Song Zhizhong showed his talent for water conservancy since he was a child, and supervised the construction of water conservancy several times after entering the dynasty as an official, all of which were extraordinary, but he was upright, not good at deceitful in the officialdom, offended the villain, and was excluded as a dispensable petty official.

The King of Qin knew Song Zhizhong's ability in water conservancy, and specially brought him to Qingning Mansion to control the water, and finally did not disappoint the King of Qin, he planned the river with the assistance of Song Zhizhong, drained and diverted the flood, stopped the water in time, and saved the affected people. However, when it came to the construction of the embankment, the king of Qin disappeared, and Song Zhizhong withstood the pressure of the prefect and others with his own strength, not trying to save trouble as before, insisting on laying a solid foundation and strengthening the defense of the embankment.

Song Zhizhong's approach undoubtedly cut off some people's financial routes, and soon became a thorn in the side of others, the construction project in the past month has not been smooth, and now, it is so poor that it can't open the pot - there is no money to buy food and materials, and the project is already unfinished.

If the king of Qin can't come back alive and recover the disaster relief silver, he can only go to the court to allocate the silver, but the silver in the household department is not abundant, and I am afraid that he is unwilling to allocate the silver again.

Therefore, Song Zhizhong's hair is going to turn white these days, and just when he doesn't know what to do, Princess Qin came.

He washed hastily, changed into clean and tidy clothes and went to visit, Gu Qingyi listened to Tang Hao's introduction, and had a good impression of him, so he hurriedly asked him to sit down, and said straight to the point, "Lord Song, I came today to learn about the specific situation of the day when our prince disappeared, and in which section of the river did he disappear?" In which direction is it most likely to roll? Please also ask Lord Song to help me. ”

Song Zhizhong had already guessed the intention of Princess Qin, and he already had a draft in his heart, so he hurriedly repeated the situation of that day, and took her to the place where the incident occurred, Gu Qingyi looked at the tumbling torrent, and suddenly fell silent.

"Princess Niangniang, there are two tributaries in the east and west in another twenty miles, and it is more likely that the prince will be involved in the east direct current, but at that time, we searched and rescued the past, and we never found any trace of the prince."

"Okay, I see, thank you Lord Song for your advice." Gu Qingyi retracted his gaze, "Now that the prince has not returned, and the silver of the embankment is unsustainable, Lord Song will go to the court to ask for the silver, and I will also attach a note and send it over together." ”

Song Zhizhong was suddenly overjoyed, others spoke softly, and the folds sent to the capital may not have a chance to be handed over to His Majesty's desk, but with Princess Qin's post, it is different, presumably no one dares to blatantly stop Princess Qin's post, as long as it is handed to the emperor, the chance of getting the silver is greater.

He hurriedly bowed his hand, "The princess is noble, and the lower officials thank you for your kindness on behalf of the affected people." ”

"Originally, it was the errand of our prince, and I should do a little favor."

Gu Qingyi praised Song Zhizhong back and forth, and then took a group of people back to the courtyard where King Qin lived, Wu San and others escorted them all the way, and they were more or less injured, so they let them stay in the courtyard to recuperate, and after Zhou Jingming arranged everyone, Gu Qingyi had time to go into the study and start writing the recital.

Although King Qin had only lived in the courtyard for a month, there were traces left by him everywhere, and even more so in the commonly used study, Gu Qingyi couldn't help but reddened when he looked at the residual ink on the inkstone. After spending an afternoon writing the recital sheet and handing it over to Song Zhizhong, Gu Qingyi finally couldn't bear the tiredness of his body, and fell asleep with King Qin's clothes in his arms.

When he woke up the next day, Gu Qingyi medicated the wounds on the inside of his legs, brought enough dry food and water, and began to look for King Qin in the direction suggested by Song Zhizhong.

