Golden Summoner

On the streets of Xinchuan City, the gray-green painted tanks and armored vehicles parked on the street are somewhat eye-catching.

At the key thoroughfares at the ends of streets and bridges, you can still see the sandbags, barbed wire, triangles and the like that were used to build fortifications. Some soldiers are building permanent bunkers and defensive facilities on the streets.

Garbage trucks, trucks, excavators and cranes were clearing the rubble on the streets one after another. The order of the entire city was restored to some extent compared to yesterday, but the tense atmosphere was still there.

There were long queues at the bank entrance, material distribution points and military recruitment offices.

Soldiers and staff wearing the red armbands of the Military Control Commission can be seen everywhere on the streets.

The one square kilometer surrounding the two permanent space cracks in the center of Xinchuan and in the southwest has become a military restricted area. All the residents who originally lived there have moved out. The engineering troops of the 87th Army have moved those two places. The surroundings were surrounded, and permanent defenses and various military facilities were being built overtime to surround the two permanent space cracks.

Throughout the city, long lines of military vehicles transporting quick-drying cement and various military supplies were driving to the two military restricted areas.

Residents living near the restricted area are also looking for ways to move.

"...The Military Control Commission forcibly requisitioned the empty houses in this city in accordance with the wartime act and distributed them to citizens who lost their homes in natural disasters. Many people who originally had to rent houses can now live in them for free, so the city Order has been restored relatively quickly, food is collected free of charge per person, once a week, and cash banknotes have usage limits..."

"Do we also need to build permanent fortifications in the urban area?"

"Yes, the permanent fortifications in the city are very useful in the face of space invasion. They are much better than none. They can greatly reduce the casualties of our soldiers..."

On the military vehicle, Staff Officer Guo who was driving saw Xia Pingan looking at the situation on the road outside, so he took the initiative to introduce the situation in the city to Xia Pingan, "By the way, I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Guo Wei. Staff officer of the 87th Army Corps, we are still fellow villagers, and I am also from Xianghe!"

"Nice to meet you. Since we are fellow villagers, I will ask for advice from Counselor Guo in the future!" Xia Pingan said to Guo Shen with a smile.

Staff Officer Guo's eyes were extremely bright behind the lenses of his round glasses. He smiled very politely, "You're welcome. In the 87th Army, there are staff officers like me everywhere. In the army, staff officers don't have leadership skills, and they don't even fart. Hibiki, I just follow the legion commander and run errands for the legion commander. It is the human briefcase beside the legion commander..."

Xia Ping'an knew that Staff Officer Guo was humble and that there were many talents in the army. There would be no mediocre role among those who could work with Tang Guofeng.

The two chatted in the car, and in just over twenty minutes, they passed through half of Xinchuan City and arrived at the Gaojia Manor in Nancheng City.

The Gaojia Manor is located on a mountain in the southern urban area. It is a private manor covering an area of ​​more than 200 acres. From a distance, you can only see a group of white modern buildings hidden in the shade of trees, which looks a bit mysterious.

The scenery around Gaojia Manor is beautiful. It is the most prime residential area in the entire Xinchuan City. The people who live nearby are either rich or noble. There are private villas and private manors nearby.

On the night of the 15th, the nearest fire meteorite landed more than 1,600 meters away from the Gaojia Manor, so the area was basically unaffected.

There were more than a dozen police cars parked on the road outside the manor. A nearby gas station was in a mess, with signs of fire. A cordon had been set up outside the manor, and many police officers were busy here.

As soon as Xia Pingan and Guo Wei got off the military vehicle, a fat middle-aged man wearing a first-class police supervisor uniform walked directly towards them.

"Hello, I am Xu Zheng, the chief of the Xinchuan City Police Department..." The middle-aged police chief introduced himself, shook hands with Xia Pingan and Guo Wei, and his attitude was very low, "I'm sorry, It’s causing trouble for Chairman Tang, but this matter is too difficult and the identity of the deceased is not an ordinary person, so we have to report it to the Military Control Commission and ask Chairman Tang to send someone to assist in the investigation!”

"Hello, Director Xu, my name is Guo Wei. This is Mr. Xia Ping'an, the legion priest of our 87th legion. Chairman Tang asked Mr. Xia Ping'an to come here to assist you in your investigation to determine whether there are summoners and members of the Devil's Eye involved... ..." Guo Wei introduced Xia Ping'an to the chief of the Xinchuan City Police Department and put himself in the role of assistant.

When Guo Wei introduced that Xia Pingan was actually the legion priest of the 87th Legion, Director Xu and the surrounding police officers looked at Xia Pingan in surprise.

The role of the legion priest is not necessarily the most powerful among the summoners, but it is definitely the most respected. It is not only the troops who need the requiem flag, but Xia Pingan's age is too young.

Xu Zheng was polite to Xia Pingan and took Xia Pingan and Guo Wei directly into the Gao family manor and introduced the case to them in person.

