Volume 1 Troubled Boys Section 238 Boats on the River
When Luo Bei and Zhao Ying walked out of the temple, they heard a commotion on the river bank in front of them.
When I looked up, it turned out that there were several officials pointing at the riverside and exclaiming, as if they had found something extraordinary.
"Let's go over and have a look!" Zhao said.
So the two men walked towards the river, and when they saw their officials not far away, they saw that they were not from the government, and immediately went over to stop them.
"Hey, what are you doing, there's a big case here, it's all blocked, how did you get in?" shouted one of the officials, in a rather arrogant tone.
Zhao Ying put his hands on his back, glanced at Luo Bei, shook his head and smiled bitterly, although the official uniform worn by the Acropolis Division was similar to that of Lin'an Mansion, but the sleeves and neckline were embroidered with the word "Wei", he had not been back to Lin'an for a long time, but he still knew something about this secretary who was in charge of the duties of the Lin'an garrison.
"You were sent by the Acropolis?" he asked.
The official "snorted" and did not deny it, seeing that the two of them were not very old, but they didn't expect to know that they were from the Acropolis Division, in the huge Lin'an, there are naturally countless high-ranking officials and wealthy families, and these people are also used to being "grandsons" on weekdays, but they didn't expect to be sent to Nancheng today, a place where "birds don't", and they were reluctant in their hearts, so they didn't have any good anger towards Luobei and Zhao Ming.
"I said you guys should leave as soon as you are fine, this is not a good place," the official said with a sneer, glancing ahead.
"I see that something seems to have happened in front of me, can the eldest brother take us over to have a look?" Zhao Ying did not directly identify himself, but said in a somewhat deliberative tone.
Seeing that the two of them not only did not leave, but repeatedly challenged their "bottom line", anger flashed between his eyebrows, he clenched his saber in his hand, and shouted: "Are you discussing with you as a grandfather? If you don't leave quickly, I will send you to the prison together to taste the taste of prison food!"
Luo Bei didn't expect this official to be so unreasonable, you must know that Zhao Ying came to investigate the case by holy order, and the case was full of suspicions, and the time was very tight, so they couldn't delay it at all.
"We're here to find clues!" Zhao Ying saw that Luo Bei's mood had changed, and he didn't want him to have a direct conflict with the officials, so he spoke.
"Just the two of you, looking for clues, I think it's almost as good as it gets!"
"Come on, there are two people here who have come to make trouble, take them down for me!" The man did not want to say anything more to the two men, so he shouted to the officers who came with him.
Luo Bei clenched his fists, and at this time, Zhao Ying smiled bitterly and whispered in Luo Bei's ear: "Forget it, let's go! The Acropolis Envoy is Wang Boyan's disciple, so even if I reveal my identity, they can't let us get more information from here!"
Luo Bei heard Zhao Ying say this, and knew that he also had his own difficulties, and if he clashed with the Acropolis Division under his impulse, he might cause some trouble, so he had to let go of his clenched fists again.
Seeing that the two of them were gradually leaving, at this time, a person walked out of a boat on the river bank that was beaten by the wind and rain and was extremely damaged, and it was Liang Ziheng, the deputy envoy of the Acropolis Division who had almost met Wang Huai'an.
He stood by the side of the boat, looking at the backs of the two teenagers, his gaze was long, and he was distracted for a long time.
"My lord, those two teenagers have been sent away by us!" the official who had stopped the two just now walked over and said respectfully.
Liang Ziheng let out a long breath and said
"If that kid really shows his identity, it will be difficult for us to deal with it...... Looking at his young age, the tenacity in his eyes and his calm temperament are rare in the world, I really don't know if it's good or bad for my Acropolis Division to be involved in this kind of thing?"
He said a few words a little out of bounds, but it was more like talking to himself, so no one dared to step forward and talk to him.
"Come on, block this boat, don't let people approach at will, and then send someone to Tianxianglou to take a trip, and bring a word to Aunt Hong, just say that their flower boat must be taken care of, and the matter of Fenghua Xueyue should appear where Fenghua Xueyue should be, if you run around, it will not be good to cause unnecessary trouble to everyone at that time!"
The officer's eyes rose slightly, glanced at Liang Ziheng's uncertain face, did not dare to hesitate a little, and immediately left.
Liang Ziheng finished explaining the matter, jumped off the boat, looked at the surging river, his eyes couldn't help but become melancholy, the dazed river is like this uncertain future, no one can tell what is hidden in front of him, he has his own opinion on the tragedy in Nancheng, and the more he discovers, the more worried he feels.
Why did the horse team that mysteriously appear on a rainy night raid a dilapidated village where no outsiders were willing to come at all, and killed ordinary fishermen, although the horseshoe prints left behind had been washed away by the rain overnight, it was difficult to see the whole picture, although these traces were not very clear, but how could they hide from his eyes.
