Qi Ning's words stabbed out like a sharp knife, Xin Ci was stunned for a moment, opened his mouth slightly, and seemed to want to say something, but Qi Ning had already raised his hand to stop him: "General Xin, you don't need to say more, in fact, many things can't tell right from wrong." He looked up at the sky and said, "General Xin was sent to the East China Sea, and it is naturally an important task to assist in the military affairs of the East China Sea Division, but the main task of this trip is to investigate the death of the Grand Duke, right?" ”

Xin Ci stared at Qi Ning, and finally sighed and said, "Master Hou, the end of today will really be convinced." Although the Hou Ye is young, but he is a see-fare of the world, no wonder the old Hou Ye praised the little Hou Ye for not being a thing in the pool, and he will finally understand what the old Hou Ye means at the end of today. ”

Qi Ning shook his head with a smile and said: "What kind of hole is to watch the fire, it's just a little more thought." I came to the East China Sea because the old marquis was worried that I would cause chaos in Beijing, and General Xin came to the East China Sea to really investigate the case. General Xin is very familiar with the East China Sea Division, and investigating this case will naturally get twice the result with half the effort. He smiled slightly and said, "Actually, I'm really not used to the climate here in the East China Sea, and since General Xin is in charge of the overall situation, it would be better." ”

Xin Ci hesitated for a moment, and finally asked: "Hou Ye has been in the East China Sea for a few days, I wonder if Hou Ye has found some clues in the matter of the Grand Dudu?" ”

"General Xin also said that Benhou will only go to the East China Sea for a few days." Qi Ning sighed: "I don't know anything about the East China Sea, but in fact, after arriving here, I really don't know where to start. The old marquis actually thought well, the environment of the East China Sea is complicated, how can I sort out the clues in just a few days, everything depends on General Xin's careful investigation. Fortunately, the overall situation has been decided, and the old marquis has worked hard, and he has not let the East China Sea Division fall into the hands of others, General Xin has no worries, and then he only needs to concentrate on investigating the truth. ”

Xin Ci wanted to speak and stopped, but did not speak after all.

The group quickened up and approached Gulin City, Qi Ning slowed down his horse again, looked at Xin Ci, and suddenly asked, "General Xin, have you ever heard of gluttony?" ”

"Gluttony?" Xin Ci was a little strange, but he still nodded and said: "That's one of the four fierce beasts of ancient times, gluttonous and gluttonous, eating tigers and devouring elephants!" ”

"Yes, it is said that gluttony didn't have that much ability at the beginning." Qi Ning said with a smile: "It's just that it is greedy by nature, day and night, and its appetite is getting bigger and bigger. ”

Xin Ci is not a stupid person after all, and he already understands what Qi Ning means at this time.

"The old marquis is a wise man, will he let his gluttonous appetite grow bigger and bigger?" Qi Ning sighed: "Could it be that the Shantai family didn't think about it, if this glutton's appetite reached the point where no one could stop it one day, would it feed on the Lantai family?" He did not wait for Xin Ci to say more, but galloped his horse, and when the group arrived at the city gate, he called for the gate to be opened, and entered the city by himself.

Back at the post house, it was already late at night, Qi Ning ordered Wu Dalin and the others to go down to rest first, this time they went to sea, for several days, in fact, everyone really didn't have a good rest, so they naturally had to recuperate.

Wei Yujiang knew that Qi Ning had returned to the post house, so he came over as soon as possible.

"Wei Sixian, everyone has stayed in the post house for the past few days and hasn't left without permission, right?" Qi Ning changed his clothes, and then came out to talk to Wei Yujiang.

"Master Hou has had orders, so everyone hasn't gone out for the past few days." Wei Yujiang said: "But that Qin Facao has come twice, and it seems that he has something urgent to see the Hou Ye." ”

"Qin Yuege?"

"Yes." Wei Yujiang said: "Qin Yuege didn't see Hou Ye, so he didn't say much about anything. However, looking at his face is not very good, it shouldn't be a good thing. ”

Qi Ning thought that at this time, there would really be no good things in the East China Sea, and ordered: "If he comes over again, you can directly let him come to see me." After a pause, he said, "Let everyone prepare, let's leave for Beijing in the next few days." ”

Wei Yujiang was a little surprised, and said hurriedly: "Master Hou, let's ..... Do you want to return to Beijing? ”

Qi Ning smiled faintly and said, "Jin Daohou has already sent more suitable people to investigate this case, so there is no need for us to stay and cause trouble." The Metropolitan Governor of Taiwan should be buried at sea in the next few days, and after attending the funeral of the Metropolitan Governor, we should also go back. ”

Wei Yujiang frowned slightly, and couldn't help but say, "Master Hou, the Golden Dao Hou sent someone over again, do you not trust us?" ”

Qi Ning thought to himself that from the very beginning, the Shantai family never thought of letting us investigate the truth, that old fox was just a trick to divert the tiger from the mountain, but it was not easy to say more to Wei Yujiang about such things, so at this time, he suddenly heard a report from outside: "Master Hou, Qin Yuege asks to see!" ”

"Oh?" Qi Ning said with a smile: "This Qin Facao has eyes, and he came so quickly. "Tell Qin Yuege to come and see him.

Qin Yuege was dressed as always, and after entering the house, she saw Qi Ning, and Qi Ning said with a straight smile: "I heard that Qin Facao has already come twice, it seems that he is in a hurry to see me?" He raised his hand and said, "Let's sit down and talk first." ”

"Master Hou, dereliction of duty, please surrender to Master Hou!" Qin Yuege suddenly knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty.

