Today, Xiong Sifu attended an important meeting in Caiyun County and was not in Anding Division. Only Yang Zhengning was in his office.

After watching the video, which was much shorter than the previous one, together with Li Nan, Vice President Yang reached the same conclusion as Li Nan.

"This time, we're in big trouble!"

Deputy Yang touched his bald head, pondered for a moment, and said, "Call Xiao Wang from the technical department over. Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures!"

Li Nan didn't understand what Vice President Yang meant at first, but she still quickly called Xiao Wang to Vice President Yang's office.

"Close the door!"

As soon as Xiao Wang entered the room, Deputy Yang instructed Li Nan to close the door.

"Xiao Wang, can your technical department access the attendance records of various government agencies in Tanhua City?"

Xiao Wang watched the Blood Rose video twice, and when he heard Vice President Yang ask that question, he instantly understood what his leader meant.

Not only Xiao Wang, but Li Nan also understood what Vice President Yang was going to do.

"Deputy Yang, it's technically feasible, but monitoring our own people... that's a bit..."

"Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures!" Vice Yang repeated. "This matter concerns the safety of the leaders of Tanhua City; we must act before Blood Rose!"

Five coffins!

It's five lives lost. While it's true that everyone is equal, there's a fundamental difference between the disappearance of five ordinary citizens and the disappearance of five leaders!

Xiao Wang understood the seriousness of the matter and immediately agreed without hesitation, "No problem, Deputy Yang, I guarantee I'll complete the mission!"

"To maintain confidentiality, I brought your work computer here. Will this affect your work efficiency?"

Xiao Wang shook his head, then quickly nodded, "Deputy Yang, this task doesn't require a high-end computer; my spare laptop can handle it!"

"Alright, Xiao Wang, let's get started!"

Without saying much, Xiao Wang quickly left Vice Director Yang's office to retrieve his notebook.

Seeing Li Nan still standing there dumbfounded, Deputy Yang spoke up, "Li Nan, if you don't have anything else to do, wait here for a while. Xiao Wang's skills are good; he should have the results soon!"

"good!"

Wang Hongxi's skills were truly impressive. Using a self-made web crawler, he entered the internal system of Tanhua City, and within just over ten minutes, his laptop screen was filled with densely packed data.

Vice President Yang and Li Nan were both laymen, so they could only wait for Xiao Wang to explain.

"Deputy Yang, the data has been found. The statistics started this Monday and continue until today, Wednesday. There are a total of 1,117 cadres at the section chief level and above in the city. 1,098 people actually clocked in at work. Of the 19 people who did not come to work, 17 were on leave for family reasons and 2 were on sick leave!"

"Anyone missing so far?" Although Vice Yang wasn't a professional, he could still understand most of the spreadsheets on the screen.

"Based on the attendance records, there are no abnormalities!"

"Blood Rose usually starts their operation at the same time as releasing the video! Xiao Wang, you'll have to work hard for the next few days, keep a close eye on this information, and report any unusual activity immediately!"

"Yes, Master Si!"

Li Nan leaned closer to the screen and glanced at it. In the list of people requesting leave, Li Zhipeng, the driver who had contacted her the day before yesterday, was among them.

It seems that Monday's drinking party was going to be fierce; I'm glad I didn't go.

The news that Li Sifu was preparing to retire due to illness had spread throughout the government offices in Tanhua City. However, this old man usually went to get off work on time every day. It seems that he really drank too much that night because he had taken two consecutive days off.

I heard that Gao Ge and Zi Jie's matter has been settled and a letter of intent has been signed, which is excellent.

Having found no leads yet, Li Nan and Xiao Wang left Deputy Yang's office.

Today's Blood Rose video didn't contain any blood and tears, so it probably wouldn't be very misleading. In the office, Li Nan held her phone and watched it twice more, hoping to find some clues.

Upon closer inspection, they indeed discovered something unusual.

In the Blood Rose video, the immortal's method of achieving immortality mentions the Nine-Layer Fragrant Grass, which Li Nan researched online.

This thing really exists, and it originated in Tanhua City.

This nine-layered basil is quite special, not only because it resembles a pagoda and is loved by many.

Its unique fragrance has a refreshing and invigorating effect, and many people will plant one or two pots in their study or living room.

In the An Ding Division, whether it's Deputy Yang, Xiao Wang, or even Li Nan himself, they are all workaholics who practically live in their offices. They have no time to tend to these flowers and plants, so it's normal that they don't know about this.

When I was watching the video, Vice President Yang thought that the Nine-Layer Grass was just something Blood Rose made up.

But why is such a common potted plant described as rare and precious in the story?

What makes it so rare? And what makes it so special?

Does the blood rose have a deeper meaning?

Nothing much happened at the An Ding Division, and time passed quietly; it was almost time to get off work in the afternoon.

Li Nan's phone suddenly rang, and an unfamiliar local number appeared on the screen.

Because of her profession and lack of fear of telecom fraud, Li Nan readily answered the phone, "Hello, this is Li from the An Ding Judicial Department..."

Before Li Nan could finish her self-introduction, she was interrupted by the slightly anxious young male voice.

"Section Chief Li, it's me, Xiao Zhou, Secretary to Director Li of the Commerce and Trade Department!"

"Oh, hello, hello, Secretary Zhou!"

"Master Ke, something seems to have happened!"

...

At 5 p.m. on the 21st, Li Nan led a team, along with the fire department and hospital ambulances, in more than ten vehicles, speeding all the way to the accident site—the abandoned industrial park in Tanhua City!

Indeed, it was in July that the old industrial area where important clues for case 0609 were discovered was found.

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