The Dumb Mouth is probably the widest section of the Grand Canal, but because the width of the Dumb Mouth is too wide, the water here has always been very slow, and sometimes you can't even hear the sound of the water, which is also the origin of the name of the Dumb Mouth. Fang Yiai and his party came to the dumb mouth very openly, and after coming to the dumb mouth, Fang Yiai couldn't help but feel embarrassed. At this time, the dumb mouth was already full of government officials, and Fang Yiai couldn't check it even if he wanted to.

"Young master, do you want me to go and say something to the county order of Qingxi County?" Qin Hu knew that Fang Yiai wanted to investigate, so he asked.

"No need, Uncle Tiger, now is not the time to reveal our identities, and I don't think there is any need to investigate anymore, you can be sure that these people are the tax guards who disappeared!" Fang Yiai dismounted and stood in place, carefully observing the terrain of the dumb mouth, the terrain around the dumb mouth is flat, there is not even a hill to sit on a high point, plus the frequent boats of the Grand Canal during the day, the other party will definitely not throw the corpse here, in this case, where the corpse came from has become a big question.

"Ah Si, do you know any acquaintances in Qingxi County?" Fang Yiai leaned over to Feng Siliu and asked in a whisper.

Feng Siliu shook his head helplessly after thinking about it, although he had been in Jiangnan for a long time, he really didn't have any acquaintances in Qingxi County, and there were just a few business dealings, and he was not trustworthy.

"Fang Jun, why don't you ask me?" Cheng Ling'er saw that Fang Yiai was at a loss, and suddenly asked with some evil taste.

"Huh?" After Fang Yiai squinted at Cheng Ling'er, she couldn't help but be curious, "Ling'er, do you have an acquaintance?" ”

"Fang Jun, what are you calling these eyes, will I still tease you, let me tell you, this Qingxi County head catcher Tie Bufan used to be my father's old subordinate, do you think this is an acquaintance?" Cheng Ling'er glared at Fang Yiai before she said seriously.

Fang Yiai was a little surprised now, isn't this equivalent to meeting Cheng Yanjin's general, he couldn't help but pull Cheng Ling'er's sleeve with some joy, and said with a smile, "Ling'er, help, there will be heavy thanks afterwards!" ”

"You said it!" Cheng Ling'er smiled sweetly, she then fumbled around her sleeve for a while and found a string of pearls, she handed the pearl bracelet to Qin Hu and said, "Qin Hu, you just take this bracelet to find Tie Bufan!" ”

Qin Hu held the string of pearls and said with a wry smile, "Miss Ling'er, this little one doesn't know what kind of iron and extraordinary it is!" ”

"What stupid, do you see that bearded man standing on the shore with a knife on his shoulder, that guy is iron!" Qin Hu couldn't help but be a little dizzy at first glance, this is really easy to recognize, looking at the bearded face, he imitated Cheng Biting Jin, this is really worthy of following Cheng Biting Jin.

Qin Hu strode over, and when those servants grabbed him, he took out the pearl chain, and when the bearded Tie Bufan saw the pearl bracelet, Tie Bufan ran towards the place where Fang Yiai and them were standing without thinking about it.

Tie Bufan didn't say a word after seeing Cheng Ling'er, so he wanted to bow down, which scared Fang Yiai, there are so many servants on this shore, if Tie Bufan kneels, it is estimated that Fang Yiai's identity will not be kept.

Fortunately, Cheng Ling'er knew the seriousness of the matter, and when Tie Bufan just wanted to kneel, she dragged Tie Bufan hard, "Uncle Tie, don't hurt me, if you let my father know that you kneel for me, then you can't break my legs!" ”

"Hehe, eldest lady, why did you come to Qingxi County, come on, and don't say anything to Uncle Tie, if something happens in Qingxi County, then what kind of face do I have to go to see the old general!"

"Uncle Tie, you can't blame me for this, I also came temporarily, okay, let's not talk about it, it's something to call you here!" Cheng Ling'er couldn't help but be a little speechless in the face of the chattering Tie Bufan, why are his father's old subordinates like this, it's endless.

