The rivers and lakes are full of local tyrants

Because the power of the explosion just now was too great, thick smoke still lingered on the surface of the water, the two of them approached a little, and the nostrils were immediately filled with the smell of nitrate.The dark guards were still searching and rescuing in the water, and a young man on the shore also went into the water together, turned over the broken boards, looking for people who might survive.

"Have you seen anything unusual on the boat recently?" Qin Shaoyu asked the old man who was setting up a wonton stall on the bank.

"I didn't pay attention." The old man shook his head, "There are rich people there, one is rich and the other is rich. If we look twice, we will be scolded by our followers. Who cares about other things."

"Why are you so overbearing." Shen Qianling frowned.

"That's not true." The old man had lingering fears in his heart, "What's the use of having more money, the King of Hades wants to take your life, and no amount of money will be able to keep it."

"Palace Master." The dark guard dragged a person ashore with difficulty, "This one is still alive."

The people around immediately surrounded him, and after seeing his appearance, someone exclaimed, "It's the second boy of the old Zhou family, Aunt Zhou, Aunt Zhou, your Ah Hu is still alive!"

A middle-aged aunt in a flowered cloth kerchief stumbled over, and the crowd quickly made way for her.

"It's your son?" The dark guard comforted the young man while helping the young man to squeeze out the water in his chest and lungs, "Don't worry, he just choked on the water because of the shock, it shouldn't be a big deal."

"I beg you to save him." Aunt Zhou's face was pale, and she was about to kneel when she bent her knees. The hidden guard hurriedly supported her, and Shen Qianling also said, "Don't worry, Auntie, this elder brother will not die, and there will be future generations in the future." Blessed."

Aunt Zhou nodded, her lips were still trembling, obviously she was frightened just now.

The search and rescue in the water was still going on, and the government also sent yamen servants and officers and soldiers over to join the rescue team.The local prefect's name is Wen Liunian, who was Tanhua Lang five years ago, with extremely clean conduct, and has a good relationship with Qin Shaoyu—at the same time, because he is a good cook of beef, he has a very good relationship with Little Phoenix.

"Lord Wen." Qin Shaoyu greeted.

"What happened?" Wen Liunian was out of breath, apparently running all the way here.

"I don't know." Qin Shaoyu shook his head, "Ling'er and I were drinking tea at the Huxin Pavilion, when we suddenly saw the boat start to smoke, and before we could send people to put out the fire, it exploded."

"It smells so strong of explosives and kerosene." The master frowned, "It must have used a lot of nitrate."

"How many people are there on this boat on weekdays?" Qin Shaoyu asked.

Wen Liunian said, "There are a lot of people coming and going on this boat, so I have to take one day a month to send people to check it. If there are no special circumstances, there should be 60 to [-] people on board in this kind of weather."

"Out of 150 people, only Zhou Hu survived." Shen Qianling sighed, "Yunlan City has always been stable and prosperous, and such a tragedy has never happened before."

"Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly." Wen Liunian's voice was also a little angry, "No matter what the reason is, if you hurt innocent people, you will be cut to death!"

"Palace Master." The dark guard came over and said, "Zhou Hu has already woken up, but his mind is still not clear. Do you want to take him back to Shadowchaser Palace?"

"Send it directly to the government." Qin Shaoyu said, "Take Aunt Zhou with you so that you can take care of her and protect her."

"Yes." The dark guard took the order and was about to turn around and leave when Wen Liunian stopped him and asked, "Are there any other survivors?"

"Not found yet." The dark guard shook his head and sighed, "There are many mutilated limbs in the water, I'm afraid the rest of the people will be in danger."

Looking at the light red waters, Shen Qianling felt a little palpitated.

"I took Ling'er to this painting boat twice." Qin Shaoyu said, "At that time, the private seating halls on the two floors were all full of people, which could be regarded as crowded. It should not be able to hold such a huge amount of explosives. I don't know if Mr. Wen sent someone to Through the cabin below?"

"I went to see it myself half a year ago." Wen Liunian said, "The owner of this painting boat is named Qian Bao. I can’t wait to use all the space on the boat to accommodate guests, except for the kitchen and two small warehouses in the bottom deck, there are only six boatman’s bedrooms left, and there are no other vacancies.”

"Who are the six boatmen?" Qin Shaoyu asked.

