Chapter 273

The annual Anshun county dragon boat race opened today.

Lingxu and Laoshui started early as competitors.

After breakfast, Mr. Xu went to catch the bus. Mrs. Xu, with Fubao, was going to watch the fun.

In this regard, Fubao is also full of interest.

Dragon boat race, I don't know if it's as wonderful as she saw on TV before.

But Lao Xu's three daughters-in-law chose to stay at home. Although they also want to see the dragon boat race, but a group of little dolls in this family, who are mothers, can't leave behind?

Lu Mudan was not interested in the dragon boat race, so he just stayed at Lao Xu's home and talked to them.

But Uncle Lu seemed very interested.

As a result, uncle Lu, Mr. Xu, Mrs. Xu and Fubao will eventually go to the dragon boat race, and Lichun will also go with them with diapers and clean clothes that Fubao may use.

The four little girls of Lao Xu's family basically follow Fubao at the beginning of spring.

In the early summer, the fragrance of autumn, and the snow of winter, Zhou's, Li's, and Wang's families were set off respectively.

This time spring can follow to see the dragon boat, but the other three little girl to envy miserable.

……

The carriage went out of Lingshui village, and Mr. Xu drove it.

Uncle Lu disliked the slow ride, so he took a step first.

Along the way, Fubao was full of energy, constantly looking at the situation on both sides of the road.

Everywhere is lush, a pleasant green scene.

Drought, with that heavy rain, completely became the past.

On the way, Mr. Xu would greet people from time to time.

However, no one rubbed the carriage.

Even in this rural area, people know how to avoid suspicion.

Even when they meet the pure women's team, they don't have the idea of rubbing the car.

As a result, Mr. Xu arrived at the venue of the Dragon Boat Race in a light carriage.

Jiuqu River!

This is a big river across Xiangyi Prefecture and Jiangcheng Prefecture.

The annual Dragon Boat race is held on the Jiuqu River.

At that time, the spectators will gather on the dike of Jiuqu River to watch the grand event.

During the dragon boat race, there will be many vendors on the levee of Jiuqu River. They sell snacks, small toys, even Rouge powder and clothes.

On the day of dragon boat race, the jiuqujiang levee is a super large market.

This day is the most important day of the year for the people in Anshun County, even more than the Spring Festival.

Because if we win the final championship, the village will have a fat year.

In addition, on this day, many girls will come here to see each other.

Most of the Dragon Boat racers in the dragon boat race are young people from different villages. Many of them have not been engaged yet. And today, there will be a lot of girls in the dark quietly BAABAA baa to look at, compare.

Therefore, the dragon boat race is not a trivial matter for people in all villages.

……

On the stand set up by the Jiuqu River, Zuo Qiu, the county magistrate, is smiling with Zhao Bingju.

In previous years, he was the official of the dragon boat race.

But not this year.

With Zhao Bingji, a newly born rich Marquis here, zuoqiu can only be ranked second.

"Sir, are you satisfied with this?"

Zuo Qiu asked Zhao Bingju with a gentle smile.

"Zuo county magistrate has rich experience. You are the master. I'm just a spectator. If you look at the specific situation, I won't talk much!"

Zhao Bingju replied with a smile.

He didn't come to see the dragon boat race just for the fun.

He came with a plan.

It's just that he won't tell anyone what he's doing until it's time.

"My Lord!"

Just as Zuo Qiu was ready to wave the flag and order the preparation for the preliminary dragon boat race to begin, Li Tuo, who was especially cautious recently, rushed over.

"What's the matter?"

"Lord Hui, here comes the magistrate!"

Li Tuo answered quickly.

When Zuo Qiu heard that Shen Wansheng was coming, he immediately told Zhao Bingji, the rich marquis.

"The magistrate of Zuo County doesn't need to tell the Marquis about such official affairs. You are busy."

"Thank you for your understanding

Zuo Qiu left immediately to meet Shen Wansheng.

But when he met Shen Wansheng, he found that he was not the only one who came.

The three officials sent by the imperial court to investigate Xu yuanzun's disappearance arrived.

"I've met my teacher!"Seeing Dai duo, Zuo Qiu immediately went forward to salute his disciples.

Seeing such a scene, Shen Wansheng is also stunned. He really doesn't know that Zuo Qiu and Dai duo still have this relationship.

"It's Dingshan. It's good. You've done a good job these years!"

Dai duo looked at Zuo Qiu and raised his hand. "Get up quickly. Let me introduce to you. This is Chen Zheng, the censor of the inspector's court. His name is Ling Zheng. In the future, you two can get closer."

"I've seen brother Ling Zheng!"

