Chapter 690: Ironclad Battleship
"Although the Seven Links are not under the Tang Sect, they can be traced back to the source, the Tang Sect can't get rid of it, and the detoxification will fall on you Tang Sect. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info who poisoned it, he visited the Tang Sect for a period of three months. As for the poisoned people, the Tang Sect is responsible for compensating each person for five hundred taels of silver. ”
Facing representatives of dozens of sects, He Chong got rid of the suspicion of the Tang Sect.
Although everyone was very unhappy, they were afraid of He Chong's authority and Chang Wei's power, so they had to pretend to be deaf and dumb and remain silent. He Chong has been in the officialdom for a long time, and he has already practiced a cheeky look like a city wall, and there is no trace of embarrassment on his face, but he laughed: "There is no shortage of wise and resourceful people in the princes, go back and think about it, you will know that He Mou is a public judge." ”
"Fearless, without you, I'm afraid Lord He's public heart would be to send the Han family directly into the yamen. Tang Jindi joked.
He Chong knew very well the relationship between Chang Wei and Tangmen, he was scheming and calculating, not only was he close to Chang Wei like a family, but he immediately made an opportunity to show favor to Tangmen, without discussing with anyone, and of course there was no opportunity to discuss, he suddenly pretended to be red-faced.
He Chong is an old criminal department, and grabbing the Seven Links is a precious poison of the Tang Sect never spreads this point to attack Tang Jinyi, and the questioning can be described as a knife to the point, Tang Jinyi quickly fell into passivity because he couldn't explain how the Seven Links flowed out. But Chang Wei immediately understood He Chong's intentions, so he took advantage of the situation to play a white face, and this was the role he tried his best to play.
Chang Wei pointed out that the poisoning of the Tang Sect was unreasonable from many aspects such as the purpose, time and method of poisoning, although most of the poisoned people were the backbone of the two major groups in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, but it was not fatal, if the Tang Men really had the ambition to dominate the rivers and lakes as He Chong accused, then it was completely possible to take this opportunity to use the three poisons of the Tang Sect to wipe out the two major groups, and there was no need to spend this time.
And the whereabouts of the hall masters of the Tang Sect are also very well confirmed, and there is a lack of time and manpower for poisoning, and under the protection of Chang Weili, He Chong took advantage of the situation to do favors.
"Hehe, you still have to think about how to detoxify so many people. ”
"Sorry, I won't figure it out. ”
"Hey, uncle, Tang Sanshao, you are the young master of the Tang Sect and the master of the Battle Hall, you don't know how to solve it, who believes it?!"
Tang Jinyi glanced at him, "If I can solve it, I'm afraid my father will be implicated." The antidote of the seven chains has long been listed as top secret by the Han family, and the antidote data at this level has always been known only to the head of the family, the two elders and the master of the Baicao Hall. ”
"It turns out that you can still solve it. ”
Staring at Tang Jinyi, his eyes really subconsciously dodged, and Chang Wei heard the signs from his words.
Since Tang Xingtian was able to pass on the secret recipe of the antidote to his son for personal gain, then Tang Zhentian and Tang Weitian naturally could also tell the secret recipe of the antidote to their relatives and confidants, and it is really unknown how many people in the Tang Sect can solve the Seven Links.
"Fortunately, my father-in-law is now responding to the sky, and I ask his old man to detoxify, isn't the matter over? Worried about the murderer? There are still three months, don't be so sad, besides, the three-month period is just for others to hear, can't you catch the murderer, and really seal your Tang Gate?"
"Dauntless, it's not as simple as you think. ”
The north wind blew the hair on his forehead, and a few strands of green silk crossed between his eyebrows and eyes, lining that melancholy face more and more moving: "If this guy becomes a daughter's family, he must not fascinate the man to death." Somehow, this strange thought suddenly flashed through Chang Wei's mind.
"The seven flavors of poison in the seven rings are interlocking, and each solution needs to be recuperated for a period of time to solve the next one, although the dose of the seven rings in the group is insufficient, but to fully recover, it will take at least seven hundred and forty-nine days, and the thin foundation of martial arts is even longer......
Before he could finish speaking, Chang Wei couldn't help but interrupt him: "Are you saying that within at least forty-nine days, these people have lost their combat effectiveness?"
"Hey, Daring Nought, your expression is easy to misunderstand, the poison of the seven rings is you. Tang Jinyi smiled bitterly.
