"Thank you, old man, for your kindness......"

Qin Fan solemnly put away the brocade box and saluted the old man, at this time Mu Qingyao said in surprise: "Look, son! The flower boat is coming! ”

Everyone looked at the river, only to see one after another decorated colorful lantern boats slowly swimming along the river, each lantern boat has its own characteristics, living luxurious, or elegant.

There are dancing girls fluttering on the flower boat, dancing to the graceful sound of the pipa and guzheng playing, and there are also juggling entertainers on the stage who continue to stage all kinds of amazing movements.

"No wonder the lantern festival is so lively, there are so many shows!" Qin Fan sighed.

"There's something even better to come, and when the flower boat parade ends, there will be a grand fireworks show, which is the finale of the rich businessmen in the city!"

During the Sui and Tang dynasties, gunpowder was accidentally invented by alchemists, and by the Southern Song Dynasty, people had already used gunpowder in crude firecrackers, fireworks and military fields.

However, Qin Fan guessed that the fireworks at this time might not be very good-looking, but soon he was slapped in the face, and was arranged on the shore of the huge fireworks display pier, with the prefect of Jiankang Mansion presiding, thousands of barrels of fireworks with paper tubes as the carrier began to be set off in turn, colorful fireworks bombs rose from the paper tubes, rose into the air like meteors, and then exploded, blooming incomparably dazzling fireworks, not only rich in color, but also in various shapes and burning methods, simply beautiful, indescribable.

"I can't believe that the Song Dynasty could have such technology that is not inferior to modern fireworks...... Isn't this an exaggeration? ”

Mu Qingyao looked at the beautiful fireworks that kept rising into the air, and was happy like a child, pulling Qin Fan's sleeve and pointing to the sky and saying, "Childe, you look so beautiful!" How beautiful! ”

Qin Fan hugged Mu Qingyao's thin waist and gently leaned her on his arm, at this moment he was in a trance, as if he really couldn't distinguish between reality and game.

"Childe! You see those fireworks exploded so fast that the smoke didn't have time to dissipate, like dark clouds floating in the air......"

Qin Fan was stunned, and suddenly Mu Qingyao's words made his mind flash with inspiration.

"Wait! What did Qing Yao say just now? ”

Being asked by Qin Fan suddenly, Mu Qingyao was stunned and said stupidly: "I said that the fireworks exploded quickly, and those smoke gathered together like clouds?" ”

"Haha! I understand! I understand! Qin Fan suddenly said excitedly.

"What did Childe understand?" Ji Bing said curiously.

Didn't you hear what Qing Yao said, the smoke from the fireworks explosion is like a cloud, and this is by the Qinhuai River again, this is probably where the clue is?

"Childe is saying that Lu Diao Eagle is by this river?" Li Yitian really said.

Qin Fan waved his hand and said, "Of course not...... How can so many people on both sides of the strait find it now, I guess this smoke cloud is related to fireworks, we found the people who make and sell these fireworks, and we will know as soon as we ask. ”

In fact, there was a ready-made one in front of him, Qin Fan immediately asked the old man, and said, "Old man, do you know where these fireworks are produced?" ”

The old man stroked his beard and said, "This fireworks are from the Lu Ji Fireworks Shop in Dongcheng, which is the largest fireworks and firecrackers workshop in Jiankang Mansion." Their fireworks have never had anything wrong, the price is cheap, and the color is a must. ”

Hearing what the old man said, Qin Fan already had eighty or ninety percent certainty in his heart.

"Let's go, let's go back, go to the Lu Ji fireworks shop tomorrow!"

Lu Kee fireworks shop is really strong, there is a 200-square-meter shop on the most prosperous street, which is placed with all kinds of fireworks models. Qin Fan walked into the shop, and the shopkeeper greeted him.

"A few guest officers, please, are you here to buy fireworks, our small shop is the number one fireworks shop in Jiankang Mansion, there are hundreds of fireworks of various styles, and we also support customizing large-scale fireworks......"

The shopkeeper introduced him, but Qin Fan didn't listen to it, and only asked: "Shopkeeper, do you have a person named Lu Diaoying here?" ”

"Lu Diao Eagle...... No...... I don't know. ”

When the shopkeeper heard Qin Fan's inquiry, he shook his head for a moment.

"No?" Qin Fan was immediately very disappointed, where can I find clues now, it has been almost ten days since I came out, although I have not been attacked by my own fiefdom and troops to get the system prompt, but the player is developing rapidly, and the sense of crisis is increasing day by day.

Qin Fan was helpless, turned around and left the fireworks shop, and when he arrived on the street, Ji Bing suddenly said: "Childe, there is a chance that the shopkeeper is lying!" ”

"What? How so? Qin Fan suddenly heard Ji Bing say this, and said curiously.

Ji Bing clasped his hands to his chest and said, "Just now, when you asked the shopkeeper Lu Diaoying, I noticed that when he heard this name, his eyes flickered, his reaction was slow, and his hands and feet kept swinging. These are all traits that can be inadvertently exposed when a person lies. ”

"The most important thing is that he reacts when he hears the three words Lu Diaoying, so it can prove that the shopkeeper has heard or knows Lu Diaoying!" Ji Bing added.

"That's great, then what we have to do next is simple, as long as we monitor all the contact points of this store manager or the entire store, it is possible to see Lu Diaoying!"

Qin Fan thought of this, and immediately arranged for Li Yiyi to monitor the shopkeeper, and Ji Bing was responsible for inspecting the production location of Lu Ji Fireworks Shop.

Sure enough, in less than an hour, Li Yiyi had a harvest, the shopkeeper drove the carriage out of the city and entered a bamboo forest on the outskirts of the road, Ji Bing also happened to appear nearby, Qin Fan placed Qing Yao in the inn and went with Li Yiyi.

"Childe, it has been explored and cleared, and in this bamboo forest is the workshop of Lu Ji Fireworks, and there are dozens of guys making fireworks in it. And the shopkeeper went straight into a hut. ”

"Ji Bing, go up and investigate and see who is in that hut?"

Ji Bing's light skills are naturally self-evident, swaying in the bamboo forest in the middle of the air in broad daylight, none of those guys can find out. Successfully came to the top of the thatched hut, Ji Bing listened carefully to the movement in the thatched hut, but it was unusually quiet inside, not at all like a sign of someone being there.

Ji Bing immediately rolled down the eaves, pushed open the small window of the wooden house, and the fish jumped in.

Sure enough, there were several long tables in the hut, on which the rough straw paper was painted with various types of fireworks, and the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder, and all kinds of jars and utensils occupied most of the space of the hut.

Ji Bing looked left and right for a long time, but he didn't see anything abnormal, and he had to retreat before he slept.

"It's strange to say that we saw the thatched hut that the shopkeeper entered, but no one ......"

After listening to Ji Bing's description, Qin Fan said with great interest: "I'm afraid that this thatched hut has another mystery, and the matter between the shopkeeper and Lu Diaoying is by no means simple!" ”

About two quarters of an hour later, the shopkeeper suddenly came out of the hut and drove the carriage straight back to the city. Qin Fan said to Ji Bing and the others at this time: "Continue to monitor that thatched hut to see if there are still people, and wait until night, we will sneak into the thatched hut to find out!" ”