I Become a Martial Arts God in the Chaotic Demon World-Chapter 430: Dare to Investigate?

Tan Fang's house was relatively neat and clean, but since Tan Fang's death, it seemed it hadn't been cleaned thoroughly, so it was covered with a layer of dust.

At this moment, beneath the table Han Zheng pointed to, there were two shallow footprints, which were not even visible unless one looked closely.

Earlier, when everyone searched, they only glanced from the outside and hadn't stepped on that spot, so it couldn't have been from the present Xuanjia Guards.

The Xuanjia Guards of the Capital Demon Suppression Department were the elite among the elite. They liked to look at problems from a higher perspective, and sometimes they would overlook such details.

Tang Tong lay on the ground, carefully observing these footprints, and said in a deep voice, "These footprints are not Tan Fang's. The soles of shoes worn by civil officials are relatively flat, whether cloth shoes or leather boots, designed for lightness.

But these footprints have specially made anti-slip tread patterns and are pressed deeply, likely marks left by battle armor iron boots.

However, they are not from our Demon Cleansing Bureau. Our Xuanjia armor is light armor and does not have iron boots, but rather black beast-skin official boots, which suggests these footprints were left by someone from the military.

Little Yi, go to logistics and get imprints of all the military's iron boot types and compare them one by one, quickly."

Although Tang Tong, the Demon Sweeping Captain of Le'an Square, might not be as powerful as the elite in the Thirteen Guards, his understanding of the Capital far exceeded that of the Thirteen Guards.

Han Zheng only discovered a suspicious footprint, yet he managed to analyze so many things from just these footprints.

A young Xuanjia Guard, who looked under twenty and a bit inexperienced, answered and immediately turned to leave.

About an hour later, Little Yi came back with a pile of rubbings.

Everyone compared them one by one and finally found a rubbing identical to the footprint.

Tang Tong exclaimed with joy, "If these footprints had been from standard official military boots, they would have been harder to find, but these prints have a small simplified tiger pattern. Only the battle boots of the four City Garrison Generals of the Capital have this design, which narrows the suspects down to only four.

The four City Garrison Generals guard the east, south, west, and north city gates. Because of their special status, they normally do not go to other people's defense areas.

Le'an Square is near South City and belongs to the area under the jurisdiction of the South City Garrison General. I am ninety percent sure these footprints belong to Gongsun Yuan, the South City Garrison General!"

For three thousand years of Great Zhou's development, these officials liked to do some superficial projects to show off their status, even the Demon Cleansing Bureau couldn't avoid this.

For instance, those Grand Stewards in the Thirteen Guards who hadn't reached the Yang God Realm would add Red Crystal Lion Eyes to their Profound Gold Swallowing Lion Armor to show their status, indicating they were different from other Capital Commandants.

And the military would be even more extravagant, wanting different armor designs for each army.

The status of the four City Garrison Generals in the Capital was equivalent to that of the Garrison Capital Commandants of the Demon Cleansing Bureau, similar to those generals who garrison a city externally.

But they believed they were guarding the Capital, so their status was undoubtedly higher, leading them to add some decorations to their armor to distinguish themselves.

Unexpectedly, it was just this little decoration that became the evidence Han Zheng needed to zero in on him.

Han Zheng squinted his eyes, pondered for a moment, and said, "So many weapons are missing from the arsenal. Tan Fang, as the Director of the Weapon Department, could have relocated the soldiers guarding the arsenal and falsified the records, but how did a scholar like him transport the weapons out?

Even if he had help, getting them out of the Capital would still be difficult; if discovered while leaving the city, he'd be doomed.

Such a massive amount of weapons and armor couldn't rely on a Qiankun Bag unless they had tens of thousands of Qiankun Bags.

But even if the entire power of Great Zhou was exhausted, it would be impossible to gather so many Qiankun Bags, so the weapons are either still hidden in the Capital or have blatantly been taken out.

If Gongsun Yuan was in cahoots with them, it would make sense.

Gongsun Yuan, being the South City Garrison General, is responsible for inspecting passing caravans. If he were involved, moving weapons out of the Capital would be a breeze.

This Gongsun Yuan even went to see Pan Qiaoyun shortly after Tan Fang's death, possibly to discuss destroying evidence or planning future weapon theft.

But no matter what, it proves that in this arsenal case, his rank is far above that of Tan Fang."

Xiang Yuangong gently reminded, "Lord Han, the relationship between our Demon Cleansing Bureau and the military is good. Although we sometimes compete for merit, we mostly cooperate."

