The sky was gray and the rain was pouring down, which washed the area along the river into a particularly muddy and slippery area, and if you walked on it, you would have to slip into the river if you were not careful.

However, now several people at the station along the river are masters among the masters, and Zhong Chichi thinks that he should not be able to see this kind of good drama of falling into the water.

She certainly wouldn't stand by the river in the rain.

Twenty paces from the riverbank, a simple wooden pavilion was built, five steps above the ground, enough for her to stand in it and see the riverbank.

"Mrs. Zhong, would you like to try this?" The cherry red on the glass bowl is gorgeous, but on the hand holding the bowl, the five huge gold rings are quite hurtful.

Zhong Chi glanced at the person holding the bowl and did not move.

"Fugui'er—" she called lazily.

"Hey! You command! The man who answered laughed so hard that his eyes narrowed into a slit.

"It's the third day, why haven't you found it yet?" Zhong sighed melancholy.

The people around him suddenly felt distressed: "It's all because Fugui'er is ineffective in handling things, which makes the lady worried——"

He turned around suddenly, glared and shouted: "Come on, hire fifty more water-based ones, and the daily salary will rise to ten taels!" Be sure to catch up on what Mrs. Zhong wants! ”

Zhong Chichi glanced at him with great appreciation, and said: "Fugui'er is so well-behaved and sensible, whoever wants to say that you have colluded with the water bandits in the future, I will be the first to cry out for you!" ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw Jin Fugui exaggeratedly wipe a handful of sweat, make a grateful expression, and said: "With the words of Mrs. Zhong, my Jin Fugui is worth it in this life!" ”

Zhong Chi gave him a funny look, but still turned his gaze back to the riverbank.

Today is the third day.

Three days ago, Shen Sanzhi told her that on his way into Beijing, he had seen a woman in a raccoon cloth outside Tongguan City fished out a piece of silk for dowry from the river.

On the same day, she took Ouyang Xu to Tongguan.

The speed of the people in the Thousand Lights Pavilion was also very fast, and before dark, the woman in the raccoon led them to find the place where they had fished out the silk.

Then, by calculating the speed and direction of the water flow and the weight of the box, the salvage was carried out along the downstream of the Guangtong Canal.

The next day, Li Changye sent Feng Muchen with fifty Yu Linlang to help.

But because of the wide river, there was not enough of these fifty people.

In the end, Ouyang Xu had a way to invite Jin Fugui, the richest man in Chang'an.

This Jin Fugui is not irrelevant to people, and the Zhuangzi who hid the dowry in the last water bandit is his family.

As the saying goes, people sit at home, and disaster comes from heaven, and it is Jin Fugui himself.

Not to mention the death of more than a dozen house slaves for no reason, he was also implicated in the robbery case, and the people of the yamen also knew that he was rich and timid, and from time to time they called him to go through the court, and he could always cut some flesh.

No matter how rich Jin Fugui's family was, he couldn't afford to worry about it, so as soon as Ouyang Xu found him, he couldn't wait to respond.

Who in Chang'an City doesn't know that Zhong Niangzi is the person on the tip of His Majesty's heart, Jin Fugui only looks forward to doing Zhong Niangzi's errand as soon as possible and pulling himself out of this broken lawsuit.

With this belief, Jin Fugui is very willing to contribute money and efforts, and he is paid five taels a day, and 50 people are hired to go into the water to salvage - today it has risen to ten taels or 100 people.

Unfortunately, it has been raining heavily since yesterday evening, and it will not stop until this afternoon.

With such heavy rain, even the river water has risen a lot, and the salvage progress has been delayed a lot.

Although Zhong Chichi stood in the pavilion clean and refreshing, his mood was not refreshing at all.

He was anxious when he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves from far and near in the direction of the west.

Zhong Chichi glanced back, dressed in a hat and hat, riding alone, riding a horse from the rain curtain, unable to see his face clearly, only feeling that his posture was vigorous and his aura was extraordinary.

When the visitor stopped and dismounted, he took off the hat and found that it was Cui Li.

"Sudden rainstorm, Your Majesty is not worried about Mrs. Zhong, send me to take a look!" Cui Li's eyes were light and said quietly.

Zhong Chi glanced at him and said with a smile: "I haven't had time to thank General Cui for the treat!" Thank you this time! ”

Last time, she and Shen Sanzhi came out of Zuiyun Mansion after eating and talking, but they were told by the shopkeeper of the restaurant that the owner of Zuiyun Mansion had personally explained that as long as she came, no matter how many people she brought, she couldn't collect money.

After careful questioning, I learned that the owner of Zuiyun Building was a disciple of the Cui family, and the person who confessed was Cui Li.

Zhong Chi thought about it for a while and figured it out, it seems that General Cui still thinks that she has no money, and promised not to tell Li Changye, so she can only use this way to make a little effort.

Zhong was still willing to receive such a kindness, but unfortunately he was busy until now before he saw Cui Li.

Probably she and Cui Li haven't talked properly, but this time she thanked him seriously, but he was a little awkward.

His gaze flickered for a moment, and then he fell behind her, and he looked serious again.

There was no need to look back, Zhong Chichi also knew that it was Feng Muchen and Ouyang Xu who came over.

"The river is swelling, I am afraid that the current is turbulent, and it is too dangerous to enter the water!" Ouyang Xu said.

Zhong Chi Chi frowned.

She understood what Ouyang Xu meant, but this rain will not stop until tomorrow morning, and this place where there is no village in front of the village and no store in the back of the village, so she should be helpless to stay until tomorrow morning?

Cui Li glanced at her and said, "Let the people go back, I'll take Yu Linlang down!" ”

Feng Muchen immediately stopped: "The underwater is not ordinary, even if you have practiced martial arts, you can't use it when you go into the water-" glanced at Zhong Chichi, "Zhong Niangzi said? ”

Looking at his sideways eyebrows and cold eyes, he must be blaming her for not understanding people.

Zhong Chi snorted softly, deliberately grinding and not speaking.

Feng Muchen really couldn't help it, and said with a urging face: "You-" Before he could say anything, he saw his expression change drastically, his figure flashed, and people rushed out.

Ouyang Xu slowed down for a moment, and also rushed into the heavy rain.

Zhong Chichi and Cui Li turned around because they had their backs to each other, and the two of them had almost rushed to their destination.

The heavy rain had washed away the road, and forty or fifty paces away, two wagons had sunk into a mud puddle, and the people and objects in the carriages were tumbling down.

But no one cared about this at this time, because there was also a carriage that was rushing out of control towards the river!

Feng Muchen was the first to rush to the car, picked up the driver and threw it directly into the grass on the side, slammed the car door with one palm, and pulled out another person and threw it out.

At this moment, the horse had already jumped over the river, but Feng Muchen was still in the car.

After the heavy rain and distance, Zhong couldn't see his expression clearly, only vaguely saw that before he was completely swallowed up by the river, he pulled another person out of the carriage.

"How's your senior brother's water nature?" She turned her head and asked halfway, and Cui Li was gone.

Zhong Chichi stared at the heavy rain twice, and commanded helplessly: "Fugui'er, prepare clean clothes for me!" With that, he scooped up a hat and rushed into the rain.

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