Along Ye spoke, taking a silk banner from his chest. To my surprise, it was a red hunting eagle battle flag. This strange eagle, surrounded by feathers, was golden yellow, the color of the ancient Roman flag. Aling Ye’s intention was for me to take this national flag back to their homeland and hand it over to a museum.
Though I didn't want to agree, it wasn't necessary for me to deliver it personally. Didn't this world have express delivery?
I just wrote "museum" as the recipient and took the national flag. Aling Ye said, "This is the last memento of our Augustus clan."
"What? How can you be Augustus? Aren't you..."
Aling Ye closed his eyes and said nothing, only nodding slightly. Augustus, born September 23, 63 BC, died August 19, 14 AD. His original name was Gaius Octavius Thurinus, one of the Second Triumvirate, the first head of state of the Roman Empire, and the founder of the principate. He ruled Rome for 40 years and was one of the most important figures in world history. In 43 BC, after Caesar's assassination, he rose to the political stage and formed the "Second Triumvirate" with Antony and Lepidus. In 42 BC, he defeated the republican leaders Brutus and Cassius at the Battle of Philippi with Antony. In 36 BC, he stripped Lepidus of his military command, and later defeated Antony at the Battle of Actium, eliminating the Ptolemaic Kingdom of ancient Egypt, thus becoming the victor of the Roman civil wars. In 30 BC, he was confirmed as "Tribune for life" and in 29 BC was awarded the title "Imperator." In 28 BC, he was conferred the title "Augustus" by the Senate and reorganized the Roman government, bringing two centuries of peace and prosperity to the Roman world...
Later, I discovered that the legends of the god of the night were all deliberately fabricated by Aling Ye, and the ritual was also fake. He didn't tell me the specific reasons. So, the people of Oxi Village were actually descendants of Augustus, remnants of ancient Rome.
Agriculture has always been a highly developed technology in our country. China is known as a major agricultural nation. However, in recent years, many places have used this guise to ostensibly plant wheat in villages while engaging in illegal and criminal activities behind the scenes.
My name is He Sheng. I am currently a forensic consultant for the Guangming City Police Bureau. I graduated from the forensic medicine college. In fact, my grandfather was once a coroner.
Guangming City is actually located in the area between Guangzhou and Foshan in Guangdong, China. Strictly speaking, it is within the Guangzhou region, where the provincial department is located.
Fuming City is actually the real-life Zhongshan City, but I used it as a pseudonym for writing purposes.
Today, I was resting at the siheyuan. Since it was a holiday, I hadn't gone to the provincial department and planned to spend the long break at home writing, conducting experiments, and resting.
While I was halfway through writing this "Forensic Investigator of Strange Cases: Unnatural Deaths," the voice actor supervisor, Li Hua Zhongmao, and Yun Zhou found me, saying they needed to discuss something about the plot. They told me to just tell them directly, so I added their contact information.
This work is currently in production. I believe fans who enjoy my work are also very excited. This gives me more motivation to write.
You know, I am now the team leader of the Punishing Sin Group, so I have very little time for writing. I can only take out some time after the cases are closed to write and record some exciting plots of the cases, without much time to meticulously craft the language.
Just as I finished typing and walked into the laboratory, He Xin, holding something unknown, excitedly found me early in the morning, saying, "I've been invited by Pin and Entertainment Company to do an advertisement shoot in Taiping Village. The remuneration is 2 million!"
"Oh? So you applied last time? I thought you were joking. But you'd better bring back some souvenirs."
"We'll see. Isn't there Shao Zhengzhi at the provincial department too? Dad, you don't need to worry. I'll be back in a few days."
"Uh, I'm just afraid there might be a case recently. But it's fine. Go ahead and enjoy yourself!"
And so, He Xin left home. Seeing that she's of a certain age, I didn't want to stop her from doing anything. I know that even though she can be a bit playful sometimes, she has her limits.
After she left, I decided to conduct some experiments by myself. Working diligently here, I managed to test the toxic components of several lethal drugs. After writing a report, I slumped onto a leather sofa, closed my eyes, and entered a state of rest.
I don't know how long I slept. Zhang Keying sent me a message as if she had something interesting to tell me. When I looked at the content, I was a bit speechless.
"Brother He Sheng, today Gao Mingqiang received a case. A man who looked neatly dressed, seemingly an editor for some famous writer, said that the white rabbit his author raised was eaten. So, he wanted us to dispatch officers to investigate who on earth killed this white rabbit."
When I saw this, I felt the person reporting the case was too bored. It's just a rabbit, and it requires our Punishing Sin Group? This kind of matter should be handled by the police station. However, even if it were a police officer, they would likely just give a perfunctory response and leave.
I replied to Zhang Keying: "What happened then? How did you handle it?"
"You're awake? Of course, we didn't handle it. We said this kind of case isn't under our jurisdiction. But the editor immediately got angry, saying he came from the police station. If even our provincial department can't handle it, then we are wasting their taxpayers' time and money. He said some unpleasant things, and threatened to report us to the government if we didn't do anything. I was speechless."
"Ignore him. People like that are all bark and no bite. They won't actually do it. Are there any cases recently? Then I'll go back to sleep!"
"Uh, Brother He Sheng, you're really something. Whenever it's a holiday, you're either in the lab, writing, or sleeping. Don't you have any other life?"
I ignored her and continued to seek a date with the daughter of the God of Dreams, sinking back into sleep. I don't know how long passed, but this time I was woken up by a noisy mobile ringtone. My ringtone was Jay Chou's latest song, "Red Face Like Frost." It's said that this song, not long after its release, once again reached the top spot.
I looked at my phone and saw that it was He Xin calling. I felt a bit nervous because she wouldn't call me unless something was up.
After answering the call, I heard He Xin's anxious voice: "Dad, it's not good. After I arrived here with the film crew, they said a police captain has gone missing."