Yes, Chang Wei is very happy, not only happy, but he is almost jumping up with joy.
The people who were poisoned by the two groups in Jiangnan and Jiangbei seem to be small, and they can even be ignored in terms of numbers, but the people who came to participate in the martial arts conference are all masters of various sects and the backbone elites of the alliance, and the combat effectiveness of these people is almost equivalent to one-tenth of the combat power of the two alliances, which is far stronger than the strength reflected in the number alone.
Their illness will undoubtedly delay the actions of the two major groups, especially the Jiangnan Group, so as to buy time for Chang Wei's plan, how can he not be happy?!
"It's just, who is so good to me?"
Of course, while being happy, he was also a little worried about the Tang Gate, those who thought that the Tang Gate intended to dominate the rivers and lakes now may have new evidence, no matter what kind of situation the combat power of the two groups is damaged, the Tang Gate is definitely the beneficiary.
Tang Jinyi pulled the topic back: "Not only does detoxification take time, but each solution needs to be observed before it can be used, so my father may not be able to return to Shuzhong for a period of time." ”
"This ...... Could there be any problems?"
Among the few people in the Tang Sect who can be placed on the table to solve the poison of the seven chains, Tang Zhentian and Tang Weitian have traveled far and wide, and the other two family elders are even older and rarely hidden in the world, and it is impossible to go out of Sichuan.
And it is impossible for the two groups of poisoned people to be concentrated in one place for diagnosis and treatment, so Tang Xingtian is bound to detoxify the two groups separately. Just listening to Tang Jinyi's tone, it seems that there is something in the words.
"Baicaotang's income used to account for seventy percent of the Han family's income, and now it accounts for half, although most of the downstream customers are in Jiangdong, just take advantage of this opportunity to visit them, but at present, Shuzhong is dry and dry, and it is also a good time for the production of medicinal materials. ”
This is of course one of the reasons, but for this alone, Tang Jinyi doesn't need to worry too much, everyone else in the Tang Sect can do it for him.
Chang Wei soon thought that what he was more worried about was that his father Tang Xingtian had left the Tang Sect for too long, could it be that there was also a struggle for power within the Tang Sect?
"Fearless, you see, could Sun Zhang's death be related to the poisoning of the heroes?" Seeing that Chang Wei was speechless for a long time, he asked.
Did he go to the doctor because of his illness and randomly connected the two unrelated things, or did he think of them together?
In fact, after knowing that the heroes were poisoned, a detail in Sun Zhang's murder that seemed to have been ignored caused Chang Wei's reverie. Sun Zhang's body was four feet away from the official road, and there was no sign of being moved, so why did they deviate from the main road?
The group of monkeys in the Great Sacred Gate does not seem to have evolved to the level of civilization that needs to go into the woods so deeply; the thieves arrange to lure them? This is the most likely explanation, if there is another woman in the murderer's hands, then with the intelligence of these monkeys, there is very little possibility that the murderer will use such a lot of trouble just for such a few small roles? So, could it be that the same party was killed and killed after being called into the forest?
"You mean, Sun Zhang pretended to leave the manor, and then returned to poison - the two major groups in Jiangnan and Jiangbei are carnivaling on their own land, and it is not difficult to poison them, but after poisoning, they were killed by the mastermind behind the scenes, right?"
"So you thought about it a long time ago. Tang Jinyi's eyes lit up.
This should be a very bold guess, and there is a quite reasonable explanation for why the Great Holy Gate suddenly made a fortune in the past few years, "It's just, not to mention the purpose of the person who poisoned it, if you were the mastermind behind the scenes, would you choose the monkey cubs of the Great Holy Gate?"
Tang Jinyi was stunned for a moment, thought about it for a while, shook his head and said deflatedly: "There are indeed some sects on the rivers and lakes that specialize in doing some unsightly things for people, but these sects are all very mysterious, and the Great Sage Gate is obviously not, besides, Sun Zhang is a very ostentatious person, he is quite eye-catching everywhere, and he is not suitable for doing this kind of poisonous thing, it seems that I want to be bad." ”
"But, from another point of view, he's the most suitable person, isn't he?"
