After Li Tianyu and his entourage left the Kangjia Buzhuang, they had just walked for a long time, but they saw a group of people rushing towards them, and there were vaguely about twenty people. After getting a little closer, I looked at it, but it was all dressed as an official official messenger, and it was Chen Youliang's brother - Chen Hailiang.

"Woo...... You Liang, Li Gongzi, why are you here? Chen Hailiang also found the three people on the side of the road, so he stopped and asked the three of them.

"We came here to do something in the Kangjia Cloth Village. Big brother, you didn't stay in the yamen today, do you have something to deal with when you bring so many people out? Chen Youliang saw the situation of the eldest brother in front of him, and asked with some curiosity.

"Brother Hailiang, just call me Tianyu. I see you are in a hurry, is there something going on in the Chengdong Canal? Li Tianyu saw that the direction of the centaur was facing east, so he guessed.

"That's right. A few days ago, the government seized several problematic cargo ships in the east canal of the city, and after a few days of close searching, some strange things were found on the cargo ships. No, I just got the report, and I'm going to go over and check it out. Chen Hailiang whispered to the three of them.

"In that case, why doesn't the eldest brother take the three of us with him? In other words, Tianyu has always been well-informed, so maybe he can help you see what is going on. Chen Youliang was interested when he heard this, so he opened his mouth and said.

"That's not good, Hello. Big brother is working now. ”

"That's fine, that's exactly what I wanted. Besides, Tianyu, you are also an honorary advisor in the county government, and you are not an outsider. If there's nothing else to do right now, let's go together. In fact, Chen Hailiang decided to take the three of them with him after seeing them, after all, he also hoped that there would be an assistant like Li Tianyu by his side on this trip.

"It's okay, it's okay. Let's go with you, big brother. Cui Hao was also a little excited when he listened on the sidelines, and immediately replied for Li Tianyu.

"In that case, without further ado, let's get on the horse."

So Chen Hailiang immediately ordered the officials who followed him to give up their three horses, and the group continued to gallop towards the canal.

When he arrived at the canal, Li Tianyu saw two huge freighters in front of him. Although the scale of those two freighters did not seem to be as large as the previous Qin family's painting boat, they were much larger than the ordinary cargo ships berthed nearby. What's more, just looking at the shape, it is much more advanced than that ordinary cargo ship. It's just that at this time, there was a circle of officers and soldiers on the freighter. It's noisy, why didn't you see these two aircraft carriers last time?

"This ship looks good! I'm afraid that in the whole of Jiangsu, except for the Cao Yun to the capital, there will be no better ship than this. Chen Youliang sighed.

"Not bad. Youliang, Tianyu, do you know who the owner of this cargo ship is? ”

"It seems that the surname should be Ge." Li Tianyu saw Chen Hailiang deliberately ask like this, and guessed the answer in an instant. Chen Youliang and Cui Hao on the side were stunned when they heard this.

"Pretty much. These two cargo ships are indeed operated by the Nage family, but it is curious that the cargo ship did not find any marks of the Nage family, but carved the words 'one cent of the month' on the outside of the cabin. Chen Hailiang stared at the two freighters in front of him and squinted his eyes.

"A month?" Chen Youliang and Cui Hao said in unison.

"That's interesting." Although Li Tianyu didn't know what this "one minute of moon" meant, he also heard that this name was obviously some kind of code name, just like the nickname of the one hundred and eight heroes of Liangshan in the Song Dynasty. Thinking of the relationship between Mr. Ge and the Salt Gang, I vaguely had a bottom in my heart.

"Let's go, let's get off the horse and go up and have a look." Chen Hailiang said to the three of them.

So the three of them got on the cargo ship all the way under the leadership of Chen Hailiang. After boarding the deck, Li Tianyu found that this freighter was very similar to the imperial warship he saw in film and television dramas in later generations. Troublesomely, if the material of this ship is replaced with steel, and the power is replaced with diesel, it will be completely a cruiser of this era.

There was a platform at the bow of the ship for viewing, followed by an open cabin that resembled a pavilion, and a large log table stood in the middle. Behind it was the cargo hold and the ship's hold, and beyond the ship's hold was the cargo hold, and until near the stern was a small attic leading to the roof of the cargo hold. The first floor of the attic seemed to be a room, but the roof of the cargo hold was planted with all kinds of fruits, vegetables and flowers.

