When I arrived in Jiujiang, it was already more than three o'clock in the afternoon, and when I came out of Jiujiang Railway Station, three people called three rickshaws and sent them directly to the wharf by the Yangtze River.

The second-class cabin is a high-class cabin, with only four people living in it, and it is also leaning against the porthole, which is much more comfortable than the third-class cabin for eight people.

However, the passenger ship, called Hanyang, does not call at the port until 7 o'clock in the evening, so there are still more than four hours to spend in the hotel near the pier.

Tang Song didn't want to go out and wander around, so he nested in the hotel to read; Xiao Linghu came to Jiujiang for the first time, put his luggage in the hotel, and then dragged Feng Xuan to Jiujiang to go shopping.

The most prosperous area of Jiujiang is along the Yangtze River, from the dock to the railway station between the river street, the locals call it Dazhong Road, but when the two of them walked Wuzhou Pharmacy, Feng Xuan said that he wanted to take a look at the medicine here, so he walked in, Xiao Linghu waited for a while, and saw that he had not come out, so he walked in to look for it, but he did not find it, and the man told him that the person he was looking for had gone out.

Xiao Linghu had to walk around Dazhong Road alone, and then turned back to the dock hotel, but he still didn't see Feng Xuan's figure.

Tang Song was a little strange and asked Xiao Linghu, "What about your big brother Feng?" ”

"Lost!" Xiao Linghu was very helpless.

"Hehe, no, how can he lose a person as big as him? He can't find you and will definitely come back! Tang Song said

Xiao Linghu also nodded.

It wasn't until it was almost dark that Feng Xuan found it, and he was still complaining about why Xiao Linghu didn't wait for him, and said that he had been looking for Xiao Linghu for a long time. Xiao Linghu had no choice but to make amends to him. Time was running out, and they still had to catch the boat, so they didn't explain much.

It's just that when Feng Xuan lifted his camphor wood box, he couldn't help but shout: "Who moved my box?" ”

Tang Songleng paused for a moment and said, "I've been in this room all the time, haven't I seen anyone coming?" ”

Feng Xuan said: "When I left, the box was fine, why are my clothes exposed now?" ”

Tang Song and Xiao Linghu looked together, but saw that although the box was closed and locked, the corner of a piece of clothing was still exposed, and it was not completely stuffed into the box.

Tang Song was a little embarrassed, thought about it, and said, "Maybe when I went out just now, I knocked down the box, and the box was exposed, so the clothes came out!" ”

Feng Xuan glanced at him and nodded.

Xiao Linghu was not stupid, he immediately understood that it must have been Tang Song who stole Feng Xuan's box. These people in the Party Affairs Investigation Department are suspicious of everything, and their means of unlocking are no worse than those of thieves. It's just that now he is embarrassed to say it openly.

"Hehe, do you see what's missing in the box?" Tang Song said.

Feng Xuan shook his head and said, "Forget it, it's nothing to look at, there are only some changes of clothes in it, and there are nothing of value!" Let's get on board quickly! ”

Seeing that Feng Xuan didn't pursue it, it made Tang Song a little embarrassed, and he nodded hurriedly.

The Hanyang River Ferry arrived at Jiujiang Port on time, and Xiao Linghu and the three of them also boarded the ship on time, took the tickets, and quickly found their cabin under the guidance of the sailors.

Although this cabin is a second-class cabin, it is actually not too big, but it is just a bunk bed with two iron shelves propped up, which seems to be less crowded. In fact, there are two more bunk beds in this space.

There was already a passenger in the cabin surnamed Yan, who lived in the lower bunk, and who was also a merchant, who was on a ship from Hankow to Guichixia.

The ship will dock at the three ports of Anqing, Guichi and Wuhu when it arrives at the Zhongshan Wharf in Nanjing, and it will be in the evening of the next day.

When they got on the boat, it was already evening, and after chatting for a while, seeing that it was not early, they went to bed.

Because Tang Song was old, Feng Xuan and Xiao Linghu slept on two upper bunks and gave the lower bunk to Tang Song. Feng Xuan slept on top of Tang Song, and Xiao Linghu slept on the bunk of a merchant surnamed Yan.

The steamer slowly left Jiujiang Port, and everyone lay on the bed, as if they had returned to the cradle with the bump of the current, and fell asleep unconsciously.

I don't know how long it took, Xiao Linghu was awakened by the whistle of the steamer, thinking that this boat met another boat that was traveling opposite each other, and the two sides greeted each other, as if two acquaintances met.

The dim light outside the cabin flickered, and from time to time the light would shine through the window, shining on the lower bunk diagonally opposite, Tang Song snored quietly, and slept soundly. Older people have walked a lot, so they naturally feel more tired than young people.

Xiao Linghu felt a little urinating, he climbed down from the bed above, put on his clothes, put on his shoes, opened the hatch, and went to the toilet not far away. After untying his hands in a daze, he turned back to the cabin and closed the hatch, only to find that there seemed to be no one on the upper bunk opposite.

"Maybe Brother Feng has also gone to relieve himself!" Xiao Linghu thought about it, didn't think much about it, and climbed into his bunk again, but when he passed by the ladder in the lower bunk, he found that the merchant surnamed Yan in the lower bunk was not on the bunk either. "Did he go to the toilet too?" He thought.

Lying on the bed again, Xiao Linghu didn't feel sleepy, and suddenly thought that he had just come out of the toilet, and he didn't see a second person in the toilet. "Could it be that the surnamed Yan and Brother Feng both went to the deck to blow the wind?" He couldn't help but think again: "It's so late, even on the deck, and you can't see the scenery, these learned people are just sentimental!" He thought: "Don't worry about other people's business, sleep well, and you can go to Nanjing tomorrow!" ”

But the more he wanted to sleep, the more he couldn't sleep, and he raised his hand to look at his watch by the faint light, and it was already eleven o'clock. He tossed and turned, only to hear Tang Song's snoring getting louder and louder, and then to the highest point, it gradually became smaller and smaller, slowly stabilized, and returned to its original state.

"Why does this Chief Tang sleep so soundly?" The more Xiao Linghu couldn't sleep, the more he felt that Tang Song's snoring was more harsh, and he was even a little jealous that this uncle could have such a good sleep.

Turning sideways, Xiao Linghu glared at Tang Song on the lower bunk opposite, and from time to time the light outside the window flickered, and his head could be seen. Looking at it, Xiao Linghu felt that something was wrong, and after thinking about it carefully, he suddenly found a problem.

He remembered that Tang Song's briefcase was not in his hand, and it was pillow on the inside of his head before going to bed, but at this time, the box was gone!