Xu Zan and Wen Baolin greeted the two in the shadows under the city gate.

"You're here." Xu Zan stepped forward and grabbed Chen Anning's horse, his mouth full of complaints, "If I don't come again, I will be bled and bone-drawn by Lord Yin Tang of Guangling Mansion." ”

Thinking of the life that Lord Tang had followed wherever he went since the robbery of merchant ships, Xu Zan couldn't help but complain again: "Guangling County is the food place of your Guangling Palace, and you are really not worried at all about such a big thing." ”

Xie Xun said: "Isn't there you?" ”

"What's the use of having me?" Xu Zan snorted lightly, "I won't investigate the case." ”

"Isn't this coming?" Xie Xun shook the dust on his body and said without saltiness.

Xu Zan snorted again: "You're here, but if you come early, the next few cases won't happen." ”

"First of all, I am not a man, not a god!" Xie Xun snorted, "Secondly, I came to Guangling County this time to live in Wen Mansion, do you want to go with me?" ”

Xu Zhan's tired eyes suddenly lit up, "Go!" Gotta go! ”

Chen Anning looked at Xie Xun.

Xie Xun hooked the corners of his mouth, "Then do you want to continue to complain that I'm late?" ”

"Phew!" After Xu Zan spat fiercely, he said, "What's too late?" It's just right! ”

"That's right." Xie Xun snorted lightly, "Just to come over one day earlier, I gave up the dowry on the second day." ”

Xu Zan couldn't help but secretly glance at Chen Anning with some guilt, "Actually, it doesn't matter if you come two days late, it's already like this anyway." ”

"Don't you think it's too late?" Xie Xun knocked him on the head twice.

Xu Zan didn't hide.

Although they said that they were going to Wenfu, because it was early in the morning, it was inconvenient to disturb, and that night, everyone still stayed at the inn.

Early the next morning.

When Xu Zan urged him to hurry up and leave for Wenfu, Lord Tang came.

When Xu Zan saw him, he immediately rolled his eyes.

Lord Tang smiled and didn't care. handed the case files of several robberies to Xie Xun, and when he looked through them, he followed and said: "The first case occurred at the wharf of Jiaxing County, Wu County, on the ninth day of the ninth month of September. At that time, the hijacked merchant ship was docked at the edge of the wharf because it arrived late. Because of the time period when the robbers started, the big guys were already asleep. When the neighboring merchant ship heard the sound, the looted merchant ship had already been burned to the fire. ”

According to one of the surviving shipwrights, he drank too much wine that night, and when he got up in the middle of the night and went to the side, he saw a group of men in black rushing onto the merchant ship and killing anyone he saw. These men in black had black scarves on their heads and faces, and there happened to be no moon that night, so he didn't see anything. ”

"He hid in the water along the side of the ship, waited for the ship to catch fire, and then quietly swam to another merchant ship to be saved."

"The second case took place in Danyang County on September 13. The course of the incident is similar to the first one, except that this time the boatmen were killed. ”

"The third case took place on the ...... of September 15"

Xie Xun finished reading the case file and handed it to Chen Anning.

Chen Anning quickly scanned it and found that three of the ten cases were in Danyang County and two in Guangling County. Subsequently, it is distributed in Wu County, Wu County, Jiaxing County, Jinling County, Jinling County, Xi County, Huaiyin County.

In other words, the main locations of these robbers and boats are distributed in the Jiangnan River and Zhanggou.

"What do you think of these ten murders of hijacking ships?" After Master Tang finished speaking, Xie Xun asked.

Lord Tang furrowed his eyebrows and said tentatively, "Could these robbers of the ship have anything to do with the assassination of the prince?" ”

Xie Xun's eyebrows raised slightly, "Why do you say that?" ”

Lord Tang pondered and said: "The case of the prince's assassination is getting tighter and tighter, and I believe that it will not take long for it to come to light, which must be something that the mastermind behind is unwilling to face." Since you are unwilling to face it, you can only make the case uninvestigated. And the best way to make the case impossible is to transfer you out of the capital. ”

The fog that had plagued Chen Anning for many days suddenly dissipated.

