Du Ru grinned and smiled again, "Ruch? You're afraid you don't know how Yan Zhengyang died? Do you think he was really killed by the Liao army who came to rob? Haha...haha..." At this point, he laughed wildly a few times, but after laughing, he felt that most of his strength was consumed again. But for some reason, he just wanted to tell all the secrets of Zhong Zhiqing. "Zhong Zhiqing and Liao Kingdom had long been in communication with each other. He earned a lot of money from Liao Kingdom by selling salt, so when he asked for something, the officials of Liao Kingdom were willing to do his job for him."

Xu Dainian was stunned, "What do you mean is... killing Yan Zhengyang and his Liao army... is Zhong Zhiqing..."

"A case of such a big ship is exposed, once the truth is revealed, the consequences are far from what he can bear. Although Yan Zhengyang has gone far away, it is always a disaster. Zhong Zhiqing is scheming and must not allow him to live in the world. So he, like the court, has been looking for Yan Zhengyang for many years. But he is lucky, and you will find him one step ahead and eliminate the roots." Speaking of this, Du Ru laughed again. After the laughter, he wiped the blood foam on the corner of his mouth and said to Xu Dainian, "Now you understand, your enemy is just Zhong Zhiqing from beginning to end. If you want to take revenge, then go, find him, twist his head off, hang it on the city gate, and don't take it down even if it is dried up..."

He gritted his teeth when he heard him say it, a hint of surprise flashed through Xu Dainian's eyes, "Aren't you his lackey? Why do you hate him so much?"

Du Ru had lost too much blood at this moment, and it was cold from head to toe. The scene in front of him gradually became blurred, and even Xu Dainian could not see clearly.

However, he still forced himself to make a series of unconscious laughs, "You are right, I... no, our Du family has always been just a dog held by Zhong Zhiqing in his hand. He asked us to go east, and we didn't even dare to sniff the west. My cousin and the others are like this, and I am the same. No matter how hard I struggle, I can't escape, I can't escape..." Speaking of this, he suddenly laughed a few times, and involuntarily fell forward, fell at Xu Dainian's feet, shrank for a few times, and stopped moving.

Xu Dainian looked at the corpse curled up at his feet and hesitated for a moment. Finally, he picked up the broken hand next to him and placed it on Du Ru's wrist. Then he turned slowly, walked to the river with heavy steps, his body trembled a few times, and his knees softened. "For so many years, I have been looking for the wrong person, so I have been delaying for so long. Don't blame me," said this, his eyes suddenly changed, and a light swept through it, sharp and sinister, even colder than the cool breeze that suddenly blew up the river surface. "Now, I finally found my real enemy, and he is still alive, and he lives better than anyone else. Don't worry, I will not let him go. I will let him lick the blood on the tip of my knife again, let him savor the bitterness I have tasted. You believe me, that day is not far away, and it will be coming soon."

***

The drizzle was like silk, driving away the remains of the fire last night.

Xu Ziming ran to Cheng Mu, who was standing on the dock, and came to him. He bowed and whispered, "Sir, I have already taken stock. The salt lost by the two ships totaled 14 materials. The salt ships that left the port and drifted into the middle of the river were also retrieved and opened, and the salt bags on it were intact. In addition, except for the two porters who were slightly injured, the rest of the people were safe and sound."

Cheng Muyou breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, the fire was extinguished immediately, and there was no loss of people and salt."

Xu Ziming remembered the scene in the middle of the night yesterday and said with lingering fear, "Sir, if it weren't for that strange bird, the fire would be difficult to extinguish for a while, and the remaining salt ships would be robbed one after another."

As soon as he said this, he heard the slight footsteps behind him, so he paused, turned his head and looked behind him, and smiled and called, "Miss Yan, you are here too."

Cheng Muyou looked back and saw Yan Niang walking slowly with an oil-paper umbrella. In the drizzle, her slender figure was like a wisp of blue smoke, as if it would float to the sky at any time.

Yan Niang nodded at Xu Ziming, then walked to Cheng Muyou, stood side by side with him, with crystal clear eyes looking at the river surface of the water and sky, and said softly, "Sir, I heard from Miss Jiang that someone was deliberately doing the fire last night."

Cheng Muyou closed his head slightly, "The anchor chains of the salt ship were cut off with a sharp axe, and Xixi and others also caught a living mouth."

Yan Niang frowned and said, "Who is so brave and dares to openly rob a ship at the dock?"

Xu Ziming interrupted, "Miss Yan, you don't know. This plan looks bold, but in fact it is thorough. Those who hijack the ship are all good diving players. Taking advantage of the night to get close to the salt ship, and when no one noticed it, they lit the two ships and the pontoon bridge in the center of the dock, so that the soldiers on the dock could not get close. They took this opportunity to rob the ship by the wind. Every step in the plan was carefully designed, and even the time was calculated accurately, which was seamless. If it weren't for the Qu Zibi who broke out in the middle of the journey, I'm afraid the salt ship would have no idea where to float along the river."

Yan Niang nodded in praise, "Brother Xu, you analyzed it well, but Zhou Xiang's plan is really what those rural wild men thought of?"

Xu Ziming was stunned, and the clouds between his eyebrows gradually became sad, "Miss Yan means..."

"Miss Yan means that the mastermind behind this fire is not that simple." Cheng Muyou looked at Yan Niang and said this sentence word in his heart word by word.

"Sir, I think the same way?"

Cheng Muyou narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the vast canal river. "Before the salt ship docked, Xin'an Mansion had already searched the inns and houses within a radius of ten miles with the Xiangjun. At that time, we did not find any suspicious people. However, these thieves who hijacked the ship seemed to appear overnight and were in huge numbers. Where were they hiding before? Why could they escape the search of the government and Xiangjun? I can't figure it out." Speaking of this, he turned his gaze back to Yan Niang and said two words thoughtfully, "Unless..."

"Unless someone is in love with them and informs them, these people will move and avoid the search of the officers and soldiers." Yan Niang's eyes moved slightly, and she said this without hesitation.

After the words came, the two of them looked at each other like this, their faces seemed calm, but their hearts were already surging.

After a long time, Xu Ziming suddenly came to his senses and said in shock, "Sir, are there any traitors here?"
Chapter completed!