On the surface of the river, people kept popping their heads, gasping for a few breaths, and then continuing to sink into the river, and so on.

An Chengluo and Han Tao were patiently waiting on the bank of the river, and they were even more acquaintances, and they temporarily built a grass hut, which can shelter the sun and block the wind, the temperature on the riverside has always been lower than that of other places, and it is already autumn at this time, and the riverside is colder.

There is also a temporary wooden table in the grass shed, and there is tea on the table, which can be regarded as very thoughtful.

An Chengluo and Han Tao sat in the grass hut and drank tea while looking at the river.

Yang Can led people to protect the entire grass shed tightly, for fear that a pariah who was not long-sighted would run out and collide with the eleventh prince, then he would be very responsible.

Jiang Ling and Wu Qing naturally stayed on the side.

Every time he stood with the eleventh prince, Han Tao always couldn't help but sigh at the battle of the eleventh prince, which seemed that he was very cold.

Except for a few capable subordinates, the rest were temporarily transferred to him by the emperor from other places, so it was naturally not so handy to summon.

Han Tao couldn't help but glance at Jiang Ling.

If only he had been under him.

But he definitely didn't have the ability to snatch people from the eleventh prince, if he wasn't afraid of death, he would rob it.

Maybe a hundred heads are not enough for the eleventh prince to cut off.

I don't know how long it has been, and suddenly a loud shout came from the river: "There's something down here!" ”

Although it was far away, Han Tao, who had been paying attention to the river, still heard it clearly, he got up from the chair openly, and didn't bother to say a word to An Chengluo, he walked out of the grass hut quickly, came to the water's edge, and came from the pedal to the merchant ship with the support of a soldier.

The soldier who was found in the river just now was also fished out of the river and brought to Han Tao.

"What did you say Jiangzhong found?" Han Tao asked impatiently.

The soldier didn't bother to change into his soaked clothes, and replied with his fists clenched, "Lord Qiyu, there seems to be a sunken ship underneath the general." ”

"A shipwreck?" Han Tao frowned slightly, this is Pingjiang, if you want to say that a sunken ship was found at the bottom of the river, it is not unusual, in a year, those sunken ships on the river and the sea are unknown.

If it's just that, it's like nothing at all.

The soldier continued, "It's a ship, but it's a stone ship. ”

"Stone Boat!" Han Tao's eyes widened slightly, and he looked extremely surprised.

Even if he doesn't live in a water town, he knows that the boat needs to be buoyant enough to move on the water, otherwise it will sink easily.

However, if it is made of stone, it cannot move on the water at all, so it is no wonder that it will sink to the bottom of the river.

But who would be too idle to build a sinking stone ship?

The soldier's expression was also very strict, he was afraid to say it, these adults above didn't believe it, let alone they didn't believe it, even what he saw with his own eyes felt unbelievable.

I only heard him say again: "That ship is very big, about several times larger than our current merchant ship, and the subordinates only vaguely see a general outline, and the position that the subordinates see is exactly the main ship's mast, and the mast needs at least three people to hug it." ”

Han Tao was slightly stunned when he heard it.

It takes three people to hug a ship's mast, so how huge is the entire hull?

Han Tao couldn't help but glance at the mast of the merchant ship, which was just the size of a bucket.

This time, his whole head was flooded with headaches again.

This is really a problem for him!

Although he knew that once Jiang Zhong made a discovery, the case would naturally make progress, but now this discovery made him regret it.

It's better not to find anything at all.

What now? It was reported to the imperial court that there was a big stone boat at the bottom of the river, and then this stone boat was the key to the case.

Who will believe it?

Otherwise, the stone boat will be fished out.

But after another comparison, the stone ship at the bottom of the river is at least five times larger than this merchant ship, how can this be salvaged?

At that time, let alone salvage the stone ship, this merchant ship may all be sunk, and fifty such merchant ships will not be able to pull it!

And the fishing boat must be a big move, the manpower and material resources consumed, not to mention his little Qincha, maybe even the eleventh prince may dare to make a decision easily.

By the way, the eleventh prince, let's go and explain to the eleventh prince first, and let the eleventh prince decide.

With a measure in his heart, Han Tao immediately went ashore and came to the grass hut on the bank of the river.

Although An Chengluo also wanted to go down with Han Tao just now, but after thinking about it again, he still had to maintain his miserable legs in front of outsiders, so he still waited for Han Tao in the grass shed with peace of mind, and he was not in a hurry at this time.

Although Sha Diaowei could find out that there was something in the river, he didn't have a chance to go down the river, and naturally he didn't know what the mystery was at the bottom of the river, so he asked Han Tao to go down the river to investigate.

Looking at Han Tao coming all the way, with that unbelievable look, An Chengluo knew that he must have gained something.

"Lord Han, but what's the hair?" An Chengluo asked.

"Yes, yes, but ......" Han Tao hesitated for a moment, he really didn't know how to explain to the eleventh prince, can the eleventh prince believe it? Don't say whether the eleventh prince believes it or not, he came all the way, and his steps were a little empty, and he didn't dare to believe it.

Han Tao's appearance of wanting to speak again made An Chengluo frown, and said: "If there is anything to discover, my lord said bluntly, even if there is no discovery, then don't be afraid, we only searched the ten miles under the river today, and we will always find it in a few more days." ”

Han Tao smiled bitterly and said, "There is a discovery at the bottom of the river, and it is a big discovery. ”

An Chengluo raised his eyebrows slightly.

I only heard Han Tao continue: "They found a shipwreck at the bottom of the river, it was a stone ship. ”

"Stone boats?"

Seeing An Chengluo's reaction in the same way as him, Han Tao didn't feel strange at all, anyone who listened to it couldn't believe his ears.

Han Tao picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and continued: "And the stone boat, it is estimated that it is not small, it is said that just the mast of the ship needs three people to hug it, Lord Wang, if this boat wants to be salvaged, it is a bigger project than rebuilding the river embankment." ”

After Han Tao finished speaking, his eyes were burning and he waited for An Chengluo's response, this prince's opinion is sometimes very unique.

An Cheng was silent and did not speak for a long time.

It was really he who was shocked.

It is not surprising that there is a shipwreck at the bottom of the river, but it is strange that this ship is actually a stone ship.

Not to mention whether the ship is related to the case, just say whether the ship is worth salvage, if it costs a lot of money, just salvage an empty stone ship, even if he is the emperor's own son, it is not easy to explain.

Now even he was stumped.

An Chengluo pondered for a long time, and sighed: "Lord Han still truthfully reports the situation here to Jingshi, as for whether to catch the boat or not, it depends on the arrangement of the imperial court." ”

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