They escorted Cong Yun back to the Yamen. They told Ms. Xie about the package of treasures that her husband had purchased stolen goods and they wanted to confiscate them. Naturally, Ms. Xie did not dare to say anything.

Although they found some more treasures, they had not yet found the three most precious things, which made them unhappy.

Fortunately, in the afternoon of that day, good news came - Deputy Niu, who was platooning to check on Huang Qiang's friend, came excitedly to report to Leng Yi, saying that he had found out who sold the box of treasures to Huang Qiang.

A good friend of Huang Qiang's, named Wang Shou, was from a poor family. He used to have some money in his family, but he lost it all. He has been arrested. When he was arrested, this kid was drinking with some friends in a brothel.

This Wang Shou had come into their sight during the previous investigation, but because Wang Shou found several witnesses who proved that they had been drinking together when the crime occurred, they were excluded. Unexpectedly, these two witnesses got Wang Shou.

Shou's money helped him give false testimony.

Without waiting for Yin Jiu to be tortured, Wang Shou just put the treasures he had collected from Huang Qiang in front of him, and Wang Shou confessed, because after he sold the jewelry to Huang Qiang, he had been drinking with friends in the brothel until the next day, so Huang Qiang

He didn't know about the murder yet, so he thought Huang Qiang had already confessed, so he hurriedly told the truth.

Wang Shoudao: "Last night, the fat man came to me and said that they had a package of things and asked me to help find a buyer. I still know the big families in Bazhou City. When my family was rich, we had many contacts. I asked him to

They took out the things to look at, and he took out a hosta. After I looked at it, I found that it was really a good treasure, so I asked them how they got it. The three of them used to be sneaky, and they would ask me to sell the things they got.

So they didn't shy away from me, so they told me. They said they saw an outsider drinking in a tavern last night. When they paid the bill, all they brought out were gold, and they were attracted. After the man left,

They followed quietly. The man might have noticed them and ran towards the Ba River. They chased after him, and the man pulled out a long box from the package and threw it into the flood far away. Then he drew out his long sword.

…”

"Wait!" Yin Jiu asked in a deep voice, "You said they saw the man throwing a long box into the flood?"

"Yes."

"What kind of long box?"

"It's about a foot long. It's a goose-yellow box. It should contain some kind of scroll. It might be valuable calligraphy and painting, they think."

Yin Jiu and Cheng Luojie glanced at each other. They both nodded slowly, but Cheng Luojie's eyes were filled with frustration.

Their eyes did not escape Leng Yi's eyes. The discarded scroll was goose yellow. This color can only be used by the royal family. This thing must be one of the three extremely precious treasures they are looking for.

!

What on earth was this eunuch throwing away?

Leng Yi couldn't think of anything, so he said to Wang Shou, "Keep talking!"

"Yes," Wang Shoudao said. "The man threw away the long box and pulled out his long sword to fight for his life, but his martial arts was too poor. They knocked the long sword away. He pinned it to the ground and found some gold and some

Some broken silver, and this box of treasures. When they found the treasure, they were very happy, so they snatched it and ran back."

Leng Yi asked: "Didn't they kill that person?"

"No, they said no. I believe it's true. The three of them only dared to sneak around and didn't have the guts to kill anyone."

"Go on!"

"Yes," Wang Shou continued. "They ran back and drank at Fatty's house to discuss what to do. After discussing, they decided to come to me because they couldn't find a buyer for such a valuable thing. As soon as they sold it, they would

I knew they had stolen them, so they asked me to help sell them. When I arrived, I only took one hosta and said that the others were placed at the fat man's residence. I followed him to take a look, and sure enough they were all excellent treasures.

I saw that they were all drunk. And I happened to owe a lot of debt, and my creditors were chasing me hard. They said they would kill me if I didn’t exchange money. In addition, when I came with the fat man, no one else saw me. So, I

I became greedy, pretending to discuss the remuneration with them, kept drinking with them, and secretly put medicine in their cups. They fell asleep, and then I used the weapons they usually like to use.

Killed them and messed up the room, creating the illusion that they were killing each other. Then, I took the bag of treasures and the gold and silver they snatched from the man, and quietly left the fat man's house. I

I immediately found Huang Qiang and sold everything to him. Then I went to a brothel with friends to drink."

As usual, Yin Jiu would not easily believe that Wang Shou had not hidden some of the treasures, especially those three items. Therefore, Wang Shou also suffered cruel torture from Yin Jiu's six gates to extract a confession. However, after a long time of tossing, he proved that he did not

Lying and not hiding.

The clue ends here again.

Leng Yi saw Cheng Luojie looking gloomy, so he pulled her aside and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong? You don't seem to be in a good mood."

Cheng Luojie smiled bitterly and leaned against him. After a long while, she said in a tearful tone: "I... I'm afraid I have to leave you again... and I won't come back."

"Why?" Leng Yi hugged her tightly in surprise.

