On the wet and soft riverbank, a line of huge paw prints leads straight to Weishui, and finally disappears on the bank, which is shocking and incredible.

In fact, it is also an unintentional move to insert willows to show this line of paw prints, Ma Jun yesterday in order to try out the water wheel, has mobilized hundreds of people to take water frequently in this area, and completely soaked the long river bank, otherwise even if Gao Shun and Pei Yuanshao patrol here, they will definitely not be able to find this line of clear paw prints

Nan Ying's scalp was numb and he stared at the paw prints, and then glanced at the empty river, and felt unreal in his heart, could this demon beast really be extraordinary, and it could escape from the water? Although tigers and other beasts can swim, after all, it is only to reduce the overheated body temperature, and usually large land beasts still have an instinctive resistance to water, and it is impossible to enter the water for no reason. At this time, it is almost the middle of winter, and the temperature in the water is extremely low, and no matter what kind of beast can easily enter the water, it will consume body fat and calories in vain.

He paid attention to the expressions of several subordinates, and they all seemed to be confused and surprised, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh in his heart, it seemed that there was no need to think about expecting them to offer advice.

"Someone!" Nanying's face was as calm as water, and his voice was even more ancient: "Immediately send someone to search along the river, I believe that if someone hides the boat, it will reveal clues!" ”

"General!" Pei Yuanshao couldn't help but exclaim: "Do you still think that someone is secretly playing ghosts?" ”

"So what?" Nan Ying glanced at him and said, "Don't blame what you can't understand to demons and monsters!" There's still a lot to learn! ”

"Yes! Be! Seeing that Pei Yuanshao touched his nose, although there were still people who vaguely believed that it was the monster who did it, they didn't dare to speak out anymore.

Hundreds of horsemen jumped off their horses and swung their spears as they searched the riverbank. They worked in groups of five, alternately and cautiously exploring every deep grass and low lying, their faces showing unprecedented nervousness. After all, it wasn't a fun thing to encounter that legendary monster beast at any time.

Gao Shun caught up from behind with a calm face. Obviously, this sudden and strange discovery made him lose his composure a little.

"It's incredible!" He strode to Nanying's side and said in a low voice, "How can a beast enter the water at will in winter? Isn't it, isn't it! ”

He looked at Nan Ying's expression, and then said in a different way: "Could it be that this is some kind of method to interfere with our vision?" ”

"I don't know!" Nan Ying shook his head, he saw that Gao Shun and several of his subordinates were disappointed, and couldn't help but smile: "Although what is happening so far is difficult to explain with common sense, we are not all without gains!" ”

"First of all, we can be sure that after this demon beast killed Ning Shao last night, it should have entered the water from this route....... before we found the boat, we will assume that it entered the water," Nan Ying took a deep look at the turbid river, and said: "This finally explains one thing, that is, why for so long, we have sent so many people to search around, but we have never been able to find any trace of this demon beast, but it can kill people everywhere out of nowhere!" ”

"Not bad!" Ma Jun blurted out: "Yangling is located between Weishui and Jingshui, if you use water transportation, you can indeed avoid everyone's eyes and ears in the vast dark night!" ”

"Is it because of the ban on ships?" Li Jin said in disbelief: "Is it because a month ago, the court ordered a ban on all ships on the Weishui River, so they had a chance to take advantage of it?" ”

"That's all it can say at the moment!" Nanying nodded: "Otherwise, if the surface ships are constantly coming and going, how can they come and go freely without being known?" ”

"Chief Li Shi!" Gao Shun said in a deep voice: "Do you know why the court wants to ban ships on the Weishui River? ”

"That's why! It wasn't mentioned in the text, maybe even Lord Jing Zhaoyin didn't know the reason, right? Li Jin said with a thoughtful look in his eyes: "The lowly position is just speculation, maybe it's because of ......."

