The next day.

After Xiao Yu went to the Chang Dynasty, he returned to Dali Temple a little tired.

It's not that the early dynasty worked hard, as the secretary of Dali Temple, except for the very influential cases such as the murder of the envoy of the East Palace, he needed to report the progress of the case in the early dynasty, and he was relatively leisurely in other situations.

After all, the early dynasty talked more about national affairs, the national economy and the people's livelihood, and the most tired were the important ministers of Zhongshu, Shangshu, and the three provinces under the door, as well as the officials of the household department and the official department, etc., he just needed to stand there quietly and wait for the retreat from the dynasty.

But today, it's a little different than usual.

Because after retreating, he was surrounded.

Many officials asked him why Lin Feng did not come to the court.

Especially the official who finally had a conversation with Lin Feng yesterday for a sentence or two, he wanted to make a formal friendship with Lin Feng in one go.

As a result, it turned out that the target to be befriended did not come to the court.

So on the one hand, they wanted to understand the reason, and in case Lin Feng was sick, they could also take the initiative to visit from the beginning.

On the other hand, he wanted to show his concern for Lin Feng, so as to leave a good impression in Lin Feng's heart, so as soon as he went to court, he asked Xiao Yu directly.

And this directly led to Xiao Yu experiencing the feeling of Lin Feng being surrounded yesterday.

It's just that Lin Feng was surrounded yesterday, and it was all about Lin Feng's concern and release, but today...... has nothing to do with Xiao Yu at all, so no one cares about him, everyone cares about Lin Feng.

This made Xiao Yu feel helpless at the same time, and at the same time, he sighed in his heart, Lin Feng is really hot now.

It took a lot of words to explain that Lin Feng did not come to the court because the task assigned by His Majesty was urgent, so His Majesty authorized Lin Feng not to go to the court before completing the task, and put all his time and energy on the task.

When the officials saw that Lin Feng was not absent because of illness and could not take advantage of this opportunity to be courteous, they were all disappointed, and after thanking Xiao Yu, they returned disappointed.

This made Xiao Yu's eyelids jump for a long time.

After everyone left, Xiao Yu wiped his forehead, only to find that he was tired and sweating, he sighed that he was old at the same time, he also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, a look of unknown meaning flashed in his small eyes, and Wei Zheng, who was looking at him not far away, nodded slightly, and then returned to Dali Temple.

After entering Dali Temple, he asked the officials passing by, "Where is Lin Sizheng?" ”

The official hurriedly said: "Lin Sizheng has been handling official business in the office room and has never left. ”

Xiao Yu nodded and came directly to Lin Feng's office.

He raised his hand and knocked on the door, and only after hearing a sound from inside did he push the door in.

Entering the office room, the first thing Xiao Yu saw was a mountain of files on both sides of the desk, there were many files, placed on the table, and directly blocked Lin Feng's head.

If it weren't for Lin Feng raising his head and revealing the tip of his head in the mountain file, maybe Xiao Yu would have thought that there was no one here.

Seeing that it was Xiao Yu coming, Lin Feng behind the bookcase hurriedly got up and saluted Xiao Yu: "Xiao Siqing." ”

Xiao Yu bowed slightly, looked at Lin Feng in front of him with both eyes, with a touch of praise on his face, and couldn't help but say: "Like!" It's really like that! If you don't look closely, you won't see any difference. ”

"People who are not familiar enough with Zide, if they don't get in close contact with you, they will never find your problem."

When Lin Feng in front of him heard this, he hurriedly said: "Hearing Xiao Siqing say this, my subordinates are relieved, since my subordinates came here, they have been worried, for fear that they will find out that their subordinates are not the real Lin Sizheng...... Now my subordinates are much more at ease. ”

That's right, the person in front of him is not the real Lin Feng at all.

He was selected by Lin Feng and Xiao Yu, Wei Zheng, and Dai Guan, and his height, weight, posture and even appearance were the people who most resembled Lin Feng.

