Xiting was shocked by Zhao Mingfeng's words and fell into deep thought for a while, and by the time she reacted, the officers and soldiers had already walked out of the door with Song Zhiyu in tow.

She saw the backs of those figures stepping out of the door, and hurriedly followed.

"Get out of the way, the yamen is arresting the culprit, and no one is allowed to come close."

The officers and soldiers held Song Zhiyu in one hand, and raised their sabers in the other to prevent the onlookers from stepping forward.

Xiting looked at Song Zhiyu's lonely back unwillingly.

Arresting him quickly and escorting him through the crowd to leave, the people outside the gate of the mansion whispered in groups, and even when they looked at Xiting, there was a different kind of hatred in their eyes.

"I heard that this disaster has suffered heavy losses and has been widely implicated, and the Holy Lord has assigned His Royal Highness King Ying to personally come down for disaster relief."

"This disaster will be so serious, I have heard that it is all caused by the Song chief of the Hesi Division who escaped from the battle and did not report the flood in time, and now the officers and soldiers are here to arrest people, it should be a rumor."

"Where do these officials treat us as individuals? When something happens, he runs faster than anyone else, this kind of dog officer, bah......"

The sound of discussion was mixed with insults, and there was an endless stream.

Xiting looked at the pointing and scolding of the people in the crowd, his chest rose and fell, and his blood surged.

Before he left the house for a month, the originally peaceful Pingyang County has undergone earth-shaking changes.

When the prince personally came down to deal with the disaster relief case, it was enough to prove that the imperial court attached great importance to the disaster.

And Song Zhiyu has been recuperating in the mansion for the whole month, Zhang Ping and Chen Jing have not revealed any news to him, and they have already thought about pushing Song Zhiyu out.

Misjudging the disaster and not reporting the flood in a timely manner, no matter which crime is enough to kill him.

"Miss Cousin?" Seeing her standing there motionless, Ah Fu couldn't help but step forward and whisper.

Ah Fu's voice pulled Xi Ting's thoughts back, she paused, and hurriedly turned around and walked towards the inner courtyard of the Song Mansion.

As she hurried through the front yard, she asked, "What's going on outside?" ”

Ah Fu hung his head slightly, and followed her closely, "I heard that this flood, starting from Pingyang County, along the Yuanjiang River to Ningchuan, has been flooded, our Pingyang County is okay, the people evacuated in time, the casualties are not very serious, but other counties downstream due to the unknown flood situation in advance, have missed the best time to evacuate, resulting in thousands of acres of fertile land being flooded, and countless casualties ......"

Hearing this, Xiting paused and frowned slightly, "From Pingyang to Ningchuan, you have to pass through Taoyuan and Qinghe counties......

As she spoke, she turned her head to look at Ah Fu in surprise, "In this way, the people of the three counties will be affected." ”

As soon as she finished speaking, she was seen pacing in the courtyard.

The people in the three counties will be flooded with at least 10,000 acres of farmland and nearly one million good people will be displaced.

No wonder the court is furious, so, I'm afraid that not only Song Zhiyu's life can be worth it, but I'm afraid that the entire Song Mansion will be implicated.

But my uncle went down to patrol the embankment that night, and when the next person returned home to report, he only said that he and Chen Jing of the River Repair Division fell and injured his waist in the dispute over the flood report, and when she arrived at the river bank, it happened that the river worker reported the water level of the water monument, and the River Repair Division asked people to report the flood downstream.

And what happened before that, she had no idea at all.

But the fact that the officers and men were able to arrest people in such a big way proves that they must have in their hands the evidence that their uncle delayed reporting the flood.

The only people who knew about the water that night were the rivermen who patrolled the embankment, and the logbooks they used to record the water situation.

"Logs?" Xiting couldn't help frowning and muttered, and his eyes lit up in an instant.

yes, how did she forget that?

The imperial court stipulated that every time the river was inspecting the embankment, it was necessary to record the water situation at that time and the behavior of the people who patrolled the embankment, and then file it in the silica where the embankment was located, so that it could be checked by the authorities in the future.

If you want to restore the situation of the night's embankment patrol, you only need to find the water log of the si, and check it.

Thinking of this, she hurriedly instructed Ah Fu, "You accompany me to the Hexiang Village Campus." ”

With that, he walked quickly to the door of the house.

But after walking a few steps in a row, he still didn't see Ah Fu follow, Xiting couldn't help but look back, only to see that he was hesitating in place.

Ah Fu saw that Xiting turned around, and hurriedly took a few steps forward, a little embarrassed: "Miss Biao, the flood suddenly occurred that day, the flood was fierce, and when the embankment collapsed, the silica of Hexiang Village was also washed away. ”

"What?"

If the silica where the water logbook was stored had been washed away, the log would have drifted away with the flood.

How good is that?

Xiting pondered for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Who accompanied my uncle to patrol the embankment that night?" ”

Now that the journal is gone, the truth can only be known by finding the person who patrolled the embankment that night.

"That night it was the river embankment that Zhang Qi inspected with the master."