Tang Jinyi was obviously confused by him, and said with a smile: "I'm really convinced of you, just say how you want to help me investigate the case." ”
"Because there were no casualties, the seven serial incidents have been designated by He Chong as Jianghu incidents, and the government will not easily intervene, so it is unrealistic to want to borrow the power of the government to investigate the case. But Sun Zhang is different, after all, it is four lives, and there must be some explanation. Although He Chong handled the case a little sloppily for various reasons, he had already investigated Sun Zhang's main activities in Longtan Town quite clearly, so that Ying Tianfu, who took over the case, had room for maneuver. At that time, you can see if Sun Zhang has anything to do with the Seven Links. ”
"Actually, self-examination from within the Tang Sect is the most effective way, the whereabouts of the outflow of the Seven Links, the Tang Sect should be clear, even if the other party is deliberate, willing to spend a few years, and use a lot of money and manpower to collect the Seven Links, there is always a context to be found...... Uncle, don't be bitter, are you afraid that you will really find out something?"
"Fearless, can you go to Yingtianfu with me?" Tang Jinyi said to him.
Because the Shenji Battalion took on the safety and security of Jianghu Manor, most of the manpower of the two major groups in Jiangnan and Jiangbei began to evacuate one after another, leaving only a small number of capable people to take care of those poisoned patients.
"Dad, he likes the flying knives in the I-shaped room, the bamboo utensils of Ruifuxiang, the burning knives made of pure grain, the dandan noodles of the Lin family's shop, and the lung slices of the husband and wife, of course, the spiciest kind of ......"
"Got it......"
Tang Jinyi was afraid that Chang Wei would not know his father-in-law Tang Xingtian's preferences, so he took the trouble to instruct along the way.
After entering the city of Nanjing, Tang Jinyi found a pawnshop with ease, which seemed to be a secret stronghold of the Tang Gate. Although the Fulong plaque, which has a history of more than 20 years, is still hanging high under the eaves, the owner is Tangmen.
Fulong's counter didn't know Tang Jinyi, the young proprietor, and he didn't want to meddle in the affairs under the jurisdiction of others, he just said that first, the New Year was approaching, and he wanted to pay New Year's greetings to the proprietor, and secondly, he had a business to negotiate with the old proprietor, and he came to visit the old proprietor, and then handed a piece of exquisite jade pendant to the counter, saying that if he took it, the old proprietor would know who it was.
When the counter heard that he knew that his host was coming, and he was carrying a heavy gift, and that the jade pendant was also made of extremely valuable Khotanese jade, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly went in, and when he came out after a while, he said very respectfully: "The proprietor of our name is invited." ”
Tang Shuxue also had a piece of the same jade pendant, but she didn't seem to care too much about it, but she didn't expect this to be a symbol of the identity of the Tang Sect.
The layout here is almost exactly the same as that of an ordinary pawnshop, passing through a moon gate, and on the north side of the small courtyard are two bluestone tile houses covered by flowers and trees, which should be the owner's residence, but the flowers and leaves have long since withered, adding a bit of solemnity.
"Jinyi, who is it that you have a friend with you? Oh, it turned out to be fearless. ”
There was a low voice in the room, and the standard official language was thin but distinct, and as the voice spoke, the door suddenly creaked, and it opened without wind.
"Father-in-law is so clever with six senses!"
Chang Wei was a little surprised in his heart, Tang Xingtian, as the head of a faction, was proficient in the art of listening to the wind and distinguishing the weapon, but he could actually tell who the person was from the footsteps, and this keen six senses were afraid that it would be difficult to match it.
I listened to the words in the house: "Carving insect skills, what a way." You're from Swallow Rock, right??"
The voice was still echoing in his ears, and a middle-aged scribe with a tall figure had appeared at the door of the house, his appearance was five or six points similar to Tang Jinyi, and the young and beautiful Tang Jinyi was slightly different in that he looked quite a bit fairy-like, with a friendly smile on his face, and his eyes were blazing at Chang Wei.
Isn't it Tang Xingtian, who is it?
Tang Jinyi shouted "Daddy", Chang Wei also hurriedly stepped forward to pay respects, entered the house and sat down, Tang Jinyi said: "Daddy, do you know about Yanziji Jianghu Manor? Nearly 100 backbones of Jiangnan Jiangbei martial arts have been hit by the seven consecutive links, and they are waiting for your old man to come to the rescue!"
Tang Xingtian's face suddenly changed slightly, the hand holding the teacup was also gentle, and his eyes swept over Tang Jinyi like lightning, and there was clearly some blame in it, but in a blink of an eye, he returned to normal.
