At this moment, a hurried footsteps walked into the Chaoyang Building, and it was Mu Wan who went and returned.

"Xiaowan, why did you come back so soon, could it be that Huang Yao has already led the army?" Zhi Zhao stood up and asked in a deep voice.

"The Grand Governor." Mu Wan clenched her fists and arched her hands, and said solemnly, "Shi Cai will meet Chen County Order, saying that Wuhou has found the basket that the lotus leaf went out on the day of his disappearance in a family in the north of the city, so the last general has come to report." ”

"What? Basket? Cui Wenqing's color changed suddenly, and he hurriedly asked again, "Did you find a lotus leaf?" ”

Mu Wan shook her head and said: "The basket was picked up by the children of that family in an alley, and it was brought back to the house at dusk yesterday, and the reason why it can be confirmed that it is owned by the lotus leaf is because the basket contains the objects of the Governor's Mansion of the Zhenwu Army, as well as the money bag embroidered with the name of the lotus leaf, the head of the household did not care at the time, and it was not until Wuhou stepped forward to inquire that he remembered this matter and handed the basket to Wuhou." ”

Cui Wenqing was anxious when he heard this, and suddenly clapped his hands and said anxiously: "With the caution of lotus leaves, she will definitely not throw away the basket at will, no need to ask her that there must be some accident, General Mu, where is that family now?" I want to see them to find out. ”

"All of them have been brought back to the county office, and the Chen county order has rushed back to interrogate them personally." Mu Wan opened her mouth to answer.

Cui Wenqing nodded, and said to Zhi Zhaoyan: "Lady, I will go to the county office now and say goodbye." After saying that, he was about to leave.

"Wait...... Zhi Zhao stopped him, "I'll go with you, and if there is any situation, I can deal with it in time." ”

Looking at the incomparable beauty of Zhezhao, Cui Wenqing's heart couldn't help but feel hot, and he said, "Okay, there is Lao Niangzi." ”

On horseback, Cui Wenqing and Zhezhao Pegasus rushed to the county government of Fugu County.

The dark night has come, the lights and candles in the yamen are brilliant, as bright as day, Chen Xian Ling, who is dressed in a green official robe, is sitting high above the public court, and two rows of officials are lined up with killing rods on the left and right.

Kneeling under the stage were a man and a woman in cloth clothes, and there was also a child with a comb and a flower cloth shirt.

"Governor, uncle." Seeing the arrival of Zhezhao Cui Wenqing, Chen Xianling hurriedly stopped the questioning, stood up and walked quickly to the door to greet him.

"Chen County Ling is fortunate." Cui Wenqing thanked him and asked, "I don't know what the situation is now?" What are the key clues? ”

Chen Xianling shook his head and sighed lightly: "The basket was picked up by the child named Wang Xiaohu, and then brought home to his parents, and other than that, nothing else was found. ”

Hearing this, Cui Wenqing's face sank, looked at the child who was kneeling on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "Take that child, I want to go to the alley where he found the basket." ”

"Okay." Chen Xianling agreed, and hurriedly ordered the official to take the child named Wang Xiaohu and go out with Cui Wenqing.

The basket of lotus leaves was found in an alley north of the city.

This alley connects to the downtown street, which is about 100 zhang zigzag, and is surrounded by high walls of mansions on both sides, remote and secluded.

Gradually, walking about thirty or forty zhang, Wang Xiaohu pointed to a crisp sound on the left and shouted: "Official, that's where I found the basket." ”

Cui Wenqing looked up in the direction of his finger, and it could be seen that there was a "concave" shaped angle formed by the two mansion walls, with a plane tree growing in the middle, and a well built extremely high along the innermost well.

Suddenly, Cui Wenqing's face became extremely ugly, he rushed to the well with an arrow, took a torch and looked carefully into the well, but saw a black crow inside, and he couldn't see the bottom at all.

Zhi Zhao obviously understood Cui Wenqing's conjecture, and hurriedly walked over, and his pretty face became a little dignified unconsciously: "Did this girl fall into the well?" ”

Cui Wenqing only felt that his hands and feet were cold, his heart was beating wildly, and he ignored Zhezhao's inquiry, and instructed Chen County: "Quickly prepare a rope, I want to go down the well to have a look." ”

"What, uncle, you're going to go down the well?" Chen Xianling's tone changed when he heard this, and he opened his mouth to dissuade him, "It is said that this well is a hundred-year-old well, and I don't know how deep the water level in it will be, so it is too dangerous to go on like this." ”

Zhi Zhaodai frowned deeply, and said with a long breath: "Husband, it's late at night, and it's very unsafe to go on like this, so it's better to wait until dawn, and it's appropriate for this commander to order the Shanshui soldiers to go down the well." ”

"No," Cui Wenqing shook his head resolutely, his hands that were holding the edge of the well were faintly white, and he said in a trembling voice, "I can't wait...... If the lotus leaf really fell into the well, then I ......" Speaking of this, my heart was sour, and my tone couldn't help but choke a little.

Zhi Zhao knew the importance of the lotus leaf to Cui Wenqing, at the beginning, when Cui Wenqing fell into the pool and was almost dying, it was this delicate and cute little girl who rescued him from the ghost gate.

Zhi Zhao knew that he couldn't persuade anymore, so he secretly sighed and ordered: "Chen County Order, prepare the rope." ”

Chen Xian ordered to hold his fists and receive his orders, and within a moment, he ordered the official to find a thick rope.

Cui Wenqing picked up one end of the rope and tied it tightly around his waist several times, while the other end was held in the hands of two strong officials.

When everything was ready, Cui Wenqing turned over and got on the edge of the well, ready to go down.

"Husband......" Zhi Zhao's heart tightened, and he couldn't help but call out, seeing Cui Wenqing looking at her with doubts, he whispered, "Don't be reckless, come out as soon as possible if there is anything wrong, and pay attention to safety." ”

Cui Wenqing bowed slightly, turned his body into the well, and the two rope-holding officials slowly released the rope, and Cui Wenqing also slowly fell into the well.

The well was damp and cold, with a chilling eerie atmosphere.

Cui Wenqing slowly fell with a torch in his hand, looked up, and saw that the circular wellhead was getting smaller and narrower, and under the light of the torches of the onlookers, it was like a bright sun in the dark night.

It took five or six feet to reach the surface of the water.

Cui Wenqing shook the rope to signal the descent to be suspended, and inserted the torch into the stone crack next to him, only then did he untie the rope tied to his waist, and plunged into the well water.

The well water is formed by the infiltration of groundwater, and there is a faint sound of flowing water, I don't know how deep it is, and I don't know where it leads.

And the well water was even colder to the bone, which made Cui Wenqing feel cold all over his body, and his hands and feet were almost numb with cold.

If someone falls into the well, the body will definitely float up, and Cui Wenqing, who knows this, carefully rubbed along the perimeter.

He surfaced again and again to breathe, and dived into it again and again, and the whole person was like falling into an ice cellar, shivering with cold.

(End of chapter)