The two ships that were on guard on the periphery of the nine-headed Jiao rushed over after hearing the explosion and seeing the smoke rising from the flames. However, by the time they arrived, the Coast Guard had already finished the battle, and after suffering losses on the anti-aircraft gunners, the two pirate ships immediately turned around and fled. The armed fishing boats had little ammunition left and had to abandon the pursuit.

The next day, an investigation team sent by the management committee conducted a comprehensive inspection of the wreckage of the pirate ship. The hull had become dilapidated, the deck was completely destroyed, and there was nothing recognizable except for a small cannon that had been burned black. However, the dozen or so boxes of opium recovered from the boat can be identified as a group of armed maritime gangs smuggling opium, or pirates. Because there was no living mouth, there was no way to determine the identity of the pirates. Due to the unknown situation, no search was carried out on the nearby coast afterwards, and the people who received the goods on the shore may have fled.

"Who told you to kill them all! Now I can't find anyone when I ask for information. As one of the members of the investigation team, Yun Suixin complained, "You are happy, purely making our work more difficult." ”

The gunner smiled awkwardly, "At that time, the situation was urgent, and I just thought that we couldn't reveal our biggest secret, so how could I have time to think about it so much!" ”

"You want to keep it a secret, but you still can't keep it, these people didn't die in vain." As a doctor, Qin Shanfeng instinctively resisted such a thing.

"The people on the shore probably didn't see our ship traveling through time. Even if a few people see armed fishing boats appear out of thin air, most of them think that we have used some kind of magic trick. With the education level of ordinary people in this era, there should be no concept of traveling through time and space. Chen Jianhua analyzed one by one, so that everyone does not have to worry too much.

"What if the news reaches the British?" In fact, this is what everyone is most worried about. It doesn't matter if the secret of time travel is known by the indigenous people, maybe it can also cover the survivors with a layer of immortal aura. But the European and American powers are hungry wolves, and if they know this secret, there is no guarantee that they will not unite to attack the survivors. With technology that has been leading for hundreds of years, you don't need to think much to know how tempting it is for the Western world. And now the Liberation Army does not have the confidence to confront the whole world.

"An-la! Ann! Fei Chen looked at everyone with a solemn expression and smiled, "Don't worry too much. Mr. Mark Twain has not yet written his book, and time travel should be an unfamiliar concept in the West, and no one should think of it for the time being. Besides, when the British hear these rumors, most of them will think that they are superstitions of ignorant villagers, or that we are playing tricks. Now is the age of science, how can people believe in such phenomena that science cannot explain. ”

Zhang Pan sighed, "In the final analysis, we still have a thin foundation. If we can make guns, cannons, bullets, and shells ourselves, not to mention the Eight-Nation Alliance, even the Sixteen-Nation Alliance can beat them out. ”

"What about these?" Qin Shanfeng asked, pointing to the two bodies that had been salvaged. He made a temporary cameo appearance as a forensic doctor just now, but the corpse had been soaked for more than ten hours, and it was already swollen and deformed, and its identity could not be determined from its appearance.

Yun Sui thought about it for a while and said: "If you still recognize your face, take pictures and keep them for records, and then let the police stations in each county secretly investigate, as long as they are locals, you can always find someone who knows them." ”

Chen Jianhua added: "We must first consider the caliber of external publicity. With so many dead people, it is impossible for the outside world not to know, even if the pirates who deliver the goods are from other places, but the ones who receive the goods must be locals. There may be someone killed by us, and the family will definitely be looking for them, so this matter cannot be hidden. Only by preemptively announcing the nature of the incident can we prevent people from taking advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble. ”

Facts have proved that Chen Jianhua's suggestion is correct. Three days later, people from the towns of Longgang, Dapeng and Da'o in Dapeng County went to the police station to report that their family members were missing. Soon, the bodies in several photos were identified, and similar to the guesses of the investigation team, these people were ordinary people. According to his family's confession, the deceased had been hired as a coolie three days earlier. As a result, after adding several professionals, the investigation team was reorganized into the "812 Task Force" and moved to Longgang.