He suddenly stopped his mouth, patted his head and said in embarrassment: "There are too many lowly positions, how can you dare to discuss state affairs with such an identity as lowly positions?" ”

"Say! In front of this general, you know everything! Nanying said in a low voice: "Even if you kid scolds the ancestor of the Son of Heaven, you can still act as if you didn't hear anything!" ”

"The general made fun of it!" Li Jin showed a bitter smile, but his heart was relieved, and he said calmly: "I heard that the situation in Liangzhou has been unstable recently, and there are people with ill intentions who secretly collude with the Qiang people, and with the help of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the court is difficult to take into account the opportunity, secretly gather troops, and prepare to attack Sanfu!" And the source of Weishui is in the territory of Longxi County, Liangzhou, and the court must be afraid that there will be spies of the chaotic party who sneak into Sanfu to spy on military aircraft with the help of waterways, but they are unable to comprehensively investigate the waterways, so they have to seal Weishui, right? ”

Nan Ying and Gao Shun glanced at each other, and they both saw the look of surprise in each other's eyes, this Li Jin is definitely not simple, how can this insight be able to have?

"I think that the general's words are quite reasonable!" Li Jin seemed to have entered the role, and he said with a contemplative expression: "When the demon beasts enter the water, it shouldn't be that someone is playing tricks, but they inadvertently exposed the horse's feet, revealing the secret of their driving the demon beasts to come and go without a trace!" However, to confirm this speculation, we still have one thing to do......"

"Find the ship they used to transport!" This time, not only Gao Feng and Ma Jun understood, but even Pei Yuanshao, Hou Cheng and others shouted together.

Nanying looked at Li Jin with a smile, his heart was full of appreciation, this is the talent he needs!

"But the General!" Cao Xing was a little embarrassed to say: "If you find the ship, you will naturally see the sun, but if you can't find it?" Wouldn't it make us fall into layers of fog! ”

"You have to have faith!" Nanying patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "The flowing water has no shape, the drifting wind can't find a trace, and the reasoning of any case depends on the heart." If we want to break through the fog, of course, we have to work hard! ”

"General, what you said is so good!" Gao Feng's eyes lit up, and he shouted: "This must be what celebrity you quote again, right?" ”

"You're wrong this time!" Nanying couldn't help but laugh: "This is said by a child!" ”

"What? Child! Gao Feng almost didn't trip over the deep grass under his feet, and said in shock: "You're kidding, right? ”

"Actually, another sentence that this child said is even more deafening!" Nanying suddenly laughed, his smile was full of confidence: "That is: there is always only one truth!" ”

"General! Checkmate! From the left, the shouts of the Han soldiers were heard: "Several crypts have been found!" ”

Everyone was in good spirits.

Li Jin's eyes lit up even more, and he ran over first.

When Nanying and a few people arrived, they saw Li Jin standing up from the ground with his head a little dejected, revealing a shallow and unfathomable cave in front of him.

He smiled bitterly: "General, according to the lowly investigation, these crypts should be just the nests of a few grass wolves, look at this size, where can that huge demon beast be accommodated?" It looks like we're rejoicing! ”

"Is there a wolf in there?" Nanying said lightly.

"Wolves?" Li Jin was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No!" The humble has just sniffed the smell inside, and it seems that these crypts have been empty for a while! ”

"Don't you think it's strange?" Nan Ying pointed to the crypt that was connected near and far: "You see, this should be the place where several grass wolves live, but now all wolves go to the cave, so where are these wolves?" ”

"General, you mean to say!" Ma Jun's face turned white and said, "These wolves have already become the belly of that demon beast?" ”

"That's not all!" Nan Ying sighed: "It seems that the missing livestock and poultry in Kangling are also the same fate!" The difference is that these wolves should have been killed by the demon beast himself, while those domestic animals and poultry were the hands of the owner of the demon beast! Otherwise, the vigilance of animals far exceeds that of humans, and once such a terrible giant beast enters the village, I am afraid that the domestic animals and poultry in the whole village will already scream earth-shattering! ”

"Huh!" Gao Feng suddenly bent down, pointed to a piece of dirt at the mouth of the crypt and said, "It seems to be footprints, these are human footprints!" ”

He suddenly fell on his stomach, stuck his head almost all in the hole, and shouted, "It seems that someone has crawled in and out!" ”

