Overnight, the explosion and sinking of the ship on the usually calm Neijiang River, the disappearance of the princess, and the almost total annihilation of the wedding party were all heavy, and soon spread throughout the Li Dynasty and even the surrounding Fujian and Great Wei. The news reached the capital and sent it to the palace, Li Huanglongyan was furious, and it came out in the palace that His Majesty had been sleepless all night for three consecutive nights, and the lights in the Zichen Palace were bright, and the will of six hundred miles and eight hundred miles of urgency was passed down one by one, and the prince personally went to the Zichen Palace on the night he got the news to ask for orders to find out the matter, and he was allowed to leave for Youzhou in the early morning of the second day. And the people involved in the incident naturally went to prison immediately, the worst of which was Sun Xijun, but only one day later, the neighboring city of Ruhua County, who was temporarily transferred to act as the county guard, arrested the Sun family up and down overnight, and the father and son of the Sun family immediately went to prison and entered the Youzhou prison that he supervised and built. Although the specific cause of the shipwreck has not yet been ascertained, and there is no evidence that Sun Xijun has deliberately murdered the princess, the use of official ships to sell illicit salt was quickly turned over. It must be known that selling illicit salt is a felony, and those involved in the case have always been either exiled or beheaded, not to mention that he also bribed the Caoyun Institute and openly occupied the official ship to transport his illicit salt.

At this time, Li Zheng and the people from the Criminal Department rushed to Youzhou day and night. The prince did not dare to slack off, and the prince's feet had just stepped into the county guard's mansion, and he had already written down the information he had found out and put it on the case.

In other words, the joints of the hull, which should have been mortised, had been corrupted in advance, and all the iron nails had been replaced with corroded and rusty nails, so the ship would surely sink. Li Zheng frowned and closed the file, "Is it someone who is mad enough to murder the princess, or does he have the intention of destroying the marriage with the Min State......

"Returning to His Royal Highness the Prince, according to the investigation of the lower officials, Her Royal Highness the Princess and her entourage took this boat on a temporary basis, but it is not something that can be done in a moment and a half. Xia Guan initially deduced that the person who sabotaged the ship was not aimed at Her Royal Highness the Princess. "Mrs. Wang used to be the secretary of the Criminal Department, and she was familiar with the investigation of the case, but at this time, he took a file and presented it to Li Zheng with both hands, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, regarding the explosion, the latest investigation is a little strange. ”

"Oh, what's going on?"

"It has been found that the explosion must have occurred after the sinking of the ship or when the ship was about to sink, and the place of the explosion was on another small boat, which can be proved by the scorched wood found in the river, which is different from the wood of the sinking official ship. ”

Li Zheng's brows tightened even tighter, paused for a moment, and then asked, "None of them survived?"

Wang Tai shook his head slowly: "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, in addition to the whereabouts of the princess herself, there are a total of nine guards and palace maids missing, and the others that can be found, including Lord Han Jing, are all corpses." ”

"Bring the list of the missing to Hongu. ”

"Yes. ”

Li Zheng's fingers crossed the names of Yang Ying and Wei Yan, and finally stopped at the word Long Wan, he felt a slight tingling pain in his fingertips, and his chest suddenly sullen and out of breath, Long Wan's pale face, with tears in his eyes, was full of shadows in front of him, and it appeared repeatedly, it was he who asked her to pretend to be Lin Yuebai and hide in the box, it was he who let her set foot on this road, he didn't care about Yao Jin's life and death, but Long Wan ...... Li Zheng suddenly "snapped" and threw the roster to the ground, and said angrily: "Go to the palace to check and find it! If you can't find the princess or the missing person, you will be punished as an accomplice in this case!"

"Yes!"

The Criminal Department, together with the officials of Youzhou, and the general coordination of Mrs. Wang, who was familiar with the case, were in full swing in Youzhou, Neijiang and the surrounding counties and counties, and the main ones in the list of missing persons, including Yao Jin himself, had already entered the territory of Jiucheng and Yijiang. Among them, Yao Jin's injuries were the most serious, the heavy blow to the head during the sinking of the ship caused a large bruise in her brain, causing her eyes to be unable to see, and what is even more tragic is that her back was hit several times by the wreckage of the hull in the water, almost broke her vertebrae, and the whole person was almost breathless when she was rescued from Neijiang, and everyone was scared half to death, so they had to give first aid in a remote town nearby for three days and three nights, and temporarily saved their lives, before carefully carrying them to the carriage and rushing to the next station overnight.

"This big brother, where are we going?"

"The master will give you a few of you to the Jiangmen Pharmacy General Administration in Baiyun Mountain, there are already doctors waiting there, you can rest assured!"

"Your master is really mysterious, so far, I have never seen his true face, and I don't know the name of Gao, my master wants to thank him for saving his life, but he has no chance. Long Wan was the most cautious, although she was rescued, she found that the person who rescued them was also a mysterious anomaly, not only did she never show up, but she also didn't let them contact the government. Although it is far from imprisonment, there is no personal freedom to enter and exit. At present, Yao Jin's injuries are critical, Yang Ying and Wei Yan are guarding day and night, and they don't notice this at all, and she can only hide the princess's golden book and jade seal firmly, silently hoping that Yao Jin will get better soon.

"Baiyun Mountain...... Forgive me for being stupid, I have never heard of this place name, I think it is in the territory of Jiucheng and Yijiang, right? I wonder if it is very close to Linghui and Huizhou?" Long Wan was quite unfamiliar with the area south of Neijiang, and when he saw that the carriage was heading south, he guessed whether it should be closer and closer to Linghui and Fujian.

"Ha, the girl looks like a young lady from a big family, and she has never been far away. There are still several counties and counties in Huizhou from Naling Prefecture, and there are many towns in the middle, and there are mountains and waters, but it is far away!"

"That'...... Then when we get to Baiyun Mountain, I don't know if your lord's family will come to see us?"

"Oh, I really don't know this, the people below us are just on errands, and the whereabouts of the master's family are not daring to inquire. ”

"Then the two big brothers will be tired along the way. Long Wan smiled, habitually went to the sleeve cage to touch, touched and found nothing, only to remember that she was already penniless, where is there still a reward of silver taels? She had to retract her head back into the carriage in embarrassment, looking at Yao Jin, who was still groggy, and Wei Yan, who was just holding Yao Jin all day long, and Yang Ying, who wiped her tears every day, Long Wan couldn't help but sigh secretly, worried in her heart.