After listening to Dai duo's words, Zuo Qiu immediately hugged Chen Zheng and called him brother instead of official title. This is the closeness in the mouth of dado.

Chen Zheng also hugged his fist and said, "brother Dingshan."

As for Liu Zhongda, the Prime Minister of Dali temple, he was directly ignored by Dai duo.

However, even so, Liu Zhongda dare not have the slightest complaint.

Because of him, Xu Yuanzi lost his life.

When the news comes to the capital, and when the will comes, he is the Prime Minister of Dali temple. If he is lucky, he may have to go to prison or even lose his life.

Now he's just being ignored. What's his dissatisfaction?

Knowing the intentions of Shen Wansheng and Dai duo, Zuo Qiu can only express his regret.

The Yizhuang, where the bodies of the eighteen brigands were stored, has now been set on fire. It was not someone who set fire maliciously, but a man who, because of the death of his wife and children, couldn't think of it for a moment, was holding the body of his wife and children and setting himself on fire in Yizhuang.

Therefore, it is impossible to check the body of the horse thief.

"Dingshan, such important evidence, why are you so careless?"

"Teacher, what do you mean by that?"

Left Qiu Leng next, "a little horse thief, killed then killed, how became evidence again?"? Evidence of what? "

"Duke Dai, I have never told the local people about the case of Xu yuanzun."

"It's not his fault that the magistrate of Zuo County didn't know."

Shen Wansheng decisively came out to help Zuo Qiu out.

"Master, magistrate, what's the matter?"

Zuo Qiu's face was serious. "The bodies of the eighteen brigands were indeed burned, but the clothes they were wearing, their mounts, and the weapons they were carrying were kept in the county government."

"Good, good, it's really the road of heaven and man!"

On hearing Zuo Qiu say so, Dai duo's face immediately showed joy.

As long as you see these things, you can have a general understanding of the identity of these horse thieves.

"Master, magistrate, today is the big day of the annual Dragon Boat Race in Anshun county. If I'm not in a hurry, can I wait for half a day to finish the dragon boat race? "

"Oh, by the way, Fugui Hou is in the stands ahead at the moment."

Zuoqiu raised his finger to the grandstand on the river bank in front of him.

"Don't worry, don't worry, let's go. I'll follow you to see the rich and noble Marquis!"

"Yes, I have to do it!"

Shen Wansheng said with a smile, "Xiangyi Prefecture is suffering from a severe drought this year. If there is no rich marquis to help, I don't know how many families will have to sell their children and girls under the rule of Xiangyi Prefecture. Our prefecture owes a great favor to the rich Marquis!"

So, led by Zuo Qiu, they went to the stands.

Zhao bingqiong sat firmly in Diaoyutai, even in front of Dai duo, the elderly Minister of the Ministry of punishment, he was very stable.

"Daigong Haihan, I'm not so hurt yet. I can't stand it when I sit down and stand up again."

"There's no need to be polite when you're rich!"

Dado laughed and pointed to the river. "Let's see the excitement together!"

"Good!"

Master Zhao Er laughs innocently.

As soon as Zuo Qiu saw this picture, he immediately waved the flag in his hands and sent out the signal that the dragon boat race was ready to start.

Then, the messenger Yamcha quickly reported the news to the dragon boat racing teams on the river.

Anshun county has six towns and 72 villages.

Seventy two dragon boats can't be lined up on the river. Therefore, the preliminary race of the dragon boat race is divided into eight games, with nine teams each time.

Seventy two dragon boats, seventy-two serial number plates, the number on the serial number plate is one to eight.

Before the start of the game, the Drummers of each team go on the stage to draw serial numbers. Then, start the competition according to the extracted serial number, and the serial number plate with the same number is the same competition.

With Zuo Qiu's command, each team drew its own number card.

The number on the serial number board of Lingshui village is six.

In other words, they will be the team of the Sixth Batch.

Eight preliminaries, each round only take the first to enter the final.

If luck is not good, even a strong team may not be able to enter the final.

Dong!

Dong!

Dong!

With the sound of drums, the Dragon Boat Race officially opened.When the drum stops and the Gong rings, the first preliminaries begin.

Nine dragon boats, all like arrows, are moving forward on the river.

On the levee, Fubao sat on Mr. Xu's neck with his eyes wide open. He was excited to see the dragon boats speeding forward on the water.

For a moment, Fubao almost cried out "come on" excitedly.

Fortunately, my mother at the critical moment to a word, let Fubao from the excited state back to God.

"In charge, can we win?"

Mrs. Xu was very nervous and asked such a question coldly.

