Chapter 111: The Lou Ship Case
Liu Xin believed that Monk Taiping and Li Cundao would definitely not do this on purpose to test Liu Xin, but purely trust Liu Xin.
Therefore, of course, Liu Xin can't do anything that disappoints the people who trust him.
After delivering the letter that day, the Taiping monk and Li Cundao left.
Liu Xin thought back to the situation of that day, it was only a matter of an instant.
Then he came back to his senses and said, "I have to plan well for the next period of time when I go to the South China Sea."
Now finish the business at hand first. ”
Saying that, Liu Xin looked in the direction of Wuchang City.
Liulang couldn't help but ask, "Senior brother, who is this Xu Cheng?" ”
Liu Xin sighed and said, "This is just a poor person. ”
So Liu Xin told some things about Xu Cheng to Liulang.
After hearing this, Rokuro couldn't help but sigh a little.
There are too many such people in the rivers and lakes.
After all, the cause and effect of this incident is also related to Liu Xin.
"Senior brother, I've heard that this ghost doctor is notoriously weird.
If he makes some non-centrific demands, wouldn't he..."
"It's okay, I've had a few encounters with this ghost doctor.
In fact, she is not as eccentric as outsiders say.
She seems to have something in her heart that she wants to do but can't do it, although she has behaved strangely over the years, she has been doing things and talking a little weird.
But some of the conditions she put forward are actually fair and reasonable.
Besides, her method of connecting with a broken arm is not something that ordinary people in the rivers and lakes can do.
The so-called odd goods can live.
The more cherished the things, the rarer the means, the more precious they are. ”
"I'm just worried that he has something to ask for and delay your matter, Senior Brother.
I've heard from my brothers that ghost doctors used to even ask people to marry men and women they didn't know..."
With that, Rokuro glanced at Liu Xin.
I thought, could it be that the senior brother has a need for this? You can't blame me for this, the emotional thing comes fiercely.
"It's okay, this time I guess what the ghost doctor is asking for should be a matter of urgency, and it won't delay too much time.
From my previous contact with her, she was never in a hurry to ask me for payment.
But this time, while healing, I was already asking for it, which is very rare.
And things are always negotiable, if it's really a time-consuming and labor-intensive requirement, then I'll pledge you there to complete it for me. ”
"Senior brother, how can this be?
I'm afraid I'm not capable enough. ”
"Liulang, just now you said that you wanted to become stronger, why are you cowardly now?"
Rokuro smiled bitterly, in fact, it was not his instigation, but this ghost doctor, which really made him palpitate.
He is the worst at communicating with such a woman.
"Don't worry, Yueyue is with you, and her ability is enough to deal with a ghost doctor."
Rokuro sighed:
"Senior brother, don't talk about it, such a woman already gives me a headache, I'm afraid that this woman will bring Yueyue badly."
Speaking of which, Rokuro seemed to remember some not-so-good memories from a long time ago, and his whole body was shivering.
"What's wrong? Is it cold this night? How did you shake like this? ”
Rokuro shook his head.
"That's right, big brother. Versace ...... I felt like something wasn't quite right with her, a little bit different from when we first saw her. ”
Liu Xin nodded in agreement, he also felt this, Fan Sisi was very arrogant before, even if he was a little restrained in front of Duguyue, but he was not as taciturn as he is now, this is simply writing something in his heart on his face.
But they are not very good at asking Fan Sisi about things, fortunately, Fan Sisi will not have any bad thoughts about Dugu Yueyue.
And Fan Sisi has done so much for Dugu Yueyue before, and at first glance he is a man of temperament.
"It's going to be fine."
"Hmm."
Liu Xin and Liulang chatted and chatted, and began to talk about gossip after chatting about business, and Fan Sisi was in the room at this time, with his hands on his cheeks and his expression a little sluggish.
Her heart was full of the figure of the young man in black.
Fan Sisi is the only daughter of the Fan family, and his father is the Fan Changjing, who is known as the refiner maniac.
Before she descended this time, she saw her father and the young man sitting and talking on the Seven Bitter Mountains.
discussed, but talked about the alchemy technique that my father was best at.
And in this discussion, her father actually took the initiative to admit defeat.
In the subsequent refining practice, the young man did not know what means he used, but he actually increased the temperature of the refining furnace by a full three.
With such means, with his father's craftsmanship, he could even try to forge exquisite weapons.
It's unimaginable.
Such a young man should have such a means.
And her father asked her to salute the old man who had come with the man.
At that time, Fan Sisi knew that this was the current owner of Roselle Villa, Dugu Shidao?
A dignified grandmaster realm martial artist, one of the pinnacle martial artists in the world!
And when the owner of Roselle Mountain Villa faced this young man, he didn't have any shelf as an elder.
This made Fan Sisi even more curious, and she was attracted by the mysterious temperament of the other party.
And letting Fan Sisi go down the mountain to follow Dugu Yueyue was also the young man's proposal.
Originally, Dugu Shidao did not plan to send anyone to follow Dugu Yueyue.
He thinks that Dugu Yueyue has grown up, and many things should be arranged and solved by themselves.
