With Zhu Qi's experience, he can naturally see that there is something wrong with these two people, but his current focus is on investigating the case, and he flawlessly takes care of these trivial matters, and after the subordinate in charge of the autopsy comes out of the mourning hall, he leaves first.

"How?" Coming out of the little official's house, Zhu Qi lowered his voice and asked his subordinates.

"It's white arsenic, this poison is colorless and tasteless, white lines appear on the fingernails of the deceased, accompanied by obvious traces of hair loss!" The subordinate shook his head and responded.

"It's really interesting, who was going to poison and murder a small official? Use Jinyiwei's intelligence network to investigate, find out where he went before he died? Talking to someone! Zhu Qi held his chin, thought for a moment, and then gave the order.

"Yes." After receiving the order, the subordinate left quickly.

……

There is no impermeable wall in the world, and soon the leakage of the imperial examination questions spread in the court.

In a lavishly decorated private room, several officials were gathering for drinks and discussing the matter.

"Hmph, I see, this Li Chunfang is really a first-class idiot! For that little bit of silver, he buried all his good future, and not only that, but also affected his boss. An official from the Ministry of War put down his glass rather angrily and spoke.

"I really don't know how he got the top prize, it can't be that he secretly stuffed money for the examiner, right?" An official of the Ministry of Officials couldn't help but complain.

"It's okay for you, there aren't so many things to deal with, so it's going to be difficult for our criminal department! During this time, I was very busy in order to investigate this case. ”

"Come on, come on, don't talk about this, let's drink."

"Here, cheers!"

"!"

……

In the cabinet, several cabinet elders also looked embarrassed after reviewing the recital.

Yan Song sighed and took the lead in saying, "Alas, the recent leakage of exam questions has spread all over the court!" I don't know what Your Majesty will think, will you think that our cabinet is not in a good position? ”

"In my opinion, there are indeed a lot of people chewing the root of their tongue lately! It's time for them to shut up, so as not to interfere with the normal process of handling cases. Xu Jie, who was on the side, also took over the conversation and put forward his own suggestions.

"Well, I think it's time to shut these people up." Gao Gong also nodded in agreement.

"What do you think?" Xu Jie said, and turned to Yan Shifan and Zhang Juzheng on the side to ask.

"Well, I agree!"

"I'm okay with that."

"Well, since everyone has agreed, then I will order them to go down later, and they will not be allowed to discuss this case again, if it affects the progress of the case, they will not be spared!" After Xu Jie finished speaking, he poured himself a cup of tea.

"I heard that His Majesty's side also attaches great importance to this matter, and for this reason, he also sent Zhu Qi, the brocade guard, to them." Yan Song suddenly said such a sentence coldly.

"Well, we'll have to work harder, by the way, did you find anything over there?" Xu Jie sighed and turned to Yan Song to ask.

"I found some clues, and before that, I sent someone to Li Chunfang's house to look for the so-called stolen silver, but I found nothing!"

"Later, I went to check on the house of the little official who was in charge of his daily life, only to find that the little official died inexplicably, there must be something strange in this, and I am currently ordering someone to continue to investigate in this direction." Yan Song did not hide it, and truthfully informed him of the progress of his investigation.

"Well, I've also checked here, but I can't confirm the identity of the person who drank with that little official at the time!" After listening to Yan Song's words, Xu Jie nodded and added.

……

Late at night, Quanzhou Port.

"Hey, look, there's a movement in that group!"

In recent days, the spies in charge of keeping an eye on this group of businessmen saw this and hurriedly woke up their companions who were napping on the side.

"Well, what's wrong?" The companion who was woken up suddenly stirred up, and subconsciously wanted to get up.

Who knows, he was held down by his companions, and said in a deep voice: "You idiot, that group of businessmen has moved, do you want to startle the snake!" ”

After being reminded by his companion, the man also quickly reacted and said, "Are you going to report it, or am I going?" ”

"Go ahead, I'll keep guarding here! Pay more attention to the marks I left later. ”

"Well, okay, stay safe, I'll go and report to the general!"

With that, the man was gone.

"Big brother, it's curfew time right now, do you think something will happen to us like this?" One of the younger men in the group dressed as merchants asked.

"Shut up, you idiot! This trip is enough for the whole family for a year, do you still want to marry a daughter-in-law? Seeing that there was no one around, the leader lowered his voice and scolded.

"Big brother, I still think it'......"

"Shut up!"

In this way, the group hurried to the port with the goods on the carriage.

The wheels of the carriage and the hooves of the horses are specially treated and wrapped with a layer of silk cloth to minimize noise and thus reduce the probability of detection.

It's just that what they didn't expect was that someone had been secretly following them behind them and leaving marks along the way.

……

"Report to the General, there's movement over there! In the middle of the night, the group sneaked out of the inn where they lived, and also transported the goods they brought this time to the port. The spies who rushed back earlier reported to Qi Jiguang.

"Well, good! Later, you will set out with General Ben to bring this gang of smugglers who dare to trade in the Japanese to justice! After listening to the spies' report, Qi Jiguang was in a good mood and commanded.

"Thank you, General! Thank you, General! Seeing this, the spy quickly knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing to thank him.

"Alright, get up." Qi Jiguang took his eyes off the spy and said lightly.

Immediately afterwards, Qi Jiguang summoned his own soldiers and said in a deep voice: "Pass my order, the whole army gathers!" ”

"Yes!"

The horn of the assembly sounded, and a moment later, the soldiers were already assembled.

Qi Jiguang didn't say much, his eyes swept over the soldiers one by one, and he said, "Let's go!" ”

On the shore, the merchant looked anxious at this time, and kept looking into the distance, hoping to see the ship.

It's still some distance from the port of Quanzhou, and it's a depression surrounded by thick reeds and all kinds of weeds, and it's so hidden that you can't spot it if you don't pay much attention.

"Big brother, look over there, the boat is coming!"

Among this group of people, the younger person from before couldn't help but be excited when he saw the figure of a ship in the distance.

"Shut up, be quiet, and say yes." The leader glanced at his brother and then commanded the man beside him.

I saw that the people on the side took out the candle from their bodies, lit it three times, and extinguished it three times, and repeated it twice, and then the ships that had been wandering on the sea before they came to shore.

The people on the boat came down, looked at the man in the lead, and said, "Have you brought everything?" ”

"It's all brought, do you want to take a look at it a priori?" The leading man asked as he looked at the person who came up.

"No need, it's not the first time we've done business, remember to send more medicinal herbs and raw silk next time, this thing is in short supply right now, especially in Dongying."

"Well, I know, when I go back, I'll vigorously buy raw silk and medicinal herbs! How much do you want? ”

"As much as you want."

After the transaction ended, just as the two parties wanted to leave, suddenly, countless torches were lit from nearby! Qi Jiguang came with a large force of Ming troops and surrounded them.

Qi Jiguang looked at the two groups of people with a playful expression: "Do you still want to resist?" ”

"My lord, we are willing to surrender." The person in charge of the transaction among the would-be robbers smiled bitterly when he saw the firearms aimed at him around him, and then asked his subordinates to put down the weapons in their hands and stop resisting.

"Take it all!"

"Yes!"

Qi Jiguang waved his hand violently, and when the soldiers behind him heard the order, they immediately rushed forward and arrested everyone present.

(End of chapter)