"What?" Nanying Huo Ran turned around, and his sharp eyes swept over several Han soldiers who had discovered the crypt: "Before we arrived, which of you went in?" ”

Those Han soldiers were all cavalry of the Northern Army, and they could be regarded as the old subordinates of Nanying, and they looked at each other and smiled bitterly together. One said: "General, if you want to say that we are not soft eggs to kill the enemy, but this crypt may be the lair of the demon beast!" You say, do we dare to go in easily? ”

"Really?" Nan Ying's brows furrowed: "These crypts are the temporary hiding places of the demon beast master or accomplices?" ”

"Hidden? It can't be! Ma Jun blurted out: "This crypt is so narrow, it can only barely accommodate people, what is the use of them?" ”

"What's the use?" Nan Ying sneered: "It was also the night when Kangling's livestock and poultry disappeared, and someone once heard a strange whistle!" Have you forgotten? Yang Kun used the sound of the flute to drive the black tiger to act back then! ”

"That makes more sense!" Li Jin clapped his hands and said, "When they were acting in the dark, they first released the demon beasts, and then lurked in similar crypts, commanding the demon beasts with a whistle!" Even if someone passes by or wants to investigate, it is difficult to find traces of someone haunting! ”

"What a painstaking effort! The picture is not small! Nanying was out for a while before he said, "Go!" Let's keep searching and see what else we find! ”

"General! Find a camp on the bank of the river ahead! Hou Cheng trotted all the way over, shouting as he ran.

"Camp?" Nan Ying was stunned and said, "How can there be a camp on the bank of this river, who is it?" ”

"It's empty, but it's a lot of bamboo, wood, sand and gravel piled up in a mess, it seems to be a freight yard!" Hou Cheng replied.

"Oh! The place General Hou said is very clear! Li Jin smiled and said: "That must have been temporarily placed in our Yangling a few days ago!" ”

"What's the situation?" Nanying was puzzled: "Why did Yangling pile up these bamboo, wood, sand and stones for no reason? ”

"It's conventional! At the end of each year, the Emperors' Mausoleums will build a high platform for sacrifices! Li Jin said with a gloomy expression: "According to the rule, the officials of the tombs order the adults to recite the sacrificial texts, but unfortunately Lord Ning ........"

"Now that it's almost the end of the year, why hasn't construction started?" Nanying was even more puzzled: "What are you doing here?" ”

"It's because of the Weishui embargo!" Li Jin smiled bitterly: "There is a lack of high-quality wood in the land of Sanfu, and the materials required are all purchased by Liangzhou, and the method of water transportation is used to go down the Weishui River!" I didn't want Weishui to ban it a month ago, but the materials were not completed, so I had to store them here. ”

He paused and said, "I heard that the food official ordered the Lord to send people from Hanzhong to purchase the remaining materials, and I believe it should arrive in a few days!" ”

"I see!" Nan Ying thought for a while and said, "Then is the bamboo, wood, sand and stone used for the construction of the Nine Great Emperor's Tombs on the Xianyang Plain all transported from the direction of Liangzhou?" ”

"This?" Li Jin was slightly stunned and said, "It doesn't seem to be all!" The Hanzhong area also produces good wood, but our Yangling is located in the easternmost part of Xianyangyuan, and it is also the farthest away from Hanzhong. Therefore, two years ago, the food official ordered the Lord to discuss with the Cemetery Ling, and all the materials were transported by Liangzhou water, not to mention the time and effort, and the transportation cost was also much less. ”

"Oh? This idea was come up with by Ning Shao, the food official? Nan Ying said thoughtfully: "Now that he is dead, many things have not been investigated, and it is really a hundred!" ”

"General, what do you mean?" Li Jin heard a hint of the words, and said in surprise: "Could it be that Lord Ning has any problems with purchasing these materials?" ”

"Haha! You don't have to be careful! Nanying patted him on the shoulder and said, "Ben will say it casually, haha!" Just say it casually! ”

He turned around, looked at the flowing Weishui, and said to himself, "Water transport? Forbidden boats? And the paw prints that disappeared by the river! All of this seems to be related to Weishui, what is the mystery of the meaning? ”