The next day, Sima Jingwen summoned Shi Li, praised the Jiangnan family for being really different, and was very satisfied with Shi Li's arrangement.

At the same time, he praised: "Lord Shi guards Yangzhou, and governs Yangzhou so richly, and the people are simple. ”

Shi Li's face was happy: "The lower official Xie Langya King, Huaiyin's loss of food, it is the negligence of the lower officials, the king of Langya does not ask, the lower officials are ashamed, how dare they say their merits." ”

Sima Jingwen said: "Lord Shi and don't blame himself, this Huaiyin loss of grain, under the jurisdiction of Guangling County, under the jurisdiction of Xuzhou, although Lord Shi's escort failed, but after the loss of grain, Lord Shi and the local county guard are also dedicated to investigation. This time, I am under the emperor's order, and I also need to investigate it myself, so that I can return to the emperor and my mother. ”

Shi Li said: "Yes, yes, how does King Langya sympathize with the lower officials, and the lower officials will do their best to assist King Langya." ”

"This king has sent someone to Pengcheng to inform the Xuzhou assassin envoy that he will arrive in Guangling in a few days. On the same day, he will leave for Guangling County to investigate the case of Huaiyin's loss of grain. ”

"Then the lower official will arrange for men and soldiers to go with King Langya."

"Lord Shi, now it is a big deal to do a good job in the imperial court's grain collection, you have to send officials to various counties to cooperate with Li Zhao to supervise the recruitment, I'm afraid the personnel are not enough, I brought my own guards when I came out, which is enough to protect my safety, not to mention that my Langya feudal country is in Xuzhou, so I won't bother Lord Shi."

Shi Li wanted to say something more, but was secretly pulled by Don't drive Gaobin to the corner of his clothes.

Gao Bin said: "King Langya is sympathetic to his subordinates, and we are grateful." The lower official arranged the necessary amount of money on the road of King Langya and sent King Langya out of the city. ”

After Sima Jingwen left, Gao Bin said to Shi Li: "My lord, this King Langya is an idle prince on the surface, but now it seems that he is not a mediocre talent." ”

"In this case, we need to plan carefully, you have to send someone to keep an eye on the movements of King Langya and others, and say hello to the Guangling County Guard, don't talk nonsense."

"No, the next official will arrange it."

"Wait!"

As soon as Gao Bin walked to the door, he heard Shi Li stop him again and turned around.

"If this King Langya investigates something, inform Zha Yong to act on the spot, and if the matter is revealed, he will ......." Shi Li said, making a killing gesture with a fierce look in his eyes.

Here, as soon as Sima Jingwen, Gu Rong, and Xiu Wuji left the city, they changed into civilian clothes.

And Mu Yixue and Zhou Rong also wore men's clothes, and joined Sima Jingwen with Murong Jia and Qinghu, and everyone hurried to Hangou.

The guerrilla general Wang Qing led his personal guards to continue to investigate in Guangling County with great fanfare.

The crowd visited Hangou for a few days, but found nothing, and came to Baishui Town on this day.

Baishui Town is a typical water town in the south of the Yangtze River, everyone in the town near an inn near the river, asked for a few rooms, put the luggage, then came to the inn downstairs to order food.

Sima Jingwen looked at Mu Yixue a little thin, and asked with concern: "After coming out for these days, I have lost a lot, are you tired?" ”

Mu Yixue smiled: "Gongzi Xie cares, it's okay." ”

Murong Jia glanced at Mu Yixue deeply, and then resumed his cynical tone and said: "Although this Jiangnan style is beautiful, this meal is really unaccustomed, it is difficult to eat, it would be better if there was cheese and barbecue." ”

"Does Murong Gongzi want to go back to Luoyang or to go back to the Liaodong Grassland?" Zhou Rong quipped.

"I'm not going anywhere, I finally have the opportunity to come out and see the customs of the south of the Yangtze River, it's much more fun than being bored in Luoyang."

After Murong Jia finished speaking, he greeted Xiao Er and said, "Do you have noodles in this store?" ”

"I'm sorry officer, we don't have any noodles in this store." Little Erdao.

"Do you make pasta in this town?"

"There is really a family, in the easternmost part of the town, there is an old couple with a pair of children, it seems that they fled from Chang'an, and his family is the only one who makes pasta for a living."

Murong Jia threw half of the money and gave it to Xiao Er: "Xiao Er, you go to the old couple, and call a few bowls of noodles for each of us, and the rest will be yours." ”

Xiao Er responded happily, said hello to the shopkeeper and ran out.

Just when Murong Jia confessed to Xiao Er, Mu Yixue seemed to hear someone in the store talking about strange things.

But I heard someone say: "This white light ghost, in the dark night, wandering lightly near the tomb of the king of Shanyang, really scared this peasant out of the magic disease......

Mu Yixue followed the sound and walked towards the man who was telling strange things.