"Hehe, eldest lady, let's talk about something, even if you go up the knife mountain and go down to the oil pot, the uncle won't frown!"

Fang Yiai was really out of temper by this bearded man, he really deserved to be a man from Cheng Yanjin's hand, it was really different.

Cheng Ling'er raised her eyebrows and said to Fang Yiai, "Fang Jun, just ask if you have anything, Uncle Tie can definitely trust it!" ”

Fang Yiai nodded, and before he could ask, Tie Bufan glared at the bull's eye and laughed, "It turned out to be my uncle, no wonder the eldest lady came to Jiangnan quietly?" ”

"Uncle? Uncle Tie, are you making a mistake about this? Fang Yiai was taken aback by Tie Bufan's words, how could this guy dare to say anything.

As soon as he heard Fang Yiai's opinion, Tie Bufan's face sank, he swept the big knife in his hand and said with a tiger face, "What's the matter, little posterity, I still said that I was wrong, who doesn't know your relationship with my eldest lady now, do you dare not admit it?" I'm not afraid to tell you, if you dare to have a crooked thought, I will dare to kill you now, and I don't care what your relationship with General Qin is! ”

", Uncle Tie, is it wrong for Fang Jun to say it?" Fang Yiai is out of temper, this guy is simply unreasonable than Cheng Biting Jin, Cheng Biting Jin has more or less face, this Tie Bufan is even more robber than a robber.

"Hmph, this is still a personal word, since that's the case, then uncle, please ask, as long as I can help, I will definitely not refuse!" Tie Bufan said with a smile.

"Uncle Tie, let me ask you, what is the name of the nearest village to the south from this dumb mouth?"

"The nearest village? Uncle, do you want to investigate this case? ”

"Yes!" Fang Yiai nodded and admitted, he thought about it and said, "Uncle Tie, it's best not to expose our identity, this time I came to Jiangnan to have a big stake, and I have no choice but to do it!" ”

"Well, that's right, don't worry, I know what to do!" Tie Bufan nodded and said, "The nearest village to the Duzikou in the south is called Dadian Village, the village is about three miles away from here, you bypass the gang in front of you, and walk all the way to the south until you see a small bridge, go from the small bridge to the west of the river, and the village west of the river is Dadian Village!" ”

"Uncle Tie, without further ado, let's go to Dadian Village first, by the way, Uncle Tie, you'd better keep an eye on it and see if you can find anything on these corpses!" After Fang Yiai finished speaking, he hugged the begonia and got on the horse, at this time Tie Bufan touched his beard and said solemnly, "Uncle, don't worry, I will pay attention to it secretly!" ”

After Fang Yiai and his party rode out of more than ten steps, Tie Bufan shouted in a loud voice behind him, "Erya, come and see Uncle when you have time!" ”

Cheng Ling'er was very cooperative, turned around and smiled and shouted, "Uncle, don't worry, Erya will come to see you often!" ”

Seeing Tie Bufan like this, those curious officials lost interest, and they thought that where did they come from, but the little niece from Tie Zhutou's hometown came after a long time.

According to what Tie Bufan said, Fang Yiai and his party walked along the path on the riverbank, and after a while, they saw the small bridge that Tie Bufan said, and looked at the west bank of the river, and sure enough, there was a small village, which was the Dadian Village in Tie Bufan's mouth.

After crossing the small bridge, Fang Yiai dismounted, and the others also dismounted when they saw Fang Yiai dismount. At this time, Cheng Ling'er smiled a little puzzled, "The name of Dadian Village is not bad, but the village is a little unworthy of the name!" ”

"Ling'er, in fact, the name of this Dadian Village has nothing to do with the number of residents, I think it should have something to do with the mountain we just passed through!" Fang Yiai smiled faintly.

"Well, how do you know?"

"Ling'er, didn't you see the name of the mountain when you came here just now?"

"No, I just rode so fast, I didn't pay attention at all!"

