It has been twelve days since the Hanjia ship went to sea, and there is still no news.

The Han family's ship has been searching outside, and the rest have returned to the port one after another.

As soon as the Ji family's ship docked, the housekeeper of the family greeted him.

Ji Yan, the head of the Ji family, jumped off the board, glanced at the housekeeper, and said, "Say." ”

"A few days ago, Lord Qi found the second master of Han to go over, and also called Lord Gu and the second young master and several other people, the entourage of the five princes testified in court, saying that their ship was attacked by a warship, the county lord was dead, and the ship had sunk, Lord Zhizhou said, that was only afraid of a sea bandit, but Lord Qi's subordinates bluntly said that it should be a warship of Zuodao, and led the captain of the county lord's guard to find Zuodao."

The housekeeper followed behind Ji Yan, and said in a low voice: "The second young master sent someone to follow the county lord's people, and when they arrived in Tongzhou, the dock of the East China Sea Division was really empty, the twenty warships were gone, and the entire barracks were also empty, not only Zuo Dao did not come back, Mrs. Zuo was not there, the people in Zuofu said that there were thieves in the house, Mrs. Zuo fainted in a fit of anger for three days, and she had no choice but to send her to Yangzhou to see a doctor. Let those who stay behind better tell the truth, what the hell did they go, otherwise, ask the general to tell the emperor. ”

"Oh?" Ji Yan raised his eyebrows and said lightly: "The responsibility of the East China Sea Master is to guard against the sea area, and it is normal to take the boat out for ten days and a half to train." ”

This refers to using the people of the county lord to make a bird.

The county lord's people are from the north and don't know how this water master operates, but Qi Tianao is a clear man.

I haven't seen him for a month or two, as long as Zuo Dao says that he is patrolling to find pirates, there is nothing to say about it.

Now, in just a few days, Qi Tianao can say that the pirates are on the left side.

I'm afraid that this matter really has nothing to do with Qi Tianao.

After fighting with Han Yuan for so many years, increasing taxes doesn't count, pretending to be a pirate doesn't count, and now this is finally going to be a dead hand?

"Yes, when the second young master came back, he said that this must be a trap of Lord Qi, and said that several other families also thought the same, and when he came out of the Jiangnan Governor's Mansion, Second Master Han's face turned blue." The butler lowered his head and said.

"The Han family's ship, I'm afraid something really happened." Ji Yan said lightly, and turned his head to look at a ship that was docking behind him.

It was a small merchant ship, but it could run near the sea, but it couldn't go out to sea.

However, for the past few days, he had seen the ship wandering around the archipelago, coming ashore from time to time.

made him suspicious, and went to several large inhabited islands, but let him ask about some unexpected situations.

The people on that ship should know about it, too.

I just don't know who its owner is?

After thinking about it, Ji Yan said to the housekeeper: "Send someone to follow the people who got off the boat to see where they are going." ”

The housekeeper answered, saw the direction Ji Yan was going, and asked, "Uncle is going to Second Master Han?" ”

"Hmm." Ji Yan nodded, paused again, and said, "By the way, what did the county lord's people do after smashing the Yamen of the East China Sea Division?" ”

"I was guarding in Tongzhou, but early this morning, I rushed back, and the brother at the gate said that he arrived before dawn and shouted directly to open the city gate." The butler replied.

Ji Yan sighed, a look of doubt flashed in his eyes, and he turned around and continued to walk towards Han's house.

Although the Han family went out on more boats than his, he still wanted to tell Han Che about this news quickly.

Whether Han Che knew it or not, he had to be prepared.

If his guess is true, the Han family is really passive.

And if the Han family falls, his Ji family will not be able to please him, and I don't know if this maritime merchant can still run.

As soon as he left, a few people from the boat hurriedly got off the boat and rushed to the West Lake.

A water pavilion by the West Lake.

The breeze blew the curtain and shook gently, making the lazy woman sleeping on the soft couch more gorgeous.

