The dragon boat race was first in Chenzhou, and it was really counted as early as the ancient period before Dr. Qu, and the object of sacrifice was the common ancestor of all ethnic groups in the entire Wuxi area.

Legend has it that the descendants of Pan Gu multiplied into six ethnic groups, Miao, Yao, Dong, Tu, She, and Li, and after the death of Pan Gu, the people of the six ethnic groups feasted the witch god and summoned their souls.

Because of the abundance of water in Chenzhou, the sorcerer did not know where his soul fell, so he asked all ethnic groups to build dragon boats, looking for and shouting from river to river, and later evolved into a witch worship activity of rowing to summon spirits.

Tanzhou's dragon boat race has a long heritage, with records dating back to the Han Dynasty, and since the Tang Dynasty, many prefectures and counties will hold various events on their own on the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival.

At the beginning of the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty, this tradition was continued, first within the prefecture and county, and then the elite dragon boat team was selected to participate in the competition throughout the state, which became a collective activity that was loved by the people.

The Tanzhou Dragon Boat Race, held in a different location every year, is almost in the order of ranking, and the host government will also take out a part of the tax at the end of the year, plus the donations of the wealthy households in the house, as a preparation for the dragon boat race.

Qiyang is very close to Hengzhou, and the distance is easy to walk, and Yuan Rui and the others successfully arrived in the house a day early. This time, Yuan Rui came with Hu Xiancheng and Qi Feng, and Xu Guangjun didn't want to participate in such a lively event, so only Ah Niu and Xu Bing were with him.

Let the scribe go to the mansion to report first, Yuan Rui followed Qi Feng to Qi's house first, and Hu Xiancheng had his own place to go. This time, Yuan Rui originally wanted to still live in the post station, but Qi Feng did not agree, and when he arrived in Hengzhou, no matter what, it was still safe in Qi Mansion.

Although the journey is short, Yuan Rui is still a little tired, after greeting everyone in the Qi family and eating a little something, Yuan Rui went directly to the guest room to rest, he has thought about it, he will come out casually tomorrow, say hello, and then go back to Qiyang.

Yuan Rui followed the prefect Song Jianwen to meet the Tanzhou inspector Lu Chunsheng Lu Daren, Yuan Rui had long heard of this person, born in a poor family, Shaoning seventeen years of Jinshi, and his hometown was in Suichuan County, Ganzhou Prefecture.

First served as an official in Jingzhou, then went to Shuzhou, and was transferred to Tanzhou as an inspector six years ago, and this year he is already fifty and six.

But Yuan Rui was still a little surprised to see Lord Lu, many people said that this Lord Lu was not only good at learning, but also kind to people, Yuan Rui always thought that he would be a kind elder.

But when he saw him, Yuan Rui couldn't believe it, Master Lu turned out to be a strong man with a big waist and a round waist, at a cursory glance, he was nearly six feet tall and weighed at least two hundred pounds, it seemed that the rumors were really unbelievable!

But looking at it, this Lord Lu is really kind, whether it is to the county orders of the counties or the subordinate officials in the county, he is kind and pleasant, and he has no arrogance, but his figure, even if he is smiling, others can feel heavy pressure.

He was the same as everyone else for Yuan Rui, there was nothing special about him, and he also praised Yuan Rui for successfully quelling the dispute between Han and Miao.

But Yuan Rui always has a feeling of alienation, this patrol makes him keep a distance from himself intentionally or unintentionally, it is said that he is a new science and technology scholar of the same kind of person, and he is the husband of the county lord of Chiayi, he should not know.

In any case, it is necessary to maintain a good relationship, in case you enter the court in the future, it is not much better to have a good fate.

Yuan Rui also saw a person, a person who was six points similar to Fang Rong, needless to say, seeing Fang Wentong looking at him with a smile on his face, Yuan Rui could only bend down and salute, "Lord Fang is well, give a salute to your lord." ”

"Lord Yuan is not polite, they are all their own people, I heard that you are coming, Xiao'er originally wanted to come, but he was stumped by your chili pepper, he said that he has seen this dragon boat race many times, and he will go to Qiyang to find you in the future!"

"Brother Fang has helped me a lot in Qiyang, and I really want to thank my lord."

"Xiao'er should have told you, Ling Zun and I are not ordinary colleagues, so don't be so outrageous in private, and tell me that I won't suffer a loss!"

Fang Wentong saw that everyone on the side was busy watching the event, and teased softly.

"My lord, this is my honor, where can I talk about grievances, in the future, you go to the capital, and you can go to the house at any time."

"That's natural, I think Fang Rong is fine now, or let him follow you in the future, I don't worry."

"My lord, in fact, I have nothing to do with it, but I may be a little wronged by Brother Fang."

Yuan Rui thought about it for a while, and still felt that although it was most beneficial for him to keep Fang Rong by his side, it was not a long-term solution, and if he didn't do it well, it would delay Fang Rong's future.

After all, he is also a county official, and he is not like Qi Feng, just mix with a petty official.

"My lord, I made a note some time ago, about the trading of Han Miao items, I am going to set up an exchange, if Brother Fang is willing, he might as well enter there as an official, and he is also from a serious background."

"Nephew, what kind of exchange is this, and where is it built? What are the official positions? ”

Fang Wentong became interested all of a sudden, he heard a little bit about it, and knew that what Yuan Rui wanted to do was generally not a trivial matter, and if his son caught up with the good time, he could really do it.

