Fan Zhen immediately ordered the boat to stop, and then personally led a team into the water to rescue the people. However, when he and a group of sailors scrambled to drag the drowned man back onto the boat, they found that he had been dead for a long time!
"Isn't this Lu Le? He is a first-class water expert. How could he drown so quickly?"
Fan Zhen immediately recognized the face of the deceased and squatted down to examine it carefully - apart from large and small scratches, Lu Le had no fatal wounds, but his lips were blue and his eyes were bulging. He indeed looked like he was in the sea.
The look of drowning.
"Brother Fan, don't draw conclusions too quickly. If someone really fell into the water and died, his lower abdomen would be swollen, and his hands and feet would be swollen and wrinkled. I'm afraid, there is something else strange about this person's cause of death!"
Leng Jiayun, who had just put Qi Ziyin to sleep, also followed the sound and came to the deck at this moment, but whispered softly in the man's ear. At the moment, the people were standing still, and the light on the deck was getting darker and darker, making it difficult to see clearly. After some discussion
After that, the two decided to carry the body of the sailor named Lu Le back into the cabin, and then carefully inspect it by light.
It was true as the woman said. After they removed all the clothes from the deceased, they saw that the blood veins on his belly were bulging out from under the skin, glowing with a terrifying blue-gray color. After using a knife to cut open the flesh, there were more blood vessels.
I could clearly see that all the blood in the blood vessels had turned into a paste as thick as rice porridge!
"As far as I know, there is a fish called Poisonous Scorpionfish deep in the Chanying Sea. It has seven slender back spines on its back. Once it is stung by it, it will cut off the breath in just the blink of an eye. And the symptoms after poisoning
, that is, the blood all over the body turns to porridge. This poisonous scorpionfish is difficult to catch, and few people know of its existence. I also heard about it from Baili many years ago, and only then did I realize how powerful this thing is!"
The woman in purple stared at the body closely, and after a long time she spoke again. However, her guess made Fan Zhen immediately change his expression:
"What Miss Leng means is that someone on this ship deliberately poisoned Lu Le?!"
The woman nodded: "Look, the color of the flesh deep in the wound has turned black. It must have been poisoned. But - it seems unlikely that anyone among the islanders would do such a thing, and they definitely don't have the ability -
—We'd better keep the poisoning a secret for now, and just say that Lu Le died of drowning."
"How can this be done? It involves the safety of hundreds of people on the ship. What if the murderer continues to poison and kill people?"
Fan Zhen, who had a straightforward personality, immediately said no, shook his head and started shouting. Upon seeing this, Leng Jiayun immediately stepped forward and covered his mouth:
"Keep your voice down! The reason why the murderer chose to throw the body into the sea at this time is naturally to cover up others' eyes. Now that the other party is hiding and we are hiding, the only way to do it is to investigate in secret and find him as soon as possible!"
As Leng Jiayun said this, her brows furrowed even more tightly. She vaguely felt in her heart that the murderer tonight was just to test the toxicity of the poisonous scorpionfish, but his real purpose was not yet known.
What makes the woman even more troubled is that it is not yet certain what the murderer used to commit the murder. And the murder weapon used to poison Lu Le has most likely been thrown into the vast sea by him, and there is no trace of it at all.
May be found.
So, before Fan Zhen could say anything else, Leng Jiayun, who was eager to catch the murderer, tensed up her nerves and started looking for clues on the ship. Soon, she found the man who first discovered Lu Le falling into the water near the bow of the ship.
A famous sailor. After all, the people who patrol every night are registered in the register. There should be no spies among them, and the words he says are more credible.
The other party seemed to be a little frightened by the woman questioning him again, and asked uneasily: "Didn't I tell you two about Lu Le's matter before? Are you suspecting that I am not good? I should have known this was the case.
, I shouldn’t have agreed to do this patrol job tonight..."
"Answer whatever I ask you. Where does all this nonsense come from!"
Fan Zhen was impatient, and when he saw the other party repeatedly complaining, he immediately opened his eyes. However, the Dongli woman raised her hand to signal him not to be rash, and then used the cliché skills she had developed in Jiayunzhai to approach the sailor with a smile.
He came to comfort him and said:
"Actually, we are only more concerned about the details of the situation at that time. After all, people died on the ship now. If Lu Le fell into the water due to an accident, we must find out the cause. Otherwise, if someone falls into the sea due to this again, no matter whether they are injured or
Even if he loses his life, it is a huge hidden danger. Besides, Ziyin is still injured at the moment, so it is appropriate for the two of us to share more of his burden."
