The water volume of the Yangtze River is not as abundant as in the past, without the thrilling roar and turbidity waves of the past, as if it has changed from a girl with abundant flood power to a gentle and graceful young woman, flowing gracefully and quietly. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhu Ping'an followed everyone under the watchful eye of the official, and walked from the passenger boat along the proposed bamboo raft to the river, the morning wind carried a hint of coolness, blowing the fishy smell of the river.

There are a lot of people by the riverside, men, women and children, you push me and push him to squeeze crowded on the riverside, the neck is stretched long, pointing and talking about it, I don't know that I think there is a baby born in the Yangtze River. If it weren't for the presence of errand officers to maintain order at the scene, I'm afraid that many people watching the excitement would have been squeezed into the Yangtze River.

There are also many good swimmers in the river, carrying fishing nets to pull nets back and forth in the river under the command of several officials.

"Xianggong, where is my Xianggong, where are you......"

On the side of the Yangtze River, there is a young woman wearing a long skirt of light pink brocade, inserting a plum blossom and white hosta, lying on the Yangtze River crying pear blossoms with rain, haggard face, and a maid behind her, kneeling with her, with the same sad expression.

There are several sisters-in-law beside the young woman who are comforting and comforting, lest the young woman think of not wanting to join the Yangtze River.

On the bank of the Yangtze River stood a county official, about thirty years old and close to forty years old, methodically directing the officials to go on business.

The county official had a thin face, wearing a cyan official uniform, and an emu was painted on the plain, but there were two patches on the official uniform, and the patches looked like they were from the hands of a woman.

At this moment, Zhixian was frowning slightly and looking at the river, touching his chin with one hand thoughtfully, and the whole person stood straight, like a green pine.

"What are you doing, how can you say that we will get off the boat when we get off the boat, we still have urgent matters here."

"That's it, these officials don't care about the lives of the people at all!"

On the way to the river, many people in the crowd scolded and resented, and everyone was in a hurry.

"Shhh Some people in the crowd glanced at the county lord by the river and the official with knives, guns and sticks worriedly, and hurriedly reminded everyone.

For the county officials and officials, everyone is still in awe, and under the reminder of the people nearby, they swept the county magistrate and the official by the river with unwilling resentment, closed their mouths, and only expressed their dissatisfaction with their eyes.

"When can I leave, I'm still in a hurry to go to Yingtianfu to see my father, I can delay, my father can't delay." There was a young man in the crowd who was holding the old man and cried anxiously.

"Alas, let the old man insist on it again."

"Wait, if you provoke the official, your life is gone, and you still have to talk about seeing a doctor." The crowd sympathetically exhorted.

"I still have to go to the Tianfu exam, and if I don't leave, I will study in vain for ten years." There was a man dressed as a scholar, carrying a bag on his back, looking ahead on his tiptoes, and his expression was even more anxious.

"I received news that my daughter-in-law is going to give birth, and I have to hurry back." A man who was about to become a father was so anxious that he was about to jump into the water and swim home.

For a time, the crowd was furious.

Zhu Ping'an walked in the middle of the crowd, and could clearly feel everyone's anxious emotions, although the more he walked into the river, the quieter the sound, but the emotional anxiety was getting more and more intense.

Let's see what happened, and try to get out of the boat as soon as possible, or at least treat it differently, because some people on board are really in a hurry.

So, Zhu Ping'an walked two steps faster and gradually came to the front of the crowd.

"Everyone is standing on the side, and then let you drive the boat after we finish the case, Master Zhang from Chun'an County went to Yingtian to buy goods this morning, and he may have been killed here." Now the passing ships and people nearby are suspicious, please cooperate with our investigation, and we will let everyone pass after the investigation. ”

An official carefully looked at the people who disembarked from the boat, and at the same time told everyone in a loud voice what happened.

"If there is a murder, it must be when the sky is not very bright, and our passenger ship is still far away from here at that time, why are we all suspicious?"

"That is, we were still floating on the river at that time, and we were 108,000 miles away from here, so how could it be us."

"You can't wronged us good people."

After listening to the official's words, the people who got off the boat became even more excited, how could they become a murder suspect by taking a boat in a good manner, people couldn't figure it out, especially after knowing the approximate time of the crime, they felt that they were more wronged than Dou E.

"Silence!"

The official slapped the guy who was eating the string of the boat, made a crisp metallic sound, and shouted loudly.

After listening to the shouts of the official, and then looking at his clothes and the guy in his hand, although people were unwilling, they could only close their mouths, how could ordinary people dare to confront the officials.

"The murderer may have hidden in the water after committing the crime, and when your boat came, he secretly got on the boat and mixed in with you; It is also possible that you have accomplices to the murderer...... As long as you pass through here, you are suspicious. ”

"In the middle of the river, we are salvaging the corpses, and the fishing nets have been intercepted downstream to prevent them from being washed downstream. Before the salvage is brought up, all passing ships are not allowed to move forward. ”

The officer gave a further explanation, and then he stopped paying attention, and instructed the officer to watch over the disembarkers, and strode on to another ship.

In addition to Zhu Ping'an, two other boats were also docked. They are also angry and dissatisfied with the government's actions.

"Get out of the way, I'm the same acquaintance of the five products of Hangzhou Mansion, and I asked you adults to come and see me. If he delays my errand, who can eat the sin? ”

Suddenly, an angry voice came from not far away, the momentum was violent, and the accompanying subordinates pushed the official messenger without scruples, and the man commanded the official to call the county magistrate by the river to come and talk back, and it seemed that he was also very dissatisfied with the forced docking of the boat.

"Dare to ask your lordship, do you have any proof? We also have to communicate to the county lord. The official asked cautiously.

"Keep your eyes open!" Lord Tongzhi took out an official seal from his bosom and snorted to show it.

"The little one should be damned, if you offend the adult, please forgive the adult." After the official saw it, he immediately knelt down.

"Go and call your magistrate." Hangzhou Mansion Tongzhi flicked his sleeves and said, "Quickly pass the river, so that the official can move forward." ”

Soon, the magistrate who was standing by the river just now led several officials to come over, and the accompanying magistrates knelt on the ground to salute the governor of Hangzhou Prefecture, but the magistrate of the county waved his hand slightly and saluted, saying that the lower officials had seen the adult.

The officials on both sides knelt down, and they knew where the county was standing, like a "mountain" shaped pen holder.

"Why did you see this official and stand like a pine?" Hangzhou Prefecture Tongzhi sarcastically did not salute himself.

"If you are in the county office, the lower official should be the official courtesy, but this is not the county office, and there is a death case here, and the lower official has the duty to salute." The magistrate had a straight face, and he was not at all intimidated by the official authority of the fourth-level Tongzhi Lord, calm as water without a trace of ripples. (To be continued.) )