"It seems that it is now certain that the owner of this ship should not be the one surnamed Ge." Cui Hao said in a decisive tone after seeing the scene in front of him.

When the group passed by the cargo hold, they found it full of all kinds of tea leaves, porcelain vases, and silk satin.

"This surnamed Ge won't be poor and crazy! Is it to do so much stuff in preparation for the famine? Brother Tian, could it be that you scared Ge Gongzi, so he prepared so many things to escape for his life. Cui Hao couldn't help but sigh after seeing the full cabin of goods.

"Could it be that this surnamed Ge is cultivating the plank road in Ming and secretly Chen Cang, right? Those porcelain vases must have secretly filled a lot of salt, and those tea leaves and silk were put on to hide people's eyes. Chen Youliang speculated as if he had something to do.

"That's what I thought at first. However, after a few days of searching, nothing was found. The porcelain vases were indeed empty, and there was no problem with the silk, let alone the tea. To be honest, these materials, such a carry, are like what the Jianzhen monk brought with him when he went to Dongying two years ago. Chen Hailiang was also a little confused.

After Li Tianyu saw these specialties, he was also a little puzzled. It is said that these three things have been a hot spot for foreign trade since ancient times and a must-have for national gifts. In the past, the Silk Road was not just turning these things upside down, so it later had the title of "porcelain country". Could it be that these things are really ready for export? Anyway, I haven't heard my dad say that there is an envoy sent by the island country to send Tang recently.

Puzzled, the group continued to walk towards the middle cabin under the guidance of an officer and soldier on the ship. The cabin is much longer than the cargo holds, but after all, it is a cargo ship, and it is definitely not as good as the palace-like painting boat. When I went to the door of the cabin, I found the words "One Minute Moon" engraved on the right side of the door wall.

After entering the cabin, Li Tianyu found that this cabin was not just as a lounge, there were two floors up and down, but the height of that floor was not as high as the Qin family's painting boat. And on the bulkheads of each floor, there are several wooden windows on the left and right that can be opened. The interior of the whole cabin is a tic-tac-toe structure, except that there are only wings for resting on the second floor in the bow and stern directions, and there is only an aisle on the left and right, and under each window in the aisle, there is a square table for four people and four stools. On the left and right sides of the second-floor window, there is also an aisle leading to the roof of the bow and aft cargo holds, about two people wide. There are no wings on the first floor, except for the entrance on the right, and the rest of the circle is full of wings. The staircase leading to the second floor is at the corner of the left front after entering at the entrance. In addition to a few large and small tables and stools, the whole hall is the two towering cabinets. One of the two cupboards is filled with wine jars, and the other is filled with all kinds of books and classics and the four treasures of the study.

"It seems that it will take some time for such a cargo ship to be searched closely." Li Tianyu sighed.

"My lord, the little ones have searched this cargo ship inside and out according to your orders. Even the quilts and pillows in each side room were checked one by one, but still nothing was found. However, a strange book was found in the cupboard. An officer and soldier stepped forward to report to Chen Hailiang.

"Is that the weird thing you're talking about the books?" Chen Hailiang asked as if he was curious and a little depressed.

"Yes, sir. You've told you to report anything strange to you as soon as you notice it. That's why the little ones went to report the letter. ”

"Alright, I got it. Go and bring the book. By the way, take a few books next to that book. Tianyu, Youliang, Little Boy, please sit down. I didn't expect it to be a false alarm. Chen Hailiang said with some disappointment.

Apparently he also thought that there would be some valuable discovery at first, so he hurriedly brought someone over. I didn't expect it to be a book in the end, and if it was some personal letters, it would be pretty much the same. And I have clearly instructed them before, once they find anything, they must try to keep it as it is and notify themselves as soon as possible. In this way, you can ensure that what you see when you arrive at the scene is objective and fair, so that you can further speculate and conclude. Of course, the officers and soldiers in charge of the search themselves are professional in doing this, and naturally they are well aware of this. Now that Chen Hailiang learned the truth, he was inevitably a little discouraged.

"You can't say that, it's better to find out than not to find out. I've heard a number of mysteries before, and those cases have been solved because of some humble discovery or some behavior of the murderer. Li Tianyu said indifferently. After all, he hadn't watched the island country's anime "Detective Conan" before, and many of the cases in it were solved because of some small details? Of course, I learned more about all kinds of murder methods, although I have not yet practiced them. That's why the anime was banned later.

