One body after another was pulled ashore. Ning Chen would personally look at every corpse. Until daybreak, a total of forty-three bodies were recovered. These people are all wearing uniforms, indicating that they are all crew members on the ship. Some of these people were killers and they killed other crew members. The killer died under Ning Chen's knife. With so many people disguising themselves as crew members and boarding the ship, it is impossible for other people on the ship to not discover them if there is no one to cover them. The only person with such great ability is the captain. The person in charge of this ship is named Ye Liao. When Ning Chen boarded the ship, Ye Liao came to pay homage. But among these corpses, there was no Ye Liao.
As a captain, he has been living on the water all year round. Needless to say, he is water-savvy, so escaping is easy. Ning Chen found the Water Festival envoy and ordered: "Fei Ge sent a message to the Supervision Department and asked them to arrest a man named Ye Liao." The Water Festival envoy leaned over and said: "Master Hou Haihan, we don't have a carrier pigeon to communicate with the Supervision Department... we can only send a message to the Gyeonggi Yamen." Ning Chen frowned slightly. He couldn't trust some people from the Gyeonggi Yamen. But there is no other way now, "Then send the letter to the Gyeonggi Yamen." "yes!" Ning Chen stayed at the ferry station until the afternoon of the next day. The police officers who searched along the way came back. They brought back a dozen corpses. Ning Chen went to check and found that Pan Yucheng and Feng Qizheng were not there, which made him sigh in relief. This shows that Pan Yucheng and Feng Qizheng are still alive. But where have they gone? Was he caught? Ning Chen ordered the Water Festival envoy to find out the identities of these corpses, and he himself returned to the capital, looking for Feng Qizheng and Pan Yucheng along the way. Something must have happened to these two. If they were alive, this was the closest place to where the trouble occurred, and they would definitely come here. Ning Chen rode a horse and searched along the way. When he arrived at the place of the accident, the river had already returned to calm.
Ning Chen searched along the river bank. Two days passed with no clues at all. ... Capital City, Imperial Palace Study Room. Emperor Xuan is reading the memorial. He glanced at Eunuch Quan next to him and said, "Counting the time, Ning Chen will be here in the next two days, right?" Eunuch Quan bowed his head and said hurriedly: "Yes! We should be able to arrive the day after tomorrow at the latest." Ning Chen boarded the ship from Lingzhou, and Lingzhou immediately sent the news to the capital. It takes about six or seven days to travel upstream from Lingzhou to Beijing. Calculating the time, Ning Chen can reach the capital in a day or two. "This boy has never let me down!" Emperor Xuan put down the memorial and Long Yan was delighted. The news of the success of the peace talks had already been sent back in advance. Daxuan and Wu Kingdom signed a ten-year non-aggression treaty and opened up trade routes. This is a good thing for Daxuan and Wu Kingdom, which is beneficial to the country and the people. The father-in-law was all smiles, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, on getting such a good minister." Emperor Xuan picked up the tea cup, took a sip, and said with a smile: "I often wonder whether Ning Chen is God's compensation for losing my second prince." Eunuch Quan smiled flatteringly, "Perhaps the Second Prince has a spirit in heaven and sent the Marquis to His Majesty to honor His Majesty on his behalf." Emperor Xuan Longyan was delighted, nodded and said: "What you said makes sense, it must be so." "When Ning Chen comes back this time, his marriage to Huai'an should also be put on the agenda... Why is it so difficult for these two children to be together?" Eunuch Quan hurriedly said: "As the saying goes, good things come in hard times!" Emperor Xuan stood up with a smile on his face and said: "These broken memorials give me a headache... Quan Sheng, please accompany me out of the palace and go to Zhuangyuan Tower to see if there are any good poems?" "yes!" Emperor Xuan suddenly said: "Forget it! Who can compare with Ning Chen in poetry? Since I read Ning Chen's masterpieces, I now feel that other people's poems are unsightly." Quan Gonggong smiled flatteringly, "The Marquis is the reincarnation of the Poet Immortal. When it comes to poetry, only Your Majesty can beat the Marquis." Emperor Xuan glared at him, "Quansheng, your level of flattery has declined... I still have self-awareness. My poems are barely readable, but they are far behind Ning Chen." "I like poetry, but this does not mean that I have high attainments in poetry... Just like people who like food may not necessarily know how to cook food." "Stop flattering me like this from now on. I feel like you are mocking me."
Quan Sheng was so frightened that he fell to his knees on the ground, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and said in panic: "Your Majesty, please calm down! Even if I have the courage, I would not dare to ridicule Your Majesty." Emperor Xuan smiled and said: "Get up! I don't blame you." Eunuch Quan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" Emperor Xuan said with some pride: "Ning Chen is indeed a genius, but I am the emperor. No matter how powerful he is, he must listen to me." "Let's go and take a walk with me in the Royal Garden." "yes!" But at this moment, a young eunuch walked in quickly and knelt down, holding a memorial in both hands, "Your Majesty, the Gyeonggi Yamen is here to report." When the Gyeonggi Yamen received the news from the Water Festival Envoy, they almost fainted on the spot. Sink the warship, assassinate the marquis... How brave do you have to do such a thing? The matter was so big that the Gyeonggi Yamen immediately sent the news to the palace. Emperor Xuan frowned slightly, "Send it up!" Eunuch Quan took the memorial and presented it to Emperor Xuan. Emperor Xuan opened the memorial, and his face darkened a little. Suddenly, Emperor Xuan slammed the memorial on the dragon case. Father-in-law Quan was startled. "Lawless, absolutely lawless...Call Geng Jing, Minister of War Ji Mingchen, and Minister of Justice Li Zhixing to the palace to see the emperor immediately!" Eunuch Quan didn't know what happened, but he knew that something big must have happened, otherwise His Majesty wouldn't be so angry. He hurriedly said, "Yes, I'll do it immediately!" Eunuch Quan hurriedly ordered someone to go out of the palace to pass the message. Emperor Xuan said, "Call Nie Liang in!" After a while, Nie Liang walked in. "Minister, see you..." "No need to be polite!" Emperor Xuan waved his hand, "Nie Liang, you immediately lead a thousand imperial guards to search along the Tianhe River in the direction of Lingzhou to pick up Ning Chen." Although Nie Liang didn't know what happened, he didn't dare to ask more, and hurriedly accepted the order, "Minister, obey the order!" Eunuch Quan realized that something might have happened to Ning Chen, otherwise His Majesty wouldn't be so angry. More than an hour later, Geng Jing, Ji Mingchen, and Li Zhixing arrived. Except Geng Jing, Li Zhixing and Ji Mingchen had sweat on their foreheads and their backs were soaked. Because it was an urgent summons, they trotted into the palace.
Without waiting for the three to salute, Emperor Xuan waved his hand, "No need to kneel! I called you here because Ning Chen was in trouble." The three were shocked! Emperor Xuan said: "Ning Chen was returning to the capital from Lingzhou by boat. He was assassinated on the way. The warship was sunk. Ning Chen survived. The Supervisory Department's Golden Clothes Pan Yucheng and the man named Feng Qizhen disappeared. Almost all the others were killed." Geng Jing and the other two changed their faces. The warship was sunk. This is so bold. This is a crime of exterminating the whole family. The key is that the assassin was the Great Xuan Hou who had just returned from the successful negotiations! Multiple crimes are punished together, enough to kill all three clans!