Xie Yixiang couldn't help but curse secretly in her heart, in broad daylight, how could she make trouble with any water ghosts? She ignored the sergeant, and went straight to the village chief's house, only to see that except for Ye Dinggong and Xian Jingyue, more than a dozen people had gathered in the house at this time, including people from the military governor's mansion and disciples of the Xuanwu Feihuamen.

Seeing Xie Yixiang enter the house, one of them got up and greeted: "Miss Xie San came just in time! Just now the two of us were still talking about the ghosts in Taihu Lake on the boat, I don't want these evil ghosts to really come out and make waves in the blink of an eye, but it's very interesting!" But it was Feng Changfeng, the commander of the "Yiluan Division" of the pro-army Governor's Mansion, who was clearly here.

Xie Yixiang was puzzled and hurriedly asked everyone present. A disciple of Xuanwu Feihuamen said simply, it turned out that about two hours ago, a speedboat of the imperial court set sail from Yixing City in the west of Taihu Lake, and was supposed to come to Xishan Island, but unexpectedly had an accident and sank for no reason in the area of Dazhu Island in the lake. By the time the boats patrolling the lake passed, the entire clipper had completely sunk to the bottom of the lake, and only a dozen or so bodies were floating on the surface of the lake, and together with the passengers and sailors on board, there were 19 bodies in total, all of whom had drowned.

To say that the water of Taihu Lake, which is more than 36,000 hectares in circumference, has always been quiet and smooth as a mirror, and it is almost never heard of any shipwreck. Even if the boat accidentally capsized, not to mention the passengers on board, and only said that all the sailors who were familiar with the nature of the water, how could they drown in the lake on the spot and not a single living mouth was left? Therefore, some local people turned up the old account of the "ghosts crying at night" in Taihu Lake in those years, saying that it was the unjust ghosts and water ghosts at the bottom of the lake who wanted to pull the living into the water as substitutes, so they murdered the lives of the whole boat.

Figuring out the ins and outs of the matter, Xie Yixiang couldn't help but be curious. Although this accidental shipwreck accident is indeed a bit bizarre, it is not anything strange, let alone make everyone here look solemn and put up such a big battle to discuss and discuss. She immediately asked, "Who are the passengers killed on the ship?" Ye Dinggong was talking to a general manager beside him, and when he heard Xie Yixiang's question, he immediately turned around and said lightly: "I asked the medical officer seconded by Lord Wei Chi of the Tai Hospital, a total of fifteen people." ”

It turned out that this "Taihu Lake Martial Arts" almost brought together the entire martial arts here, and Ye Dinggong thought about the martial arts competition among the masters, and it was inevitable that there would be deaths and injuries. He was afraid that the various gangs and factions would not carry enough medicine for wounds, so he asked the imperial court to purchase a large amount of medicine for wounds, and asked the hospital to secondment 15 medical officers in case of emergency. These medical officers and wounded medicine were originally planned to arrive in Mingyue Village in Xishan tonight, but unexpectedly, the speedboat they were on had such an accident, which alarmed everyone here.

After everyone discussed a few more words, Ye Dinggong taught everyone to calm down, and said in a deep voice: "That's enough! Fifteen medical officers were killed, and then I will explain to the imperial court that all the matters are borne by me, Ye Dinggong, alone." At present, please perform your duties, and everything should focus on the overall situation, and we must not delay the smooth convening of this 'Taihu Martial Arts'. ”

After that, he glanced at the people present with cold eyes, his eyes were as sharp as knives, and he said slowly: "Don't blame someone Ye for saying ugly things ahead, if something goes wrong with the 'Taihu Lake Martial Arts', I'm afraid that everyone present will lose their heads! As for this shipwreck accident, several colleagues in the Shaoxing Mansion Yamen and the Criminal Arrest Room will investigate and deal with it, and we will wait for today's discussion to end here, and we will not mention it again in the future, especially not to spread it to the ears of the various gangs and factions on Xishan Island." ”

Listening to the order of the commander-in-chief of the pro-army Governor's Mansion and the head of the Xuanwu Feihua Gate, everyone present responded one after another. Only Feng Changfeng snorted and said with a smile: "Lord Ye is not a stranger to his humble position, and he has to bear the worries of the king." You must know that eight years ago, when Taihu Lake 'ghosts cried at night', the emperor was always haunted by it and kept pressing this heart disease. Since today's bizarre shipwreck may be related to the legendary ghosts of Taihu Lake, as courtiers, if we turn a blind eye, is there something ...... Hey...... Do you have some disappointing Sacred Heart and shame on the Emperor?"

