The annual Anshun County Dragon Boat Race was unveiled today.

Boss Xu and Boss Xu, as contestants from Lingshui Village, set off early in the morning.

After the old man Xu had breakfast, he went to catch the car, and the old lady Xu took Fubao and was ready to see the excitement.

In this regard, the good fortune is also full of interest.

Dragon boat racing, I don't know if it's as exciting as she used to see on TV.

The three daughters-in-law of the old Xu family unanimously chose to stay at home. Although they also want to watch the dragon boat race, but a group of little dolls in this family, they can't leave it alone, right?

Lu Peony was also not interested in this dragon boat race, so he simply stayed at Lao Xu's house and talked to the Zhou family.

Uncle Lu looked very interested.

So, in the end, the people who went to the dragon boat race of the old Xu family were Uncle Lu, Old Man Xu, Mrs. Xu and Fu Bao, and then Lichun would also accompany him with diapers, clean clothes and other things that Fu Bao might use.

The four little girls of the old Xu family, Lichun basically followed Fubao.

The beginning of summer, autumn fragrance, and winter snow help the Zhou, Li, and Wang respectively.

This time, Lichun was able to follow him to see the dragon boat, but the other three little girls were envious.

……

The carriage left Lingshui Village, and Old Man Xu drove the car.

Uncle Lu disliked taking the car too slowly, so he simply rode a horse and took the first step.

Along the way, Fu Bao was in good spirits, constantly looking at the situation on both sides of the road.

Everywhere is lush, a delightful sight of lush greenery.

Drought, with that heavy rain, is a thing of the past.

On the way, Old Man Xu would greet people from time to time.

However, no one rubbed the wagon.

Knowing that there are women sitting in the car, even in this rural place, people know how to avoid suspicion.

Even when they met the pure women's team, they didn't have the idea of rubbing the car.

As a result, Mr. Xu drove the brisk carriage and soon arrived at the venue of the dragon boat race.

Jiuqu River!

This is a large river that straddles Xiangyi and Jiangchengfu.

Every year, the dragon boat race is held on the Jiuqu River.

At that time, the people watching the game will gather on the embankment of the Jiuqu River to watch this grand event.

During the dragon boat race, there will be many vendors on the embankment of the Jiuqu River. Selling snacks, small toys, and even rouge gouache, clothes and fabrics, you name it.

On the day of the dragon boat race, the embankment of the Jiuqu River is a super-large bazaar.

This day is the most important day of the year for the people in the entire Anshun County, and even exceeds the New Year.

Because if you win the final championship, the village will be able to have a fat year.

In addition, on this day, there will be a lot of girls who come here to see each other.

Most of the dragon boat racers in the dragon boat race are young men from various villages, and many of them have not yet decided on a marriage. And today, there will be a lot of girls' families quietly bleating in the dark, comparing.

Therefore, this dragon boat race is not a trivial matter for the people of various villages.

……

On the stands erected by the Jiuqu River, Zuoqiu, the county magistrate, was accompanying Zhao Bingzhi with a smile on his face.

In previous years, his parents, were the ones who talked about the dragon boat race.

But not this year.

With Zhao Bingzhi, a freshly baked rich and noble marquis, Zuoqiu can only be ranked second.

"Master Hou, are you satisfied with this?"

Zuoqiu half-hunched his waist and asked Zhao Bingzhi with a gentle smile on his face.

"Zuo County Order is experienced, you are in charge, Ben Hou is just looking at the excitement, the specific situation, you look at it, I won't talk much!"

Zhao Bingzhi replied with a smile.

He didn't come to see the dragon boat race just to see the excitement.

He came with a purpose.

It's just that he won't tell anyone what he's here for until the time is up.

"Your Excellency!"

Just as Zuoqiu was about to wave the flag and order the preliminaries of the dragon boat race to begin, Li Tuo, who had been particularly cautious recently, hurried over.

"What?"

"My lord, the prefect is here!"

Li Tuo hurriedly replied.

Zuoqiu heard that Shen Wansheng was coming, and immediately told Zhao Bingzhi, a rich and noble marquis.

