At this time, there was a Yangzhou garrison standing on the wharf, a person who looked like a general, was walking back and forth anxiously, and there were several corpses lying on the wooden plank road of the wharf.

Seeing the guards coming with Li Canghai, the general hurriedly walked up and asked, "This lord, I don't know what to call it?" ”

"General, this is Lord Li from the capital, I heard that a body was found here, and I came to check it out." The official hurriedly said.

When the general heard this, he hurriedly saluted Li Canghai: "The last general, the commander of the Yangzhou garrison, Li Jinsheng, has seen Master Li." ”

Li Canghai nodded slightly, and said, "Don't be polite, take the official to the autopsy first." ”

Li Jinsheng hurriedly walked to the dock with the two of them, pointed to a few corpses and said, "My lord, this is the corpse, there are four in total, and they were fished out by the fishermen when they were fishing today." ”

Li Canghai nodded, and then squatted down with Xiao Wu to watch.

The four bodies were all male, all about five feet tall, and their bodies were swollen and white from being soaked in water for a long time.

"My lord, these people all drowned, but at the same time, several people were covered with scars, and there should have been a fierce fight before they died." Xiao Wu inspected several corpses and said.

Li Canghai nodded and said, "Yes, these people are dressed differently from Datang, it can be concluded that they should be from Dongying, and these people belong to two different camps." ”

"Your Excellency, how do you know that they are not the same people?" Li Jinsheng asked puzzled.

It is not uncommon to see from the costumes that several of the corpses are people from Dongying. Many people have seen the Japanese wearing them, and they all know that the Japanese are different from the Tang Dynasty costumes, but how can he see that these four corpses belong to two camps?

Li Canghai pointed to one of the corpses and said, "Look at this corpse, although the clothes he wears are similar to the other three, the fabric is extremely exquisite. And. This person has a golden chrysanthemum on his sleeve, which is the symbol of the Dongying royal family, if the official is not mistaken, he should be the Dongying royal guard escorting the envoy group. ”

Li Jinsheng was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "Are they from the envoys?" ”

Li Canghai pointed to the corpse, shook his head and said, "It's not them. It's him! Of the four corpses, he was the only one who was a member of the legations, and the other three were those who had come to kill him. ”

Xiao Wu stared at a few corpses, looked at them carefully, and suddenly patted his head and said, "I know!" Adults make judgments based on the clothes they wear. The envoys represent the Dongying royal family, so naturally they will not dress so simply. Although the clothes of these people are similar, the materials are very different. So they are by no means members of the legacy. ”

Li Canghai nodded approvingly and motioned for him to continue.

Xiao Wu thought for a moment, and then said, "In addition, there are also scars on the corpse. Each of these men had scars on their bodies, but this one had significantly more scars than the other three. Judging from the scars, he was injured by at least three or more blades. The adults must have concluded that these four people were not accomplices based on the order of success, right? ”

Li Canghai was slightly relieved, nodded and said, "Little Five." Your observations are getting more and more accurate. ”

Xiao Wu smiled and scratched his head. Said shyly: "It's all taught by adults." ”

Li Canghai smiled indifferently and said: "The way to solve the case is to reason from the subtleties, and then find out the most reasonable speculation, and then carefully verify it." ”

Li Jinsheng's face was a little ugly, and a layer of sweat appeared on his forehead. If something happened to the envoys, he could not escape his involvement.

"My lord, how is this good? The last general was ordered to welcome the envoys, and now that something happened to them, how will the last general explain to the court? Li Jinsheng broke out in a cold sweat. Said with a bitter face.

Li Canghai ignored him, but squatted in front of the corpse and carefully examined it.

The corpse was covered with scars, and the clothes were also scratched with numerous wounds, and it seemed that there was no useful information other than identity.

However, a hairpin stuck on the head of the corpse caught Li Canghai's attention.

The hairpin was about a finger long, but the material was a bamboo, which seemed to be randomly broken from a bamboo branch, and had not been carved in any way.

This Dongying guard is gorgeously dressed, how can he use bamboo branches to make hairpins?

Thinking of this, Li Canghai stretched out his hand and pulled the bamboo hairpin out of the corpse's head.

Holding it in his hand, Li Canghai immediately found that the inside of this bamboo hairpin was empty.

With a hard pinch, the bamboo hairpin suddenly cracked from it, and Li Canghai really found a note inside.

The slip of paper has a simple drawing of several islands, as well as a route, which looks like a nautical chart.

"My lord, this ...... It seems to be a nautical chart. Could it be that the envoys really encountered an accident, and he came to report the news? Who were the men who were chasing him? Xiao Wu looked at the note and asked suspiciously.

Li Canghai put away the note, and his face instantly became solemn.

Judging from the situation, it is very likely that the Dongying envoys are in trouble, so they cannot move forward, so they have to dock at an island, and then send someone to Yangzhou to report the news.

But unexpectedly, the person who reported the news was chased and killed all the way, and finally entered the territory of Yangzhou, but died here.

However, fortunately, this person had an extra eye and stuffed the note into the bamboo hairpin, which was discovered by Li Canghai.

"This matter is very important, and I need to go back immediately to discuss it with the prince, the county guard, and others. General Lee, you lead people along the canal to find out if you can find any other corpses. Li Canghai paced back and forth a few steps, and immediately commanded.

Li Jinsheng clasped his hands into fists and said busily: "Don't worry, my lord, the last general will definitely look for it carefully!" ”

Li Canghai nodded, and then returned to Yangzhou City with Xiao Wu.

In the county guard's mansion, everyone sat in the main hall, each with a solemn expression.

Yang Shicheng, the county guard, was even more like sitting on pins and needles, constantly wiping his forehead with his sleeves.

Seeing Li Canghai coming back, everyone hurriedly greeted him.

"Master Li, how is the situation?" Yang Shicheng was the first to greet him and asked impatiently.

Li Canghai glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice: "The situation is not good, I'm afraid the envoys are in trouble." ”

"What?" Yang Shicheng only felt that it was dark in front of him, his body was shaky, and he almost fell to the ground.

"Canghai, what's going on?" Li Qi asked with a slight frown.

Li Canghai told everyone about his speculation, then took out a note and said: "What is recorded on this note should be the place where the Dongying envoys docked, and in my opinion, we must go to sea immediately to respond." ”

Li Qi looked at the note, which was just a few simple islands without any coordinates, how could he find the place where the envoys were trapped?

"Canghai, what are your plans?" Li Qi asked in a deep voice.

After thinking about it, Li Canghai said: "Actually, on the way back, I already have some plans. I led some people to the sea to meet the envoys, but the chart was too vague and it was necessary to find someone familiar with the sea routes. (To be continued.) )