Chapter 212



212 Chapter 184-embezzlement (1)

“I’ve used the Directorate of Celestials ‘aura-gazing technique to observe them. All of them have a blood-red light.” Xu Qi ‘an said.

In the definition of the aura observation skill, the experienced Jin Gong undoubtedly knew what the bloody light represented.

“How do you know the aura observation technique?” Jiang Luzhong asked. He turned to look at the official ship and opened his palm to a white-robed sorcerer on the deck who had come out to watch the show.

The invisible Qi movement distorted the air and pulled the dancing white-robed sorcerer to the ship.

“Let’s take a look at their fate.” Jiang Luzhong said gently.

The white-robed sorcerer frowned, expressing his displeasure. As a proud Warlock, even when facing a high-ranked martial artist, he still had the confidence to not be dissolute.

“What are you doing? Hurry up.” Xu Qi ‘an urged.

“Oh, oh …” The white-robed sorcerer obediently nodded. After a moment of silence, his eyes overflowed with a clear light.

He carefully observed the cabin, and after a while, he retracted the clear light and said, “”Indeed, the blood light is overflowing.”

Jiang Luzhong’s eyes suddenly sharpened. To be on the safe side, he asked, “”Are there any other abnormalities?”

“There are!”

Xu Qi ‘an naturally acted because he was confident. there are a few more suspicious points.There were traces of a fight in the cabin, which had only appeared recently.

Two, these people were not people who made a living on the water all year round, because they didn’t even know how to get rid of the earthy smell of river fish.

[ 3. They are too guilty. No matter how flustered they were when they first met us, no matter what requests I made later on, they would satisfy me without any resentment … ] Heh, based on my understanding of clerks, they’re all unscrupulous. Even if they don’t dare to offend the night watchman, if they really have a clear conscience, they should be fearlessly complaining a few words. After all, transportation wasn’t managed by the night watchman.

And their behavior is as if they can’t wait to deal with us, and they will grant all requests.”

… Xu ningyan was indeed a genius at investigating cases. He could not even get rid of the fishy smell and could even remember such details. Jiang Luzhong sighed with emotion, but he nodded without changing his expression.

“You’ve considered everything. Well done.”

this place is only half a day’s journey from Yuzhou, ” he said. they are stained with blood and have killed people. But how can they kill people near Yuzhou? ”

“At night,” Xu Qi ‘an replied.

Jiang Luzhong muttered to himself for a moment before he understood. According to the current time, this floaty had set off from Yuzhou at night.

Killing people in the night would not attract any attention.

A moment later, the night watchmen gathered everyone on the ship on the deck and tied them up.

“There are a total of 62 people on the ship,” Zhu guangxiao cupped his fists and said.

Jiang Luzhong nodded. He looked at the bearded man who was dressed as an arrester and said in a deep voice, “”Wake him up,”

The awakening process was very rough. Zhu guangxiao shot with great force and woke the bearded man up, who moaned miserably.

The man, who was disguised as the water transport Yamen’s boat-guarding Constable, looked around and understood his situation. His face turned ashen.

He still couldn’t believe that he had been exposed just like that. What went wrong?

I ask, you answer. If you hide or deceive me once, I’ll cut off one finger. Jiang Lu’s emotionless voice was heard.

The bearded man looked up and met a pair of sharp eyes that seemed to be able to see through his heart. His body trembled and he fell to the ground.

“Your true identity!”

“I’m Fang He, a Wanderer of the pugilistic world. I’ve established the yellow flag gang in Yuzhou to make a living.”

“No, no… My Lord, I’m just doing this for money. The one who ordered me to do this was Yuzhou’s water transportation Yamen’s gang Transport Commissioner. He told us that there was a ship going to the capital Tonight, loaded with iron ore.

“Making a living includes killing Yamen officials and snatching iron ores from the Imperial court?”

“No, no… My Lord, I’m just doing this for money. The one who ordered me to do this was Yuzhou’s water transportation Yamen’s gang Transport Commissioner. He told us that there was a ship going to the capital Tonight, loaded with iron ore. He ordered us to kill the ship’s guards and take over the iron mine.”

What’s anus shifting feces … Xu Qi ‘an’s mind was filled with question marks.

After joining the night watchman, he gradually began to come into contact with the officialdom. From time to time, Xu Qi ‘an would be confused by the messy official titles.

All of this was planned by the fate order? The night watchmen communicated silently with their eyes, all of them revealing shocked expressions.

Even Jiang Luzhong’s expression turned serious.

It was obvious that they had encountered a major case of embezzlement.

this doesn’t make sense, ” Xu Qi ‘an shook his head and raised a question, “”Why did I ask you to kill and seize the ship? If he just wanted to invade the iron mine, there was no need to do this. It’s much safer to work with the Yamen’s officials than to scheme with you.”

Jiang Luzhong glanced at him and explained, “”Each province’s water transportation Yamen is divided into two systems, the dock division and the river transport Division. The dock division is responsible for the management of the canal, as well as the acceptance and storage of grain, salt, and iron. The transport company will be in charge of escorting the ship.”

In other words, if the officials of the transport network wanted to invade the iron mine, they could only do it on the water … Xu Qi ‘an nodded and said,”so, in order to cover up the crime completely, you made the guards and the ship disappear?” In this way, the network transportation company will also become a victim.”

“How do we deal with it after it invades the iron ore?” Jiang Luzhong continued to ask.

The bearded man shook his head. we’re only responsible for sending the iron mine to Yunzhou. The route starts from Yuzhou and goes around Shazhou. When we reach Yunzhou, someone will be responsible for meeting up with us.

Yunzhou?