After listening to his son tell Yan Ziji everything that happened, he got up and paced back and forth in the hall twice, stood still, and said with a calm smile: "What are you panicking about, Yan Ziji He Chong is in charge, he is a master detective in the criminal department, and he can see through such a small trick at a glance." Besides, isn't it just a seven-in-a-row? That medicine poisons people and doesn't die, and it doesn't matter if it's a day earlier or a day later. It's getting late today, let's have a good drink, and it's not too late to go tomorrow!"
"Dad?" Tang Jinyi was anxious, so he shouted.
"My father-in-law has seen thousands of miles, and Lord He has indeed cleared the suspicion of Tangmen. However, in order to give an explanation to his fellow martial artists, Jinyi has made an oath, and he must invite your old man to go today, the reputation of the Tang Sect is even more important. ”
"That's it!" As soon as he said a few words, Tang Xingtian agreed, which shows the weight of Chang Wei's son-in-law in his heart.
packed up his things, and when he came out, he said, "Daringless, how are you preparing for your marriage with Shuxue?"
Chang Wei said with a smile: "The days are already optimistic, the twenty-sixth salute of the lunar month, and there are still ten days." The clothes and bride price were prepared, and the banquet was set, so we waited for a good day. ”
"Haha, that's good!"
Sending Tang Xingtian and Tang Jinyi back to the Jianghu Manor on Yanziji, Chang Wei turned around and returned to Nanjing City, and found a secret mansion prepared by Gao Liangcai, where Wei Xijie, who arrived in advance, was born.
Wei Xijie, who gave birth in more than a month, is very healthy, and under the care of Gao Liangcai, he is even more foolproof, and Liu Jingting is her bodyguard to ensure safety and worry-free.
It was almost time to give birth, Wei Xijie couldn't pester Chang Wei, and he was sleepy again, so Chang Wei left after talking for a while.
Imagine leaving Nanjing for a year, the house on Liren Street is still empty, so I simply went to take a look, and I didn't want to enter the door and find that there were people besides the maid. It was a strange and familiar smiling face, and the pair of autumn water-like eyes were actually fluttering, but the peerless face that captivated the country and the city seemed to be flawless as if all the defects had been corrected, just like the creation of heaven and earth, which made Chang Wei's heart trance-like for a moment.
Although Chang Wei in the capital has seen Yu Piaoling's true face once, this goodbye is still inevitably shocked. The strange girl in front of her is as gentle and lovely as an interpretive flower, like a spring breeze blowing on the green earth, and she can't help but feel love and pity.
However, Chang Wei soon recovered from the shock, "Although it's not the first time I've seen this look, it's not enough to describe what kind of shame flowers and moons, sinking fish and geese, creating Zhong Shenxiu, and his appearance is amazing! Xiao Yu, why are you here?"
Yu Piaoling smiled, like a peony blooming, and said coquettishly: "Xianggong would praise people, it's really quite unexpected, people really want to hear Xianggong's praise!"
Although the words were more delicate than ever, the familiar voice still dispelled most of the strangeness.
"Do you want to listen to 'the lead is not as jade as its appearance, and the Ning Zhu can't be different from its lips', or 'the eyes are instantly beautiful with flowing eyes, and there is no distinction between words and smiles', or 'the fragrant lips blow through the plum blossom song, I would like to be a jasper flute'?"
"Everyone likes it, but you are so insincere. Although Yu Piaoling didn't know why Chang Wei had returned to his previous state, he pouted, ran over and shook his arm, but there was a trace of confusion in his eyes.
Could it be that he and Shizun resolved all their grievances in a competition? Since then, the Seven Seas Alliance and Ethereal have been reconciled?
"No sincerity? Then the minister will have some sincerity, as the saying goes, the pleasure of the boudoir is more than that of the thrush......"
Chang Wei deliberately paused for a moment, Yu Piaoling's cheeks suddenly dizzled, his eyes were both expectant and seemed to be a little regretful, he pinched her heart, and said with a smile: "Xiao Yu is naturally beautiful, if she doesn't paint as a souvenir, won't she live up to God's wishes?!"
Yu Piaoling smiled with relief, let go of his arm, went barefoot on the couch in front of the window, pulled up the bamboo curtain, and then reclined on the short table, the light shone on her face, which was extremely delicate, in contrast, even the alien red plum in the vase lost its color.
