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The next day, the prince's palace secretly transported in more than a dozen large boxes, and Xie Shence carefully avoided everyone's eyes and put those wooden boxes in the basement.

"Lord Admiral, as far as one can judge, the oldest of these corpses is no more than fourteen years old, the oldest is only eight years old, nine males, and four females."

A bearded man with gray eyes bent over respectfully.

The temperature in the basement was extremely low, and there were more than a dozen corpses around him, which made people shudder. If it weren't for the special treatment, these corpses still emitted a strong rancid smell, which was the credit of General Secretary Yang.

Xie Shence looked at them one by one, and reached out to touch them from time to time. Of course, he was wearing gloves.

"These people are starving to death. Their hands and feet were tied, and the strength of the bound people was so great that they could not break free, and they all starved for at least five days before they died. ”

Xie Shence flipped over a child's wrist, then looked at the ankle again, and sure enough, there were circles of blood.

However, when Xie Shence opened the hand of an older child, his eyes shrank slightly.

Xie Shence opened the hand of one more child, looked at the palm, changed another person, and finally looked at all thirteen people before getting up.

He looked at Xie Shence's frowns, and he didn't know if he had made a mistake or if he hadn't checked carefully enough and didn't dare to speak.

General Secretary Yang waved his hand, motioned for Qi Zuo to go out with a few people who were examining the corpse, and then asked, "My lord, did you find anything?" ”

Xie Shence said: "Look at their hands, what do you find?" ”

Mr. Yang, Zhuo Shishimao, and San carefully checked again with doubts.

"Nothing, huh?"

"No scars and no deformities."

"Except for the palms that are a little thick, and there are calluses"

Mr. Yang and Zhuo Shishi were suddenly startled, and looked at Mao San, both of whom had deep doubts.

Mao San found that several people were looking at him, and his heart was a little hairy, and he asked hesitantly: "Is there something wrong with the lowly position?" ”

Xie Shence shook his head and said, "No, yours is right." ”

"These thirteen people have all learned kung fu! Or, it's all kung fu. Mr. Yang took over the words of thanks.

Zhuo 14 and Mao San were puzzled.

"This is not a simple transnational human trafficking. Rather, it was premeditated. Behind this incident, there must be a shocking secret. ”

Suddenly, Xie Shence asked, "Has the secret letter to His Majesty been sent?" ”

Mr. Yang said: "Not yet." ”

"What about Jiangbeiliu?"

"Probably not yet."

"Whether there is it or not, cut it off. Before this matter is clarified, don't send a word to Beijing. ”

Mr. Yang was puzzled: "Do this, Your Majesty there"

"Admiral Ben bears it alone, and he does it."

Mr. Yang responded, and then Zhuo Shishi hurried out of the basement and rushed to Jiangbei Liufu.

After Zhuo Fourteen left, General Secretary Yang asked, "Then according to the opinion of Lord Admiral, what kind of conspiracy might it be?" ”

Xie Shence shook his head and said, "It won't be easy." Do you think, if you are abducting and selling human beings, will you pick up children with kung fu and start with them? ”

Mr. Yang said: "The trafficked population must be good-looking, healthy, and obedient. And of these three things, the most taboo is those who practice martial arts. ”

"If it is a lowly position, you will not choose someone who has practiced martial arts since childhood. Because that means more resistance and more accidents on the road. ”

Xie Shence smiled: "You still missed one." ”

Mao San said: "I know it!" The Song Dynasty was weak, emphasizing literature and suppressing martial arts, and there were not many people who practiced martial arts, and those who practiced martial arts since childhood were generally wealthy families, or they were simply martial arts families, because only such people had the ability to practice martial arts since childhood. ”

"Exactly! So it can be concluded that these people are not children of ordinary families, and it is certain that their families are relatively famous in the local area. ”

Xie Shence sighed and continued: "These children can practice martial arts, and their status in the family is naturally not low, once they are lost, they will naturally cause a great reaction. Presumably, their families have used great strength to find them. ”

"But even so, they are still being trafficked here. It can be seen that the strength or strength of this group of people is definitely not. ”

Mr. Yang twisted his beard and said while thinking: "According to the meaning of the adults, they have traveled thousands of miles and spent great effort to get these children, so there must be some ulterior secrets?" ”

Mao San hesitated for a moment and said, "Could it be needed in the army?"

However, this speculation was denied by Xie Shence as soon as he came out.

"Impossible, whether it is the Northern Army, the Northwest Army, or the Huai Army, it is impossible to buy such a person from the slave traders. The military needed young and strong laborers, mostly from prisoners of war. And these, obviously still children with status, are not safe and cannot be drawn. Not to mention that they are still from the Song Kingdom, one is not good, it is a dispute between the two countries. The military could not have done that. ”

"Who would that be?"

