"There are more places that are wrong!" Ming Xuan took a sip of tea, and his face became much calmer. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Then tell us about it!" Xie Ziqing said curiously.

"First, the flag on the ship says 'Huimin Tea Shop', so the transportation is naturally tea, but if you look at these dock workers, they can only carry one bag of goods, and they can't stand up straight, how can ordinary tea be so heavy, so I conclude that this sack is definitely not tea. Mingxuan said affirmatively.

Dock workers make a living by transporting goods, do hard work, and move the more the better, to be able to move two bags is definitely not only one bag, it is impossible to do things, ordinary tea is not heavy, ordinary people can move one or two bags, not to mention them.

"Well, that makes sense! What else?" was Mingxuan said this, and the two of them nodded one after another.

"Second, since it is not tea that is transported, it is nothing, but there is no need to play the signboard of the tea shop at all, and every boat puts the signboard in a conspicuous place, which is obviously done for others to see, even if you take a step back, the moisture on the boat is heavy, the tea is easy to grow mold when it absorbs water, and it is even more in the weather of strong winds and waves, so the tea is usually transported by land, and rarely by river, which is an unusual thing in itself. Ming Xuan said calmly, this kind of approach to cover up can be seen by anyone who is a little concerned.

"Third, that is, Xie Feng said that the atmosphere is not right, the ordinary wharf goods, usually bustling, noisy, not at all as orderly, quiet and silent, usually when the workers are loading, they will either shout slogans, cheer for themselves and their companions, or will make some noise and complaints, in order to win the pity of the owner, in order to get more tips, and although they do hard work, but due to the pressure of life, the wharf workers will not all be so big and three thick and powerful, there will be some thin and old people, these are not right。 Because he was born in poverty, Mingxuan has more attention and compassion for the people at the bottom, so he pays attention to these details.

"Oh, I really let Brother Feng guess correctly, better than me!" Xie Ziqing is a clever master, and when he saw that he misunderstood Xie Feng, he immediately admitted his mistake tactfully.

"Fourth, don't you think there are a lot of overseers here? It's just a few boats of tea, can you use twenty or thirty overseers to watch, and what's strange is that these overseers are obviously not supervising the workers to load the goods, but cautiously probing the surrounding situation, it seems that they want to be watching, isn't it even more three hundred taels of silver here?" Ming Xuan said with a sneer.

"Brother Xuan, you are so powerful! If you don't say it, it doesn't matter, even I can see the clue to what you said!" Xie Ziqing looked at Ming Xuan and immediately had an epiphany.

"There are so many seemingly ordinary but unusual things in the rivers and lakes, and anyone may have some little secrets that they don't want to show, and I have long been surprised by them, and I didn't want to get involved in them, but this matter has aroused my interest. "Mingxuan is not a nosy person.

"Oh, what's going on!" has been getting along for a while, and they know Mingxuan's temperament to some extent.

"Take a closer look at what is written on the collar of those overseers?" said Mingxuan Nunu.

Following Ming Xuan's instructions, although the overseers were dressed differently, there was a word "Cao" written on the collar!

"Cao Gang?" Xie Feng and Xie Ziqing are also members of the four major families, although they don't leave the house, they still have heard of the name of the Cao Gang.

"That's right, thanks to them, I almost died a few years ago!" The enemies were very red when they met, no wonder Ming Xuan paid so much attention to them.

"And such things! Then we can't let them go easily!" Xie Ziqing said excitedly, she was a good person.

"Acting so sneaky, it definitely won't be a good thing, you have to check it carefully!" Ming Xuan naturally had no good impression of the Cao Gang, although he wouldn't take the initiative to provoke them, but he couldn't help but take care of it when he saw it.

But a few ships, and dozens of workers shuttle non-stop loading goods, less than two hours of effort, the goods will be loaded, several ships are full, it seems that it has been carefully calculated, when it is near, it is not early, it is not too late, but these ships did not immediately rush the meaning, but stopped steadily on the shore, the workers gradually dispersed, the supervisors gathered together to gag, but the eyes never left the goods.

"It's such a good day, the wind is beautiful, and it's still early, why don't you go on the road?" even Xie Ziqing couldn't figure it out.

"I did so many disguised things, just because I didn't want to make people suspicious, and the action at night was even more able to cover up. "It's just a little trick, Mingxuan doesn't take it to heart.

"Then what should we do, stay in this teahouse all the time, I'm afraid it will make people suspicious. "I have been following Mingxuan for a while, and Xie Ziqing's experience in the rivers and lakes has also grown a lot.

"Since they don't leave now, they will inevitably wait until the evening to act, and we don't have to sit still, this town is also beautiful, so let's just go out and walk around, and it is not too late to come back at dusk, and it is just this opportunity to easily explore the bottom of this fleet. "Ming Xuan already had a calculation in his heart.