He didn't believe that a group of bandits and other rabble could have such discipline, you must know that although many things can be disguised, some things are deep in the bone marrow, he has been in the army for several years, and knows what the training process is like, so even if there are countless armies in the world, there are only a few powerful ones, and most of them are a scattered scene.
Thinking of this layer, it was undoubtedly what he was most worried about, because he knew that Han Shizhong and Zhao Ying came to investigate together, in order to avoid seeing each other, so Liang Ziheng did not go directly into the village to check the body, but he did not expect to find a boat on the riverside that was completely different from the fishing boat moored.
This boat was much larger than an ordinary fishing boat, and although it looked badly damaged now, it was conceivable that it was once an extremely magnificent flower boat, and he only had to look at it to know that this boat was owned by the most famous Tianxianglou in Lin'an.
It was originally a shallow area of water with overgrown weeds, so it was not suitable for fishing boats, and it is likely that the large flower boat was pushed ashore by the waves as the water grew deeper after a night of heavy rain.
It is not strange that such a luxurious flower boat appears in the river, there are often rich businessmen and magnates who come to Lin'an, specially charter a big boat to swim with beauties, hangover, but this is different, because this place is not close to Lin'an, and has been out of the boundary under the jurisdiction of Lin'an, for the sake of safety, except for fishermen, few outsiders appear here, so it should not be a place where the flower boat may come.
However, the flower boat appeared here, which made it impossible not to attract attention.
At this time, two of his men hurried over.
"My lord, Han Lao and the four of them have already left the village, and it looks like they are going back to the city!"
Liang Ziheng thought for a moment and said, "Let's go, let's go to the village too!"
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Out of the village, Luo Bei and Zhao Ying met Han Shizhong, at this time Han Shizhong was sullen and his face was extremely ugly.
Yu Han looked at the corpse with him, and judging from the horseshoe prints and the corpse, it was enough to show
It shows that the murderous horse team is not an ordinary bandit or anything like that.
Since Liang Ziheng could see the clues from the horseshoe prints along the way, Han Shizhong naturally couldn't fail to see it, after looking at the corpses, he was almost certain of one thing, that is, the head of each corpse was cut off with a knife, and the incision left behind was also very smooth, and then let the blood flow all over the ground, even Yu Han, who was quite confident to deal with it before he came, almost vomited.
"No matter what it is for, the person who has done such a bloody case can be said to be crazy!" Yu Han took a long breath, and his somewhat pale face recovered a little, and said.
"Did you find anything?" Yu Han quickly cleaned up his mood and asked Luobei and the others.
Luo Bei seemed to be thinking about something, as if he hadn't heard his question, and rode his horse with his head down.
"There is a temple outside the village, it looks like there must be someone resting in the temple last night, if you can find that person, maybe you can get some information, but there is a vast sea of people, even if that person survived last night, it is difficult to find......" Zhao Ying told him and Luobei what they saw in the temple.
"And ......"
He remembered the events by the river again, so he said: "After we left the temple gate, we saw several officials making noise on the riverside, and they seemed to have found something, but I didn't know that the two of us wanted to check it out but were stopped outside, because I could see that those people were from the Acropolis Division, so I ......."
He looked at Han Shizhong, and continued: "In order to avoid conflicts, I didn't reveal my identity, so I had to come and meet you first and then discuss what to do?"
Yu Han frowned slightly and asked, "Then have you seen what is in that place?"
"Boat, there is only a boat on the river, but that boat is different from ordinary fishing boats, it is very big, it seems that at least it should be used by rich and noble families, it is likely that it was discarded by someone in the rainstorm last night, and I can't see anything strange in addition!" Zhao Ying said everything he could think of.
"Boats, but there are very few outsiders here except for fishermen, and this water area is too dangerous, probably only fishermen who make a living from it are willing to risk the danger to fish in the river, if it is a rich family, how can they come to this place at will?" Yu Han said with some puzzlement.
"Luobei, do you have anything to say?" he saw that Luobei had been thinking about something, so he asked casually.
Luo Bei was called by him like this, and then came back to his senses and said, "I think I know where that ship came from?"
Yu Han was a little surprised, turned his head to look at Zhao Ming, Zhao Ying was also surprised, at that time, the two of them were only by the river and there was still a long distance from the boat, and they didn't see it very clearly, I didn't expect Luo Bei to recognize the origin of the boat!
"You don't have to be surprised, it is just a coincidence that I can see it, I remember that the first night I entered Lin'an with Killing happened to meet the night of the Oiran of Tianxianglou, and this night of the Oiran was also held in the river in front of Tianxianglou, so I remember the situation very clearly, when I saw the boat on the riverside today, I was in the wonder of how it looked so familiar, I didn't expect it to be exactly the same as the flower boat of Tianxianglou!"
This discovery in Luobei can be said to be extremely important, it is not easy to find the people in the temple last night, but a flower boat from Tianxianglou is different.
"Then let's go to Tianxianglou and see if we can find any clues, if someone rented a flower boat last night, they must have recorded it!" Yu Han proposed.
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