Although Pei Buping was only responsible for investigating cases during this trip, it does not mean that he is a fool who only knows how to investigate cases.

If this case is finally traced to the officials of Wu State, it will really be a bit troublesome.

"Then please ask Elder Wei to lead the way." Pei Buping put away his thoughts and interrupted the chatter of the Poyue Sect elder. Regardless of whether the city guard was involved in this matter or not, the Poyue Sect always had to go first.

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The Po Yue Sect is dozens of miles away from Chunzhou City. The group of people each had their own means of traveling, and they arrived at the mountain gate of the Po Yue Sect in half an hour.

As the strongest and oldest sect within hundreds of thousands of miles around Chunzhou County, Poyue Sect's mountain gate is nearly 100 meters high, allowing visitors to see the majestic majesty of the thousand-year-old sect at a glance.

However, the guests who visited the mountain gate today did not leisurely and elegantly appreciate the majestic momentum of Poyue Sect's steaming clouds. They just went all the way up the mountain and went straight to the main hall.

"Sect Master Shi, Your Majesty has issued an order this time. The case is urgent. If there is any offense against your sect, I hope that the sect leader will forgive me. Pei will personally come to apologize later."

Facing an extraordinary sect leader who has been handed down from generation to generation, even though Pei Buping has the emperor's mandate, his words are full of respect and politeness.

"It doesn't matter. Those who purify themselves will purify themselves. It is also a good thing for me to conduct a thorough investigation with Mr. Pei to prevent those who are interested in deliberately making false accusations." Shi Lang, the leader of Po Yuezong, has a much better attitude than the previous elder Wei. Pei Buping and Luo Dingguo

As soon as he sat down, a disciple came forward to offer him tea.

"Everyone who has had contact with the Utopia Chamber of Commerce has been called over. Mr. Pei just wants to investigate."

"Thank you, Sect Leader Haihan." Pei Buping immediately started working after he responded. There were quite a few people the Poyue Sect and the Utopia Chamber of Commerce came into contact with, there were twenty or thirty people, and everyone truthfully told Pei Buping about their interactions with the Chamber of Commerce.

Specific time and reason.

The reason why most people come into contact with the Chamber of Commerce is to purchase goods. Poyue Sect is a large sect, and there are various small hills in the sect. In addition to the unified procurement of the sect, each hilltop will also have its own purchasing needs.

There are also several elders with relatively high status in the sect who have recently been discussing with Utopia about cooperating in guarding. The attitudes of these people are different, but generally they are glad that the cooperation between the two parties has not yet been reached.

Pei Buping observed the other party's expression while questioning and recording. At the same time, he was also distinguishing the aura. There were many monks in the Poyue Sect of the fire, metal and earth elements, but he could not detect the aura that appeared in the courtyard.

This is normal. There are many people who know about his abilities, so those who are suspicious will naturally not come out and wander around.

"According to your statement, if this attack had not occurred, the two sides should have reached cooperation today, right?"

"Yes, Mr. Pei, the Utopia Chamber of Commerce is very sincere in cooperating. Cooperating with them will benefit us without any harm. However, such a big matter must first be approved by the sect leader or the great elder, which will inevitably delay it for a few days."

Pei Buping nodded, and then came up with the idea of ​​​​walking around the Poyue Sect. After all, the Poyue Sect was not a suspect. They had cooperated well to this extent. He had to investigate the rest by himself.

This request was not very polite, but the Poyue Sect agreed to Pei Buping's request. Except for the forbidden areas guarded by people in the sect, Pei Buping could go to other places.

Luo Dingguo stared at Pei Buping wandering around in the Poyue Sect without saying a word. He would not interfere with the other party's investigation, but he always felt that the Wu Kingdom's number one arrester seemed unreliable.

However, he still had the best plan. If the Wu people couldn't figure it out, they could go to Lu Chuan for help. However, he knew that Lu Chuan had important things to deal with every day, so it would be a bit extravagant to judge the murderer.

"Elder Wei, may I ask which supreme person's residence is here?" Pei Buping wandered around the Poyue Sect for a long time, and finally found a familiar scent. He found the extraordinary supreme person who had left his breath in the courtyard.

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This discovery made him feel even worse. It was already a headache if the city guards were involved, plus the local snake Po Yue Zong...

Elder Wei's expression was not very good, "Mr. Pei, if there is no concrete evidence, it is better not to disturb Elder Cao Chenjing."

"Just asking." Pei Buping ignored Elder Wei's expression and took the initiative to knock on the door. Soon a disciple came out of the mansion and opened the door.

After the disciple listened to the whole story, his face showed the same dissatisfaction, but he still welcomed a few people in.

After entering the courtyard, Pei Buping confirmed that it was the aura of this extraordinary supreme being. This extraordinary supreme being had clearly been to the Chamber of Commerce, but was not in the main hall just now.

Based on the attitude of Poyue Sect Master Shi today, the most likely scenario is that Elder Cao went to the Chamber of Commerce and concealed the matter from the sect.

After everyone exchanged names and explained their intentions, Pei Buping got down to business.

"Elder Cao, have you left the Poyue Sect in the past few days?" After asking, Pei Buping stared at Cao Chenjing's facial expression, waiting for the other party's answer.

"No." Cao Chenjing's response was simple and cold.

"Then have any other extraordinary supreme beings come to visit you in the past few days?"

"...No." Cao Chenjing still answered like this.

Pei Buping bowed his head and saluted, countless thoughts flashed through his mind, and then he exited the mansion. He was not stupid. Even if he had special abilities, he would not be able to question him as a suspect in front of an extraordinary supreme being. That is not

It's too long to live.