According to Xu Zheng's introduction, these family members of the Gao family have been taking refuge in the shelter of the Gao family manor in the past few days. They just came out of the shelter two days ago, but just last night, in a conference room of the manor, , but seven members of the Gao family were brutally killed.

There is an atmosphere of refinement and luxury everywhere in the Gaojia Manor. Next to the fountain at the entrance of the manor is the garage. There are more than 20 cars parked in the garage, all of which are luxury cars.

Entering the manor, you can see some police officers pulling some servants and bodyguards from the Gao family manor to make inquiries and take notes.

There were police officers surveying the scene everywhere, and many cordons were set up in the woods and on the grass of the manor...

The speaker of the Yizhou Provincial Assembly was killed, and so many people in the family died. If it were half a month ago, this would definitely be a shocking case that would shock the entire Yizhou Province and Dayan Kingdom. Even if the situation is tense now, this case The influence in Yizhou Province is not small. The Gao family is also considered one of the wealthy families in Yizhou Province. Unexpectedly, they would encounter such a huge change in one day.

No, even the chief of the Xinchuan City Police Department came in person.

"I see there are a lot of bodyguards and servants in the Gao family manor. Apart from the seven members of the Gao family, are there any other victims in the manor?" Guo Wei asked as he walked into the manor.

"Except for the seven members of the Gao family, there are no other victims in the entire manor. The bodyguards in the manor only discovered the anomaly this morning and then reported the case..."

"Where are the other members of the Gao family?"

"The other members of the Gao family are just a few women and children, and a Summoner bodyguard with a somewhat special identity. They also stayed at the Gao family manor last night, but they were all well and were not affected. It seems that the perpetrator's goal Very clear..."

"Didn't the Summoner's bodyguard notice anything unusual?"

"No, the Summoner bodyguard of the Gao family also lit the heart lamp and meditated in the bedroom last night. According to him, the heart lamp didn't move all night, and he didn't find anything abnormal. We can't verify whether he lit the lamp. I doubt he did. Maybe I'm lying to shirk responsibility, so I have to ask the summoner to come here and take another look..."

"There is surveillance in the Gao family manor. Didn't the surveillance find anything?"

"Before the incident, there was a fire and a small explosion at the gas station outside the Gao family's manor. When the explosion occurred, the generator room of the Gao family seemed to be affected. A circuit failure occurred and the power was out for more than 20 minutes. After the power outage, the monitoring system can't work,

Judging from the time of death of those in the Gao family, we suspect that the murderer sneaked into the conference room at this time. The bodyguards of the Gao family also said that when the gas station outside was on fire, people from the Gao family came out of the conference room to learn about the situation. , then returned to the conference room, and no one came out again..."

"A lot of time has passed between last night and this morning. Why did you only notice the abnormality this morning?" Xia Pingan asked with a serious face.

"Ahem, we have asked the bodyguards and servants of the Gao family. The Gao family has a rule that when members of the Gao family are meeting and discussing things in the conference room, outsiders are not allowed to enter the conference room without permission. Even the conference room You can't get close to the floors and corridors at will, and the sound insulation in the conference room is very good. Even if there is some noise inside, it can't be heard outside.

So last night, the bodyguards and summoners of the Gao family didn't know anything happened in the conference room. It wasn't until this morning that no one came out of the conference room. The woman of the Gao family went to the conference room to take a look and found out who was inside. He was already killed, and the case was reported just now..."

Xu Zheng explained.

Several people were talking and had arrived in front of a mansion belonging to the Gao family.

Through the floor-to-ceiling windows outside the house, you can see that in the living room of the Gao family's mansion, there are five women and seven or eight children and teenagers aged as young as four or five and as old as fifteen or sixteen. They are crying in the room, feeling miserable and overwhelmed. Several policemen were recording something in the big house.

The women were crying and arguing about something. A fat woman in her forties wearing a long blue dress was pointing at another woman in the room, crying and cursing, and then narrated a fifteen-year-old woman. The six-year-old boy suddenly rushed forward and pushed the cursing woman in her forties to the ground.

Seeing this, another boy of 13 or 14 years old picked up a vase in the room and hit the boy who pushed him. The vase hit the ground and broke into pieces.

The room was roaring and shouting, and it suddenly became chaotic...

Others in the house and the police rushed to pull him away.

Outside the house, one could vaguely hear the content of the argument in the house related to the disposal of some company's equity, stocks, bank deposits, etc.

"The main businesses of the Gao family include a coal mining company, two trading companies, a hotel chain and a real estate company. There are many other investment projects and a lot of property. All the men in the Gao family who can manage things are dead. There was no one before. After leaving the will, all that is left in the Gao family are a few women, daughters-in-law and some children who have not grown up..." Xu Zheng shook his head helplessly.

Guo Wei glanced at the room and shook his head slightly, "It seems that this inheritance lawsuit will be fought in the future!"