zheng nodded.
Following Zhang Zongyang’s death, the provincial capital was ‘furiously agitated,’ and a high-profile investigation team was dispatched imdiately.
The investigation team leader was nad Yan Shijin, a Deputy Inspector of the Inspection Departnt.
The Inspection Departnt was responsible for supervising a province’s affairs, and as a Deputy Inspector, Yan held sway over tens of thousands, as a Sitting Official of the Fourth Rank, a 15-level official, which was two ranks higher than the deceased Zhang Zongyang, and on the sa level as Garrison Commander Bian Jingru!
Yan Shijin had been in Datong Prefecture City for nearly a month with the investigation team, yet there hadn’t been any major developnts.
The calr things were, the more unnerving it beca because an official like Yan Shijin, who had myriad affairs to attend to daily, couldn’t possibly have spent a month coming to Datong Prefecture for a ‘vacation.’
Then today, Yan Shijin suddenly visited the Inspection General Bureau with his team mbers, and the Governnt Affairs Building imdiately dispatched a Deputy Guardian to accompany them.
The entire Inspection General Bureau was on high alert!
Upon arriving at the Inspection General Bureau, Yan Shijin did not do much; he simply sat down and had a casual chat with Inspector General Du Changhe before soone reported to him about the convoy in the streets.
On a whim, Yan Shijin expressed a desire to see the convoy for himself.
And so, this scene unfolded.
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