Such a large space, if it was in its heyday, I don't know how many contraband were stored here.

Cui Zhiyun was also looking back and forth at the space in front of him, and in the next second, a cold voice echoed in the cave.

"Let's search every corner of the cave carefully, and make sure to find all the traces left here."

"Yui!"

Everyone said in unison, and then there were echoes that kept echoing in their ears, and the person who knew that he had done something stupid immediately turned around and began to search the walls and corners, and was bound to find out all the clues left behind after the other party withdrew from here.

Cui Zhiyun himself was not idle, and took the lead in following the traces that were dragged out under his feet and walked towards its starting point.

It can be seen from the degree to which the soil on the ground is pressed, and a lot of private salt was stored here before.

Suddenly, he felt something flash in front of him, crouched down, stretched out his hand towards the place where he had just flashed, and dug out a thumb-sized lump of salt under the dirt.

Its color is like amber, and the light yellow is hidden inside the salt block, and under the sunlight, it shimmers with dazzling light, just like the glass sought after by people of the time.

Just now, a beam of light suddenly hit the salt block, and he happened to find it.

He couldn't help but hold the salt cube close to the tip of his nose, and a smell of umami emanated from it, and at this moment he couldn't help but brainstorm and patiently recall, and found that this was actually the best tribute salt.

Gong Yan was able to be transported out of the northwest smoothly, and then traveled towards Bashui along the way, staying here, combined with the chaotic drag marks under his feet, he had to make Cui Zhiyun think about it.

Soon, others also found the salt blocks left here one after another, all mixed together, there were more than three catties, so the amount of private salt stored here before may be even more than everyone imagined.

Seeing this, everyone's eyes were focused on Cui Zhiyun.

You must know that such a major event as illicit salt trafficking will lose your head if you are not careful, and when they investigate here, I am afraid that the other party has discovered their true purpose.

From ancient times to the present, no one has supported this kind of thing behind it, and ordinary officials dare not get involved.

Judging from the current number, there must be a lot of officials involved, and even the water supervisor where they are located may have spies on the other side.

Cui Zhiyun looked at the lifeless crowd and said: "This matter is very important, at this point, it is no longer within the scope of what we can solve alone. ”

Hearing this, everyone's complexion was a little better.

In the next time, the people of the capital water supervisor and others can be said to have dug this cave three feet into the ground, no matter what they missed here, they all took it back to investigate.

It wasn't enough to just observe the cave, they finally climbed the mountain above the cave and observed the surrounding environment from a high vantage point, trying to find out why the other party chose this place.

Based on his own understanding of the water system, Cui Zhiyun understands that this place is indeed a good transit station.

If you want to sell illicit salt to the east, you only need to follow Bashui all the way to the east; If you want to go south, you can go all the way south along the Chanshui River, and when you get to the south, the water system is more developed, and you can go anywhere you want; If you want to go to Luoyang City, you can smoothly enter the capital along the Longshou Canal.

And choose the Longshou Canal, the river canal closest to the imperial city and the residences of dignitaries, the weaker their control over this part is.

He thought that this was the most useful information he had obtained in the months he had investigated.

He patted the hem of his clothes patiently, looked in the direction of the capital, and began to prepare for tomorrow's war of words.

After the exploration of this place was clear, the group embarked on the return journey.

Still walking on the way they came, Cui Zhiyun noticed that it had been a few hours since they last passed here, but the ground was still watering, and it seemed that the watering had little effect, only wetting the surface soil.

This is very different from what he has learned and seen.

Thinking of this, he suddenly changed his route and walked towards the ridge of the field, stepping on the uneven and weedy road, still maintaining his steady figure.

The guards looked at the mutated painting style, looked at Du Mingzhao with some confusion and said:

"Master Du, is there anything else we haven't seen here?"

"Nope."

"Then Cui Jian Cheng is this?"

Although Du Mingzhao didn't understand the situation either, but his boss had already left, he naturally couldn't leave behind, looked back at the stupid guards, and said:

"You wait here, come and see what's going on?"

