"The Jiang family?" Wei Yujiang was stunned, and the corners of Qi Ning's eyes also jumped slightly.

Manager Hou immediately said: "Master Hou, that's the case. General Shen looked at the day, yesterday was the day of burial, and the next burial day would have to wait until more than ten days later, so General Shen discussed with the old slave whether to let the governor and his wife be buried earlier. It's just that the Governor's coffin has been secretly prepared, but ...... Madame's coffin was impossible to find for a while. If you miss yesterday, you will have to wait for more than ten days, so General Shen asked the old slave if he could come up with a way. ”

"The coffin was obtained from the Jiang family, what happened?"

Manager Hou explained: "At the beginning of spring last year, the wife of the Jiang family passed away, and Jiang Mantian ...... It is the patriarch of the Jiang family and the president of the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce, in order to fulfill his filial piety to his mother, he built a coffin with the best overseas precious wood, which was originally intended to be used by Mrs. Jiang, but after the feng shui master saw it, he warned that if he used such a precious coffin to bury Mrs. Tai, it would be unfavorable to future generations and fold the blessings of future generations. ”

When Qi Ning heard this, he probably understood the reason.

"General Shen wanted to bury his wife, and the old slave thought of the Jiang family in a hurry." Mr. Hou: "The coffin has been stored, and the old slave thought in his heart that if he wanted to use it urgently, could he buy it, Mrs. Jiang's status is noble, Mrs. Jiang has no blessings, but Mrs. Jiang's blessings can be used." ”

"The news of the death of the Metropolitan Governor is to try to conceal it, so as not to leak the news." Wei Yujiang said: "The old manager went to buy a coffin from the Jiang family, is it ..... Not worried about leaking news? ”

Shen Liangqiu finally said: "Wei Sixian, if you want to build a coffin secretly, it will take five or six days from finding wood to starting construction, and after yesterday, you can only wait for more than ten days." Manager Hou told the Jiang family that there was the coffin and discussed it with me, but after thinking about it, I decided to buy it secretly. In the middle of the night last night, I personally searched for Jiang Mantian and did not reveal who died, but he should be able to guess a few points, but I have already warned him that once the matter spreads, he will not be able to escape the blame, and Jiang Mantian also promised me that he would never leak this matter to the outside world. ”

Qi Ning sighed: "There is no impermeable wall, General Shen, in fact, even if Jiang Mantian does not publicize it to the outside world, this matter will not be hidden for long." At this time, a servant brought tea, Qi Ning picked up the teacup, blew the tea foam, and then asked: "The governor and his wife have already been buried, I don't know when you will be buried?" Is it to be buried at sea? ”

"The humble general has already passed the book to the old marquis, passing the last wishes of the governor and his wife to the old marquis, whether to be buried in the East China Sea or sent back to the capital, waiting for the old marquis's instructions." Shen Liangqiu said: "It's just that if the black tiger shark can't be captured and brought to justice, and he will be skinned and cramped to pay tribute to the spirit of the Metropolitan Governor in the sky, the humble general will not be able to live with the Metropolitan Governor, and he will be sorry for the imperial court." ”

"Oh?" Qi Ning leaned forward slightly: "General Shen is going to hold the Black Tiger Shark?" ”

"Not bad." Shen Liangqiu clenched his fists and sneered.

"The black tiger shark has come and gone in the East China Sea without a trace, and when the Metropolitan Governor was alive, his whereabouts have never been found." Qi Ning stared at Shen Liangqiu and said, "Is there any way for General Shen to find him?" ”

Shen Liangqiu wanted to speak and stopped, but finally shook his head and said, "There is no good way at the moment, but the inferior general is sending people to search for it with all his might." ”

Qi Ning felt that he seemed to have something to hide, but since he didn't say it, it was inconvenient to ask, so he got up and said: "General Shen, the Metropolitan Governor has been buried, and the dead are the greatest, I want to go and put incense on the Metropolitan Governor, I don't know .....!" ”

Shen Liangqiu hurriedly said: "There is Lao Houye." Xiang Hou said: "Manager Hou, hurry up and prepare." ”

Manager Hou hurriedly retreated, Qi Ning nodded to Wei Yujiang, Shen Liangqiu led the way in front, and took Qi Ning and the two to the courtyard where the crime occurred before, the sun was rising, the sky was clear, and outside the courtyard gate were two heavily armed guards, entering the courtyard, there was a solemn atmosphere, and there was also a samurai guard in each of the four corners of the courtyard, and there were two more people in front of the house, and there were eight people who could be seen inside and outside here, and the guards were not tight.

Shen Liangqiu pushed open the door, and several people entered the house, facing the mourning hall with a white cloth blocking the back.

It stands to reason that when the prince of the East China Sea Master passed away, there would only be an endless stream of people who came to worship, but the situation forced that the mourning hall could only be deserted, even if there were no domestic servants.

Mr. Hou lit incense on the side and respectfully presented it to Qi Ning, after Qi Ning worshipped, the incense was on fire, and Wei Yujiang also followed the incense.

Qi Ning got up and turned to the back of the white cloth, the room had already been cleaned up, and there were two coffins behind it, both covered with white cloths, Qi Ning stared for a moment and muttered: "Governor, go all the way." ”

After the worship, Qi Ning was about to leave, when Shen Liangqiu suddenly said, "Master Hou, please stay!" ”

Qi Ning stopped his steps, turned around, and saw Shen Liangqiu's expression, obviously he had something to say to himself, and saw Shen Liangqiu glance at Wei Yujiang, Qi Ning understood and said to Wei Yujiang: "Wei Sixian, you go to the front hall with Manager Hou for tea first." ”

Wei Yujiang arched his hand, glanced at Shen Liangqiu, and then retreated with Manager Hou.