"There was a registration at the time, and we only found out after going back to the government office to check." Wen Liunian said, "Qian Bao has recently been in another business, and this time something happened, he should come back soon."

"My lord." The yamen servant dragged seven or eight strange-shaped iron sheets from the water, "We found this."

The three walked over, Wen Liunian said, "Barrel?"

"It should be used to hold kerosene. It doesn't look too small." Qin Shaoyu made a rough estimate, and then drew a line on the ground with a branch, "At least this high."

"That shouldn't be stored in the warehouse at the bottom of the ship." Wen Liunian said, "The kerosene does not need to be tanned, if it is placed sideways, it will definitely flow out."

"Go back to the government first." Qin Shaoyu said, "When Zhou Hu wakes up, he should be able to ask something."

Several groups of hidden guards and yamen servants went into the water to search and rescue them in turn, and they didn't return to the official mansion until midnight.Wen Liunian sent people to light a fire in the courtyard and bought some beef and spirits to keep everyone warm.

"Are you sleepy?" Qin Shaoyu asked Shen Qianling, "I'll take you to the guest room to rest first."

"Not sleepy." Shen Qianling said, "I want to stay and help."

"Alright." Qin Shaoyu helped him tighten the cloak so as not to catch the wind and catch a cold.

The results of this rescue were not good, except for Zhou Hu before, no one survived.Although everyone had already bathed, they still felt that their bodies were full of oil and blood.

"Palace Master." A woman in red came riding a horse, "The subordinate is late."

"Left Protector." All the hidden guards greeted.

"It's not that you're late, you shouldn't have come at all." Qin Shaoyu said helplessly, "Xiaobao is sick, you are his mother, why are you running around?"

"I fell asleep after taking the medicine, and Xiao Wu is taking care of him. I will return to the mountain tomorrow morning before Xiao Bao wakes up." Hua Tang said, "Where's Zhou Hu?"

"You know him?" Shen Qianling was a little surprised.

"It's not acquaintance, but last time I collected rain and dew in the back mountain during the heavy rain season, he thought I was trapped when he saw it, so he stumbled and rolled down from the middle of the mountain to save me." Hua Tang said, "He is an honest man."

"It's in the guest room in the west wing." Wen Liunian said, "I'll take the left protector there."

"En." Huatang nodded, and went to the guest room with the others.

Zhou Hu was still drowsy, and Aunt Zhou was also lying on the side in a drowsy state. She heard someone talking in a daze, and when she opened her eyes, she saw a room full of people, and hurriedly stood up.

"Auntie." Hua Tang said, "Do you still recognize me?"

"I recognize it." Aunt Zhou nodded again and again, "Last time when Ah Hu went to the mountain to cut firewood, there was a heavy rain. Fortunately, the girl sent him back and gave us a piece of silver."

"Has Ah Hu woke up?" Huatang sat on the edge of the bed and stretched out her hand to feel his pulse.

"Just now I opened my eyes, and passed out again before I could speak." Aunt Zhou sighed, "I told him not to go to that boat, but he was stubborn and refused to listen. Damned."

"Unclean?" Qin Shaoyu asked, "How unclean?"

"I heard rumors before that they were doing things to persecute good girls." Aunt Zhou shed tears as she spoke, "Huzi wants to make money to treat my illness, saying that he just cooks for me and doesn't do those dirty things." Things, but it’s not a serious place after all. Fortunately, I saved my life this time, otherwise I wouldn’t have the face to go underground to meet his father.”

Huatang took the silver needle and slowly helped Zhou Hu get acupuncture.The secret guard said outside the door, "Palace Master, this subordinate has something to report."

Qin Shaoyu took Shen Qianling out the door, and led him to the courtyard door.

The secret guard said in a low voice, "As the Palace Master expected, someone did go to Zhou's house to kidnap someone just now."

Shen Qianling was slightly surprised, "Zhou Hu's house?"

"That's right." The dark guard said, "Thanks to the Palace Master's order, we have already taken Zhou Hu's brother and sister-in-law to a secret house in advance, and those people have come to nothing."

"Have you caught it?" Qin Shaoyu asked.

The hidden guard shook his head, "There were two people on the other side, and their martial arts methods were very evil. The brothers tried their best to let one of them escape. As for the one who was caught, he bit the poison under his tongue on the way to bring him, and committed suicide. "

Shen Qianling's back was numb.