"For such official matters, Zuo County Commander doesn't need to tell Ben Hou, you are busy."

"Xiaguan Xie Hou Ye is considerate!"

Zuoqiu immediately left to greet Shen Wansheng.

Just when he saw Shen Wansheng, he found that it was not only his second brother who swore to him.

The three officials sent by the imperial court to investigate Xu Yuanzun's disappearance have all arrived.

"Xiaguan has seen his teacher!"

Seeing Dai Duo, Zuoqiu immediately stepped forward to salute and make a disciple salute.

Seeing such a scene, Shen Wansheng was also stunned, he really didn't know that Zuoqiu and Dai Duo still had this relationship.

"It's Joyama, yes, you've done a good job over the years!"

Dai Duo glanced at Zuoqiu and raised his hand, "Hurry up, let me introduce you, this is Chen Zheng, the imperial history of the Inspectorate, his name is Lingzheng, in the future, you two can get closer to each other!" ”

"I've seen Brother Lingzheng!"

After listening to Dai Duo's words, Zuoqiu immediately hugged his fist with Chen Zheng, and he was commensurate with each other, rather than calling him an official name. This is the closeness in Dai Duo's mouth.

Chen Zheng also hugged his fists and replied: "Brother Dingshan." ”

As for Liu Zhongda, the Dali Temple, he was directly ignored by Dai Duo.

However, even so, Liu Zhongda did not dare to complain in the slightest.

Because of him, Xu Yuanzi lost his life.

Waiting for the news to reach the capital, and then waiting for the will to come, he, the Dali Temple, did not say anything, if he was unlucky, maybe he would have to eat in prison, and even lose his life.

Now that he is just being snubbed and ignored, what is he dissatisfied with?

Knowing the intention of Shen Wansheng and Dai Duo and his party, Zuoqiu could only express his apologies.

Yizhuang, where the corpses of the eighteen horse thieves were stored, has now been burned. It was not that someone maliciously set the fire, but a man, because of the death of his wife and children, he couldn't think about it for a while, so he held the bodies of his wife and children and set himself on fire in Yizhuang.

Therefore, it is naturally impossible to see the corpse of the horse thief.

"Joyama, such important evidence, how can you be so careless!"

"Teacher, what do you mean by that?"

Zuoqiu was stunned, "A few horse thieves, if they kill them, they will be killed, how can they become evidence again?" What is the evidence? ”

"Dai Gong, regarding Xu Yuanzun's case, the government has not informed the locality."

"Zuo County Ling didn't know, and he didn't blame him."

Shen Wansheng decisively came out to help Zuoqiu solve his difficulties.

"Teacher, Lord Prefect, I don't know what happened?"

Zuoqiu's face was serious, "The bodies of the eighteen horse thieves were indeed burned, but the clothes they were wearing at the time, as well as their mounts and the murder weapons in their hands, were kept in the county office. ”

"Good, good, it's really the way to the sky!"

Hearing Zuoqiu say this, Dai Duo suddenly looked happy.

As long as you see these things, you can have a general understanding of the identity of these horse thieves.

"Teacher, Lord Prefect, today is the big day of my annual dragon boat race in Anshun County. If you are not in a hurry, can you wait for half a day and allow me to finish this dragon boat race? ”

"Oh, by the way, Fuguihou is in the stands in front of him at the moment."

Zuoqiu raised his hand and pointed to the stands on the embankment in front of him.

"Don't worry, don't worry, go, go with the old man to meet the rich marquis!"

"Yes, I have to bow down!"

Shen Wansheng smiled, "Xiangyi Mansion has a big drought this year, if there is no rich and noble marquis to make a righteous move, under the rule of this mansion, I don't know how many families will have to sell their sons and daughters, and this mansion owes a great favor to the rich and noble marquis!" ”

So, under the leadership of Zuoqiu, the group went to the stands.

Zhao Bingzhi sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, even in the face of Dai Duo, the elderly left waiter of the criminal department, he sat there very steadily.

"Dai Gonghaihan, Ben Hou's injury is not healed, sit down and stand up again, it's a little unbearable!"

