"You mean that five days ago, your shopkeeper Sun Changfa went out to deliver goods alone, and said that he would return the next day, but he never came back. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIt wasn't until this morning that the two horses came back with an empty cart, but Sun Changfa was not seen, and you didn't find out that something was wrong, so you hurriedly came to report to the official? Yang Zhen asked the man in front of him again, who looked quite generous.

Kneeling in front of him to reply was Li Jia, the big guy with long hair, facing this big official who was obviously much older than the county commander, Li Jia seemed extremely restrained, and nodded a little hesitantly for a long time: "Right...... Precisely. ”

Yang Zhen narrowed his eyes slightly, carefully examined this person before continuing to ask: "Since he said that he would return the next day, why didn't you look for him if he didn't return on time, or report to the official?" ”

"This ...... In fact, the small one and the other people in the stack are also very worried, but thinking that the shopkeeper is just delayed, or left by the important customer, so he is just suspicious and has no other thoughts. And it's impossible for the government to help us file a case because of this. "This is true, usually the government does not have so many manpower to find an adult who has only lost contact for four or five days, not to mention the current situation in Guilin.

Yang Zhen laughed, and accepted the other party's explanation: "This is a little strange, if someone really wants to make money and is not good for the shopkeeper Sun, how can he let go of such a car and two horses?" Also, as far as you said, the goods are quite heavy, and it is almost impossible for one or two people to take them away, and they must be loaded with horses and carts, so it is even more strange that only the empty carts come back. ”

"The little ones can't figure out the root cause, and I hope that the adults can make decisions for the little people and rescue my shopkeeper!" Li Jia kowtowed again.

"By the way, what about your shopkeeper's family? Why didn't his relatives come out to report the incident, but you, a buddy, came forward? Yang Zhen was about to tell him to get up, but suddenly thought of such a question.

"This ...... Lord Yang, although this Sun Changfa is a wealthy family in the city, he has no wife, let alone children, but this Li Jia is quite loyal, and they rushed to report to the official when something happened. Prefect Fu Chuan helped explain.

"Huh?" Yang Zhen was also stunned when he heard this: "Is there such a person?" This grandson's long hair is really a little weird. "Don't say it's this era, it's the future generations, but anyone who has some wealth will have so many women, this Sun Changfa is a local rich family, how can he not even have a wife?

"There were rumors before that his wife died because of an accident, and Sun Changfa had a very good relationship with his wife, so he never approached women again." Fu Chuan added.

In this regard, Yang Zhen was noncommittal, no one could tell whether this statement was true or false, but this Sun Changfa was indeed a little doubtful.

There are two suspicions, one is that he has no family; The second is the time when he left with the goods, it was the day after he returned from destroying the White Lotus Sect's main altar, is this too much of a coincidence? Although his name is not in the list retrieved, no one dares to guarantee that this person will be fine, not to mention that he has disappeared so strangely now, and he still left with a batch of mysterious goods, which is even more worthy of deep thought and suspicion.

"Do you know what your shopkeeper is taking?" After thinking for a while but not having a clue, Yang Zhen looked at Li Jia again and asked.

Li Jia didn't know what the connection was with the disappearance of his shopkeeper, but he still honestly explained: "This little one doesn't know that those goods are stored in willow boxes, except for the heavy ones, I don't see anything unusual. ”

"Do you know when that box was stored in your stack?" Yang Zhen had a vague feeling that all the clues would fall on those boxes.

But it's a pity that Li Jia in front of him still can't give the answer he wants, and after trying to think about it, he shook his head with some doubts: "I really can't remember the little one, it seems that these boxes have been stacked there since the New Year, maybe we were not there during the New Year, and the shopkeeper took over the business." ”

Yang Zhen knew that a business inn like the Long Hair Stack not only managed the circulation of goods, but also had services to help people store goods. However, it is extremely rare to magnify these goods for half a year, and with the current change, the origin and identity of these goods are even more strange.

After muttering for a while, Yang Zhen suddenly stood up: "Let's go, you take me to your business inn to have a look." Yang Zhen said in an unquestionable tone.

This made Li Jia even more hesitant and afraid, and couldn't help but look at Fu Chuan, he didn't understand why this young adult would make such a decision. In fact, even Fu Chuan was a little confused, I don't know what Yang Zhen saw, but since this was what Lord Yang meant, he naturally couldn't refute it, so he nodded to Li Jia: "Don't you do what Lord Yang wants?" ”

In desperation, Li Jia had no choice but to take Yang Zhen and several other brocade guards back to the long hair stack with apprehension. When the restless guys in the stack saw Yang Zhen and they arrived and searched around, they all looked suspicious, but they didn't dare to ask, so they could only focus on Li Jia, who was even more frightened than them.

