On her wedding night, she went into exile with her pharmacy arsenal

Chapter 653 Dossier

Magistrate Cao came to see Huo Changhe in a hurry, without even wiping the sweat from his forehead.

"Sir, there is good news!"

Huo Changhe asked: "Has my wife been found?"

Magistrate Cao was embarrassed for a moment: "That's not true."

"What good news is that?" Huo Changhe frowned.

"This is the Taoist priest of Qingshi Temple. He has agreed to invite you to the temple. When the time comes, you can ask the temple master to pray for your wife. With the power of the Taoist priest, he will definitely be able to find out your whereabouts."

"Ha," Huo Changhe couldn't help laughing.

He really thought it was ridiculous. He didn't expect that when a dignified court official encountered a dangerous situation, he didn't think about how to solve the problem, but wanted to seek help from a Taoist priest or pray for blessings.

Magistrate Cao didn't know what his laughter meant, so he asked tentatively: "Sir?"

Huo Changhe took a deep breath: "When will we go?"

"We can set off at dawn tomorrow. Don't worry, sir. I will prepare all other matters. Please have a good rest tonight."

"Magistrate Cao thinks I can have a good rest?" Huo Changhe couldn't help but angrily said, "I have never been separated from my wife! On the first night here, this happened!"

"I went to a banquet, and your Excellency said that I was not allowed to take my wife with me. Not only did I encounter an assassin, but my wife was still missing when I came back. Magistrate Cao, I almost thought that this was done intentionally by you, otherwise how could it be possible? What a coincidence!"

County Magistrate Cao was startled, and he bowed and saluted: "My lord, my lord has learned this clearly, I really don't dare to lower my rank, I really don't dare!"

Seeing Huo Changhe furious, Yan Ruyu advised: "Sir, calm down, if Madam is here, I will not want to see you so angry and hurt yourself."

Huo Changhe's anger subsided a little, and Magistrate Cao cast a grateful look at Yan Ruyu.

Huo Changhe took a deep breath and asked: "Okay, who will take Madam away? She is a weak woman and never has any grudges with others."

Wrinkling his eyebrows as if thinking of something, Huo Changhe asked again: "Has there been any case of missing women here recently? Has anyone else reported the case?"

Magistrate Cao was stunned for a moment: "This... seems..."

Huo Changhe waved his hand: "What does it mean? Magistrate Cao, it's about my wife. I don't want to sleep. It doesn't matter if you can't remember. I'll order someone to bring the missing persons file. I want to check it!"

"Sir, how can this be done?"

"Why can't you do it? Magistrate Cao, do you think that I have no right to inspect it?"

"No, no, of course not. What I mean is that it is late at night and you are already too tired. How can you..."

"At least I can still stand here properly, but my wife has never been wronged in the slightest since she was a child, and now her whereabouts are unknown, and her life and death are unknown! How can I rest? If I can restore my wife's safety, If I don’t sleep for three days and three nights, what does it matter?”

Speaking of this, Magistrate Cao was speechless.

"County Magistrate Cao," Yan Ruyu said, "I will go with you."

Magistrate Cao had no choice but to agree.

Walking out of the courtyard together, Yan Ruyu whispered: "Don't mind the county magistrate. My master is also anxious and is really worried about my wife."

"No, no, it's the lower official's fault. I just wanted to thank you so much, brother," County Magistrate Cao sighed, "This has never happened under my rule. This time... I am really unlucky."

Yan Ruyu watched with cold eyes, seeing him downcast and with drooped eyebrows. Judging from his current mood, he really looked like a person who was both incompetent and failed in trying to please his boss.

But just now, Yan Ruyu saw him meeting that Li Zheng with her own eyes.

"Brother, there are quite a few files here. I don't want to overwork you, so why not just get a few?"

"What? Are there many missing people in your county?"

"What I mean is," Magistrate Cao said hurriedly, "total, all, over the years since I took office, not just missing persons."

He patted his forehead: "I am also dizzy and confused."

"Thank you for your hard work, sir." Yan Ruyu said perfunctorily.

Pushing open the room where the files were opened, a musty smell hit my face. It was obvious that it had not been ventilated for a long time, let alone cleaned.

Magistrate Cao said: "Brother, please wait here. I will come to find you."

What else are you looking for? As soon as you smell the smell here, you know it won't be there at all.

Maybe the people who reported the case came, but the government didn't register the case at all. Where did the file come from? Or maybe there is, but it's not here.

Yan Ruyu and Huo Changhe asked to see the dossier. They didn't expect to see it at first, but now they were sure that Magistrate Cao would not show it to them at all.

The more this is the case, the more it indicates there is a problem.

Yan Ruyu was waiting at the door. Magistrate Cao shuffled inside for a while and took out a few pitifully thin files.

Looking at the time, Yan Ruyu said: "Are they all from two or three years ago? Are there no recent ones?"

“It’s true that there haven’t been any recently,” County Magistrate Cao replied. “In a small county, if there is a conflict or a fight over land or property, it is possible. Disappearances and murders are really rare. "

Yan Ruyu said no more, took the file and went back.

County Magistrate Cao followed her to the door of the courtyard: "Brother, please help me to speak kindly in front of the adults."

"Okay," Yan Ruyu agreed happily, "The county magistrate also needs to investigate the killer as soon as possible. Both of these things make you extremely angry, so one of them must be solved."

"Yes, yes," Magistrate Cao nodded repeatedly.

But he hesitated to speak.

Yan Ruyu observed his expression: "What else does Magistrate Cao have to say? It doesn't hurt to just tell him."

"I just want to ask," County Magistrate Cao swallowed, "when you came here before, did you encounter anything unusual on the road?"

Yan Ruyu's smile faded slightly and she looked at him without blinking: "What does County Magistrate Cao mean by saying this?"

Her expression did not change, but Magistrate Cao felt that his heart was a little tight and the smile on his face was a little awkward: "No, I don't mean anything."

"Magistrate Cao thinks that my lord did something and provoked someone on the way here, so he himself caused this disaster?"

"No, no," Magistrate Cao shook his head and waved his hands, "I didn't mean that. I just want to find the killer, so I need to check in many ways."

Yan Ruyu didn't answer, so Magistrate Cao cleared his throat and said, "I wonder if I've heard of a water village?"

"What?" Yan Ruyu raised her eyebrows.

"I wonder if you walked across the water when you came here and were noticed by the water bandits. They wanted your property, so they followed you all the way."

Yan Ruyu categorically denied: "Don't say that our lord did not walk on the water. Even if he did, he didn't bring any valuables with him. He went on a patrol incognito and was not returning home from office. What kind of valuables did he bring with him?"

"County Magistrate Cao should think of something else."

Yan Ruyu turned around and entered the hospital.

She thought to herself that she still wanted to throw dirty water on Shui Zhai, because her boss didn't even know where she was at the moment.