Qin Lin borrowed a few fast horses from Chen Wangmo, and galloped wildly with Lu Fatzi and others towards Guazhoudu, and arrived at the crossing. "There was a centipede clipper of the Yangtze River Sailor Division parked at the dock, and everyone rushed over like a whirlwind, and even people and horses rushed to the boat.

The one who led the boat was the patrol officer of the river, and he was surprised to see the group

A few sailors shouted: "Woe to you, there are thieves robbing military ships!" Niu Dali was not polite to them, and the slap made the sailor with his head dizzy, "Open your dog eyes and see clearly, this is General Qin Linqin, the deputy of Jinyi Guard!" ”

Qin Lin showed the waist card of the deputy Qianhu of the Jinyi Guard and shook it, and said in a deep voice: "Immediately drive to Zhenjiang, delay for a while, and arrest you to go down to the North Town Fusi Heavenly Prison!" "Sail, sail!" Officer Ge shouted at the top of his throat, looking at the Jinyi Wei Deputy Qianhu waist card that Qin Lin was holding, and his heart was straight.

Time was pressing, Qin Lin asked Lu Yuanzhi to take a stack of silver tickets, "If you can get to the whole ship in advance, everyone will be rewarded, and you will make a big eye at the cow, this guy will discount the thick railing on the side of the boat with a fist, and if anyone is lazy, he will also greet him like this."

The sailors immediately hoisted their sails, rowed, and oars, but the hull of the ship remained motionless.

"What's going on?" Niu Dali opened his eyes and lifted Officer Ge up.

"Cat, haven't anchored yet!" The sentry officer turned pale with fright, and hurriedly ordered the two sailors to untie the cable.

Qin Lin chōu took out the seven-star sword, and the sword light flashed, and the cable as thick as a child's arm was broken, and he said lightly: "No need now." "O cat, my cat! Ge whistle official yù cried without tears.

Knowing that he had bumped into a ruthless person today, Officer Ge didn't dare to ask why Qin Lin had suddenly changed from a merchant to a deputy Qianhu of the Jinyi Guard, let alone what this group of fierce and vicious people were going to do in Zhenjiang, so he kept urging the sailors, pulling the sails to take advantage of the strong northwest wind, and shaking the oars fast.

The centipede clipper has many long oars sticking out from both sides of the side, and it looks like a big centipede, "the sailors are paddling hard", and the boat is as fast as an arrow from a string, "slashing and slashing on the surface of the river."

There were several river boats on the river, and the centipede clipper swished past them" The old boatman on the big white boat behind him blinked his eyes, scratched his head and looked at the sky: "There is still half a year left for the Dragon Boat Festival, and the people of the Yangtze River sailors have started practicing dragon boating so early?" ”

The speed of this centipede clipper is only a few points faster than the battle charge" Zhenjiang and Guazhoudu are also not far away, and they soon came to Zhenjiang Wharf.

"It's yours!" , Qin Lin threw out a few silver tickets and threw them on the deck, and Niu Dali and the others rushed onto the trestle like a gust of wind.

The sailors were so tired that they were about to lose their strength, and they fell down to rest, "The only one still standing was Officer Ge, who was holding a few silver tickets in his hand" His eyes were a little dull.

The sailors stepped forward to take a look, and suddenly they all exclaimed, and the tickets in the hands of the sentry officer said, "All of them are of one hundred taels of denominations, and there are at least seven or eight of them!"

"General Xie Qin rewards! General Qin is rising step by step, and he will be crowned marquis! The sailors shouted in unison.

Qin Lin had already run away like a gust of wind.

He held the waist card of the Jinyi Guard all the way, and went straight into the city on horseback, and the several guards guarding Mén did not understand what was going on, and retreated to both sides.

Niu Dali shouted like a thunderbolt: "Jinyi Wei is handling the case under the order of Liu Dudu, where does the Cang ambassador of Zhenjiang Mansion live, take us to ...... quickly"

Before a few city defenders could react, Qin Lin waved his hand vigorously at Niu and said with a wry smile: "No need" Someone arrived one step ahead of us. In the sky above a private house in the west of the city, the green smoke after the fire is still lingering.

When Qin Lin arrived, the neighbors were still afraid of the fire, "Many people stood on the street with washbasins and buckets, talking about the fire just now.

The courtyard where he lives, whose surname is Cui, is covered with water, and a large amount of soot and char-like stuff floating on the water "looks dirty."

It was winter, the north wind was blowing strongly, but there were still remnants of the scorching temperature when the fire was raging, and the air was filled with a choking smell of burning, and the hall house must be the place where the fire started, and all the debris there had been burned to the ashes only" Qin Lin even found the remains of a table of eight immortals from the ashes, and some gray-white sè burning products distributed in a square.

The fire and smoke had raged wildly here, leaving a gray and black sè on the lime-brushed walls, twisted and hideous, like the teeth and claws of a fire demon.

Qin Lin could distinguish the strange smell of burning proteins in the ordinary burnt smell, his eyes were half-narrowed, and his face was unprecedentedly solemn, because the appearance of this smell at the scene of the fire meant that the most undesirable thing had happened. ,

Following the scent, Qin Lin found his target: a charred corpse.

It was pitch black, and the surface of its body had been completely carbonized, and its posture was twisted into a spasmodic shape, as if it had struggled violently before it died.

