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Chapter 72 Coincidence 20 years ago

Of course, Lin Yan did not believe that the water god was offended.

With a sneer, he pointed to the armored soldiers and horses that were neatly scattered on both sides of the river, and said to the invited squires with potbellies and rings on all ten fingers: "Don't worry, if the water god is dissatisfied, You can ask him to come and chat with me and Prince Ji."

Behind him, Ji Chongyan was lazily half lying on the grand master's chair covered with a tiger skin blanket, playing with a dagger made of pure gold in his hand, looking cynical.He seemed to feel that the legs of the grand master's chair under him were too short, and his legs were too long, making it uncomfortable to sit properly, so he crossed one leg and put it on the arm of the grand master's chair.

That haughty and dandy demeanor rushed towards his face.

Hearing what Lin Yan said, he squinted this way as if responding, and looked again at the densely packed soldiers and horses on both sides of the river below.

Under the sun, the guns with red tassels tied in the hands of every soldier gave off a chilling light.

Sure enough, it's not easy to get along with each other!

All the squires had different expressions on their faces.

"My son bet on the dragon boat race, and you all come to play together?" Ji Chongyan suddenly said at this time, then stood up, walked to the map of the dragon boats marked in the middle of the bamboo building, and picked at will. The most auspicious name bet on his valuable golden dagger, "This name is good, let's bet on the auspicious number!"

There was a moment of silence in the bamboo building, and then there was a burst of compliments, and then the gentry placed bets one after another, but no one dared to follow Ji Chongyan to bet on the auspicious number.

joke!This Lin Shaoqing looked a bit upright, but this Ji Shizi made it clear that he didn't seem like a good person.Although they are not good people, they are not inferior to good people. It is obvious that Ji Shizi who has soldiers and horses is even more dreadful.

Betting in front of them, who could not understand the meaning of this?

After placing bets, the country gentry went down to the bamboo tower to watch the dragon boat.The top floor of this three-story bamboo building built by the river has a wide view and is the best place to watch dragon boats. Naturally, it is occupied by the Prince Ji and Lin Shaoqing.

But it was the people and not them who were happy about watching the dragon boat. The gentry got off the bamboo building and walked towards the dragon boat team that was leaning against the river and was preparing.

"Chongyan, you really looked like a bully just now." Lin Yan couldn't help laughing as he watched the gentry hurriedly go to say hello to the dragon boat team, "Your bet made these gentry a lot of work."

"They are all bullying roles." Ji Chongyan glanced at Lin Yan, "Didn't you find this?"

The truly innocent squires in Baoling are not eligible to enter, and today's dragon boat race was not prepared for them.

"When the dynasty changed, these gentry took advantage of the government's unintentional meddling in civil affairs to do evil. Twenty years ago, not only dragon boats, but also many passing merchant ships were involved in the accident." When Ji Chongyan said this, he couldn't help but sneer, his face turned cold, " Returning the water god to cause trouble... I am afraid that someone will use the name of the water god to take advantage of the opportunity to make money!"

It is always disgusting to take advantage of war chaos to do evil.Lin Yan accepted the smile just now, and his face became serious: The reason for this investigation is that the investigation of Fang's family found out the sinking of a large merchant ship 20 years ago.Based on the intuition of many years of investigation, he did more investigations, and then found out that there were many shipwrecks of large and small merchant ships in this place that year.

What is interesting is the Fang family. Except for the case involving the largest merchant ship sinking, there is no shadow of the Fang family in the other shipwreck cases, large or small.

So this time, they did not invite the Fang family for the time being.

But he investigated this because of the Ye Mingzhu case, Chongyan was so concerned about it...

"The sinking of a merchant ship of this size in Baoling City happened around the Dragon Boat Festival 20 years ago," Ji Chongyan said, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly asked Lin Yan, "Do you still remember when my uncle's accident happened?"

Lin Yan was startled when he heard that, and after a moment of pause, he asked him with some uncertainty: "Before the Dragon Boat Festival?"

"Near Qingming." Ji Chongyan couldn't help but soften his voice when he said this, and his eyes darkened, "So I have to rush to Hedong on the day of Qingming."

It turned out to be the case, Lin Yan suddenly realized.

"Have you seen the map?" After a short pause, Ji Chongyan said again, "You can go all the way south from Baidi to Baoling. Calculate the wind direction and boat speed at that season. If you set off near Qingming, you will arrive at Baoling It happened to be near the Dragon Boat Festival."

Such a coincidence?Lin Yan's expression immediately became serious: "Chongyan, don't you doubt..."

"I don't know if there are any survivors from that year, and I don't know if it's a coincidence, but now Nanny Chai's illness..." Ji Chongyan paused suddenly when he said this, and said instead, "Anyway , I want to find another way to see if I can find some clues from the past."

No matter how bad it is, we must find the bones of those people back then. None of the 20 soldiers and horses survived. Some of the bones were found in Baidi later, and most of them rushed into the river and disappeared.

"It's been 20 years since this happened, and I'm not in a hurry anymore." However, Ji Chongyan, who brought up this topic, didn't continue to talk about it. The group of people who came couldn't help but smile a little more in their eyes, "You check about Ye Mingzhu first... Miss Jiang Si is here, I'll come as soon as I go."

Lin Yan: "..."

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Being led by Zhuifeng to the viewing bamboo building where the dragon boats are viewed, Jiang Shaoyan looked at the solemn soldiers on both sides, and suddenly felt that Ji Shizi and Lin Shaoqing didn't spend much effort in persuading officials and civil servants.

Looking at the densely packed soldiers, do you still want to persuade them with your mouth?
There are not many dragon boats participating in the Dragon First Race. At a glance, there are more than 20 boats parked at the beginning of the river. I don’t know if it’s because it’s been more than 20 years since the last dragon boat race. They are a bit unfamiliar, and their morale is not very high, and they all look interested.

Look at this interest, it's not as good as the people on both sides waving ribbons and watching happily.

Jiang Shaoyan looked at it very seriously. After all, she wanted to bet on the lottery in the future. It was related to her financial plans, so she had to observe carefully.

This observation revealed that almost all the dragon boat racers were somewhat demoralized, only the racers on one of the boats had a red cloth tied on their heads, and their faces were full of joy.

This spirit is good, but the dragon boat players on this boat are a bit old, and several of them have gray hair!

Jiang Shaoyan's eyes fell on the word "auspicious" on the stern of the dragon boat, and she paused for a moment, thinking: The name is very auspicious, and you can put less money on it, as it encourages the positive attitude of the elderly.

Following Zhuifeng all the way up the bamboo building, most of the people who came to watch the dragon boat were here. When she arrived, there were already many spectators sitting on the first and second floors of the bamboo building, some of them were probably local gentry, She's on the same level as her body type.

Jiang Shaoyan sighed with emotion and followed Zhuifeng up to the third floor. Before reaching the third floor, Prince Ji came out to welcome him.

Different from the picture-scroll dress of the previous two days, today's Ji Chongyan is wearing a toga and green shirt, with only a white jade hairpin tied up in his hair. Standing on the top of the bamboo building, he looks at her with a smile, and glances at her. Looking at it, it looks like a romantic hermit in the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

Just thinking like this, Jiang Shaoyan's eyes fell on the bi-color earrings on his earlobe, and after a moment of silence, she looked away.

She was wrong, this was not the Wei Jin romantic hermit, but the familiar spirit.

(End of this chapter)