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Chapter 64 What Big Shot Comes?

"But I don't think it's useful to go straight there," she said. "There are warehouses for several miles up and down the pier, and from time to time there will be official ships passing by for fun in the south, and I don't know how many people come and go every day.

"The Hutchison granary that the soldiers mentioned is not an eye-catching warehouse. At this time, it is during the busy period of loading and unloading during the day. There are merchants, officers and soldiers, craftsmen and handymen everywhere. It will not be easy to find people."

Xu Lan frowned: "Can you draw those people?"

This is not a problem, Changying nodded, motioning for Huang Ji to get a pen and paper.

Su Xin raised her lips: "I can't tell, General Shen can still draw?"

Changying looked at her and smiled, but ignored her.

Su Xinrong glared at her under her half-closed eyelids, and continued to express her unfinished anger last night.

After a while Huang Ji arrived, and Chang Ying took the pen and paper.

It's not that she didn't notice the treacherous situation at the banquet during the day, but she felt that there was an undercurrent between Xu Lan and Huo Rong.

In her opinion, it is impossible for these two people to have any conflicts. Xu Lan is upright and cheerful, although she is not very familiar with Huo Rong, but in general, since she will despise her because she killed Ling Yan, it should not be What is right and wrong people.

She remembered that she was fine at the pier yesterday, but it took only one night to get into trouble?
But she was not that familiar with both of them, and in terms of normal peer relationship, it was inconvenient for her to ask about such matters.

No matter how complicated the relationship between them is, she just needs to be herself and stay within the bounds.

While waiting just now, she had carefully recalled the features of those people's facial features, and when she dipped the ink, she was confident, and after a few strokes, the outline came out.

Add a few more strokes, and a man in his thirties and forties with a wretched demeanor will come alive on the paper.

Xu Lan looked at her calmly writing from the side, with admiration in her eyes.

But Su Xinrong looked as if she was suffering.

Last night, I saw her talk about pen and ink appreciation and rules, and she was so eloquent. At that time, she really fell to the bottom of her face, but after sleeping, she felt that she should not have such a background. Maybe it happened that someone in the family opened a pen and ink shop to learn. Some fur, so the confidence came up again.

Seeing that she really knows how to draw pictures, her heart has mixed feelings, and she always feels that if she loses her face, she will never be able to pick it up again.

Chang Ying finished painting and handed it over to Xu Lan.

After Xu Lan finished watching, she called for someone to bring the soldier back: "Do you know him?"

The soldier's face changed after seeing him for the first time: "I know it, it's almost the same, exactly the same."

Su Xinrong's face turned even grayer.

"Take some rubbings, and find some people to take them to the Heji granary to look for them. Remember not to reveal your possessions, and don't let the people in the transportation department be suspicious."

Xu Lan continued to explain, and then looked at Changying: "Under the condition of ensuring that no news is leaked, we will divide our troops into several groups immediately. You will be responsible for finding the craftsmen, Su Xinrong will guard the warehouse and the dock before the case is solved, and I will take the lead. People went to check a few boats to see.

"There are also the whereabouts of the wood. These are all clues. If you can get it, it's best to get it as soon as possible, so as not to have long nights and dreams."

It may not be too difficult to solve the case. Now that it is discovered, it will be a matter of time to follow the vine.

The difficulty is that it is not clear who is behind this. The Water Transportation Department is in charge independently and is not under the jurisdiction of the three divisions and six departments. Even if this person is caught, whether he can be dealt with or how to deal with it is unknown.

Su Xinrong took on what seemed to be the heaviest errand, and was dissatisfied in her heart, but she also knew that this was not the time to make trouble, so she did not mention it immediately.

Changying didn't have any objections either, if it was just to catch people, then he could have taken people to search the boat last night.

Since it is necessary to thoroughly dig out the moth, it is natural to have a long-term plan.

... Huo Rong didn't wear armor, and when he arrived at the pier in normal clothes, others only thought he was a son of some family, and no one paid special attention to him.

Even at the bend of the river last night, there were only a few boatmen tentatively asking him if he had any cargo to pull.

Last night, among the dozen or so boats docked in the river bend, the wooden Fuzi and Longzi boats were the ones with the most outstanding capacity.

Now the two boats are no longer there, and most of them have pulled the wood to the dock or other places.

Although he was careful about Xu Lan's concealment of the boat exploration, the reason why he went into the water last night was not because of Shen Changying.

When Shen Changying bumped headfirst into him, he was thinking about the scene of the ship's craftsmen in rags.

The national luck of Daning has been good in recent years, and there is not much time for grain storage in various places to be short.

Although the craftsmen are serving for free, the wharf is always in charge of meals.

Judging from the length of time that craftsmen only served for three months in three years, they would not be sallow and emaciated, unless they had other heavy-duty errands, or there were severe cuts in the supply.

When Shen Changying said that someone was stealing wood, he thought, if it was true that someone at the wharf was harshly holding it back, and the craftsmen stole the wood from the wharf to sell out of revenge, it would not be a rare thing.

But she pointed to two merchant ships to show him, which was surprising.

If the craftsmen secretly sold it by themselves, they would not be able to contact the merchant ship.

The results of the exploration made him affirmed this point.

Cracking down on craftsmen, and colluding with merchant ships to pry into the corner of the official's house, no matter who is behind the scenes, they can't escape a word of profit.

"Go and see the warehouse." He left the creek.

Although it can be speculated that the person who released the water was undoubtedly someone from the Water Transportation Department, but right now it is still unclear who it might be.

It is not a wise move to stir the pot of water rashly right now.

"General Huo?"

Just walking halfway, a general oncoming greeted him.

Huo Rong stopped, and recognized that it was Hu Wei, who had dinner with him last night.

"The general is here to inspect again today?" Hu Wei asked flatteringly.

Huo Rong smiled slightly: "I can't help it, there is still half a month to start work, and the higher-ups are in a hurry, no, I still want to have a good meal, so I can only come here first on the way."

Hu Wei laughed aloud: "It seems that General Tan is still unabated! People have to be convinced!"

Huo Rong looked down at the hat in his hand, and said with a smile, "Commander Hu is going to board the boat?"

"Isn't it?" Hu Wei raised his hat: "There is a boat coming from Huai'an Mansion today, and I have to go to the pier to wait on it. The sun is shining!——"

Huo Rong stopped the steps that were about to go forward, and greeted with his hands behind his back: "I still have to alert Hu Tong to lead the way, I don't know which adult is coming?"

"Actually, it's not that an adult came here." Hu Wei fanned the wind with a hat, and made a heart-to-heart look: "It is the officials of the Huai'an Mansion who brought the young master and young lady to Hangzhou to visit relatives. They pass by Huzhou Wharf and will stop for half a day. The superior ordered to come down and serve carefully."

"Huai'an Mansion?" Huo Rong raised his eyebrows, "Is it from the Water Transportation Department?"

"Right!" Hu Wei replied, but refused to say more.

　Today is even later, there are two updates.It's really hard to describe the guests during the day... Tomorrow's update has to be written now, so it will definitely be late.sorry~
　　
　
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