Sitting in the study of the Anyang dockyard to raise the matter, Shen Leng quieted himself down, and thought carefully about the front and back of this matter, the key to this matter is that Lianlu may be fake.

Lian Lu arrived at the Anyang dock more than a month ago, and in this more than a month, the people in the dock can also prove that he has hardly gone out a few times, and he is kind, although he has not been here for a long time, but the people in the dock have a good impression of him.

This man was also diligent, and when he arrived at the dockyard, he often went to the dock himself to ask the craftsmen questions, and many of the craftsmen said that even the adults were very humble and very polite to them.

Zhang Zhi, a member of the Liupin Labor Department, stood beside Shen Leng with a nervous face, and looked at Shen Leng's face cautiously, such a big thing happened, even if he had nothing to do with a copper coin, I was afraid that he would also be implicated, it was three expensive Wanjun, and the enemy did not have a water overlord who could easily sink on the battlefield of Haijiang.

"Who did you bring with you when Lianlu came?"

"Only four or five followers were brought."

Zhang Zhi hurriedly replied: "He has complete documents, and there will be no mistakes with the seals of the cabinet and the Ministry of Industry on it, as well as the official seal." ”

Shen Leng snorted: "What did he do after he arrived at the dock." ”

Zhang Zhi recalled it carefully and said, "Lord Lian...... In order to get acquainted with the things in the dock as soon as possible, he spent a long time in the dock staring at the craftsmen working in the dock, and later went to recruit a group of craftsmen himself. ”

Shen Leng looked at him: "What about these craftsmen?" ”

Zhang Zhidao: "The strange thing is that after even the adults left in a hurry yesterday, those craftsmen were gone, they didn't come to work today, and no one took leave yesterday, it seems that none of them came as if they had made an appointment." ”

Shen Leng thought that before leaving the dock, there was still a group of craftsmen inspecting Wan Jun, it should be the group of people recruited by Lianlu, saying that they were inspecting, but in fact they were sabotage.

I also blame myself for being too careless.

Shen Leng frowned, he was in a hurry to rush back to the sailor, so he didn't check the cabin carefully, if he had one more word of explanation, it wouldn't have happened, this was just a kind of trust in the dockyard inertia, he didn't think about it at all, whether this promotion was a fake, normal people wouldn't think about it.

I can't find out anything about this matter for the time being, and Lianlu has already fled, but I'm afraid that I won't return to the dock.

Shen Leng was silent for a while and then said, "I'll write a letter, and you will send someone to Chang'an City as soon as possible to hand it over to Lord Han Zhaozhi, the capital of Tingwei Mansion." ”

He looked at the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone on the table, and after lifting the pen, he thought, "I said you should write." ”

Zhang Zhi hurriedly came over and took the pen, and Shen Leng gave up his seat: "I said, you write." ”

Zhang Zhi didn't understand why General Shen asked him to write this letter for a while, wasn't it a handwritten letter that was heavier? So he couldn't help but ask: "If the general's letter is written by a lower official, will Lord Han of the Tingwei Mansion have any doubts?" ”

Shen Leng thought about it, took the pen back, pondered for a moment and wrote a short message, Zhang Zhi pretended to look at it casually, anyway, he didn't read what was written, he just felt that the word was really unforgettable, this word is simply the highest level of anti-counterfeiting.

After Shen Leng finished writing the letter, he handed it to Zhang Zhi, and then glanced outside: "You send someone to check all the warships to be delivered to the sailors, I will wait here, and tell me how many warships you have problems after you finish checking." ”

Zhang Zhi hurriedly turned around and went out to make arrangements, in fact, before this, the craftsmen had already begun to carefully inspect the remaining warships.

In this way, Shen Leng was delayed in the dock for nearly a day, and all the warships were carefully checked, and found out that there was a problem in the warehouse of the two Wanjun, hiding fire oil and gunpowder, and the ship also moved its hands and feet, and made a lot of small holes on the side of the warship, these small holes were sealed with wax, the weather was cold and the water was cold, the wax solidified and blocked the hole, the gunpowder burned, and the wax would soon melt away, and the power was greater, because these holes could directly blow up a large piece.

Zhang Zhi's face was already white and terrifying, this crime is too big, even if this is Lianlu's crime, those craftsmen are all found by Lianlu, but his crime of negligence is enough to be dismissed from office and the people, which is still light.

"Those craftsmen who were even recruited by the road have been recorded, but it is estimated that their identities are all fake."

Shen Leng stood up: "You go and choose three more from those warships that have not been tampered with, and I will ensure that you are fine." ”

Where did Zhang Zhi still have any thoughts, and hurriedly went to pick out three warships, these ships were personally watched and accepted by him two days ago, and they were carefully surveyed just now, and there was really no problem, so he dared to propose them and hand them over to Shen Leng.

Shen Leng ordered the team to rest in the dock for one night, and borrowed a batch of armor weapons from the arsenal to replenish it, most of the weapons of his people were left on the ship when the ship sank, and without weapons, it was even more embarrassing.

In the past year or two, Shen Leng has not been so embarrassed.