Cao Chenjing lied. Although he didn't know he had a problem yet, the emperor only gave him one day, so the first scapegoat was already in hand.

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"Is there something wrong with Elder Cao just now?" Luo Dingguo asked after leaving the Poyue Sect.

Pei Buping walked around Poyue Sect and asked Cao Chenjing a few more questions. It would be strange if he had no problem.

"There are not enough clues at the moment, but he should have been to the Chamber of Commerce."

"Why not take him away for questioning?" Luo Dingguo's eyes suddenly became sharp. He was a man who had been to the Chamber of Commerce, but he concealed this matter.

"I don't dare." Pei Buping said confidently, "I have no substantive evidence and am not qualified to interrogate a transcendent supreme being."

"There is no rule of law." Luo Dingguo frowned, "Then what should we do next?"

"Keep checking. If you don't follow me and bother me all the time, I will check faster."

Luo Dingguo was very angry with him. You were not so arrogant when you faced Cao Chenjing. Am I not a transcendent supreme being?

Even if Pei Buping says so, Luo Dingguo will still follow him. Luo Dingguo will supervise his entire investigation process, find out the truth, and will not let Wu Guo throw out a scapegoat casually, saying that he has found the murderer.

Luo Dingguo was like candy that he couldn't get rid of, which made Pei Buping a little annoyed. If he kept following him, he would not have a good chance to go to the city guard to investigate more detailed situations.

If it were discovered on the spot that there was something wrong with the city guards, there wouldn't even be any room for cover-up or mediation.

But Emperor Wu put a lot of pressure on him, so Pei Buping quickly made a decision. He would die as a fellow Taoist rather than as a poor Taoist.

Cao Chenjing was the extraordinary Supreme Pei Buping who could not be offended. He was the master in front of the city guards. He asked Chen Rong to call all the city guards patrolling nearby, and immediately caught those who had entered the yard, and then

interrogated separately.

"Tell me, why were you in the yard before the Utopia Chamber of Commerce was attacked?"

"It's unfair, sir, I didn't..."

"Chop off one of his fingers." Pei Buping interrupted his defense in a cold tone without even looking at the man. Luo Dingguo was amazed by his facial expression skills.

The local police officer in Chunzhou did not dare to disobey Pei Buping's order. He drew his sword and forced him over. He carried out the order amidst the constant cries of injustice from the city guard.

"You think here slowly, I will interrogate your accomplices, you guys, chop off one finger every minute, and then chop off the toes after the fingers are chopped off. I think you are really not very smart, I can put you

How many people have you picked out from so many people? Don’t you think you can count them in your mind?”

Pei Buping's words quickly penetrated the city guard's psychological defense, making him realize that he and his group had been betrayed.

"My lord! I say!"

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The interrogation statements of several city guards came out quickly. The reason why these people went to the Chamber of Commerce was very simple. They wanted to buy something to spend after dinner in the evening, but they had no money on hand, so someone came up with this.

Bad idea, go to the Chamber of Commerce to get some money.

The Utopia Chamber of Commerce's attitude towards small local snakes like the City Guards in Chunzhou County has always been to lose money and avoid disasters. As long as you don't go too far and find an excuse to say that the Chamber of Commerce needs rectification, the other side will give them a small amount of money.

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But they never expected that just when they came to "blackmail", several fanatics who had planned for a long time followed them into the protective formation, took control of the formation, and started a massacre.

Afterwards, these madmen did not kill them. They took them away together and gave them some money, asking them to choose between immediate death or becoming their accomplices.

He also said that the crime scene had been destroyed, and if the authorities wanted to investigate, they would also investigate the supernatural monks, and they would not be implicated.

"Take out the things they gave you." Pei Buping's brows relaxed a little. Although these people are idiots, it's okay if they have little connection with the attack.

A few people tremblingly took out some yuan stones and Wu Guo coins, and some of them had a mobile phone. From these stolen items, Pei Buping could only smell a little something related to the murderer.

The individual confessions and evidence provided by these individuals were very detailed, so Pei Buping temporarily believed their words.

"Among those murderers, are there any extraordinary ones?"

Several city guards looked at each other in confusion. With their eyes, they could not tell the difference between the extraordinary supreme being and the powerful one with supernatural powers.

"Is there anyone who is about this tall and looks like..." Pei Buping thought for a while and simply drew a portrait of Cao Chenjing and showed it to a few people.

"It's him!" Several people nodded their heads, and then flattered Pei Buping for his greatness. The painting looked exactly like the murderer that night.

"Is this a clear investigation? All the evidence points to this person named Cao Chenjing." After several city guards were taken away, Luo Dingguo looked at the frowning Pei Buping and asked.

"It's a bit smooth. These city guards have no reason to be alive. They seem to be deliberately left as witnesses for me." Pei Buping took a breath, pinched his eyebrows and thought about the case.

"And the key physical evidence, that is, the goods you lost have not been found yet. I suspect that the evidence is in the Poyue Sect, waiting for us to find it, or someone related to Cao Chenjing will soon deliver the evidence to your door.

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Of course, this is just my intuition gained from many years of patrol work.”

"Shouldn't you rely on evidence when handling cases?" Luo Dingguo frowned. The evidence was all on his face. Pei Buping still wanted to exonerate Poyue Zong. Can he do it cleanly?

"With extraordinary power, it is too easy to forge evidence. At least I haven't thought of the reason why these idiots could survive just now."

Pei Buping stood up and was about to walk out the door. Luo Dingguo didn't know why, so he followed him.

His intuition told him that the matter was not that simple, but Emperor Wu wanted the results within a day, so he had no choice but to follow the clues and evidence and go to Po Yuezong again.

You are a dead Taoist friend but not a poor Taoist. Who said all the evidence points to you?
To be continued...