Seeing that the woman in front of him looked friendly, the sailor gradually relaxed:
"Ms. Leng's words make sense. But I think it's unlikely to be an accident. Because I saw clearly when I was patrolling, Lu Le was quietly leaning against the side of the ship from beginning to end, as if he was blowing the sea breeze, but suddenly there was no warning.
It fell headlong into the sea."
"Then where did he come onto the deck from before?"
"I didn't pay too much attention to this. I just remember seeing him walking to the side of the ship, as if he was drunk, swaying and unsteady."
"Are you really drunk?!"
Leng Jiayun and Fan Zhen looked at each other, and suddenly there was a thump in their hearts - there were only two places on the ship where there would be alcohol, one was piled at the bottom of the ship as ballast cargo, and the other was the daily limited supply to the sailors from the kitchen.
Supply. There are only two keys to the cargo hold at the bottom of the ship. One of them is kept by Fan Zhen and the other is in the hands of Qi Ziyin. No one can get in. And if someone deliberately poisons the wine -
—
The woman didn't dare to think about it anymore, so she quickly thanked the other party and hurried towards the kitchen in three steps at a time.
The cramped compartment was filled with the stench of sailors' sweat and the aroma of food and wine. The two smells mixed together were like plunging into a vat of rancid swill. It was midnight, and only a few people were still there.
Before returning to the cabin to rest, the woman who rushed through the door immediately made them all look at her in astonishment.
"Miss Leng, what brought you here? This is a place where vulgar men like us often come. Don't get your clothes dirty."
One of them immediately came up with a smile. It was Fan Zhen's deputy Li Fu, who was responsible for the daily patrol on the ship. He was holding a freshly filled glass of wine in his hand. Leng Jiayun felt his back when he saw this.
As soon as it cooled down, he raised his hand and knocked the wine to the ground.
"Miss Leng, what are you doing? It's a pity that I have this last glass of wine!"
Wine is a very luxurious thing on the ship, and it is exclusively used for recreational drinking by sailors who are not on duty. Now seeing a glass of wine spilled at their feet, the other party couldn't help but cry out in distress.
"This wine may be poisonous, so don't drink it anymore!"
At this point, Leng Jiayun did not intend to hide it from the crew any longer, so she told the people in front of her about Lu Le's poisoning last night. Unexpectedly, the other party was stunned for a moment and did not show any nervousness or anger.
, instead looked at her in surprise and said:
"Miss Leng, stop joking around. We know Lu Le better than you do. Even though this old boy is tall and thick, he actually can't drink at all, and he has never drank alcohol. We have been drinking this old wine since Qingwan."
I sealed it and drank it all the way till today. If it was really poisonous, I'm afraid more than half of the people on the ship would have died long ago!"
"But the man on patrol clearly told us -"
"It's even more impossible. The guy who was supposed to be in charge of the night shift tonight was lazy and didn't go on duty at all. Instead, he lay in this room and slept all night. My subordinates just discovered him. If you don't believe me, you can ask him in person now.
!”
Before Leng Jiayun could react, she saw Li Fu walking to a desk in the corner and lifting a thin young man forward:
"Brother Li Fu indeed arranged for me to patrol the ship tonight, but I had a few too many drinks and got drunk, so I couldn't rush there. Later, I was worried about being scolded by Commander Fan, and I heard that someone had died, so I kept hiding here...
…”
"You bastard! Who is that person patrolling the stern of the ship now?"
Fan Zhen immediately grabbed the opponent's collar and punched him to hit him. But when Leng Jiayun next to him heard this, his expression had already changed:
"Don't worry about this for now, Ziyin may be in danger!"
She exclaimed and lifted up the hem of her skirt and rushed out of the door. Fan Zhen seemed to realize that something was wrong and pushed the young man to the ground. He followed him like crazy and ran towards the compartment where Qi Ziyin slept.
.
As soon as he broke through the door, Leng Jiayun saw the person who had deliberately misled her before. The other person seemed to have expected that his identity would be exposed. He held a dagger in his hand and shook it on the sleeping Qi Ziyin's neck, pinching it.
He yelled:
"Both of you, stop and don't come any closer! This knife of mine is also quenched with poisonous scorpionfish poison. If you dare to touch it without permission, the young master of Ye Kingdom will be killed immediately!"
"Who are you?"
The woman in purple was afraid that she would wake up the sleeping young man, so she had to deal with him in a low voice.
The man opposite did not answer immediately. He just smiled and gently dug at the corners of his eyes with his index finger:
"People on land are not as slow as I thought. I thought you two would waste a lot of time on that group of sailors who only know how to drink."