Cheng Luojie looked around to see if there was no one around, leaned into his ear, and whispered: "The scroll that the eunuch threw into the flood is the most important treasure we are looking for! Especially for Queen Kaibao,

It is precisely because of this scroll that Queen Kaibao asked me to find it at all costs. However, now that the scroll has been thrown into the flood and destroyed, I have no need to search anymore. Therefore, I estimate that Queen Kaibao will soon find it.

We will be called back. For her, other treasures are no longer important."

Leng Yi didn't ask what it was, and couldn't find the right words to comfort her for a moment, so he could only hold her gently and comfort her softly.

In the following days, continuous heavy rains caused Leng Yi's thoughts to quickly shift to flood fighting and rescue operations.

Leng Yi has been taking people from the yamen to inspect the entire river embankment in various parts of the city. The river water continued to rise, and Leng Yi did not care about what others thought. He spent his money to treat the rich businessmen in the city to dinner and asked them to donate money for rescue and disaster relief.

Just as Magistrate Liao said, these people looked at Leng Yi, the new magistrate, and expressed their willingness to donate money. However, just as Magistrate Liao said, each family's donation was not much, and the total amount was only more than a hundred taels.

It is equivalent to more than 100,000 yuan. This amount of money is far from enough to increase the height and strengthen the embankment. But it is better than nothing.

Leng Yi used the more than one hundred taels of silver to buy straw bags, and organized Minzhuang to dig sand and install sandbags to strengthen the embankment. He also organized Minzhuang to inspect the river embankment at any time, especially the weak and low parts of the river embankment. Once water seepage or

If the embankment overflows, immediately reinforce it with sandbags.

That night, there was a heavy rain, and Leng Yi took Cheng Luojie and the others to inspect the river embankment again. What he saw made his heart skip a beat. - The river embankments throughout the city were in critical condition, and the water level had already reached

Approaching the highest point of the river embankment, it was less than a foot away before it overflowed the river embankment! But the heavy rain had no intention of slowing down at all! And the sandbags that had been exchanged for a hundred taels of silver had basically been used up!

Leng Yi's heart suddenly tightened, and he called the secretary of the Yamen Gate Room and asked how much it would cost to raise the height and strengthen the embankment. Leng Yi was even more frightened by what the secretary said. He would have spent all his five hundred taels of gold.

Taking all of them out is far from enough to reinforce the embankments on both sides of the Ba River.

Fundraising must be done again, and a large amount of money will be needed!

Leng Yi hurried back to the Yamen. On the way, he saw that many people were already moving their belongings to higher places, and many people were running out of the city carrying large and small bags. The streets were full of chaos.

Leng Yi no longer cared about holding an umbrella and hurried back to the Yamen on horseback in the rain.

Magistrate Liao was still working all night in the Yamen's signing room to correct official documents. Leng Yi stamped his feet angrily and cupped his hands and said: "Sir, the river has surged and is about to overflow the river embankment! If we don't take measures, these official documents of yours will be waiting for you.

Wash it away with the flood!”

Magistrate Liao looked up at him, a little displeased, and said, "No way? In our Bazhou, there has never been a flood that flooded the city..."

Without saying a word, Leng Yi stepped forward and snatched the brush from his hand, threw it on the desk, grabbed his sleeve, and pulled him out of the door.

Magistrate Liao staggered: "Mr. Leng! Don't panic! If you have something to say, please tell me slowly! Don't be hesitant!"

Leng Yi kept pulling him out, standing in the rain, and loudly said: "Sir, please follow me to the river embankment. You will know how dangerous it is approaching us! The situation is urgent! Get on your horse! - Hurry up and help us.

The prefect, mount up!"

Two slaves came over and helped him mount his horse. One held an umbrella for him.

Magistrate Liao said: "I'd rather take a sedan chair..."

"It's too late to prepare the sedan! And there are some river embankments that make it inconvenient for the sedan to get up!"

By then, two Zaoliers had already helped Magistrate Liao onto the horse, and one Zaolier was holding the reins of the horse in front of him. Because the horse was high, the walking Zaolier could not hold an umbrella for him. Magistrate Liao had to hold it himself.

They walked along the bluestone streets toward the Bahe River. The water on the street had submerged the horses' hooves. From time to time, they could see people carrying packages on their backs running in a panic out of the city.

Magistrate Liao could no longer see the road clearly because of the heavy rain, so he could only let Zaoli lead his horse.

Finally, Leng Yi said he was here! Someone helped him get off his horse and walked up the sloping river embankment.

Magistrate Liao stood on the river embankment and looked around. He saw that the formerly peaceful Bahe River had turned into turbid waves! The river water, which originally only flowed quietly in the river bed, has now risen almost to the feet! It will rise further.

, it will overflow the river embankment!

Leng Yi raised his voice and said: "Sir, our current location is in the middle reaches of the Ba River flowing into Bazhou City. This area is the lowest point in the entire river embankment. The river water is less than half a foot away from the river embankment! And this afternoon I

When I came to check, the river was still about a foot away! At this rate of rising water, the river will overflow the embankment and rush into the city by tomorrow morning at the latest!"

,please.
Chapter completed!