Mr. Xu laughed and said, "at present, there should be a lot of hope. The speed of these dragon boats is not good. Compared with the eldest, they are not a bit worse. "

"I wish I could win!"

Mrs. Xu sighed.

Fubao was awakened by his mother's words, and naturally he was not excited before.

In these nine boats, there is no dragon boat in their village, so what do you shout? Do you want to grow others' ambition and destroy your own prestige?

Fubao wanted to understand, but there were still others who didn't understand. There were shouts on the bank, and people cheered and cheered for each village.

Finally, in the first batch of teams, the winner was Shangxi village, which almost fought against Lingshui village for water in the drought.

"Reward!"

At the end of the first batch of preliminaries, Zhao Bingju suddenly said, "all teams reward 20 liang of silver, and the winners reward 40 liang of silver."

"All the teams in the back will be punished according to this reward law!"

"I'd like to thank you for all the Dragon Boat racers."

Zuo Qiu, as a local official, really had to thank Zhao Bingju. After all, the dragon boat race team has to compete!

"The magistrate of Zuo county is polite. I'm just happy to watch it. I can't thank him for offering a few silver at hand."

What is money and willfulness?

Look at master Zhao Er, the rich marquis. This is it!

When Zuo Qiu asked people to convey the news below, all the teams were boiling.

Even if you can't enter the final, you can get silver. Although it's not much, it's silver after all!

The next race, all the dragon boats are accelerating, accelerating, constantly accelerating.

With the speed of the dragon boat, rich and willful master Zhao Er once raised the silver reward to 52 Liang, and the first one directly got 100 Liang.

Everyone was boiling and cheering.

However, no one noticed that Zhao's eyes were not so excited.

"Not enough, not enough, almost!"

Zhao said to himself in a low voice, with a voice that only he could hear, and his hands were shaking slightly.

"Zuo county magistrate, is this the Sixth Batch of preliminary dragon boat races?"

Zhao bingjuan looked at zuoqiu, who was the last one to accompany him, and said with a smile, "please go to the Dragon Boat racers behind and say that in the preliminary race, if the speed of the dragon boat can be faster, I will reward you 500 liang of silver!"

Five hundred taels!

As soon as this figure is published, everyone is not calm.

Dai duo turned his head and looked directly at Zhao Bingju, and said in a deep voice, "rich and noble Marquis, what do you mean?"

"It's not interesting. I just think it's too slow!"

"Don't you think the dragon boat race is not hot enough?"

Zhao Bingju said with a smile, "I once saw a dragon boat race on the Chu River in the south. It's really like the speed of a dragon boat flying on the water. Fang Ruo can fly at any time."

"Well, I've heard that this dragon boat in Chu is the fastest. But I'm sorry I didn't see it with my own eyes! "

After listening to Zhao Bingxuan's words, Dai duo nodded. He also heard about the dragon boat in Chu.

……

On the Bank of the Jiuqu River, uncle Lu suddenly appeared beside Mr. Xu.

"Master, where were you just now? You've missed several dragon boat races. You didn't see the speed. It's really too fast. It's not so fast in previous years! "

"Money makes the devil push the mill!"

Uncle Lu glanced at Mr. Xu, "but now is not the time to say that. Hurry up and take your daughter-in-law and Xiao Fubao with you. Go to the small slope over there first and hide for a while!"

"Ah? Hiding for a while? Why hide? "

"Master, is something wrong?"

After listening to Uncle Lu's words, Mr. Xu didn't retreat. On the contrary, he showed strong interest.

"Is there a master coming?"

After listening to Lu Shu's innate and acquired martial arts theory, master Xu was quite interested in these things.

For master Xu, uncle Lu's words made him discover a new world he had never touched.Everyone has curiosity.

Such as master Xu, if he can practice such excellent martial arts, he is naturally very obsessed with and interested in these things.

What uncle Lu said is really attractive to Mr. Xu.

Fubao, sitting around Mr. Xu's neck, listens to her father's exuberant words. When she thinks of the truth that her beautiful master told her in the morning, she really can't bear to see him so stupid.

However, now she is unable to stop.

So, let's continue to watch Daddy's excitement!

When Fubao made up his mind to be a small audience, he suddenly found that the water of the Jiuqu River in front of him was a little different, hazy, as if it was going to fog.

"Ah

"Ah

Fubao quickly reached out to grab his father's hair and drew his attention to the Jiuqu River.

Sure enough, master Xu turned his head and looked at his hair.

"Go

Seeing the change of the river, uncle Lu immediately stares at Mr. Xu

"Oh

This time, Mr. Xu is not stubborn.

It's sunny and the river is good. It seems to be fogging for no reason. There's something wrong with it.

