The Famous Detective of the Red Mansions

Chapter 97: Sheep on Lugou Bridge

   After confirming that Wang Yan would secretly report the matter to the court, Sun Shaozong followed his instructions and announced in the back hall the truth that Xu Mingtang was actually'suicide'.

   At that time, the atmosphere in the back hall really slowed down. As for how many people pretended to be and how many people really believed that Xu Mingtang committed suicide for trivial matters at home, that was not what Sun Shaozong could guess.

   Wang Yan took advantage of this opportunity to set up the'defense' on both sides of the river in one effort, and urged everyone to light up their troops and take office immediately.

   It’s about reciting the peach and repaying the plum. Sun Shaozong’s "package section" was arranged near Lugou Bridge, next to the official road, and it was extremely convenient to transport materials. If anything unexpected happened, it would be much easier to escape than others.

   Zhou Da, Zhao Wuwei, and the officials of the Ministry of Industry and Hedao, who were assigned to him, were quite happy.

   Only Sun Shaozong is on the North Dike and the South Bank. He thinks that tens of thousands of people may be affected by the flood soon, but he can only feel helpless and depressed every day.

  Although he never thought he was a good person, he really couldn't treat human life like Jia Yucun, and even took the initiative to sacrifice thousands of lives to preserve his official position.

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   July 17th.

   The rainy weather that lasted for more than half a month finally came to an end in the morning of the day.

   That round of the sun bursting out of the clouds, the power of the autumn tiger was shown just before the hour. Everyone on the directly exposed dam was'throwing their helmets and unloading their armor', and there were countless'flags' floating at the head of the Lugou Bridge.

   Standing on the bridge head and looking up, his eyes are full of clothes, hats and socks to dry, not to mention the stone lion, not even a few stone railings.

   With this bright sun, they are all naked and come and go without concern. There are endless cheers and laughter up and down the dam. Even the overseer who carries the whip all day seems to be much more cordial.

Driven by this cheerful atmosphere, Sun Shaozong couldn’t help but give birth to some fluke psychology. In the past few days, the river has only slowly risen, and there is still a long way from the warning line on the stone carvings. Could it be that Xu Mingtang made a mistake and miscalculated this year’s Disaster?

   If this is the case, his suicide will really become a big joke in officialdom.

"grown ups!"

  Sun Shaozong was standing on the embankment and thinking about it, suddenly he heard someone calling from behind him, and looking back, it was Zhao Wuwei who hurried over with a handle of Yan Ling knife.

  Sun Shaozong felt tight in his heart, and asked hurriedly: "Why? Is there something dangerous?!"

   "My lord said and laughed."

   But Zhao Wuwei grinned and said: "Where is the danger of this for no reason? The government has sent a lot of rewards, you see-now it's down the slope!"

Sun Shaozong followed his instructions and found that there were eight carriages parked under the river embankment, filled with wine, vegetables, dried fruits, bacon, etc. Among them, there were many heads of pigs, sheep, and dogs. To reward people, but to sacrifice to the river god.

Since staying at the embankment, Ruan Rong and the cheapest brother have sent things here almost every day. Therefore, Sun Shaozong has no interest in these so-called rewards. He just rolled up his sleeves and said impatiently: "Make the three animal sacrifices a good life." Putting it together, you can discuss with Zhou Da as to how to divide the rest. You don't need to ask me what I mean."

   Although Sun Shaozong didn't care about it, to Zhao Wuwei, these things are all fun things that can win people's hearts. So he was busy responding, and he was ready to call someone to unload the goods.

   At this moment, I heard someone yelling in the distance: "Look, there is someone in the river!"

   "It seems to be drifting over on a ride!"

   Someone riding in the river floated over?

Sun Shaozong looked hurriedly towards the river, and saw a white flower in the distance, righteously drifting downstream, but in the blink of an eye, the outline became much clearer. He was a naked man tied to a sheepskin bag. !

Those Min Zhuang who had been summoned temporarily were still talking about it, but Sun Shaozong's face changed suddenly. He couldn't help but grabbed Zhao Wuwei's saber and stepped forward to cut off the rein on the horse post. Turning on his horse and rushing in the direction of Lugou Bridge.

The dark horse rose with four hooves, and the people who had been stirring up all the way back and forth. To be less, there were four or five people who could not dodge and were knocked to the ground by it. Sun Shaozong ignored it. Seeing that he reached the bridge, he shouted desperately: "Quickly, stop the'Sheep Retribution Bravely'!"

But it turns out that this man with a sheepskin sack floating down the water is called'Sheep Retribution Brave Soldier'. It was an important means of conveying water conditions in ancient times-and because of its extremely dangerous nature, the soldiers who took on the task of interrogation can be said to be Nine deaths, so it will only be used in emergency situations.

   But he said that Sun Shaozong yelled, and the bare river patrols on the bridge panicked. They waited until Sun Shaozong arrived, but failed to put the set of poles into the water.

Seeing the brave young man, he has already drilled into the bridge hole along the turbulent water~www.NovelMTL.com~ Sun Shaozong jumped off his horse and grabbed a thick and long set of poles, and ran to another in three steps and five steps. On the side, he hung the set of rings onto the water, and when the sheep-riding man rushed out of the bridge hole, he slammed him back and yelled: "Hold on!"

   Before the roar fell, he screamed with both hands and picked the man out of the water together with the sheepskin sac!

   Cautiously put it on the bridge, Sun Shaozong immediately threw away the shaft and rushed up, nervously raised the man and asked: "How are you? Can you still hold it?!"

   "I still...can't die."

The man's face was swollen and his whole body was cold. As soon as he opened his mouth and filled his yellow teeth, he slapped and slammed, but he still insisted: "Quickly...hurry up and find the jailer...sir from Jianhe, I have a hundred thousand fire... ..."

  Sun Shaozong untied the rope wrapped around his waist, and said: "This official is the river monitor here, do you have any urgent reports, just say it!"

  The man realized that the person who rescued him was actually a blue-robed official.

So busy struggling to take out the fire-lacquered bamboo stick from the interlayer of the sheepskin sac, and hand it to Sun Shaozong tremblingly: "My lord, the upper reaches...the upper reaches of the mountain collapsed. I don’t know when...I don’t know when a barrier lake was formed. It was only discovered by the inspector the day before, and now that the lake bank may collapse again at any time, please notify the Governor as soon as possible...be prepared!"

**** it!

   No wonder this water rises so slowly, and suddenly there is a "natural reservoir" in the romantic upstream!

  If the barrier lake can withstand the flood, it would be fine, but if it collapses halfway...

   Sun Shaozong shuddered, hurriedly took the fire-lacquered bamboo stick, and entrusted the man to the care of the patrol on duty on the bridge, then turned on his horse again and galloped towards the'flood prevention center' where Wang Yan was.

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