The prefect of Zhenjiang came in a sedan chair, only one step later than Qin Lin, and the two sides exchanged two words, Qin Lin made his intention clear and stated that the case was taken over by Jinyiwei.

"Fatty, it's your turn!" Qin Lin made a gesture towards Lu Yuanzhi.

"No, this is obviously burned", Lu Yuanzhi muttered, but he still took out the tools and began to dissect the charred corpse.

To be honest, this charred corpse is black, and the smell is like a burnt roasted ròu, which is really terrifying, except for Qin Lin, who is like a thousand years of ice as soon as he enters the state, and this fat man Lu whose nerves are thicker than an elephant, there is really no third person who can dissect it casually.

"Forgive me for taking the liberty of it", the prefect of Zhenjiang arched his hand: "This person looks like he was burned to death" Why should General Qin? Before the words fell, Lu Fatzi had already shouted: "cào! There were no blisters or soot in his lungs, and this man was burned after death! In fact, the distortion of the limbs and the appearance of struggling "is not ironclad evidence of death caused by sharp disasters", because even if a person dies, the physiological activity of the muscles does not disappear immediately, and the cremation of the corpse will make the muscles shrink and relax in an abnormal state under high temperatures, which will make the dead human body appear twisted and struggling.

Qin Lin told the fat man about this truth, "I meant to point out my assistant, but the prefect of Zhenjiang listened to it and admired it so much: no wonder this person is young and has become a deputy of Jinyi Wei, and he really has a family history, so he can't be a hereditary commander or a commander in his family."

Since it has been determined that the deceased was killed before his death and cremated after his death, Qin Lin's previous inference has been confirmed: Caoyun Yinzi was in Zhenjiang Mansion, and it was the Cang Ambassador surnamed Cui and Shi Jiao who colluded with each other to do it!

The only thing I didn't expect was that the White Lotus Sect's response was so quick and effective that it was directly eliminated from the **, sacrificing the lives of the people involved in the case, and completely cutting off the path of investigation.

The White Lotus Sect is indeed mysterious and weird, and its methods are unusually ruthless.

Since the person in charge had already died, Qin Lin hurriedly asked the prefect to cooperate in searching for Kuding who was transporting silver to the boat.

The family members of the deceased were not in Zhenjiang, "there were only two rough maids and one xiǎo in his house", and they were all frightened enough by the sudden fire.

Qin Lin patiently interrogated them, did he know who the surname Cui was fighting with, and what friends were in contact with him, "How are you doing these days?"

Helplessly, these few people didn't know anything, even if they threatened to use heavy punishments, they were at a loss, and Qin Lin concluded that they really didn't know.

Soon the arrest of Zhenjiang Mansion also returned, bringing news that was very unfavorable to the detection: all the Kuding involved in the case had disappeared without a trace, and not even one of them could be found!

"me!" Lu Fatzi was so angry that he smashed his fist against the wall, it hurt too much, and after taking it back, he pinched it behind him.

Qin Lin couldn't help but be glad that he had made the decision to investigate before, if the White Lotus Sect had discovered the intention of the investigation from the beginning, I am afraid that they would have done it more carefully and thoroughly, in that case, he would really be blinded and would not be able to find any clues.

Now, although the White Lotus Sect also reacted as quickly as possible after he discovered the clues, it was only one step faster after all, and maybe there were still some clues to be found.

Qin Lin interrogated the two rough girls with Yan Yue, interrogating the close-fitting girl more attentively, trying to pull something useful out of their mouths.

I especially asked if there were any big objects at home, which disappeared before and after the boat went to Zhenjiang Mansion to load silver.

Lu Yuanzhi and Niu Dali both secretly praised Qin Lin's clever question, something that can replace 500,000 taels of silver should not be xiǎo.

Both the rough girl and the xiǎo were puzzled, and muttered to themselves, "Big objects? How big is it? ”

Fat Lu couldn't help but be discouraged when he heard this, no matter how big the object is, the surname Cui can't be used as 500,000 Caoyin, let alone make Caoyin disappear suddenly! A few people have always unpacked the box and seen that the silver key is still inside.,Here's the town.,I'm afraid it mainly plays a role in cooperating!

"Think about it, think about it again", Qin Lin and Yan Yue coaxed xiǎo 厮 and Yahuan sè, "Whoever comes up with useful clues will be rewarded by this official."

That xiǎo 厮 was the first to remember: "Oh, that's right! The owner of the house had bought a large wine gourd with a pot full of spirits ten days ago, and Xiǎo had gone to drink it secretly many times, but around December 7, the gourd was gone. ”

What can a big wine gourd have to do with the Caoyin case? ,

A rough girl also said tentatively: "About half a month ago, the owner of the house bought a whole bag of red salt" I'm afraid that there will be dozens of catties, and I have been putting it behind Mén. Two days ago, the maid had ringworm on her feet, and she was ready to soak her feet in red salt, but when she went to look for it, she found that the red salt had gone. Sir, does what the servant said count? ”

Red salt, and Cao Yin are even more incompatible, Lu Fatzi and the others were extremely disappointed and became depressed.

Qin Lin smiled and bent his eyes, and rewarded the three meeting tickets to the rough envoy girl and xiǎo 厮.

"Interesting, maybe I've already found the mystery of the disappearance of the Silver Hammer!" , Qin Lin laughed and stood up: "Prepare the horse, let's go back to Sanwan!" ”！！

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