Picking up Zihao, facing the drawing paper, for the first time in her life, she felt hesitant, her smile, a smile and a joy can be into the painting, I don't know how to put the pen, the draft has been typed a few times, and I always feel a little lacking. I want to draw a copy, but her delicate appearance seems to be ever-changing, although it is extremely vivid, but the expression of every moment is the most beautiful and charming, and the heart is inseparable from it, after a while, there is still a blank on the painting scroll, "Xiao Yu, don't move, bear with it for a while!"
As he spoke, he pulled a ropa and threw it at her, covering her head.
Closing his eyes and pondering, Yu Piaoling's two different faces gradually merged into one in his mind, and he picked up a pen to sketch dots on the paper, and a picture of a beautiful woman lying in winter was actually done in one go.
"Is this me?"
Although she asked such a question, a look of surprise suddenly covered her face, "This...... It's the real me!" she muttered to herself, gently snuggling into Chang Wei's arms, her eyes no longer taking her eyes off the painting.
Danqing is difficult to write is the spirit, the appearance of the girl in the painting is only six or seven points similar to the current Yu Piaoling, but the perfect combination of the free flying demeanor between the eyebrows and the little daughter's heart belongs to the delicate and simple, so that the spirit of the characters in the painting is more in line with her mood at the moment.
"Enchanting is suitable for a hundred kinds, always on the spring breeze side. With a smile and hatred, don't be danqingxian. After a while, she saw the inscription poem, chanted in a low voice, looked back and smiled: "Are people really that good?"
This smile was really amorous, Chang Wei couldn't help but feel a big move, and the arm around her slender waist suddenly tightened.
"Xianggong~" She noticed the changes in Chang Wei's body, pursed her lips and said a word of disgust, picked up the pen, and added four more lines of poetry under the inscription poem, which was affectionate.
"I am unhappy in my belly, and I am willing to be a horsewhip. Go in and out of Lang's arms and sit on Lang's knees. ”
Yu Piaoling put on a set of official-made gold jacquard velvet placket and walked out of the back room, Chang Wei asked with a smile, "Did your master say why he asked you to come?"
Yu Piaoling shook her head: "The master only said that he called the slave to come, and listened to the master's arrangement, and didn't say anything else." Does the master have any agreement with the master?"
Of course, Yan Lingyun wouldn't explain, and Chang Wei naturally wouldn't say it, so he diverted the topic and said, "Do you have any news about Yan Qianbo and Liu Zhanyun?"
Yu Piaoling said: "That's not true, the matter of finding Senior Sister Zhanyun and Senior Sister Qianbo is the responsibility of Senior Uncle Lou and Senior Uncle Miao, but there is no news so far." ”
No news is certain, Chang Wei smiled, "I'll help you find it when the time comes." ”
The next morning, Chang Wei rushed to Yanziji with the disguised Yu Piaoling, and the Wulin Manor was already empty, with only two letters left by He Chong and Tang Jinyi.
The large number of antidotes carried by the Tang family's father and son quickly alleviated the symptoms of those poisoned people, although there was a small commotion after the group learned that they needed to take seven antidotes before they could fully return to normal, but they were suppressed by He Chong, who was in charge, for the safety of the wounded, the two major groups in Jiangnan and Jiangbei had to compromise in order to cooperate with the Tang Sect detoxification.
Early the next morning, both sides began to evacuate rapidly, with the wounded from Jiangbei going to Yangzhou via Zhenjiang, while those from Jiangnan planned to settle in Suzhou.
These are all things He Chong said in his letter, and there are more than 1,000 words sprinkled with joy. Tang Jinyi's letter was much simpler, saying only that his father Tang Xingtian planned to be stationed in Suzhou for the past two months, while he himself was going to travel between the two places.
Tang Xingtian really acted carefully, although he personally detoxified the people of Jiangnan Wulin, he did not live in the territory of any sect, which clearly showed his impartial attitude, so that both parties could not find fault with it.
"The martial arts conference is finally over, it's time for us to go home. ”
As soon as he arrived in Zhenjiang, he actually ran into Shen Kuang before he entered the door, but this guy was covered in blood and mud and collapsed on the chair, and his clothes were so tattered that he couldn't even call a child, as if he was a wounded soldier who had just been withdrawn from the battlefield, but his face was still clean.
"Shiqing, what's going on again?!" Chang Wei was taken aback.
