624: The thief noticed

"Buzz! Buzz!"

In the simple room, Wu Cong, the Captain of the Nine Divisions, was sleeping soundly.

Suddenly, a clear sound startled him awake, and he abruptly opened his eyes.

He instinctively grabbed the saber by the bed.

Holding his breath, he didn't find anyone around the room, only a stone on the bedside table next to the extinguished candle, constantly buzzing!

The sound that suddenly erupted was clearly coming from the stone!

Even now, the stone telephone on the bedside table was still vibrating.

Having spent some time exploring it with his subordinates during the day, Wu Cong was somewhat familiar with the object's movements.

Someone was calling.

He hadn't felt it when they were discussing the object face-to-face during the day, but now it made him feel a bit uncomfortable.

However.

After seeing the caller ID displayed on it, Wu Cong understood that there was no danger, so he reached out and picked up the stone telephone.

"Who is it?" The call connected, and Wu Cong asked with a mix of confusion and unfamiliarity.

"Is this the County Office?! I'm the Old Watchman working the night shift, and I see a Flower Thief here!" On the other end of the line, the Old Man's voice was very low, but it was very clear to Wu Cong's ear.

"Flower Thief?!" Hearing this, Wu Cong's aura suddenly changed: "Where?!"

As he spoke, the Man put on his clothes and shoes, while also putting his saber on his waist.

"In the West City, on Caishan Road, there are two people opposite, remember to bring more men!" The Old Watchman was now also in the zone, reporting quite accurately.

"I'll be right there!" Wu Cong said, then rushed out the door in a hurry.

But after running onto the street and seeing the empty streets and alleys under the night sky, he paused slightly.

According to the Old Watchman on the phone, there were two Flower Thieves, and thieves who commit such crimes usually have some basic Martial Arts skills. He might not be able to handle it alone if he went there by himself.

He must call more people!

Thinking this, Wu Cong's steps, which were about to run towards his subordinates' homes, stopped again.

Running to each of them one by one like this was too slow and wasted too much time.

In the past, when someone reported a crime to the County Office at night, it was always the porters who would rush to their homes to inform them.

By the time the constables from their County Office gathered and arrived at the scene, they could usually only see the scene after the crime.

As for the real culprit, they had long since fled without a trace.

It would be great if he could directly notify these colleagues and have them head there at the same time.

Thinking this, Wu Cong suddenly slapped his head: "That's right, don't I have a telephone?! The Watchman used the telephone to contact me!"

...

"Ding-a-ling..."

Not long after, bursts of telephone rings erupted from the telephones beside the constables of the County Office!

Some people groggily answered their telephones.

Wu Cong's shout immediately boomed from the telephone: "West City, Caishan Road, there's a Flower Thief, hurry!"

The three words "Flower Thief" in the telephone call instantly made some groggy constables perk up and jump out of bed.

After getting fully dressed in a few breaths, they looked around groggily again.

Their Boss who called him, where is he? How come he only heard the voice?

West City, Caishan Road.

The Old Watchman's telephone was still connected, and his gaze remained fixed on the two Men on the street.

"Lord, these two Flower Thieves have gone in the direction of Xiguan Street, their hideout seems to be there!" The Old Watchman followed behind, reporting in real time.

"Okay, we're heading that way. It just so happens I remember a constable lives nearby there, I'll contact him by telephone." Wu Cong nodded, his steps quick.

And beside him, several constables had already gathered.

"This is the first time I've experienced this method of handling cases." A subordinate of similar age next to Wu Cong said with some excitement.

"Who isn't." A Middle-aged Man running quickly behind also spoke: "In the past, when we received a report and rushed to the scene, the people were long gone, leaving us only with the work of wrapping up and collecting evidence, we were already sick of it!"

"This time, we can finally catch a thief on the spot!"

As the Middle-aged voice came out, a hint of cruel smile appeared on the faces of the few people around.

The telephone saved everyone the most time-consuming task of notification, and it also made their actions more discreet.

Xiguan Street.

The two masked Flower Thieves glanced at the empty street, and their steps couldn't help but quicken slightly.

With a leap, they flipped into a house.

This house was precisely their hideout!

In the room, the candle was lit.

Their eyes gleamed with lust as they rubbed their hands, their gaze fixed on the youthful woman they had placed on the bed.

"Boss, why do I feel a bit chilly on my back?" Among the two, the Man who was like a skinny monkey suddenly felt something was off.

"You just noticed?" The leading Man snorted with a laugh: "I told you your Martial Arts isn't up to par, you didn't even notice being followed all the way."

"Ah!? Is someone really following us?!" The Man like a skinny monkey was instantly so scared his eyes bulged like a mouse: "Then shouldn't we run?!"

"What are you panicking about?" The leading Boss waved his hand indifferently: "That guy following us hasn't reported to the County Office, he's just one person right now."

"I'll have my fun here first, you go and take care of the guy behind us."

"Right next to us is the Five Directions City crossing river, just kill him and throw him in the river."

"So Boss, you thought of it early! Killing him and throwing him directly into the river is much safer than killing him back there!" The skinny monkey Man said with a slight sense of relief.

Since the other party hadn't reported to the County Office, he wasn't afraid anymore.

And by killing the guy who followed them and throwing him into the river, they would basically be in no danger at all!

In their eyes.

The confrontations between the constables of the County Office and them were mostly based on the traces left at the crime scene.

In this era, the only way for constables to find the culprit was through clues at the crime scene.

And often, by throwing the body into the river, all traces would disappear, and for the County Office, it would be an unsolved case where the culprit couldn't be found.

As the two finished speaking, the candle in the room was still burning.

On the street, the Old Watchman's palms were sweating nervously.

He didn't know if the call he made was reliable, were the people talking to him on the telephone really from the County Office?

Why haven't they arrived yet? That beast inside is about to make a move!

While pacing back and forth, the Old Watchman suddenly saw a Man in his line of sight, playing with a small dagger in his hand.

"You!" Seeing the other party, the Old Watchman instantly recognized him; this was one of the two Flower Thieves!

"Oh, so it's just an Old Watchman, an old thing?" The skinny monkey Man's expression turned fiercer when he saw it was an Old Man: "I'm telling you, wasn't it good enough for you to just do your job as a Watchman? We didn't bother you, but you followed us all the way."

"Since you want to die like this, then I'll grant your wish!"

After the voice fell, the skinny monkey Man strode towards the Old Watchman, and at the same time, the dagger in his hand stabbed straight towards the Old Man's chest!