"Huh?" Duan Fei's smiling face suddenly retracted, and he stepped forward to look at the head in Lu Sheng's hand with a solemn expression. The entire skull has been stained with dirt, and if it had just been cut off by the sword, there should have been a fresh section.

Duan Fei's face changed greatly, and his figure flashed to the edge of the tomb. In the grave bag, the dense bones make people reveal a chill from the soul. And what made Duan Fei's heart even more chilling was that these bones turned out to be in different places.

Some of the bones had marks of being severed on their chests, and although the Fei Ling Wei sword qi cut off some of the bones, it could not hide the true cause of death of these corpses.

What was a joke in the morning turned out to be a reality. The fisherman clan was really exterminated by Princess Changling? How dare Princess Changling do this to exterminate a group?

Duan Fei's eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at it in a daze for a long time before slowly turning around.

"Brother Lu, is the clue of the fisherman clan broken here?"

"Not necessarily!" Lu Sheng gently put the head in his hand back into the grave bag, "There are two questions, first, is the fisherman really all dead? Is there still a fish that has slipped through the net? Second, even if the fisherman clan is exterminated, then who is the murderer? Why did you do this? What is the secret in this, and what is the relationship with the robbery of the official bank this time?"

"Yes, although there are very few fishermen, there are hundreds, and I don't believe that all the fishermen, women, and children are extinct. However, when it comes to Princess Changling, we have to be cautious!"

Lu Sheng, Duan Fei and others returned to the county government of Chongming County and immediately recruited the county magistrate of Chongming County. Zhao Yao has been an official for forty years, and he is a real veteran of the Three Dynasties. But because of the mediocre political performance, it stopped at the Jiupin County Order.

Although Zhao Yao is old, his body is very tough. A man who is nearly 70 years old is not dazzled by his eyes or ears, and his legs and feet are numb and full of energy. Lu Sheng and Duan Fei were waiting in the living room, and after a while, Zhao Yao came slowly.

"The two Lord Qincha, have you seen it?" The expression on Zhao Yao's face was a little ambiguous, obviously he knew the truth about the fisherman's extermination in his heart.

"Yes, I see, can you tell me more about it?"

"This matter is a secret, and it should not be revealed after 20 years of dust. If this matter has nothing to do with the robbery of the adult's investigation of the official silver, it is better that the two adults should not know. ”

"Zhao Yao, what do you mean by this?" Duan Fei's face instantly became gloomy, and he stared at Zhao Yao with a sharp gaze.

Zhao Yao still had an old fritter smile on his face, and he didn't care about Duan Fei's warning at all, and silently came to sit down opposite Lu Sheng.

"Xiaguan is already seventy years old, and he will return to his hometown in a few days. So selfless and fearless, the lower officials are not afraid of anything, but the two adults are young and have a bright future, and some things are not good for the two adults.

The old man has been in officialdom for decades, relying on a creed, don't ask what shouldn't be asked, don't care about what shouldn't be cared for, take care of his duty, and be diligent.

The fishermen were wiped out twenty years ago, and it doesn't matter if they died of the plague or something else. They should have nothing to do with the robbery of the official silver that the adults tracked down, right?"

Lu Sheng tapped on the armrest of the seat, squinted his eyes slightly, thought for a long time, and opened his eyes again, "Zhao Zhixian, why was the fisherman clan exterminated, who did it back then, and how many people escaped?" ”

"You still want to know, hey, why...... Young man......" Zhao Yao smiled like an old fox, hesitated for a while, and slowly spoke.

"Twenty-five years ago, at the beginning of the first emperor's accession to the throne, the two adults had not experienced that turmoil, and they should have heard of it, right?

The same is true of the Marquis of Ningguo's Mansion, the huge Marquis of Ningguo, only the current Marquis of Ningguo Xie Tianci is left. Originally, since the Marquis of Ningguo Mansion was implicated, he should have been removed from his title.

But because of Princess Changling, Marquis Ning also inherited the title and even stayed in charge of the Shanghai Water Division. Princess Changling is the eldest daughter of the first emperor and is deeply favored by the first emperor.

But because of this, she has developed a pampered and willful, arrogant and domineering character. Princess Changling's style was also famous in the capital back then, and it was rumored at the age of sixteen that ......"

Suddenly, Zhao Yao's words paused, and he looked at Lu Sheng and Duan Fei and took a sip of tea with a wry smile, "Hehehe...... When I'm older, I talk a lot, and I say so many things that don't make sense. ”

Putting down the teacup, Zhao Yao hesitated slightly and let out a long sigh, "Anyway, Princess Changling's reputation was not very good back then, so the dignitaries and dignitaries in the capital didn't dare to ask Princess Changling to enter the door, seeing Princess Changling being delayed year after year."

At this time, Ning Guohou's family was ordered to enter Beijing. Under that purge, Ning Guohou was not spared. But he didn't want Ning Guohou's second son, who is today's Ning Guohou, to make a private agreement with Princess Changling for life.

Princess Changling made a big fuss in the palace of the first emperor, and finally retained the title of Marquis of Ningguo, and it didn't take long for her to marry the current Marquis of Ningguo. Half a year later, Princess Changling gave birth to a baby boy for Ning Guohou......"

"Half a year?" Duan Fei called out in surprise.

"It's so green!" Lu Sheng sighed in his heart.