His words were intended to remind Han Zheng that if he wanted to investigate Gongsun Yuan, he needed to be careful since Gongsun Yuan might have the entire Great Zhou Military backing him.

Han Zheng said firmly, "So what if the relationship is good? Even if this case has connections reaching the sky, it must still be investigated.

This first day has already revealed remnants of the Blood Demon Sect involved, and the military acting as a spy. Further investigation may uncover more.

The problem is that everyone knows this case is troublesome and thorny, so no one wants to handle it; otherwise, it wouldn't have fallen to me.

As the Grand Commander let me lead the Jing'an Guard to face such problems, why else, with my qualifications, should I be in charge of the Jing'an Guard?

It's because I'm willing to do what others don't dare to do, I, Han Zheng, dare to do it!

Everyone, any mistakes in this case will be my responsibility, but once we achieve merit, it will belong to the entire Jing'an Guard."

Xiang Yuangong resolutely said, "Since Lord Han says so, we naturally will not be afraid; we will investigate to the end!"

Bao Chong grinned and said, "Lord Han, you defeated me in one move before, which I accept.

But now you look down on us, which we cannot accept.

The Thirteen Guards are the Grand Commander's close elite, doing the jobs others dare not do!

In every mission, didn't our brothers go through fire and water, risking our lives to complete them?

Lord Han, if you dare to investigate, naturally, we dare to investigate too!"

Even Liu Yuan, usually most gloomy in character, coldly laughed and said, "The Thirteen Guards never knew how to write the word fear!"

Han Zheng now saw that everyone in the Thirteen Guards was elite, but they were also rebellious and audacious.

If Han Zheng hadn't initially subdued them with absolute power, it would have truly been difficult to lead the Jing'an Guard.

The patrol Xuanjia Guards like Tang Tong watched were also boiling with enthusiasm.

Unfortunately, their strength was limited, and they would never have a chance to enter the Thirteen Guards in this lifetime.

"Lord Tang, we need to trouble you to help us investigate the whereabouts of South City Garrison General Gongsun Yuan."

Tang Tong immediately said, "Please wait a moment, Lord Han, we will investigate right away."

With that, Tang Tong quickly instructed several Xuanjia Guards to go and investigate.

Moments later, someone came to report that Gongsun Yuan was not on duty at the moment but was dining at the Crane Tower with Xu Tianxing, the Princely Heir of Duke Dingyuan.

"What is the background of this Princely Heir of Duke Dingyuan?"

Xiang Yuangong replied, "The lineage of Duke Dingyuan can be traced back to when our Great Zhou was just founded. The Xu family ancestors followed the Grand Ancestor of Great Zhou in unifying the country and were eventually granted the title of Duke Dingyuan, with hereditary succession, though not quite founding generals, they are reputable fierce generals.

In recent years, like most noble families, the lineage of Duke Dingyuan gradually leaned towards decay and decline, and their influence in the military decreased significantly.

However, years ago, the contemporary Duke Dingyuan, Xu Gaoyuan, participated in the military suppression of a rebellion, achieving some merits, leading to a resurgence of the Duke Dingyuan lineage.

Currently, among many nobles, the Duke Dingyuan lineage is considered mid to upper-middle class.

Shall we investigate now or wait until Gongsun Yuan and Xu Tianxing separate to investigate?"

Han Zheng said resolutely, "Investigate now! Since Gongsun Yuan has been identified as a suspect, then everyone who has contacted Gongsun Yuan is also suspicious!"

As Han Zheng was about to leave, he said to Tang Tong, "Lord Tang, you don't need to come this time; leave the real action to us. Thank you for your trouble.

When reporting to the Grand Commander, I will mention both your contributions and hard work."

"Thank you, Lord Han."

Tang Tong quickly saluted.

Watching Han Zheng and the others leave with great momentum, Tang Tong suddenly noticed the young Xuanjia Guard, Little Yi, looking with admiration and envy at Han Zheng and the others as they walked away.

"What is it, admiring the prestige of the Thirteen Guards?"

Little Yi sheepishly nodded.

Tang Tong cheerfully patted Little Yi's shoulder, "I have no chance in my lifetime; with my age, they wouldn't want me in the Thirteen Guards anyway.

You're still young; don't be lazy like those old hands. Train hard, and you might have a chance in the future.

But remember, their prestige is won with their lives.

What they're going to do now, I don't even dare to think about."