Chapter 42: Abnormal Affairs Bureau
Compared with Xuanzhou, where the Great Xuan Kingdom is in charge, the land of Nanyue, at least on the surface, has a harmonious people and a prosperous society.

It can be said that the countries in South Vietnam were rampant with evil spirits. The strength of each country was not much different. And because no country had risen up to become a leader, the countries here were often controlled by the big powers and wars broke out.

It can be said that there were bullets flying all day and artillery fire for three days.

And on the edge of the land of Nanyue, there is an inconspicuous small country - Elisu.

This country is named after the local Erisu people. Its land area is less than 16 square kilometers and its total population is only 50. However, such an inconspicuous small country has rich natural resources. Oil, gold and agriculture are the main industries here.

Having abundant resources without sufficient military power is like a child carrying gold through a busy market. Since Erisu was discovered and listed as a colony by other countries eighty years ago, this small country has become a prey that many countries are vying for.

Although Elisu had also resisted fiercely, they were outnumbered and paid a heavy price. Today, Elisu is a mixed race, and the whole country seems to be bustling with people, but the original Elisu population has decreased by 70%.

Today, Elisu is affected by the wars in South Vietnam. The domestic situation is turbulent, the reactionary army and drug dealers are colluding with each other, and the government has lost its control over the entire country. The people are living in dire straits. Of course, this is only for the lower-class people.
At this time, in the city of Wakri in Erisu, in a tree-lined suburb far away from the flames of war, red and white luxurious villas stood tall, and on the wide lawn surrounded by iron fences stood men and women of all skin colors, dressed in bright clothes, holding wine glasses and standing in groups of three or five, chatting and laughing as they toasted each other, showing the elegance and indifference of the upper class.

Today is the 70th birthday of the old man of the Cai family. The Cai family has been stranded here since the 1980s. With unity and ruthlessness, they quickly seized a drug production base from the gangsters at the time. Relying on this base, the Cai family developed rapidly.

Up to now, it has become a huge force in Erisun that cannot be ignored. Both the reactionary army and the government will give it some respect.

Therefore, today is the 70th birthday of the old man of the Cai family, and all the upper-class people in Elisu have come. Even the government and the reactionary army have sent people to send gifts.

In the villa, Cai Yue was playing with the Buddha's hand beads that had been polished until they were shiny. His head full of white hair not only did not make him look old, but on the contrary he looked energetic, without any signs of being frail and old like a 70-year-old man.

"I heard that Daxuan has been quite busy recently."

A powerful voice came out of his mouth, and the middle-aged men and women standing behind the old man looked at each other. Then a middle-aged man who looked about 70% similar to the old man stood up and said:
"A mysterious force seems to have emerged in a small city in Daxuan. It wiped out most of the underground forces in the city overnight and cut off the industrial chain there. This matter has spread like wildfire over there, and it seems that Xuanjing has also sent people to investigate."

"Really? Just overnight?" A gleam of light flashed in Cai Yue's eyes. With the current strength of the Cai family, if all the armed forces were deployed, they could naturally easily wipe out the underground forces in a city, but this would inevitably cause a huge commotion.

But the news from there was that those underground forces disappeared without a trace and were not discovered until the next day. This result was either that this force was really extremely terrifying and had already infiltrated various underground forces before the action. Only by cooperating inside and outside could they eliminate those forces with thunderous force and without a trace.

Either
Cai Yue suddenly clenched the Buddha's hand beads in his hand. The golden beads were made of unknown material. They were neither gold nor jade, nor industrially made glass or plastic. Under the sunlight, they appeared translucent, revealing the complex veins inside them like blood vessels.

In his more than seventy years of career, Cai Yue went from Daxuan to Elisu. He witnessed and participated in the rise of the Cai family, experienced countless life and death ups and downs, and also witnessed things that ordinary people would consider myths.

Therefore, in the eyes of all the senior officials of the Cai family and even the entire Elisu, this old man in his seventies has become more and more fond of collecting antiques and some strange things in recent years. They thought this was Cai Yue's hobby, but they didn't know that this was his pursuit and desire in his later years.

Having witnessed the myth with his own eyes, how could he not desire such magical and powerful power?

"Is there any business for us there?" The old man's slightly hoarse voice came out again.

The middle-aged man had no doubts, but just hesitated for a few seconds, then said: "There was a young man in the branch who was running a pig business there, but with this change, the business should be gone."

"Really? Send someone there. Even though they're from a side branch, they're still members of the Cai family and we can't let them be bullied like this." "Yes, Xiaolin is in Daxuan, you can ask him to go there." The middle-aged man replied.

At this time, in Xuanjing, far away in Daxuan.

A man and a woman walked out of the archive room of the Xuanjing Police Bureau. Both of them looked very young, probably in their twenties, but they had an extraordinary temperament.

They left accompanied by several people from the police station, and then in front of everyone, the two got into the car, started the engine, and drove away from everyone's sight.

"Deputy Director, who are these two people? Why do you need to send them off?" Seeing that the people had gone far away, one of the middle-aged men asked curiously.

"Who? Someone we don't normally get in touch with. Well, there are some things we can't find out. Lao Liu, go back and compile a copy of the files they checked and put it in the director's office."

"it is good."

In the car, Zhang Xiaohu looked focused, his hands skillfully controlling the steering wheel. He was obviously an experienced driver.

"Okay, don't hold it in anymore. Just ask whatever questions you have." Inside the car, the woman sitting in the passenger seat said lazily.

Zhang Xiaohu glanced at the other person quickly. In terms of age, the woman was not as old as him. But she always had an aura of having everything under control. This aura always reminded Zhang Xiaohu of his former captain, Zhang Hongjie. When handling a case, the other party always had this demeanor and aura.

"Team leader, do those things really exist in our Qingyuan City?" Zhang Xiaohu spoke intermittently, as if he didn't know how to describe it.

"Xiaohu, how long have you been in our bureau?" Without answering Zhang Xiaohu's question, the woman asked, looking at the scenery receding outside the car window.

"It's been three years. Three years ago, I suddenly received a transfer order to be transferred here." Zhang Xiaohu replied.

"It's been three years. You were still a candidate in the bureau before, right? What's your impression of our bureau now?" The woman suddenly turned around and looked at Zhang Xiaohu. Zhang Xiaohu's face tightened under the sudden gaze of the woman, and the words in his mouth could not be uttered.

"Do you think the people in the bureau are weird and you can't understand why the higher-ups would set up such a bureau?"

Zhang Xiaohu pursed his lips and did not answer, but silence is sometimes the best answer.

"The Abnormal Affairs Bureau was first established in the 1990s, and it has been almost fifty years now. When I first joined, I was just like you. I saw a group of people in the bureau talking nonsense about some items, and some even performed shaman dances. I was very puzzled until someone gave me this thing."

Yun Manshan was holding the pendant hanging around her neck with her fingers. It was a miniature gourd. The gourd was dark red in color with cloud patterns on the outside, which made it look extremely quaint.

Zhang Xiaohu caught a glimpse of Yun Manshan carefully pulling out the stopper of the pocket gourd, then she took out the cup she carried with her and placed the mouth of the gourd into the cup, pouring the liquid into it like pouring water.

(End of this chapter)