Liaozhai: I just want salted fish with invincible magical powers

Chapter 210 Field eel?

The next day, Hu Qian welcomed Zhang Shengyang at home.

"I listened to the villain's words, and I almost blamed Zhongliang. I also asked Mr. Hu to help the court for the sake of the court."

As he spoke, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed respectfully three times.

Hu Qian said: "What do you mean, my lord? The grassroots really can't bear it."

Zhang Shengyang wanted to jump up and strangle Hu Qian to death, but now he had to endure it.

For a moment, he felt like there were countless ants in his knees, biting him so badly that he couldn't kneel or stand.

Hu Qian said again: "When my father went to the chief secretary to look for Mr. Zhang, Cao Min was really worried. He was afraid that my father would cause any trouble to Mr. Zhang. Fortunately, he only returned after breaking his leg."

Zhang Shengyang said: "Which dog dares to obstruct Mr. Hu? If the official saw it, why did the matter come to this?"

Hu Qian said with a smile: "My lord is serious, please get up."

Afterwards, Hu Qian explained to Jiao Na and Dou Ziping that they were guarding the home, and said a few words to Shen Yuzhen, and hurriedly rode to Liang Jing.

Along the way, the people sent by Shannan Mansion to greet him told Hu Qian the situation in detail.

At that time, there were 320 Jinwu Guards in charge of escorting, plus coachmen and Minzhuang, a total of 370 teams of six.

It is said that when these people escorted the tax bank to go on the official road, a black wind suddenly fell from the sky, and then everyone passed out.

When he woke up again, all the silver in the box had disappeared.

"Where is the person in charge of the escort?"

"Now they are all locked up in the prison of Shannan Mansion."

"Has the incident been brought under control?"

"All of them have been blocked. All the main waterways in Shannan Prefecture have been barricaded, and pedestrians are strictly checked, but they haven't been found for the time being."

"Go to the crime scene first."

On the official road about [-] miles north from Liangjing, Hu Qian, Shang Jun, commander of Jinyiwei, Zhang Shengyang, governor of Jijiang, Xing Ziming, Tong San, and Tui Guan, the prefect of Shannan Prefecture, all stood here.

Hu Qian looked around, thinking it might be some kind of ghost, but found nothing.

There was nothing on the ground except empty boxes scattered about.

He looked at the empty box and said curiously, "This box must be locked."

Xing Ziming said: "Every box is locked and sealed. Even if it is opened, there should be traces of opening, but now..."

Hu Qian nodded, the lock was hanging on the box, and there was no sign of opening it by external force.

It was as if someone had opened it with a key.

"Has the scene always been like this? Is there anything different from before?"

"No, after learning about the situation, we immediately sealed off the place, and no one is allowed to enter or leave."

"No ruts or anything, either, is there?"

Xing Ziming nodded.

"Is there anything relatively small that is easily overlooked?"

"This... the Jinwu Guard who is in charge of escorting may know better."

So Pegasus brought two Jinwu Guards over.

Hu Qianrang pulled one of them aside, and only asked the one near him, "Tell me about the situation at that time."

So the Jinwu Guard told the process again, and the content was no different from what Hu Qian had heard before.

When another person came, he saw a soldier with a big nose.

He said: "At that time we were walking, and suddenly a black wind fell from the sky, and then we all passed out. When we woke up, the silver had disappeared, and I could smell a faint fishy smell."

Hu Qian was taken aback, "Fish smell? Has anyone else smelled it besides you?"

"No, maybe my nose is bigger."

"Why didn't you talk about the fishy smell before?"

"I said it, but the general said it should be ignored."

"The general?"

"General Zuo Lang, General Qin Guoyuan, who is in charge of the escort."

Hu Qian nodded, and said to Shang Jun and the others: "Master Shang, can you bring this Qin Guoyuan here?"

Shang Jun was stunned, "What? Do you doubt him?"

