Yang Xiaoyu's voice changed, and he asked with interest: "What boss did you send back to your hometown that day?" ”

"It's a salt merchant in the city, who seems to be quite famous, and when he got on the ship that day, many people came to see him off!" The owner of the boat recalled for a moment and said busily.

"Do you know what day the person died?" Yang Xiaoyu stared at the boat boss and asked in a cold voice.

"Xiaomin knew that after we sent the guests away that day, someone on the dock was killed!" The shipowner replied tremblingly.

Yang Xiaoyu smiled coldly, and a flash of realization flashed in his eyes!

Ren Qianhu was killed at the dock, and there are many doubts about this matter.

Ren Qianhu is a five-grade official, what are you doing at the dock for no reason?

There is no doubt that he is here to see him off!

And who can be the person who knows that Ren Qianhu is coming to see him off?

Salt merchants? Li ming? White Lotus Sect?

According to the guards sent out by Yang Xiaoyu, Ren Qianhu has a good relationship with Yangzhou salt merchants, and there are famous salt merchants who leave Yangzhou and return to their hometowns, so it is understandable that he came to see him off, but who has the guts to kill Jinyi Wei Qianhu?

The White Lotus Sect is impossible, if the White Lotus Sect wants to kill any thousand households, it can be done in the city, not in such a remote place!

It is even more impossible for the salt merchants to be safe and stable in Yangzhou, and most of them rely on the blessing of Ren Qianhu.

Li ming?

He had a relationship with Ren Qianhu's brothers, what reason did he have to kill Ren Qianhu?

His second son joined the Ren family, and he could take over Ren Qianhu's official position in the future, and he had no motive to kill Ren Qianhu at all.

No, thinking of this, a clue suddenly flashed in Yang Xiaoyu's mind!

Li Ming's second son eats, drinks and prostitutes. Gambling, everything, Ren Qianhu shouldn't recruit this kind of person, right?

"Cao Baihu, when did Lord Ren's daughter get involved with Deputy Li's son?" Yang Xiaoyu turned around and asked Cao Tai.

"My subordinates heard from others. After Lord Ren turned forty, he had no children, so he thought of recruiting a son-in-law. Later, it seemed that Deputy Li Qianhu proposed to marry, and Ren Qianhu agreed to the matter. The engagement should have been five years ago! Cao Tai frowned bitterly and thought for a while.

In this way, Li Ming's son and Miss Ren are not baby relatives!

"Then have you heard that Ren Qianhu is going to quit his family?" Yang Xiaoyu asked uncertainly.

"This subordinate doesn't know, the subordinate only knows that Deputy Li Qianhu and Ren Qianhu are inseparable on weekdays, and the relationship is irreversible!" Cao Tai replied with a smile.

Yang Xiaoyu nodded and waved his hand to let the boat bosses leave.

Under the leadership of Jin Yiwei, Yang Xiaoyu came to the place where Ren Qianhu died.

It's less than a mile from the wharf, and you can see the endless scenery on the river and the cool river breeze blowing here. It's not pleasant.

It stands to reason that after Ren Qianhu sent the salt merchant away, there was no reason to come here to enjoy the scenery, unless someone asked him to come to the riverside.

Who will ask him out? Why does Ren Qianhu trust this person so much?

Yang Xiaoyu locked on Li Ming in his heart!

Judging from the results he deduced, Li Ming was the most likely to kill Ren Qianhu.

However, this has yet to be confirmed by one person.

"Back to the city!" Yang Xiaoyu walked around the place of Ren Qianhu's death, found nothing, and immediately returned to the city with a group of brocade guards.

After returning to the city, Yang Xiaoyu took a group of brocade guards to Ren Qianhu's mansion.

Yang Xiaoyu cherishes his life very much, since that assassination. He took his guards with him every time he traveled.

With so many brocade guards today, it is not to show off, but to protect him.

After all, Yangzhou is not Hangzhou. If you are not familiar with the place, bringing a brocade guard can be regarded as saving a lot of trouble.

"Surround the mansion, idle people, etc., don't approach!" Yang Xiaoyu turned to the two hundred households and ordered.

Cheng Yun took his men to the back door, and the front door was guarded by Cao Tai's men.

The gate of Ren's Mansion was closed tightly, and there was no sound in the courtyard.

Yang Xiaoyu stood outside the gate, listened to the boss for a while, and didn't hear any movement, so he asked Cao Tai to come forward and knock on the door.

Bang Bang Bang!

Cao Tai is an acute child. Knocking on the door was a slam bang.

Squeak.

The door slowly opened, and a sixty-year-old man saw so many people outside. A panic flashed in his eyes.

"Steward Wang, what do you see? This is the new Senhu Lord, so why don't you come and see you! Cao Tai saw the old man standing inside the gate, but he didn't come out, and hurriedly reminded vaguely.

