According to the law of Daliang, Dali Temple is in charge of the review of cases in the entire territory of Daliang. Sometimes, Dali Temple needs to review witnesses in some major cases, so a prison has been added inside Dali Temple for temporary use.

In the prison of Dali Temple, all kinds of criminals came and went, and in the end, only Ye Qiong's uncle Ye Zhujin and father Ye Qishu were still in prison.

On this day, Ye Zhujin and Ye Qishu, as usual, were writing books in the cell, and from time to time they praised and criticized each other, Ye Qishu first pointed to Ye Zhujin's pen and said: "Big brother, it's not right here, this fortification is more troublesome than you think." For example, the green bricks needed for construction, only the green bricks produced by the brick kiln factory in the capital can achieve the required strength, and ordinary ones can not be done. ”

Ye Zhujin blew his beard and said, "No, no, the household department won't look at what bricks you need, at most I can only approve so much, and even if there are more, I can't approve them." ”

The two blew their beards and stared at each other, and Ye Qiong, who had been quietly watching on the side of the cell door for a long time, couldn't help but chuckle and said, "I'm relieved to see that my eldest uncle and father are still so energetic." ”

Ye Zhujin and Ye Qishu were both stunned when they saw Ye Qiong, and then they were even more panicked, and asked worriedly, "But what happened at home?" ”

Ye Zhujin and Ye Qishu have been in this prison all the time, and the only channels to learn about outside news are the Su family, the Xie family and Ye Yao, who often come and go. Naturally, they already knew that Ye Qiong was now a party in the third room of the Ye family, and the affairs of the big house and the clan had also been dealt with a lot, so they all knew that Ye Qiong had no time to clone herself, and now that Ye Qiong appeared in front of them, they all thought that she had come with family affairs.

Ye Qiong hurriedly shook her head and said, "Nothing happens, everything is fine at home." I'm here this time to deliver something to you on behalf of my sister, and I have something else to ask my father. ”

Ye Zhujin and Ye Qishu were relieved when they saw that Ye Qiong's expression did not seem to be fake.

The cell boss opened the door, Ye Qiong first entered the cell with the food box, put the delicacies in the food box one by one, and said: "This is the sauce big bones, sauerkraut stewed vermicelli and mutton radish soup made by my grandmother from the kitchen. However, my mother is used to cooking Jiangnan cuisine, and the dishes are also sweet, I can't even get off the chopsticks, and in the end, my grandmother took the kitchen herself. Thanks to my father and uncle, I haven't eaten my grandmother's food in a long time. ”

Ye Qishu is okay, Mrs. Shen is his biological mother after all, Ye Qiong's eldest uncle Ye Zhujin rubbed his hands embarrassedly, his face was full of guilt: "It's really troublesome mother." ”

Ye Qiong smiled, first distributed a piece of sauce bones to the eldest uncle, and said: "Grandmother said that when she first came to Ye's house, she couldn't get used to eating Beijing dishes and cooked by herself. Now to make sauce bones again, my grandmother is very willing. ”

Ye Zhujin's face flashed with reminiscence, and there was a smile on his face, no longer twisting, he reached out and grabbed the sauce bone and took a bite, ignoring the sauce on his lips and said: "Sure enough, it's still the taste of the year!" ”

Ye Qiong smiled.

Although my grandmother is the stepmother of my eldest uncle, I have always had a good relationship with my eldest uncle.

Ye Qiong was silent. Could it be that this is the reason why the second uncle hates the big house and the third room?

The time for visiting the cell was limited, and after the two of them had swept most of the delicacies on the plate, Ye Qiong took out another map from the baggage she had brought with her and spread it out in front of the two, officially explaining the purpose of the trip.

"Daddy, you've told me many times about the autumn flood. I wonder if you can circle which places may be flooded and which places are safer and suitable for the people when the autumn flood comes. ”

Ye Zhujin and Ye Qishu glanced at each other, Ye Qishu looked solemn first, and asked: "Qiong'er, you asked me to circle these places, so what are you going to do after that, do you personally persuade those people who will be flooded in the autumn flood to abandon their homes?" ”

Ye Qiong nodded firmly and said, "Yes." ”

The eldest uncle, Ye Zhujin, shouted first: "Nonsense! Sister Qiong'er, you are also a person who has read books, you should know that it is the nature of the people to relocate to their land, and how difficult it is to persuade them to leave their homes, do you really know it? ”

"I know." Ye Qiong did not change his color, and continued, "If Daddy is willing to circle this map, I am confident that I can convince the senior monks of Daxiangguo Temple and Daddy's old ministry in the Ministry of Industry." With them dispatched, this matter will definitely be twice as effective with half the effort. ”