"It's only been half a year after marriage, and I can't prove that this child is not Ning Guohou's. The corners of Zhao Yao's mouth cracked, but no matter how you look at this smile, it is schadenfreude.

Originally, it was relatively sweet after marriage, but five years later, Princess Changling learned a secret, and this matter instantly caused turmoil in Shanghai.

Princess Changling found out that Xie Tianci had a woman before, and this woman also gave birth to a child for Xie Tianci. ”

"That woman is from the Fisherman Clan?" Duan Fei asked in a low voice with a cold face.

"It's not that a family doesn't enter the door, this posture of hurting each other is really standard. The corners of Lu Sheng's mouth twitched slightly, and he said speechlessly.

"The furious Princess Changling came to Chongming Island and ordered the fishermen to be slaughtered during the annual winter solstice festival of the fishermen. The 473 lives of the fishermen disappeared overnight. ”

Zhao Yao was not really a clay wood sculpture after all, and when he said this, the expression on his face was also full of panic and pain.

"It's really audacious, even if Princess Changling is deeply favored by the first emperor, she can't do such an outrageous thing, right? If this matter spreads, where is the reputation of the Dayu royal family?" Duan Fei shouted with a pale face.

"So, the news didn't get out, and all the fishermen died in a plague. Three days later, Changlingwei evacuated Chongming Island, leaving a grave at the fishermen's station.

There shouldn't be many people who know about this back then. The old man is old, but he is not afraid of anything. But now that you've inquired, you'll need to think about what to do about the rest.

Many things have passed in the past, and even if you know that they are wrong, you can only pass. Now that the world is leveling down and the country is getting stronger and stronger, this kind of thing that damages the country's reputation should be buried. ”

"Is Lord Zhao really thinking so?" Suddenly, Lu Sheng raised his head and stared at Zhao Yao with burning eyes, and the corners of his mouth slightly hooked up a sly smile.

"What did Lord Chincha say?"

"If Zhao Zhixian really doesn't want to bring up this matter again, you can prevaricate us without knowing anything, and you will definitely not tell the truth of the year. ”

Zhao Yao's face stiffened, and it took a long time before he showed a wry smile, "Alas, the young man now...... The old man has not lived for a few years, but he is not afraid of anything.

It's just that this matter has been my heart for the past twenty years. Sometimes when I dream at night, I dream that someone comes to beat the drum and cry out. Speaking out today, there is a kind of relief from the burden......"

Lu Sheng can understand Zhao Yao's mood, how can people be ruthless if they are not grass and trees. What's more, the demise of an entire tribe is still the kind of bloody case of being brutally exterminated. As a magistrate of the county, it is natural for him to pretend to be deaf and dumb, and he is uneasy.

"The fishermen didn't survive back then?" Lu Sheng asked in disbelief.

"No!" Zhao Yao slowly took out a roster from his wide cuffs, "The annual winter solstice festival is a sacred sacrifice of the fisherman clan. No matter how far away they were, the fishermen would rush back to participate in the sacrifice.

Moreover, the fishermen live in this county, and they never marry outside. So all the fishermen were on the mountain that day, and Princess Changling came to first block the way up and down the mountain, and then killed the mountain from all directions. ”

Lu Sheng took the roster, which recorded the names of every fisherman, and in the end, without exception, died twenty years ago.

After this incident, the Nanling Mansion immediately blocked the news and sent the matter to the capital overnight.

We all thought that even if Princess Changling would not be executed for this reason, she would at least be deprived of her title and degraded to a commoner. But he didn't want to think that the first emperor would indulge Princess Changling to such an extent, and only returned to take care of the aftermath, and he couldn't make a noise. ”

The atmosphere instantly became silent, and Lu Sheng couldn't get any useful clues in Chongming County, so he had to leave and leave.

The morning sun was born, the sky was full of sunshine, and Duan Fei and his party walked to the riverside of Chongming County, looking at the surging river in front of them, but they were inexplicably confused.

Lu Sheng doesn't have any thoughts of being loyal to the king, and everything he does is basically in accordance with his own wishes. It is not only accustomed to tracking down the case, but also for the reward of punishment. If there is something noble, it is to slaughter a few wicked people and save a few more good people.

As we heard today, for court officials like Zhao Yao, they had to weigh loyalty and legal principles. But Lu Sheng didn't have this concern, speaking of which, this official was picked up, and there was nothing to feel sorry for if he lost it.

If that hadn't happened twenty years ago, but now. Lu Sheng promised that he could stab the day.

But now, twenty years have passed since this incident, and those who know about it have forgotten about it, and it is inconvenient for Lu Sheng to turn over the old accounts at this time, and it is not his turn to turn over them.

"What should I do, the clue is just broken?" Duan Fei let out a long breath, the smile on his face so bitter.

"Is it broken? No!" Lu Sheng looked back suspiciously, "It's just that the target we suspect has been rejected, but this line has not been broken." At the very least, it is certain that the robbers transported the official silver through the bottom of the river. ”

"However, only the fishermen can do this, and if the fishermen are all wiped out, who else can do it?"

"Fishermen are people, they are not sharks with fish tails, they are also people, there is nothing they can do and others can't. I've just seen the map, even if it was done by the fishermen, it would be impossible for them to transport the official silver to Chongming Island. I estimate that this batch of official silver has already left Haikou!"

"Chirp-" Suddenly, a terrible whistling sound pierced the sky!

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