Two hours later, with a quick effort, the two Jinyi guards who had inquired about the news came back.
Wang Xu put the information they had obtained together together and found that the information they obtained was very similar. The 27 missing people were scattered all over Fuzhou. If there was anything in common, it was that each of the missing people had a family background.
Extraordinary, the lowest is the level of country squire.
Check the files of people who have disappeared before, the nephew of the prefect, the young owner of a restaurant chain, the son of a boat gang boss, the second young master of the escort agency
One by one, none of the victims belonged to an ordinary family. At worst, they were the kind of local bully whose family owned thousands of acres of fertile land and ruled the town.
"Sir, during the investigation, I discovered something strange. I don't know whether I should talk about it or not."
"Talk about it"
Wang Xu looked at the document without raising his head, thinking it was a trivial matter.
"During the investigation, my subordinates discovered that those families whose members boarded the red ship often fell apart within a few years. Even if they did not fall apart, they were not as good as before and suffered a severe decline."
"oh!"
Wang Xu raised his head slightly. The Red Mansion Shipyard was destroyed by fire eighty years ago. It first appeared fifty years ago. Counting this time, it appeared five times in total. About a hundred people boarded the ship.
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More than a hundred people, this is not a small number. If the families of those who boarded the ship declined in the years to come, the red ship would definitely be weirder than he thought.
"Have you checked?" Wang Xu asked in a deep voice.
"Yes." The sallow-faced Jin Yiwei lowered his head and replied: "My subordinates have checked and there are 114 people recorded. After these people boarded the red ship, their families either encountered disasters or failed in their decision-making and lost their entire family.
.Even if it is better, the family business is not as good as before, and the family standard has been knocked down a level at least."
"Hiss!" Wang Xu took a breath. There are levels of aristocratic families. From top to bottom, the most transcendent family is the royal family, then there are the first-class families that have been passed down for thousands of years, and then there are those who occupy a state.
The century-old county leader's house emptied out the governor.
Further down, there are the local wealthy families who occupy the territory of a prefecture and can challenge the prefect. As for the local bullies in the county and the squires in the villages and towns, they can only be regarded as small aristocratic families of the fourth and fifth ranks.
Although these people also call their families aristocratic families, in fact they are just putting money on their faces.
The world actually has strict requirements for the positioning of aristocratic families.
In troubled times, only a family that can rise up and gather thousands of soldiers with one word can be considered a noble family.
For example, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Sun Quan during the Three Kingdoms period, the Sima family who founded the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and even Li Shimin later came from aristocratic families.
As long as they are willing and raise their arms, they can easily recruit tens of thousands of people to seize a state.
Fuzhou is only considered a middle-low among the thirty-six states in the world. The one who can be called the commander-in-chief at the moment is the Fu family led by Fu Tianchou.
Moreover, the current Fu family is not strictly speaking a county leader.
Unless he can go one step further and become a high-ranking member of the imperial court, and then live a longer life and operate in Fuzhou for another 20 to 30 years, it is possible to build a county magistrate's house that will last for a hundred years.
Therefore, when a family is knocked down a level, it is not as simple as one sentence, but the efforts of two or three generations have been wasted.
In addition, when an aristocratic family rises up, it is destined to step on the bones of countless people and make enemies with countless people. It is conceivable that if an established aristocratic family falls, others will definitely not give it a chance to rise again.
"Fuzhou's territory is no more than eight prefectures, 65 counties, 716 towns, and more than 5,000 villages. In such a small place, more than a hundred aristocratic families have declined. Even if the decline is only a small aristocratic family, it is enough to spread it.
It’s scary.”
Wang Xu secretly smacked his tongue, although it has disappeared again and again in fifty years, and it is impossible for one place to be dominated by one family.
However, such figures are still horrifying. If it weren't for the current troubled times and the endless emergence of demons and ghosts, I am afraid that it would have attracted the attention of caring people.
It's a pity that in troubled times, everyone can't take care of themselves, so how can they care about these things? It is estimated that even if it is deleted, it will be regarded as a normal phenomenon.
