Dressed as the villain's stepmother

"So, when you left Beijing this time, you didn't find any evidence that could overturn the case for Prince Xiang's Mansion?"

"Although Zhuangcheng's case has become an unresolved case, it does not mean that I have learned nothing."

Liao Yunchuan shook his head.

He stood up and left Jiang Lianzhu's bedroom for a while. When he came back again, he already had pen, ink, paper and inkstone in his hand.

"You went out just to get these?"

Jiang Lianzhu saw Liao Yunchuan going out and didn't understand his intention. When he came back, she found that he only wanted to get the Four Treasures of the Study.

"If I had known you were going out to get these things, I would have done it for you."

Liao Yunchuan is a dead man now.

In the entire Kyoto, besides His Majesty, she was the only one who knew that Liao Yunchuan was still alive.

In the dark corners of Kyoto, there are many people crawling and trying to harm Liao Yunchuan. It is not appropriate for Liao Yunchuan to appear in front of outsiders at the moment.

"Don't worry, this is Lihua Garden. Everyone in the courtyard has rested and didn't see me just now. Even if they did, they wouldn't leak this matter."

Liao Yunchuan felt warm in his heart when he saw Jiang Lianzhu worrying about him.

He sat by the bed, using the pen, ink, paper and inkstone he brought, and drew a simple map outside Beijing for Jiang Lianzhu under the candlelight.

"Is this a Kanyu map?"

Jiang Lianzhu became interested, and while Liao Yunchuan was grinding, he carefully looked at what he drew on the paper.

It looks a lot like a map.

Although the marks on the drawing by Liao Yunchuan were different from the map marks in her memory, Jiang Lianzhu still recognized that this should be a map.

There was appreciation in Liao Yunchuan's eyes.

Jiang Lianzhu is indeed as smart as ever, which even the court officials may not be able to recognize immediately.

It seemed that he was right to come back to see Jiang Lianzhu tonight.

"You are right, this is the map of the route Xue Yin took when he returned to Kyoto."

"The Zhuangcheng I mentioned to you is here, and its ferry is in the southeast of Zhuangcheng."

Liao Yunchuan put down the pen and ink in his hand, pointed at the place he circled, and explained to Jiang Lianzhu.

"This place seems not far from the capital."

As an agent, she would plan the entire route in detail every time she performed a mission. Therefore, Jiang Lianzhu unconsciously analyzed the simple Xue Yin walking route map in front of her.

"Yes, this place is only two or three days away from the capital. If you ride a fast horse, it will take less time."

It is safer to transport large quantities of ships by water, but at the same time, the speed of this waterway is not as fast as that of land.

"And this Wudao City is the nearest large port to the capital. Many ships from Kyoto carrying goods back to Beijing have to be inspected here. The ships leave this port and will not dock again if there are no problems."

Liao Yunchuan explained the rules of water transportation to Jiang Lianzhu.

"In other words, the prince does not conduct detailed inspections of the cargo on his ship at every place?"

"Yes, according to the general rules of sailing, you are right."

Liao Yunchuan nodded.

"In that case, wouldn't there be many opportunities for the people behind the scenes to replace the goods on the Crown Prince's ship along the way?"

Jiang Lianzhu suddenly realized.

A loophole in this established rule of water transportation was discovered. Some people took advantage of this loophole and successfully made Prince Xiang's Mansion guilty of treason.

"Although in theory, there is no problem with your statement, you have ignored the size of Xue Yin's ships. His fleet is one of the best in Kyoto, and the cargo carried by such a huge ship is also huge. The ship has a limited time to dock at each port, and Xue Yin is careful, it is not that easy for them to take action."

As the crown prince of Prince Xiang, Xue Yin was in charge of water transportation and supervised the ships transporting goods in and out of the capital.

Ordinary people who want to tamper with his ships are no more than trying to shake a tree and overestimating their own capabilities.

"In this case, the mastermind behind it needs to find a suitable time and place before he dares to attack Xue Yin's ship. As you said, if you are not careful, they will not be able to successfully frame the blame, but Xue Yin will be blamed. If you catch it, it’s really not worth the loss.”

Jiang Lianzhu connected everything that Liao Yunchuan said together.

She now finally understood the purpose of Liao Yunchuan's mention of the rumor of a ghost in Zhuangcheng on a foggy day.

"That's right. Therefore, the incident in Zhuang City is extremely suspicious. The foggy weather and the cover-up of darkness before the sky is clear. These are tantamount to providing the best shelter for those who frame the crime."

The ferry at Zhuangcheng was the best time for those people to take action.

This is the conclusion Liao Yunchuan came to after investigating all the routes taken by Crown Prince Xue Yin's ships.

"It shouldn't be that easy to handle such a large ship of goods, even with the cover of weather and night. Liao Yunchuan, do you think there is a spy around Xue Yin?"

Jiang Lianzhu thought.

"No, I've investigated this matter. Everyone on Xueyin's fleet knows each other. When the ship docked at the port that night, there were people patrolling it."

Liao Yunchuan shook his head and denied her guess.

"I have also sent people to investigate the people on the fleet, and there seems to be nothing suspicious so far."

"It's not that there is a spy around the prince, then it can only be someone from outside. However, it is too unrealistic to change the cargo on a strictly disciplined ship. I'm afraid they won't even be able to find an honest reason to board the ship. .”

Jiang Lianzhu couldn't help but cursed.

If you can't get on Xue Yin's ship, there is absolutely no way to unpack the goods.

"Lianzhu, there is a kind of people on Xue Yin's ship who can board the ship in a fair and just way, as you said. They are the ship repair workers."

"When a ship travels for a long time, due to the different water conditions in different places, there will be various damages to the hull. I have inquired that Xue Yin's ship did find a ship repairman in Wudaocheng."

"So have you found those workers?"

Jiang Lianzhu asked in surprise.

Listening to Liao Yunchuan talking like this, Jiang Lianzhu's sleepiness completely dissipated. Even if she didn't get a good night's sleep during this period, she was too excited to sleep now.

"The team of ship repair workers that the prince is looking for in Wudao City are still very famous in the local area."

"However, those people who boarded Xue Yin's ship were not the people from Wudao City's ship repair team. I sent people to investigate and found that the original group of people had left Wudao City after the winter."

"So, those ship repairers on the Prince's ship were the ones who replaced that batch of goods."

The source of the rebellion in Prince Xiang's Mansion was finally found.

"Xue Yin is also an experienced veteran in the field of water transportation. How could he not notice such an obvious omission?"

"You forgot that he was anxious to return to Beijing to resume his life at that time. Moreover, King Xiang's birthday was approaching, so he naturally hoped to return to Beijing earlier to celebrate King Xiang's birthday."