‘It’s this damn place again …’ That’s right, the water transport Yamen was under the control of the Ministry of Works, which was controlled by the Qi party. The Qi party colluded with the witch God religion and secretly transported military supplies to Yunzhou … All of this made sense. However, it was fine to transport resources, but to transport iron ore …

Jiang Luzhong’s expression changed instantly.

‘It’s this damn place again …’ That’s right, the water transport Yamen was under the control of the Ministry of Works, which was controlled by the Qi party. The Qi party colluded with the witch God religion and secretly transported military supplies to Yunzhou … All of this made sense. However, it was fine to transport resources, but to transport iron ore … It was terrifying.

“Who is the person you’re in contact with? From your tone, it’s not the first time you’ve done this.”

“This year, we did it three times in total. To Yunzhou … A hundred thousand Jin of iron ore.”

Jiang Luzhong asked a few more questions and then ordered, “”All of you stay on this ship and follow me to Yuzhou. Keep an eye on these criminals.”

“Take him back to the ship with me,” he said to Xu Qi ‘an.

This time, Xu Qi ‘an didn’t return to the official ship on his own. Instead, he was dragged into the air by a Qi movement under his feet. He followed Jiang Luzhong and crossed a few dozen meters before he arrived at the side of Imperial inspector Zhang.

“What happened? why are we stopping the official’s ship?” Provincial governor Zhang asked repeatedly.

“Something has indeed happened …” Jiang Luzhong made a gesture of ‘please’. “Lord Governor, please follow me into the room.”

Jiang Luzhong reported Xu Qi ‘an’s discovery and the full-bearded man Fang He’s explanation to provincial governor Zhang in detail. After that, he interrogated Fang He again in front of provincial governor Zhang.

After listening to Fang He’s confession, provincial governor Zhang revealed a grave expression.

“Other than the administrator of the company, which other official was involved?”

“I don’t know …”

“Take him away and come back later. I have something to discuss with you,” Governor Zhang looked at Xu Qi ‘an.

The meaning of his words was that he had completely regarded Xu Qi ‘an as someone on the same level as him who could make plans. He was not just a subordinate.

Xu Qi ‘an took the crane out of the room and handed it to song tingfeng and Zhu guangxiao. He asked them to look after it carefully. Then, he returned to his room and closed the door.

When Governor Zhang saw that he had returned, his expression turned serious, “”What do you guys think?”

“I have a question.”

When Jiang Luzhong and provincial governor Zhang looked over, Xu Qi ‘an expressed his opinion, “”The Minister of Works has already fallen. As the Qi party, they should be jittery and watch from the sidelines. Why did Yuzhou’s water transportation Yamen continue to transport iron ore to Yunzhou at this time?

“In addition, even if the bandits in Yunzhou are rampant, they are still the king of a mountain that can’t be shown in public. It was one thing for the Ministry of Works to transport equipment, cannons, and other military supplies, but they even had to secretly transport iron ore to Yunzhou. Was this something that the mountain bandits could handle? What are they doing?”

Governor Zhang closed his eyes, his fingers lightly tapping on the table as he muttered, ” the Qi gang is colluding with the witchcraft religion … Transporting military weapons, cannons, and iron ore to Yunzhou … Salt, iron, and gunpowder are prohibited from being circulated outside the country …”

He paused for a moment, then his body trembled. He opened his eyes and slowly spat out,”Rebellion and rebellion,”

The Qi party was supplying Yunzhou with a large amount of military supplies, and now they were adding iron ore. If it wasn’t for a rebellion, there was no other possibility.

However, if they were just supporting the mountain bandits, why would they need to do this?

Thinking of this, inspector Zhang stood up and paced back and forth in the room, looking at Jiang Luzhong and Xu Qi ‘an.

“Xu ningyan, you’ve given me another difficult problem … If we encounter this matter on the way, it will definitely delay our journey.”

Although he said that, his expression and tone did not have the slightest hint of blame. Instead, there was a strange expression of worry and excitement.

“Sir, you have reported this matter to the capital,” Jiang Luzhong said.”It can be considered a great merit.”

“You played a big part in this.” Provincial governor Zhang patted Xu Qi ‘an’s shoulder hard.

Not to mention the result of the trip to Yunzhou, it was a great merit for him to discover this case. Even if he gained nothing from the trip to Yunzhou, it was enough to make up for it, and he might even be rewarded.

All of this was because of Xu Qi ‘an’s keen sense of smell.

After a moment, he calmed down and sat back in his chair. He thought about the current situation and there were three paths in front of him:

One, pretend that nothing had happened and continue to go to Yunzhou to avoid any more trouble.

Two, send someone to disguise as the water transport Yamen guards to protect the ship and coerce Fang He to charge into the enemy lines and meet the people he was meeting in Yunzhou.

Third, head to Yuzhou’s water transportation Yamen to deal with the case and arrest the mastermind.

The first option was immediately eliminated. The second option was too time-consuming. If they took the water route to Yunzhou, they would have to go around Shazhou first, which would take at least ten days to half a month. This was not in line with their itinerary. And the Yuzhou Gang Yun envoy was a clue right in front of him.

After provincial governor Zhang stated his choice, Jiang Luzhong and Xu Qi ‘an both agreed with him.

In the eyes of the current governor Zhang, the support of the two of them was enough.

……

At noon, the official ship arrived at Yuzhou’s largest inland-water transport dock and slowly docked.

As soon as the ship reached the shore, it immediately attracted the attention of the porters, who swarmed over. However, when they saw the fully armed Tiger guards escorting a group of ship guards from the water transportation Yamen, they retreated in fear.

Leaving behind a portion of the Tiger guards to look after the ship, Governor Zhang and Jiang Luzhong led a large group of people and headed straight for Yuzhou’s water transportation Yamen.