This time, Shen Chasing Star was also dumbfounded. The silver ticket is not important to him at all, it is won anyway, but the jade pendant cannot be lost, the treasure of King Wu is still in place, and it has not been transferred away, therefore, the jade pendant cannot be lost. In addition, this jade pendant is the only relic left by Shen Chaixing's parents, and the loss of this jade pendant makes Shen Chaixing feel that he has cut off the only connection with his parents in this world.

Come to think of it. Shen Chaixing was sad. When Linglong'er asked with concern, Shen Chaixing couldn't say much, just said that the jade pendant was a relic of his parents and was very important to him. After hearing this, Linglong only said "I'll go find the boat boss", and left in a hurry.

Ye Maolin's screams attracted many people to come and watch, including the mysterious man in black "Ma Dong".

"Oh, oh, oh", Chu Jie walked over with his unique vigorous footwork. Yesterday just finished dealing with a homicide case, Boss Chu just breathed a sigh of relief, and today there is such a thing, and it is a large amount of silver tickets, which makes Boss Chu a little angry.

Although the valuables are properly kept by themselves, and if they are lost, they have nothing to do with the ship, but such a thing is bound to affect the good reputation of the "Fish Fisher", and once the owner requests to stop the ship and dock, the report to the official will not only delay the trip, but also cause a lot of unnecessary trouble. The yamen will swarm like blood-sucking leeches. Although the backstage of the boss behind the "Fish" is very hard, the rules of officialdom determine that the "Fish" will still have a lot of blood in the end. If that is the case, it is difficult to say whether you will be able to sit firmly in your position. Thinking of this, Boss Chu was a little upset.

Chu Jie asked the two about the time when they lost their belongings, Ye Maolin checked the items before going out in the morning, and found that they were lost when he came back; Shen Chaixing didn't know when they were lost because of his personal collection.

When everyone was at a loss, the man in black spoke: "The lost item must still be on board." There was a hint of affirmation in his tone.

Chu Jie said impatiently: "Who are you? Pointing fingers here, of course I know that the lost property is on the ship, but there are so many people on the ship, how to find it?"

The man in black slowly took out a token from his arms and put it on the table, it was a token for the head arrest of the Criminal Department, and said slowly in the puzzled eyes of everyone: "In the Outer Lang of the Criminal Department-Sima Jiandong." ”

As soon as this name came out, Shen Chaixing and Linglong'er heard it for the first time, but they didn't think so, and everyone else was taken aback.

Wai Lang, a member of the Criminal Department, is only an official position from the fifth grade, but the four words "Sima Jiandong" are like thunder and famous. Among the head catchers at that time, there were three people who were the most famous, namely Mo Huaiyuan, Tie Feng, and Sima Jiandong.

Among the three, Mo Huaiyuan is the oldest and has the highest seniority; Tie Feng is also the master of the Eagle Claw Gate, and his disciples are all over the Yamen in the south of the Yangtze River, and he has the greatest power; but the most famous is Sima Jiandong.

Sima's fame comes from two aspects, one is that he has a unique personality, he has his own standards for the objects of arrest, he has never arrested those criminals who are really vicious, cunning as a fox, and evil in their hearts, but he never touches those who are wanted by the imperial court but are really victims of officialdom struggles or forced to helpless. For example, in the case of Blue Moon, the imperial court used Tie Feng instead of him. The second is that Sima single-handedly cracked many bizarre and unbelievable cases, and many serial killers who had escaped for many years were planted in his hands. At that time, the imperial court wanted to give him the title of "Divine Arrest", but he refused: "I really dare not take the title of Divine Arrest, I just hope that I can use iron will and iron-blooded means to hunt down criminals." For this reason, Sima was called the "Iron Catcher".

Seeing that there was an "iron catch" here, Chu Jie was overjoyed and was busy discussing strategies. Sima said coldly: "There is no special method, people are alive, so it is not easy to find people, and things are dead, so they must be able to find them." ”

Chu Jie asked again: "With so many people on the boat, where do you start?"

Sima Jiandong said: "Of course, check it from the passengers who are about to get off the ship at the next stop." Now I'd like to look up all three of them first. As he spoke, he pointed to Ye Mao, Shen Chasing, and Linglong'er.

Linglong'er said aggrievedly: "But they just lost something, it's the owner!"

Sima Dao: "Haven't you heard the phrase 'thieves shout to catch thieves'? Besides, it is possible that they have stolen each other's things. ”

Soon, Sima examined the three of them in a professional manner.

Seeing that Shen Chaixing and Linglong'er took out a large sum of money in their arms, Sima was nothing, but Chu Jie and Ye Maolin were dumbfounded, and they couldn't think of what the way these two young people came from.

When inspecting Ye Maolin, Sima Jiandong asked, "Why do you carry a family tree with you?"

Ye Maolin said: "Some time ago, the 'orchid thief' who had been silent for a few years appeared again, and our Ye family suffered heavy losses, and finally, the orchid thief left a letter, so that my Ye family could repair a genealogy about the distribution of the Ye family's descendants throughout the country within the specified time, and take this ship to Chengdu on the designated day, and then someone will naturally respond, and there will be 100,000 taels of silver tickets. If you can do what you are asked to do, you won't come back in the future, otherwise, the next time you steal it will be a head. Sima asked about the size of the genealogy, and Ye Maolin said that because it was only the name of the Ye family in various places, there were not a few pages.

