No one missing?
Xiao Ze walked all the way to the scattered market and didn't hear a single word about disappearance, as if no one had ever disappeared here.
Xiao Ze first found an inn and told the waiter not to disturb him. Then he returned to the house, cast a spell to become invisible, and flew towards the yamen on his sword.
After finding out the room where the case file was, Xiao Ze moved his finger and the window opened. He jumped in through the window and then closed the window from the inside again.
Coming to the shelf where the missing case files were filed, Xiao Ze started reading from the most recent one.
After reading all the few files on the shelf, Xiao Ze fell into deep doubt and even wondered if this task was someone's prank.
All the missing persons cases on the shelf were solved without exception. Even if the missing persons were dead, their bodies were found. There was not a single unsolved case.
Could it be that the government office hid the unsolved case for the sake of appearance?
Xiao Ze searched the entire case file room, but apart from the dedicated bookshelf for missing cases, he did not find any case related to disappearances.
It was already dawn outside. Xiao Ze didn't dare to stay any longer, so he cast a spell to unlock the door, then returned it to its original state after leaving.
After returning to the inn, Xiao Ze lay on the bed and sorted out the information he had obtained.
Turns out, there wasn’t a single one!
We don't even know who is missing.
How to check this?
I really have no idea.
After a tiring night, Xiao Ze took a nap in bed for a while before getting up and going out to look for clues and eat something.
After not finding any clues in the West Market yesterday, Xiao Ze checked out and went to the East Market to try to find something useful.
Xiao Ze first went to the inn to book a room, and then asked the waiter about the famous restaurants here before going out.
After strolling around the stalls on both sides of the street, Xiao Ze went to the restaurant near noon. He deliberately chose the lobby on the first floor, where there were the most people coming and going and eating, to see if he could hear anything useful or strange.
The meal lasted for more than an hour, but no useful news was heard.
I paid the bill and left, facing the shocked look of the waiter who asked, "How can this guy eat so much?"
After trying for a long time, I still got nothing.
Xiao Ze walked aimlessly on the street, with no ideas in his mind.
Since there is no shortcut, Xiao Ze will eliminate each family one by one. He doesn't believe that he can't find a clue.
Small families can be left alone for now. These families have small populations, and if one person is missing, they will definitely find out quickly.
First, go and have a look at the wealthy families with many servants.
First, I went to the city lord's residence and spent an entire night looking at all the residences in the mansion. No one came back late or was missing.
It seems that the missing person is not from the City Lord's Mansion.
After returning to the inn, Xiao Ze waited until dawn and pretended to have just woken up and went downstairs.
While the waiter was serving the food, he chatted with him: "Your Taiping City is so prosperous. I don't know where to go first these two days."
The waiter was naturally very happy to hear his hometown was praised: "Of course, our city is the richest among the dozen or so surrounding cities!"
"Huh? Then the richest person in your city wouldn't be richer than the entire city, right?" Xiao Ze asked in surprise.
"Of course, the richest man in our city is Chen Zheng. Master Chen's family is probably richer than the entire surrounding cities combined!"
Xiao Ze was really surprised this time.
The waiter saw that he had the expression he expected and left with satisfaction.
It seems that Chen Zheng is the wealthy man here, so let’s go to his house tonight.
At night, Xiao Ze, who had become invisible, came to Chen's mansion, and saw the barrier covering the entire Chen's mansion from afar.
Are there any monks in the Chen Mansion?
It seems that it is impossible to force my way in, not to mention whether I can break this barrier.
Even if the secret was broken, what if the murderer was really hiding in the Chen Mansion and ran away secretly when he saw that the situation was not right?
Xiao Ze had to return empty-handed.
Ignore the Chen Mansion for now, and spend the next few days checking other smaller wealthy families.
Still nothing.
It seems that the only way is to find a way to get into Chen Mansion and find out what's going on.
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Pretending to be a passerby, he passed by Chen's house and saw that the usually quiet gate was now bustling with people.
He grabbed a man and asked, "Brother, why is the Chen Mansion so bustling today?"
"Mr. Chen wants to find a teacher for Young Master Chen today."
Oh my, he is indeed a rich man, he is so ostentatious about hiring a tutor.
"Then what are the requirements of the Chen family for this teacher?"
"This teacher must have traveled to many places and knows many anecdotes. I don't know anything else."
A godsend opportunity, isn't it just a strange story? Not to mention that the people here in my previous life have definitely never seen it.
Just telling about my experiences since coming to this world is enough for this young master to listen to for a long time.
Xiao Ze signed up with full confidence. The "interviewer" asked him several questions, and Xiao Ze answered them fluently.
The person in charge of recording checked his name, left his address, and asked Xiao Ze to go back and wait for news.
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Three days later, the waiter and a man dressed as a servant knocked on Xiao Ze's door.
After Xiao Ze opened the door, the man stepped forward and handed over the things in his hand: "Is this Xiao Ze, Mr. Xiao?"
Xiao Ze took the thing, which looked like a letter: "It's me."
"If Mr. Xiao has time in the next few days, he can take this invitation to the Chen Mansion to meet our master."