"Tune the tiger away from the mountain! You killed people on the ship just to take the opportunity to get close to Ziyin, right?"
"That's not wrong. It's just that I have been lurking beside you for many years, and now I don't want to take action unless I have to!"
"What does it mean to lurk for a long time? What does it mean to be forced to do so?!"
Faced with the Dongli woman's questioning, the man did not continue the conversation. Instead, he increased the intensity of digging with his fingertips. There was only a soft sound, and the nails actually dug into the skin at the corner of his eyes. Then with a hard force, he unexpectedly
The whole face is torn off from the face, revealing the scaly fish-man face underneath!
"I know the consequences of eating the Lu Hui Dan given to me by the first one, so I have relied on this method to hide my identity all these years! Originally, I planned to look for opportunities to land on land after the spring, and from then on I would remain anonymous and never return to Qing Dynasty.
Bay, who knew, who knew that the leader would actually launch an attack in advance! The poisonous poison in the winter last year was a warning to you. If you had kept silent about finding the ultimate power of the ancestors, what would have happened?
Nothing will happen, and those people will not die! Many of them are also my old acquaintances!"
The fish-man was just talking to himself, and for a moment he seemed a little crazy.
Leng Jiayun's face became even more ugly. It turned out that the poisonous plague that broke out in Qingwan was actually caused by the murlocs!
"Why do you want to stop us from finding the ultimate power?"
"Miss Leng, you don't understand! Even if you stay safe in Qingwan, the leader will kill everyone on land sooner or later! After all, he has been planning for many years, and he will never allow any omissions in his plan!"
"Who is the leader in your mouth?!"
The woman in purple was really startled by the other party's sensational explanation, and felt a cold sweat running down her back - it turned out that those fishmen of unknown origin not only had the powerful ability to capture Qingwan, but had also been secretly planning a conspiracy.
A huge unknown conspiracy!
However, before she could continue to ask questions, Qi Ziyin, whose head and face were covered with fine cloth, suddenly woke up, blinked his sleepy eyes and asked strangely: "Sister Jia? What are you doing?"
The fish man came back to his senses because of this, and immediately jumped up beside the couch, grabbed the young man's hair with one hand, and put a knife on his neck with the other: "Now that things have happened, it's useless to say anything! Today!
I must capture this kid and give it to the leader. If you stop me, I don’t care and I will kill him now!"
Unexpectedly, Leng Jiayun raised the corner of her mouth and pulled Fan Zhen out of the way: "Okay, then you can take him away!"
"Don't play any tricks with me!"
Upon seeing this, the fishman on the opposite side suddenly became panicked, pointed a knife at the tip of the woman's nose and cursed. Unexpectedly, the young man in white in his hand suddenly became angry, snatched the dagger away, and then used a standard grapple.
Put it down instantly!
"You, you little brat, aren't you seriously injured and yet to recover?!"
The fish-man was so surprised that he screamed with all his strength.
The young man suddenly raised his hand and pulled off all the fine cloth wrapped around his head. What was revealed after that was Mo Chen's face!
"Thank you to Miss Leng for being more careful. In order to prevent the murderer from taking the opportunity to attack Young Master Ziyin, she ordered me to change into his appearance in advance and wait here for you to fall into the trap!"
Mo Chen and Fan Zhen worked together to tightly tie the fish-man's hands behind his back, preventing him from moving at all.
The furious murloc struggled and continued to shout loudly: "Now that I'm a prisoner, why don't you kill me quickly?!"
"Until we fully understand what conspiracy the leader you mentioned is plotting, your life is still of some value! Take this person under custody and send someone to guard him alive!"
Leng Jiayun chuckled and waved her sleeves to order Fan Zhen and Mo Chen to take the person away. Unexpectedly, the fish-man's body suddenly became stiff, and his eyes were bulging and bloodshot!
"It's a poisonous scorpionfish!"
The woman in purple suddenly reacted, but it was too late to stop her. The poison quickly spread into the meridians of the fishman's body, and the three people in the cabin could only watch as his aura became worse and worse.
weak:
"Originally... I really... didn't want to do this. But now... I can only... die... to be free..."
"What do you mean? What don't you want?!"
Fan Zhen rushed forward and grabbed the opponent's collar, wanting to question him, but the fish-man had lost his breath and could not utter another word. At the same time, the three of them heard a rapid horn sound coming from outside the cabin.
Then a sailor broke in from outside the door:
"The fishmen are attacking in large numbers and are crawling towards the ship!"
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