In the short time that was delayed, a sedan chair carried by four people hurriedly approached from a distance.

The sedan chair stopped at the end of the procession, and an old man over fifty years old bent down and stepped out of the sedan chair, holding a light green court robe in both hands, and hurriedly stepped forward.

Yu Shibao caught a glimpse of Han Tao at a glance, and immediately stepped forward, knelt on the ground and saluted, and said respectfully: "Yu Shibao, the lowly supervisor of Lankou County, pay a visit to Lord Qincha." ”

After speaking, he knelt down and turned around, looked at An Chengluo in the carriage, and said respectfully: "Meet the eleventh prince." ”

Han Tao sat on horseback, looked at Yu Shibao condescendingly, and asked coldly, "You are the capital supervisor in charge of the construction of the river embankment in Lankou County?" ”

Yu Shibao felt that two cold eyes fell on him, and he responded in fear: "It's a humble position." Lord Qincha and the eleventh prince came to Lankou County in person, and they never came to greet them from afar, and asked Lord Qincha and the eleventh prince to forgive their sins. ”

Han Tao snorted heavily, and said with a straight face: "You are indeed guilty. ”

"As the supervisor of the fortifications of Lankou County, but the supervision is not good, so that the embankment collapsed, so that the people suffered unjustified disasters, heavy casualties, and the crime should be beheaded!"

"Please be aware of it!" Yu Shibao slammed his head on the ground and said loudly: "Lord Qincha, Lankou County belongs to the downstream, and there are six county seats further up, and the reason why the embankment in Lankou County will collapse is all because the upstream bursts, and the water rushes downstream, and the water is too strong, which will cause the embankment to be unable to withstand the water, and it will be washed away by the water." ”

"Fortunately, after the water passes through Lankou County, the water potential decreases sharply, so that the people downstream of Lankou County can be protected from the disaster of the flood, otherwise I am afraid that the casualties will be greater!"

"Oh?" Han Tao raised his eyebrows, snorted coldly, and said with a smile: "Listening to the words of the capital eunuch, Lankou County not only has no fault this time, but also has merit?" ”

When Yu Shibao heard this, he was calm, and he kowtowed several times, and said in a trembling voice: "My lord, I am humble...... Even if the adult wants to behead the lowly position, the lowly position will never complain, but the adult is aware of everything, and will definitely give the lowly position a justice. “

Han Tao sneered and said, "You are very good at putting a high hat on this official, this case is very important, and this official will never tolerate anyone."

"Even if you don't come to the official today, the official will send someone to find you, don't think about fooling around, let alone thinking about what means to use in front of the official, the official is not so easy to fool."

A thin layer of sweat had already oozed from Yu Shibao's forehead, and he trembled: "I don't dare to be humble."

Han Tao raised his hand slightly, and instructed the messenger beside him: "Temporarily put Yu Shibao, the commander of the Lankou County fortifications, into prison, and then deal with the crime after this case is clarified."

"Yes." The two officers answered the order and were about to come forward to take the man.

At this time, An Cheng said in a loud voice: "Wait, Yu Dujian, this king asks you, why don't you see the county magistrate of Lankou County?"

Yu Shibao hesitated for a moment and said, "Back to the prince, Lord Xu...... Maybe it's been delayed by something, so I haven't arrived for a long time. “

An Chengluo narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "Is there anything more important than finding out about the collapse of the river embankment?"

"This ...... Lord Xu has always been inconsistent with his humble duties...... "Yu Shibao replied.

"The king knows." An Chengluo looked at Han Tao as he spoke, and said, "Lord Han should arrest people."

Han Tao didn't say a word, and ordered the messengers around him to step forward.

Yu Shibao's face was extremely ugly, did he count himself as rushing to send himself to prison?

But after looking at it again, Han Tao and the eleventh prince's faces were not much better.

I can only obediently let the two servants put shackles and shackles on myself.

The four palanquin men who came with the sedan chair looked at each other, and they all saw their master's kung fu, so they went to prison, and they were a little at a loss, and they had no idea for a while.

"What to do? Do you want to go back and tell Madame?" One of them asked.

"You're stupid!" The other slapped him on the back of the head, glared and said, "My lord, I'm afraid it's really going to be planted this time, this is Lord Qincha and the prince from Beijing, and it's not those petty officials and officials in the past, even if you tell your wife, it's useless."

"Isn't Madam related to King Xian in Jingshi? With the lady coming forward, the master should be released soon. The man said again.

"King Xian estimates that it will be difficult to protect himself this time, otherwise this matter will not be able to make such a big fuss, King Xian will definitely be able to solve it himself, where will he send any messengers."

"That's it, I heard that the prince and the virtuous king who came this time are brothers, and the court is planning to let their brothers kill each other." Another interjected.

"Don't talk about it, if you are found to be talking about the court, you will have your tongue cut out, and if it is serious, you will be beheaded."

"Let's go back quickly, go and inform Madame, and then hurry up to find some way back for yourself, if you really can't run away, run quickly, don't be affected by the time and have to take your life."

"Yes, yes, my brother has a point."

After the four of them discussed, they quietly slipped away from the end of the line with an empty sedan chair, without alarming anyone.

Xu Peicang saw Yu Shibao's official sedan chair halfway through, and suddenly felt strange in his heart, wasn't the old thief in Yu Dujian faster than him? Have you seen Qin Cha and the Eleventh Prince?

How do you go back?

"Stop the car, stop the car." Xu Peicang shouted loudly.

The sedan chair stopped, Xu Peicang bent down and got out of the sedan chair, and stopped the oncoming sedan chair with one hand.

The four sedan chair drivers saw that the person who stopped the sedan chair was the county magistrate of Lankou County, and hurriedly dropped the sedan chair, and the four of them bowed at the same time.

"Yu Dujian, didn't I hear that you didn't go to see Qin Cha and the Eleventh Prince? Why, where is this going?" Xu Peicang twisted his beard and asked loudly towards the sedan chair.

The four sedan chair men secretly exchanged a look, and the leader of the sedan chair man arched his hand and said, "My lord, my master...... My lord has been imprisoned, this is an empty sedan chair, and the little ones are planning to go back to the house to inform their wives. “

"What? Your lord is in prison?" Xu Peicang screamed in surprise and asked again, "What's going on?"

"We don't know, my lord, we still have to go back to resume our lives, don't delay my lordship, let's leave first."

After speaking, the four of them hurriedly left with a sedan chair.

Looking at Yu Shibao's empty sedan chair, Xu Peicang's heart was cold.

Although Yu Shibao is the supervisor of the fortifications, it is not as great as the responsibility of him, the county magistrate, and even Yu Shibao has been imprisoned, how can he be alone?

Xu Peicang hurriedly beckoned to the county man who was following the sedan chair, and said, "You quickly go to Fucheng to find Master Zuo Shaoyin Zeng, just say that Yu Shibao has been imprisoned, and the county is afraid that he will not be able to escape, let him think quickly."

"Yes." The county man bowed in response, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "My lord, does Lord Zeng really have a way to protect us?"

"Don't worry, what's the matter, there is this county on your head, and it won't affect you, an old child." Xu Peicang shook his head and said, then returned to the sedan chair and said, "Go to the Jiang'an mouth quickly."

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