At this time, the heavy rain had not stopped for a short time, and there was still standing water between the roof tiles, and some of the dry artemisia grass was also wet.

However, the burning bamboo basket did not know what it contained, forming a stream of burning fire, which led the beams under the tiles at a terrible speed.

The roof of the cell soon turned into a large burning lantern, and the blazing light of the fire obscured the glow of the rising sun in the sky.

Exclamations rang out in the quiet alleys.

Now in charge of the prison is Lu Mingyi.

Although the appointment of the temporary canonical history has not yet been officially down, the original canonical history Qian Gangsheng has been swept away by Lin Xi.

When he smelled the fireworks, Lu Mingyi had already rushed out of the guard room, and as soon as he saw the flames rushing to the sky on the cell, the rough man's face turned pale, knowing that the cell could no longer be saved.

At present, most of the people in the arrest room and the prison are guarding the dam on the river dam, and there are only three people in the prison side.

Normally, these three people are enough, because the prisoners are locked in iron prisons, and some felons will also be shackled, and if there are important criminals who are escorted for a long time, they are also brought over by the town guards, and the guards are escorted, and the people in the prison are actually only guarding and settling these prisoners, plus there are not many prisoners in this town-level prison, that is, the case of the Silver Hook Workshop only detained more than 20 people involved in the case at one time, otherwise the total number of prisoners detained on weekdays would not be less than 20 criminals。

At this moment, the fire on the roof of that cell was already extremely fierce, not to mention the three of them, even if there were thirty people here, it would be very difficult to keep that cell.

The second one to rush out was Xiao Chuan.

This is an old guard in his fifties, who is usually in charge of the meals of the prisoners, and as soon as the second one rushed out and saw the fire on the cell, the old guard was indirectly frightened.

"Tao, take out the keys!"

At this time, Lu Mingyi, whose face was pale, let out a loud scream.

As he shouted, a younger guard ran out.

The young guard, who had been a little sleepy-eyed, was so frightened that he fell to the ground with a clatter when he saw the light of the fire in the cell.

"I'll release the prisoners inside first, don't run around first, watch the prisoners so as not to run away!"

Lu Mingyi leaned over and picked up the key that had fallen on the ground, pulled out his legs and ran into the cell.

He hadn't seen any big scenes, and he was afraid that he would be flustered and at a loss when he encountered such a sudden change, but at this moment, there was only one thought in his mind, that is, Lord Kobayashi handed over the cell here to him, and he would be responsible for it. And he also knew very well in his heart that even if these prisoners committed a capital crime that must be killed, they must have the final decision of the criminal department to be executed on time, and only one need to be burned to death, and Lord Kobayashi will have to bear this responsibility.

"There's a fire!"

"Hurry up and put out the fire!"

At this moment, shouts of fire extinguishing also rang out.

Many women and children with buckets and basins poured in from the quiet alleys.

The thoughts of the people in the town are also very honest, when they see the fire, the first thing that everyone thinks of is to fight the fire, and they don't think whose jurisdiction it is, and when it is close at hand, many people remember that this is the jurisdiction of "Lord Kobayashi", and the sound of firefighting shouts louder.

"It's a cell managed by Lord Kobayashi!"

"Hurry up and help Lord Kobayashi put out the fire!"

After such a sound was heard, some towering and trembling old men appeared in the streets leading to this place, carrying vessels containing water.

There is no shortage of water to fight fires in the warden.

In the open space of a few cells, there are six rain-bearing copper cylinders for firefighting. Because of the heavy rain for several days, the water in these large copper jars could not be fuller.

The number of people who rushed to this prison at the first time was also quite large, and several long queues were immediately formed, constantly pouring water on the burning cell, but most of the middle-aged men and sergeants in the town had already rushed to Jiangba, and most of these women and children were unable to splash water on the roof of the burning cell, but in an instant, not only the fire on the roof of this cell was not contained, but the flames extended to the two neighboring cells.

