Chapter 81: Yancheng
Lu Huan'er saw Xiao Dong and Xiao Bei coming over, and couldn't wait to ask, "What happened?" ”
Xiao Dong held back tears:
"Yesterday, the prince routinely inspected the repair of the dam, and when he reached a section of the Huai River outside Yancheng, a sudden landslide occurred, and the prince fell into the torrent and disappeared~"
Lu Huan'er asked: "Who are you with?" Someone else has an accident? ”
"There are also two fellow Yancheng officials, who were standing behind the prince at that time!"
"Then you~" Lu Huan'er asked again.
Xiao Dong was very guilty: "Coincidentally, Xiao Nan suddenly got up early yesterday and suddenly had diarrhea, Xiao Xi went to the state government to get the government report and didn't come back, only me and the prince!" ”
Xiao Dong lowered his head after speaking, and blamed himself infinitely: "When I walked to a section of the Huai River, there was a sudden restlessness in the night, and the prince asked me to wait in place in order to protect it!" ”
After speaking, his eyes were also red, Lu Huan'er knew that Xiao Dong was an arrogant man, and if he could move him, he would definitely feel uncomfortable in his heart.
"Xiao Dong, don't blame yourself now, our top priority is to find the whereabouts of the prince as soon as possible! It's been a day, if the prince didn't have an accident, then he must be injured now, we have to find it as soon as possible! ”
Xiao Dong nodded, very guilty!
Lu Huan'er said: "Xiao Dong, do you have a map of Liuzhou and a route plan for the Huai River dam?" ”
A few people entered the back hall of the county office, and Xiao Dong took out a map, and there was a road map of the Liuzhou Dam with a red pen to mark the dam construction site.
Xiao Dong said: "This is the map, the road map of the dam is marked by the prince himself, these red pen marks, the prince found the problem!" ”
"What's the problem?"
"Prime Minister Zhao is responsible for building the dam in Liuzhou, and he has asked the imperial court for millions of taels of silver, but the dam has been washed away several times, and the prince is ready to report to the emperor!"
Lu Huan'er's heart sank, and she felt a little strange in her heart.
At this time, Lu Lei, Xia Chan, and Dong Mei all ran in, and the group reunited many days later, and it turned out to be in this situation.
Lu Huan'er took a deep breath, now that the prince's life and death are uncertain, she must stand up and keep saying that she wants to protect him, and now is the time!
Lu Huan'er opened the map: "Xiao Dong, where is the location of the prince's accident?" ”
Xiao Dong pointed to a place on the map where mountains and rocks were drawn: "This is it, fortunately, it has not rained in Liuzhou in the past two days, and the river flow is not urgent!" ”
Lu Lei interjected and asked, "Is the water of this river going west?" ”
"Yes, the place where the collapse is upstream, if the prince ~ must go this way ~" Xiao Dong said softly, pointing to the map, the place under the rocks.
"Xiao Dong, you take Xia Chan to the pharmacies and medical halls in the towns along the riverbank to have a look, if the prince is rescued, he will definitely need a lot of herbs, if you are lucky, you can be sent to the medical hall!"
"Xiao Bei, you take Dongmei along this road all the way to the west, if the prince is washed ashore, he will definitely be injured, you search carefully along the riverbank!"
"Lu Lei, you and I will join us along this side of the river, and we will come back here at noon tonight!"
After Lu Huan'er gave the order, everyone went separately, and Lu Huan'er also took Lu Lei to prepare to go out.
Passing by the county government hall, Lu Huan'er heard someone talking inside, stopped, and thought that she should say hello to the county government prefect.
When he walked into the inner hall and saw the prefect sitting behind the table, Lu Huan'er suddenly felt like a world away, like a dumb chicken!
Sitting behind the prefect's table was the commander of the Imperial Forest Army who had beheaded the general's mansion back then!
The official saw Lu Huan'er and Lu Lei, and hurriedly introduced: "My lord, this is from the capital, Miss Lu, come to find Prince Qi!" ”
Qiao Shi glanced at it coldly: "Well, Prince Qi's life and death are unknown now, and two people from our county government have disappeared together!" ”
Lu Huan'er clenched her hands and forced her mood: "If you don't find the prince, I won't go back to the capital!" ”
"Now Yancheng is not peaceful, the dam collapses frequently, and the county government is not manpowered!" Qiao Shi said lightly.