"Fuguihou doesn't need to be polite!"

Dai Duo smiled, raised his hand and pointed to the river, "Let's take a look at the excitement together!" ”

"Okay!"

Second Master Zhao smiled harmlessly.

When Zuoqiu saw this scene, he immediately waved the flag in his hand and sent out a signal that the dragon boat race was ready to start.

Then, the messenger quickly reported the news to the dragon boat racing teams on the river.

There are six towns and 72 villages under the rule of Anshun County.

It is impossible to line up the 72 dragon boats on this river, so the preliminary round of the dragon boat race is divided into eight races, and nine teams start each race.

Seventy-two dragon boats, seventy-two serial plates, and the numbers on the serial plates are one to eight.

Before the start of the game, the drummers of each team play to draw the serial number. Then, the game starts according to the drawn number, and the same number plate is the same race.

As Zuoqiu gave the order, each team drew their own number plates.

The number on the serial number plate of Lingshui Village is six.

In other words, they will be the teams participating in the sixth batch.

In eight preliminary rounds, only the first in each round will enter the finals.

If you are unlucky, even a strong team may not be able to make it to the finals.

Knock ——!

Knock ——!

Knock ——!

With the sound of drums, the dragon boat race officially began.

When the drums stopped, a gong sounded, and the first preliminary round began.

The nine dragon boats, all of which are like arrows off the string, are moving forward on the river.

On the embankment, Fu Bao sat on the neck of Old Man Xu, his eyes widened, watching the dragon boats sail forward on the water quickly, and he felt inexplicably excited.

For a moment, Fu Bao almost shouted the words "come on" excitedly.

Fortunately, the mother came to a word at the critical moment, which made Fu Bao come back to his senses from his excited state.

"Boss, can we win?"

Mrs. Xu looked very nervous, and asked such a question coldly.

Old Man Xu smiled and said, "At present, it should be very promising." The speed of these dragon boats is not successful, compared to the boss, it is not half a star and a half. ”

"It's good to win!"

Old Lady Xu sighed.

Fu Bao was awakened by his mother's words, and naturally lost his previous excitement.

Among these nine boats, there are no dragon boats from their village, so, what are you shouting? Do you want to grow the morale of others and destroy your own prestige?

Fu Bao figured it out, but there were still other people who didn't understand, and there were bursts of shouts on the shore, and people kept cheering for the villages.

In the end, in this first batch of teams, the winner was Shangxi Village, which almost fought with Lingshui Village for water grabbing in the drought.

"Reward!"

At the end of the first batch of preliminaries, Zhao Bingzhi suddenly spoke, "All teams will be rewarded with 20 taels of silver, and the winning team will be rewarded with 40 taels of silver." ”

"The teams behind will all follow this reward law!"

"Xiaguan represents all the dragon boat racers, thank you Fuguihou!"

Zuoqiu, as the local parent official, really had to come forward to thank Zhao Bingzhi in this case. After all, the team of the dragon boat race still has to compete!

"Zuo County is polite, I just watched a lively scene, I was happy to see it, and I will reward a few silver, I should not be thanked!"

What does it mean to be rich and capricious?

Look at the second master of the rich and noble Hou Zhao, this is it!

When Zuoqiu asked someone to convey the news below, all the participating teams were boiling.

Even if you can't make it to the finals, you can get silver, although it's not much, but it's silver after all!

In the next race, all the dragon boats are accelerating, accelerating, accelerating.

And with the increase in the speed of the dragon boat, the rich and willful Zhao Er Master once raised the silver reward to fifty taels, and the first place directly got one hundred taels.

Everyone was boiling and cheering.

However, no one noticed that Zhao Bingzhi's eyes were not very excited.

"Not enough, still not enough, almost, almost!"

Zhao Bingzhi muttered to himself in a low voice, in a voice that only he could hear, and his hands were trembling slightly.

"Zuo County Order, here is the sixth batch of preliminaries dragon boats, right?"

Zhao Bingzhi looked at Zuoqiu, who was next to him, and smiled slightly, "Please go and tell the dragon boat racers behind you that in the qualifiers, if there is a dragon boat that can be faster, Benhou will be rewarded with five hundred taels of silver!" ”

Five hundred taels!