The place was flat and unobstructed, and the guards felt that they could easily catch up if there was any accident, so they did not refute Du Mingzhao's words, and raised their eyes to look at Cui Zhiyun, who had stopped.

Cui Zhiyun slowly walked to an old man, took the lead in saluting, and said: "Father-in-law, I just passed by here, and I saw my father-in-law irrigating with the water of the diversion canal, why is there still no water in the field after two hours?" ”

When Cui Zhiyun walked towards a few people, everyone had already noticed that although this young man was also wearing simple clothes, he had an extraordinary bearing, and he knew at a glance what kind of dignitaries or his descendants were, just thinking about his identity made people tremble.

But when he heard Cui Zhiyun's humble words, he couldn't help but show a gentle attitude.

Lao Su explained: "Lang Jun doesn't know, in recent years, for some reason, the closer you get to the field, the faster the water leaks. Often, when we pour water into the ground in the spring, eight times out of ten it will be lost without using it. You know, the closer you are to the riverbank, the more you can harvest each year from the plots near the water source, but in the last year or two, we have been waiting for ......."

In the end, he couldn't speak, and shook his head with sighs, his face full of traces of sadness.

The wrinkled lines on his face also increased because of Cui Zhiyun's questioning.

Cui Zhiyun found the key words between Lao Suo's words and pointed out: "Since you know that it is a water leak, can your father-in-law probe it?" ”

"Naturally, every time it is spring, it is the season when we rush to water the wheat seedlings, and after discovering the abnormality, it is also carefully looking for the reason. There are always many big holes popping up near the river bank for no reason, and although they are plugged in time, there are still many loopholes that we can't find, and the same situation will occur the next year, so we are helpless. ”

After speaking, not only Lao Suo himself, but also the other people who were busy in the field showed the same numb and painful eyes.

"If that's the case, my father-in-law would mind if I waited to investigate."

"Thank you Lang Jun for your kindness, you can find a plot of land that has not been flooded for the time being and explore."

"Thank you."

Cui Zhiyun saluted the old man again, turned to leave, and looked at Du Mingzhao who was blocking in front of him, he looked at the other party suspiciously.

Du Mingzhao was frightened by this look, and immediately straightened his chest and abdomen, moved his feet back, and his body also fell in the direction behind him, as if he wanted to make more way for Cui Zhiyun to walk.

"Master Du goes first."

Cui Zhiyun looked at the ridge that was barely for one person, and couldn't help shouting.

"No."

At this time, Du Mingzhao realized that he had done something stupid, and hurriedly moved forward, turned around and walked back and forth, his steps were fast, and he was eager to use all his strength.

It's a pity that Cui Zhiyun has also practiced, and his martial arts are even more powerful than him, and he has been following closely behind him.

When he finally returned to the trail, Du Mingzhao breathed a long sigh of relief as if he had survived the catastrophe.

Faced with such a subordinate, Cui Zhiyun chose to ignore it, looked at the other guards and said: "You follow so-and-so, there is a problem with the irrigation of farmland here, and so-and-so wants to find out the reason, and you also come along to help." ”

"No."

Everyone followed Cui Zhiyun's footsteps and came to the smallest piece of farmland.

Cui Zhiyun glanced at the outfits of several people, and shouted to the nearest guard beside him, "Get your sword!" ”

Then, everyone watched Cui Zhiyun half-kneeling on the ground, holding the path under their feet with one hand, and holding a saber in the other hand to keep picking out mud blocks from the small mouth that was originally set aside for irrigation.

In a short time, the small opening, which was originally only the size of two palms, expanded to double the size of the original.

Cui Zhiyun's gaze was firmly locked on the different edges of the dirt on both sides, and he got up and used his sword to cut off the weeds on both sides one by one, revealing the true state of its surface.

I see that there are many lines in one place, and I can feel the moist feel when I touch it.

He immediately took the saber in his hand and stabbed it in this direction, and the feeling coming from the saber in his hand told him that there seemed to be some creature hiding in the middle of the dirt that could burrow.

At first, it was fast to pierce into ordinary dirt, but eventually the tip of the sword was inserted into a harder shell.