It was only dawn the next day, Shen Leng took the team to set sail again, and walked to the place where the warship sank before, Shen Leng ordered the warship to anchor, took people to row a small boat over, and sent people to the nearby villages to find fishermen with good water properties, the soldiers and fishermen took turns to dive, for two whole days, more than a dozen corpses were transported out of the sunken warship, Shen Leng buried people by the river, standing there looking at the newly raised grave, Shen Leng's face became more and more gloomy.

Shen Leng sent someone to inquire if there was anything wrong with anyone recently, and the officials at the official dock immediately reported that a group of about 20 soldiers wearing the uniforms of the sailor army arrived at the dock early this morning, saying that their ship had a problem and sank, but they still had to rush to southern Xinjiang, so they borrowed a fast boat from the dock and left.

Shen Leng inquired carefully again, and determined that one of the people who came to hijack the ship was Lianlu.

Continuing to go south along the way, Shen Leng deliberately let a Wan Jun open the road in front, but he walked south along the waterway for another seven or eight days, but there was no trace of those people on the road.

Chang'an City.

Tingwei Mansion Yamen, the newly built compound looks very magnificent, Tingwei who comes and goes in and out of the courtyard has a serious face, and the style of this compound is so matched, many people say that even if the sun is the best in the daytime, passing by the gate of Tingwei Mansion will feel a little chill.

Of course, this chill does not necessarily come from the big courtyard of the Tingwei Mansion, but from everyone's own hearts.

Han Zhaozhi took the letter and opened it to look at it, and then his face sank.

"It's so bold."

Geng Shan, who was standing beside him, asked, Han Zhaozhi immediately briefly explained what had happened, and Geng Shan immediately looked at the person who sent the letter: "This is written by General Shen himself?" ”

Han Zhaozhi sighed: "You don't need to ask about this, others can't write his handwriting, and they may not be able to imitate it after three years of hard practice, if someone really imitates it, I'm afraid it will be difficult to write well." ”

He got up: "Take someone and follow me to the Ministry of Works." ”

It didn't take long for Han Zhaozhi to sit in the study of Lord Xue, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, and when he heard that such a big thing had happened in the Anyang dockyard, Lord Xue's face turned white with fright, His Majesty didn't know about this matter, and God knows how big a temper he would have if he knew.

Three Wanjun ships, and almost buried more than 1,000 sailor soldiers, plus a holy general Shen.

"Lian Lu is indeed an official selected by the Ministry of Industry, before the Ministry of Household Evaluation in October, Anyang Dock has done a good job, so the cabinet asked for a decree to transfer him back to the capital, and the Cabinet asked the Ministry of Industry to select someone to go to Anyang Dock to make up for the matter, so he picked Lian Lu to go over, and at the end of October, Lian Lu left Chang'an to go to Anyang County to take office."

Han Zhaozhi said the appearance of Lianlu described in Shen Leng's letter, Lord Xue was not sure, after all, he was not familiar with Lianlu, and sent someone to invite the waiter Master Zhang, and the two of them compared it and found that the Lianlu mentioned in General Shen's letter and the Lianlu sent should not be the same person.

"I'm really afraid that there has been an accident."

Han Zhaozhi said: "Someone intercepted Lian Lu halfway, and then went to the Anyang dock with Lian Lu's official seal, no one on the dock side has seen him at all, seeing that the documents are complete and the official seal is not fake, he naturally thinks that it is really Lian Lu." ”

But there is still no progress on this point, who is Fake Lianlu?

"Did the cabinet have any thoughts on the transfer of Lianlu at that time?"

"There is nothing unusual, after the official reported it, the cabinet approved it, and then asked His Majesty to take a look, and His Majesty also personally met Lian Lu and explained a few words."

Han Zhaozhi nodded: "There is nothing else to inquire about, I sent someone to check along the way, it has been more than a month, I hope to find out something." ”

After finishing speaking, Han Zhaozhi got up to say goodbye, turned his head sideways and said to Geng Shan, who was accompanying him: "After you go back to the Tingwei Mansion, go to Gu Le, the two of you will take a hundred black horsemen, and divide them into two teams, one team will take the water route and the road all the way, whether it is passing by the official post or the official dock, you will ask carefully, you know how to determine the location." ”

Geng Shan nodded: "The subordinates know that if there is a gap between the person in the previous official post and the person in the next official post on the appearance of Lianlu, then find the body between the two official posts, but the shortest distance between the two official posts is a hundred miles, and it may take a long time." ”

"Let's check."

Han Zhaozhi said as he walked: "No matter if you find out anything, you two don't go back to Chang'an first, go directly to southern Xinjiang to find Shen Leng, if nothing happens, those people will not give up easily, this time people are different......"

Geng Shan's face turned slightly: "What do you mean, the person this time may be from the military?" ”

"Not necessarily, but Shen Leng's letter mentioned that these people are well-trained and cooperate tacitly, even if they are not from the military, the people who train them must also have a connection with the military, and I will arrange for others to check on Mu Zhaotong...... It's just that everything about Mu Zhaotong has probably been checked out, and what is not in hand now is not easy to find out. ”

"Dead man."

Geng Shan said in a low voice: "If it is really a dead soldier that Mu Zhaotong has cultivated over the years, it means that there is no other person in his hand to use, and there is no other card to play." ”

Han Zhaozhi's footsteps stopped: "No......"

He frowned slightly: "I should go and check on Mrs. Mu Zhaotong's side." ”

Geng Shan's eyes lit up.