Shen Kuang was described as extremely haggard, if it weren't for Shen Congfu behind him supporting him, he would have fallen down long ago.
"Fearless, eat, do you have anything to eat......" Shen Kuang saw him, his eyes lit up, and he fainted halfway through his words.
Seeing this, Chang Wei hurriedly stepped forward, stretched out his three fingers to catch his pulse, and Shen Congfu said in a deep voice: "My lord, my son-in-law has not eaten for two days and two nights, and he is hungry and faint." ”
"Hurry up and bring the osmanthus porridge!" The new little maid saw that Shen Kuang had fainted, and they all panicked, and when they heard him stop drinking, they seemed to come to life, and hurriedly ran to the kitchen, mixed a cup of warm water, and Shen Congfu took it and fed it a little bit.
"Old Shen, could it be that you have met a thief?"
Shen Congfu said: My lord, let's wait for my son-in-law to wake up and ask him, I don't have much to say. secretly praised in his heart, the Shen family is really strict in family law, and he doesn't ask more.
Shen Kuang half-consciously ate the two bowls of osmanthus porridge, and then fell asleep deeply, although the old man was also extremely hungry, he was able to control himself, and drank the hot soup and porridge slowly.
Looking at his appearance, he knew that he couldn't wake up for a while, so he told the maid to take care of it, and turned around to see the second brother Changtong. The holy decree of implementing many new policies has come down, and the officials below have said everything, but because of the article of rising money, there are not so many objections, and after discussing the government at noon, Shen Kuang is still asleep, and waited for more than an hour before waking up from his sleep, and shouted that he was hungry as soon as he opened his eyes, but this time he did it himself, and devoured the food for two people, if it wasn't for Chang Wei's block, maybe he could have eaten a cow for him.
"Damn, I finally know what it's like to be hungry this time, and the first fucking thing I do when I get home is to set up a porridge shop for the beggars and the poor!"
"Hey, after this difficulty, a good man has been created, and this thief can be regarded as having some merit!"
"Whew!"
Shen Kuang suddenly became excited, and jumped up only to find that his tattered clothes were extremely incongruous with the gorgeous guest room.
"Daring Fearless, I'll take a shower with Fu Bo first, do you still have Poria porridge? Can you make me some more? I'm really hungry. ”
The two of them freshened up, and Shen Kuang returned to the appearance of his son-in-law.
"Fearless, I met a Japanese coward, and it's a fucking bastard Okita!" he showed a hint of fear in his eyes, "I won't tell you, this time I was in a hurry to use the money, and I bought millions of red goods, and I was looted in Dongshan, and six of the eight people in my company were killed, if it wasn't for Fu Bo's desperate rescue, I almost died in Dongshan! I escaped from Dongshan, I was afraid that the thieves would chase and kill, and I didn't dare to report to the official, and I went out day and night along the way, and I was penniless, and I almost starved to death on the road!"
"Dongshan, Suzhou, Dongshan County, Suzhou, you went to Taihu Lake, are you sure it's Kazuya Okita?"
Chang Wei's heart suddenly ignited a wave of anger, grandma's, the accounts of the Shen family in Heishi Village and Nanjing last time have not been settled!
"Absolutely!"
Shen Kuang gritted his teeth and said.
"I can't imagine that Okita has really penetrated into Suzhou, is it based on Taihu Lake? Shiqing, the stakes are very high, have you figured it out?"
"It's definitely the hands of the Yanagi Ten Guards, they don't know Fubo's strength, they think they will be able to kill me, so they don't hide their traces too much. ”
Shen Congfu nodded, but said: "My lord, there are nine of them in total, and their martial arts are quite outstanding, and that Liu Sheng's kung fu is not even below me, but the sword of the Han people is not easy to use, so I have a chance." There is also a Han among the thieves, and I'm afraid it's not that simple. He briefly recounted the scene at that time.
The appearance of the Han people and the Japanese people is almost the same, as long as they change their clothes, no one can tell the difference, and to go deep into the line of Suzhou, it is necessary to bring Han people who know the language, but this Han people are quite good at some kung fu, which makes the whole incident intriguing.
Could it be that the scum of the rivers and lakes are involved with the Japanese bandits? Dongshan Island in Taihu Lake is an ethereal old nest, and this time it is not necessary to borrow their strength.
borrowed some money from Chang Wei again, and Shen Kuang immediately rushed back to Shen's house in Zhouzhuang to take care of the rest of the matter.