Ye Zhujin opened his mouth and didn't refute again, the two burst into tears, Ye Qishu patted Ye Qiong's shoulder with relief, and said, "Qiong'er, you have grown up, but your father can't keep up with you and wants to pull your hind legs." ”

Ye Qiong just wanted to refute, but Ye Qishu had already pulled Ye Zhujin to sit down together, and called Ye Qiong to sit down together, saying, "Qiong'er, it's not that your uncle and I didn't expect the relocation of people, it's just that this matter is very important, and we don't have the courage or a better way." Since you dare to think and do, and you have specific countermeasures, your uncle and I naturally support it, so I will circle the map. ”

As he spoke, Ye Qishu took out a piece of charcoal from his chest and circled it on the map.

Ye Zhujin stroked his beard with a smile, looked at Ye Qiong's eyes full of terrifying appreciation for the future life, and talked to Ye Qiong in detail about the appointment of officials in the suburbs of Beijing: "When implementing this matter, you must be careful about the relationship with the local government, the county magistrate of Lingfeng County has a friendship with me, but ......"

Ye Qiong bowed her head, listened carefully, and from time to time wrote down the main points in the booklet she carried with her.

The cell boss outside the door, who had been listening to the contents inside, smiled.

These two Ye adults have lived here for more than a month, and they can be regarded as seeing their personalities clearly, and know that they are all good officials for the country and the people.

There is not much time left for visits, so don't remind them to disturb yourself, and try to help them delay it.

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Panlong Town, a suburb of Beijing, is a small town built in a canyon. Because the mountains are surrounded, such as the Wolong entrenched on the side, it gets the name of "Panlong". Panlong Town mainly grows fruit trees, especially famous for pomegranates, so it is also called "Pomegranate Town".

There is an inn at the entrance of Panlong Town, where several horse-drawn carriages are parked.

It is said to be an inn, but it is just two more rooms and stables than a normal tavern. The shopkeeper, who was both the boss and the bookkeeper, was now shrinking behind the counter with Xiao Er, curiously and secretly looking at the only table full of guests in the hall.

The guest was Ye Qiong and his party.

Ye Qiong's side is still sitting Ye Lang, Ye Jin, Lu Shaodan, Ye Cizhu, Master Yuan Hui, and Ye Qiong's father Ye Qishu in the old department of the Ministry of Industry Zhou Liang. In addition, there are several maids and servants of the Ye family, Lu Shaodan's housekeeper Cui Shijiu, and other monks of Daxiangguo Temple brought by Master Yuan Hui.

Originally, Ye Qiong didn't intend to involve Lu Shaodan in it, but he himself took the initiative to find the door: "Such a good deed, if you don't call me, it will be too uninteresting." ”

The young man's eyes were hot and pure, and Ye Qiong couldn't refuse.

Several tables in the inn were requisitioned together, and several maps circled in red and black were spread out on the tables. The red circles are the places that will be flooded, and the black circles are the high ground suitable for the evacuation of people.

The faces of the people present were all very bad, especially Master Pu Xuan beside Master Yuan Hui, he looked at the shocking red circle on the map, and asked Ye Qiong and Zhou Liang, "Second Miss Ye, Lord Zhou, is there really so much of this place that is going to be flooded?" ”

Pu Xuan is a disciple of Master Yuan Hui, and he is also in his early fifties. Master Yuan Hui often travels all over the world, only in the last few months has been in the Great Xiangguo Temple, so Pu Xuan is the abbot of the Great Xiangguo Temple, in charge of the temple chores. Although his reputation is not as good as that of Master Yuanhui, he is also a well-known monk in Beijing.

Master Pu Xuan has his own reasons for raising this question.

Not long ago, the second lady of the third room of the Ye family went to Daxiangguo Temple to find Master Yuanhui for help, although it was instructed by her father, and there was a map drawn by her father himself as evidence, but Master Puxuan listened, in fact, this matter was faintly promoted by Ye Qiong in charge.

At that time, Master Pu Xuan only felt frightened.

This matter is really very important, involving hundreds of people, how dare a little woman act like this?

But what Pu Xuan really couldn't figure out was that his master agreed to help without hesitation, and was willing to guarantee Ye Qiong.

Without Master's guarantee, Daxiangguo Temple would not be willing to get involved in such a big matter.

Pu Xuan had never seen Yutu before, and he could still comfort himself in his heart, the people affected by the autumn flood this time would not be too wide, and now that he really saw Yutu, he knew that he was deceiving himself.