After arriving in Longgang, Yun Suixin found a few intermediaries who hired people by asking the coolies' families, and soon targeted Chen Shirong's second housekeeper. Because there was speculation in advance, after learning that the mastermind behind the scenes might be Chen Shirong, everyone didn't think it was strange. Someone proposed to arrest Chen Shirong back, but Yun Suixin vetoed it, and the reason was still the same - the evidence was insufficient and he couldn't do it. However, Yun Suixin still let Levi lead the way and came to the door in the name of investigation.

Chen Shirong seemed to be prepared for the police to come to the door, the guests and the host sat down in the hall, and the maid brought fragrant tea. Levi introduced the two, although Chen Shirong didn't know what the official position of the director of the Police Department of the Ministry of Public Security was, he also guessed that the fast hands in the Liberation Army were all under the control of this person, and he was a big official in the short hair.

After complimenting each other twice, the clouds went straight to the point. "Mr. Chen, have you heard about the disappearance of dozens of people in Japan County?"

Chen Shirong nodded, "I've heard a little." ”

"These dozens of people were hired as coolies and haven't been back since they left three days ago." Yun casually stared at the old fox's eyes, "And the one who hired these people is the second housekeeper of your mansion." ”

"Oh?!" Chen Shirong's expression did not change in any way, "I really don't know about this matter." Don't be surprised by the two leaders, to be honest, my Chen family also has some industry, and I often hire some short-term workers on weekdays. It's just that these things are handled by my subordinates, and I never ask. Since the two chiefs are asking, I will send someone to find the second butler. ”

Yun Suixin and Levi exchanged glances, a little puzzled, didn't you run away if you made a mistake?

After a while, a man in his forties with a goatee walked in, kowtowed to Chen Shirong, and then stood up and asked, "Master, what do you command?" ”

Chen Shirong pointed to the two guests, "Second butler, these two chiefs have something to ask you, you have to answer truthfully!" The man bowed to Yun and Li again, "Please head Chang'an!" ”

Ever since this man entered the door, Yun Suixin had been observing, but found that this person was not the second butler he was looking for. Yun Suixin had already asked the intermediary to make a puzzle before, and also asked the person who knew the second housekeeper to confirm it, and he had already memorized his appearance, and the person in front of him was obviously not the right number. Yun Suixin looked sideways at Chen Shirong, "Mr. Chen, this is the second housekeeper in your house?" Why doesn't it look like the rumors? As he spoke, he beckoned to the police officers who followed, handed over his briefcase, took out a puzzle from it and handed it to Chen Shirong.

Chen Shirong took the painting, his hand trembled slightly, but he quickly covered up the past with a surprised tone. "Oops! It turned out to be this person. As if to see the portrait clearly, he looked at it carefully before handing it back to Yun Suixin. This person's name is Chen Tianqiao, and he is one of my own families. It turned out that it was indeed the steward of my family, but he had quit his job ten days ago, but I didn't expect him to be swaggering and cheating outside in the name of my Chen family, which is really hateful! ”

Although he had already guessed that Chen Shirong would not admit it, he didn't expect him to push it cleanly. Yun casually put away the portrait and asked, "Why did this Steward Chen quit?" ”

"He only said that there was something at home, and I didn't ask in detail. couldn't keep it again and again, and deliberately gave an extra half a year's salary. I didn't expect him to take revenge and ruin the reputation of my Chen family. Chen Shirong looked indignant, as if he was usually a person who cherished feathers.

