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The sudden news made Xia Yun look surprised.

"Why would Japanese pirates appear in the Hangzhou government office?"

Soon, Xia Yun frowned, as if he was deep in thought.

"According to eyewitnesses, after the Japanese pirates rescued the prisoners, they disguised themselves as disaster victims again."

Chen Hanzhi continued to speak.

"Where are those pirates now?"

Xia Yun asked with a gloomy face.

"Those pirates moved very quickly. They disappeared in Hangzhou before reinforcements arrived. Their whereabouts are still unknown."

Chen Hanzhi responded.

"Then I wonder what Lord Chen thinks we should do now?"

Xia Yun's face turned increasingly grim.

Obviously, this was the purpose of Chen Hanzhi's appearance at the Caoyun Wharf at this time.

It's not because of any other reason.

I came here purely to declare war on him!

"Master Xia, you are joking. You are the prefect of Hangzhou sent by His Majesty himself. You should be the one making the decisions on the affairs of Hangzhou."

Chen Hanzhi looked anxious on the surface, but he was extremely happy at the moment.

"Xia Yun, you think you can fight me? You are just courting death!" Chen Hanzhi thought to himself.

"In that case, please go back. I will make arrangements."

Seeing Chen Hanzhi practicing Tai Chi, Xia Yun simply stopped communicating with these people.

At a command, the soldiers behind him immediately cleared a path among the officials.

Xia Yun then took everyone, including the bodies that had just been unloaded from the warship, and quickly left the canal dock.

After Xia Yun and his group walked away, Chen Hanzhi and a group of officials stopped pretending and revealed an expression of gloating on their faces.

"This time, Xia Yun will be damned!"

The governor Zuo Anning stood beside Chen Hanzhi, with an extremely vicious look in his eyes.

"That's right. Even if Xia Yun was sent by His Majesty himself, he has been charged with a series of capital crimes this time. I don't believe he can escape unscathed!"

Chen Hanzhi nodded with satisfaction.

The officials behind the two men did not understand what exactly had happened.

But everyone understands that now is the time to choose sides, and Governor Chen Hanzhi is obviously the one with a greater chance of winning!

The roads in Hangzhou are rugged, and it is night.

When Xia Yun and others returned to the prefectural government, it was already midnight.

"Sir, all the bodies were transported back in sacks. I guess Chen Hanzhi and the others didn't find any bodies."

Inside the yamen, Xu Wan'er commanded a group of soldiers to store more than a dozen bodies in the dungeon.

"very good."

Xia Yun nodded with satisfaction.

"Sir, there is no blood inside the yamen. The brothers who stayed behind in the yamen followed orders and hid when the robbers broke into the yamen, so no one was injured."

After inspecting the yamen, Jiang Wenzhong came to Xia Yun and reported.

At this time, Xia Yun's face no longer had the gloomy look he had at the Caoyun Wharf.

In fact, the reason why Xia Yun acted like that at that time was just a performance for Chen Hanzhi.

Being a shrewd man, he certainly would not be stupid enough to lead everyone out in full force and leave the prefectural government office to the enemy in the dark.

Therefore, when Xia Yun left the prefectural government office, he had already made arrangements for a backup plan.

First, he deliberately took away Xu Wan'er, Jiang Wenzhong, Chong Heihu and a group of soldiers.

Only a few people were left to guard the yamen.

Afterwards, he secretly deployed a team of spies, disguised as disaster victims, to closely monitor every move around the prefectural government office.

In other words, the prefectural yamen left by Xia Yun was equivalent to a bait.

Just wait for the big fish in the dark to lose patience and take the bait!

I never thought that those guys hiding in the dark would actually take action.

This is why the scene that happened at the Caoyun Wharf happened.

"Where is the current location of the spies we sent out?"

After a moment, Xia Yun asked.

"According to the report from the sergeant left behind at the Yamen, the spies are doing their best to track down the gang of robbers. It is expected that there will be news sent back soon."

Jiang Wenzhong's tone was very respectful.

His master's ability to foresee things clearly opened his eyes time and time again.

If Xia Yun had not made arrangements today, who knows how many of his soldiers would have died.

"After the scout sends back the news, report to me immediately. Remember not to alert the enemy."

After Xia Yun gave the last order, he turned around and walked towards the dungeon with Xu Wan'er.

A short while passed.

When Xia Yun and Xu Wan'er arrived at the dungeon, the sergeant had already prepared all the autopsy equipment.

"let's start."

Xia Yun looked at Xu Wan'er solemnly.

"Yes, my lord."

Xu Wan'er didn't waste any words. After accepting the order, she walked to the prepared operating table, on which a corpse brought back from Songshan Island had already been placed.

Xu Wan'er grabbed a sharp knife from the operating tray, inserted it into the chest of the corpse, and then cut it to the belly button.

In less than the blink of an eye, the corpse's chest cavity was completely opened.

An extremely foul smell instantly spread throughout the room.

Fortunately, Xia Yun and Xu Wan'er both wore masks at this time, which alleviated their psychological nausea to a certain extent.

After opening the chest cavity, Xu Wan'er then skillfully used various tools to begin the most detailed autopsy.

......

Time passes minute by minute.

In the blink of an eye, a stick of incense had passed.

After being busy for most of the day, Xu Wan'er finally took out a small bottle of black liquid from the corpse's stomach and put it in a transparent bottle.

After a series of experiments, the doubts in Xu Wan'er's eyes disappeared completely.

"My lord, it's the poison of the Qili grass."

Xu Wan'er brought the bottle to Xia Yun.

During the past incense stick of time, Xia Yun had been waiting beside Xu Wan'er.

"Beautiful grass?"

Xia Yun raised his eyebrows upon hearing this.

Qili grass is a poisonous weed. It was extremely rare in the Daliang Dynasty and only appeared in border areas.

How come he suddenly came to the Central Plains?

"Sir, the Qili grass is colorless and tasteless. Once ingested, the poison will kill you in less than an incense stick of time. Although your appearance is no different from a normal dead person, your body is a mess."

"The toxin extracted from the stomachs of these corpses was mixed with food. I think someone must have eaten them, which caused the corpses to be poisoned and die."

Xu Wan'er spoke one after another and expressed her thoughts.

"Wan'er, tomorrow morning, you will take a hundred soldiers with you to investigate the entire Zhejiang province to see if there is anyone selling Qili grass. If there is such a person, arrest him and bring him back to the government office immediately!"

Xia Yun gave the order in a deep voice.

Zhejiang Province is not big, but also not small. Even if he has to search house by house, he will not hesitate like No. 4!

"Yes, my lord!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Wan'er immediately responded respectfully.