Case Closed!

"Do you think I don't want to?"

The prefect wasn't panicking. He didn't know why these people were looking for the selected girls, but if they wanted to achieve their goal, they had to work with him.

"If those girls are missing, I'll be impeached. The lightest sentence I could get is exile!"

"I want to find those girls as quickly as you do!"

The prefect's expression was stern, and he seemed remarkably unflappable. "After the incident, I sealed off the prefectural city and put trusted men on the gates."

"If a group of women were hiding in the city, they couldn't possibly go unnoticed!"

The prefect had flown into a rage this time and arrested all the gang leaders who preyed on the city. After a round of beatings, quite a few of them chose to cooperate.

These people had a wide range of sources for information, but none of them had uncovered even the slightest clue.

After the prefect finished explaining the situation, Gu Qingqiu frowned slightly, then ordered, "Untie Lord Prefect!"

With a sweep of her short blade, Xia Hongyao cut the hemp rope binding the prefect.

"Have you had anyone watching Shen the God of Wealth and the Investigating Official's homes lately?"

Lin Baici asked.

"Yes!"

The prefect glanced at Lin Baici, thinking that anyone who wasn't an idiot would have done the same.

"Bring in the people you sent. I want to question them!"

Gu Qingqiu urged.

"Now?"

When the prefect saw Gu Qingqiu nod, he considered it for a moment, then suggested, "Why don't you come back to the prefectural office with me? It'll be easier to work there!"

"Fine!"

Gu Qingqiu didn't refuse. She wasn't afraid of walking into a tiger's den; with Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao's fighting strength, they could take