As soon as this number came out, everyone was not calm.

Dai Duo turned his head directly to look at Zhao Bingjiong, and said in a deep voice: "Fuguihou, what do you mean by this?" ”

"It's not interesting, I just think it's too slow!"

"Doesn't Dai Gong think that this dragon boat race is not enthusiastic enough?"

Zhao Bingzhi smiled slightly, "I once watched a dragon boat race on the Chu River in the south, and it was really like an arrow from the string, speeding on the water, as if Fang Ruo could fly at any time." ”

"This, the old man has heard of it, and said that this Chudi dragon boat is the fastest. It's just that I haven't seen it with my own eyes, what a pity! ”

Dai Duo listened to Zhao Bingzhi's words, but nodded, Chu Di Dragon Boat, he also heard about it.

……

On the embankment of the Jiuqu River, Uncle Lu suddenly jumped out of Old Man Xu's side.

"Master, where were you just now? You've missed several dragon boat races, haven't you seen that the speed is really too fast, it's simple, it's not so fast in previous years! ”

"Money can make ghosts grind!"

Uncle Lu glanced at Old Man Xu, "However, now is not the time to talk about this, you hurry up, take your daughter-in-law, and Xiao Fubao, and go to the small slope over there to hide for a while!" ”

"Huh? Hide for a while? Why hide? ”

"Master, is something going to happen?"

Old Man Xu listened to Uncle Lu's words, but instead of retreating, he came with a strong interest.

"Is there a master coming?"

Since inquiring about Uncle Lu's innate and acquired martial arts theories, Old Man Xu has been quite interested in these things.

For Old Man Xu, Uncle Lu's words made him discover a new world that he had never been in contact with.

Curiosity is shared by everyone.

Like Old Man Xu, he can practice such a good martial art, so he is naturally very obsessed with and interested in these things.

What Uncle Lu said is really quite attractive to Old Man Xu.

Fu Bao, who was sitting on Old Man Xu's neck, listened to his father's enthusiastic language, and thought of the truth that her beautiful master said in the morning, and she really couldn't bear to see her father so stupid.

However, now she has no power to stop it.

So, let's continue to watch Daddy's excitement!

When Fu Bao made up his mind to be a small spectator, he suddenly found that the water of the Jiuqu River in front of him was a little different, hazy, as if it was going to fog.

"Ahh

"Ahh

Fu Bao hurriedly reached out to grab his father's hair, attracting his attention to the Jiuqu River.

Old Man Xu, who was grabbed by Fu Bao's hair, turned his head to look at the river.

"Let's go!"

When Uncle Lu saw the change in the surface of the river, he immediately glared at Old Man Xu, "Quick! ”

"Oh!"

This time, Old Man Xu is not strong.

Obviously the sun is shining, and the river is good, but it seems to be foggy for no reason, and there is a problem at first glance.

Old Man Xu held Fubao in one hand and his daughter-in-law in the other, shouted Lichun, squeezed out of the crowd as fast as possible, and went straight to the hillside that Uncle Lu said earlier.

When I waited on the hillside and looked back, I could still see the surface of the Jiuqu River, but the fog on the river surface became thicker and thicker.

"Zuo County Order, evacuate the people immediately!"

Zhao Bingzhi, who had been sitting firmly in Diaoyutai, also stood up abruptly at this moment and gave orders directly.

"Huh?!"

Zuoqiu was stunned and looked at Zhao Bingzhi in confusion.

Zhao Bingzhi immediately opened his mouth and said, "Do it immediately!" ”

"If you delay time and die, you can't afford this responsibility!"

"Joyama, go quickly!"

Didor also spoke at this moment.

Although Zuoqiu didn't know why, Zhao Bingzhi and Dai Duo both said so, and he could only do it.

Gongs rang out.

The officials of Anshun County appeared one after another and began to disperse the people on the embankment.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the people on the embankment were dispersed.

At the same moment, the fog on the Jiuqu River had reached the point where you couldn't see your fingers.

