Traveling through ancient times, the empress insisted on having a child with me

It has to be said that Zhang Tong and Zhao Fu both work very hard.

The next morning, when Ling Chuan was about to leave for the Criminal Investigation Bureau, the two of them were already waiting at the door.

Zhao Fu took the donkey whip from Chu Yi very consciously, while Zhang Tong held up a stack of papers with both hands: "Lord Ling, this is the information we know about the Investigation Bureau, but our positions are too low, so there are some things we cannot find out, but we will continue to inquire."

Ling Chuan weighed the stack of papers in his hand and nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, let's go."

Today is the official opening day of the Criminal Investigation Bureau. Although firecrackers cannot be set off, Wu Kun still made it look quite serious.

All the officers of the Judicial Bureau lined up in the courtyard, from the lobby door to the courtyard gate, while the guards stood in front of the screen wall outside the door. It was a huge crowd and looked quite imposing.

Ling Chuan was a small clerk, at the lowest level among the officials of the Criminal Investigation Bureau, so he simply found a corner at the door and waited there. Wu Kun first gave a speech at the entrance of the lobby, and then called out the names of officials at all levels one by one, asking them to come forward and speak, and make a brief introduction, so that everyone could quickly get to know each other.

Ling Chuan was also called and went up to give a brief introduction. Then he discovered that Duan Xifeng had also come.

After Duan Xifeng briefly introduced himself, Wu Kun added: "Duan Dangtou performed well today and deserves encouragement. All colleagues should be like Duan Dangtou in the future, able to endure hardships and sufferings. If you want to enjoy your life, you might as well go back as soon as possible. If you mess up the job, don't blame Wu for being ruthless."

Duan Xifeng, who was walking down, paused, but only for a moment, and then continued to walk back. Ling Chuan quietly waved at him, and Duan Xifeng walked to Ling Chuan's side.

"Your back injury hasn't healed yet, why don't you rest for a few days?"

Duan Xifeng bowed to him and said, "Thank you, Brother Ling, for your concern. I am fine now. If I hadn't come today, who knows what would have happened. To be honest, I still have to rely on this salary to support my family."

Ling Chuan sighed: "It's true that a penny can make a hero fall."

He originally wanted to help Duan Xifeng, but the two of them were not that close yet, and Duan Xifeng seemed to be a strong-willed person, so giving him money for no reason would be a slap in the face.

At this time, Wu Kun raised his voice again: "We have four deputy supervisors in the Judicial Bureau. Each deputy supervisor is responsible for different types of cases. The twelve officers must obey the deputy supervisors' orders. Everyone should work hard and serve the court."

"I will follow the orders of the Lord."

"It's all gone."

Wu Kun transferred a lot of case files from the Three Judicial Departments, all of which were old cases. He classified them and gave them to the deputy supervisors in charge of the four departments. Each department had a foreman who was responsible for analyzing the files, and finally the head of the twelfth room was dispatched to investigate the case.

Ling Chuan and Duan Xifeng stayed in the yard and chatted, watching the heads of the cases being called in one by one. After a while, they came out excitedly, and then shouted and called their men to go out to investigate the case.

In just half a day, all the heads of the twelve rooms were sent out, except Ling Chuan and Duan Xifeng, who were not called in once.

Ling Chuan winked at Zhang Tong who was standing beside him: "Go and have a look. What are they busy with inside? Have all the cases been assigned?"

Zhang Tong pretended to pass by, strolled past the doors of the four rooms, strolled back, and then came back to report: "Sir, several deputy supervisors are drinking tea and chatting."

Ling Chuan and Duan Xifeng looked at each other. It was obvious that this was marginalizing them. No cases were assigned to them, and they were just going to sit here and do nothing?

Although many actors just want to make a living, there are also many who want to make achievements and establish their own careers. Now they are following these two bosses, but are being targeted by their superiors and are not even given any work. Soon people started gathering together to discuss the matter.