Then he used the powerful makeup and disguise methods of the fake Zhao Yanran who had already confessed, so that the fake Zhao Yanran painted the person in front of him like Lin Feng.

made this person directly replace Lin Feng and appear in front of the public, and the real Lin Feng ...... Xiao Yu's eyes were slightly deep, and her thoughts couldn't help but go back to the picture when Lin Feng shared the good news with them yesterday.

At that time, when they were worried about how to find clues about "people" or "ghosts" and thus judge the conspiracy of the Four Elephants Organization, Lin Feng received a letter from the Assassin Shi Du Wei of Cizhou in Laiguo Gongci.

After Lin Feng read the letter, Lin Feng directly told them that the news of the ghost had come.

When they heard this, they were surprised in their hearts, but they were also puzzled, and they didn't know what was going on, so they asked Lin Feng about it.

Lin Feng didn't hide it either, and said the content of Du Wei's letter.

It turned out that in Cizhou, where Du Gou served as the assassin, during this time, a very strange ghost shipwreck and murder occurred.

In the letter, Du Gou said that two months ago, a cargo ship sank in the Zhanghe River valley under the jurisdiction of Cizhou.

At that time, there happened to be some farmers working on the shore, and they saw the whole process of the wreck.

It was dusk, according to them, and the sun was setting in the west, staining the earth with a layer of blood, and they were walking back home with their farm tools.

They hadn't gone far before they saw a large cargo ship sailing on the wide and deep Zhanghe River.

The Zhanghe River goes up to the Taihang Mountain, down to the South Canal, passing through many states and counties along the way, the river is wide and deep, so there are a lot of ships coming and going, and the goods transported on these cargo ships are things that they farmers can't afford to buy all their lives.

So they took a few more looks at the ship.

But who knows, at this moment, an accident happened.

The huge cargo ship suddenly stopped, and then it caught fire for unknown reasons.

The flames were ferocious, quickly enveloping the entire ship in flames.

And in the sea of fire, the sound of shouting "help" was heard.

These peasants were stunned where they had never seen such a thing, and after a while, someone finally reacted and shouted for help.

But these peasants, who don't have a boat and can't water, how can they save people?

They could only think of going to the county government to report to the official.

But before they could report to the police, they found that the cargo ship had begun to tilt, and then little by little it was sinking towards the water.

Seeing that the cargo ship was sinking, they even threw down their farm tools and hurriedly ran to the county government to report to the official.

Soon the county government sent people to go, but when the people from the yamen arrived, the cargo ship was completely gone.

The water is calm and calm, and there is not a trace of a boat.

When the Yamen people arrived, it was already completely dark, and there was no moon at that time, so they couldn't even go into the water to check, so they had to give up for the time being and wait for the next day to investigate.

Later, in the early morning of the next day, the people of the Yamen went to investigate, and through the inspection of the water people, they finally found the sunken ship at the bottom of the river, and determined that a cargo ship had indeed sunk.

But the strange thing is that the cargo ship sank, but there was no body floating on the water, and the sailors found no trace of the body on the cargo ship.

The people on the ship actually disappeared out of thin air.

The farmers who witnessed the sinking of the cargo ship said that they heard the sound of "help" coming from the cargo ship, and that during the whole sinking process, there were farmers waiting anxiously on the shore, and they did not see anyone jumping ship to escape, nor did they find anyone swimming to the shore.

Therefore, it can be determined that when the cargo ship caught fire and sank, there must have been people on board, and no one escaped successfully.

But no matter how the people of the Yamen searched, they also searched downstream, but they did not find any trace of the corpse.

This thing is a little weird in an instant.

Later, through investigation, the yamen learned that there were a total of thirteen shipwrights on this cargo ship, but these thirteen people died inexplicably.

Of course, this can only be regarded as a somewhat weird unsolved case at most, so that Du Wei will not write a letter to Lin Feng to ask for help.

The reason why Du Wei had to write the letter was that it was just the beginning of a series of strange things.

After the sinking of the cargo ship, accidents began to occur on that river.

On the morning seven days after the shipwreck, the peasants who went to work found a boat parked in the center of the Zhanghe River, motionless, and the surface of the boat was pitch black, with traces of suspected fire, and they hurriedly reported it to the officials.

