Once I enter the pass, great Confucian scholars will surely debate the classics for me.

Zhou Qingfeng had no idea what Ah Gou was thinking, and even if he did, he wouldn't laugh at him or care.

When we were fleeing famine, we had no choice but to be grateful for any food we could get. But in the city lord's mansion, we had no right to be picky and had to fight for food, otherwise we would have to eat other people's leftovers.

Now that I'm in the Night Patrol Division and hold a high position, I have the means and the qualifications to resume my normal eating habits. I should be more particular about what I eat and not eat like a starving ghost.

"It's a pity there's no Coke when we're eating roast suckling pig," Zhou Qingfeng sighed, ultimately feeling that something was missing.

"Cola? What's that?" Ah Gou asked curiously.

Zhou Qingfeng shook his head and smiled: "It's nothing, you wouldn't understand even if I told you. Don't stand there, sit down and eat with me."

"Me? Can I?" Ah Gou pointed to his nose, incredulous.

Zhou Qingfeng smiled faintly: "I'll let you sit down, so please sit down."

"Thank you, Commander Xie." Ah Gou sat down happily, about to reach out and grab it, but then realized that eating like that was not right. Seeing how Zhou Qingfeng ate, he picked up his chopsticks and imitated him, taking small bites and savoring the food.

Looking at Ah Gou's appearance, Zhou Qingfeng couldn't help but smile.

At this moment, Jin Wei rushed in with a knife slung over his shoulder, cupped his hands and said, "Reporting to Commander Zhou, I have found a clue!"

"Speak." Zhou Qingfeng glanced at him indifferently, picked up a piece of roasted meat and put it in his mouth.

Jin Wei wiped his sweat and said, "After careful questioning, only one woman named Sun in Yangjiao Alley was willing to speak. She said she witnessed a stranger loitering in front of the Mu Zi Li family's house for a while."

“That stranger appeared several times before and after. At first, Madam Sun just thought he was a new friend of Mu Zili and didn’t tell us anything in detail.”

"However, since you, Commander, issued a reward, Madam Sun told me about this and hopes to get a thousand coins based on this valuable clue."

"Upon hearing this, my subordinate became suspicious and questioned him more carefully. He discovered that before Mu Zili disappeared, the stranger had appeared several times, but after Mu Zili disappeared, he never appeared again."

"My subordinates found it very suspicious, so they ordered someone to draw a portrait based on the description given by the woman surnamed Sun."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Qingfeng casually extended his hand.

Upon seeing this, Jin Wei understood and immediately bowed, took out the portrait, and presented it with both hands.

Then he glanced at Ah Gou, who was eating barbecue on the table.

I couldn't help but feel a little confused and utterly puzzled. He was clearly a ruthless and cunning villain, yet he was so approachable that he ate at the same table as a servant. I just couldn't understand it. I really couldn't understand what the Commander was thinking.

Little did they know that Zhou Qingfeng simply followed the fourteen-character mantra passed down from the Zhou family in his conduct and actions.

Be compassionate in your character, and act decisively in your actions.

These fourteen characters, seemingly nonsensical and contradictory, actually contain the great wisdom of our ancestors, and will be interpreted in a thousand different ways depending on the perspective of a thousand people.

Even Zhou Qingfeng hasn't fully grasped it yet, so don't expect a local from the lower class to understand it.

Zhou Qingfeng unfolded the portrait expressionlessly, glanced at it, and casually placed it on the table: "Investigate, dig three feet into the ground and bring this person back. I, the commander, will interrogate him personally. As usual, you have one day."

"Yes, Commander Zhou." Jin Wei bowed and clasped his hands in greeting, secretly relieved, and turned to leave.

After the meal, Zhou Qingfeng went to the courtyard to practice Zhou Family Fist. Although he had now learned magic and possessed magical power, he could not neglect his family's martial arts. He still had to practice them to at least improve his health.

After all, there are no methods to strengthen the body right now.

If I have the opportunity in the future, I can learn a physical training method and put aside Zhou Family Boxing.

An hour later, Zhou Qingfeng stopped practicing his boxing techniques, his scalding muscles steaming with white smoke.

Seeing this, Ah Gou quickly grabbed a towel: "I've never seen the flag bearer's boxing style before, can I learn it?"

Zhou Qingfeng wiped his sweat and said with a smile, "Of course you can, but this set of boxing techniques is nothing special. Without the support of magic power, even if you learn the boxing techniques, you can probably only deal with some thugs and hooligans."

Ah Gou said enviously, "Then can I learn how to cultivate magic from you?"

"I'm afraid it's not possible for you to learn from me. The techniques I've learned cannot be passed on to outsiders without the permission of the first family. However, if you really want to cultivate, you will have the opportunity in the future."

Zhou Qingfeng looked at Agou's eager-to-learn expression and did not refuse, because everyone struggling at the bottom wants to seize any fleeting opportunity to change their fate.

I myself seized every opportunity and quickly changed my destiny in a very short period of time.

In fact, what many people lack is not talent or ability, but an opportunity.

Ah Gou might just be lacking an opportunity, but I have power in my hands, and if I use that power properly, it wouldn't be difficult to give him that opportunity.

If it succeeds, I'll have another good helper; if it fails, I won't lose anything. Why not?

"Thank you, Commander! Thank you, Commander!" Ah Gou was overjoyed to receive the promise. He kept bowing to express his gratitude and then ran off impatiently: "Commander, I want to tell my mother that I can start cultivating soon!"

Zhou Qingfeng watched Ah Gou's retreating figure, a smile playing on his lips.

Then, as if sensing something, he turned his head to look at the rooftop not far away.

A young man, dressed in a blue brocade robe and carrying three ring-pommel swords at his waist, sat there at some point.

"Old Ye, sneaking around and eavesdropping is the work of a coward."

Ye Tingxiu sat sideways, leaning on his sword, and tossed his hair: "Don't talk nonsense. I'm sitting here openly and honestly enjoying the scenery. Even if I heard something, I heard it openly and honestly. I didn't eavesdrop."

"Heh, sophistry, keep sophistry." Zhou Qingfeng chuckled and turned to go back into the house.

"Hey, hey, hey, you're so boring. I came here specifically to see you." Ye Tingxiu landed with a leap, nimbly spun around a few times, and used one hand to brace against the door frame, blocking Zhou Qingfeng's path.

Zhou Qingfeng bent down and passed directly under Ye Tingxiu's armpit without turning his head, saying, "Go find someone else to fight."

Seeing that he couldn't stop him, Ye Tingxiu immediately followed him into the room: "I did want to fight you, but I'm not here to fight you. I have something important to tell you that can help you solve the case."

Zhou Qingfeng expressionlessly washed the towel in the basin and let it dry: "If you hadn't taken the opportunity to stab me in the back, I would have considered you a decent person. Now you suddenly come to help me, do you think I believe you?"

Ye Tingxiu scoffed, "Tch, you're overthinking it. Neither you nor Lao Xiao are good people. I won't play mind games with you anyway, because sincerity is my ultimate weapon."

"Let me be frank, I'm not helping you, I'm helping that old mother find her missing son."

"Old Xiao speculated that there are two possibilities for Mu Zili's disappearance: one is that demons and monsters ate people and faked the disappearance scene, and the other is that she was captured as material for refining weapons and pills, or sold into slavery."

"My intuition tells me that the second possibility is more likely."

“If you investigate in this direction, you will definitely find something.”

"I've said my piece. Believe it or not, it's up to you. Don't tell Lao Xiao that I was here. He told me not to tell you."

"I'm leaving!" Ye Tingxiu waved his hand, turned around and strode out the door.