Although Chang Wei is not an official in Suzhou, the Jinyi Wei secret spy system is almost pervasive, and with Ma Yuan personally inquiring, the daily cases are copied and reported, and even the major cases are directly reported to Chang's house, but after waiting for a day, I have not seen the report of Dongshan County on the murder.
If the county knew about the big case involving six lives, it would never dare to hide it and not report it, thinking that it must have been burned by Okita's men.
"You don't want me to have a good time even for years!"
Looking at the briefing notes sent, the head of the government government searched for ten miles outside Dongshan County, and although more than a dozen thieves were arrested, there was no news of Okita's subordinates.
"There are still ten days left for the divorce, if you want to worry, how about going to Dongshan in person? Tang Shuxue said understandingly.
At noon, Chang Wei took Yan Ruyu, Yu Piaoling and a few catchers from Dongshan County to appear on the shore of Taihu Lake.
Approaching the end of the year, there are quite few pedestrians on the road, and Shen Kuang has already told Chang Wei the itinerary, and only one of Liu Sheng's people can speak Chinese, so it is quite eye-catching, from Dongshan County all the way to the west, it is easy to find their whereabouts, but at the place of the accident described by Shen Kuang, only bloodstains were found, but no corpses were found, and Liu Sheng and they seemed to have disappeared into the air here.
"Further east, it's the boundary of Songjiang. ”
What Chang Wei and Yan Ruyu didn't calculate was Yu Piaoling's unexpected persistence, and after returning to Dongshan, she actually suggested that Xiangdong continue to investigate until she found Liu Sheng's lair.
"Just let them go like this, I don't know how many people will be miserable in the future, and we will do everything to eliminate evil, this is the ideal and duty of our martial arts practitioners!"
Chang Wei scolded with a smile: "Nonsense! It's all as wanton as you, and you want the court to do something!"
Yu Piaoling smiled embarrassedly, "Even if it's for the sake of the reputation of the ethereal chivalry, we have to track it down." What's more, there are traces of the actions of the Japanese people this time, and it is a pity to let them go easily. She stared at Chang Wei, her eyes were clear and meaningful: "As a member of the imperial court, it is impossible for the master to stay out of the matter!"
It's rare, it's really rare! Nowadays, in this smoky and miasma of rivers and lakes, people who adhere to chivalrous ways are really commendable!
"That's it, let's go to Songjiang, this direction is probably Jinshanwei!"
With the route provided by Shen Kuang, the speed of the three of them going south was quite fast, and the Dingchang drum had just sounded, and they had already reached the territory of Songjiang Mansion.
Shen Kuang started from here, and this is the old nest of the Shen family. According to him, after entering Layue, the government's inspection of Songjiang was significantly relaxed, and many people returned to smuggle and trade, and the Shen family's transaction was also completed in the sea near here.
Liu Sheng's whereabouts will become obscure and difficult to find from here, Songjiang Jinshanwei is close to the sea, it is extremely easy to sneak in, Liu Sheng and they are likely to use the same method as those who are outlaws in the rivers and lakes, they do not enter the city, and they choose another way when they meet the checkpoint.
"Do you want to go to the Shen family to have a look?"
Chang Wei shook his head, although the Shen family had great power in Songjiang, but Shen Kuang not only couldn't help with the current matter, but it would kill him if he was involved.
The next day, I was lucky to find Wu Siyuan who was in the camp, and the two daughters were simple and easy to look at for convenience. After greeting for a long time, Chang Wei told him about Shen Kuang's attack.
"Yanagi Shibei??" Wu Siyuan's color changed slightly, and he pondered for a while before saying: "I expected that Okita would not easily give up on the Shen family, so I paid attention to his whereabouts, and his flagship 'Mikasa' was still near Zhoushan a few days ago, so I didn't watch out for him." ”
He paused, frowned, and said, "Moreover, I thought that he would slip away directly, but I didn't expect to kill a horse gun and intercept Young Master Shen!"
"What do you say?"
"Okita is ruthless, but he is a straight man, he doesn't have so many ghost ideas, and turning around and leaving after missing a blow is his style! Besides, how did he know that Young Master Shen was wearing jewelry?"
"Okita must have been premeditated for a long time, and sent people to monitor Shen Kuang's every move, so he naturally knew about the transactions in the past few days, and Shen Kuang and his party of eight people had a large target, and it was easy to track. As for the big boat, it was just Okita's plan to 'repair the plank road in the open and cross the Chen Cang in secret'!"