Oh, it seems that I passed the initial interview, and this time it will be the final interview with the boss himself.
"Okay, thank you." After Xiao Ze thanked him, the man left.
Xiao Ze first went to the local cloth store to buy some more formal clothes, and then went to Chen's house the next day.
The people in the Chen residence seemed to have been notified that someone would be coming. They looked at the invitation in his hand and let him in without asking any questions.
After entering the door, another servant led the way and took him to Chen Zheng's study.
The servant came forward and knocked on the door twice: "Master, Mr. Xiao is here."
"Come in." A deep male voice sounded from inside the room.
The servant opened the door and let Xiao Ze in, while he continued to guard outside the door.
"Mr. Xiao, please sit down." Chen Zheng walked over from behind his desk and pointed to a chair beside him.
Xiao Ze originally thought that Chen Zheng, as the richest man in Taiping City, should be an old man, but the Chen Zheng in front of him looked extremely young, not at all like a man who was nearly fifty years old.
Sitting on the chair, Chen Zheng acted like a genial boss and poured tea for Xiao Ze. Although Xiao Ze was not good at tea and did not know much about tea, he could tell from his taste that this tea must be expensive.
"Mr. Xiao is not a native of Taiping City, right?" Chen Zheng took a sip of tea and said slowly.
"Yes, I have traveled here." Xiao Ze did not say much, so as not to look like a guilty thief.
"Then Mr. Xiao must have traveled a lot. Why would he want to come to my house to teach?"
"I was passing through here and I liked Taiping City very much. I planned to stay here for a while. Master Chen, you happened to be looking for a teacher, so I came here to earn some money."
Xiao Ze picked up the teacup and took a sip to moisten his throat, then continued, "I hope that when I leave in a while, Master Chen won't force me to stay."
Chen Zheng laughed out loud: "Okay, okay."
Then Chen Zheng asked him about some of his previous experiences, and Xiao Ze picked a few to tell him.
Then I went back to the inn to wait for news.
It seems that Chen Zhengjian is not the only candidate in his mind.
Two days later, Xiao Ze received an "employment notice" from the servants of the Chen Mansion.
After packing his bags, Xiao Ze followed the man back to Chen's house.
Someone specially led Xiao Ze to his residence. It turned out to be an independent courtyard, where two servants, a man and a woman, were already waiting.
"Mr. Xiao, this is the servant who has been taking care of you during this period."
Xiao Ze immediately refused. He was not used to being served. Moreover, he was going to inspect the Chen Mansion at night, and he was really worried about something unexpected happening in the courtyard.
The man couldn't persuade him, so he had to leave with the people he had arranged.
Xiao Ze looked at the courtyard carefully. It was equipped with all the living facilities. It felt like he was living better than when he was in Tianxuan Sect!
Moreover, the employment notice stated that Xiao Ze's monthly salary was 20 taels, which showed that he was indeed wealthy.
Coupled with this impeccable working environment, the thought of "why not work here forever" suddenly flashed through his mind.
If he were not bound by the system tasks, he might really settle down in Taiping City.
After putting his things in place, Xiao Ze went to visit Mr. Chen and then took a look at his work environment.
Young Master Chen has his own study, and this is also where he teaches.
Master Chen said that Young Master Chen couldn't wait any longer, and asked Xiao Ze to prepare to start teaching tomorrow, and then there would be classes every three days, each lasting an hour and a half.
Fortunately, Xiao Ze had already prepared the lecture notes when he was at the inn. Now that he has read them twice, he believes that there will be no mistakes.
In order to avoid Chen Zheng's suspicion, Xiao Ze planned to stay here for a while before starting to investigate.
The next afternoon, Xiao Ze arrived at the young master's study on time.
Judging from the appearance, the young master is at most 15 years old, with a look of surprise and expectation on his face.
"Are you the gentleman my father found for me?"
"Yes, I heard you like to hear anecdotes?"
The young master nodded vigorously, "I've loved reading these since I was a child. I've read all the stories in those storybooks. I told my father that I was old enough to go out and explore the world, but he always said I was too young and wouldn't let me go."
It seems that finding a teacher like himself is the result of both father and son making a concession.
"But my dad said that if I still want to go out when I'm 20, he won't stop me."
Xiao Ze smiled and nodded, and began to talk about what he had prepared, the Changqing City family massacre case.
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The story, with some exaggeration, left the young master stunned. After listening to it, he sighed, "I used to think that all cultivators were good people. They cultivated to defeat bad guys and protect the world. I didn't expect that there were bad people among the cultivators."
"Monks are also human beings. Just as humans have good and bad sides, monks also have good and bad sides."
After the class ended, Xiao Ze left the study room, leaving the young master alone in deep thought.
After staying in Chen's house obediently for a few days and roughly confirming that the people around him were not so wary of him, Xiao Ze began his plan.
He felt that there must be something strange about the Chen Mansion. For example, Chen Zheng, a man in his forties or fifties, did not look like an old man at all.
The local people said that it was because Chen Zheng always did good deeds and God had blessed him with many things, which was why he looked so young.
But Xiao Ze didn't believe it.
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