The newly appointed governor Meng Jin is under great pressure.

Because it was very difficult to track down the poisoning of Concubine Min Shu.

The palace man who poisoned Concubine Min Shu committed suicide on the spot, and searched her residence, but found nothing. And the palace maid who is familiar with him on weekdays has no clues after many tortures.

How did he deliver the message with the outside of the palace?

And where did his aconitum poison come from?

Who arranged for him to bring food to Concubine Min Shu?

The more Meng Jin investigated, the more he found that things were not simple.

Originally, I thought that the other party was just having an affair with Concubine Min Shu, but he was able to remotely command the palace people to poison, so quickly, decisively and accurately, it was definitely not an effect that could be achieved by temporary arrangements.

It must have been planted in the palace a long time ago.

But even if there is a plan and arrangement, poisoning should be an impromptu reaction for a while, and there should be some clues anyway.

What is frightening is that the palace people who were tortured, even if they have died nearly ten times, still can't find anything.

It's all innocent, they don't know it, it's all accidental, it's all coincidence.

The only rule is that these implicated palace people are not from Bianjing, they are all from other places, and basically, they are all from Jingdong Road, and their ancestral homes are in Qingzhou, Mizhou, Yizhou, Qizhou, Laizhou and other places.

This discovery attracted the attention of Meng Jin and reported it to the official family.

The official family also attached great importance to it and ordered the investigation to continue.

Mengjin sent people out of Beijing and began to check the ancestral hometowns, hometowns, and relatives of these palace people.

On August 20, it was advisable to travel, Li Xiaoqi left Beijing and returned to She County by the Bianhe waterway.

Meng Qingyun, Jiang Fang, and Jiang Shu saw him off, and they were in the same boat all the way, and went straight to Shangshan Gate.

Although the yellow calendar does write the words "suitable for travel", today's weather is cloudy and rainy, and the wind blows from the river, which makes people feel cold all over.

Meng Qingyun couldn't help but tighten the clothes on his body slightly.

Li Xiaoqi and Jiang Fang were standing side by side at the bow of the boat, looking at the scenery along the way.

Today coincides with the entry of Cao Liang into Beijing, because Yanfeng Cang, Yongfeng Cang, and Yicang are all located in the southeast corner of the outer city, and Shangshan Gate is the nearest water gate, so Cao Chuan enters Beijing from Shangshan Gate.

Li Xiaoqi's boat is an official ship, and it is hung with the brand of Li Mu in the imperial history, so it is easy to enter and exit the Bianhe River.

At this time, looking at the bow of the ship, the boats full of grain were connected end to end, lined up in a long line, waiting to enter the city, while Li Xiaoqi's boat was going in the opposite direction, walking for a quarter of an hour, and the end of the fleet was still not visible in front and behind.

Jiang Fang smiled and said, "If I knew earlier, I shouldn't have sent you outside the city." It's easy to get out, but now if you want to go back, you have to line up at the back of the boat. ”

This is a Cao transport regulation, when a boat enters Beijing, all official ships and civilian ships must give way, unless there is a special order, otherwise a ship entering Kyoto must be lined up behind the Cao ship.

Li Xiaoqi's ship is out of Beijing and is not subject to this regulation.

But if Jiang Fang and the others still take the waterway when they return to Beijing, they can only wait for all the boats to enter the city.

Look at it like this, it will take an hour or two.

Li Xiaoqi also smiled: "Then it's better to give me one more ride, just send it to Phoenix." ”

Phoenix City is the ancient name of Chenliu, about 40 miles away from Kaifeng, less than half an hour by water.

Jiang Fang looked at him, then at Meng Qingyun, and then at him again.

"On purpose, right?"

Li Xiaoqi just laughed.

Jiang Fang said in disgust: "Don't laugh, I'm not a big girl, your face is useless to me." ”

Li Xiaoqi is good-looking, and he naturally looks better when he smiles.

Didn't you see that the two girls of Asakusa and Bauhinia were red-faced?