After searching Sun Changfa's tent and bedroom without finding anything, Yang Zhen had him taken to the warehouse where the large boxes were stored, and then carefully searched the ground that was now vacant.

This kind of work requires carefulness, and the general Jinyi guard is not enough to do such a detailed job as on-site investigation, so it has to be done by Yang Zhen, the commander. I saw him holding a candle, squatting down and constantly scanning the open space, and from time to time he leaned down to observe carefully, which made his subordinates a little puzzled, what else could be found in such a clear empty place?

They obviously underestimated Yang Zhen's ability, and after some careful investigation, he really found some clues from the ground - a few yellow powders. Originally, this thing was extremely inconspicuous when it fell to the ground, but Yang Zhen's eyesight was far better than others, and he also had a sensitive nose.

Just now, he smelled a pungent smell that seemed to be absent, it was the smell of sulfur. Following this clue, he quickly got such a touch of yellow powder on the ground, then put it down, put it to the end of his nose and sniffed: "Sure enough, it's sulfur, or is it gunpowder mixed with sulfur?" ”

"Ah......" Hearing him say this, everyone was shocked, and their eyes quickly fell on his hand, but unfortunately the powder was too little, and it was not clear to see it if he didn't get closer.

Yang Zhen's eyes flickered, and his powder-stained fingers came together in front of the candle flame, and with a slight sound, there was a little fire flickering on the fingertips, which bluffed the others. But it has also been proven that this place did store gunpowder before!

Li Jia, who was accompanying him, was already frightened when he saw this situation, and immediately knelt down, his body shaking like chaff: "Xiao ...... The little ones don't know anything...... This, why do I have gunpowder stored in my warehouse......"

In this day and age, gunpowder is a more forbidden thing than bows and crossbows, armor, etc., and this is in the city of Guilin, which has just been pacified, and even the most ignorant people know how big this matter is.

Yang Zhen didn't order someone to take him and the others in the merchant inn, but said, "Go, take me to see the carriage that came back by himself." "He still needs to be further investigated.

Soon, the flatbed carriage came to Yang Zhen, because it had not been washed, it was easier to find some clues on it than in the warehouse. In just a moment, Yang Zhen got a lot of gunpowder again, but his face was even more grim than before: "Now it can be confirmed that Sun Changfa transported gunpowder out of Guilin." And his identity is probably also very suspicious, if my expectations are correct, he should be an important person in the White Lotus Sect hidden in my Guilin City! ”

Hearing this assertion, the guys in the merchant suddenly turned earthy, and then Hulala knelt down: "Adults Mingjian, the little ones don't know anything...... I still beg the adults to spare their lives, ......" As they spoke, these people kept kowtowing to Yang Zhen.

Looking at these anxious and pitiful guys, Yang Zhen's eyes were cold, although he felt that these people would not be Sun Changfa's accomplices, otherwise he would not leave without saying a word, without even saying hello, and these people would not go to the government to report the case and send it to the door stupidly. But after all, this matter has a great impact, it is thousands of pounds of gunpowder, and it can already pose a great threat in this era, and he does not dare to relax in the slightest.

So after a slight groan, Yang Zhen spoke: "Whether you are wronged or not, it is not easy for this official to draw conclusions now." But since you have a very close relationship with that Sun Changfa, for the sake of the safety of my Guilin City, I must take you all down and put you in prison. But don't worry, as long as it is found that you are indeed innocent, the government will not do anything for you. Someone ...... coming."

As Yang Zhen greeted, the brocade guards who had been waiting beside him quickly stepped forward, took down these frightened guys, and tied them up with the cow tendon rope they carried with them.

Then, Yang Zhen glanced at the long hair stack in front of him, which was not small, and ordered: "Go and transfer some people from the yamen, we must investigate this place thoroughly." Also, we must find out the details of this Sun Changfa, see if he has any other mansions, and if so, he must also search carefully! ”

"Yes!" Immediately someone took the command and left.

And Yang Zhen, at the moment, has a solemn face, he only said that everything in the White Lotus Sect was under control before, but now it seems that the power they have hidden is still not small, although these troubles can no longer affect the overall situation of Guangxi, but if they want to make some troubles, I am afraid that it will be quite a headache, especially when they still have so much gunpowder......