When the book-traveling little detective meets the two-faced prince

Liu Yunhe was stunned for a moment, then looked at Lin Lezhi with an expression of disbelief, his face full of confusion as to how Lin Lezhi knew that.

Lin Lezhi leaned over to Liu Yunhe, sniffed lightly, and said with a smile: "Don't you smell that there is a very strong smell of Chinese herbal medicine on your body?"

Liu Yunhe was shocked and quickly lowered his head to smell his sleeve, but he didn't know that this action had betrayed himself.

However, Liu Yunhe really believed it and wanted to smell every part of his body.

“It has no taste.”

Liu Yunhe looked doubtful about his nose, raised his head and looked at Lin Lezhi, only to find that Lin Lezhi was covering his mouth to hold back his laughter. Liu Yunhe then realized that Lin Lezhi did it on purpose.

"Lin Lezhi, you actually lied to me!"

Lin Lezhi said, "Hey," and said in a reasonable manner, "I'm not lying to you. At most, I threw out a fish hook, and you took the bait willingly."

"You actually called me a fish!"

"I didn't say that, you said it yourself."

"you……!"

Liu Yunhe looked like he was going to argue with Lin Lezhi, but Lin Lezhi quickly stopped him and said, "We are in line now, and it will be our turn soon. If we accidentally get out of line, we will have to line up again."

Lin Lezhi reminded Liu Yunhe to look at the end of the team. After a while, the team formed a long line.

Liu Yunhe had no choice but to give up.

Besides, Liu Yunhe didn't want to bother with Lin Lezhi.

Liu Yunhe asked in confusion: "If it wasn't through the smell on my body, how did you determine that it was me who placed the medicine bag at the door?"

"Well..." Lin Lezhi smiled, kept it a secret and continued, "You might as well think about it yourself first."

"Why can't you just tell me?"

"When you were in Zhouqing Town, didn't you say you wanted to join the Tiandi Pavilion and bring more justice to the world? I have to see if you have the talent to solve cases."

Listening to Lin Lezhi's recitation of his lofty ambitions, Liu Yunhe's cheeks felt inexplicably hot. He turned his head away and muttered softly, "I didn't say I had to enter the Tiandi Pavilion, and..."

"And what?"

Liu Yunhe realized that he had spoken out his true feelings again, and quickly pointed behind Lin Lezhi and said, "Nothing, look, Guo Yong and the others are coming out."

When Lin Lezhi turned around, Liu Yunhe breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, I haven’t said the second half of the sentence yet.

I almost said, "You said you wanted to be my master."

Seeing the smiles on Guo Yong's and his group's faces, Lin Lezhi asked, "Brother Guo, how is it?"

Guo Yong pulled out a silver ingot that weighed ten taels from his bosom, shook it in his hand with a proud look on his face and said, "The three of us have all got it, now it's up to you, brother Lin."

"okay."

"Five more come in!" Hong Mingxu came out of the tent and shouted to the team.

As soon as Lin Lezhi entered Cheng Su's tent, Cheng Su and Jiang Lian'an's eyes immediately fell on Lin Lezhi.

However, as soon as Lin Lezhi entered the tent, his eyes swept over the box with silver ingots on the table. He almost couldn't take his eyes off it. When he came to his senses, he found that the two of them were looking at him.

Seeing Lin Lezhi like this, Cheng Su was not annoyed. Just when he was about to ask something, Chang Feizhang walked in quickly from outside the tent with a panicked look on his face.

After coming in, Chang Feizhang looked at the people on the side and signaled Cheng Su to send them away first.

Cheng Su sat there and ordered with a serious look: "Mingxu, give a bushel of rice to the people coming later. Today's recruitment ends here."

"Yes!" After receiving the order, Hong Mingxu immediately went out of the tent to arrange for the soldiers to be distributed, except for Lin Lezhi and Liu Yunhe, who left the tent after hearing that they could get a bucket of rice.

After making the arrangements, Hong Mingxu came back and found Lin Lezhi and Liu Yunhe still in the tent. He said unhappily, "Why don't you two leave?"

Jiang Lian'an was about to speak, but Cheng Su came to the rescue first, saying, "It's okay. They were here this morning. Let them stay."

"Yes, General." Hong Mingxu said respectfully.

Cheng Su looked at Chang Feizhang and said, "Tell me, have you found out about Wu Sanshan's background?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chang Feizhang knelt down in front of Cheng Su and said in a panic, "General, I was not able to do my job well and failed to find out."

Cheng Su was furious and said, "You useless bastard! You can't even find a single person, and yet you dare to come back and report!"

Chang Feizhang was so frightened that he kowtowed immediately and explained, "Maybe Wu Sanshan is not his real name, so it is not found in the register."

"Didn't you go and check on the people in your village?"

"General, if we go back and investigate the people, I'm afraid it will scare them, which goes against the general's original intention of not making it public."

Cheng Su was furious: "How dare you! It's my fault for you to say that!"

Chang Feizhang lowered his head even lower and said quickly: "I have no such intention. It is my fault that I did not do my job well. Please punish me, General Cheng."

Cheng Su snorted coldly in displeasure.

Jiang Lian'an stepped in to help, "General Cheng, please calm down. When we went to Haibei Village this morning, we learned that Wu Sanshan had entrusted Qiao Ying to the village chief, Wang Hewei."

"According to Village Chief Wang, Wu Sanshan didn't like to make friends until he met Qiao Ying. He was no longer alone. Wu Sanshan deliberately concealed his origins, and it has been a long time, so it must be difficult to investigate him."