As a result, the government found that the ship had been burned and that there were fifteen corpses on it.

Five days later, the same thing happened to another ship, this time with ten dead.

There were two consecutive cases of cargo ships burning and killing people for no reason, and the local county government also felt that it was tricky, so they could only ask for help from the assassin Shi Yamen, so Du Wei personally investigated the case.

He specially arranged for officials to inspect the Zhanghe River Valley.

However, the Zhanghe River through Cizhou is very long, and it takes several hours for the officials to ride a horse, and it is impossible to take care of all the areas.

Eventually, ten days later, another fire occurred.

This time, though, a survivor emerged.

After the patrolling officer rescued the survivor on the shore, through Langzhong's treatment, the survivor woke up, but when he woke up, his spirit was very abnormal, and there was only one sentence in his mouth - "Ghost!" Don't kill me! ”

When Du asked the survivor what he meant by ghosts, the survivor named a number of people.

And these names directly made Du Wei and the others creepy, because the names he said were those shipwrights who had disappeared strangely after the first shipwreck.

Du asked the survivors about the boatmen, but the survivors began to shout in horror and don't kill him, and there were no more useful clues.

These news, which later spread far and wide, caused great panic in Cizhou, and made the local people call the Zhanghe River a ghost river.

The Zhanghe River, which was originally filled with cargo ships almost every day, also had a sharp decrease in the number of cargo ships because of this strange thing, and in the end, not a single ship even passed for ten days, which dealt a great blow to Cizhou's commerce.

Du Wei was worried that if he continued, he was afraid that no cargo ship would be willing to come to Cizhou, and he was even more worried that the rumors would have a greater impact, so he really had no choice but to ask Lin Feng for help.

After Lin Feng told himself and the others about the case, he said: "The ghost murder in Cizhou is the same as the dead people we mentioned before, and someone suddenly found their traces...... It is likely to be the ghost that Wang Sizheng said, and there is more than one haunting thing in Cizhou. ”

"When I said goodbye to Lai Guogong before, Lai Guogong specifically asked me what the possibility of haunting was, and told me that there have been various haunting rumors in Cizhou in recent years...... Xia Guan felt that this might not be groundless, so I was ready to go to Cizhou to investigate. ”

Because there is no clear direction now, and Lin Feng's original investigation also needs to be investigated on the spot in various places, since it will take time, it is better to choose a case that is close at hand and has a certain probability.

Therefore, as soon as Xiao Yu and the others heard Lin Feng's words, they all agreed with Lin Feng's decision.

It's just that Lin Feng later said that if the Cizhou case was really related to the ghosts of the Four Elephants Organization, if he went to Cizhou, once the Four Elephants Organization learned about it, it was likely to make the Four Elephants Organization feel a great crisis, and the Four Elephants Organization would either try to intercept him, or simply act in advance, lest the secret really be discovered by him.

Therefore, for the sake of safety, Lin Feng wanted to go secretly.

But now Lin Feng is a thorn in the side of the Four Elephants Organization, and if he suddenly disappears, the Four Elephants Organization will inevitably find out, so after the four of them discussed, they decided to use a trick to return the way of others to the body of others - to reproduce the original Dali Temple Cheng Lin Feng faked his death and escaped, and the golden cicada got out of his shell!

At that time, Lin Feng, the former Dali Temple, in order to escape responsibility, got Lin Feng, who was still a beggar, to prison, so as to replace him, and came to hide from the world...... So, why couldn't Lin Feng also use this trick?

It just so happened that in the Zhao Deshun case, the fake Zhao Yanran disguised herself as the real Zhao Yanran through makeup and disguise, concealed it from everyone, and created the Zhao Deshun case...... And now that the fake Zhao Yanran's psychological defense line has collapsed, she has recruited everything, and asked her to help draw a Lin Feng, she will never dare to refuse.

Therefore...... There is this fake Lin Feng in front of him.

Thinking back, Xiao Yu sat on the stool next to the table, looked at the fake Lin Feng with nine images in front of him, and sneered in his heart, if Lin Feng really found out the secret of the Four Elephants Organization during this trip, then when all this was revealed, when Lin Feng of the original Dali Temple knew that Lin Feng's trick to hide from the sky and cross the sea was to imitate his method of harming Lin Feng, I don't know if he would regret it.