Lu Huan'er sneered: "Don't worry about it, we will definitely find the prince!" ”
After speaking, he didn't go back out of the county hall!
Lu Lei followed closely and was very surprised by Qiao Shi's attitude, but he was no longer the little beggar on Rong'an Street at the beginning, so Lu Lei decided to observe it again.
Lu Huan'er and Lu Lei walked out of the county office, and saw Xiao Nan hurriedly running in from outside.
Seeing Lu Huan'er, Xiao Nan couldn't help crying:
"Miss Lu, I didn't take good care of the prince, I'm sorry!"
Lu Huan'er also cried, the worry that something would happen to the prince, and the grief and anger of Qiao Shi just now.
In front of others, Lu Huan'er pretended to be calm and strong, and she kept holding her breath since she knew that something had happened to the prince.
ran to Yancheng in one breath, never sad at all, Xiao Nan cried, so that she also released her sadness.
The two of them cried for a while, and Lu Huan'er said:
"We have gone separately to find the prince, you will stay in the county office, whenever there is any news in the imperial court, remember everything in detail, about the prince, we must pay attention to the movements of the imperial court."
Lu Huan'er hesitated, but still instructed Xiao Nan: "Pay more attention to the movements of Prime Minister Zhao's side, as well as the prefect of this county government!" ”
Xiao Nan was immediately alert: "Prefect? Josh? ”
Lu Huan'er didn't know what his name was: "Prefect, yes!" ”
I also wrote down his name in my heart, and one day, I will kill him with my own hands!
Lu Huan'er rode on a horse, and Lu Lei followed the map, out of the city and ran all the way to the Huai River.
From a distance, I saw the place where Qilong had an accident, there was no embankment here, only a few bags of soft soil and sand and gravel.
A big gap suddenly appeared between the two dirt bags, and Qi Long must have fallen from here.
Lu Huan'er immediately turned red, wiped her eyes, and looked left and right, this was a half-human-high bush, and she only entered the woods when she walked far away, and there were only traces of people walking near the river bank.
Lu Huan'er wondered, why did the prince inspect here?
Chasing the wind walked to a place one mile away from the shore, and suddenly slipped under the hooves and refused to go, Lu Huan'er wondered, got off the horse and wanted to lead it, but Chasing the wind dragged Lu Huan'er back hard.
"Sister Huan, don't leave yet!" Lu Lei saw the state of chasing the wind, quickly dismounted, walked to the foot of the chasing wind, and lowered his body.
He rubbed his hand carefully at the foot of Chasing Wind, Lu Huan'er also lowered his body curiously, and Chasing Wind also pulled the ground with his horse's hooves.
In a moment, the two of them pulled out a large area and buried a large area of thick leaves and weeds, which had not rained for the past two days, and the leaves and weeds had not been completely weathered!
"What's going on?" Lu Huan'er was puzzled
Lu Lei looked at the riverbank: "Sister Huan, you wait for me here!" ”
Seeing that Lu Lei was about to go down the embankment, Lu Huan'er hurriedly shouted to him: "Lu Lei, don't go over, it's too dangerous!" ”
"Sister Huan, I know it in my heart, don't worry!" Lu Lei comforted him and carefully walked towards the place where Qi Long had an accident!
Lu Huan'er's heart rose to her throat, and she saw Lu Lei sticking to the riverbank, looking down and touching something as she walked, and when she arrived at the place where Qilong fell into the water, she was lying on the ground far away!
Waiting for Lu Lei to come back, Lu Huan'er hurriedly grabbed him: "What?" Are you okay! ”
Lu Lei showed his white teeth and smiled honestly: "They all said that it was okay, Sister Huan still treats me as a child, sister, there is something wrong with the prince!" ”
"What? What's going on? ”
Lu Lei pointed to the leaves and dense branches on the ground: "Sister Huan, these branches and leaves are buried here, exactly the same as the embankment!" ”
Lu Huan'er was still puzzled: "What does this mean?" ”