"No wonder" After Fang Yiai handed over the black tiger to the guards, he said with a smile, "That mountain just now is called Dadian Mountain, now you should know the reason, right?" ”

"I see?" Cheng Ling'er suddenly realized.

Fang Yiai chatted with Cheng Ling'er, and Haitang found an old man and said very calmly, "This old man is polite, the little woman came out to play with my son-in-law, who knew that when she encountered such an unfortunate thing as a floating corpse, she wanted to go back, but at this time it was almost night, and it was inconvenient to go back, so I wanted to spend a night in the village, I don't know if it was possible?" ”

The old man looked at Fang Yiai and his party and couldn't help but say with some embarrassment, "Girl, when I see that you are from a noble family, it doesn't hurt to stay here for one night, but there is nothing to entertain you in the village!" ”

Seeing the old man like this, Fang Yiai came over and said with a smile, "Uncle said that it was okay, you can give us a place to rest, as for the food, it's nothing!" ”

"Since Childe said so, then the old man won't say much, you can come with me!" The old man said and led Fang Yiai to his home, at this time the villagers of Dadian Village were also very curious about these strangers, but they were just curious, and after Fang Yiai left them, the villagers also went back to their own homes.

The old man's family was very poor, except for three earthen houses, there seemed to be little value, the old man's son was about twenty years old, very strong, his skin was also a little dark, and his daughter-in-law was also an ordinary peasant girl. At the beginning, when the little couple saw Fang Yiai and his party, they were still a little restrained and waited for a while, it was much better, after chatting, Fang Yiai also knew their names, the old man's name was Meng Dehai, his son's name was Meng Dashan, and his daughter-in-law's name was Han Guihua.

"Uncle Meng, I think the location of this Dadian Village is very good, why are the villagers so poor?" Fang Yiai asked kindly.

"Hey, Lu Gongzi doesn't know, if you want to say that our village, it can really be said to be blessed, since the prosperity of the Grand Canal, the young men in the village can accumulate some money just by doing nothing and sitting on the boat for others, plus the family is fishing and weaving nets, this is also a good life" Meng Dehai said here and showed a nostalgic look, and after a while of silence, he continued, "Originally, it was said that it was good, but since three years ago, there has been a Qingshui Gang in Chuzhou, These people make a living by helping others, and with these people, there is less work in the village. Originally, there was nothing, but these people were very domineering, they had to rob all the work, and if the people in the village dared to fight them, they would be beaten to death, and the mountains were almost killed by them for this matter! ”

"And this?" Fang Yiai frowned, and said angrily, "Uncle, didn't you go to sue the official?" ”

"Master Lu, you said it easily, my brothers and I went to the yamen to complain, but the county lord said that he didn't care about our affairs!" Meng Dashan took Fang's words and said angrily.

Fang Yiai couldn't help but curse secretly, he clenched his fists and whispered angrily, "It's just unreasonable!" ”

After chatting for a while, Fang Yiai moved the topic to the floating corpse case, he hesitated, made an unlucky look and said, "Uncle Meng, this canal floating corpse matter is really strange enough!" ”

"Who's to say it isn't?" Meng Dehai smiled bitterly and said, "The people in our village have been on the river every day, but they haven't seen a single corpse, this is really hell!" ”

"Uncle Meng, this is strange, haven't you noticed anything abnormal?" Fang Yiai asked pretending to be very interested.

Meng Dehai shook his head with a bitter face, and then Han Guihua, who was sitting silently on the side, said with some hesitation, "Master Lu, speaking of which, I have something to say, I couldn't sleep at about midnight last night, so I put on my clothes and got up, and I saw a big ship sailing from south to north at that time, but I saw this big ship at noon today, I was a little strange at the time, and I told my father-in-law." ”

"That's what happened!"

"Uncle Meng, whose ship do you know?" Fang Yiai seemed to have grasped something, and couldn't help but ask a little anxiously.

Meng Dehai didn't reply, he thought about it, and shook his head with some difficulty.

(To be continued)