He asked: "This benevolent brother, I walk the rivers and lakes with my brothers, and we are used to listening to all kinds of strange things. ”

The diner was also a warm-hearted man, and he laughed: "In that case, then I'll tell you about it again." ”

After speaking, he moved from his table to Yi Xue's table, and Qinghu poured him a glass of wine with interest, and this person was not polite, drank it all, and then spoke.

"I have a brother who lives in Wugong Village under Shanyang City (Huai'an, Jiangsu), and a few days ago he came to visit my grandfather and told me a strange story. When it was dark, they found a white lantern in the distance, and this white lantern glowed with green light, drifting towards the cemetery. ”

The farmer and his son were curious, so they followed from a distance, and before they could get close, a ghost suddenly appeared, which was eerie and terrifying, but the farmer was frightened unclearly, I don't know whether he was frightened, or he was evil, and both father and son fainted in the field. When they woke up, they were already in their own yard, and the peasant was suffering from hysteria for several days. ”

I saw another diner say: "The former Yin soldiers borrowed food, and there are white lights and ghosts behind, it seems that the world is not very peaceful!"

Gu Rong nodded and smiled when he heard this: "I see, it is indeed an interesting anecdote. ”

Yi Xue asked the diners, "Then where is this tomb of the King of Shanyang, and how can it be so deserted?" ”

"This tomb of the King of Shanyang is near the Wugong Temple ten miles away from Shanyang City. The end of the mouth not far from the ditch, because the Hangou river is not used for many years, it is also remote, except for a few farmers in the nearby village, few people go. It's only forty miles away from our whitewater town."

Listening to the word "Hangou", the eyes of several people couldn't help but touch.

After Gu Rong, Mu Yixue, and Murong Jia ate noodles, they all went upstairs and came to Sima Jingwen's room, while Xiu Wuji, Qinghu, and Zhou Rong went back to their rooms.

Gu Rong said: "Such a strange thing, no wonder we haven't found anything in the past few days, Gong is afraid that the food lost in this Huaishui is near this Wugong Temple." ”

Mu Yixue said: "What's weird, Brother Gu said let's listen to it." ”

This ditch is a channel dug by Wu Wangfu in order to go north to cut Qi, from west to northeast, because the bottom of the ditch is high, the bottom of the Huai water is low, in order to prevent the water of the ditch from being discharged in the Huai, so the northernmost end of the ditch is built at the end of the mouth of the ditch river, so the northeast of the ditch leads to the Yang Lake, and the northwest passes through the end of the mouth into the Huai water. And this Wugong Temple is to commemorate Wu Zixu repaired the ditch and built, from the geographical point of view, ten miles away from Shanyang, five miles from the end, the place where the official ship goes ashore is the most suitable at the end, and the storage place of the grain must be near the Wugong Temple. ”

"That's right, it must be the case, Brother Gu's analysis is reasonable, there are no traces of water bandits in the place where the official grain is missing, and there is no sign of a shipwreck, the so-called Yin soldiers borrowing grain is just the collusion of officials and bandits, and there are no signs at the scene of the wreck. Since the news said that a boat appeared in Hangou, this boat was on the Huai River, and it would not disappear mysteriously, and they would definitely find a safe place to go ashore before the fog cleared. Mu Yixue analyzed.

"This ditch is a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, but when Sun Cao contended, the road was seriously damaged, and it has not been repaired by the imperial court, so now there is very little Caoyun, and there is a Shanyang Bay between this end mouth and Huaishui, where the water is turbulent, and there is sometimes the trouble of drowning, so the merchant ships and the Cao ship are now generally transferred from the newly built South and Beidou Gate. Beichen is basically unmanaged. Therefore, the last mouth is also the best place to go ashore. Sima Jingwen listened to Gu Rong and Yi Xue's analysis, and also added.

"Since the end is the place where the grain ship goes ashore, why do you say that someone only sees an official ship appearing in the upper reaches of the ditch?" Murong Jia asked puzzled.

This is not difficult to explain, since this official ship disappeared in Huaiyin, if too much grain suddenly appears in the Huaiyin territory, it will inevitably make people suspicious. Therefore, they first released an official ship to Hangou, and the others hid to wait for the opportunity, which could not only reduce the risk of being seized, but also confuse the direction of the imperial court's investigation. Sima Jingwen said.

"These people are really good means, your Central Plains people's minds are really not simple." Murong Jia said jokingly.

Sima Jingwen glanced at Murong Jia and stopped talking.......

At the time of the third watch, Venerable Suyi came to see Gu Rong, and Venerable Suyi reported: "Lord, his subordinates sent Suyi envoys to investigate the tomb of King Shanyang, but this cemetery was empty, and there was nothing in the official coffin of the underground palace. ”

"What, an empty tomb?"

"Yes, that's right, it's an empty tomb, there are no burial items, not even the corpse."

"You ordered the plain-clothed messenger to continue to pay attention to the movement of the tomb of King Sanyang"

"Subordinates obey."

After the Suyi Venerable left, Gu Rong pondered: Why is this Shanyang King Tomb an empty tomb, and let the Suyi Envoy follow up the investigation first. At present, it is the third watch, and I will go to the end tomorrow to check and then decide.

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