"Little Lao'er has seen a thousand households!" The old man calmed down slightly, and hurriedly walked out to salute.

"Tell the master of your mansion that Yang has come to visit!" Treating the meritorious home, Yang Xiaoyu still gave enough face.

"Wait a minute, little old man, go in and report!" The old man confessed his sin and hurried in to report it.

The Ren family is worthy of being a big local family, and in terms of this mansion, it is majestic and has the taste of a family house.

After a while, the old man came out to invite Yang Xiaoyu into the house.

In order to show respect for the family members of the deceased officials, Yang Xiaoyu did not bring Jinyi Wei into the mansion, only Chen Yingren and Cao Tai.

Entered the Ren Mansion, walked through the long corridor, and came to the hall.

An old woman in her seventies, with her hair and wrinkled face, sat on the throne.

"I've seen the old lady!"

Yang Xiaoyu came to the center of the hall and bowed slightly.

"The old body has inconvenient legs and feet, so I won't salute the three adults!"

The old woman spoke loudly, and seemed to have a very strong body.

The Ming Dynasty respects etiquette, and Yang Xiaoyu also respects etiquette, he smiled lightly and said, "Old lady, Yang came this time because he wanted to ask the old lady about something!" ”

"Lord Yang, please speak!" The old woman's eyes that had experienced the wind and rain flashed, and she thought for a moment, nodded and said.

Yang Xiaoyu also knows the pain of the old woman losing her son in her old age, and the white-haired person sending the black-haired person, but there are some things that must be mentioned.

"May I ask the old lady, did Lord Ren intend to divorce from the Li family before his death?" Yang Xiaoyu asked bluntly.

The old woman lowered her eyebrows and thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "My son has this intention, but he attaches great importance to the brotherhood with Li Ming, and he can't bear to break off with Li Ming's brotherhood, so the matter was put on hold, until two months ago, he heard about the good things done by the unscrupulous son of the Li family, and he was angry and wanted to dissolve the relationship with the Li family, but then I don't know what the result was."

After the old woman finished speaking, tears flashed in her eyes, and she choked up: "My son has made friends all his life and attaches great importance to affection, but I didn't expect to end up in such a fate, Lord Yang, since you are the new Lord of Qianhu, then you must find out the murderer and avenge my son!" ”

"Don't worry, old lady, Yang is obligated to do this!" Yang Xiaoyu looked at the old woman sitting with a sad face, and couldn't help but feel a wave of pity.

"Old lady, Yang has a reluctant request, I don't know if you can say it?" Yang Xiaoyu knew that the old woman was sad now, and it was difficult to ask anything, so she asked modestly.

"Lord Yang, please speak."

"Yang has something to see Miss Guifu, and I ask the old lady for permission!"

The old woman thought about it for a while with a calm face, and then sent the maidservant girl next to her to invite the young lady over.

The Ming Dynasty had strict etiquette laws, especially the ladies of the officials' families were not allowed to meet strange men before they got married, let alone talk to strange men.

Although Yang Xiaoyu is a stranger, he is not looking for Miss Ren for personal matters, but for official business!

The old woman of the Ren family knew this very well, so she still ordered someone to invite her granddaughter when she violated the etiquette.

The old woman knew that her granddaughter would have to wait for a while before she came, so she ordered the maid to serve tea to Yang Xiaoyu and the three of them, and asked the three of them to sit down and wait patiently.

After a while, the boss passed.

A sixteen or seventeen-year-old woman walked in.

This woman is dressed in a white dress, with black hair draped over her shoulders, a simple and elegant face without a touch of fat powder, clear eyes, picturesque willow smoke, and a graceful lady of an official family when she walks!

"Jiao'er, this is the new Lord Qianhu Yang!" The old woman sat on it and introduced her granddaughter in a voice.

"The concubine has seen Lord Yang!" Ren Jiao turned her body and saluted Yang Xiaoyu, who was sitting in the first place.

A woman with a marriage contract can call herself a concubine!

Moreover, Ren Jiao was born in a family of eunuchs and attaches great importance to etiquette.

"Miss Ren doesn't need to be polite, Yang invited Miss to come, but there is something to ask!" Yang Xiaoyu stood up and saluted back, and said with a straight face.

"Lord Yang, please ask, what the concubine knows will definitely say it!" Ren Jiao glanced at her grandmother sitting on the main seat, and when she saw that she nodded slightly to her, she knew what her grandmother meant.

Yang Xiaoyu nodded and asked directly, "Miss Ren, are you satisfied with the family affairs that Lord Lingzun has set for you?" ”

"Lord Yang is cautious!"

The women of the eunuch's house are taboo for outsiders to talk about their life's events, especially a strange man of the same age. (To be continued)