Qi Ning was a little surprised, frowned, and said, "What happened?" ”

Qin Yuege said: "Back to the Hou Ye, the Tian Dong family of the Tian family's medicine store has been missing for two days, and his whereabouts are unknown.....!" ”

Qi Ning's face changed suddenly, and he lost his voice: "Mrs. Tian? You mean.....! He hurriedly took a few steps forward and said in a deep voice: "Qin Yuege, what happened?" How could Mrs. Tian disappear? ”

Qin Yuege arched his hand and said: "Master Hou, at noon yesterday, President Miao of the Medicine Industry Chamber of Commerce went to the yamen to report the case, saying that Tian Dong's family had not returned overnight, and he did not leave any news, he was worried about whether something happened to Tian Dong's family. The humble official immediately went over to investigate, and Tian Dong's family had never spent the night outside before, so it was a little unusual to leave quietly suddenly. He inspected Tian Dong's residence, and all the luggage was there, but Tian Dong's house was missing. ”

Qi Ning was very worried.

This time Tian Xuerong came to the East China Sea, she came with Qi Ning's team, and she was naturally very safe along the way, and when she arrived in the East China Sea, she had always lived in the Chamber of Commerce Hall, Tian Xuerong was usually cautious and cautious, and Qi Ning never imagined that she would suddenly disappear.

"Have you sent someone to find it?"

Qin Yue Ge said: "The humble post has sent someone to search for it secretly in the city, and President Miao has also assisted in inquiring. Tian Dong's family first came to the East China Sea, and he was not familiar with the place, and he didn't know too many places, and he looked for all the places that Tian Dong's family might have been, but there was no news about her. Tian Dong's family didn't return last night, and he currently has some clues in hand, but he still hasn't been able to find the whereabouts of Tian Dong's family. ”

"What clues?"

"In the evening of the day before yesterday, a carriage stopped in front of the hall, and the coachman asked the gatekeeper of the hall to send a letter to Tian Dong's house." Qin Yuege took out a letter from his sleeve and presented it to Qi Ning with both hands: "After Tian Dongjia read this letter, he cleaned it up, and went out to leave in that carriage, and since then, there has been no trace. ”

Qi Ning quickly opened the letterhead, swept his eyes twice, his face was gloomy, and his eyes were like knives: "This is fake!" ”

"The letter said that the Hou Ye invited Tian Dongjia to go to the beach to watch the rising tide." Qin Yue Ge said: "The payment is also left by the Hou Ye, in order to make sure that this matter is not fake, he specially sent someone to inquire, the Hou Ye went to sea four days ago, and it is impossible to invite Tian Dong's family to watch the tide the day before yesterday, so this letter must be strange." ”

Qi Ning sneered: "This is someone stealing my handwriting, since the other party is doing this, it is naturally a trap set on purpose." He frowned and asked, "Have you followed the trail of that carriage?" ”

"The lowly has found the carriage." Qin Yuege said: "There is only ten miles south of the city, there is a dead wood forest, the carriage was discarded in the dead wood forest, and the carriage was inspected by the lowly duty, and nothing else was found, only a small sachet was found. Presented it, Qi Ning took it, and sure enough, it was a small sachet, which looked like a woman's thing, and naturally it was what Tian Xuerong left on the carriage.

"Not everyone in the East China Sea can own a carriage." Qi Ning's expression was grim: "Since you have found the carriage, can you find out the origin of the carriage?" ”

"It's Xu Ji's carriage." Qin Yuege immediately said: "Xu Ji Carriage and Horse Shop is the largest carriage and horse shop in the East China Sea, you can lease carriages and horses, and you can make sure that the carriage is from Xu Ji Carriage and Horse Dealership, and I found the owner of Xu Ji Carriage and Horse Shop to personally determine that there is no mistake." The day before yesterday afternoon, the carriage was rented with a deposit, saying that it was to be leased for three days. ”

"Who's renting?"

"The name must be fake." Qin Yuege said: "To rent a car and horse, as long as you leave enough deposit, you don't need to leave your real name and surname." Qin Yuege frowned and said, "So the trouble is here at this time." The man's name was Zhang San, which must have been a pseudonym, and according to the description of the carriage and horse shop, the man was not good-looking, and there was nothing special about him, but his skin was very dark, and he looked like a fisherman who often went to sea. ”

"Fishermen?"

Qin Yuege nodded: "We carefully surveyed the dead wood forest and found footprints, if the investigation is good, after the carriage was lost in the dead wood forest, the man took Tian Dong's family all the way to the south, and after walking for about three or four miles, there were horseshoe prints." ”

"Can you follow the horseshoe prints?"

"This morning, the lowly man personally led people to follow the horse's hoof prints." Qin Yue said: "The horseshoe print spared half a circle before reaching the beach, and then disappeared into the Ghost Gate Cliff!" ”

"Ghost Gate Cliff?" Qi Ning frowned and said, "What's that?" ”

"It's a sea cliff on the edge of the East China Sea." Qin Yuege explained: "The terrain is quite high, and the cliff is full of strange rocks, it is said that at night, when the sea breeze is together, the ghost cliff will make a strange sound, like a terrible ghost, very terrifying." And on the side of the Ghost Gate Cliff, there have been many times when someone jumped off the cliff to commit suicide, and some people say that there are ghosts there, so at night, almost no one dares to approach the Ghost Gate Cliff. ”

Qi Ning's eyes were like knives, and he said coldly: "You mean, someone brought Tian Dong's family to the Ghost Gate Cliff?" ”