The first creature that came to his mind was a crab, a touch very similar to it, but the previous impression of crabs did not have such a strong tendency to drill.

Cui Zhiyun was still thinking about it, in the eyes of others, this picture thought that he had found nothing, after all, Lao Suo said it just now, and they had searched for it many times, but they didn't find the culprit.

In the next second, I saw Cui Zhiyun withdraw his saber and use the saber to make a flower, and a big round hole immediately appeared in everyone's eyes.

The ensuing scene shocked everyone's eyes even more.

When the entrance of the cave was completely destroyed, the creatures hidden in the depths of nearly half a meter seemed to feel that their homes were being destroyed by outsiders, and in order to defend their homes, they quickly crawled out of it one by one.

After a while, they appeared in droves.

I saw a red-black creature holding a pair of tongs appear in the eyes of everyone, looking at the body shape similar to the river shrimp from a distance, but its shell looks harder, the color is more intense, and the momentum climbs out together, as if it wants to fight Cui Zhiyun to the death.

This picture of creatures crawling out of the hole in a steady stream gives people goosebumps when they look at it, and the terrifying color makes people even more frightening to watch.

Du Mingzhao also heard Lao Suo's words just now, and now looking at such a frightened picture, he said in a trembling voice:

"This? This is the culprit for the destruction of farmland? ”

Cui Zhiyun looked at the creatures that crawled out of the way covered with mud and sand, nodded, and replied: "It should be them, but the location where they are hiding is too deep, no wonder my father-in-law said that they always can't find trouble, it seems that these things are cunning rabbits."

And the small holes on the surface can't meet their survival needs at all, which is why they prefer to be close to the river. ”

With that, the sword in his hand immediately shot at the creatures that kept coming out, and with a few simple strokes, he killed all the creatures that crawled out.

It seems that he felt the information of the death of his own kind, and the originally narrow hole was squeezed bigger and bigger, and the others stepped directly on the corpses of their own kind, and they also had to crawl in the direction of Cui Zhiyun.

Du Mingzhao shuddered even more when he looked at it, and his footsteps subconsciously moved in the direction of the original cave entrance.

As soon as he left, he immediately showed a guard behind him the situation at the entrance of the cave, and Li Yue saw the creature crawling out, and immediately exclaimed: "Red crayfish!" ”

The name suddenly shouted made everyone shift their attention from the red crayfish to Li Yue.

Cui Zhiyun looked at his surprised expression and asked, "Do you know the name of this creature?" ”

"Cui Jiancheng, I have seen it at home, the color of this thing is reddish, and it has the same pincers as a crab, and its body shape is similar to that of a shrimp, so a certain hometown calls it a red crayfish. It is not known exactly when it appeared, but its vitality is tenacious, and it will not take much time to increase its number rapidly.

A family's fields have also been infested by this red crayfish, so every winter and spring every year, people are always sent to inspect every field in the house to prevent it from flooding. It's just that one party didn't notice it, so it forgot about it. ”

"Where is your hometown?"

"A certain is from Henan Province."

Cui Zhiyun bowed his head, and then said to a few people: "Kill the red crayfish here, and there must be no trouble for this kind of thing that infringes on agricultural affairs." ”

"No."

Then, under the concerted efforts of everyone, only the carcasses of red crayfish were left.

They buried all the bodies in an open space, mixed the earth with the river again, and closed the big hole that had been dug up.

Cui Zhiyun informed Lao Su of their discovery.

Lao Suo and they looked at the red crayfish that appeared, one by one they were furious, they had also encountered one or two when digging holes, but because the number was too small, they hurriedly skipped by.

Now it seems that it was completely they who let go of the things that harmed them, and shouted angrily one by one:

"A certain is bound to find out all the red crayfish and kill it without leaving a piece of armor!"

"It turned out to be it, I thought it was a crab, and the next time I see it in the river, I will definitely catch it and expose it to the sun."

Seeing the culprit that harmed their harvest, the farmers gritted their teeth and were eager to find out the red crayfish hidden in the mud holes in the whole field.