Gagnie stepped into the tent and straightened the body of the little flag officer, first rolling up his sleeves and then rolling up his trouser legs.

"It's poison, and it's poison that seals the throat with blood. You see his lips are black, his torso is purple, his eyes are round, his hands are clenched into fists, and if my guess is correct, his toes are curled up. Ganie said, glancing at the corpse.

It seemed that he didn't believe it, Zhao Que ordered his subordinates to take off the shoes of the little flag officer, and sure enough, as Gai Nie said, his toes were curled together.

"Lao Nie, it's okay, you still have this ability." Zhao Que was a little surprised, although he could also see that this person was poisoned, but Gai Nie seemed to be more meticulous than him.

"The corpse was stiff and should have been dead for more than four hours. Damn this damn rain, if it weren't for the fact that this rain would have left some clues, there would really be no clues now. Zhao Que said scoldingly.

After a night of heavy rain, the river on the Jing River was even more raging, and Zhao Que and Gai Nie supported a flat boat and went down the river.

"Brother Zhao, I really didn't expect that the problem really lies within us." Gai Nie said as he stood at the bow of the ship, pestle his sword.

Zhao Que stood quietly around Gai Nie, but his eyes were aimed at the shore indifferently. These two people are Li Chen's henchmen, although Gai Nie's swordsmanship is not good at military formation, but if you talk about fighting alone, Gai Nie's swordsmanship is not the first in the world, but also the top five. Although Zhao Que's martial arts are not as good as Gai Nie, his mind is delicate and he is good at dealing with this kind of case, and Gai Nie's experience in wandering the rivers and lakes for half a lifetime can also help Zhao Que very well.

"It's not necessarily just that we have internal problems, everybody has to look into it, and there's nothing wrong with it. Hou Ye's stall is too big, and whether he will hit the egg if he takes too big steps depends on whether the ordnance business can be kept. Zhao Que said softly.

The boat staggered to the shore, this is the place where the gang built the embankment to collect silver, but this night's heavy rain, the embankment they built has long been washed away. Zhao Que and Gai Nie turned around a few times, but they didn't even find the slightest clue.

After heavy rains, the river is muddy, and the fish will dive a lot to get oxygen, and even if it rains heavily overnight, the river is not turbulent, and there are many fishermen on the shore who are throwing their nets to fish.

"Fellow, we are from the government, have you seen the people who built the embankment a few days ago?" Zhao Que asked towards the people on the shore.

"I didn't see that the gang had given money to the fishermen in the neighborhood before they came, and they didn't let us go out fishing that day. However, Zhao Laosan from our village should have seen it, although he also received money from others, but his mother-in-law had just given birth to a baby and needed to replenish milk with fish soup. The day before, Zhao Laosan laid a net in the river, and he saw it when he went to get the net that day. A fisherman pulled the fishing net back while talking to Zhao Que.

The more Zhao Que listened, the more frightened he became, this group of people was indeed organized professionals. Their construction of embankments to hold back the water will naturally affect the fishing of local fishermen, so these people simply give money to local fishermen, as if renting the river for the past few days. This way, there will be no conflict with the local fishermen, and the fishermen will not be detected.

"Okay, it is the responsibility of our Daqin people to cooperate with the government to handle the case, you wait for me to collect this net fish, and I will take you to Zhao Laosan's house." The fisherman said as he cleaned up the large and small fish in the nets.

This place is not far from the border between the grassland and Daqin, and even in the Warring States period, this place is often harassed by the grassland. But since Great Qin became strong, there has been no war in this place for a long time, and because of this, the people here have a strong sense of belonging to Great Qin.

The fisherman put the big fish in the basket, then put away the fishing net, and walked towards the village with Zhao Que and Nie and Nie.

"Zhao Laosan, Zhao Laosan, an official asks you about something." As soon as they entered the village, the fishermen shouted at the top of their voices.

"Wait a minute, I'll stew the fish soup." A loud voice came from a courtyard at the entrance of the village.

After about a cup of tea, a few people squatted under the old tree at the entrance of the village and chatted.

"Zhao Laosan, tell me what you saw that day." Zhao Que asked straight to the point.

"That day, it was quite a sudden......."

"The gang gave money to every family in our village, and told us not to go fishing in the river for two days. I didn't want to go, but my mother-in-law was getting nutrition in confinement. I laid down two baskets by the river, and when I went to collect the baskets that day, I saw them digging embankments by the river. That group of people should be in the army, although they only wore short soldiers, but they were equipped with standard equipment. Zhao Laosan tried hard to recall the details and said slowly.

"Are you sure you're in the military?" Zhao Que asked.

"It must be, I've been a soldier for seven or eight years, and I can recognize those bronze swords at a glance. But it shouldn't be an elite soldier, he looks very lazy, and such a soldier can do three or four by himself. Zhao Laosan said unconvinced.

"Alright, but it's better not to talk about it. After all, you've seen the process of their silver scooping, and if it gets out, I'm afraid it will be dangerous. Zhao Que patted Zhao Laosan on the shoulder and said, I appreciate this kid Zhao Que very much, this is a good soldier, and he is his own family. It's just that his own family seems to be a broken mouth, if others see it, it must be hidden in the stomach, and this kid has spread to the whole village.

"I'm not afraid, if these people dare to come to me, I will be held down by him one by one, and then the two adults will have to look for people everywhere." Zhao Laosan patted his chest and said.

"Don't believe it, this lord, seventy or eighty percent of the men in our village have served as soldiers, but we have done real swords and guns with the Huns, and we all crawled out of the pile of dead people. Even if there are 1,800 soldiers, don't even think about getting a bargain in our village. It seemed that seeing Zhao Que not believing it, Zhao Laosan continued.

In the camp by the Jing River, Zhao Que and Gai Nie were analyzing the case.

According to what Zhao Laosan said, these people should be people in the army, but they are not elite soldiers, and they also use bronze swords. In this case, it should be a private army that has been kept in captivity. I'm afraid this matter is even more serious than we imagined. Zhao Que said expressionlessly.

"Let's take these people back to Xianyang first, there are no clues here. These people have been with the convoy for so long, if you say that the clues can only be found from these people. Gai Nie said after a long silence.

These days, the news of the loss of silver has spread throughout Xianyang City, and there are countless people waiting to see Li Chen's excitement, and it is said that the impeachment of the Manchu Dynasty has been full of cases of the first emperor.

(End of chapter)