I'm a detective for Dongchang

Chapter 215 Preparing the Connector
At dawn, I saw the mouth of the Xinyue River, and the capital was in front of me. After disguising, Kuanglangzi got on a small paddle boat and deviated from the waterway in the middle of the river, heading towards the mouth of a river in the east.

At this time, a thick fog rose from the estuary in front of the river, and with the wind, it quickly climbed across the river near and far. In the blink of an eye, the trees and grass on the far bank in the morning light in the distance were covered, and the eyes were all white. There was fog, and when I looked up, the red light of the lantern hanging on the stern mast was also somewhat blurred.

Presumably there would be a lot of commotion when the monkeys splashed the boat and they hijacked the ship last night, but the fog came at just the right time, approaching the agreed rendezvous place, the mad prodigal son saw their three-masted ship from a distance, and a gorgeous The painting boat was tied to the back of the ship and dragged, and there was no need for manpower to operate the oars. He picked up the binoculars and saw a figure walking around the bow. The distance was too far, and the face could not be seen clearly. business as usual.

He spit out a mouthful, turned the boat around, and drove away quickly.

Lu Xizhi stood outside the second floor of the painting boat, looking thoughtfully at the calm lake.

The boats were in a mess, and there were large sticky bloodstains. People who didn't know it thought it was a slaughterhouse. There was a broken spear handle in the corner of the cabin, which was four feet long. Donghai was picking it up. After trying my strength, the handle was very hard, so I handed it to the person behind me.

Shui Qinghe was also looking through the corpses, it seemed that he wanted to find his apprentice, but unfortunately after looking at more than a dozen, he still couldn't find anyone, the sky was still not bright, maybe there might be some missing in the river.

"They want to go out to sea, and the Lanjiang River is just beyond the mouth of the river." What Donghai said just now sounded in his ears.

Unexpectedly, the other party actually colluded with the pirates, and their goal was to kill people and steal goods.The ones killed were Bilian who suddenly 'resurrected from the dead', and the ones who killed were those women who came out of Aria Island.

The mouth of the Xinyue River is less than three hundred miles away from the mouth of the Lanjiang River. If the pirates do not delay, they can go south along the Lanjiang River and reach Bagan directly. They can go to sea before dusk. Difficult.There are many city ports along the way, and some obedient girls are put ashore to continue to provide services for them, and those who are disobedient are killed and thrown into the river, or directly sold to Bagan, each of which can do it without anyone noticing. transfer or eliminate.

Chang Renxin arranged all the escape routes perfectly, and he could leave himself and Fan Ming completely alone. If he couldn't plan well, he might be wasting such a good opportunity.

Seeing Lu Xizhi staring at the sandy island ahead, Dong Hai said, "Perhaps the pirates are resting at the mouth of the Lanjiang River!"

"There is a small island there. It is a large sandbar that gradually became land after the founding of the dynasty. Although it is large in size, it is unstable. I heard from the old man that it has been rising and falling to become an island with the tide of the river and sea for nearly a hundred years. The shape of the sand island is low and flat, and most of the sand islands are shoals. The ability to resist river floods and sea tides is extremely weak, and the soil fertility is poor. In addition, pirates have been rampant in recent years. No one is willing to farm on the island. So far It is still an uninhabited desert island. In autumn, the shoals of the island are covered with reeds full of white flowers, which has become an ideal foothold and hiding place for the East China Sea bandits to invade along the river at this time.

Reeds, also known as Dihua, are the reeds mentioned in the Book of Songs. Looking at the gray and white reeds that connect with the river and the sky, they are an excellent natural concealed barrier. If they want to do a good job of protection, they need to make more arrangements.

"They have a lot of people to transport, and they definitely need to find a place to rest temporarily. As the thief said just now, the place where they meet is near the island."

Lu Xizhi said: "They still have a batch of skinny horses ready to be transported to the capital, and more than 30 young girls are imprisoned inside. If we rashly start a war, the pirates will definitely take them as hostages. It will be an excellent time for us to step in and save lives."

"You scalded him like that, how do you connect?" Lu Xizhi looked at the criminal who was being punished.

"Miss Lu, don't worry, I'm the best at playing tricks." Donghai blinked at her, showing his signature smile.

"Is there any news about Xiumei and Ah Zhu?"

Dong Hai shook his head, "We have sent people to step up the investigation, and I believe they will be found within two days."

"Especially Xiumei, Fan Ming seems to have a lot of trust in her, and the evidence she holds is very important to us."

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The fog was thick, and only seven or eight paces away could be seen. The pirate ship in front was sailing forward without slowing down in the fog.

The windows on both sides were nailed up with thick wooden blocks from the outside to prevent people from opening the windows and jumping into the water to escape.

In the dense fog, a figure sneaked forward, and four pirates could be vaguely seen lying in disorder under the canopy at the front of the ship. Only two of them were snoring, and it was impossible to tell whether the other two pirates were asleep or not. The thick fog obscured the situation on the stern deck of the pirates in front, but a few pirates could be heard bragging about flirting there.

Just as the black shadow was about to retreat, a pirate lying under the canopy suddenly sat up: "Who's there?"

Heiying was startled, he didn't know why his whereabouts were exposed, he held his breath and waited for the pirates to search over, he was about to kill the two, and then jumped into the water to escape, but at this moment, he heard the creak of the front hatch, Just happened to catch sight of a pirate who was slapping his clothes together and pulling up his pants as he walked, saying nasty words: "It's your little master, I've had a good time."

At this time, the girl's low sobs could be faintly heard in the cabin, and the unbearable weeping made people feel distressed.

"It's just you in a fucking panic. If something goes wrong, Lord Song can't spare you!"

"There are so many people here, are you still afraid that she will not be able to escape by diving?" Another pirate curled up and lay comfortably.

"It's better if you dare to run away, little girls. Bring them back to satisfy your brothers' greed, and then kill them with a knife. One more is not much, and one less is not much. It's just a small amount of money." A rough voice came from the cabin on the right.

"Damn you, I cut your thigh with a knife before, why didn't you cut off your thing? It made you think about women, and I was very upset..." There was a burst of laughter.

I also heard someone complaining loudly: "Damn thief, this work is not done by humans. It took such a long boat! Not only can it not be sold, but also so many girls have to be pulled back. What benefits can I give this time? Is it better than changing money?"

"Stop talking nonsense, I cut your tongue!" Another voice yelled at the person in front.

The black shadow lay still for a moment, and retreated after hearing no useful information.

The pirate ship spreads its sails to take advantage of the wind and move forward in a serpentine shape along the channel in the middle of the river. In the far distance in the middle of the river, there is a sand island floating on the surface of the river, with a large area.

The black shadow retreated to the rear cargo compartment, touched a secret door, fiddled with it a few times, and pushed it in. He raised his eyes and saw a woman lying on the ground in disheveled clothes, as if she was still crying. He grabbed her mouth from behind. Covering her nose tightly to prevent her from making a sound, she whispered in her ear: "Don't make a sound."

After the woman nodded in panic, Soi Ying slowly let her go, and was about to give her a quick explanation when someone shouted outside the door:

"The Rover is back."

(End of this chapter)