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"That's right. According to the position of the black shadow in the middle of the river yesterday, it should be this area!"

After hearing Shen Lin's answer, Mao Xiang nodded without asking any more questions, and then walked around casually.

Everyone was a little confused at first, until a few minutes later, Mao Xiang suddenly squatted somewhere as if he had discovered something.

Then he looked up at Wei Wu and said:

"Marquis Changle, if I'm not mistaken, the two missing craftsmen should have quietly left from here by water. Look."

As he spoke, Mao Xiang stretched out his hand to push aside the vegetation in front of him and said:

"The land near the river is damp, so it's easy to leave footprints wherever you walk. And the wounds on the grass are obviously fresh!"

Upon hearing this, Wei Wu hurried forward to take a look. Just as Mao Xiang said, the soil under the vegetation did show signs of being stepped on.

Although we cannot be 100% sure, considering the current situation, there is a high chance that the two craftsmen escaped from here.

Thinking of this, Wei Wu immediately turned to Song Zhong and said:

"Arrange a ferry across the river immediately. Since there are traces left here, there must be more clues on the other side!"

Hearing Wei Wu's order, Song Zhong did not dare to hesitate at all and turned around to make arrangements.

After about a quarter of an hour, Wei Wu and his group arrived at the other side and searched along the river bank.

The fact was just as Wei Wu expected. It only took Shen Lin a few minutes to find the clue!

"Master, come and see, there's blood here!"

Hearing Shen Lin's voice, everyone rushed over and immediately saw bloodstains remaining on the soil!

With this key clue, Shen Lin and Mao Xiang continued to search around, and sure enough, they found several more bloodstains!

At this time, Mao Xiang suddenly spoke up:

"Based on the locations of these bloodstains, we can conclude that they left in a southeasterly direction, although we don't know where they were going."

"But I'm sure they want to get away from the capital as quickly as possible. If nothing unexpected happens, they must be heading to Yangzhou City now!"

"Once they reach Yangzhou City, they can leave by water through the canal. This is not only faster but also much less likely to be intercepted and inspected!"

At this point, Mao Xiang's eyes flashed, and then he continued to analyze and said:

"It's only been six or seven hours since last night. They can't travel far at night, and they can't enter the city due to the curfew."

"If nothing unexpected happens, he should still be on his way and hasn't reached Yangzhou City yet. If we act quickly, we might be able to catch him!"

Having said that, Mao Xiang suddenly turned around and saluted Wei Wu.

"Marquis Changle, I will return to the palace to report to His Majesty. Please issue a nationwide warrant for the arrest of these two men, and then post their portraits to deter them from entering the city."

"As long as they can't enter the city and board the ship, we still have a chance to arrest them. Otherwise, once they're on board, it will be difficult to arrest them!"

Upon hearing this, Wei Wu immediately returned the greeting and said:

"I'll have to trouble the commander to take care of this matter!"

After Wei Wu finished speaking, Mao Xiang did not stay any longer and turned to rush towards the palace.

At the same time, on a small road more than eighty miles away from Wei Wu, a carriage was moving slowly.

And the direction it was heading in, just as Mao Xiang expected, was exactly the direction of Yangzhou City.

Because we were on a small road, the carriage was shaking a lot while driving.

But what was even stranger was that every time the carriage bumped around, a somewhat suppressed cry of pain could be heard from the cabin.

At this moment, the coachman driving the carriage suddenly turned around and opened the curtain of the carriage a little.

There were two people wearing coarse linen clothes sitting in the sedan, but their clothes were all wet.

One of the two men was in his thirties, and the other looked younger, around twenty-five or twenty-six.