With the way of others, but also the body of others, this method really makes people feel happy when they think about it.

Xiao Yu exhaled slowly, and he said to the fake Lin Feng: "You can pretend to be busy here with peace of mind." ”

"Your Majesty has granted permission not to participate in the Chang Dynasty, and you don't have to contact those officials, but in the Dali Temple...... Lin Feng is just busy and doesn't see anyone, and everyone is used to getting up early and night in the dark, so no one will think much about it if you don't go out of this room all day. ”

"Of course, the official will also cooperate with you and order that no one disturb you, so that you don't have contact with other people, and you can ensure that you are not exposed to the greatest extent."

Fake Lin Feng nodded hurriedly and said, "My subordinates understand." ”

Xiao Yu looked at the fake Lin Feng who was saluting, pursed his lips, and immediately shook his head, although there are nine appearances, but the difference in temperament is still too big, Lin Feng's kind of cynicism and self-confidence that can control everything is not something that ordinary people can imitate.

"It's good that he doesn't have to come into contact with other people......"

Xiao Yu looked out the window and saw that the sky was blue and cloudless, and it was a good weather.

"Hope everything goes well......"

…………

Two days later.

Sail on a cargo ship on the wide Zhanghe River.

Thunder exploded in the air, and torrential rain poured down.

The boatmen hurriedly put their hands on their heads and rushed into the cabin with their heads covered.

Because it is not a passenger ship, the cabin space is not large, and as the boatmen rush into the cabin, the inside suddenly looks a little crowded.

But no matter how crowded they were, the boatmen just huddled together, giving up space in the opposite corner and not approaching.

And there, at this time, there were three people.

One was a burly, well-dressed man, who was now standing in front of a table in the corner, holding his arms, looking at the boatmen with fierce eyes.

This man is really too burly, one or two heads taller than these boatmen, and at this moment he has a fierce look, and the boatmen dare not approach at all.

At the table behind the burly man, two people sat at the table.

A person is dressed in a gorgeous and complicated pleated skirt, with a slender figure, but his face is covered with a veil, which makes people unable to see his face clearly, but he can also see from the beautiful eyes that he is definitely a first-class beauty.

Ever since the woman boarded the ship, the boatmen had been secretly watching her.

But this woman never gave them a look, after she boarded the boat, she either looked at the scenery, or talked and laughed with the man dressed as a scholar in front of her, those beautiful eyes, when talking to the scholar, her eyes never left the scholar.

That lingering affection can be seen by these rude boatmen.

"You say, whose lady is this? How can you go out alone with a man, and you won't be afraid of ruining your reputation? ”

The boatmen whispered gossip while wringing the rain off their clothes.

"How do you know that people are not married? Maybe it's already a couple. ”

"They didn't live together, they certainly weren't married."

"It doesn't matter to us whether we get married or not, don't chew your tongue, in case you hear it, don't blame me for not reminding you if that guard is making trouble for you."

As soon as this voice sounded, everyone subconsciously looked at the guard with a fierce face.

Looking at the guard's fist about the size of his head, he couldn't help but shrink his neck, and was suddenly silenced.

They felt that if this guard punched down, their heads might be smashed directly.

Can't be provoked, can't be provoked.

And as the sound of gossip disappeared, the sound of the rainstorm hitting the cabin suddenly became clearer.

Feeling the wind suddenly rising and the cargo ship shaking, these shipwrights couldn't help but show nervous expressions.

Someone couldn't help but say, "You say, this ghost river...... There can't really be ghosts, right? I heard that three days ago, another cargo ship was wrecked and killed...... We, we're going to be fine, right? ”

Listening to the boatman's words, the faces of the other boatmen also changed.

The haunting of the Duanzhang River in Cizhou has long been spread among the boatmen.

Four cargo ships had strange accidents in a row, and there was only one survivor, and the survivors were crazy, which made them, the shipwrights who ate the bowl of shipping, all frightened in their hearts.