Chang Wei explained, but he couldn't help but secretly despise it, what else should be considered for such a simple question, these officers are really unreliable at all!
However, his words still reminded people of the Han man under Okita, could all this be his ghost?
Yan Ruyu sat quietly behind Chang Wei, listening to him analyze Wu Siyuan's analysis of how to get rid of Okita's henchman, and did not interject, and she only tasted the fragrant tea placed in front of her, but a very faint fragrance of her daughter slowly wafted through the fragrance of tea, elegant and lasting.
Yu Piaoling was very curious, she saw the sea for the first time, and she felt fresh when she saw everything, and after fiddling with the bottles and cans in the cabin, she lay down by the window and looked at the sea.
"The sea is so boring, you can't see anything, there are no stars in the water, there is no moon, not even fishing fires......" After looking at it for a while, she actually let out such a sigh, and couldn't help but reveal the demeanor of her little daughter.
Wu Siyuan smiled and said: "The girl lives on the boat for a few days, and you will know the benefits of the sea, the sea gives us food and clothing, just like the land is to the farmer." What's more, guarding the sea, my heart feels broader!"
"But why didn't I realize it? Just like the boat in the distance, how come there is no light on it, sneaky, how can people be in a good mood when they see it?!"
Just when Chang Wei was slightly stunned, Wu Siyuan also frowned, and when several people looked out of the window together, they suddenly saw a dazzling red light burst out two miles away, and the red light reflected the outline of the ship, and it turned out to be a larger battleship with Wu Siyuan's ship, Cangshan Iron!
Moreover, it is an ironclad battleship!
"Not good!"
Chang Wei just shouted, and one after another huge thunder suddenly exploded on his head, the hull of the ship suddenly shook violently, and the vases, tea bowls, and porcelain on the shelves flew out with a loud sound, and in the blink of an eye, there were debris and water stains everywhere, but the sound of the utensils breaking could not be heard at all.
The four candlesticks fell, and the candles fluttered on the floor a few times before they were extinguished, and the cabin was immediately pitch black.
Yu Piaoling suddenly hit the window lattice, and was thrown back with his back facing the sky, Chang Wei was a little footed, but it was a stumbling, the hull tilted, so that he almost didn't borrow strength, barely jumped up three feet to catch Yu Piaoling, his body had already fallen, and the left hand and left hand of the divine sword pierced into the ship, so that he could stabilize his body, and a delicate body was also slamming on his back at this time.
"Grab my arm!"
Even he couldn't hear the sound that roared out with internal force, but Yan Ruyu's hand really grabbed his arm, and that moving face was pressing against his shoulder at the moment.
Enemy attack!
Chang Wei didn't have time to appreciate this sudden intimacy, and a huge wave caused by a cannonball rolled over the sky, and the cold sea water pouring in from the window suddenly soaked the three of them.
Chang Wei was stunned by this series of artillery fire, compared with the artillery fire of this ironclad battleship, the battleships in the inland river and lake were like toys for children to play with family wine.
In front of this sharp firearm and the vast sea, Chang Wei, who had not known the taste of fear for a long time, faintly gave birth to fear, and this trace of fear and the chill in his heart made his teeth tremble, only when he saw the frightened eyes of Yu Piaoling in his arms, he tried to calm himself and squeezed out a smile.
"Fire!"
"Shoot with all your might!"
Just when Chang Wei had the idea of being extremely critical, the other party's artillery fire suddenly stopped, and then a middle-aged soldier who stumbled in, shouting something.
Chang Wei's ears were full of roars, and he could only vaguely hear his voice, and he turned his head to look for Wu Siyuan, only to feel that there was a light behind him, and Yan Ruyu had already jumped away lightly.
Wu Siyuan fell in the corner of the cabin, motionless, obviously knocked unconscious, Yan Ruyu clicked on him in a few acupoints one after another, but he didn't wake him up. Turning his head to look out the window, the enemy's ironclad warship was flying in unison with long oars, rapidly approaching.
"Fire! fire...... Cannon! bang! bang!"
Chang Wei shouted and gestured at the soldier, and the man shouted anxiously.
Chang Wei lowered his arm and glanced at Yu Piaoling, but she who was snuggled next to him was quiet at the moment, and her eyes in the dark were unusually gentle.