In the dim candlelight, Qin Lin held a pencil and wrote and drew on a sea chart, sometimes contemplating his eyebrows, sometimes writing hard.

Suddenly, a terrible and shrill woman's scream sounded in the distance, which seemed very abrupt in the night when only the sea breeze blew lightly.

Qin Lin immediately threw down his pen, took the seven-star sword from the bedside and held it in his hand, his movements were extremely agile, and he rushed out like a leopard.

At the same time, he didn't forget to shout to the two houses next to him: "Lao Huo, Lao Niu, follow me!" ”

Huo Chonglou was only a little slower than Qin Lin, and he rushed out in his pajamas and underwear, Niu Dali was more open, wearing only a pair of calf nose pants all over his body, and jumped out of the bedroom, both of them had their hair scattered, obviously getting up from their sleep.

Qin Lin hadn't slept all the time, and his reaction was a few beats faster than others, rushing to the forefront with his bright sword, rushing in the direction where the screams came from, searching around with sharp eyes, and at the same time paying attention to the sound of the whirring wind in his ears and the abnormal movements outside the footsteps of the three of his own.

The woman's screams still rang out one after another, and following the sound, Qin Lin quickly ran to the place where the incident occurred.

This is a simple house on the east side of the Mazu Temple, with wooden walls and grass roof, and the ground is one foot high to prevent moisture, and many poor fishermen along the coast of Zhejiang live in this kind of house.

The wooden door of the hut was open, and a maid in her thirties stood at the door, looking terrified, two bowls thrown at her feet, and hot rice and dried salted fish poured out.

Qin Lin swept his eyes around and didn't notice anything else, so he asked the maid what happened.

The maid's eyes were straight, and she raised her hand tremblingly and pointed to the room: "Mao, Uncle Mao......"

What, Mao Haifeng lives here?

When Qin Lin arrived at the scene of the incident, he thought it was a simple wooden house where the sailors of the Wufeng Maritime Merchants lived, but he didn't expect it to be Mao Haifeng, the second person after Jin Yingji.

Not daring to slack off, Qin Lin walked over cautiously, opened the curtain of the door and opened it inside, and saw clearly through the moonlight that was thrown into the room from the window:

The whole wooden house seemed to be hit by a tornado, it was messy everywhere, the walls and the ground were all covered with horizontal and vertical knife marks, on the floor in the middle of the hut, Mao Haifeng's tall body fell face down, the blood flowing from under his neck wet the wooden floor, and the red blood stains showed a bewitching and strange color under the illumination of the silver moonlight!

Huo Chonglou and Niu Dali arrived at the scene only a moment later than Qin Lin, and then the lantern ball torch shone brightly, Wufeng Maritime Merchants, Shimazu Kotorimaru and Iga Ghost Qing, and Lu Fatzi who was rolling and rolling all arrived one after another.

The wooden doors and windows of the wooden house were open, and the lamps and torches illuminated the indoor situation from the outside, and everyone couldn't help but gasp when they saw Mao Haifeng's body lying on the ground.

Mao Haifeng is Wang Zhiyi's son, confidant, one of the veterans of the Wufeng maritime merchant family, Wang Zhi was beheaded eighteen years ago, the Ming army entered the suppression, his wife and children died in the chaos of the shipwreck, never married again, lived in this simple cabin, life is very simple, loyal and straightforward, Jin Yingji took over as the second generation of Wufeng ship owners, he also made great contributions, so many maritime brothers obeyed him.

At this time, seeing that he died very miserably, many enthusiastic brothers rushed to the wooden house crying: "Brother Mao, why did you leave your brother and take the first step?" Which one killed a thousand knives hurt you? ”

Qin Lin shook his head, stretched out his arm to stop him, and said categorically: "Before the murderer is identified, you can't go to the scene!" ”

"Don't be the hand of the envoy of the Ming Kingdom, right?" Ye Ma glanced at Qin Lin, and said in a weird manner: "Brother Mao doesn't seem to agree to accept the appeasement during the day, and the brothers said, isn't it?" ”

Countless suspicious eyes were cast on Qin Lin, and there were a few short-tempered among the maritime merchant brothers, and they pulled out their knives with a brush: "Blood debt and blood repayment, avenge Brother Mao!" ”

Huo Chonglou's tiger eyes widened, his hands were bent into claws, Niu vigorously fought the spring thunder, roared and put on a posture, and the two of them protected Qin Lin together.

The maritime brothers clamored for the court eagle dogs to arrive.

"Stop it!" Jin Yingji snapped, after all, she was the second-generation Wufeng ship owner, and many maritime merchants and sailors stopped when she boarded to see what she said.

Jin Sakurahime is a woman, and when she hears the scream, she always has to come out slower than a man, so she rushed over at this time, only to see that her fair melon seed face was slightly flushed due to the rapid walking, which was even more charming, but there was a faint majesty of a female One Piece, so that the subordinates did not dare to disobey.

"The facts of the case are unknown, how can it be confused? Could it be an ulterior motive? Jin Yingji glanced at Ye Ma intentionally or unintentionally, and said in a deep voice: "Before finding out the conclusive evidence of the murderer, whoever wants to go in and move Brother Mao's body will be the same murderer!" ”

The maritime merchants and sailors calmed down, Mao Haifeng also had a few henchmen who were from Luo Di Xiucai and the like, and they were quite resourceful, and after Jin Yingji's order, they immediately came back to their senses and whispered to their companions: "Don't be in a hurry to take revenge, Brother Mao does not agree to be appeased, but he almost fought with Ye Ma during the day!" We have to think about who our enemies are. ”

The tense situation eased slightly, and Huo Chonglou and Niu Dali breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time looked at Qin Lin behind them.

Strange, why did Chief Qin never speak up, he couldn't have been frightened by this bit of maritime business, right?

It turned out that Qin Lin had always been deaf to the noise around him, standing there like a clay carved wood sculpture, but his dazzling eyes were constantly sweeping, observing the indoor situation from the door over and over again, searching inch by inch by the light of the lamp ball torch.

"Something is wrong, something is wrong here!" Qin Lin muttered.

"What's wrong?" Jin Yingji leaned closer and asked in a low voice, "It can't be Brother Mao that you sent someone to kill, right?" ”

Qin Lin shook his head without thinking.

Jin Yingji's heart was immediately relieved, compared to the subordinates of the Wufeng Maritime Merchant, the female Tusi chief trusted Qin Lin much more, and the half-truths and half-truths when they met were indeed her heart's voice, somehow she didn't have much trust in the imperial court, but she was convinced of Qin Lin.

Mao Haifeng is her brother-in-law and her benefactor, if she is really killed by Qin Lin, she doesn't know how to deal with herself.

Looking at the corpse of her brother-in-law Mao Haifeng, Jin Yingji was sad, tears rolled in her eyes, but she was the owner of the Wufeng ship, the backbone of thousands of maritime merchants and sailors, she could only endure her grief, no one knew that the fist she was clenching, and her fingernails had pierced into her palm.

So, what's wrong?

Qin Lin was immersed in the case, and he always thought that he had had a one-night relationship with Jin Yingji, so he did not shy away from it, and walked into the room lightly taking her hand, paying attention to avoid the blood stains on the floor.

"Look, here!" Qin Lin pointed to a string of blood stains on the ground.

The floor of the wooden house was made of half-foot-wide wooden strips, just between Mao Haifeng's body and the door, and among the chaotic blood stains and knife marks, there was a series of dotted blood stains, extending from the corpse to the door, like a string of ellipses "......"

(To be continued)