Ye Dinggong smiled slightly, and said: "Lord Feng is a special envoy appointed by the emperor, how can others interfere in all actions? Feng Changfeng suddenly smiled and said: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say! Lord Ye is sitting here, so naturally he must put the overall situation first; With that, he took his leave of the people present and left the house first.

At that moment, Ye Dinggong was also about to rebuke everyone, but seeing Xie Yixiang in the crowd with a strange expression, he seemed to be thoughtful, he couldn't help asking: "Miss Xie San also has something to say?" Seeing that Xie Yixiang seemed to nod, but there was confusion in his eyes, Ye Dinggong smiled again: "Everyone present is from their own family, Miss Xie San has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Xie Yixiang was stunned for a moment, and then came back to her senses. It is said that when she went to the beggar gang to inspect the corpse of Ouyang Cha's master and apprentice, she had a vague idea, but because it was too exaggerated, she did not think deeply; At that moment, Xie Yixiang asked tentatively: "Lord Ye, have you ever thought that the murder of Ouyang Cha's master and apprentice the night before yesterday will be related to today's shipwreck?"

Ye Dinggong didn't understand for a while, and asked, "What is the connection?" Xie Yixiang hesitated: "If you put aside the surface of these two cases, not to mention the 'throat cutter' and the 'Taihu Lake ghosts' as the perpetrators, just talk about Ouyang Cha's master and apprentice as the victim and the fifteen medical officers of the Tai Hospital......" Ye Dinggong immediately understood what she meant, frowned and asked: "You mean that the dead are all people who practice medicine?"

Xie Yixiang nodded slowly and hesitated: "These two cases seem to be unrelated, and I don't have any evidence in my hands at the moment, but the key to reasoning in handling the case lies in the eight words 'bold assumptions and careful verification'...... Please also imagine that if Ouyang Cha's apprentice and these fifteen medical officers died, it was only because they came to the West Mountain of Taihu Lake, and they were precisely the identity of the 'doctor', so they were killed by the murderer behind the scenes. So in the final analysis, these two cases are not aimed at this 'Taihu Lake martial arts'?"

Hearing this, more than a dozen people present immediately burst into an uproar, and a disciple of the Xuanwu Feihuamen even asked: "Please forgive me for being humble and stupid, even if Miss Xie San's guess is correct, if there is really a behind-the-scenes murderer who set up a plot to kill people who practice medicine, how can he come for 'Taihu Lake to talk about martial arts'?"

Xie Yixiang hadn't been able to straighten out her thinking at this time, so she had to think about it while muttering: "The so-called doctor is just to cure the sick and save people...... If only one or two people are sick or injured here, it is enough if there is no healer, and if there are hundreds or thousands of people who are sick and injured at the same time, but there is no healer who can treat the sick and save people, the consequences will be unimaginable. So...... So could it be that someone wanted to kill in this 'Taihu Martial Arts', or did they predict in advance that there would be a large-scale spread of an epidemic here, so they took the first step to get rid of all the doctors who came to the meeting, thus causing heavy casualties in the entire Central Plains martial arts? Or maybe it was not killing, it was not an epidemic, but ...... It's ......"

Ye Dinggong didn't wait for her to finish speaking, and immediately said: "It's about using poison on all the gangs and factions here!"

As soon as these words came out, the room suddenly fell silent, and everyone's eyes were focused on Ye Dinggong. Xie Yixiang couldn't help but nod when he heard him conclude that he was "using poison", then hurriedly shook his head and said, "That colleague just said right, all this is just my assumptions and speculations, and there is no evidence. As for the identities of Ouyang Cha's master and apprentice and the fifteen medical officers, it may just be a coincidence."

Ye Dinggong silently did not answer, pondered for a long time, and finally said slowly: "If someone plans to use poison in this 'Taihu Lake Martial Arts', so as to dominate or kill the entire Central Plains martial arts, so he will use various means to get rid of all the doctors who attended the meeting, hehe, this logic also makes sense...... "As he spoke, he raised his eyes to look at Xie Yixiang and asked in a deep voice: "...... According to Miss Xie San's opinion, to be able to plan and implement such an earth-shattering act, who in the world has this ability?"

Xie Yixiang was stunned for a moment, her speculation was just "unwarranted" in the end, and there was no way to prove whether there was really such a conspiracy, and how could there be any "suspects"? However, she thought about it for a while, and suddenly remembered that not long ago, she thought about disposing of the group of Japanese prisoners in Gu Yun City, and actually wanted to use them to bring a strange disease from a foreign country back to their homeland, thus harming the entire Dongying. She couldn't help but feel a shock in her heart, and blurted out, "Could it be the Divine Fire Sect? Is it the trick of the current Liujin Venerable Jin Wanjin, and the Luomu Venerable who is proficient in the way of using poison?"