If they had a choice, they would definitely not take the route of the Cizhou section of the Zhanghe River.

It's just that the ship's cargo is urgent, and they must deliver it on time, and if they want to be on time, they have no other choice but to go to the Zhanghe River.

In addition, the shipping money given by the owner of the goods is five times that of the usual...... Due to many factors, they can only take the Zhanghe route.

Originally, they thought that they should have no problem passing through here in broad daylight, after all, ghosts would not appear during the day.

But who knows, the sky suddenly gathered dark clouds without warning, followed by lightning and thunder, and violent storms...... Now it was as dark as the sky outside, and the boat was shaking so badly that it seemed to capsize at any moment, and they couldn't help but think of the water ghosts killing people.

It's really all this, it's too bottomless.

"Don't ...... Don't talk nonsense. ”

A boatman swallowed and spitted at the mouth: "It's daylight, water ghosts won't appear, and besides, we have no grudges with those people in the past, and there is no enmity in the near future, so there is no need for them to trouble us when they are ghosts." ”

"It's been so long, haven't you heard the legend of the water ghost? These water spirits can only be reincarnated by pulling others into the water and killing them...... In order to be reincarnated, how can they care if they have enmity with us when they are alive? ”

"What then? I don't want to die yet, I have a seventy-year-old mother and a three-year-old child......"

"You are only twenty-five years old, and your mother is seventy years old, disrespectful and disrespectful."

"Your mother......"

…………

The boatmen were nervous, and their voices unconsciously increased, so that their words also reached the opposite corner.

The man dressed as a scholar looked to be in his twenties, he had two mustaches, a slightly dark complexion, and a tear mole in the corner of his eye, and he didn't look outstanding.

At this time, hearing the panicked words of the boatmen, he looked at the woman with eyes on the opposite side with a smile, and said, "Miss Man'er, are you afraid?" ”

Xiao Man'er shook her head, her beautiful pair of water-cut pupils looked at the face in front of her who was still unaccustomed to it, and said softly: "There are no ghosts in the world, the so-called ghosts are all in people's hearts." ”

When Lin Feng, who had disguised his appearance, heard this, he laughed directly and said, "It's still the Man'er girl who sees it thoroughly, and she is much calmer than these big men." ”

Xiao Man'er listened to Lin Feng's praise, but blinked her eyes: "This remark is still what Lin Sizheng said when you investigated the case before, I just relayed Lin Sizheng's words...... So Lin Si is praising me, but you're actually praising yourself, right? ”

Her eyes flashed with wisdom, and she said with a smile: "I didn't expect Lin Sizheng to still be a person who likes to boast. ”

Lin Feng didn't expect Xiao Man'er to design to make fun of herself, so she couldn't help but shake her head with a smile...... This girl, after three days of getting along with herself, has become more and more dismissive of herself as an outsider.

On the day he received Du Wei's letter, he secretly left Chang'an.

Originally, his idea was to secretly rush to Cizhou alone.

As a result, as soon as Zhao Fifteen heard this, he directly turned over from the bed and jumped to the ground, insisting on following him.

He was worried about Zhao Fifteen's injury and didn't want Zhao Fifteen to run with him, but Zhao Fifteen said that his injuries were not serious, they were all ordinary skin injuries, and after using the best medicine from the Imperial Medical Department, he was almost fine.

While speaking, Zhao Fifteen raised the housekeeper and used the housekeeper as a barbell, almost scaring the housekeeper to death.

At the same time, Zhao Fifteen also said that if he didn't take him there, he would raise the housekeeper every day, and he was so frightened that the housekeeper hurriedly helped Zhao Fifteen persuade him.

Lin Feng saw that Zhao Fifteen was really fine, and the remaining injuries only needed to be changed on time, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Zhao Fifteen's recovery power was really terrifying, this was definitely not something that ordinary people could do, so he didn't refuse again.

After all, for him, Zhao Shifteen's sense of security was much higher than that of others.

If there was Zhao Fifteen by his side in the Half Moon Nunnery and the East Palace, how could he personally deal with Han Shuangshuang, and how could he guard against those guards of Mo Wanshan.

