The majestic sister-in-law of the Red Chamber

When Situ Meng and Lin Tian quickly left the secret base and climbed to the top of the mountain, half of the sky below had already been burned red by the fire, black smoke was billowing, rolling in the air non-stop, just like the mood of the two of them at the moment.

Situ Meng and Lin Tian watched helplessly as everything in the base was burned in the fire, whether it was weapons, houses or the bodies of those people, all had been reduced to ashes, and all clues were completely submerged here .

Lin Tian and Situ Meng had no choice but to rush to the meeting quickly. After all, there were still some weapons waiting for them to seize at Tongzhou Wharf.

However, the two of them never expected that when they arrived at Tongzhou Wharf and contacted the guards, they unexpectedly discovered that the ship was not blocked.

"It's impossible! Last night, the two of us saw with our own eyes that half of the weapon boxes they salvaged were loaded onto that ship. Moreover, the boss of the ship also said that they arrived at Tongzhou Wharf early this morning. How could it not be? You are sure to have inspected all the ships after receiving the news!" Situ Meng said angrily.

"If you go back to the prince, you guys will never dare to be negligent in the slightest. We have really inspected all the boats, and, you see, we have temporarily detained those boats and never let them leave. If you don't Don't worry, you can go to check and check!" The head of the guard said seriously.

"No need, let the bosses of those ships call over, we'll ask!" Lin Tian said coldly.

"Okay, my lord and concubine wait a moment, I'll call them now!"

After a while, the bosses of several ships were all gathered here. Lin Tian and Situ Meng looked at them seriously, but they were surprised to find that the boss of the boat they met yesterday was indeed not among these people. Doubt could not help but deepened.

"Are you sure this is all the bosses of the ship? Is there anyone who didn't arrive?" Lin Tian looked at the guard again and asked.

"I guarantee that they are all here, there is really not one missing!" The leader of the guards was a little confused.

Lin Tian and Situ Meng looked at each other, and a bad feeling suddenly came to his heart. Lin Tian thought for a while, and asked the guards for a pen and paper, and simply outlined the boat boss they saw last night. Then he handed it to those few people and asked, "Do you know this man? He is also the boss of the ship!"

Several people took a look, nodded, and said: "I know, this is a small leader of the National Science and Technology Fleet. He should be in charge of a cargo ship. I met him unloading cargo at Tianjin Wharf two days ago. Looking at the time, it should be here today!"

"He's the one we're looking for! Didn't you see his boat in the river all this way?" Situ Meng looked at the bosses of the boats and asked in a serious tone.

"no……"

"Did not notice!"

"Last night, the moon was covered by dark clouds. We drove very slowly and didn't notice the situation next to us. Moreover, because it was too dark, we basically stopped the boat to rest early when the time passed! "

All the boat bosses shook their heads, but no one saw this man's boat, which made Situ Meng and Lin Tian a little annoyed.

At this time, Qiqige, who was waiting and heard all their conversations, suddenly interrupted and asked: "When you stop the boat at night, where do you stop? It shouldn't be anchored directly in the middle of the river, right?" ?”

"Of course not! We are all docked not far from the shore where the water flow is slow, so that we will neither block the navigation route nor run aground, and it will be convenient to continue driving the next morning!" Ship bosses explained.

Everyone's eyes lit up immediately, and the previous questions were now answered, so Situ Meng immediately asked: "Did you find these places casually? Or are there generally fixed locations?"

"Well, there are usually a few fixed places, but some ship bosses like to use the spots they choose. This is not like a pier, there is nothing fixed!"

"It seems that they may have just found such a place to unload the goods directly! The so-called Tongzhou Wharf is just a cover!" Situ Meng's face suddenly became extremely ugly. The busy days of these days finally came to nothing. He didn't catch it, which made him a little annoyed.

"Don't worry, since he said he will arrive at Tongzhou Wharf in the morning, it won't be too far from here even if we want to unload the cargo. Let's take a boat and go downstream along the shore to find it! Maybe there is still time!" Lin Tian took Situ Meng's hand and said seriously.

"En!" Situ Meng nodded, divided the guards into several teams, and each took a sailor who was familiar with the waterway to quickly drive the boat along both sides of the river towards the downstream.