"I wouldn't have let him come if I had known." Xu Zan was annoyed, "You didn't tell me earlier." ”

Lord Tang said slyly: "I'm going to tell you, can Master Xie still come over?" ”

Xu Zan said angrily: "You only care about letting him come over, have you ever thought that the dowry between him and Miss Chen Er is about to be held." Just because I urged again and again, they didn't even do the dowry, so they hurried over! ”

Lord Tang didn't know that there was still this stubble, so he hurriedly said: "It's because I'm not thoughtful, I haven't thought about this stubble, and I ask Lord Xie and Miss Chen Er to forgive me." ”

"It's okay, it's coming." After Xie Xun replied casually, he asked, "Where is the living boatman in the first case?" ”

"I live in Guangling Mansion." Tang Dadao, "I was afraid that he would go out and be found out by that gang of robbers and kill him, so I have been arranging for him to live in Guangling Mansion and do some chores." ”

Xie Xun got up and said, "Let's go, go see him." ”

Lord Tang immediately got up and led the way.

The boatman's name was Jiang Wu, and he was tall and sturdy, and he was the only one who survived ten ship hijackings.

Hearing Lord Tang's introduction to Xie Xun, he quickly put down the work in his hand and told the situation that night vividly.

Xie Xun didn't try to expose the exaggerated elements in his words, "How many robbers are there?" ”

Jiang Wu scratched his head, "I don't know how many people there are, anyway, if you look at it, there are twenty or thirty people." As soon as they got on the boat, they began to kill people, and after killing people, they began to carry grain bags, and no one said a word in the process. ”

It seems that the robbers were not familiar with the hijacked merchant ships.

Otherwise it would be impossible not to know the number of shipwrights.

Xie Xun curled his fingers, tapped the handrail twice, and continued: "You reported to the official after you were rescued?" ”

Jiang Wu shook his head, "They set fire to the boat, the fire was very big, and the patrolmen rushed over when they saw the fire." Then they asked if there were any people alive, and I went out. After dawn, he was picked up by adults to Guangling Mansion. ”

It's bold.

After Xie Xun looked at him twice, he asked according to the procedure: "Do you have any enemies in the shopkeeper or have you ever had a grudge against anyone recently?" ”

Jiang Wu scratched his head again, "I don't know, I'm just a porter, and I've been working on the ship for almost three years, and I haven't said anything to the shopkeeper." ”

Xie Xun changed his words, "Have you seen anyone on your ship recently?" ”

Jiang Wu shook his head, "That's not it." ”

Xie Xun asked again: "Have you seen anyone inquiring about your ship recently?" ”

Jiang Wu first shook his head, and then nodded again: "Five or six days before the ship was robbed, when the ship was loaded in Yuhang, it seemed that someone had inquired, but it was to ask Zhou Daji to inquire, I heard him talk to other shipwrights about this matter, and I overheard a few words." ”

Xie Xun said step by step: "Inquire about the content, have you heard?" ”

Jiang Wu thought for a while before saying, "It seems to be asking when we will start the boat." However, at that time, we had only loaded less than half of the cargo, and no one knew exactly when the ship would leave. Zhou Daji replied to the inquirer and said that when it was full, it would be set off. ”

Xie Xun turned his head and asked Lord Tang, "Have you checked the location of their parked ship, is it another merchant ship that should have been parked?" ”

After Lord Tang glanced at Jiang Wu, he shook his head.

"Have someone check it out right now." Xie Xun commanded.

Lord Tang immediately got up and made arrangements.

Xie Xun stood up with the case file and said to Xu Zhan: "Let's go, go to the Wen Mansion that you have in mind." ”

Xu Zan was a little shy and said, "It's not good to go empty-handed, do you want to buy some snacks or something?" ”

Xie Xun said slowly: "Then you go buy it, I'll go first." ”

Xu Zan immediately said: "I'll go with you first, and I can buy dim sum or something later." ”

However, before they could walk out of the house, Master Tang rushed back, "There was another hijacking of the ship last night!" ”