Qi Dong, who was hurrying in, unconsciously slowed down his pace, and stood outside the gauze curtain with bated breath.

"What?" The long-haired woman didn't open her eyes, and said lightly.

"Qi Bei, they're back." Qi Dong said.

"Come in and talk back." The long-haired woman's eyes widened slightly, and she said.

The curtain was opened, and after Qi Bei came in, he knelt directly in front of the soft couch, and said: "Young master, my subordinates found the information that Captain Chen had left on the main island in advance, and the warships of Zuo Dao were indeed in place, ready to intercept the fleet of the Han family, but there was no information back from behind, and the subordinates searched for a few days on those islands, and then found a few inhabited islands to ask, they all said that that morning, there was a tsunami in the open sea, and the waves were tens of meters and hundreds of meters high, and some of the small islands on the periphery of the archipelago were flooded at that time, They also fled to the mountains of the island in an emergency to escape for their lives. ”

The long-haired beauty sat up and said, "What! ”

Qi Bei lowered his head and said: "According to what those people said, my subordinates went to see the outer islands again, indeed, those islands have traces of being washed by big waves. ”

"At that time...... They said that at that time, there were also huge waves on the sea, and it was because of that huge wave that they were able to sneak off the ship when Xuan Xuanzi made his move. The long-haired beauty frowned and said, "But, didn't that wave disappear after half an hour?" They were able to get on the boat we received smoothly. ”

Moreover, when the ship came back, it did not say that there were huge waves.

"Young master, the time of the huge wave was on the morning of the second day after the five princes and they disembarked, and the head of the wave was where they arrived in the archipelago." Qi Bei paused and said: "I asked the old man on the island, he said that if there was a dark wave the night before, it was a symbol of a hurricane on the sea, and then there would be a big wave, but such a big wave that day had never been seen, so his subordinates asked again, if there is a ship at sea and encounters that wave, then is it possible to escape?" ”

After pausing again, Qi Bei said: "The old man said, such a huge wave, it is so high on the island, if it meets on the sea, no matter how big the ship is, it will sink directly." ”

As he finished speaking, the room fell silent.

It's been ten days, and no matter what, Captain Chen should leave a message......

The long-haired woman lowered her eyes, her face was cold, and she said after a long time: "What has Qi Tianao been doing these two days?" ”

"Two days later, it will be the banquet of Aunt Qi Fuzheng, and in the past few days, Qi Mansion has been busy with this matter." Qi Dongdao.

"Where's the prince?" The long-haired woman snorted coldly.

"The prince is still in Zhuangzi, I heard that he arrested the Yuan family's eunuch the day before yesterday, saying that that person was very favored by the county lord and wanted to take something out of his mouth." Qi Dong bowed.

"Pull out something? His Zhuangzi didn't take out anything for two days, and people are afraid that they will all be wasted, what else can they take out? Idiot! ”

The long-haired woman scolded coldly, stood up, and said, "Everyone pack up their things, let's withdraw from Hangzhou first, remember, no trace can be left." ”

"Young master?" Qi Dong was stunned.

Seeing that the Han family is about to be in the bag, he will leave without waiting for the money?

Now the Qi family is in need of money.

The long-haired woman smiled coldly and said, "If Qi Tianao and the prince can succeed, they won't dare to lose our share, but if they don't succeed......"

If Zuo Dao's ship encountered wind and waves before meeting the Han family's fleet, it would not have been ten days without returning.

If Zuo Dao's fleet never returned, Chu Yu would be furious, and Qi Tianao, who had said in advance that Zuo Dao was a bandit, was afraid that it would be easy for people to associate with him.

Outcome...... Very hard to say!

"By the way, send that Fourth Master Yuan to Zhuangzi." The long-haired woman's voice turned.

The prince is that idiot, let people tell the truth, it is useless to rely on torture to extract a confession, and the best thing to use is to destroy that person's will.

And in the end, the viciousness of relatives is the most hurtful.