The town is not big, it is not difficult to inquire about something, after some intentional or unintentional inquiry, Mingxuan already knows that this area is the territory of the Cao Gang Xingyun Hall, the hall master is called Lu Soyi, he is a ruthless character, the "tea" transported today is transported from the mountains more than ten miles away, and the whole process is handled by Xingyun Hall, and it is Zhou Xiong, the third hall master of Xingyun Hall, and the people in the town don't know much about other things.

Unconsciously, it was almost dusk, and the three of them came to the teahouse together, and when the sun gradually sank, the long-docked cargo ship finally showed signs.

"Brother Xuan, what should we do next?" Xie Ziqing was a little impatient.

"I have inquired, this river is called the Wen River, it flows from east to west, the fleet is going upriver and westward, the speed is not fast, and the river channel is not wide for dozens of miles to the west, we can follow him slowly on the riverside, and then make plans when the time is right. "Ming Xuan already had a plan in his heart.

As soon as the fleet left, Ming Xuan and the others set off, not too close, as long as the fleet remained in their line of sight, and even the horses were not ridden, lest the sound of horses' hooves arouse their alarm.

Soon it was night, the ship lit up the wind lantern, and the three of Ming Xuan all had good night vision, and then the faint light from the ship, there was no problem in moving quickly, and they followed it like this for several hours.

"Brother Xuan, we've been following for so long, we should have some plans next, right?" Xie Ziqing couldn't help but ask, although this kind of speed didn't take much effort for her, it was extremely boring.

"Oh, then what are your plans?" Ming Xuan asked with a smile, looking at her appearance, she seemed to have a plan.

"Hehe, I've already thought of several plans! Either we go ahead of them, find a small boat, and pretend to be a bandit to rob them, and the three of us will be more than enough to deal with them, and we will naturally find out what is in the bag when the time comes; or we will deliberately overturn the boat, pretend to be overboard, and pretend to let them rescue them, and then make further plans in the boat; or we will quietly follow them and wait for the opportunity to get on the boat, and then we will understand the situation. Xie Ziqing said three plans in a row, obviously he had seriously considered it, Xie Ziqing is a good player at the middle level of the capable, Xie Feng is even stronger, he is a high-level of the capable, not to mention Ming Xuan, it is more than enough to deal with these few Xingyun Hall masters, even if their third hall master Zhou Xiong is only a capable mid-level.

"But I don't think it's feasible, the first option will startle the snake and completely cut off the next plan, we must not only find out what is in the bag, but also find out their purpose; the second plan is too simple, how can the boat capsize in this calm river? Even if you deceive them, how can you expect these murderous people to come to the rescue? The third option is also not feasible, although it is a night voyage, they are still very closely watched, it is not easy for ordinary people to approach, and it is even more difficult for small boats to be undetected by them. Ming Xuan shook his head and vetoed all of Xie Ziqing's plans.

"This can't do that, then do you have any good ideas? You can't sit here and wait for death, if you continue like this, it will be dawn, won't it be even more difficult then?" Xie Ziqing suddenly looked like a deflated ball.

"The river here is still dozens of meters wide, even if I want to get closer, it is inevitable that I will not be discovered, let's go to the front to investigate the road conditions before making plans!"

After that, Ming Xuan sped up and ran towards the night ahead, Xie Feng and Xie Ziqing didn't say anything more, and hurriedly followed.

After traveling for several miles, we came to a bend in the river, and the channel became very narrow, only about ten wide, and the banks were covered with tall and dense trees, which were very convenient for hiding.

"This place is good!" Ming Xuan nodded with satisfaction.

"You mean we're hiding in a tree and waiting for the fleet to come and then sneak in? Xie Ziqing guessed Ming Xuan's intentions, but he was a little less confident, after all, there were still eight or nine meters from the center of the river, although the distance was not too far, but it was still not easy to do.

"It's not us, it's me, just wait here. "Just because they can't do it doesn't mean that Mingxuan can't do it.

Although Xie Feng and Xie Ziqing wanted to follow Ming Xuan together, reason told them that it would only be bad to follow, so they didn't insist, and obediently stayed on the shore to continue tracking the fleet.

The next thing was much simpler for Ming Xuan, but in the blink of an eye, Ming Xuan quietly sneaked into the boat, and even Xie Feng and Xie Ziqing, who had been staring at him, almost didn't see his figure clearly, the gap between the spirit and the capable was huge.

Once he could get into the boat, everything was easy to do, and in less than a quarter of an hour, Ming Xuan quietly returned to the shore from the boat, and Xie Feng and Xie Ziqing immediately reappeared beside him.

"What did you find?" Xie Ziqing said excitedly, Ming Xuan must have gained something when he came back so soon.

"I can figure out what's in the bag, but it's a bit weird. Ming Xuan's face was a little solemn.

"What is that bag?" Xie Feng couldn't help but ask.

"Gunpowder, gunpowder for a whole ship!" Ming Xuan said with a frown.