Nangong Li returned to the mansion and immediately summoned his trusted guard to inquire about the progress of the investigation.
The guard hesitated and said, "General, there are so many places to investigate, and only one day has passed… Even if we go to the Ministry of Household Registration to check the records publicly, it would still take several days, wouldn't it?"
Indeed, this was the truth. Investigating someone's background is not a simple task.
Although the local household registration is kept separate from that of foreigners, the problem was there were quite a number of foreigners too. Besides, the Ministry wouldn't really hand over the foreign registration records for them to investigate.