When Situ Meng and Lin Tian finished assigning tasks and were about to set off, a boat boss suddenly shouted: "My lord, that boat is what you are looking for!"

Looking in the direction of his finger, he saw a large cargo ship slowly approaching the pier. Situ Meng and Lin Tian, ​​who originally wanted to search along the river, stopped immediately and simply waited here. Those cargoes have been unloaded, and they should know the unloading location best.

As soon as the ship sailed over, Lin Tian and Situ Meng jumped onto the deck quickly before it reached the shore completely.

"Where's the boss of your ship? Call him out!" Situ Meng coldly ordered a sailor who was about to go down with a cable.

"You, you..." He originally wanted to scold them, but seeing that the two of them were dressed in extraordinary manners, and they both looked evil, so he didn't dare to say anything more, pointed to the back and said: "Boss Let’s rest inside! Go into the first room right here!”

As soon as his words fell, Lin Tian and Situ Meng rushed towards that position like arrows leaving the string. He was so fast that he thought he had hallucinated just now.

"Bang!" Situ Meng kicked open the door, but what he saw was the boss of the boat lying on the bed bleeding from all over, he stepped forward and touched the artery in his neck, sure enough, he died not long ago.

The two quickly returned to the deck again, came to the crew member, and asked again: "Did your ship dock somewhere last night? Are the goods that were sneaked up still there?"

"Ah?" The sailor looked at Lin Tian and Situ Meng in a daze.

"I'm asking you, what are you talking about!" Situ Meng, who was about to go crazy, drew his sword and put it on his neck. At the same time, many guards of the palace had already boarded the boat, and Under Lin Tian's signal, he began to search quickly.

"Yes... yes..." The sailor was so frightened that he almost peed his pants, and he stuttered when he spoke.

"Say it!" Lin Tian was also a little impatient.

"The boat stopped last night, but only once, and then a dozen large boxes were brought up..." Seeing that Situ Meng's expression was unfriendly, the sailor hurriedly continued to stammer, "I haven't stopped the ship yet. , otherwise we won’t be able to catch up with the return journey, those things... those things, a few small boats came and took them away at dawn!"

"Do you know where those goods are shipped to?" Situ Meng continued to ask.

"No... I don't know..." The sailor shook his head vigorously, and said, "It's always been like this in the past, I really don't know! This matter has always been handled by the captain alone, and he never told us. It’s just that whenever something like this happens, the captain will reward each of us with a tael of silver.”

"That's unreasonable! What about the people who transported those goods? Besides the captain, who else knows those people who entrusted you to transport the goods!" Situ Meng asked coldly.

"My lord, several corpses were found in the cabin, and they all seemed to have been poisoned to death!" A guard suddenly ran over and said solemnly. At the same time, some guards had already carried the corpses to the deck. above.

"It's just a few of them!" The sailor tremblingly pointed at the corpses, swallowed in fear, and said in a trembling voice: "These are the captain's confidantes. A few of them went! I... I really don't know!"

"Go back to the lord, we searched inside and out, but we didn't find any boxes for weapons, but we found a lot of private salt in the cargo hold below!" A guard in charge of inspecting the cargo ran up and complained loudly. reports.

"Take them all away! Take them back and interrogate them carefully, and find out where they got their private salt! Where are they going to sell it! I have checked all the ins and outs carefully!" Situ Meng said coldly. Give an order, and then take Mo Zhigen and Qiqige back to the palace.

"I'm so pissed off, they managed to succeed!" Situ Meng slammed his fist on the table.

Ever since he started handling cases with Lin Tian, ​​investigating and punishing those corrupt officials, and monitoring civil and military officials, he has never been as powerless as this time. At that time, the clues were cut off.

This feeling of always being led by the nose by the opponent, like a headless chicken, is really uncomfortable.

"Qiqige, what do you think? Do you have any other clues?" Lin Tian asked softly, looking at Qiqige who was in good spirits although his face was tired.

"Although none of those weapons were found, I secretly hid one before, but I don't know if you can find out the source of only one!" Qiqige said, taking out a piano case from her personal package, First, he took out a guqin, then buckled the base of the guqin, took out a scimitar, and placed it gently on the table.