"I've observed it with Si Tianjian's Qi Vision, and all of them are covered in blood. Xu Qi'an said.

In the definition of Qi Looking, what the blood light represents, the experienced Jin Gong undoubtedly knows.

"How can you look at qi arts?" Jiang Luzhong asked, turned his head to look at the official ship, and opened his palm towards a white-clothed warlock on the deck who had come out to watch the excitement.

The invisible qi machine distorted the air, and took the dancing white-clad warlock into the barge.

"Look at their gas numbers. Jiang Lu said gently.

The white-clad warlock frowned, expressing his displeasure. As a proud warlock, even in the face of a high-grade martial artist, he also has the confidence to be powerful and unlewd.

"Hurry up. Xu Qi'an urged.

"Oh oh..."The white-clothed warlock nodded obediently, and was silent for a moment, his eyes overflowing with clear light.

He carefully observed the cabin, and then reined in Qingguang and said, "It is indeed bloody. ”

Jiang Luzhong's eyes suddenly sharpened, and for the sake of safety, he asked, "What other abnormalities are there?"

"Yes!"

Xu Qi'an naturally made a move with confidence, "There are a few more suspicious points, one: there are traces of a fight in the cabin, which is only recent."

Two: These people are not people who live on the water all year round, because they don't even know how to get rid of the earthy smell of river fish.

Three: They are too weak-minded, whether it is the panic when they first see us, and no matter what I ask later, they are satisfied without complaint... Oh, with my understanding of the officials, they are all some mischievous, even if they don't dare to offend the beaters, but if they really have a clear conscience, they should have a few words of complaint without fear. After all, Caoyun is not in the hands of the watchman.

And they behaved like they were eager to deal with us in the past, and they did everything they needed. ”

... will not remove the smell of fish, and even this kind of detail can be remembered in his heart, Xu Ningyan is really a genius in investigating cases. Jiang Lu sighed in the center, and nodded quietly on the surface:

"Very well thought out and well done. ”

Then, he asked: "This place is only half a day's journey from Yuzhou, they are stained with blood, and they have human lives on hand, but how to kill people near Yuzhou?"

Xu Qi'an said: "At night." ”

Jiang Luzhong groaned for a while, and then figured out, according to the current time, this barge was departing from Yuzhou at night.

Kill people at night without attracting attention.

After a few moments, the watchmen gathered everyone on the ship on the deck, and they were all tied up.

Zhu Guangxiao hugged his fists and said: "There are a total of sixty-two people on the boat, all of them are here." ”

Jiang Luzhong nodded, looked at the beard dressed as a headcatcher, and said in a deep voice: "Wake him up." ”

The process of waking up was very rough, Zhu Guangxiao made a strong volley, and woke up the beard, moaning miserably.

This man disguised as the head catcher of the Caoyun Yamen escort boat, after sweeping around, he understood his situation, and his face suddenly turned to ashes.

He still couldn't believe that he had been exposed like this, what had gone wrong.

"I ask, you answer, conceal or deceive once, cut off a finger. Jiang Luzhong's voice sounded without emotion.

The beard looked up, and when he met the sharp eyes that seemed to be able to see through his heart, his body trembled and he fell to the ground.

"Your true identity!"

"The grass people Fang He, the scattered people in the rivers and lakes, formed a Yellow Flag Gang in Yuzhou to make a living. ”

"Asking for life includes killing the officials of the yamen and robbing the iron mines of the imperial court?"

"No, it's not... Adults and villains are paid to do things. It was the Gangyun envoy of the Yuzhou Caoyun Yamen who instructed the villain to do this. He told us that there was a barge going to the capital tonight, loaded with iron ore. He told us to kill the ship's guards and take the iron mine. ”

What is anal.... Xu Qi'an had a series of question marks in his mind.

After joining the watchman, he gradually began to contact the officialdom, and Xu Qi'an would be confused by the messy official name from time to time.

All these things planned by the Gangyun envoys were silently exchanged with their eyes, and they all showed a look of shock.

Even Jiang Luzhong's expression became serious.

Obviously, they came across a big case of self-theft.

"This is unreasonable," Xu Qi'an shook his head and asked, "Why do you want to kill people and seize ships? If you just want to embezzle iron ore, there is no need to do this." It is far safer to cooperate with the officials of the yamen than to work with you. ”

Jiang Luzhong glanced at him and explained: "The Caoyun Yamen in each state is divided into two systems: the Shore Discharge Division and the Gang Transportation Division, and the Shore Discharge Department is responsible for the management of the canal, as well as the acceptance and warehousing of grain, salt and iron and other materials. The Department of Transportation, which is responsible for escorting the ship. ”

That is to say, the officials of the Gangyun Division want to embezzle iron ore, and they can only do it on the water .... Xu Qi'an nodded: "So, in order to completely cover up the crime, let the guards of the ship disappear with the ship? ”

Jiang Luzhong continued to ask: "After embezzling iron ore, how to deal with it?"

The bearded man shook his head: "We are only responsible for sending the iron ore to Yunzhou, the route is from Yuzhou, bypassing the sandbank, and someone will be responsible for the joint after arriving in Yunzhou." ”

Yunzhou?!

Jiang Luzhong's face changed suddenly.