Let them decide for themselves.
However, the young man just said something casually, and Dugu Shidao changed his mind.
Not only did he follow the young man's advice, but he also gave Fan Sisi a book of spiritual experience, which was definitely a great gift for Fan Sisi.
Knock knock.
There was a knock on the door.
Dugu Yueyue's voice sounded outside the door. "Sisi, have you slept?"
Fan Sisi came back to her senses and immediately got up and opened the door.
"What's wrong with Yueyue?"
"Sister Sisi, what's wrong with you? Why are you so red? ”
Fan Sisi subconsciously covered her face and said with a little panic:
"Ahh Not... No, I don't.
You haven't slept so late. ”
Dugu Yueyue did not answer, but asked suspiciously:
"Sister Sisi, haven't you slept yet?
Well, there's something I want to talk to you about. ”
Looking at the look on Dugu Yueyue's face, Fan Sisi suddenly understood.
After all, she is also a person who has come over, and because she is a person who has come over, when her heart throbs, she doesn't know what to do.
After all, the young man looked very good.
And I once had an unbearable past.
It seems that he is not worthy of the other party at all.
The two women began to whisper in the boudoir, while Liu Xin and Rokuro were on the roof all night, but no one brought them wine.
The two of them could only gossip about the night breeze, but without those senior brothers around them, they were always a little tasteless.
And the lightboat on the Yangtze River was not extinguished overnight.
"These people are really in good spirits, you and I still have something to talk about, but they can follow the waves on that boat all night, aren't they tired?"
As dawn approached, Rokuro looked at the lights on the lake that had not yet been extinguished with some emotion.
Liu Xin sat up straight, his body frowning slightly.
On the Yangtze River ahead, there was a building boat that ignited a fire at this time.
Because of the distance, Rokuro didn't see it, and these buildings were all lit up, and from a distance, there was not much difference between that ship and the boat next to it.
However, Liu Xin saw it at a glance.
But the strange thing is that the ship was on fire, and no one jumped to escape.
After all, the fire wasn't too big.
After a few moments, the fire grew larger, and finally Rokuro noticed the anomaly.
Soon, the building ship slowly burned to ashes under the gaze of the two of them and began to sink.
"Senior brother, what's going on?"
Rokuro also straightened up and looked ahead.
Liu Xin narrowed his eyes and said, "It's none of our business, naturally the government here will deal with it." ”
When the two went downstairs, they saw the owner of a shop under the jurisdiction of Roselle Villa hurriedly going upstairs to the door of Dugu Yueyue's room.
For this young woman with the status of the top waist card in Roselle Villa, the director did not dare to slack off in the slightest, he tidied up his clothes, coughed lightly twice, and then knocked on the door gently.
Knocking on the door is not the point, the two light coughs are.
He believed that anyone with this identity token would be able to hear his soft cough.
Even though it was still early, Dugu Yueyue still opened the door quickly.
However, it was not the door of the room where the principal was located, but a room diagonally opposite.
Because Dugu Yueyue had a long talk with Fan Sisi all night last night, and then slept in Fan Sisi's room.
"Director Li, what's wrong?
Is there news about the ship I want. ”
The principal, surnamed Li, heard the voice coming from behind and immediately turned around.
After seeing Dugu Yueyue, he didn't show surprise on his face, but took two steps forward respectfully, as if nothing had happened, and he hadn't knocked on the wrong door.
He naturally turned around and came to Dugu Yueyue's face, and after saluting respectfully, he whispered:
"Miss, in the early hours of this morning, an expatriate envoy from Roselle Mountain Villa here died on the ship, and the villain thought that he needed to inform Miss about this matter."
Dugu Yueyue's expression froze, and her whole person's temperament changed, and she said in a deep voice: "Tell me what happened in detail." ”
Liu Xin and Liulang looked at this scene, and they already knew that Dugu Yueyue had actually always regarded herself as a person from Roselle Villa.
did not change the relationship between himself and Roselle Villa because of the transformation of his brother and grandfather.
This Director Li immediately told Dugu Yueyue in detail what happened last night and this morning.
Liu Xin and Liulang also listened carefully to what Director Li said.
Liu Xin and Liulang glanced at each other, but they didn't expect that the boat that caught fire in the early hours of this morning was actually the envoy sent here by him from Luoshen Villa.
This so-called messenger is actually some outer disciples of Luoshen Villa, or a descendant disciple who came out to practice.
According to Director Li, this expatriate envoy of Roselle Villa is a descendant of one of the nine major forces of Roselle Villa.
The talent is also good, and the token that I came to carry this time is second only to Dugu Yueyue's highest-level token.
Suffice it to say who he is.
should be one of the candidates for succession of the nine major forces.
Or the group of people who have a certain strength and status among the nine major forces.
There will be no more than a hundred such people in the entire Nine Great Forces.
It can also be regarded as the backbone of Roselle Villa.
Now such a person died inexplicably on the ship, and last night he was drinking with the son of a commander of the local government.
As a result, the commander's son suddenly left in the middle of the night.
And this expatriate envoy of Roselle Villa drank alone on the building boat and drank until dawn.