The fat merchant with a light smile on his face had already walked to the height of the town at this moment, and watched from a distance as the fireworks above the prison became thicker, he habitually wiped his hands on his sleeves, and muttered with satisfaction: "This fire is so beautiful." ”

Lu Mingyi ran out of the cell with five prisoners whose roof was about to burn through.

He coughed violently from the puff of smoke, and one of his arms may have been hit by a burning log, causing a blister, but he did not stop and continued to run towards another burning cell.

From the sounds outside and the smoke from the rooftops, the prisoners in this cell already knew what was going on.

When Lu Mingyi ran into the cell along the passage that was not wide, all the prisoners in it were already desperately banging on the iron prison, screaming in panic.

However, in a damp cell inside, a burly, shackled bearded prisoner did not scream, looking at the roof where the fire was getting stronger and stronger, watching the sparse flames begin to fall, he was choked by the smoke and coughed quietly, but he stared closely at Lu Mingyi who had just run in, and his eyes were firmly nailed to the circle of keys in Lu Mingyi's hand and the waist knife hanging on his waist.

Because of the burning of a cell next to it, the temperature of the cell here became very high, so the fire extended faster, and Lu Mingyi's eyes were swollen and painful from the smoke, and they were full of tears, so he couldn't see the fierce light in the prisoner's eyes at all.

As he opened the door to the prisoner's prison, the prisoner inside kicked him in the chest.

Lu Mingyi fell backwards to the ground, the prisoner was shackled on his feet, and he couldn't stride out, but the whole person threw himself forward, throwing himself into Lu Mingyi's body, and the shackles in his hands smashed towards Lu Mingyi's head.

Seeing that Lu Mingyi didn't have time to dodge, in the thick smoke, one foot stretched out and kicked the prisoner's waist.

The kick looked very ordinary, but it contained great power, and the prisoner was indirectly sensed with half of his body, and was kicked to the point that he turned over in the air and fell heavily to the ground.

A yellow-faced sick man who covered his mouth and nose with a wet handkerchief helped Lu Mingyi up.

This sick man who didn't know when he ran into this burning cell was Zhang Erye, and at this moment, his face was more and more salallow than before, and his body looked worse.

In the smoke behind him, a thin woman suddenly ran out.

This woman is Lu Fengniang, who was brought by Lin Xi in the fish market last time and has just been released from this prison.

There was gauze wrapped around the back of her hand, but she didn't even take the key in Lu Mingyi's hand, just took a wire, and ran to the front indirectly, opening the door of the innermost iron prison.

On the barrage in Donggang Town.

In a burst of cheers, Jiang Xiaoyi used his last strength to lay the last stake wood that the ninety-year-old Chen Yangzhi said must be repaired.

After striking this final blow, his trembling hands could no longer hold the heavy hammer, and his ass sat in the mud without the demeanor of a cultivator, and the sledgehammer in his hand was indirectly thrown in front of him.

A large cloud of muddy water was smashed out by the sledgehammer he had dropped, and some of it spilled into his open and panting mouth.

"Phew!Phew..."

Jiang Xiaoyi couldn't stop spitting out saliva, which caused a burst of laughter around him.

Jiang Xiaoyi herself laughed embarrassedly.

He looked up, but he just saw that the woman with the scar on her face was also looking at him and laughing, also wiping the muddy water from her face.

But between his eyes, the woman's eyes darkened, and she silently turned around and walked towards the place where the porridge was cooked under the embankment.

Jiang Xiaoyi's smile froze, and he stood up involuntarily, without thinking too much, wanting to ask why the woman was so unhappy. But at this moment, he saw a rider rushing from the direction of Donggang Town.

This was a herald sergeant sent by the town governor's office, and after asking a few words on the dam, the herald sergeant immediately walked up to him and spoke quickly.