On this day, Gu Qingyi sat on the stone by the stream to rest, silently nibbling on dry food, Zhou Jingming came back from inquiring about the news, and reported, "Princess, there is a house in front, it should be built by hunters in the mountains, and the house has smoke rising, so it should be inhabited." ”

They all held the hope that King Qin was still alive in the world, and according to this line of thought, King Qin must have been rescued by outsiders, but he did not deliver the news to the outside world for a long time, which means that he was seriously injured and could not contact the outside world. Therefore, they try to search for traces of human activity, as they do now, they follow the vines to find the depths of the forest.

Gu Qingyi's spirits were greatly lifted, her body was completely exhausted, she put away the water bladder and dry food, and couldn't wait to move forward, "Lead the way!" ”

After turning around, I saw a wooden house in the valley, with a fence around the house, and a half-person-high firewood door was tightly fastened, Zhou Jingming shouted directly to the yard, "Is anyone there?" Our master strayed into the depths of the mountains and forests, and stumbled upon a family here, and asked the master to be kind and let us borrow your place to rest for a while. ”

After a long time, a sturdy middle-aged man opened the door and walked out, he looked at Zhou Jingming and the others vigilantly, feeling that this group of young and strong men was very dangerous, until he found Gu Qingyi, a female streamer, his face eased slightly, "This is deep in the mountains and forests, and it is inaccessible, why did you come?" ”

It seems that they are not fully trusted.

Zhou Jingming knew that his suspicion was normal, and his face became more and more gentle, "Our old man is sick, in order to show his piety, our wife personally went into the mountains to collect medicine, and did not want to lose the way. ”

This was the excuse that Gu Qingyi thought of. They can't blatantly say that they came to the King of Qin, after all, they have to prevent the King of Qin from falling into the hands of people with bad intentions, and when the time comes, they deliberately conceal it, and use this to coerce, I am afraid that it will push the King of Qin into a more dangerous vigilance, it is better to find an excuse to approach like now, and then investigate.

The middle-aged man's eyes softened, he completely let down his guard, opened the chai door and let them in, "Madame values love and righteousness, Chai admires it, please come in, there are also patients in our family who are bedridden, please don't make noise." ”

Gu Qingyi nodded again and again, and as soon as she walked into the room, a handsome woman walked down from the second floor, looked around at the stranger, and looked guarded, "Daddy, who are these?" ”

The middle-aged man explained again and said, "Ru'er, go and prepare a few drinks and dishes, Daddy is going to entertain guests." ”

The girl Ru'er pouted reluctantly, but she still obediently went to the kitchen and started to work, Gu Qingyi thanked her embarrassedly, "I'm really sorry to cause you trouble." ”

The man shook his head again and again, and it was not troublesome, Zhou Jingming took the initiative to talk to him, and learned that this person's name was Chai Yunbo, who was a hunter, because the Yellow River flooded the house, so he took his daughter to live in the mountains, and temporarily lived in the house built during hunting.

Half a month?

Gu Qingyi's heart moved, and he asked casually, "I just heard Brother Chai say that there is a patient at home, and I don't know who he is?" Is it seriously ill? I have a good doctor and a cure that I can help with. ”

Chai Yunbo was very moved, "That's great, he ......"

"Daddy!"

Chai Yun came out of the kitchen with the dishes, interrupted what Chai Yunbo was about to say, glared at Gu Qingyi unceremoniously, and said very unceremoniously, "It's just a group of unidentified strangers, why should Daddy tell them about our family affairs, be careful of being deceived." ”

Chai Yunbo was embarrassed, "Yun'er has always been straightforward and fast-talking, and she was rude for a while, please don't be surprised." ”

"Where, where, it's me who has a lot of trouble."

Gu Qingyi was not annoyed, and greeted Chai Yunbo with a smile, but his attention was no longer on the master at all, just now, Zhou Jingming took advantage of the father and daughter's inattention to quietly go up to the second floor, whether the mysterious patient was the king of Qin or not, and soon knew.

The waiting time was anxious and long, Gu Qingyi felt that after a hundred years, Zhou Jingming's figure finally appeared in the stairs, his face was irregularly flushed, excited and happy, and he said loudly regardless of the occasion, "It's the master!" The master is on top! ”