Chapter 495

That was a rainy night, the river water on all sides was misty. The lamp lights became hazy light groups when they were a little further away.

There were many boats arriving that day, and it happened to be raining, so it was inevitable that they stayed up late. The supervisor also looked a bit impatient, constantly urging them to move faster. When Zhang Ericai finished a trip, he seemed to see someone higher up coming over, and the big supervisor stood behind him.

Half a sentence came vaguely: "Must be cleared in half an hour..."

There were times like this before, about once a month, they would catch up with the Taiping Canal people constantly emphasizing to go home quickly and not to stay. In fact, they were not allowed to stay overnight at the wharf on weekdays, but that day would be especially strict.

Finally, he finished moving in the rain, and Zhang Ericai moved one more trip than others as usual. However, when the whistle for dismissal became sharper and sharper, he looked back and saw the neighbor's second son walking along the riverbank with deep and shallow steps, his figure becoming more and more blurred.

Zhang Ericai hurriedly chased after him, panting from exhaustion in the rainy night, and grabbed this kid: "What are you still wandering for, hurry home!"

"Oh, uncle, you tore my clothes!" The second son pulled his clothes back, turned a face dripping with rain but full of joy, "Uncle, don't be anxious, I just discovered something. This big bend of the canal doesn't let people come, but there are some big fish inside! It's raining, I saw a few swimming up and opening their mouths, so fat!"

He bent down, and there was actually a landing net from who knows where in his hand: "Wait for me to aim and catch one, let's have a feast for both families..."

"Feast my ass!" Zhang Ericai pulled him, "Can't you hear? The whistle doesn't even sound, if you are late, you'll be beaten to a pulp!"

The second son just took him forward: "Anyway, I'll be beaten, might as well catch a fish!"

Zhang Ericai had no choice, the two walked further and further away from the loading area, the lamp lights behind them became only a small dot, and only the rain curtain remained all around.

His voice couldn't help but get smaller, and he said anxiously: "Why are you still walking this way, the west bank is not allowed to come! Be careful of bumping into someone!"

"There's no one in this wasteland!" The second son stared, "The river is narrow and there are no boats, so no one comes, what's wrong with us catching two fish!"

Zhang Ericai was speechless for a moment. Indeed, he had been working here for four or five years, only heard that he couldn't come to the west bank, but he had never seen anything on the west bank. Looking from afar, it was a wasteland, not even a house, and it hadn't changed at all for years. What the second son said was not unreasonable.

Zhang Ericai knew he couldn't twist him, so he simply sat down by a tree to watch him catch fish. Mainly, his waist and legs were really too tired. The dense rain curtain gave people a sense of security, and the human voices in the distance could no longer be heard. The whole island seemed to be empty.

However, it was in this sitting in the rain that he suddenly saw a huge, heavy outline sailing in the boundless rain curtain of the canal.

A huge merchant ship actually arrived at the west bank at this time.

Zhang Ericai was stunned for a long time before he hurriedly climbed up to call the second son. After calling several times, the second son who was swimming followed his pointing and was also stunned.

Zhang Ericai made the most correct decision at this time. He didn't let the second son go ashore, but took the second son's clothes and jumped into the water himself.

Because in less than a moment, a team of people wearing swords and acting in an orderly manner came to the shore.

Zhang Ericai didn't recognize this ship, but he recognized the attire of these people—in the Taiping Taiping Cao Bang, even the big supervisor was respectful to them.

Now they all rolled up their sleeves and acted as loading laborers.

The big ship docked slowly, and then opened a mouth from the side, not from the deck. In the deep rainy night, the martial artists soaked in black clothes moved down containers that looked like huge water vats.

Zhang Ericai couldn't see clearly what was inside, only that it seemed extremely heavy, always carried by two people. In fact, he didn't dare to look, and the second son beside him was also trembling with a pale face.

Because after that big vat was placed on the ground, a strange, sharp metallic sound rang out like hell, and they realized that the huge vat body was actually cast of iron, and the sealing grid was also fine and tough gold and iron, and something extremely sharp was frantically scratching inside them.

Then the next instant, these big vats placed on the ground were shaken violently as if hit, as if fierce tigers were imprisoned inside...

"Uncle, my head hurts..." the second son trembled and whispered, Zhang Ericai covered his mouth tightly.

Because he himself felt it, a thing that seemed to pierce his eardrums was fiercely vibrating and drilling in his brain, becoming a magic sound accompanied by sharp scratching. Covering his ears or burying himself in the water was of no use.

He only heard a male voice shouting vaguely over there: "Cover it with a rain cloth before unloading! —Fuck, it wakes up as soon as it rains..."

Under the firelight, a sharp claw suddenly protruded from the grid of the vat mouth, and the next instant it was covered by a thick black cloth, but the silhouette, curved like a sharp dagger, was still clearly remembered by Zhang Ericai to this day.

"How did you leave later?" The ink reached the end.

"After they all left, we swam away in a panic."

"Any follow-up?"

"No, official, no one dared to say it, this is the first time I've said it today."

A stamped note below: 【The above facts have been verified with Xing Erlang】

Seeing Pei Ye raised his head, Xie Chuantang looked at him: "We checked this line for a whole night yesterday, but all the people in the Inner Hall died, and all the clues that should have been there were wiped clean ten days ago."

"Ten days ago?" Seeing Pei Ye narrowed his eyes.

"At least ten days ago."

Ten days ago, the Dragon Martial Army had just broken into the Carp Pavilion, and Xu Chuo was about to move against the Taiping Taiping Cao Bang.

At that time, the Taiping Taiping Cao Bang was powerful, and the Carp Pavilion might not even be able to file a case. In the following days, Qiu Tianyu set up a ten-day banquet, Yu Sicheng applied pressure, Di Jiu was assassinated... every step made the Taiping Taiping Cao Bang seem even more unshakable.

But at that time, Qiu Tianyu had already cautiously wiped everything away.

In the greatest possibility, even if they completely eradicated the Taiping Taiping Cao Bang, they wouldn't even know that such a thing had happened on this wasteland.

Fortunately, Di Jiu only used a day and a half to clarify these capital flows, Xu Chuo determined that they had other plans; and fortunately, this woman who could investigate into the Phantom Tower didn't know how to start, but actually dug out the secret that a canal worker didn't even dare to tell his wife.

Now Xie Chuantang held a horse whip and wore a sword at her waist: "But there is one thing that cannot be wiped away—the merchant ship that entered the capital at night will never disappear without a trace."

Seeing Pei Ye saw her movements and reacted, smiling slightly: "Any clues?"

"I just went to check with the Canal Pass," Xie Chuantang also smiled slightly, "Signing an entry document once a month, but the cargo purchase records in the Taiping Canal account books are less than half of the load... After checking everything, there is only such a ship, the 【South Gold Wind】 that left the capital seven days ago."

"... Chase?" Seeing Pei Ye turned his head and gripped his sword.

Xie Chuantang nodded, hesitated, and handed him a horse whip: "It said to call you, but I see your arm doesn't seem to be fully healed?"

Seeing Pei Ye moved his shoulder: "A left arm is enough."