Zhang Shengyang said: "This Qin Guoyuan is the descendant of the founding father of the country, Duke Qin. He is full of loyalty and loyalty. No matter what, you should not suspect him."

Hu Qian smiled slightly, "Why don't we leave this case to Mr. Zhang to preside over it."

Zhang Shengyang's face turned red and then turned white, and he didn't speak again.

Shang Jun said: "Come here! Bring Qin Guoyuan here!"

Immediately, two fast horses brought Qin Guoyuan over. Looking closely, he was a tall, dark man.

Hu Qian said: "General Qin, could you please explain in detail what happened when the case happened."

Qin Guoyuan snorted, first looked at Shang Jun and the others, and then said: "Since the tax money is lost, why not go to someone to investigate the case, but find such a young boy to interrogate me, what's the point?"

Shang Jun said: "General Qin, Mr. Hu was ordered to investigate this case."

Qin Guoyuan looked Hu Qian up and down again, and said contemptuously: "If you have any questions, just ask."

At this time, Hu Qian did not repeat what he said just now, but directly shouted: "After the incident, some soldiers said that they smelled a fishy smell and reported it to you. Why did you say that you don't need to pay attention to it!"

Qin Guoyuan was taken aback, "The theft of tax money is not a big deal. It's just a fishy smell. Maybe it's just the smell of grass or earth in this mountain forest."

Hu Qian laughed loudly, his heart moved, and he shouted: "Qin Guoyuan, you are such an idiot, you are as stupid as a pig or a dog! No, maybe even worse than a pig or a dog.

Fortunately, you are still the queen, you are not worthy at all! "

But how can any man who leads the army stand up to such insults.

Qin Guoyuan blushed and said angrily, "You idiot, how dare you scold me!"

Immediately rushed over to catch Hu Qian.

Zhang Shengyang was taken aback for a moment, and then he looked like he was waiting for a good show.

But Shang Jun was not like that. He had heard of Hu Qian's methods a long time ago, and when he saw this situation, he immediately frowned and said, "Qin Guoyuan is going to be in trouble."

Zhang Shengyang said: "Qin Guoyuan is superb in martial arts, how can..."

Before the words fell, there was a "bang", and it was Hu Qian who kicked Qin Guoyuan into the air.

Everyone was stunned and speechless for a while.

Qin Guoyuan fell to the ground, still wanting to tear himself apart, stood up and went to grab Hu Qian again.

Hu Qian only waited for him to come over, and punched him in the face again, knocking him staggering on the spot, unable to tell north from south for a while.

Before he could recover, Hu Qian jumped over again, punching him one after another.

In less than a moment, Qin Guoyuan was lying on the ground, only gasping for breath, and no longer had the strength to move.

Zhang Shengyang and others were all terrified when they saw it.

Unexpectedly, Hu Qian's martial arts skills were so powerful that the dignified Jin Wuwei General Zuo Lang was beaten so badly that he had no room to fight back.

If I had known that Hu Qian was so powerful, how could I have dared to offend him like this before.

If he really made him anxious, he would risk his life, even ten lives would not be enough to kill him.

Shang Jun smiled and said, "I heard that Hu Qian's swordsmanship is even stronger. During the case of the Jinling student, Ruan Conghai saw him raise his hand and kill hundreds of people."

Zhang Shengyang: "..."

Xing Ziming said, "But you didn't see his saber?"

"I heard from Ruan Conghai that his sword is in his sleeve, so he can't get it out easily. If he does, someone's head will fall to the ground."

Zhang Shengyang looked at Hu Qian's sleeves, suddenly felt a chill on his neck, and slowly tightened his clothes.

Hu Qian saw that the timing was almost up, so he shouted at Qin Guoyuan: "Look at me!"

Qin Guoyuan was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously looked at Hu Qian.

Seeing this, it was like falling into a nightmare.

"Did the theft of tax money mean that you were guarding yourself!"

Qin Guoyuan was startled at first, and was about to speak, when he suddenly opened his mouth wide, as if about to vomit.

