In this regard, Shen Ping felt that his head was too big.

Ye Jingjing and Emperor Qianling didn't pay attention to it at all, in their own words, they were not afraid of shadows.

Shen Ping also persuaded himself to relax, but thinking of the identities of the two, he still didn't dare to take it lightly, and he couldn't wait for Di Gongbao to be reincarnated and solve the case in an instant.

The first day passed like this, and the next day was still quiet by the bridge, without any traces of destruction, and Huang Shulang's case was also unsuccessful.

On the third day, Ye Jingjing got up early that day, and she was about to go out for a walk, when she saw the housekeeper coming back from outside in a hurry.

"Hey, butler, did you go out to buy groceries so early?"

Ye Jingjing stopped the other party and asked curiously.

The housekeeper didn't expect her to be there, and was startled, but quickly calmed down and stopped, with a smile on his face, "No, I just came back from the river." ”

Ye Jingjing was a little surprised, "You also went to investigate?" ”

"Of course not, did you forget? The lord sent me to guard, and I changed shifts with other brothers, and I just came back today. ”

The butler smiled innocently and touched his head.

"To be honest, it's a bit unbearable to keep it like this, after all, I still have to take care of the big and small things at home, but it's good from today, I can rest for a few days and go back in two days."

Ye Jingjing nodded, and after a few polite words, she went out.

However, her instinct made her retreat and quietly followed the butler.

For some reason, she always felt that the housekeeper was also very suspicious.

But as it turned out, her instincts seemed to be wrong, and the butler didn't do anything superfluous, but went straight back to the house, closed the door, and after a while the heat came his snoring, and it seemed that he was really tired.

"It's strange that the butler is often seen by the river, and he does have a chance to do something......"

Ye Jingjing muttered, and suddenly heard a familiar voice behind her, "Miss Ye, what are you doing?" ”

She was startled, and only sighed after seeing that it was Shen Ping, "It turned out to be you...... Coincidentally, Lord Shen, I would like to ask, has the housekeeper been in charge since the beginning of the bridge repair? ”

Shen Ping nodded, "I can't be there all the time, so I'll leave it to him to be responsible, and then something like that happened, he also blames himself." ”

"And you ordered him to keep watch by the river recently?"

"Yes, but I said he didn't have to be so tired, just keep an eye on the wind and grass, but I heard from the other brothers that he was too responsible, patrolling the river several times a day, and the time was still very long, and the brothers were worried about his body."

As if sensing what Ye Jingjing was going to say next, Shen Ping waved his hand and said, "Miss Ye, after all, the housekeeper has been with me for more than ten years, and he was already by my side when I didn't come to Taiping County, and he can be trusted." ”

"That'...... Is there anything unusual about the butler? It's not that I don't trust him, I just have to be careful in everything. ”

Shen Ping scratched his head, "If you want to say abnormal...... Well, probably only one point, that is, when I came to Taiping County, it was he who recommended himself, so I brought him here.

"Strange to say, none of the other servants wanted to come, but he was willing to come with me. At that time, I told others that this was a piece of loyalty, and I praised him. ”

All day long, there was nothing strange about the housekeeper, and Ye Jingjing could only temporarily dispel her suspicions.

She said goodbye to Shen Ping and went to the river by herself, wanting to see what strange things could destroy the bridge without knowing it, and turned around, but it was the same as a few days ago, and she found nothing.

Just as she was sitting by the river in a daze, a voice suddenly sounded behind her, "Little girl, sometimes it's not necessarily a good thing to be too persistent. ”

Ye Jingjing looked back, and it turned out to be the bridge keeper.

"Old man, you're just in time, I'd like to ask ......"

"I don't know about Huang Shulang, I slept soundly that day, and I didn't hear any sound." The old man opened his mouth and interrupted Ye Jingjing's words.

"I didn't ask you in a hurry to say, could it be that there is a ghost in my heart?"

Ye Jingjing deliberately looked at him with suspicious eyes, wanting to make him show his flaws in a semi-threatening way.

The old man smiled, "Not really, I just want us all to save some trouble." ”

"You haven't really seen anything strange in your time by the river?" Ye Jingjing didn't give up and asked again. "For example, ...... that can eat people"

"I'll tell you the truth, little girl, I don't believe that there is a dragon king in this little river, but I really don't know what is in this water that can eat fish and pigs so cleanly."

The old man told the truth, but he seemed very frank.

Ye Jingjing was even more surprised, "I thought you were convinced." ”

"Believe it or not, at least I relied on the legend of the Dragon King and took a lot of money, didn't I?"

The old man's eyes revealed cunning.

"As long as someone wants to come and see it, I will give money, and I will take them to see the strange things, and use the money to buy wine, so that they can live happily. If he's good for me, why should I even wonder if the Dragon King really exists?

"So, little girl, don't investigate, just let this matter pass, and tell the county magistrate if it's a big deal, don't continue to build the bridge, and things won't be so troublesome."

"As for Huang Shulang's family, it is estimated that he has no time to take care of him, so Master Huang knows about Mrs. Huang's stealing, and he can't wait to pick her skin, where can he have the time to take care of a wild seed?"

He said it as if he was reasonable, but in Ye Jingjing's opinion, it was just a quibble.

"Next time, if you can give me useful clues, I'll treat you for a drink."

Ye Jingjing said, got up and left.

The next morning, the crowd received unexpected, but unpleasant news: the bridge had broken again.

This broken bridge made people believe in the existence of the Dragon King even more, but because someone saw Ye Jingjing by the river yesterday, they spread rumors that she broke the bridge, and shouted that Shen Ping was harboring the prisoner and wanted to dismiss the official.

Fortunately, these people are just talking about majesty, and none of them really made trouble to the government, but the rumors are spreading, which is enough to give Shen Ping a headache.

Seeing that Shen Ping's face was even worse than before, Ye Jingjing took the initiative to say, "Lord Shen, you can rest, I'll go to the river to see for you what the situation of the broken bridge is." ”

Shen Ping waved his hand, "Miss Ye, you are on the cusp at this time, if you go, you don't know what they will say about you." ”

Ye Jingjing smiled, "That's why I want to go even more, and I want to beat the gongs and drums to let those who spread rumors know, because I have a clear conscience, so I dare to go over to investigate openly." ”