After hearing what Jiang Lian'an said, the expression on Cheng Su's face eased a little.

Jiang Lian'an looked at Chang Feizhang and asked, "County Magistrate Chang, have you searched Wu Sanshan's fishing boat?"

"That's why I rushed here in such a hurry." Chang Feizhang said in panic, "I couldn't find out where Wu Sanshan came from in the county government, so I thought there might be clues on the fishing boat. There was a soul-calling bell on the boat, so it would be easy to find, so I went to look for it immediately. But I checked all the fishing boats in Pinghai Lake, but I didn't find Wu Sanshan's fishing boat."

"I thought this was strange, so I came here to tell the general."

Cheng Su's eyes darkened, and he said seriously, "Wu Sanshan left two months ago, and the order to seal the ship was issued a month ago. How could it be gone!"

"General Cheng, what I said is absolutely true." Chang Feizhang clasped his fists and said with affirmation in his eyes.

Cheng Su was silent for a moment, then looked at Jiang Lian'an and said solemnly, "Detective Jiang Gui, what do you think of this matter?"

Jiang Lian'an lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then looked at Cheng Su and said, "According to what Village Chief Wang said, Wu Sanshan's boat has been docked on the shore of Pinghai Lake since he left. If Wu Sanshan's fishing boat is not found among the blocked ships, then there is only one possibility."

"What's possible?" Cheng Su asked.

Jiang Lian'an calmly analyzed: "Before the ship was blocked, Wu Sanshan secretly came back and deliberately hid the ship to avoid being discovered."

"He really thinks he can hide from others." Cheng Su's eyes were cold and stern. He tightened his fists while speaking, then looked at Hong Mingxu and said, "Mingxu, change into civilian clothes and lead people to search Pinghai Lake in person. Remember, don't miss a single inch and don't disturb the people."

"Yes, General!"

After receiving the order, Hong Mingxu immediately left the tent.

Because the ship sealing had been delayed for several days, Cheng Su became angry when he saw Chang Feizhang, and said unhappily: "What are you still kneeling here for? Get out of here!"

Chang Feizhang didn't dare to look Cheng Su in the eye. He nodded and clasped his fists and said, "General, I have something else to ask for your opinion."

"explain."

"Tonight is the night of the full moon. In the past, people would release lanterns in Pinghai Lake to pray for blessings. Now that the order to close the ships has been lifted, should this custom also be relaxed?" Chang Feizhang asked uncertainly.

Cheng Su seemed to have heard nonsense, and said unhappily: "Is there any need to ask this? If we continue to seal it, won't it make the people more worried about strange things? Since I have decided to investigate the case, I will not let these complicated and trivial matters affect the people's hearts."

Cheng Su's tone softened a little as he spoke, "However, we still need to be vigilant about this matter. After all, we don't know where Wu Sanshan is now. To avoid affecting the people, you should arrange some yamen runners to dress as ordinary people to prevent any accidents. I will also arrange some people."

"Thank you, General Chengguo." Chang Feizhang clasped his fists in gratitude.

"Okay, go down and get ready."

"Yes."

After Chang Feizhang also left, Cheng Su looked at Lin Lezhi and Liu Yunhe and said, "Why don't you two leave yet?"

Lin Lezhi said in a very natural manner: "Don't I still want to help the general?"

Thinking of Lin Lezhi's expression when he looked at the money box just now, Cheng Su smiled and asked, "Tell me, what can you do?"

"I can row and swim, and I can handle danger by myself. I can definitely let the general concentrate on investigating the case and not cause him any trouble." Lin Lezhi responded with a grin.

"that's it?"

"What else does General Cheng need me to know?"

Cheng Su glanced at Jiang Lian'an who was sitting next to him, then looked at Lin Lezhi with a hint of inquiry in his eyes and said: "Tan Jiang Gui was very impressed with you, and said that it would be helpful to me if I take you with me on this trip to the lake island. Since you were recommended by Jiang Guitan, I believe you must have other outstanding qualities. Even if you only know how to row a boat, there is no reason not to use you." When it came to the word "recommend", Cheng Su deliberately emphasized the tone.

"General Cheng is very righteous and considerate of the people. If you are willing to employ me, it would be my honor. I am willing to serve you."

Cheng Su smiled happily and said, "Okay, come here on time at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow."

After saying that, Cheng Su stood up for the first time on his own initiative, walked to the box full of silver ingots, took out a silver ingot and handed it to Lin Lezhi.

Lin Lezhi happily stretched out his hands to take it, but instead of getting the silver ingot, his hands were grabbed by Cheng Su.

Cheng Su looked at the palm of Lin Lezhi's hand, where the tiny scars were clearly visible. Cheng Su snorted without any slanderous intention, and said with certainty: "I was right. You are the beggar that night. You are so bold that you dare to challenge my dignity in public."

If it wasn't Lin Lezhi who helped Jiang Lian'an that night, how could Jiang Lian'an recommend Lin Lezhi to himself.

Lin Lezhi's face changed and he smiled awkwardly, but did not deny it.

"General..." Jiang Lian'an stood up in panic.

While Cheng Su was off guard, Liu Yunhe opened Cheng Su's hand, pulled Lin Lezhi back, and asked with a worried look, "Are you okay?"

Lin Lezhi shook his painfully pinched hand slightly and kindly reminded him, "I'm fine, but you seem to be in big trouble."