As for Xiao Man'er, Xiao Yu insisted on bringing it herself.

According to Xiao Yu's words, he has a distant relative in Cizhou, this distant relative is quite powerful in Cizhou, and at a critical moment, he may be able to help.

Therefore, let Xiao Man'er come with him, and have Xiao Man'er as the middleman, which can help Lin Feng better use the power of this distant relative.

Lin Feng wanted to say at that time that as long as Xiao Yu wrote a letter, he would visit with the letter at that time, so there was no need to trouble Xiao Man'er to follow him for a long journey.

But before he could speak, Xiao Yu seemed to know that he was going to refuse, so he didn't give himself a chance to fight back, and directly sent someone to call Xiao Man'er.

Seeing this, Lin Feng suddenly opened his mind and responded.

In this way, along the way, they first took a carriage and walked in the direction of Handan, and at the same time sent people along the way to inquire about the news and look for ships to Cizhou.

As a result, yesterday I happened to find out that there was a cargo ship that was going to sail in the direction of Cizhou, so I tried every means to open the way with money and squeezed into this cargo ship.

The reason why the boat was looking for it was because the boats that had accidents during this time were all boats that took the Zhanghe River.

If you want to find out the truth about the murder of the water ghost, you should at least walk along the path taken by the cargo ship that caused the accident, and maybe you can find some clues.

If you're lucky, you come across a water ghost and come to kill again, that's even better.

However, until they entered the Cizhou boundary, there were no accidents, which made Lin Feng ready to give up.

But who knows, not long after entering Cizhou, I encountered this situation...... Listen to the boatmen, and maybe there is a play?

While pricking up his ears to eavesdrop on the conversation of the boatmen, he looked at Xiao Man'er with a smile and said, "Miss Man'er also has some understanding of the Cizhou case, what do you think is the truth about the murder of water ghosts?" ”

Xiao Man'er's bright eyes turned slightly, and the red lips under the veil pursed lightly, and said: "Maybe the thirteen people on the first shipwreck were not killed, they used some method to avoid the sight of the peasants and secretly escaped......"

"Later, the killers are all them, so the survivors will see them."

Lin Feng nodded slightly: "Reasonable." ”

Xiao Man'er raised her eyebrows slightly, and said, "Lin Sizheng thinks that's not the case?" ”

Xiao Man'er's understanding of Lin Feng was far greater than Lin Feng's understanding of her, after all, she had already paid attention to Lin Feng's case through Xiao Yu.

So she knew very well that whenever Lin Feng said this, he would often add a "but" after it.

Lin Feng smiled: "I'm not sure if it's as you said, but the doubts that can't be explained at the moment make me have some doubts about this possibility." ”

"Suspicious?" Xiao Man'er said: "What is the suspicion? ”

Lin Feng said: "First, if they really secretly escaped, then where are they hiding?" ”

"After the case, the county government did not think about this possibility, and they immediately searched all the homes, crops, and mountains and forests within a five-kilometer radius, but they did not find any trace of them."

"There are thirteen people on this ship, and there are a lot of people to eat, drink, and Lazar, and it is not easy to hide them completely."

"Second, the identity of this person has been confirmed, they are the captain and shipwright who have been running the shipping route, so what reason and motive do they have to destroy the ship they have been relying on to survive and live a life of licking blood from the knife edge?"

"And there's a little bit of something weird......"

Lin Feng looked at Xiao Man'er and said, "In the cargo ships that were destroyed and killed in the follow-up, the yamen went to inspect and did not find any lack of goods, and there were some very valuable silk and pottery, and even gold, silver and jade, but there were no missing things inside...... If it was really the thirteen who killed people but didn't take the treasure, then why did they kill? What is the motivation? ”

Xiao Man'er's pretty brows frowned slightly.

She nodded, "In this way, it is indeed full of weirdness, isn't it the thirteen of them?" But if they weren't doing it, why would the survivors see them? And where are their corpses? ”

Lin Feng shook his head, he turned around, looked at the boatmen who were huddled together, their faces full of panic, and said calmly: "If we are lucky and the water ghost chooses this boat, then we will know immediately." ”

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