Most people just live a life of idleness and wait for death, but there are also many people who don’t.

Those who just eat and wait for death cannot see the future. Working hard will only lead to the same result, and lying down will also lead to the same result. Since this is the case, then just lie down.

Such people have wasted more than ten years in the underworld or officialdom and have experienced the reality of society.

Knowing that I have no background, no connections, and my talent is not that great, I have no way to compete with others, so I just lie back and enjoy life comfortably.

But those who are ambitious, or have a strong family background and good talents, have hope for the future and will naturally work harder.

In addition, in order to prevent themselves from degenerating, the aristocratic families still provide strong education for their talented descendants, such as Xue Cheng and Huang Ling.

Zhang Mingtu had not pointed it out before, and the incident happened quite suddenly, so Xue Cheng was a little overwhelmed by the situation.

He was so overwhelmed by the fact that the Zhenyuan realm demon had escaped from prison that he lost his mind for a moment.

In fact, his reaction was quite fast.

He has been in Jianyi for quite some time and has served as the chief flag-taker of the Embroidered Uniform Guard for several years. He knows a lot about the local situation.

It may not be as detailed as what Zhang Mingtu knew, but after thinking about it in his mind and combining it with the inference of his friend Huang Ling from the Six Gates, he can roughly judge who may be connected to the demon.

"There must be a big problem here, but it should be between the Grain Ship Gang and the Green Gang."

The county government was the first issue Xue Cheng ruled out. No matter when and where, collusion between the government and demons was a bottom line, and it was truly punishable by the extermination of nine generations of the family.

No normal and rational person would do such a thing. Even if this local official is too crazy, he would not dare to risk the wrath of the world and do such a thing without any bottom line.

"There were quite a few corpses in the cave, mostly elderly people and women. They could do something like this, so I think they have some connection to the pawnbroking industry..."

The doorman and the innkeeper should be killed even if he is innocent.

During this period, the Yahang was engaged in intermediary business, selling all kinds of items, but the most sold item was not real estate deeds, but people.

Well, in this era, population is also a commodity. As long as you are willing to pay, anyone can buy it.

Xue Cheng walked out quickly. On the way, someone from the Six Gates came to report that Huang Ling had directly occupied the largest brokerage firm in the area.

All the account books were dug out and checked. Not only the Six Gates, but even the county government was dispatched, and the army directly blocked the pawnshop.

This was no small matter. Such a large-scale action attracted many people's attention, but no one dared to say anything. The arrogance of the Six Gates and the Embroidered Uniform Guard was known to the world.

The Jinyiwei were specially authorized by the imperial power. As long as they had a document and a legitimate reason, they would act without any scruples.

The Six Gates are slightly better, but only slightly better. After all, the people in the Six Gates are all martial arts masters, and they usually target bandits and top gangsters in the underworld.

He can get his hands dirty and makes a lot of noise in his daily life.

However, there are not many cases where the Jinyiwei and the Liushenmen join forces at the same time. After all, they are both violent organizations in the ancient feudal period, and it is normal for them to not get along with each other.

Many times, both sides will encounter the same target, then have an argument or even a fight.

"We've been checking the pawnshop's account books over the years, but we haven't found any problems. There have been deaths, but most of them were killed by the Wang and Li families. There haven't been any large-scale disappearances..."

"Silver notes were found in Lu Ren's home. We are currently investigating their circulation. Silver notes worth hundreds of taels rarely circulate, leaving behind many traces..."

News reports came in one after another. Normally, the Six Gates and the Embroidered Uniform Guard would not work so closely together. This incident was an accident.

Huang Ling and Xue Cheng have a very good relationship, and the matter is of great importance. They are jointly tracking down the demon.

Neither of them had any intention of hiding anything, so Zhang Mingtu listened and quickly verified the information, and was amazed at the efficiency of the Great Xia Dynasty.

Normally, the Six Gates and the Embroidered Uniform Guards are lazy and seem to be motionless at all, but once such a huge machine starts moving, it still has quite terrifying power.

"The location has been determined, but someone is using a special method to cover it up. We can't determine the exact location yet, only a rough direction..."

Xue Cheng's eyes lit up, and the pointer inside the compass-like material in his arms kept turning, pointing to the bank of the Ganjiang River.

But the pointer was offset at a large angle and pointed to a very wide range.

However, it is still difficult to determine the direction of the entire area.

Zhang Mingtu took a quick glance and roughly estimated that the area was within the scope of the Grain Ship Gang and the Green Gang, with more people from the Grain Ship Gang.

Of course, it is not just that. Judging from Xue Cheng's current position, the area he scanned radiated from here and included about 30% of the area of ​​Jianyi. Many families were active in it, including the Wang and Li families and even the county government.

Zhang Mingtu had once captured the leader of the grain ship gang and knew the general direction and context of the whole incident, so he was able to determine the location at a glance.

It is very simple to reverse the process from the answer.

Xue Cheng still frowned, but as all parties quickly investigated, he roughly realized some of the situation.

Many people from the Jinyiwei and Liushenmen are not only investigating based on clues, but are also using exhaustive methods.

Many instruments that can sense the evil spirits of demons and even locate bloodlines swept across the corners of Jianyi.

With the county government office area as the center, expanding outwards, it won't take long before we can forcibly search out the location of the demon.

However, the location of Jianyi is neither big nor small, and it will take a long time to find the monster by exhaustive method. During this time, Zhang Mingtu feels that the grain ship gang should arrange people as soon as possible to transport the monster away by ship.

There are various water-moving talismans, acceleration talismans, and wind-controlling talismans, which allow the boat to move at an extremely fast speed.

If we really miss the window of opportunity, we may not be able to catch the person.

It is extremely difficult to completely block the waterways of Jianyi and its developed areas. The opponent is a humanoid demon, so it is not difficult for him to hide or break through the checkpoints by force.

"What should Xue Chenghe do in this situation?"

Zhang Mingtu was muttering to himself that he could clearly see the internal situation of the powerful Six Gates and Jinyiwei of the imperial court.

At the same time, this accident also made him deeply realize that the Book of Life and Death is not omnipotent. What will happen in the future is changing rapidly, and no one can see through the true future.

With such a powerful method, no one was harmed in the process of capturing many monsters, but such a big mistake occurred afterwards, and the monsters escaped.

This is a situation that has never occurred in the predicted future.