Lang's warships gradually moved away, slowly disappearing into the night on the sea, and the silence on the harbor gradually dissipated.

Huge gears twisted the thick chains, and with a dull thud pulled the port gates back up, and with the closing of the other two canal gates, 10,000 tons of seawater once again covered the dry seabed, allowing the merchant ships waiting outside the harbor to re-enter.

The ships were in and out of the docks, and the city port division continued to inspect the goods, and everything seemed to be back to the same as before, but only the two Dingguo Shenwei cannons that had been captured on the battlefield on the harbor watchtower, the black muzzles of the guns were still aimed at the sea, alert for the threat of a comeback at any time.

The navy of Zhao was so weak that the fleet of Lang was harassed in all directions, and it was difficult to parry. The infantry troops on the road were mostly transferred to the Tangtai front line to confront Dingguo, and the southern towns around Chaomen were guarded by no officers and soldiers for a long time. In this case, the biggest reliance on dealing with foreign enemies, apart from the Yamen and the Shibo Division itself, is only those two heavy artillery.

Xu Yicheng was in an inconspicuous place in the back, eating the meal sent by the city, because of the delay for a long time, the meal was already cold. Xu Yicheng swallowed the bread in three or two bites, and carefully wrapped the remaining untouched dish in lotus leaves and prepared to take it back. I poured a large glass of cold water into the cup next to me, and I felt that my stomach was a little fuller.

At this time, another small official came running to report to him: "A new group of merchants from the archipelago said that they had lost money because of the delay for too long, and wanted to ask for a reduction of part of the import tax, you see......"

Before Xu Yicheng could speak, he heard Zheng Ling's voice coming: "Tell them that they can't let anyone and pay taxes in full!" ”

Zheng Ling glared at his one-eyed approach, he was a city envoy, and all affairs were at his disposal, so the little official went back to do it.

Seeing that Xu Yicheng had no objections, Zheng Ling said: "Do you think this is cruel to those merchants who have suffered losses?" ”

Xu Yicheng hadn't answered yet, Zheng Ling had already waved his hand and said, "I know what you want to say." You are a good person, but the important thing in the way of government is not 'kindness', but 'rules'. Without rules, even if you are well-intentioned, you will do bad things. ”

"It's like I'm an official and eat the grain of the central emperor; You are a official, and you are a local servant, and you and I do not have the right to promote superiors and subordinates, which is inconvenient in many cases. But if the entire city division is promoted by me, it will be selfish and intolerable to the officials. And if I pity those merchants for letting you indulge them once because of my momentary kindness, this is breaking the rules, and I will inevitably be attacked by people who take the opportunity to buy people's hearts. When the time comes, not only me, but even you will be implicated. ”

"Your son is about to take the children's exam, once he becomes a great minister, he will be Feihuang Tengda, but you don't understand these truths very well, so I am willing to tell you that you can avoid some detours."

"Master Zheng is a senior apprentice of the Mangshan School, and he is rich in five cars, and he is willing to mention the lower officials, so he is naturally grateful." Xu Yicheng said to Zheng Ling.

Zheng Ling nodded with satisfaction and went back to his room to work.

Later, Xu Yicheng saw Luan Wen sorting out a large number of papers, and he was very busy.

"What are these things?" Xu Yicheng leaned over to check and found that it was some instructions for Chaomen Port to be expanded again.

"When Chaomen Port was repaired last time, didn't there be a matter of the collapse of the foundation that caused the seawater to flood the houses on the coast, and this time the instructions from the top should not make mistakes again. After all, the vicinity of this expansion is next to the 'Xianying Monument', so the inscription cannot be damaged. Luan Wen said.

Xu Yicheng naturally understands the importance of it, the first batch of ancestors immigrated here, and relied on the struggle against the harsh sea conditions to establish the foundation of the original Chaomen Port, and the descendants gathered the remains of the ancestors in one place, and set up a "Ancestral Monument" in the place where the bones were buried as a commemoration, and the importance is naturally self-evident.

Xu Yicheng quickly finished processing the documents at hand, and hurriedly took the list of incoming goods compiled today to Zheng Ling for final verification. Xu Yicheng looked at the other party's back and remembered something.

In recent days, there has been a lot of uproar about smuggling in the port, but every time I went to check, there was no mistake in the list that was checked every time.

If it is said that there is nothing, it is really strange that the prohibited goods found in the end cannot be faked.

But what if the verification list of the goods is wrong from the beginning?

And in the end, the only person who can verify the clapper is Zheng Ling......

