Around the ship, corpses were salvaged one after another, and after a period of soaking, these corpses had begun to decompose, their faces began to distort, and their wounds were not easy to examine.

There was a foul smell on the corpse, Li Mu couldn't help frowning, but he still stepped forward to check.

Li Mu stepped forward to check, and the officers and soldiers died so miserably.

In the end, the corpses were gathered and the coffins were placed aside, one after the other, and the scene was a little scary.

Hua Wuying said: "There are still twenty corpses missing here!"

"Look around the neighborhood and probably haven't noticed. Li Mu said.

The crowd searched within a radius of ten miles, but they did not find it, and the twenty corpses disappeared.

The fourth prince asked, "Retreat, what clues have you found?"

"There is a lot of evidence, and there is still a lot of evidence!" Li Mu said: "I just observed that the corpses of the killed officers and soldiers are mainly gunshot wounds, arrow wounds, and even knife wounds, they are mainly thick-backed knives. What kind of group likes to live with these weapons?"

Li Gong said: "The army, only the army likes to use these as weapons. The weapons used by the people in the rivers and lakes are mainly dexterous, and the weapons used by the army are mainly heavy and heavy. ”

Li Mu said: "The robbers are mainly active soldiers, veterans or some people's private troops!"

"And on the corpses of the killed officers and soldiers, I felt a familiar breath, which was the breath of firewood marksmanship. ”

Li Gong suddenly became anxious, "You don't think it's my father's doing, do you?"

Li Mu said: "Before the case is closed, anyone is the object of suspicion, including Liaoyuanhou. ”

Li Gong said: "Our family is not short of this money?"

Li Mu said with a smile: "No one will dislike too much money! Besides, if there are too many people, there will be problems, and besides, it is 50,000 Liaoyuan troops." If you want to clear the suspicion, you have to show alibi evidence!"

As he spoke, Li Mu seemed to think of something: "And that's five million taels of silver, how much weight is that! If you want to take these silver away safely and disappear silently, how much energy does it take, ordinary people don't have that possibility at all!"

The fourth prince said: "The ship that escorts Guanyin is very heavy, and the walking speed is very slow, and there are some small boats around to escort it, and there are troops on the shore. ”

"But when I walked to that section of the river, I was attacked by a group of men in black, most of the guards were killed, and only three of them fled quickly. All the information was learned from these three people!"

By the time the nearby sailors arrived, the thieves had disappeared. ”

Li Mu said: "The silver boat walks very slowly, how can the thieves leave quickly?"

"It is said that some silver chests were dropped on some small boats, which reduced the weight of the silver boats, and then quickly evacuated. ”

Hua Wuying thought.

Everyone also nodded their heads in agreement.

Li Mu said: "Also, since you killed a thousand officers and soldiers, why didn't you throw their bodies directly into the big river, but directly bring them here to the reeds?"

"Maybe it's to hide some evidence!" said Ligong.

Li Mu said: "If I am a robber, after robbing the official silver, I will pour the official silver directly into the river, and run away immediately with an illusory shot, diverting the attention of some people, after all, five million taels of silver is equivalent to two hundred and fifty tons, such a large weight, what a large volume, it is very beautiful to think about it, but it is really carried piece by piece, it is a trouble." It took too much time to transfer so much silver. ”

"It is better to pour all the money into the river, and then divert the attention of the people, and then carry it away quietly in the evening. ”

"The silver boat has no weight, and it will be faster, as for why the body was not thrown into the river. If a body is thrown into the river, someone who goes into the river to retrieve the body may find silver at the bottom of the river. ”

"It's not been a long time since the official bank disappeared to the present...... If you go early, you might even find some silver at the bottom of the river. ”

Thinking of the silver, everyone suddenly set off quickly.

When they arrived at the scene of the crime, some people with good water characteristics went to the water to search, and sure enough, they found some boxes in the mud and sand, and the boxes contained silver.

So, the salvage of the silver box began.

A rough count of the numbers showed that there was quite a lot of silver at the bottom of the river, about a million taels of silver.

Finally, a part of the silver was recovered, and everyone was relieved, and they were able to explain to the above.

The fourth prince said: "Retreat, there is really a great talent, we almost missed it!"

Li Mu said modestly: "It's just a fluke, it's just a fluke!"

Back in Jinling City, Li Mu saw Liaoyuan Hou again and asked, "How is the army lately?"

"But what did you find?" asked Liaoyuanhou.

Li Mu said: "The case of the disappearance of Guanyin has had a strange smell since it broke out. After all, the real bigwigs will not rob official silver, they have the means to obtain property from all aspects, such as smuggling, monopolizing a certain industry, and engaging in some violent industries, illegal industries, which are more profitable than robbing official silver!"

"But those big people have no problem, they won't do such a thing, but the subordinates and younger brothers below them are hard to say. ”

Liaoyuan Hou said, "What do you mean by this?"

Li Mu said: "Recently, how are the troops near Jinling, how are they trained, and what do they do in peacetime? ”

"Most of the army is engaged in training, drilling, farming, or patrolling in the barracks. Rarely leave the barracks, you suspect that it is someone inside the army who did it!"

"Yes! The escort of the official bank, the travel time, the distance, the number of people, etc., are all secrets. Without an insider as a spy, it is impossible to succeed at all to get the news. Li Mu said: "Hou Ye has money and doesn't care about this silver, but it doesn't mean that Hou Ye's subordinates don't care about this money." Hou Ye's conduct is noble and he won't do such a thing, but it doesn't mean that others won't. ”

"I'm going to look at the barracks' schedule for the last month, as well as the leave sheet, and who has left the barracks. ”

"They have to have an alibi to clear their name. If I can't, I have the power to arrest them. ”

Li Mu's words were a little stiff.

Liao Yuanhou's face was a little pale: "I hope your guess is false." ”

"I also hope my guess is fake!" Li Mu said.

Hopefully, everything is fake, and if that's true, then it's a big problem, and the otherwise stable situation in Jinling may become even more chaotic.