Now, although Jiang Wenhe and the others still don't understand his identity, they all know in their hearts that he is a cultivator and a friend of Lin Xi.

"Hellfire?"

Hearing the words that came out of the sergeant's mouth, Jiang Xiaoyi's face changed instantly.

In the town governor's mansion of Yanlai Town, He Jing, who was wearing the town governor's uniform, stood in the courtyard in front of the mansion, quietly looking up at the sky.

The sky was clear, and the warm sun shone on his body, but the cold smile on his face was even stronger.

Footsteps sounded, and Shang Yin, a military academy wearing bright copper armor, walked in quickly.

"Your Excellency. After bowing to He Jing, the military academy did not hide the joy on his face at all, and said, "Jiangba is still intact. The villagers of several villages behind Jiangba have all been transferred to the rear high post by Lin Xi. Just received the news. A fire broke out in the Donggang Town Warden. ”

"Donggang Town Prison Fire?" He Jingmeng took a step forward, and his voice unconsciously high-pitched, "What is the specific situation?"

Shang Yin bowed slightly and said, "I heard that there were no casualties, and no prisoners took the opportunity to get out of prison, but three cells were burned. And in order to fix the dam, he transferred a lot of people from the arrest house and the prison ward to the dam. ”

"It is self-inflicted, and you cannot live. ”

He Jing laughed loudly, "Even if he only burned down three cells, he would already be to blame. ”

"Shang Yin, you have been tired all night, and you can make your people retreat and rest. Help me inform them and follow me to the dam. ”

Lin Xi stood on the dam of the Yanlai Town.

"The dams on our Xijiang River are different from those in other places. Most of the dams in other places are used for water storage and irrigation, but these dams in our Xijiang River are all for beach reclamation and boating. ”

The ninety-year-old man lying on the bamboo chair beside him was covered with a thin blanket, looked at the river wandering by the dam, and commented to Lin Xi in a hoarse and mutated voice: "The place where these four dams are located was originally 'big gourd belly', that is, the shallows with a particularly wide river surface, and a lot of sediment has been piled up. At that time, it was very easy for large ships to touch the bottom and be damaged when passing through here, and some of the big boats walking on the river now could not even walk at that time. After careful investigation, these four dams were built, a large area of shallows were enclosed, and the silt dug up in the river was used to accumulate it, and a lot of fertile land was enclosed behind the Yanlai and Donggang dams. In this way, the river surface in these places is narrow and the water is deep, not only is it easy to sail, but also there is not much fertile land in our towns, but now it has really harvested both fish and rice. ”

"At that time, the shallows of the Qinghe River were dug relatively deep, so after the Qinghe dam was destroyed, there was not much problem with the boats, but there are now big ships to travel in the downstream Jinqi Town, but it takes a lot of slender men to drag it over, and those big businesses spend a lot of manpower and financial resources to dredge every year, but the reality is not that they are not diligent enough, but that there is no dam in that place, the water is too flat, it is too easy to form a shoal, and the manpower is not comparable to the accumulation speed of silt, sand and gravel. ”

"Among the four dams, the tidal flat area behind Yanlai was originally the largest, so the fertile land and population here are also more than our Donggang Town. If this dam is destroyed. Not only are these fertile fields gone, but the river surface here may also be restored to the same as before, and it will be difficult for big ships to travel. ”

Hearing this, Lin Xi nodded, took a deep breath, and asked, "Old man, judging from the situation you are checking now, even if the weather is sunny and it no longer rains, this dam is still unsafe?"

"Unless the water level of the river recedes by two meters, there is still a great danger that it will collapse at any time. Chen Yangzhi nodded, and the back of his head, which didn't have much hair, was heavily pressed on the bamboo chair, "It's dark... It will rain again tomorrow. I'm afraid it will take at least a day or two for the rain to stop, and if the water level of this river drops, I'm afraid it will take another two or three days. I'm afraid it will take at least four or five days. ”