Chapter 78.

After Zhou An finished saying these words, he left the alleyway completely, with no intention of staying.

Ye Frost looked at Zhou An’s back until his back disappeared behind the alleyway before silently sighing.

Just now, she had been threatened.

And still, she was threatened by Zhou An.

The main thing was that the threat worked on her.

She couldn’t let others know about the problems with her personality, and if it was known, like her teacher said, it would be easy for others to take advantage of her.

More importantly, she realized that between herself and Zhou An, it seemed like they were threatening each other.

Zhou An also did not want his identity to be exposed, and he himself likewise did not want his identity to be exposed, so that he was held back.

Ye Frost took out the veil and put it on her face, and sighed as she looked at the ice lump in the corner.

Coming to the ice lump, Ye Frost grabbed a corner of the ice lump and disappeared into the street.

At this moment, her aura became cold and clear again, making people dare not approach.

Not long after Zhou An left the alleyway, he encountered Zhang Si Xian.

At this moment, Zhang Si Xian was accompanied by two other members.

Zhou An did not immediately show himself, but instead made a slight ringing sound.

This ringing allowed Zhang Si Xian to hear it.

When Zhang Si Xian saw the figure that flickered away at the corner, he pondered in his mind for a moment before telling the members beside him to go and search elsewhere first.

He himself came to the place where the figure had just disappeared.

It was a small alley, and Zhou An was leaning against the wall, waiting in boredom.

“What happened?” Zhang Si Xian rushed over and opened his mouth to ask.

Zhou An told him what had happened.

Of course, he concealed Ye Frost’s character problem.

Zhou An just said that Ye Frost, who was as cold as frost, arrived and helped out, and then the enemy was taken away by Ye Frost.

Regarding what Zhou An said, Zhang Si Xian felt both surprised and normalized.

Surprised that Zhou An had managed to run into Ye Frost, and normal because Ye Frost’s character was just so cold.

So the whole process was normal.

In fact, what he didn’t know was that Zhou An had already seen another side of Ye Frost a long time ago.

Of course, this matter was a secret.

Zhou An didn’t want to be the one to offend the State Master, after all, the State Master nowadays, was one of the few people in high positions of power in the Great Chu Kingdom.

“Then I will immediately return to the Zhen Gui Si, pick up the prisoner, and then investigate properly.” Zhang Si Xian said.

He was in a hurry now.

His Majesty the Emperor had only given him a month to solve the case, and if he couldn’t solve it in this month, being jerked out of all his positions would be considered light.

So now that he got the news, Zhang Si Xian couldn’t wait to leave.

“Wait first, let’s the two of us string the words together.” Zhou An said.

Next, the two of them found a reason to muddle through this matter.

Especially the matter of covering up Zhou An’s identity.

If Zhou An was left alone to explain what happened today, it might be a bit of a stretch.

But with the presence of Zhang Si Xian from the Zhen Gui Si, then everything would be logical.

Zhou An left the alleyway and found Yu Hang.

Yu Hang was overjoyed to see that Zhou An was fine, and at the same time, he was relieved.

The Great Chu Celebration had to continue, even if something had happened, they, the constables, had to patrol the streets.

Zhou An and Yu Hang patrolled the streets.

The whole day was a happy day, but of course, the happiness was for the people.

The hustle and bustle of the Great Chu Celebration filled Anding County with joy until the evening when the crowds dwindled and disappeared.

“You’ve been reading on your walk today, when did you become so diligent?” On the way back, Zhou An asked Yu Hang.

In the morning when he was listening to the theater, Yu Hang was quite salty.

But in the afternoon and evening, Yu Hang was grasping for books all the time.

Yu Hang raised his head and averted his gaze from the book, “Old Zhou, I figured it out.”

Zhou An was puzzled, “What did you think?”

An inexplicable sentence, Zhou An listened in confusion.

Yu Hang turned his head and said seriously, “This time it’s all or nothing, after I pass the exam, I’ll take you out of Anding County and you won’t encounter so many dangers anymore!”

Zhou An: “……”

He was truly surprised that Yu Hang would suddenly say this.

To be honest, it was a bit touching.

This brother was truly treating him as a brother!

Zhou An patted Yu Hang’s shoulder and said, “Old Yu, I believe in you, you will definitely pass the exam this time.”

Yu Hang clenched his fists, “Not only do I want to pass the exam, but I also want to become a real scholar, just like County Magistrate Chen.”

There were especially few readers because it was too difficult to become a reader.

Some readers, even if they made it to the capital as an official, would still end up being just an ordinary person.

Zhou An nodded and did not say anything.

The two continued to patrol the streets, chatting with one another.

Soon, the afternoon passed.

Zhou An and Yu Hang ate something outside and returned to the government office to wait for the end of the day.