……

Fu Bao was held by Old Man Xu and kept staring at the thick fog. Slowly, she felt as if the fog was alive, faintly, as if something was hovering in the mist.

"Chirp—"

Just as Fu Bao stared at the thing in the mist, an arrow shot up into the sky, making a sharp sound.

The next moment, a carriage appeared on the embankment, and the driver got out of the carriage, drew his knife, and mercilessly stabbed the horse pulling the cart with the short knife in his hand.

The horses were in pain, and they ran forward with four hooves.

The galloping pack horse rushed directly into the Jiuqu River with the carriage.

Barrels pulled on the carriage flew up.

An unknown liquid flew out of the barrel, and the fishy smell quickly spread.

"Aang—"

As all this happened, a painful hiss could be heard from the mist, but I don't know what was screaming.

"What the hell?"

When Old Man Xu saw the strange scene in front of him, he believed more and more in what Uncle Lu told him.

Fu Bao originally listened to his master's words and thought that the bad old man was a big liar. But now, she's a little skeptical.

That hiss just now looked like a dragon's groan!

Fu Bao had never seen a dragon, and naturally he had never heard a dragon chanting.

But in many TV series, it seems that Long Yin is like this.

But is there really a dragon in this world?

What is the carriage that rushed to the Jiuqu River just now, and what are the things that broke out of those empty barrels?

Rumble!

Rumble!

Just when everyone's attention was attracted by the fog, the day unconsciously clouded, and the black clouds condensed in the sky above the Jiuqu River.

Lightning, thunder, roaring constantly.

"This Nima can't be a tribulation, right?"

Fu Bao swallowed.

Once the sand sculpture netizens on the Internet, whenever they saw lightning and thunder everywhere, they would always ridicule that there were Taoist friends who crossed the catastrophe. Now, looking at the magical scene in front of him, Fu Bao couldn't help but wonder, isn't there really something that is going on?

If the tribulation is real, then, isn't it really possible that there are such things as gods and monsters in this world?

Unfortunately, it turned out that the catastrophe did not exist.

When the thunder stopped, it rained.

Fortunately, Old Man Xu took them back to the carriage early, so that they were spared from being wet in the torrential rain.

The rainstorm came suddenly and ended quickly.

At most, for half an hour, the clouds and rain dispersed, and the sun was in the sky.

The family got out of the carriage, Fu Bao was held by Mrs. Xu, and as soon as he got out of the car, his eyes unconsciously looked at a puddle in front of him, and in that puddle, there was actually a pure golden carp, only the size of a thumb.

"Fish!"

"Fish!"

"Raise!"

"Mine!"

The moment he saw this golden carp, the thought that came to Fu Bao's mind was to keep it, and he had to keep it.

"Good, good, raising, raising!"

Old Man Xu followed the direction of Fu Bao's finger and found the small carp in the puddle.

"It's very good-looking, just keep it!"

Old Man Xu didn't wonder why there was a golden carp in the puddle.

Because, this kind of thing of fish falling from the sky is really not an uncommon thing. And what kind of situation is this, Old Man Xu doesn't know, but this does not prevent him from knowing the existence of this situation.

After the rain, the sky was clear, and the dragon boat race continued.

In the stands, Zuo Qiu, Dai Duo and others all had big questions, but no one asked.

They can all see that behind this matter, there is the handwriting of Zhao Bingzhi, the newly promoted first-class rich marquis. No matter what Zhao Bingzhi was doing, it was not something they were qualified to ask.

Even if there is any suspicion, it can only be reported to the Zongren Mansion, and the Zongren Mansion will continue to investigate.

Not long after Old Man Xu used the porcelain jar filled with water in the carriage to collect the golden little carp, Uncle Lu appeared on Old Man Xu's side.

"Master, what was it just now?"

"Did you fight the other person?"

Seeing Uncle Lu coming back, Old Man Xu immediately became interested.

"Just now it was the means of the previous dynasty to rob the remnants of the Dao, but the master didn't find the bull's nose that cast the spell, so he escaped the catastrophe!"

Hearing Old Man Xu's question, Uncle Lu was a little indignant.