"Yes, big brother. It's better than finding nothing. Chen Youliang also said indifferently.

"You're right." Chen Hailiang sighed.

"My lord, this is the book." But the officer and soldier presented a book that was not in the scroll or warp type, and then continued, "These books are placed next to that strange book. With that, four more books were presented.

"Alright, you can go down."

After Chen Hailiang took the book, he felt a little strange, and when he touched it carefully, he found that the paper of the book was also unusual. When I opened it, I found that there were some characters I didn't recognize, and it seemed to be a bit like the runes of the Taoist.

"It's weird. This book is full of unintelligible ciphertext. Chen Hailiang frowned slightly.

And Li Tianyu on the side had already seen the difference in that book. The four books next to the officers and soldiers were all in the folded style, but the strange book was in the same format as a thread-bound book. And the paper of the book is not rice paper, but a kind of paper similar to the kraft paper style of later generations.

"Show me what is written on it. Eldest brother. Chen Youliang had already seen the characters on the wooden sign in that Fengqi Building before, and now he thought that those characters would not be drawn on the book.

After Chen Youliang took the book, he handed it to Li Tianyu in less than ten minutes.

"What kind of nonsense is this? Are these words? Cui Hao also saw the characters on it, and couldn't help scolding.

And after Li Tianyu took the book and saw the characters on it, he was stunned for a moment, then a little puzzled, and then fell into deep thought.

"Tianyu, could it be that you understand the ghost drawing talisman on this again?" Chen Youliang couldn't help but ask when he saw that Li Tianyu didn't comment for a long time but had a meditative look. Saying that he had heard him say the Turkic and Tibetan dialects before, it was possible that he really knew the characters on them. Chen Hailiang and Cui Hao also looked at Li Tianyu with questions and surprises.

"I don't really understand the above. But one thing is for sure, it's Latin. Li Tianyu still said with some doubts. Although Li Tianyu was a top student in the foreign language department in his later life, they did not specialize in Latin, but mainly studied modern English.

"Latin? Which Yi script is that? "The first time Chen Hailiang heard of this Latin, he didn't think it was the font of the Tang Dynasty or previous dynasties.

"It should be ancient Rome, ah no, it should be the text of the Roman state. But I always feel that this content is a little familiar. ”

"Brother Tian, if you can even understand the content above, I will worship you as a teacher." Cui Hao deliberately laughed.

"Tianyu, think carefully about where you have read these Latin texts. I saw that the style of this book was very peculiar, and even the paper was a little different. It's hard to see in such an ordinary place. Chen Hailiang saw that there was a play, so he kindly reminded him on the side.

"This paper is indeed not my Datang paper. It's kind of like the kraft paper. Vellum? I seem to know. Li Tianyu seemed to have caught some key, but saw that he hurriedly looked at the Latin again, "Sure enough!" ”

"It's over, Xiao Hao. Now it seems that you really have to call your brother Tian Master. Chen Youliang gloated.

"I don't believe it! He'd just said he couldn't read it. Cui Hao said with some anger.

"Alright, little hao. Although you really want to worship your brother Tian as a teacher, but considering that your qualifications are relatively poor, it is very likely that you will be humiliated in the future, so I will not agree to your brother Tian. ”

Chen Hailiang looked at the bickering of the three people in front of him, but his heart was warm, and at the same time, he couldn't help but sigh that he was still young.

In fact, this book is a book of scriptures in the strict sense of the word. It is the representative work of a certain sect in the West. The paper of the book should be made of parchment. It turned out that Li Tianyu had just thought of the parchment scroll from the kraft paper, and then immediately thought of the Bible. When he went to look at the phrase "God said there should be light, and there was light," he was even more convinced that the book was actually a Bible.

"Western sects? Could it be that this is also related to the Phoenix Sect? Cui Hao asked with an incredulous face.

"No, this is a different sect entirely, not a local one. This sect is a little further away from us, and I didn't expect to see their teaching materials here. It seems that the things on this ship were most likely transported to other tribes outside the country. After that, Li Tianyu remembered the scene in his mind when he saw that Ge Gongzi take out Handegan that day, so it seemed to make some sense.