However, Wei Shuxuan was a bit confused. "Why doesn't the owner of the Samadhi Inn open branches outside the border? Wouldn't they be able to make even more money that way?"
"...... I'm not quite sure about this either. I've never met their owner. But I've heard from the innkeeper and the waiter of the Samadhi Inn that their owner is a very strange person who rarely shows up. They don't even know what the owner looks like."
"I see."
Wei Shuxuan was quite interested in the owner of the Samadhi Inn. She wondered if she should try to get some information from the innkeeper and the waiter when she got back.
Ge Zian chatted with Magistrate Tang for a while longer. Then Ge Zian made an excuse, saying that he was very tired from the journey today and wanted to go back to the inn early to rest. Since he had said so, Magistrate Tang had no reason to keep him. There was a bit of regret on his face. "Well then, please go back and rest early, General Ge."
"Okay. Then I'll borrow this record book first. Don't worry, Magistrate Tang. I'll definitely return it to you in a few days. So, don't be concerned."
"...... Alright. I trust General Ge's character."
They took the record book of Lepu Town and the evidence collected from the crime scene out of the government office. Wei Shuxuan excitedly ran to Ge Zian's side. "Zian, Zian, let me have a look quickly!"
"Yes, yes, yes..." Ge Zian had known all along that Wei Shuxuan would surely come to ask him for this record book.
After getting into the carriage, Wei Shuxuan held the record book and flipped through it carefully, not noticing Xin Zizhao's gaze. "Xuan'er, can't you look at it slowly when we get back? Why do you have to look at it here?"
"I can't wait," Wei Shuxuan replied without even raising her head. She flipped through the pages quickly. "But this Magistrate Tang is really meticulous! He even wrote down the investigation time. Moreover, he has investigated the disappearance times of many missing people. With such detailed records, I can save a lot of effort."
"So, you don't need to conduct an investigation anymore?" Xin Zizhao sat on one side with his eyes closed and asked.
"Of course not. Don't worry. I'm very serious about the cases I investigate. This record book has the addresses recorded in detail. Later, I'll just ask Magistrate Tang to assign a few soldiers to accompany Zian and me to conduct another investigation."
Listening to Wei Shuxuan chattering away like a fired - up person while looking at the record book, Xin Zizhao was a bit helpless, but he felt that he loved his Xuan'er even more.
After returning to the Samadhi Inn, Wei Shuxuan thought that she had been busy in the morning, so she should take a good rest at noon and go out for house - calls in the afternoon. However, before that, she had to tell Ge Zian to go with her. As for Xin Zizhao, if he wanted to go along, that would be fine too.
After lunch, Wei Shuxuan found Ge Zian. "Zian, Zian, I have something to tell you."
"What is it, Xuan'er?" Ge Zian looked at Wei Shuxuan.
"I want to go out to visit the crime scenes this afternoon. I'd like you to ask Magistrate Tang to assign a few soldiers to accompany us."
"That's okay. But... will Mr. Xin go too?"
"I don't know about him!" Wei Shuxuan hadn't asked Xin Zizhao's opinion just now. "I'll go and ask him later. But you have to go with me, Zian!"
"I know. I'll go and find Magistrate Tang later."
Sima Yongheng sat on one side listening to the conversation between Wei Shuxuan and Ge Zian. Then he looked at Wei Wei. "Brother Wei, will you go with Sister Xuan too?"
Before Wei Wei could reply, Ge Long'an spoke up. "I won't go with Xuan'er and the others this afternoon. I'll rest in the inn."
"Yongheng, do you have something on your mind?" Wei Wei saw through Sima Yongheng's little thought.
Sima Yongheng looked at Ge Long'an and then at Xin Shang. He felt too embarrassed to say it in front of so many people. "Brother Wei, can I tell you in detail when we get back to our room?"
Wei Wei thought it was very strange but still nodded. "Okay then."
Sure enough, once Ge Zian stepped in, everything was settled. He came back from the government office with a small troop of soldiers behind him. Just as Wei Shuxuan was about to go out, she suddenly remembered Xin Zizhao. "Xin Zizhao, do you want to go with us?"
Looking at Wei Shuxuan's bright and expectant eyes, Xin Zizhao nodded. "Let's go together then."
They randomly visited a few places according to the crime scenes recorded in the record book. Wei Shuxuan found that the lives of the villagers in Lepu Town were very regular. Generally, they would all go home to rest at night, and then get up on time at dawn to prepare for the performance of the next - day's celebration or other things needed for the festival.
Wei Shuxuan thought that was why that seemingly not - very - smart Magistrate Tang could deduce the crime time. It was all because of the regular lives of the villagers in Lepu Town.
After visiting a few more households, Wei Shuxuan found that the people who had gone missing in Lepu Town basically disappeared at night. Their families would find them missing when they called them to get up in the morning and then rush to report the case in a hurry.
Thanks to Magistrate Tang's timely investigation, Wei Shuxuan was able to know the usual methods of this organization. However, they still couldn't find a breakthrough, and there was no progress at all.
"Xuan'er, have you found any useful clues?" When they came out of the household they had just visited, Ge Zian saw Wei Shuxuan frowning tightly and casually asked her.
"If only I had. The situation is still the same as in Kele Town. There's not a single breakthrough for us to start with. I'm just wondering. Are these people really that flawless in their work?"
"Don't be anxious. We'll surely find a breakthrough. Moreover, there's still a central town we haven't been to yet." Ge Zian was quite optimistic about the situation.
"Of course I know that!" Wei Shuxuan was a bit hesitant.
Before Wei Shuxuan and Ge Zian went out for house - calls, Sima Yongheng said that he had something to tell Wei Wei after lunch. After lunch, Wei Wei followed Sima Yongheng into the room.
"Yongheng, what do you want to tell me? Or do you want me to help you with something?" Wei Wei could easily figure out Sima Yongheng's little thought.
"Brother Wei, can you accompany me later?"