Qi Buchen's face was flushed with anger, but he could only watch the storyteller leave.

A moment later, a man in Tsing Yi walked briskly into the restaurant and saw Qi Buchen sitting alone at the table. He walked up to him and was about to speak, when he suddenly noticed Qi Buchen's painful expression.

The man in Tsing Yi immediately stretched out his fingers and put them on Qi Buchen's wrists, "My lord! My lord! How are you? ”

Qi Buchen tried his best and vaguely highlighted a few words, "Brother Tsing Yi, hurry!" Call people! Get him! ”

......

At this time, it is already summer, and the trees on the embankment of the Grand Canal are verdant, the farmland on both sides is lush, and the wide river surface is like a jade belt inlaid on a piece of jade. A cool breeze with water vapor blows, and the greenery sways, which makes people feel refreshed.

At this moment there was a man standing under a tree on the embankment, and the red sunset stretched his figure very long, and this man was the storyteller. He stood on the edge of the canal and stared at the water in a daze.

A villager carrying a hoe passed by, and he lived in Tongwu Village, not far away, and people called him Wu Laosi.

Wu Laosi looked at the storyteller standing by the river in a daze, he didn't know who this person was, and the conditions at home did not allow him to go to the teahouse to listen to books and drink tea. He didn't stop and walked straight to his field.

The sun was setting in the evening, and the temperature was not so high, so it was a good time to water the ground. But the weather in summer is really elusive and ever-changing, Wu Laosi in the field is just halfway busy, and the sky that was still setting sunset suddenly became cloudy, and before he could put on his coat and hat, the heavy rain had already poured down.

Wu Laosi scolded secretly, "I knew that I wouldn't have come out to water like this!" As he spoke, he picked up his hoe and trotted all the way home.

When he passed by the river again, he was shocked to find that the man he had just seen was still standing there, motionless. Wu Laosi didn't understand this person's intentions at all, and couldn't help but be stunned.

But he was still kind, and walked over quickly and patted Mr. Storyteller on the shoulder, "Hey, it's raining so hard, why are you still standing here?" Let's go! ”

Mr. Storyteller turned around and smiled slightly, "It's okay, I'll have to wait here for a while." ”

Wu Laosi touched the rain on his face, "What are you waiting for?" ”

"A boat!" The storyteller looked at the shattered surface of the river that had been smashed by raindrops.

"Don't wait," Wu Laosi waved his hand, "With such a heavy rain, the boats on the river will find the nearest dock to take shelter, and it looks dark this day, I think you should wait for the rain to stop tomorrow and come again." ”

Mr. Storyteller shook his head a little stubbornly, "Thank you big brother, I'll wait a little longer, the boat should appear." ”

Wu Laosi sighed helplessly, and could only turn around and leave. But he took a few steps, then stopped, and turned his head to look at the storyteller with a hint of pity in his eyes.

Wu Laosi shook his head and walked back, took off his hat, and put it on the storyteller's head. I didn't say anything more, just walked in the direction of home.

"This big brother," the storyteller touched the hat on his head and stopped Wu Laosi.

Wu Laosi turned around, "What's the matter?" ”

The storyteller smiled faintly, "This rain will rain for three days and three nights, and then the river will overflow the embankment." Your home should not be far from here, and I advise you to move quickly. ”

Wu Laosi asked in surprise, "You, how do you know?" ”

The storyteller didn't explain anything, turned around and continued to look at the river. Wu Laosi was stunned for a while, then turned around and went home.

Early the next morning, when the rain still hadn't stopped, Wu Laosi came to the river embankment again and found that the storyteller was no longer there.

During the rainy season, there are special embankment patrolmen along the canal. Especially when it rains, they patrol day and night to avoid a breach on the riverbank.

The embankment patrolman was a little surprised when he saw Wu Laosi, "Fourth, it's raining so heavily, what are you doing here?" ”

Wu Laosi pointed to the surface of the river and asked, "Will this river rise?" Will it be watery? ”

The embankment patrolman put down the shovel in his hand, "With such heavy rain, the river level will definitely rise, but nothing will happen for a while." In the past two days, dozens of us have been patrolling along the riverbank, and if there is a problem, we will build an embankment, and there will be no accidents. ”

Wu Laosi nodded. The embankment patrol asked strangely, "You came here to ask about this?" ”

Wu Laosi talked about yesterday's incident, "When it rained yesterday, I met a person here, who said that the rain would fall for three days and three nights, and that the river would overflow the embankment. It was raining heavily, and he didn't leave, saying that he was waiting for the boat here. ”

The levee patrol laughed when he heard this, "Waiting for the ship here in the rain?" Wu Laosi, didn't you meet a madman? ”

Wu Laosi heard it, but he couldn't laugh. The embankment patrolman left, and Wu Laosi also returned home.

