Chapter 78 We Don’t Want to Dig a Dog Hole
"Do you recognize us brothers?" The tall Si Wei raised his nose and sniffed. "Your scent is indeed very familiar. It seems... it seems like someone else."
At this point, Xie Shouzheng couldn't hide his identity any more. He shouted, "Hurry and obey the order! Retreat from the Skynet!"
He suddenly flipped his palm upwards, and the net that trapped the three people rose into the air in an instant, shrinking wildly in mid-air, turning into a black shadow the size of a fist, and flew back into his hand with a "whoosh".
He laughed in anger and cursed, "Da Mao, Er Mao! You two little bastards, are you trying to show off your skills in front of an expert?"
The two people opposite were stunned.
"How do you know how to manipulate our demon-slaying Skynet?"
"Yes, how could you?"
"And our nicknames, how do you know them? Who are you?"
"Who on earth is that person?"
Lin Qingyue couldn't help but say, "He doesn't look very smart. Who summoned him to the Xuanjing Division? How irresponsible!"
Xie Shouzheng touched his nose guiltily: "I admitted it."
Lin Qingyue: "Haha, no wonder."
Even Dongfang Qi sighed and said, "Next time I recruit someone, I'll test their IQ!"
"Yes, yes, Master, I am right!"
Xie Shouzheng walked forward angrily, and one of them kicked them: "Open your eyes and see clearly, I am Xie Shouzheng. I just met him a few months ago! Have you forgotten so quickly?"
Their eyes lit up at the same time, and they suddenly realized what was going on. They shouted in unison, "Thank you, sir!"
These two brothers are actually mole spirits with poor eyesight but a keen sense of smell. They were originally neighbors of Da Mi, practicing together in the mountains. The taller one is called Damao, and the shorter one is called Ermao.
Later, Da Mi joined the Xuan Jing Division and embarked on a legitimate career. When he heard that the underground branch was short of manpower, he thought of his neighbor and brother, so he recommended them to Xie Shouzheng to join the Xuan Jing Division.
After the test, Xie Shouzheng felt that although these two people were timid and had low IQs, they had a keen sense of smell and could still be of great use. In particular, they had good character, so they passed the test.
A few months ago, the brothers Damao and Ermao were on vacation and specially brought local specialties to Beijing to visit Da Mi. They also gave Xie Shouzheng a big bag of peanuts.
I didn't expect such a misunderstanding to happen tonight.
After recognizing Xie Shouzheng, the two hurried over to pay their respects.
The taller Damao was more understanding, so he quickly apologized: "Forgive me, sir! We two brothers really didn't expect to meet an important official like you here."
The short Ermao echoed: "Yes, I have never seen a high-ranking official!"
Damao asked again, "Sir, why did you come to a small place like ours?"
Xie Shouzheng, of course, would not reveal his true purpose. He simply said, "I am on a secret tour to inspect the various departments of the Xuanjing Division. I happened to hear that a strange case had occurred here, so I came to investigate."
"Since I've met you, why don't you just tell me the details of the case? It will save me from having to make another trip to the government office."
So Damao told him everything that had happened recently.
The story begins a month ago.
At that time, you could often see some wandering beggars on the streets of the county town, but from that period on, wandering beggars disappeared one after another.
Because they were of low status and had no family or friends, no one reported their disappearance to the police, and people thought they had simply left the county.
It was not until later that more than 20 local residents and passing tourists disappeared, which attracted the attention of the government.
The government was also incompetent. After investigating for a long time, they found no problems.
Once, they even disguised one of the detectives as a tourist in an attempt to lure out the murderer.
A team of people were secretly watching, waiting for the kidnappers to appear and capture them in one fell swoop.
Who knew that after waiting for a long time, when everyone was almost sleepy, a cold wind suddenly blew up, blowing up countless flying sand and rocks, making it impossible to open their eyes.
A moment later, when the wind and sand had passed, everyone looked again and found that the young constable who was sent out as bait had disappeared out of thin air.
Everyone then realized that a mysterious force might be involved, so they immediately sent people to the Xuanjing Division for help.
The branches of Xuanjingsi are mainly set up in the county, nearby counties, towns and villages. If any problems arise there, people will be arranged to deal with them.
Da Mao and Er Mao were sent to Fengnian County to handle the missing persons case. Since they were demons and had a keen sense of smell, they were the right people to handle this case.
"But my two brothers have been here for almost half a month, and we haven't seen the murderer come out to cause trouble again. I don't know if he was scared away by our great reputation."
"Yes, scared away!"
"But my brother and I have a lot of things to do in the Xuanjing Division. We can't just stay in Fengnian County and waste our time."
"That's right, we can't waste time!"
"However, we haven't been completely undiscovered during this period."
Da Mao's eyes rolled, and he lowered his voice to Xie Shouzheng, "I find the county magistrate's attitude very strange. We brothers were sent by the county lieutenant to help settle the matter. But Magistrate Lu not only refuses to cooperate with us, but also constantly puts pressure on us. He says we are a mob with no sense of etiquette, which is completely useless. He also insists that this is just an ordinary missing person case and there is nothing supernatural about it at all."
"Ermao got so mad at him once that he almost wanted to show his true colors in front of him, to open his eyes and stop him from constantly accusing us of being a shady government office!"
Damao has a lot to say, and once he starts talking, he just keeps on rambling. I wonder if being long-winded is a traditional virtue of the Xuanjing Division.
The quiet Ermao would just chime in: "Right, right, the county magistrate is abominable!"
Several people understood.
"You are right. The other party has not made any move during this period. They must have known that someone from Xuanjingsi is involved in this case." Lin Qingyue said and glanced at Dongfang Qi.
Dongfang Qi said tacitly, "Then let the people from the Xuanjing Division leave temporarily, and wait for the other party to make a move, and then capture them in one fell swoop!"
Damao slapped his thigh and said, "Great! That's a great idea! Why didn't I think of it before?"
Ermao: "That's right, why did you think of it before?"
Da Mao was impatient, and immediately pulled Er Mao to go find the county magistrate: "Tonight, the two of us brothers will go and say goodbye!"
Xie Shouzheng said: "Since it has come out, let's go to the county government."
The main reason was that he always felt that the two brothers didn't look very smart and he was worried about them.
It was already three o'clock in the morning and the lights in the county government office had long been turned off.
Da Mao and Er Mao didn't care about anything else. They banged on the door and asked to see the county magistrate, but as expected, they were driven away by the gatekeeper.
Although they were from the county, their positions were just ordinary guards, so the county magistrate naturally didn't need to give them face. Therefore, they couldn't enter the county government office in the middle of the night.
Da Mao and Er Mao's thinking was different from that of ordinary people. They did not care about being rejected. They turned to Xie Shouzheng and said:
"My Lords, please wait a moment. My two brothers will dig a big hole in the front wall. Then we can crawl in together. This damn county government office, can it still be difficult for us?"
"...Don't dig it out. We don't want to go through a dog hole."
Xie Shouzheng was fine, after all, his original form was somewhat wolf-dog, but what about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? Would he have to follow him into the same dog hole? If His Majesty heard about it, his head would be in tatters!
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