Ambergris, red coral trees, and saltwater pearls are the three major national treasures that Jin Guo tributed.

Of course, these three national treasures are extraordinary.

That piece of ambergris weighs more than 900 catties, which can be called the first fragrance in the world. The six-foot-tall red coral tree, which was as red as blood and a gorgeous color, was the finest that took thousands of years to take shape. As for the ten pearls, they are of different colors, and each one is as large as a bucket, flawless, and rare in the world.

Other tributes, although precious, cannot be compared to these three national treasures.

It took twenty days to rush to Yizhou's Yin Jiu Kill, looking at the list of Jinguo tributes in his hand, and asked Yizhou Governor Qi Dangdang: "Don't mention the ten pearls, just say that the ambergris and the coral tree are huge in size and not light, whether Yu Fanxiang and his party escaped with these two gifts, or were robbed by the murderer, it is not easy to take away and hide." You won't be able to find the slightest clue."

Qi Dangdang nodded on the map of Wanyuan Mountain: "Lord Wang, please take a look." The location where His Royal Highness Jade was attacked was at the three-way intersection leading to Shangguo, Jinguo, and Yuguo respectively. This intersection is far from the exit of the Three Kingdoms, and it is unlikely that the robbers will escape with such a large tribute without being detected, and it is impossible for His Royal Highness Jade to escape into the woods with these two tributes. According to Xiaguan, the most likely possibility is that the robbers hid the two tributes in the big forest first, and then removed them after the limelight passed. However, Xia Guan sent people to search within three miles around the three forks, but they found nothing. ”

The mountain of Wanyuan stretches for more than two hundred miles, the width is up to forty or fifty miles, the mountain road leading to Jinguo and Yuguo is about to fork in the middle of the mountain, the intersection on the left leads to Jinguo, and the intersection on the right leads to Yuguo, each road is very long, there are not many pedestrians on the road, if the robbers flee along the road with large items, no matter which direction they go, they will definitely be discovered.

Therefore, hiding nearby is the best way.

Yin Jiu Killing: "When did you receive a distress signal from Yu Fanxiang?"

Qi dared to say: "His Royal Highness Yu first released a signal for help, and then sent someone back to Yizhou City to report the news, and the lower official received the news less than an hour after the incident, and immediately took someone to the rescue." In just two or three hours, it is impossible for the robbers to transport the tribute to any of the exits, so the possibility of hiding in the vicinity is extremely high. ”

Yin Jiu Kill said: "It is likely that the robbers have already prepared a place where they can hide treasures near the robbery site, and hide them after robbing the treasures. ”

Qi Dangdang nodded: "The terrain on both sides of the mountain road is extremely complex and the scope is also large, it is very easy to hide such two things." ”

Even if he sent hundreds of mornings of men to search, it would be difficult to search carefully.

Yin Jiu Kill stopped talking, and carefully flipped through the case file with his subordinates.

A group of people stayed until late at night before they dispersed.

The next day, Yin Jiu Kill did not rush to the scene of the crime to investigate, but first went to the streets to walk around.

Yizhou City is located in Lingnan, although it is not as developed as the city in the south of the Yangtze River, but it is also very lively and has its own style because it has many travelers and merchants from Jinguo, Yuguo and overseas.

He walked around the street a few times, and I don't know how many people attracted attention and discussion, but he didn't care.

Before he arrived in Yizhou City, the news had already spread, and when he approached Yizhou City, a large number of people and pedestrians had already gone to the official road to wait to see him.

Now, it is estimated that there are not many people in the city who do not know him.

"Lord Qi," he asked Qi Dangdang, who accompanied the inspection, "what do the locals think of this?"

Qi dared to say: "The whole city is scolding Yu Guo, thinking that Yu Guo did it." ”

Yin Jiu killed: "What else?"

Qi Dangdang thought for a while and shook his head: "There is no other way to say." ”

Yin Jiu killed: "Since Yu Guo was scolded like this, why are there so many Yu Guo people on this street?"

Yu Guo is the opposite of Jin Guo. Yu has more men and fewer women, more mountains and less land, and is a mountain country where male power is supreme. The country is rich in all kinds of timber, herbs, game, minerals, etc., and it is said that all men are good at hunting, so it is said that it is also rich in killers. The killers of Yu Guo are all over the world and are extremely famous.

The daily clothes of the men of the Yu Kingdom are hunting clothes or strong suits, and their appearance is generally characterized by lean and sensitive characteristics, and they always show contempt and arrogance to women and the weak, so it is not difficult to recognize them when they are mixed with the Shang people.

Speaking of this, Qi Dare made a bitter face: "In the first half month of the robbery and murder, everyone in Yu Guo was shouting and beating here, especially the people of Jinguo, who wanted to kill you and kill you with Yu Guoren, and it took a lot of effort for the lower officials to quell these fights." At the same time, the lower officials also arrested a lot of suspicious Yu Guoren, but they couldn't find anything suspicious, so they had to be released. ”

He paused: "However, although these Yu people were shouted and scolded, and they couldn't even do business, they still insisted on refusing to leave." If it weren't for the increased patrols and vigilance of the lower officials, I don't know what chaos would have happened on this street. ”

Yin Jiu killed: "Why don't they want to avoid it for a while?"

Qi Dare said: "They said that they had nothing to do with the robbery and killing of His Royal Highness Jade and his party, and they had a clear conscience, and they also said that the end of the year was not far away, they needed to do business to make money, and they didn't want to leave here now." ”

Yin Jiu Kill asked: "So many people say that Yu Guo did it, what evidence is there?"

Qi Dangdang was stunned for a moment and said: "In the past two years, the relationship between Yu and Jin has been very tense, and there have been frequent frictions between the two countries. There are three reasons for this. First, the relationship between Jinguo and China is good, and the relationship between Yu and Fei is getting closer, and the worse the relationship between China and Fei, the worse the relationship between Jinguo and Yu. The second is that the king of Yu State has asked His Royal Highness Jade several times, but he has been refused, and the whole of Yu State has scolded His Royal Highness Yu for not knowing how to lift it. ”

"The third is that Yu Guo and overseas trade, all need to pass through the Jinguo transit, Yu Guo felt that the customs clearance fee charged by the Jinguo was too high, and asked the Jinguo to reduce the fee, but the Jinguo refused. The two countries have been unable to reach an agreement after repeated negotiations, and they have made a lot of trouble for this. ”

Because of these contradictions, Yu Guo frequently provoked Jin Guo. Whenever the men of Yu Guo outside see a woman in Jinguo, they almost have to molest and bully her, and there are even kidnapping and humiliating women in Jinguo, and the people of Jinguo really hate Yu Guo very much. Therefore, after the occurrence of this case, Yu Guo became the biggest suspect. ”

"In addition, our investigation at the scene of the crime found that the robbers' methods were very similar to those of the Jianghu killers, and the bodies of the robbers who died at the scene were also close to the characteristics of Yu Guoren. In addition, in recent months, the people of Yu Guo who haunt the mountain roads are particularly frequent, so the world thinks that Yu Guo did it. ”

Yin Jiu Kill turned his head and stared at him: "Do you think so too?"

After Qi Dangdang was stunned for a moment, he said: "Xiaguan feels that Yu Guo is very suspicious, but there is not enough evidence, Xiaguan feels that Yu Guo cannot only be identified, it must be investigated extensively, and no possibility can be spared." ”

After Yin Jiu Kill heard this, he didn't say anything and continued to walk forward.

Qi Dangdang followed him cautiously, and couldn't see what the Hunting King was thinking at all