After rebirth, I married the emperor's uncle and overthrew my ex-husband's kingdom

"Wife, beautiful wife!"

The boatman's stupid son lost his grip and grabbed Lu Chen's arm, shaking him and shouting for a wife.

Lu Chen's face darkened. He put the portrait behind his back to avoid being snatched by the boatman's stupid son.

"Not telling the truth!"

The boatman pulled his stupid son back and said tremblingly: "I rescued this girl from the river. She was still unconscious when we rescued her, but she ran away again after she woke up."

The boatman cut out the middle link and only told the beginning and the end.

When Lu Chen heard his silly son constantly referring to his beautiful wife, he immediately guessed what was going on.

He asked in a calm and stern voice: "Where did she run away from, and where did she run to?"

"How would I know that? She ran away secretly."

The boatman was still trying to fool him, but Lu Chen took out a silver note and said, "The girl in the portrait is my cousin. If you can tell me where she is, I will forgive you for what happened before, and I will also give you this fifty taels of silver note."

The boatman's eyes lit up when he looked at the silver note in his hand.

However, he felt a little timid when he looked at the dozen or so big men behind Lu Chen.

You won't kill them to silence them after you find out the information, right?

Lu Chen saw the fear in his eyes and said coldly: "As long as you tell me the news about my cousin, I won't embarrass you."

"You won't kill us to silence us after you get the news, right?"

The boatman still asked, expressing his fear.

They have been running small boats on this river for many years and have seen cases of murder and robbery before.

Twenty years ago, the canal was in great chaos. It has only become slightly safer in recent years with the gradual introduction of government control.

Lu Liu behind Lu Chen rolled his eyes in an indecent manner, "Old man, if we want to know the news, why would we bother with you for so long? We can just cut off one of your hands and cut off your ears, and you dare not tell us?"

The boatman couldn't help but shudder when he thought of that cruel scene.

These people all look very fierce. If they really wanted to capture him and torture him, he would not be able to withstand it.

"No, no, no...I said it, it's just what I said!"

He twisted his hands, his eyes fixed on the banknote in his hand, "Then, then young master, what you said before -"

The girl had already run away, and the man said that as long as he told the news, the previous matters would not be pursued any further.

This is a sure win business, and you’d be a fool not to do it.

He is not a fool.

Lu Chen handed the banknote to him and said, "Go ahead."

The boatman took the banknote carefully, and the smile on his face couldn't be suppressed even by a knife.

He put the banknotes into his arms and said nervously, "The girl thought we were bad guys and jumped into the river and ran away when we weren't paying attention."

Everyone's heart tightened when they heard this.

Just as Lu Chen was about to ask, the man continued, "A merchant ship happened to pass by at that time, and the girl swam towards the merchant ship and was rescued by the people on the merchant ship."

The merchant ship looked impressive and had the flag of Cao's gang hanging on it, so he did not dare to chase it.

"Do you know whose merchant ship that is?" Lu Chen asked anxiously.

Each merchant ship has its own logo, and it is impossible for the boatman, who has been sailing on the canal for many years, not to recognize it.

The boatman did not hide the fact that he was taking money from others and helping them get rid of disasters. “It’s a merchant ship belonging to Cao’s gang.”

"When did my cousin board that ship?"

"At noon eight days ago."

The boatman remembered it clearly. They starved the girl for three days, and on the fourth day, the little girl pretended to compromise.

When she saw a merchant ship passing by, she suddenly jumped off the ship and he couldn't hold her back even if he tried.

After Lu Chen received the news, he immediately took others to the Cao Gang’s stronghold in Jingzhou. After finding out the truth, he immediately rushed to Ganzhou.

The boat Jiang Hui was on was rented in the name of the master of the Xu family in Ganzhou. When the master saw Lu Chen, he thought he was the young master of some poor family and waved his hands at him as if he was driving away a beggar, "Go away, go away, all of you, get out. This is the Xu family, not everyone can come in!"

After days of running around, Lu Chen's originally fair skin was tanned dark, and the clothes he wore were just grey coarse linen bought casually from a street clothing store.

This man looked down on people with his dog eyes. He took out the token of the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion with a cold face and said, "I am from the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion. I have something to ask you now. Please tell me the truth, Master Xu."

Patriarch Xu took a closer look at the token and was shocked.

There is a big tiger head in the middle of the token of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, which represents the power of awe-inspiring people. Anyone with a little knowledge can recognize it.

A layer of cold sweat instantly broke out on his forehead, and his attitude changed 360 degrees.

The head of the Xu family raised his sleeve to wipe his forehead and said in a flattering manner: "I am shortsighted, please forgive me, young master."

"Let me ask you, on the second day of May, when you rented the merchant ship from the Cao Gang in the capital, did you save a woman on the canal?"

Patriarch Xu was stunned by his question, "What merchant ship?"

Lu Chen frowned, "On the second day of May, didn't you rent a merchant ship from the capital to return to Ganzhou?"

Patriarch Xu's narrowed eyes, which were squeezed into a line by the fat, widened a little, "Mr. Lu, you are mistaken, right? I have been in Ganzhou for the past three months. If you don't believe me, you can ask the people around you."

Lu Chen took out the boat rental record given by Cao Gang, "Your name is written on it, and the address is also your residence."

Patriarch Xu took it and looked at it, "Hey", it's true!

"Which old bastard stole my name?"

The head of the Xu family cursed, "You bastard, you can't even give birth to a child, what are you trying to do in my name!"

He spoke Ganzhou dialect, and Lu Chen and the others could hardly understand him.

His expression was heavy. “Do you know who would steal your name?”

"How should I know?"

After saying this, Patriarch Xu realized that his tone was a bit harsh, so he quickly smiled and said in a gentle voice, "If you want to find out, go find the Cao Gang. This ship is theirs, they must know."

If we want to find out the truth, we have to rush back to the capital to investigate. It will take more than a month to go back and forth at full speed.

Lu Chen ordered Lu Liu, "You go back to Beijing to investigate this matter, and the rest of you follow me to search for clues in Ganzhou."

They came and went in a hurry, leaving the head of the Xu family standing at the door with an eight-month-old pregnant belly, disheveled in the wind.

"You little bastard, it's amazing that you were able to reincarnate!"

With a groan, he walked inside with his hands behind his back, sighing: "Ah, it's amazing to be able to reincarnate!"

Others are born to be kings, princes, generals or ministers, but they are born to be cows and horses.

May has passed and the weather in June is slowly getting warmer.

Lu Liu rushed over with the news from eight hundred miles away. Here, Lu Chen had been searching for many days and found some clues.

"Seventh Young Master, we have found out!"

Lu Liu was sweating profusely, his chest heaving violently, and he was breathing heavily under his nose.

Lu Chen asked anxiously: "Who rented the merchant ship?"