Xiao Mianyuan still wanted to make trouble in Qi Wenfu, but when he heard him talk about business, he rolled his eyes without any image, "You are too blunt to change the topic." ”

Qi Wenfu turned his head to look at him.

Xiao Mian looked more serious at this time, leaned on the boat pole and said, "That's not it, Mo Linglan and his eldest brother have been checking in Jingnan for so long, and they haven't found anything, and they have said several times before that they feel that someone is following them." ”

"There must be no problem on the government's side, so I asked the people of the Salt Gang to go around Jingzhou City, although I know some news, but I'm afraid it's useless."

Qi Wenfu frowned and said, "Let's talk about it." ”

Xiao Mian opened his mouth and said: "After the previous group of people who were taken into the capital by you returned to Jingnan, the emperor's pardon of Su Xuanmin, as well as the will of those soldiers who defended the city at the beginning, also arrived in Jingnan almost at the same time. ”

"After the people from the government over there posted it on the list, those people went back and had a much better life, not only did the government issue bereavement benefits, but the government also took care of it."

"I did not send their families back as soon as you told me, for fear that someone would do anything, but after more than a month until a few days ago, they sent people back when they were stable, and I also helped the people of the government to collect the bones of those who died in the battle defending the city."

"Jingnan has been peaceful since the year and the year, and there have been no accidents, my father asked me to go back to do something, so I left Jingnan for a while, but I received news within a few days, saying that among the people who entered Beijing, there was a family that suddenly went out of the water, and a family of four was burned to death at home."

Xiao Mian still remembered that he was extremely shocked when he got the news, and hurriedly asked people to investigate, but only found that the fire was an accident.

Because the family lived in a remote area, no one noticed the fire at all, and when the people outside saw the fire and rushed over, even the house was burned down, and the people inside had already become black charcoal.

Xiao Mian's people checked carefully, but nothing was found, and the government also defined it as an accident, so the matter was over.

Who thought that the next thing was not over, and a few days later, another family accidentally fell into the water and drowned in the moat outside Jingzhou City.

This person's death was like turning on a switch, and in less than half a month, many people who died due to accidents suddenly appeared inside and outside Jingzhou City.

Either you fell off a cliff while going out, accidentally bumped into a crazy horse, or the beam of your home fell and killed someone in your sleep.

There is also a pair of mother and son who died even more rarely, but they gave birth to a not serious wind chill, because they accidentally ate something similar after taking the medicine, and died directly at home, and the body was found several days later.

If it was just one or two things, it could still be said to be an accident, but so many people had accidents one after another, and even the government couldn't sit still.

Waiting for them to find out that the dead people were all the relatives of those soldiers who had gone to Beijing to sue the emperor and were rehabilitated by Emperor Xuan of the Ming Dynasty.

Jingnan Zhizhou almost didn't go bald.

He sent someone to check for several days without clues, and two more people died under his nose, and even rumors began to circulate in the outer market that Emperor Ming Xuan in the palace could not be provoked by others, and on the surface he was Zhaoxue for those people, but in fact he secretly vented his anger with the killer.

Jingnan Zhizhou couldn't sit still, and didn't dare to hide this matter anymore, so he directly asked people to quickly inform Jingzhong of this matter.

Mo Linglan and Xiao Mian were at the Xiao family at the time, and the Xiao family was not far from Jingnan, and after learning the news, the two rushed over as soon as possible, with the help of all parties to find out what was going on.

But the man who did it was very careful, and no matter how he investigated the death of those people, it was an accident, and there was no clue at all.

Xiao Mian finally used the people of the Salt Gang, coupled with the forces on the rivers and lakes on Mo Linglan's big brother's side, and avoided the government's side to secretly investigate between the markets, and only then did he get some clues.

"My people found out that these people had been to unfamiliar faces in their homes before the accident, or had met people they didn't know each other before."

"The man who was burned to death in the water got a job a few days before the accident, helping people to transport cloth, and the one who was stoned to death by the beam of the house had just used the pension money to find someone to help repair the house before the accident."

"The mother and son who were killed by the medicine and food were the recipes of the You Fanglang who ate them, and the other people who died by accident have more or less encountered similar things."

"And the most coincidental thing is that whether it is the wandering Langzhong, or the person who helped repair the mansion, or the owner who hired to help transport the cloth."

"Either they disappear afterwards or they are confused, and when they are asked, they don't even know they have hired them."

Qi Wenfu listened to Xiao Mian's words thoughtfully: "In other words, now we can be sure that none of them died accidentally, so what is the attitude of the government over there?" ”

"What other attitude, Chabei."

Xiao Mian pursed his lips, "It's not that you don't know that those people in the government have always sought no merit but no fault." ”

"When the palace didn't order Qin to go over, the governor was afraid that he would take responsibility and inquire every day, but later he learned that the emperor sent you to investigate this matter, just like having hope, just waiting for you to pass."

Qi Wenfu frowned slightly when he heard this: "Then where are the rest of the people now?" ”

"Most of them have moved into Jingzhou City."

Xiao Mian said, "At the moment, there is a lot of uproar over there, and it is rumored that this matter was done by the emperor, and the government was afraid that something would happen again, so they made an empty house and asked everyone to live in it." ”

"Although Mo Linglan and the government have sent people to guard them, there are hundreds of them, and they can't always stay in the house without taking half a step, and the people over there are panicking at the moment, I always feel that this matter is coming at you and Su Ruan."

"If you can't find out the people hiding behind the troublemakers, or if a few more people die, I'm afraid that there will be no peace in Jingnan, and something will happen in the capital."

Qi Wenfu understood what Xiao Mian meant.

The chaos in Beijing has just been suppressed, and it is not easy for Emperor Ming Xuan to admit his mistake and rehabilitate Su Xuanmin and them, not to mention that he also lost a Bo family and a second prince, which involved the matter of Zhangning's soldiers.

He and Su Ruan tried all kinds of calculations to finally make Emperor Ming Xuan willingly admit his mistakes for those soldiers Zhaoxue, but now those people who have entered Beijing to sue the emperor have an accident, once the imperial power is involved, and even those rumors are noisy and endanger the reputation of the royal family, then everything they have done before will be in vain.

Emperor Xuan of the Ming Dynasty has never been a generous person, if he is angry because of this, it is still him and Su Ruan who are unlucky, and the people who have persecuted him in the court before, making him admit this mistake but not get good results.

Qi Wenfu pursed his lips tightly, his face was heavy, and after a while, he spoke: "Let the boat go faster, don't delay on the way, and get to Jingnan as soon as possible." ”

Xiao Mian also knew the severity, and nodded: "Okay." ”

When Qi Wenfu was about to go back to the cabin to find Su Ruan, he suddenly stopped halfway through, and turned around to stop Xiao Mian, who was going to find Yan Bo to change the route.

"By the way, Xiao Mian, when was the first person to die in Jingnan?"

Xiao Mian didn't know what he was asking for, but he still replied: "It seems that it was not long after the Shangyuan Festival." ”

Qi Wenfu's face changed slightly.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Mian was puzzled.

Qi Wenfu's eyes were dark.

After the Shangyuan Festival, that is, when Yue Qian's father and son lived in the Xuanping Marquis Mansion, he and Su Ruan began to lay out and prepared to arrest them.