After Sima finished checking, he said, "I got a clue that the orchid thief did get on this ship. Originally, I was suspicious of all three of you, your martial arts, money, walking routes, and time all coincided with the Orchid Thief. But now that I have cleared my suspicions about you, I would like to ask you to be my assistant in the examination. ”

Speaking of this, Sima Jiandong said to Chu Jie: "So far, you and your crew will not be the orchid thief himself, but the possibility that someone is an accomplice to the orchid thief cannot be ruled out. ”

Hearing this, Chu Jie had to smile bitterly, in the eyes of Tie Zhu, anyone could become the object of suspicion.

Linglong'er was overjoyed by this, and couldn't wait to show off her skills, and hurriedly asked, "Brother Sima, how should we check now?"

Sima said to Chu Jie: "You should have a list of people who will disembark at Anqing next, and we will check them one by one according to the list." ”

There were twelve people on the list, all in the cabins on the first and second floors. Under the leadership of Chu Jie, detailed inspections were carried out one by one, Shen Chaixing and Ye Maolin were responsible for checking and searching men, and Linglonger was specifically responsible for women. As a result of the inspection, no stolen items were found, but some private goods that were strictly forbidden by the imperial court were found, and Sima turned a blind eye to them and let them all go.

Seeing that nothing was found, several people were a little disappointed, but Sima Jiandong was indifferent, as if this was expected, and said calmly: "There is another cabin on the third floor. Only then did everyone remember that Tang Xixi would also get off the boat in Anqing in a while, but she was not on the original list.

Several people gently knocked on the door of Tang Xixi's cabin, and in just one day, Tang Xixi seemed to have lost a lot of weight, his eyes were slightly red and swollen, his face was even paler, and his eyes revealed endless sadness. In addition to Sima and Linglong'er, Shen Chaixing, Ye Maolin and Boss Chu all felt pity and didn't want to disturb her at this time. In the end, it was Boss Chu who went up to explain the reason why he had to come up to check, Tang Xixi tearfully expressed his understanding, under the supervision of Sima, Shen Chaixing and the four of them made a detailed inspection and did not find any stolen items.

When everyone was about to leave, Sima Jiandong said coldly: "The living person has been checked, but the dead person has not been checked!" As soon as these words came out, Tang Xixi said with a sad and indignant look on his face: "What valuables have you lost, how much is it worth? I will accompany you now, please don't disturb my dead husband!"

Shen Chaixing and Ye Maolin were said to be at a loss, and the two set their eyes on Sima Jiandong.

Sima took out the head arrest token of the Criminal Department from his arms, and said in a deep voice: "I, Sima Jiandong, am the head catcher of the Criminal Department, and I am here to hunt down the 'orchid thief', this thief is extremely cunning and has endangered Jiangnan for many years. Besides, Mrs. Sha came from Suzhou, and in my eyes, she is also suspicious, and she must be checked, otherwise she will not be allowed to get off the ship!"

Seeing Sima say this, Tang Xixi didn't say anything, but turned to the side and cried silently.

Shen Chaixing just wanted to go up and persuade a few words, but was gently dragged back by Linglong'er.

This time, it was Sima who personally went up to inspect the deceased's clothes, and it could be seen that Tang Xixi's sincerity to Sha Junbao had been cleaned: the blood stains on his body had been cleaned, and he had been replaced with neat new clothes, and the knife on his neck had also been tightly sewn up, making it look less dazzling. It can be seen that Tang Xixi also shaved his husband's beard and combed his hair.

Everyone got nothing, Boss Chu apologized to Tang Xixi and withdrew with everyone, after all, as soon as Sha Junbao died, Tang Xixi became the head of the Sha family, not to mention that Boss Chu couldn't afford to offend, even the entire Sichuan Gang didn't dare to offend the Sha family.

At this time, the big ship had arrived in Anqing, and the passengers in Anqing were also disembarking one after another. The sailors on the ship carried the prepared stretcher into Tang Xixi's cabin and carried away Sha Junbao's body, Shen Chaixing and Ye Maolin also rushed over to help, Tang Xixi smiled gratefully at the two of them for this.

Watching the stretchers being lifted down layer by layer, Sima Jiandong suddenly asked Boss Chu: "How many such stretchers are there on the ship?" ”

Chu Jie replied: "This kind of stretcher is usually in place to prepare for such emergencies, and it is generally not needed, so there is not much preparation, and it is only two payments." ”

Sima Jiandong raised his eyebrows and said, "Then did the other stretcher just break down yesterday?"

Chu Jie was surprised and asked, "Yes, how do you know?"

Sima Jiandong suddenly said: "Quick, catch up with that stretcher, the thing is hidden in the stretcher!" After speaking, he ran away, and Chu Jie also followed.

When Chu Jie arrived, Sima had already stopped Tang Xixi and the stretcher who were about to get off the boat on the first deck.

Ignoring Tang Xixi's strong opposition, Sima Jiandong carried Sha Junbao's body aside, and then proceeded to dismantle the stretcher.

The stretcher fell to the ground scattered, but no stolen items were found, and Chu Jie looked embarrassed. Sima Jiandong thought to himself, isn't my reasoning wrong, the thing is not on the passengers who disembarked at this station?