Xu Qinghuan sat here and explained the case clearly.
Those messy clues were immediately connected.
Xu Qinghuan and Song Chengxuan did not speak. Xu Qingan, who was hiding outside and eavesdropping, could no longer hold back and finally walked in quickly.
Xu Qing'an said: "Who do you suspect the murderer is?" Everyone fell silent at the critical moment. Are they people who want to die and eavesdrop?
Both of them are so smart and don't know how to take others into consideration.
Xu Qingan sat down. If he didn't get the answer tonight, he would definitely not be able to sleep.
Xu Qinghuan said: "Not only did the Tan family have a different attitude towards the murderer, but the murderer also treated the Tan family and Master Sun Er differently. After the murderer tied Master Sun, he cut off his tongue and then immersed him in the river and tortured him to death.
, it can be seen that the murderer is a calm, fierce and decisive person.
And judging from the previous cases between the Sun family and Mr. Yan, the murderer has his own way of killing people. He clearly sent Master Sun’s tongue to the Sun family. Why did he come to kill Mr. Tan’s family? He should now find ways to kill Mrs. Sun’s second wife.
That’s right.”
Xu Qingan was confused when he heard this: "Yes, then why."
Xu Qinghuan said: "What if the Tan family will prevent him from continuing to kill? After the Tan family uncle was stabbed, he lay in the grass. The murderer did not directly kill the Tan family uncle. It can be seen that there was hesitation in his heart when he started. It was this hesitation that saved the Tan family.
The murderer did not want to kill the Tan family uncle, or rather he was unwilling to kill the Tan family uncle, so he left the Tan family uncle aside and left him to fend for himself.
Everything is left to fate, and from the perspective of the murderer's heart, it leaves a glimmer of hope for Mr. Tan's family."
Xu Qingan was surprised: "You mean, the murderer and the Tan family uncle have a romantic relationship, so the Tan family uncle almost died and still covered up for the murderer."
Xu Qinghuan said: "The murderer may be Mrs. Tan, the person that the Tan family wants to protect even if it costs her life."
Xu Qing'an's eyes lit up: "The murderer has such a relationship with the Tan family. He is a man and good at water, so the first person to suspect seems to be... just... but how is that possible..."
Xu Qinghuan raised his eyes: "Maybe we thought wrong. Then as long as we find the second master of the Tan family, we can know whether our guess is correct."
Xu Qing'an said: "Why would the second master of the Tan family do this? It seems that the Tan family and the Sun family have nothing to do with each other."
Xu Qinghuan looked at Song Chengxuan. This man had been sitting there since just now, looking at her quietly. His cold eyes seemed to be able to see through her. She had already experienced his ability to discern people's hearts when she was in Fengxiang, so
This time when they faced each other again, she was extra careful.
Their eyes met, and although he didn't hide away and allowed her to explore his thoughts, he hid all his emotions in the deep pools under his eyes, so how much could she see clearly.
In her previous life, she knew that the Zhang family suffered setbacks in the court, but she didn't know the inside story because Li Xu had just become an official at that time and was trying to find a way to gain a foothold in the north. Her focus was on the situation in northern Xinjiang.
In the next few years, she was restrained by Song Chengxuan, and she vaguely heard Li Xu mention that the Zhang family might be involved in smuggling. With such a hint, she could naturally connect the Sun family, the Yan family, and the Tan family.
Song Chengxuan looked at Xu Qinghuan. There was no confusion in her eyes from beginning to end. When did she figure out the connection? Was it when Mrs. Tan suddenly came to Beijing, or after something happened to Uncle Tan.
Obviously this is her secret and she won't tell him.
Xu Qinghuan couldn't help sighing. This man saw through everything, so he looked at her quietly like this to ask her to speak first. Since he had already seen it clearly, why should she hide it: "It's probably because of smuggling!"
Xu Qingan looked at Xu Qinghuan blankly.
Xu Qinghuan said: "Master Song has been in Quanzhou for so long and knows more about this matter than me. If you can tell us, I would be very grateful." She was telling the truth. She was like this because of her previous life.
Guessing, without knowing the inside story, Song Chengxuan was able to discover the anomalies in the Tan family without knowing his past life. Obviously, she was inferior to him in this aspect.
Song Chengxuan raised his eyes slightly. He didn't expect her to admit defeat like this, but had she ever thought that if she asked him to verify these things today, she might regret it later when she knew the truth.
A smile appeared on Song Chengxuan's lips. Since she had asked, it was as she wished: "Back then, smuggling was rampant in Quanzhou. The court cracked down on smuggling ships and arrested many Japanese merchants. This attracted Japanese pirates, and the pirates retaliated.
In the subsequent naval battle of Quanzhou, after a complete victory in this battle, the morale of the navy increased greatly. The new commander-in-chief was determined to eliminate smuggling and Japanese pirates. Japanese pirates would definitely not tolerate the invasion.
Quanzhou's attitude is so resolute that the smuggling ships in the past have all found other ways out. If they are allowed to change their ways so easily, wouldn't all the manpower and material resources spent by the imperial court be of no use here."
Xu Qinghuan nodded: "But in the vast sea, who knows where those ships will dock. Not to mention that the Navy of the Zhou Dynasty does not have that many manpower. Even if there are guard posts along the coast, the soldiers cannot be ready at all times."
Song Chengxuan said: "It is difficult to control the ships at sea, but after the smuggled goods entered the Zhou Dynasty, there were always merchants to transport them, so Master Hong came forward to arrest and imprison the merchants who sold the smuggled goods. After doing so, the smuggling was really good."
A lot.
However, the people who dared to smuggle goods were not actually merchants, but officials with well-established connections in the court. As long as the limelight passed, those officials could find other merchants to work for them.
Smuggling is very profitable, and there must be brave men under the heavy reward. Naturally, there are merchants who are willing to take risks to work for them. And this time they have become smarter. Once the smuggled goods are landed, they will quickly distribute them to the small merchants.
Those small businessmen, who had few private goods, would sell them short in a blink of an eye. The court tried hard to check them, but what they caught was just a small fish, which was of no use."
Xu Qinghuan's eyes were as clear as jade: "After Mr. Tan passed away, the Tan family's business did better. A few years ago, the Tan family came to Beijing to travel around, hoping to make friends and get richer. Unexpectedly, they were beaten by me.
Grandma kicked out of the house. If the Tan family acted like this, they might have figured out the way to do it.
The Sun family used to be businessmen, and now that they have official positions, it is more convenient to do things. The Yan family regards the Sun family as their leader, while the Tan family is a small businessman who is allocated private goods. This is the relationship between them.
The officials in the court who support them are naturally the Zhang family."
Knowing the relationship between them, now we just have to figure out what happened to cause the Sun family and the Yan family to be killed one after another, and how this has anything to do with the fire by the Bishui River many years ago.
The cause of the rebellion against the King of Wei that year was that Mr. Sun Er discovered someone smuggling armor from Japan while he was doing business. The court caught the person and interrogated him and found out that the matter was related to the King of Wei.
But now it is clearly the Sun family themselves who are transporting private goods to the Japanese state. So what was the truth about the rebellion of King Wei back then?
Xu Qinghuan subconsciously looked at Song Chengxuan to see if Song Chengxuan wanted to say that King Wei was wrongly accused.