As soon as the words fell, she saw that Xiting had stepped out of the courtyard gate, and she instructed Ah Fu as she walked outside the mansion gate: "Prepare the car, we will meet Zhang Qi." ”

The end of Hexiang Village outside the city.

Xiting stood in front of a small thatched courtyard with a maid and red leaves.

"Miss Cousin, there's no one in the house." Ah Fu led a few slaves from the house to the creek pavilion and shook his head.

"No one?" Xiting frowned slightly.

"Yes, the house is messy and dusty, like it hasn't been inhabited in a while."

As soon as Ah Fu finished speaking, Xiting calmed down.

Zhang Qi is the only witness who can prove his uncle's innocence, how could Chen Jing let him appear in court, I am afraid that he is already fierce and unlucky at this time.

But if Zhang Qi can't testify, and the water log is washed away by the flood, how will his uncle defend himself?

Thinking of this, Xiting's mind suddenly became heavy again.

"Let's go home first."

After Xiting finished giving the order, he lowered his eyes and walked thoughtfully towards the carriage.

Fang walked a few steps, and saw her suddenly stop, turned her head and instructed Ah Fu: "After you go back, immediately ask the subordinate who reported his uncle's injury that night to come to the study to see me." ”

Since Zhang Qi can't be found, the person who went home that night to report Song Zhiyu's injury should know some of the truth.

"Miss Table." A servant stood in the study and bowed to the creek pavilion behind the bookcase.

Xiting looked at him and said bluntly: "You ran back from the riverbank to report your uncle's injury that night?" You will recount what you saw on the riverbank that night. ”

When the little guy heard this, he was a little puzzled, frowned slightly and thought for a while, and then said: "As soon as the unitary hour passed that night, the master asked the little one to accompany him down the embankment." ”

"And you stayed by his side that night?"

The little servant shook his head: "After arriving at the embankment that night, the old man saw that the rain was fierce and the carriage was not easy to stop, so he asked me and the coachman to wait in the carriage, and he and the river workers on duty in the river division patrolled the embankment together." ”

"About half an hour later, the little one saw that the old man seemed to be arguing with others on the riverbank, and when I ran over, I saw the old man fall to the ground, so I hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, but the old man said that he didn't want to go back to the house, and he was still arguing with the envoy Chen of the River Repair Division, and the little one saw that the situation was not right, so he ran back to the house to report."

Xiting was overjoyed: "Then what do you hear them arguing about?" ”

Because, even if this little guy didn't accompany Song Zhiyu to inspect the river embankment, he could at least guess the ins and outs of this incident from the words of Song Zhiyu and Chen Jing who were arguing.

But after the little guy frowned and thought for a while, the next words made Xiting's joyful mood dissipate at once.

"It was raining at the time, and the little one couldn't hear it very clearly, but vaguely seemed to hear what the old man said for three moments, and what he said about going to the water gate, reporting the news, and then Chen Si Envoy only said some two or five points, misjudging or something."

The little guy touched his head and said with some embarrassment: "It's been almost a month, and the rest, the little ones can't remember." ”

After listening to this, Xiting's heart tightened again, and he couldn't restore the facts of that night by relying on these intermittent words.

"Miss?"

Seeing that she was suddenly deep in thought again, Momiji couldn't help but call softly.

Xiting suddenly withdrew his thoughts, raised his eyes to look at Hongye and Ah Fu, who were full of doubts at this time, and softly ordered, "You guys go down first." ”

"Miss Ke......"

Xiting waved his hand, his voice revealing a little impatience, "Go down, let me be alone." ”

Since Hongye and Ah Fu left, Xiting has been facing the river map of Pingyang County that Song Zhiyu reads on weekdays on the bookcase, trying to restore the facts of that night according to Fang Cai's words and his own memories.

Hopefully you'll find some useful information from it, after all, it's better than doing nothing.

Although it was late at night, it was the height of summer, and the evening was still a little muggy.

The sound of noisy insects accompanied by the scorching evening breeze resounded through the courtyard, blowing the faint candle flame in the house 'poof'.

I don't know when, Qian Xiting was already lying on the table, his eyes were closed, his breathing was even, and he was obviously asleep.

But her eyebrows were slightly twisted, sometimes flat and sometimes frowning, and she didn't sleep well.

Thrilling scenes passed before her eyes, sometimes the surging waves, sometimes the figures of the riverworkers running on the riverbank, and then the sounds of panic came to her ears......

"Miss, it's not good."

A rush of footsteps woke her up, she suddenly looked up at the river map on the case, and subconsciously murmured: "Three minutes, go to the water gate, two is five minutes, report the flood." ”

Xiting recited these words silently, and with the sound of 'squeak', she suddenly stood up as if she remembered something.

At the same time, Hongye pushed the door and ran to her, and said urgently: "Miss, it's not good, the yamen is going to open a court to interrogate my uncle now, how can this be good?" ”

"Now?" Xiting was a little incredulous.

But as soon as the words fell, she calmed down again, twisted her eyebrows and pondered for a moment, and quickly stepped out of the threshold, "Red leaves, let's go to the county office." ”