In the early hours of this morning, the boat suddenly caught fire.
When the government sent people to fish up the half-submerged boat from the Yangtze River, it was already charred and black, and only six bodies were found, both men and women.
All of them have been burned to black coal.
"Burned into black charcoal?"
Liu Xin suddenly interjected.
Director Li has also seen Liu Xin in the past two days, and knows that this is Dugu Yueyue's friend, and his identity is not low, so he nodded and said after respectfully saluting Liu Xin and Liulang:
"Yes, all six bodies found were burned to black coal."
"What kind of structure is the ship? What kind of wood is used? ”
This Li thought for a while and said:
"The villain only knows that it is a wooden ship, but he doesn't know what it is made of."
"Then you know that this building ship is all wood?"
Liu Xin added.
Director Li nodded, he could confirm this.
"In this small town, all the ships come from a shipyard with which they do business.
The shipyard had never heard of boats made of other materials.
I think it should be made of pure wood.
Oh yes, this boat yard is called Jiangshun Boat Yard! ”
Liu Xin frowned, and when Dugu Yueyue saw this scene, she asked:
"Did Senior Brother Liu think of something?"
Liu Xin explained: "If it is a pure wooden ship, even if the ship is burned to fly ashes, and these people are wrapped in the burning process, it is impossible to burn people into black charcoal."
In order to burn people into black charcoal, you have to add something else, such as fire oil, to the burning wood.
And this ship caught fire, Rokuro and I saw it early this morning, and the fire was not too fast, so it should be possible to eliminate the possibility of fire oil.
If there is no addition of fire oil, and it can burn people into black charcoal, I can't think of anything else for the time being.
It can't be that charcoal was placed on this ship, but charcoal can be distinguished.
It is impossible for the government officials to miss these details.
Moreover, a purely wooden ship, without the help of external forces, is impossible to burn out in a short time!
Therefore, it is certain that there must be an external force on this matter, and it is definitely not an accident......
However, does this matter need to be investigated? ”
Liu Xin looked at Dugu Yueyue, and Dugu Yueyue instantly heard the hidden meaning from his words.
Roselle Villa has just undergone a great change, could it be that these things are now the actions of Roselle Villa to eliminate dissidents?
"No, this matter needs to be investigated."
Dugu Yueyue reacted almost immediately and answered Liu Xin.
Because with her understanding of her grandfather, the latter disdains to use these conspiracies, not to mention that the other party is now at the level of a grandmaster, and no one in the entire Roselle Mountain Villa will dare to provoke him, which is completely death.
Liu Xin thought about it and understood, with Dugu Shidao's current strength, he was not afraid of any conspiracy at all.
Moreover, most of the people in Roselle Villa will support him without hesitation, even if they want to eliminate dissidents, it will definitely not be his orders and decisions.
Moreover, Dugu Shidao has just proposed to seal the village for three months, and it stands to reason that these expatriate envoys from the outside world will be notified to rush back to Luoshen Villa.
Even if you want to get rid of dissidents, you can do it in Roselle Villa.
Even if you do these things in Roselle Villa, even if you kill dozens or hundreds of them openly, there will be no problem at all.
And now that such a method is being used in full view of everyone, it seems a little abnormal.
For Dugu Shidao, this is completely unnecessary, it is simply superfluous.
If it weren't for the internal purge of dissidents in Roselle Villa, then could there be external forces in this matter that wanted to target Roselle Villa?
Liu Xin thought about it.
Is it possible?
Roselle Villa is now a huge trouble, and whoever gets involved in this trouble will fall on him.
This is definitely not an interesting thing, even his Holy Sect will not provoke Roselle Mountain Villa at this time.
The current situation of Luoshen Villa is to seal the village for three months, in fact, these three months are used to explain to the imperial court.
After all, Roselle Villa had made such a big commotion before.
In this case, there was even an assassination of the governor of one place. not
Which article is enough to attract the attention of the imperial court.
"Please ask Mr. Li to inquire about more detailed information.
Yueyue, will we be able to cooperate with the local government to investigate? ”
Liu Xindao, Dugu Yueyue called him a senior brother, of course he wanted to help.
"Of course, it's all going to be done in secret."
Liu Xin added.
Dugu Yueyue thought about it and said to Director Li:
"Master Li, you have to think of a way to do this."
Director Li saluted respectfully and said, "No problem, I'll go and discuss it with the adults in the local government, I think there should be no problem." ”
"Big brother, we ......"
As soon as Liulang wanted to say something, he was stopped by Liu Xin's look, and then gestured to Dugu Yueyue.
Fortunately, Rokuro's reaction was not too slow, and he reacted.
Liu Xin gave Liulang a look at this time, a look that only a few of their senior brothers could understand.
"Erlang, don't forget your current identity, you're no longer alone.
You have to put yourself in the right position.
My business is my business, but I can't let my business delay your marriage. ”
Rokuro gave a look back:
"But the big brother ......"
Liu Xin glanced over again: "In this world, important things are ordered.
And my things are at the bottom of the list.
You get the idea! ”
Rokuro: "Okay...... Good...... Big brother, I'll try to get used to it. ”