The oil cake lived up to its name, wrapped the soy milk drink and floated a lot of oil stars, and because it was fried too crispy, it fell off the slag, making a whole bowl of soy milk greasy, and some thick paste mixed with the slag, Ji Qingling ate a little greasy, so she asked the little girl to make another bowl of clean for herself.

She pinched a freshly ripped oil cake in her hand, carefully scooped up the bottom of the crust in the previous bowl of soy milk drink, and replied casually: "Since Emperor Taizu, I heard that in a few years, there will be a thousand-year-old turtle, a century-old white fish, a water lingzhi, a prawn and a crab, and I don't know where they came out. ”

The crust was finely crushed and very difficult to fish, so she simply ate the soaked oil cake in one bite, and waited until the food was exhausted before continuing with Gu Yanzhang: "Fifth brother, I can't remember the carp that we went to the net last time?" Isn't it said to weigh twenty or thirty pounds? I heard that more than 20 years ago, there were more than 70 catties of big fish in Naxiangfu County, and the DPRK and China also specially praised them. ”

She said here, Qiu Shuang also came out of the room, although she only listened to half a sentence, she swallowed her saliva involuntarily.

Ji Qingling raised her eyes and saw her expression, and couldn't help laughing: "Later, I got the edict of the Son of Heaven and put it back in the river." ”

Gu Yanzhang also heard it funny, and said: "I went to patrol the embankment, and I did hear from the fisherman that when the Bianhe River passed through Liuxiangfu County, the water in that section was particularly deep, and because the river was narrow, the water potential was particularly turbulent. ”

Ji Qingling Qi said: "I only heard people say that big fish come out of deep water, but if the water is turbulent, how can the old fish be raised?" ”

Gu Yanzhang shook his head and said: "But I don't know, but I heard that there are often still water nests next to the whirlpool, I'm afraid that big fish and turtles live here?" ”

The two laughed for a while, because Gu Yanzhang was in a hurry to go to the office, he went in to change his shoes after filling his stomach, said a word to Ji Qingling, and walked out.

At one point, the little girl was taking an empty bowl and was about to pour soy milk from the copper kettle.

Qiu Shuang saw it, and hurriedly stopped: "The net in the kitchen is not clean, don't pour it like this, and a lot of bean dregs will also be poured out, which is very embarrassing." ”

took a big wooden spoon again, pointed to the little girl and said: "You wait for this soybean milk drink to be clear, let the bean dregs sink to the bottom, and then scoop out the upper layer in the middle - the more the upper layer, the lighter the taste, the lower the taste, the stronger the taste, just be careful, don't scoop up the bean dregs." ”

The little girl hurriedly responded and learned what she said.

Qiu Shuang stood aside and watched the little girl do things, and when she looked up and saw Ji Qingling looking at her with interest, she went to talk to her and said, "Madam, today I will ask someone to take out the clothes I wore in the summer?" ”

Ji Qingling was a little surprised and asked, "It's only March, are you in such a hurry?" ”

Qiu Shuang said: "Don't look at this is March, in fact, it's already very hot, because I know that I love to drink fish soup, Sister Qiuyue and Sister Qiulu didn't drink it two days ago, and with my share, I saved a small pot and waited for me to go back, who knew that there were a lot of things that day, I thought about not keeping it in the afternoon, and I counted it as soon as I finished it at noon, and I ate some cooking cakes casually, and I didn't go back to the room at noon." ”

When she said this, her whole face turned a little gray, and she said with a sad face: "When I go back in the afternoon, I don't know what happened, the pot of fish soup has changed its taste, and it is a little sour." ”

Ji Qingling knew that Qiu Shuang loved to drink fish soup, but he didn't know that there was such a story in it.

Looking at Qiu Shuang's appearance, Ji Qingling didn't feel pitiful, but only found it interesting, and was about to speak, when suddenly someone plucked someone somewhere in his head like a string.

A thought crossed her mind.

The three words "big fish", "sinking to the bottom", and "saving" shook and shook in her mind, and she didn't shake out for half a day.

She stood up suddenly, wiped the bread oil from her fingers, and hurried into the room.

On the desk was still the general county chronicle she had seen yesterday.

Ji Qingling flipped through and over again according to her memory, and quickly found the line of words she was looking for.

In the first year of Tianxi, in Xiangfu County, Wuze Pi recruited people to undertake tenants, increased water scarcity, took the lake as the bottom, and prepared to help the water transportation, and its water depth was more than ten zhang.

Flipping back further, there is no mention of this matter.

Her heart was beating wildly, and she casually sandwiched a bookmark in it, grabbed the county chronicle, and struck the short bell on the right while shouting: "Someone! ”

A servant quickly ran in.

Ji Qingling said: "Go and stop the official, saying that I have something urgent to find him!" ”

She was in a hurry, and her hands and feet trembled a little.

The little guy obeyed the order, pulled his legs and ran out.

After Ji Qingling finished speaking, he hurriedly kicked and changed into a pair of shoes that were good for walking, grabbed the book and went outside.

The two met halfway through.

Gu Yanzhang hurriedly walked inside, only one step slower than the little guy who was about to break his leg, he saw that Ji Qingling was in front of him, and then strode forward a few times, and asked anxiously: "What's the matter, but it's uncomfortable there?" ”

Ji Qingling shook his head, opened the county chronicle in his hand, pointed to that sentence, and said, "Fifth brother, there is a water shortage in Xiangfu County, it has been more than a hundred years!" ”

The so-called water scarcity, also called the water tank, is to store water sources in low-lying places along the river, and with sluices, used to regulate the amount of water, there is another name of the people, that is, reservoirs.

The reservoir often produces large fish.

Xiangfu County Wu Zepi this water tank has a hundred years, in the past was set up to help the water transport, when the water depth is ten zhang, I don't know what the reason is, not used for a long time, but since the thing is set up, it must still be there.

The hundred-year-old reservoir is so deep that it is so deep that there are often auspicious rays produced in the water in Xiangfu County - lying under the river for a hundred years, even Wang Ba can also become a fine, and there are one or two big fish of thirty or fifty catties, what is unusual?

Gu Yanzhang's face condensed slightly.

Recently, there are often many big fish in the capital, where do the fish come from?

If it is said that it is because the Yellow River and the Bianhe River are thawing, and the big fish come out from the bottom of the river, how can we not see them being caught one litter after another like this year in the past?

Offering one or two auspicious rui, it can also make sense - I think someone secretly fished it up in the reservoir, and ran to dedicate it to the county, and the county did not know the origin, and I really thought it was obtained in the river, and ran to the sacrifice like a dog.

But this time, such a large amount is really alarming.

By land, Xiangfu County is not far from the capital, but if you take the waterway, you can get there very quickly.

Gu Yanzhang thought about it for a while, and immediately said, "I'll ask someone to take a look, I'm afraid that something is wrong with the water shortage." ”

And Ji Qingling said: "Don't worry, if there is anything wrong, there are also berm guards in the local area, and they should have found out." ”

He took the county chronicle, and he didn't return it to Ji Qingling, but only raised his hand and said, "I'll take it back to the yamen first." ”

I didn't say much, and went straight away.

Ji Qingling watched him walk out, still a little uneasy in his heart.

If there is anything wrong with such a large reservoir, it must not be too careful.

It is said that it is in Wuzepi, and I don't know where it is in Xiangfu County, and there is no one near the left of the water tank.