Hu Qian secretly thought it was bad, and when he was about to make a move, a nightmare ghost suddenly came out of his mouth.

Hu Qian had quick eyes and quick hands, and immediately patted the talisman on it.

However, the Nightmare Ghost seemed to be under some kind of restriction, and after the talisman was pasted on it, it limp on the ground and died.

At the same time, Qi Guoyuan on the ground suddenly became idiot, just giggling all the time.

Even if Hu Qian withdrew his nightmare prayer power, he didn't even know to get up, but lay on the ground and stuffed weeds into his mouth.

When Shang Jun and the others saw it, they were all too shocked to speak.

Hu Qian said: "Pass down the order, all the Jinwu guards escorting tax money will be taken care of, and no one can be let go!
In addition, I also ask Lord Shang to report this matter to the emperor.

If this happens to Qi Guoyuan, then the Jinwu Guards escorting the tax bank in other state capitals are likely to have it too. "

Shang Jun was stunned and said: "Just now what was it..."

"Nightmare ghost, haven't you seen it before? During the case of Lord Bai..."

Shang Jun nodded, with a serious face, and immediately ordered Jin Yiwei to report.

Seeing Zhang Shengyang standing there silent, Hu Qian couldn't help laughing and said: "Master Shang, in the letter sent to the emperor, it was said that Qin Guoyuan, who was praised by Lord Zhang Shengyang as a loyal and loyal man, was a puppet controlled by others. Maybe something went wrong internally."

Zhang Shengyang's complexion changed drastically, and he said with a sneer: "Master Hu, don't be joking, how can I know that Qin Guoyuan is controlled by others."

Hu Qian ignored him, just thinking carefully.

Even if we go to screen one by one now to see if there are other people controlled by the nightmare in the Jinwu Guard, it will be of no avail.

The nightmare ghost is not controlled by the magic talisman and the nightmare prayer, even if caught, he can't find out the truth.

The most urgent task is to find out the tax bank first.

At this moment, a reminder suddenly appeared in his mind.

【What is the fishy smell】

This reminder is actually optional, even if it is not, he will still think about it.

But since there is a hint, it means that this is the main direction.

Thinking of this, he immediately called the previous big-nosed soldier, "If you smell that fishy smell again, can you tell it apart?"

"It's definitely possible. My nose is sharp. I can smell the shit of hundreds of soldiers from what they ate that day."

Hu Qian nodded, "Master Zhang, please find out all the smelly things and let him distinguish them."

Zhang Shengyang shouted immediately: "Go find it!"

The entourage behind said: "Master, how can I find this?"

"If you can't find you, hit the post and commit suicide, don't come to see me again!"

The entourage hurried away.

When it got dark, the group camped here.

While waiting, Hu Qian looked around again.

Why didn't those thieves do it sooner or later, but why did they do it on this official road?

Is it really a coincidence?
Also, if it's a robbery, wouldn't it be better to do it at night, why choose it during the day?

Last year when Liang Jing was in the autumn, Xing Ziming admired Hu Qianduan's murder case very much. Now seeing him looking around on the ground, he couldn't help being very curious.

After all, the tax bank is the tax bank of Shannan Prefecture. If he can't get it back, Zhang Shengyang will certainly die, and even as the magistrate of Shannan Prefecture, he will never survive.

Zhang Shengyang and Shang Jun were there before, so he had no part to speak at all, now only Hu Qian was left, so he stepped forward and said, "Master Hu, did you find anything?"

Hu Qian said: "Master Xing, are there any famous bandits in Shannan Prefecture?"

Xing Ziming said: "Yi Tiebian is dead, Cao Shangfei was exterminated by Mr. Hu, what else...

It seems that there is no such thing as a famous bandit. "

Hu Qian nodded, and asked again: "As far as my lord knows, there are no ruts on this official road. Is it possible for the thief to transport such a heavy amount of silver away?"

Xing Ziming said: "1104 million taels of silver is so heavy that if you don't have a carriage, you can only use boats to transport it. It cannot be carried by manpower alone.