Even in Da Chu Qing, there was no bustle at night.

The constables were already waiting.

Master Xu still looked the same, running his hand through his beard.

The only difference was that he stood in a slightly rearward square position, and directly in front of him was County Magistrate Chen.

County Magistrate Chen was as calm as water as he listened to Sheriff Sun’s report and nodded.

“Zhou An, what did the Zhen Gui Si say?”

Due to the fact that Zhang Si Xian had assisted him, Zhou An’s identity was still not exposed, but something had happened to his street, and there was no way to hide this matter.

“Don’t worry my lord, Lord Zhang said that things are slowly surfacing.” Zhou An cupped his fists and said.

“Well ……,” Chen magistrate thought about it and said, “The inspection is coming up, when this kind of thing happens, this official wants to be the first to understand what has happened, from now on, you will be responsible for communicating with the Zhen Gui Si.”

The surrounding constables cast envious gazes.

This was being reused by the county magistrate.

After all, to be able to approach the Zhen Gui Si, this kind of status would be extraordinary.

Zhou An didn’t think so.

After all, he had experienced these things himself, so it was only natural for County Magistrate Chen to let himself be approached.

A major event had occurred on the eve of the inspection, and although County Magistrate Chen had pushed most of the responsibility out, his own responsibility was not small.

It was normal to want to keep abreast of the situation.

Zhou An agreed.

There was nothing more to do in the evening, and the constables went back to their homes.

Zhou An did not slack off after he returned home.

In front of his eyes, the latest progress surfaced.

[Butchering Sword Technique lv.4 (Speed +2, Accuracy +2): 126/60,000]

[Bumping Things lv.4 (Strength +2, Destruction +2): 1/60,000]

[Swimming Dragon Steps lv.4 (Speed +2, Dodge +2): 1/40,000]

[Beat Iron lv.2 (Hardness +1): 1358/20000]

A lot of things had happened recently, coupled with the fact that he had focused on Liver Swimming Dragon Steps and Iron Beating, there was not much growth in the other skills.

Just a short while ago, Zhou An focused on Iron Beating and Butcher’s Knife.

The skill of Iron Beating went up quite a bit, and Butcher’s Knife also saw some growth.

Now although it was evening, Zhou An didn’t slack off, picked up the long knife next to him and pinched a dough to carve it ……

Zhou An’s side was seriously livering proficiency.

On the other side, in the Zhen Gui Division, Zhang Xiuxiu, who had already thawed out, was lying on the ground, looking at the people in front of her and shivering.

This was the dungeon of the Zhen Gui Division, and in the Zhen Gui Division of the Settlement County, there were actually no living prisoners.

Those who were able to make the Zhen Gui Si take action, the other party was at least a capital offense.

Originally, in the previous Zhen Gui Si, there was never any dungeon.

Because there was no one to lock up.

Caught, interrogated, then killed directly.

And some were assassinated.

But later on, the Chief Secretary of Zhen Gui Si decided to add the dungeon as a facility.

The reason was simple enough. There had to be a place for interrogation, right?

Once, when the Zhen Gui Division captured a person, they interrogated him in the lobby of the Zhen Gui Division, and the result caused quite a stir.

Various means, that is to make people tremble.

Forced to do so, and also due to some reports from the jianghu, the Chief Division could only set up a dungeon.

The openly can not, let’s secretly come.

Said to be a dungeon, in fact, can not lock up any person, is a specialized interrogation place.

Simpler, this dungeon inside, have goods are alive, no goods are dead.

At this moment, in a corner of the dungeon.

Zhang XiuXiu was cowering inside, without arms and legs, she was shivering.

The dungeon served as a deterrent for every Jianghu person, because those who came here would spit out the truth.

Zhang Si Xian sat on a chair, holding Zhang Xiu Xiu’s intelligence in his hand, looking through it carefully.

Next to him, Ye Frost stood coldly, like a lotus flower on a snowy mountain.

After returning, Ye Frost returned to her icy coldness and threw Zhang Xiu Xiu to the Zhen Gui Si.

Why did it appear in the dungeon?

The reason was also simple.

After all, the one who died was an inspector of the Guile Division, so Ye Frost also had a reason to observe.

Don’t look at Ye Frost’s current cool face, but in fact, he was secretly drumming inside.

“It shouldn’t have been discovered, right?”

She was still worried that her situation had been discovered, but fortunately, after returning, everything was normal for Zhang Si County and the others.

“Old Xie, it’s your first time joining the Zhen Gui Si, there are things you may not have seen before, and there’s also Mr. Ye, who may be a bit antipathetic later, so you guys need to be prepared.” Zhang Si Xian finally finished reading the information in his hand and put it into the hands of the members next to him.

Sheriff Xie had a serious face and said it was nothing.