With Fubao in one hand and his daughter-in-law in the other hand, Xu shouts for the beginning of spring. He pushes out of the crowd as fast as he can and goes straight to the hillside as Lu Shuxian said.

When the hillside, and then look back, you can still see the Jiuqu River, but the fog on the river is more and more strong.

"Zuo county magistrate, evacuate the people immediately!"

Zhao Bingju, who has been sitting steadily in Diaoyutai, suddenly stood up at this moment and gave orders directly.

"Ah?"

Left Qiu Leng next, don't understand ground hope to Zhao Bingxuan.

Zhao Bingju immediately opened his mouth and said, "do it now!"

"If time is delayed and life is lost, you can't bear the responsibility!"

"Dingshan, go quickly!"

Dado spoke at this moment.

Although Zuo Qiu didn't know why, Zhao Bingji and Dai duo said so, and he could only do it.

The gongs rang.

The Yamen messengers of Anshun county began to disperse the people on the river bank.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the people on the riverbank were dispersed.

At the same time, the fog on the Jiuqu River has reached the point where you can't see your fingers.

……

Fubao was held by master Xu and kept staring at the thick fog. Slowly, she felt as if the fog had come to life, as if something was hovering in the fog.

"Chirp -"

just as Fubao was staring at the thing in the fog, a sharp arrow shot up into the sky.

The next moment, a carriage appeared on the river bank. The driver got out of the car, drew a knife and stabbed the horse's back with his knife mercilessly.

When the horse was in pain, he ran forward.

The galloping pack horse rushed directly into the Jiuqu River with the carriage.

The buckets pulled by the carriage flew up.

Unknown liquid flew out of the barrel, and the stench soon spread.

"Ang -"

with all this happening, there was a painful hissing in the fog, but I didn't know what was shouting.

"What the hell?"

Seeing the strange scene in front of him, master Xu believed more and more what uncle Lu told him.

After listening to his master's words, Fubao thought that Shigong was a big liar. But now, she's a little skeptical.

The hissing just now is like a dragon chant!

Fubao has never seen a dragon, and naturally he has never heard of a dragon chant.

But in many TV dramas, it seems that Longyin is like this.

But is there really a dragon in this world?

What are the things that broke out from the empty barrels of the carriage that rushed to Jiuqu River just now?

Boom!

Boom!

Just when everyone's attention was attracted by the fog, the day was unconsciously overcast, and the dark clouds gathered over the Jiuqu River.

Lightning, thunder, roar.

"Isn't NIMA robbing

Fubao swallowed.

The sand sculpture netizens on the Internet used to tease the Taoist friends when they saw lightning and thunder everywhere. Now, looking at the magical scene, Fubao can't help but wonder, is there really something in the robbery?

If it's true, isn't it possible that there are gods and monsters in this world?

Unfortunately, it turns out that there is no such thing as robbery.

When the thunder stopped, it rained.Fortunately, Mr. Xu took them back to the carriage early, which saved them from being drenched by the rainstorm.

The rainstorm came suddenly and ended quickly.

At most half a quarter of an hour, the clouds and rain are scattered, and the sun is shining in the sky.

When the family came out of the carriage, Fubao was held by Mrs. Xu. As soon as they got out of the carriage, they unconsciously looked at a puddle in front of them. In that puddle, there was a pure gold carp swimming, only the size of a thumb.

"Fish

"Fish

"Keep it

"Mine!"

Seeing this golden carp, Fubao's idea in his mind was to keep it, and he had to keep it.

"Good, good, raise, raise!"

Mr. Xu followed Fubao's fingers and found a small carp in the puddle.

"It's very good-looking. Keep it

Mr. Xu is not surprised why there is a golden carp in the puddle.

Because, this kind of thing that fish fall from the sky is really nothing unusual. But he didn't know how this situation existed.

After the rain, the dragon boat race continues.

In the stands, Zuo Qiu, Dai duo and others have great questions, but no one asked.

They all can see that behind this, there is Zhao Bingji, a new rich marquis. No matter what Zhao is doing, they are not qualified to ask.

Even if there is any doubt, it can only be reported to the zongrenfu, who will continue to investigate.

Not long after Mr. Xu collected the golden little carp with the water jar in the carriage, uncle Lu appeared on Mr. Xu's side.

"Master, just now, what was it?"

"Did you fight each other?"

Seeing uncle Lu's coming back, master Xu immediately became interested.

"Just now, it was the way that the remaining evildoers of the former dynasty robbed the road of fortune. I didn't find the bull nose of the caster, so he escaped the disaster!"

Uncle Lu was very angry when he heard Xu's question.