"Can you go around Hechu Xiaozhu after coming out of this small door?"

Although Hua Jingyao asked this, she also realized that unless she was on a boat, she would not be able to go anywhere.

But the canal is very narrow, how can I take the boat?

The shopkeeper wiped his sweat again and said, "No, there is no way."

"Then do you have a boat? No matter what kind of boat it is," said Hua Jingyao.

The shopkeeper was stunned and hesitated.

Hua Jingyao smiled faintly: "If there is a boat, the shopkeeper will take the initiative to say it, it will be better than if I asked someone to search it out."

The shopkeeper was hesitating, but after Hua Jingyao said this, he could not care about anything else. He hurriedly said: "When the princess, there is indeed a boat here. The villain said that this boat was prepared by the people from the yamen when the canal was built. If someone fell into the water, it would be better for a boat to rescue him."

"Where is the boat?" Hua Jingyao looked around and saw that there was no boat on the canal.

The shopkeeper said, "The boat is placed in the warehouse. Oh, look at the canal so narrow, how can it be used on that boat? Instead of being exposed to the wind and sun, it is better to put it in the warehouse."

Hua Jingyao brows moved and asked, "Is the ship made of wood?"

The shopkeeper nodded: "If you go back to the princess, the ship is made of wood."

Hua Jingyao winked, and Shi Yi said, "Take me to take a look."

After a while, Shi Yi came back and whispered to Hua Jingyao: "Princess, I've seen it. The boat is fine and has not cracked. In addition, the water marks on the hull are obviously used before."

Wooden boats cannot be placed in the warehouse for many years, otherwise they will crack.

"What do you think of the shopkeeper?" Hua Jingyao asked.

"This shopkeeper doesn't seem to be lying. He was also surprised when the little one pointed the water mark to him. Moreover, the ship is usually placed in the warehouse, and the key to the warehouse is not in the hands of the shopkeeper."

Although the water stains on the boat have been dry for a long time, the traces of water being soaked are still there.

"Let the boat be put in the water, let's try it." Hua Jingyao said.

Soon, the boat was carried over and put into the canal. Hua Jingyao saw that the boat was really small, smaller than all the boats she had ever seen.

Hua Jingyao lifted her skirt and wanted to board the boat. Shi Yi said, "Princess, let the young man come, this boat is too small."

The ship was too small, and Shi Yi was worried that he would have one more person, so the ship couldn't help it.

Hua Jingyao actually wanted to play with this small boat. After all, she had never seen such a small boat.

However, she has never been a willful person.

"Okay." Hua Jingyao agreed with a smile.

Shi Yi shook the boat, swaying and quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.

But very much, the boat returned the same way and drove to the bottom of the steps. Shi Yi said: "The waterway in front is very narrow, but you can go ashore. After getting ashore, there is the back wall built by He Chu Xiao. If that person wants to come, he can only climb over the wall."

Pei Huan, who had been silent all the time, said at this time: "I'll go and have a look."

If you don't go through the canal, this yard is very close to Hechu Xiaozhu. Pei Huan goes quickly, but comes back very slowly. Hua Jingyao waited for half an hour and was about to go and see it in person. Pei Huan finally came back.

He found a few cloth wires on the branches outside the back wall built by Hechu Xiao. The cloth wires could no longer see the original color. Pei Huan washed them and the weather was clear and it dried soon.

"Gray?" The cloth silk is too thin, and Hua Jingyao has to put the cloth silk on the black linen to see the color clearly.

The clothes that beggar picked up by the little beggar had not been significantly damaged after two hands, but if the clothes of this silk were rougher, a few silks could be hung out after touching them.

There were many places to pull threads on that garment.

This is an important physical evidence. Yang Qing took it with her. At this time, she took it out and compared it carefully. She soon found that one of the silk-pulling places looked like it was caused by accidentally hanging it on a branch while climbing a wall.

Hua Jingyao chuckled: "This Mr. Zhao is climbing the wall and rowing boats, but I don't know if he is going to meet Mr. Sun or Miss Zheng."

Having said that, both Hua Jingyao and Pei Huan are more inclined to the latter.

Hua Jingyao said to Shi Yi: "Go and find out the person who stole the boat. It's not difficult."

Indeed, this is not difficult.

The shopkeeper only came this year. I don’t know if the boss doesn’t trust him or he thinks it’s unnecessary, but the key to the warehouse is kept by someone else.

But the person who kept the keys was also new, and he came later than the shopkeeper, only two months later.

When the shopkeeper heard that he was looking for the person who had the keys in the past, he said, "You guys say, Caiwang, he has passed away."

Caiwang likes to drink. One day three months ago, he went home drunk and fell into the Yudai River and drowned.

There is a witness to this incident. The people who were patrolling the city happened to see it that night, so they went to salvage it. Unfortunately, it was dark and it was not found at night. The body was salvaged the next day.

There is a record of this matter in Shuntian Mansion, and a notice of recognition of the corpse was posted, and the shopkeeper and Cai Bo's son went to recognize the corpse together.

Hua Jingyao asked the shopkeeper: "Where is Cai Bo’s son now?"

The shopkeeper was stunned, he really didn't know.

When a person dies like a lamp goes out, the fate of Youranju and Cai Bo is over. After giving silk gold, he has no contact with Cai Bo's family.

Since I have recognized the corpse in Shuntian Mansion, it is easy to investigate.

In less than an hour, Shi Jia came back. He and the yamen runners from Shuntian Mansion went to Caibo's house. The house of Caibo's house had been sold, and his son, daughter-in-law, and two grandsons were all missing.

The neighbors initially thought they had returned home with their spirits. It was not until someone moved into the house that they knew that Cai Bo's son had sold the house.

Shi Jia said: "I have been to Yaxing. Three months ago, the son of Caiwang, Zhang Yi, wanted to sell the house. Zhang Yi sold it in a hurry. Yaxing couldn't find a buyer for a while, so the owner of Yaxing bought it with his own money, using the name of the servant. It was not until a month ago that Yaxing's owner sold the house again. Now the person living in this house bought the house from Yaxing's owner."

Hua Jingyao asked in a deep voice: "Does Zhang Yi and his wife have other relatives or friends in the capital?"

Shi Jia shook his head: "Caibo was originally a refugee, but later he helped someone, but the boss helped them get a household registration. This happened forty years ago. Caibo's son was born in the capital, and his daughter-in-law was said to have grown up in a charity hall. Like Caibo's family, he has no relatives."

Hua Jingyao snorted coldly: "It's really a carefully selected choice."

Since Cai Bo's son was able to sell the house calmly before running away, it means that Cai Bo was actually the only one who was silenced in this matter. Perhaps it was Mr. Zhao who was in a hurry to leave Beijing and had no energy to eliminate the root cause, or perhaps it was Mr. Zhao who was sure that Zhang Yi didn't know the truth, so he did not take any more ruthless actions.

"Prince, should you ask Shuntian Prefecture to issue a document to investigate and ask other prefectures and counties to assist in finding this chapter?" Shi Jia asked.
Chapter completed!