Yin Eagle said happily: "Now you have made a great contribution!" My lord! This is the heirloom jade seal of our Great Song Dynasty! When Emperor Taizu died, the eunuch Siyin escaped from the palace without permission. We searched everywhere to find it! ――Is this the only one? Nothing else? And what about the two most precious treasures? ”

Leng Yi said: "I didn't find anything else, I have dug up carefully around, only this one." By the way, didn't it mean that there were several eunuch guards who fled at that time? It is impossible for all the treasures to be in one place. ”

Yin Vulture slapped his head and said, "That's right, I'm confused!" Master, the treasure you found is now handed over to me, ...... are you? ”

"You are in charge of this case, I am just assisting, so naturally you are the ones who report it."

Yin Vulture was grateful, this was a wealth to himself! Yin Eagle hurriedly said: "Thank you, master, but this matter is all the credit of the master, and this will be explained in detail by the subordinates in the official report." ”

Leng Yi said: "What credit is not credit, we just need to do the things assigned by the boss properly, and nothing goes wrong." Don't think too much about the rest. ”

"Yes, yes!" Yin Vultures agreed repeatedly.

Leng Yi said: "In the final analysis, this heirloom jade seal was discovered by my maid. If she hadn't discovered what was hidden in the insole, we wouldn't have found out. Therefore, please mention it to Yin Zhutou when she reports to the above. ”

"No problem!" Yin Ying patted her chest and said, "She is a girl, although she can't be an official, but she will definitely be rewarded heavily." ”

"The reward is secondary, she was exiled to Bazhou, can you ask the court to pardon her sins and restore her freedom?"

"This shouldn't be a problem." Yin Ying said, "She is a little girl, and it seems that she was convicted by her family, and it is not a big deal to pardon her." What's more, she has made a great contribution this time. Don't worry, sir, I'll be on top. ”

"Well, I'll thank you for her."

"Don't dare to be." Yin Vulture clenched his fists and said, "My subordinates will immediately send this treasure to the capital, and you may need to send a few brothers to protect it." ”

"Okay, I'll immediately send a team to catch you and follow you into Beijing, and there will be no problems along the way."

"Thank you, sir!"

At that moment, Leng Yi called the head of the cow deputy and the head of the martial arts, and asked them to bring a team of martial arts masters, accompanied by Yin Ying, and rode to the capital overnight. As for what the task, it was not specified.

The next morning, the sun was gone, and it was overcast, but it was not raining.

Leng Yi was still relieved about the flood control problem, and took Cheng Luojie to the embankment to check the flood situation. The flood water was slightly lower than the previous day, but not much. There was no water seepage on the embankment, and the people who arranged for the inspection regularly inspected the embankment.

Leng Yi came to the flood control warehouse again, and found that there were not many straw bags used to hold soil and sand to strengthen the embankment in the warehouse.

Leng Yi was pondering whether to continue to prepare sandbags, when he heard a voice behind him: "Master! ”

Leng Yi looked back, but it was the same fast catcher Hong Jie who jumped into the sea last time to save people and was injured by a broken branch on his waist.

Leng Yi smiled: "It's you, how about it?" Is the injury better? ”

"Flesh wounds, don't worry," Having said that, Hong Jie was still very careful when he walked, walked over slowly, and arched his hand: "Master, there is one thing that the villain thinks should be reported to the master, so he took the liberty to come." ”

"What's the matter? Let's talk about it. ”

"The man who saved the little one, just now came to thank me for coming, we talked for a while, and learned that he was from a village in the upper reaches of the Ba River, and he said that the torrential rain there was very heavy, it was like a scoop, and in a row, many villages were washed away by the flood, and he was washed down by the flood, and when he washed down, he was still scared of the torrential rain. He said that what he saw along the way was not as heavy as the rain in them. ”

Leng Yi's heart sank, and he said in a deep voice: "You mean, the rain in the upper reaches of the Ba River far exceeds that below us?" When we came out of the sun, it was still raining heavily? ”

"Yes!"

Leng Yi turned around the warehouse a few times with his hands behind his back, glanced at the few straw bags in the warehouse, and said, "Your news is very important, thank you, Hong Jie, I'll verify it immediately!" ”

Leng Yi immediately called a few catchers and asked them to ride their horses upstream along the river embankment to check the water situation, and if they found that there was a flood peak coming down, they would immediately rush back to report.

Hong Jie insisted on participating and went to check the situation together. Leng Yi immediately agreed, and designated him as the leader of the spy team.

After sending out the spies, Leng Yi still felt uneasy in his heart, and he returned to the yamen and came to the Liao Governor's Office.

Seeing his gloomy face, Governor Liao was stunned for a moment, and said, "What's wrong?" Cold-sama. ”

"I just got the news that the rainfall in the upper reaches of the Ba River is much greater than that of our downstream, and I am worried that the real flood peak has not yet arrived, and now our flood control levee is still about half a foot high, and if the river rises sharply, I am afraid that the levee will overflow or even burst." At that time, the whole city was afraid that it would be dangerous! ”

Governor Liao smiled: "Lord Leng, you won't be some cup bow snake shadow, right?" Hasn't the sun been shining all the time for the past two days? ”

"It is precisely because it has not rained for the past two days, but the river water has not dropped significantly, that I am even more worried, which shows that the rain upstream has not stopped."

