"The king has asked everyone on this ship to be investigated, and no suspects of arson have been found." He took everything she said into consideration.

"Your Highness does not mean arson, but an accident? But how did the accident happen? It was during the day when the accident occurred. It was impossible for anyone to light a lamp or use a fire. The tea room was also ruled out. How could it have been caused?" Bai Jiujiu asked with his own

He tapped his chin with his index finger and couldn't figure it out.

"It's winter now, and thunder and lightning can be eliminated. What are the flammable materials?" Bai Jiujiu murmured to himself, and suddenly thought of something and asked: "Your Highness, after the passenger ship accident, was the ship blocked?"

"That's right, no one is allowed to board the ship after the accident. Until the cause of the fire is found, nothing on the ship can be moved." This was his immediate order. Only by maintaining the scene of the fire can the cause of the fire be found out.

"We should check the luggage of the passengers on the boat to see if anyone has brought flammable materials." Bai Jiujiu believed that if the fire was not an accident or arson, then the possibility of the passengers' luggage was relatively high.

The two came to the cargo hold below the deck. The guests' luggage was here, with the guests' name tags on it. They prepared this tag themselves to avoid mistaking the luggage. People who often take ships will prepare it, and some do not put the name tags.

, maybe I forgot, or it was my first time taking a boat.

After checking, no suspicious luggage was found, and the two left the accident passenger ship.

Standing on the pier looking at the parked boats, I had no clue.

The emperor only gave him three days to solve the case. If he couldn't solve the case in three days, the emperor would definitely accuse him.

"My lord, what are you going to do next? Everything is normal, but a sudden fire breaks out. It's so unusual." Bai Jiujiu thought they must have missed some information.

"Go and visit the nearby villages." Xuanyuan Jin took Bai Jiujiu to the village closest to the dock, Dock Village. Most of the people in this village worked at the dock, including those who shipped goods, some sailed ships, and some helped.

There are people who unload cargo and those who follow ships. The dock is their usual source of livelihood. Now that the dock has been locked up for three days, they have nothing to do and chat together.

Bai Jiujiu has a social problem. Although he is not from the village, he lied casually and said that he and his good brothers came to the capital by boat to do business. They wanted to buy some goods back to the county to sell, but who knew that the dock was blocked and they could not go back for a while.

, I went out to see if the pier could be unblocked on time in three days. My wife, children, and children at home were still waiting for them to go back!

The two of them were wearing simple casual clothes today. Bai Jiujiu dressed up in men's clothes to facilitate the investigation of the case, so no one recognized them and believed their words.

"Uncle, do you think the dock will be back to normal in three days? We just wanted to sell the goods before the New Year! This happened unexpectedly." Bai Jiujiu shook his head and sighed.

A middle-aged man said: "It should be possible. After all, many people rely on the dock to make a living! Keeping it sealed will not allow goods to come in or get out, which is not a long-term solution."

After hearing this, Bai Jiujiu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Hearing what uncle said, our anxious mood can feel a little better.

I don’t know who the murderer set this fire, which not only killed many people, but also affected other people’s wealth.”

After Bai Jiujiu brought up a topic, these people immediately started chatting about it.

"Have you heard that there was a loud noise like thunder before the boat caught fire yesterday? Some people think that the boatman must have done something immoral and was punished by God."

"It's winter, thunder is unlikely! Did someone deliberately spread rumors?" Bai Jiujiu asked. In this accident, the owner of the passenger ship died, so many clues were lost.

"Many people said they heard a noise, and the survivors on the boat also said that there was a roar on the boat, and the boat shook violently. If it was a small boat, it would definitely capsize, and then it caught fire. No one knew what happened." Villagers.

The conversation was lively, true and false.

Xuanyuan Jin and Bai Jiujiu left the village and came to the dock again: "Your Highness, it seems that the problem still lies on the boat. Let's go and take a look."

The two of them stood by the river, looking at the burnt ship docked at the dock, which was beyond recognition. Just as they were about to pass by, Bai Jiujiu suddenly pulled Xuanyuan Jin: "Your Majesty, look at the waterline of this ship.

Xuanyuan Jin followed her line of sight and found a clue: "Now the ship's hull is left, which is lighter than other ships, but the waterline is deeper than other ships, indicating that there are heavy objects on board."

"Is there any place on this ship that we haven't checked? Only the hull of this ship was burned. If there are heavy objects hidden on the ship, they must be under the deck, but there is a cargo warehouse under the deck. Apart from some things on the ship, there is nothing else on the ship.

It was a salute from the boatman, and nothing unusual was found. Could it be that there is room to hide things under the cargo hold?" Bai Jiujiu guessed that other than that, there was really no place to hide things.

Xuanyuan Jin stood on the shore and observed the burned ship.

Bai Jiujiu felt that there was someone in the dark, and just as he was about to turn around, Xuanyuan Jin lowered his voice and reminded him: "Don't look back, don't try to scare the snake."

"It seems there is something really wrong with this ship. It's been burned like this, and some people are still worried."

"Princess, look, the depth under the deck of this ship is deeper than that of other ships from the outside, which means that the space under the deck should be very large. When we went down to check just now, the space under the deck was not large, and it was even deeper than that of ordinary ships.

The warehouse is short, which means they may have divided the lower deck into two levels." Xuanyuan Jin analyzed it with Bai Jiujiu calmly, without making any move.

The people who were secretly checking did not dare to get too close for fear of being discovered by Xuanyuan Jin. Although he was suffering from serious illnesses, he was no different from Zeng before when he was not having an attack. It would be easy to be discovered if he got too close, so he could not hear what the two of them said.

, we can only judge what they said through their movements, but Xuanyuan Jin didn't make any movement and kept looking at the water with his hands behind his back.

Bai Jiujiu stood beside him and made no movement. Could it be that the two of them were just admiring the water of the canal? The person in the dark was confused.

"Your Majesty, should we go down and check again?" Bai Jiujiu couldn't wait to know what was hidden below the deck.

"Don't be impatient. Let's lure the person in the dark away first. Don't try to scare the snake." Xuanyuan Jin was impatient and unhurried, as if he was not afraid of even the biggest things.

Despite being overwhelmed by the mountain, his expression remains unchanged. He is worthy of being a person who has gone through a big scene. This kind of calmness is something that few people can achieve.

"How to divert him?" Bai Jiujiu asked.

Xuanyuan Jin looked at her, smiled faintly and said, "Don't you always boast about your acting skills? Are you out of ideas now?"

Bai Jiujiu was not happy when he heard this: "Your Majesty, when it comes to acting, I have to do my part. Oops! My head hurts." He reached out to touch his temples, with a painful expression on his face, and his thin body was shaky, and he moved towards the man.

dump.

Xuanyuan Jin stretched out his hand to support her: "Are you acting?" He was not sure because she entered the state too quickly, and he was worried that she was really uncomfortable.

Bai Jiujiu came close to him and whispered: "Isn't my acting skill good? Oh, my lord, it must have been frozen by the sunset yesterday, leaving the root of the disease. When the wind blows, my head hurts."

"I will help you go back and have a rest." Xuanyuan Jin picked her up and left.

Bai Jiujiu was a little surprised. She thought he would help her leave, but he didn't expect that he would hold her. He couldn't help but praise: "My lord, you get into the role very quickly."
Chapter completed!