All day, Wu Laosi's mind was full of the words that the person told him, and when it was approaching evening, he finally couldn't sit still, got up and greeted his wife and children, "Let's go, pack up our things, let's go to my cousin's house!" ”

The wife was taken aback, "Why did you suddenly remember to go to your cousin's house?" ”

Wu Laosi had no way to explain his feelings, so he could only wave his hand, "You go and clean up, don't ask, let's go." ”

The wife was a little incomprehensible, "It's raining outside, and my cousin's house is almost thirty miles away from here, so it's best to go tomorrow." ”

"Tomorrow, I'm afraid tomorrow will be too late." Wu Laosi said.

In the end, his wife couldn't resist Wu Laosi, and the family left in the rain.

On the night of the third day, the river suddenly began to swell, and the surface of the river seemed to bulge all at once. The people hurriedly began to build the embankment, but it was too late, and the river escaped the embankment and rushed out.

Large swaths of the bookmakers were wiped out in an instant, and several villages were submerged......

A few days later, the river receded and people began to deal with the aftermath. The people of the yamen also came to maintain it, and a few of them were a little special, they did nothing but stare at the mud after the water receded. The leader of them had two mustaches, and it was Qi Buchen, who had fought with Mr. Storyteller that day.

Half a day passed, and one of them, a man in Tsing Yi, suddenly stopped in the search, and eagerly bent down to pick up a piece of broken wood from the mud, "My lord, look! ”

Qi Buchen walked briskly, and when he saw that the broken wooden board was somewhat decayed, there was a carved inscription on it. Because it has been too long, the specific details are no longer clear, but the word Fengguo is still vaguely recognizable.

Qi Buchen smiled happily, "Haha, it's really here!" ”

"What is this?" The person next to him asked.

Qi Buchen pointed to the inscription and said: "This is the logo of the general of Fengguo back then, this thing appears here, indicating that the sunken black trough cargo ship carrying the dragon pattern dense box should be sunk near here!" ”

"But," the man in Tsing Yi was a little puzzled, "this ship has been soaked underwater for more than four hundred years, and it is said that it has long been in tatters, how can this inscription be so clear?" ”

Qi Buchen took a deep breath and looked at the surface of the Grand Canal not far away, "This can only show one possibility, this ship was not flooded at all." ”

The man in Tsing Yi immediately widened his eyes in surprise, "How is this possible!" It was obviously washed here by the river! ”

Qi Buchen's brows also slowly furrowed, "I don't know, it seems that I have to go to the bottom of the river to explore." ”

At noon, the two men came to the embankment and looked at the river. One of them was the man in green clothes, and the other was Qi Buchen.

"You lead people to ambush nearby, and once you find a suspicious person, etc., take it immediately!" Qi Buchen said as he ripped off his coat. Tidying up, he tied an oilcloth bag around his waist.

"I'll have two people guarding here." The man in Tsing Yi said.

"No," Qi Buchen waved his hand, "you lead people to scatter, vigilant." You don't have to worry about me here! ”

"Good!" The man in Tsing Yi hugged his fists, "Be careful, adult! ”

Qi Buchen nodded, rolled over and jumped into the river.

The surging water has just returned to its level, and the water is still a little muddy. Qi Buchen has a good water quality, dives directly to the bottom of the river, and searches through the light of the water.

A large number of aquatic plants poked out of the soft silt, swaying and dancing with the water waves, like water snakes swimming, and like ghost hands swaying incessantly.

Qi Buchen pulled out a short knife in his hand, and swam forward with clumps of aquatic plants in front of him. Halfway through, I went to the surface from time to time to breathe, and then dived into the water again.

In this way, after traveling a distance of two or three hundred meters, Qi Buchen suddenly found that the silt at the bottom of the river not far in front of him had collapsed in a large area. This scene made him frown, and he quickly swiped a few times to get closer.

Qi Buchen was surprised to find that in the center of the collapsed silt area, there was a black hole, the hole was not large, about three feet. Qi Buchen reached over and found that the hole must have just been excavated, and it was reinforced with wooden planks to prevent the flow of mud from blocking the hole.

Qi Buchen looked inside, turned back to the water, took a few deep breaths, and turned down again.

Qi Buchen couldn't help but hesitate at the entrance of the cave, he didn't know how deep and long the hole was, and what the situation inside was. If you go too deep and don't breathe enough, I'm afraid you won't even have a chance to turn around and come back. But the matter has come to this point, and the situation is compelling. He shook the short knife in his hand and gritted his teeth and slipped in.

The underwater cave was pitch black, and Qi Buchen couldn't see anything, so he could only move forward by touching the cave walls on both sides with his hands.

Suddenly losing the aid of vision, people will always become unnaturally nervous. Qi Buchen's heart was also beating hard, and he closed his eyes to force himself to calm down, otherwise his breath would be consumed faster.

Qi Buchen closed his eyes and groped his way forward for a long time, he didn't know how long it was, and before he knew it, he found that the feeling of his hand touching the cave wall had changed, no longer slippery yellow mud, but hard and cold rock.