Ye Frost was flustered in his heart, not knowing what could be regurgitating, but still kept his cool and did not answer.

Zhang Si Xian sighed, looked at the shivering Zhang Xiu Xiu, shook his head and said, “It’s useless to be afraid, you only have one way to die, now be painful and say it, I can let you die very simply.”

He used the word simple, making Zhang Xiuxiu shiver a little.

“Will dying …… be complicated?”

“Of course it will, it depends on what state you were carried out in when you died, some people die when they are picked up.” Zhang Si County laughed: “Actually, you are very lucky and unfortunate.”

Zhang Xiuxiu was puzzled.

Zhang Si Xian continued, “You are fortunate that I told a certain person ahead of time so that he could spare your life and didn’t turn into a pile of broken meat.”

“The unfortunate thing is that you don’t say anything here, you will still turn into a pile of broken meat, but the process is different …… is slowly turning into a pile of broken meat.”

Zhang Xiuxiu instantly jumped up, “I say I say! What do you want to know, I’ll say it all!”

She didn’t even hesitate and immediately said that she would try to cooperate.

Hesitation my ass, it would be nice to die now!

Rumor had it that there was no one who entered the dungeon who didn’t talk, the difference was just time.

The one with the longest time survived for three months.

It is said that when the coroner collects the body, it is all out while vomiting.

Cooperation, at least can die a little easier.

For this answer, Zhang Si Xian was not surprised.

Next to him, a member of the Zhen Gui Si sighed with a bit of regret.

This member was the one who specialized in guarding the dungeon and forcing information.

Sheriff Xie hadn’t joined for long and was filled with bewilderment when he heard this member’s sigh.

This voice …… seems to be regretting?

Of course, before he could think more, Zhang Xiu Xiu started talking.

“I know who you’re looking for, you’re definitely looking for the person behind me, but I really don’t know who he is.”

“I only know that he has been in Anding County, and that he has a wife and a concubine, it’s just that later on, his concubine killed his wife, and by the way, his concubine is the Fire Prayer Master.”

“Zhou An! Zhou An knows about it!”

Hearing the word Zhou An, the expressions of the people present varied.

The only member here was the one guarding the dungeon.

Zhang Si Xian said indifferently, “The name you just heard, don’t spread it, understand?”

The member hurriedly agreed.

Zhang Xiuxiu was still talking.

“The person behind me, he learned the water burial in the Five Elements Burial Method, I taught it to him, I also collected all kinds of lives for him and buried them in the water, he promised that he would revive the Five Elements Burial Sect, so that’s why I did what I did for him.”

“That’s really all I know, the one who approached me was that fire praying master, please give me a break!”

Saying this, Zhang Xiuxiu stopped talking further, as if this was really all she knew.

Zhang Si Xian frowned.

Just now, Zhang XiuXiu’s reaction was normal.

“She is right.” Ye Frost said in a cold and clear voice, “The Inspection Division’s Speech Checking Technique has checked the evidence.”

The Speech Checking Technique, one of the most fundamental abilities of the Supervision Division, could check the truth or falsity of words.

It was also because of this ability that it was able to monitor the hundred officials.

With Ye Frost speaking, Zhang Si Xian naturally knew it was true.

But with only these things, it seemed like it was not enough to find the subsequent clues.

“Lock up first, keep digging down, from beginning to end, write down every word she said.” Zhang Si Xian said.

Situations like this had been encountered before.

They would conduct a detailed investigation, including the cause and effect of the incident and the end.

There might be things that the person being interrogated had experienced but would find unimportant.

Whereas one was able to analyze it from it, so not a single word could be missing.

The member in charge of the interrogation nodded.

“The two of you go out and take a rest, don’t worry, it won’t take long.” Zhang Si Xian said.

Ye Frost and Sheriff Xie nodded.

The three of them were ready to go out and leave the dungeon to the interrogation members.

But just at this time, a sound of footsteps came from outside.

A member of the Zhen Gui Si ran in hurriedly.

“My lord, something has happened!”

Zhang Si Xian was stunned.

It was at this time that something would still happen, what on earth was it?

With doubts, he asked.

The Zhen Gui Si member who ran over was one of the several generals under his command, and was also in charge of a number of members.

The Zhen Gui Si member’s footsteps were hurried, and he even wiped a handful of sweat from his forehead after arriving in front of Zhang Si Xian.

“My lord, it’s like this ……”

Zhen Gui Si Cheng opened his mouth, wanting to say something.

The crowd was ready to listen.

“Something happened outside ……”

Just as the Zhen Gui Si member was about to speak out, he suddenly closed his mouth again, and his eyes became glazed over.

A black mist appeared from the Zhen Gui Si member’s hands, heading straight for Zhang Xiuxiu ……