"I want to set it up in Qiyang, just so that the things of Han and Miao can be gathered, and it is easy to exchange them in the border area."

"If you want to say, I really don't know much about the official position, but I think it will not be lower than the level of the county, after all, it is a matter of interest, and it is very important to coordinate the relationship between several surrounding counties."

"Okay, okay, this is good, nephew, do you want me to go to the capital to do something!"

"No, no, the official position is like this, it should be said that few people are willing to come, I will write a letter to the capital, and let Wei Guogong go to the household department, a small official, it should be okay!"

Yuan Rui really doesn't have the intention of being an official, and he doesn't know much about officials, where do you know the bitterness of others, in his eyes, a petty official who is nothing, may not be able to achieve it with all his best efforts in his life.

Let's just say that this exchange, Yuan Rui means that it is set up in Qiyang, with a person in charge of seven products.

In his opinion, no matter how normal it is, he also believes that the Holy Lord understands the key point, and will definitely allow it, and will follow his own ideas.

But for Fang Wentong, his son failed the scientific examination after winning the examination, although he can still take the exam again, but there are so many successful examinations in each subject, it is too difficult!

During this time, Fang Wentong didn't think of a way, but as far as his official position from the fourth rank to the edge was concerned, where could he find a suitable position for his son.

Now as soon as Yuan Rui makes a move, it is the seventh grade, not to mention the seventh grade, it is the eighth grade and the ninth grade, as long as there is a position, Fang Rong can sit firmly down-to-earth, Fang Wentong will be thankful.

"My lord, it's hard to say now, I hope Brother Fang can do this, but if the court sends someone else, then he can only be a deputy, and then you don't blame me." Yuan Rui still made it clear first.

"That's, that's, as long as there's a spot, nothing else."

The two chatted for a while, seeing that it was still early, Yuan Rui talked to Fang Wentong, and directly said hello to Governor Song, shirked his physical discomfort, and went directly back to Qi's house to rest.

In the evening, as soon as Yuan Rui woke up, Qi Feng came in a hurry, and Fang Wen arrived at Qi Mansion together.

Yuan Rui was puzzled, this was just the time to meet, why did he catch up with him!

"What's the matter, Shibo, don't be in such a hurry!" Yuan Rui consciously got closer.

"It's not that, it's not that," Fang Wentong waved his hand and pulled Yuan Rui to sit down.

"Nephew, I heard that you have been sick, and yesterday I began to see that you looked good, thinking that you were already well, but then I heard that you were unwell and not at ease, so I hurriedly came to ask."

"It's okay, Shibo, it's really okay, it's just that people are a little tired after a long time!"

"Alas, you don't know, as soon as I heard that you were unwell, I couldn't help but think of your father, at that time, too, he had a sincere personality and was very solid in his work, and then he got sick somehow, often wheezing, and it didn't take long to ......"

Fang Wentong didn't know how to think of Yuan Du who was on the sickbed at that time, and at that time, Yuan Du was often weak.

"Shibo, my father was also out of breath at the time?" Yuan Ruimeng's heart jumped, "Shibo, did my father's asthma appear suddenly, or did it appear slowly." ”

"I think about it, I still went to Tanzhou, and I got sick not long after I came back, it seems that it started at that time!"

Yuan Rui's face turned pale all of a sudden, and he originally suspected that he had been poisoned this time.

There are too many poisonous plants in the mountains now, just find a little and then put it in the fire pond to burn, or put it in the water, many times people are poisoned without any reaction at all.

Moreover, most of the poisons made by these plants are the most damaging to the heart and lungs, which is very powerful.

"Shibo, think about it again, did my father come into contact with someone or any case before he died?"

"I haven't heard of this, he has been making a general judgment, and there are no special cases, the most relevant thing to me is food, and several times because of food problems, and he got angry!"

"I haven't heard of anything big, to be honest, I've always been suspicious, but there is no sign, I was originally a low-level official, and I was a marginal official, so I didn't have a chance to do anything at all!"

Yuan Rui nodded, he could understand, what can a big warehouse enable, it is estimated that he can't find anyone to touch the door!

Sending Fang Wentong away, Yuan Rui pondered for a long time, he was not only shocked, but also a little afraid, did he meet the plague god? How can there be so many coincidences, my own family, has experienced so much suffering.

Yuan Rui called Xu Bing directly, and he heard Xu Guangjun say that these three people, he was the one who was good at secretly visiting, "Xu Bing, can I trust you!" ”

Xu Bing was stunned, "Childe, the master said, since we arrived in Tanzhou, it has nothing to do with the Xu family!" ”

"Nonsense, how can it be okay, isn't the county lord from the Xu family, and I'm not asking you to kill people and set fires!"

Yuan Rui smiled, this guy should be a smart person, "Help me do something!" ”

"Childe, please say, the three of us do things, please rest assured!"

"You help me go to Yuezhou to investigate one thing, Yuezhou Tong sentenced Yuan Du to have grievances with whom he had grievances in office, who he offended, what cases he had decided, and what he did in Tanzhou, I want to know!"

"Yes, Childe, Yuezhou will sentence Yuan Du and find out all the connections between his appointment!" After saying that, he turned around and left.

Yuan Rui appreciates Xu Bing's character very much, this is the quality that the elite should have!