Chapter 23.
During this period of time, apart from dealing with the Beast Cult, they hadn’t relaxed in investigating the mysterious expert.
But no matter how they investigated, they found nothing.
They had all investigated from outsiders who had entered and exited Stabilizing County.
Now that this member suddenly came with such a sentence, Zhang Si Xian seemed to have caught inspiration.
Right!
We’ve never investigated the people inside the county, but we’ve never investigated the people inside the county.
Could it be that there is a mysterious expert hidden inside of Stabilizing County?
These days, most people with a bit of strength have a bit of a fetish, could there be someone who specializes in seclusion?
This thing had to be considered.
Zhang Si County remembered that he had met an expert before.
That expert was highly powerful, but only had a single fetish that made him feel unimaginable.
Fishing!
This expert loved fishing very much!
As long as there was water, he had to throw a couple rods.
Even to the extent of obsession.
So it couldn’t be ruled out that there was an expert who liked to live in seclusion, staying exclusively in a small place like Anding County.
“Check, check from the inside!”
Zhang Si County made up his mind.
“Make sure to investigate meticulously, but also pay attention to one thing, that is, don’t emit hostility, we are here with a cooperative attitude this time.”
He admonished again.
If it wasn’t his duty, and the Zhen Gui Si needed to understand the origins of the various experts, he really didn’t want to investigate.
After all, this kind of investigation was very easy to offend, and no one wanted to be investigated themselves.
“Yes!”
The members in charge of the division led their orders.
Only then did Zhang Si Xian wave his hand, allowing everyone to go about their own business.
By the time everyone had left, he stayed alone in his room, continuing to think about how to deal with the Beast Cult.
Time gradually passed, and in the blink of an eye, a night passed.
The next day.
Zhou An woke up early and looked at the proficiency level in front of him, revealing a smile.
[Butchering Knife Technique lv.3 (Speed +2, Accuracy +1): 1385/40,000]
[Butchering Pot lv.2 (Strength +1): 3580/20000]
He was now thinking of practicing the Butcher’s Sword Technique to level 4, and then practicing the Upside Down Pot to level 3, so that he could have another huge increase in his strength.
But all of this would take time to pop the liver.
Zhou An looked outside, it seemed like it was time for dusk again.
After washing up, he left the room and went to a street.
Sitting in front of a stall and ordering a bowl of noodles, Zhou An ate beautifully and paid before arriving at the Yamen.
Today’s government office was as calm as usual.
Zhou An was ready to go to the kitchen to help out after he had ordered.
He was like an old man taking a walk after a meal, carrying his hands slowly to the kitchen.
But when he arrived at the door, he did not see the figure of Cook Liu, and it was empty.
There was still a fire inside the stove, this was a preparation to boil some boiling water before cooking.
“Why isn’t Old Liu here?” Zhou An felt puzzled.
During this period of time down, he had also figured out Old Liu’s routine.
Throughout the morning, Old Liu would never be lazy, and would earnestly cook, never leaving.
But now that he had suddenly disappeared, Zhou An felt a little strange.
But he didn’t think much about it, maybe Old Liu just went to the restroom.
Zhou An came to the side of the stove and first cut up all of the morning’s vegetables, before finding a piece of firewood and continuing to carve with the long knife.
The proficiency had to be caught at both ends, and neither end could be relaxed.
This time practicing carving, Zhou An felt that it was slightly easier than last time.
In terms of technique, he was also much more skillful.
Zhou An knew that this was because of the increase in proficiency.
These things didn’t come from nothing, they were carved out by himself, one knife at a time.
What goes around comes around, and a burst of liver was rewarded.
Zhou An enjoyed this feeling of concentration.
When really concentrating on something, the flow of time would become very fast.
After this piece of firewood in his hand was finished being carved, Zhou An picked it up and scrutinized it.
It was still the same little green vegetable, but this time, the one carved out was much better than last time.
Last time, it was not only covered in wood chips, but also had so many cracks that he couldn’t even look at it.
This time the wood shavings were gone, and while the cracks were still there, they weren’t as numerous and large as last time.
After carving this piece of firewood, the proficiency went up another hundred or so points.
“It’s slower than last time, it seems like this thing needs to continue to explode.” Zhou An thought.
He put the firewood aside, only to realize that he was still alone in the kitchen.
Cook Liu wasn’t there and didn’t know what he was doing.
“That’s not right, can’t it be that he took a vacation?” Zhou An frowned.
“It shouldn’t be, if it’s true that he took a vacation, who built the fire under the stove?”
Zhou An stood up and came to the door to look around, he planned to ask someone else.
But before he could walk out of the kitchen, he heard a section of hurried footsteps.
Zhou An turned his head and realized that it was Cook Liu coming from outside in a hurry.
Cook Liu had an anxious look on his face, his footsteps were fast, and there was still sweat on his forehead that he didn’t even bother to wipe.
“Old Liu, what did you do?” Zhou An asked.
Cook Liu stepped into the kitchen with one foot and said, “Isn’t this coincidental, I just put the fire on, my relative suddenly had an accident, so I rushed out to deal with it for him.”
Zhou An let out an oh, “Is it still too late?”
It was looking like it was about to be meal time.
“Just frying a few dishes, it’s not too late.” Cook Liu received a ladle of fresh water to wash his hands and came to the stove, “The dishes are all cut up, just put them directly into the pot.”
Zhou An nodded and took out another piece of wood, ready to continue carving.
It wasn’t like he had anything to do now anyway.
Cook Liu built a fire and began to concentrate on his work.
While Cook Liu was cooking, Zhou An carved several more wood carvings, and his proficiency went up by a few hundred points.
[Butcher’s Knife Skill lv.3 (Speed +2, Accuracy +1): 1658/40,000]
He waited until the text in front of him disappeared before stretching his back.
It was time for dinner, so let’s eat first.
Together, the two of them brought the finished dishes to the dining hall, so they found a seat and ate first.
“Old Liu, something happened to your relative, is it convenient to talk about it?” Zhou An casually broke off a sentence.
Eating well, always need to talk about something, dry eating is not the right flavor.
Cook Liu shook his head, “A little family affair, a constable do not care about these.”
Listen to this meaning, Zhou An knows, Liu cook is not want to say.
He didn’t care about this either, if he wanted to say it, he said it, if not, forget it, and continued to eat his food with his head down.
The two of them chatted without a word, and soon finished eating.
Zhou An stood up, patted his stomach, and prepared to go inside his room to touch the fish.
But before he could walk out of the dining hall, he saw a constable running into the court in a hurry.
Today it should be this constable patrolling the streets, something must have happened.
“What happened?” Zhou An asked in passing.
The constable saw that it was Zhou An, and also answered so smoothly, “Found a body that is not a local person, the body is full of dense knife wounds.”
“Oh, the corpse ah ……”
Zhou An said subconsciously, then reacted and sensed that something was wrong.