Di Zhiyuan was looking at the files of An Shigeng and An Mansion in his hand.
All the files related to the An family were brought, including information on the Six Gates, Shenhou Mansion, Dragon Guard Villa, and the Imperial Guards of the Emperor's personal army.
After Di Zhiyuan pretended to disappear in the morning, he hid in the water transport terminal, waiting for Yang Qingyuan's instructions, and was ready to take the Beijing camp out at any time.
While waiting, Di Zhiyuan summarized all the information and clues again.
This time, he discovered a question.
Why did the porter and boatman at the water transport terminal, Zhao Dehan from the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the supervisory censor Qian Liangping die one after another after the case of Li Bailiang?
The deaths of the porters, boatmen and even Zhao Qian could easily be explained by murdering people to silence them to prevent the news from leaking out.
But what about Li Bailiang?! Why did Li Bailiang die at this point?!
Could it be that Li Bailiang also knew about the theft of grain? Otherwise, it would not make sense, why Li Bailiang also died at the same time.
Although Li Bailiang's butler Li Zhong was also planning the case, the real cause of Li Bailiang's death was that he was infected by the blood-drinking poison.
Li Bailiang's life and death were actually controlled by the An family, but Li Zhong's plan was used by the An family and became a cover-up.
Calculating based on time, even if he killed Li Bailiang at this time, An Shigeng would not be able to control Li Bailiang's fleet in the short term and safely transport the grain out of the city?
The reason for killing Li Bailiang is no longer valid. Combined with the epidemic at the dock and the death of Zhao Qian, the only answer is to kill and silence!
But how did Li Bailiang know about the An family's stealing of grain?!
Di Zhiyuan came up with a hypothesis, what if Li Bailiang was an accomplice of the An family?! Then it was reasonable that Li Bailiang was killed and silenced by the An family.
In this case, there is another possibility for the location of the grain storehouse, which is that it is hidden in Li Bailiang's warehouse.
Thinking of this, Di Zhiyuan immediately sent people in disguise to visit Li Bailiang's three warehouses in the capital, but nothing was gained and everything was normal.
Two of the warehouses contained all kinds of goods, but no grain or grass.
The remaining one was simply empty, with nothing but a pile of sacks and some mice.
There was an error in Di Zhiyuan's reasoning, but the time of Li Bailiang's death was indeed strange.
Di Zhiyuan, who was confused, walked to the window. The pier, which was originally crowded with cars and horses, was now filled with patrolling soldiers. There were thousands of sailboats racing, and the water was full of various boats parked.
Every additional day that the water transport terminals are closed puts Yang Qingyuan under greater pressure. Each water transport terminal is an important gathering place for all kinds of materials in the capital. The supplies needed by the capital cannot last for more than a few days by land alone.
At this moment, Di Zhiyuan saw the ships parked at the dock from the window, and the flag with the word "李" hanging most often on the ships.
"Go and invite Chief Liu from the Water Transport Department Yamen!"
After finishing speaking, Di Zhiyuan hesitated for a moment, "When you invite, please also invite his scribes!"
Di Zhiyuan thought of Liu Jibai's daily work - stamping, and thought that he couldn't answer his own questions, so he might as well find a reliable person to ask!
"Master Di, please call me!"
Soon, Liu Jibai came to the house where Di Zhiyuan was sitting with three scribes.
"Someone come and serve tea to Mr. Liu!"
Then he asked Liu Jibai to sit aside and mind his own business without disturbing business.
Liu Jibai also knew his position very well. He was an old tool man, and even if he wanted to help, he couldn't help! He knew nothing about water transportation.
Calling several clerks to the window, Di Zhiyuan asked, "Are all these merchant ships flying the Li flag belong to Li Bailiang?!"
Several clerks came to the window and took a look, and then one of them said, "Sir, I dare not say that they are all, but among the ten ships flying the Li flag at the pier, at least seven are from the Li Mansion.
merchant ship."
"Yes! Li Bailiang is the number one shipping company in Beijing. Apart from official ships, Li Bailiang's fleet should be the largest!" another scribe added.
"After Li Bailiang died, are these fleets still in operation?!"
"Well, after Li Bailiang died, Li Zhong was immediately captured and brought to justice. Now the Li Mansion has fallen apart, no one is in charge, and these ships are also parked here."
Di Zhiyuan can be sure that there is no problem with the ships at the water transport terminal. During the previous thorough inspection of the water transport, the merchant ships parked at the terminal, whether they were official ships directly under the Ministry of Revenue or private merchant ships, were all inspected, and no grain was found.
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The real question is why these ships are parked at this shipping terminal.
"Don't the Li family have their own dock?!" Di Zhiyuan asked.
"It is true that there is no dock, but the Li family has a large shipyard. They can build and repair ships by themselves, but it is only in the outer city."
The Divine Capital covers a vast area and is the largest city in the world. It is divided into two parts, the inner and outer cities, separated by an inner city wall.
Although the original Divine Capital was also the largest in the world, it was far from as majestic as it is today. Taizu built another city wall outside the inner city, which expanded the Divine Capital from the original 16,900 hectares to 60,000 hectares.
As a wonder in the world, even Bai Yujing in the heaven is inferior to the city of gods.
"Outer city?!" Looking at the gradually darkening sky, Di Zhiyuan muttered to himself.
The scribe's words aroused his interest.
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Outside An Mansion, as the carrier pigeons flew out, Li Xunhuan and Cui Lueshang, who had been waiting on a tall building nearby, immediately performed Qing Kung Fu.
In order to prevent the pigeons from getting lost, Anfu released two pigeons.
This type of homing pigeon, called the Spirit Wind Pigeon, flies extremely fast and rarely loses its direction. It is the best among homing pigeons.
Li Xunhuan and Cui Lueshang, one each, followed the two spirit wind pigeons with their superb qinggong.
In the night, two extremely fast figures were rising and falling in Chang'an City, leaping several feet but more than ten feet away.
When it comes to Qinggong, both Li Xunhuan and Cui Lueshang are among the best in the world.
Needless to say, Cui Lueshang is known as "Chasing Life". He has exquisite leg skills, extraordinary lightness, and is also good at tracking.
As for Li Xunhuan, he was originally a rare master of Qinggong in the world. After getting to know Yang Qingyuan, Yang Qingyuan also taught him the essence of many exquisite Qinggong, such as Wudang's Tiyun Zong, Shaolin's Eight Steps to Catch Cicadas, Crossing the River with a Reed, and Kunlun's
Yunlongjiu appeared, and Yang Qingyuan was inspired by his friends to teach himself the Phoenix Dance for Nine Heavens.
In Yang Qingyuan's words, the combat effectiveness of an ADC with ultra-high movement speed and displacement is difficult to measure, and Miss Vayne has proven this.
Although Li Xunhuan didn't know who this girl named Wei En was, nor did he understand the meaning behind Yang Qingyuan's words, he had learned a lot about the essence of Qing Gong taught by Yang Qingyuan.
Fa, Li Xunhuan is even still chasing his life.
The two followed the carrier pigeon all the way from the inner city to the outer city.
Just as the pigeons landed, before anyone could come to catch them, two pebbles popped out from Li Xunhuan's fingertips, hitting the two pigeons accurately.
After the two of them checked their surroundings, they realized that they had arrived at a shipyard.