Although the discussion was not loud, Ling Chuan and Duan Xifeng both heard a few words of complaint.

Duan Xifeng smiled bitterly: "Duan wants to make achievements and bring honor to the family, but he met such a boss. It seems that he can't stay in the investigation department any longer."

Ling Chuan smiled and said, "Brother Duan, isn't it easy to make achievements? If the higher-ups don't give us cases, we can go and get them ourselves."

"Why?" Duan Xifeng said, "They must have received instructions from Wu Kun. If they rashly go to ask for a job, it would be tantamount to asking for humiliation."

Ling Chuan patted him on the shoulder and was about to speak, but Duan Xifeng grimaced in pain: "Sorry, sorry, I forgot your injury is not healed yet."

"It's okay, Brother Ling, if you have anything to say, just say it."

"We need to be flexible in dealing with people. If they don't give it to us, we can check it ourselves."

"How can we investigate this? We have no clues or leads. If things go wrong, we might even be charged with abuse of power."

"Brother Duan, the four deputy supervisors are only giving Wu Kun a face. As long as we do a clean and neat job, and the credit is delivered to them, do you think they will want it?"

Duan Xifeng was silent for a while: "That being said, we don't even know what the case is."

"I don't know if we can ask around."

Duan Xifeng hurriedly asked, "Brother Ling, do you have a solution?"

Ling Chuan spread his hands: "No."

"Who should I ask?"

Ling Chuan pointed inside the door and said, "Just those four."

Duan Xifeng was stunned, and Ling Chuan continued: "It is naturally inconvenient for people to talk about it here. Once you leave this door, it will be another matter."

Seeing Duan Xifeng's confused look, Ling Chuan took out ten taels of silver and handed it to Zhang Tong beside him: "You and Zhao Fu, go find a decent restaurant to order a table and send it there. Keep these ten taels of silver, but don't buy any wine."

Zhang Tong nodded and was about to leave when Ling Chuan said, "If the four deputy supervisors ask, just say I invited them to dinner at the Jiaofangsi across the street tonight."

When he heard the word "Jiaofangsi", Zhang Tong's eyes lit up. That was the Jiaofangsi, a place they couldn't even afford to visit once a year.

Zhao Fu, who was standing by, asked, "Sir, where are you going?"

"Of course I'm going to eat." Ling Chuan said, "When you two are done, come to Niu Er Tavern."

"Okay." The two turned and left.

Ling Chuan said to Duan Xifeng, "Call your men and let's go eat."

Duan Xifeng nodded, left a guard to listen, and then a large group of more than ten or twenty people went to the tavern to eat.

Although the four deputy supervisors did not assign any tasks to Ling Chuan and the others, they were still keeping an eye on them. When they saw that they had all left, one of them said, "These two are a little impatient. They can't stay for only half a day?"

Another person said, "I don't think so. They took all their men away."

"Should we inform the Lord?"

"Brother Hu, these two people have no grudges against us. If the Lord wants to target them, we should give him enough face now. There is no need to go too far."

"Brother Tu is right. Duan Xifeng is at least a descendant of a military family, so that's enough."

"If Duan Xifeng couldn't stand it, he wouldn't have come today. It's almost noon now, so I guess the two of them are going to eat with their men."

"Come to think of it, it's almost noon, should we find a place to have a couple of drinks?"

The deputy supervisor surnamed Tu waved his hand and said, "I have to be on duty this afternoon, so I won't drink, lest the supervisor be unhappy. Let's just eat something casually, and I'll treat you to a drink somewhere tonight. Would you mind?"

Several people became polite and chatted for a while. Just as they were about to find a place to eat, they saw two foreigners, one fat and one thin, coming in with a few people dressed as waiters.

Zhang Tongchao bowed to the deputy supervisors and said, "My lords, Ling Dangtou said that he admires you all and it is inconvenient to disturb you, so he asked me to order a table at Zuichunlou to serve you. I hope you don't mind."