"Where's the corpse?" Qin Shaoyu asked.

"In the Wuzuo room, there are special guards." The dark guard said, "The clothes and weapons don't have any characteristics. They look like ordinary people, and they don't have any tattoo marks on their bodies. It's impossible to tell which sect they belong to."

"Palace Master Qin." Wen Liunian also followed, "But there is a new clue?"

Qin Shaoyu nodded and explained the matter roughly.

"The villain is so insane!" Wen Liunian was furious after hearing this.

"Zhou Hu is one of the few clues now." Qin Shaoyu asked, "What happened to Huatang?"

"The acupuncture and moxibustion have been completed, and it is said that I will wake up tomorrow morning." Wen Liunian said, "I have arranged for someone to prepare a guest room for you—"

"No need." Qin Shaoyu interrupted him, "I have something to go back to Chasing Shadow Palace, and I will come back tomorrow."

"That's good." Wen Liunian was straightforward, but he didn't force himself to stay.

Everyone rode their horses back to Chasing Shadow Palace in the middle of the night, Huatang ran to the residence as soon as she entered the door, Qin Shaoyu and Shen Qianling also followed, wanting to see if Xiaobao recovered from his illness.

In the bedroom, a three- or four-year-old boy was sleeping soundly on the bed, with a young man leaning on his side, holding another child in his arms, and a little phoenix standing beside the bed.

"How is Xiaobao?" Huatang sat by the bed.

"I cried once, but I just fell asleep this time." The young man and Hua Tang are husband and wife, named Zhao Wu.Although he has no name and no pretensions, he is actually the second in charge of Shadow Chasing Palace and Qin Shaoyu's confidant. His qinggong is superb, almost comparable to Falcon.

Huatang felt distressed, hugged her son and coaxed him softly.Xiao Fenghuang also obediently jumped onto the bed and rubbed his head against him.

The scene is warm and loving, and the rest of the people leave the room wisely.Zhao Wudao, "What happened at the bottom of the mountain? I heard the brothers say a few words in a hurry, but I didn't understand it too much."

"It's strange to be able to explain clearly." Qin Shaoyu said, "Except for the mastermind behind the scenes, no one knows what happened."

"At least let the subordinates know the general idea." Zhao Wudao, "It shouldn't be a trivial matter."

Qin Shaoyu briefly explained the matter to him.

Zhao Wu frowned, "So serious?"

"Those people are simply insane." Shen Qianling sighed, "I don't know what the purpose is for this time."

"If my subordinates stay at Zhou's house tonight, they should be able to follow in secret." Zhao Wudao, "Unfortunately—"

"There is nothing to regret." Qin Shaoyu patted him on the shoulder, "Xiaobao is sick, and Huatang is no longer by his side. If you leave too, I will definitely not forgive you."

Zhao Wu smiled, "Thank you, Palace Master."

"If a man can't even take care of his wife and children well, how can he talk about other things." Qin Shaoyu said, "Go back, Huatang is also tired, go to bed earlier."

Zhao Wu nodded, turned and went back to the room.

Qin Shaoyu hugged Shen Qianling horizontally.

"Hello." Shen Qianling was caught off guard and was taken aback.

"I'll carry you back to your room." Qin Shaoyu's eyes were gentle.

"I'll go by myself." Shen Qianling was a little embarrassed, "Being seen."

Qin Shaoyu laughed, "They haven't seen anything."

Shen Qianling: ...

Do you have to say it?

The dark guards collectively looked at the sky.

We will not admit such things as eavesdropping on the corner.

"I saw you yawning all the time on the way." Qin Shaoyu hugged him and walked back, "Take a good rest after taking a bath, and we will talk about big things tomorrow morning."

Little Fenghuang jumped out of the house, followed behind the two and chirped.Shen Qianling stretched out his hand to it, and the fur ball immediately jumped high and rushed straight into his arms, the little black bean's eyes were shining.

Shen Qianling rubbed its head, "It's better for you, don't think about anything."

Little Phoenix narrowed her eyes happily, curled herself into a ball, and kicked her paws along the way.

The moonlight was cold, and the silhouettes of the two people became longer and longer.

Sprinkle silver light all the way.