But there are neither ruts nor rivers here, I really can't figure it out...

Unless it's the work of a ghost..."

If it was really a ghost, Hu Qian would have seen it a long time ago.

But after reading it several times with Youtong Shentong, he didn't see any ghosts.

It's not a ghost, so it's probably useless to ask the land to ask.

"That is to say, if it weren't for ghosts, the thief would not be able to transport so much money, right?"

"What does Master Hu mean?"

Rather than saying that Hu Qian was asking him, it was better to say that he was judging something by himself, and he was just using his mouth to rule out some possibilities.

"Silver should not have gone far!"

As soon as these words came out, Shang Jun, Zhang Shengyang and others also surrounded him.

"Since you haven't gone far, where will it be?"

Hu Qian looked at the soldier with the big nose, "How long have you been in a coma?"

"When we came here, the sun was just at the top of the mountain over there, and when we woke up again, the sun was above the treetops in front."

Xing Ziming looked in the direction he pointed, "It took about half an hour."

Hu Qian said: "The black wind should be something like Mongolian sweat medicine. It was buried on the side of the road in advance, and it will be triggered when you arrive."

Speaking of this, he pondered: "Half an hour, 1104 million taels of silver..."

Mr. Zhang, let all the people at each checkpoint withdraw. Take this as the center and set up defenses in a radius of ten miles. Be sure to search carefully whether it is a mountain top or a ditch. "

Zhang Shengyang and the others were taken aback, "I'm afraid this is inappropriate, the thief took the opportunity to slip away..."

"If you can't find it within ten miles, it means that the thief has already slipped away. No matter how strict you are at the intersection, it's useless."

"But……"

Shang Jun said: "Just do what Mr. Hu said."

Zhang Shengyang said: "If something goes wrong, who will be responsible."

Hu Qian said: "Of course you are responsible!
You were all going to die! "

"you……"

Xing Ziming said: "Master Zhang, I think what Master Hu said is reasonable.

You might as well think about it, if the thieves go out these ten miles and see the adults setting up checkpoints at the crossing and the pier, they will definitely not take the risk to pass the border, but wait in place.

They can afford to wait, but we can't.

If we didn't go out these ten miles, we set the person on the checkpoint instead of searching here, and we still couldn't find it.

When the time comes, we can..."

After finishing speaking, he added: "Master Hu, can we remove most of the people, let the thieves relax their vigilance, and then send someone to watch the checkpoint secretly, so that neither side will be delayed."

Zhang Shengyang said: "Okay, let's do it like this."

Half an hour later, the vicinity of the official road was completely illuminated by the torches in the hands of Soushan officers and soldiers.

And the servant also pulled a cart of fishy-smelling things over.

All kinds of fish, turtles, snakes, sheep, shrimps, and even stem fluids of various animals including humans.

Zhang Shengyang and the others frowned at the question, and stepped back a few steps.

Hu Qian asked people to bring them to the big-nosed soldier one by one, and then asked him to distinguish them carefully.

He smelled them all, shook his head and said, "No."

Hu Qian said: "Are you sure?"

"Definitely not."

Hu Qian frowned, "Is there anything similar?"

The soldier hesitated for a moment and said, "Can you take out fish, turtles, and snakes and let me smell them again."

Hu Qian quickly asked someone to bring it over.

He smelled it for a while, and said with some uncertainty: "This muddy fish smells a little bit like that of a snake."

Hu Qian nodded, took a look at the boxes containing tax money, and asked, "Does this box have that smell?"

The soldier sniffed for a while, then scratched his head and said, "I've smelled too much, and now my nose is out of order."

Hu Qian hurriedly asked someone to prepare water to wash his face, and let him stand on the vent for a while to blow.

After renewing the news for a while, he suddenly said, "There seems to be a residual smell in the lock cylinder."

"Cylinder?"

Is it commonly used by female anchors of later generations...

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(End of this chapter)