Chapter 170: The Case
The Sheng Province level government office.
Gray-blue brick walls rose high and the threshold was wrapped in iron. The scarlet lacquered gates were carved with vivid, lifelike images of the Xiezhi, the mythical beast of justice. Yet in the middle of the day, the gates were firmly shut.
Hu Rui'an and his companions' carriage came to a stop on the stone-paved street before the stone steps. The four major martial world families having mobilized large numbers of troops to besiege the Murong estate appeared to have already affected the entire city, and even the street in front of the government office was completely empty of people.
Wu Shang and Cheng Zhong lifted the carriage curtain, and Li Musheng and the others stepped out one after another.
At this point, Hu Rui'an raised his head and looked at the government office before them, and his brow suddenly drew into a deep furrow.
Cheng Zhong beside him noticed his unusual expression and asked quietly, "Commissioner, have you found something?"
Hearing this, Hu Rui'an narrowed his eyes slightly, and a look of gravity passed through his gaze as he said, "There is a smell of blood inside."
Hu Rui'an had clawed his way up from the very bottom of the Tianjin Guards through nothing but his own ability over many years, and as a result his senses and experience in investigation work far exceeded those of ordinary people.
As the outstanding junior talents of the Tianjin Guards, Wu Shang and Cheng Zhong had detected nothing, yet Hu Rui'an had taken one look at the government office from the outside and immediately identified something amiss.