Xie Shence shook his head, "I don't know either." But what is certain is that such a force will definitely not. And there will never be many times of human trafficking of this scale and difficulty. Or for so many years, Jiangnan County just this time, and let us run into it. ”

Mr. Yang frowned and said, "Then it's tricky." ”

"It's not tricky, it's that there's no way to start. How big is the world? How can you be sure if there are any similar ones? What's more, even if there is, how many are there? Where did it all happen? Where is the source of the population? There is no way, and what is certain is that the destination of these people is definitely not Jiangnan County, nor can it be Huaiyang Dao, or even whether it is in the Great Jin Dynasty. ”

Xie Shence frowned and said, "But I've found myself in a big trouble." ”

Mr. Yang and Mao San were also silent. Tiqi has a lot of crime solvers, but it doesn't include the two of them. Even Xie Shence is not a professional in this category.

At noon, Zhuo Shishi came back and brought back the unfinished memora of Jiang Beiliu, and Xie Shence destroyed it after reading it. In addition, Zhuo Shishi brought Xie Shence's meaning, and Jiang Beiliu also promised not to rush into the book before the truth of the matter came out.

In the afternoon, Xie Shence and his entourage, led by two officials, came to the place of the incident.

Now that the cave has been sealed by the government, there are no people around, and no one will come up without incident-more than a dozen corpses appeared out of thin air, all of them thought it was an evil land, and it was too late to hide - so now it basically remains the same as after the corpses were removed.

Xie Shence looked around, and then speculated about the intentions of the villain.

This place is undoubtedly a relatively secluded hideaway, eerie, and off the beaten track. What's more, it's a place with a lot of vegetation, which is good for hiding. Moreover, there are many poisonous insects and beasts, and ordinary people dare not enter and exit at will. Xie Shence picked two poisonous snakes when he came in, if it weren't for his quick hands, the two officials in front of him who led the way would have died.

"The cave is not big, and a considerable part of it is excavated by man, and the soil covers most of the cave entrance, which is not easy to find. It is likely that it has been dormant for quite some time before it is discovered. ”

"Looking at the color of the soil and the traces inside, it should be about twenty days to a month. And to be sure, it shouldn't have been used before. ”

Xie Shence said: "Dig up the soil at the entrance of the cave and take a look." ”

Originally, in order to facilitate the removal of corpses, the entrance of the cave was enlarged, and a layer of soil was cut off, and the two officials came with hoes and shovels, so the hole was quickly planed.

Xie Shence took the shovel, thrust it down, stepped on it a few times, turned out the new soil, and then compared, and found no abnormality. So I tried digging a few more shovels next to it.

Suddenly, Xie Shence's shovel hit a hard object. Xie Shence signaled, so another official stepped forward and tested it with a hoe.

Sure enough, there was something on the left side of the hole, but after determining what it was, it made people take a breath of cold air.

It's a corpse again.

Immediately, Xie Shence asked the official to return to the city and gather people.

In the evening, more than 20 officials gathered here, carried the three bodies that had been dug up into wooden boxes, and then transported them away.

Mr. Yang and Xie Shence were in a heavy mood, and they had a conversation to relax on the horse.

"Who could it be?"

"Who knows? I don't know until the results of the work come out. ”

"Could it be that guy?"

"Probably."

"But why would they die and then be buried here?"

"Who knows?"

That night, the results were given.

Two of the three died of poisoning and the other from his injuries. The wound of the man who died was extremely large, and because of the decay, it is impossible to tell what kind of sharp weapon was injured, but it can be determined that it must have been a heavy weapon such as a knife and axe.

Judging from the time of death, it was within a month, which coincided with the time of the cave excavation.

Mr. Yang said: "In this way, it can be determined that these three people must be human traffickers." Thinking about coming to the Southern Song Dynasty, he was also hunted down. ”

Mao San asked, "Then will the Song people suspect that these people have arrived in Jiangnan County?" ”

General Secretary Yang thought for a while and said: "It's not impossible, it's just that there is no movement now, and I'm afraid it's also out of consideration for the diplomatic relations between the two countries." ”

"The distance from the Song Kingdom to Suzhou City is not short, and it is also three hundred miles recently, these people are with children, and some people are injured, but I am afraid that they will not be able to walk in seven or eight days. In addition to the time, plus the injuries of the personnel, it is likely that they voluntarily abandoned the group of children. ”

Xie Shence nodded and said: "Lao Yang's is the same as I think, in this way, if we know what made them give up this operation and give up such a large group of people, it may be possible to uncover the ugly veil of the black hand behind it." ”

Zhuo Fourteen thought: "According to the time point of view, the time for them to give up this action should be less than ten days. You can check some strange things that happened within a radius of 30 miles from Suzhou City within ten days, and maybe you can find some clues. ”

"But what a waste of time. And it doesn't necessarily work. Above all, we have to hide from that Person. Mao San rejected Zhuo 14's suggestion. His one is the crown prince.

"And what do you do?"

"How do I know?"

"Then why can't I?"

Xie Shence saw that the two of them were a little angry, waved his hand to stop the two, then thought about it, and said: "The scope is shrunk again, Suzhou City is ten miles away, and it is within seven days in the last seven days." Three days, if you can't find out something, give up. Find another way. ”