"Just write this matter into a file and seal it. Don't disclose it to the outside world, so as not to cause panic to the outside world."
Wang Xu didn't want to cause trouble for himself, so it was the right way to minimize big problems and trivial matters.
"Yes, sir." The yellow-faced Jinyiwei nodded slightly and didn't ask any questions that he shouldn't have.
Wang Xu waved his hand and asked the two of them to go out, while he sat in the room and fell into deep thought.
Those who came out alive, Shi Taigong, had good fortune, while those who failed to come out had their families destroyed. It seems that both events were related to luck.
He is more interested now. What is hidden on the red boat? It can actually affect other people's luck. This is not something ordinary people can do.
night
There is no curfew in Fuzhou City. When night comes, talented people, beauties, and wealthy businessmen who find it too hot during the day begin their day of socializing.
Wang Xu was wearing white clothes and holding a folding fan in his hand, just like an ordinary young man, walking on the crowded streets.
Just outside the street is the canal, and boats filled with joy and laughter float down the river from time to time.
Occasionally, there will be a small boat parked on the shore, and a few girls dressed in colorful clothes will come out, and they will laugh when they look at people. I really love this person.
Wang Xu saw with his own eyes that a scholar in a green shirt was arguing with someone about selling a painting. He was carried away by the girl's smile. The original price of the painting was five taels of silver, but he sold it for only thirty taels of silver.
The scholar took the silver and eagerly got on the boat. Amid the laughter of everyone, he waved to the boatman and sailed away.
"call out"
While walking, Wang Xu suddenly heard a whistle. When he turned around, he saw that it was a girl standing on a boat.
The girl looked to be in her twenties. She was wearing a washed white skirt and looked very simple.
Looking at the boat again, it is very small. It should be a modified fishing boat, but it has a wider awning than a fishing boat and lacks the earthy smell of fishing at sea.
"Hee hee" saw Wang Xu looking up. The girl was holding the boat awning with one hand and placing one hand on her lower abdomen. She made a two sign and licked her lower lip with her tongue.
Wang Xu was startled. This was the Ning Dynasty. Scissorhands was not for taking pictures. It was self-evident what the girl's purpose was.
He was a good gentleman, and left quickly, waving his folding fan with his hands behind his back.
"Bah, he's a poor guy again. He doesn't even have two taels of silver, so why should he study?"
Wang Xu has a sharp ear and eyesight, and the girl's voice cannot deceive him.
When he heard that this was the case, Wang Xu shook his head slightly. She was a very good girl. She couldn't do anything bad, but she just wanted to do this.
He is not discriminating against women. It is true that the body is the capital of revolution, but is it a pleasure to spend this kind of money? He smiles all the time to greet people, and even loses his dignity as a human being.
"The appearance of the Red Mansion Shipyard is not regular at all, as if it can teleport. It can appear as long as there is water within a thousand miles of Fuzhou. The files show that under normal circumstances, the Red Mansion Shipyard will only appear once every ten years."
Sometimes, it rarely disappears at a glance, but often appears for several days in a row before disappearing.
Last night, the Red Mansion Shipyard appeared once, and according to the rules, it will appear again today, but no one knows where it will appear. Fortunately, I am not completely unprepared."
Wang Xu unfolded the fan and looked into it. The map of Fuzhou was drawn on it.
On the map, every river is clearly visible, and any river area where the Dafu Boat can be used is marked on it.
This folding fan is the prop prepared by Wang Xu. It looks like a fan, but it is actually an electronic map.
Throughout Fuzhou, Wang Xu has sent insect robots to monitor wherever there is water.
If millions of insect robots are scattered, it doesn't matter if the Red Mansion Shipyard doesn't appear. As long as they appear, he will receive the message here immediately.
Even if the red ship appeared hundreds of kilometers away, he could immediately take out the aircraft and arrive within a few minutes.
The so-called random appearance of Red Boat simply does not exist here. This is the convenience of technology.
"Red Mansion Shipyard, let me see what you are!" Wang Xu closed his fan suddenly and regained his appearance as a young master, with a kind smile on his face, like a pure white rabbit.