Waiting for Chief Manager Hou to leave with Wei Yujiang, Shen Liangqiu raised his hand and asked Qi Ning to speak aside, Qi Ning walked over with his hands behind his back, and said softly: "When General Shen was in the front hall before, it seemed that there were inconvenient things to say. ”

"Hou Ye Mingjian!" Shen Liangqiu said softly: "Hou Ye asked before if there was a way to find the Black Tiger Shark, there were other people at that time, and the inferior general did not tell the truth, and asked Hou Ye Haihan." ”

Qi Ning let out an "oh" and said with a smile: "In this way, General Shen does have a clue about the Black Tiger Shark. ”

"Master Hou still remembers that not long ago, a group of pirates under the Black Tiger Shark secretly went ashore to find out the news, but we found out and wiped them out." Shen Liangqiu lowered his voice and said.

"Naturally, I remember." Qi Ning said: "Didn't those people be beheaded, and their heads were hung on the seaside?" Later, those heads were taken away by the Black Tiger Shark. ”

Shen Liangqiu said: "At that time, a total of seven human heads were hung on the seaside. ”

"What does that mean?"

"There were actually nine pirates caught that time." Shen Liangqiu said in a low voice.

"Caught nine people, but only seven heads, is it ......?" Qi Ning seemed to realize something, and Shen Liangqiu had already nodded lightly and said, "Yes, there are two people left, and the inferior general will let them go." ”

Qi Ning frowned, and Shen Liangqiu explained in a low voice: "The pirates in the East China Sea were not born in the sea, they all lived on land in the East China Sea before, and later due to various reasons, they fell into the sea. ”

Qi Ning bowed slightly, and Shen Liangqiu continued: "After the nine people were arrested, the inferior general immediately interrogated, in fact, he had already figured out their origins, half of them had relatives on land, and the inferior general thought at that time that since these people were involved, they could be used as chess pieces. ”

"Not bad." Qi Ning said: "These people are all people under the hands of the Black Tiger Shark, if you take them for your own use and embed them as nails around the Black Tiger Shark, you will naturally be able to grasp the movements of the Black Tiger Shark." ”

Shen Liangqiu said: "That's what General Bei thought at the time. There are five people in the middle who still have relatives on land, so the other four naturally don't have to stay, but if the five people are put back at the same time, it will be counterproductive. ”

"If there are more people, there will be great changes." Qi Ning agreed, "As long as there is one person who informes, your plan will fail completely." And everyone's abilities are also different, if there are stupid people among them, a shrewd person like the black tiger shark is likely to see the flaw. ”

"What Hou Ye said is extremely true, and what the humble general was worried about at that time was exactly the same as Hou Ye." Shen Liangqiu's expression was grim: "So the Bei General has been tested, and two of them are not only smart, but also very concerned about their relatives on land, so when the Bei General executed those bandits, he secretly bribed these two people, promising that as long as they caught the black tiger shark, they could not only reward them with gold, but also show them merit to the imperial court." ”

Qi Ning said with a smile: "Even if they don't care about the golden official position, but there are family members in the hands of General Shen, they will do their best to do things for you." ”

Shen Liangqiu nodded and said: "That's right, the inferior generals have already secretly controlled the relatives of these two people, and they also know very well, whether to choose the golden official position, or choose to let their relatives be convicted because of them, these two paths are actually not difficult for them to choose." ”

"General Shen, you just said that you want to catch the black tiger shark and sacrifice it for the Grand Governor, are you ..... You've learned the whereabouts of the Black Tiger Shark through those two spies? Qi Ning asked softly.

Shen Liangqiu shook his head and said, "Back to Master Hou, where the black tiger shark is hiding right now, the humble general is still unclear." The general agreed on a contact with the two men, and after letting them leave, he waited for them to send a message, but ..... Until the time when the Metropolitan Governor committed suicide, he never received any news from them, and the general once thought that the two people had revealed their secrets to the black tiger shark regardless of the safety of their relatives, or that they had been broken by the black tiger shark and had already been buried in the sea. ”

Qi Ning frowned and said, "It may not be impossible. That black tiger shark can contain the bandits at sea, naturally he is a very skillful and extremely shrewd person, as long as the two people you arrange make a slight mistake, they are likely to be discovered. General Shen, those bandits shouldn't be soft on traitors, right? ”

"What Master Hou said is that no matter who it is, he will not be soft on traitors." Shen Liangqiu said: "Actually, no matter whether those two people were really discovered, or whether they took the initiative to confess to the black tiger shark, the inferior general never thought of hurting their relatives. After a pause, he said, "The humble general thought that the plan had failed, but ..... Just two days ago, there was news ..... there! ”

Qi Ning frowned, and said in a low voice, "You mean those two spies contacted you?" ”

Shen Liangqiu nodded and said, "Exactly." After taking a look around, he took out a small bamboo tube from his arms, carefully pulled out a small paper roll from the bamboo tube, and handed it to Qi Ning, after Qi Ning took it, he opened it, the paper roll was very small, and the words on it were also very small, fortunately, it was daytime, but he could see it, he swept his eyes twice, frowned and said: "Black Tiger Shark..... Seriously ill? ”