The sound of the boat running was endless, and Xu Yicheng looked sideways to see that there was a batch of brand-new cargo ships sailing out of the port, and the oars stirred up the sea under the starry sky, rippling and sparkling.

……

In the hazy night, you can faintly smell the fragrance of spring magnolias.

In a few days, it will be the spring equinox, when the magnolia flowers will bloom at their best.

In the hallway, everything is faintly visible, and the slight sound of the wooden floor stepping on it is very pleasant in the silence of the night.

Everything is confused, it seems to be true and false, but Qiu Shaohu has no doubts about what he wants to do.

Where am I going?

Ah, yes, that's the road, just follow it here.

Turn the corner and there is a door, here is remembered. The door was a little tight, and it was hard to push it open, but with a little force, I walked in.

There was no sound in the room, so the people who lived here were still sleeping, right?

By the way, what am I here for?

I can't remember anything, but I vaguely seem to be able to remember.

With this feeling of nothingness, Qiu Shaohu's perspective walked to the bedside, and his impression was here.

Then at the head of the bed, he saw himself lying there......

Wrong!

Qiu Shaohu woke up suddenly, jumped up from the bed, and pressed the black shadow standing there on the side of the bed to the ground, forcing the other party to ask: "Say, who are you!" ”

"Oh, guest officer, you tap! I'm the little second Chi Rong here.,Didn't you say that I should tell you if there is any movement? The shopkeeper named Ji Rong snorted in pain.

Qiu Shaohu was a little sober, and remembered that he had explained this matter.

After returning to the inn from East Street, in order to prevent accidents, he specially asked Chi Rong to watch some movements for him.

But just now, he was obviously lying on the bed, but he saw Ji Rong's perspective.

Everything is so immersive, like a dream, in a special way, to converge towards me.

Only then did he notice that he was still holding something in his other hand, and Qiu Shaohu saw that he had been holding the "Taishangji" in his hand, and the white pages were faintly emitting a faint light.

"Is it because of you?" Qiu Shaohu couldn't be sure.

I felt a constant tremor under my feet, not in the vicinity, but some distance from here, and there were many figures approaching the outside world. Including on the eaves, there is also the movement of people stepping on the tiles.

It stands to reason that Qiu Shaohu couldn't perceive the details from such a distance. But this "Taishang Ji" gave him a transcendent sense, and the scope of his exploration was even farther.

……

"Bang!"

Cheng Fu pushed open the door first, and the rest of Fu Shendu's others followed and broke in, looking around.

Originally, the inn room that Qiu Shaohu booked was empty, which was a clear thing.

The sergeant of the Fu Shen Governor was still searching around the room, but he was still doing things according to the rules, and on the other hand, he was also lucky, hoping to find at least a little clue.

After Cheng went in first, the first thing he found was that the place was very clean, and some places were even too deliberately clean, deliberately not wanting to leave any traces.

The second discovery was that the table that was supposed to be in the room had been moved to the door. At night, the windows that should have been closed were opened.

The only explanation is that the people who live here usually seal the door with a table and hardly pass through it. And the window that enters and exits through it has to be opened, which can be regarded as the three holes of the cunning rabbit.

Immediately after Cheng Xiangxian, on the floor, there was a broken Yanling knife.

The position is clear at a glance, and it seems that it is deliberately intended to be seen.

Cheng Fu leaned over to pick it up, examining the broken knife edge, feeling that he was being mocked.

According to the clues of the military steel, the final harvest is only another saber.

What could be more ironic than that?

"I didn't find anything on all sides, but ......" his subordinates checked around and reported to him: "We found that the futon is still hot, and the other party should not have gone far!" If ......"

"No need to look for it." Cheng Fuxian said categorically, his tone gloomy, "He won't let us find it this time, maybe he will laugh somewhere." ”

As he spoke, he hated to fold the Yanling knife in his hand into several pieces.

Repeatedly, and missed the other party.

Cheng Xiangxian only felt that his luck was too bad.

……

Qiu Shaohu was indeed watching their movements.

Outside the inn, on the road across a river, Qiu Shaohu put his hand on the book "Taishangji", and suddenly saw Cheng Xiangxian's perspective again, where the other party walked in and how he broke into his room, everything is vivid.

It's as if you are using another pair of eyes to experience everything about others.

It wasn't until Cheng Quxian decided to leave that Qiu Shaohu uncontrollably withdrew from the perspective of the other, as if it had nothing to do with him because the other party's next move, so "Taishangji" no longer showed related things.

But what's going on with all this?

In the Roche Chamber of Commerce, the books I was looking for were burned to ashes, and everything else was destroyed, thinking that I had found nothing.

Unexpectedly, I got this strange book.