If there is indeed no deviation in the drawing, Miss Ye Er is going to do a great good deed!

Ye Qiong nodded firmly, although Zhou Liang was a little hesitant, he still said: "My understanding of geography is not as deep as that of Lord Ye, and I am not sure about some places on this map, but I have been under Lord Ye for many years, and I still believe in Lord Ye's ability." Moreover, judging from the current rainfall, this autumn flood is menacing, and I am afraid that it may be worse than what Lord Ye estimated. ”

Director Ye refers to Ye Qiong's father, Ye Qishu, whose official position before the soul calling case was the head of the Ministry of Works.

Master Yuan Hui sighed and said, "With so many places, it will be difficult to run in a few days, but in my opinion, it is better to act separately." ”

Ye Qiong agreed: "I think so too. Most of the places to be flooded are in Lingfeng Town, Panlong Town, Chengwu County, among the three places, Yuan Deshui, the magistrate of Lingfeng Town, is my uncle's old friend, loyal and honest, and loves the people like a son, just Uncle Zhou needs to take my brother to explain the stakes. The more difficult is Chengwu County and this Panlong Town, Chengwu County everyone is still martial, open more martial arts halls and dart bureaus, but most of them believe in Buddhism, Master Yuanhui personally went to a trip to get twice the result with half the effort, and Brother Shaodan was the escort to protect the master. ”

Lu Shaodan shook his head and said, "I'm still with you." It's not a problem in Chengwu County, it's a big problem in Panlong Town, otherwise you wouldn't leave it to yourself, right? ”

Ye Qiong didn't answer positively, but still changed her countermeasures: "Then please ask the fifth uncle and Master Yuanhui to come together, and leave the rest of Panlong Town to me, Brother Shaodan and Master Puxuan." ”

Master Puxuan bowed his head and made a Buddhist salute, which was regarded as agreeing to this arrangement.

Ye Jin and Ye Xizhu were still a little worried, especially Ye Jin, he said worriedly: "Sister, Panlong Town is now in the picking season, and there are still a lot of pomegranates hanging on the trees, it is indeed too difficult for you to make the people of Panlong Town give up these fruit trees and flee for their lives." ”

"It's hard, but you have to do it." Ye Qiong said resolutely, "If you can save one more life, you will save one more." ”

God let her Ye Qiong live again, if she can save one more life, it will not be in vain.

As the people here were talking, the shopkeeper behind the counter couldn't help but ask in a trembling voice: "Dare to ask your lords, is this, this Panlong Town, about to be flooded?" ”

Several people looked at each other, not knowing how to answer, but Ye Qiong thought for a while and said, "Shopkeeper, let's go to the city to live these days." ”

He didn't say anything about the calamity that Panlong Town was about to face, but the meaning of the words was already clear.

The shopkeeper and Xiao Er immediately hugged their heads and cried, the shopkeeper wiped his tears while taking out an unopened can of wine from the wine cabinet behind him, and originally wanted to stuff it into Ye Qiong's hand, but remembering that Ye Qiong was a woman, he turned around and stuffed it into the hand of Lu Shaodan, who looked the most imposing.

The shopkeeper choked and said, "This is our home-brewed pomegranate wine, and I will give it to all the adults." I've been here for decades, and I don't have any fruit trees in my family, only this broken inn with no profit, and now I want to say goodbye to this old friend, and I'm still a little reluctant, let alone the people who have dealt with fruit trees all my life. A few great righteousness, I ...... Alas, I only have this pot of wine to come out, and I salute you! ”

Although the shopkeeper's voice was still a little trembling, there was a bit of pride in his words, Ye Xizhu was the first to shout hello, and Lu Shaodan also opened the seal with a smile, and the fragrance of wine was overflowing.

The little second had already taken a few more bowls, and Master Yuan Hui and Master Puxuan poured white water themselves, and said with a smile: "Monks can't drink, so the two of us will replace wine with water." ”

Everyone looked at Ye Qiong, not caring that she was a woman, nor caring about her low rank, she was just a twelve-year-old girl, Ye Qiong simply took off her hat, her delicate eyebrows and eyes seemed to be in full bloom, and the dimly lit inn hall in the dark rain was also much brighter.

Ye Qiong raised the wine bowl to everyone and said, "But do good deeds, don't ask about the future." Well, please. ”

After speaking, Ye Qiong drank the wine in the bowl on his back.

Everyone drank the wine or water from their cups.

The pomegranate wine is not high, a little sweet, but it burns people's hearts.

Ye Qiong looked at the pouring rain outside the sky, although the weather was gloomy and cold, but still full of enthusiasm.