"And what do you mean—?"

"The money from the last fundraiser has been used up, can you organize another fundraiser to strengthen and raise the embankment?"

"It's not necessary, is it?" Liao Zhifu said, "I have organized two fundraisers, and everyone has contributed a lot of money, and there have been some complaints in private last time, and if you organize it again, I'm afraid that these people won't do it." ”

"However, if the flood rushes into the city, their wealth and fortune will be swept away! That harm is what they don't want to see, right? ”

"That's just a possibility, if we donate money to strengthen the levees, if the flood water doesn't rise, but recedes, then how will this account be calculated?"

"Wouldn't it be better not to go up? We are just in case. ”

"That's not the case, if that's the case, the words of these people may be ugly at that time, and maybe, someone will stab them to the Yushitai, saying that we forcibly apportion, working the people and losing money, may also affect your and my political achievements!"

"However, if the flood really rises sharply, the levees burst, the city is flooded, and the people are killed and injured in large numbers, and we have foreseen but have not taken the necessary measures, I am afraid that the two of us will not be a matter of political performance, but a matter of responsibility!"

Governor Liao smiled and said, "Brother, don't be alarmist, if a once-in-a-century flood comes, whoever it is replaced by will only be able to stare dryly." We can't be blamed for that. ”

"Even if we don't hold people accountable, we can save the people but we don't do our best to save them, and in the face of the dead and injured people, we will feel guilty for the rest of our lives! will be condemned by conscience for a lifetime! ”

Liao Zhifu opened his mouth wide, smashed it, and said: "This is also true, okay, then you can organize it and see how much you donate, how about it?" ”

"It's better for adults and lowly officials to take the lead."

"Take the lead again? Last time, I took out half a year's money. Brother, you can't be too desperate about doing things, it's almost enough. ”

"How much do you think is appropriate?"

Governor Liao thought for a while and said, "Just for a month, brother, I know that your family is not well-off, and you can take out seven months of Yulu to donate money to fight the disaster, and it has passed everywhere." ”

Leng Yi was helpless and nodded: "Okay, I'll organize it immediately." ”

This time, the effect of the fundraising was much worse than the last two times, because at that time it was a torrential rain, the river rose sharply, and seeing that the river was about to overflow the embankment, these rich businessmen were very nervous, and now, it has not rained for several days, and the river water has not risen steadily, but has dropped slightly, and these people are not so anxious in their hearts.

Therefore, when Leng Yi said that there was news that there might be heavy rain upstream, the river water was rising sharply, and it was necessary to continue to donate funds to raise the levees, there were few of the dozens of wealthy businessmen who were summoned.

After Liao Zhifu and Leng Yi took out a month's worth of Yulu, the people below expressed a little. First of all, it was the richest man in Bazhou and the largest rice merchant Jin shopkeeper, who raised two fingers: "I donate two hundred taels!" ”

Leng Yi was very moved, this is really a warm-hearted person, and he clenched his fists and said: "On behalf of the people of the city, I want to express my heartfelt thanks for your generosity!" ”

The golden shopkeeper hurriedly returned the salute: "Don't dare to be it, the villain is only doing his best." They all live in the same city, and under the nest, how can there be eggs? Everyone works together, and its benefits are broken. ”

"Well said!" Leng Yi gave a thumbs up.

Although there was a gold shopkeeper taking the lead, but this time, there were very few other wealthy businessmen who echoed it, some donated 20 taels, some donated 15 taels, and some only pledged a few taels. made Leng Yi so angry that his nose was crooked. However, donations can only be voluntary, and there is no way to force them, although the donation is not much, but it is better than nothing.

Leng Yi immediately deployed the purchase of straw bags, organized the people of Minzhuang to participate in the filling of sandbags, and strengthened the embankment.

He was busy until the evening, Leng Yi was organizing and directing the embankment to be strengthened and heightened on the embankment, and he saw a horse galloping from a distance, which was the fastest fishing sent to the upper reaches of the Ba River to check the water situation in the morning.

The horse was foaming at the mouth, which showed how fast the horse galloped and how far away it was. Quickly turned over and dismounted, galloped over, fell to his knees with a bang, and hissed: "Oh no, big lord! ”

"What's wrong?"

"Hong Feng is here, and he is only less than twenty miles away from Bazhou!"

Leng Yi's heart sank: "How big is the flood?" ”

"A cut above the water. It's like groups of piglets rolling forward! ”

"How many of them?"

"They continue to probe upwards, let me come back quickly and report to the eldest master, hurry up and make preparations!"

Leng Yi saw that he was soaking wet, and asked in surprise, "It's still raining upstream?" ”

"Down! It's so big that you can't even see the road! There were floods rolling down many of the mountains, and several official roads were washed away, and the floods blocked the way, and we were forced to wade through, and we were almost swept away by the floods. ”

(To be continued)