It's a ghost place in Yunzhou again.... By the way, the Caoyun Yamen is under the control of the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Industry is controlled by the Qi Party. The Qi Party colluded with the Witch God Cult to secretly deliver military supplies to Yunzhou.... All this can be right, it's just that it's just a matter of transporting materials and transporting iron ore.... It's scary to think about.

"Who are you approaching? Listening to your tone, it's not the first time you've done that. ”

"This year, I've done it three times this year. Shipped to Yunzhou .... 100,000 pounds of iron ore. ”

Jiang Luzhong asked a few more questions, and then ordered: "You stay in this barge, turn the rudder and follow, and go to Yuzhou with me." Look at these prisoners. ”

He said to Xu Qi'an: "Take him back to the boat with me." ”

This time, Xu Qi'an did not rely on his own strength to return to the official ship, and a breath of air under his feet dragged him away in the air, and followed Jiang Luzhong across dozens of meters to Governor Zhang's side.

"What's going on, why did you intercept the barge of the government?" Governor Zhang asked in a loud voice.

"Something is really wrong..."Jiang Luzhong made a "please" gesture: "The governor will follow me into the house." ”

Jiang Luzhong relayed Xu Qi'an's discovery and the explanation of the bearded man Fang He to Governor Zhang in 1510. After that, in front of Governor Zhang, Fang He was re-interrogated.

After listening to Fang He's confession, Governor Zhang showed a solemn expression.

"In addition to the Gang Yun envoy of the Gang Transport Division, what other officials are involved?"

"The villain doesn't know..."

Governor Zhang looked at Xu Qi'an: "You take him down first, and then come back, this official has something to discuss with you." ”

The meaning of his words is that he has completely regarded Xu Qi'an as a person of the same level who can do things. And not just subordinates.

Xu Qi'an took Fang He out of the room, handed it to Song Tingfeng and Zhu Guangxiao, asked the two to be careful, and then went back to the room and closed the door.

When Governor Zhang saw him come back, his expression was serious: "What do you think?"

"There is a doubt in the lowly position. ”

Waiting for Jiang Luzhong and Governor Zhang to come over, Xu Qi'an expressed his opinion: "The Ministry of Industry has fallen, and as a Qi party, it should have been a rumor, so it was right to restrain the minions and wait and see." Why is Yuzhou's Caoyun Yamen on the cusp of this limelight and continues to deliver iron ore to Yunzhou?

"In addition, even if the bandits in Yunzhou are rampant, they are the king of the mountains who cannot be put on the stage after all. The Ministry of Industry only transported equipment, artillery and other military supplies, and even the iron ore had to be secretly transported to Yunzhou. Is this what a bandit can eat? What is this for?"

Governor Zhang closed his eyes, tapped the table with his fingertips, and muttered, "The Qi Party colludes with the Witch God Sect.... Deliver ordnance, artillery, and iron ore to Yunzhou.... Salt, iron, and gunpowder are forbidden items that are forbidden to flow out..."

He first paused, then his body shook, opened his eyes, his face showed shock, and slowly spit out: "Rebellion and rebellion." ”

The Qi Party sent a large amount of military supplies to Yunzhou, and now with the addition of iron ore, if it weren't for the rebellion, I really couldn't think of any other possibility.

If it's just to support the mountain bandits, why do you need to do this?

Thinking of this, Governor Zhang stood up and paced back and forth in the room, sometimes looking at Jiang Luzhong and sometimes at Xu Qi'an.

"Xu Ningyan, you have given this official another problem.... If you encounter this on the way, you will definitely delay your trip. ”

He said this, but his expression and tone did not blame at all, but had a strange expression of worry and excitement.

Jiang Luzhong said: "Your Excellency will return this matter to the capital, which can be described as a great achievement. ”

"You can't thank you for that. Governor Zhang patted Xu Qi'an's shoulder vigorously.

Let's not mention the results of the trip to Yunzhou, just because he discovered this case, it is a great achievement, even if the trip to Yunzhou yields nothing, it is enough to make up for it, and there is even merit.

And all this is because of Xu Qi'an's keen "sense of smell".

After a moment, he calmed down, sat back in his chair, and pondered the current situation, and there were three paths in front of him:

First, pretend that this did not happen and continue to go to Yunzhou, so as not to cause any extraneous branches.

Second, send people disguised as the Caoyun Yamen guards to protect the ship, and coerce Fang He to charge into battle and meet the people who will meet in Yunzhou for a while.

Third, go to the Caoyun Yamen in Yuzhou to deal with the case and arrest the mastermind behind the scenes.

The first option is directly excluded, and the second option is too time-consuming, taking the waterway to Yunzhou, you have to bypass the sandbar first, and you can't get there in ten days and a half months, which is not in line with their itinerary. And the Yuzhou Gangyun envoy is a clue that is close at hand.

After Governor Zhang said his choice, he was unanimously agreed by Jiang Luzhong and Xu Qi'an.

In the opinion of Governor Zhang at this time, the support of the two of them was enough.

......

At noon, the official ship arrived at the largest transport wharf in Yuzhou and slowly docked.

As soon as the barge docked, it immediately attracted the attention of the porters and swarmed in. But when he saw the heavily armed tiger guards, escorting a ship guard who was transporting the yamen, he retreated in fear.

Leaving a part of the tiger guards to guard the ship, Governor Zhang and Jiang Luzhong took the mighty men and horses and went straight to the Caoyun Yamen in Yuzhou.