Yun Suixin didn't expect to find any useful information from him, so he asked him where Chen Tianqiao lived, and got up to leave. Chen Shirong personally delivered it to the door and said repeatedly, "Please also ask all the leaders to find out the truth, so as to restore the innocence of my Chen family, I am grateful!" ”

Chen Tianqiao's family lived in Huangniping, three miles north of the town, and Yun left Chen's mansion casually and drove there with Levi. Although the road is similar to the machine plow road in the original time and space, it is only a dozen or twenty minutes by car. Halfway through, Levi's, who was sitting in the passenger seat, suddenly noticed that a thick cloud of smoke rose from the village in front of him, which was particularly conspicuous when there were no high-rise buildings blocking the view. Levi had a bad premonition in his heart, so he urged the driver to speed up.

When I arrived outside the village, I could see several houses in the village burning into flames, and many villagers rushed to the fire with buckets of water, and the sound of the alarm gong kept ringing. Levi jumped out of the car, grabbed a villager, asked where the well was, and asked the driver to drive over.

There was a submersible pump in the back compartment of the police pickup, and Levi started the diesel generator in the compartment, connected the power supply, checked the nylon hose on the submersible pump, and then threw the submersible pump into the well. And Yun Suixin instructed the police to connect the nylon water belt one by one and extend it to the fire. The submersible pump on the police car was specially prepared for the firefighting work in the new time and space. With the road conditions of the 19th century, in many places large fire trucks could not go at all, and there was no running water system, no fire hydrants, and no use for large fire trucks, so this kind of cottage fire truck came into being. The submersible pump has a head of 15 meters to cope with the drop of most rivers and wells, plus a pressurized pump to cope with general natural fires. Today was Levi's first time with a real gun, and although he was a little in a hurry, it only took seven minutes for the water column to be poured on the fire.

The villagers were pouring buckets of well water in vain, but the fire forced everyone to retreat, and when they were about to despair, they saw a few shorthairs running with a cloth belt, and then they were seen fiddling, and a column of water sprayed out of the white iron pipe in the hands of the shorthairs in the front. Under the swing of the water dragon, the fire was quickly contained, and the villagers who were fighting the fire slowly stopped their movements and watched Levi perform alone. They didn't want to stop, and Shorthair had caught up in the well, and they had nowhere to fetch water.

Levi slowly advanced with a water gun, the water dragon passed by, Zhu Rong retreated, and the police had to call the villagers to come and help carry the water hose. The fire was quickly brought under control, and it took nearly two hours for Levi to finally extinguish the last big fire. Although the fire drill was carried out several times, he was still tired half to death by doing it with real ammunition. After firing the gun for an hour, his hands were so weak that he couldn't lift them, and he had to hand over the water gun to the policeman, who commanded by the side. The uniform on his body was burned in several places, and his face was pitch black, and his image was similar to that of a beggar. Yun casually came over and saw it, and laughed. The latter has been guarding the well and taking care of the pump, and his image is certainly not as bleak as his, but his face is spent. The two found a clean place to sit down and rest, and Yun ordered the police to find the village chief.

The village chief is an old man in his fifties, surnamed Huang, this is Huang Niping, and most of the villagers are surnamed Huang. After the village chief came, he expressed his gratitude repeatedly, but he just turned over and over those two sentences. The scene of kowtowing is also indispensable, Yun casually said a few polite words, and then asked, "Village Chief Huang, whose house is this on fire?" ”

The old man sighed, "Who else could it be?" It's not Huang Tianqiao's bastard family. ”

"Didn't you say that your surname was Chen?" The intelligence was not right, and Yun Suixin was taken aback.

"That bastard turned out to be surnamed Chen, a child surnamed Chen in the town. When he was young, he was a rotten boy, and his mother lost all his family property as soon as he died, and he had no way to join the whole family of Huangzhu in our village. Who knew that he didn't learn well when he entered the door, prostituted and gambled, and within a few years, he was angry with his father-in-law and wife. After that, no one cared about him, and then he didn't know how to climb up to his own family's Master Chen and follow others to do things. If it weren't for this, our village would have kicked him out long ago! ”