Since the last time Meng Qingyun and Li Xiaoqi traveled to the Zhouqiao Night Market and came back to say those words, several maidservants of the Meng family have always looked at Li Xiaoqi differently.

Li Xiaoqi naturally noticed it.

He bypassed Jiang Fang, walked to Meng Qingyun's side, took off his cloak, and draped it over her.

Meng Qingyun was looking at the boat opposite, sighing at this grand occasion, suddenly his body warmed, and when he turned around, he was greeted by Li Xiaoqi's warm and clear eyes like spring water.

Suddenly, my heart softened.

The cloak also bears the smell of incense that he usually uses.

Meng Qingyun has actually always been curious about this fragrance, the types of incense used by aristocratic men are far less diverse than those of ladies, and the most popular ones are nothing more than those kinds.

But Li Xiaoqi's incense, what to say, if you have to describe it precisely, Meng Qingyun thinks that it is very similar to milky fragrance. It's like the scent of a baby, it's very light, but it's fascinating, and you want to smell it again.

Asakusa Bauhinia watched this scene with pleasure.

However, there will always be people who will jump out and spoil the scenery.

"Let's change ships here!"

Jiang Fang said loudly.

It turned out that the boat had arrived at the tail of the boat procession.

Li Xiaoqi gave him a look that you know and I know.

Everyone said goodbye again and again, and agreed to see each other next year, so Jiang Fang took Meng Qingyun and Jiang Shu to change boats. Their boat had been following Li Xiaoqi's boat all the time.

After changing boats, the Li family's official ship continued to move forward, and Li Xiaoqi stood at the stern of the boat and waved at them.

"Yuan Niang, wait for me!"

Meng Qingyun's face was slightly red, this Li Xiaoqi looked elegant and gentle, and sometimes he was quite aggressive.

Jiang Fang didn't care, stretched his waist, and said, "It can be regarded as sending him away." ”

The boat slowly turned around, ready to move closer to the back of the boat.

At the same time, another passenger ship also approached, probably trying to get ahead of Jiang Fang's ship, and the speed of approaching was a little fast.

The boatman on this side of the boat scolded the other party and demanded that the other party abide by the first-come, first-served rule.

The other party refused to let the boat go, so he squeezed sideways.

At this time, the clouds converged again, and the vision was dim, and the rain that had just stopped was about to fall again.

Jiang Fang said to Meng Qingyun: "It's going to rain, go to the cabin." ”

Meng Qingyun nodded.

Everyone turned around and was about to walk to the cabin.

Sudden changes abruptly abrupt.

A trace of breaking wind came, Jiang Fang reacted the fastest, and reflexively grabbed Meng Qingyun into his arms, but at the same time heard Meng Qingyun snort and fell on top of him.

I saw a dart that was inserted deep into her shoulder socket.

If Jiang Fang hadn't pulled her, I was afraid that this dart would have entered her neck.

He was immediately furious and shouted, "Holly! ”

Holly had been following him in and out, and before he could speak, he had already locked on to the passenger ship that was approaching: "There!" ”

In the cabin of the passenger ship, the window door suddenly opened, and several sharp arrows were fired into the air with a whoosh.

Jiang Fang hugged Meng Qingyun, Holly hugged Jiang Shu, retreated again and again, dodging the arrow clusters, and Asakusa Bauhinia and others also squatted down screaming, looking for cover in a panic.

The other party's arrows kept shooting, Jiang Fang gritted his teeth, rolled on the spot with Meng Qingyun in his arms, rolled to the door of the cabin, and crawled into it.

Holly also tried to carry Jiang Shu into the cabin, but the cluster of arrows shooting at them was more dense, he simply used his body to protect Jiang Shu, ran out two steps quickly, and then pushed Jiang Shu into the cabin with a hard push.

And he himself, being shot by two of the thickest arrows, stumbled, rolled over and fell into the river.

At the same time, Bauhinia was hit by an arrow and fell on the deck; Asakusa also accidentally fell into the water while dodging.