I'm Leveling Up Too Quickly-Chapter 907 - Strange (1)
Chapter 907: Strange (1)
Chapter 907: Strange (1)
The theft of the warehouse was easier to investigate than Zhu Wuyang had imagined. After eliminating the possibility of demons and ghosts, Hao Jiyong quickly discovered the abnormality through effective tracking and investigation.
At the old blacksmith in Tongxin Town, Hao Jiyong did not get any clues about the key. According to the old blacksmith, no one asked him to duplicate the key to Chaoyun warehouse a few months ago.
As the warehouse of Chaoyun Grange, the lock and key of the warehouse were specially made. Therefore, if someone came to concoct it, the old blacksmith would definitely remember it.
However, the old blacksmith had no impression of him. It was obvious that he did not steal Hao Jiyong’s key to make a new one a few months ago.
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In the entire United Town, there was no other place to duplicate keys other than the old blacksmith’s place. Unless they went to another town dozens of miles away, it would be more than a hundred miles to go back and forth. Moreover, there were dangers along the way.
That night, Hao Jiyong had only been drunk for a few hours. The guards who drank with him were only at the first or second layer of the Outer Refinement Realm. They were not that powerful.
In that case, could it be that the theft of the warehouse was not man-made or that there was something else?
Hao Jiyong continued to investigate and found that one of the guards who drank with him was abnormal. This person was called Bai Qiang. A few days ago, when he gambled in Tongxin Town, he lost his wife, children, and house. He even owed a large sum of money.
During this period of time, the casino had been pressing him for debts, almost forcing him to death. If he was not a guard of Chaoyun Grange, the other party would have chopped him up and fed him to the dogs.
Even so, Bai Qiang had been living a miserable life during this period of time. However, in the past few days, when he was being chased by debt collectors, he often told the casino that he would have money soon and asked them to give him some more time.
This made Hao Jiyong feel strange. After all, everyone knew what Bai Qiang looked like. He couldn’t take out such a huge gambling debt, but he said so. Could it be related to the warehouse theft?
Hao Jiyong focused his attention on Bai Qiang and soon found some clues. On the night of the warehouse robbery, Bai Qiang was indeed not at his friends ‘house, and his whereabouts were somewhat mysterious.
After discovering this, Hao Jiyong decisively took action and brought his guards to arrest Bai Qiang. After some intimidation and coercion, he successfully pried out the truth from Bai Qiang’s mouth.
It turned out that a few months ago, Bai Qiang had indeed taken advantage of Hao Jiyong’s drunkenness to get the key to the warehouse. He took the key away and wanted to make one. He wanted to occasionally go to the warehouse to get some food to subsidize his family.
However, after thinking that it would leave too much of a mark, Bai Qiang didn’t do it. Instead, he took advantage of Hao Jiyong’s drunkenness to ask him where he usually put his keys.
Hao Jiyong, who was drunk, did not have much of a guard up. Bai Qiang used a little trick to ask him where he usually hid his keys.
In the following months, Bai Qiang would occasionally take the key away at night and take some food and vegetables from the warehouse. Because there were very few of them, Hao Jiyong did not notice anything unusual.
Because he no longer had to buy food and vegetables, Bai Qiang’s hands gradually became more and more generous, and he became addicted to gambling.
It was fine at the beginning, but as time went by, Bai Qiang’s gambling addiction became more and more serious. In the end, half a month ago, he caused a big mess. Not only did he lose his wife and children, but he also lost his home.
Not only that, but Bai Qiang also owed the casino a lot of money.
In the face of the casino’s debt collection, Bai Qiang, who had no choice, turned his attention to the warehouse of Chaoyun Farm.
Because of his previous experience and skills, this time, Bai Qiang successfully stole a large number of the most precious medicinal herbs in the warehouse. The value was enough to pay off the gambling debt, and Bai Qiang even erased all traces.
Because they had entered through the main entrance, there were naturally no traces left in the surroundings, making Hao Jiyong mistakenly think that it was a demon.
Bai Qiang had not sold these herbs yet. After all, he had just obtained them. He had to find a good buyer, and he could not be discovered by Chaoyun Farm.
Bai Qiang did not expect that he would be found out in less than a day. In his panic, he naturally spilled everything out.
After understanding the situation, Zhu Wuan waved his hand and asked Hao Jiyong to send him to the government. He did not kill him directly. After all, doing so would violate the criminal law of Xia country.
There were very few death sentences in Xia country. Any prisoner who committed a serious crime would basically be sent to serve their sentence. After all, the number of humans was limited. The demons and ghosts had already killed enough humans. It was better for him to kill fewer.
Therefore, most of the mortals who committed capital crimes would be sent to some closed mines by the government of Xia country, where they would mine until they died. It was also considered to be the last effort for the human race.
Of course, there were also those who chose to go to the front lines to fight with demons and monsters. Generally speaking, these people died faster. Very few of them lasted for more than a year.
Most of the prisoners on death row would still choose to serve in the mines. They could live longer if they died of exhaustion in the mines. It was much more comfortable than being eaten by demons and ghosts.
Of course, if they performed well at the front line, there was still a chance to reduce their crimes and even obtain freedom. Of course, there were fewer such prisoners. Most of them could not escape death.
Bai Qiang’s experience was hateful and infuriating. Before he left, he cried and wailed that if Hao Jiyong and Chaoyun Grange had not given him a chance, he would not have become addicted to drugs and eventually embarked on this road of no return.
Not only would he lose his wife and children, but he would also spend his life in the slave labor. After all, with the number of medicinal herbs that Bai Qiang had stolen and the anger of the royal merchant Lin family, it would be very difficult for him to return once he served.
However, in the end, it was all because Bai Qiang’s willpower was too weak. Without the coercion and temptation of demons and ghosts, he became addicted to gambling and embarked on such a path of no return. His originally good family and life were destroyed just like that.
After the news spread, the atmosphere in the entire Chaoyun Grange became clear. The news of Zhu Wuyang solving the case in one day also spread, causing many people in the Grange who looked down on him to change their minds.
Pan Yufeng, the butler of the estate, reported this matter to the Lin family in the capital immediately. After receiving the news, the Lin family also praised Zhu Wuyang a little and sent some spirit pills to strengthen her physique.
Some of the higher-ups of the Lin family had also reduced their opinions of Zhu Wanhao. However, Zhu Wanhao did not take this to heart. To him, this matter was not even a small interlude. Regardless of whether Bai Qiang had been caught or whether the medicinal herbs had been recovered, it was not worth Zhu Wanhao wasting his time on this.
The only thing that piqued Zhu Wanhao’s interest was that he seemed to have obtained a little more breakthrough stones from this matter. Or rather, what Zhu Wanhao had done in the Xuanhuang Great World, Xia Country, every move he made could obtain a lot of breakthrough stones.
